rousseau: is that why you arent in the army? ;).
yes, im glad trees are smart enough not to talk to you, i sure know im not that smart 
one question though, if you would have to give yourself a number, based on how smart you are compared to other people. where the number would be the number of people dumber than you. what would you consider that number to be?
bj0rn
Can I answer that first ? I mean, this being ‘my’ thread and all…
At the last count, that number would have been approximately 6 billion in my case. Uh, minus one, that is.
Hi Cecil, what’s up ?
Regarding this board, the number would be slightly over 3200. No REALLY, I dare you all to a battle of knowledge. I’m the 20th Century Uomo Universalis. Da Vinci would be proud.
Coldfire
“You know how complex women are”
im very glad for you coldfire, but sadly this doesnt apply to you. only to rousseau.
sorry, better luck next time
bj0rn
If you want me to spit all my junior genius credentials at you, I will. But I don’t really like doing that, since it seems so much like bragging. There are a few things that I can say:
The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group.
You’re on, smartass
When did Napolean attack Russia ?
Coldfire
“You know how complex women are”
Oh, come on, CF. Knowledge and intelligence are not the same thing. Give him a story problem:
A train leaves Amsterdam at 6:30 moving at 100 kph carrying a load of fresh penguin meat and heading south-southeast . . .
-andros-
In April 1803 Britain, provoked by Napoleon’s aggressive behavior, resumed war with France on the seas; two years later Russia and Austria joined the British in a new coalition. Napoleon then abandoned plans to invade England and turned his armies against the Austro-Russian forces, defeating them at the Battle of Austerlitz on December 2, 1805. In 1806 he seized the kingdom of Naples and made his elder brother Joseph king, converted the Dutch Republic into the kingdom of Holland for his brother Louis, and established the Confederation of the Rhine (most of the German states) of which he was protector. Prussia then allied itself with Russia and attacked the confederation. Napoleon destroyed the Prussian army at Jena and Auerstädt (1806) and the Russian army at Friedland. At Tilsit (July 1807), Napoleon made an ally of Czar Alexander I and greatly reduced the size of Prussia. He also added new states to the empire: the kingdom of Westphalia, under his brother Jerome, the duchy of Warsaw, and others.
Your turn.
Who won the World Series in 1994?
Who played bass guitar for the Doors?
Which has more cholesterol: peanut oil, vegetable oil, or canola oil?
How many people are ahead of Walter Payton on the NFL’s all-time leading rusher list?
Now, I don’t want anybody but Coldfire answering.
The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group.
Errmmmm… did you notice the “Top of you head” in my last post ??
An impressive answer that by itself is correct, although I was thinking about the actual field trip Napoleon took INTO Russia in 1812. But once more, yours showed great knowledge. Either that, or a great search engine eh
My questions:
Who won the World Series in 1994?
Who played bass guitar for the Doors?
Which has more cholesterol: peanut oil, vegetable oil, or canola oil?
How many people are ahead of Walter Payton on the NFL’s all-time leading rusher list?
I’m sure I could easily look up all those too. I won’t though. If your point is, that my question was culturally and geographically biased, it is well taken. I know very little about American Baseball or the NFL. Chemistry/Biology isn’t exactly my deal, so you got me on that one. And I suppose you could shoot me for only knowing Jim Morisson. But only if you could name all three members of Rush by their stage and original names. From the top of your head
Coldfire
“You know how complex women are”
Italics?
Actually, I’m a moderate Rush fan. But I don’t know all their names. I know Neil Peart, because he is so famous among drummers. As for my questions, you’d have a hard time finding the answers:
The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group.
OK OK…fer the record, here, bj0rn=kjwise, n’est ce pas???
Back to our irregularly scheduled programming…
elelle: NO! two different people. he happens to be a friend of mine though. he is also afraid to post again because he made a mess out of his first post hehehe. bj0rn=kjwise, je ne suis pas.
IQ: the ability to solve a problem using skills learned elsewhere, so if you have learned how to add, the time it takes you to learn to subtract is based on your IQ.
intelligence could be given two categories; knowledge and reason.
based on the following scenario, what would the answer be?
facts:
language isnt a communication tool.
grammar is a communication tool.
spelling = pen.
scenario:
you are reading a newspaper.
question:
what IS language?
(this one is easy)
groups are nice…but stupid.
bj0rn = an individual.
IQ (Intelligence Quotient):
From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
-andros-
Since this thread is about me, I might as well respond. But first a few questions. I quote bj0rn.
" facts:
language isnt a communication tool.
grammar is a communication tool.
spelling = pen.
scenario:
you are reading a newspaper.
question:
what IS language?
(this one is easy) "
Are these facts as they appear to you, or have you made up hypothetical facts (now THAT’S an oxymoron !) to suit your scenario ?
Anyway, I’ll comment some more.
facts:
language isnt a communication tool.
Yes it is. The most widely used of all, as it stands.
grammar is a communication tool.
No. Grammar are the rules that are necessary to facilitate the communication tool “Language”, that is, to make things more uniform and thus more widely comprehendible.
spelling = pen.
Huh ? Spelling is another set of rules -explanation above- and a pen is a device you tend to write with.
scenario:
you are reading a newspaper.
I’m with you. I do this every day.
question:
what IS language?
The stuff that’s in front of my eyes. So that means: everything I read.
A more interesting question in bj0rn’s case is sometimes: what language IS this ?
(this one is easy)
Coldfire
“You know how complex women are”
humour! always used as a defence.
bj0rn
My my, has it been four whole days since I visited the board? Dearest me!
I see that after an amazing string of coherent posts, bj0rn is back to his old ways. Let’s take a look at his “facts:”
Anyone who has read any of bj0rn’s posts in other Pit threads knows that he has traditionally railed against the importance of grammar, and maintained that the “language” was what was important, not the “grammar.” This statement contradicts almost everything bj0rn has ever said.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Thanks for bringing a little levity into my day, bj0rn.
Yeah, it is easy, bj0rn. You see, after that bipolar nerves in your eyes fire, and send nervous impulses to your visual cortex, and you identify the symbols you see as words, they get sent to your lingual cortex, where the symbols are put together to form words and phrases. These words/phrases are then identified with their corresponding images or ideas, and these images/ideas are put together to form (hopefully) a complete thought. If you want to respond to this thought, the process goes in reverse. The thought is broken down into individual images/ideas, which are converted to words. The words are broken down into their component symbols or syllables, which are either spoken or sent to the motor cortex to be manually expressed.
What the fuck are you talking about? I doubt that you have a handle on anybody’s logic, much less mine.
You are a piece of work, bj0rn.
The IQ of a group is equal to the IQ of the dumbest member divided by the number of people in the group.
are you blind too? i said:
or are you saying that there is something wrong with your bopolar nerves, visual cortex, lingual cortex or whatever is in between?
nice definition by the way!
its true, i couldnt handle your logic, in the metaphoric way…its too small.
bj0rn
Coldfire
“You know how complex women are”
it was a question of, not knowledge like you previously posted, but of reason(eh, grammatically somthing like that).
try it one more time:
if the facts are as following:
[cut and paste facts posted earlier]
in this scenario:
[scenario already provided(you are reading a newspaper…for the mentally ill)]
what would the answer be to this question:
what IS language?
explaining it any more is telling you the answer.
ok, youve got the moon and the egg. the name is then egg…??? egg. like in bond…james bond. get it?