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Subject: Re: Three Great Events on Oct. 2, 1999

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 10:14:49 10/03/99

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On October 03, 1999 at 12:55:51, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Early in the cool morning hours here in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA we had the
>lift off of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.  Balloons from all
>over the world, in many different shapes and colors flew grandly in the still
>air.  Truly, the sight of a lifetime.
>
>Later in the day we were treated to the game between Ed Schroeders' Rebel
>Century and GM Scherbakov.  Definitely--a great moment in computer chess.  It
>will get better.  I will replay that game a few more dozen times as I sip dark
>rich coffee and listen to sweet music.
>
>At 7:00 PM PST as I stood on my sky deck with my wife Virginia and our two dogs,
>Bonnie and Mittens{the Pit-Bull}  a cone of eerie orange light rose up due west
>from Vandenberg Air Force Base over a thousand miles away in California.  It
>ended with a ball of ionized gases that rapidly expanded beyond the
>stratosphere.   We did not see the interception of that Minuteman missile by a
>120 pound 55 inch long Anti-Ballistic Missile because that happened 4300 miles
>beyond Vandenberg in the Pacific Ocean twenty minutes later.
>
>Such is life.  A rich panoply of events that are going in all directions.
>
>Tim Frohlick  tjfroh@access1.net

Computer Chess Poetry...

Ed



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