Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 247 Views: 23,054 The version I've always heard goes something like this:
(Participants: LA = Lady Astor, WC = Churchill)
LA: Winston, you're drunk.
WC: And you, madam, are ugly. But in the morning I shall be... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 684 Views: 80,328 Dunno about his spiders; the one I recall reading about was something like 'Golden Orb Weaver'.
Interesting... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 684 Views: 80,328 Ten? I thought it was only five. May I request the name of whatever source material you found that in? |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 6th, 2008 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 1,557 Ooh, ooh, I know! It's a link!
In seriousness, the thing is reminding me of a gas cap for some reason, but I'm not sure why. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 5th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 731 Actually, it's my understanding that the Clark Kent persona is a 'wimp', not a 'nerd'. If you feel that I am mistaken, please explain why. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 196 Views: 15,464 @GrimJack:
I've looked over the site a bit; I'll admit what I've done is more skim than scan, but I've looked at some of it. I'll try to get more done over the coming weekend, or over the week if... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 4th, 2008 |
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Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 196 Views: 15,464 I have some extra free time this evening; I'll follow on what you linked then. I apologize, but most of my free time is on weekends, and I tend not to think of Daniweb then. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 684 Views: 80,328 Thanks for being a donor. I've given some in the past, but right now I'm on some kind of medication which, if I understand correctly, means I'm not going to be able to. Although this isn't its... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 1,119 Yes. Read the book by that title for more information. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 134 Views: 11,672 Please explain to me why the emphasis was ever on rehabilitation in the first place. I was always under the impression that the purpose of prisons wasn't to rehabilitate criminals, but to keep them... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 242 Views: 24,824 If you're going to reference that, then please get the point right. One, it wasn't an apple, and two, Eve ate it first. Adam's crime was that he knew what it would do, and he neither stopped Eve,... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Mar 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 684 Views: 80,328 Not really; I tend to cut my toenails after removing the socks.
(And yes, I know that's not what you meant.) |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 29th, 2008 |
| Replies: 21 Views: 1,822 False statement. Eternal destination has nothing to do with actions taken during life. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 29th, 2008 |
| Replies: 684 Views: 80,328 Trying to track down the reference materials now; the author's footnote didn't mention the study itself, it mentioned a set of periodical materials that I'm assuming he drew his information from. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 58 Views: 5,953 How? They're not even playing the same game. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 684 Views: 80,328 I'm assuming that 'Plutionium' is plutonium, and the dose is .o15 what per kg? And how sure is this; I remember reading about a guy who offered to eat the stuff. Apparently, it was some kind of... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 684 Views: 80,328 With what, thier own similarly-bulging 'death carrot' munitions? |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 58 Views: 5,953 Define 'American Accent', please.
We're large enough we've got numerous accents, not a single one that's specifically the American accent. For a small sampling of the stereotypicals:
The... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 25 Views: 6,343 Now, now. Daniweb serves, if I understand correctly, as a medium of information exchange. And the last thing we need is more violins in the media.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 1,271 Depends on the source. If the source of the famine were some kind of blight (disease sense) or devastation upon our fields, we'd probably go down first.
And can it be described as a famine if... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 716 Views: 77,747 And which side would that be?
Conservatives (the real ones) don't, from what I've seen, think that the government should be allowed 'no limits' no matter what the conditions.
And Liberals hate... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 716 Views: 77,747 Exactly what portion of the nation thinks of the state as being 'all knowing'? |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 684 Views: 80,328 'wohne illegal alien, twhoo illegal aliens, thuhree illegal aliens...' |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 196 Views: 15,464 I don't think the US is the world. I admit I haven't looked at your stats yet (I'll try to get around to it), but if you don't mind, how much of that count is located within Africa?
As to the... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 421 Views: 46,161 Teacher: Jimmy, if you had seven dollars, and seven friends, and you gave two of your friends a dollar each and nothing to the others, what would you have left?
Jimmy: Two friends.
[Yes, it's... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 47 Views: 13,552 If the textbook is your best evidence, would you mind posting the name and publication year? |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 22nd, 2008 |
| Replies: 47 Views: 13,552 I believe you meant to say that it is physically addictive to the brain. The mind is not a physical structure, and therefore cannot become physically addicted to anything. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 21st, 2008 |
| Replies: 47 Views: 13,552 Depends - does this include those who started smoking, then burst into full flame?
[Yes, I know that's a tired joke. I'm about to let it take a nap, I just thought I'd show it off one last time.] |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 21st, 2008 |
| Replies: 94 Views: 15,382 Even assuming that he/she were already Royalty, the state shift would be instantaneous; even if they were not aware of it, anyone directly in contact with the previous King/Queen would be. So the... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 21st, 2008 |
| Replies: 94 Views: 15,382 Inaccurate statement. According to fictional philosopher Lin Ty Wheedle, Royalty travels faster than light. After all, you can't have two legitimate kings at the same time, but when the old one... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 36 Views: 2,680 Interesting...
"Oh! Hey, 3DCR*, what's happening?"
*3 Degrees Celsius Rise |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 47 Views: 13,552 But...but that's melanoma! That means it's a cancer, so it must be smoking related! Everyone knows that smoking causes cancer! |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 14 Views: 1,565 Set an alarm clock. I'm serious about this.
From my own experiences, as well as what others have written that I've read, it's a lot easier to remember a dream if you wake up during it, rather... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 123 Views: 9,470 Exactly what portion of the exhaust of a normal car is damaging to the ozone? I was under the impression the supposed problem was at a somewhat lower level of atmosphere.
And exactly how would... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 44 Views: 4,337 Mind explaining this one to me? I'm having trouble seeing how you arrive at this conclusion. Perhaps some of it is, but I fail to see how every single bit (you did specify 'all'), is based on... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 196 Views: 15,464 Would you please cite your proof for the numeric statistic? It was my understanding that, in the United States at least, ~90%+ of occurences did appear among the somewhat overlapping groups of... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 61 Views: 5,369 What, you have a problem with people whose bodies reject toxins? |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 18th, 2008 |
| Replies: 247 Views: 23,054 How certain was he about that? |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Feb 18th, 2008 |
| Replies: 247 Views: 23,054 Exactly how are you defining 'Progress' here? I know of one definition for it, but I know of a derived word which seems to indicate something else. |