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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 11:55 pm
by Check-Mate
dictionary.com wrote:cen·tre
Chiefly British
Variant of center.
dictionary.com wrote:cen·ter

A point or place that is equally distant from the sides or outer boundaries of something; the middle: the center of a stage.
A point equidistant from the vertices of a regular polygon.
A point equidistant from all points on the circumference of a circle or on the surface of a sphere.
A point around which something rotates or revolves: The sun is the center of our solar system.
A part of an object that is surrounded by the rest; a core: chocolates with soft centers.
A place where a particular activity or service is concentrated: a medical center.
A point of origin, as of influence, ideas, or actions: a center of power; a center of unrest.
An area of dense population: a metropolitan center.
A person or thing that is the chief object of attention, interest, activity, or emotion.
A person, object, or group occupying a middle position.
often Center A political group or a set of policies representing a moderate view between those of the right and the left.
Physiology. A group of neurons in the central nervous system that control a particular function: the vasomotor center.
Sports. A player who holds a middle position on the field, court, or forward line in some team sports, such as football and basketball.
Baseball. Center field.
A small conical hole made in a piece of work with a center punch so that a drill can be accurately positioned within it.
A bar with a conical point used to support work, as during turning on a lathe.
Architecture. A centering.
Just thought I'd share that.

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:02 am
by julie124
I feel confused :huh:

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:06 am
by Swiftman
Checkmate, you forgot to Wiki center too.


Wikipedia.org wrote:Center (American English) or centre (Commonwealth English) has a number of meanings.

1. In geometry, a point that is well-distant from the boundaries of a figure. For instance, for a circle, the center is defined as the point equidistant from all points on the circle's boundary. Similar definitions can be made for other shapes in various geometries, though for arbitrary complex shapes there may be several definitions considered appropriate in some circumstances.

See also: Point groups in three dimensions#Center of symmetry

1. The standard name given to a position on the field in several sports, such as American football, basketball, netball, amongst others.

Further information: center (American football), and Center (basketball), and Rugby union positions, and center (ice hockey), and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]

1. The centre of power in a country is the capital.
2. Major social or political movements often have one or more centers or headquarters around which they are focussed and from where they are directed.
3. Centre is a low-lying region of France in the centre of the country.
4. Cities often are said to have a center.
5. In abstract algebra, the centre of a group is the subgroup consisting of those elements which commute with all other elements. Similar definitions of center apply to other algebraic structures, for example, center (algebra).
6. In politics, the Centrism is the middle ground between the left wing and the right wing. (See also Center Party.)
7. In music, in tonal music the central or most important pitch is the tonic, while in atonal music a pitch which acts referentially or the centre of an interval cycle is a pitch centre.
8. Is a liberal arts college in Danville, KY, US.
9. There are several towns named Center in the United States:
* Center, Colorado
* Center, Missouri
* Center, Nebraska
* Center, North Dakota
* Center, Outagamie County, Wisconsin
* Center, Rock County, Wisconsin
* Center, Texas

There are also places named Centerville and Central.

10. In India, the Center refers to federal (all-India) politics at New Delhi.
11. In chess, the center refers to either the central four squares (d4,e4,d5,e5) or the central 16 squares (c3-c6,d3-d6,e3-e6,f3-f6), which are strategically important in all phases of the game. Pieces in the center generally possess more activity and have a greater impact on the game than those that do not.
12. Center is also the name a famous Russian-speaking band
13. Center refers to centers as used in machining operations.
14. A center can also mean a department within a hospital or other public service building. For instance: The physiotherapy center, the outpatients' center.
15. A center can also be a building or group of buildings dedicated to a particular purpose, such as: The shopping center, the dance center, the arts center, the community center, the information center, the garden center.
16. In the Fourth Way philosophy of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky a centre is a human biological, psychological and spiritual nexus of energy process, equivilent to the concept of a Chakra.
17. To center content on Wikipedia, use the code <center> and </center>

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:37 am
by The_Sinister_Mastermind
julie124 wrote:I feel confused :huh:
You and me both.

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:06 pm
by Swiftman
All the cool kids were defining center..........

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:45 pm
by Check-Mate
Actually, I was making a point.
Whether it was for or against TSM, that's for you to figure out, because it can go both ways.

Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:50 pm
by The_Sinister_Mastermind
Well let's just say it went then other way then. :laugh:

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:45 pm
by Swiftman
Check-Mate wrote:it can go both ways.
Out of context quote fro t3h win.

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:40 pm
by Check-Mate
Swiftman wrote:
Check-Mate wrote:it can go both ways.
Out of context quote fro t3h win.
TSM wrote:Well let's just say it went then other way then
You've both just lost me.

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:43 pm
by The_Sinister_Mastermind
Excellent, now we can all move on and get back to posting random internet findings such as this...

BTW, above link is NSFW, nothing wrong with the clip, though the ads on the site are... questionable. Just ignore them and watch the clip.

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 1:49 pm
by Swiftman
:cuccoan:

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:40 pm
by The_Sinister_Mastermind
Swift I know this is a spam thread but even that's pushing it.

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:26 pm
by Swiftman
You don't know me very well then.

That wasn't spam compared to what I'm used to/have done before. I'LL SHOW YOU A REAL SPAM POST!

In the next one. After you.

Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:49 pm
by The_Sinister_Mastermind
Please don't.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:23 am
by CPT Worm
This isn't a spam thread. This is a topic devoted to random internet findings.

Let's keep it on topic, Swifty.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:15 am
by Swiftman
s'sorry......

RIGHT

Random internet findings!

Image

NES shaped PS2 controller.

I WANT IT

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:04 am
by The_Sinister_Mastermind
Mr. Worm wrote:This isn't a spam thread. This is a topic devoted to random internet findings.

Let's keep it on topic, Swifty.
Umm well basically this is a spam thread, random findings says nothing but spam to me, granted we’re trying to keep this within a specified criteria but this is still a spam thread none the less.

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:19 am
by julie124
*spam*

Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:13 pm
by The_Sinister_Mastermind
OK seriously now, yes it's a spam thread, but let's stick to the criteria.

Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:12 am
by Swiftman
Criteria being random internet findings?

Image

Awesome.