----------------------------------- A.J Tue May 06, 2008 9:02 pm The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- I'm trying to rival Tallguy's thread....just kidding :lol: I was just curious how people got their quotes, and what they actually mean (cause some of them are just WHACK). Here's the meaning of my quote: The word 'complexities' has more than one meaning: 1). The compsci one (the number of steps that it takes to solve an instance of the problem as a function of the size of the input) 2). And the english one (complex issues...I think...) Mine is supposed to be a joke (hahahahaha..........I have no friends :pde:) Anyways, tell me what yours mean too :D ----------------------------------- cavetroll Tue May 06, 2008 9:20 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Although mine seems pretty self-explanatory, I feel the need to explain it anyway. It illustrates some of my beliefs even though I'm not quite that extremist. It is a quote from The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman. Part of (in my opinion) the best book series ever written, His Dark Materials. It is sort of out of context but the meaning still applies. I urge everyone to read these books but not to watch the movie (it is terrible). ----------------------------------- Tony Tue May 06, 2008 9:28 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- I have a blog. ----------------------------------- Nick Tue May 06, 2008 9:41 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- zoom in and find out ;) ----------------------------------- jinjin Tue May 06, 2008 9:42 pm Re: RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- I have a blog. ... which is better than Dan's blog for sure lol :P I don't have a quote but if I was to choose one, I'd probably pick, "Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is," (Albert Camus). I see this quote as incredibly true, speaking lengths about the nature of humans and society in a few choice words. I believe that the quote means that, unlike animals, humans constantly try changing and innovating to become progressive. This "progression" constantly redefines what we are and what our purpose is in the world. ----------------------------------- Zampano Tue May 06, 2008 9:46 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- "I shall return." My signature has two meanings, the first betraying a basic appreciation of both Douglas McArthur and military history (on that note, "May God have mercy on my enemies, for I won't.") The second references my sworn duty to always give return values to my main () functions under Rule #26 of Compsci.ca's List of Programming Rules You Must Always Follow, Though You Know not Why return 0; main (), I salute thee. What choice is given to main () whether or not to run. Like the soldiers in The Charge of the Light Brigade, main () receives the order and: His not to make reply/ His not to question why/ His but to do and die/ Into the Valley of Death, ride the main () return 195; Or maybe I just made that up on the spot. ----------------------------------- btiffin Tue May 06, 2008 11:35 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Umm, I'm old but I like cartoons? ----------------------------------- md Wed May 07, 2008 7:42 am RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Because it's hilarious! ----------------------------------- nastynika Wed May 07, 2008 8:10 am Re: The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Mine means that the easiest way to control someone or get rid of them is to take away their freedoms ----------------------------------- Aziz Wed May 07, 2008 8:22 am RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- I have a website... My old quote used to be "I couldn't help myself - I rewrote your Map class", spoken by none other than wtd. I think everyone understands the significance of it. ----------------------------------- jernst Wed May 07, 2008 11:21 am Re: The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Mine means that the easiest way to control someone or get rid of them is to take away their freedoms Communist! ----------------------------------- md Wed May 07, 2008 4:52 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Mine means that the easiest way to control someone or get rid of them is to take away their freedoms Communist!Umm... what? At worst it's a guide for becoming a fascist leader (though not a very good one). The more obvious interpretation is a warning against letting your freedoms (a la US of A of late). There's nothing at all relating to communism in there... clearly your nuts. ----------------------------------- apomb Wed May 07, 2008 11:38 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- its meant to be figured out... but its not hard. ----------------------------------- syntax_error Thu May 08, 2008 1:29 am RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- stating the meaning, defeats the purpose no? | | | | \/ ----------------------------------- Aziz Thu May 08, 2008 8:50 am RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- apomb MAXIMIZE (Do they say that in that series, or is it just the beastly spinoff?) ----------------------------------- apomb Thu May 08, 2008 9:25 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- lol Aziz, i believe what you're looking for is "Roll Out" ;) but yes, that line was from beasties. ----------------------------------- CodeMonkey2000 Thu May 08, 2008 10:06 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- I forgot where I got my quote, but I didn't make it up :( . Try to guess what it means though. ----------------------------------- Aziz Fri May 09, 2008 11:04 am RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Optimis'-L then ----------------------------------- A.J Sun May 11, 2008 8:39 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- I was thinking of changing my quote (and my next year's DWITE team's name) to a recursive acronym....any suggestions? ----------------------------------- cavetroll Sun May 11, 2008 9:15 pm Re: RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- I forgot where I got my quote, but I didn't make it up :( . Try to guess what it means though. Your quote is pretty similar to #9 of this list 9. Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years! Little bit of quick google work yielded those results. ----------------------------------- Dan Sun May 11, 2008 11:11 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Mine is to mess with the google keywords as my old ones used to effect the ads on the site. ----------------------------------- petree08 Tue May 13, 2008 1:38 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- mine is for freaking out noobs, i actually don't know where you live... or do I? lol and i thought i'd talk about my avatar. I seen different variations of this spaz all over unclyclopedia and thought i'd give him a home on compsci. I may evict him for a nice little logo i made, (once ive finished animating it) ----------------------------------- Aziz Tue May 13, 2008 1:49 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Animated avatars/sigs are really annoying. Only use them if they're extremely badass. ----------------------------------- petree08 Tue May 13, 2008 1:52 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- meh, they can get annoying, i'm knida bored with mine, i don't exactily think the linex penguin in star wars is bad ass but i still like ----------------------------------- Aziz Tue May 13, 2008 3:19 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Not badass? Watchya mouth! I'm going to change it anyways. I installed Paint.NET on my work computer and have been working on stuff and invloved in the comunity a bit there. ----------------------------------- Insectoid Tue May 13, 2008 5:54 pm RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- I ripped mine of someone else on a different site, because I figured nobody would nail me for it (I have trouble thinking up these things, that's why all my games are remakes) ----------------------------------- btiffin Tue May 13, 2008 9:17 pm Re: The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- I was thinking of changing my quote (and my next year's DWITE team's name) to a recursive acronym....any suggestions?Dior Droid. Tuna nut. Was it a rat I saw? Sue, dice, do, to decide us. Solo gigolos. See, slave, I demonstrate yet arts no medieval sees. Pull up if I pull up. Pa's a sap. Oh who was it I saw, oh who? No, it is opposition. No word, no bond, row on. No lemons, no melon. Must sell at tallest sum. Mad? Am I, madam? Here so long? No loser, eh? Not RAs persay, palindromes - to trigger ideas. Cheers ----------------------------------- isaiahk9 Mon May 19, 2008 10:24 am RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- If I made 200 slides of a fight in paint, how could I make those slides my avatar? ----------------------------------- A.J Mon May 19, 2008 10:40 am Re: The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- I was thinking of changing my quote (and my next year's DWITE team's name) to a recursive acronym....any suggestions?Dior Droid. Tuna nut. Was it a rat I saw? Sue, dice, do, to decide us. Solo gigolos. See, slave, I demonstrate yet arts no medieval sees. Pull up if I pull up. Pa's a sap. Oh who was it I saw, oh who? No, it is opposition. No word, no bond, row on. No lemons, no melon. Must sell at tallest sum. Mad? Am I, madam? Here so long? No loser, eh? Not RAs persay, palindromes - to trigger ideas. Cheers those are all palindromes. thanks for those anyways!!!!!!!!!!! but i was looking for a recursive acronym (like GNU) look it up :wink: ----------------------------------- Mackie Mon May 19, 2008 11:00 am RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Wine is Not an Emulator ----------------------------------- Aziz Tue May 20, 2008 7:45 am RE:The Meaning Behind Your Quote ----------------------------------- Learn to use google :P First result for "recursive acronym" was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym PHP is "PHP Hypertext Preprocessor", though it was originally actually "Personal Home Page Hypertext Preprocessor" so :P (and I did know this before that article ;))