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Subject: Re: Why doesn't Hsu post here personally?

Author: Tina Long

Date: 18:55:27 01/15/00

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On January 15, 2000 at 09:58:43, Albert Silver wrote:

>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".

All right, how about: "Don't bother for that which you can't reach, it is a
waste of energy."

>> Born emptyhanded - dying emptyhanded

Surely the information flows here don't leave us empty handed, my hands are full
enough, I need no more.

>> - 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

Actually Fellow is quite acceptable to me.  It's like comrade or mate, it
implies I'm accepted in Sune's conversation group.  I think too was the pun
Longfellow in response to my poetic prose.

Ha, Sunday Rains
Bugger - guess I'll go watch the Cricket.

Tina Long

>> 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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