Joel Channing Finally Resigned

Date: 15 Apr 2008 05:58:34
From: samsloan
Subject: Joel Channing Finally Resigned

Joel Channing finally carried out his often made threat or promise to
resign as follows:

In a message dated 4/10/2008 6:37:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
CHESSJOEL writes:

I hereby resign my position as director of the US Chess Federation.
Joel Channing

Date: 15 Apr 2008 16:00:53
From:
Subject: Re: Joel Channing Finally Resigned

Kenneth Sloan wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > Brian Lafferty wrote:
> >> Kenneth Sloan wrote:
> >>> samsloan wrote:
> >>>> Joel Channing finally carried out his often made threat or promise to
> >>>> resign as follows:
> >>>>
> >>>> In a message dated 4/10/2008 6:37:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >>>> CHESSJOEL writes:
> >>>>
> >>>> I hereby resign my position as director of the US Chess Federation.
> >>>> Joel Channing
> >>> So, he's resigned as a Delegate. Will he also resign as a member of the
> >>> Executive Board?
> >>>
> >> An excellent question.
> >
> >
> > Legalistic quibbling. His intention was clear, and no one of any
> > importance is disputing it.
>
> W H O O O S H!
>
> --
> Kenneth Sloan [email protected]
> Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
> University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
> Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://KennethRSloan.com/

If that's the level of discourse you use with your students, I suppose
we shouldn't be surprised by the declining state of the U.S. higher-
education system.

Channing clearly intended to resign his position on the EB. The only
circumstance under which this silly quibble would be of any
significance would be if he showed up at the next Board meeting and
tried to vote. The probability of this approaches zero, and in any
case would be of concern only to the other EB members.

Date: 16 Apr 2008 02:41:32
From: Guy Macon
Subject: The declining state of the U.S. higher-education system

[email protected] wrote:

>Kenneth Sloan wrote:

>> W H O O O S H!
>>
>> --
>> Kenneth Sloan [email protected]
>> Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
>> University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
>> Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://KennethRSloan.com/
>
>If that's the level of discourse you use with your students,
>I suppose we shouldn't be surprised by the declining state
>of the U.S. higher-education system.

That's just the tip of the Kenneth Sloan Wankery Iceberg.

For example, telling people he doesn't like to "please stop
crossposting" while ignoring crssposting by those who he likes,
and while himself crossposting to rec.games.chess.politics,
rec.games.chess.misc, alt.chess, misc.legal, and
rec.games.chess.computer.

For another example, run the webpage at http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/
through the validator at http://validator.w3.org/ and see what happens.

In fact, even his shortest web pages have errors. Consider this one:

http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/ChessGames/

Which has this source:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN" >
<html >
<head >
<title >Selected Chess Games</title>
</head >
<h1 >Selected Chess Games</h1>
<hr >
<p >
Here are a few interesting chess games:
<ul >
<a href="SloanVsSloan/" >Sloan vs. Sloan - 2007 US Open</a>

</ul >
</address >
<hr >
<address ><a href="mailto:[email protected]">Kenneth Sloan</a></address>
Last modified: 4 August 2007
</body >
</html >

Let's see...

Closing </address > with no opening <address>.

A naked "Last modified: 4 August 2007" comment
line with no <!-- -- > comment tags around it.

<ul > </ul> pair without a <li> in the middle.

No Character Encoding.

A DOCTYPE that claims it is is written in HTML 2.0 (See
http://htmlhelp.com/design/dtd/ ) but has five errors
when validated with the Doctype set to HTML 2.0 (See
http://validator.w3.org/ ).

BTW, the URL it links to also has validation erros:
http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/ChessGames/SloanVsSloan/

And, of course, inconsistant indenting that would be marked
down as being incorrect if any of his students did it.

Pretty impressive list of errors for a mere 18 lines of markup!

(X-No-Archive: yes set to avoid leaving a permanent record of
the above in the archives.)

Date: 16 Apr 2008 12:45:33
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: The declining state of the U.S. higher-education system

Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/ > wrote:
> That's just the tip of the Kenneth Sloan Wankery Iceberg. [...]
>
> For another example, run the webpage at http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/
> through the validator at http://validator.w3.org/ and see what happens.
>
> [50-line analysis of the quality of Kenneth Sloan's HTML snipped.]

Was that part of the Guy Macon Wankery Iceberg or was it somehow
on-topic in a way that was too subtle for me to notice?

Dave.

--
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www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a daily broadsheet but you can
take it anywhere and it's starting to
grow mushrooms!

Date: 16 Apr 2008 16:04:09
From: Kenneth Sloan
Subject: Re: The declining state of the U.S. higher-education system

Please don't cross-post.

David Richerby wrote:
> Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/> wrote:
>> That's just the tip of the Kenneth Sloan Wankery Iceberg. [...]
>>
>> For another example, run the webpage at http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/
>> through the validator at http://validator.w3.org/ and see what happens.
>>
>> [50-line analysis of the quality of Kenneth Sloan's HTML snipped.]
>
> Was that part of the Guy Macon Wankery Iceberg or was it somehow
> on-topic in a way that was too subtle for me to notice?
>
>
> Dave.
>

--
Kenneth Sloan [email protected]
Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://KennethRSloan.com/

Date: 29 Apr 2008 02:18:29
From: Guy Macon
Subject: Re: The declining state of the U.S. higher-education system

Kenneth Sloan wrote:
>
>Please don't cross-post.

And, the relevance to computer chess is...???

Why is it that Guy Macon is not allowed to comment on
someone top-posting but Kenneth Sloan *is* allowed to
comment on someone cross-posting? Are you under the
impression that you are so very, very special that the
rules you impose on others don't apply to you?

Date: 16 Apr 2008 18:01:04
From: Guy Macon
Subject: Re: The declining state of the U.S. higher-education system

David Richerby wrote:

>or was it somehow on-topic in a way that was too subtle for me to notice?

It was on-topic in a way that was too subtle for you to notice.

It's a Zen thing. Sort of like one hand clapping. :)

Date: 15 Apr 2008 15:08:06
From:
Subject: Re: Joel Channing Finally Resigned

Brian Lafferty wrote:
> Kenneth Sloan wrote:
> > samsloan wrote:
> >> Joel Channing finally carried out his often made threat or promise to
> >> resign as follows:
> >>
> >> In a message dated 4/10/2008 6:37:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> >> CHESSJOEL writes:
> >>
> >> I hereby resign my position as director of the US Chess Federation.
> >> Joel Channing
> >
> > So, he's resigned as a Delegate. Will he also resign as a member of the
> > Executive Board?
> >
> An excellent question.

Legalistic quibbling. His intention was clear, and no one of any
importance is disputing it.

Date: 15 Apr 2008 17:40:42
From: Kenneth Sloan
Subject: Re: Joel Channing Finally Resigned

[email protected] wrote:
>
> Brian Lafferty wrote:
>> Kenneth Sloan wrote:
>>> samsloan wrote:
>>>> Joel Channing finally carried out his often made threat or promise to
>>>> resign as follows:
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 4/10/2008 6:37:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>> CHESSJOEL writes:
>>>>
>>>> I hereby resign my position as director of the US Chess Federation.
>>>> Joel Channing
>>> So, he's resigned as a Delegate. Will he also resign as a member of the
>>> Executive Board?
>>>
>> An excellent question.
>
>
> Legalistic quibbling. His intention was clear, and no one of any
> importance is disputing it.

W H O O O S H!

--
Kenneth Sloan [email protected]
Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://KennethRSloan.com/

Date: 29 Apr 2008 02:21:44
From: Guy Macon
Subject: Re: Joel Channing Finally Resigned

Kenneth Sloan wrote:
>
>[email protected] wrote:
>>
>> Brian Lafferty wrote:
>>> Kenneth Sloan wrote:
>>>> samsloan wrote:
>>>>> Joel Channing finally carried out his often made threat or promise to
>>>>> resign as follows:
>>>>>
>>>>> In a message dated 4/10/2008 6:37:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>>> CHESSJOEL writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> I hereby resign my position as director of the US Chess Federation.
>>>>> Joel Channing
>>>> So, he's resigned as a Delegate. Will he also resign as a member of the
>>>> Executive Board?
>>>>
>>> An excellent question.
>>
>>
>> Legalistic quibbling. His intention was clear, and no one of any
>> importance is disputing it.
>
>W H O O O S H!
>

And, the relevance to computer chess is...???

Crosspost to rec.games.chess.politics, rec.games.chess.misc,
alt.chess, misc.legal and rec.games.chess.computer noted
and contrasted with:

Date: 15 Apr 2008 17:17:05
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: Re: Joel Channing Finally Resigned

What was the opening, who was the opponent, and what did Fritz say about his
position?

There was a time when "resign" meant something a little different in chess,
and Goichberg was just a big-money organizer. Ahhh, to have come of age in
the 1980s...

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Date: 15 Apr 2008 16:01:07
From: Kenneth Sloan
Subject: Re: Joel Channing Finally Resigned

samsloan wrote:
> Joel Channing finally carried out his often made threat or promise to
> resign as follows:
>
> In a message dated 4/10/2008 6:37:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> CHESSJOEL writes:
>
> I hereby resign my position as director of the US Chess Federation.
> Joel Channing

So, he's resigned as a Delegate. Will he also resign as a member of the
Executive Board?

--
Kenneth Sloan [email protected]
Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://KennethRSloan.com/

Date: 29 Apr 2008 02:21:53
From: Guy Macon
Subject: Re: Joel Channing Finally Resigned

Kenneth Sloan wrote:
>
>
>samsloan wrote:
>> Joel Channing finally carried out his often made threat or promise to
>> resign as follows:
>>
>> In a message dated 4/10/2008 6:37:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> CHESSJOEL writes:
>>
>> I hereby resign my position as director of the US Chess Federation.
>> Joel Channing
>
>So, he's resigned as a Delegate. Will he also resign as a member of the
>Executive Board?
>

And, the relevance to computer chess is...???

Crosspost to rec.games.chess.politics, rec.games.chess.misc,
alt.chess, misc.legal and rec.games.chess.computer noted
and contrasted with:

Date: 15 Apr 2008 21:48:24
From: Brian Lafferty
Subject: Re: Joel Channing Finally Resigned

Kenneth Sloan wrote:
> samsloan wrote:
>> Joel Channing finally carried out his often made threat or promise to
>> resign as follows:
>>
>> In a message dated 4/10/2008 6:37:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> CHESSJOEL writes:
>>
>> I hereby resign my position as director of the US Chess Federation.
>> Joel Channing
>
> So, he's resigned as a Delegate. Will he also resign as a member of the
> Executive Board?
>
An excellent question.