Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 04:40:00 09/03/05
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On September 03, 2005 at 02:47:01, Sandro Necchi wrote: >On September 03, 2005 at 00:28:58, Sandro Necchi wrote: > >>On September 02, 2005 at 21:31:04, A. Cozzie wrote: >> >>>On September 02, 2005 at 16:26:54, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >>> >>>>On September 02, 2005 at 16:19:27, A. Cozzie wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 02, 2005 at 15:42:26, Sandro Necchi wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Does any people do have any? >>>>>> >>>>>>Sandro >>>>> >>>>>It is an impressively unique name. How did you come up with it? >>>>> >>>>>anthony >>>> >>>> >>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_of_Columbus >>> >>>Ah, thanks Arturo. I didn't think to check the net for it. >>> >>>And a very cute name by Necchi too :) >>> >>>anthony >> >>Just trying to be original...:-) >> >>Sandro > >In Italy Columbus' egg is used also to indicate something that would fix all >problems in once (i.e.: "is that a Colombus' egg?") ...of course I did not >expect so much in a setting...:-) > >Sandro Today we all know how crazy Columbus was until his death. No facts could persuade him that he was wrong with the discovery of India etc. To connect this man's name with the recently good program Zappa could be a shot into one's own knee. Columbus didn't really know what he was doing. Sounds sub-optimal for a chessprogram and its author... Sandro, did you knowe that Columbus was Italian? ;)
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