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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> See, now, in all the years I've been alive, I've never [knowingly] heard
> of anybody making any Shakespeare references at all. [Except maybe to
> Romeo and Juliet.]
Monty Python references seem far more common - although perhaps that
says something about the strange people I hang around with...
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Wait... The WWW had a *theme*??
Um, yes. Very much so. :-)
> Maybe I'm just strange, but I don't think it would matter what a person
> is whistling. The fact that they're whistling something would be more
> significant...
It conveys their opinion.
> See, now, in all the years I've been alive, I've never [knowingly] heard
> of anybody making any Shakespeare references at all. [Except maybe to
> Romeo and Juliet.]
If you haven't read any Shakespeare, how would you know?
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Monty Python references seem far more common - although perhaps that
> says something about the strange people I hang around with...
While true, such references are usually not used to communicate
something complex in a quick way, I'd guess. As in, when people say
"It's only a flesh wound", they're really not saying "It's actually an
awful mortal wound, but I'm so dedicated to my cause I'm going to ignore
it." Instead, they really mean "it's only a flesh wound."
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>> Maybe I'm just strange, but I don't think it would matter what a
>> person is whistling. The fact that they're whistling something would
>> be more significant...
>
> It conveys their opinion.
Surely it's more or less random and represents whatever happens to
wander into their heads? Besides, most people seem to whistle random
sequences of notes having no particular composition rather than actual
tunes...
>> See, now, in all the years I've been alive, I've never [knowingly]
>> heard of anybody making any Shakespeare references at all. [Except
>> maybe to Romeo and Juliet.]
>
> If you haven't read any Shakespeare, how would you know?
Who says I haven't read any Shakespeare?
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Maybe I'm just strange, but I don't think it would matter what a
>>> person is whistling. The fact that they're whistling something would
>>> be more significant...
>>
>> It conveys their opinion.
>
> Surely it's more or less random and represents whatever happens to
> wander into their heads?
You know, I'm not sure I can explain it any better than I already have.
If someone says "Here comes with Wicked Witch" when they see your boss
walking towards them, that conveys an opinion of your boss. Whistling
the theme song (which, in the movie, plays every time the Wicked Witch
approaches) also conveys the same thought. But you wouldn't understand
either meaning without culture behind it.
>> If you haven't read any Shakespeare, how would you know?
> Who says I haven't read any Shakespeare?
Sorry. You didn't.
In any case, that's what it's supposed to do. If some time in your life,
someone tells you not to hire some particular lawyer because he's a real
shylock, you'll know what it means.
Of course, there are fewer references to Shakespeare and various operas
and such than there are to popular movies, but the movie references will
probably not outlive the Shakespeare references either. I mean, what do
you hear more, "Romeo and Juliet" or "Tony and Maria"?
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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Check your feather pillows for holes
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> [And wondering
> why I just wasted several months of my life reading such an utterly
> horrid book!]
Exactly how fast do you read? One word per minute?-o
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Wait... The WWW had a *theme*??
It never ceases to amaze my why you are so eager to shout about your
ignorance about things. You must know how it looks when you do that
constantly, yet you keep doing it again and again.
(And I didn't say "I'm amazed you didn't know that". That's irrelevant.)
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > I knew that Newtons and kiloponds both measure the same thing (force),
> FWIW, I never even *heard* of a "pond" as a unit of measure.
Seems like Andrew is not the only one who hasn't read his literature. :P
(The first time I read about kiloponds, which was quite a long time
ago, was in a thriller novel, of all things. Maybe it was by Ludlum,
or someone who writes similar style. :) )
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:40:56 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>> I typed "hdmi cable" into amazon and this one is only 51p!!!
>>
>> There are lots around 10 pounds if you want to spend a bit more.
>
> ...so it's a tax on stupidity then?
Well, might also be a quality thing. Then again, I bought a splitter
cable off of Amazon for my Blackberry & headset so I could charge both at
the same time (the headset didn't come with USB charging cable). Cost
was about $0.95, and I got free shipping. And it works.
New iPod battery was about $7 including shipping. Previous one I bought
cost more like $15+tax.
"Tax on stupidity" = lottery. Or on "people who can't do math". :-)
Jim
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Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> [And wondering
>> why I just wasted several months of my life reading such an utterly
>> horrid book!]
>
> Exactly how fast do you read? One word per minute?-o
A few pages, once every few days. Otherwise yuh, that would be pretty
damn slow! ;-)
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