Author: Peter Herttrich
Date: 05:56:54 05/11/98
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On May 11, 1998 at 01:34:34, Georg Langrath wrote: >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 Perhaps it's like a drug. Everyone needs a drug. We need this one. We know, drugs make sick. But who cares. Better sick and mad then without computerchess. :-) Peter
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