Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 10:43:05 10/12/04
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On October 12, 2004 at 10:59:15, Andrew Platt wrote: >On October 12, 2004 at 09:49:11, David H. McClain wrote: > >>Rolf, >> >>I think Donninger gets caught up in his own self-importance, as a few other >>chess programmers do from time to time. We see this happen in this forum on >>occasion. >> >>The mere thought that there is a remote possibility a human could beat his >>contraption sends him into cardiac arrest. He takes himself too seriously...... >> DHM > >FWIW, I've found that Chess in it's entirety, seems to generate bigger egos than >any other activity I've been involved in. It's not just programmers, it's >player's too. I will say, though, that the very top players seem to have less of >an ego than the wannabees! > >Andy. Agreed. But the hoax is when programmers think they are important in chess. How could that be if they cant even play chess themselves? Well, most of them.
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