Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 16:07:42 06/19/01
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On June 19, 2001 at 18:44:42, Larry Proffer wrote: >You'll have to ask him. I think (I know) he just thinks it has become silly and >boring. > >I visited him in Berlin a few weeks ago; and 'visited' CCC from his PC. He uses >Explorer, so the read messages appear in purple, and the unread in blue. > >There were two purple read messages out of maybe the usual fifty or sixty >current. I clicked on 'next group of messages' - there were no read messages. I >was surprised (since I was assuming he still read), and asked him - he said >there was no point in reading anymore, it was too boring - so he did his >tournament and posted the results - that was it. Well, if we disengage the humor module for a while, I can symphatize with his viewpoints completely. It has become very silly and boring. The content can hardly be categorized as stimulating. >Tres drole. Sorry, too much coffee I'm afraid. >But this was a guy who was manically absorbed in computer chess, and still is as >regards testing programs. > >His read-policy surprised me. Just thought I'ld share it with you. That's okay, it was quite surprising. Not that I hadn't noticed his absence. Regards, Mogens
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