Questions Can't Be Answered.

Who is he? Any relation the the Addams family? Dudda dum, snap snap dudda dum snap snap, dudda dum (classic)

by oldefar Mar 6, 2003

But the above thread is regarding his Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Flat out like a lizard drinking??

by thechas Mar 6, 2003

Douglas Adams is a British Science Fiction author.

His most famous work is a 4 book trilogy titled "The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy"

Folklore has it that he conceived of the idea in Europe in the early 70's.
He was hitch-hiking through Europe. (a popular thing for young adults to do back then)
After getting a bit drunk on cheap wine, he lay back on a hillside, and thought about hitch-hiking around the universe.

Thus was born an interesting cast of characters and terms that have made their way into popular culture, along with,
A BBC radio play,
The 4 book trilogy,
A 7 part TV version,

Concepts include:
Marvin the depressed robot
Infinite improbability drive
Babel Fish
The answer to life the universe and everything is "42"
The restaurant at the end of the universe

If you enjoy Sci-Fi Comedy, it is worth your time to check it out.

Sadly, Mr Adams died a couple years ago.

Chas

by oldefar Mar 5, 2003

So what then is insanity if not sanity of the insane, and sanity but insane insanity? Me mad? What then of you? (KMH 1972)

by maddiuex Mar 5, 2003

All questions has answers, then it would not be a question, other than a phrase..sheeeeesh

by thamer Mar 6, 2003

Hello Thamer,
You have been asked a question from cors_usa
in the Physics category.

The subject of the question is:

"speed of light"

Answer for "speed of light"
From: Thamer
To: cors_usa
Date: 10/30/00

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Q: If you drove your car into space, and turned your head lights on when you were going at the speed of light, would you still have lights or
would they be dark?

A: Even if you drove your truck into space, you would still have your lights on when driving at the speed of light... it's so dark up there:)

Yes, it is a paradox, but even if you are moving at speed of light, the light will be still running away from you. But there's one little
catch: When you are moving at speed of light relatively to some observer, he (observer) sees that your time is standing still (you look like frozen) ... It is called time dilatation. As result, if you are moving at speed of light and youturn your lights on, you will see the lights, but an observer will not see you turning lights on because you are *frozen* to him. And while turning your lights on, you will travel infinite
distance (again time dilatation)... This relativity business can be really confuzing, but basic idea is that speed of light is constant, regardless of one's speeed. It is always running away from you at 300 000 km/s.

.. Drive carefully...

..........

by oldefar Mar 6, 2003

Go to http://tinyurl.com/7040 regarding the varying speed of light.

by mc_user Mar 7, 2003

The science fiction author Spider Robinson once stated this question as having an answer, but unsolveable.

An astronaut is floating in space. He inflates a large metal sphere around himself. The surface of the sphere is like a mirror. The astronaut's helmet has a light on it and his head is floating in the exact center of sphere. What does the astronaut see when he turns on his light?

by thamer Mar 5, 2003

In what Windows Xp Professional ... MSGINA.DLL file (MS Graphical Identification and Authentication DLL file) is responsible for the activiation of many functions such as Winlogon , standard features, necessary functions and helper functions.

Realizing how serious this problem can be to system administrator and due to the complexity of functions this DLL file is involved with ... MS has provided the following Dialog Code for "Why did the computer shut down unexpectedly?"

"The computer gotvery poorly and decided to end it's own suffering."

... and I guess MS suffering in trying to find an answer on what exactly went wrong.

.......

Believe it or not ... it is there.

by thamer Mar 6, 2003

MSGina.dll text part says this

2210 DIALOG 0, 0, 274, 200
STYLE DS_FIXEDSYS | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_CENTER | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Shutdown Event Tracker"
LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"
{
CONTROL 22, -1, STATIC, SS_ICON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 13, 7, 21, 20
CONTROL "&Why did the computer shut down unexpectedly?", -1, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 44, 7, 173, 10
CONTROL "", 2211, COMBOBOX, CBS_DROPDOWNLIST | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_VSCROLL | WS_TABSTOP, 44, 20, 173, 57
CONTROL "The computer got very poorly and decided to end it's own suffering.", 2212, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 44, 40, 173, 33
CONTROL "&Problem Id", -1, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 44, 80, 173, 10
CONTROL "", 2214, EDIT, ES_LEFT | ES_AUTOHSCROLL | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_TABSTOP, 44, 90, 173, 12
CONTROL "&Comment", -1, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 44, 106, 173, 10
CONTROL "", 2213, EDIT, ES_LEFT | ES_MULTILINE | ES_AUTOVSCROLL | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER | WS_TABSTOP, 44, 116, 173, 53
CONTROL "OK", 1, BUTTON, BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP | WS_TABSTOP, 217, 176, 50, 14
}

One of the things I hate most about the various models of Macs which I have collected is their frequent habit of informing me that: "Such and such failed to happen because of an unexpected error."

by jardinier Mar 5, 2003

Some personal favourites of a former colleague:
"Don't confuse me with facts ... me mind's made up." and "I'm seldom wrong, but I'm right again."

And if may be serious for a moment, without incurring the death penalty: an all-original jul646 maxim:

"The absolute truth is that nothing is absolutely true."

by seven_sr Mar 6, 2003

Was your Colleague a lawyer by any chance? :)
~Scott

A former Fraud Squad detective.

by 1stladytech Mar 8, 2003

The only time I have been wrong is when I thought I was mistaken one day...

You can never make anything fool proof - fools are too ingenious.

and from my grandfather...

Never fight with a pig in the mud, you get dirty and the pig enjoys it.

Vickie

by lordinfidel Mar 5, 2003

Only stupid people

by guruofdos Mar 5, 2003

Amen to that!

by nelsonok Mar 6, 2003

...is the one that goes un-asked.

by tomsal Mar 6, 2003

Because if someone should ask about stupidity...ie. "What causes stupidity?"....technically that IS a "stupid" question. ;)

lol

by mc_user Mar 5, 2003

Some questions have answers, but should not be answered. For example;

Honey, do I look fat in this?

1)Tell the truth (suffer the consequences)
B)Lie (and not be believed and suffer the consequences)
III) Try and change the subject (Warning: Wait too long before responding and you will suffer the consequences)

by tomsal Mar 6, 2003

Honey, is she pretty than me?

(Like if the "she" she is referring to is a model on a billboard, etc.)

What you are thinking: Damn she's hot!

What you actually say: You know you are the most beautiful woman in the world babe.

;)

by madroxxx Mar 6, 2003

Do you feel more now like you did when you first got here, possibly even more so?

Mom, do you ever feel... not so fresh?

ewww like any of us care!

-duck

by madroxxx Mar 7, 2003

I wish I hadn't read that post :)

What's another name for thesaurus?
He who answers this gets windex. (btw dont get the joke plz explain)

Good Lord I love Windex!!!! gimme three shots and I will answer anything!!!

-duck

Lexicon. Lexicon is the same. They are both word lists. Where is my WIndex...I want my Windex...Man I am jonesing for my windex here comeon man fork it over!!!

-duck

I got a funnel and a gallon of windex, open up and say ahhh.
P.S. you used Word's synonyms didn't ya? Oh well you still win anyway.

Why do hotdogs come in packages of 8 and the rolls come in packages of 10?

by thamer Mar 7, 2003

When was the last time you were at a party that didn't have guests in multiples of 6 or 10?

...

by mc_user Mar 7, 2003

In the old days when they made hot dogs and rolls by hand, eight hot dogs weighed about a pound. Bakers found out that were able to make hot dog buns at a time in a standard cake pan.

Michael Jackson? You pick the direction.

and blame it on the dog when my children ask, is that wrong? Or is it forward thinking?

-duck

by eddyb Mar 6, 2003

Is it better to be honest or is it better to be dishonest?

It is best to dishonest, but thought honest....hehe

Does Bush and Saddam exchange Valentines Day cards?

yes I did, I wanted that windex man!!!! Sometimes when I am alone at night, I see dead people. usually because they can't hold their windex!

BTW I can give you a complete disertation on windex if you want....just email me and I will =)

-duck

by road-dog Mar 6, 2003

fax him his prize!

In case you infer anything sinister from my colleague's former occupation, it was merely that he had a wry sense of humour. I am quite sure that his jokes had nothing to do with his ethical standards or professional background.

For example, if asked if he was busy, his favourite reply was: "Flat out like a lizard drinking."

I am going to disobey the Prime Directive and risk corrupting the natural evolution of this fine discussion by making a serious statement which has some bearing on the initial posting.

Quite late in my life I overcame my reticence to ask a personwhat I considered might be seen as a stupid question. Invariably I found that, the more knowledgeable the person, the more likely they were to be pleased to enlighten me.

From this I have progressed to being an incorrigible extrovert and blurt out whatever I am thinking in any company and to any person. I find that in 99 per cent of cases the person or persons are happy to satisfy my curiosity, or comment on my opinion, which results in my learning masses of useful information which otherwise I would not have discovered.