h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Queen to b3
I just thought you were doing better because of a move you could have done. Perhaps it wasn't such a good move. I only noticed it after. Come to think of it, it was nothing

I see... I have that problem too often - I think 'what if they play that move next?' - rather than concentrating on my plan instead...

And so... panw to f5.

Interesting... a "panw"... clearly I meant to type "pawn"...

*goes back to sleep*

*castles king side*
Wasn't thinking of your move, not that I was thinking of any responses. Perhaps I should've asked myself "What if he does that move?"



Oh, and what do you think about the value of y when y=1/x and x is infinity? Try not to refute obtaining such a value of x (I do). Is it 0, or infinitesimal? My friend tries to convince me it's 0.
*shrugs*

Hmm...

pawn to h5.



y = 1/x when x is infinity... well, it depends on the context in which you are using it, really... most of the time, you wouldn't ever need to define it, and it only really makes sense as a limit - i.e. as x approaches infinity, y approaches zero, so in some sense the value is infinitessimal.

But there are some occasions, such as Mobius transformations, for which it is required to define that 1 / infinity = 0 and 1 / 0 = infinity so that the transformations remain consistent with each other.

Pawn takes f5

.5 = .49 + 1/10^2 = .499 + 1/10^3 = ... = .499999(recurring) + 1/10^infinity. If that's 0, then .5=.499999999etc.

You ought to go and look at another h2g2 thread from the Maths Lab - what you've just said (with slightly different numbers) was discussed - the thread is at F106558?thread=248407

pawn on g6 takes f5.

So then...rook to d1.

That was posted only a week ago, too. Sounds cool. My theory is that 3.333333etc. is the closest decimal aproximation of 10 thirds. Try dividing it in base 3. The problem doesn't exist for dividing by 3s, and you get exactly the same digits when it's multiplied back.

Pawn to c4 then...

That was a nasty move...queen to a3

Hohum...

Queen to... hmm... no. Queen takes queen on a3.

My pawn will take, say, a3

Knight on e4 takes pawn on c3...

Rook to d4 ()

Um... knight to e2, check.

You know how brilliant I am? That's exactly the situation I was looking to avert
King shall act all threatening and go to f2.

Oops...

Knight takes d4.

Oh joy Pawn takes d4.

Pawn to e6.

Bishope to d2 My morale is low