Re:Just an observation...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.12 3:12 (#14695064) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.09 7:19)
To tell the truth, I am heartbroken.
One month ago, around last Christmas, she -my African girl-friend sent me a email saying good-bye. These farewell letter was not just two or three times, indeed she had sent me many times. Every times she sent me, I just repeatedly asked her to keep our relationship, and she replied OK. During two years accompaniment, we both had learned how hard for us to keep our relationship -where we live- we live in distance, distance in location, race, age, hobby, etc.
So I admit our love just ended, and what I am suffered from is not our experience, but a lack of object of love in my life. Luckily enough, I found a new girl-friend just one week after I received her email. I succeeded to be able to forget her by finding another new girl-friend immediately though.
A lack of object of love in my life is one of my big themes.
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Sunday, February 12, 2006
Saturday, February 11, 2006
The Secret Of Creation
Re:Yes(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.11 1:47 (#14688211) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.09 7:19)
If I were told what my profession is, immediately I would reply that I am a writer, then if I were asked when I compose, I would answer almost all portions are formed while I am working, but there're some cases I can compose while I'm in a sleep.
Normally I don't think while I'm writing, but I usually transcript what I conceived in my mind.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.11 1:47 (#14688211) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.09 7:19)
If I were told what my profession is, immediately I would reply that I am a writer, then if I were asked when I compose, I would answer almost all portions are formed while I am working, but there're some cases I can compose while I'm in a sleep.
Normally I don't think while I'm writing, but I usually transcript what I conceived in my mind.
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Infinity
Re:Where Are The Glasses?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.11 1:16 (#14687911) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.09 7:19)
Yeah, yeah, whatever, this is a good oppotunity to improve my language skill. Thank you for corporation, it's infinite definitely.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.11 1:16 (#14687911) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.09 7:19)
Yeah, yeah, whatever, this is a good oppotunity to improve my language skill. Thank you for corporation, it's infinite definitely.
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No River Without A Bridge
Re:Another Thought...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.11 0:48 (#14687626) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.09 7:19)
Back in my twenties, we'd had a foreign student from the Philipines, nomally we didn't have any students from the Philipines, basically because of the economic gap, few people could come and stay, but his father was a famous doctor back in his country, so he was able to come. He and I were not on good terms with one another, so I generalised like Filipino is like him.
At age 31, I got married to my first love - she's a Filipina, and we went to the Philipines and stayed there for a while, naturally I'd got a number of Filipino friends, my fixed idea about Filipino was totally changed.
Again back in my twenties, while I was travelling across the USA, near Washington D.C. I saw an Asian guy in a greyhound bus. From the way he behaved, from the ambience he gave off, I thouhgt he must be a Japanese, so I asked him whether he is Japanese. The moment he said he's Korean, I thought I was not supposed to talk to him, since I had a fixed idea about Korean at that time. But we talked a lot and he let me stay in his appartment for 6 days, after I encountered him my idea was totally changed.
I must say a river without a bridge only exists in our mind.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.11 0:48 (#14687626) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.09 7:19)
Back in my twenties, we'd had a foreign student from the Philipines, nomally we didn't have any students from the Philipines, basically because of the economic gap, few people could come and stay, but his father was a famous doctor back in his country, so he was able to come. He and I were not on good terms with one another, so I generalised like Filipino is like him.
At age 31, I got married to my first love - she's a Filipina, and we went to the Philipines and stayed there for a while, naturally I'd got a number of Filipino friends, my fixed idea about Filipino was totally changed.
Again back in my twenties, while I was travelling across the USA, near Washington D.C. I saw an Asian guy in a greyhound bus. From the way he behaved, from the ambience he gave off, I thouhgt he must be a Japanese, so I asked him whether he is Japanese. The moment he said he's Korean, I thought I was not supposed to talk to him, since I had a fixed idea about Korean at that time. But we talked a lot and he let me stay in his appartment for 6 days, after I encountered him my idea was totally changed.
I must say a river without a bridge only exists in our mind.
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Thursday, February 09, 2006
Where Are The Glasses?
Where Are The Glasses?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.09 6:52 (#14673058) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.09 6:22)
You see this is a hypothetical question, so I posted here to practice writing.
Although I don't wear glasses, for those who always wear glasses, where are the glasses must be the biggest question if the one left them somewhere. Sometimes they have to wear contact lenses if they have just to look for their glasses, but when they found them, probably they noticed that they don't have to wear glasses any more.
Does practice make perfect?
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.09 6:52 (#14673058) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.09 6:22)
You see this is a hypothetical question, so I posted here to practice writing.
Although I don't wear glasses, for those who always wear glasses, where are the glasses must be the biggest question if the one left them somewhere. Sometimes they have to wear contact lenses if they have just to look for their glasses, but when they found them, probably they noticed that they don't have to wear glasses any more.
Does practice make perfect?
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Some Paradigms Are Unnecessary
Some Paradigms Are Unnecessary
2006.01.21 3:50
Mike, go home. Mike goes home. Since there are two meanings here, we need to define verbs, one is for order, and the other is for ordinary.
But how about these, -He goes home, since 'he' is used as the third person, we don't have to use -es to define as ordinary sentence. He go home/He goes home both means the same.
We use "isn't/ aren't/ don't/ doesn't/ hasn't/ haven't" according to the subject we used, but "ain't" can replace all these negations, is "ain't" enough to use instead? If you think "ain't" is a bad word, just 'not' will be replaced for this word.
You see the most logical word order might be like 'He not go to the zoo.', the negation word 'not' has to be placed before verb so like 'I not have written journals for two days since I was busy.' 'I have' 'I haven't ' are ambiguous, 'not' has to be placed before verb.
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2006.01.21 3:50
Mike, go home. Mike goes home. Since there are two meanings here, we need to define verbs, one is for order, and the other is for ordinary.
But how about these, -He goes home, since 'he' is used as the third person, we don't have to use -es to define as ordinary sentence. He go home/He goes home both means the same.
We use "isn't/ aren't/ don't/ doesn't/ hasn't/ haven't" according to the subject we used, but "ain't" can replace all these negations, is "ain't" enough to use instead? If you think "ain't" is a bad word, just 'not' will be replaced for this word.
You see the most logical word order might be like 'He not go to the zoo.', the negation word 'not' has to be placed before verb so like 'I not have written journals for two days since I was busy.' 'I have' 'I haven't ' are ambiguous, 'not' has to be placed before verb.
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Wednesday, February 08, 2006
The Secret Of 42
When I just saw the number 42 in part of the nickname 'Marxist Hacker 42', I didn't bear it in my mind so firmly, of course I wondered what the number 42 is. I thought he would be a president at age 42. And when I read his analysis -it's life, universe, and everything, I never thought it as it is.
After I came across other slashdotters who use the number 42 in their nickname as well-Krach42, I still had kept on not correlating this number to something meaningful, but at the same time I had no idea about the number.
Through many reading of journals of other users, I just noticed the number is from the book called 'Hitchhiker's Guide To Galaxies', but I was unable to know what the background of this number.
Tonight I acted to wipe away the ambiguity I've been held as to the meaning of the figure. I was able to know many possible explanations by reading Wikipedia articles, all were interestig, however, as the author himself confessed, there seemed no profound meaning in itself.
Try just picking out the random figure, and try explaining however you think it's true. You are sure to find many explanations. It is needless to say this journal does not mean to underestimate the value of their journals. I just wanted to know the secret of 42.
Mouth-To-Mouth
Re:/. == Dead End?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.08 2:26 (#14660793) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.07 9:45)
Real teachings are transmitted not through manuscripts but mouth-to-mouth.
Look at the examples as Buddha, Socrates, Confucious.
At the age of paper culture, it might have been a matter of luck for any manuscripts to be published and known to the world. We cannot confirm whether we've got what we couldn't get, but we can easily assume many precious, epoch-making inventions, literary works, art were lost before they were known to public. We used to live in the world a drop of bomb not only killed many people but also their works.
How about now? My writings are read immediately after I published the one, now we have countless readers around the world. Our correspondence is not only read by slashdotters but also countless unknown readers. We can say we succeeded our millennia old dream -how to prevail our knowledge, in the age of the Internet. We are all winners, not a loser, we now live in history.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.08 2:26 (#14660793) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.07 9:45)
Real teachings are transmitted not through manuscripts but mouth-to-mouth.
Look at the examples as Buddha, Socrates, Confucious.
At the age of paper culture, it might have been a matter of luck for any manuscripts to be published and known to the world. We cannot confirm whether we've got what we couldn't get, but we can easily assume many precious, epoch-making inventions, literary works, art were lost before they were known to public. We used to live in the world a drop of bomb not only killed many people but also their works.
How about now? My writings are read immediately after I published the one, now we have countless readers around the world. Our correspondence is not only read by slashdotters but also countless unknown readers. We can say we succeeded our millennia old dream -how to prevail our knowledge, in the age of the Internet. We are all winners, not a loser, we now live in history.
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Theory Had Proved Existence
Theory Had Proved Existence(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.08 1:51 (#14660475) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.07 9:45)
Many years ago -probably around 30 years, I had heard that we might have got the 10th planet within a solar system in calculation. Calcualtion made by influence of gravity, course of orbit, etc. At that time it was thought to be only imaginative. A story in a fancy world. And I never imagined thirty years later today, we could find 10th planet, if the report was certified as true.
Just amazing.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.08 1:51 (#14660475) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.07 9:45)
Many years ago -probably around 30 years, I had heard that we might have got the 10th planet within a solar system in calculation. Calcualtion made by influence of gravity, course of orbit, etc. At that time it was thought to be only imaginative. A story in a fancy world. And I never imagined thirty years later today, we could find 10th planet, if the report was certified as true.
Just amazing.
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006
No, But I Want To
No, I Haven't(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.07 21:50 (#14658984) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.07 9:45)
I sometimes recall Mike Hawk, do you know him personally?
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.07 21:50 (#14658984) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.07 9:45)
I sometimes recall Mike Hawk, do you know him personally?
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A Man Is Dead And He Leaves Words
Re:/. == Dead End?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.07 8:28 (#14655418) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.06 2:41)
Sorry for the late reply, I noticed your comment last night, after I had drunk Bourbon.
As is usual we live, play, love, but it will not last forever. We are not immortal. There's a start for everything, and an end as well. I'm now 44, a season of fruition of my life, we hope our life lasts forever, but it is a dream we all cannot accomplish.
Now then Slashdot, since this journal system started just few years ago, almost all people who have been keeping their journals here are alive, but how about 50 years later, what about 100, undoubtedly almost all people who kept journals here died away.
A tiger is dead, he leaves skin. A man is dead, he leaves words. We are not immortal, but our words left here will keep on shinning over the heads of our offsprings.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.07 8:28 (#14655418) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.06 2:41)
Sorry for the late reply, I noticed your comment last night, after I had drunk Bourbon.
As is usual we live, play, love, but it will not last forever. We are not immortal. There's a start for everything, and an end as well. I'm now 44, a season of fruition of my life, we hope our life lasts forever, but it is a dream we all cannot accomplish.
Now then Slashdot, since this journal system started just few years ago, almost all people who have been keeping their journals here are alive, but how about 50 years later, what about 100, undoubtedly almost all people who kept journals here died away.
A tiger is dead, he leaves skin. A man is dead, he leaves words. We are not immortal, but our words left here will keep on shinning over the heads of our offsprings.
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Monday, February 06, 2006
Rayban
Re:Ouchies... bad design!!(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.06 22:32 (#14650074) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.06 2:41)
I tried to get accustomed to, but just found it unable to. It hurts me definitely, so I quit visitin the site any more.
Or probably to wear Rayban is a good idea. But I can't do it in someone's presence, people will ask what I am doing. I will probably reply that because the colour hurts me. People will reply whether I have another alternatives like reading a book. I would reply 'no, no I like zogger and zogger's articles, I have nothing for it but to wear the sun glasse to read his articles'. People will say go ahead, and I will do.
Seriously I intend to buy a Rayban to read his articles.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.06 22:32 (#14650074) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.06 2:41)
I tried to get accustomed to, but just found it unable to. It hurts me definitely, so I quit visitin the site any more.
Or probably to wear Rayban is a good idea. But I can't do it in someone's presence, people will ask what I am doing. I will probably reply that because the colour hurts me. People will reply whether I have another alternatives like reading a book. I would reply 'no, no I like zogger and zogger's articles, I have nothing for it but to wear the sun glasse to read his articles'. People will say go ahead, and I will do.
Seriously I intend to buy a Rayban to read his articles.
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Human Map
Human Map
[ 7 Comments #126928 ] Friday January 20, @01:43PM
I thought about the cases of fauna of plants, animals and bacteria in both the Amazon and deserts. I can assume similar conclusion on human fauna here.
Chinese, Americans are semi-single dominant language group or people in the world, occupying large plain in the continent, which is suitable for living by a large number of people.
Geographically complex areas like Caucasus, Balkan, Central Asia and a rim of Russia are occupied by many peoples with small population each.
In talking about language group, the distinction is more apparent. Indo-European and Chinese are two major language groups with huge population, there are so many other languages with as many peoples.
[ 7 Comments #126928 ] Friday January 20, @01:43PM
I thought about the cases of fauna of plants, animals and bacteria in both the Amazon and deserts. I can assume similar conclusion on human fauna here.
Chinese, Americans are semi-single dominant language group or people in the world, occupying large plain in the continent, which is suitable for living by a large number of people.
Geographically complex areas like Caucasus, Balkan, Central Asia and a rim of Russia are occupied by many peoples with small population each.
In talking about language group, the distinction is more apparent. Indo-European and Chinese are two major language groups with huge population, there are so many other languages with as many peoples.
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In ancient America(Score:2)
by Marxist Hacker 42 (638312) * <seebert@seeberfamily.org> on Friday January 20, @01:55PM (#14520781) (http://www.informationr.us/ Last Journal: Thursday February 02, @04:44PM)
There were the original six nations. While every tribe and villiage had it's own dialect due to a lack of mass communication, those dialects came from a very small number of original starting points. Ainu in Japan and my own ancestor's Kwakiutal-T'Chinook-Klickitat (Nation, Subgroup, Tribe) language contain some of the same roots- as one would expect for Northern Pacific Natives. Lahkota Souix share some of the same roots with the Alloquin, who share some roots with the native Laplander tounge in Europe and with Danish- probably due to Erik the Red's visit ~1000CE. Apache have their own tounge, as do the Cherokee- and Seminole. Navaho is related to Oxcali in Mexico- part of the Mezcalero group in the desert south, the Aztec empire- which is also related to Mayan and Incan.
Re:In ancient America(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on Friday January 20, @02:17PM (#14520997) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: Sunday February 05, @12:41PM)
No doubt that here in East Asia the most dominant language is Chinese with population of over 1.3 billion, about 10 times as large as that of this tiny island, and Japanese language is definitely correlated to Korean, Mongolian, central Asian Turkey. Ainu is thought to be one of subdivision of this language group diversified along the rim of very large language group-Chinese.
So, the language of your ancester and that of Japanese along with Ainu are correlated back in thousands of years ago, but because of the domination of Chinese language here, all tribes had to move to the edge of the continent.
Japanese language has no universality, like me who prefer using English will increase more here.[ Parent ]
Re:In ancient America(Score:2)
by Krach42 (227798) on Friday January 20, @08:22PM (#14523746) (http://starport.dnsalias.net/ Last Journal: Friday January 06, @10:24PM)
I think you're refering to the proposed Altaic languages [wikipedia.org]. It's important to note that unlike evolution this actually *is* contested by linguists, and not generally accepted.It's generally widely considered that Ainu is unrelated to Japanese, and while it has been postulated by a number of people that Japanese and Korean are related, it has not been proved at all.Japanese and Korean remain to this day classified as isolation languages, and are generally accepted to have no living relative languages today. It is possible that they were related so far back that we are unable to characterize or prove the relation, but they have certainly not been definitively proven to be related. [ Parent ]
Re:In ancient America(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on Saturday January 21, @04:02AM (#14525254) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: Sunday February 05, @12:41PM)
Apart from the superficial resemblance in lots of loan words from China, Korean and Japanese languages are different in their basic terms, but happened to be similar in syntax -how to order the words, both languages would be agglutinative, not reflexive. They both use post position instead of preposition, so when it comes to superficial syntax, the similarlity of two languages are apparent.
But that similarlity doesn't tell at all that two languages have one common parent language long long ago.
As to the superficial similarity in syntax, English and Chinese are astonishingly similar. But nobody claims that two languages are derived from one common parent language. Two languages -English &Chinese happened to aquire similar syntax because their syntax is based on more logical order than others. The more the number of the speaker of the languages increase, the more they are likely to aquire more logical syntax. Logic is based on mathematics, inclusion within a concept, exclusion from the concept are strictly followed by mathematical order, there's no room for others to raise doubt in them.
Latin is more inflective than English, English is more like Chinese analytic, yet Latin and English have two common parent language. Despite many similarities, Korean and Japanese are two different, isolated languages as Basque or Ainu, proposed Altaic language family is illusory.[ Parent ]
Re:In ancient America(Score:2)
by Krach42 (227798) on Saturday January 21, @09:31PM (#14529837) (http://starport.dnsalias.net/ Last Journal: Friday January 06, @10:24PM)
Only recently have I read about Sprachbuende (pl. of Sprachbund) Now that I know about it, Japanese and Korean fit far better under that explanation header than having them in genetic relationship. Doesn't change the matter that many people still insist that Japanese and Korean must have some common ancestor somewhere.As to the superficial similarity in syntax, English and Chinese are astonishingly similar. But nobody claims that two languages are derived from one common parent language. Two languages -English &Chinese happened to aquire similar syntax because their syntax is based on more logical order than others. The more the number of the speaker of the languages increase, the more they are likely to aquire more logical syntax. Logic is based on mathematics, inclusion within a concept, exclusion from the concept are strictly followed by mathematical order, there's no room for others to raise doubt in them.Ok, here you just lost me. Their syntax is no more or less based on logical order than any other language. I don't even know how you could have come up with such idea, unless you're one of those "one language can be superior to another" wackos.I don't know how you can claim English to be based more on logical order than say, Japanese. Let's just compare one single facet, English: tons of irregular verbs, Japanese: one, which they don't really consider a verb.In fact, it can be shown that English has a most similar grammar to most creoles, and thus it is a far more basic, and rudimentary language than most others. [ Parent ]
Re:In ancient America(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on Sunday January 22, @10:00AM (#14532487) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: Sunday February 05, @12:41PM)
Their syntax is no more or less based on logical order than any other language.
I agree any language is based on some grammatical order. Of course there's a grammer. I am saying English and Chinses are much more based upon gramatically logical order than Japanese. For example, in English you say 'This is not a pen'. Probably the most logical order must be 'This not is a pen.', since 'is' has to be negated beforehand.
In Japanese we say 'This a pen is not.' This verbal expression is against our logical order of conception. 'A', 'pen', 'is' have to be negated beforehand. Gramatically speaking many order of words are possible, but logics is based on a natural sequence of order of things or objects, incidents. So I said ther's no room for anyone to raise doubt in them.
thus it is a far more basic, and rudimentary language than most others.
English is easy to learn for non-native speakers like me because it is more simple and fundamental than other languages like Japanese, German, French, etc. Latin languages leave many paradigm changes in which English has already lost most of all. Thus I said English is no more reflexive (I mean inflexive), English is more analytical means there's no distinguished paradigm change in it, which is very similar to analytical language like Chinese. For non-native speakers the distinction of is/am/are/ doesn't matter, I be/You be/ He be/ all are fine.[ Parent ]
Re:In ancient America(Score:2)
by Krach42 (227798) on Sunday January 22, @06:16PM (#14534955) (http://starport.dnsalias.net/ Last Journal: Friday January 06, @10:24PM)
I agree any language is based on some grammatical order. Of course there's a grammer. I am saying English and Chinses are much more based upon gramatically logical order than Japanese. For example, in English you say 'This is not a pen'. Probably the most logical order must be 'This not is a pen.', since 'is' has to be negated beforehand.How do you arrive that this is the most logical order? Why is it not more logical to say, ((this) is (not pen)) (German: "dies ist kein Kuli") Why does it have to be the verb that is negated rather than the predicate? What makes this more logical or not? (English: ((this) (is not) (a pen)))In Japanese we say 'This a pen is not.' This verbal expression is against our logical order of conception. 'A', 'pen', 'is' have to be negated beforehand. Gramatically speaking many order of words are possible, but logics is based on a natural sequence of order of things or objects, incidents. So I said ther's no room for anyone to raise doubt in them.Your assumption is that this is the most logical order, but you fail to provide any evidence at all, except an appeal to common sense. I must disagree. If we take for example the ordering of prepositional phrases, in English we have Place-Manner-Time (I will go to the store (place) with my friend (manner) tomorrow (time)), but in both German and Japanese it is Time-Manner-Place (Ich gehe morgen (time) mit meinem Freund (manner) zum Geschaft (place)), and (watashi wa ashita (time) tomodachi to (manner) sakeya ni (place) ikimasu.) Who is to say which is a more logical order? In each language a standard has been dictated, and to deviate makes it sound weird, and it makes it confusing.English is easy to learn for non-native speakers like me because it is more simple and fundamental than other languages like Japanese, German, French, etc.Right, because it's practically a creole, and thus has very simplified syntax. It's all analytical, and not synthetic. This doesn't make English any more superior in except that it is simple to pick up essentially "broken English" but to truely grasp and understand the hojillion different word orders that exist in English and their slight variations of meaning... takes a lifetime.Latin languages leave many paradigm changes in which English has already lost most of all. Thus I said English is no more reflexive (I mean inflexive), English is more analytical means there's no distinguished paradigm change in it, which is very similar to analytical language like Chinese. For non-native speakers the distinction of is/am/are/ doesn't matter, I be/You be/ He be/ all are fine.Correct, but this inflection comes at a simplification and a variety which is not expressable in English. English lacks any reasonable way to make topicative sentences. German and Latin with their casing provide the ability to shift word order to make something else more important, and express the topic of the sentence. "Den Ball habe ich dir gegeben." Thus the only thing that can be done in English is to placce an emphasis upon the word you wish to make the topic, but this just doesn't do it justice: (I gave you *the ball*.)This analytical nature yields ease of speech in some cases, but diminishes other capacities. Every language has made a choice in this manner. They promote one grammatical form over another, and in that they gain something, but at the very same moment, they lose something also.There exists no rightfully placed "fundamental logical order" of language. Your assertion cannot be upheld by anything except an appeal to common sense. [ Parent ]
Fate
Fate
2006.01.21 1:09
Since I started working second job on 21st of December last year, I could only take two holidays -3rd and 9th of January. Tomorrow is the day off for the first time in eleven days. Indeed I am exhausted. I've been taking notes to write journals here and the notes count about 10 already. Though I've got to keep on working almost every day till 4th of February, I will have a relatively not so busy week next week. I will write down my journals here from the draft that was taken down in my notebook already through next week.
Hah, Should I feel glad I am busy?
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Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:1)
by hzs202 (932886) on 2006.01.21 1:37 (#14519562) (http://uranus.dontexist.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 1:16)
Hah, Should I feel glad I am busy?Of course you should, in fact you should dance around rejoicing that you are breathing and take every opportunity to silently recite God's name. Thanking Him for your life.
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Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.21 1:47 (#14519650) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.06 2:41)
Appropriate hours of working makes me tough, but apparently 13 days, 10 days, 12 days consecutive working makes me discouraging.
Appropriate working hours don't give me enough money to sustain my life. Hah, should I feel glad I work too much?
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Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:1)
by hzs202 (932886) on 2006.01.21 2:19 (#14519954) (http://uranus.dontexist.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 1:16)
Hah, should I feel glad I work too much?No... just that you are alive and able to work.
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Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.21 2:43 (#14520145) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.06 2:41)
Ok.. I repent my bad idea.
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Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:2)
by Farmer Tim (530755) <roundfileNO@SPAMmindless.com> on 2006.01.21 4:22 (#14521059) (Last Journal: 2005.05.02 12:12)
The idea isn't bad, if you enjoy your work. The question is whether your exhaustion comes with a sense of satisfaction.
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Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:1)
by hzs202 (932886) on 2006.01.21 4:31 (#14521124) (http://uranus.dontexist.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 1:16)
The question is whether your exhaustion comes with a sense of satisfaction.Yeah, the idea isn't bad, I didn't mean it that way. I was just trying to give you something to be cheerful about, you know... kinda throwing the "it could be worse" cliche at you. I am happy that I am alive and all *smile*... but very unsatisfied with my work and the drudgery of repititious shell scripts *sigh*.
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Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:2)
by Farmer Tim (530755) <roundfileNO@SPAMmindless.com> on 2006.01.21 7:49 (#14522886) (Last Journal: 2005.05.02 12:12)
I'm just engaging in some mindless optimism, hoping that anyone can find something in their work besides a pay cheque. Better to find happiness in what you have than hope for something that may never come, I say, but then again my working life has never been dull (not necessarily lucrative, though).
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2006.01.21 1:09
Since I started working second job on 21st of December last year, I could only take two holidays -3rd and 9th of January. Tomorrow is the day off for the first time in eleven days. Indeed I am exhausted. I've been taking notes to write journals here and the notes count about 10 already. Though I've got to keep on working almost every day till 4th of February, I will have a relatively not so busy week next week. I will write down my journals here from the draft that was taken down in my notebook already through next week.
Hah, Should I feel glad I am busy?
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Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:1)
by hzs202 (932886) on 2006.01.21 1:37 (#14519562) (http://uranus.dontexist.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 1:16)
Hah, Should I feel glad I am busy?Of course you should, in fact you should dance around rejoicing that you are breathing and take every opportunity to silently recite God's name. Thanking Him for your life.
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Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.21 1:47 (#14519650) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.06 2:41)
Appropriate hours of working makes me tough, but apparently 13 days, 10 days, 12 days consecutive working makes me discouraging.
Appropriate working hours don't give me enough money to sustain my life. Hah, should I feel glad I work too much?
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Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:1)
by hzs202 (932886) on 2006.01.21 2:19 (#14519954) (http://uranus.dontexist.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 1:16)
Hah, should I feel glad I work too much?No... just that you are alive and able to work.
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Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.21 2:43 (#14520145) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.06 2:41)
Ok.. I repent my bad idea.
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Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:2)
by Farmer Tim (530755) <roundfileNO@SPAMmindless.com> on 2006.01.21 4:22 (#14521059) (Last Journal: 2005.05.02 12:12)
The idea isn't bad, if you enjoy your work. The question is whether your exhaustion comes with a sense of satisfaction.
--The difficulties nerds have with the world stem from the fact that not all problems can be solved by nerdery.[ Parent ]
Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:1)
by hzs202 (932886) on 2006.01.21 4:31 (#14521124) (http://uranus.dontexist.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 1:16)
The question is whether your exhaustion comes with a sense of satisfaction.Yeah, the idea isn't bad, I didn't mean it that way. I was just trying to give you something to be cheerful about, you know... kinda throwing the "it could be worse" cliche at you. I am happy that I am alive and all *smile*... but very unsatisfied with my work and the drudgery of repititious shell scripts *sigh*.
--hzs202[ Parent ]
Re:Is This a Rhetorical Question?(Score:2)
by Farmer Tim (530755) <roundfileNO@SPAMmindless.com> on 2006.01.21 7:49 (#14522886) (Last Journal: 2005.05.02 12:12)
I'm just engaging in some mindless optimism, hoping that anyone can find something in their work besides a pay cheque. Better to find happiness in what you have than hope for something that may never come, I say, but then again my working life has never been dull (not necessarily lucrative, though).
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As To Mr Fujita
Tornado Fujita Scale Altered
mercedo
Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:06:54 PST
Slightly on topic, but I must add that Mr Fujita is from same high school with me. When I was in high school, once we had had lecture from him. I think I can recall waht he had repeatedly said -when you found an object of interest, just keep on pursuing it. He had said he did it. He repeated that he did it several times in a lecture. That would probably make him known to the world.
mercedo
Sun, 05 Feb 2006 09:06:54 PST
Slightly on topic, but I must add that Mr Fujita is from same high school with me. When I was in high school, once we had had lecture from him. I think I can recall waht he had repeatedly said -when you found an object of interest, just keep on pursuing it. He had said he did it. He repeated that he did it several times in a lecture. That would probably make him known to the world.
Style-Sheet Change
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mercedo
Sun, 05 Feb 2006 08:20:41 PST
Thanks a lot. I don't know what they are talking about by using the terms like Safari, ajax, let alone what browser is. So really I have no idea.
At least three people have contributed style-sheet hacks, and I'll look at them and make them available
That's what editor said, I will wait and see. But if you know how to change, will you let me know. I've got I, B edit keys, seems mine is not Safari.
mercedo
Sun, 05 Feb 2006 08:20:41 PST
Thanks a lot. I don't know what they are talking about by using the terms like Safari, ajax, let alone what browser is. So really I have no idea.
At least three people have contributed style-sheet hacks, and I'll look at them and make them available
That's what editor said, I will wait and see. But if you know how to change, will you let me know. I've got I, B edit keys, seems mine is not Safari.
What Is Browser?
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mercedo
Sun, 05 Feb 2006 08:05:42 PST
With the fancy editor disabled, I have no problem so far as to composing. I could see I, B in the edit field, but I had no idea how to operate them.
What 'browser' am I using? First of all, I have no idea what 'browser' means in computer. I am not well versed in computer. But if I can change the colour of style sheet etc by manipulating something, will you please tell me the way?
Anyway I will wait and see. If I can choose a template from two or three options, that'll be fine.
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mercedo
Sun, 05 Feb 2006 08:05:42 PST
With the fancy editor disabled, I have no problem so far as to composing. I could see I, B in the edit field, but I had no idea how to operate them.
What 'browser' am I using? First of all, I have no idea what 'browser' means in computer. I am not well versed in computer. But if I can change the colour of style sheet etc by manipulating something, will you please tell me the way?
Anyway I will wait and see. If I can choose a template from two or three options, that'll be fine.
And one more... Could you please tell me how to read archives in new Technocrat.net articles. Now we can only see latest articles of ten or something. --
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Sunday, February 05, 2006
Water In Desert II
Re:Then again...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.05 0:38 (#14641698) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 17:25)
I like concise expression like this, but I add the explanation.
In the desert where water is scarce, people are generally eager to get water, so naturally they tend to spend much money just for water. Water will be sold much more expensive in the desert than other areas. So all we have to do in a society is to try to sell water in the desert as much as we can so that we can make a lot of money. This is what we have to learn from the society.
On the other hands, it is not a easy task for us to acquire knowledge in a university. It needs endurance, endeavour, perseverance, patience, constant effort. It is something like we try to get water in the desert. But only those who can get water from the desert are eligible to give it to people in the desert. That was not just sell &buy relations in it. We need benevolence in it in the first place. Money comes afterwards, it is merely a result of good will.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.05 0:38 (#14641698) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 17:25)
I like concise expression like this, but I add the explanation.
In the desert where water is scarce, people are generally eager to get water, so naturally they tend to spend much money just for water. Water will be sold much more expensive in the desert than other areas. So all we have to do in a society is to try to sell water in the desert as much as we can so that we can make a lot of money. This is what we have to learn from the society.
On the other hands, it is not a easy task for us to acquire knowledge in a university. It needs endurance, endeavour, perseverance, patience, constant effort. It is something like we try to get water in the desert. But only those who can get water from the desert are eligible to give it to people in the desert. That was not just sell &buy relations in it. We need benevolence in it in the first place. Money comes afterwards, it is merely a result of good will.
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The Role Of University
Re:Then again...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.05 0:13 (#14641604) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 17:25)
Let me start with my personal experience in the university. I never had a part time job in my school days. Even just one time, never. If I were asked what I was doing, I can't help but reply that I was studying and reading a book and writing a thesis, that was all what I was doing.
But my case is very different from the case of other students. Many students had a part-time job, and enjoying their holidays with their intimate friend. Some student naturally started to have a romantic relationship with their boy or girl friends. I didn't believe any of them were studying hard. Only those who wanted to go to the graduate school or study abroad were eager to study in the university. Me? Throughout 4 years of my school days, I only studied, did nothing other than study. So I learned the world through a book first. In fact my life kept on like this till age 30.
I guess your opinion forms a majority of our society. But if we were in the university, I recommend young people that they'd better spend hours in their study and not outside the study. Then after they graduated from the university, they ought to start learning from experience in a society. That's my point.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.05 0:13 (#14641604) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 17:25)
Let me start with my personal experience in the university. I never had a part time job in my school days. Even just one time, never. If I were asked what I was doing, I can't help but reply that I was studying and reading a book and writing a thesis, that was all what I was doing.
But my case is very different from the case of other students. Many students had a part-time job, and enjoying their holidays with their intimate friend. Some student naturally started to have a romantic relationship with their boy or girl friends. I didn't believe any of them were studying hard. Only those who wanted to go to the graduate school or study abroad were eager to study in the university. Me? Throughout 4 years of my school days, I only studied, did nothing other than study. So I learned the world through a book first. In fact my life kept on like this till age 30.
I guess your opinion forms a majority of our society. But if we were in the university, I recommend young people that they'd better spend hours in their study and not outside the study. Then after they graduated from the university, they ought to start learning from experience in a society. That's my point.
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Saturday, February 04, 2006
Dynamics Of Humanities
Attatched in 'Autism & Human Evolution'
written by sam_handelman
[ #128123 ] 2006.02.04 2:37
written by sam_handelman
[ #128123 ] 2006.02.04 2:37
Very interesting reading stuff.
Heh. I got a 14. -sam_handelman
By the way, what's this?
Firstly, autism is not a real trait. It is a classification we use when discussing a family of (probably completely unrelated) traits with similar outcomes in terms of making people behave like Rainman. Even Asperger Syndrome is classified exclusively on the basis of behavior - if there is a syndrome there, we don't have a fraction of the depth of understanding needed to know what it is.
Interesting. I myself used to have a misunderstanding as to the usage of the words. I correct.
Now, you can still make an argument that this class of autistic traits has been, or will be, selected for in the human population. In both cases, we can only speculate.
I am not autistic at all, then I always assume this type of claim made by autistic people is merely self-righteous.
I maintain that human beings have been selected for intellectual diversity. A tribe of humans would survive best if it had some members who were cautious, some who were bold, some who were more capable of abstract thought, some who were more sociable, and so forth. In some cases there is a tradeoff, due to the engineering limitations of the human nervous system.
It is dubious for us to exaggerate the role of some particular group in a human tribe.
It is also possible - as is the case with Cystic Fibrosis, for example - that there are genes associated with autistic traits that have some beneficial effect when present in single copy. This is total speculation, however - our understanding of the relationship between human genetics and human intellectual diversity is shallow, at best. It is entirely possible that the spectrum of autism-like disorders are very rarely caused by genetics and mostly by environmental factors - the fact that they show some indications of heritability not withstanding (see child rearing practices below).
Good point. I entirely agree to your opinion.
At present, the majority of selective pressure on human beings is cultural. Will we wipe ourselves out as a species? That's a big one, not a genetic question.
For individual humans, the question is becoming not "am I fit to reproduce?", or "am I rich enough to reproduce?", but "do I *want* to reproduce?"
The obvious effect of the wide availability of birth control is that people who just want to have sex without having children are now absolutely free to do so, and they will. This may have some impact on the frequency of genes that impact, for example, the strength of parent-child bonding one way or the other.
This is very true. Retrogression will occur in the organism that stopped being used frequently. Genes related to this practice are not the exclusion.
However, the overwhelming effect is going to be on child-rearing practices. If you have child-rearing practices that give you children who do not, in turn, want to have children - those child-rearing practices will die out. This is another form of cultural selection.
This is the very reason of our human dynamism. It is correct to grasp the nature of humans as this.
Cool
Re:Perhaps(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.04 4:39 (#14637017) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 3:42)
I feel it's too cool to find comments of themselves only in someone's journals. Since when they are gone, they leave everything.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.04 4:39 (#14637017) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 3:42)
I feel it's too cool to find comments of themselves only in someone's journals. Since when they are gone, they leave everything.
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Water In Desert
Re:Then again...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.04 4:22 (#14636878) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 3:42)
In the society we learn how to sell water in desert, while in the university we learn how to buy water in desert.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.04 4:22 (#14636878) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 3:42)
In the society we learn how to sell water in desert, while in the university we learn how to buy water in desert.
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New Organ
New Organ(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.04 4:15 (#14636782) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 3:42)
I strongly recommend you to read New Organ, there is an appropriate time to read a good book like this, younger the better, but it is hard to understand if you read it when you are too young. Now.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.04 4:15 (#14636782) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 3:42)
I strongly recommend you to read New Organ, there is an appropriate time to read a good book like this, younger the better, but it is hard to understand if you read it when you are too young. Now.
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Descartes
Descartes(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.04 4:01 (#14636662) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 3:42)
I read his Discourse on Method, Principles of Philosophy, Rules of Spirit Instruction back in my early twenties, still Descartes forms an important part of my thought.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.04 4:01 (#14636662) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 3:42)
I read his Discourse on Method, Principles of Philosophy, Rules of Spirit Instruction back in my early twenties, still Descartes forms an important part of my thought.
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Capitalism
Capitalism
2006.01.16 1:43
The essence of capitalism lies in the variety of things.
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Any-ism(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <{Allen.Zadr} {at} {gmail.com}> on 2006.01.16 2:18 (#14476077) (Last Journal: 2006.02.02 1:03)
The same could be said for almost any "ism". Most isms are born from a single part of what is already born into human nature. Obviously, human nature itself is far more complex than any single 'ism'.
--Truth and honesty can be compatible with sales and business, it's people who choose otherwise.
Re:Any-ism(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.16 2:56 (#14476244) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
That's what I wanted to say, bingo!
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My Notes on Capitalism(Score:2)
by Le Marteau (206396) on 2006.01.16 2:59 (#14476253) (Last Journal: 2006.02.03 6:17)
Notes, from other sources, which I copied because I thought (at the time) they were of value:--------------------The MOQ ("Metaphysics of Quality" invented by Robert Pirsig) recognises capitalism as a social value pattern and, as such, secondary to intellectual value patterns such as truth, justice and freedom.In the MOQ making money is a social activity that should not dominate the higher intellectual goal of truth, or interfere with perception and pursuit of Dynamic Quality. (Pirsig, 2002d) *A society based on money and profit deprives the whole world, both the human world and nature, of their own proper value. Money is the alienated essence of man's work and existence: this essence dominates him and he worships it. Contempt for theory, for art, for history and for man as an end in himself is the real, conscious standpoint and the virtue of the man of money.* (Rader & Jessup, 1976, pp. 323-24)Money is only a measure of social values. It doesn't, for instance, measure biological pain (or pleasure) or the intellectual truth of a statement.The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement: "They cultivated a subversive alternative ethos" There is an irritating tendency in the West to put everything in a commercial context even when it's inappropriate e.g. instead of being a student or a patient, I become a customer: /'I buy therefore I am.'/
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higher intellectual goals?(Score:1)
by weierstrass (669421) on 2006.01.16 4:48 (#14476850) (http://retropolitan.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.01.28 22:21)
"there is no preordained harmony between the furtherance of truth and the well-being of mankind."friedrich nietzsche.
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Re:My Notes on Capitalism(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.18 0:11 (#14490361) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Money can only fulfill our short-term demand. If we were in desert, we would spend a lot of money to acquire a drop of water. But if we had a lot of rain, we would spend a lot of money just for a ray of sunshine. Water, sunshine cannot value their importance of their own. Only money can tell their relative value under particular circumstances.
I just wonder how we spend money just for fulfilling our short-time demand. Before we eat dinner, we spend some money for it, but after we ate it, we wouldn't spend the same money for it.
Also the value of same amount of money differs between haves and have-nots. In one dollar, some can buy only one beer, while others can buy ten beers, depending on where-which country you live.
In general, money means nothing, let alone it's nothing to with truth, justice, freedom.
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I thought Capitalism's essence(Score:2)
by sielwolf (246764) on 2006.01.16 3:59 (#14476533) (http://kulturkrieg.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.01.28 8:41)
was that every thing has two values: what someone will pay for it and what someone will sell it for.
--[A country road. A tree. Evening]-Waiting for Godot
Re:I thought Capitalism's essence(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.17 23:48 (#14490190) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Oh, you shed light on the market in feature of capitalism, there are so many demands, thus so many supplies. Because there is a difference in value between seller and buyer, the difference generates the viablility.
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Yes(Score:2)
by Stargoat (658863) <stargoat@gmail.com> on 2006.01.16 13:40 (#14479503) (Last Journal: 2006.02.03 6:51)
Except instead of a variety of things, the essense of capitalism is a variety of goals.
--The hallmark work of man for the past eight thousand years has been the creation of a more accurate model of reality.
Re:Yes(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.18 0:24 (#14490446) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Yeah we all have a variety of goals in our lives. All depend on where we put value on them.
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But...(Score:1)
by eglamkowski (631706) <`eglamkowski' `at' `angelfire.com'> on 2006.01.16 22:32 (#14481147) (http://www.angelfire.com/nj/eglamkowski Last Journal: 2006.02.03 22:11)
"People can have the Model T in any color - so long as it's black." -Henry Ford.
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Re:But...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.18 0:32 (#14490502) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
We need to have a healthy social strata in order to have capitalism flourish fully. The essence of capitalism shoud be built on it. But how to have a healthy society, that's the question.
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Re:But...(Score:1)
by eglamkowski (631706) <`eglamkowski' `at' `angelfire.com'> on 2006.01.18 1:04 (#14490809) (http://www.angelfire.com/nj/eglamkowski Last Journal: 2006.02.03 22:11)
In terms of diet and exercise kind of health, routine maintenance, that is purely up the efforts of the individual members of society and there should be nothing more done for it. A people who are unwilling to keep themselves fit are not worthy of greatness. (Which doesn't bode well for the USA...)Issues of health that go beyond the control of individuals, such as chemical waste being dumped in drinking water, does need to be addressed in some other manner, though the exact nature of how to deal with will vary according to each country's cultural and governmental traditions.
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2006.01.16 1:43
The essence of capitalism lies in the variety of things.
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Any-ism(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <{Allen.Zadr} {at} {gmail.com}> on 2006.01.16 2:18 (#14476077) (Last Journal: 2006.02.02 1:03)
The same could be said for almost any "ism". Most isms are born from a single part of what is already born into human nature. Obviously, human nature itself is far more complex than any single 'ism'.
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Re:Any-ism(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.16 2:56 (#14476244) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
That's what I wanted to say, bingo!
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My Notes on Capitalism(Score:2)
by Le Marteau (206396) on 2006.01.16 2:59 (#14476253) (Last Journal: 2006.02.03 6:17)
Notes, from other sources, which I copied because I thought (at the time) they were of value:--------------------The MOQ ("Metaphysics of Quality" invented by Robert Pirsig) recognises capitalism as a social value pattern and, as such, secondary to intellectual value patterns such as truth, justice and freedom.In the MOQ making money is a social activity that should not dominate the higher intellectual goal of truth, or interfere with perception and pursuit of Dynamic Quality. (Pirsig, 2002d) *A society based on money and profit deprives the whole world, both the human world and nature, of their own proper value. Money is the alienated essence of man's work and existence: this essence dominates him and he worships it. Contempt for theory, for art, for history and for man as an end in himself is the real, conscious standpoint and the virtue of the man of money.* (Rader & Jessup, 1976, pp. 323-24)Money is only a measure of social values. It doesn't, for instance, measure biological pain (or pleasure) or the intellectual truth of a statement.The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement: "They cultivated a subversive alternative ethos" There is an irritating tendency in the West to put everything in a commercial context even when it's inappropriate e.g. instead of being a student or a patient, I become a customer: /'I buy therefore I am.'/
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higher intellectual goals?(Score:1)
by weierstrass (669421) on 2006.01.16 4:48 (#14476850) (http://retropolitan.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.01.28 22:21)
"there is no preordained harmony between the furtherance of truth and the well-being of mankind."friedrich nietzsche.
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Re:My Notes on Capitalism(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.18 0:11 (#14490361) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Money can only fulfill our short-term demand. If we were in desert, we would spend a lot of money to acquire a drop of water. But if we had a lot of rain, we would spend a lot of money just for a ray of sunshine. Water, sunshine cannot value their importance of their own. Only money can tell their relative value under particular circumstances.
I just wonder how we spend money just for fulfilling our short-time demand. Before we eat dinner, we spend some money for it, but after we ate it, we wouldn't spend the same money for it.
Also the value of same amount of money differs between haves and have-nots. In one dollar, some can buy only one beer, while others can buy ten beers, depending on where-which country you live.
In general, money means nothing, let alone it's nothing to with truth, justice, freedom.
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I thought Capitalism's essence(Score:2)
by sielwolf (246764) on 2006.01.16 3:59 (#14476533) (http://kulturkrieg.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.01.28 8:41)
was that every thing has two values: what someone will pay for it and what someone will sell it for.
--[A country road. A tree. Evening]-Waiting for Godot
Re:I thought Capitalism's essence(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.17 23:48 (#14490190) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Oh, you shed light on the market in feature of capitalism, there are so many demands, thus so many supplies. Because there is a difference in value between seller and buyer, the difference generates the viablility.
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Yes(Score:2)
by Stargoat (658863) <stargoat@gmail.com> on 2006.01.16 13:40 (#14479503) (Last Journal: 2006.02.03 6:51)
Except instead of a variety of things, the essense of capitalism is a variety of goals.
--The hallmark work of man for the past eight thousand years has been the creation of a more accurate model of reality.
Re:Yes(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.18 0:24 (#14490446) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Yeah we all have a variety of goals in our lives. All depend on where we put value on them.
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But...(Score:1)
by eglamkowski (631706) <`eglamkowski' `at' `angelfire.com'> on 2006.01.16 22:32 (#14481147) (http://www.angelfire.com/nj/eglamkowski Last Journal: 2006.02.03 22:11)
"People can have the Model T in any color - so long as it's black." -Henry Ford.
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Re:But...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.18 0:32 (#14490502) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
We need to have a healthy social strata in order to have capitalism flourish fully. The essence of capitalism shoud be built on it. But how to have a healthy society, that's the question.
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Re:But...(Score:1)
by eglamkowski (631706) <`eglamkowski' `at' `angelfire.com'> on 2006.01.18 1:04 (#14490809) (http://www.angelfire.com/nj/eglamkowski Last Journal: 2006.02.03 22:11)
In terms of diet and exercise kind of health, routine maintenance, that is purely up the efforts of the individual members of society and there should be nothing more done for it. A people who are unwilling to keep themselves fit are not worthy of greatness. (Which doesn't bode well for the USA...)Issues of health that go beyond the control of individuals, such as chemical waste being dumped in drinking water, does need to be addressed in some other manner, though the exact nature of how to deal with will vary according to each country's cultural and governmental traditions.
--Government IS the problem.[ Parent ]
Between Scylla & Charybdis
Between Scylla & Charybdis
2006.01.10 2:07
'Wolves in front gate, tigers in rear gate' is a Chinese expression for 'Between Scylla &Charybdis'.
In modern terms, some might say 'Catch-22', in traditional sense, dilemma, Hobson's Choice, etc.
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'Wolves in front gate, tigers in rear gate' is a Chinese expression for 'Between Scylla &Charybdis'.
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This is a test for p tag. ..Works fine. Otherwise I had to catch 22.
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Wolf In Front, Tiger In Rear
Wolf In Front, Tiger In Rear
2006.01.09 17:33
For the writers, intrusion is the biggest enemy.
When I chose to write it at night, I might not be interupted by any sound, but by drowsiness, fatigue. When I chose to write it in a day, I find some hawkers on the street shouting meaningless chants.
Whichever I chose, the life of writers are not easy.
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Yes, and...(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <{Allen.Zadr} {at} {gmail.com}> on 2006.01.10 2:13 (#14428469) (Last Journal: 2006.02.02 1:03)
Wasting precious time thinking about a slashdot post does not help either.
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Re:Yes, and...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.10 3:09 (#14429001) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Sound, smoke, I've got many things that bother me. When I was only using Japanese language, I was much more extremely sensitive person. Thanks to more convenient language, now I didn't have to feel the awkwardness I often encountered when I want to express something in my native tongue.
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2006.01.09 17:33
For the writers, intrusion is the biggest enemy.
When I chose to write it at night, I might not be interupted by any sound, but by drowsiness, fatigue. When I chose to write it in a day, I find some hawkers on the street shouting meaningless chants.
Whichever I chose, the life of writers are not easy.
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Yes, and...(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <{Allen.Zadr} {at} {gmail.com}> on 2006.01.10 2:13 (#14428469) (Last Journal: 2006.02.02 1:03)
Wasting precious time thinking about a slashdot post does not help either.
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Re:Yes, and...(Score:1)
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Sound, smoke, I've got many things that bother me. When I was only using Japanese language, I was much more extremely sensitive person. Thanks to more convenient language, now I didn't have to feel the awkwardness I often encountered when I want to express something in my native tongue.
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Serious Crime, No Pumishment
Serious Crime, No Punishment
2006.01.09 17:22
We've got tens of serious crimes out there and it was strange to find that the serious crime pays and less serious crime doesn't pay.
If criminals had a piece of conscience, he would be likely to be caught much more than the cases determined criminals who committed serious crimes with no feeling of regret, remorse, mercy. As a matter of fact, criminals who were caught were much more the ones those who committed it accidentally, with no particular intentions to do it, without convictions to do it, etc. By and large the criminals who were caught are the ones thought to be the offenders of less serious crimes.
The crimals who had a slightest of conscience are likely to be caught and punishable by very strict crimal codes as opposed to the criminals who didn't have the slightest of conscience, who had a full of malicious intent. As long as they are at large, they might be laughing behind the scenes or are they suffering from the pain of conscience for good?
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Theory(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <{Allen.Zadr} {at} {gmail.com}> on 2006.01.10 2:09 (#14428423) (Last Journal: 2006.02.02 1:03)
It is theorized that those whom commit petty crimes without getting caught will slowly gain experience and an appetite for more serious crimes. Often times these people gain a feeling that the world owes them something. This helps them forget that they are merely stealing, and makes them think that they are meant to earn a living this way.
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Re:Theory(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.10 3:21 (#14429135) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Oftentimes poorly planned crimes collapse easily, but well-devised crimes by dyed-in-the-wool convinced criminals are not easy to be solved. Many serious crimes are going into labyrinth, thus minor crimes are only found and punished by a severe sentence.
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Sadly,(Score:2)
by DaedalusHKX (660194) on 2006.01.10 11:27 (#14432719) (http://slashdot.org/ Last Journal: 2006.02.01 9:04)
I will play "devils advocate" here, and say this:[devils advocate]In today's world, where we are enslaved by unscrupulous lawmakers, ruthless businessmen with no regard for human life (See Sego Mine incident in West VA for latest example) and pyschotic religious fanatics ready to kill us all to get their godly words accross (I'm talking about Bush and the Televangelist Sect here, not the Islamics).WHAT THE FUCK MAKES YOU THINK STEALING FROM THEM IS SUCH A BAD THING?! I applaud ANYONE that takes cash from bush and co... they are certainly taking PLENTY FROM US!!Anytime someone rips off a republican, they are committing a universal justice... let it happen more, since justice has been the victim of those "EVIL" abortions and freedom is awaiting resurrection.[/devils advocate]~DPS - these same men who would claim a pile of nonsentient cells are a human life, are also the ones who clamor for the death penalty... odd? They're also the psychotics who set bases in other people's countries and then clamor that the denizens want them out and resort to the only tactics a smaller foe with greater mobility can employ... hit and run against the supply train, also known as "terrorism" to the owner of the supply train. Perhaps we should stop fucking with the arabs and start cleaning house at home, we've got entirely too many freeloaders living off of our own endangered incomes.
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Re:Sadly,(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <{Allen.Zadr} {at} {gmail.com}> on 2006.01.10 11:44 (#14432803) (Last Journal: 2006.02.02 1:03)
Back in reality, those same people who have been stolen from use theft as a common excuse to charge us more and pay us less. Why is gas here 15 cents more than over there? Drive-offs. Why can't you pay your employees a living wage - too much theft in our stores kill our "low-low profit margins".
So, when Sen Kennedy makes his annual call for a higher minimum wage, he'll be knocked down because of these excuses. You can advocate that the excuses exist - theft or no - but why advocate proving their position?
--Truth and honesty can be compatible with sales and business, it's people who choose otherwise.[ Parent ]
Re:Sadly,(Score:2)
by DaedalusHKX (660194) on 2006.01.11 11:49 (#14442787) (http://slashdot.org/ Last Journal: 2006.02.01 9:04)
Oh child, naive you are.And naive EVERYONE is... did you know that down here in VA, and in MD I think as well, there is a law that states that a gas station CANNOT change prices unless the tanker is there and docked??Well you should've seen those fuckers, they left the third digit empty at times and kept rising it 2 or 3 cents every half hour.Drive offs my ass. Ever notice how if they are ALONE with no competition the prices go up?? It isn't drive offs, its trying to make a quota of sales, afterwards, they jack it up as high as they can without losing every sale... I watch it happen down the street (Exxon outside my neighborhood, and 2 7/11 fuel stations nearby, only places, and they're 5 miles apart... RARELY EVER are their prices competitive, but since it'll cost you 3 bucks in fuel to get to another better priced station, nobody is crazy enough to fuel up elsewhere and pay more than the 5cent/gallon savings would be able to make up for.The cops just sit by, its not in their interest (or maybe they're afraid??) to stop it.~D
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2006.01.09 17:22
We've got tens of serious crimes out there and it was strange to find that the serious crime pays and less serious crime doesn't pay.
If criminals had a piece of conscience, he would be likely to be caught much more than the cases determined criminals who committed serious crimes with no feeling of regret, remorse, mercy. As a matter of fact, criminals who were caught were much more the ones those who committed it accidentally, with no particular intentions to do it, without convictions to do it, etc. By and large the criminals who were caught are the ones thought to be the offenders of less serious crimes.
The crimals who had a slightest of conscience are likely to be caught and punishable by very strict crimal codes as opposed to the criminals who didn't have the slightest of conscience, who had a full of malicious intent. As long as they are at large, they might be laughing behind the scenes or are they suffering from the pain of conscience for good?
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Theory(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <{Allen.Zadr} {at} {gmail.com}> on 2006.01.10 2:09 (#14428423) (Last Journal: 2006.02.02 1:03)
It is theorized that those whom commit petty crimes without getting caught will slowly gain experience and an appetite for more serious crimes. Often times these people gain a feeling that the world owes them something. This helps them forget that they are merely stealing, and makes them think that they are meant to earn a living this way.
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Re:Theory(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.10 3:21 (#14429135) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Oftentimes poorly planned crimes collapse easily, but well-devised crimes by dyed-in-the-wool convinced criminals are not easy to be solved. Many serious crimes are going into labyrinth, thus minor crimes are only found and punished by a severe sentence.
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Sadly,(Score:2)
by DaedalusHKX (660194) on 2006.01.10 11:27 (#14432719) (http://slashdot.org/ Last Journal: 2006.02.01 9:04)
I will play "devils advocate" here, and say this:[devils advocate]In today's world, where we are enslaved by unscrupulous lawmakers, ruthless businessmen with no regard for human life (See Sego Mine incident in West VA for latest example) and pyschotic religious fanatics ready to kill us all to get their godly words accross (I'm talking about Bush and the Televangelist Sect here, not the Islamics).WHAT THE FUCK MAKES YOU THINK STEALING FROM THEM IS SUCH A BAD THING?! I applaud ANYONE that takes cash from bush and co... they are certainly taking PLENTY FROM US!!Anytime someone rips off a republican, they are committing a universal justice... let it happen more, since justice has been the victim of those "EVIL" abortions and freedom is awaiting resurrection.[/devils advocate]~DPS - these same men who would claim a pile of nonsentient cells are a human life, are also the ones who clamor for the death penalty... odd? They're also the psychotics who set bases in other people's countries and then clamor that the denizens want them out and resort to the only tactics a smaller foe with greater mobility can employ... hit and run against the supply train, also known as "terrorism" to the owner of the supply train. Perhaps we should stop fucking with the arabs and start cleaning house at home, we've got entirely too many freeloaders living off of our own endangered incomes.
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Re:Sadly,(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <{Allen.Zadr} {at} {gmail.com}> on 2006.01.10 11:44 (#14432803) (Last Journal: 2006.02.02 1:03)
Back in reality, those same people who have been stolen from use theft as a common excuse to charge us more and pay us less. Why is gas here 15 cents more than over there? Drive-offs. Why can't you pay your employees a living wage - too much theft in our stores kill our "low-low profit margins".
So, when Sen Kennedy makes his annual call for a higher minimum wage, he'll be knocked down because of these excuses. You can advocate that the excuses exist - theft or no - but why advocate proving their position?
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Re:Sadly,(Score:2)
by DaedalusHKX (660194) on 2006.01.11 11:49 (#14442787) (http://slashdot.org/ Last Journal: 2006.02.01 9:04)
Oh child, naive you are.And naive EVERYONE is... did you know that down here in VA, and in MD I think as well, there is a law that states that a gas station CANNOT change prices unless the tanker is there and docked??Well you should've seen those fuckers, they left the third digit empty at times and kept rising it 2 or 3 cents every half hour.Drive offs my ass. Ever notice how if they are ALONE with no competition the prices go up?? It isn't drive offs, its trying to make a quota of sales, afterwards, they jack it up as high as they can without losing every sale... I watch it happen down the street (Exxon outside my neighborhood, and 2 7/11 fuel stations nearby, only places, and they're 5 miles apart... RARELY EVER are their prices competitive, but since it'll cost you 3 bucks in fuel to get to another better priced station, nobody is crazy enough to fuel up elsewhere and pay more than the 5cent/gallon savings would be able to make up for.The cops just sit by, its not in their interest (or maybe they're afraid??) to stop it.~D
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Clishes
Cliches
2006.01.09 17:16
'People prefer believe in nothing rather than not to believe.' - From 'The Genealogy Of Morals', Nietszche.
'Blackjack' is a backstreet surgeon who has not qualified as a doctor and demands tens of millions of dollars for him to ask surgery, he is a well known character created by Osamu Tezuka, anime writer, who was also a medical doctor himself.
He(Blackjack) lives with a girl whose name I can't recall, I must confirm that he is not a paedophile, he just chose to live a girl with whom he is unable to have relations in the first place.
Her cliche is 'Atchan Bouy'. Bouy might be 'V'. In Japanese sounds, 'V' and 'Bouy' doesn't make difference, anyway, that doesn't change in essence the phrase is meaningless. She says many times this phrase instead of saying something meaninful. -Atchan Bouy!
Not only this anime but also others as well along with other cases of comedians, cliche is often used to call for laughing. I recall Nietszche's remark on the essence of religion I raised above. In the age of nihilism after the World War II, we all were caught by an apathy of something, these kinds of repetition of phrases might be the largest resistance general publics were able to make in public.
2006.01.09 17:16
'People prefer believe in nothing rather than not to believe.' - From 'The Genealogy Of Morals', Nietszche.
'Blackjack' is a backstreet surgeon who has not qualified as a doctor and demands tens of millions of dollars for him to ask surgery, he is a well known character created by Osamu Tezuka, anime writer, who was also a medical doctor himself.
He(Blackjack) lives with a girl whose name I can't recall, I must confirm that he is not a paedophile, he just chose to live a girl with whom he is unable to have relations in the first place.
Her cliche is 'Atchan Bouy'. Bouy might be 'V'. In Japanese sounds, 'V' and 'Bouy' doesn't make difference, anyway, that doesn't change in essence the phrase is meaningless. She says many times this phrase instead of saying something meaninful. -Atchan Bouy!
Not only this anime but also others as well along with other cases of comedians, cliche is often used to call for laughing. I recall Nietszche's remark on the essence of religion I raised above. In the age of nihilism after the World War II, we all were caught by an apathy of something, these kinds of repetition of phrases might be the largest resistance general publics were able to make in public.
Slashcode
Slashcode
2006.01.09 14:35
Probably many slashdotters have already noticed that the P tag doesn't function well at the end of the first paragraph, that turns to work as in Br tag instead.
I'd better use all Br tag instead, hadn't I?
If I did so, I wouldn't face any trouble now I do. I try doing so.
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Looking at a few of my JEs...(Score:2)
by Morosoph (693565) on 2006.01.10 0:19 (#14427408) (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.wesson/ Last Journal: 2006.01.29 13:42)
...I find the same thing. Eg. http://slashdot.org/~Morosoph/journal/122499 [slashdot.org]
Except that it's not so much the first paragraph, as random paragraphs throughout.
I plan to do nothing about it, since my articles are still readable, and the code may be fixed one day. Also, I'm stubborn, and I don't think that it's the one who is following standards who should shift.
You'll need to use
to replace
2006.01.09 14:35
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I'd better use all Br tag instead, hadn't I?
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Looking at a few of my JEs...(Score:2)
by Morosoph (693565) on 2006.01.10 0:19 (#14427408) (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.wesson/ Last Journal: 2006.01.29 13:42)
...I find the same thing. Eg. http://slashdot.org/~Morosoph/journal/122499 [slashdot.org]
Except that it's not so much the first paragraph, as random paragraphs throughout.
I plan to do nothing about it, since my articles are still readable, and the code may be fixed one day. Also, I'm stubborn, and I don't think that it's the one who is following standards who should shift.
You'll need to use
to replace
though, not just a single
.
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Re:Looking at a few of my JEs...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.10 0:46 (#14427619) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Long time no see. When it comes to writing, I am an extremely sensitive person, such clumsiness makes me so nervous and it makes me deterrent to write some decent articles in this site. Recently I started using other site-Technocrat.net for my base writings. And I transcript some of them to this site when I want other Slashdotters to read them.
--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters[ Parent ]
close your tags(Score:1)
by weierstrass (669421) on 2006.01.10 1:07 (#14427786) (http://retropolitan.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.01.28 22:21)
(i think) everything works fine if you start with your text with
, then start each new paragraph with
.correct me if i'm wrong.
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Re:close your tags(Score:2)
by Allen Zadr (767458) * <{Allen.Zadr} {at} {gmail.com}> on 2006.01.10 2:03 (#14428347) (Last Journal: 2006.02.02 1:03)
That works for me. It's more "correct" anyway.
--Truth and honesty can be compatible with sales and business, it's people who choose otherwise.[ Parent ]
Re:close your tags(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.01.10 2:16 (#14428504) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.04 2:51)
Thanks a lot. Everything works very well and it doesn't bother me.
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Re:close your tags(Score:1)
by weierstrass (669421) on 2006.01.10 3:29 (#14429207) (http://retropolitan.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.01.28 22:21)
you really are supposed to have
before and
after each paragraph. but if you start a new paragraph with, it can guess that the old paragraph is over.often writing
only between paragraphs is enough for it to guess the right thing but not here.
--Slow Down Cowboy! Slashdot requires you to wait longer between hitting 'reply' and submitting a comment.[ Parent ]
Mini Disc
Mini Disc
2006.01.09 1:58
I was looking for a package of mini discs that includes ten discs, 74 min. in an electric appliances shop. The title was 'Neige', The maker was Sony. Many features are similar to what I was looking for, but something's different. The width.
I was just looking at the side of the case, but the one I found was placed to show its face. I thought they are different and I gave up looking for it.
After a while after I looked over inside the premises, on second thought possibly I thought two packages might be the same. I rushed into the site and I changed the direction where I see. Now I realised two were the same.
2006.01.09 1:58
I was looking for a package of mini discs that includes ten discs, 74 min. in an electric appliances shop. The title was 'Neige', The maker was Sony. Many features are similar to what I was looking for, but something's different. The width.
I was just looking at the side of the case, but the one I found was placed to show its face. I thought they are different and I gave up looking for it.
After a while after I looked over inside the premises, on second thought possibly I thought two packages might be the same. I rushed into the site and I changed the direction where I see. Now I realised two were the same.
Biodegradable Plastics
Biodegradable Plastics
2006.01.09 1:40
Everything ought to be biodegradable, though the time span varies according to their materials. Plastics are made from oil, and oil is made from fossil in ancient times, so plastics ought to be biodegradable, but things are not so easy. It will take many years for plastics to degrade into soils.
Today I found the degradable plastics in a shop. That says it is degradable easily because it is made from corns. Just for my curiosity I kept it in my JE.
2006.01.09 1:40
Everything ought to be biodegradable, though the time span varies according to their materials. Plastics are made from oil, and oil is made from fossil in ancient times, so plastics ought to be biodegradable, but things are not so easy. It will take many years for plastics to degrade into soils.
Today I found the degradable plastics in a shop. That says it is degradable easily because it is made from corns. Just for my curiosity I kept it in my JE.
Definition Of Integral Calculus
"what i do all day"
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mercedo said...
I understand these are related to the definiton of integral calculus, correct?
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mercedo said...
I understand these are related to the definiton of integral calculus, correct?
Friday, February 03, 2006
Yellow Is Too Stimulus
Technocrat.net New Software Progress
mercedo
Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:57:53 PST
mercedo
Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:57:53 PST
The style sheet hurts my eyes...
The colour yellow is too stimulus. I was unable to sleep well because my retina reacts excessively.
I have no idea how to write as other people properly do. Will somebody tell me how to use edit code? I just want to use I &P.
Technocrat.net New Software Progress
mercedo
Fri, 03 Feb 2006 06:09:09 PST
With checking ' With the fancy editor disabled', I was able to solve part of the problems when I was posting. As to the stimulus colour, I will see the results.
Yes
Yes(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.03 2:56 (#14627734) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.02 23:51)
1. Histories: Lessons to learn
2. Natural Philosophy: Truth
3. Poetry: Art
4. Moral: How to communicate with others
5. Logic and rhetoric: Logic-Most important, Rhetoric-Least important
6. Mathematics: Ruler of the world
--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters[ Reply to This ]
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.03 2:56 (#14627734) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.02 23:51)
1. Histories: Lessons to learn
2. Natural Philosophy: Truth
3. Poetry: Art
4. Moral: How to communicate with others
5. Logic and rhetoric: Logic-Most important, Rhetoric-Least important
6. Mathematics: Ruler of the world
--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters[ Reply to This ]
E-Book Is Fine
E-Book Is Fine(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.03 2:44 (#14627584) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.02 23:51)
Recently I founnd the site of e-book, the name of which I forgot.. You can read it from left to right consequently as you read a paper book.
I just stopped reading a paper book anymore. If you could publish a book in the Internet, it would be much easier for us to get access to it. -People soon start carrying a portable e-book, we'd better not particular about publishing a book in paper.
--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters[ Reply to This ]
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.03 2:44 (#14627584) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.02 23:51)
Recently I founnd the site of e-book, the name of which I forgot.. You can read it from left to right consequently as you read a paper book.
I just stopped reading a paper book anymore. If you could publish a book in the Internet, it would be much easier for us to get access to it. -People soon start carrying a portable e-book, we'd better not particular about publishing a book in paper.
--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters[ Reply to This ]
Cloned?
Are They Cloned?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.03 2:03 (#14627115) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.02 23:51)
A woman who self fertilises could only have a female child .
Cloned?
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.03 2:03 (#14627115) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.02 23:51)
A woman who self fertilises could only have a female child .
Cloned?
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Stand By Me
Stand By Me(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.03 1:15 (#14626519) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.02 23:51)
This is a short description, if you wrote some story based on this, you would probably be able to complete another 'Stand by me' -I only watched the movies though.
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by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.03 1:15 (#14626519) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.02 23:51)
This is a short description, if you wrote some story based on this, you would probably be able to complete another 'Stand by me' -I only watched the movies though.
--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters[ Reply to This ]
Significant Moment
Significant Moment(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.03 0:56 (#14626339) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.02 23:51)
You unexpectedly discovered the botlle, and after a while you unintentionally opened it. That was the very special occasion.
--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters[ Reply to This ]
by mercedo (822671) * on 2006.02.03 0:56 (#14626339) (http://mercedo-comments.blogspot.com/ Last Journal: 2006.02.02 23:51)
You unexpectedly discovered the botlle, and after a while you unintentionally opened it. That was the very special occasion.
--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters[ Reply to This ]
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Two Signs of World Language
That is "there's no inflection in their words." and "they contain extremely enriched vocaburary." Both Chinese and English show a sign of world language.
English shows, in many aspects, a sign of good language. Probably proto-English used to have lots of paradigm change -inflection as other Indo-European language do. Nowadays we know Latin has more inflected words than English, but still English is an inflectional language.
On the other hands, Chinese is not inflectional. We say it 'analytical', for example, in English we say, ' In the past I went to the park.' or just 'I went to the park.' In Chinese, we say ' In the past we go to the park.' So if it's in present, we just say, 'I go to the park.' There's no inflection in Chinese. Then we noticed if we put the adverbal phrase like 'in the past', we don't have to use the past form 'went' to indicate the action was taken place in the past.
More and more English has been enriched by embracing many words - especially nouns from many other languages, less and less the inflection of English words is. I mean English words have been more rigid -fixed than before, because it is easier for non-native to learn not-inflected words.
Believe me now both world languages show strickingly similar syntax -both Chinese and English.
This Only Reflects a Part of Truth
This Only Reflects a Part of Truth
mercedo Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:41:19 UTC
I have heard tens of thousands of cases that Tamiflu played a decive role on recovery from influenza of many different types, many doctors here are using this drug every day. It is easy to raise a question, also there's no rule without exceptions.
mercedo Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:41:19 UTC
I have heard tens of thousands of cases that Tamiflu played a decive role on recovery from influenza of many different types, many doctors here are using this drug every day. It is easy to raise a question, also there's no rule without exceptions.
Our Perception Determines How We Express
Our Perception Determines How We Express
mercedo Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:12:24 UTC
By and large, they researchers overestimate the value of language. Our perception is the first thing, and it varies according to different people. So like so many perceptions, we humans developed languages differently. Language determines how we perceive?is just an opposit to phenomena. Our perception determines how we express it, thus develop different languages.
mercedo Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:12:24 UTC
By and large, they researchers overestimate the value of language. Our perception is the first thing, and it varies according to different people. So like so many perceptions, we humans developed languages differently. Language determines how we perceive?is just an opposit to phenomena. Our perception determines how we express it, thus develop different languages.
I was unable to understand English till age 20 or something. Of course I passed English test, but what I understood at that time was not an English, I was able to understand only Japanese, what I was able to do was just a way to translate English into Japanese, for me Japanese was the only meaning.
Around at age 20, I tried to understand English as English speakers do -not through translation but as it is. Now of course I understand English quite well.
As a man who does not understand English till age 21, it seems absurd for us to overestimate the role of language in perception. Perception isn't affected by language, but language is a reflection of what we perceived. Therefore when our perception varies, our language also varies. But even though language we use changes, our perception never changes. Our perception determines how we use our languages. Our perception is prior to our language.
At age twenty, I just realised I am unable to express what I perceive through Japanese -my native tongue, so I decided to learn English to express properly what I perceived. But throughout my childhood to the present day, my perception has never changed.
If someone thinks that our language determines how we see things, I can't help saying he is not a master of language, but language has been affecting him decisively, which is a pity.
Congrat!
This is the new Technocrat.net software
mercedo Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:49:26 UTC
Congratulations!
mercedo Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:49:26 UTC
Congratulations!
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Journals Moderated
RE: Yet more Starport wonkiness By mercedo at 4:19 PM, January 31st, 2006 (Tuesday), Comment #553
Yes, in my two JEs -How to Submit Diary & Try Hard, I didn't know I was unable to edit my JEs once posted, and would be moderated.
Yes, in my two JEs -How to Submit Diary & Try Hard, I didn't know I was unable to edit my JEs once posted, and would be moderated.
Anyway those two diaries were deprecated undoubtedly, so no problem.---Ancient Greek Philosophers - 18c Enlightenment Thinkers - Starport Users[Add Comment]
Your Haiku Is Great
RE: Haiku EBNFisms By mercedo at 3:55 PM, January 31st, 2006 (Tuesday), Comment #552
Your haiku reminds me of the former signature of elmegil.
Your haiku reminds me of the former signature of elmegil.
He wrote,
your haiku is weak
your ancestors are ashamed
go write a limerick --Daiv Barr
Needless to say, that does not necessarily mean your haiku is weak. ---Ancient Greek Philosophers - 18c Enlightenment Thinkers - Starport Users[Add Comment]
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