Author: martin fierz
Date: 09:04:15 12/01/03
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On December 01, 2003 at 12:00:07, Matthew Hull wrote: >On December 01, 2003 at 11:54:51, martin fierz wrote: > >>On December 01, 2003 at 11:07:31, Matthew Hull wrote: >> >>>On December 01, 2003 at 10:14:20, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>> >>>>http://www.icga.org/News/events/wccc2004/BarIlan.pdf >>>> >>>>12th World Computer Chess Championship >>>>Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel >>>>July 4th-12th 2004 >>>> >> >>hi matthew, >> >>i guess i have to apologize. i thought you americans (= you and bob mainly) were >>overreacting on this WCCC@thanksgiving thing; one more conspiracy theory or so >>was my first thought. but putting the next championship in a different season on >>the only american holiday they can possibly find round there... strange! unless >>they actually think they're helping you guys attend by putting it on american >>holidays?! >> >>then again, i'd be more worried about the flak-jacket thing bob mentioned than >>about it being a holiday... > >I don't know what kind of holidays you have in your country, but in the US, >holidays are great family events (for those blessed with families they like :)). > Christmas, Thanksgiving, July 4th (big family barbecue time!!). Frequently >these holidays are a time of reunions, especially in the South. for us it's mainly christmas. thanksgiving doesn't exist in europe in the same form. but as i suspected, it's actually by design that they put it on your holidays, see omid's post. cheers martin
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