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

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 17:14:44 08/09/02

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On August 09, 2002 at 20:11:01, Dann Corbit wrote:

>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."

This ain't CTF, we're going to get mod'ed!  But oh well, I'll join in:

"For the love of money is the root of all Evil."
I Tim 6:10



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