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14 Dec 05
15 Dec 05
Originally posted by bassoK is the general symbol used for a constant in an equation. I don't know the value of K because, 1. I haven't done any tests, and 2. It depends on the units you use for sanity and chess skill. The last time I checked, those weren't among the SI units of measure.
Sorry I gotta ask, but what is "k"?
15 Dec 05
Originally posted by ark13I've seen C as the general constant, in all and I mean a ton of books. Constant is even spelt with a C. Where do you get K from? Not from math hey?
K is the general symbol used for a constant in an equation. I don't know the value of K because, 1. I haven't done any tests, and 2. It depends on the units you use for sanity and chess skill. The last time I checked, those weren't among the SI units of measure.
15 Dec 05
Originally posted by TippedKingI can't let this one go by unaddressed. I've gotten pretty caught up in chess this past year (ever since a friend introduced me to correspondence chess at ItsYourTurn.com). Chess is awfully fascinating and a ton of fun, as I'm sure you will all agree. But I also can't shake the notion that's it's just a bit crazy spending so much time moving pieces around on a board, not to mention the time spent THINKING AND PRACTICING moving pieces around. Surely putting in hours and hours into chess, as fun as it is, is just a bit insane, no? Yet getting involved in Russian politics, in an effort to help rescue millions of people from the oppression of totalitarianism -- surely this is NOT insane, but absolutely sane, to the point of being noble, valiant, heroic. Someone once said that chess is the royal waste of time. I do love playing this game, but also suspect that it IS the royal waste of time. But doing what you can to help others -- and in Kasparov's case, this could mean millions of others -- this is assuredly NOT a waste of time, NOT insane, but something even higher than sanity -- dare I call it "virtue."
Originally posted by AThousandYoung
[b]I dunno. Kasparov seems pretty sane to me.
I am not sure about this. Anyone who gives up being the best in the world at something only to choose to get involved in Russian politics probably has at least a little insanity 😉[/b]
15 Dec 05
Originally posted by RahimKIt's usually used as the konstant 😉 in proportion equations the way I learned them. C is probably not a good choice for a constant, as it is already taken by the speed of light.
I've seen C as the general constant, in all and I mean a ton of books. Constant is even spelt with a C. Where do you get K from? Not from math hey?
15 Dec 05
Originally posted by zebanoI don't know about that....
While that appears to be true in the upper echelons of chess, it fails in the lower. Most serious amatuers (1400-2200) are extremely sane and relativly skilled at chess.
Someone who devotes enough time to become a 2200 is a little strange in the head as it is.