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Reply #18 - 05/25/07 at 19:08:57
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Aero Bars! Wow I miss them. I am from Canada, so I loved them, but they don't have them in the United States.
  
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Reply #17 - 05/25/07 at 13:37:30
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Smyslov_Fan wrote on 05/25/07 at 12:36:07:
JEH wrote on 05/22/07 at 18:24:45:
JonHecht wrote on 05/21/07 at 07:13:19:


"Whats the best opening ? e4 or d4? I think this is irrefutable evidence...The food vending machine where I work has Mars Bars, for sale at position d4 whereas e4 buys you Tums. Clearly Mars bars, and hence d4 is the better selection. I welcome all challenges to this assertion, but please provide evidence of the caliber stated above!"



So based on this, what's the best defence to these openings???


In my vending machine, 1...c5, Milky Ways.  (There is no ...e6.  Zhal)


I do have an alternative move:  Kick the bloody machine and get it to give me pop-tarts or chips for free.  Unethical?  Hardly.  If it has e4=tums, then a swift kick is well deserved.

Your machine may be badly programmed. Mine has a choice between e4 (Aero), d4 (Picnic) and c4 (Sensations Thai sweet chilli crisps). On this basis I would say 1.d4 was best, with an interesting choice of reply between 1...e6 (Polo) and 1...d5 (KP salted nuts).
  
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Reply #16 - 05/25/07 at 12:36:07
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JEH wrote on 05/22/07 at 18:24:45:
JonHecht wrote on 05/21/07 at 07:13:19:


"Whats the best opening ? e4 or d4? I think this is irrefutable evidence...The food vending machine where I work has Mars Bars, for sale at position d4 whereas e4 buys you Tums. Clearly Mars bars, and hence d4 is the better selection. I welcome all challenges to this assertion, but please provide evidence of the caliber stated above!"



So based on this, what's the best defence to these openings???


In my vending machine, 1...c5, Milky Ways.  (There is no ...e6.  Zhal)


I do have an alternative move:  Kick the bloody machine and get it to give me pop-tarts or chips for free.  Unethical?  Hardly.  If it has e4=tums, then a swift kick is well deserved.
  
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Reply #15 - 05/22/07 at 18:24:45
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JonHecht wrote on 05/21/07 at 07:13:19:


"Whats the best opening ? e4 or d4? I think this is irrefutable evidence...The food vending machine where I work has Mars Bars, for sale at position d4 whereas e4 buys you Tums. Clearly Mars bars, and hence d4 is the better selection. I welcome all challenges to this assertion, but please provide evidence of the caliber stated above!"



So based on this, what's the best defence to these openings???
  
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Reply #14 - 05/22/07 at 18:23:11
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Markovich wrote on 05/22/07 at 12:05:48:

Oh by no means.  You could play CC.


He'd have a problem licking the stamps  Tongue
  
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Reply #13 - 05/22/07 at 12:05:48
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JEH wrote on 05/21/07 at 22:05:24:
JonHecht wrote on 05/21/07 at 20:39:47:

I don't plan to die though, I plan to live just long enough till they can transfer all memory and brain functions to a robot.


Hmm, problem is though, I think you'd fall foul of the FIDE rule about bringing electronic eqiuipment into the playing hall. Eternal life maybe, but it'd be the end of your chess career.


Oh by no means.  You could play CC.
  
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Reply #12 - 05/22/07 at 12:04:16
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No, but I've grown fond of this continuous drowning...
  
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Reply #11 - 05/22/07 at 05:35:44
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I may be a megalomaniac, but I am ethical! I will not change the rules to benefit me.
  
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Reply #10 - 05/22/07 at 03:39:02
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JonHecht wrote on 05/21/07 at 23:01:12:
Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!


So much for that plan for world domination. Any other ideas?


I suppose if you have already achieved world domination, that wld give you the rights & prerogative to rewrite the chess rules to allow electronic help into the playing hall?

That is if Iron Man or some hero doesnt interfere.
  
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Reply #9 - 05/22/07 at 01:35:38
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"Chat about anything... off topic... "
You could have left it there, couldn't you? I mean, the answers to Mr. Grossi were good for a couple of laughs  Cheesy.

JonHecht wrote on 05/21/07 at 23:01:12:
Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!


So much for that plan for world domination. Any other ideas?


Aren't the 64 squares enough for you?
  
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Reply #8 - 05/21/07 at 23:49:52
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Markovich wrote on 05/21/07 at 12:36:47:
Dear Ronald L. Grossi ...

I'm afraid I felt this overwhelming desire to eradicate him, sorry! Grin
  
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Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!


So much for that plan for world domination. Any other ideas?
  
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Reply #6 - 05/21/07 at 22:05:24
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JonHecht wrote on 05/21/07 at 20:39:47:

I don't plan to die though, I plan to live just long enough till they can transfer all memory and brain functions to a robot.


Hmm, problem is though, I think you'd fall foul of the FIDE rule about bringing electronic eqiuipment into the playing hall. Eternal life maybe, but it'd be the end of your chess career.
  
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Well that's a bloody good idea! No matter what I will be saved.

I don't plan to die though, I plan to live just long enough till they can transfer all memory and brain functions to a robot. By then I intend to be the richest man in the world and I will get the biggest most dangerous robot ever. Then my plan for world domination will be complete.  Cool
  
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Reply #4 - 05/21/07 at 18:10:12
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I want to ask you the most important question of your life. The question is: Are you saved? It is not a question of how good you are, nor if you go to church, but are you saved? Ronald L. Grossi


I always set auto-save.
  
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