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    Quote Originally Posted by Ashira View Post
    I think you're falling right into the trap of the quote, mistaking the knowledge as intelligence, and/or being vital. An intelligent person seeks out knowledge, and so yes, has knowledge. Idiots have some knowledge too, but it doesn't make them intelligent. I dunno, I liked the quote.
    Totally derailing this, but it may be a trap, I just think it's fallacious in it's literal sense. I like to think of myself as a reasonably intelligent person, testing scores would reflect well above average, however I don't consider myself extremely knowledgeable. I have a colleague (friend, co-worker) who is extremely knowledgeable and doesn't even have a high school diploma. Intelligence in it's purest form is completely overrated. We regularly visit local company leaders of fortune 500 companies (GE, Bristol Myers, etc) and the guy is absolute money in front of them. He knows business, he knows people, I don't think he'd break 95 on an IQ test. I'd give anything for half the knowledge he possesses. On the flip side, we have an accountant with a masters in accounting and another degree in engineering. One of the most brilliant ladies I've ever met. Pure knowledge though...no. Nada. Nothing. You can make the argument that intelligent people seek out knowledge, but in the real world, I just don't always find that to be the case. I can almost see intelligence as handicapping knowledge. I'll get laughed out of a company if I bid a contract by saying "I scored a 170 on the LSAT, and have an IQ of 138". That's why we send the other guy. Maybe I'm just basing it on the scope of success in the business world, but I just can't imagine that people like people like Bloomberg or Branson or Larry Page are that much more intelligent than you and I, I do believe, however, that they are extremely knowledgeable. Maybe it's just a definition conflict on the word "intelligent". Maybe I'm just looking too literal in a measurable sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_OG_Nelta View Post
    These are the icons i'm looking for mainly the Firefox one.
    Oh jeeze, sorry. Thought you had meant the icons in most of the icon bars on some of the screen caps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_OG_Nelta View Post
    These are the icons i'm looking for mainly the Firefox one.
    should be in this pack:
    GANT 3 by =mattahan on deviantART

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    I think the knowledge in this case should be interpreted as a posteriori knowledge, so to say intelligence gives rise to it is acceptable I guess, considering from one's understandings (intelligence) you can create knowledge. But I think it's foolish to say one gives rise to the other in any case, especially considering the definitions for both words overlap so often in our modern interpretations, and there isn't really a clear cut difference between the two.

    For example, I'd analogize the cup to the knowledge, in the context of wisdom, and the intelligence to the cow as in literal understandings of subjects. One can most definitely have a vast amount of wisdom without being able to intelligently express certain ideas or think on them on an intelligent level. Which would mean, given the quote's analogy, you can have a cup of milk without a cow, which is just wrong, unless we want to bring other mammals into the equation.

    edit more: Now that I think about it, it's much more likely the quote is just some person in academia performing mental masturbation, enjoying the belief that their intelligence gives rise to knowledge and such a path is the only way to knowledge.

    Desktop so I don't continue derail too hard.

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    always switch between these two, love'em

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    Hey Venga, what skin did you use to get your taskbar like that? Looks nice.

    Mine:
    http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30...xp-desktop.jpg

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    http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30...ac-desktop.jpg

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    Since people are sharing things in this thread, I think I'll share the artist whose work has decorated my PC more than once:

    Art of Inga Nielsen

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    Can't tell what those thumbnails are but I bet they're bad! :O

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    Bots, cheats, etc.

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    Someone make me an awesome background of an awesome scene from Requiem for a Dream. Please.

    They're all awesome, so pick one. Well, except the gameshow. Maybe Harry shooting up or scratching the record while he's high.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Weltall View Post
    Link me to the source por favor D:
    .: Olivia Wilde - 1920x1200 wallpaper (high resolution picture) :.

    there ya go

    wiked site actually, got loads of high res quality shots.

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    Overdue, Overdue, Overdue, Overdue....ugh
    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...Picture3-3.jpg


    Same thing, different background image.
    http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...Picture1-2.jpg

    Wallpapers from InterfaceLIFT awesomesauceness.

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    It was

    http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1.../desktop-1.jpg

    But the tread inspired me to change it, I've had that one for nearly 2 weeks now, so now it's

    http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1...wdesktop-1.jpg

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    I shrunk it by 75%, so it's not the actual size of my desktops.

    This is my work PC.

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