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Who was the greatest artist in your opinion?

0 comments What a question! Are we referring to past artisans of paint, sculpture, music, literature, film, television or other media? There are so many choices!

For now though, this faqer will assume it is of the first kind; those that drew or painted. This requires much to ponder, nay, muse on one's perspective.

A difficult landscape to cover, we do not wish to portray too abstract a view, nor come across as too impressionable. The answer should not be distasteful to the palette, over oily in obsequiousness and definitely not muddy the water (colours).

One could easel(y) chalk up such greats as Botticelli, Dali, Monet, Picasso, Raphael, Renoir, Rembrandt or Van Gogh but no, they must be brushed aside!

For the greatest artist in this faqers opinion was the most versatile, inventive, inspirational and most recognised among his contemporaries.

Although known more for his drawings than paintings, he had a colossal curiosity, an insatiable quest for knowledge and gave us immortal works including; The Study of Hands, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.

So without further sketchiness, we declare the greatest artist to be none other than Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). A man ahead of his time.

After all that, I think this faqer could have just posted his portrait. Well, they say a picture paints a thousand words...

p.s. This faqer also has an interest in drawing/painting. You can see his attempts in the facebook graffiti app at Andy's Facebook Graffiti wall. Hope you like them and give it a go too! :)

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New Kit too Hot to Play Burnt CDs

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I've burned cds on a CD-R 700 mb before and they've played on all of my equipment, new one won't can you answer why?

This perplexing problem sounds a little familiar to one of our previous faqs. We suggest you read this and its comments

We hope the fire, unpleasant smells go away soon and you can hear sweet music once again.

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Is wallpaper fashionable or is paint better these days?

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As we've not been primed with any more clues than in the title, we've pasted a few angles here to see if we can offer a (brush) stroke of inspiration.

If you're decorating your PC/laptop's desktop background, why not use the 'Paint' application to design a new 'wallpaper' - best of both worlds.

If you want to pimp your ride, then sprayed iridescent paint offers a sleeker finish than wallpaper. Add vinyl logos to complete the Fast & Furious look. Of course if your wheels are slower and you happen to be a highways technician, opt for paint for your road markings; we're unconvinced by double-yellow-wallpapered-lines, they have their obvious flaws.

Or perhaps you're thinking fashion/ body art - we wouldn't advise you wallpaper your toenails or try chocolate body wallpaper; you just end up tasting funny. Hmm... no change there then...

Creating that artistic masterpiece? Again, paint is preferable unless of course you're entering for the Turner Prize.

However, we suspect you're talking about decorating the insides of your home in which case these days either goes. In fact a combination of paint and a wallpapered 'feature wall' is a popular choice (note: wall NOT ceiling). Bright and bold prints, none of that old wood chip! If you want to be bang on the trend, consider a feature wall with a mural. You can even have one of your own photographs converted into wallpaper.

Not ones to gloss over external decorating, although we'd love to see the outside of your home wallpapered, that strikes us as being rather (g)loopy. You're better off watching paint dry.

There, that's enough for anyone's palette, we hope we've helped you to make your decision. Now don't get over emulsional we're off to wallpaper the town red...

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If you were to write in the dust on the moon, how big would the letters have to be so you could see them from earth without a telescope?

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Did you know that contrary to popular belief, the Great Wall of China is not viewable from outer space? The viewer would need visual acuity 17 times better than normal (20/20) to see the Wall from the Moon, and vision 8 times better than normal to see it from low earth orbit.

From their vantage point on the Moon, Apollo astronauts could not make out any man made features on Earth. They could make out oceans and land masses but not much more.

So subject to moon phases, this FAQer thinks that for writing on the moon to be visible from Earth, each letter would have to be at least half as big as the Mare Crisium which measures 345 miles in diameter therefore each letter would need to be at least 175 miles high.

Just ensure you write on the correct side...

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Which cracker of a Christmas cracker joke cracks you up most?

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What did the inflatable teacher at the inflatable school say to the inflatable child caught holding a pin?

You let me down, you let your friends down, you let your school down but most of all... you let yourself down.