Author: Robert Henry Durrett
Date: 19:11:30 05/26/02
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On May 26, 2002 at 21:24:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On May 26, 2002 at 18:15:36, Robert Henry Durrett wrote: > >>On May 20, 2002 at 14:50:05, Russell Reagan wrote: >> >><snip> >>> >>>Bob is easily an "expert" >>>on computer chess. You could rightly refer to him as a computer chess >>>"professional", since Crafty is a large part (I assume) of what his job as a >>>professor has entailed over the years, along with other computer chess programs. >>> >><snip> >>>Russell >> >>I imagine Bob differently. I see him as a harried graduate school professor >>advising a bunch of nerd graduate students each trying to get a degree without >>doing any work. Bob probably has no peace at all, the way it looks to me. They >>are probably constantly knocking at his door or chasing him down the hall >>wanting something. He probably has to HIDE from them just to get any peace at >>all. >> >>Unfortunately, universities in Alabama are under a lot of financial pressure. >>In fact, the State of Alabama seems close to bankruptcy. The Computer Science >>Department probably has to work on all kinds of undesirable projects just to >>keep enough money flowing in. What is needed is a big chess grant from someone >>like those sponsoring the big chess tournaments. >> >>Bob > > >It's not quite that bad... First, UAB is a _huge_ place. With over 20,000 >full-time employees, a large hospital, clinic, medical school, in addition to >the usual academic departments. > >You are right that I don't spend a lot of time on chess. Most of the time. >At times, I spend (or at least in the past spent) a lot of time in "spurts". >But then I also get involved in other things and make up for the spurts with >a "blank period". > >But I'm still working on it... That is wonderful. I'm sure a lot of people here are glad to hear it. I sure am. There is still so much to do!
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