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Date: 05 Nov 2007 02:21:20
From: Offramp
Subject: The USCF & Kaiser Wilhelm II
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The USCF: its chief members are not from the US, its main business is
not chess and it is not a Federation.
(c) Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Date: 05 Nov 2007 19:52:13
From: Offramp
Subject: Re: The USCF & Kaiser Wilhelm II
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On Nov 5, 3:16 pm, Taylor Kingston <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Nov 4, 9:21 pm, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > The USCF: its chief members are not from the US, its main business is
> > not chess and it is not a Federation.
> > (c) Kaiser Wilhelm II
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> Is this intended to mimic the famous dictum that the Holy Roman
> Empire "was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire"? That was
> Voltaire, not Kaiser Bill.
I did indeed think it was Kaiser Bill; and when I looked up just the
phrase no one was saying who said it - well I know now!
Now we can all get back to the extremely important business of Truong
and Sloan and Polgar and Brock and all the others!
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Date: 05 Nov 2007 07:16:37
From: Taylor Kingston
Subject: Re: The USCF & Kaiser Wilhelm II
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On Nov 4, 9:21 pm, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
> The USCF: its chief members are not from the US, its main business is
> not chess and it is not a Federation.
> (c) Kaiser Wilhelm II
Is this intended to mimic the famous dictum that the Holy Roman
Empire "was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire"? That was
Voltaire, not Kaiser Bill.
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Date: 05 Nov 2007 16:24:03
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: The USCF & Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Taylor Kingston <[email protected] > wrote:
>On Nov 4, 9:21 pm, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The USCF: its chief members are not from the US, its main
>> business is not chess and it is not a Federation.
>> (c) Kaiser Wilhelm II
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> Is this intended to mimic the famous dictum that the Holy Roman
> Empire "was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire"? That was
> Voltaire, not Kaiser Bill.
The best part of English (and, I assume, European) copyright law
is that, as well has having the `moral right' to have one's name
associated with one's work, one also has the moral right *not* to
have one's name associated with something that one did not write.
Dave.
--
David Richerby Voodoo Sword (TM): it's like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ razor-sharp blade that has mystical
powers!
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Date: 04 Nov 2007 22:42:27
From: help bot
Subject: Re: The USCF & Kaiser Wilhelm II
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On Nov 4, 9:21 pm, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
> The USCF: its chief members are not from the US, its main business is
> not chess and it is not a Federation.
> (c) Kaiser Wilhelm II
Nice troll post. But it will never work. I bet you don't get even
a single response.
-- help bot
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Date: 05 Nov 2007 16:22:10
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: The USCF & Kaiser Wilhelm II
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help bot <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Nov 4, 9:21 pm, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The USCF: its chief members are not from the US, its main business
>> is not chess and it is not a Federation. (c) Kaiser Wilhelm II
>
> Nice troll post. But it will never work. I bet you don't get even
> a single response.
Good job he didn't take you up on your bet, as you've manifestly lost.
Dave.
--
David Richerby Confusing Nuclear Peanut (TM): it's
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a roasted nut that's made of
atoms but you can't understand it!
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