Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:28:18 09/17/99
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On September 17, 1999 at 14:47:21, odell hall wrote: >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. If you take the 'context' around my comments, things change quite a bit. You will _never_ find me dropping 'beat him like a ...' or anything else into a normal conversation... I might get a bit more abusive when I have to deal with someone like Rolf, who has thankfully gone the way of dinosaurs at present. And I really don't care whether you think I should comment or not. I didn't on the original post. I did after the thread continued. The comment was gross. Live with it...
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