Author: Terry Presgrove
Date: 10:15:18 08/21/99
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On August 20, 1999 at 17:29:07, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On August 20, 1999 at 13:06:12, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >> >>On August 20, 1999 at 07:30:57, Andrew Williams wrote: >> >>>On August 20, 1999 at 06:06:35, Ron Norris wrote: >>> >>>>If the governing body(FIDO) of all animals of the world wished to establish >>>>which animal was the fiercest fighter, then invited all animals to compete, >>>>hoping to prove to the world that only their organisation could produce such >>>>a great and majestic display of competition and bravery. But what if the >>>>lion declined, and the tiger declined, and the bear declined, and the rhino >>>>declined, but only the chihuahuas showed up. Naturally, a chihuahua won. >>>> >>>>The very proud organisation of FIDO would proclaim their champion chihuahua >>>>as the only true champion. Of course, it was assumed that the tiger, the >>>>lion, the bear and the rhino must have been afraid of competition from the >>>>fierce chihuahuas. So, as FIDO struts their newly crowned chihuahua around >>>>the globe, exalting his accomplishments, praising his bravery, and wanting >>>>all the world to acknowledge the champions skills, the world is split over >>>>the acceptance or denial of the newly crowned monarch of FIDO. >>> >>>I wonder what this has to do with computer chess? >>> >>>Andrew >> >>Nothing, but hopefully it will go away of its own accord. >> >>Is this getting out of control or is there little enough of this that it's not a >>big deal? >> >>bruce > >There was another long thread involving a moderator :) that I was about to fire >off a complaint about. Instead I decided to ask them to "let it lie" and they >seem to be taking the hint. > >Dave So what do you do read every post to see if maybe one is worthy of whinning about to the elected moderators. Personally I found the post somewhat relevant, the metaphors do relate to chess personalities and are much more relevant to computer chess than the subsequent post generated by those who are always whinning about off topic posts. TP
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