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Subject: Re: What might be clear, what might be not ...

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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