On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:37:31 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:

>>> Never challenge anybody to anything. You end up loosing. And then you
>>> look very stupid.
>> 
>> Nonsense.  I used to play chess competitively (ie, I played tournament
>> chess).  I wasn't very good, and I lost a lot.  Didn't make me look
>> stupid in the least, just less skilled than other people.
> 
> Question: Have you ever, at any time, won a chess match?

Yes, but that's not the point.

> I haven't. Even against a computer. I'm that bad at it.
> 
> And you know what? One time somebody "challenged" me about the chemical
> symbol for Tin. Well *obviously* that can't even change. How could I
> *possibly* loose? But loose I did. (Sb isn't Tin. It's the one right
> next to it. Only 1 letter and one proton different. Damn it!)

<shrug>  Start talking about object instantiation in Haskell, and you're 
over my head.  Different people know different things.

>> Hint:  There's always someone who knows more.  Anyone who says they
>> know it all is either lying or stupid - or frequently both.
> 
> Like So Greats said, "The greatest knowledge is in knowing that you know
> nothing."

Yep.

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