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Mar-18-12
 | | FSR: The game was from Amsterdam 1889. I'm pretty sure I filled in the relevant fields. |
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| Mar-19-12 | | quantum.conscious: <fsr> , i asked you a question at <rogoff> forum , if you have time. i am reposting it here :
<fsr> , I am right now watching this movie - 'reign over me'. Don cheaddle is a dentist. one of his female patients tells him that she wants to give him blow job. Don spurns her and tell her to find another dentist.
as it turns out , that woman sends some legal notice threatening to sue him for sexual assault and dentist is in trouble. that is just a movie , right? what could that dentist have done differently? i am asking because in USA , such sexual lawsuits are so common . so, what do you say about that scenario from that movie? thanks, <fsr>. |
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Mar-19-12
| | FSR: <quantum.conscious>
I often have that problem in my law practice. No, not really. It's a pretty far-fetched scenario, but the dentist seems to have acted appropriately. There is no shortage of frivolous lawsuits. Cf. http://www.ftc.gov/foia/frequentreq... (Federal Trade Commission complaint filed against Sony by nine female fans, alleging that Sony falsely presented singer Clay Aiken as heterosexual, when in fact he is gay). |
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| Mar-21-12 | | KKDEREK: Kibitzer cafe, just for you knowledge.
<hatsis: kkderek, atta boy, sound of silence, eh? I just heard you chuckling at tpstar chessyforum. Is that all you can do for him? Try to do what FSR do best, tpstar's best friend, tpstar secretary, towel boy and a fetch boy, go do dis and dat, tsk tsk tsk. Go get 'em boy, chop chop. Poor FSR, he has to please his master.
What you waiting for kkderek, get your act together, think of something else, maybe a kneepad is a good start.> |
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Mar-21-12
 | | OhioChessFan: <Chessgames.com is an Internet Business chess website with over 173,000 members> I don't care for that revision. Here's the original: <Chessgames.com is an Internet chess community with over 173,000 members> Could you change it back? |
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| Mar-21-12 | | DrywallRickshaw: Hi there,
I'm a long time chessgames lurker. I just wanted to say that I've always appreciated your kibitzes, especially when you've acted as the voice of reason during a Goldsby tantrum (Those tantrums are better than any sitcom to get a laugh). I also noticed you said somewhere you were a lawyer. I'm a 1L at Vandy, I was wondering if the legal market was as bad they say on all the blogs/everywhere. I get the feeling I'm going to go from graduation straight to the zombie apocalypse from the walking dead. |
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Mar-21-12
 | | Memethecat: But the western world is definitely becoming more litigious. In the past 10-15yrs here in the UK, peoples attitudes have changed enormously on the issue of can I get sued for this or that small thing. I honestly saw a bag of peanuts in the supermarket recently with the warning "May contain nuts" that's funny. But the bigger picture is people aren't trusting & helping each other as freely as they once did. That cant be good. |
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Mar-21-12
 | | TheFocus: <OhioChessFan> <Chessgames.com is an Internet Business chess website with over 173,000 members> <I don't care for that revision. Here's the original> <Chessgames.com is an Internet chess community with over 173,000 members> <Could you change it back?> I changed it. |
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Mar-26-12
| | FSR: That was a strange revision ("Internet Business chess website"). I didn't do it. |
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Mar-26-12
| | FSR: <DrywallRickshaw: Hi there,
I'm a long time chessgames lurker. I just wanted to say that I've always appreciated your kibitzes, especially when you've acted as the voice of reason during a Goldsby tantrum (Those tantrums are better than any sitcom to get a laugh).>Thanks.
<I also noticed you said somewhere you were a lawyer. I'm a 1L at Vandy, I was wondering if the legal market was as bad they say on all the blogs/everywhere.> Yes. Here's hoping that the economy is in better shape by the time you graduate. |
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Mar-26-12
| | FSR: <KKDEREK> Thanks for the heads-up. Not worth responding to such idiocy. |
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Mar-27-12
 | | Shams: <FSR> Assuming jurisprudence similar to that of the USA, is there anything to the argument that Miss Universe Canada is public, and not private? http://shine.yahoo.com/beauty/miss-... |
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Mar-27-12
 | | benjinathan: <Shams> I would guess that she might have a decent human rights case. Her case would be better in Ontario where there is specifc protection for trannies: http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/issues/gen...
I think Ontario is the only province with specifc protection. Nevertheless, in other provinces it might well fall under discrimination on the basis of sex. |
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Mar-28-12
| | Shams: <benjinathan> Wow, that's quite a progressive statute that Ontario has. Thanks. |
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Mar-28-12
| | FSR: <Shams> If the Boy Scouts can ban gays, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Sc..., and the Jaycees can bar women, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert..., I don't see why a beauty pageant wouldn't be allowed to ban transsexuals. Moreover, no federal statute has been construed to prohibit discrimination against transgendered people, although some state and local laws protect them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_... (Following your hypothetical, I'm assuming, perhaps erroneously, that Canadian law is similar to that of the United States.) btw, the Boy Scouts also discriminate against non-believers; they threw me out almost 40 years ago because I didn't believe in God. The Girl Scouts have much more liberal views on such matters (which recently caused one Republican legislator in Indiana to foam at the mouth, http://pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsbu...). I buy Girl Scout cookies, but will never give a cent to the Boy Scouts until they change their bigoted ways. |
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Mar-28-12
| | benjinathan: <FSR> In Canada I seriously doubt whether the boy scouts can ban gays. Unless the the Jaycees are a fraternal organization they cannot ban women - there is an exemption in the Ontario Code for fraternal organizations. It appears from their website that they do not:
http://www.jcicanada.com/
And it appears that Canada's scouts do not ban gays or atheists, I am sure at least partially because they would likely be found to be breaking the law if they tried: http://www.commondreams.org/headlin...
http://canadianatheist.com/2011/08/... <FSR> So I think there is probably a big difference in the law between our two countries on this point. In large measure that is because here it is seldom succesfully argued that a law providing rights, especialy anti discrimination rights, for one group violates the rights of another group. |
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Mar-28-12
| | FSR: <benjinathan> Thanks. Yet another reason to move to Canada. |
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Mar-29-12
| | benjinathan: Although we would love to have you, I would prefer you to remain there as a bullwark against an american theocracy. |
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Mar-29-12
| | FSR: <benjinathan> Thanks. I do what I can. :-) |
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Mar-30-12
 | | hedgeh0g: 
click for larger viewWhite to move and win. |
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Mar-30-12
| | Shams: http://bit.ly/H4GdZV |
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Mar-31-12
| | FSR: <Shams> Cute. Jesus' most zealous followers don't seem to do so well with his teachings. <hedgeh0g> So far I see 1.c7+ Kxc7 (1...Kxc8? 2.Rh8+; 1...Kd7? 2.Nb6+; 1...Ke8? 2.Rh8+ followed by a knight check) 2.Rc1+ Kd8 (2...Kd7? 3.Nb6+; 2...Kb8? 3.Nb6 Qa7 4.Rc8#) 3.Nb6 Qb8 (3...Qa7? 4.Rc8#). Probably some sort of zugzwang thereafter; I'll have to look at it with a board. |
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Mar-31-12
| | hedgeh0g: <FSR> Not quite, but you've got the right idea. Solve it in your head - it's much more satisfying! ;) |
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| Mar-31-12 | | Jim Bartle: I figured it out, with help from the computer. Really nice, as it involves every piece on the board. |
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| Mar-31-12 | | Jim Bartle: A bit of time has passed, so:
1. Nb6 Qa7 (otherwise Rh8) 2. c7+ Kxc7 (forced or loses queen) 3. Rc1+ Kxb6 4. Rc8 and eventually black will have no move except to play Qa8 or Qb8. White only has to be careful to choose between e3 and e4 according to black playing his e-pawn. |
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