Roman, Romany, Romania
2005.08.02 21:16

Roman is needless to say ancient Roman who built the Roman Empire. People in modern Romania are thought to be one of direct descendants from Roman people who colonised and settled in this region of Eastern Europe. As a matter of fact, they use Roman alphabet and their language is related to Latin. So there's no particular problem on this.
The question I've been holding is the word Romany. Gypsy was called so because they were thought to be from Egypt in Europe, but actually they are thought to be originated from northen India. At some time in history they started moving to the West for unknown reasons.
They call themselves Romany or they prefer to be called so, in Romany, their language, Rom means just 'man' or 'husband'.
Eskimo don't like to be called so but Inuit that means 'man' in their language, Ainu don't like to be called so but'Utari' that means 'man' in their language. Why?
All three people have had hard times in their long history, perhaps their men were killed and women were forced to marry newly arrived people, and as the times go by people in their tribe unintentionally started calling themselves in their master's name. The name used to be a master's name but in the end because they are so interchanged and mingled that they couldn't notice who they were any more.
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I don't think it related to harship(Score:2)
by sam_handelman (519767) <skh2003 @ c o l u m b i a . edu> on 2005.08.02 21:52 (#13220770) (http://www.columbia....ndelman/student.html Last Journal: 2005.09.25 2:38)
The sioux name for themselves (Lakota) more or less just means "people". It is quite common for any population that does not live in cities to simply refer to themselves as "the people" in their own language. Whether or not they prefer that outsiders use the same name generally depends on what the name imposed by outsiders means - the Lakota are perfectly happy to be called Sioux (which means deadly enemy in Crow, quite macho), but Eskimo (which means eaters of raw fish) is derogatory.For the other names I don't know but I suspect something similar applies.--Just getting to hurt people and ruin stuff is reward enough for the rubber pants commandos!
Re:I don't think it related to harship(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.08.02 22:22 (#13220885) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Probably the Romany word for man and the people who are from Roman descendants happened to be the same which differs to the other two (or more)cases of Inuet and Utari. Once I asked one of my friends who majored European history about it, he replied 'It is a coincidence'.
My assumption is intuitive not inductive and only applied in this particular case -prefix Rom, therefore not endurable in academic thoughts. Next time I'm going to find more inductive one, e.g. there are so many cases to back my assumption, etc. Forgive me.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:I don't think it related to harship(Score:2)
by kesuki (321456) on 2005.08.03 1:03 (#13222450) (http://kesuki.deviantart.com/ Last Journal: 2005.10.01 13:42)
the 'city' of rome is named after a person, and so thus the whole roman empire is named after one guy who founded a city ;) thus it is coincidence...--This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original... [ Parent ]
Re:I don't think it related to harship(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.08.03 1:21 (#13222591) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Yeah Rome was founded by twin brothers Romurus & Ramus ( I hope I could spell their name correctly.) and older brother killed younger one Ramus then the history of Roman Empire started.
Certainly Rom is based on human name, thanks.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
And Japanese gets in the way(Score:2)
by Marxist Hacker 42 (638312) * <seebert@seeberfamily.org> on 2005.08.03 3:19 (#13223802) (http://www.informationr.us/ Last Journal: 2005.09.28 6:49)
Romulus and Remus.--Two chances to become a Dictator- and Bush blew them both! [ Parent ]
Re:And Japanese gets in the way(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.08.05 23:23 (#13249464) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Romulus and Remus. Next time I need to confirm first, obviously it is not difficult, thanks.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:And Japanese gets in the way(Score:2)
by Marxist Hacker 42 (638312) * <seebert@seeberfamily.org> on 2005.08.06 1:29 (#13250800) (http://www.informationr.us/ Last Journal: 2005.09.28 6:49)
Like I said- going from even katakana to romanji is kind of tough for a native Japanese speaker when it comes to l's and r's.....:-) Completely understandible error.--Two chances to become a Dictator- and Bush blew them both! [ Parent ]
I hate to pick nits, but...(Score:2)
by Interrobang (245315) * on 2005.08.03 14:49 (#13228646) (http://www.sara-stewart.com/ Last Journal: 2005.09.28 12:22)
The plural of the native word for "Eskimo" is Inuit, not "Inuet," and the singular is Inuk. So, one Inuk, many Inuit.Personally, I think the trend is indicative of a cultural change within our culture, where we've become more sensitive toward calling people what they want to be called, instead of just imposing a name on them and calling them what we want to call them.--Multiplayer Notepad! [slashdot.org] [ Parent ]
Re:I hate to pick nits, but...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.08.05 23:17 (#13249387) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Thanks for correction. Next time I need to confirm if it's dubious.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters

Pyrotechnics
2005.08.01 21:21

Unlike ordinary the 1sts of August, it's not hot today, it is suitable for us to go to see the fireworks.
Today, we have the biggest fireworks in Yahoo city, people old and young, women and men get together to see this big event once in a year. Me? I don't go. I have no one to go with me.
I am listening to Zigeunerweisen since one hour ago, now I can hear the sound of fireworks, I tried approaching to the window. Oh, I could see the big flower of fires one after another. That's enough, I live in this house situated a little bit higher than the Yahoo plain.
People usually wear yukata- simpler garment than kimono, people go out later at night, the night of fever lasts all night long.
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Any info(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.08.01 21:57 (#13213109) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 16:03)
First a Bad joke .Your topic is pure flame bait .second , I have been trying to find more info about Yahoo city on google ,the task is incredibly difficult hee , located it on the map , but only links i have found bar yahoo.co.jp etc were telephone listings in kanji .Do you know any sites in English with info about the place , i would love to have a read.Wikipedia seems to be dead right now as well.--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent
Re:Any info(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.08.01 22:43 (#13213393) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Haha..I see here [wikipedia.org] it is.
In the Internet, a kind of anonymity is interesting, but Yahoo city seemd too interesting for anyone to see where it is.
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Re:Any info(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.08.01 23:13 (#13213600) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 16:03)
Ah cheers.Wikipedia seems to be working again now hee--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent

Zigeunerweisen & Hungarian Rhapsody No13
2005.08.01 20:26

Zigeunerweisen -1878 by Sarasate (1844-1908), and Hungarian Rhapsody -1853 No 13 the latter half part of the song by Liszt(1811-1886) are same. Did both compose based on same folklore?
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Same Tunes(Score:2)
by bettiwettiwoo (239665) * on 2005.08.02 10:59 (#13219032) (http://xq.se/ Last Journal: 2005.09.23 14:10)
Without knowing anything about this particular case: there's usually only so much folklore to go around, and that is very often especially true of music: it is not seldom the case that the same melody is used for various different lyrics in various parts of one country ... or, for that matter, even the same part of a country.As for gypsies, I believe they were (and are) a sizeable minority in Hungary, so their music could well have had an impact on 'traditional' Hungarian (folklore) music.--The liver is evil and must be punished.
Re:Same Tunes(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.08.02 21:52 (#13220769) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Probably they both composed or just collected from the same folklore transmitted among gypsy people from generation to generation. They mustn't have the concept of copyright nowadays we have or perhaps we are going to lose the clear concept of copyright born in the wake of capitalism. Since the development of the Internet has been so apparent, we're now facing an age of the almost unlimited proliferation.
Whoever composed the song it doesn't matter as far as it gives us a confidence.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters

The Mysterious Future
2005.08.01 20:07

FBI arrested 8 ...When I saw this title, I got curious then I tried to click the comments ...Nothing, I wonder where the comments. When this article was posted? That says it's the mysterious future. So I thought they were kidding.
Before that article, I noticed they used two colours - blue and red so I thought they started using two colours instead.
It didn't take much time to know it was a subscriber's privilage to see it earlier. Oh, I was a subscriber.
Certainly. Yeah, this is a mysterious future.

After the Storm is Over
2005.08.01 9:31

A storm of memoranda me starts blowing again among slashdotters.
It's interesting, interesting but if now I did, I couldn't claim to be a flagship of maverick. Wait until the storm of meme is over, then I try.
I wonder how many /.ers are instinctively wanting to let them show in public. This is a typical feature of writers in general.

So Sleepy
2005.07.31 23:54

Since I wrote the last JE, I haven't slept yet, well certainly I took a nap for 2 hours from 5:30 to 7:30 am this morning. That's why I am so sleepy. Stupid, stupid enough to repeat this stupidity again. I should not stick to one job, I keep on workng there only because recently I encountered a pretty girl near my workplace.
Anyway, let's sleep for a while.
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*giggle*(Score:2)
by Interrobang (245315) * on 2005.08.02 15:00 (#13219820) (http://www.sara-stewart.com/ Last Journal: 2005.09.28 12:22)
NaveWeiss would work a job for that same reason. :) Sometimes I think you're him, but other times, no.--Multiplayer Notepad! [slashdot.org]
Re:*giggle*(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.08.03 0:00 (#13221790) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Sometimes people keep on doing something for reasons others don't know. Pleasure principle is always prior.
So I'm struggling between whether to choose, the pretty girl or desire to sleep, maybe desire to sleep with the pretty girl is best (this is 'off the record').--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:*giggle*(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.08.03 2:31 (#13223341) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
If only I left unsaid the last one, I would be remained to be a sober person.
Oh, this unrepentant horny guy!--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:*giggle*(Score:2)
by Interrobang (245315) * on 2005.08.03 15:04 (#13228697) (http://www.sara-stewart.com/ Last Journal: 2005.09.28 12:22)
Unrepentant horny people of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your clothes! Exeunt Interrobang, humming the Internationale with lots of raunchy, trumpetesque slides and gutteral notes in the chorus...--Multiplayer Notepad! [slashdot.org] [ Parent ]
Re:*giggle*(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.08.11 0:04 (#13286260) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Heehee, let me support your manifesto..--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters

Sleepy
2005.07.31 3:27

It's time to take a nap in an office. Good night.
Oh, Le Marteau, thank you very much for befriending me. The big wave of new entries rush in my fans list seemed over, my world enhanced.
My friends and fans are all celeberties.
As far as I can see, that's where my world lies.

Future of the Language III
2005.07.31 3:17

I. why 'I' have to be written always in capital letter? More and more slashdotters who prefer writting i instaed of I are increasing. Consequently more and more we are getting accustomed to seeing the i instead. There are two reasons I can find.
It is a sign of meism- self centrism or It is so confusing to just write down the word i in a sentence, we might mistake it for i as a small letter of Roman figure (i).
It has become so uncommon to see handwritting these days and it is troublesome to hit the shift key any time when we write an I letter, it might not be long for i to take the place of I.
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It's easier(Score:1)
by iminplaya (723125) on 2005.07.31 10:39 (#13205143) (Last Journal: 2005.09.04 7:21)
to write a capital "I" because you don't have to take the extra step of dotting it. I believe, but am not certain that "I" is a proper noun(replacing your given name in the first person), the first letter of which is always capitalized in English. And, yes, the shift key is a pain. But then, I'm just lazy. When I'm chatting on IM, I don't capitalize at all. I don't type very fast and when you're chatting, speed is the name of the game. That should be as clear as Mississippi mud. You managed to get me to dredge up decades old memories that I have been successfully repressing until now...now if I could just remember where I put my glasses.--Oooo...standing for the Queen, are we? RTFM [bfi.org]
Re:It's easier(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.31 21:53 (#13207114) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
But also block letter hadwriting we often write three lines -first , then - for the upper part of , then _ to write a proper form of 'I' .
If 'i' keeps on increasing its frequency in writing of many people, 'i' might be replaced in 'I'. I think 'I' was written as 'i' in the first place since etymologically 'i' must have been derived from 'ich' in German or 'ju' in French.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters

Future of the Language II
2005.07.31 2:14

Mike, go home. Mike goes home. - S or es was used to define the meaning of two sentences, but then why we have to use s in the sentence like 'He goes home.' I don't think we need.
I am, you are, he is ... why the verb has to change according to the subjectives, I have no idea so far.
Sometimes I was amazed to find the expression like 'she go...' in colloquialism, but I don't think it strange. It stands to reason to be able to express so because no one feels confused about it.
The bad word 'ain't ' is a convenient form for expressing negation, ain't can mean am not, isn't, aren't, hasn't, haven't. But actually we don't have to use many words for negation - just 'ain't' is fine.

From 'Do Not' to 'Not Do' -Future of the Language
2005.07.31 1:20

I don't have a book. Simply goes to 'I not have a book.' Don't I have a book? instead, Not do I have a book? I can't dance at all. Simply 'I not can dance at all. Can't I dance at all? instead Not can I dance at all?
'I've never been to Alaska' is replaced like 'I never have been to Alaska'. I think this word order makes English more closer to logical language.
Why in the language, 'not' is placed after the verb? When subject of the verb was so important, 'do' or 'do not' depended on the individual's decision where the subject of the verb can 'choose'. So the word of action ought to be located prior to whether actually it ought to do or not, so in the expression 'I have a book' is a contraction form of 'I do do have a book' and 'I don't have a book' is of course a contraction form of 'I do not have a book' . Then nobody particulary says 'I do do have a book' though sometimes we say in a expression ' I do have a book'. I mean we don't have to use 'do' in either expressions. Since we now live in the age of computer, whether we 'do' or 'do not' is not dependent on individual's decision. Compurters decide 'do' or 'not do'
The age of ambiguity based on ambiguous human decision is over. We don't have to choose 'do' or ' do not' but automatically be chosen whether it's 'do' or 'not do'.

The Language In Logics
2005.07.30 20:30

What features one language is not an word order but a word itself. There are tens of thousands of words -vocaburary in many languages though the number of word order is so limited. That said, there are some languages whose word order is closer to the logical order and others that does not follow the logical order.
For example, how about 'This is not a pen.' ?
In English we say 'This is not a pen', but how about Japanese, they say 'This a pen is not. ' Both in English and Japanese, 'not' negates 'is' positioned just before the word 'not', but believe me the word 'not' in English order also negates the following chunk( a loaf of words)- 'a pen' too. In both languages, 'this' exists so we don't have to negate the word 'this', but if we negate the chunk ' a pen ', we ought not to put the word 'not' after the word 'pen'. In the same reason, here we must say the most logical word order is 'This not is a pen.' The word 'not' negates 'is a pen', not only 'is' but also 'a pen'.
I must say the English word order is much closer to the logical word order as opposed to Japanese word order that is more closer to the most illogical word order.
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[The] chicken vs [the] egg(Score:2)
by daniil (775990) <evilbj8rn@hotma[ ]com ['il.' in gap]> on 2005.07.30 21:04 (#13201442) (Last Journal: 2005.10.01 6:31)
The question you forgot to ask is, does language base on logics, or is it the other way around? Another interesting question is, can there be only one 'logical order', or can there be many different ones?--Hell is not other people; it is yourself. - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Re:[The] chicken vs [the] egg(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.30 21:52 (#13201557) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
For Japanese people, European languages are much closer to each other and also by far closer to logical order. Certainly the Latin languages -Spanish, French, Italian seemed to be closer but I must say English, German, French are so different, for example, in Latin word order they usually put adjectives after the noun but in English adjectives are positioned before the noun, which is logical? I think it is in the case of Latin languages.
Another example, aside rom the apparent etymological similarities, when it comes to the word order German and English shows conspicuous differences. In German negation often comes last part of the sentences. Which is more logical? Apparently in English.
Languages vary as the times go by. By injection from another culture probably, what remains to be characteristic on one language is indeed ambiguous. One language differs from another in vocaburary, word order, what character it uses. Apart from the all the differences we have, all the languages express what we share on our underlying fact, thing, matter.
can there be only one 'logical order', or can there be many different ones?
I can't dare to say there's only one logical order, but certainly there's a logical order which is deeply based on the order of the underlying nature behind languages.
does language base on logics, or is it the other way around
The language ought to be based on logics as much as possible, otherwise it falls in just an expression of illogical emotions.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:[The] chicken vs [the] egg(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.31 4:55 (#13203564) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 16:03)
Most languages are burden with legacy support and weird quirks ,we just need to scrap the lot and create a new fresh system .I propose a new alphabeta b d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t u v w zc ,q ,x ,y can pretty much be replaced with k /s, kw , z/ek, i/eu respectivly--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent [ Parent ]
Re:[The] chicken vs [the] egg(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.31 22:15 (#13207220) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
That's a good idea.
Mainly liguists argue that the spelling ought to be kept since it is related to etymological meaning. For example 'light' 'right' both are spelt 'licht' 'richt' in German, so we can know many words are ascended from German words, so?
Many words are used without considering about their origin but used as just a sign, words can have meaning only in their sentences, not in their history.
Etymologically speaking, alphabet was much smaller than now. I think it's 22 originally. 'j' was derived from 'i' and there were no distinction between 'u' 'v' 'w' , 'c' was invented by Romans to express their sound, only later people who needed to express another phone that was unable to express in existing alphabet invented another alphabet one after another.
Now it's high time to rethink about how to spell enough to be distinguished from one another. But who do?--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:[The] chicken vs [the] egg(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.31 22:28 (#13207273) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 16:03)
Spelling needs to be done in universal phonetics , so it is insanely easy to remember after you understand simplified phonetics.Many linguists are a stuck in their ways, we have records and can still track the course of our language without complicating it for everyone . I can't remember the Greek alphabet anymore (haven't really gone over this stuff for years ) but i do believe it was around 20-22--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent [ Parent ]
I see no pen.(Score:1)
by myslashdotusername (903486) on 2005.07.30 21:46 (#13201542) (http://slashdot.org/~rmr Last Journal: 2005.09.08 12:24)
The pen does not exist. There is no pen. I am not a pen. You insensitive clod, that's no pen, it's my _____! Are you a man dreaming of being a pen, or a pen dreaming of being a man?--Everyone whom you love, loves no one else. You must be special.
Re:I see no pen.(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.30 21:58 (#13201573) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Interesting. I have no word to return.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters

Bachelor
2005.07.30 19:40

I married twice and divorced two times. I might not be called bachelor since I married before. Here is another nonsense from non-native speaker, who is sometimes so particular about the word itself.
I know but I can't stop...
The word bachelor means two ways, one is a man who never married and the other is the first University degree. Why one word is used in two ways? Then I thought about it.
A bachelor once married someone is supposed to be a master of household. And of course the second University degree is master's.
Definetely not 'a master of spouse', if so, we have to call the second University degree 'slave'.

Limitless Fan's List
2005.07.29 3:11

We have limitation in enlisting friend's list. We have no limitations accepting being befriended by someone. So my dream is to keep on having a continuous entry in my fan's list after I hit the limitation in my friend's list.
It sounds a little bit arrogant and it certainly takes time.
I just started subscribing by someone's help and it is still less than one year to start writing my JEs here though, if we kept on writing any more years, it is achievable for anyone to have more than 200 fans.
I should say the time the number of my fans surpassed the number 200, it would be the day of turning-point in slashdotting history in me. The days would be yet to come though it is my dream.
Welcome my fans! My journals are especially designed for you.

Thanks
2005.07.27 23:26

Today I am unable to crystalise the idea - owing to severe lack of good night sleep. Just I was able to figure out that I got another three names in my fans list -NeeNee3, queenofthe1ring, turgid. Thank you very much for your listing my name in your friend's list. See you again.
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Fan lists corelate(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.28 6:59 (#13180562) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 16:03)
You will find many similarities between many of our (as in the almost everyone on my list , your list , their lists) , ITs very organic kind of interesting to observe. ;) sometimes i wonder how some folks become freinds of freinds , or even foes . mostly though its very obvious--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent
Re:Fan lists corelate(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.28 7:28 (#13180810) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Yeah, one day our surname has to be changed like mercedo slashdot, FidelCatsro slashdot.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:Fan lists corelate(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.28 8:04 (#13181125) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 16:03)
;) heh , though i shall keep my virtual Catsro(or as it should be seen Cats-ro , though the wonderful castro comparison has served me well) surname for the time being , it serves for many amusing remarks and false allegations .--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent [ Parent ]
Re:Fan lists corelate(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.28 9:21 (#13181684) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Oh, come on names are just names, it has nothing to do with his personality.
My name mercedo has nothing to do with Mercedes-Benz, as in the name of Mr President has nothing to do with the name of the company that sells Bud.
Your name resembles to Fidel Castro ( Cuban leader ), but there must be thousands same name as his.
As a matter of fact, in case my Japanese peudonym is strikingly similatr to other famous Japanese figures, I make it a rule to say because I am so famous that he asked me of using my peudonym then I said yes you can use it for nothing.
My Japnese name? Because my name is so famous, I can't reveal that.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters

Majestic
2005.07.27 0:17

Degrees, eglamkowski, freejung, geoswan, johndiii, macrealist, Marxist Hacker 42, n54 -they are the oldest fans since as early as October 2004.
When I lost one fan, I realised how important to keep the one's support. What I am largely owes to their kindness they showed to me at first. I was unable to get even one reply in the jp. site

Oh, My Fans!
2005.07.26 23:50

Last night I got four new entries in my fan's list - Iamthefallen, Interrobang, pythorlh, yuri benjamin. Thank you very much.
I've never said thanks to my entry in your friend's list - daniil, Ethelred Unraed, GeckoFood, Morosoph, sam_handelman, shadowspark, Stargoat. I would like to show my deep gratitude to your unchanging presence in my fan's list.
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You're welcome...(Score:2)
by Morosoph (693565) on 2005.07.27 8:40 (#13171640) (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.wesson/ Last Journal: 2005.09.17 20:46)
Although a little more effusive than an Englishman like myself is used to ;-)--Why you Should use 'Viral' Licenses [slashdot.org]
Re:You're welcome...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.28 9:26 (#13181717) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
In a sense, writers have to be effusive many times. Real me is very modest compared to the bragging mouth I have.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:You're welcome...(Score:2)
by Morosoph (693565) on 2005.07.28 17:02 (#13183694) (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tim.wesson/ Last Journal: 2005.09.17 20:46)
:o)
The internet transforms us all into titans, whether in our pettiness or our nobility.--Why you Should use 'Viral' Licenses [slashdot.org] [ Parent ]
You're welcome...(Score:2)
by Interrobang (245315) * on 2005.07.28 7:16 (#13180711) (http://www.sara-stewart.com/ Last Journal: 2005.09.28 12:22)
As writers, we ought to hang together (or we shall most assuredly hang separately). ;)--Multiplayer Notepad! [slashdot.org]
Re:You're welcome...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.28 8:11 (#13181183) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Yes, that's a good idea. We can develop a good relationship like Virginia Wolfe and Norman Mailer did, though I am not sure what kind of relations they had, it is certain that they are a good friend.
Or a relationship Simone De Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre had.
I might seek for moving to another London soon.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:You're welcome...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.28 9:04 (#13181548) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Oh, I must have made a critical mistake...American writer Susan Sontag (1933-2004) instead of British Virginia Woolf(1882-1941).
Norman Mailer, American, was born in 1923 and still working as a writer. They -Sontag & Mailer were a friend (as long as I know). Thanks.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:You're welcome...(Score:2)
by Interrobang (245315) * on 2005.07.28 9:33 (#13181754) (http://www.sara-stewart.com/ Last Journal: 2005.09.28 12:22)
Just so long as you're not angling for the relationship between Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft. *grin*What is your native language?--Multiplayer Notepad! [slashdot.org] [ Parent ]
Re:You're welcome...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.28 11:11 (#13182291) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
People around me use Japanese simply because they were born in Japan. I prefer using English since I started learning it at age 12.
I think some notions in English first then translate them into Japanese. My native language belongs to a tacit dimension and English is by far closer to my native tongue.
Mary Shelly is famous for her masterpiece Frankenstein, in many aspects her creature has a loveable character. People seek for people who are likeminded, her novel sheded light on this universal principle through these monsterous beings. Frankenstein was named after his inventor. You know why she didn't give him another name?--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Hajime mashite! :)(Score:2)
by Interrobang (245315) * on 2005.07.29 3:53 (#13188544) (http://www.sara-stewart.com/ Last Journal: 2005.09.28 12:22)
Your English is far better than my Japanese. I can still tell you're not a native speaker, just from the way you write, sorry.I have no idea why Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley didn't give Frankenstein's Monster another name. Personally, I think the book was overrated. I studied it in school twice, I think. I somehow managed to get a bachelor's degree in English Literature despite thinking that most of the Western Canon is crap... *grin*--Multiplayer Notepad! [slashdot.org] [ Parent ]
Re:Hajime mashite! :)(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.29 23:11 (#13194487) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Oh, you pretend not to know the reason. You must have known that, assuming the way you wrote down the name of Mary Shelley.
I mean her mother was dead at the same time at her birth, and she was named exactly the same name after her mother- Mary Wollstonecraft, many family members related to her were famous figures so a liitle bit confusing though.
He didn't give him another name from his inventor simply she cast double image on herself and the creature Frankenstein, it is the writer's natural tendency to attribute to someone whether they have faults, in her case her mother was dead because of the disease she got soon after her delivery. So for her -author of Frankenstein it must have appeared that her mother was so irresponsible to have passed not to say anything.
The creature Frankenstein was created by his inventor Dr Frankenstein and was named as the same as Dr's name. But he was completely different and not even biologically related to his inventor.
She was unable to overcome her tragedy -being unable to talk to her mother in the least. Whilst she was able to overcome her that tragedy by creating more tragic example- the birth of monster. She didn't notice that she herself was a monster of her times but now we can tell she was.
I evaluate her work as one of the masterpieces we had though evaluation varies in individuals. Any way thanks for my entry, I would like to learn English more through reading your good JEs furthermore. I think that's the *best way*!--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters

The Shining *StarlinsNotDead*
2005.07.26 22:05

I knew such rare cases in reading Profane MuthaFucka's article about gift subscription.
I never thought I might be the one who receive someone's gift subscription. Last night I noticed an asterisk's attaching after my name, I thought it shining more than I thought.
Someone has to support Slashdot financially. For my part, I would like to do by contributing good articles on behalf of you- one of the readers in my fans list.
Whenever I see the shining star after my name, I would recall you.
On behalf of Slashdot and the writers, thank you very much.
The shining star is indeed it's *you*.
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As the Bible says(Score:1)
by StalinsNotDead (764374) on 2005.07.27 5:03 (#13169214) (Last Journal: 2005.10.01 0:12)
There is more joy in giving than in receiving.It's what I do when I win some money on the scratch-off ticket lottery.Though the Bible also says "Happy is he taketh your young ones and dasheth them against the stone." So I'd reckon it's a good idea to pick and chose a bit.Anyway, have a happy day.--If you don't want people to think you're an asshole, don't be one. It's that simple.-The Mad Poster

Determination
2005.07.26 4:34

Today I got another wave of entries of my name in friends list of curtisk, kesuki, KoriaDesevis, Some Woman, StalinsNotDead.
Thank you very much indeed. I really appreciate that.
The more the number of fan increases, the more my determination strengthens. Determnation -determination to be a greatest writer of our times. -
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Trek start(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.26 5:33 (#13159721) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
Good luck on your quest ,I am currently Trying to have the worst writing of our times .Its fairly illegible ,even by me .:( Im sorry i can't resist bad jokes , Which is probably why i like myself so much .People always say I'm funny though , Always pointing and laughing at me .I've been trying to clean up my act , less smut , going for the self deprecating skit .I often fail , but i will always keep on trying , pushing off lines and lines working on sketches , someday I'm sure i will make it .Heavily trying to develop my Marx brothers sketch , Groucho and Karl .Guess what I'm trying to say is , Keep on pushing .The way i like to see it is , I'm a success and one of the greatest if i can touch even one persons lives , make them better or even just make someone smile .Do one of these with your writing and you are one of the greatest writers of our time.--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent
Re:Trek start(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.26 7:05 (#13160535) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Thank you very much indeed.
My trek has already started and reached to the point of no return. I have two alternatives, make or break. I've never thought about bad scenarios, since I am such an optimistic person.
Apart from that, if I were not the one to succeed, no one would be able to do either.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:Trek start(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.26 7:39 (#13160785) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
I live by the rules of feast of famine myself ,I am an eternal optimist , but more pragmatically so.Some say the glass is half full , some say its half empty , I say its half a glass .Things are always true to themselves , All depending on your perspective , but the underlying truth is always there.Ever hear the story of the stone cutter , well if you ever get the chance to look over it , its how i view things.--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent [ Parent ]
just don't get jealous...(Score:2)
by kesuki (321456) on 2005.07.26 5:39 (#13159758) (http://kesuki.deviantart.com/ Last Journal: 2005.09.29 4:19)
with those nobel prizes for literature ;) some of us would like to someday have one...--This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original...
Re:just don't get jealous...(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) on 2005.07.26 5:41 (#13159779) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Yeah, I do within two or three years.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:just don't get jealous...(Score:2)
by kesuki (321456) on 2005.07.26 5:50 (#13159855) (http://kesuki.deviantart.com/ Last Journal: 2005.09.29 4:19)
about 200 people are nominated the precceding feb. of the december awards ceremony...http://nobelprize.org/literature/nomina tion/nominators.html [nobelprize.org] I won't be ready for the nobel prize when I'm still this young ;) I might have been if i had been on some kind of accelerated schooling as a child, and had had a PHD when most people were still worrying about going to their first dance... but i wonder if i wouldn't be even more messed up... well, like they say greatness comes at great price.--This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original... [ Parent ]
Good Luck(Score:1)
by StalinsNotDead (764374) on 2005.07.26 6:12 (#13160057) (Last Journal: 2005.09.10 1:44)
Now get to work! (I kid)--If you don't want people to think you're an asshole, don't be one. It's that simple.-The Mad Poster
Re:Good Luck(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.26 19:52 (#13163702) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Thank you very much. Your name is impressive.(Offtopic?)--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:Good Luck(Score:1)
by StalinsNotDead (764374) on 2005.07.27 0:07 (#13165233) (Last Journal: 2005.09.10 1:44)
No worries. I try to be supportive. It doesn't always work out well in real life, though.The slashdot nickname? That was chosen because Stalin was always a favorite historical character to research and do reports on when I was in grade school. I'd reckon the NotDead part of it is because I also like Elvis, and there are theories that Elvis may be alive.Have fun writing.Plus, I think this is your journal so you's be the one to determine whether a comment that is amde is offtopic.--If you don't want people to think you're an asshole, don't be one. It's that simple.-The Mad Poster

The Secrecy of G spot
2005.07.26 1:19

Warning -This article might contain contents that adults only allow to have access.
I think it might mean ground zero spot. Or perhaps it might mean the place you cannot touch with your fingers as in G string both in violin and in striptease.
Sometimes we need a joke to get along with our daily life.

G string
2005.07.26 0:12

Air on a G string -It is needless to say this is a world famous Bach's work. Those who might not have memories to listen to his work intentionally oftentimes must have listened to this music in many occasions on the street in public. Now I listen to his music again...
My question is what G string here means. You see G string is a word refers to a tiny piece of garment that covers dancer's private part in time of her dancing.
I once asked who knows how to play violin well what G string in violin means. He replied, 'G string is one of the strings in violin in which you don't have to use fingers to play it.
You don't have to use fingers to play it! Still I am not certain how to play the violin without using fingers though, I felt I was able to understand what G string means - You don't have to use fingers to cover your private part in use of G string. Of course, if I believe what he said, you don't have to use fingers to play the G string.
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Air on a G string(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.26 0:40 (#13156643) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
Dropping a piano down a coal shaft and you get "A flat minor"Classical music if filled with double-entendres , Just as i say that my mind goes blank and i can not think of a single one (I used to have a list somewhere).--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent
Re:Air on a G string(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) on 2005.07.26 1:07 (#13156851) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Yeah, I see. You mean no relations.
Now I resume listening to his masterpiece without worrying about.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:Air on a G string(Score:2)
by Stargoat (658863) on 2005.07.26 1:19 (#13156959) (http://www.stargoat.com/ Last Journal: 2005.09.29 2:15)
That is terrible. I love it.[ Parent ]
Re:Air on a G string(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.26 5:01 (#13159356) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
I am proud to say it's one of my worst jokes ;) , I was thinking of sending it to Mel brooks .Really hope he does make space balls 3 , wait this is kind of off topic heh.on topic , i am actually listening to a piece by Eberlin , which is more baroque than classical--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent [ Parent ]
Re:Air on a G string(Score:2)
by Stargoat (658863) on 2005.07.26 5:05 (#13159397) (http://www.stargoat.com/ Last Journal: 2005.09.29 2:15)
Space Balls 3, the Search for More Money? oh, a man can dream.

Maverick
2005.07.25 2:00

Maverick, instead of renegade was the word to refer to a person of unconventional nature. I've been keeping awake for almost 22 hours already.
Oh thanks for my entry in your friends list. - btlzu2, Cyberdyne, FidelCatsro, Scott Lockwood, sielwolf. I got five new entries in my fans list. I write my articles for my fans first and foremost then for the rest of them. As long as I can keep on having even only one fun, I will keep on writing till the end of time.
Now I end my long day.
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Which one of my rants(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.25 8:02 (#13152242) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
;) was it , i make a fair few hehMaverick is a great term , it has been used to describe me on many occasions , along with rouge , Eccentric , Bastard , Scary , intimidating , cuddly teddy beer (pun intended) , kitten , psycho :DThough sitting with a kitten on my lap and another on my shoulder right now its an obvious guess where i fall , yes thats right , dipsomania :P ,(party today for my brother in laws birthday )--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent
Re:Which one of my rants(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) on 2005.07.25 23:45 (#13156197) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
I am a maverick, in every sense of the word.
By being this I had been fired so many times. Usually I didn't change what I think it's right to do. Many people just follow because someone beside you just do the same things. For my part, I think first then I decide whether I do. It doesn't matter how people other than me do about it.
I am proud to be a maverick. You too? If so I was able to find a like-minded person far from here. I appreciate that.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:Which one of my rants(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.26 5:56 (#13159911) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
'I am totally rouge ;) though not in an evil sense , very defiantly a proud maverick and cat owner .Sorry for responding late , I've been drinking far too much these last few days heh , a lot of birthday parties hehI decide what I do based on what i think , always have , constantly gets me into trouble . Though i have the un/fortunate characteristic of being rather loveable and friendly . ;) I think I've been fired from every job i've ever lost , Mostly over disagreements with management .. Though in my teens i kind of got fired for um other things *cough*Maverick is great term , though i would list it secondarily to Eccentric as that is perhaps my most prominent characteristic(I always wear odd socks , Eat meals in reverse order .. etc.) .--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent [ Parent ]
Re:Which one of my rants(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.26 20:13 (#13163760) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
You are a really intereting guy, I like it..You have an adequate sense of humour. You see how many times you gave me happy smiles in reading above. ..and cat owner heh heh cough secondarily to Eccentric ...--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:Which one of my rants(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.27 0:28 (#13165500) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
Ah , i like to add a bit of humour to everything i say ,Which can be a problem at funerals .In fact my comedy has won over 30 awards , unfortunately they were awards i made up.In school i was voted as "The greatestt wit anyone has ever known" which was quite a complement till i discovered it was a typo , which was compounded as a threat to my self confidence having the previous week discovered that the term "boo" did not mean encore .So i decided to take on slapstick , till i had to get a tetanus shot for all the splinters.I apologise for the load of bad jokes , I'm attempting to get into politics ;)--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent

Piano Sonata No 2 -Chopin
2005.07.25 1:24

This is his one of most famous musical achivements - rather known as Marche Funebre. It is my strong impression that this song is implyng from a birth of men to the decease of men - life of men in general. Every parts reflect birth - growth- childhood -adolescence -coming of age- love- strum und drunk of youngages -marriage - childbearing - forming family - later life and even life after death.
Why not try listening the song along with my instructions next time?

Piano Concerto Op 54 - R. Schumann
2005.07.25 0:44

This is a perfect music. Perfect combination of piano and orchestra both in harmony and melody. Besides it contains tints of Oriental atomosphere. Or rather turkish, slightly arabeque, anyway it is not completely Occidental.
Robert Schumann must have learned lots of music from different parts of the world from where he live. This is not an opus of his instinct but a work of all the collection he earned from his music study. This is also a perfect combination of his elaborate and half instinctive musical sense. We can hear traits of Chopin, Bach - crystalisation of Occidental music to tints of Turkish, Arabesque mood.
It is because of its nature - the reason why we feel as if we were in the Middle East.
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I enjoy Schumann(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.25 8:08 (#13152268) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
Though by any chance have you heard any of Greigs work , he is by far one of my favourite composers .His first opus was what really got me into classical works , not so much for the overtly popularised hall of the mountain kings piece or the whole pier quint colourisation , specifically for the pieces which fell outside this realm .Though i did in fact first hear his work whilst performing pier quint at His majesties theatre .Though i should also probably mention my mum , who is a semi professional soprano and aficionado on all things classicalThough she far prefers Beethoven--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent
Re:I enjoy Schumann(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) on 2005.07.25 23:22 (#13155975) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Greig, Greig,...I've got a number of clasical collections, I must have the one...Yeah I have the one, the title of his work is Solveij. Let's try listening...
It's still too early to judge how his music is though, it is just my mere impression though he must have been influenced from Chopin. Tomorrow is off. I will go to the music shop and buy a collection of his works. I am looking forward to listening to the music you like the most.
Beethoven! I've got a collection of his work and *sometimes* I listen to his works. *Romance* is my favorite, but overall impression on his work is *difficult*.
I spend considerable time in listening to clasical music, and I intend to keep on donig so.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters [ Parent ]
Re:I enjoy Schumann(Score:2)
by FidelCatsro (861135) <fidelcatsro.gmail@com> on 2005.07.26 6:20 (#13160125) (Last Journal: 2005.09.30 7:41)
I was never that big on Beethoven or Mozart , perhaps its a certain natural disdain i have for the popular , I do love moonlight sonata though.Chopin was defiantly an influence for Greig , though his inspiration for the actual music was most defiantly Nordic and Arabic folk lore.--Non illigitamus carborundum, Graviora manent [ Parent ]
Re:I enjoy Schumann(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.07.27 21:40 (#13175192) (http://slashdot.org/~mercedo/journal/109855 Last Journal: 2005.09.27 11:22)
Today I bought a couple of CDs of Greig and try listening to his music. Those are Opus 43, The Tryst, At the brook, Blueberry slope. Along with the one I listened - Solveij, song from Peer Gynt Suite No 2 op55 - the one I happened to have, I'd like to examine the feature of his music as much as I can.
His Opus 43 shows a striking similarity to Les jeux d'eau `a la Villa d'Este of Liszt's, and I can deny Chopin's influence on his other four works though the works of Greigs' are more lyric I must say.
But I have a good time to listen to his music. It might be rare for musicians of late 19th century not to escape from the Chopin's or Listz's influence, as Chopin had got a strong influence from Bach's work.
Many musics are interconnected as in the case of slashdotters(?). I just knew Greig by name but now I started appreciating his great music. I will report to you furthermore as I have chances to his music.--Ancient Greek Philosophers -18c Enlightenment Thinkers -Slashdotters

Pleasure Pool at the Beach
2005.07.24 7:07

Japan is surrounded by the sea, so there are too many beaches, in summer we don't have to worry about where to go swimming. Here in out region, wherever go north, many beaches are waiting for us. Many people go to the beaches to swim, sunbathe, play beachball, soccer, etc. To have berbecue is fine, just to watch girls also acceptable. But nobody go to the beach to swim in a pool. It's ridiculous.
Many people go swimming at beach but no people go swimming in the swimming pool at the beach, swimming pool that happened to be located adjacent to the beach. If it were the pool for swimming for all seasons, we understand why the swimming pool happens to be located at the beach. But what I am talking is not a swimming pool in the building that can be used all the seasons but a pleasure pool outside the building so people can use it only in summer. So in the area I am talikng, when I visited the beach, I saw very strange scene there. Peole were devided into two areas -some are in the pleasure pool and the others are in the beach.
The scene I saw was the first and the last only in that year. The pool was unable to collect the people to be able to run a business. It ought to be apparent for everybody's eyes. The city is located just very along with the sea so there were no places other than the beach if they have to build the pleasure pool.
Pleasure pool at the beach!
Soon I learned in the news that there occcured the major corruption between city officials and a construction company.
Now we can see all the ruins of the big facilities. This summer now they are seeking how to remove the facility from our tax revenue again.

Hottest Day of the Year
2005.07.24 5:57

Yes, yesterday was thought to be the hottest day of the year on calendar, and it was true, as a matter of fact indeed it was very hot in daytime and still (now it's just before 6 o'clock in the morning) hot.
I was unable to take a nap in such a hot night, then I decided not to sleep until another night comes.
I've got to resume working soon in the morning. It seems the hottest day turns to be the hardest day ever.

Oxford vs Cambridge
2005.07.23 20:58

My favorite dictionary is *Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English -Fourth Edition 1989*, but also Cambridge University Press issued a similar series -the title is *Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English 2003*.
I bought it with great expectation. It might be one of my favourite dictionary. Cambridge ALD is so revolutionary in that it edited all words according to its meaning, not from parent form and its derivatives. So there are many entries for the same words. 5 or 6 in Cambridge compared to 1 or 2 in Oxford. 10 or 11 compared to 3 or 4 etc. Its editorial policy was never tried before, only it was followed in its predecessor *Cambridge International Dictionary in 1995*, which also I tried buying, so I conclude as follows.
Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English -Fourth Edition 1989 -succinct concise easy to carry in many aspects it is a good dictionary, but sometimes (not often) I was unable to find the words that was unknown when I encountered in reading
Pocket Oxford Dictionary -Ninth Edition 2001 - It's perfect to just know the meaning of the words but for foreigners it is not enough to know the usage of the words. So two dictionaries supplement one another.
Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary of Current English -2003 Both in the number of entries and how to use the words properly, I must say it leaves much to be desired.
Cambridge International Dictionary -1995 Both in the number of entries and how to use the words properly, I can say it's enough but it is too easy for intermediate learners to use this dictionary and too heavy to carry in our every day use.
Cambridge first published its English dictionary in 1995. Unbelievably newbie when it comes to it. As opposed to Oxford, it has a long history of publishing English Dictionaries. Above all the facts I noticed the reason I bought Cambridges was its unique editorial policy - one word, one definition.
I am expecting to buy the newer edition of Cambridge, in which I hope editorial board make the revised one referring to my comment above.