Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:43:37 05/11/98
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On May 11, 1998 at 08:56:54, Peter Herttrich wrote: >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 I'd suggest being *very* careful what you post here, even in jest. If you saw r.g.c.c this morning, Chris somehow took a post from here and copied it over there, trying to do so in a most unflattering way. Typical, but it means caution is needed, since a snip here and there can turn the meaning of many statements in a way that were not intended...
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