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From: Invisible
Subject: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 11:07:39
Message: <47bef34b$1@news.povray.org>
http://www.xkcd.com/387/

OK, so just what *exactly* is he looking at here?


(BTW, I always thought girls are cool for exactly this reason, among 
many others...)

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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 11:14:22
Message: <47bef4de$1@news.povray.org>
Invisible escribió:
> (BTW, I always thought girls are *cool* for exactly this reason, among 
> many others...)
> 

You surely meant 'hot'?


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 11:22:48
Message: <mkttr3d5jg0m27adl44ejs079n9c6jjgci@4ax.com>
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:07:35 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>OK, so just what *exactly* is he looking at here?

Loneliness

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	Stephen


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 11:26:08
Message: <47bef7a0@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:

>> OK, so just what *exactly* is he looking at here?
> 
> Loneliness

Hahahah! You could be right there...

BTW, I love the comments in the forum from guys saying "I just tried 
this, and it's the worst chatup line EVER!" Like, wow, some people are 
*way* more brave than me! ;-)

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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 11:48:56
Message: <04vtr3pf9d11n0qmk56i9v492e7dim8l56@4ax.com>
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:26:02 +0000, Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>
>>> OK, so just what *exactly* is he looking at here?
>> 
>> Loneliness
>

Or a fast approaching fist.

>Hahahah! You could be right there...
>
or wrong see below :)

>BTW, I love the comments in the forum from guys saying "I just tried 
>this, and it's the worst chatup line EVER!" Like, wow, some people are 
>*way* more brave than me! ;-)

I've not read the forums but I know that some people will believe anything.

Regards
	Stephen


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 13:09:29
Message: <47bf0fd8@news.povray.org>
Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> http://www.xkcd.com/387/

> OK, so just what *exactly* is he looking at here?

  I can certainly understand that being an anti-social computer nerd (don't
worry, I'm one of those too) you might not be completely acquainted with
the finest details of human biology, but come on... Give me a break.

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                                                          - Warp


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 13:17:23
Message: <47bf11b3$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:

>   I can certainly understand that being an anti-social computer nerd (don't
> worry, I'm one of those too) you might not be completely acquainted with
> the finest details of human biology, but come on... Give me a break.

Warp, in case you missed it... I was being humourous. :-P

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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 13:21:20
Message: <47bf12a0@news.povray.org>
Warp escribió:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> http://www.xkcd.com/387/
> 
>> OK, so just what *exactly* is he looking at here?
> 
>   I can certainly understand that being an anti-social computer nerd (don't
> worry, I'm one of those too) you might not be completely acquainted with
> the finest details of human biology, but come on... Give me a break.
> 

I think he meant more like... Is he looking at her private parts, or 
just at her abdomen where the uterus is, or where? The drawing doesn't 
exactly make that very clear.


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 13:30:03
Message: <47bf14ab@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:48:51 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> I've not read the forums but I know that some people will believe
> anything.

Did you know the word 'gullible' is not in any dictionary?

Jim


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 14:07:25
Message: <47bf1d6d@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Warp wrote:

> >   I can certainly understand that being an anti-social computer nerd (don't
> > worry, I'm one of those too) you might not be completely acquainted with
> > the finest details of human biology, but come on... Give me a break.

> Warp, in case you missed it... I was being humourous. :-P

  Me too.

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From: Warp
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 14:07:51
Message: <47bf1d86@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
> I think he meant more like... Is he looking at her private parts, or 
> just at her abdomen where the uterus is, or where? The drawing doesn't 
> exactly make that very clear.

  Does it really matter?-)

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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 14:13:53
Message: <47bf1ef1$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Warp, in case you missed it... I was being humourous. :-P
> 
>   Me too.

OMG! *dies*

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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 14:15:48
Message: <47bf1f64@news.povray.org>
Warp escribió:
> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
>> I think he meant more like... Is he looking at her private parts, or 
>> just at her abdomen where the uterus is, or where? The drawing doesn't 
>> exactly make that very clear.
> 
>   Does it really matter?-)
> 

I don't care, I'm not the one asking the question.


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From: Orchid XP v7
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 14:20:10
Message: <47bf206a$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:

>   Does it really matter?-)

Nope - but it's amusing to speculate... ;-)

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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 14:26:21
Message: <ae8ur39s4a9p690fh6ki4lp5925s67cvhn@4ax.com>
On 22 Feb 2008 13:30:03 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:48:51 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> I've not read the forums but I know that some people will believe
>> anything.
>
>Did you know the word 'gullible' is not in any dictionary?
>
>Jim

I see it on google but can't listen to it just now as I'm recording this
programme about the connections between music and mathematics. It will only be
available until Sunday morning GMT.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/iainburnside/pip/5x0xf/

Playlist 17 February

Glass: Einstein on the Beach
The Philip Glass Ensemble/Michael Riesman (conductor)
CBS M4K38875

Vincenzo Galilei: Duo tutti di fantasia
Jakob Lindberg (Lute) 
BIS-CD-599

Debussy: Reflets dans l'eau from Images Book 1
Pascal Roge
Decca 4177922

Berg: Kammerkonzert
Daniel Barenboim/Pinchas Zukerman/
Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez
DG 4232372 

Mozart: Overture The Magic Flute 
Saxon State Orchestra Dresden/ Karl Bohm
DG 42788123

Sheldon Harnick: The Ballad of the Shape of Things
Blossom Dearie
Mastermix CDCHE3

John Clerk of Penicuik: Dic mihi saeve puer
Catherine Bott / Concerto Caledonia
Hyperion CDA 67007

Messiaen: Liturgie de Crystal - from Quartet for the End of Time
Yvonne Loriod (piano)/ Christoph Poppen (violin)/ Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
(cello)/ Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet)
EMI CDC7543952

Shostakovitch: Football from Russian River Opus 66 
V.Samarin: Piano reduction
Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano)
Chandos Chan9907

Iannis Xenakis: Nomos Alpha for solo cello
Pierre Strauch
Erato 2292457702


Goldberg Variations: No's 7-12
Arranged by Dmitry Sitkovetsky
NES Chamber Orchestra
Nonesuch 7559793412

Goldberg Variations
Uri Caine/ Vittorio Ghielmi/ Arno Jochem/ Paul Plunkett/ Annegret Siedel/ Gregor
Hubner/ Kettwiger Bach Ensemble/ David Moss
Winter & Winter 9100542

Poulenc: Sonata for 2 clarinets
Fibonacci Sequence/Anthony Pike/Julian Farrell
Fibonacci Recordings FIB1123 

Leonel Power: Missa "Alma Redemptoris mater"
The Hilliard Ensemble
EMI CDM7630642

Tom Lehrer: New Math 
Tom Lehrer
Reprise 61792

Hindemith: 'Ludus Tonalis' - Praeludium/1st Fugue/ Postludium
Olli Mustonen
Decca 4448032 

Robert Rich: Primes 1
Linden Label 749262202226

Regards
	Stephen


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 14:44:51
Message: <47bf2633$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:26:15 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> this
> programme about the connections between music and mathematics. It will
> only be available until Sunday morning GMT.

Oh, now *that* looks cool. :-)

Jim


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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 15:29:04
Message: <47bf3090$1@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> I think he meant more like... Is he looking at her private parts, or 
> just at her abdomen where the uterus is, or where? The drawing doesn't 
> exactly make that very clear.

Stick figures have been known to burst into flame during vigorous sex. 
So I'm not real sure there's actually anything there you'd want to look at.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 15:47:40
Message: <s6dur3l5bfv6jaftefo55hdv6slu82ed2j@4ax.com>
On 22 Feb 2008 14:44:51 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:26:15 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> this
>> programme about the connections between music and mathematics. It will
>> only be available until Sunday morning GMT.
>
>Oh, now *that* looks cool. :-)
>
There are too many modern pieces for my tastes but that is only me :)
I hope that you like it.
BTW bluetree has just told me that Firefox does not like the BBC iplayer. 


Regards
	Stephen


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 22 Feb 2008 18:49:39
Message: <47bf5f93$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:47:34 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> On 22 Feb 2008 14:44:51 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:26:15 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> this
>>> programme about the connections between music and mathematics. It will
>>> only be available until Sunday morning GMT.
>>
>>Oh, now *that* looks cool. :-)
>>
> There are too many modern pieces for my tastes but that is only me :) I
> hope that you like it.

I hope so too. :-)

> BTW bluetree has just told me that Firefox does not like the BBC
> iplayer.

That'll be a problem.

Jim


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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 24 Feb 2008 06:43:36
Message: <47c15868$1@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:48:51 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> 
>> I've not read the forums but I know that some people will believe
>> anything.
> 
> Did you know the word 'gullible' is not in any dictionary?
> 
> Jim

It's spelled "gullable"

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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 25 Feb 2008 13:29:25
Message: <47c30905$1@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:43:17 -0800, Chambers wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:48:51 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>> 
>>> I've not read the forums but I know that some people will believe
>>> anything.
>> 
>> Did you know the word 'gullible' is not in any dictionary?
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> It's spelled "gullable"

Actually, it can be spelt either way (and I didn't have to look it up, 
either <g>).

Jim


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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 25 Feb 2008 22:09:09
Message: <47c382d5@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:43:17 -0800, Chambers wrote:
>> It's spelled "gullable"
> 
> Actually, it can be spelt either way (and I didn't have to look it up, 
> either <g>).
> 
> Jim

Actually, it can't*, and that's the joke ;)

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www.pacificwebguy.com

*At least, I've really looked in dictionaries, and never seen but the 
one spelling.


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: A valid question
Date: 26 Feb 2008 00:08:07
Message: <47c39eb7@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:08:44 -0800, Chambers wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:43:17 -0800, Chambers wrote:
>>> It's spelled "gullable"
>> 
>> Actually, it can be spelt either way (and I didn't have to look it up,
>> either <g>).
>> 
>> Jim
> 
> Actually, it can't*, and that's the joke ;)

OED 2nd edition lists it as an alternate spelling.  :-)

gullable (__________), a.
[f. gull v.3 + -able.]
= gullible. Hence
gulla'bility, 'gullableness = gullibility.

Jim


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