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From: scott@lilac.cs.odu.edu (Scott Yelich)
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Subject: Re: Thanx Chris
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Date: 17 Apr 89 22:34:30 GMT
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In article <136@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu> yehuda@colima.UUCP (Yechiel Yehuda) writes:
>BTW: I got an interesting question, maybe it will stimulate a discussion:
>	Does the name ATARI have any relationship to atari in go --
>   the chinese board game.  In go if your stone is surrounded by three
>   sides then it only has one freedom to extend into.  If it doesn't grow
>   forward then it can be captured.  Hmmmm.

There has been a discussion of this recently in rec.games.video...




   Scott D. Yelich                           scott@cs.odu.edu  [128.82.8.1]