zarg Member since Aug-21-06 I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? I believe in bad luck too: how else can you explain your own failures? On a serious note, people make their own luck. <<> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <>> Some of my love affairs in life has been: chess contract bridge rock climbing theoretical physics computer science history (WW2) music <<> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <>> Climbing - Magnus Midtbø (5th ECh 2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRHS... Wingsuit BASE - Espen Fadnes (1st WCh 2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4U6... Good blog on climbing (Norwegian) http://borebloggen.blogspot.com/ <<> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <>> Computer Chess Programming Dr. Hyatt - Crafty http://www.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/ http://www.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/pubs.h... Dr. Heinz - DeepThought http://people.csail.mit.edu/heinz/ http://people.csail.mit.edu/heinz/n... Dr. Frayn - Beowulf http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/index.... http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/theory... Ph.D. thesis Breuker: Memory versus Search in Games http://www.dennisbreuker.nl/thesis/... Computer Chess http://www.netlib.org/utk/lsi/pcwLS... Chess Programming Wiki https://chessprogramming.wikispaces... CG forum Computer <<> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <>> Physics - The Laws of Holes 1st Law When You Find Yourself in a Hole, Stop Digging. 2nd Law If You Insist on Continuing to Dig, Don't Ask <Zarg> for Help 3rd Law For very dense objects, there is a singularity. That is, the first two laws break down, and black hole mechanics must be used. See http://projecteuclid.org/DPubS?serv... <<> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <>> Cosmology Lectures by Prof. Susskind at Stanford University 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wI... 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERjk... 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYQT... 4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdBr... 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3D5... 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di8e... 7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KATS... 8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R57... Excellent lectures, require amazingly little math. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVj... <<> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <>> Private bookmarks (todo list): String Theory and M-Theory 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25ha... 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ble... ... Greneral Relativity 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbmf... ... <<> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <>> <<> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <>> Linux Tech Tip Get Linux: http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/d... How to get CVD (the cg.com Java PGN viewer) working under firefox-3.0.6 on Kubuntu 8.04 1. If missing, install the Java packages $ sudo apt-get install java-common $ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin $ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre $ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin $ sudo apt-get install tzdata-java 2. Configure Java $ update-java-alternatives -l $ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun 3. Create a symbolic link to the Java plugin <libjavaplugin_oji.so> $ cd /usr/lib/firefox/plugins $ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libja- vaplugin_oji.so 4. If using Adblock Plus, deactivate it on www.chessgames.com 5. Quit & restart firefox <<> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <>>

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Sorry.> Nice, so first you assume your compulsive attempts in provoking me succeeded, and then you apologize for me taking offence? <I would still be interesting to hear you ...      Nov-25-11 Bureaucrat chessforum    ...      Nov-20-11 Tal Memorial (2011)    zarg: <BadKnight: The main reason for breaking the partnership was: Kasparov was taking too many decisions for Carlsen.> Exactly.      Nov-19-11 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2011    zarg: <From my limited exsperience with the Norweigan culture (mostly through this site and various small encounters), they tend to be a laid back people.> Difficult to generalize, but we don't have bottomless respect for authority, there is a strong will for independence and making ...      Nov-18-11 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2011    zarg: impressive play in time trouble from both      Nov-01-11 zarg chessforum    zarg: John... the times changed and late 80s the revolution had happened, modern sports climbing had been born. So comparing 5.12 in 1979 with 5.12 a decade later, is comparing apples and oranges! 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