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zarg
Member since Aug-21-06

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?
I believe in bad luck too: how else can you explain your own failures?
On a serious note, people make their own luck.
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Some of my love affairs in life has been:
▢ chess
▢ contract bridge
▢ rock climbing
▢ theoretical physics
▢ computer science
▢ history (WW2)
▢ music
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Climbing - Magnus Midtbø (5th ECh 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRHS...
Wingsuit BASE - Espen Fadnes (1st WCh 2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4U6...
Good blog on climbing (Norwegian)
http://borebloggen.blogspot.com/
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Computer Chess Programming
Dr. Hyatt - Crafty
http://www.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/
http://www.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/pubs.h...
Dr. Heinz - DeepThought
http://people.csail.mit.edu/heinz/
http://people.csail.mit.edu/heinz/n...
Dr. Frayn - Beowulf
http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/index....
http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/theory...
Ph.D. thesis Breuker: Memory versus Search in Games http://www.dennisbreuker.nl/thesis/...
Computer Chess
http://www.netlib.org/utk/lsi/pcwLS...
Chess Programming Wiki
https://chessprogramming.wikispaces...
CG forum
Computer
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Physics - The Laws of Holes
1st Law
When You Find Yourself in a Hole, Stop Digging.
2nd Law
If You Insist on Continuing to Dig, Don't Ask <Zarg> for Help
3rd Law
For very dense objects, there is a singularity. That is, the first two laws break down, and black hole mechanics must be used. See http://projecteuclid.org/DPubS?serv...
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Cosmology
Lectures by Prof. Susskind at Stanford University
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wI...
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERjk...
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYQT...
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdBr...
5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3D5...
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di8e...
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KATS...
8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R57...
Excellent lectures, require amazingly little math.
The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgg2...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVj...
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Private bookmarks (todo list):
String Theory and M-Theory
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25ha...
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ble...
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Greneral Relativity
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbmf...
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Linux Tech Tip
Get Linux:
http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/d...
How to get CVD (the cg.com Java PGN viewer) working under firefox-3.0.6 on Kubuntu 8.04
1. If missing, install the Java packages
$ sudo apt-get install java-common
$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin
$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
$ sudo apt-get install tzdata-java
2. Configure Java
$ update-java-alternatives -l
$ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun
3. Create a symbolic link to the Java plugin <libjavaplugin_oji.so>
$ cd /usr/lib/firefox/plugins
$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libja- vaplugin_oji.so
4. If using Adblock Plus, deactivate it on www.chessgames.com
5. Quit & restart firefox

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zarg has kibitzed 5167 times to chessgames [more...]

Nov-22-13 Magnus Carlsen

zarg: Congrats Magnus Carlsen! https://chessbase.com/Portals/4/fil... Yeeeah!

Nov-17-13 Anand - Carlsen World Championship Match (2013)

zarg: <Bure: 25% win for Anand tomorrow? That's very optimistic, and far above what past results would indicate > I was surprised first time someone told me 60% of the climbing accidents happens after reaching the summit, on the way down. Why? The most stressful part is climbing up, ...

Nov-10-13 moronovich chessforum

zarg: Hehe, <moro> I am doing very well thank you, and I think two short draws is a perfect start for Carlsen. We all know his fighting spirit, those emergency breaks is not exactly his trade mark, the young better save the fireworks for later. Most was surprised Anand played 18.Dxd5, ...

Apr-01-13 Thorski chessforum

zarg: <Don't make me submit another Feynman diagram!> Oops.

Dec-28-11 johnlspouge chessforum

zarg: Hi John, I am on break from cg.com, but dropped by today and notice your pleasant Christmas message, best wishes to you and your family! Now I will go back to the robot toolkit I got for Christmas. The robot is programmable and the sensor list include touch, colour, ultrasonic and ...

Dec-03-11 0

zarg: <Softpaw: <zarg: Instead of being so interested in my conduct... > Apparently I hit a nerve. Sorry.> Nice, so first you assume your compulsive attempts in provoking me succeeded, and then you apologize for me taking offence? <I would still be interesting to hear you ...

Nov-25-11 Bureaucrat chessforum

zarg: Den gutten har vinnerskalle.. herlig!

Nov-20-11 Tal Memorial (2011)

zarg: <BadKnight: The main reason for breaking the partnership was: Kasparov was taking too many decisions for Carlsen.> Exactly.

Nov-19-11 Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2011

zarg: <From my limited exsperience with the Norweigan culture (mostly through this site and various small encounters), they tend to be a laid back people.> Difficult to generalize, but we don't have bottomless respect for authority, there is a strong will for independence and making ...

Nov-18-11 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2011

zarg: impressive play in time trouble from both

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