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Subject: Re: Best quote on of the 1999 on ICC!

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 05:53:41 01/05/00

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On January 05, 2000 at 07:57:44, Graham Laight wrote:

>On January 04, 2000 at 00:40:52, Charles Unruh wrote:
>
>>Maybe not the best, i just like it :)!  I like it for it's part truth, humor,
>>and part satire
>>
>>                  "One man holds this group hostage!"
>>
>>The line sort of went on "If that man changed his mind tomorrow(concerning the
>>comp GM strengt issue), the mindless would follow" Something like that, I don't
>>remember who wrote it.

An ardent defender of programs being GMs.

>I'd be interested to know who said this, and about whom

Bob was the "one man". The rest of us, the captive idiots, Stockholm syndrome
included.

> - but unfortunately
>there isn't a straightforward archive search facility on this web site yet.
>
>Charles - if you can remember roughly when this was posted,

About a month ago.

> why not download the
>archive file for that period and search for it?
>
>Given the absence of competition, I think we'll have to agree to declare it the
>quote of the year - if we can find out who said it, and about whom.

It shouldn't be too difficult if you download the posts of the last 2 months and
do a text search for the quotation.

Enrique

>-g



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