Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 17:16:23 02/04/02
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On February 04, 2002 at 19:05:31, Tina Long wrote: >On February 03, 2002 at 21:20:11, Chessfun wrote: > >>On February 03, 2002 at 20:56:15, Tina Long wrote: >> >>>On February 03, 2002 at 20:26:27, Mogens Larsen wrote: >>> >>>>On February 03, 2002 at 20:23:15, Tina Long wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hi Sarah, >>>>>I saw the X (TheKing312X) , but presumed it was just a "Personality", >>>>>particulary as I had heard here that Jonas was no longer creating chess >>>>>programs. >>>>> >>>>>I will change my statement to "...it is a rare opportunity to see A King >>>>>leading..." >>>>> >>>>>Regards, >>>>>Tina >>>> >>>>It is "just" a CM8000 personality. And it's Johan, not Jonas :-). >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>>Mogens >>> >>>I slip these little errors in to provoke you Mogens. >>> >>>I meant no disrespect on either point. "Just" was as distinct from a new or >>>"Xperimental" version. >>> >>>And if I try to start CM8k to look for a name I am 80% sure my Netscape will >>>lock up. >>> >>>Thanks for the information >>>Tina >>> >>>PS: I reitterate "Toy" Pah! >> >>Not that I disagree but he wrote that AFAIK about CM6K. > >Hi Sarah, >I've had a brief look in the Search Engine to answer another post, & KK was >referring, in Dec '98, to the lack of computer analysis while playing >person-person (or reviewing a game) in CM6k. I think he was playing "Devils >Advocate" rather than actually deriding CM6k, but that went over the heads of >his combattants. > >If that debate helped lead to the analysis features of CM8k then it was a good >thing. > >I was simply being facitious (sp?), imitating the methods of the Kiddies who >fought so hard to defend their favourite chess toy. > > >>The CM8K is clearly better in terms of it's features which again AFAIK >>was what the reference "toy" was about. > >Agreed >> >>Not trying to defend his comments but one last AFAIK >>he is CANADIAN !! > >I have generally found that being Canadian is a Good thing. I particularly like >some of the Canadian Television Comedy eg. The News (name?), Trailer Park >Boys, Terence & Phillip, .... > >Cheers, >Tina > > >> >>Sarah. The News (name?), Would that be "This Hour Has 22 Minutes"? Sorry Terence and Phillip is American. Terry
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