Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 08:52:04 12/03/03
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On December 03, 2003 at 11:36:16, Bob Durrett wrote: >On December 02, 2003 at 16:19:58, Amir Ban wrote: > >>On December 02, 2003 at 10:18:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On December 02, 2003 at 03:34:31, Roberto Nerici wrote: >>> >>>>>>>July 4. >>>>>>>What a bunch of morons. >>>>>> >>>>>>Would have you gone anyway? >>>>>> >>>>>>Roberto/. >>>>> >>>>>Perhaps if the ICGA provided flak vests. Bruce has attended recent >>>>>events. As have others over here. I am not the _only_ USA computer >>>>>chess person, you know??? >>>> >>>>Of course I know. >>>>You forgot to mention Charles and James (Noonian and Insomniac), both of whom >>>>have also attended a recent WCCC. >>>> >>>>My point is that I don't believe you would go to an event in Israel regardless >>>>of the date. I don't know if you would go to a WCCC outside North America, >>> >>>I have attended an event in London, I flew to Paris in 1984 to do a chess >>>demo. I have gone to Canada. And I have traveled multiple times to Europe >>>over the past N years. I was even at the _first_ WCCC event although I did >>>not participate, in Sweden. >>> >>>My problem is time. how to take about 2 weeks off from classes? The events >>>are now too long. What is the point in 11 rounds with 16 participants? Makes >>>absolutely no sense at all. It just drags out the event and triples the >>>cost and time. We don't have 2 week conferences anywhere. Care to guess why >>>that is? >>> >> >>All the university professors I know take off for 2 or so weeks for wherever as >>a matter of routine. >> >>I'm also pretty much in the corporate scene and trips by executives for 2 weeks >>are nothing unusual. Actually it's the corporate way of life. >> >> >>> >>> >>>>regardless of the exact location, the amount of money provided or the date, but >>>>you have posted about this sort of thing _many_ times and the impression I have >>>>got is that you would not. >>>> >>>>If any of the above, or any other US engine author, would go to WCCC12 if it was >>>>on another date, then that would be a shame and I would be interested to read a >>>>post by them. >>>> >>>>Roberto/. >>> >>>Again, the date is not the _only_ issue. It is a minor one. The time is >>>the main issue, followed closely by the cost. For example, in the ACM events >>>we alternated east coast and west coast. I managed to make it to almost all. >>>One in Nashville TN was close. One in LA was a long trip. Next year NYC. >>>Close. Seattle. Long trip. We balanced it and always had more local >>>participation than remote participation. But it fostered the interest, which >>>was the _point_. >>> >>>The ICGA used to do that as required by the charter. Somewhere that went >>>in the tank. >> >>So there are three continents: the East United States, the West United States, >>and the Rest of the World (called Europe for short) ? You don't teach geography, >>I guess. >> >>Notice that the event is being held in Asia for the third time in a decade. It >>happens to be the largest and most populous continent. >> >>Amir > >I've always thought of "Asia" as being the Far East, including China, Japan, >Korea, Viet Nam, Cambodia, and Malasia. To me, India is neither Asia nor Europe >but instead sort of a transition area. Places like Iraq, Iran, and maybe Israel >are "Near East" but certainly not Asia. Egypt is part of Africa. > >Geography! > >It really sounds wierd to hear someone say Israel is in Asia. If you ask the UN they will tell you that Israel is the only country in the world which doesn't belong to any continent. So feel free to consider Israel part of Asia (geographically), part of Europe (based on trade and science relations), part of North America (sometimes referred to as America's 51st state), or even Oceana (IIRC, in 1990 soccer World Cup preliminaries Israel contended in this continent). > >: ) > >Bob D.
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