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Subject: Re: Is Computer Chess Reports dead?

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 07:36:07 08/15/99

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On August 14, 1999 at 12:25:07, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>On August 14, 1999 at 01:25:50, KarinsDad wrote:
>
>>On August 13, 1999 at 21:28:53, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>
>>>On August 13, 1999 at 17:02:20, Richard Sutherland wrote:
>>>
>>>>I notice that nothing has been posted to the Computer Chess Reports section in
>>>>months. Is this resource now dead? or just resting?.
>>>
>>>Hi:
>>>As ex coordinator and ex promotor and ex writer there, i would say that WCCR is
>>>in an state of vegetative life waiting the kiss of the fairy. The problem is:
>>>nobody wanted, want and perhaps will want to perform that rol. Everybody
>>>expected -well, maybe they did not expect a shit after all- to see there new
>>>articles from time to time, but nobody was prepared to expend some time writing
>>>one. I did a lot of interviews, etc, but that is not enough. The same with KK,
>>>but he retired to real life. Efforts to enage oher people were in vain. Actually
>>>WCCR is a monument to lack of interest of everybody here. Maybe they are right,
>>>maybe not. It is for you to decide.
>>>Fernando
>>
>>I don't agree. I think people have a lot of interest here.
>>
>>I think people have to decide where to put their efforts.
>>
>>Some people put them into their programs.
>>
>>Some people put them into tournaments.
>>
>>Very few people have the time to write an article.
>>
>>I wrote a white paper on compressing a random legal position into 20 bytes.
>>Unfortunately, I have not been successful on that. Until I am, that white paper
>>stays put (actually, I have basically convinced myself that it cannot be done,
>>so I doubt I will ever publish that paper).
>>
>>But, there is interest. It's just not in writing articles, but rather in posting
>>and reading messages (and the associated work on programs, tournaments,
>>configuration changes, etc.).
>>
>>KarinsDad :)
>
>It seems my english is getting worst. I thought I had made clear that the lack
>of interest was related to WCCR survival, NOT to CCC life.
>fernando

Sorry Fernando,

I misunderstood your statement "Actually WCCR is a monument to lack of interest
of everybody here.". This implied to me that the lack of interest of the WCCR
iluustrated the overall lack of interest. My mistake.

KarinsDad :)



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