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Subject: Re: SSDF(Ruffian 1.0.1 - Hiarcs 8)A1200, 1½-½, now 5.5-3.5

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 16:04:44 01/03/03

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On January 03, 2003 at 17:29:02, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On January 03, 2003 at 17:03:45, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>Mogens, you're calling the majority, by your standards, at CCC as stupid!
>
>Not quite, I think. I'm not sure the rational majority can be described as being
>relentless in their pursuit of obtaining the latest commercial chess engine for
>no particular reason beyond personal gratification.
>
>>Nice going!
>>
>>I'm no patzer, and many here are strong chess players, but not many would give
>>Kasparov a run for his money so to speak...let us buy programmes even if it's
>>for sheer amusement...rather than say this forum for the most part is stupid!
>
>Maybe it's an oldfashioned viewpoint, but I find any embodiment of mindless
>consumerism to be an exercise in stupidity.

Is it any different from all those patzer programmers trying to make a
competitive engine? What a waste of time when there are already numerous very
strong open source freely available (pardon my pleonasm).

Rationality goes out the window sometimes, dopamin effect can be overwhelming:)

-S.
>Regards,
>Mogens



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