Chess Players 'Are Paranoid Thrillseekers'

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Chess Players 'Are Paranoid Thrillseekers'

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday January 20, 2002 @07:20AM from the sure-why-not dept.

Tardigrade submitted a brief little article that claims that chess players are paranoid thrillseekers. It's a fairly amusing little piece and definitely makes me wish that my high-school chess club would have got into epic battles with the groups that were capable of stretching us into pretzel shapes, if only for the thrill. Maybe I'm just being paranoid.

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first post by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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First post? by freeschwag · 2002-01-20 07:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Wahoo my first ever, pls dont flame me, thanks

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This is Off Topic, but please read by Calle+Ballz · 2002-01-20 07:26 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This references this article from this slashdot article:

* Spider-Man 2 for the PlayStation is delayed to remove a scene that had the superhero on top of a building that looked like the World Trade Center.

* Changes are made to Flight Simulator 2002 to remove the World Trade Center towers from the flying environment and a patch is released to remove them from Flight Simulator 2000.

Why the hell is the world trade center being removed from old movies, video games, advertisements and just about anything else. Isn't this rewriting history? Are we supposed to pretend that they never existed? I have a picture of myself as a child with the World Trade Center right behind me.... should I doctor that photo to reflect the newer, more post 9/11 NYC skyline? I'm sorry, but there used to be two giant buildings where the empty space is... and pretending that they never existed will not help this country whatsoever.
1. Re:This is Off Topic, but please read by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  It's called an "update".
2. Re:This is Off Topic, but please read by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  should I doctor that photo to reflect the newer, more post 9/11 NYC skyline?
  In short, yes.
  and pretending that they never existed will not help this country whatsoever.
  Of course it will.
  There weren't WTC towers. Nothing happened. Move along.
  See? No trauma!
3. Re:This is Off Topic, but please read by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  You forgot one thing: there was a threat, but our brave airforce warriors blew the threat out of our blue skies. Now play some Sousa!
4. Re:This is Off Topic, but please read by JabberWokky · 2002-01-20 07:35 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Why the hell is the world trade center being removed from old movies, video games, advertisements and just about anything else.
  First off, it's not being removed from old movies, it's being removed from unreleased entertainemnt. And I think it's for quite a simple reason - they don't want to look dated. Sort of like movies don't feature the US versus the Soviet Union anymore. Many movies have a "this is next week" feel to them, and something like a very clearly dated landmark kills that feeling. The one exception to this is probably Flight Simulators, which were briefly blamed for the incident, and were even removed from shevles.
  Bringing it a bit back on topic, both rooks are still on the board, I believe, eh?
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5. Re:This is Off Topic, but please read by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:39 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Oh, I guess that makes it all right.
  That's why Stalin retouched several photographs: not to look outdated!
  Fucking government apologist.
  Stop bombing NOW!
First Calculus Post by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

/\ | | | sin(u)du = -cos(u) | | \/
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

...you Homer-sexual.
Re:well, duh... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

more evidence
Re:Pretzels and SS by SpinyNorman · 2002-01-20 07:46 · Score: 0, Offtopic

They better be - the president was almost taken out by a pretzel.
Re:Pretzels and SS by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

That's like saying that "Hitler was almost taken out by the assassination attempt".
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Big News by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Kuro5hin is back up. You may now cease your trolling activities on /.
1. Re:Big News by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 08:07 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Liar. On with the trolls!
I'm Homer-sexual by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 07:51 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Homer-sexual Please post links to Simpsons porn!
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Autodot!! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-01-20 08:37 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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