Years Of Refuse
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I thought reelaround sounded familiar
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everyone understands "lulz." it's short and to the point. but THIS mess?? i mean, slowly read what you just wrote here..i mean...suppositional and conclusional AREN'T EVEN WORDS! I guess you don't use a thesaurus afterall. you just make words up.
That's what I do
Well let's face it, it's better than 'hawt' or like bleh, or meh or whatever
I hawted
nugz
SUPAHSTAR!
I hawted
haha, are you retarded? why did you alter my post?
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Reelaround
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You have obviously decided that I am retarded. Duh!
nugz
SUPAHSTAR!
Years Of Refuse
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Ok
Yes Nugz , i finally found the answer to your earlier inquiry , " I'm a lazy typist and i recall hearing that a picture is worth a thousand words but a lot less keystrokes
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Reelaround
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No it's not, wherever did you get that strange idea from?
Years Of Refuse
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A picture is worth a thousand words is a proverb that refers to the idea that complex stories can be described with just a single still image, or that an image may be more influential than a substantial amount of text. It also aptly characterizes the goals of visualization where large amounts of data must be absorbed quickly.
It is believed that the modern use of the phrase stems from an article by Fred R. Barnard in the advertising trade journal Printers' Ink, promoting the use of images in advertisements that appeared on the sides of streetcars.[1] The December 8, 1921 issue carries an ad entitled, "One Look is Worth A Thousand Words."
Another ad by Barnard appears in the March 10, 1927 issue with the phrase "One Picture is Worth Ten Thousand Words," where it is labelled a Chinese proverb (畫意能達萬言). The Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases quotes Barnard as saying he called it "a Chinese proverb, so that people would take it seriously." Soon after, the proverb would become popularly attributed to Confucius.
Despite this modern origin of the popular phrase, the sentiment has been expressed by earlier writers. For example the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev wrote (in Fathers and Sons in 1862), "A picture shows me at a glance what it takes dozens of pages of a book to expound."
The quote is sometimes attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who said "Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours," or "A good sketch is better than a long speech". While this is sometimes translated today as "A picture is worth a thousand words," this translation may not predate the phrase's common use in English.
Daniel Fiorito extended the phrase to a greater meaning while stating, "If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is a picture of a thousand words?". Later Johanson Fanfluger answered his question by multiplying one thousand by one thousand, making the hypothetical picture worth one million words.
The phrase has also been spoofed by John McCarthy, the famous computer scientist, to make the opposite point: "As the Chinese say, 1001 words is worth more than a picture
It is believed that the modern use of the phrase stems from an article by Fred R. Barnard in the advertising trade journal Printers' Ink, promoting the use of images in advertisements that appeared on the sides of streetcars.[1] The December 8, 1921 issue carries an ad entitled, "One Look is Worth A Thousand Words."
Another ad by Barnard appears in the March 10, 1927 issue with the phrase "One Picture is Worth Ten Thousand Words," where it is labelled a Chinese proverb (畫意能達萬言). The Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases quotes Barnard as saying he called it "a Chinese proverb, so that people would take it seriously." Soon after, the proverb would become popularly attributed to Confucius.
Despite this modern origin of the popular phrase, the sentiment has been expressed by earlier writers. For example the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev wrote (in Fathers and Sons in 1862), "A picture shows me at a glance what it takes dozens of pages of a book to expound."
The quote is sometimes attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who said "Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours," or "A good sketch is better than a long speech". While this is sometimes translated today as "A picture is worth a thousand words," this translation may not predate the phrase's common use in English.
Daniel Fiorito extended the phrase to a greater meaning while stating, "If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words is a picture of a thousand words?". Later Johanson Fanfluger answered his question by multiplying one thousand by one thousand, making the hypothetical picture worth one million words.
The phrase has also been spoofed by John McCarthy, the famous computer scientist, to make the opposite point: "As the Chinese say, 1001 words is worth more than a picture
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Well don't ask me, I'm apparently just a retard
Buzzetta
WOOOOOOOO!!!!!
You need to wake the hell up ya know? Remember when you believed I was terrorizing you? You spent an entire evening ranting and raving at me.
nickname eazy-e
yo eightball junkie
"you spent the whole evening
ranting and raving"
sounds like an old 40's song.
The first two lines sound more like Chuck D.
Like You need to wake the hell up. ya know? (yeah boyee!)
Remember when you thought I a was terrorizing you
could be the start of a Public Enemy song
nickname eazy-e
yo eightball junkie
Corrissey
lovable loser
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I feel really stupid... but what are visitor messages??
Since April this year vBulletin software has been upgraded and like myspace, members can post visitor messages on each other's public profile.
Jose
No way...
Ah, I see.
So something like a PM, but only different.
Kewpie and Years of Refuse, thanks for your message.
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virtually dead
Simply Thrilled, Honey
Ever since Visitor Messages were introduced, I assume that any PM is something serious, like recieving another infraction or something.
PregnantForTheLastTime
Hideous trait.
I like the visitors messaging here now, i find it quick to do etc. the approval wotsit is annoying and if it was Nrith fault it's even more annoying
It's not NRitH's fault, it's the fault of the asshole who decided to overreact instead of simply deleting the messages and putting him on ignore.
Corrissey
lovable loser
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