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
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Ed
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