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I don't understand Wulebgr's statement that that "ethics are clear: under no circumstances may you ask an opponent to resign." Why would this be unethical? Using a computer to defeat an opponent is unethical; suggesting that your opponent resign a losing position seems to me to a reasonable action. Under some circumstances it might be considered rude, I suppose, but I cannot see how it could be unethical.
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You're right, I think, tewald. I've read that suggesting an opponent resign constitutes a form of disturbance and is therefore against the rules. However, it seems to have been considered acceptable in the 30's and 40's in club matches in Britain to point out to your opponent that he was running low on time! But that was debatable, even then. (I read that in William Winter's "Chess for Match Players" (1936).) In the 19th cen. it was "gentlemanly" to announce "mate in X moves!" so, as a compromise for the purposes of this discussion, perhaps we who lose frequently can announce our OWN loss "in X moves" rather than resigning... 
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The question was asked about ethics, so I addressed it that way by pointing out that annoying one's opponent violates the rules, which is as close to ethics as this issue gets. I then attempted to steer the issue to etiquette, rather than ethics, because that is where it properly belongs.
Clearly engine use is a more serious issue of ethics than asking an opponent to resign. However, unless a rule is bad, breaking it should be viewed as an ethical transgression.
The history lesson a bit of a red herring. There was a time when having more than one queen on the board was considered morally evil--rules rooted in that system of ethics have passed into the dustbin of history, although many beginners still need it explained to them.
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when i play someone 300 points or greater than
myself...which is often...and they ask or suggest
i resign..i don't take offense as i realize and
they realize that i cannot eventually win and it
is not of much value to play to the very last
piece ( as it is not checkers ).
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I hadn't considered suggesting someone resign as annoying him or her, since I would not consider receiving such a suggestion (in a severely losing position) as annoying. I do consider an offer of a draw in a position when I am totally decimating my opponent as annoying. Well, actually, I find the first such suggestion amusing; if my opponent continues to offer the draw, I then find it annoying. Would that mean that my opponent is being unethical if he/she continues to offer the draw?
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