Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:23:17 09/17/99
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On September 17, 1999 at 02:06:35, odell hall wrote: >On September 17, 1999 at 00:02:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 16, 1999 at 23:42:22, odell hall wrote: >> >>>On September 16, 1999 at 21:06:24, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>> >>>>On September 16, 1999 at 19:29:53, Thom Perry wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 16, 1999 at 18:55:01, Bradley S., Short wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On September 16, 1999 at 17:53:52, odell hall wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On September 16, 1999 at 13:16:08, Bradley S., Short wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>The last time I even used Chessmaster 3000 was on a 486/50. Lately >>>>>>>>I have been playing around with it on a Celeron 366 and it is much >>>>>>>>improved. >>>>>>>>Beat Novag Sapphire 5 to 0 at game in 60 minutes. >>>>>>>>Draw against CM5500 at 3 min per move. >>>>>>>>Draw against CM6000 at 3 min per move. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>It takes time to play these 3 min per move games but so far CM3000 hasnt >>>>>>>>been beaten. It can see over 200,000 postitions per second. more >>>>>>>>four times 5500 or 6000. >>>>>>>>Both 5500 and 6000 are much more sophisticated programs with better >>>>>>>>algorithms so they would no doubt defeat 3000 in serious matches but >>>>>>>>still I am quite pleased with the old boy. >>>>>>>>I used 3000 to learn to play the game and back then it really used to >>>>>>>>make short work of me. As I got stronger I began to see its weaknesses.. >>>>>>>>Later I got 4000 and went back to getting spanked. >>>>>>>>But now that the hardware is 10 times faster 3000 made a significant leap >>>>>>>>in strength. Enough to interest me again. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Brad >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you ask me Chessmaster 3000 is rather weak, I beat it like a step-child >>>>>>>when I had my cyrix 233 >>>> >>>>Stop and think for a moment and perhaps you can come up with a very nice analogy >>>>or metaphor involving someone of a different race. Imagine for a moment how mad >>>>a whole bunch of people would get if you used this analogy in this group, and >>>>your best response to this would perhaps be to go hide under a rock. >>>> >>>>Now imagine an analogy involving some light belligerent intent, or reference to >>>>a meat product, or something like that. If you use this analogy, perhaps it >>>>offends someone, and your response would be something like, "excuse me for >>>>living, buster". >>>> >>>>There has been a complaint about the analogy at the end of the quoted post. I >>>>think the analogy is somewhere between the two situations described in my >>>>previous two paragraphs. I can see the point of the complaint, but I don't want >>>>to delete the post. I would ask that people consider carefully the effect their >>>>words will have on the large and diverse population of people who read CCC, and >>>>please try to use images that won't result in complaints to the CCC moderator >>>>alias. >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>> >>>>bruce >>>> >>>>PS. It is possible that another moderator may feel differently and delete the >>>>thread. If so, nevermind. >>> >>> >>>Bruce I seriously doubt if there is any moderator or "reasonable" person that >>>would find such a innocent remark offensive. Unless such a person is Seriously >>>insecure. >> >>I don't consider it offensive.. I _do_ consider it to be horribly poor >>taste... > > > Ok Bob I concede, that it may have been of poor taste, (defpending on the >audience) but for me it was said completely without a second thought, as it is a >very common folk saying where I am from, I had no idea anyone would find this >remark offensive, I mean it is like I am afraid to breathe around here, this >newsgroup has become extremely sensitive, hell maybe I would be better off at >rgcc. I will make this my last post I think I will feel a little more >comfortable somewhere where my every word no matter how well intentioned will >not be put under a microscope and judged. Excuse me for living ! Grow up. I didn't say a thing about the above until after it started getting discussed. It ranks right up there with "GDMF" and similar expressions using four-letter words. But it didn't make me write to the moderators, I just thought "geez, totally tasteless" and went on. So get off the high-horse...I only pointed out that it was horribly worded, I don't care how 'flippant' it was. It is even worse than "I beat it like I beat my wife"... There are plenty of better metaphors around...
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