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Subject: Re: Moderation: What Did He Say?

Author: odell hall

Date: 11:47:21 09/17/99

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On September 17, 1999 at 09:23:17, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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...


 I think your overreacting to my post using language way to strong, as far as my
metaphors being in poor taste, need I remind you of the Robert Hyatt Lexicon,
where you use terminology that makes my language sound "very Mild", so I think
you are the last person to make any comment about my use of language.



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