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Just because Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are cousins does not mean I will buy this story.
YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
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YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
"Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions."
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Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Talking about April fools jokes, did anyone notice Google's new unit(s) of time?
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Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
you mean Topeka's
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Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
And another one, try to become super user at xkcd!Jan Brouwer wrote:Talking about April fools jokes, did anyone notice Google's new unit(s) of time?
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Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Or try running emacsJan Brouwer wrote: And another one, try to become super user at xkcd!
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Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
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
Fischer’s remains to be exhumed?
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6227
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Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
It was in a local newspaper in NY today (NY Post).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
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Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
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
Note that "LHC goes online - GM's worried" is an obvious April fools.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6226
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Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
Damon's grandfather is Finish and not Norwegian, but otherwise, a good story.
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Re: YAAFJ: Yet Another April Fools Joke
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.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