Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:58:43 01/15/00
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On January 15, 2000 at 09:16:05, Sune Larsson wrote:
>On January 15, 2000 at 06:11:48, Tina Long wrote:
>
>>On January 14, 2000 at 21:13:11, Peter Hegger wrote:
>>
>>>On January 14, 2000 at 20:08:49, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi peter:
>>>>Yes, it would be great if Mr Hsu posted here, but respect to this issue is
>>>>difficult what else he can add to the many thigs he already said in his open
>>>>letter. His explanation was long, detailed, almost a a Lukas saga.
>>>>fernando
>>>
>>>Hello Fernando:
>>>True, his letters have been quite detailed and to the point. However, they seem
>>>to have raised just as many questions as they have answered. Witness the number
>>>of DB-GK threads that have appeared here in the last few days. Many people here
>>>have expanded the debate with questions like "I wonder what Hsu would think of
>>>this proposal"? or "what would Hsu think of playing Khalifman instead"? etc...
>>>In fact you may have noticed that there has even been new poll questions
>>>suggested. But why have a poll about what DB's successor should or shouldn't do
>>>when the only person that could answer these questions is Hsu himself?
>>>Best regards,
>>>Peter
>>Dr. Hsu should not post here:
>>
>>I think we should consider ourselves very lucky to have seen the correspondance
>>to the extent we have. People are already taking this sort of open information
>>for granted. Before the Internet none of us would have known about any of this
>>Hsu - Kasparov. And today the young cyber-users are saying "I should be able to
>>discuss this issue directly with Dr Hsu."
>>
>>I think we should be happy with what we've got. We received information from a
>>couple of sources direct from the "Horses mouths". We are in a cyber-commumity
>>of people who are variously qualified to discuss the (non) developements, and we
>>get many viewpoints. If any more "official" information is released we will
>>very quickly hear about it.
>>
>>How lucky are we. Take this discussion to your mates or to the playground or
>>workplace and no-one gives a damn. We are able to discuss & conjecture these
>>things here, and even get feedback from people who really know about the subject
>>and actually know the major characters.
>>
>>I wouldn't expect Dr Hsu to expose himself to this place. "Why did you do this,
>>why don't you do that" "I reckon you should...". Anything he says he's stuck
>>with for the rest of his life. Any language difficulties (Hsu is American, half
>>of us here arn't) could cause difficulties (Look at the confusion of Anand's
>>comment about 10 times faster). This is a very very big-money project we're
>>discussing, Hsu could become even more famous & possibly disgustingly rich.
>>Why would he come here & risk it all.
>>
>>And of course, someone would surely embariss us all in some juvenile way. "Isn't
>>it true you cheated Kasparov..." "Definitely not...." "You dum@#$% @#$%^ *&^%*
>>idiot...."
>>
>>The interested parties are probably getting some feedback on what's being said &
>>suggested here & at RGCC, and we'll certainly hear the next episode of what goes
>>on. That's plenty for me, just another of the many wonderous soap-operas going
>>on in chess & computer chess. I personally hang on every episode.
>>
>>Hi guys
>>Tina Long
>
> Words of Wisdom... "I think we should be happy with what we got".
> Born emptyhanded - dying emptyhanded - the way of the white cloud...
> This Long fellow must be a philosopher of some kind!?
Must be, though I somehow doubt she'll appreciate being called a 'fellow'. :-)
Albert Silver
> And maybe we need
> more of intuition, philosophy, eyes to see the wider connections of life,
> compassion.
> Op, must go visit the Dr:s page to see if new Tiger-match has been played.
> Just for statistics, of course...
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