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Poll: A few quick questions about your knowledge
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2001 7:09 pm
by C Elegans
1. Do you prefer being a
specialist - knowing a lot about a few things or a
generalist - knowing a little about a lot of things?
2. What areas are you biggest "gaps" in knowledge?
3. What is the most useless knowledge you have?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2001 7:52 pm
by Georgi
I don't have gaps in my knowledge. I have gaps in my ignorance

Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2001 8:28 pm
by Weasel
Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>
1. Do you prefer being a
generalist - knowing a little about a lot of things?</STRONG>
This is me.
Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>
2. What areas are you biggest "gaps" in knowledge?</STRONG>
Computers.
Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>
3. What is the most useless knowledge you have?
</STRONG>
Piles.
Of the top of my head....shooting TnT.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2001 8:34 pm
by Delacroix
Originally posted by Georgi:
<STRONG>I don't have gaps in my knowledge. I have gaps in my ignorance

</STRONG>
lol.
topic:
1)Generalist
2)Maths, Quimestry, Physics. ( the exacts sciences in general are problems for me.)
3)Putz!this is dificult. Maybe my Games Knowledge;[Useless knowledge:You know that there is a part of your visual sight that you don't see, you brain create for you]
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 12:32 am
by Xandax
Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>1. Do you prefer being a
specialist - knowing a lot about a few things or a
generalist - knowing a little about a lot of things?
2. What areas are you biggest "gaps" in knowledge?
3. What is the most useless knowledge you have?</STRONG>
Ad 1: I prefere generalist, but in some things I am specialized somewhat.
Ad 2: Well "culture" stuff, ei. the writer that wrote a specific book, or stuff like that.
Ad 3: All knowlegde is usefull, if used it the right contex

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 2:43 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>1. Do you prefer being a
specialist - knowing a lot about a few things or a
generalist - knowing a little about a lot of things?
2. What areas are you biggest "gaps" in knowledge?
3. What is the most useless knowledge you have?</STRONG>
1. Generalist
2. Geography (I could be president though

)
3. That the average man's *ahem* size is 6 and a hlaf inches

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 3:29 am
by Karembeu
Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>3. That the average man's *ahem* size is 6 and a hlaf inches

</STRONG>
I wonder how well "Mini-grunt" would figure up to those statistics....

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 4:04 am
by Aegis
1. Generalized. Definatly...
2. Anything Mathematical (2+2=4! WTF!

)
3. Well, I once learned that Solomon (King of Isreal) had could had over 100000 children.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 4:18 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by Karembeu:
<STRONG>I wonder how well "Mini-grunt" would figure up to those statistics....

</STRONG>
LOL

Maybe you should ask him

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 4:22 am
by Minerva
1. Generalist with a few special knowledge
2. Too many to write down...
3. A lot of things, especially things I saw past 10 months in one particular message board on the internet....
@Mr Sleep: By aquiring the knowledge, were you relieved, or shocked to near death?
[ 10-19-2001: Message edited by: Minerva ]
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 4:25 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>3. A lot of things, especially things I saw from past 10 months in one particular message board on the internet....
@Mr Sleep: By aquiring the knowledge, were you relieved, or shocked to near death?

</STRONG>
Where could you mean? Have you been somewhere else?
I'll leave that to your imaingiation

(maybe i shoudn't

) Lets just say i did do a quick check

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 4:31 am
by Minerva
@Mr Sleep: Oh, your doctors must be really good to save your life after such a big heart attack...

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 4:40 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>@Mr Sleep: Oh, your doctors must be really good to save your life after such a big heart attack...

</STRONG>
My doctors couldn't do anything, it too ka special kind of doctor to fix me.....one name Waverly

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 5:00 am
by Vicsun
Back to the topic:
Originally posted by C Elegans:
<STRONG>1. Do you prefer being a
specialist - knowing a lot about a few things or a
generalist - knowing a little about a lot of things?
2. What areas are you biggest "gaps" in knowledge?
3. What is the most useless knowledge you have?</STRONG>
1. Hmm... I'm not either of those. I know nothing about a lot of things. Why didn't you put that choice up

?
2. Everything which is related to math and everything which is not related to math.

Get the poin, no?
3. No such thing as usless knowlage. Every knowlage is useful

.
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 5:01 am
by Minerva
Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>My doctors couldn't do anything, it too ka special kind of doctor to fix me.....one name Waverly

</STRONG>
It suddenly occured to me, it must be terribly shock for people who discovered you after the heart attack. Seeing a young man on a floor, bottom half naked with a measure in his hand...

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 5:03 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by Minerva:
<STRONG>
It suddenly occured to me, it must be terribly shock for people who discovered you after the heart attack. Seeing a young man on a floor, bottom half naked with a measure in his hand...

</STRONG>
They will never recover

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 5:05 am
by Vicsun
Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
<STRONG>They will never recover

</STRONG>
Yes they will. Just introduce them to the doc.

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 5:12 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by Vicsun:
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Originally posted by Mr Sleep:
[qb]They will never recover

</STRONG>
Yes they will. Just introduce them to the doc.

[/QB]
I am sure he will be happy to have more subjects....sorry i mean patients

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 5:51 am
by CM
1. Specialist.
2. Literature, don't really read the popular or famous books.
3. Hey did you know that if you reflect Coca Cola (written in arabic) in a mirror it says the company is the devil.
It ain't true, but i know it anyway!!

Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2001 5:54 am
by josh
1. I prefer being a generalist.
2. I don't know much about computers but I would like to learn.
3. I don't know. I can't think of any useless knowledge I have.