Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 01:47:39 11/01/99
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>Subject: Re: Please stop the bickering >Posted by Dave Gomboc on October 31, 1999 at 22:17:20: > >>Unreasonable to ask. >> >>Not everybody likes to write for a magazine. Writing in CCC is easy, some >>quick notes and that's it. Writing for a magazine is quite different. I did >>it once (1984 I believe) for the dutch computer chess magazine "Computer >>Schaak" when I was asked to explain about Rebel's selective search and >>my own invented A/B algorithm because everybody was surprised to see Rebel >>hitting 6 plies on a TRS-80 1.77 Mhz. >> >>I hated it. I hated it because after 3-4 days of hard work the editors >told me >>they didn't understand the contents and they wanted me to do it all over. >Later >>much later after version 4.0 (and with the help of the editor) the article >was >>ready for publication and frankly I must say that it looked a lot better >than my >>first try. I said never again. The ICCA has asked my several times to >>contribute which I kindly refused for the above reason. >> >>You know, writing good articles requires some talent. I know I don't have it. > >Ed, > >I have no intention of writing a top-notch chess program. There's a lot of >people doing this already, and I don't think that becoming another one >would be >a very productive use of my time. There are so many other things to do, and >while computer chess is fun, it's not the only thing that's fun, and I'm sure >that many of those other things pay better! ;-) > >So if you decide you want to contribute an article (e.g. for ICCA), but don't >have the time or want to expend the effort to write out four versions until >editors are happy with it, send me an long email with the rough contents, and >I'll turn it into an article, and keep my mouth shut about the contents until >its published. (Obviously, the journal referees would have to read it.) > >This offer is also extended to other commercial programmers who feel like Ed >does about the subject. > >Dave One day I will make use of that opportunity. Thanks! Ed
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