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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