IgnoranceI once was in a programming class where the task was "build a calculator". A student did one with buttons 1, 2, 3 all the way up to about 25 and then ran out of space on the screen. We've asked this before but liked it so much we're asking again: What's the best example of ignorance you've encountered?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 30 Aug 2012, 12:30)
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So I did, and nothing ever happened...I used to devour comics and magazines when I was a kid. Now and again, I'd see the words, in bold capitals, 'STOP PRESS' - so like any other small child with a blissful ignorance of printing terminology, I did. Well, at least the first couple of times until I realised that all that happened was I ended up with smears of newsprint on my fingers.
Who were they kidding anyway? What on earth could have caused the editor of the Beano or Look & Learn to run into the print room, waving his arms manically and telling them to halt the presses?
Fuck off, I'm not that stupid. Er... except obviously, I was ;o)
(, Thu 30 Aug 2012, 21:46, 1 reply)
*raises hand*I once had a book, a children's atlas or something, printed by a company called Treasure Press. Their logo actually looked like a button and everything. I tried pushing it a couple of times, expecting a chest brimming with gold and jewels to somehow appear. It didn't :(
Ooh, and talking of the Beano, I remember seeing an advert in it once for another comic. At the end of the advert it said "Watch this space". I was baffled as to how that space would change to show any other information at a later date.
(, Thu 30 Aug 2012, 22:14, closed)
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