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The I.B.M 704 digital computer now has a program which enables it to play chess. It was written by Michael DeV. Roberts of I.B.M. and H. A. Belsky an T. Arbuckle of the Service Bureau Corporation. "It never leaves a piece en pris."
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A Reverse Blindfold Simul??
This is actually experimental therapy in the New Hampshire State Hospital in the 1950s. The goal is to encourage the patients to rely on their abilities to analyze and make decisions.
Wow, thanks! Really interesting images and articles.
Oct 23, 2016
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When speaking about the Turk, the most famous chess automaton, people interested in such things generally know it was created by Wolfgang von Kempelen and later owned by Johann Nepomuk Maelzel.
What even informed people usually don't know (and this will be our little secret) is that between von Kempelen and Maelzel, the automaton was owned by a man named Anthon. "Leisure Hours" January 11, 1789 wrote:
"In 1803 De Kempelen died, having previously disposed of the chess-player to M. Anthon, who carried it over the whole of Europe, netting large sums by its exhibition. On M. Anthon's death M. Maelzel, the inventor of the Metronome, bought it and brought the figure again to England."
The image below is the playbill from Lodon in 1803 showing Anthon's involvment:
Oct 23, 2016
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Batgirl secretly luvs Robin & don't let her tell you otherwise (and she's just using poor old Alfred....)
batgirl for president.
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"It never leaves a piece en pris." I've heard the term but don't know the meaning. Thanks.
batgirl a écrit :
"en pris" pretty much mean unprotected.
Right !
prendre = to take
j'ai pris = I took (or have taken)
en prise = hanging
Harry Neslon Pillsbury and John Finan Barry engage Great Britain in the 1902 team cable-match for the Sir George Newnes Trophy. The U.S. venue, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, burned to the ground in 1903.