Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 15:29:06 12/25/04
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On December 25, 2004 at 14:34:45, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On December 25, 2004 at 05:50:09, F. Huber wrote: > >>On December 25, 2004 at 05:40:02, Reinhard Scharnagl wrote: >> >>>Uri, >>> >>>I have tried to get more information on that asking in the Arena support forum. >>>But I did not get additional information. For me the situation seems to look >>>like following: the Arena team would not like that there would exist download >>>possibilities for Arena which would be beside of their control. The Winboard >>>forum obviously does not like to filter such links from its postings. And both >>>parties seem to be unable to clear that conflict seriously. >>> >>>Though links are quite normal in the Web, it is a different situation to offer >>>foreign contents at one's site without permission. In my opinion establishing >>>a download possibility clearly is exeeding having a simple link at a Web page. >>>So the Winboard forum should take care on providing not approved download links. >>> >>>But especially at Christmas time it should be possible that the involved people >>>will find a serious solution for that problem without involving lawyers and of >>>course without banning wildly selected people. >>> >>>Regards, Reinhard. >> >>Hi Reinhard, >> >>it seems you´ve forgotten one _important_ thing: >> >>The mentioned download links to Arena files in the Winboard-forum >>have been posted there by Christopher Conkie _himself_ !!! >>And he _is_ one member of the Arena team, which "would not like such >>direkt links to their software" - somehow strange, isn´t it? >> >>Regards, >>Franz. > >Talking about christopher cronkie. Doesn't he speak English just as bad as >Frank Quisinsky. Any confirmation that this guy isn't Quisinsky in own person >and a real existing person? > >Of course i just read a few postings of that guy, but to me it looked like >german-english. > >Vincent Well I have thought the same. For a Scottish person, he certainly doesn't speak very good english. I also thought there was the possiblility that Conkie was not a real person, and possibly made up to rid the old Arena forums of some "bad eggs". Peter
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