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From: Peter on 10 Aug 2010 09:57 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:2010080902311316807-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > > A valuable lesson learned with my own material. > > Hoisted on my own petard so to speak. ;-) > According to my understanding it means you smelled your own farts. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/petard -- Peter
From: Peter on 10 Aug 2010 10:04 "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote in message news:i3ppsj$3ln$1(a)ruby.cit.cornell.edu... > > Ah, but the brain *doesn't* correct it to rectilinear perspective! > THAT'S what's so much fun to show people (that the way they > think they see isn't the way they really do see...;-). IIRC There have been some experiments where people were fitted with prism glasses to make everything appear upside down. The glasses were left on for some period of time. After a while the upside down illusion corrected itself and when the glasses were removed, everything appeared upside down again. I am going from memory and too lazy to find the paper. <good stuff snipped> -- Peter
From: Ryan McGinnis on 10 Aug 2010 10:24 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/10/2010 8:19 AM, Neil Harrington wrote: > Are you really telling me that you can look at a photo of, say, an interior, > taken with a 20mm (equiv.) lens, and NOT be able to tell BY THE PERSPECTIVE > that it was taken with a wide angle lens? perspective [p??sp?kt?v] n 1. a way of regarding situations, facts, etc., and judging their relative importance 2. the proper or accurate point of view or the ability to see it; objectivity try to get some perspective on your troubles 3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the theory or art of suggesting three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface, in order to recreate the appearance and spatial relationships that objects or a scene in recession present to the eye 4. the appearance of objects, buildings, etc., relative to each other, as determined by their distance from the viewer, or the effects of this distance on their appearance 5. a view over some distance in space or time; vista; prospect 6. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a picture showing perspective [from Medieval Latin perspect?va ars the science of optics, from Latin perspicere to inspect carefully, from per- (intensive) + specere to behold] perspectively adv Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged - -- - -Ryan McGinnis The BIG Storm Picture -- http://bigstormpicture.com Vortex-2 image licensing at http://vortex-2.com Getty: http://www.gettyimages.com/search/search.aspx?artist=Ryan+McGinnis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMYWEVAAoJEIzODkDZ7B1bN6AH/3fn3RmoKmyXciQZ07nzOBle hahPUq/a12iUUr9A0d+WG2x/afW+JiMatTqloilYBqtXjPKU2x/TteTifLoOuBqz mfyb8pwjx8kdKgDrXqJSSTnHhuAtVTZ06N8mLZOJ5i4YtsN60EYtRsOf4f4ecJk9 equfrSPgtRjG4CD552fe11DJTA9GP7lc4hDM7MN+CQ5bBp8ZBCindTd0WbACxqDf zYarNtGD3Ywmmep8XKV1r8/wsUzQzuTnqOgf5vl+RzqShf72xz5NjQ0brVf/BEXl erju7J3rPQ7V0lhK28XtFYvcUEgC6utohnPEVh/TjFdnmAJWer5eD2ruUtmmmd4= =dhj8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
From: Savageduck on 10 Aug 2010 10:30 On 2010-08-10 06:57:23 -0700, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> said: > "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message > news:2010080902311316807-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > >> >> A valuable lesson learned with my own material. >> >> Hoisted on my own petard so to speak. ;-) >> > > According to my understanding it means you smelled your own farts. > > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/petard Um ...er. now is the time to declare Reductio ad absurdum, especially when the actual definition of the figure of speech is contained in your reference. "1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (formerly) a device containing explosives used to breach a wall, doors, etc. hoist with one's own petard being the victim of one's own schemes 3. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a type of explosive firework [from French: firework, from péter to break wind, from Latin pēdere]" -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Peter on 10 Aug 2010 10:53
"Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:2010081007304438165-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2010-08-10 06:57:23 -0700, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> said: > >> "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message >> news:2010080902311316807-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... >> >>> >>> A valuable lesson learned with my own material. >>> >>> Hoisted on my own petard so to speak. ;-) >>> >> >> According to my understanding it means you smelled your own farts. >> >> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/petard > > Um ...er. > now is the time to declare Reductio ad absurdum, especially when the > actual definition of the figure of speech is contained in your reference. > As with most figures of speech. <G> -- Peter |