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Subject: Re: The Answer here... Columbus was a bit Crazy, see below...

Author: Sandro Necchi

Date: 05:31:10 09/03/05

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On September 03, 2005 at 07:40:00, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On September 03, 2005 at 02:47:01, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>
>>On September 03, 2005 at 00:28:58, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>
>>>On September 02, 2005 at 21:31:04, A. Cozzie wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 02, 2005 at 16:26:54, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On September 02, 2005 at 16:19:27, A. Cozzie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On September 02, 2005 at 15:42:26, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Does any people do have any?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Sandro
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It is an impressively unique name.  How did you come up with it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>anthony
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_of_Columbus
>>>>
>>>>Ah, thanks Arturo.  I didn't think to check the net for it.
>>>>
>>>>And a very cute name by Necchi too :)
>>>>
>>>>anthony
>>>
>>>Just trying to be original...:-)
>>>
>>>Sandro
>>
>>In Italy Columbus' egg is used also to indicate something that would fix all
>>problems in once (i.e.: "is that a Colombus' egg?") ...of course I did not
>>expect so much in a setting...:-)
>>
>>Sandro
>
>
>Today we all know how crazy Columbus was until his death. No facts could
>persuade him that he was wrong with the discovery of India etc. To connect this
>man's name with the recently good program Zappa could be a shot into one's own
>knee. Columbus didn't really know what he was doing. Sounds sub-optimal for a
>chessprogram and its author... Sandro, did you knowe that Columbus was Italian?
>;)

Sometimes we have to be a little crazy to imagine thing which have not been
seen/discovered before...:-)

Well, even if we have more than 2000 years history we do study it...of course I
know it...he was born not too far away where I was born about 30 miles...

Do you think this is the reason why I am crazy too?:-)

Sandro




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