Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I wonder how all this common knowledge becomes "common"?

  You could start by exploring wikipedia. Start from something which
interests you, for example "Half-Life 2" or "Haskell", and read the
articles and follow the links and read those articles, etc. It can be
great fun and rather informative. :)

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Warp wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> I wonder how all this common knowledge becomes "common"?
> 
>   You could start by exploring wikipedia. Start from something which
> interests you, for example "Half-Life 2" or "Haskell", and read the
> articles and follow the links and read those articles, etc. It can be
> great fun and rather informative. :)

And how do you *think* I know that chocolate is poisonus to dogs? ;-)

[Hint: It *wasn't* what I went to look up...]

I think there's a - wait, let me find it - ah yes, there is:

http://www.xkcd.com/214/

I loose count of how many times I've done this. LOL! As a result, I now 
know all sorts of rather useless factiods. Indeed, I watched The 
Eggheads last night, and I got more questions right than they did. [A 
pure fluke, as it happens. Usually they ask questions about Greek 
philosophers or something and I haven't got a clue. But tonight it was 
Latin...]

Oddly, I always seem to end up reading about leathal poisons or powerful 
explosives or how guns work or deadly bacteria or... damn it, if anybody 
is watching my surfing habits, they must think I'm a terrorist by now! :-S

Still, I don't follow every link I see, only the "interesting" ones. As 
a result, I never end up reading about the corporate development of IBM 
or the history of American Independence, but instead reading about 
fractal image compression or the undead cat that that guy studied. [You 
know the guy. I just can't spell his name.]

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Invisible wrote:
> And how do you *think* I know that chocolate is poisonus to dogs? ;-)

it is?!!  oh, Spot, I miss you so much!...

*kiddin*...

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nemesis wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> And how do you *think* I know that chocolate is poisonus to dogs? ;-)
> 
> it is?!!  oh, Spot, I miss you so much!...

O___O




> *kiddin*...

OMG, dude!

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Tim Attwood escribió:
>> Do you think that OpenGL isn't a competitor to DirectX? Do you think that 
>> DirectX isn't a reason some people buy or develop for Windows?
> 
> Or put another way...
> 
> Is DirectX available for Linux, for cool games?

Yes, that's the whole point of Wine and Cedega.

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And lo on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:22:53 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Warp wrote:
>> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> I wonder how all this common knowledge becomes "common"?
>>    You could start by exploring wikipedia. Start from something which
>> interests you, for example "Half-Life 2"

I demand a step-by-step account of you playing Half-Life2+Eps1 and 2 on  
your blog!

> I loose count of how many times I've done this. LOL! As a result, I now  
> know all sorts of rather useless factiods. Indeed, I watched The  
> Eggheads last night, and I got more questions right than they did. [A  
> pure fluke, as it happens. Usually they ask questions about Greek  
> philosophers or something and I haven't got a clue. But tonight it was  
> Latin...]

Either that or you were remembering them ;-) (they're running through  
repeats since Dermot left the Beeb). The early ones are fun just for the  
Science round - what animal, plant, part of the body...? Ah yes Science  
take a slab of biology and a slab of zoology fill with botany and very  
lightly sprinkle chemistry, physics, and mathematics on top.

> Oddly, I always seem to end up reading about leathal poisons or powerful  
> explosives or how guns work or deadly bacteria or... damn it, if anybody  
> is watching my surfing habits, they must think I'm a terrorist by now!  
> :-S
>
> Still, I don't follow every link I see, only the "interesting" ones.

At which point we hit recursion. :-)

> As a result, I never end up reading about the corporate development of  
> IBM or the history of American Independence, but instead reading about  
> fractal image compression

Hmm let's see some of my Wikipedia hits - Berlaymont building, Conspiracy  
Theory, Craning, Cyniscism, Eisenstein, Horus, Rise of the Triad. Leading  
of course to others.

> or the undead cat that that guy studied. [You know the guy. I just can't  
> spell his name.]

Oo I know this - it was Giles in Episode 3.2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

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Phil Cook wrote:

> I demand a step-by-step account of you playing Half-Life2+Eps1 and 2 on 
> your blog!

Uh... why? It's not like anybody would read it...

>> I loose count of how many times I've done this. LOL! As a result, I 
>> now know all sorts of rather useless factiods. Indeed, I watched The 
>> Eggheads last night, and I got more questions right than they did. [A 
>> pure fluke, as it happens. Usually they ask questions about Greek 
>> philosophers or something and I haven't got a clue. But tonight it was 
>> Latin...]
> 
> Either that or you were remembering them ;-)

Unlikely. I make a point of never, ever watching that pathetic program. 
It's so damn boring. But my mum seems to positively *enjoy* the stupid 
thing...

> (they're running through 
> repeats since Dermot left the Beeb).

He left?

He's called Dermot?

>> Still, I don't follow every link I see, only the "interesting" ones.
> 
> At which point we hit recursion. :-)

Hey, it's functional. ;-)

>> As a result, I never end up reading about the corporate development of 
>> IBM or the history of American Independence, but instead reading about 
>> fractal image compression
> 
> Hmm let's see some of my Wikipedia hits - Berlaymont building, 
> Conspiracy Theory, Craning, Cyniscism, Eisenstein, Horus, Rise of the 
> Triad. Leading of course to others.

Uh... what?

>> or the undead cat that that guy studied. [You know the guy. I just 
>> can't spell his name.]
> 
> Oo I know this - it was Giles in Episode 3.2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Possibly the silliest episode every...

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> Phil Cook wrote:
> 
>> I demand a step-by-step account of you playing Half-Life2+Eps1 and 2 
>> on your blog!
> 
> Uh... why? It's not like anybody would read it...
> 

As much as we read your rants on the newsgroup, I guess...

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And lo on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:37:37 -0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> did  
spake, saying:

> Phil Cook wrote:
>
>> I demand a step-by-step account of you playing Half-Life2+Eps1 and 2 on  
>> your blog!
>
> Uh... why? It's not like anybody would read it...

Ditto Nicolas.

>>> I loose count of how many times I've done this. LOL! As a result, I  
>>> now know all sorts of rather useless factiods. Indeed, I watched The  
>>> Eggheads last night, and I got more questions right than they did. [A  
>>> pure fluke, as it happens. Usually they ask questions about Greek  
>>> philosophers or something and I haven't got a clue. But tonight it was  
>>> Latin...]
>>  Either that or you were remembering them ;-)
>
> Unlikely. I make a point of never, ever watching that pathetic program.  
> It's so damn boring. But my mum seems to positively *enjoy* the stupid  
> thing...

I like quiz programs they make me think, I just didn't like Dermot.

"So at the end of the first round the Challengers have lost one brain and  
the Eggheads none" Yes I know I've just watched that happen, likewise I  
can also detemine that after the first round in a knockout situation the  
scores are going to contain both a 1 and a 0 in some order.

>> (they're running through repeats since Dermot left the Beeb).
>
> He left?

Over the sea to Sky IIRC

> He's called Dermot?

Yes Dermot Murnaghan, or as I kept calling him Dermot McMurnahanrahanrahan  
because he just ticked me off.

>>> Still, I don't follow every link I see, only the "interesting" ones.
>>  At which point we hit recursion. :-)
>
> Hey, it's functional. ;-)

Only in a limited pattern.

>>> As a result, I never end up reading about the corporate development of  
>>> IBM or the history of American Independence, but instead reading about  
>>> fractal image compression
>>  Hmm let's see some of my Wikipedia hits - Berlaymont building,  
>> Conspiracy Theory, Craning, Cyniscism, Eisenstein, Horus, Rise of the  
>> Triad. Leading of course to others.
>
> Uh... what?

Well Berlaymont was because I couldn't recall the name of one of the EU  
buildings, I can't tell you why I was looking at Conspiracy Theory,  
Craning from wfa.org.uk regarding urban exploration, Cyniscism to make a  
point, Eisenstein and Horus from W40k, and Rise of the Triad to refresh my  
memory on something.

>>> or the undead cat that that guy studied. [You know the guy. I just  
>>> can't spell his name.]
>>  Oo I know this - it was Giles in Episode 3.2 of Buffy the Vampire  
>> Slayer.
>
> Possibly the silliest episode every...

"Do you like my mask? Isn't it pretty? It raises the dead... Americans!"

Wait one second you've seen this episode? *You've* watched Buffy the  
Vampire Slayer?

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And lo on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:59:55 -0000, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>  
did spake, saying:

> It's a floor polish! It's a salad dressing!  But wait, it's both!

Have you been buying Heinz Salad Cream?

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