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    Re: 125 years ago... —Chris Magno
    (...) HUH? second paragraph, second line: "...where it has played a large number of games without losing a single one." must be all that down under summer heat eh? Ross? :) Chris There's no 'I' in 'team'. There's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: 125 years ago... —Iain Hendry
     (...) But in Tic Tac Toe, a lot of games actually end up as *ties*. Must be all those toilet fumes, eh Chris? :) Iain (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
    
         Re: 125 years ago... —Chris Magno
      (...) OH!! OK, I get it now. see, when i read this (first thing in the AM, before my cup-o-joe) I took that line to be some messed up ye oldee english for always win. but in retrospect, i guess it could also read as tie. I withdraw the heat (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: 125 years ago... —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Um... { "not losing" == "winning" } == FALSE but { "not losing" & "not drawing" == "winning" } == TRUE So Rosco's question is legit, although hair splitting, it's possible to get a draw in Checkers (both sides have a single king, for example) (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
   
        Re: 125 years ago... —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Um, AND tic tac toe! I was just using checkers as an example, honest. (...) This is also true in my view of tic tac toe but not as relatively hard. (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
 

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