Author: John Sidles
Date: 10:10:33 03/02/06
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On March 02, 2006 at 10:40:33, Stephen Ham wrote: >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 Hey, I'm from Iowa (just below Minnesota), so I know a million "Ole and Lena" jokes ... the challenge is to make these jokes chess-related. Let's see ... Lena: Say, Ole -- where'd you learn to play chess so well? Ole: Yale !! Lena: I'm so impressed! Ole: Ja, da judge even gave me time off for good behavior!
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