Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:57:08 07/09/04
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On July 09, 2004 at 16:43:01, GuyHaworth wrote: > >Ah, restrooms - good one, Bob. > >[Btw: great to see CRAFTY there and giving a good account of itself]. > >No, seriously. I didn't say that we would charge spectators for watching. > >However, I would like to get some idea of the value attached to a better (or for >non-Windows users, some) realtime service. Tackle this from the bottom up, not the top down. IE _first_ step: automate the event locally to eliminate operator move entry and so forth. Second step. If the first step is done correctly, using a copy of the FICS server code, then it becomes trivial for _everyone_ to tune in, watch, even interact with the participants. Windows has interfaces. Unix has interfaces. It solves the entire problem at once. Don't do it backward and ask "how to make it visible in the present framework of manual moves?" First fix that once and for all time. > >If the reply is that a better service is worth $0, we can set our priorities >accordingly. If you try to modernize the actual event by automating the games, then the problem is solved, because of the ability to observe games and the like that is built into the FICS code. > > >I do take the non-O/S-independence thing seriously. When Tim Berners-Lee's (UK) >Royal Society speech went out on the Internet, this was ironically via a >Microsoft-only offering too: the point was made. I have no problems with Microsoft clients. I just don't want it to be a microsoft only event for those of us that have reasons to rely on unix for our operating system requirements... > > >Peace: I look forward to your help with this when we're both less busy than >this week. > I'm game... >guy
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