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I don't see the benefit of a private forum. The voting members forum makes sense when discussing sensitive stuff. The members of the executive are accessible via email or public forums. We do not really fully use the forums we have now.
I'm pretty sure he meant it so that non-CFC members wouldn't be allowed in, thus removing a couple of particular people from discussions...
One benefit to a private members' forum might be that members could discuss with each other (along with any CFC officers who might look) their views on CFC matters without anything negative appearing to the eyes of non-CFC members. That's if they wished to. This might also increase traffic to the CFC Discussion Board, which is badly needed. It doesn't take much effort to create a private forum, at least.
There could conceivably be other benefits to a private members' forum, if not now then later (e.g. link into special members only services from within the forum, or sub-forums available only to members). I didn't reject the thought out of hand when it occurred to me, thinking the idea might be worth something down the road. Plastic was discovered first by someone who thought it was worthless goop, so he didn't pursue the idea.
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13. I don't think we need any global warming or Trump threads on the CFC forum. There are lots of other places where you can discuss that.
As I wrote earlier, there is at least one precedent for sub-forums about non-chess subject matters on a forum that's otherwise for chess (that would be OzChess, Australia's board). I recall Hugh, for one, has posted on chesstalk that he finds the Canadian chess community's particular opinions on non-chess topics can be of interest - one cannot isolate this group of people's opinions on non-chess topics otherwise. Certainly this is tolerated on the ever-popular chesstalk, which lacks the organized breakdown of chess and non-chess topics into sub-forums. The problem is, it's often up to just one overall administrator to decide what's best for his or her general forum, interests of the bulk of the users (which admittedly may change over time) not always being sought out.
Technically Chess960 is a variant, but one that we have held the occasional tournament for at the RA Chess club during my tenure as club president. So it's close enough that I was willing to give it a go on a tournament level. However the more the rules are changed from the original game, the more it is a variant.
I'm convinced the standard setup position for orthodox chess is the best one possible, when using the standard chess pieces and rules (including chess960's castling rules). However, chess960 is certainly a way to get out of the books, and fewer people may have chess960 software available to them that may allow for greater chances of undetected computer assisted cheating. Also, if FIDE is desperate to save chess from over-analyzed opening theory at some point in time, chess960 would seem to be a more or less adequate modification to the game for that purpose.
I've added a link re: chess960 to my previous post. Note that if the starting position ('setup') were not randomly selected at the start of every game, and it was to be the setup in games played for, say, 100 years, then the opening theory of all chess960 setups might be exhausted after 96,000 years, whereas if the starting positions for individual/(a whole tournament's) games were always to be randomly selected, as per strictly the present rules of the variant, then the opening theory of all chess960 setups therefore might well never be exhausted, by humans at least. :)
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
Neil strikes me as someone who reads the buzzwords of the day and has to regurgitate them like the autistic young man repeated the baseball sports broadcast in my doctor's waiting room some thirty years ago in an almost perfect recreation of the original. Neil's version is not quite so impressive or memorable.
Neil strikes me as someone who reads the buzzwords of the day and has to regurgitate them like the autistic young man repeated the baseball sports broadcast in my doctor's waiting room some thirty years ago in an almost perfect recreation of the original. Neil's version is not quite so impressive or memorable.
Did you just manipulate a young man inflicted with autism???
You didn't just do that ...did you Drkulec?
To the other Executive members of the Chess Federation of Canada who have a good conscious ...remove Vlad Drkulec from your Executive.
Last edited by Neil Frarey; Wednesday, 22nd November, 2017, 03:47 PM.
Originally posted by Lonely boy Neil FrareyView Post
Did you just manipulate a young man inflicted with autism???
You didn't just do that ...did you Drkulec?
To the other Executive members of the Chess Federation of Canada who have a good conscious ...remove Vlad Drkulec from your Executive.
The term is "good conscience" not "good conscious". Trying to use words you don't understand leads to malapropisms which make you appear comical and not intelligent. I did not "manipulate a youth man with autism" but related an incident from my past where a young man repeated a sports broadcast perfectly like other people might make a photocopy of a page of text. It was a moment of wonder which contrary to your usual practice showed that there is far more magic in the world than is dreamed of in your philosophy (Horatio).
The term is "good conscience" not "good conscious". Trying to use words you don't understand leads to malapropisms which make you appear comical and not intelligent. I did not "manipulate a youth man with autism" but related an incident from my past where a young man repeated a sports broadcast perfectly like other people might make a photocopy of a page of text. It was a moment of wonder which contrary to your usual practice showed that there is far more magic in the world than is dreamed of in your philosophy (Horatio).
And yet even though you clearly understood my meaning (and thanks for the correction) ... you continue to manipulate those who are inflicted with autism by comparing those folks to ...me, and me ...to those folks!
Instead ...you chose not to debate Kevin's question to me about the benefits of mining data.
Rather ...you manipulated a young man inflicted with autism.
Please do the right thing Drkulec ...simply resign.
And if not ...then I hope those on the Executive with "good conscience" will force you out.
Last edited by Neil Frarey; Wednesday, 22nd November, 2017, 05:11 PM.
And yet even though you clearly understood my meaning (and thanks for the correction) ... you continue to manipulate those who are inflicted with autism by comparing those folks to ...me, and me ...to those folks!
Neil, Neil, Neil, Neil. For all your posturing you completely missed the boat. You show that you and the other trolls of chesstalk are brothers in levels of intellectual attainment, reasoning and debate tactics. There is nothing disrespectful to that wondrous individual who is probably now in his fifties. He is a shining example of what the human mind is capable of. Yours not so much. You are the pointy haired boss of chess talk, spouting phrases like magical incantations without understanding them.
Instead ...you chose not to debate Kevin's question to me about the benefits of mining data.
How many times have you found yourself involved with a person or
event only to later regret it? This exercise keeps you out of
trouble in the first place.
The whole idea is for you to be on guard against invitations and
suggestions that look like fun at first but which turn out to be
painful traps. A person will get you involved in something, then
suddenly lose interest in it, leaving you with the responsibilities
and even the debts. Such a person is a hit-and-run artist.
Employ the power of Themaswot. This special word was created to
help you recognize a trap when meeting one.
Themaswot means, 'Themaswot makes the suggestions are the ones who
must do the work, make the decisions and pay the money.' Let this
be your attitude toward deceptive people. Stay away from their
lures. Do not let them unload their follies onto you. Let their
problems remain their problems. The person who causes grief is
the person who must suffer from it and correct it. This is a
Law of Life.
These sly invitations are far more numerous and dangerous than
you may now see. Become aware of them; then let Themaswot keep
you safe."
Practical Exercises for Inner Harmony, # 4
Rather ...you manipulated a young man inflicted with autism.
So that remarkable young man of those many decades ago has achieved the status of "He who shall not be mentioned or named" in your philosophy?
Please do the right thing Drkulec ...simply resign.
It probably is the right thing from my self interest point of view though I am no quitter. Just because I resign doesn't mean that the voting members would be silly enough to elect you. Necessity would raise up a hero to save the CFC from the looming abyss represented by you or one of your stand ins.
And if not ...then I hope those on the Executive with "good conscience" will force you out.
They can't, at least not easily. It would have to be unanimous (to remove a president who would continue to serve on the board as a regular board member) and would have to be ratified by the voting members. Of course the voting members could remove me very simply with a simple majority of the votes cast at the next AGM. If any one of the members of the current board wanted to be president, I would probably support them at the next AGM. There are even some voting members or non-voting members who I would support. Its unlikely that any of them are interested in the position.
And you know this well, don't you Drkulec! Doesn't give you license to abuse those who are inflicted with autism ...or any other infliction for that matter!
BTW, sorry to see folks like Nigel failing to step up for those who have been manipulated by Drkulec.
I guess I read you all wrong Nige. You much rather side with an abusive manipulative belittling person. Sid mentioned that you ran for public office ...and lost.
I'm really thankful you didn't get elected!
They read you right ...didn't they.
Last edited by Neil Frarey; Wednesday, 22nd November, 2017, 06:50 PM.
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