Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 13:53:22 12/02/03
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On December 02, 2003 at 13:15:24, Matthew Hull wrote: >On December 02, 2003 at 12:33:35, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>On December 02, 2003 at 11:52:33, Matthew Hull wrote: >> >>>On December 02, 2003 at 11:20:08, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>> >>>>On December 01, 2003 at 11:24:20, Robert Hyatt 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 >>>>> >>>>>July 4. >>>>> >>>>>What a bunch of morons. >>>>> >>>>>:) >>>>> >>>>>No doubt the 2005 event will be on December 25. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Is the ICCA going to supply flak jackets or do participants have to bring >>>>>their own? >>>> >>>>I assume that the participants of any event conducted in a New York skyscraper >>>>get a parachute and anti-aircraft Stinger, don't they? >>>> >>>>If you don't want to participate in any event outside Alabama, that's fine, just >>>>say it. But don't give stupid excuses, >>> >>> >>>The event is too long. That's a valid complaint. It is not a stupid excuse. >>>11 rounds swiss for 16 players. That is what is stupid. >> >>Too long for Americans but not too long for Europeans? Even Einstein would have >>trouble explaining this kind of relativity. > > >Apparently, folks don't understand the optimal number of rounds (swiss) >vis-a-vis the number of entrants. That being the case, the superfluous rounds >raise the cost of attenting the event needlessly. The tourney was over after 7 >rounds. > >Hardly a calculation designed to encourage participation. > > >> >> >>> >>>Holding the event on one continent every year. That is not reasonable and >>>against the charter. That is a valid complaint. >> >>Find sponsors in the US, we will come. But meanwhile, nobody in the US seems to >>be interested hosting the event. > > >It is the job of the ICGA to find that sponsorship. That's what they are paid >for, is it not? > > >> >> >>> >>>Holding the event on a major US family holiday. That is a valid complaint. >> >>If the chess championship starts on July 5th, will that solve your problem? >> >> >>> >>> >>>Holding the event in an embattled city -- that is a valid complaint. >> >>Embattled city?! We are talking about Tel-Aviv, not Gaza! >> >> >> >>>Would you >>>participate if the event were held during Yom Kippur, and in Pakistan? Beirut? >>>Bahgdad? Kabul? >> >>New York? >> >> >>>Get real. >>> >>> >>>>especially that you know very well that >>>>New York has been the primary victim of global terrorism, and that visiting >>>>Tel-Aviv is not any more dangerous than visiting New York. >>> >>> >>>How many homicide bombings in Tel-Aviv in the past year? How many in New York? >>>Case closed, my friend. >> >>The number of people killed in terrorist attacks in New York is more than twice >>the number of people killed in the entire Israel since 1993 Oslo accords. Case >>closed, my friend. > > >OK, why don't you take a poll. How many people think Tel-Aviv is just as safe >as Atlanta? Kansas City? Chicago? Dallas? Denver? Why should people want to come to the land of Mister Poindexter who will trace your VISA spendings, tap your calls and emails, check the type of food your are eating in the plane (maybe you are a terrorsist), get you for an interrogation in typical FBI style? http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15770 >If you honestly believe that it is, then you need to alot more education in this >area. A lot has changed in your country since 9/11. Take care, Ed
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