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    07 Dec '12 04:24
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    It appears to me that skill is an attempt to diminish error as much as possible, whereas
    art is essentially experimental and tolerates aberration in the pursuit of some aim.
    So we are agreed chess is a skill then, where error is only tolerated by means of an error.
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    07 Dec '12 04:32
    Originally posted by kevcvs57
    So we are agreed chess is a skill then, where error is only tolerated by means of an error.
    no, it contains elements of skill, but is concerned with experimentation as well.
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    07 Dec '12 04:50
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    no, it contains elements of skill, but is concerned with experimentation as well.
    So you are saying that someone who experiments is ipso facto an artist?
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    07 Dec '12 04:54
    Can't we all just agree that sonhouse is wrong?
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    07 Dec '12 05:06
    Originally posted by Crowley
    Can't we all just agree that sonhouse is wrong?
    You and I can, but I think Robbie enjoys the fantasy that He is 500 points cleverer than us, although He will not just come out and say it.
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    07 Dec '12 12:58
    Originally posted by Crowley
    Can't we all just agree that sonhouse is wrong?
    If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is around, is Sonhouse still wrong?
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    07 Dec '12 13:27
    Originally posted by kevcvs57
    You and I can, but I think Robbie enjoys the fantasy that He is 500 points cleverer than us, although He will not just come out and say it.
    not more clever, simply more artistic 😛
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    07 Dec '12 13:48
    Regardless, I am sure Kaspersky are very impartial in their study. It might even boost their sales.
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    07 Dec '12 14:14
    Originally posted by sonhouse
    If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is around, is Sonhouse still wrong?
    Did you assert something even remotely related to IT.

    If so, then yes.
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    08 Dec '12 09:531 edit
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    not more clever, simply more artistic 😛
    I think you mean ----(insert slang for urine) Artistic.😛
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    08 Dec '12 11:09
    Originally posted by kevcvs57
    I think you mean ----(insert slang for urine) Artistic.😛
    ahhhhh kev, ones life is an art form 😛
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    08 Dec '12 20:01
    Originally posted by robbie carrobie
    ahhhhh kev, ones life is an art form 😛
    True, mine tends toward the surreal.
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    09 Dec '12 09:33
    Originally posted by kevcvs57
    True, mine tends toward the surreal.
    Like in the breakfast of champions?
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