On May 7, 8:03 pm, Patrick Volk <pjv...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> All the while, the main content of the r.g.c newsgroup has dwindled
> under the Sanny spam. Still trying to brute force it (in Java no
> less).
This last part is ludicrous; there is no easy way to
pinpoint the exact cause of any alleged dwindling of
rgc, let alone determine that Sanny should get all
the credit for it. In addition, there are, at the same
time, other such "spammers" who have bombarded
the chess newsgroups with advertisements for their
products; for instance, Larry Parr has been "over-
promoting" a recent book by Larry Evans for quite
some time; and Ray Gordon never stops with his
self-promo add-ons.
In addition, the fact is that /one of the reasons/
that Sanny has made less than amazing progress
is that nobody with any expertise has bothered to
help him much. A few folks have tossed out some
technical talk, but they have yet to explain the ins
and outs of programming a strong chess engine
here in rgc. Sure, Sanny could find that information
elsewhere, but if people have the time and energy
to discuss, say, Barry Goldwater, and what the
world might look like if Adolf Hitler had worn a pink
tutu, or whether or not Thomas Jefferson had any
slave-children, then how awful can it be for Sanny
to ask for help here, in a chess newsgroup?
Face it: chess is a complicated game, and even
the rules governing its play are far from simple. It
should therefore come as no surprise when a
newbie has difficulties in writing the world's soon-
to-be strongest chess program... . ;>D
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