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Two Bits Of News? The Madness! Saturday, December 30, 2006

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Posted 30 December 2006 - 01:28 PM

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Chess player banned after cheating with Bluetooth
Updated: Dec. 28, 2006, 3:20 PM ET

An Indian chess player has been banned for 10 years for cheating after he was caught using his mobile phone's wireless device to win games, chess officials said on Wednesday.

The player, Umakant Sharma, had logged rating points at a rapid pace in the last 18 months and also qualified for the national championship, arousing the suspicion of officials and bemusing rivals.

Mr. Sharma was finally caught at a recent tournament when officials discovered that he had stitched a Bluetooth device in a cloth cap which he always pulled over his ears.

He communicated to his accomplices outside the hall, who then used a computer to relay moves to him, Indian chess federation secretary D.V. Sundar said on Wednesday.

"We have banned him for 10 years," he told Reuters. "We wanted to send a clear message to such people."

Chess officials were also probing whether another player had similar advantages through such illegal means, he added.

http://sports.espn.g...tory?id=2710555


Its nice to see the art of cheating at chess hasn't died.

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Woman fakes kidnapping to avoid work
Wed Dec 27, 7:55 AM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - A 21-year-old German woman who did not feel like going to work at a fast food restaurant sent her parents a text message saying she had been kidnapped.

Police in the Bavarian town of Straubing said Wednesday they had launched a massive search throughout the region for the woman who disappeared on December 23 but turned up unscathed the following morning, saying the kidnapper had set her free.

A spokesman said the woman was questioned over the Christmas holiday and admitted she made up the story because she owed a colleague 25 euros ($32.9) and did not have the money to pay her debt. She now faces a fine of up to 1,000 euros.

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Posted 30 December 2006 - 02:35 PM

That sounds very shoddy to run away over 25 euros.
Either she is bored doing a low paid restaurant job or she is very lazy and doesn't know how to handle money.

But 1,000 euros is steep, for stupidity?
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Posted 30 December 2006 - 04:24 PM

That reminds me of a guy that called in to work claiming that his father just died and he was going to the funeral. Everyone was sad. The next weekend, the same guy called in to work about his father dying. Again! I laughed. Others just looked confused. And yet, the caller got away with it.

As for cheating in Chess, that's a big no-no. And I hate in when someone has to walk by and oggle over the chess board while I'm playing against someone. Sputtering little coments about my moves, and gigglind to themselves about "what I should have done." Everyone plays a little differently. And when I actually face off with the blabbermouth, he loses!
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Posted 30 December 2006 - 04:47 PM

That cheat-till-you-get-to-the-national-championships method is quite amusing, yeah.

The second news isn't really news. That's just how we do things here in Germany.

... oh wait, the article mentioned Straubing, Bavaria, which is just near Germany, not really in it. Well, I guess they learned to adopt after all.

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Posted 31 December 2006 - 02:55 AM

Both stories are hilariously ridiculous.

How do you cheat at CHESS!!!!

And as for the work thing that's real low.
i mean to put your family in that state of mind
that they may never see you again
on purpose is just stupid.

Either she wanted attention or she's cazy.

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Posted 31 December 2006 - 04:50 AM

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Either she wanted attention or she's cazy.

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Posted 31 December 2006 - 05:59 PM

Gobbler, I just noticed your second sig, "If two wrongs make a right, then three wrongs make a left, right?"

No, that's not right. Three rights make a left. So if two wrongs make a right, then it would take six wrongs at that rate of exchange.

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Posted 01 January 2007 - 04:52 PM

wacko.gif Here's to 2007... best start ever.

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Posted 02 January 2007 - 02:51 PM

Civillian number two ruined the year 2007, pass it on.
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Posted 03 January 2007 - 03:00 AM

QUOTE (Jordan @ Jan 2 2007, 02:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Civillian number two ruined the year 2007, pass it on.


High five.
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Posted 06 January 2007 - 09:19 PM

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Posted 09 January 2007 - 12:28 AM

Civil twos ruined 2097, pass it on.

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