how ignorant are you? - Page 3

Jacquelita · 05-01-2005, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by mrnoodle

I don't get how everything computerized can be reduced to 1's and 0's, and how quickly these 1's and 0's can be manipulated to make, say, the letters and colors on my screen.

UT knows this one - he explained this to me one day over lunch - and I actually understood it! ask 'im - he'll 'splain it to ya real good!

One thing I'm totally ignorant of is reading music. I was completely impressed by my 7 year old son who brought home music sheets and starting playing a song on his trumpet - He was mastering(?) something that I had no experience with. It was inspiring and humbling...

Katkeeper · 04-27-2005, 04:00 PM

I don't understand the needs of plants, and feel badly for those that have been entrusted to my care. I have none inside the house, and those that are outside have to make their own way in the world. I know they need water, but I am just as likely to give them too much as not enough.

I grow easy things like catnip that lives anywhere and reseeds itself and I love to watch my cat roll in it. On rare occasions, I will be attracted to a plant, buy it, bring it home and plant it, and it will take hold. I have one that is amazing looking that has done really well, but I have no idea why. I went back to buy more, but can find no more. Gardening is a very mystifying pursuit.

Oh, and sometimes I have no idea what you guys are talking about - it's a generational, cultural thing.

SteveDallas · 04-27-2005, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Katkeeper

I don't understand the needs of plants, and feel badly for those that have been entrusted to my care.

Oh I forgot that one. Plants die when I'm in the same room with them. If I actively try to take care of them they die faster. (Don't get me started on my lawn.) (Actually I probably will ask for some suggestions about it.)

OnyxCougar · 04-27-2005, 05:05 PM

I love learning new languages, but they don't stick with me. What was at least written fluency with partial spoken fluency in croatian is mostly gone, other than a few words and phrases. I've learned 5 languages, and now barely speak English. Dammit.

Up until about 3 years ago, I knew what the word epitome meant but had NO IDEA that ee-PIT-ah-mee was how you said it. I actually said "EP-i-tum". And I went to county level in the 6th grade spelling bee. *sigh*

I'm an amateur radio operator, and still have problems the electricity and math. Electricity scares me. I understand voltage and amperage, but jumping the car freaks me out, in case those clips touch.

I used to test drive Ford vehicles, but I can't tell you how half that crap works or what it's called.

I can build a computer from the board up, but I don't know what a "front side bus" is or what a cache is or why SDRAM is different from DDR RAM or what HT does for you. I don't know how zeroes and ones become World of Warcraft on my screen.

Stock Market stuff (like the stuff lookout said in his post)? Forget it. Gibberish.

math higher than Algebra? Nope.

Chemistry? Failed it 3 times, right after the part where you learn about Moles. What does a blind rodent have anything to do with Chemistry and weights? And why is Avocado's number important?

I dont understand how air going under the wing pushes it (the wing) down, thus causing lift? Huh? I know it has something to do with air pressue, but..uh..after that you lost me...

lookout123 · 04-27-2005, 06:18 PM

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I always said it YOOL-is-seez

how embarassing.

so how is it supposed to be pronounced?

lookout123 · 04-27-2005, 06:24 PM

i'm ignorant as to how therapy is helpful. if you know there is a problem, why do you need someone else to help you fix it?

math? beyond basic algebra i left it all in high school.
chemistry and physics? piss me off.
i understand the idea of how to build things (shelves, benches, cabinets, etc.) but when i attempt to actually build something it is never successful.

i've studied it, but i can never remember which silverware is for what food item in nice restaurants.

i don't get large group semi-formal social interaction. at black tie events i'm the one standing in the corner not talking so that i don't make an ass of myself.

computers? i know where the power switch is usually.

Beestie · 04-27-2005, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by OnyxCougar

I dont understand how air going under the wing pushes it (the wing) down, thus causing lift? Huh? I know it has something to do with air pressue, but..uh..after that you lost me...

Have you ever noticed when you are in the shower that the shower curtain keeps moving inward towards the stream of water? That's because the moving water creates an area of low pressure. The high pressure on the outside of the curtain moves toward the area of low pressure which moves the curtain inward. If you light your bic and blow to one side of it, the flame will move to that side towards the air stream. Same reason.

Same with a plane wing. The assymetrical shape of the wing makes the air moving over the top of the wing move faster than the air moving across the bottom of the wing. So, the air pressure on top of the wing is lower than it is on the bottom. The air on the bottom, then, moves towards the top and pushes the wing up as it does.

Troubleshooter · 04-27-2005, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

Same with a plane wing. The assymetrical shape of the wing makes the air moving over the top of the wing move faster than the air moving across the bottom of the wing. So, the air pressure on top of the wing is lower than it is on the bottom. The air on the bottom, then, moves towards the top and pushes the wing up as it does.

Too much information here...

05-01-2005, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

Have you ever noticed when you are in the shower that the shower curtain keeps moving inward towards the stream of water? That's because the moving water creates an area of low pressure. The high pressure on the outside of the curtain moves toward the area of low pressure which moves the curtain inward. If you light your bic and blow to one side of it, the flame will move to that side towards the air stream.

Not only did I not know this, but it has driven me fucking insane for most of my adult life. I find myself in the shower, wanting to somehow mutilate and kill the shower curtain (no kidding, I think I've actually punched it). Something about the wet plastic sticking to my wet body sends me into a less than sane fit of rage. Then I get even more pissed because I realize I'm angry with an inanimate object and, until now, had no clue where the god damn wind was coming from!!!! So, in summation thanks for the explanation - at least now I can get pissed at the pressure instead!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-01-2005, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Asylum

Not only did I not know this, but it has driven me fucking insane for most of my adult life. I find myself in the shower, wanting to somehow mutilate and kill the shower curtain (no kidding, I think I've actually punched it). Something about the wet plastic sticking to my wet body sends me into a less than sane fit of rage. Then I get even more pissed because I realize I'm angry with an inanimate object and, until now, had no clue where the god damn wind was coming from!!!! So, in summation thanks for the explanation - at least now I can get pissed at the pressure instead!

I thought it was the heat from the shower rising that caused the low pressure, but no matter. Get a curtain, or curtain liner, with magnets at the bottom.

footfootfoot · 04-27-2005, 06:47 PM

I am one of the seven out of five people who don't understand fractions.

Also I have only a vague understanding of when to use a semicolon, despite looking it up in "the elements of style" at least three times a year.

Clodfobble · 04-27-2005, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

so how is it supposed to be pronounced?

Yoo-LISS-seez

Tonchi · 04-28-2005, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Yoo-LISS-seez

Yup. When you are a 5-year-old kid and you say it wrong nobody pays any attention, but when you do it in your Freshman Lit class and your teacher gets a whiplash ....

I have to also confess an even worse one. The name of Odysseus' wife was Penelope. I had to learn much later that it was not pronounced PEN-ee-lope

Katkeeper · 04-27-2005, 08:12 PM

My lawn is a disaster! I have tons of weeds, one of which was so prolific 2 years ago that I had a severe allergic reaction to its pollen after making the mistake of cutting the lawn while the weeds were producing in quantity. Do you think the world of plants was getting back at me for my inattention and abuse of their members?

I have actually put an organic weed suppressant on the lawn this Spring. We'll see waht happens. Organic fertilizer is next, apparently. I am getting advice from a friend who has gone this route. I don't want to encourage the lawn too much, but I do want a little grass in with the weeds.

lookout123 · 04-27-2005, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123
so how is it supposed to be pronounced?

Yoo-LISS-seez

oh, ok. that is how i was saying it. i didn't realize we were only talking about the stressed consonant (sp). i was trying to play it in my head...

oo-lis-eez?
yoo-ly-seez?

04-27-2005, 05:05 PM	#4
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I love learning new languages, but they don't stick with me. What was at least written fluency with partial spoken fluency in croatian is mostly gone, other than a few words and phrases. I've learned 5 languages, and now barely speak English. Dammit. Up until about 3 years ago, I knew what the word epitome meant but had NO IDEA that ee-PIT-ah-mee was how you said it. I actually said "EP-i-tum". And I went to county level in the 6th grade spelling bee. sigh I'm an amateur radio operator, and still have problems the electricity and math. Electricity scares me. I understand voltage and amperage, but jumping the car freaks me out, in case those clips touch. I used to test drive Ford vehicles, but I can't tell you how half that crap works or what it's called. I can build a computer from the board up, but I don't know what a "front side bus" is or what a cache is or why SDRAM is different from DDR RAM or what HT does for you. I don't know how zeroes and ones become World of Warcraft on my screen. Stock Market stuff (like the stuff lookout said in his post)? Forget it. Gibberish. math higher than Algebra? Nope. Chemistry? Failed it 3 times, right after the part where you learn about Moles. What does a blind rodent have anything to do with Chemistry and weights? And why is Avocado's number important? I dont understand how air going under the wing pushes it (the wing) down, thus causing lift? Huh? I know it has something to do with air pressue, but..uh..after that you lost me... __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

04-27-2005, 06:24 PM	#6
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i'm ignorant as to how therapy is helpful. if you know there is a problem, why do you need someone else to help you fix it? math? beyond basic algebra i left it all in high school. chemistry and physics? piss me off. i understand the idea of how to build things (shelves, benches, cabinets, etc.) but when i attempt to actually build something it is never successful. i've studied it, but i can never remember which silverware is for what food item in nice restaurants. i don't get large group semi-formal social interaction. at black tie events i'm the one standing in the corner not talking so that i don't make an ass of myself. computers? i know where the power switch is usually. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

04-27-2005, 06:47 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I am one of the seven out of five people who don't understand fractions. Also I have only a vague understanding of when to use a semicolon, despite looking it up in "the elements of style" at least three times a year. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

04-27-2005, 04:00 PM	#2
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	I don't understand the needs of plants, and feel badly for those that have been entrusted to my care. I have none inside the house, and those that are outside have to make their own way in the world. I know they need water, but I am just as likely to give them too much as not enough. I grow easy things like catnip that lives anywhere and reseeds itself and I love to watch my cat roll in it. On rare occasions, I will be attracted to a plant, buy it, bring it home and plant it, and it will take hold. I have one that is amazing looking that has done really well, but I have no idea why. I went back to buy more, but can find no more. Gardening is a very mystifying pursuit. Oh, and sometimes I have no idea what you guys are talking about - it's a generational, cultural thing.

04-27-2005, 08:12 PM	#14
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	My lawn is a disaster! I have tons of weeds, one of which was so prolific 2 years ago that I had a severe allergic reaction to its pollen after making the mistake of cutting the lawn while the weeds were producing in quantity. Do you think the world of plants was getting back at me for my inattention and abuse of their members? I have actually put an organic weed suppressant on the lawn this Spring. We'll see waht happens. Organic fertilizer is next, apparently. I am getting advice from a friend who has gone this route. I don't want to encourage the lawn too much, but I do want a little grass in with the weeds.

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