I occasionally am given to ponder:
"If my wife says something, and I am not around to hear it, am I still wrong?"
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I occasionally am given to ponder:
"If my wife says something, and I am not around to hear it, am I still wrong?"
Perhaps you should rely a bit more on the Oxford and/or Cambridge dictionaries, like I suggested, instead of that obscure American one.Quote:
Originally posted by tite-wad@21 July 2003 - 16:08
I on the other hand, often have to ponder for a while to be able to express myself in a similar fashion.
That is why I feel that your vocab is better than mine - perhaps it is rather more your "command of the language" of which I refer.
What's it called? Oh yeah,.... right........., Websters. :D
Only if your opinion contradicts hers j2k4. :lol:Quote:
Originally posted by j2k4@21 July 2003 - 16:47
I occasionally am given to ponder:
"If my wife says something, and I am not around to hear it, am I still wrong?"
We all know that's a yes. No great mystery there.Quote:
Originally posted by j2k4@21 July 2003 - 15:47
I occasionally am given to ponder:
"If my wife says something, and I am not around to hear it, am I still wrong?"
Excellent point Ron!!!Quote:
Originally posted by Ron@21 July 2003 - 09:43
And oh yes, the falling is relatively silent, is the landing that causes all that racket. :P
@ j2k4 - In her mind? ... Definitely!!! :P
The reverse is true as well. If you speak and she doesn't hear it - she is still right! ;)
I think the silent falling tree was caused by alien influence.
More proof of alien intervention, my last post was not showing.
I think the very nature of a koan makes every spelling form correct!!Quote:
Originally posted by nigel123@21 July 2003 - 15:41
Koans are the folk stories of Zen Buddhism, metaphorical narratives that particularize essential nature. Each koan is a window that show the whole truth but just from a single vantage. It is limited in perspective.One hundred koans give one hundred vantages. When they are enriched with insightful comments and poems, then you have ten thousand vantages. There is no end to this process of enrichment." (Aitken 1990b:ix)
I think the very nature of a koan makes every spelling form correct!!
Can I just say, in all seriousness, that was wonderful
Just so- ;)Quote:
Originally posted by tite-wad@21 July 2003 - 09:51
@ j2k4 - In her mind? ... Definitely!!! :P
The reverse is true as well. If you speak and she doesn't hear it - she is still right! ;)
You all miss the point. If the tree was being watched, (either by human or electromechanical means), it would not fall. But as soon as you ceased to watch it (or the batteries in your camcorder failed) down it would come.
Well, considering that I played a significant part in it, I think this deserves The Card :D
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roy.wil...ite/Hijack.jpg
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Oh no, Illuminati, not again, not hijacked!
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Originally posted by nigel123@21 July 2003 - 17:29
Oh no, Illuminati, not again, not hijacked!
Can't be disputed (Topic hasn't got grounds to anyway :P)
HAH!Quote:
Originally posted by lynx@21 July 2003 - 11:18
You all miss the point. If the tree was being watched, (either by human or electromechanical means), it would not fall. But as soon as you ceased to watch it (or the batteries in your camcorder failed) down it would come.
Lynx, you are wrong; you have failed to improperly mix your exemplar metaphor:
"A Watched tree never boils."
This would require a lightning strike, which would assume rain, which would, in turn, assume no onlookers-unless attired for wet weather, of course. :D
Edit: Clarity
Damn you, j2k4, trust you to suss me out.
Will we find aliens (or aliens us)?
Planetary systems like our own require an iron core.
Iron, and other heavy elements was produced from third generation (or maybe fourth, I can't remember) supernovae. Ie the first generation produces carbon, the collapse of (second generation) carbon stars produces heavier elements and so on until the iron phase occurs.
But the universe (at least according to the big bang theory) is only just old enough to have had that many supernovae generations, so although there are almost countless stars out there, comparatively few can have iron cores.
Then consider how many of those would have a planet with the right planetary conditions (orbitally), and in turn how many of those have the right mix of chemicals. If you then consider the chances of life actually developing (and bear in mind that we are talking about recognisable life), it is possible that only a small number of planets in the universe will have created life.
And of those few, how many of those will have created sentient life?
We may indeed be alone.