Author: Oliver Y.
Date: 17:55:23 12/21/98
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On December 21, 1998 at 13:55:44, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >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:) I posted the truth a couple of days ago, "Toy n., plaything, game, triviality; KK's plea for improvement (rare); - Oliver Y. 08:52:59 12/19/98 (0) So it goes to show you, if you are succinct, humorous, and have no history here. People see the truth, and as a result, they have nothing to add. Either that, or people just don't bother to read my posts...some day, I aspire to be as funny as you, Mr., or shall I say, "Master Slug." :^)
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