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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

[OT] NYT enters DC National Rock Paper Scissors tournament

[Off topic] "There were 128 of us competing for the top three places in the DC National Rock Paper Scissors Tournament at DC9, a Washington bar. The first prize was $1,000 and an XM satellite radio, a significant haul — although modest compared to the $31,000 BMW that was awarded at a tournament in Vail, Colo., last April, or to the one million shekels (about $220,000) that a 13-year-old boy won by beating 700 other competitors in an Israeli tournament on Aug. 5," reports Jennifer 8. Lee in The New York Times [free reg req'd].

Comment: A UK team is going to the Third Annual Rock Paper Scissors World Championships in Toronto next month. No, not Derren Brown....

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