The Arthur C. Clarke Quote

[Jesus Egg that Wept]

You know, the one that sometimes flashes up after posting.

I think "posible" is spelled wrong there.

[Builder]

test

[Builder]

it's Mark Twain...

is it appears after posting or editing?

edit: test
edit2 : nope, it's stefu's canteloupe.

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[Locutus]

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it's Mark Twain...

is it appears after posting or editing?

edit: test
edit2 : nope, it's stefu's canteloupe.

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I think it appears after 'reply with quote'.

Edit: well, it's Mark Twain allright, but the word possible doesn't occur there:
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</font>"It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt"
-Mark Twain
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[Builder]

maybe it's when you post a new topic?

[Locutus]

Yes, I had the same thought and tested it, the Clark quote appears after posting a new topic and there is indeed a typo there:
<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
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</font>"If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is posible he is almost certainly right, but if he says that it is impossible he is very probably wrong."
-Arthur C. Clarke
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[Jesus Egg that Wept]

Thank god for that, I was beginning to doubt myself.

WOuld have had to change my name to Thomas.

[Gary]

I'd just like to express my agreement with the quote (in its correctly spelt form of course).

Naturally it overrides Occam's Razor (for anyone who disagrees with my beliefs)

[Fiera]

OK, now that Paul has found out where the original 'New Quotes' thread was, I must say that I feel I am a bit responsible for the typo, as far as I typed it incorrectly when I suggested the quote.

Note: but that's nothing compared to the pride I feel because the quote was indeed implepented by MarkG and DanQ...

And, yes, Gary, I find the sentence absolutely true.

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Rather be first in a village than second at Rome

[Urban Ranger]

I like another Arthur C. Clarke quote better:<blockquote>Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.</blockquote>
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[Lews Therìn]

I prefer its corollary:

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</font>Any technology that is distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
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Thus spake the Dragon

[Thue]

<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src="/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font>"It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt"
-Mark Twain
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I really, really like that quote, especially in the context it is used here

[Murgatroyd]

UR: So you prefer Clarke's Third Law to his First. Does anyone remember the Second?

[Comrade Dan]

for a moment here I thought that JEtW would be complaining about it...my mistake.

[Mao]

Stefu got a quote??? I gotta see this...where's mine???
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