i.e. means "that is." from the origin is "id est."
e.g. means "for example." from the origin "exempli gratia."
In American English, generally follow i.e. and e.g. with a comma.
Random: Roman Numerals has no representation for zero, since they could not see the logic in counting things that you do not have. That might be why Arabians (with a Arabian number system that include a representation for zero) are stereotyped as rich and greedy, rather than Romans...
per se: another commonly misspelled Latin phrase used in English arguments for "by itself" or "by themselves".
Monday, December 14, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Handige jargon
kludge - 'n morsige, swak-gestruktureerde, aanmekaargelapte oplossing.
cruft - tegniese rommel. Waarskynlik vanaf studente se verwysings na die naam van 'n laboratorium by Harvard universiteit waarbuite ou masjienerie wat in onbaarbruik verval, gestoor is, tydens die Tweede Wereldoorlog.
cruft - tegniese rommel. Waarskynlik vanaf studente se verwysings na die naam van 'n laboratorium by Harvard universiteit waarbuite ou masjienerie wat in onbaarbruik verval, gestoor is, tydens die Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Educational Puns
Creative Puns for "Educated Minds"
1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.
5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
6. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
8 A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
9. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
11. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
12. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
13. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway.
One hat said to the other, "You stay here; I'll go on a head."
14. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger.
Then it hit me.
15. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said:
"Keep off the Grass."
16. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, "No change yet."
17. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
19. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
20. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
21. A backward poet writes inverse.
22. In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
23. She was only the meteorologist's daughter, but you could look in her eyes and tell weather........!
24. Don't join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects
1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.
5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
6. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
8 A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
9. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
11. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
12. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
13. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway.
One hat said to the other, "You stay here; I'll go on a head."
14. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger.
Then it hit me.
15. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said:
"Keep off the Grass."
16. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, "No change yet."
17. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
19. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
20. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
21. A backward poet writes inverse.
22. In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
23. She was only the meteorologist's daughter, but you could look in her eyes and tell weather........!
24. Don't join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects
Monday, September 7, 2009
Teddiebeer
Ek het my teddiebeer buite vergeet.
Die honde het my teddiebeer
aan flarde geskeur.
En nou sien ek jou vir wat jy werklik is:
Meng jou met die semels,
dan vreet die varke jou op.
Die honde het my teddiebeer
aan flarde geskeur.
En nou sien ek jou vir wat jy werklik is:
Meng jou met die semels,
dan vreet die varke jou op.
Opstellerige ding oor hoe moeilik eenvoudige goed soos stilte is om te verstaan
"There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy." - Mark Twain
Stilte.
Vir jou
is dit net 'n gebrek aan woorde
ongemaklik
hoogmoedig.
(Per definisie is wat hier volg, dinge wat nie gesê behoort te word nie. Maar aangesien jy elke keer begin babbel wanneer ek dit stylgetrou aan jou probeer meedeel, noodsaak jy my om dit vir jou uit te spel - ek besluit nog of die pun intended is.)
Ek het vanaand 'n konsert gaan kyk. 'n Ongelooflike mooi konsert. (Die feit dat ek amper laat was en toe my vooraf-glas wyn moes down om op te maak vir verlore tyd het dalk bygedra tot my persepsie van die konsert, maar dit sou daarsonder nogsteeds 'n ongelooflike konsert gewees het.) En - vreemd genoeg - het ek gewens dat jy dit saam met my kon gaan kyk. Ek wens jy sou lank genoeg kon stilbly... Want dis die enigste taal wat regtig kan verduidelik... En daarom is hierdie nou 'n baie mooi paradoks, maar nou ja.
Ek wens ek kon vir jou verduidelik hoe party dinge is soos om op sestien swanger te raak - dit was nou obviously nie deel van jou oorspronklike, ideale toekomsplanne nie, maar dis regtig ook nie die einde van die wêreld nie, as a matter of fact: dis die begin van die wêreld vir iemand. (Okay, random, ek weet. Ek het ook twee aande gelede Juno gekyk. Verstaan? Ek sing nogsteeds die soundtrack. Awesome soundtrack. Pitchless, maar awesome.)
En ek wens ek kon vir jou verduidelik dat jy die enigste een is wat dink jy is minderwaardig of watookal jy dit in jou kop noem. En dat niemand met jou stry nie, net omdat dit 'n bietjie voor-op-die-wa voel om met jou te stry oor jouself - vryheid (en jy weet dis vir my heilig) van uitdrukking bepaal tog dat jý in daai domein die deciding vote het. Maar net as jy gewonder het: nee, maak nie saak hoe judgemental jy is nie (en ek behoort te weet?) niemand skat 'n persoon se waarde op sy CV nie. Werkgewers skat dalk werkernemers so, maar niemand oordeel iemand so nie.
En dit alles is hartseer. Want jy is rêrig eintlik awesome - net jammer jy wil dit nie glo nie.
...en jy praat so baie.
So, ek wens ek kon langer bly, but I've overstayed my welcome.
So hier is wat ek die afgelope twee bladsye lank van jou af moes wegneem, net sodat ek dit nou as 'n geskenk aan jou kan teruggee (slim scheme, al moet ek dit nou self sê, mhuhaha).
Vergesel deur my diepste wens dat jy dit eendag sal hoor sing en sal verstaan,
Vir jou:
Stilte.
Stilte.
Vir jou
is dit net 'n gebrek aan woorde
ongemaklik
hoogmoedig.
(Per definisie is wat hier volg, dinge wat nie gesê behoort te word nie. Maar aangesien jy elke keer begin babbel wanneer ek dit stylgetrou aan jou probeer meedeel, noodsaak jy my om dit vir jou uit te spel - ek besluit nog of die pun intended is.)
Ek het vanaand 'n konsert gaan kyk. 'n Ongelooflike mooi konsert. (Die feit dat ek amper laat was en toe my vooraf-glas wyn moes down om op te maak vir verlore tyd het dalk bygedra tot my persepsie van die konsert, maar dit sou daarsonder nogsteeds 'n ongelooflike konsert gewees het.) En - vreemd genoeg - het ek gewens dat jy dit saam met my kon gaan kyk. Ek wens jy sou lank genoeg kon stilbly... Want dis die enigste taal wat regtig kan verduidelik... En daarom is hierdie nou 'n baie mooi paradoks, maar nou ja.
Ek wens ek kon vir jou verduidelik hoe party dinge is soos om op sestien swanger te raak - dit was nou obviously nie deel van jou oorspronklike, ideale toekomsplanne nie, maar dis regtig ook nie die einde van die wêreld nie, as a matter of fact: dis die begin van die wêreld vir iemand. (Okay, random, ek weet. Ek het ook twee aande gelede Juno gekyk. Verstaan? Ek sing nogsteeds die soundtrack. Awesome soundtrack. Pitchless, maar awesome.)
En ek wens ek kon vir jou verduidelik dat jy die enigste een is wat dink jy is minderwaardig of watookal jy dit in jou kop noem. En dat niemand met jou stry nie, net omdat dit 'n bietjie voor-op-die-wa voel om met jou te stry oor jouself - vryheid (en jy weet dis vir my heilig) van uitdrukking bepaal tog dat jý in daai domein die deciding vote het. Maar net as jy gewonder het: nee, maak nie saak hoe judgemental jy is nie (en ek behoort te weet?) niemand skat 'n persoon se waarde op sy CV nie. Werkgewers skat dalk werkernemers so, maar niemand oordeel iemand so nie.
En dit alles is hartseer. Want jy is rêrig eintlik awesome - net jammer jy wil dit nie glo nie.
...en jy praat so baie.
So, ek wens ek kon langer bly, but I've overstayed my welcome.
So hier is wat ek die afgelope twee bladsye lank van jou af moes wegneem, net sodat ek dit nou as 'n geskenk aan jou kan teruggee (slim scheme, al moet ek dit nou self sê, mhuhaha).
Vergesel deur my diepste wens dat jy dit eendag sal hoor sing en sal verstaan,
Vir jou:
Stilte.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
My two absolute favourite quotes (except for the fact that nothing is absolute of course)
"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein
//note now Einstein nearly lets complexity be equal to violence...
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci
//note now Einstein nearly lets complexity be equal to violence...
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci
Saturday, May 2, 2009
The Road not Taken - Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
and sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
and having perhaps the better claim
because it was grassy and wanted wear;
though as for that, the passing there
had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
in leaves no feet had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference
and sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
and looked down one as far as I could
to where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
and having perhaps the better claim
because it was grassy and wanted wear;
though as for that, the passing there
had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
in leaves no feet had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference
Revelation
Ek weet nie wat is cooler nie: dat ms2007 kan equations tik of dat ek uiteindelik begin uitfigure hoe euler se formule se skryfwyse werk nie!!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Hoekom dit okay is om nie volmaak te wees nie
"God ignoreer altyd jou huidige vlak van volmaaktheid ten gunste van jou toekomstige volmaaktheid." - My allerbeste vir Sy Hoogste, Oswald Chambers
Monday, April 27, 2009
Doelwitte...
Net 3% van Havard Business School studente stel doelwitte. Tien jaar later het hierdie 3%, 97% meer inkomste as die ander gesamentlik verdien.
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WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS
These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, “It you were my husband I’d give you poison.” He said, “If you were my wife, I’d drink it.”
A Member of Parliament to Disraeli: “Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.” “That depends, Sir,” said Disraeli, “whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”
“He had delusions of adequacy.” – Walter Kerr
“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” – Winston Churchill
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” – Clarence Darrow
“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to a dictionary.” - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemmingway).
“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.” – Moses Hadas
“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” – Mark Twain
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” – Oscar Wilde
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend… if you have one.” – George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… if there is one.” – Winston Churchill, in response.
“I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.” – Stephen Bishop
“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.” – John Bright
“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” – Irvin S. Cobb
“He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.” - Samuel Johnson
“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.” – Paul Keating
“In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.” – Charles, Count Talleyrand
“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.” – Forrest Tucker
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?” – Mark Twain
“Her mother should have thrown her away and kept the stork.” – Mae West
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination.” – Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” – Billy Wilder
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.” – Groucho Marx
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor: She said, “It you were my husband I’d give you poison.” He said, “If you were my wife, I’d drink it.”
A Member of Parliament to Disraeli: “Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.” “That depends, Sir,” said Disraeli, “whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”
“He had delusions of adequacy.” – Walter Kerr
“He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.” – Winston Churchill
“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” – Clarence Darrow
“He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to a dictionary.” - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemmingway).
“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I’ll waste no time reading it.” – Moses Hadas
“I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” – Mark Twain
“He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” – Oscar Wilde
“I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend… if you have one.” – George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
“Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second… if there is one.” – Winston Churchill, in response.
“I feel so miserable without you; it’s almost like having you here.” – Stephen Bishop
“He is a self-made man and worships his creator.” – John Bright
“I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” – Irvin S. Cobb
“He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others.” - Samuel Johnson
“He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up.” – Paul Keating
“In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily.” – Charles, Count Talleyrand
“He loves nature in spite of what it did to him.” – Forrest Tucker
“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?” – Mark Twain
“Her mother should have thrown her away and kept the stork.” – Mae West
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” – Oscar Wilde
“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts… for support rather than illumination.” – Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
“He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” – Billy Wilder
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.” – Groucho Marx
If
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
- Rudyard Kipling
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Strength vs Courage
It takes strength to be firm.
It takes courage to be gentle.
It takes strength to stand guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.
It takes strength to conquer.
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to be certain.
It takes courage to have doubt.
It takes strength to fit it.
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to feel a friend's pain.
It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes strength to hide your own pains.
It takes courage to show them.
It takes strength to endure abuse.
It takes courage to stop it.
It takes strength to stand alone.
It takes courage to lean on another.
It takes strength to love.
It takes courage to be loved.
It takes strength to survive.
It takes courage to live.
It takes courage to be gentle.
It takes strength to stand guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.
It takes strength to conquer.
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to be certain.
It takes courage to have doubt.
It takes strength to fit it.
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to feel a friend's pain.
It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes strength to hide your own pains.
It takes courage to show them.
It takes strength to endure abuse.
It takes courage to stop it.
It takes strength to stand alone.
It takes courage to lean on another.
It takes strength to love.
It takes courage to be loved.
It takes strength to survive.
It takes courage to live.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The Alchemist
"Elkeen op aarde het 'n skat wat op hom wag," het sy hart gese. "Ons, mense se harte, se selde iets oor hierdie skatte, omdat mense nie meer daarna wil soek nie. Ons praat net met kinders daaroor. Later laat ons bloot net die lewe voortgaan, in sy eie rigting, nader aan die noodlot. Maar ongelukkig volg baie min mense die pad wat vir hulle uitgele is - die pad na hul roeping en tot geluk. Die meeste mense sien die wereld as 'n bedreiging, en omdat hulle dit doen, draai die wereld wel uit om 'n bedreiging te wees.
"As iemand sy roeping uitleef, weet hy alles wat hy moet weet. Daar is net een ding wat dit onmoontlik maak om 'n droom te bereik: die vrees vir mislukking."
"Dis wat ons 'liefde' noem. Wanneer iemand jou liefhet, kan jy alles in die heelal doen. Dan is daar hoegenaamd geen behoefte om te verstaan wat gebeur nie, want alles gebeur binne-in jou en mense kan hulle selfs in die wind verander. Solank die wind help, natuurlik."
"Elke mens op aarde, ongeag van wat hy doen, speel 'n sentrale rol in die geskiedenis van die wereld. En gewoonlik besef mense dit nie."
- The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
"As iemand sy roeping uitleef, weet hy alles wat hy moet weet. Daar is net een ding wat dit onmoontlik maak om 'n droom te bereik: die vrees vir mislukking."
"Dis wat ons 'liefde' noem. Wanneer iemand jou liefhet, kan jy alles in die heelal doen. Dan is daar hoegenaamd geen behoefte om te verstaan wat gebeur nie, want alles gebeur binne-in jou en mense kan hulle selfs in die wind verander. Solank die wind help, natuurlik."
"Elke mens op aarde, ongeag van wat hy doen, speel 'n sentrale rol in die geskiedenis van die wereld. En gewoonlik besef mense dit nie."
- The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
So 'n bietjie plagiaat
"You live once, but if you work it right, once is enough."
"All I know is that I know nothing." - Socrates
"The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can't do." - Jack Sparrow, Curse of the Black Pearl
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
"[Science] teaches the value of rational thought as well as the importance of freedom of thought; the positive results that come from doubting that the lessons are all true." - Richard Feynman
"[not] to preach or exhort or praise or condemn, only to illuminate... The philosopher can do no more than make as clear as he can what is at stake. But that is to do a very great deal." - Berlin (1982:19)
Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor) is the principle that "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity" (entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem). Popular interpretation: the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary. (Occam’s Razor) - William of Occam (c. 1285-1349), English Franciscan friar and philosopher
"The future has several names.
For the weak, it is the impossible.
For the fainthearted, it is the unknown.
For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal."
- Victor Hugo
"My grandmother taught me that the world is magic and that all the rest is man's delusion of greatness, given that we control almost nothing, know very little and have only to take a quick look at history to understand the limits of the rational."
- Isabel Allende in "The sum of our days"
Ted Mosby (How I met your Mother): "When you date someone, it's like you're taking one long course in who that person is, and then when you break up, all that stuff becomes useless. It's the emotional equivalent of an English degree."
Boss: "If everybody's wrong, why are you always right?"
House: "I'm not. I just find it difficult to operate under the opposite assumption."
The two worst strategic mistakes are: acting prematurely and acting too late. To avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions. - Paulo Coelho
"Champions do not become champions when they win the event; but in the hours, weeks, months, and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character." - T. Alan Armstrong
"If I could explain it, I wouldn't have danced it." - Margot Fonteyn upon being asked after a performance to explain the dance.
"No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself." - Jacques Ellul, Anarchy and Christianity
"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." - Leopold Stokowski
"We do not see the world as it is, but we see the world as we are." - C. S. Lewis
"I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge."
- Igor Stravinsky
"Two roads diverged in the middle of my life,
I heard a wise man say
I took the road less traveled by
And that's made the difference every night and every day."
- Larry Norman (with apologies to Robert Frost)
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on." - Robert Frost
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci
"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein
"Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do." - Joan L. Curio (American writer)
"Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies" - Friedrich Nietzsche
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
"The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence." - John F Kennedy
"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish."
- Hermann Hesse ((July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962) was a German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game (also known as Magister Ludi), each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality.)
"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business." - Michael J Fox
"Genius might have it's limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped." - Elbert Hubbard
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes." - Edgard Varese
"Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." - Hans Christian Anderson
"Without music life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." - Henry David Thoreau
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
- Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898)
"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they never use." - Soren Kierkegaard
"'n Vraag wat my soms mal maak, is: is ék of die ander mense mal?" - Albert Einstein
"Die wêreld is 'n gevaarlike plek, nie a.g.v. mense wat boos is nie, maar a.g.v. mense wat niks daaraan doen nie." - Albert Einstein
"Die verskil tussen dwaasheid en wysheid is dat wysheid beperkinge het." - Albert Einstein
"I must give up everything else to develop and cultivate the germ that God has planted in me." - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions." - Leonardo da Vinci
"As mense net goed is omdat hulle bang is vir straf en hoop om beloon te word, dan is ons inderdaad 'n patetiese lotjie." - Albert Einstein
"Anything that happens, happens.
Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.
Anything that in happening causes itself to happen again, happens again.
It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though." - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." - Auguste Rodin
"Hy dink daaraan dat hy dikker boeke moet begin lees: hulle hou langer, en hulle maak gemakliker kussings." - Die Alchemis (Paulo Coelho)
"It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for what this delicate little plant needs more than anything, besides stimulation, is freedom. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty." - Albert Einstein
"Art is what you can get away with." - Andy Warhol
"Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” - Lewis Carroll
"Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid." - Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Carribean: The Black Pearl
"Moenie vir die bus wag by die treinstasie nie."
If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. - Isaac Newton
Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. - Nikola Tesla
"May your swords stay sharp and your arrows fly true..."
Shalom in Hebrew means "to be safe, to be complete, nothing missing, nothing broken, secure, free from strife, satisfied, unharmed, unhurt."
"When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly." - Babara J. Winter
"I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am." - John Newton (1725-1807)
"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star." - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) German philosopher and poet "Thus Spake Zarathustra"
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - John F. Kennedy speaking about Theodore Roosevelt
"In the fields of observation, chance favours only the mind that is prepared." - Louis Pasteur
"True power includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to caltivate higher, more effective onces." - George Bernard Shaw
"Elke man het vir sy eie voordeel 'n beroep, maar wanneer dit tot sy ewemens se voordeel strek, word dit 'n roeping." - C. J. Langenhoven
Oath of La Justicia: "To seek justice, nourish the hungry, clothe the naked, protect widows and orphans, give shelter to the stranger, and never spill innocent blood."
"Finally, when he had successfully overcome every obstacle, he was led to an altar. There he saw the symbols he must venerate: a loaf of bread, a scale, a sword, a chalice and a rose. The bread symbolized the obligation to help the poor; the scale represented the determination to fight for justice; the sword represented courage; the chalice held the elixir of compassion; and the rose reminded the members of the secret society that life is not only sacrifice and labor, it is also beautiful, and for that reason alone must be defended." - Zorro, Isabel Allende
"He felt on fire; he was red in the face and steaming sweat, but his adversary was not even breathing hard and his face was as tranquil as it had been at the beginning of the match. Manuel Escalante's words came to mind: "Never fight in anger." - Zorro, Isabel Allende
"Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen."
- John Le Carre
"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us most. Your playing small does not serve the world, there is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that others won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine like children do. It is not just in some of us, it is in all of us. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give others the permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear our presence automatically liberates others."
"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
"All I know is that I know nothing." - Socrates
"The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can't do." - Jack Sparrow, Curse of the Black Pearl
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
"[Science] teaches the value of rational thought as well as the importance of freedom of thought; the positive results that come from doubting that the lessons are all true." - Richard Feynman
"[not] to preach or exhort or praise or condemn, only to illuminate... The philosopher can do no more than make as clear as he can what is at stake. But that is to do a very great deal." - Berlin (1982:19)
Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor) is the principle that "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity" (entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem). Popular interpretation: the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary. (Occam’s Razor) - William of Occam (c. 1285-1349), English Franciscan friar and philosopher
"The future has several names.
For the weak, it is the impossible.
For the fainthearted, it is the unknown.
For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal."
- Victor Hugo
"My grandmother taught me that the world is magic and that all the rest is man's delusion of greatness, given that we control almost nothing, know very little and have only to take a quick look at history to understand the limits of the rational."
- Isabel Allende in "The sum of our days"
Ted Mosby (How I met your Mother): "When you date someone, it's like you're taking one long course in who that person is, and then when you break up, all that stuff becomes useless. It's the emotional equivalent of an English degree."
Boss: "If everybody's wrong, why are you always right?"
House: "I'm not. I just find it difficult to operate under the opposite assumption."
The two worst strategic mistakes are: acting prematurely and acting too late. To avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions. - Paulo Coelho
"Champions do not become champions when they win the event; but in the hours, weeks, months, and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character." - T. Alan Armstrong
"If I could explain it, I wouldn't have danced it." - Margot Fonteyn upon being asked after a performance to explain the dance.
"No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of the God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself." - Jacques Ellul, Anarchy and Christianity
"A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence." - Leopold Stokowski
"We do not see the world as it is, but we see the world as we are." - C. S. Lewis
"I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge."
- Igor Stravinsky
"Two roads diverged in the middle of my life,
I heard a wise man say
I took the road less traveled by
And that's made the difference every night and every day."
- Larry Norman (with apologies to Robert Frost)
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on." - Robert Frost
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." - Leonardo da Vinci
"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein
"Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do." - Joan L. Curio (American writer)
"Twenty years from now you'll be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies" - Friedrich Nietzsche
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
"The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence." - John F Kennedy
"Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish."
- Hermann Hesse ((July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962) was a German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best-known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game (also known as Magister Ludi), each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality.)
"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business." - Michael J Fox
"Genius might have it's limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped." - Elbert Hubbard
Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes." - Edgard Varese
"Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." - Hans Christian Anderson
"Without music life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." - Henry David Thoreau
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
- Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898)
"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they never use." - Soren Kierkegaard
"'n Vraag wat my soms mal maak, is: is ék of die ander mense mal?" - Albert Einstein
"Die wêreld is 'n gevaarlike plek, nie a.g.v. mense wat boos is nie, maar a.g.v. mense wat niks daaraan doen nie." - Albert Einstein
"Die verskil tussen dwaasheid en wysheid is dat wysheid beperkinge het." - Albert Einstein
"I must give up everything else to develop and cultivate the germ that God has planted in me." - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions." - Leonardo da Vinci
"As mense net goed is omdat hulle bang is vir straf en hoop om beloon te word, dan is ons inderdaad 'n patetiese lotjie." - Albert Einstein
"Anything that happens, happens.
Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.
Anything that in happening causes itself to happen again, happens again.
It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order, though." - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." - Auguste Rodin
"Hy dink daaraan dat hy dikker boeke moet begin lees: hulle hou langer, en hulle maak gemakliker kussings." - Die Alchemis (Paulo Coelho)
"It is in fact nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for what this delicate little plant needs more than anything, besides stimulation, is freedom. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty." - Albert Einstein
"Art is what you can get away with." - Andy Warhol
"Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” - Lewis Carroll
"Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid." - Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Carribean: The Black Pearl
"Moenie vir die bus wag by die treinstasie nie."
If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. - Isaac Newton
Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine. - Nikola Tesla
"May your swords stay sharp and your arrows fly true..."
Shalom in Hebrew means "to be safe, to be complete, nothing missing, nothing broken, secure, free from strife, satisfied, unharmed, unhurt."
"When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly." - Babara J. Winter
"I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am." - John Newton (1725-1807)
"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star." - Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) German philosopher and poet "Thus Spake Zarathustra"
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." - John F. Kennedy speaking about Theodore Roosevelt
"In the fields of observation, chance favours only the mind that is prepared." - Louis Pasteur
"True power includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to caltivate higher, more effective onces." - George Bernard Shaw
"Elke man het vir sy eie voordeel 'n beroep, maar wanneer dit tot sy ewemens se voordeel strek, word dit 'n roeping." - C. J. Langenhoven
Oath of La Justicia: "To seek justice, nourish the hungry, clothe the naked, protect widows and orphans, give shelter to the stranger, and never spill innocent blood."
"Finally, when he had successfully overcome every obstacle, he was led to an altar. There he saw the symbols he must venerate: a loaf of bread, a scale, a sword, a chalice and a rose. The bread symbolized the obligation to help the poor; the scale represented the determination to fight for justice; the sword represented courage; the chalice held the elixir of compassion; and the rose reminded the members of the secret society that life is not only sacrifice and labor, it is also beautiful, and for that reason alone must be defended." - Zorro, Isabel Allende
"He felt on fire; he was red in the face and steaming sweat, but his adversary was not even breathing hard and his face was as tranquil as it had been at the beginning of the match. Manuel Escalante's words came to mind: "Never fight in anger." - Zorro, Isabel Allende
"Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen."
- John Le Carre
"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us most. Your playing small does not serve the world, there is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that others won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine like children do. It is not just in some of us, it is in all of us. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give others the permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear our presence automatically liberates others."
"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity."
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." - James Joyce
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." - Mark Twain
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
Monday, April 6, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Live and let die?
Ek het sopas vir myself 'n goeie policy oor selfverdediging uitgemaak. Ek is enige tyd bereid om te sterf vir iets waarin ek glo, maar my lewe is enige tyd vir my meer werd as iets waarin ek nie glo nie. As iemand dus my lewe sou bedreig uit boosheid, sal ek bereid wees om te veg vir my lewe (en dus teen daardie boosheid) selfs al sou dit beteken dat ek sy lewe moet neem. Uit die aard van die saak sal 'n mens jou nie tot sulke uiterste maatreels wend as die situasie dit nie absoluut vereis nie, maar ek is daarvan oortuig dat 'n Christen net soveel respek vir sy eie lewe moet he soos vir sy medemens s'n - want dis beide ewe veel 'n Godgegewe gawe waaroor jy as mens en ontvanger geen jurisdiksie het nie. In die onbenydenswaardige situasie waar jy tussen jou lewe en iemand anders s'n moet kies, is ek aan die kant van dit waarvan ek in my hart oortuig is, is reg; en daarvoor is ek bereid om te veg tot die dood toe.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Potensiaal, Vryheid en Waarde
Ek het sopas Aristoteles se filosofiee ontdek. Ek het dit nog net in 'n gesprek ontdek en nog nie veel gelees nie - so as ek alles verkeerd verstaan is ek jammer. Maar soos ek dit het gaan dit daaroor dat alles oneindige potensiaal het en die enigste ding wat dit beperk is die "norme" en beperkinge wat ons met ons denke daarop plaas. (Alhoewel hy ook se dat norme per definisie nie bestaan nie, omdat mense te veel verskil - daar gaan altyd te veel uitskieters wees om norme te definieer en daarom bestaan daar slegs verskillende groeperinge van uitskieters. Descartes het norme gedefineer as die common ground wat mense te midde van hulle verskille vind ten einde sinvolle kommunikasie en sosiale struktuur te bewerkstellig. Die probleem met hierdie definisie is dat mense dit absoluut begin implementeer het. Dit het sosiale druk om te konformeer en alles om die "regte" manier te doen tot gevolg gehad; wat op sy beurt te veel beperkkinge op denke plaas en menslike potensiaal laat verlore gaan.) Aristoteles gaan voort om te se dat gestel A is nie gelyk aan B nie en B is nie gelyk aan C nie, maar C is gelyk aan A as gevolg van een van sy eienskappe, dan is A, B en C eintlik almal gelyk en ook gelyk aan niks - want hoe bewys jy tog dat een van hulle ooit bestaan? Met die gevolgtrekking dat niks absoluut is nie en alles afhang van konteks en relevansie, en interafhanklik is van mekaar ten einde verstaanbaar te wees. Waar jy die grense van jou verwysingsveld trek, bepaal jou persepsies - want 'n kan iets net verstaan relatief tot 'n verwysingsraamwerk. En 'n mens het grense nodig om dinge te kan verstaan. Die enigste ding wat ons nie kan verstaan nie, is die afwesigheid van grense. Dis hoekom God, God is en hoekom ons Hom nie kan verstaan nie - Hy is onbegrensd. Tog is die mens na God se beeld geskape; en 'n mens se waarde le in die oneindige potensiaal waarmee God jou geskape het (of jy dit nou verstaan of nie). Jou mislukkings kan niks daaraan verander nie - dis bloot situasies waarin jy nie tot jou volle reg gekom het nie. En die awesome ding van oneindige potensiaal is dat dit altyd aan jou 'n uitdaging sal bly bied om dit te bereik, aangesien die onbereikbaar is. En dit maak die lewe interessant. Dis regtig so dat jy enige iets wat jy jou kan indink, kan bewaarheid. Die probleem met die lewe is nie wat ons kan doen nie - ons kan oneindig. Die ware probleem is, eerstens, om moed te he om te erken waartoe jy instaat is (met ander woorde om die maklike uitweg van jouself beperk te vermy, en positief te wees) en tweedens, om uit te vind wat dit is wat jy werklik wil doen - en dit te doen. Want as alles afhang van konteks en relevansie, en interafhanklik is van mekaar ten einde verstaanbaar te wees, is die rede waarom jy iets doen dit wat regtig saak maak. Motivering bepaal of iets "reg" of "verkeerd" is, of dit relevant is, of dit volhoubaar is en ultimately of dit sin maak. En dalk, net dalk, as jy uitvind wat jy regtig wil doen sal jy jou roeping ook vind... En vryheid sal dan wees om jouself toe te laat om te misluk en te besef dat dit niks aan jou waarde as mens verander nie aangesien dit niks aan jou potensiaal verander nie. En verder is vryheid om te erken dat jou menslikheid gaan veroorsaak dat jy altyd grense gaan he, maar om steeds te verken so ver as moontlik en daardie grense so ver as moontlik uit te skuif. Basies om altyd te sorg dat dit jou menslikheid is wat jou grense bepaal en nie jou denke, of gebrek daaraan, nie.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Die Eerste Post
Dis vrek intimiderend om die eerste post te skryf, maar die feit dat dit nou middernag is en ek in elk geval omtrent vir 'n week lank nie meer slaap nie aangesien ek hopeloos te lank vakansie het, help so 'n bietjie vir die senuwees.
So hier is hy nou: trrrrrrrr, dish: DIE EERSTE POST!
So hier is hy nou: trrrrrrrr, dish: DIE EERSTE POST!
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