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by wolfv
Fri Jun 18, 2010 3:14 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: BB's Rybka/Ippolit comparison
Replies: 124
Views: 93963

Re: BB's Rybka/Ippolit comparison

"...It once happened to me with the BT-Rebel 6 thing being faced with an accusation and then not telling the truth afraid of the shame, image and financial loss. Stupidity of the worst kind and it still hunts my conscience after all these years...".

Thank you so much for saying this, Ed. I remember ...
by wolfv
Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:29 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: You MUST ABSOLUTELY see this...not chess, but...
Replies: 19
Views: 8877

Re: You MUST ABSOLUTELY see this...not chess, but...

Fern,

this was just great! The soundtrack was perfect and when you think about all those ant-like people who don't exist anymore... la vida no vale nada... sentiment may come easily. Thanks for the walk back to one hundred years ago.

Hugs to the Villegas family from here :)
by wolfv
Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:01 am
Forum: Engines, GUIs, Books and Platforms
Topic: computerchess programs for android OS
Replies: 31
Views: 10628

Re: computerchess programs for android OS

Thorsten,

there is a chess program named BikJump for the Android OS. It's Java based and probably much slower than on Mac OS X (I've tested it there, it's pretty strong, may be around 2450). Check out this link: http://www.aartbik.com/MISC/android.html.
If you plan on getting an Android run cell ...
by wolfv
Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:43 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: its a sad thing that CCC dies this way...
Replies: 20
Views: 11616

Correction.

Why "self-appointed"? Aren´t moderators there no longer elected?

Mike

Hi Mike,

actually there was an election and Banks was NOT elected. However, after Matthias Gemuh, who was elected, decided to resign Banks duly accepted to serve as moderator as he got the most votes of all who ran for the ...
by wolfv
Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:58 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: its a sad thing that CCC dies this way...
Replies: 20
Views: 11616

Re: its a sad thing that CCC dies this way...

Why "self-appointed"? Aren´t moderators there no longer elected?

Mike

Hi Mike,

actually there was an election and Banks was NOT elected. However, after Matthias Gemuh, who was elected, decided to resign Banks duly accepted to serve as moderator as he got the most votes of all who ran for the ...
by wolfv
Thu Jun 10, 2010 2:40 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: its a sad thing that CCC dies this way...
Replies: 20
Views: 11616

Re: its a sad thing that CCC dies this way...

Hi,

i am glad to see many people from the old forum here, Fernando, Thorsten, Chris, the old-timers in a manner of speaking, as well as many others. I just hope that CCC won't die prematurely. Too much effort has been put in making CCC but unfortunately things have gone wrong there, especially with ...