Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 03:17:48 02/12/03
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On February 12, 2003 at 05:22:30, Jeroen Noomen wrote:
>On February 12, 2003 at 03:17:18, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>Uri,
>
>Stop questioning everything.
>Accept and respect Ed's decision.
Let me reveil a few aspects. Nothing private because I don't know any kind of
details. But I can open my eyes and judge what I can see.
At first let me say that I see here a second version of one of your direct
"orders" so to speak. Once you write that a certain message is of a type that
could cause you to leave the club. Honestly I wished you had written that same
message whe I was insulted by Kenzie/Silver.
Now you tell someone to respect and accept. This is something extremely
important in a club where a lot of topics are being discussed. Note please that
I respect your opinion - from the base of _your_ knowledge! But I wished you
could also understand the others from their own level of information.
Let me try to stay on topic. Last year I could observe Thorsten C., because I
sent him messages for his homepage for a while, who was deeply involved in Rebel
tests. Suddenly he published a report about his tests and criticised that he
couldn't get a response from Ed. Then he reflected all kind of terrible news.
Just fiction. Now by chance I became a member here, BTW not long after a general
peace between Ed and me. Note, I knew nothing about anything private. But what I
could observe was that Ed wasn't talking in CCC but in CTF. And there in CTF Ed
was one of the main posters. I couldn't believe my eyes, because from all what I
could read, sarcasm, irony, as if Ed had finally foud his true destination after
- yes what? After the hell computerchess?
All what we do, even what we do not do, all is the message. Now please give me a
reason, why someone should simply be happy in CTF but at the same time need the
smokescreen of something strange that might have happened.
The simple message "Hi - for some future - out of private reasons - I will
attend mainly the CTF, I have stopped all kind of computerchess, please respect
my decision, and don't ask me any kind of questions. I am with you and, who
knows, I will be back, but now I need a rest." Period.
I have one sigle question. Why was such a message impossible.
There are so many people here who like Ed very much, so that it's quite natural
that they have questions. Isn't friendship based on mutual concern about one's
well-doing? The above statement would cover all kind of concerns. All kind of
evil, illnesses, death, crime, sex, all. But no further questions out of
respect.
But if there is no statement, then of course people and surely friends ask
questions. And so I am sure that Uri asked as a friend. Because there are so
many contradictions! It's Ed who should have sent such a message. But without a
message friends ask themselves how they perhaps could help him to come back. And
I read some very strong points in the arguments. The most important point is
that someone apparetly, allegedly left the field of his mai interest and then
suddenly shows a lot of interest again. Why STILL wrap him into cotton wool and
trat him as if he's a bit out of himself. I read most messages of Ed in CTF and
I can only say that I have never read so many insightful and ironic messages.
Yes, believe it or not, there is a world outside of CC.
But the other iformatios are clear. Ed simply sold his busiess. Period. But that
doesn't mean Ed, the chessplayer, the programmer, the creative, yes, the artist
has gone!!! But after you sold, it shoud be allowed to make some vacations. Now
Ed could have stayed in CTF. But he decided to write messages here in CCC.
And now you want to give the medical assistant and to tell people how they
should behave? Why not putting 3% of your energy in a thread about the meaning
of books. The philosophical side of books, so to speak. If you, as such a close
partner of Ed, tell people to shut up, then you create an atmosphere of taboo
aroud Ed as if Ed would soon stumble and fall. But you miss the effect if
friends show Ed their ideas. Either Ed's vacations were successful, then he can
need his friends, or it was all a big self-betrayal and professional help should
be called. BTW that would be then a good job for your concern. But your
intervention here has no meaning at all.
I have great respect for Ed if he succeeds with his transformation into a
so-called business-free expert in computerchess. I see good chances because Ed
is a chessplayer and not in the 1200 regions. Just to give a number.
Again if you have knowledge of certain details, then simply inform Ed and tell
him how important a statement could be. But it must come from Ed. Then nothing
is a taboo and we could respect his privacy. But without we would always think
that we could help him with ideas or jokes.
Moral: Sometimes the easiest things seem to be the most difficult.
For experts it's the other way round.
Rolf Tueschen
>
>Jeroen
>
>
>>I see no reason that you cannot sell Rebel even as a dos application to another
>>company and not deal with emails from customers.
>>
>>I also see no reason that you cannot compete in world championship.
>>You only need to send a special version of Rebel to an operator who will operate
>>Rebel.
>>
>>Uri
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