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http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6228

Just because Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are cousins does not mean I will buy this story.

Talking about April fools jokes, did anyone notice Google's new unit(s) of time?

you mean Topeka's

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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Jan Brouwer wrote: And another one, try to become super user at xkcd!
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Or try running emacs

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

AdminX wrote: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

It was in a local newspaper in NY today (NY Post).

So, Chessbase is making multiple April Fools joke posts to confuse us into thinking that only one of them qualify?

Note that "LHC goes online - GM's worried" is an obvious April fools.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6226

Damon's grandfather is Finish and not Norwegian, but otherwise, a good story.

swami wrote:So, Chessbase is making multiple April Fools joke posts to confuse us into thinking that only one of them qualify?

Note that "LHC goes online - GM's worried" is an obvious April fools.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6226

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.