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YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:18 pm
by AdminX
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6228
Just because Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are cousins does not mean I will buy this story.
Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:43 pm
by Jan Brouwer
Talking about April fools jokes, did anyone notice Google's new unit(s) of time?
Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:07 pm
by Daniel Shawul
you mean Topeka's
Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:07 pm
by Jan Brouwer
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!
(There are more commands implemented...)
Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:51 pm
by tmokonen
Jan Brouwer wrote:
And another one, try to become super user at xkcd!
(There are more commands implemented...)
Or try running emacs
Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:53 pm
by AdminX
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
Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:25 am
by Norm Pollock
It was in a local newspaper in NY today (NY Post).
Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:31 am
by swami
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
Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:46 am
by rlsuth
Damon's grandfather is Finish and not Norwegian, but otherwise, a good story.
Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 2:56 pm
by playjunior
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.