Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 10:55:44 12/21/98
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On December 21, 1998 at 10:51:38, Steve Lopez wrote: >Ummm, Micheal, I read it as some good-natured sarcasm (Larry was doing a riff on >KK's post about CM6000 being a "toy"). > >By the way, the "toy" just launched a furious attack against my Budapest Defense >and tore my head off. Good stuff! Thank Goodness! (I'm affraid to use GOD), someone got it! Frankly, I was amazed at the amount of downright anger that the post about Chess Master 6000 being a toy engendered. As I put in an earier post; CM6000 is a toy, an incredibly good TOY. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that! In fact, I admit it, I was thinking before I posted, can the header of the post alone really be responsible for people 'getting all worked up', so I posted this good natured post, which by the way has the essestial truth in it, as a little experiment too see. Also right after posting it, I was thinking, should I add more of a disclaimer then, "Ho, Ho, Ho," Maybe that reference to the movie 'Big' and the scene in the corporate board room would have helped? And, I wanted to know (out of my human curiousty), would this provocative header, make my thread last longer? Usaully my threads wind down much more quickly. So the answer would appear to be yes. And, I see nothing wrong with endless post about Chess Master. This is after all the computer chess club. People will talk about what they want. I did (and other's for sure), have noticed, almost a 'religious fervour' developing between a group of poster's who are master's, and feel 'wronged' by KK's inabilitiy to admit he was wrong, and KK himself, who (even if he is wrong & won't admit it), keeps posting 'answers' to these poster's that will never satify them. Frankly, I found this whole thing quite enjoyable & funny in itself, and makes me further aware of the fact that I am one of you (The women say I'm going to do my work now, have fun at your little chess club...), I get all worked up about certain issues, and want to post about them, especially if someone says I'm wrong. But the other side of me knows I am very addicted to this, and nobody in the 'REAL WORLD' understands most of it, or even gives a damn if you try to explain it to them. I think that's why I don't like the, 'REAL WORLD' (as my parents used to call it), very much. They just don't get us. So in the interest of Peace, Love and (supposed), good cheer of the holliday's, I hope everybody will just lighten up, and see the humor in all this. mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! P.S. - I'm moving from Seattle to NY on the 29th. I have to ship my compters sooner, so I'll likely be out of touch for about a week. If you want to flame me during that time, fine. Just understand that I'm not diliberately, NOT answering:)
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