Author: Don Dailey
Date: 12:05:20 09/24/98
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On September 24, 1998 at 07:51:22, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On September 24, 1998 at 04:25:47, Bernhard Bauer wrote: > >>Dear Danniel, >>please notice that TC alias mclane has been a problem for a long time. >>Even before R.T. showed up in r.g.c he offended people and his rude way >>of writing was terrible. Later he used terrible words. When we were invited >>to CCC it was shocking to see him in the founders group. I never expected >>him to do well. In the last months the moderators showed incredible patiance >>in his respect. In fact they used dubble standards. However, nothing helped >>and TC forced the moderators to do something in his case. I don't miss him >>here. Everybody who wants to read his posts can do so in r.g.c.c. >>It's not a matter of forgiveness, its a matter of very bad behavior. He has >>not only insulted a lot of persons, he has also insulted all the europeans, >>remember his comments about "Streitkultur". CCC had become a really ugly place. >>So I fully agree whith the moderators. They had no other choice. >> >>Kind regards >>Bernhard > >Thank you for pointing out that Mr. Czub has been posting in his way since the >CCC was created. In the original thread I wrote a reply to Bruce: one of the >statements I made was "you were right that it was overdue". In an attempt to >soften my post somewhat, I had omitted how long overdue I thought it was. > >I think that this (CCC) is the place where most serious computer chess >"newsgroup-style" discussion occurs. Sure, maybe not every thread is the worthy >topic of an academic paper, but surprisingly many are :), and in terms of >signal-to-noise, it's one heck of a lot better than r.g.c.c. was when I was >actively participating there. (I no longer do, things may have changed, but I >don't even bother to check, because many people with valuable input participate >here.) > >To move on to the point, we have a community of people interested in computer >chess, even including several of the commercial software developers (either on a >participating or a lurker basis). Who, as a group of people, would it satisfy >Thorsten to interact with more? It is for this reason that I hope he will >return, without the baggage that makes people want to skip over reading many of >his posts. > >Dave Gomboc To Bernhard and Dave, Thank you both for the understanding on your part. As you will see from a post I have written earlier, we did not make this decision lightly. Also, people are forgetting what a nice group this really is. They day they compare this group to RGCC and do not know the difference is the day I get really concerned. - Don
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