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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
Some of the older Hatrackers may know what I am talking about here.

How many degrees of seperation are there between you and OSC?

(warning: If you don't get it I won't explain it to you)
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
I don't know exactly what you are referring to, but...

OSC used to live in a house that's down the street from me.
 

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Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
I spend some time on a web-site that he has been known to visit.
 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
One, I guess.
 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
Your already starting to get it guys.

Keep going
 

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Posted by Dr Strangelove (Member # 8331) on :
 
Ummm ... one, if you're talking about the whole "6 Degrees of Seperation" theory. If I remember correctly, that's the whole 'knowing someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows Brad Pitt' thing. If that's the case, on here I've had OSC respond to me, so while that may not technically count as 'knowing' him, he has acknowledged my existence. Don't quite know what you're aiming for though.
 

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Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
OSC sent me a package once.

Well, it was his wife. But still.
 

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Posted by genius00345 (Member # 8206) on :
 
I actually met him and took a picture with him.
 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
I am aiming for having some fun Strangelove. So have some fun and enjoy the show.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
One, I guess.

And today I met someone (not a Hatracker) who was also one degree away.

So?
 

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Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
 
I've talked to his wife via e-mail. And he has responded to a number of my posts. What of it?
 

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Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
 
It's kevin bacon not brad pitt.
 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
Well...let's see. I met him and have a picture with him.

My wife's mother knows his college room-mate personally.

The Cards sent us something once.

I have an e-mail in which someone closely related to Mr. Card admitted that every. single. one. of his characters is based on me. (Drat! it's around here somewhere...)

You know...I think I might actually be Orson Scott Card.

Notice you never see us in the same place at the same time (except for that one picture thing, which may have been photoshopped for all I know).


 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a lot more fun.
 

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Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
 
I've met OSC, so 1.

I'm also 2 degrees from Kevin Bacon, as my brother's met him.
 

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Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :
 
I've had a post chat with OSC, so I guess 1?
 

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Posted by Amilia (Member # 8912) on :
 
One of my aunts was in the theater department with him at BYU.
 

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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
I've met both OSC and Kevin Bacon.
 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 
So then OSC would be one degree of separation from Kevin Bacon?
 

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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
 
Yep..


Zero...I met him in Boston.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 

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Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
So then OSC would be one degree of separation from Kevin Bacon?

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No, that's two. Unless Tom met 'em both at the same time.

Or OSC has met Bacon, which is also possible.
 

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Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
 
I played trivial pursuit against him and got to meet his awesome wife and two daughters. (Never did get to meet Geoff, though)

So, I guess that counts as one?

There are so many people on the site who have met him at book signings or his writer's workshop that you're going to get a lot of folks who are one degree, I'd imagine.
 

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Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
 
I don't know how many degrees, but I do know that I am at least 2k miles away from the Carolinas.
 

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Posted by clod (Member # 9084) on :
 
Just shy of 72 And 1/2 degrees (assuming the stars keep their rightful alignment and don't fall out the sky)
 

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Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Probably around 45degrees...
...Fahrenheit / 25degrees Celcius
It's chilly over there in Greensboro.
 

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Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
I've talked to him on email...and I've met a few people who have met him... so I guess one or two degrees.
 

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Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
 

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Originally posted by rivka:

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Originally posted by Tante Shvester:
So then OSC would be one degree of separation from Kevin Bacon?

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No, that's two. Unless Tom met 'em both at the same time.

Or OSC has met Bacon, which is also possible.

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In 1967, American sociologist Stanley Milgram devised a new way to test the theory, which he called "the small-world problem." He randomly selected people in the mid-West to send packages to a stranger located in Massachusetts. The senders knew the recipient's name, occupation, and general location. They were instructed to send the package to a person they knew on a first-name basis who they thought was most likely, out of all their friends, to know the target personally. That person would do the same, and so on, until the package was personally delivered to its target recipient.

Although the participants expected the chain to include at least a hundred intermediaries, it only took (on average) between five and seven intermediaries to get each package delivered.

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Originally posted by KarlEd:
Just a clarification:

If you have met OSC, you are separated by one degree. If you are OSC, you are separated by zero.

Please continue.

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Originally posted by KarlEd:
Just a clarification:

If you have met OSC, you are separated by one degree. If you are OSC, you are separated by zero.

Please continue.

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Originally posted by MandyM:
yeah but Kevin Spacey is the better actor. Kevin Bacon is too cheesey.

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Some people enjoy cheesy.
 

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Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
 
I would guess that if everybody's only separated by 6 degrees, then most Mormons are separated by a lot fewer than that. So I would guess I'm fewer than 6 separations. But I couldn't prove it; I don't know who he knows.

Oh, and I attended a panel discussion where he was a guest panelist, and I met him at the book signing - but that just means I know him, he doesn't know me.
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
The only reason I keep opening this thread is 'cause I'm waiting for one fo the Cards to post. . .
 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
Ohhhh, please don't hope for that. I'm not so sure how they would respond to this.
 

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Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
 
I agree, cheese is great! And when trying to differentiate between Kevins cheese is a good tool.
 

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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
 
One, I've met him. And I was present when Bob Scopatz met him so I can swear they're two different people. Although, come to think of it, Mrs. Card kept distracting me whenever they would talk together. Hmm...
 

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Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
 
Me=Santaquin, UT
OSC=Greensboro, NC

The latitude of Santaquin is 39.975N. The longitude is -111.784W.

The latitude of Greensboro is 36.072N. The longitude is -79.792W.

So I'm 3.903 degrees latitude and 31.992 degrees longitude from him. Give or take...
 

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Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
 
I have three (college) degrees. How many does our dear host have? Unless he has more than nine, I'm within six.


 

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Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
 
What if you've met him, but he doesn't remember it? I've met and talked to OSC many times. Not sure if he remembers me yet.

Who's Kevin Bacon?

I know many people who know Steve Jobs. So 2 degrees for Steve. And I'm sure Steve and Bill Gates are buddy pals, so 3 degrees from Gates (maybe even 2 since a lot of the people I know might know Bill too). Steve Jobs also knows Bono and Al Gore, so 3 for them. Al Gore (& Gates) no doubt knows George Bush. So 4 for the prez...
 

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Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
 
I've got two for an amazing number of famous people -- between Herman B Wells and various people now in the ballet world in Washington DC and New York (many famous people go to ballets and like to meet the performers after).

Also, I had a relative work with Mother Teresa, significantly increasing my reach.
 

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Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
 
Some of my Alberta cousins are named Card. Some of OSC's Alberta cousins are named Card. The members of both groups are likely cousins. How many degrees for a shirt-tail in-law?
 

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Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :
 
Oh! also I played "Green, Green, Grass of Home" in the theater lobby for the world premere of "True Grit" and JOHN WAYNE shook my hand and said "Great Job". Who is that Kevan Bacon guy anyway?
 

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Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
 
I've personally met Cherie Blair and John Howard.

Oh, and the then head of the military of Pakistan, who then became the leader of Pakistan after a military coup.

So between the three of those, I figure I'd have world leaders/statespeople pretty well covered.

Not so good on the entertainment figures.
 

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Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
 
I've met Bob Scopatz, who has met OSC, so two.

I've also met Charles Grassley, a senator from Iowa, who has certainly met all the presidents since 1974, when he joined the U.S. House of Representatives (incidently - the year I met him). He was elected senator in 1980. So, two degrees from many presidents.

Even better (than presidents) - I've shaken the hand of Spencer W. Kimball and talked to Clara McMaster - so one degree from them and two from any general authority they know. (Obviously, this was quite a long time ago - even longer time period than when I met Charles Grassley.)
 

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Posted by estavares (Member # 7170) on :
 
I've met Card, and my uncle did the artwork for his new fiction magazine website, so that's a degree.

It's funny how a single person can connect with plenty of high-profile people. I knew Aaron Eckhart about ten years ago, an actor who's acted with Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, and a slew of others (he's currently starring in that film "Thank You for Smoking"). He's changed a lot since he "went Hollywood," as can be expected.

It was weird to hear Julia Roberts mention him in her acceptance speech when she won the Oscar for Erin Brockvich. I was like, "Hey, I know that guy!!"
 

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Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
I've met no one who's met anyone, so I'm 6 billion degrees away from anyone famous.
 

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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
I got stepped on by Wilt Chamberlain. Talked to Willy Nelson in a Delta Crown Room. Sat a table near Buddy Ebsen while he ate a meatball sandwich. And got to meet June Lockhart at a traffic safety meeting.

All of which proves that Wilt Chamberlain and June Lockhart probably had sex in an airplane at some point.
 

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Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
 
One. I met OSC at LosCon a few years ago. No photographic evidence, but he signed my copy of Enchantment.
 

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Posted by Advent 115 (Member # 8914) on :
 
I would like to welcome everyone to the Giants Shadow Bar (a game). Where you can drink til' you can't type strait or talk til' you can't talk no more. But just remember to enjoy yourself.
 

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