Author: Robert Hollay
Date: 12:36:54 01/10/06
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On January 10, 2006 at 11:30:16, ludicrous wrote: >In Reply to: Re: How many copies does a top program sells? posted by Wolfgang >Battig on January 10, 2006 at 07:56:12: > >Interesting point, Wolfgang. Just how much of a 'freak' is the average CCC >member? How 'freakish' am I? I suggest we put a list of "HOW TO TELL IF YOU >ARE A COMPUTER CHESS FREAK" > >Let me start: > >1) The CC Freak knows Toga. >2) The CC Freak knows Rybka. >3) The CC Freak knows Fruit. >4) The CC Freak knows Ktulu. >5) The CC Freak knows Smarthink. >6) The CC Freak adores Fernando Villegas. >7) The CC Freak knows how to extract the KING engine from Chessmaster. >8) The CC Freak knows how to use WB engines with old Chessbase GUIs. >9) The CC Freak knows at least a little bit about the UCI protocol. >10) The CC Freak knows the various CC rating lists. > >Any more? Well, it must be that I'm a Parasitical CC Freak then, don't have one single commercial engine, nor GUI. Still I don't feel handicapped, I'm very happy with the free stuff available. Engines from 1) to 5) all have their free versions and they're not much weaker than the commercial ones. Arena and Winboard are good enough for me. As for 6), well, I don't adore Fernando Villegas. Not at all. I just think he's a good fellow :), like many others here. Robert
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