Favorite quotes?

[trooperdavinfelth]

"Come on, you fat ugly fierfeks. Come and get me!" -Boss, a republic commando

"Hey, I didn't know Trandoshans could fly!" -Scorch, same

"Is it red-red-green, or red-green-red?"-Scorch,

"Ahhh, the deluxe model. Come to save us with your 'superior training', I see." -A clone trooper, referring to Republic commandos

"Neutralization. Assassination. That's a very us thing" -Sev, same as first 2

"What the-- Awww, that gunship took my kill! I do all the work, and some rocket jockey comes in and takes the glory!"-Scorch

"Six-two, could ya can the chatter until you have something useful to say?"-Fixer, same as first 2

Republic commandos Ho!

And my personal favorite: "If we're all clones of each other, why am I the only one with a sense of humor?"-Scorch

[Brainbox]

"Come on, you fat ugly fierfeks. Come and get me!" -Boss, a republic commando

"Hey, I didn't know Trandoshans could fly!" -Scorch, same

"Is it red-red-green, or red-green-red?"-Scorch,

"Ahhh, the deluxe model. Come to save us with your 'superior training', I see." -A clone trooper, referring to Republic commandos

"Neutralization. Assassination. That's a very us thing" -Sev, same as first 2

"What the-- Awww, that gunship took my kill! I do all the work, and some rocket jockey comes in and takes the glory!"-Scorch

"Six-two, could ya can the chatter until you have something useful to say?"-Fixer, same as first 2

Republic commandos Ho!

And my personal favorite: "If we're all clones of each other, why am I the only one with a sense of humor?"-Scorch

Do you like 'Republic Commandos' by any chance? ;-)

[trooperdavinfelth]

Do you like 'Republic Commandos' by any chance? ;-)

Hmmm, by golly you're right!

[Corvus]

Heh, my turn. And, as it happens, it's about Republic Commando (the book that is).

"That's because not even the Hutt Aviation Authority would certify this Narsh dirt-crate airworthy."

"Who else gets handcrafted verps to play with?"

"The verpine army?"

"Do they have one?'

Do they need one?"

*Verpine rifles are a extremely good - and expensive- projectile sniper rifle, pistol, whatever.*

"That isn't gliding. That's crashing."

"How scared would you be if you were sitting on enough explosives to put this quarry into orbit?"

"There's three things you should never beleive- the weather forcast, the canteen menu, and intel."

[zero1312]

"Is that all? Is that REALLY all?"

by Brad Pitt from Troja.

[zeki]

Alea iacta est. - Julius Caear

Carpe diem. - Horacius

Cogito, ergo sum. - Descartes

Festina lente.

Mens sana in corpore sano. - juvenalis

[Wout]

Nature is nice, but I must always have something to drink with it (Willem Kloos)

I hope it is good english, The literrally tekst in dutch is:

Natuur is prachtig, maar ik moet er wel iets te drinken bij hebben.

[Athos]

I got this one from one of those silly irritating forwarded email chain letters... for some reason I read it and thought this was funny:

"Life is like space invaders, it just keeps getting faster and harder until you die."

"Only a Sith deals in absolutes" - Obi-wan

A self-contradicting statement... :-|

Steve

[Brainbox]

"Veni Vidi Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered)

"Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?" (Who will guard the guards?)

Could someone help me out with the sources please.

[Kikuichimonji]

"Duct tape is like the Force: it has a light side, a dark side, and it keeps the universe together"

[oo7]

"Veni Vidi Vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered)

Julius Caesar (from memory)

"Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?" (Who will guard the guards?)

Decimus Iunius "Juvenal" Iuvenalis (wikiquote)

"Duct tape is like the Force: it has a light side, a dark side, and it keeps the universe together"

Nice one. Carl Zwanzig......some SciFi author?

[Starwars4J]

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

"First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.

As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added. This gives two possibilities:

1) If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2) If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over. So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year, "...that it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you", and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having an affair with her, then #2 above cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze over."

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A".

[oo7]

Heh, that's pretty funny. It reminds me of the Barometer story!

The Barometer Story

by Alexander Calandra - an article from Current Science, Teacher's Edition, 1964.

Some time ago, I received a call from a colleague who asked if I would be the referee on the grading of an examination question. It seemed that he was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physics question, while the student claimed he should receive a perfect score and would do so if the system were not set up against the student. The instructor and the student agreed to submit this to an impartial arbiter, and I was selected.

The Barometer Problem

I went to my colleague's office and read the examination question, which was, "Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer."

The student's answer was, "Take the barometer to the top of the building, attach a long rope to it, lower the barometer to the street, and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. The length of the rope is the height of the building."

Now, this is a very interesting answer, but should the student get credit for it? I pointed out that the student really had a strong case for full credit, since he had answered the question completely and correctly. On the other hand, if full credit were given, it could well contribute to a high grade for the student in his physics course. A high grade is supposed to certify that the student knows some physics, but the answer to the question did not confirm this. With this in mind, I suggested that the student have another try at answering the question. I was not surprised that my colleague agreed to this, but I was surprised that the student did.

Acting in terms of the agreement, I gave the student six minutes to answer the question, with the warning that the answer should show some knowledge of physics. At the end of five minutes, he had not written anything. I asked if he wished to give up, since I had another class to take care of, but he said no, he was not giving up. He had many answers to this problem; he was just thinking of the best one. I excused myself for interrupting him, and asked him to please go on. In the next minute, he dashed off his answer, which was:

"Take the barometer to the top of the building and lean over the edge of the roof. Drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. Then, using the formula S= 1/2 at^2, calculate the height of the building."

At this point, I asked my colleague if he would give up. He conceded and I gave the student almost full credit. In leaving my colleague's office, I recalled that the student had said he had other answers to the problem, so I asked him what they were.

"Oh, yes," said the student. "There are many ways of getting the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer. For example, you could take the barometer out on a sunny day and measure the height of the barometer, the length of its shadow, and the length of the shadow of the building, and by the use of simple proportion, determine the height of the building."

"Fine," I said. "And the others?"

"Yes," said the student. "There is a very basic measurement method that you will like. In this method, you take the barometer and begin to walk up the stairs. As you climb the stairs, you mark off the length of the barometer along the wall. You then count the number of marks, and this will give you the height of the building in barometer units. A very direct method.

"Of course, if you want a more sophisticated method, you can tie the barometer to the end of a string, swing it as a pendulum, and determine the value of 'g' at the street level and at the top of the building. From the difference between the two values of 'g', the height of the building can, in principle, be calculated."

Finally, he concluded, "If you don't limit me to physics solutions to this problem, there are many other answers, such as taking the barometer to the basement and knocking on the superintendent's door. When the superintendent answers, you speak to him as follows: 'Dear Mr. Superintendent, here I have a very fine barometer. If you will tell me the height of this building, I will give you this barometer.'"

At this point, I asked the student if he really didn't know the answer to the problem. He admitted that he did, but that he was so fed up with college instructors trying to teach him how to think and to use critical thinking, instead of showing him the structure of the subject matter, that he decided to take off on what he regarded mostly as a sham.

Snopes

[Khorne]

I got this one from one of those silly irritating forwarded email chain letters... for some reason I read it and thought this was funny:

"Life is like space invaders, it just keeps getting faster and harder until you die."

That's a good one. It's funny because it's true X-D . I'll have to put that one in my sig :-P .

[Brainbox]

Julius Caesar (from memory)

I thought it was, but I wasn't sure.

SW4J: I've heard that one before. Here's another:

A question on an exam paper is "What would life be like if the chair hadn't been invented?" All the bright candidates set off and wrote reams and reams of essays on how life would be different if we didn't have chairs. The only A went to a low ability student who, not understanding the question, answered "What's a chair?"

:-D

[snefroe]

I thought it was, but I wasn't sure.

SW4J: I've heard that one before. Here's another:

A question on an exam paper is "What would life be like if the chair hadn't been invented?" All the bright candidates set off and wrote reams and reams of essays on how life would be different if we didn't have chairs. The only A went to a low ability student who, not understanding the question, answered "What's a chair?"

:-D

some one once told me this one:

a professor asked his students only one question for their exam, maybe it was phylosophy, not sure anymore... He asked: "What is taking a risk; what does it mean to take a risk?" One guy finished his exam after 1 minute, he only had one line for an answer: "This is taking a risk." he got an A...

[Starwars4J]

some one once told me this one:

a professor asked his students only one question for their exam, maybe it was phylosophy, not sure anymore... He asked: "What is taking a risk; what does it mean to take a risk?" One guy finished his exam after 1 minute, he only had one line for an answer: "This is taking a risk." he got an A...

Brilliant! :-D :-D

[Hobbes]

All these stories are funny but somehow I have my doubts whether they're real. There's just too many of them...

[Starwars4J]

As a current college student, I can almost guarantee the chem question is real >:-)

[snefroe]

All these stories are funny but somehow I have my doubts whether they're real. There's just too many of them...

well having worked at university, i'm not all that surprised. you get (weird) stories every year... not only from students but also academics in general...

[oo7]

All these stories are funny but somehow I have my doubts whether they're real. There's just too many of them...

And that, my friend, is why I linked the Snopes page. ;-)

[Hobbes]

And that, my friend, is why I linked the Snopes page. ;-)

Pfff... who can see that puny link after a 20000 words essay *wacko* :-P

[Brainbox]

"He's got fingers in more pies than a leper on a cookery course." Gene Hunt, Life On Mars.

That one really made me laugh.

[El Bucanero]

"There's no point in living... If you can't feel alive"

Elektra King, some guy called Renard and James Bond...

Mr Tiber

[snefroe]

winston churchill was famous for his quotes.

at one point he was having a drink at some reception for whatever political party, in fact he'd been drinking quite a lot already, and the female chairman of another political party said to him "Mister Churchill, you're drunk!"

he replied: "Yes, and you're ugly, but, tomorrow i'll be sober again!"

brilliant :-P if that doesn't shut you up... :-D