Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 11:22:56 09/03/05
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On September 03, 2005 at 08:31:10, Sandro Necchi wrote: >On September 03, 2005 at 07:40:00, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>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? >>;) > >Sometimes we have to be a little crazy to imagine thing which have not been >seen/discovered before...:-) > >Well, even if we have more than 2000 years history we do study it...of course I >know it...he was born not too far away where I was born about 30 miles... > >Do you think this is the reason why I am crazy too?:-) > >Sandro Sandro, are you Italian?? I wrote the message because Columbe was absolutely closed for facts. And in the end his son helped him to keep alive his delusions. It's a tragedy for such a great man that he wasted his complete status by being dumb on facts.
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