Expensive chess sets are for decoration, or to demonstrate how intellectual >the owner is.
That would never, ever, work. Once upon a time I accidentally clicked on th= >e website=20
of a company that makes cheap pseudo-classical statues for gardens. It was=
three
years before I stopped getting ads.
quite inexpensive. The real cost is in buying a decent chess clock.
Web based organizations never seem to want to correct anything. Every
few months academia.edu offers me a chance to look at a paper I wrote,
with someone else listed as the author. I finally managed to get in
touch with a human who works there, only to be told that the only
recourse would be for me to join academia.edu and make the correction
myself. Do their work for them, in other words, and pay for the
privilege.
On 1/2/2024 12:38 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
For some time now, the ads on the Windows News thingy have been
entirely about chess sets. That's a lot of chess sets.
Since the only place I have discussed chess in right here on rasw, I
am naturally wondering if someone here has sold my info as a prospect.
I haven't played chess for a long time, not even Battle Chess, but, if
I did, and needed a chess set I would use the Renaissance Chessmen
with Board set I got back in the 50s or 60s. The box may not be as
intact as I would like, but the set itself is complete.
So, if whoever is responsible would be so kind as to inform these
frantic chess set salespersons that they are barking up the wrong
tree, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
Did you discuss chess sets in the presence of your smart phone ? If so, >your smart phone ratted you out. After all, the microphone is always on.
On 1/3/2024 11:01 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 17:55:20 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/2/2024 12:38 PM, Paul S Person wrote:I don't have a smart phone.
For some time now, the ads on the Windows News thingy have been
entirely about chess sets. That's a lot of chess sets.
Since the only place I have discussed chess in right here on rasw, I
am naturally wondering if someone here has sold my info as a prospect. >>>>
I haven't played chess for a long time, not even Battle Chess, but, if >>>> I did, and needed a chess set I would use the Renaissance Chessmen
with Board set I got back in the 50s or 60s. The box may not be as
intact as I would like, but the set itself is complete.
So, if whoever is responsible would be so kind as to inform these
frantic chess set salespersons that they are barking up the wrong
tree, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
Did you discuss chess sets in the presence of your smart phone ? If so, >>> your smart phone ratted you out. After all, the microphone is always on. >>
My phone is so dumb -- how dumb is it? -- so dumb that it plugs into
the wall.
And I don't recall clicking on any chess-related ads at any time.
I suppose "they" could be scanning Usenet to find people who might be
in the market for a chess set.
Yesterday, even the interstitial ads in the (very few) slide shows (or
whatever they are) I chose to move through were for -- chess sets.
And I am using an invalid email precisely because I had a similar (but
much much worse [1]) episode in the 90s -- and fixed it by first
isolating it to a specific usenet group and then using an invalid
email address.
[1] At the time, I was working, so I downloaded once a week. While
this was going on, I was getting 10MB (the limit) of emails each week,
most of them bounces. Simply changing the email did not work, so I
split it into several that I used in different contexts and Usenet was
the winner. Apparently I pissed someone off and, not being able to
actually counter my arguments, this individual chose to exact revenge.
This also protected the One True Email, the one that actually
controlled my account with my then ISP.
"They" is Google. And they scan EVERYTHING ! Google built google.com
so they could scan your information queries. Google bought DejaNews so
they could scan Usenet. Google built the Android phone so they could
track you and scan your words, both spoken and written. Google scans >EVERYTHING. And they delete nothing.
On Thursday, January 4, 2024 at 12:07:57?PM UTC-5, Paul S Person wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 15:17:34 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/3/2024 11:01 AM, Paul S Person wrote:I think a bad actor on this newsgroup is a far more likely explanation
On Tue, 2 Jan 2024 17:55:20 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmc...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 1/2/2024 12:38 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
For some time now, the ads on the Windows News thingy have been
entirely about chess sets. That's a lot of chess sets.
Since the only place I have discussed chess in right here on rasw, I >> >>>> am naturally wondering if someone here has sold my info as a prospect. >> >>>>
I haven't played chess for a long time, not even Battle Chess, but, if >> >>>> I did, and needed a chess set I would use the Renaissance Chessmen
with Board set I got back in the 50s or 60s. The box may not be as
intact as I would like, but the set itself is complete.
So, if whoever is responsible would be so kind as to inform these
frantic chess set salespersons that they are barking up the wrong
tree, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
Did you discuss chess sets in the presence of your smart phone ? If so, >> >>> your smart phone ratted you out. After all, the microphone is always on.
I don't have a smart phone.
My phone is so dumb -- how dumb is it? -- so dumb that it plugs into
the wall.
And I don't recall clicking on any chess-related ads at any time.
I suppose "they" could be scanning Usenet to find people who might be
in the market for a chess set.
Yesterday, even the interstitial ads in the (very few) slide shows (or >> >> whatever they are) I chose to move through were for -- chess sets.
And I am using an invalid email precisely because I had a similar (but >> >> much much worse [1]) episode in the 90s -- and fixed it by first
isolating it to a specific usenet group and then using an invalid
email address.
[1] At the time, I was working, so I downloaded once a week. While
this was going on, I was getting 10MB (the limit) of emails each week, >> >> most of them bounces. Simply changing the email did not work, so I
split it into several that I used in different contexts and Usenet was >> >> the winner. Apparently I pissed someone off and, not being able to
actually counter my arguments, this individual chose to exact revenge. >> >>
This also protected the One True Email, the one that actually
controlled my account with my then ISP.
"They" is Google. And they scan EVERYTHING ! Google built google.com
so they could scan your information queries. Google bought DejaNews so
they could scan Usenet. Google built the Android phone so they could
track you and scan your words, both spoken and written. Google scans
EVERYTHING. And they delete nothing.
(keep in mind my prior experience, as given in [1] above).
It occurs to me that I have posted about chess on several actual chess >groups, as well have here, and have visited sites like chess.com, >chessgames.com, the web sites of writers on chess like
Tim Krabbe and Edward winter, perused countless youtube videos
on chess, yet have never had such advertising directed at me.
Perhaps they think I can't afford it?
Prior to my acquisition of decent email filters I did get plenty of advertising,
but for the usual reasons, Nigerian princes, sex aids, more sex aids, drugs >of various kinds, stocks, real estate. But never chess.
Many of them had randomly worded titles of which my favourite by far was:
"Your Future, Opium Poisoning".
I have no idea what they were trying to sell me there, naturally I didn't open >it.
Did you discuss chess sets in the presence of your smart phone ? If so, >>your smart phone ratted you out. After all, the microphone is always on.
I don't have a smart phone.
My phone is so dumb -- how dumb is it? -- so dumb that it plugs into
the wall.
And I don't recall clicking on any chess-related ads at any time.
I suppose "they" could be scanning Usenet to find people who might be
in the market for a chess set.
Yesterday, even the interstitial ads in the (very few) slide shows (or >whatever they are) I chose to move through were for -- chess sets.
And I am using an invalid email precisely because I had a similar (but
much much worse [1]) episode in the 90s -- and fixed it by first
isolating it to a specific usenet group and then using an invalid
email address.
[1] At the time, I was working, so I downloaded once a week. While
this was going on, I was getting 10MB (the limit) of emails each week,
most of them bounces. Simply changing the email did not work, so I
split it into several that I used in different contexts and Usenet was
the winner. Apparently I pissed someone off and, not being able to
actually counter my arguments, this individual chose to exact revenge.
This also protected the One True Email, the one that actually
controlled my account with my then ISP.
What is the chess aficionado's opinion on themed chess sets? I haven't see= >n an ad in ages, does Franklin Mint still make them? A gaming company once=
got the suggestion to use the 3D-printing files of their spaceships scaled= down to be chesspieces: the cost of eight frigates, two bases, frigates, a=
nd light cruisers, plus a heavy cruiser and battleship was quite prohibitiv= >e, even in cheap plastic.
Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> wrote:
What is the chess aficionado's opinion on themed chess sets? I haven't see= >>n an ad in ages, does Franklin Mint still make them? A gaming company once= >> got the suggestion to use the 3D-printing files of their spaceships scaled= >> down to be chesspieces: the cost of eight frigates, two bases, frigates, a= >>nd light cruisers, plus a heavy cruiser and battleship was quite prohibitiv= >>e, even in cheap plastic.
My uncle, who was a candidate master, was a huge fan of them. He said that >they make it confusing for players who don't use them all the time, thereby >giving a severe home team advantage to the person owning the set. He suggested
that they don't have to be very different-looking to make an appreciable >difference in a player's performance.
On 6 Jan 2024 21:54:16 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
My uncle, who was a candidate master, was a huge fan of them. He said = >that=20
they make it confusing for players who don't use them all the time, = >thereby
giving a severe home team advantage to the person owning the set. He = >suggested
that they don't have to be very different-looking to make an appreciable >>difference in a player's performance.
I thought the official tournaments (the ones relevent to becoming a
master) used regulation pieces on regulation boards.
My uncle, who was a candidate master, was a huge fan of them. He said that >they make it confusing for players who don't use them all the time, thereby >giving a severe home team advantage to the person owning the set. He suggested
that they don't have to be very different-looking to make an appreciable >difference in a player's performance.
I thought the official tournaments (the ones relevent to becoming a
master) used regulation pieces on regulation boards.
On 03/01/2024 03:22, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at 6:55:26?PM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:
On 1/2/2024 12:38 PM, Paul S Person wrote:
For some time now, the ads on the Windows News thingy have beenDid you discuss chess sets in the presence of your smart phone ? If so,
entirely about chess sets. That's a lot of chess sets.
Since the only place I have discussed chess in right here on rasw, I
am naturally wondering if someone here has sold my info as a prospect. >>>>
I haven't played chess for a long time, not even Battle Chess, but, if >>>> I did, and needed a chess set I would use the Renaissance Chessmen
with Board set I got back in the 50s or 60s. The box may not be as
intact as I would like, but the set itself is complete.
So, if whoever is responsible would be so kind as to inform these
frantic chess set salespersons that they are barking up the wrong
tree, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
your smart phone ratted you out. After all, the microphone is always on.
I used to think that this was paranoid nonsense, but I was recently
discussing possible future vacations with my wife (I just retired, and
have more time). I mentioned cruises, and a return visit to Hawaii. At
no point did I query the net on those subjects. But within a day, I got
a burst of ads for 'cruises to Hawaii'.
Is it possible to attribute this to
your wife?
Is this a time when people go to Hawaii?
I still buy the _Radio Times_ TV (and radio)
listing magazine. It starts including a
holiday brochure section right after
Christmas / New Year.
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