using chess engines as a weak player

Originally posted by wormwood
that said, you only know chess players! 😀

Very true. I like it that way.
Non-chess players......you cannot trust them.

Originally posted by Diophantus
The planet is teeming with the little buggers. Your toaster, your washing machine, your oven, they all have computers in them. A modern car has half a dozen of them!

The issue is not what a computer can teach (they are not allowed to teach in England as they are not qualified and not members of IFL) but what you can learn using them (not from them). Co ...[text shortened]... her cannot teach if the student is not willing to engage and learn, I know this from experience.

I think this is the sum of all posts, distilled to their essence. The last word, in my book!

It is good.

"The planet is teeming with the little buggers. Your toaster, your washing machine,
your oven, they all have computers in them. A modern car has half a dozen of them!

Except I make my toast on an open fire, I wash my clothes in the river, I always
eat out, and I don't own a car. No computers for me thank you.

How do I do this?

My neighbour prints outs all the posts in all the threads and I read them.
I then write out these posts on a piece of paper and give them to him.

I have a pacemaker, again no computer. I have a metal hole in my back
where you insert a huge key.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
It is good.

"The planet is teeming with the little buggers. Your toaster, your washing machine,
your oven, they all have computers in them. A modern car has half a dozen of them!

Except I make my toast on an open fire, I wash my clothes in the river, I always
eat out, and I don't own a car. No computers for me thank you.

How do I do this?

...[text shortened]... e a pacemaker, again no computer. I have a metal hole in my back
where you insert a huge key.

I bet you've got a computer in that pacemaker. If you have a look it'll be a little brass box with the words "Babbage MkIII, 1825" engraved on the case.

Hang on I'll take it out and have a look.

It says 'Made in Hong Ko.........................................................

Originally posted by greenpawn34
The second thing to look for (and this is very true) the day after you have
beaten them they tell you their computer has found a win for them.
If they cannot find you, you get an email or if you are very unlucky,
(and this happened to a mate of mine) You get a phone call at 8:30
in the morning the night after a league match saying you should have lost!
(followed by an offer to send you the analysis.) Incredible.

This is killing me.I can't stop laughing!

I can just imagine his face at 08:30 😠

Your friend should've apologised for winning that lost position 😛