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This behaviour was directly caused by catholic believes, that noone claims it does not make it untrue. And you don't have to be sorry about not caring what an effect our politicians or cardinals have on our lives, standard human behaviour (mine too). But to put out a factor out of an equation while you say that you are talking about it, will lead to nowhere. Maybe you have a more theoretical approach about pure concepts without humans being involved. I do not buy this religion without humans.

Did you expect that cardinal Meisner would step up and say that this is in perfect line to his mindset? Coincidence that it happened under this ultraconservative? ciao stefan

You can find a description of the system here: http://www.bridge-verband.de/picture/doc/13 ciao stefan

Well it didn't fix all my problems, but at least it solved my problems with this program. Thank you stefan

Sorry for continuing OT about python: After the above mentioned failure, I started plan B. Went to python.org, and installed python on my machine (will maybe post later the process). Now I want to start with python the bml2bss.py But this file seems not to be included in the zipfile that I downloaded. Where can I find the bml2bss.py? ciao stefan

My first 30 min Cannot comment yet, I just can say that this python thing is not so simple to master for a non-programmer. Maybe my stumbling can be of help for future user with my knowledge level. OS Win7 64Bit Home Premium Tried to start bml2bss.exe Result: A Pop-Up window flashed up an disappeared within ms, no idea of what was written in it. Ok, so maybe that is that dll thing. So I went to the MS Homepage and installed Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010 Express Tried to start bml2bss.exe Result: As before, no improvement Well, the Pop-Up window has a black background as the DOS-Prompt, so lets try to start it there manually to see if I can discover something else. Started the DOS-prompt, cd till I was in the right folder, started the bml2bss.exe an got: What's the name of the file you want to convert? Traceback <most recent call last>: File "bmlsbss.py", line 293, in <module> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'test.txt' c:\Users\stefan\Desktop\bml\bml2bss_exe> Then I created an empty dummy file test.txt. Now I do not longer get the error, just the question What's the name of the file you want to convert? c:\Users\stefan\Desktop\bml\bml2bss_exe> If now I point for instance to sayc.bml I get a message that windows does not know which program should handle a *.bml file. Linking the bml-file-format to the bml2bss.exe didn't help. Again a Pop-Up window coming and disappearing within ms. ciao stefan

Well some shifting towards 2/1 is already happening: Standard Italia became 2/1 gf http://www.federbridge.it/Concorsi/docsview.asp?docs=convB In France there are books produced by Le Bridgeur that suggest a shift to 2/1 calling it "Standard pour l'an 2000" http://www.lebridgeur.com/un-standard-pour-l-an-2000-tome-ii.html The first book of this "standard 2000" has already been translated by the german bridge federation. etc. So there are signs of a shift, but habits do not change fast so it will take a while till we see more 2/1 players at the bridge table. ciao stefan

Since you live in Romania, maybe with the aid of google translate, I suggest you give a try to the italian website, there you can read about cooperations with universities, for istance: http://www.federbridge.it/news/news.asp?cod=1165 http://www.federbridge.it/news/news.asp?cod=935 http://www.federbridge.it/news/news.asp?cod=1322 or medical research with the target to simplify doping regulations for bridge http://www.federbridge.it/news/news.asp?cod=1490 or about bridge at schools (I do not know how to link it better) http://www.federbridge.it/Insegnamento/sezione.asp?InsSect=01 etc ciao stefan

without repeating other points already made: - My cahe and history is cleared after every session, so the client has to be downloaded every time anew. This takes longer than to start the windows version. - Every time I tried it in the past it crashed my browser (opera). My needs are covered 100% by the downloadable windows version and I will stick to it till bbo will not longer allow it. ciao stefan

not a plain explanation, but Standard Dutch Bidding System AKA Biedermeijer Red could answer some of your questions. ciao stefan

I think your question can be read in two ways: What is permissible by agreement? Then I would say that in germany you can open 1NT by agreement with three voids if you elect to do so. We do not have restrictions about the shape. (but 1NT must be 9+ HCP otherwise it equates to a HUM system) On the other side there is the question about disclosure Is it alertable? Then we have, as Peter said above, this regulation: It is forbidden to alert NT openings that are 4333 4432 5332 or 5422 6322 or 4441 5431 with single A, K or D or have the intention to play NT ciao stefan

Hallo, aufgrund deiner Biografie bist Du eher dazu in der Lage darauf zu antworten. Hier findest Du die deutschen Regeln bezüglich des Alertierens: §15 Turnierordnung §15 1) Ist sehr allgemein gehalten §15 2)+3) sind die Formulierungen aus der EBL/WBF alert policy §15 4) sind Anpassungen, bei denen versucht wird, die deutsche Realität/Tradition abzubilden. ciao stefan

Yes, but The side that didn't use properly the stop card will retain the table score regardless of how long the oppenent thought. If you think too long over the usual 10 seconds the UI can lead to a different score for your side according §16. The whole story ending in a split score. ciao stefan

well I hope so, since it is the german regulation since many years :) "[...]Unterlässt es ein Spieler „Stopp“ zu sagen oder gibt er die Reizung zu früh wieder frei, so verliert seine Seite das Recht, irgendwelche Ansprüche aus einer übermäßig verzögerten oder überhasteten Ansage eines Gegners herzuleiten.[...]" ~If a player does not use the stop card or retreats it prematurely his side will not get any redress from an overly fast or overly slow bidding by the opponent. ciao stefan

Indeed, I tried the web-version yesterday and it seems that it finally works with Opera too. After having tried out many other links I gave up the intention to open a table. Out of curiosity I clicked on the german translation of "help me to find a game" that reads "I am looking for a bridgegroup". Similar problem about bidding table and robots that first are not available but later yes. Maybe BBO could make a more extensive use of explanation bubbles when the mouse hovers on a link. with best regards stefan

Hello Justin, I am interested too, kind regards, stefan

Ken I am sorry but I can't resist ;-) so we now can close the circle: "Dabei ist die ideologische Heimat von schwarz-gelb eindeutig zu bestimmen: Es ist der rechte Keynesianismus, wie ihn vor allem George W. Bush in den USA praktizierte." Oh my. I did once pass my exam in German. In 1962, I believe it was. I will work on it. I imagine the headline "Angela Bush" gives a good summary of the general idea? Roughly translated: "the ideological home of black-yellow (the colours of CDU+FDP) can be determined unambiguously: It is the right wing Keynesianism, how it has been put in practice lately by George W. Bush in the USA" I was just kidding about whatever you do we seem to land again in the USA politics. ciao stefan

Ken I am sorry but I can't resist ;-) so we now can close the circle: "Dabei ist die ideologische Heimat von schwarz-gelb eindeutig zu bestimmen: Es ist der rechte Keynesianismus, wie ihn vor allem George W. Bush in den USA praktizierte." http://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2009-10/ange...esianismus-bush or a little bit longer http://www.zeit.de/2009/45/Merkel-Wachstum ciao stefan

Hello, imo Appelbaum's article is acceptable even if it suffers a little bit due of the fact that it is quite short. Even if I would never vote for her party I am happy to see how the positions of the CDU (her party) changed under her leadership and consider her a plus for germany (a country that has still a lot to do about gender mainstreaming). I will not bore you with an analysis of the outcomes of the elections, it may suffice to say that germany has become a state with a 5 parties (from former 2) so the winning of Merkel was that CDU went from 13.136.740 votes 2005 to 11.828.277 2009 while the socialist SPD went fom 16.194.665 to 9.990.488. (The CDU does not get votes in Bavaria they go to the sister party CSU) I am not a prophete, but I do not see big changes in the matter of cutting taxes. Merkel suffered a belly landing 2005 when she made a loud campaign about cutting taxes (Paul Kirchhof was her expert). In fact the new treasury secretary (CDU) is already putting the brakes and both parties CDU+FDP are constructing a lot of hollow sentences to relativize their promises about tax cuts. Nothing new under the sun :-) ciao stefan germany

Hello, a bridge historian would need several large tomes to analyse and document the topic "psyche". Try for instance http://forums.bridgebase.com/index.php?sho...&hl=psyche&st=0 Since I am not an historian: If you look at the bottom of the forums oversight there is a section with forums dedicated to the laws, blackshoe is one of the moderators there, simply ask when in doubt about something. Here my personal way of dealing with such things a) online bridge is recreational bridge don't take it too seriously as long as you cannot set up a table with people you know b) Ignore the selfappointed experts. opp come, opp go life is too short to argue. Don't forget to print out http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png ciao stefan

Hello, just saw the news: A French Bridge site, La Boutique Bridgeur has a write up on Bridge at BBO. It's describes the BBO experience of a French Internationalist, and talks about some cool things you can do on BBO. The article was published in the magazine "Le Bridgeur". Le Bridgeur is published since 1960 and for instance Alan Truscott considered it as "one of the world's leading bridge magazines"(1). The Site is a Shop (=Boutique) for the several products of this company: The magazine, books about bridge, poker etc. ciao stefan (1) http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/30/arts/bridge-045594.html

I guess you are just experiencing one of your regular lows. But even then I am sure that you know better than anyone of us if your alchol consume is getting problematic. In the past I would have suggest to listen to (german song) now I can only hope you are still taking your meds and find a better way if you need some contact/help, ciao stefan

Hello, this article could be interesting or even helpful to someone interested in BBO http://www.lebridgeur.com/mag/media/revue200906_article.pdf ciao stefan

It seems to me that if I can infer that my p is likely to have psyched without the psych have being "revealed" it means that we have an implicit agreement to psyche. Which is an oxymoron. Hello, english is not my mother tongue is "to be aware" the same as "to infer"? we agree that a psyche is allowed and part of the game. So playing with every single bridge player on this world I am aware of the possibility of a psyche. How does this lead to an implicit agreement? Should I stop playing bridge because, playing with every single player on this world, I am aware that 1♣ - 1♠ could be short in spades? ciao stefan germany

Not quite correct. Strictly speaking it's the owner of a popular brand of Italian coffee that decides these matters. nickf sydney Hello, well stricly speaking the person in charge to select the "Men Team" is also owner of a brand of coffee. - http://www.federbridge.it/BDIonline/artico...rtfile=1333.pdf - Attività Agonistica Alto Livello: Responsabile Coordinazione: Tamburi; Responsabile Squadra Nazionale Maschile: Lavazza; Resp. Sq. Naz. Femm-Mista-Senior: Bernasconi; Resp. Sq. Naz. Juniores: Failla. Fino ai Campionati del Mondo di S.Paolo viene prorogato Resta quale Resp. Sq. Femmimile. ciao stefan PS Tamburi is the new elected president of the FIGB that won against Rona Lavazza is also vice-president of the FIGB