[WikiEN-l] HOWTOs/Recipes/Instructions and otherimperative content

[Ray Saintonge]

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:

> 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