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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 21 11:17AM -0500 Björn Lundin: > I say that Rosetta did fly by Jupiter, and so does Wikipedia... > Rosetta was the first spacecraft to fly close to > Jupiter's orbit using solar cells as its main power source. That does not say it flew by Jupiter. -- Mark Brader | "My mind is like a steel trap; it snaps closed Toronto | and is almost impossible to pry open" msb@vex.net | --Michael Wares |
| "gerson" <gerson@bigpond.net.au>: Jul 22 03:36AM +1000 > "Dan Tilque" wrote > One thing I learned in the last Rare Entry contest I ran was that if I want the answers in a specific form, I have to spell it out > quite explicitly. ... And I thought I was being so clever with "archery", and now I've really been prompted. Like about words, and their meanings, and who's an authority. Anyhow, if or when you set another one, I'll be trying to wiggle inside anticipating your judgments. Anticipating the setter's judgments has always been part of the game, although, I think, nevertheless, that there ought to to be some sorts of constraints. There ought to be some set of rules, otherwise people are like to be left floundering! "Not that anyone cares". [hilarity]. Chuck Lorre for president, I say. Hazel nuts in May? Seeing Ted's message, I say Ted, "You've got a score, it's there, it's there!" - In past Rare Entries competitions some of us haven't been given a score at all. We've been told it's because it's too big whatever, but I think well, yes, but it's maybe really because really big scores don't fit in the column width. However, and by the way, not knowing such scores makes the publishees have to suffer horrible and perpetual ignominy. fake sig: Apologie. Read my website, and you'll find out something you didn't know. I'm a maverick now, sorry, at the moment. I'm breaking rules, including and possibly only at the least, my own. p.s. The caterpillar says "the word means what i mean it to mean" Stuart talking to Sheldon at Sheldon's door (Gradations of Wrong) about tomatoes vegetables and a suspension bridge, which | is about "qualifying an absolute", you *can* qualify an absolute, you can say "quite unique" or "very unique" or "a bit unique" or "not that unique really" or indeed "not unique at all", and so on, and so on, because saying things like these conveys meaning, which is what language is about in the long run, see Stephen Pinker "The Language Instinct", one of the best books I ever read. (Which in the matter of qualifying absolutes has nothing to say). He writes really well, and I was quite impressed. Or the other way round. |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 21 09:28PM +0200 On 2016-07-21 18:17, Mark Brader wrote: >> Rosetta was the first spacecraft to fly close to >> Jupiter's orbit using solar cells as its main power source. > That does not say it flew by Jupiter. No, I realize that now -- -- Björn |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 21 01:02PM -0700 Ted S. wrote: >> That is, If you can't trust the government, who can you trust? > Notes 3 and 6 could be taken to imply that Taiwan, the other of the two > Chinas, is not an independent country. Which is of course nonsense. That's a good point. The situation between Taiwan and Cook Is. has some parallels. Neither is in the UN and both are recognized by only a minority of the other governments in the world. So why is one a country and one not? I'm still wavering on this one. I'd like to see what Calvin (who submitted it) says about it. He hasn't joined the discussion yet. -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 21 11:33PM +0200 > up of a series of initial letters or parts of words ..." > Somewhat contradictory this is, - But the way the question > is put, it's asking for something other than the acronym. Disclosure: I entered both FINA and MLS. I think that abbreviation which is commonly used, certainly can serve as a name. Ask people what the name is of international association for football, they will say "Fifa". If you ask them to read out the abbreviation, very few will do it correctly. I would suggest the same is true for most FI* organisations. For MLS or NHL it is possibly a little different, since people in this case at least know what the abbreviations stand for in general. Then again, I would suggest that MLS is far more often referred to that way then the I full name. On the other hand, if someone had entered PL for Premier League (and it had been a valid answer), you would have had a case. I don't see PL very often, and the same is true for. Anyway, for personal reasons I'm a little thrilled about what the final verdict will be on that Legends Football League. But we'll see. -- Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se |
| "Björn Lundin" <b.f.lundin@gmail.com>: Jul 21 05:07PM +0200 On 2016-07-20 08:51, Mark Brader wrote: > symbols. > 1. What is the 3-letter stock symbol for beer giant Anheuser-Busch > InBev? ALE? > 8. What is the 4-letter, appropriately *geographical* symbol for > the US firm Gibraltar Industries? CLIF? > 9. What is the 3-letter symbol for the Avis Budget Group, from > which you can rent a vehicle? CAR? -- -- Björn |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jul 21 03:13PM On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 01:51:31 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > case from Season 1, or the kidnapped soldier from Season 2. Either > the first or the last name of any one of the three people will do; > you don't have to tell us which one you mean. Bergdahl > has been running since 2002 and deals with a wide range of topics of > a scientific and philosophical nature. It is syndicated on over 300 > radio stations. Radiolab > podcast, which began in 2009. In it he interviews other celebrities, > drawn largely from the comedy world. The podcast's name is a > 3-letter acronym for a rude expression. What is it? WTF > The following questions deal with these perhaps-entertaining symbols. > 1. What is the 3-letter stock symbol for beer giant Anheuser-Busch > InBev? BUD > 2. What is the 3-letter stock symbol for Harley-Davidson? HOG > 3. A US company has the symbol LVB. Guess the famous person it > refers to and you may guess the line of business of the company. You > don't need to name the company; just tell us what they produce there. Pianos > name it; just tell us what business it's in. Hint: this is not a > dating site or a condom manufacturer; their LUV is a geographical > reference. Transportation, specifically airline transportation > the US firm Olympic Steel? > 8. What is the 4-letter, appropriately *geographical* symbol for > the US firm Gibraltar Industries? ROCK > 9. What is the 3-letter symbol for the Avis Budget Group, from > which you can rent a vehicle? CAR > 10. Which company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under > the symbol BID? It's a multinational founded in Britain and now > headquartered in New York City. Sotheby's |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jul 21 03:03PM On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 20:25:41 -0700, Calvin wrote: > 1 What is the first given name of the daughter of the Duke and > Duchess of Cambridge? Charlotte > 2 In music, what is meant by the term "pianissimo"? Softly > which sport? > 4 Which two-word Italian term is often used to describe eating > outdoors? Al fresco > 5 In the US TV show "Bewitched", which actress played Samantha's > mother Endora? Agnes Morehead > 6 What was discovered in 1930 but downgraded in 2006? Poor little Pluto > 7 Which colour is traditionally associated with Italian racing cars? Red > 8 Hydra Gyrum was the Latin name for which element? Mercury > got me? Who's got you?"? > 10 What name is given to an ionic compound formed from reacting an > acid and a base? Salt |
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