Jun-19-05
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| Knight13: Tao.... Hey man, Tao is a Chinese word. Is this computer made by Chinese? And why the name is Tao? Tao does nothing to do with Chess Computers. |
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| Jun-19-05 |
| aw1988: Tao is a religion. Computer names don't necessarily need to make sense. To clearly illustrate this point, there is a computer on here called 'Socrates'. |
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Jun-19-05
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| TheAlchemist: I did a quick search, and this is what I came up with. As I know nothing about Chinese, I don't know if all of this is correct. Can anyone confirm? Maybe <WannaBe>? [tao1] /be in receipt of/
[tao1] /fish out (from pocket)/
[tao1] /overflow/torrent-dash/
[tao1] /braid/cord/sash/
[tao1] /big wave/
[tao1] /bow case/to cover/
[tao1] /gluttonous/
[tao1] /fish out (from pocket)/
[tao2] /cleanse/name of a river/
[tao2] /peach/
[tao2] /to escape/to run away/to flee/
[tao2] /cleanse/eliminate/to clean out/to wash/
[tao2] /(surname)/pleased/pottery/
[tao2] /grapes/
[tao2] /wail/
[tao3] /ask for/send punitive expedition/to demand/to marry/
[tao4] /to cover/covering/case/cover/(a measure word, a set of something)/sheath/ |
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Jun-19-05
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| TheAlchemist: By the way, <Knight13>, what will happen to your handle, when you turn 14? |
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Jun-19-05
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| acirce: <Tao is a religion.> Well, Taoism is a religion based around the concept of Tao. What Tao is, nobody knows. |
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| Jun-19-05 |
| aw1988: I meant that it has *to do* with religion, I was much too vague (although I would prefer to list it as general). |
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Jun-19-05
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| Knight13: <TheAlchemist> I'll keep my handle as Knight13. |
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Jun-27-07
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| whiteshark: Dao is the <Path>, laid for one by nature and circumstance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao |
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Dec-10-07
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| whiteshark: Wow. I've already been here. |
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Dec-10-07
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| whiteshark: <acirce: <What Tao is, nobody knows.>> How could you say so ????? |
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Dec-10-07
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| Shams: more accurately: what Tao is, nobody can <say>. |
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Dec-10-07
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| whiteshark: <Shams: <more accurately: what Tao is, nobody can <say>>>. Ok, let's ask <nobody>! :D |
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| Dec-10-07 |
| Shinermatt: By the way, "The Tao of Chess", by Peter Kurzdorfer, is a nice chess book for beginners. It lays out general chess principals, and parallels them with life experiences similar to what you would find in a book on Taoism or Buddhism. It was one of my first chess books, and I have since passed it on to a friend of mine. Of course, the Tao that can be spoken of is not the true Tao : ) |
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Dec-10-07
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| weisyschwarz: What Tao is for me will differ from your experience of Tao. Today we would say "hey, whatever floats your boat." I have the Kurtzdorfer book also. It offers good advice, with game finales to illustrate the point. Today, most people are into Dowism. |
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