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by AdminX » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:18 pm
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6228
Just because Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are cousins does not mean I will buy this story.

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by Jan Brouwer » Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:43 pm
Talking about April fools jokes, did anyone notice Google's new unit(s) of time?

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by Jan Brouwer » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:07 pm
Jan Brouwer wrote:Talking about April fools jokes, did anyone notice Google's new unit(s) of time?

And another one, try to become super user at xkcd!
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by tmokonen » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:51 pm
Jan Brouwer wrote:
And another one, try to become super user at xkcd!
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Or try running emacs

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by AdminX » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:53 pm
I doubt if this is true either, seeing as no major news network has picked up the story that I can find:
Fischer’s remains to be exhumed?
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6227
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by Norm Pollock » Thu Apr 01, 2010 11:25 pm
It was in a local newspaper in NY today (NY Post).
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by rlsuth » Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:46 am
Damon's grandfather is Finish and not Norwegian, but otherwise, a good story.
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by playjunior » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:56 pm
A friend working on one of LHC projects told me that they had a successful run at 7tev a couple of days ago. Obv. the Carlsen + Matt Damon story is the joke.