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Subject: Re: How much we are? ...very few...very mad...very obsesive..locos de atar.

Author: Georg Langrath

Date: 22:34:34 05/10/98

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On May 10, 1998 at 20:05:13, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>On May 10, 1998 at 19:45:37, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>Hi all:
>>Looking at the results of all the polls now we have a simple mean to
>>guess -of course Steve not only guess, but he must know long before- how
>>few we are: less than 300 people. And then if we take into account the
>>number of hits, then it happens that from the beginning, in average,
>>each member has came 700 or 800 times. But whats'more, as much as just a
>>bunch of people post with some frequency, I guess that the
>>average-producer-poster has came here between 2000-5.000 times or more.
>>If you then calculate the number of days this site has been operating,
>>then the conclusion is: there are here some guys -me included- with a
>>serious case of mental disease that goes far beyond the simple case on
>>Intenetitis all people talk. At least THAT people goes to different
>>places...
>>Do we have here some sychiatrist to give us a colective, maybe cheaper
>>treatment? Or my maths are wrong? Bob? Diep? Ingo, you are a
>>mathematician as your sister told me in my home. Tell I am wrong.
>
>Sorry, you are right. :)
>
>Look at the current poll and see how only 28% of us actually play chess
>with these programs. And most of us are not programmers. So, what do we
>do: check programs, study them, autoplay, run tests, spend small
>fortunes in equipment, beta test, email other chess freaks, play from
>positions, take a look at ccc and rgcc, post, get mad... Peaceful
>madness, no? and quite fun.
>
>Enrique


No doubt. We are absolutely mad. Is it a coincidende that there are no
women in this mad club? Or...???

Georg



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