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Like everything else says:
Hello everyone. I am working on this thingy and thought I would post it here in case anyone was interested:
Cassell Illustrated publishing is recruiting writers for its forthcoming reference/coffee table book on the 1000 key events in world history since 1900. Writers will be asked to compose entries of approximately 230 words on events of their choice from our master list, which explain the event itself and intimate why it is a key event in shaping the modern world. Events include everything from key discoveries, inventions, and political events to natural disasters, arts, and culture. Contributors need not be historians; rather, we are looking for talented writers from any discipline that are able to research and describe historical events in an engaging and articulate manner. Contributors will be paid approximately 25 pounds for each entry. If you are interested in becoming a writer for this project, please send the following as soon as possible to the general editors at biancsjackson@yahoo.com or jmorton8@gmail.com:
%u2022 A short biography (approximately 50 words or less)
%u2022 A writing sample of 250 words or less describing a key event in history
Thanks,
The General Editors
Bianca Jackson
Jonathan Morton
posted Aug 23
Joe says:
A king with 3 daughters let you marry one of them of your choice, but the older always lies, the younger always tells the truth and the middle one sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth.
You don't want to marry the one that is unpredictable, so you ask to marry one of the others.
The king tells you to ask any one of them one question and then pick the one you want to marry. You've never seen them before and you cant tell them apart.
What question should you ask?
please answer in rot13 using this link so you don't spoil the answer for others
posted Aug 12
Comment replies (10)
. says:
wait I don't get all of this... do you care whetehr you marry the lying or the truthful one? or are you trying to get the one speaking the truth?
posted Aug 12
moo says:
I think I know the answer to this one - what I don't understand is how to answer - do I just click on the link and type in what I think? What's the 'cypher' thing? My head hurts - actually, don't bother, I'm useless.!!
posted Aug 12
Joe says:
@SNickau, you just don't want to marry the one that sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth. so either of the others is good.
@moo, you just click the link, enter the text, click cypher, copy the new encoded text, paste the encoded text in a comment.
posted Aug 12
moo says:
ok then...
V pbhyq fnl nalguvat ba guvf yvax gura? V znl abg rira obgure gb nafjre gur dhrfgvba! guvf pbhyq or gur arkg fgrc ba sebz gur cevingr tebhcf - cevingr naq uvqqra pbzzragf! Jbj!
Nf sbe gur nafjre, V qba'g ubarfgyl xabj, rkprcg gung lbh unir gb nfx fbzrguvat yvxr qb lbh nyjnlf gryy gur gehgu? Gur gehgushy bar jvyy nafjre lrf, gur yvne jvyy nafjre lrf bu naq fb jvyy gur bgure bar...
BX, fb V arrq gb guvax n ovg zber nobhg guvf bar...
But surely someone can copy and paste this back to the link? Or how do you decipher it? I'm intrigued!
posted Aug 12
Joe says:
yeah, same thing to decode:
naq ebg13 vf zbqrengryl jryy xabja, fb lbh arire xabj jub pna rnfvyl qrpvcure lbhe pbzzragf, (ernyyl nyy vg qbrf vf nqq 13 gb gur yrggre [n 13 = a, a 13 = n])
posted Aug 12
moo says:
Oevyyvnag! V jnag bar bs gurfr sbe nyy zl pbzzragf.
Ohg vg'f abg fb frperg gura nf nalbar pna ernq vg ol genafyngvat onpx.
Whfg nf jryy V qvqa'g jevgr nalguvat vapevzvangvat...!
posted Aug 12
Joe says:
oh, and if you already knew the answer before (or cheated :o)
write Spoiler: in front of your text.
spoiler above
posted Aug 12
moo says:
I read that one - not the answer I was thinking so thank you Travis for putting my mind at ease. I'll sleep tonight!
Plus, I like the codes!
posted Aug 12
The decent American says:
and last but not least...i "THINK" this is some of the best art" I have ever seen!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AICq53U3dl8
posted Jun 27
moo says:
Not meant as anything but a serious question - how can we say that what a colour-blind person sees isn't 'right'?
My husband is colour blind and sees grass and calls it green; I see grass and call it green but what we both see is a shade relating to the name we give it, so who's wrong?
He also can't distinguish between what are obvious shade differences to me - such as bright red berries on a dark green holly bush but I think that's something else...
posted May 3
Comment replies (4)
Joe says:
well colorblindness is caused when there is loss of function from a type of cone cell in your eye, so colorblind people can see all the colors but may look similar to each other when the color perceived is one that would be primarily interpreted from the cone cell that has lost functionality. because each of the three different types of cone cells transmit different types of messages to the brain, when one of the types of messages is lost, the brain can no longer discern between the colors that would activate those cone cells and those that would not. the colors that colorblind people see are always inaccurate (not always by a lot) because they are unable to interpret whole portions of wavelengths of light.
posted May 7
moo says:
My eldest is just completing her Masters in Genetic Counselling - and just got a job too - seems a really interesting subject.
posted Jun 7
Turaturai [~is lost~] says:
I believe that everybody sees the same colors as everybody else. Even with color-blindness you'll still see the same blues and yellows and pinks and browns and stuff. The notion that someone else's brain could perceive colors differently to you was one I toyed with when I was little, but I realised after studying it that the basic programming in the visual cortex is part of the DNA - it's not just random for each person. So you'll share the same color perception as everyone else in the same broad species.
I've limited evidence to back this up - the colors that people tend to like and dislike are found to be consistent across different races and societies. This means that there is basic programming in our brains that relies on a consistent interpretation of colors for survival. Perhaps that's why people don't like brown very much. Did the early humans survive better when they lived in green areas than barren muddy areas? Did they survive better when they didn't try to eat animal faeces? Of course they did, so maybe color helped them to make the right choices.
posted Dec 28
Joe says:
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck
if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
posted Apr 30
Comment replies (3)
moo says:
Would that it could - depends if it's groundhog day, in which case you could get through a fair amount of wood.
posted May 1
chrisOrbit says:
I think it would depend on many environmental factors. The density of surrounding trees to provide the wood. The type of trees and the density of the wood (being variable considering avg. rainfall, elevation, nutrients in the dirt). Weather and the time of the year could also affect the woodchucks performance while chucking. We should also consider the woodchuck. Based on his size and avg. metabolic intake, you could approximate his stamina and ability to sustain it while it was "chucking wood". With this you could ascertain an average and fairly accurate rate of chucking. There still could be room for error based on outside radicals (distraction, attack, and many others).
posted May 1
Joe says:
so which came first? the chicken or the egg?
posted Apr 7
Comment replies (10)
moo says:
Well, it's been 2 weeks since you asked so presumably everyone's still considering this one...I would have to say the egg came first - but you will probably say in that case, what laid the egg? We're talking evolution here and my head could explode if I consider this for too long. Chickens have evolved from, well let's see, the T.Rex if latest studies are to be believed. The egg is presumably a chicken egg? Oh, maybe I don't know - how about a more pressing question - why did the chicken cross the road?
posted Apr 21
Bripe Klmun says:
The egg.
Put simply, the reason is down to the fact that genetic material does not change during an animal's life.
Therefore the first bird that evolved into what we would call a chicken, probably in prehistoric times, must have first existed as an embryo inside an egg. The living organism inside the eggshell would have had the same DNA as the chicken it would develop into.
posted Apr 25
Clint Cook says:
The Chicken crossed the road to get to the Egg.
The Baby crossed the road because it was stapled to the chicken.
The Turtle crossed the road to get to the Shell Station.
posted Apr 29
moo says:
Why would the chicken even want the egg?
Oh, the turtle reminds me - a man goes to a fancy dress party, giving his girlfriend a piggy-back. The host asks what he's come as - and he answers that he's a turtle. So, why the girlfriend on your back? Her? Oh, that's Michelle.
posted Apr 30
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Divit says:
The Sea has a shore line, the sea line in the distance has no shore line why would a sea line have no shore?
posted Feb 8
Comment replies (1)
Divit says:
so no one can answer my riddle?
posted Feb 24