Author: Stephen Ham
Date: 07:40:33 03/02/06
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On March 01, 2006 at 21:37:51, John Sidles wrote: >On March 01, 2006 at 05:25:38, Vasik Rajlich wrote: > >>On February 28, 2006 at 08:22:54, John Sidles wrote: >> >>>Dear CCCers >>> ... purely by examining the >>>branching and topology of the search tree, i.e., determining >>>whether the strategic landscape with a rook in it is more >>>favorable than the strategic landscape with a knight in it. This >>>latter technique, in principle, requires no chess knowledge. >>> >>Are you daring to question minimax? :) >> >>Vas > >Ja, sure, you betcha!! (Swedish-American immigrant humor). Hello John, No, that's standard Minnesota dialect. We say that relatively frequently here. Although we do have a large Scandinavian population, Minnesota is predominantly German. The Sandinavians are instead credited with a different phrase, "Uff da!" "Ja den, dat's da vay vee talk here, don't ya know!" All the best, Steve
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