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Subject: Re: Question to Moderators...

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:46:11 05/05/04

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On May 05, 2004 at 14:48:50, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On May 05, 2004 at 14:46:39, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On May 05, 2004 at 12:47:59, steven blincoe wrote:
>>
>>>at what point(if ever)are members asked to take a thread offline here and
>>>continue it through personal emails?
>>>
>>>i am obvioulsy referring to the never-ending thread about the Crafty-Hyatt
>>>speedup results.
>>>
>>>now i realize that the thread is certainly "on-topic" but it really has
>>>degenerated into nothing more then a series of personal attacks,insults,name
>>>calling and finger pointing..and this was about 3 days ago!
>>>
>>>is this thread allowed to run on and on because well known programers are
>>>involved?
>>>would it be allowed to spin out of control this way if it were two lesser know
>>>programmers ?
>>>would it be allowed to go on an on "ad nasuem" if it were not chess programmers
>>>at all??
>>
>>Some of the posts are on the border of moderation.
>>
>>My suggestion is:
>>Stop reading it!
>>
>>Here is the thread boiled down to a few sentences (paraphrazing):
>>
>>start:
>>Antagonist> You said Crafty was .7x faster but it is only .6x faster with each
>>new thread!
>>Proagonist> Well, my off-the cuff remark is approximately correct.  Within my
>>measurement certainty at least.
>>Antagonist> You swore on a stack of Bibles it was .7x!!!!!  You chisled it on
>>stone tablets and swore a solemn oath!
>>Proagonist> Did not.
>>Antagonist> Did so!
>>Go to start.
>>
>>Now anyone who has not read it can save themselves some time.
>
>Hmmm.. I spelled "Protagonist" as "Proagonist".  I wonder if it was a Freudian
>slip.


If you had spelled "antagonist" as "Moron" _that_ would have been a Freudian
slip...



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