Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 20:27:28 05/19/98
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On May 19, 1998 at 15:51:23, Steven Schwartz wrote: >On May 19, 1998 at 15:37:06, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >> >>Ok, you are right. I mean Steve, Bruce, Don, etc. CCC is not for talking >>anything else but chess computer stuff and only occasionally and not so >>purposely another thing. So, I will abide to that rule in general as in >>fact I have ever done, 99,99% of the cases, except lately. Nevertheless, >>I ask you to keep in mind that what Steve call rambles and what other >>call off-topic or even piggish matter are the kind of things that can >>happens and will happen and I would n’t want to think that each time >>that something of the sort happen a censor -inclined guy will tell me >>“hey, Fernando, you are off topic...” I have been in mathematic academic >>meetings -I am also a fan of that stuff and I have some studies about, M >>level- and no one asked special permission to tell loudly a dirty joke >>between a session dedicated to tensor calculus and another to fractals >>maths, not the joke was ever told by people hidden in the rest room. I >>suppose something similar could be tolerated, then, here and there, in >>this site. Not each time, but sometimes. Yes, because as Steve said, an >>this is the essential argument for me to comply, computer memory address >>are scarce and so we must limit ourselves to the purpose we are here. >>So, I apologize to David Gomboc if he felt hurt or bothered and to any >>other that for any reason has felt that my last post could be damaging >>to the site spirit. Specially I want to thanks Don Dailey, who ever has >>been very friendly in the content and style of his posts send to me. >>And respect to my nomination, I am really amazed that still there is >>people insisting in me being one of the candidates. Well, you got it: I >>will be just for the sake to carry an amount of dissension and quarrel >>in a “moderation” chamber if ever I result elected. Nevertheless, my >>favorites to the posts are Don Dailey, Thorsten Czub and Bruce Moreland. >>Bruce tend to be not so tolerant with me in his post of reply when it >>happens, but I recognize a good, very capable and honest guy when I read >>one. >>Cheers >>Fernando, the apostate. > >Hi Fernando, >Don't EVER lose that free spirit, and please do not temper >what you say because some moderator will get on your back. >Just do what everyone in CCC currently has been doing and >that is read and contribute to computer chess discussions. >Dirty jokes - fine with me >Analogies to Star Trek - fine with me >Your sexual triumphs - keep to yourself, if you don't mind :-) >If they arise out of the flow of the computer chess discussion, >then throw it in. > >Now for the moderator part... >How about responding to my post from a few days ago and then I can >compile the whole list of nominees and their background info >(except for Karsten!!)? Here it is... > >I would like to see a very short biography on each >nominee - to include: age, occupation (if any), chess >program fathered (if any), country, family, interests, >perhaps even personal thoughts about what types of >posts should be deleted or not deleted. > >Regards, Steve Well, you get it: I am 49 years old, married, three daughters, I live in santiago de Chile in a pretty big house -I told you Steve you are invited- and I am formally trained in sociology and maths, but working since 1980 as journalist in magazines, newspapers, TV and radio. So is life, sometimes... No, I have not fathered a chess program but I am in the field as customer and fan since my discovery of Chess Challenger 7, in 1978. My interest, besides chess computers, are social sciences, history, math, clasical and jazz music. Also writing as far as my previous training begun to vanish and so I became a better writer that never I would have been a scientist. I have wrote books of poetry, novels, essays, a phony dictionary, etc. Respect to my vision of moderation function, I think you all know it. In fact is identical to that of Thorsten, the guy I recomend instead of me... In short, for me the best moderation is that almost never enforced. A guy should do something REALLY awful to deserve a warning from me and then something of godzilla shape to deserve expulsion. And even so I would give the guy several opoortunities for a come back. The directive principle of any eventual perfomance by me would be to take care a lot more of of moderating the moderators than the people in CCC. In fact, to put a brake the automatic thirst for more control that officials in charge tends to develop in any rol. Not doing of moderation a growing concern is my motto if ever it happens I am charged with this. And that's all. GIVE YOUR VOTE TO BRUCE, DON AND THORSTEN. Fernando, self nominated chairman of the campaings of the men named above.
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