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Re:Zero Zero by jacquesm on Sunday May 02, 2010 @01:07PM (#1312753)
What are the chances of that story being told twice within 48 hours:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1311428

Re:Zero Zero by noahlt on Sunday May 02, 2010 @01:23PM (#1312791)
Perhaps greater than you'd expect, if lsb had read the other post.
Re:Zero Zero by lsb on Sunday May 02, 2010 @03:09PM (#1312955)
I hadn't read it, but that's interesting that Patton knew Roman history! (I have a master's in Latin and Greek.)
Re:Zero Zero by Qz on Sunday May 02, 2010 @05:10PM (#1313224)
I would think any general would be versed in Roman history...
Re:Zero Zero by trevelyan on Sunday May 02, 2010 @05:25PM (#1313256)
Especially one who believed he fought the Romans at Carthage.
Re:Zero Zero by mahmud on Monday May 03, 2010 @02:44AM (#1314201)
Patton was Hannibal?
Re:Zero Zero by nvoorhies on Monday May 03, 2010 @06:09AM (#1314439)
He believed that he had been reincarnated and died in battle a number of times and what have you. Not necessarily as a general, though.