On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 13:25, Charles Matthews wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrong
Hmm! I recently learned that 42 was the meaning
of life and everything.
That goes beyond go.
Hey, that's POV too! As a teaser, can I say that the tricky point here is
that go boards are rectangular, rather than square (8% to compensate for
foreshortening).
Charles
At the risk of "blowing the gaff", and in the intrest of containg this
thread from becoming a spammed one, let me explicte!
A go board does not contain squares. The markers are placed at
intersections of lines.
A master will give handicap to a novice, by allowing the novice to
place four markers,
which in themselves define a rectangular space, which the master will
envision as a
square, although it is not a square geometrically.
Everybody ( :-\ ) knows that! I would especially think that Ed knew it
when he raised the question. As for the reference to 42, I can only
assume that you didn't have a Babelfish in your ear when you read it. :-)
Ec