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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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Viking

#840
October 06, 2009, 08:39:40 AM
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

PDH

#841
October 06, 2009, 08:46:22 AM
Kepler thought the distance of the planets from the sun corresponded to ratios of the basic platonic shapes in 3-d, spheres. He thought this revealed gods geometric plan for the universe - of course there were only 6 known planets and that meshed with the 6 shapes...
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
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Viking

#842
October 06, 2009, 08:50:08 AM
Quote from: PDH on October 06, 2009, 08:46:22 AM
Kepler thought the distance of the planets from the sun corresponded to ratios of the basic platonic shapes in 3-d, spheres. He thought this revealed gods geometric plan for the universe - of course there were only 6 known planets and that meshed with the 6 shapes...

Uranus pretty much fucked up that plan.. but then again Kepler kept going for the perfect solids relationship to the heavenly bodies in their perfect spheres even after he formulated his laws of planetary motion which fixed the orbits as elliptical.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

PDH

#843
October 06, 2009, 08:57:13 AM
Quote from: Viking on October 06, 2009, 08:50:08 AM
Uranus pretty much fucked up that plan..
If I had a dollar for each time I heard that...
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Caliga

#844
October 06, 2009, 09:00:32 AM
Quote from: PDH on October 06, 2009, 08:46:22 AM
Kepler thought the distance of the planets from the sun corresponded to ratios of the basic platonic shapes in 3-d, spheres. He thought this revealed gods geometric plan for the universe - of course there were only 6 known planets and that meshed with the 6 shapes...
Oh, right. :face:  It's this or something close to it.
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The Brain

#845
October 06, 2009, 12:19:18 PM
Platonic shapes? Sounds boring as fuck.
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Viking

#846
October 06, 2009, 01:54:12 PM
Oh, yeah, BTW, PDH is up.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

PDH

#847
October 06, 2009, 04:21:44 PM
no ideas, I am teaching freshmen...first with a reasonable question has the floor.
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Eddie Teach

#848
October 06, 2009, 05:04:16 PM
Quote from: PDH on October 06, 2009, 04:21:44 PM
first with a reasonable question has the floor.

There goes the thread.  :lol:
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Alexandru H.

#849
October 07, 2009, 02:03:06 AM
I have an easy one.

Put down the names of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, ordering them by the dates of their destruction/dissapearance (I'm talking about total destruction, btw...). Bonus points if you know who managed to finish them.

Viking

#850
October 07, 2009, 04:48:44 AM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on October 07, 2009, 02:03:06 AM
I have an easy one.

Put down the names of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, ordering them by the dates of their destruction/dissapearance (I'm talking about total destruction, btw...). Bonus points if you know who managed to finish them.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Left to decline during early classical
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus - Left to decline during mid classical
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - Destroyed by christians during late classical
Statue of Zeus of Olympus - Destroyed by christians during late classical
Collossuss of Rhodes - Earthquake during late classical
Pharos of Alexandria - Earthquake during late middle ages
Great Pyriamids - Still there
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Alexandru H.

#851
October 07, 2009, 05:49:37 AM
Technically the temple that had been proclaimed as a wonder of the world was burned down by Goths in the 3rd century (not to mention that this one wasn't the original). What Ephesus rebuilt was a poor replica, which cannot be considered a wonder of the world.

And I seem to remember that parts of the Colossus and the Mausoleum held on until the early or middle ages.

Your floor.

Viking

#852
October 07, 2009, 09:21:33 AM Last Edit: October 07, 2009, 09:27:48 AM by Viking
Quote from: Viking on October 07, 2009, 04:48:44 AM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on October 07, 2009, 02:03:06 AM
I have an easy one.

Put down the names of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, ordering them by the dates of their destruction/dissapearance (I'm talking about total destruction, btw...). Bonus points if you know who managed to finish them.

Hanging Gardens of Babylon - Left to decline during early classical
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus - Left to decline during mid classical
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - Destroyed by christians during late classical
Statue of Zeus of Olympus - Destroyed by christians during late classical
Collossuss of Rhodes - Earthquake during late classical
Pharos of Alexandria - Earthquake during late middle ages
Great Pyriamids - Still there

I checked I was wrong about order and about half the causes

but since I have the floor.

Next to what lake was the first Golden Retriever bred?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Caliga

#853
October 07, 2009, 09:56:13 AM
Lake Ontario?
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Grey Fox

#854
October 07, 2009, 10:12:55 AM
Dog sex? Now that's history.
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