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From: Greg Kennedy
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 05:52
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 05:52
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> > I find particularly amusing the assumption that you > > "know" the number of atoms in the universe, and that > > there aren't enough of them to store every chess > > position, so therefore, blah, blah. It seems to me > > that one could argue, just as you do, that it is > > impossible to count the number of atoms in the > > universe, and so therefore, blah, blah. > > Of course they know how many atoms there are in the universe. It's science, > and everyone knows that science has never been wrong. Hey, hey, don't blame "science." It is not science which errs, but humans. You attack science like it was your dread enemy, but in reality it is your friend. Any tool can be misused: like when Cain slew Able with a- oh, nevermind! ;-) > "Can you believe that people back in the 1900's and early 21st century used > these things called a keyboard and mouse? Get IBM's voice recognition software. The future is now. What they will find extremely difficult to believe in the distant future, is that we somehow got by using an unreliable operating system called "Windows." > there is an urban legend of these whacko chess dorks who >posted on this one newsgroup. In fact, I am the only one who posts on a _single_ newsgroup! All the other chess dorks "crosspost." ;-) > They were all nuts, except for that one guy Robert Hyatt. And his myriad cronies. Don't forget about them! There are thousands of 'em, including yourself. How they all fit on here is beyond comprehension. You obviously must have meant Rolf. They were all nuts, except for Rolf, they will say! > Back in 2050 when we cloned Fischer and gave him the >brain enzyme he solved the entire game of > chess in a few days for us. Well, he could have, but in fact he refused to do it because of the toilet seats- they were now _too high_, you see, and Fischer was too darned old to climb up that last inch.... > whew, I can't believe I just did that. Sometimes I wonder about myself. You are not alone. We all wonder about you. :-)
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