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Random questions thread
2005-01-06, 10:36 PM #1
I've had a quote stuck in my head all day and I have no clue where it came from or who said it.

"And he said, 'Be ye angels?' and we said 'nay! We are but men!'"

Where did I get this? It's really bugging me. And since this isn't much to base an entire thread on, do you have any random questions you want answered by the combined wit and brainpower of the massassi?
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a person is, the more likely it is for that person to have extreme prejudices." -Clint Eastwood
2005-01-06, 10:38 PM #2
Tenacious D's "Tribute"


Why is it that I am allergic to milk and my grandparents and uncle are dairy farmers?
obviously you've never been able to harness the power of cleavage...

maeve
2005-01-06, 11:29 PM #3
Your grandparents probably enjoy tormenting you. An interesting mental image springs to mind - it's like a little kid waving a cat in front of an SUV.

Your uncle...I can't explain that one. It's probably just a coincidence.

What color does a Smurf turn if you step on them?

[http://www.cis.rit.edu/education/isnt/hunt2000/images/smurf.jpg]

Someone already discovered that they turn blue if you strangle them. Actually they stay blue, but it's not that big of a deal.
Ma tana ka aha...
2005-01-07, 12:08 AM #4
Is it me or does Papa Smurf has resemblence to the Communist leader Lenin?
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2005-01-07, 12:10 AM #5
Yes.

[http://www.pelit.fi/kuvat/dokumenttikuvat/15159-3-kk_hl4.jpg]
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2005-01-07, 12:22 AM #6
What the-- that's not Lenin, that's Gordon Freeman!
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2005-01-07, 12:24 AM #7
He is Lenin. Look at them:

[http://www.patabugen.co.uk/more/Top_Ten/Cartoon_Characters/Pics/Papa_Smurf.jpg]

This is the same exact picture as posted above. I'm telling you, they're the same.
Ma tana ka aha...
2005-01-07, 12:42 AM #8
ah, I was going to make one of these a while ago, but wanted more questions before I did, I still need the answers though -

I changed from Opera to Firefox a little while ago. I had Opera set to open when windows starts (along with mIRC, WMP and stuff) but can't work out how to change it now. I can't find any kind of startup option in control panel. (Windows XP)

Is someone who engages in Live Action Roleplaying a LARPer or a LARPee? (I have been pondering this for months)

Does the y = x line on a graph have any other name? I'm writing my dissertation and I keep referring to it so a different term would be good.

And that's all I can think of right now, thanks!
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2005-01-07, 1:46 AM #9
Quote:
Originally posted by maevie
Is someone who engages in Live Action Roleplaying a LARPer or a LARPee? (I have been pondering this for months)

LARPer. They are doing the LARPing, not having the LARPing done to them. [My random question - does anyone else think that sounds incredibly rude?]

Quote:
Originally posted by maevie
Does the y = x line on a graph have any other name? I'm writing my dissertation and I keep referring to it so a different term would be good.

x = y? :p
Alternately, a bit more wordy: "the line passing through the origin with a gradient of 1"
2005-01-07, 2:22 AM #10
Maeve, just copy the icon from the desktop/start menu to the startup folder in your start menu. Bob'syourmother'sbrother! :)

Anybody know the cousin marrying laws in the UK? Nobody I know seems to know...
2005-01-07, 2:41 AM #11
Where is this really bad quote from? "I want him dead! D.E.D. Ded!" I think it's said by some mobster in some really bad movie.

What's the name of that one band that has the lead singer who does Mongolian Throat Singing?
If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces.
2005-01-07, 2:43 AM #12
Why are Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton famous?

Why??
2005-01-07, 2:49 AM #13
Quote:
Originally posted by Evil_Giraffe
LARPer. They are doing the LARPing, not having the LARPing done to them. [My random question - does anyone else think that sounds incredibly rude?]

yeah, that's what I thought, but I really like the sound of the word LARPee. :D
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2005-01-07, 2:50 AM #14
Quote:
Originally posted by Jaiph
Why are Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton famous?

Why??


no idea about Jessica Simpson, but Paris Hilton is just that right combination of stupidly rich, sluttishly attractive and desperate for attention.
<spe> maevie - proving dykes can't fly

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2005-01-07, 6:42 AM #15
maevie it's called cosplay.
2005-01-07, 6:48 AM #16
not in Britlandish Universities.
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2005-01-07, 9:40 AM #17
LARPing sounds like fun.

Oh, and why is it that sin x over x has no differential? (Or integral... I can't remember which).
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2005-01-07, 10:01 AM #18
Quote:
Originally posted by Jaiph
Why are Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton famous?

Why??


Sex tapes and crappy TV's shows have made them what they are... but you got to think who is worse... them for being uneducated or the people for watching them and supporting them.
2005-01-07, 10:08 AM #19
You came all the way to Paris to tell me that?
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2005-01-07, 11:26 AM #20
Quote:
Originally posted by Echoman
Is it me or does Papa Smurf has resemblence to the Communist leader Lenin?
That is no coincidence.
Quote:
Originally posted by Gebohq
What the-- that's not Lenin, that's Gordon Freeman!
No, Gordon Freeman is loosely based on me, (at least according to quite a few massassians).

*le sigh*
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2005-01-07, 4:01 PM #21
I think that quote "d-e-d dead" is from Robin Hood, Men In Tights.
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2005-01-07, 4:04 PM #22
Quote:
Originally posted by MechWarrior
Sex tapes and crappy TV's shows have made them what they are... but you got to think who is worse... them for being uneducated or the people for watching them and supporting them.


<3 So true! haha

Laura
2005-01-07, 4:19 PM #23
Quote:
Originally posted by - Tony -
Oh, and why is it that sin x over x has no differential? (Or integral... I can't remember which).


Because it isn't a car.

Speaking of calculus, what is the derivative of arctan(x)?
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2005-01-07, 4:27 PM #24
put it in it's exponential form and do it from there... or is that tanh....

ah well, calculus is but a hazy memory now i'm in concrete mode!
2005-01-07, 4:33 PM #25
derivative of arctan(x) = 1/(1+x^2)
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2005-01-07, 4:41 PM #26
http://www.websitetothemax.com/movie.html
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2005-01-07, 10:54 PM #27
Quote:
Originally posted by Daeron the Nerfherder
Where is this really bad quote from? "I want him dead! D.E.D. Ded!" I think it's said by some mobster in some really bad movie.


Only movie that comes to mind is Robin Hood: Men In Tights
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2005-01-08, 8:19 AM #28
I can recall hearing that quite a few times, but I can't bring any names to mind.
My earliest memory of such a quote is some early 80's movie. And yes, it was some dumb gangster.
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2005-01-08, 11:08 AM #29
How do I insert an equation into Word?

most of the stuff I've done, I've just gone and found a pic of it online if it's too complicated for me to just write, but I can't find anywhere with the same terminology that I've got in my textbook. It involves a limit to infinity and the capital sigma for summation with the doodads on top and bottom so if someone knows how I can write that stuff myself on here, that would also help.
<spe> maevie - proving dykes can't fly

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2005-01-08, 11:52 AM #30
The D-E-D dead quote sounds like something from the movie Oscar to me, but it may be Robin Hood Men in Tights, I don't know for sure.

and my question would be: Why don't sheep shrink in the rain?
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2005-01-08, 6:06 PM #31
because they're not in rinse cycle warm.
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a person is, the more likely it is for that person to have extreme prejudices." -Clint Eastwood
2005-01-08, 6:21 PM #32
hmm...

how much wood could a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

and

how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll lollipop?


questions that are eternally puzzling

Laura:p ;) :)
2005-01-08, 6:23 PM #33
Why is a boxing ring square?

Why do people say "an alarm going off" when it's really going on?
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2005-01-08, 6:41 PM #34
Quote:
Originally posted by TheJkWhoSaysNi
Why is a boxing ring square?


That depends on what your definition of "is" is.
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2005-01-08, 7:05 PM #35
Why do you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?
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2005-01-08, 7:20 PM #36
Quote:
Originally posted by BoricuaDelight
hmm...

how much wood could a wood chuck chuck, if a wood chuck could chuck wood?


A woodchuck could chuck no amount of wood, since a woodchuck can't chuck wood.
If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces.
2005-01-09, 4:37 AM #37
Quote:
Originally posted by maevie
How do I insert an equation into Word?

most of the stuff I've done, I've just gone and found a pic of it online if it's too complicated for me to just write, but I can't find anywhere with the same terminology that I've got in my textbook. It involves a limit to infinity and the capital sigma for summation with the doodads on top and bottom so if someone knows how I can write that stuff myself on here, that would also help.


When I was in Sixth Form, I used something called "Equation Editor" in Word for my Maths coursework. I don't know if it's still a part of Word, or you have to dl and install it, but it should be under the Insert menu.

I dug up this link on it, should get you started.

Your other option is to use LaTeX.
2005-01-09, 5:05 AM #38
How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? A wood chuck would chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could chuck wood.
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2005-01-09, 5:20 AM #39
Go ask a woodchuck.
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2005-01-09, 8:00 AM #40
What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
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