If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Policy / Politique
The fee for tournament organizers advertising on ChessTalk is $20/event or $100/yearly unlimited for the year.
Les frais d'inscription des organisateurs de tournoi sur ChessTalk sont de 20 $/événement ou de 100 $/année illimitée.
You can etransfer to Henry Lam at chesstalkforum at gmail dot com
Transfér à Henry Lam à chesstalkforum@gmail.com
Dark Knight / Le Chevalier Noir
General Guidelines
---- Nous avons besoin d'un traduction français!
Some Basics
1. Under Board "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) there are 3 sections dealing with General Forum Usage, User Profile Features, and Reading and Posting Messages. These deal with everything from Avatars to Your Notifications. Most general technical questions are covered there. Here is a link to the FAQs. https://forum.chesstalk.com/help
2. Consider using the SEARCH button if you are looking for information. You may find your question has already been answered in a previous thread.
3. If you've looked for an answer to a question, and not found one, then you should consider asking your question in a new thread. For example, there have already been questions and discussion regarding: how to do chess diagrams (FENs); crosstables that line up properly; and the numerous little “glitches” that every new site will have.
4. Read pinned or sticky threads, like this one, if they look important. This applies especially to newcomers.
5. Read the thread you're posting in before you post. There are a variety of ways to look at a thread. These are covered under “Display Modes”.
6. Thread titles: please provide some details in your thread title. This is useful for a number of reasons. It helps ChessTalk members to quickly skim the threads. It prevents duplication of threads. And so on.
7. Unnecessary thread proliferation (e.g., deliberately creating a new thread that duplicates existing discussion) is discouraged. Look to see if a thread on your topic may have already been started and, if so, consider adding your contribution to the pre-existing thread. However, starting new threads to explore side-issues that are not relevant to the original subject is strongly encouraged. A single thread on the Canadian Open, with hundreds of posts on multiple sub-topics, is no better than a dozen threads on the Open covering only a few topics. Use your good judgment when starting a new thread.
8. If and/or when sub-forums are created, please make sure to create threads in the proper place.
Debate
9. Give an opinion and back it up with a reason. Throwaway comments such as "Game X pwnz because my friend and I think so!" could be considered pointless at best, and inflammatory at worst.
10. Try to give your own opinions, not simply those copied and pasted from reviews or opinions of your friends.
Unacceptable behavior and warnings
11. In registering here at ChessTalk please note that the same or similar rules apply here as applied at the previous Boardhost message board. In particular, the following content is not permitted to appear in any messages:
* Racism
* Hatred
* Harassment
* Adult content
* Obscene material
* Nudity or pornography
* Material that infringes intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any party
* Material the posting of which is tortious or violates a contractual or fiduciary obligation you or we owe to another party
* Piracy, hacking, viruses, worms, or warez
* Spam
* Any illegal content
* unapproved Commercial banner advertisements or revenue-generating links
* Any link to or any images from a site containing any material outlined in these restrictions
* Any material deemed offensive or inappropriate by the Board staff
12. Users are welcome to challenge other points of view and opinions, but should do so respectfully. Personal attacks on others will not be tolerated. Posts and threads with unacceptable content can be closed or deleted altogether. Furthermore, a range of sanctions are possible - from a simple warning to a temporary or even a permanent banning from ChessTalk.
Helping to Moderate
13. 'Report' links (an exclamation mark inside a triangle) can be found in many places throughout the board. These links allow users to alert the board staff to anything which is offensive, objectionable or illegal. Please consider using this feature if the need arises.
Advice for free
14. You should exercise the same caution with Private Messages as you would with any public posting.
related - agnotology as the cultural production of ignorance
Robert Proctor, a Stanford researcher, has also specialized in studying the cultural production of ignorance. He began by looking at the propaganda of the tobacco industry:
Proctor had found that the cigarette industry did not want consumers to know the harms of its product, and it spent billions obscuring the facts of the health effects of smoking. This search led him to create a word for the study of deliberate propagation of ignorance: agnotology.
The practice of agnotology - the cultivation of ignorance - performs the "useful" task of silencing dissent. Every criticism, every expose of problems and injustice is countered by pseudo-scientific balderdash. The whole weight of the overwhelming majority opinion of the scientific community is countered by noisy and well-financed propaganda of spurious, but intelligent-sounding, nonsense.
Originally posted by NYT
"Mr. Proctor, who describes his specialty as "agnotology, the study of ignorance," argues that the tobacco industry has tried to give the impression that the hazards of cigarette smoking are still an open question even when the scientific evidence is indisputable. "The tobacco industry is famous for having seen itself as a manufacturer of two different products," he said, "tobacco and doubt.""
Says Lynn Schiebinger: " Ignorance is often not merely the absence of knowledge but an outcome of cultural and political struggle." Stupidity isn't just born. It is grown. (Imagine the voice of Laurence Fishburne from The Matrix here.)
The tobacco industry is perhaps the most famous example. There are plenty more.
Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Tuesday, 7th June, 2016, 02:56 PM.
Reason: imagine Laurence Fishburne
Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.
Almost certainly the most interesting post I have seen on Chesstalk and the only one I will share with non-chess friends. Although I may be disappointed by my colleagues - most lawyers won't think anyone can teach them anything about bullshit.
Almost certainly the most interesting post I have seen on Chesstalk and the only one I will share with non-chess friends. Although I may be disappointed by my colleagues - most lawyers won't think anyone can teach them anything about bullshit.
lol - my pleasure Denis! I remember watching your games back in the 60's and 70's ... I enjoyed that paper too! :)
Almost certainly the most interesting post I have seen on Chesstalk and the only one I will share with non-chess friends. Although I may be disappointed by my colleagues - most lawyers won't think anyone can teach them anything about bullshit.
I agree, I've saved it for study. It reminds me a bit of what we called "The Art of Obfuscation" when I worked at Nortel as it spiralled downwards. Thank you Kerry! ;)
I agree, I've saved it for study. It reminds me a bit of what we called "The Art of Obfuscation" when I worked at Nortel as it spiralled downwards. Thank you Kerry! ;)
Almost invariably the workers are able to see the flaws (or most of them) in their 'superiors' administrative and policy decisions. Here's an oldie-but-goldie variation on the corporate BS theme:
The Plan
In the beginning was the plan.
And then came the assumptions.
And the assumptions were without form.
And the plan was without substance.
And darkness was upon the face of the workers.
And they spoke among themselves saying,
"The plan is a crock of shit and it stinketh."
And the workers went unto their supervisors and said,
"It is a pail of dung and none may abide the odor thereof."
And the supervisors went unto their managers and said,
"It is a container of excrement and it is very strong, such that none may abide by it."
And the managers went unto their directors, saying,
"It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength."
And the directors spoke among themselves, saying to one another,
"It contains that which aids plant growth and it is very strong."
And the directors went unto the vice presidents, saying unto them,
"It promotes growth and is very powerful."
And the vice presidents went unto the president, saying unto him,
"The new plan will promote the growth and vigor of the company, with powerful effects."
And the president looked upon the plan and saw that it was good.
And the plan became policy.
This is how shit happens.
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
"Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
"If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey
Tweet
Comment