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Subject: Re: New type of poll

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 20:10:11 08/09/99

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On August 09, 1999 at 20:38:45, Pete Galati wrote:

>On August 09, 1999 at 17:23:02, KarinsDad wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 1999 at 15:50:37, Pete Galati wrote:
>>
>>>On August 09, 1999 at 03:23:01, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well man, then take a sabbatical!
>>>>
>>>>:-D
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>____________________
>>>>jimvandorp@wxs.nl
>>>>http://zip.to/jeroen
>>>>ICQ#45740870
>>>
>>>Yeah we want to see this (yet un-named?) program. This century?
>>>
>>>Pete
>>
>>Yeah, yeah. I only started working on it in January and I only get 4 hours per
>>week. That may seem like a lot of time to you guys (over 100 hours so far), but
>>that includes research, writing a spec, etc. I don't just sit down and code. And
>>I especially don't "borrow" other people's code to get it up and running.
>>
>>BTW, this century does include next year (the year 2000 is in the 20th century,
>>although I'm sure that people who do not know better would debate it). So, there
>>is an extremely good possibility that you will see it this century. You may even
>>see it this year, but don't expect to see it this month.
>>
>>KarinsDad :)
>>
>>PS. If Bill Gates is reading this and would like to subsidize this program for
>>Microsoft by giving me a hefty paycheck so that I can go off and take a
>>sabbatical and work on this, please feel free to let me know.
>
>I was just poking you in the ribs, take your time. As for the year 2000, I've
>noticed that Prince's song about partying likes it's 1999 just sounds very odd
>now.
>
>I think it's time for Microsoft to jump on your bandwagon and subsidize you, I
>don't like that odd version of Winchess that they stick there name on. It's more
>than time that they put out a good Chess program. Both them and IBM stear clear
>of releasing Chess programs. The competition is too much for them.
>
>Pete

There is a flaw in your logic. You assume that I can write a good program. Ha,
ha! The joke's on you!!! Microsoft engineers would look at my code and laugh.

KarinsDad :)



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