Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 10:30:18 08/21/99
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On August 21, 1999 at 13:15:18, Terry Presgrove wrote: >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 I read every post. Sometimes those threads die quickly or move on-topic, which is why I didn't "whine to the elected moderators" immediately. If you'll notice the post I responded to, a moderator explicitly _asked_ for our opinions. Follow-ups to /dev/null, please. Dave
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