wow.. this thread took a while to kick off..but i go for a vacation for a few days and i come to this.. gee whiz!
sticky you are right - 3 degrees.
intersting to see how we are all connected within a few people, although we are 'relative strangers'... sounds like an oximoron but we are all strangers who happen to be related in one way or other. whether in 6 degrees of not.
spindles - i know hazem el masri who plays for the canturbury bulldogs (then again which lebanese person in sydney doesnt) who would know know all the current rugby league players who would know all the current union players..so theres probably 3 or 4 degrees between u and i.
777 - i used to do a bit of boxing when i was younger. i used to train with Hussein HUssein who challeneged for the world title 2-3 years ago who still is vic darchinyans training partner who both met oscar da la hoya personally as well as muhammad ali and mike tyson
jazz - i met linford christie once but he was a total c*cksucker..so im sure we're only a degree or two in the athletics world.
for thosetaht are interested heres an article i read today confiorming the theory on the 6 degrees of seperation..
BBC NEWS | Technology | Study revives six degrees theory
Quote:
A US study of instant messaging suggests the theory that it takes only six steps to link everyone may be right - though seven seems more accurate.
Microsoft researchers studied the addresses of 30bn instant messages sent during a single month in 2006.
Any two people on average are linked by seven or fewer acquaintances, they say
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