Author: Dirk Frickenschmidt
Date: 16:01:31 09/10/98
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On September 10, 1998 at 17:51:33, Thomas Davie wrote: Hi Tom, what caused my grin was not that he tried something own. I wish him or whoever wishes to feel well there, too. But all the bathos about it was a bit oversized from my view. And after the noise/signal ratio (as Bob would say) on rgcc and CCC I have seen before (and still see now) I don't yet see how it could become a real computer chess board. I certainly have nothing against any initiative to live a hobby. *If* it's not just one more welcome reason to talk about pseudo-free-speech on rgcc. Kind regards from Dirk > >On September 10, 1998 at 13:19:06, Dirk Frickenschmidt wrote: > >> >>Well when I went there this morning (European time) there were 14 posts there, >>from 3 posters, of whom two were Sean Evans and Chris Whiitington. >> >>The only thread apart from some bathetic welcome messages were 8 posts about >>chess program piracy (pros, cons and experiences). >> >>It was not quite the Hitchcock level of suspense, if everybody understands what >>I mean... :-) >> >>Kind regards >>from Dirk > >Hi Dirk; I've posted about 5 messages there, and yes I started the thread about >piracy. But, since it's obvious that Sean doesn't want it to turn into a forumn >about piracy, and since he's advertised his newsgroup using the word >'SEEEEEXXXX', I polite informed him in email that I have no intention of posting >there again. > >He'll get a few people, but I think overall it will die a slow death. I could be >wrong, and wish him well. But, if he wants to be king in his own mind, I don't >have a problem with that. > >Tom
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