From: Willie Wong <wwong@Math.Princeton.EDU>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] How to capture a screen video?
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 15:02:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100705190225.GA26398@math.princeton.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTiksO3bwo_uA2_Eu1ZX2OJxtxyAro49MRykkD3TH@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 03:39:29PM +0200, Daniel Pielmeier wrote:
> 2010/7/5 William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au>:
> >
> > There is a very informative movie that might help explain the process of
> > asking a question, then asking what question you need to get the answer.
> > Its called "Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy".
> >
> > Its obvious, the answers 24.
>
> 24? I always thought "The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the
> Universe, and Everything" was 42. Did I miss something? :)
Obviously William Kenworthy is actually from a planet in the vicinity
of Betelgeuse, and has three arms, 2 of which with 6 fingers, and 1
with 7. Else I cannot fathom why he would want to try to count in base
19.
W
--
Willie W. Wong wwong@math.princeton.edu
Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire
et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton
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Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-04 19:17 [gentoo-user] [OT] How to capture a screen video? Mick
2010-07-04 19:27 ` Blackdream W
2010-07-05 5:57 ` Mick
2010-07-05 6:08 ` Dale
2010-07-05 6:18 ` Blackdream W
2010-07-05 6:32 ` Dale
2010-07-05 6:36 ` Blackdream W
2010-07-05 15:18 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2010-07-05 7:14 ` [gentoo-user] " Alan McKinnon
2010-07-05 7:47 ` Blackdream W
2010-07-05 9:29 ` Willie Wong
2010-07-05 12:40 ` Dale
2010-07-05 12:50 ` William Kenworthy
2010-07-05 13:39 ` Daniel Pielmeier
2010-07-05 14:22 ` William Kenworthy
2010-07-05 19:53 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-07-05 19:02 ` Willie Wong [this message]
2010-07-05 7:43 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-07-05 12:43 ` Mick
2010-07-05 12:57 ` William Kenworthy
2010-07-05 15:43 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2010-07-05 20:40 ` Mick
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