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re: Think of it like geo-caching

Raoul — 10/23/2004 9:06:35 AM (archived)

Any quote can be found with google!

I even once wanted to find the original quote from Descartes , written by geologist Farouk El Baz before Apollo 16 "There is nothing so hidden it cannot be found or so far remote it cannot be discovered. First , in english, it gave The Discourse on method part 2, so I guessed, it should be Le Discours de la mÃ©thode deuxiÃ¨me partie. The trick was Farouk's sentence was an extremely abbreviated sentence from Descartes' writing AND Descartes wrote in old french, hard to guess what it would have been, but google helped!
Vive Google!

Raoul

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New game - Name the source - Art Martin - 10/22/2004 11:00:27 PM
- Staying in the religious tone... - Art Martin - 10/26/2004 10:32:18 PM
- Who's next? - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 1:10:45 PM
  - Try this one - but guess first without Googling - LJ - 10/25/2004 7:32:50 PM
    - The answer - LJ - 10/26/2004 4:50:04 PM
    - Yoko Ono? - Fox - 10/26/2004 1:43:51 AM
      - No, wait........... - Lindy - 10/26/2004 2:49:45 AM
    - Um... Theodore Roosevelt? (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 9:50:17 PM
      - re: Um... Theodore Roosevelt? - LJ - 10/25/2004 11:09:01 PM
        
        Unfair? No. It's actually more fun to try and guess. - Mary Anne - 10/26/2004 12:14:23 AM
        
        Hint: it was a woman (n/t) - LJ - 10/26/2004 12:46:01 AM
        
        re: Hint: first woman elected as a representative to the government in her country (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 2:48:41 AM
        
        Correct hint! (n/t) - LJ - 10/26/2004 4:54:31 AM
        
        Yeah, but I cheated, of course. This is like an open book test. - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2004 5:19:47 AM
        
        Fact-finding contest - hmmm, interesting idea - LJ - 10/26/2004 4:52:18 PM
- Three from one source - jms - 10/25/2004 1:21:13 AM
  - "The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun." - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 3:32:32 AM
    - Well done - jms - 10/25/2004 4:57:58 AM
    - You take a big step in enlightenment when you realize that the first move in politics is picking up a gun. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 4:04:32 AM
      - "To each of us, Universe must be all that isn't me, plus me" - jms - 10/25/2004 4:44:37 AM
        
        Dymaxion car - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 5:25:30 AM
        
        just marvellous - Daniel - 10/25/2004 11:31:43 AM
- May I place the next entry? - Mary Anne - 10/24/2004 3:48:49 PM
  - re: May I place the next entry? - Art Martin - 10/24/2004 5:18:50 PM
    - re: May I place the next entry? - Mary Anne - 10/25/2004 3:43:13 AM
- re: New game - Name the source - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2004 12:21:55 AM
  - Point was - Tag, you're it. - Art Martin - 10/23/2004 10:14:28 PM
    - Hint: If Tom posts the next round, look at the collected works of Ayn Rand and Robert A. Heinlein first - Fox - 10/24/2004 3:14:39 AM
      - You know me too well! ;) - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 4:39:39 AM
    - Okay, here's three quick ones. No real stumpers. - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 3:12:47 AM
      - My guesses - Fox - 10/24/2004 3:20:21 AM
        
        Missed number 3. I'm a bit surprised. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 4:41:02 AM
        
        So much for sarcasm... *grin* - Fox - 10/24/2004 1:33:16 PM
        
        John Kerry - Mary Anne - 10/24/2004 2:28:27 PM
        
        Bingo. - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 9:37:08 PM
  - The point is, it's a game. - Mary Anne - 10/23/2004 2:21:09 AM
    - Not really fair... - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2004 3:32:01 AM
      - Got it! - McFly - 10/23/2004 1:52:05 PM
      - Think of it like geo-caching - Fox - 10/23/2004 3:43:10 AM
        
        re: Think of it like geo-caching - Raoul - 10/23/2004 9:06:35 AM
        
        Google...the dark side - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2004 4:26:51 AM

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