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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