On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:43:09 -0600, Lostgallifreyan
wrote:

Hmm, on the subject of Chinese kings...
"A king was pleased with the help of a warrior, and asked what the warrior
would take as reward.

Actually, this is ascribed as the reward offered by an Indian Prince
to the inventor of chess (which was invented in India) which had
become the Prince's favorite game.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC


Yeah, but that connects with a much greater mismatch.

As Paul Harvey would say "and now for the rest of the story"

The inventor asked for this reward as you described and when the
Prince discovered the cost, the Prince (using your analogy) mismatched
the inventor's head from his body.

No doubt something all inventors should consider as the price at some
level....

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC