by neufer » Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:21 am
geckzilla wrote:robgendler wrote:
I only come here when I have an APOD (I'm sure you're glad about that) in order to answer any questions about the image. I would have been happy to answer any specific questions people had about the image but there were none. I did see some very good general questions and some very erudite discussion from Ann and others. I also saw "conehead" videos ... I am not a snob... but I guess I just have a hard time with some of the silly posts.
Very few individuals on this forum are qualified to make criticism about an image short of liking it or disliking it so while the conversation often becomes about a particular object and what is interesting about it, sometimes it also deviates into some rather off topic subjects (sometimes
really off topic...Art!) but Chris
does know a lot about imaging. Beyond and Art are both just goofballs.
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
Second Captain:
There was a fourth man, in a silly habit,
- That gave the affront with them.
First Captain:
So 'tis reported:
- But none of 'em can be found.
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Silly, a. [OE. seely, sely, AS. slig, geslig, happy, good;
akin to OS. sālig, a, good, happy, D. zalig blessed]
1. Happy; fortunate; blessed. - Chaucer.
2. Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. - Chaucer.
3. Weak; helpless; frail. [Obs.]
- The silly buckets on the deck
That had so long remain’d,
I dreamt that they were fill’d with dew
And when I awoke it rain’d.
4. Rustic; plain; simple; humble.
5. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple.
6. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.
Syn. -- Simple; brainless; witless; shallow; foolish; unwise; indiscreet.
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Art Neuendorffer (currently in a witless protection program)
[quote="geckzilla"][quote="robgendler"]
I only come here when I have an APOD (I'm sure you're glad about that) in order to answer any questions about the image. I would have been happy to answer any specific questions people had about the image but there were none. I did see some very good general questions and some very erudite discussion from Ann and others. I also saw "conehead" videos ... I am not a snob... but I guess I just have a hard time with some of the silly posts.[/quote]
Very few individuals on this forum are qualified to make criticism about an image short of liking it or disliking it so while the conversation often becomes about a particular object and what is interesting about it, sometimes it also deviates into some rather off topic subjects (sometimes [i]really[/i] off topic...Art!) but Chris [i]does[/i] know a lot about imaging. Beyond and Art are both just goofballs. :lol:[/quote][float=right][img3="[b][i][color=#0000FF]There was a fourth man, in a silly habit.[/color][/i][/b]"]http://simpsonswiki.net/w/images/thumb/1/15/Capital_City_Goofball.png/200px-Capital_City_Goofball.png[/img3][/float]
[list] Cymbeline Act 5, Scene 3[/list]
Second Captain: [i][color=#0000FF]There was a fourth man, in a silly habit,
[list] That gave the affront with them.[/list][/color][/i]First Captain: [i][color=#0000FF]So 'tis reported:
[list] But none of 'em can be found.[/list][/color][/i]----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[size=150]Silly, a. [OE. seely, sely, AS. slig, geslig, happy, good;
akin to OS. sālig, a, good, happy, D. zalig blessed][/size]
[size=200]1. Happy; fortunate; blessed. - Chaucer.[/size]
[size=150]2. Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. - Chaucer.[/size]
3. Weak; helpless; frail. [Obs.]
[list][i][color=#0000FF]The silly buckets on the deck
That had so long remain’d,
I dreamt that they were fill’d with dew
And when I awoke it rain’d.[/color][/i][/list]
4. Rustic; plain; simple; humble.
[size=80]5. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple.
[/size][size=55]6. Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.
Syn. -- Simple; brainless; witless; shallow; foolish; unwise; indiscreet.[/size]
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Art Neuendorffer (currently in a witless protection program)