Search found 153 matches

by hamot
Wed Dec 08, 2004 11:35 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: We need an arbiter!
Replies: 21
Views: 34443

Two more specialists: http://www.slowchess.com/viewgame.cgi?p1=g1091012507&r=380 [snip] The first guy has me waiting for 100 days already [snip]. Unbelievable! Neric - You poor fella. Having to wait 100 days? Dang! Must be hard. Good thing you have 21 games going right now. Hopefully the other 19 w...
by hamot
Mon Nov 29, 2004 11:08 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Changing Profile
Replies: 2
Views: 7831

You are right. Actually, the ONLY thing I cannot modify is my email address. Thanks much.

Tim
by hamot
Sun Nov 28, 2004 7:12 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: A Gentle Reminder About Donations
Replies: 11
Views: 21378

Status, Greg?

Greg - Where are we at with this? Is there enough money to cover costs? You haven't updated the donation page in a year and a half, and I would hate to see this site go down like it did a couple of years ago due to lack of funds. That is how we got the donation thing going! Please let us know! Thank...
by hamot
Sun Nov 28, 2004 7:01 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Changing Profile
Replies: 2
Views: 7831

Changing Profile

Greg -

Just tried to update my profile on this forum. When I hit the submit button, the next page told me that the password was not correct. I DIDN'T PUT ONE IN! Any ideas as to why I can't change my profile?

Thanks much, Greg.

Tim
by hamot
Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:49 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

Re: how much $

gambitz wrote:for that "suddenly appearing queen" ?!? (I'll take two)
Would you like fries with that?
by hamot
Mon Nov 01, 2004 10:42 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

chessonly wrote::oops: i forgot to mention that the site :
http://www.springgrovebands.com
itself isn't working
It works on this end. I checked with the host and it loads for me on this end........I don't know what the problem is.

Tim
by hamot
Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:43 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

chessonly wrote:weird ,its still not working for me ,
can someone make another link or mail me or just copy the listing in this post
thx
Here you go:

http://www.springgrovebands.com/chess/bracket1.html
by hamot
Sat Oct 30, 2004 8:39 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

Link

Nope...Just checked it....link is fine.

Please remember to post your match number on this post OR email it to me using the net-chess email system

Or IM me on Yahoo. My handle there is hamot2.

Thanks,
Tim
by hamot
Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:04 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

First bracket posted

Ok...I have the brackets listed. You can find them here . Rules are best of 3. Challenge for 3 games. Person listed first challenges person listed second. Time controls should be 14d + 1d. If you agree on different time controls, please make sure you keep things moving. Also, please email me your ma...
by hamot
Mon Oct 18, 2004 8:19 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Henry Singletary just got great news!
Replies: 3
Views: 8677

Hats off to Henry!

Hats off to you, Henry! That is an awesome accomplishment! Way to go!

Tim
by hamot
Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:26 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Congrats to sumdeus!!
Replies: 16
Views: 28962

muabdib wrote:The translation of the latin expression sumdeus is: I am God!
Maybe Bobby Fischer IS on this site! That would be something he might do. Lol.
by hamot
Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:17 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Congrats to sumdeus!!
Replies: 16
Views: 28962

Re: Just ridiculous

I followed the discussion concerning this fabulous player with a handle I don't like very much. If he wins against my friend David he must really be excellent. But does he need somebody else asking him to communicate with the mortals? This whole story is just ridiculous. Chess is not a game to be p...
by hamot
Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:55 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

Time controls

I'm gonna go with 14d + 1d. If those time controls don't work for you, please don't join. Not trying to be crass here, just want to get things rolling.

Tim
by hamot
Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:48 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

Last Call!

These are who I have on my list:

mgomdysey
gmiller
keithstuart
davidswhite
jjones
mmelchiorre
sp
angelofthenight
masterubu
rodschi
chessonly
beezaman

Waiting on responses from mic and neric.

Anyone else?

Tim
by hamot
Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:45 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

neric wrote:Best of 3 is a bit weird unless I get white in 2 of those games ;)
Neric, do you want in?

Tim
by hamot
Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:44 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

just got my 200th win in 8 months is that a record for this site? just curious...i am going to play my first OTB tourney in 18 yrs starting today here in Lansing Michigan...have no idea how i'll do just want to come out respectable and not get wiped out :oops: :wink: :D :roll: :?: Mic - did you wan...
by hamot
Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:41 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

Last Call!

OK, everyone......I am going to get the pairings done in the next day or two and post the brackets. Speak now or forever hold your pieces!

Tim
by hamot
Tue Sep 21, 2004 7:59 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Using Chess-Engines
Replies: 25
Views: 48742

Re: engines

juselton wrote:Who is Larry Christiansen? Hey guys---I rest my case!
So Who is Larry Christensen?
by hamot
Tue Sep 21, 2004 7:52 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Using Chess-Engines
Replies: 25
Views: 48742

Re: using chess engines

juselton wrote: Of course Larry Christiansen went down to a CM 9000 (another of the less effective engines). I dont believe these machines were aided by humans.
Who is Larry Christiansen?
by hamot
Mon Sep 13, 2004 6:47 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: new League for net-chess
Replies: 0
Views: 5089

new League for net-chess

Hi everyone - After getting only a handful of players for my tourney, I thought I would introduce a slightly different concept. A friend introduced me to a site that keeps track of tourneys and ladders without having to host the site and keep up with the programming. You can join the league automati...
by hamot
Wed Sep 08, 2004 2:12 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Any more Takers for a Tourney?
Replies: 0
Views: 5193

Any more Takers for a Tourney?

As I mentioned in a recent post on this forum , I would like to host a double elimination tournament. You can read the initial idea on the original post. Right now, we have very few takers. I would like to run 2 divisions.....ratings of 0-1899 and 1900+. I will not take provisional players nor playe...
by hamot
Tue Aug 31, 2004 7:34 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

Time Comtrols....

You can count me in to Regarding the time issue it would be better to have some time added after each move as some of us may well take holidays during the time the tournament is running and could there fore lose half the time assuming a 30d+0d setting with a two week holiday What would you think ab...
by hamot
Mon Aug 30, 2004 8:40 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

hi i would be interested in playing in ur tourney..tho i would prefer that u have some sort of time added on say a day or two that way people wouldnt run out of time just cause someone has more time to make their moves..let me know if/when u get the tourney set up cause ill play..my email is goalie...
by hamot
Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:39 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78753

Idea for a tourney

Greetings everyone - I am considering hosting a double elimination "bracket" tourney here. Each round would consist of 2 players and 3 games (best of 3). If the score is tied, the player who scores the first win moves on. If all 3 games end up in draws, then another game would have to be played. Gam...
by hamot
Mon Aug 30, 2004 9:07 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Profile - Greg............
Replies: 0
Views: 5452

Profile - Greg............

Greg - I just went into my profile to make a change, but it said the following when I submitted it: The current password you supplied does not match that stored in the database. I found no space for a password on my profile page. What can I do to change this? Did our hacker delete that field on our ...
by hamot
Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:56 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Finally decided
Replies: 6
Views: 14689

So did I.

Tim
by hamot
Wed May 26, 2004 7:50 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Long time no play
Replies: 7
Views: 16074

Tim -

I, too, want to offer my condolances. Having 5 children of my own, I can't imangine the pain you and your wife must've gone through. Take care, my friend.

Tim
by hamot
Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:35 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 50 games
Replies: 5
Views: 10944

Way to go!

Tim
by hamot
Thu Apr 01, 2004 3:30 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Net-Chess birthday - forgot again.
Replies: 7
Views: 14635

Congrats

Indeed, Greg, Way To Go! Thank You for your great service to us!

I still remember the flashing ads on the site!

Tim
by hamot
Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:49 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 1300 wins finally!!
Replies: 4
Views: 10266

Congrats

Jeff -

Glad to see your accomplishment! Way to Go!

I am glad that I was able to assist with the 1269 number. :D

Seriously, though, thanks for what YOU do for this site, with all of the Thematics you start.

Tim
by hamot
Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:20 pm
Forum: Chess News
Topic: Fischer vs Computer Match in Philippines
Replies: 9
Views: 44786

gmiller wrote:It won't be April fools day in the US for another five hours.
:lol:
by hamot
Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:21 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Highest ratings list.
Replies: 14
Views: 87965

David

I have to say, playing David is both educational and humbling at the same time. :D And the conversations we have are also intellectually stimulating!

Tim
by hamot
Fri Mar 19, 2004 4:38 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

:lol:
by hamot
Fri Mar 19, 2004 9:21 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

I always thought bandwidth was expressed in Hertz as in frequency. But aside from that, how do I practically start, like which site I have to go to, where to sign up and things, what to fill in the ID and password, how to change 533 to higher than 700... I do recommend a host in the course....200me...
by hamot
Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:22 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

So if I understand this correctly, you have to pay for every host you get, sign up for an account with your domain name, or use a free host like geocities is the alternative. So that's what that ID and password stands for. But I also heard of an ISP you can use, which doesn't cost you anything. But...
by hamot
Thu Mar 18, 2004 4:43 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

So I signed myself in anonymous and when uploading they say this: sending index.html as index.html (1 of 1) //so this is what I sent TYPE I 200 Type set to I. PASV 227 Entering Passive Mode (207,200,85,53,149,69) connecting to 207.200.85.53:38213 .. connecting to 207.200.85.53:38213 Connected to 20...
by hamot
Thu Mar 18, 2004 11:27 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

Using WS_FTP. The instructions are on Assignment 10, Page 2
by hamot
Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:56 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

You mean how do you upload the files? Or how do you play the files once they're uploaded?
by hamot
Wed Mar 17, 2004 6:41 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

It appears that you can't put music on your website with netscape, or they don't mention how to do it. It's funny, the only thing I can do is put a background image on the page and make tables... I'll have to look into how to do that (the music). What format are the music files in? Also, you can ty...
by hamot
Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:53 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

katchum wrote:Geocities is a whole lot easier than the real stuff I can tell you...
Yes, but you get out of it what you put into it. It depends on what you want.
by hamot
Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:14 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

katchum wrote:katchum_be@yahoo.com.hk?

I didn't receive it yet.
I just emailed it to you using this address you gave me.

Tim
by hamot
Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:28 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

katchum wrote:Whats the username and password?
I emailed them to you via the slowchess.com server. Did you check your email?
by hamot
Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:22 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

Ebook

Katchum -

Here is the link to download the ebook. I will email you the username and password separately.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Tim
by hamot
Fri Mar 05, 2004 2:41 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

katchum wrote:Do you have to pay for it?
No, and you would be doing me a favor by going through the course.

I'll upload the course to my servers for you to download and post a link here on this thread.

Tim
by hamot
Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:22 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: If you could choose
Replies: 22
Views: 34965

What changed your mind?

Tim
by hamot
Thu Feb 26, 2004 4:29 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

There's a difference. What he is talking about is services that submit your site for you using software that does not adhere to the rules of each specific engine. The software that I use is sold by the person who wrote the article (read point #5 in his article), and does adhere to all of the current...
by hamot
Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:20 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

Katchum - You can, of course, submit your site at any time in any way. The problem is that, if you don't get ranked high in the keywords listings, you could end up being listing # 1,274,426 on the keyword "piano". Yes I made that number up. The point is that, yes you will be listed, but no one will ...
by hamot
Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:43 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: In Memory of...
Replies: 2
Views: 6918

In Memory of...

Good Morning - I received an email from my mom this morning. She said that one of my former teachers had passed away. He was my very first band teacher...the one who started me on this journey in music. C. Scott Hunsberger was 81. His obit can be found here: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/...
by hamot
Thu Feb 26, 2004 10:09 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

I could use everyone's help on this one.

Ok, guys, here goes. I could use your help if Katchum wants me to submit this for him. I need you to go to his site and look it over. Get a feel for what his site is all about and then suggest some keywords for me. Katchum, you will need a "mission statement" so to speak that we can use as a descrip...
by hamot
Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:51 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: question
Replies: 45
Views: 67140

Do you have to pay for it? No, I will do it for you for free. Probably in a week or so, as I will be gone from my computer after today until next week Tuesday. I can use the practice with my software. I will need the url, though, so I can look at it and help come up with keywords to submit. Remembe...