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Fox News etal.
Didja just hear Greta ask (some zoologist) regarding the animals escaping in
Indonesia "Is it the sound or the vibrations?" Well duh, Greta, sound IS vibrations. Fowarded to: And I'd like to have a dollar for each time I've heard a news personality say "cachet" when they mean "cache". Imagine those functional illiterates without their TelePrompTer... ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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PENMART01 wrote:
> And I'd like to have a dollar for each time I've heard a news personality say > "cachet" when they mean "cache". I can't stand the pronunciation of "tourist" and "TOR-ist". I recall some very active rats in the ceiling of a nice hotel in Tokyo just before a quake. We'd spent many nights there, and not a peep. My mother, ever the Nature Girl, with my father in silent agreement, got us all up and dressed and we were fleeing down the stairs (she wouldn't let us take the elevator the 20+ flights down) when the quake hit. My mother was only had passing knowledge of rat language, and had thought she'd heard them say there was a fire on the lower floors. Having lived in Japan, she let us walk not run after that, not fearing the quake like she had the possibility of a fire. blacksalt Wishing tonight I could magically just pick up a little orphan and adopt him/her, but knowing the red tape kings would frown at our ages. Someone at work said "but they'd be so traumatized". I replied, give me a two year old whose decent parents were killed, put them in a warm house with a loving parent ever-present, a brudda, a dog, all the food the little mite could want and Thomas the tank engine, and I bet I'd have a pretty happy kid in a few weeks. |
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:21:38 -0800, kalanamak
> wrote: > I can't stand the pronunciation of "tourist" and "TOR-ist". Hmmmm. I've never clued into that one. There are certainly pronunciations that set my teeth on edge but not "TOOrist". sf |
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:21:38 -0800, kalanamak
> wrote: > Wishing tonight I could magically just pick up a little orphan and adopt > him/her, but knowing the red tape kings would frown at our ages. Someone > at work said "but they'd be so traumatized". I replied, give me a two > year old whose decent parents were killed, put them in a warm house with > a loving parent ever-present, a brudda, a dog, all the food the little > mite could want and Thomas the tank engine, and I bet I'd have a pretty > happy kid in a few weeks. I think you're absolutely right. sf |
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> Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest?
If you leave your radio on when you go to work in the morning and there is no one home to listen to it, is there still sound coming from the speaker? |
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:12:09 GMT, sf > wrote:
> >Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? > >````````````````````````` OooooooooooooooH Sh*********************T Pan Ohco The Earth is degenerating these days. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer mind their parents, every man wants to write a Book, and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching. --Assyrian stone tablet, c. 2800 B.C. |
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PENMART01 wrote:
> Didja just hear Greta ask (some zoologist) regarding the animals > escaping in Indonesia "Is it the sound or the vibrations?" Well > duh, > Greta, sound IS vibrations. > > Fowarded to: > > > And I'd like to have a dollar for each time I've heard a news > personality say "cachet" when they mean "cache". > > Imagine those functional illiterates without their TelePrompTer... But vibrations may not be sound. At least not a sound that humans can hear. Then again, Greta gets on my nerves, so I don't really know why I'm sticking up for her. -- "Life is hard. Life is harder when you're stupid". - John Wayne "Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed" - Mao Zedong '99 FLHRCI |
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sf wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:21:38 -0800, kalanamak > > wrote: > > I can't stand the pronunciation of "tourist" and "TOR-ist". > Hmmmm. I've never clued into that one. There are certainly > pronunciations that set my teeth on edge but not "TOOrist". My pet peeve is watching a government official say something to the effect of "I fully agree with ..." or "Yes of course, we support ..." and watch them shake their heads "no." Rarely do you see the head shaking and the mouth agree. Some politicians don't shake or nod, but keep very still. I bet they practice that. If it means anything. Edrena |
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The Joneses wrote:
> My pet peeve is watching a government official say something to the > effect of "I fully agree with ..." or "Yes of course, we support ..." > and watch them shake their heads "no." Rarely do you see the head > shaking and the mouth agree. Some politicians don't shake or nod, but > keep very still. I bet they practice that. If it means anything. > You should attend one of those press conferences, listen to what the spokesperson has to say, and then watch it on the news to see the 3 second clip. |
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Bubbabob wrote:
> > My pet peeve is watching a government official say something to the > > effect of "I fully agree with ..." or "Yes of course, we support ..." > > and watch them shake their heads "no." Rarely do you see the head > > shaking and the mouth agree. > > That's beacause they can't even make themselves believe the crap that > they're spouting. Half of their mind and body just can't deal with it. It's more likely that the reporters keep badgering them with stupid questions until they can elicit a stupid answer, and that's the one they use. |
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Dave Smith > wrote:
> Bubbabob wrote: > > > > My pet peeve is watching a government official say something to the > > > effect of "I fully agree with ..." or "Yes of course, we support ..." > > > and watch them shake their heads "no." Rarely do you see the head > > > shaking and the mouth agree. > > > > That's beacause they can't even make themselves believe the crap that > > they're spouting. Half of their mind and body just can't deal with it. > > It's more likely that the reporters keep badgering them with stupid > questions until they can elicit a stupid answer, and that's the one they > use. My pet peeve is watching Kofi Annan in a press conference with the US Sec of State. Annan is a inept clown. Where does he think he is on even footing with the US? Seriously can someone tell me the last time the UN did anything worthwhile? |
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Dave Smith wrote:
> The Joneses wrote: > > >>My pet peeve is watching a government official say something to the >>effect of "I fully agree with ..." or "Yes of course, we support ..." >>and watch them shake their heads "no." Rarely do you see the head >>shaking and the mouth agree. Some politicians don't shake or nod, but >>keep very still. I bet they practice that. If it means anything. >> > > > You should attend one of those press conferences, listen to what the > spokesperson has to say, and then watch it on the news to see the 3 > second clip. > > Yep, its as though the media has to select the dumbest part of the entire process to show the equally dumb audience who will be hard tasked to understand what they saw or heard. They appeal to the lowest common denominator. jim |
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in article , Ron at
wrote on 12/31/04 9:32: >> Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? > > If you leave your radio on when you go to work in the morning and > there is no one home to listen to it, is there still sound coming from the > speaker? > > If a man says something but his wife isn't there, is he still wrong? Dieter Zakas |
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Of course, he's a man, silly (VBEG- very big evil grin)!!!
"Dieter Zakas" > wrote in message ... > in article , Ron at > wrote on 12/31/04 9:32: > > >> Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? > > > > If you leave your radio on when you go to work in the morning and > > there is no one home to listen to it, is there still sound coming from the > > speaker? > > > > > If a man says something but his wife isn't there, is he still wrong? > > Dieter Zakas > |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:47:43 GMT, Dieter Zakas
> wrote: > If a man says something but his wife isn't there, is he still wrong? > Of course! That's the rule. sf |
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sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:47:43 GMT, Dieter Zakas > > wrote: > > > If a man says something but his wife isn't there, is he still wrong? > > > Of course! That's the rule. > > sf However, anything a man says while he's doing the dishes is sure to be 100% correct. blacksalt |
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On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 12:41:30 -0800, kalanamak
> wrote: > sf wrote: > > > > On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:47:43 GMT, Dieter Zakas > > > wrote: > > > > > If a man says something but his wife isn't there, is he still wrong? > > > > > Of course! That's the rule. > > > > sf > > However, anything a man says while he's doing the dishes is sure to be > 100% correct. > blacksalt Right-O, kiddo! We ain't fools. sf |
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"kalanamak" > wrote in message ... > sf wrote: >> >> On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 01:47:43 GMT, Dieter Zakas >> > wrote: >> >> > If a man says something but his wife isn't there, is he still wrong? >> > >> Of course! That's the rule. >> >> sf > > However, anything a man says while he's doing the dishes is sure to be > 100% correct. Until it is reconsidered at a later time. |
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In article >, "Ron" > wrote:
>> Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? > >If you leave your radio on when you go to work in the morning and >there is no one home to listen to it, is there still sound coming from the > speaker? Sound is a perceived quantity. No devise (ear) to measure it, then it does not exist. My dicitionary says it is a thing perceived by the sense of hearing. This is the engineering answer department signing off -- Charles The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. Albert Einstein |
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In article >, "Ron" > wrote:
>> Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? > >If you leave your radio on when you go to work in the morning and >there is no one home to listen to it, is there still sound coming from the > speaker? Sound is a perceived quantity. No devise (ear) to measure it, then it does not exist. My dicitionary says it is a thing perceived by the sense of hearing. This is the engineering answer department signing off -- Charles The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. Albert Einstein |
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Charles Quinn wrote:
> In article >, "Ron" > wrote: > >>>Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? >> >>If you leave your radio on when you go to work in the morning and >>there is no one home to listen to it, is there still sound coming from the >>speaker? > > > Sound is a perceived quantity. No devise (ear) to measure it, then it does not > exist. My dicitionary says it is a thing perceived by the sense of hearing. > > This is the engineering answer department signing off > > Then what happens when you record it with another device? If it doesn't exist, then the recorder would only contain silence. Problem with the definition is it was written when there were no recording devices. jim |
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Charles Quinn wrote:
> In article >, "Ron" > wrote: > >>>Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? >> >>If you leave your radio on when you go to work in the morning and >>there is no one home to listen to it, is there still sound coming from the >>speaker? > > > Sound is a perceived quantity. No devise (ear) to measure it, then it does not > exist. My dicitionary says it is a thing perceived by the sense of hearing. > > This is the engineering answer department signing off > > Then what happens when you record it with another device? If it doesn't exist, then the recorder would only contain silence. Problem with the definition is it was written when there were no recording devices. jim |
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>JimLane writes:
> > >Charles Quinn wrote: >> In article >, "Ron" > wrote: >> >>>>Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? >>> >>>If you leave your radio on when you go to work in the morning and >>>there is no one home to listen to it, is there still sound coming from the >>>speaker? >> >> >> Sound is a perceived quantity. No devise (ear) to measure it, then it does >not >> exist. My dicitionary says it is a thing perceived by the sense of hearing. >> >> This is the engineering answer department signing off >> >> > >Then what happens when you record it with another device? If it doesn't >exist, then the recorder would only contain silence. > >Problem with the definition is it was written when there were no >recording devices. Matters not a whit about recording. Once sound is created it never ceases to exist. That a being does not recognize the audible transmittal of energy is of no consequence, none whatsoever. ---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move UNITED NATIONS To Paris =--- ********* "Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without tribulation." Sheldon ```````````` |
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Does a candle contain light ? On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:15:40 -0800, JimLane > wrote: >Charles Quinn wrote: >> In article >, "Ron" > wrote: >> >>>>Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? >>> >>>If you leave your radio on when you go to work in the morning and >>>there is no one home to listen to it, is there still sound coming from the >>>speaker? >> >> >> Sound is a perceived quantity. No devise (ear) to measure it, then it does not >> exist. My dicitionary says it is a thing perceived by the sense of hearing. >> >> This is the engineering answer department signing off >> >> > >Then what happens when you record it with another device? If it doesn't >exist, then the recorder would only contain silence. > >Problem with the definition is it was written when there were no >recording devices. > > >jim <rj> |
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Does a candle contain light ? On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 16:15:40 -0800, JimLane > wrote: >Charles Quinn wrote: >> In article >, "Ron" > wrote: >> >>>>Does a tree make a sound when it falls in the forest? >>> >>>If you leave your radio on when you go to work in the morning and >>>there is no one home to listen to it, is there still sound coming from the >>>speaker? >> >> >> Sound is a perceived quantity. No devise (ear) to measure it, then it does not >> exist. My dicitionary says it is a thing perceived by the sense of hearing. >> >> This is the engineering answer department signing off >> >> > >Then what happens when you record it with another device? If it doesn't >exist, then the recorder would only contain silence. > >Problem with the definition is it was written when there were no >recording devices. > > >jim <rj> |
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