WannaBe Member since Oct-20-04 · Last seen Jan-22-26 Thank you Daniel Freeman and Alberto A Artidiello Not enough words can describe what you created and what we lost.

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Jan-22-26 Memorable Quotes chessforum   WannaBe: <sfod> It's ignore list...      Jan-22-26 Chessgames - Politics    WannaBe: <gezafan> Errr.... No. The fact that you refuse to answer/address the question shows that you are incapable of doing so. By further pointing out what you believe/belief in your response post is not evident of supporting your argument.      Jan-20-26 Chessgames - Sports    WannaBe: <keypusher> In a nutshell, Monte Carlo simulation is used in insurance, life, auto, home <A LOT>. It is also used in retirement simulation, e.g. how much saving you already have, male/female life expectancy, expected returning and amount withdrawn each year. Also some ...      Jan-20-26 WannaBe chessforum   WannaBe: Re: Star Trek Academy <WannaBe: 12m in. Not impressed> So, I did not finish episode one, it's still in my queue, but I did manage to read some of the reviews... And the reviews have not been kind. Some even compared episodes 1 and 2 (released the same day) to the very much ...      Jan-20-26 Hort vs de Firmian, 1986   WannaBe: <Breunor> Good question, I ran this game through the computer game analysis and: 31...Kg6 32.Bxa7 Bc4 33.Nd5 Nc6 34.Bc5 Ne5 35.Ke3 Bf1 36.Bd4 ⩱ +0.87 (41 ply) Possibly white was low on time and don't want to risk the chance to reaching move 40      Jan-19-26 R Toran vs M Valls Tona, 1948    WannaBe: Well, if you play f4, there is mate in 250...      Jan-14-26 Chessgames - Odd Lie    WannaBe: This one is from Henry Cho: "I'm changing the caller ID of my wife's phone number to Potential Spam" If you have not seen or heard of Henry, he is worth some of your time on YouTube.      Jan-14-26 Dickson    WannaBe: Apparently, it was a "far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known"      Jan-12-26 Fischer vs V Pupols, 1955    WannaBe: I was thinking baseball bat, tire iron, or brass knuckles.      Jan-11-26 Tata Steel Masters (2026)    WannaBe: So, the Tata Steel blitz were held in India, and players have 6 days to fly to NED for the next (or 2026 first) major event... What is the flight path? Here are some ideas: https://www.flightroutes.com/CCU-AMS

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 461 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-27-12    Jim Bartle: The only one I saw was "Hugo," and it was outstanding. Feb-27-12    chancho: I agree. Hugo was a great movie. Feb-27-12    WannaBe: I attended Williard Elementary in 6th grade. =( http://news.yahoo.com/california-sc... Feb-27-12    brankat: Thank You Jim! Feb-28-12    WannaBe: I (am usually very hard to impress, nothing under the sun that I haven't really seen/heard/read or what-nots...) This, is IMPRESSIVE: http://www.geekwire.com/2012/geeks-... In a movie, it is 26 (?) frames a second, and the video is 2 minutes and 3 seconds. (I will leave the math as an exercise for the students. =) Trust me, it's impressive. Feb-28-12    technical draw: Here's Bug's favorite song on accordion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vedH... Feb-28-12    WannaBe: I really hate people who practices the 'dark art' of computer science/programming. Hogwarts and Prof. Snape definitely didn't teach me anything on this! http://www.networkworld.com/news/20... Feb-28-12    WannaBe: D'oh! http://news.yahoo.com/people-arent-... Feb-29-12    OhioChessFan: <Whether the researchers are testing people's ability to rate the funniness of jokes, the correctness of grammar, or even their own performance in a game of chess, the duo has found that people always assess their own performance as "above average" — even people who, when tested, actually perform at the very bottom of the pile.> Yep, yep. Mar-04-12    WannaBe: <technical draw> Thank you for that, but I'll take Sandra: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw8n... Perhaps <brankat> can interpret for us. =) Mar-04-12    brankat: <WannaBe> Regarding the above video titled "Povodjansko kolo". The first word most likely stems from the name of a village or a small town, probably Povodje (=By the water, or river). Have never heard of the place. "Kolo" would be hard to translate accurately into English. "Circle" is probably as close as it gets. So it is something like "A circle dance of Podvodje". "Kolo" is centuries old, traditional type of a dance, where a group of men and women, holding hands. form a circle, and dance that way. mostly going in circle :-) Usually the music is of a fast rhythm. Used to be quite popular in Balkan countries. Apparently still is. The text that You see at the bottom of the video screen has nothing to do with the music. It is just a bunch of Christmas greetings/messages (Orthodox Christianity) from individuals to their family members and friends. With undertones somewhat too nationalistic for my taste. I hope this helps :-) Mar-04-12    WannaBe: <brankat> Thanks!! Mar-05-12    WannaBe: http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbefor... Mar-05-12    WannaBe: http://beta.local.yahoo.com/news-qu... I did not feel a dang thing! Mar-05-12    WannaBe: Bwahahahahahaha! http://www.networkworld.com/news/20... Mar-05-12    OhioChessFan: <Nako> I got to "myself" also. Mar-05-12    OhioChessFan: Second try, missed one capital letter, "myself" again. Mar-06-12    WannaBe: http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbefor... Mar-06-12    WannaBe: Bwahahahahahahahah.... Just sad. http://news.yahoo.com/parents-forge... Mar-06-12    WannaBe: My opponent timed out, but I was very suspicious of his rook take (15. Rxd5) that enabled me to trade my knight for 3 pawns... [Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/"] [Date "2012.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "miktrovao"] [Black "NN"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1475"] [BlackElo "1415"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. f3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Rxd5 Nb4 16. Rdd1 Rac8 17. c3 Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qxc3 0-1 Mar-07-12    WannaBe: I think I would look great in these: http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/mant... Mar-08-12    WannaBe: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet... Okay, let us consider, for just a second here. Even if, it was to strike earth, would you let it (the news) out? Would you want to be the person, that stands in front of cameras and billions of people on TV and say: "The astroid will strike earth, and even if US, Russia, China, Britain, France, India, Pakistan, Israel, Iran shoot all their nuclear and conventional arsenal at this rock, we have at best 40% chance of survival."* *All numbers and data may not be factual, because we know Russia sold their arsenals to North Korea. Mar-08-12    WannaBe: http://www.networkworld.com/news/20... Rooney Rule meets IT... Not in favor of it. All interview/screening should be about abilities and capabilities. Not 'token' candidate(s). Mar-09-12    WannaBe: You want lower gas prices? Stop using/drinking plastics!! Soda, water (especially water), milk in plastic containers, etc. http://health.yahoo.net/experts/eat... Mar-09-12    WannaBe: Currently, reading "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" By Shirer, 50th anniv. edition, paperback. On page 85, I find this ironic/stupid/funny/stunning <This strange priest, of whom more will be heard in this history, corrected some of Hitler's bad grammar, straightened out what prose he could and crossed out a few passages which he convinced the author were politically objectionable.> Really?! I wonder what was left out... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 750) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 461 OF 750 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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