Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 15:18:05 09/27/01
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On September 27, 2001 at 17:35:37, K. Burcham wrote: > >you are one of the few here that i always read their posts, because::: > >your profile says you are or have been 2245 FIDE, >you post often, and seem intelligent. you give a human analysis to >some test positions, sometime. > >this is a chess computer forum that you frequent, so you must be a >chess program enthusiast. > >do you have a pc? what mhz? are you disabled? have you experienced >some long term misfortune that has caused you to be unemployed? >where you in a car accident when you were young, and now you live with >your parents on a farm, and all the livestock have died? >did your house burn down, and you lost everything, including years worth >of chess programs? are you blind and you are waiting for a cd to be released >in braille? did you loose both hands in vietnam and cannot use a keyboard, >why not voice recognition for your programs? I do not own a commercial one because... (shhh... keep quiet and do not tell anyone loud in this forum) because... I do not need one for now. Crafty is more than enough for me. I do not play against computers and I do not analyze with computers. When I play a game, I quickly analyze them for blunders and Crafty or any strong engine is more than good to find my mistakes. My main interest in Comp. Chess is building my own engine and that drives me to learn more about other engines. I do not even own a database but I _will_ certainly buy one to build opening books. So far, everything that is free on the net has been more than enough. Chessbase light has been ok to store my games. What I own is Bookup. I have not used it for a long time (maybe I should upgrade, the last version I have, 1.0 was very buggy). I bought that one some years ago because it was something useful for analysis At that time, I played few email games and it showed to be an amazing tool. >i for one would be willing to contribute to a fund, to purchase you one of >the top programs, if you are down on your luck. i do not understand how you >can live without the pleasure of owning a program. we must get this chess >enthusiast a program. if the pc is the problem, i have an old 200 mhz in the >attic that i can send you. > >you saying you dont own a program reminds me of an experience i had. > >i was working construction, welding back then. >it was always a hot job. a group of these guys would go to a bar >after work and tell jokes, and lie a lot. it was fun. lots of laughs. >i never started drinking when i was young. so when i got older i would >always drink a coke or water when everyone else was trying to get their buzz. >i didnt need a buzz, i just enjoyed being with my work friends, and listening >to their jokes. but on somedays when it was really hot, and the beer was ice >cold, i would drink a beer. but never more than one, and usually didnt finish >that one. >so---this guy that used to drink a lot, told me that he found it offensive >that i could come down there to the bar, have fun, and not drink. I am brewing my own :-) But do not worry, sooner or later I will buy one. The problems has been that at the tournament halls I was always more tempted by books. Regards, Miguel > > >kburcham
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