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Jan-06-10
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <chanco> gracias-
Hey have you voted yet for "Best Informed"?
Might I suggest a vote for <achieve>? You can also change votes if you feel like it.
<achieve> has in my NOT SO HUMBLE opinion the best "all round" chess knowledge- playing, studying, coaching, analyzing, history, computer engine expertise, psychology of chess, chess as a sport- you name it and he's right on top of all of those fields. He's not just informed in one area- he's a legitimate chess polymath. I really think he deserves this year's award and not just because I nominated him. |
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Jan-06-10
 | | chancho: I already cast a vote for <keypusher> <Jess>. |
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Jan-06-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: ah ok-
Remember last year when you voted me for funniest, and Technical Draw almost killed you? And then you promised him you would vote for him this year. And you did! |
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Jan-06-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: Incorrect, <Dom>
That stands for "As Fair as Iain's Kilt" |
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Jan-06-10
 | | Domdaniel: Scene: any movie or TV show.
Time: near the end. The crimes are solved, the perps wasted, the messy post-coital bits all done and dusted. <Genius Guy> and <A.Mortal> are playing chess. Genius Guy: of course it was brilliant the way I hacked into their computer and memorized their DNA profile using Riemann's shortcut, and I'm only letting you play this game with me to humanize my profile... A.Mortal [moves piece]: Checkmate!
Genius Guy: Whaaaat?
[closing credits]
Moral: hubris should be taken outside and beaten up by regular folk. And usually is. I hate TV mates-in-one. |
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Jan-06-10
| | chancho: <Jess> How could I forget? lol |
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Jan-06-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Dom> yes we should perhaps remember that over 900 percent of humans are not chess fans, and they of course don't realize that over 900 percent of all Master games are drawn. |
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Jan-06-10
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> Very true. BTW, I just did a 'search kibitzing' on the phrase <Incorrect, my dear <Dom>> and the short form <Incorrect, Dom>. I had no idea how often I'd been incorrect about stuff. And you were almost always the one to spot it. But you have the advantage of knowing I make it up as I go along... |
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Jan-06-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: Well it might even be simpler than that-
I like nothing better than to listen carefully- with reverence- to a learned treatise by a respected elder, and then cap off this delightful and edifying experience by giving them a considered response prefaced with the word "Incorrect". It drives most people up the wall.
The trick is to say it in a tone at least ten times smugger than the tone of the person who just taught you the lesson. |
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Jan-06-10
| | Domdaniel: Ten times smugger than *moi*? That'll be the jour.
French exercise for you in my gaffe. |
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Jan-06-10
| | chancho: <Jess> I read your post drubbing <frogbert> on the Carlsen page.
Remind me not to ever piss you off. |
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| Jan-06-10 | | zarg: <jessicafischerqueen: It was <Achieve> who introduced that part of the thread- This was a topic <Niels>- not me- stressed [...]
I am really emphasizing this because <Niels> has read a good deal of <Feynman> and also has the wherewithal to understand maths, which I don't.> My apologies to <achieve>! I did not read his posts on the topic. I am only a casual visitor here and just got a peek before my connection was lost – thereafter the thread went into the <great void>. The level of understanding and knowledge at display, was what I could expect from someone like <Thorski>, who not only have Feynman diagram avatar, but also should have seen Feynman's path integral. Yup, Feynman was a very creative physicist, who didn't loose his vision due to all the math, and that was what I enjoyed the most about his lecture notes. Those are excellent for developing your intuition, creativity and understanding, which IMO is very important in physics and science in general. Well then <bro>, thanks for the pleasant stay! I am more than happy to join in on a civilized discussion – on topics that actually interests me a lot. I promise to <not> put up posters of Aronian.. |
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Jan-06-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <chancho> I deleted it because it was just a bunch of useless hot air. |
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Jan-06-10
| | Domdaniel: Useless hot electrons, technically, though I bet it made the air sizzle in the land of the snotgreen Eeek. |
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| Jan-06-10 | | Travis Bickle: <jessicafischerqueen: LOL yes thanks I didn't even see that--- that's quite a coincidence- us helping each other in that way- BUT--- (everyone I know has a big but)
<Travis> Zanshin is going to win "most helpful", and he is more than a worthy winner. But you and me split our votes!!
If we combined them, one of us could have won.
AHHHH
I have a cunning plan- if we reveal that you are my sockpuppet, or I am your sockpuppet, then "we" will win the award this year.... Just "thinking" out loud...> In the spirit of Bobby and his documentary 'Anything To Win' Let's do it Jess! Travis Bickle is Jessica's sockpuppet!
; P |
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Jan-06-10
| | Domdaniel: A gallant and noble gesture, Travis. It would also make <Jess> all-time numero uno poster honcho and win the jackpot. I find myself believing it already. Spread the word ... Travis is Jess in guy drag ... |
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| Jan-06-10 | | Boomie: Feynman was a great teacher. He's the only Nobelist I know of who taught freshman classes. His freshman physics lectures are still classics. I also recommend his little book on QED. No, that's not a Latin text. QED stands for Quantum Electrodynamics. This theory describes how electrons and photons interact. Quantum mechanics, you shudder. The Amazon jungle of maths. But rest easy. There is no math in this little book! Just light bulbs, mirrors, and disembodied eyes, which granted is a little creepy. Feynman clearly describes one of the greatest achievements in the history of physics without using maths. Heh. |
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| Jan-06-10 | | technical draw: Finally, something I can understand and agree on. I hate chess in movies. Why, oh, why must they always get it wrong? White square in the right corner and queen on her color. Simple, but noooo, they always have it wrong. And how is it possible that a "master" player never sees a mate in one?? And EVERY game ends in checkmate. But I just saw a ad in a chess magazine for a fine chessboard and pieces and the position that was on the board looked like a regular King's gambit declined but on a closer look black had an extra move! Dummys. |
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| Jan-06-10 | | crawfb5: <TD> It's a common mistake, as well as continuity errors (the position shifts impossibly between different camera angles). It's so common that my former teammate, Bob Basalla set it up as one of his shorthand keys when he wrote <Chess in the Movies>. |
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Jan-06-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: "not getting it right" in movies and TV is enraging to me precisely because it would be so easy to "get it right" every time with one simple phone call. Not only with regard to chess, but also the portrayal of Koreans in western film/TV, to choose just one other example-- One phone call to one of almost a million Korean expats in North America and they could have got it all right- Instead of all wrong, as they have it now.
Just one of many, many examples-
In <Arrested Development>, the family adopts a small Korean boy- who they name "Anyoung" because all he ever says to them is "Anyoung", which means "hello" in Korean. However, every single Korean person on the planet, and every single person who has ever lived in Korea, knows that no boy would ever, ever, ever say "Anyoung" to an adult. This would be the equivalent of an American boy greeting an adult by kicking him in the groin. Literally.
All Korean boys (from Korea, like the kid in Arrested Development) would say "Anyoung hasayo" to an adult. NEVER "Anyoung." They could have fixed this with one phone call. |
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| Jan-06-10 | | Boomie: <jessicafischerqueen: Oh also <vote Niels> for "best informed kibbitzer"> Well, he clearly is better informed than me so he must be "best". Notice I have voted for one of your puns. Although the authorship is being argued in a court of law, that hardly detracts from its brilliance. |
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Jan-07-10
| | Domdaniel: <tech> To be fair, they don't *always* have 'surprise' mate-in-one and cries of 'checkmate!' -- just 99% of them. One TV show, I forget which, actually had some dialog along these lines: <Genius Guy: I'm winning this, of course.A.Mortal: Uh huh. [moves piece or pawn, something quiet like ...h6] Genius Guy: What? Now I can take your queen, dummy. [reaches out to do so, then suddenly snaps hand back as if bitten.] *Very* clever. I take your queen, and it's, uh, mate in four, yeah? A.Mortal: Five, actually. But yeah.
GG: So now I have to move *my* queen. Well, no problemo, my friend. I'll just ... oh. Ohhh. A.Mortal: You see it now, huh?
GG: I see it. I'm going to have to resign ...> They even had the right number of kings. A rarity. Maybe I imagined it. |
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Jan-07-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: Please vote <hms123> for Most Constructive Kibbutzer!! Committee to re-elect president Nixon |
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Jan-07-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: Please vote <hms123> for most constructive kibbutzer!! He promises a chicken in every pot. |
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Jan-07-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: Vote <Howard>!!
He promises to bring home the peace from Munich. |
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