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Subject: Re: Kasparov offered $700,000 to lose to Deep Junior.

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 17:11:01 08/09/02

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On August 09, 2002 at 19:45:15, Slater Wold wrote:

>On August 09, 2002 at 19:32:43, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 2002 at 17:47:55, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>
>>>Even Bill Gates would be capable of cutting his granmother's throath for an
>>>aditional million. People in general and specially rich people are greedy beyond
>>>understanding for miserable guys like us. Besides there is the issue of his
>>>gigantic, monstruous ego. He will try hard.
>>>Fernando
>>
>>He came to do a simul here in Rio some years ago. He demanded to be paid in cash
>>($25,000 at the time) and before the event started went to his hotel room to
>>count it. He did this in front of the organizers.
>>
>>                                          Albert
>
>Which means he obviously loves money.  (Probably means more, but we won't get
>into that.)
>
>Which means he'll probably fight like hell for that extra money.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 "A mere lover of silver will not be satisfied with silver,
neither any lover of wealth with income. This too is vanity."



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