Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 11:55:07 04/29/98
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On April 29, 1998 at 14:33:21, Moritz Berger wrote: >On April 29, 1998 at 13:41:47, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 29, 1998 at 12:19:44, Steven Schwartz wrote: >> >>>Poll #3 is up and awaiting your vote. >>>This time we are asking about Opening Books. >>> >>>To place your vote or view the results so >>>far, since noon today, Wednesday, April 29, >>>go back to the message board and click on >>>"CCC Opinion Poll". Each member is entitled >>>to one vote per poll. >>> >>>You may also see the results of the previous >>>polls by clicking on "View Results of Previous >>>Polls" once you are in the Opinion Poll area. >>> >>>- Steve >> >>One option is too vague. Do you mean "the book that comes on the >>original CDrom with the program", or do you mean "any book that the >>company sells as either standard or as an option"? IE take the Fritz >>example... does option 3 mean the opening book on the CD or does it >>include the PowerBook that is an extra-cost option? If the former, why >>disallow the latter, and if the latter, why disallow the former? >> >>In short, you need one more response: (3) with the book distributed >>with >>the engine; (4) with any book that is distributed as optional for the >>engine. > >I subscribe exactly to Bob's point of view. >"Commercially or otherwise publically available book" ought to be the >criterion to ask for - I wonder if there was a way to discuss the >multiple poll choices here before starting the poll? > >The current poll and the result so far is obviously meaningless since a >very important option has been excluded from the available choices. > >Moritz That choice would have been a good idea, but I am not quite sure that it negates the value of this poll. What is necessary here is that a small group of members creates finely tuned questions and answers so that they can be presented to the CCC. The current question was submitted by Francesco Di Tolla. So that we would not have to do the fine-tuning, I once requested volunteers to do exactly that, and I received one response - from Andreas Stabel. So, I again request that we have a small committee to do the poll questions and answers and submit them to us, and we shall put them up. Then, instead of criticizing the questions and/or answers after the fact, it can be hashed out beforehand. Do I hear any volunteers to assist Andeas in this task? -Steve
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