Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 18:03:12 07/25/99
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On July 25, 1999 at 06:46:01, Frank Phillips wrote: > >I download the CCC zip files and read them a day late. Usually they are around >100k. When I noticed the latest two where 200k plus, my heart sank, which is a >comment in itself because I knew the increased interest would not be due to >computer chess programming. (Yes I am a nerd. Well an aspiring nerd anyway. >But unlikely to be a top nerd and write a wonderful chess program that so many >enjoy.). > >From past experience, from the increased file size, I expected the usual: Deep >Blue cheated/no it did not; Fritz is best/no it is not; ChessMaster is great/no >it sucks (learning American :-) ); someone else would have won WCCC if they had >played different moves; just because a program won does not mean it is best and >therefore should have won; the latest round of Bob Hyatt baiting; and so on and >so on. > >I was wrong of course. Although many of the posts had familiar qualities - my >opinion is the truth and I will keep stating it until you agree with it in >public, and if it is against the Charter well we will just have to change the >Charter in my image; anyway, I will keep on arguing until I win (even it I have >to redefine the debate and completely change my point of view) or at the very >least have the last word. Some of the most pertinent comments came from James >Robertson. Many other comments could well have come from someone younger (no >offence James) – maybe they did. > >Thank you Bruce for upholding the Charter and deleting the joke. I was offended >by it, not because of its content but because it was posted here. It should >have been deleted quicker. It should never have been posted here – until the >Charter is changed. This is black and white. There is no grey. > >If we are going to change CCC into rgcc, perhaps now for the benefit of the >majority (or at least the vociferous minority) who have little interest in chess >programming, I wonder how many members have any enthusiasm for a dry, moderated >computer chess section/forum where like-minded people can discuss computer chess >while restraining themselves from trying to impose their view of life on others. > Comedians, philosophers and politicians can then talk to a more appreciative >audience, and the rest us can be spared. > >Frank I feel your pain, Frank. I also read CCC mainly for the chess programming discussions. Last week there were some *very* interesting threads - the kind that make CCC really worthwhile. Unfortunately, every time someone throws a temper-tantrum here, the good technical discussions end. :-( --Peter
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