I'll paraphrase your very accurate and wonderfully detailed post with a practical example that points out the real root of the problem:
I now find that when I am speaking or writing Japanese I am thinking in Japanese. I am not thinking of the concepts from a Western viewpoint then constructing sentences based upon English grammatical structures and rules and then translating to Japanese sentences and grammar. During the conversation I view the world in what can be a remarkably different frame of mind. "Switching to Japanese mode" is the best way to describe it.
I can have conversations that I will be completely unable to translate into English. If a non-Japanese speaker asks why we are laughing I will have to fall back things like "It's a very Japanese joke" because explaining it can take away any humourous context. The reverse is true as well. I've given up trying to explain to my Japanese wife why some Monty Python skits are hilarious. {cue: Fish slapping dance}
(Best to not go into that dark cave, who knows what's in there?) Cave men played Zork?
Seriously, though, the cave men knew by direct experience and thus practical education. There is currently a lack of practical education in issues such as nuclear power. When I was younger I lived not too far from the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and had several fields trips there. It was explained clearly the safety features of the CANDU plants and thus being so close to it was never an issue. Yes, they've had admin problems and 2 of the 8 reactors will never come back on line but I doubt anyone near Toronto lives in fear of a radioactive disaster.
Interestingly enough, they also have a wind turbine on the site as well.
Maybe not technically wrong, but unnecessarily alarmist and lacking in suggestions for practical alternatives. I'm in Vancouver, home of the movement and have followed the legacy of Greenpeace from their reasonable beginnings to the doom saying eco-extremists they've become. It is sad in a way that one of the more respected environmental groups has become pretty close to a laughing stock but becoming political will do that to you.
You know, that's absolutely right. We're always told that anything that hits the ground is a meteorite. So shouldn't a meteorite leave a meteorite crater?
Now just try and get everyone to change their terminology.
That would be like trying the make the U.S. go fully metric.
Actually the Chapters here in Vancouver has had a sign up for a while that stated the true Canadian price would be given at the till. Maybe they've even started putting price stickers on the books.
Always someone brings up this point but it doesn't reflect the reality of common parlance. In a myriad of languages and dialects of English anything "American" is from the States and the question "Are you American?" implicity specifies a citizen of the United States of America. Someone from Canada is Canadian, from Bolivia is Bolivian, from Peru is Peruvian. None of these people will refer to themselves as American. (And a lot are more than happy not to do so)
A citizen of the USA in various languages: French: Américain German: Amerikanisch Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, etc.: Americano Japanese: (A-meh-ri-ka-jin) Chinese: (Mei-gwo-ren) (Mei-gwo = Transliteration of America + "Beautiful Country" characters)
As Opportunity descends into the crater it may come across that one fantastic discovery that reveals without a shadow of a doubt the historic existence of life in the water under Mars' surface. An unbelievable fact that has been hidden for Millenia will be revealed shaking the foundations of human history and culture.
And we will now know that more than just Slashdot geeks look at Victoria's Secret.
Russia doesn't have the resources to maintain, stock and continually orbit boost the ISS. Maybe they should boost it to a higher orbit once the Shuttle's orbit altitude limitation is no longer an issue.
What does your office do? Hopefully nothing to do with computer development.
What you just described is an application or process hanging. The app cannot respond to any user inputs or messages from the OS and the app or even the entire system in the worst case becomes unresponsive.
When an app or process crashes it is no longer running and under a better-designed OS will have its memory cleaned up in garbage collection.
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I'll paraphrase your very accurate and wonderfully detailed post with a practical example that points out the real root of the problem:
I now find that when I am speaking or writing Japanese I am thinking in Japanese. I am not thinking of the concepts from a Western viewpoint then constructing sentences based upon English grammatical structures and rules and then translating to Japanese sentences and grammar. During the conversation I view the world in what can be a remarkably different frame of mind. "Switching to Japanese mode" is the best way to describe it.
I can have conversations that I will be completely unable to translate into English. If a non-Japanese speaker asks why we are laughing I will have to fall back things like "It's a very Japanese joke" because explaining it can take away any humourous context. The reverse is true as well. I've given up trying to explain to my Japanese wife why some Monty Python skits are hilarious. {cue: Fish slapping dance}
(Best to not go into that dark cave, who knows what's in there?)
Cave men played Zork?
Seriously, though, the cave men knew by direct experience and thus practical education. There is currently a lack of practical education in issues such as nuclear power. When I was younger I lived not too far from the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and had several fields trips there. It was explained clearly the safety features of the CANDU plants and thus being so close to it was never an issue. Yes, they've had admin problems and 2 of the 8 reactors will never come back on line but I doubt anyone near Toronto lives in fear of a radioactive disaster.
Interestingly enough, they also have a wind turbine on the site as well.
Maybe not technically wrong, but unnecessarily alarmist and lacking in suggestions for practical alternatives. I'm in Vancouver, home of the movement and have followed the legacy of Greenpeace from their reasonable beginnings to the doom saying eco-extremists they've become. It is sad in a way that one of the more respected environmental groups has become pretty close to a laughing stock but becoming political will do that to you.
Almost a joke in Japanese.
Ishi = rock
Tsuka(u) = To use
Tsuka(i) = A user of...
Ishi-tsuka(i) = User of rocks. You would think a good name for a geologist.
Then again, the infantile amongst us will misread as Ishitsuika = "I crap watermelons"
You know, that's absolutely right. We're always told that anything that hits the ground is a meteorite. So shouldn't a meteorite leave a meteorite crater?
Now just try and get everyone to change their terminology.
That would be like trying the make the U.S. go fully metric.
I'm not sure what the cheese whiz is for.
Has to do with the watermelon.
I'll tell you later.
I would rather have a Gom jam jar. It would be painful but taste good afterwards.
Thanks for the extremely well-written, detailed and informative comment.
:-)
Complete gibberish to anyone but chemistry majors but a good post nonetheless.
Thanks. That should teach me to rely on Google Translator. Spanish is the one of the two languages in my list I didn't know.
Actually the Chapters here in Vancouver has had a sign up for a while that stated the true Canadian price would be given at the till. Maybe they've even started putting price stickers on the books.
Hehe.
Waiting for the pedants to show up and miss your wink.
Always someone brings up this point but it doesn't reflect the reality of common parlance. In a myriad of languages and dialects of English anything "American" is from the States and the question "Are you American?" implicity specifies a citizen of the United States of America. Someone from Canada is Canadian, from Bolivia is Bolivian, from Peru is Peruvian. None of these people will refer to themselves as American. (And a lot are more than happy not to do so)
A citizen of the USA in various languages:
French: Américain
German: Amerikanisch
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, etc.: Americano
Japanese: (A-meh-ri-ka-jin)
Chinese: (Mei-gwo-ren) (Mei-gwo = Transliteration of America + "Beautiful Country" characters)
I think you get the picture.
Why do you think you should only have to turn your head to the left?
This shows one of the benefits of doing it both ways. Much more possibilities.
As Opportunity descends into the crater it may come across that one fantastic discovery that reveals without a shadow of a doubt the historic existence of life in the water under Mars' surface. An unbelievable fact that has been hidden for Millenia will be revealed shaking the foundations of human history and culture.
And we will now know that more than just Slashdot geeks look at Victoria's Secret.
Sorry, redundant by just 13 minutes.
Don't ya just hate that?
Dibs on being the first to say:
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious."
Someone probably has the phrase "Automatic 4WD" trademarked.
Hence Subaru calls it "Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive".
Sadly, most of Slashdot is now too young to get that.
Besides, "Taz" as he is now called, has become far too civilized and just another generic cartoon character.
"How come you bury me in the cold, cold ground"
Wow, right off the bat!
I was wondering how long into the thread a Finding Nemo reference would be made.
Remind me, I'm too old now to remember....
End of space shuttle = end of ISS.
Russia doesn't have the resources to maintain, stock and continually orbit boost the ISS. Maybe they should boost it to a higher orbit once the Shuttle's orbit altitude limitation is no longer an issue.
"No it isn't!, Your wings come off!"
Riding the TGV to hell.
What does your office do? Hopefully nothing to do with computer development.
What you just described is an application or process hanging. The app cannot respond to any user inputs or messages from the OS and the app or even the entire system in the worst case becomes unresponsive.
When an app or process crashes it is no longer running and under a better-designed OS will have its memory cleaned up in garbage collection.
(Developing since 1979)
Well, You know how the song goes:
"Those soft and fuzzy sweaters, too magical to touch..."
I'm sure I'm not the only one who got their fingers caught in the doors of the Rainbow floppy drives.