Re: Test

[David Charlap <David.Charlap@marconi.com>]

neil.2.harrison@bt.com wrote:
> > > > None of us is as smart as all of us
> > > I must be part of "none of us", as this escapes me entirely.
> > I didn't quite get you, how does "none of us" escapes you 
> > completely, I
> > thought it is "us" that includes all of us including both of us....:)
> To be literally pedantic here......the statement says that if no-one is
> present the intelligence level is the same as when everyone is present.  It
> reminds me of a slogan that was once used to advertise a well-known brand of
> painkiller, which said:
> "Nothing works faster than XXXX"....which was OK for many years until
> someone pointed out that if you take 'nothing' then this will give faster
> pain relief than XXXX......the slogan was then quickly removed from use.
Reminds me of a bit from Through The Looking Glass.

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/metastuff/looking/ch7.html.gz

	'... And I haven't sent the two Messengers, either. They're
	both gone to the town. Just look along the road, and tell me
	if you can see either of them.'

	`I see nobody on the road,' said Alice.

	`I only wish _I_ had such eyes,' the King remarked in a
	fretful tone. `To be able to see Nobody! And at that
	distance, too! Why, it's as much as _I_ can do to see real
	people, by this light!'

( quote courtesy of Project Guttenberg
	http://www.cs.indiana.edu/metastuff/looking/copyleft.html )

-- David