---- Begin Original Message ---- From: Hans Geuns <geuns FAS HARVARD EDU> If there is no third person to count the seconds, we can use a beeping clock - but then beeping is essential. Of this there can be no doubt. On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Colin Paul Adams wrote: > Beeping should only be regarded as a reminder to the player (I regard > it as a damned nuisance - a distraction) at best. It is the players > responsibility to see how much time (s)he has left. Heresy! It's critical to every shogi game to have beeping. You know you're a regular shogi tournament player when you can play in a room full of 20 beeping clocks and still tell when it's YOUR time to move!! So, boys and girls, remember, "Don't be a creep! Keep the beep!" ---- End Original Message ----

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