1. santa cruz, ca.
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    I'm going to try to do it in one day
    according to string theory and the laws of quantum physics it is doable
    but I may have to skip lunch
  2. SubscriberVery Rusty
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    12 Aug '19 21:29
    @lemondrop said
    I'm going to try to do it in one day
    according to string theory and the laws of quantum physics it is doable
    but I may have to skip lunch
    I believe your mission to be impossible to do!

    -VR
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    @lemondrop

    At 1400 moves per month, it would take you almost 47 years. Good luck!
  4. santa cruz, ca.
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    @caesar-salad said
    @lemondrop

    At 1400 moves per month, it would take you almost 47 years. Good luck!
    all I would have to do is find a way to travel at or near the speed of light and I could slow the tick of time
    theoretically possible
  5. santa cruz, ca.
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    I had the formula for determining the slowdown of time based on how fast one was traveling but I don't remember it
    maybe one of the science geeks could help out
  6. Standard memberMudfinger
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    @lemondrop said
    I'm going to try to do it in one day
    according to string theory and the laws of quantum physics it is doable
    but I may have to skip lunch
    You've already got a helluva admirable record as it stands.
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    @mudfinger said
    You've already got a helluva admirable record as it stands.
    For a subscriber you don’t seem to get much value for money in terms of numbers of moves.
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    @lemondrop said
    I'm going to try to do it in one day
    I think another 6 months and I will be closing in on 1,000,000
  9. S. Korea
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    13 Aug '19 06:46
    I think the golden number for moves a month would be around 2,778.

    30 X 12 is 360 (months in 30 years).

    2,778 x 360 = 1,000,080

    In thirty years, making just 2,778 months consistently, you will reach a million.

    So, to do it in half the time, 5,556 moves per month. One third the time would require 8,334 mpm.

    1/4th (7.5 years) = 11,112 mpm

    A handful of people consistently clear 11k moved a month, and one user, TexasNurse, consistently clears 30k moves a month. That's a thousand moves a day, of course.

    Consider that some amount of the time you may be a retired fellah with more time and just try to get close to 3k moves per month and see what you need in 20 years is what I'm going for (and failing to do miserably), lol.
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    13 Aug '19 09:05
    @lemondrop said
    I'm going to try to do it in one day
    according to string theory and the laws of quantum physics it is doable
    but I may have to skip lunch
    Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
  11. The Ghost Chamber
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    13 Aug '19 09:22
    @lemondrop said
    all I would have to do is find a way to travel at or near the speed of light and I could slow the tick of time
    theoretically possible
    Dude, it's a time dilation thing. The faster 'you' go, the slower time passes.

    All you need to do is play your chess moves while traveling at 95% the speed of light. (1 year for you would then equate to about 3.2 years for everybody else).

    I could lend one of my rockets?
  12. santa cruz, ca.
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    @ghost-of-a-duke said
    Dude, it's a time dilation thing. The faster 'you' go, the slower time passes.

    All you need to do is play your chess moves while traveling at 95% the speed of light. (1 year for you would then equate to about 3.2 years for everybody else).

    I could lend one of my rockets?
    I believe traveling at 99.9 percent the speed of light could make a year equal to a day which would be plenty of time to make a million moves
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    @caesar-salad said
    @lemondrop

    At 1400 moves per month, it would take you almost 47 years. Good luck!
    He "flies" the flag of the Vatican City State, so maybe he's the Pope, in disguise, and will have his minions move 24/7, drastically shortening the time frame. 🤔
  14. SubscriberVery Rusty
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    @Great-Big-Stees

    That does sound more realistic! 😉

    -VR
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    @lemondrop said
    I believe traveling at 99.9 percent the speed of light could make a year equal to a day which would be plenty of time to make a million moves
    Sir, I stubbornly challenge your mathematical prowess.
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