finger

Usage: finger [user]

Displays information about the given user. If no user is given, then your information is displayed. Here is a sample display:

Statistics for Aquinas On for: 55 Idle: 0

(examining game 9: Plato vs. Aristotle)

Timeseal: ON 1: 2:

The user's ratings for each type of chess are displayed, along with the glicko RD (or index of ratings variability), the total results from games played, and the best or highest rating for each type. You can also tell (1) whether the user is (1) currently logged on and, if so, for how long and whether his/she is idle, (2) playing, observing or examining a game and, if so, which game it is, and (3) currently running a version of timeseal or not. Beneath the ratings are note lines (a user's "plan" or notes) the user can add using the set command.

Note: atomic is currently (18-Jun-96) only available on DICS and GICS

(a) Your e-mail address is automatically displayed to you beneath your ratings table; it is NOT displayed to other users -- unless of course you include your address as part of your finger notes.

(b) Best ratings and dates are only given *after* you have played 20 games of a given type.

(c) If a user has not played rated games of a given type, the rating will be indicated as ---- and the RD will be 350.0.

(d) If a user is not logged on, the display will indicate when he/she last disconnected and the timeseal section will not appear.

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