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 | | Domdaniel: <Eyal> Your sources, as always, are impeccably accurate. And yes, I was aware that Fay had denied authorship. But you know what they say: <Print the Legend...> The mate in 16-or-38 situation could easily stand as some kind of dark metaphor. When the future is vague and fuzzy it is indeed 'much stronger' to take the path of longest survival. But when all those paths lead with the same stone determinism to the same dead end... equifinality... it becomes absurd. Very Beckettesque. A pompous reviewer in today's Guardian writes: "But that requires us to regard Beckett as philosophically substantial. I do not. I regard him as a brilliant stage craftsman but no more 'meaningful' than the Dadaists." <Errggg>, indeed. |
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Mar-10-07
| | Domdaniel: <Doggimus> Ah, Penny Crooz. I used to think that Penelope rhymed with Antelope. Comes from reading too much and not hearing things spoken aloud. You have to get out in the world, dontcha, attend the University of Life *spits*, and gather round campfires to sing stupid songs together, like... "Oh give me a tome
Where the doggimi roam
And the ant and the buffalope play..." |
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Mar-10-07
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> Wastepaper basket. Not to be missed. Heh. Very good. Chuckl-LOL-le. |
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Mar-10-07
| | Domdaniel: "...where 'sell them' is heard
As an infrequent word
And the clods are not skyting all day..."
[refrain]
No, I insist. [refrain]. |
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| Mar-10-07 | | JoeWms: <Dom: I used to think that Penelope rhymed with Antelope.> Nothing wrong with that. Penelope does rhyme with An-TELL-uh-pee. |
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Mar-10-07
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Dom> did you notice that <Doggimus'> forum is closed?
It has no notice on it or anything, so I'm assuming he closed it himself? I hope everything is OK with him.
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Mar-10-07
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> No idea why. Guess we can but wait and see... I useta have his email address but I mislaid it. A time out, perhaps? |
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Mar-10-07
| | Domdaniel: <Eyal> That numerological stuff is catching on -- tablebase-relativism? Odd. From today's Nimzo-Spielmann kibitzes:
NN (thank you <Joe Wms> for this circumlocution, which avoids the wrath of people who incessantly look up their own names) writes: <wow.. i just tablebased the position after black's 51 .. rxh4 and it was best move.. since it is mate in 35 after 52 Kc3 and mate in 44 after 52 Kd5. > Argh. That's not chess, it's bean-counting. And the wrong kind of beans. |
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Mar-10-07
| | jessicafischerqueen: OH <Dom> just a quick note to let you know how much I laughed at the <Funny English Usages>, and how interesting I found your idea of a chess/code system. I saw a movie about British code breakers with this cool machine thing in it. Mathematical mysteries are particularly profound to the mathematically ignorant (me): Hence why <Ratner's Star> may well be my favorite novel of all except for all the other ones that are clearly better. Like <The Sound and The Fury>, for example. If you got <Go Down Moses> handy there, read all of it of course. But pay close attention to "The Bear," since it is seriously flawed in terms of narrative construction-- and I mean seriously flawed-- Faulkner is never as much in command of his material as, say, Melville was (although he let things get out of hand too of course- hence the comparison)... This is an "unseamless" preroation on the curse of slavery made poison in the blood, mixed with a slap-stick desperation and a very majestic, even pompous, certainly grand, realistic portrayal of a freaking amazing bear hunt. "The Bear" is one of the greatest short stories ever written, bar none, warts and all. Read it now, read it often, then re-read it- with toothpicks keeping your eyes open. Repeat till cured.
Dr. Jessica Frankensteinfort School
Special Dilletante-Debutante Squad
"Q" Division
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| Mar-10-07 | | Eyal: <"The Bear" is one of the greatest short stories ever written, bar none, warts and all.> Agreed - I would just change "stories" to "novels" in that sentence. Which might fit Faulkner's "Barn Burning", btw, with no change at all. |
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| Mar-11-07 | | Eyal: <the wrong kind of beans> human beans? |
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Mar-11-07
| | Domdaniel: <Eyal> Laser beans. |
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| Mar-11-07 | | Elixir of Life: <Dom>
Isn't it time that you at least just check on the new game by the World? You'll be proud of our current position. We have approximately equalized! |
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Mar-11-07
| | Domdaniel: <Elixir> Actually, I saw the position by accident yesterday -- it might have been in your forum. You're Compendium Operator, yes? It does look interesting. But I can't let myself register for it in case it sucks me in... which would not be a good idea just now. I know I <seem> to have loads of time for posting and banterthons, but CC games take over your life at a whole nother level. My life, anyway. |
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Mar-11-07
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> Thanks for Faulkner tips. Am trying to comply, but I find him oddly difficult (and this from one who reads Pynchon and Burroughs for fun... hmmm). Doggimus seems to have opened the kennel again, btw.
Are you familiar with the Julius Caesar Campaign Recipe Book? -- "Caesar Adsum jam Forte" |
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| Mar-11-07 | | Elixir of Life: <Dom>
Cmon... It won't hurt if you just peek! Just take a look, add a thought or two, the likes. In fact, I have a very simple way to let you control yourself: I will threaten to post inappropriate stuff on your forum and make CeeGee close it, if u spend too much time on the game. There. You'll not get addicted! |
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| Mar-11-07 | | Elixir of Life: Intriguing link about Kasparov:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/text/ka... |
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Mar-11-07
| | Domdaniel: <Elixir> That's an interesting threat. Clearly you learned some deep psychological tricks during the game with Jess. |
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| Mar-11-07 | | hitman84: <Domdaniel>One more interesting thing is leftists v/s rightists. In cricket for example left handed batsmen are known to be elegant, David Gower for example. Their elegance is put to test while facing a left arm bowler but cream the right arm bowlers all over the park. "Lulu" has an abysmal record as a captain.
You've got the Aussie Michael Bevan on the other hand who lacked elegance but was a tenacious customer and a good finisher. |
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Mar-11-07
| | Domdaniel: <hitman> Naturally, as a lefthander, I'd like to think it connoted some essential otherness -- some sinister, gauche quality. But I suspect its relevance in cricket, tennis and other ball games (plus boxing) is just due to the 10% frequency (or whatever) in the population. So righthandedness becomes the dominant style. Can't see how leftness otherwise connects to the romantic/mechanic idea. In OTB chess, being left-handed just makes you a little slower with the clock. |
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| Mar-11-07 | | hitman84: <connects to the romantic/mechanic idea.>
No, obviously it has nothing to do with that but it has something to do with difference in hemispherical processing of information by the brain. Just thought you'd know more about it. |
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| Mar-11-07 | | Eyal: <NN circumlocution> That thing of avoiding the mention of people's names reminds me of a story - maybe I read it in Peter Gay's biography of Freud - about a meeting of the Viennese Psychoanalytic society, where a certain member gave a lecture in which he developed an extensive theory about how people's names can have a profound (psychological) impact on their lives, and backed it up by the discussion of several life-histories of his patients. At the end, the lecturer was severely reprimanded by Freud for the indiscretion of revealing his patients' names, and tried to assuage him by promising that all the names used were aliases. |
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Mar-11-07
| | Domdaniel: <hitman> I've got a few books on the subject of handedness, aka cheirality -- it's an interesting area. I actually have trouble telling left from right: I have to stop and think. People who can give directions like left, left, right amaze me. Yet it's mainly a verbal thing, trying to attach the correct labels -- I can visualize directions perfectly well. <Eyal> I think you just summed up Freudianism in a sentence. I noticed recently that US Presidents with four-letter surnames all sound vaguely obscene: Polk, Taft, Bush... |
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Mar-11-07
| | Domdaniel: <Polk, Taft, Bush>
And Ford? Maybe not... |
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| Mar-11-07 | | JoeWms: <Dom> Who or what is this <Doggimus) you and Jess and Eyal toss around so much? |
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