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John Carmack is probably one of the greatest computer programmers of all time. I really hope he never gives up his day job. I tend to upgrade my computer with every release of id softwares games.
Getting into space is is SIDE job :) He spent 2 million so far and has a working prototype. All this from a guy who has little education but is self taught. A true genius.
Well, I hope he figures out a way to get back down before he takes off.:)
Is his ambition to get out of the atmosphere to weightlessness or to go somewhere, like around the moon?
So, how do you like the depression so far? Close to a 900 point drop on the TSX today (Monday) and there's still 2 weeks to go before the election.
People still believe that the moon landing was faked? The moon landing conspiracy is dumb. Let's talk about the Kennedy assassination instead man, that's my favourite topic.
People still believe that the moon landing was faked? The moon landing conspiracy is dumb. Let's talk about the Kennedy assassination instead man, that's my favourite topic.
I never had much of an opinion on the Kennedy assassination. I did note Gerald Ford, who was a member of the Warren Commission, went on to become vice-president and then president.
You realize if someone wanted to film the landing in the desert and feed it into mission control it would have been like a closed circuit feed. Not many would have had to know. The test of a conspiracy theory often fails when the number of people who know about it is large.
From what I knew of the technolgy back then I don't think they had the technology to land a lander on the moon, lift off and make a perfect redocking with the space ship. They did have the technology to work a closed circuit feed.
For me it comes down to which scenario is more likely. You might choose a different scenario than I have and that's OK.
I don't believe we are discussing moon landing and Kennedy assassinations. I thought this was a chess board. Has it come to this?
Come on guys. If the moon landings had been faked, don't you think the Russians would have been all over it, denouncing it as fake??
Let's stick to chess.
Hi Garland,
Probably you're reading this thread because someone rang a bell and welcomed everyone to the derpression a couple of weeks ago. It was probably pretty funny then and less funny today.
You probaby read the posts where I have railed against the failure of the government to allow chess parents write off chess camps and activities because they aren't cardio workout and chess isn't active enough. Now I think the promise of new deductions has to do with music lessons and the arts so maybe chess lessons will be included for tax deductions. I anyone here knows for sure maybe they will tell us.
Message boards get read and unhappy special interest groups get taken into consideration at election time. In our system the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
I know the posts often get off topic. To answer your off topic question :) I don't think the Russians could prove it was a fake. You have to remember the times were such that the hockey series between Canada and Russia in 1972 (?) was widely seen as our political system against theirs. So was the Fischer - Spassky world championship match. So we return to chess.
I never had much of an opinion on the Kennedy assassination. I did note Gerald Ford, who was a member of the Warren Commission, went on to become vice-president and then president.
You realize if someone wanted to film the landing in the desert and feed it into mission control it would have been like a closed circuit feed. Not many would have had to know. The test of a conspiracy theory often fails when the number of people who know about it is large.
From what I knew of the technolgy back then I don't think they had the technology to land a lander on the moon, lift off and make a perfect redocking with the space ship. They did have the technology to work a closed circuit feed.
For me it comes down to which scenario is more likely. You might choose a different scenario than I have and that's OK.
First of all, the fact that you didn't understand his reference proves what a dirty philistine you really are.
Second of all, you didn't know anything about the technology back then.
everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)
Rather than promote this thread any further than this, let's converse the moon landing conspiratory theories privately. It's not worth the bandwidth.
I'm not really interested in debating it again. You have your view and reasons and I have no problem with that. I have my view and reasons.
In an earlier post I compared it to belief in religion and the tooth fairy. Really, it's not. I believe in religion but know there is a tooth fairy. After all, when I was small the tooth fairy came to me and when I got older I was the tooth fairy. :)
More to the point on the topic, do you think the U.S. and Canadian governments will print their way out of the current problems? I see our government has injected another 4 Billion into our system. They call it "liquidity". :)
Probably they'll increase the deposit insurance coverage in the U.S. and Canada to try to stop runs on banks.
Welcome to the depression. If your cell phone goes off during the game you will lose. The toilet roll dispenser will withdraw, the toilet will flush and the stall door will be open.
How do you like the depression so far?
Since I first started this thread almost 3 weeks ago there have been some dramatic changes in the world financial situation.
Sometimes I write stuff both here and on another message board which hits so close I kind of wish I hadn't written it. The TSX has lost about 1500 points since I wrote that on Sept. 15th.
So how did I come to my conclusion.
WELL, you know that computer everyone thinks I use for Correspondence Chess? I call it "Crystal Ball". I fire it up and get it to spew out piles of garbage. Then, the idea is to interpret the garbage and come to conclusions. My input, the computers output and my own interpretations based on positional considerations and current theory and past results.
Now if you looked at the situation back on Sept. 15th and came to a different conclusion than I did you probably should stay away from Correspondence Chess. It's not likely to be you game.
I guess I should get my computer to tell me what will come next.
DISCLAIMER: None of what I write should be used for investment decisions. I write this stuff for entertainment. Consult a financial adviser.
I guess I should get my computer to tell me what will come next.
I asked. The reply was such that I'm not going to tell for fear your will laugh at me.
There's an election in a week or so. We are being told by politicians our economy is in good shape. That's not what the TSX is telling me. The complete honesty of the stock index is the indicator I use for direction on the health of our economy.
Before I went to bed last night I put in a ridiculous stink bid for a stock. When I woke up this morning the stock index was off almost 1200 points and I had been filled. Money making company and an 8 per cent dividend. Go figure.
Oil and gas stocks hold no interest for me.
DISCLAIMER: None of what I write should be used for investment decisions. I write this stuff for entertainment. Consult a financial adviser.
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