Place guessing

Nick22 · **Reply #340 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:03:02 AM

none taken... I take pride in my knowledge, and try to guess the answer off thge top of my head before resorting to hints or goggling. But I don't take myslef so seriously as to not laugh at a good ribbing...

Malte279 · **Reply #341 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:09:12 AM

I would be a liar if I claimed not to be proud of my own knowledge. It is good to know a lot. However, nobody knows all. So it is even better to know how to learn about a particular piece of information.
Or to put it shortly, I think higher of the ability to learn than of knowing everything. I may be mistaken, but I think Einstein shared this opinion and said so.

Nick22 · **Reply #342 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:15:46 AM

Yes, it is better to have the capacity to learn than to think you know everything. With Knowledge comes arrogance, and that impulse to look down on those who don't understand as well or know as much as you do must be kept in check.

Malte279 · **Reply #343 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:19:11 AM

I regret that we are almost the only ones left here and that most of the others probably don't read these posts at all. There could be nothing more pathetic than just celebrating the own knowledge. I hoped to pass on some through this game, alas most people don't seem to be interested in what they don't know anyway

Nick22 · **Reply #344 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:20:49 AM

yes, but we are also going very indepth on the subject as well Malte... that I think has curtailed interest as well...

Malte279 · **Reply #345 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:22:57 AM

No doubt about that.

Malte279 · **Reply #346 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:24:33 AM

Sometimes I think Nick, that it would be lovely to meet you at the MSN messenger or at ICQ. I'm sure we would enjoy chatting about our favorite topics.

Nick22 · **Reply #347 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:25:45 AM

Perhaps if we try to scale back the complexity of the questions perhaps then others would join in...

Malte279 · **Reply #348 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:28:30 AM

To be honest, I do not think we will.

Nick22 · **Reply #349 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:33:26 AM

I don't have Msn, so the only way we can chat is through e-mail

But from reading these threads it is clear we share a keen interest in history and each possess a good deal of knowledge about history. I personally find it interesting to see how we can talk about a similar topic and draw completely different conclusions.

Malte279 · **Reply #350 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:44:23 AM

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I don't have Msn, so the only way we can chat is through e-mail

False! Another way is to install the MSN messenger. You can simply create a hotmail address and use it then. It doesn't cost anything, nor are you flooded with spam or the like. Our email contact came to an end rather soon, remember?

Nick22 · **Reply #351 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:48:02 AM

touche Malte.... I'll ask my folks to install MSn(that if its comptible with Dell)

Malte279 · **Reply #352 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:51:22 AM

If I got you that far, nothing is impossible

Maybe we can get some others back here after all?

Nick22 · **Reply #353 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:53:00 AM

perhaps, you should contact Kenji, she does know a lot about planes...

Malte279 · **Reply #354 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:56:19 AM

Contact him because of "Brain Food"?

Nick22 · **Reply #355 on:** October 10, 2005, 12:25:48 PM

Yes, you should contact her...

Malte279 · **Reply #356 on:** October 12, 2005, 03:55:06 PM

Well, as for that place we were talking about...
Not too many white mountains left in the world. Come on Nick. Not too far from where I life and of considerably high. The name in the language of the country where it is located (not Germany) is "White mountain". I did not expect it to be that hard.

Nick22 · **Reply #357 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:21:30 PM

Edelweiss, in Switzerland? No that's a flower's name.

Malte279 · **Reply #358 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:25:59 PM

Look in France and if you know what white mountain means in French you know that mountian.

Nick22 · **Reply #359 on:** October 12, 2005, 04:42:38 PM

I don't speak French, but my sister does...I'm gonna look it up...