Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 01:58:41 01/20/99
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On January 20, 1999 at 04:49:07, Harald Faber wrote: >On January 20, 1999 at 04:27:38, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >>>Hard to imagine an anonymous person suing someone for defamation of character. >>> >>>People point fingers at each other all the time on ICC. >>> >>>I looked at the times per move in the games played by Godzilla on 18-Jan, and I >>>didn't concluded that it was a computer. >>> >>>I noticed a lot of one-second moves in the opening, plus a lot of much longer >>>moves in the middlegame. Neither of these points to computer cheating. >>> >>>Perhaps Will was looking at different games. >>> >>>I've seen people on there who may as well be metronomes, they make every move in >>>four seconds, including opening moves. This guy is nowhere near that bad. >>> >>>bruce >> you cannot make this assumption, he cannot make this statement. By Law he is >>liable for defamation. This is not something to just stir, this is illegal. >>There are no arguements. I know the law on this. > >Hmm. Will thinks he has proof that X plays with a computer. What is the problem >with all that, either he is right or wrong? It is just his opinion. Do you go to >court if someone says he believes he has proof that the earth is a plate? you canot make an opinion that is deflamatory, lets see how happy ICD would be to be sued. A second moderator thinking there is nothing wrong with this statement. It is no different if I gave my opinion that you were molester and spread it everywhere. You cannot allow that post to be on here, it is deflamatory.
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