tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71796520371262278392024-03-19T04:38:07.002+01:00Wort zum MontagPetrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-12338962031701386752010-03-21T18:50:00.003+01:002010-03-21T22:28:33.704+01:00"Die Stille nach dem Schuss"it's a drama. No, really, a German drama ... a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234805/">movie</a>, really! Ah folks, ... tststs. However, I' closing down this web 2.0 business of a blog, it's not really my thing. Maybe I will open some other blog with a more ... distinctive ... topic in the future ;) .<div><br /></div><div>Best wishes, Peter</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-51005003312972025812010-03-18T14:21:00.002+01:002010-03-18T14:25:20.183+01:00Presidential elections ...are coming up in Austria, and besides the present president the far right-wing Mrs. Barbara Rosenkranz runs for the election. I quote her for this w2m: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:15px;">"Aufgabe des Bundespräsidenten ist es, den Finger in die Wunde zu legen"</span><div> Have much fun!</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-3013847088778360642010-03-09T09:34:00.003+01:002010-03-09T09:38:49.579+01:00too simple ...Cilit Bang<div>somewhere between the b and g, between the big and the g...</div><div>Maybe one can spell the alphabet with bangs? Well, A ... too simple, B ... already there, C ... no problem, ... the rest follows by induction ;) </div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-89974598035298395872010-02-24T19:07:00.002+01:002010-02-24T19:10:10.430+01:00Finally b-day-parteySalute!<br />Party on Sat 27th from 20:00 at <a href="http://www.werkzeugh.at/">WerkzeugH</a> .<br />cu when u get there<br /><br />BTW: SpritzbetonPetrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-25654188008237619392010-02-22T10:40:00.002+01:002010-02-22T11:16:19.998+01:00Chinese YearLuckily (?) I was born as a fire-dragon in the Chinese calender, to be more precise, I was born in the 5th part-cycle of the 77th 60-years-cycle of the Chinese calender:<br /><h4>77th cycle(1924-1983) of the Chinese calender, 5th part-cycle 1972 till 1983</h4><ul><li>龍 31st January 1976 till 17th February 1977 year of the fire-dragon 丙辰 <i>bǐngchén</i> 53</li></ul><br />(Whatever the Chinese may mean). Here some links, what the fire-dragon is like:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.usbridalguide.com/special/chinesehoroscopes/Dragon.htm">US-Bridalguide</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.tuvy.com/entertainment/horoscope/fire_dragon.htm">Tuvy.com</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://kurier.at/freizeit/horoskop/china.php/drache/feuer/">Kurier-Horoskop</a></li><li><a href="http://www.tarot-treff.de/sternzeichen-horoskop/chinesisches-sternzeichen-drache/">Tarot-Treff.de</a></li><li>...</li></ul>Why this fuzz about horoscopes, which I don't believe in? Well, 'sides my birthday there is another annual event coming up: the <a href="http://www.earthhour.org/">earth-hour</a>. So turn off your light on Sat. 27th March from 8:30 pm till 9:30 pm to show your dedication for environmental protection.Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-49398342656797084722010-02-15T16:36:00.002+01:002010-02-15T16:43:39.816+01:00Birhtdayyet again. Party on Sat 27th, place to be announced :)<div><br /></div><div>Thanks for all the congratulations so far (in chronological order: Philipp, Stefan E., Mo, Stephan H. & Co., Lisl) the rest might visit </div>http://s24.bitefight.de/c.php?uid=24641<div>to pimp up my ... well, it's just a small favor for me :)</div><div><br /></div><div>At 19 o'clock I start rpg and then we'll see how the evening progresses ...</div><div>BTW: (Mr.) Wang, the Chinese restaurant around my corner, has not open in the afternoon ... tststs.</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-78006205168586519012010-01-05T15:42:00.002+01:002010-01-05T15:44:27.007+01:00Schritt halten-o-Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-78759303456063455122009-12-19T15:30:00.004+01:002009-12-19T15:37:44.888+01:00sickI'm not well, so I spend some time celebrating my illness, and hence almost no news. <div>Today I accidentally watched ski jumping and therefore I give a name (no offense meant) as a 'Wort zum Montag', which is also an almost 'hidden imperative':</div><div>Ski jumper Andreas Wank (GER)!</div><div>Congratulations!</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-2986120867481787272009-11-16T17:07:00.004+01:002009-11-16T17:44:26.303+01:00Reality TV<div style="text-align: justify;">Today I discussed the phenomenon of so called "reality TV" with some of my colleagues. I pointed out that there is an evolution in these series. The whole stuff started with "Big Brother" and derivates like "The Models Flat Share", "Taxi Orange", "I'm prominent, get me out of here", and a whole bunch of shows, where one could watch a whole bunch of people solving some problem, such as living together. Then there are the judges-shows, like "Barbara Salesch", and "Alexander Hold", and some head-hunter and lawyer shows, as well as bailiff and sheriff programs. But it is somewhat awkward to call them "reality" shows, since they had only real material for one season at most. And now very popular are shows, where advisors help people, like social workers, "The Super-Nanny", "Out of Debts" ("Raus aus den Schulden"), and so on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Why do I talk of this? Well, first there was a show proposed on an Austrian private television channel, ATV, with the title "The Sexperts" ("Die Sexperten"). A first show was produced, but never published. The idea is, that a couple with problems in bed are filmed with infrared, and then advised by sexual therapists how to improve their sex-life.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Upon telling this a colleague said to me: "We call all of these shows <i>social-porn (Sozialporno)</i>, since they are like porn: You watch it, while saying to most things 'I wouldn't do IT'. "</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(Well, this statement may be not true for everyone, the cast is, e.g., out of the game. 'sides, the word itself is partly a <a href="http://wortzummontag.blogspot.com/2009/08/well-it-is-tuesday-already.html">pleonasm</a>, since isn't every sex somewhat social, except masturbation?)</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-11660722681932959922009-11-10T11:00:00.002+01:002009-11-10T11:13:39.157+01:00Tuesday already ...and yesterday I was informed that I have to write the final report on my project till the 22nd of November to apply for the continuation of the project ... why do I have to think about the <a href="http://www.phdcomics.com/">PhD-comics</a> right now? <div><br /></div><div>Anyway, yestereve I found two words, or better said one phrase and one word, of Monday, although in German: <i>arschknapp</i> (colloquial for <i>hard-pressed</i>, which goes actually pretty good as a <a href="http://wortzummontag.blogspot.com/2009/08/well-it-is-tuesday-already.html">pleonastic translation</a>), and the slogan of the Egger beer: <i>Gebraut aus Leidenschaft</i> (b<i>rewed out of passion</i>, really too much information!)</div><div><br /></div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-71349789492285030112009-11-02T21:30:00.008+01:002009-11-02T22:17:48.254+01:00Long time no see!Well, in October I've been at the SPIEL09 in Essen, Germany, and, alas, the semester has started, so many young unknown students join classes to learn something. Teach them I can. Anyway, the VIENNALE, the international Vienna film festival, is also occupying my time. Although I watch less movies than I've bought games, which, of course, have to be tested (20 vs. 35), my spare time is pretty scarce right now. Also the students in Austria protest against the commercialization of education, which I support (the students pint of view, of course).<div>But my bank account is plundered, so I will have more time in the near future, since I've no money left to spend. (I had much luck on my trip back to Vienna from Düsseldorf airport: I didn't have to pay for the considerable overweight (15kg á 7€ per kg), but still, the games themselves, and the trip, and the movie tickets, and my bracers, they make quite a sum in total!)</div><div><br /></div><div>So for this weeks news, I just give two pics of advertisement I found:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cucumbers "mini" from Viennese gardeners:</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUexJr3xpPl6tOR2eN2JNzXE8QTKEmnHy7S0rhrlMd46f8CJfbypW-f3xb71YEt5ZpjcjvFQFtzW2JBaDJpayEV_JUNYPWYPD6GkoRUu9IUR39vYDrjIM8YQFFKAqHyLo65o33oMYzO5Q/s1600-h/IMG_0955.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUexJr3xpPl6tOR2eN2JNzXE8QTKEmnHy7S0rhrlMd46f8CJfbypW-f3xb71YEt5ZpjcjvFQFtzW2JBaDJpayEV_JUNYPWYPD6GkoRUu9IUR39vYDrjIM8YQFFKAqHyLo65o33oMYzO5Q/s320/IMG_0955.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399616805418623634" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Take Jesus!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqeSNHUD2cfah6xm6_WKI07CXfTOrxtlEY4QP445rQjeYOMaLjfGZwsrUAV0SAnGscb0Al7qr9LeR6r8JyZw5Z1K_dZQ54hQ7bEWk2NA2ju7EM-aJ1imR4OqacPY135PWBEfTyUBsa8k/s1600-h/IMG_0954.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSqeSNHUD2cfah6xm6_WKI07CXfTOrxtlEY4QP445rQjeYOMaLjfGZwsrUAV0SAnGscb0Al7qr9LeR6r8JyZw5Z1K_dZQ54hQ7bEWk2NA2ju7EM-aJ1imR4OqacPY135PWBEfTyUBsa8k/s320/IMG_0954.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399616214088600514" /></a>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-13443962272068358712009-10-11T22:14:00.003+02:002009-10-11T22:27:27.366+02:00007just said "Ich habe mich in dir getäuscht." (While everyone knows how to pretend a male org... .) Therefore I give him one |. One gets a | when saying something which can be interpreted in an ambiguous way. The point I am dispensing ||| is to make people aware that <a href="http://wortzummontag.blogspot.com/2009/08/in-beginning-was-word_11.html">language is a tool to confuse</a>. But only when unintentionally! So 007s second sentence "I thought X-mas comes only once a year." gets no |, since it was intentional. (Please correct my English grammar, I suppose it is awfully wrong, and I would be interested in the correct sequence of tenses.)Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-59409017672083221322009-10-08T12:56:00.001+02:002009-10-08T12:57:52.438+02:00Just a pic.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjng7pWqu0efPXCxdkFdtUayvxaCwixUU3FdOMP5G1WvYvvCqUv5xf9M5oLMHDcIQ9GmAr4SZREiPUeve-MT735npuIv8NyxY5g2ZYcXJF7BUC7X6XmDJ4b5fnxj7Ubr2vhg1-LFG8kAs/s1600-h/image001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjng7pWqu0efPXCxdkFdtUayvxaCwixUU3FdOMP5G1WvYvvCqUv5xf9M5oLMHDcIQ9GmAr4SZREiPUeve-MT735npuIv8NyxY5g2ZYcXJF7BUC7X6XmDJ4b5fnxj7Ubr2vhg1-LFG8kAs/s320/image001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390181646793768322" /></a>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-81961597525947090592009-10-07T16:16:00.004+02:002009-10-07T16:43:20.784+02:00Shot in the back ...was a 14 yo teenager by a cop. The boy broke into a shop one night in August. The expertise now says that the teens (another 17 yo guy was with him) weren't attacking, like the policeman and the policewoman said. The investigation goes under the title "involuntary manslaughter under dangerous conditions". So these two teens are considered very dangerous, armed with a rake and a screwdriver, as they were. Or maybe dangerous because it was dark, and the police didn't turn on the lights. Many facts about this case make many people wonder, I wondered mainly about the severe reactions of so many people. Very many said: "He got what he deserved.", even the most spread Austrian newspaper told so. I don't think that any mere thief deserves the death penalty.<div><br /></div><div>Only one circumstance made me rather angry, and that was that the two police officers were allowed to arrange their testimony. I think that was a very bad idea and it doesn't speak for the "very professional training" the police gets "to deal with such situations".</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-73600326438805142842009-09-28T16:31:00.002+02:002009-09-28T16:40:15.864+02:00Ha, this time really on Monday!Ok, so I am back in Vienna ... for three days ... well, I'll be back on Friday night - some parties to attend...<div>Anyway, on the trip to Podersdorf last weekend (I got there from Graz), one w2m turned up, which many colleagues know for quite some time: Dreiervorschlag (proposition of three...). One definitely should use such propositions, may they be regular, irregular, or propositions for four, more frequently! Have much fun sitting in commissions, where these proposals for new professors are assembled, thinking about the suggestions! ;)</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-79250597191889002672009-09-20T15:38:00.002+02:002009-09-20T15:47:38.737+02:00Kreisverkehr(roundabout in British English) 4 U. & me. <div><br /></div><div>Erfurt was great fun, we were gambling a lot (only once for money). And even the trip back over Dresden had some surprises :). Anyway, I am back in Vienna since 6.30 and off to the ÖMG/DMV meeting in Graz at 17:03.</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-23575341873941044662009-09-12T09:50:00.002+02:002009-09-12T09:53:08.878+02:00SommerlochI got this w2m while thinking about Austrian politics. Anyway, the Italian railway sucks, but at least I'm back in Vienna to be on my way to Erfurt (vacation uh yeah!).Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-69092886029927727532009-09-08T16:12:00.009+02:002009-09-28T16:41:14.079+02:00Well,I'm off to <a href="http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=43.264166&lon=11.229662&z=17.5&r=0&src=msl">43° 15' 50.9'' N, 11° 13' 46,7'' E</a> tomorrow to give a lecture in a summer school on hybrid modeling. (That is Italy, Tuscany, near Siena, didn't you know?!) And the next two weeks I'm also not in Vienna (visiting W&P in Erfurt and the ÖMG/DMV congress in Graz and then ... well, wait and read :) ). And since virtually nobody is at the university during the students holidays, I have nobody to talk to (only virtually). So how should I come up with a "Wort zum Montag", if there is nobody <strike> to chat </strike> to discuss mathematical problems with.<div><br /></div><div>Well, the solution is simple, I give you some pics from my vacation in Helsinki and Stockholm this sumer:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For the friends of the bachelor (Bakkelauriat, Bak.):</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIMrHaaVLCx62L4etjKYPQARyLJXPLyoSxcNCZE1WcnfZ5jx_JYVr0LsSuI5emfqQdC6Ks99S3IB15unh_W25Dt5TPtVOEn7H3XEAJfeaf6R8kWdgm0WdzmQPSDEhcyCzNtsZQFcIvNc/s1600-h/bakfickan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSIMrHaaVLCx62L4etjKYPQARyLJXPLyoSxcNCZE1WcnfZ5jx_JYVr0LsSuI5emfqQdC6Ks99S3IB15unh_W25Dt5TPtVOEn7H3XEAJfeaf6R8kWdgm0WdzmQPSDEhcyCzNtsZQFcIvNc/s320/bakfickan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379102002360225986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you like old things (alas, no<a href="http://wortzummontag.blogspot.com/2009/08/versteckter-imperativhidden-imperative.html"> </a><i><a href="http://wortzummontag.blogspot.com/2009/08/versteckter-imperativhidden-imperative.html">hidden</a></i><a href="http://wortzummontag.blogspot.com/2009/08/versteckter-imperativhidden-imperative.html"> imperative</a>):</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoOsdTOMCiVeuBFyVRdGJ8XxYrmaQ8B57On6p4VBGYE7V953uk82mXzaUFoTgr73MDyv5__f46rozovwoRidZC-G14pr3GlOscA89gLzyApyJ4wt1CxiBYY9FtqAr5mFhhxmy2lA_ibg/s1600-h/popantik.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoOsdTOMCiVeuBFyVRdGJ8XxYrmaQ8B57On6p4VBGYE7V953uk82mXzaUFoTgr73MDyv5__f46rozovwoRidZC-G14pr3GlOscA89gLzyApyJ4wt1CxiBYY9FtqAr5mFhhxmy2lA_ibg/s320/popantik.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379101882132845954" /></a><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I guess that's an obvious name:</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6hA6U-9uHfymXvwI5vqLcqbgr-n3UBdwZBgzCJ4OkgoLSHuH7PPWxxY4OG1cjYDHfSsqCSx0XoXBNWKYaHk7gdNF21tQrtlTR0Cbn3of_1aM619UobBl-PR9IOpr7mTVOIDS-p2yqBA/s1600-h/Swengl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6hA6U-9uHfymXvwI5vqLcqbgr-n3UBdwZBgzCJ4OkgoLSHuH7PPWxxY4OG1cjYDHfSsqCSx0XoXBNWKYaHk7gdNF21tQrtlTR0Cbn3of_1aM619UobBl-PR9IOpr7mTVOIDS-p2yqBA/s320/Swengl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379101756063813106" /></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-64112981642315454952009-09-04T14:35:00.003+02:002009-09-04T14:45:18.932+02:00Friday already!I was at the EU-conference "The Knowledge Triangle Shaping the Future of Europe" in Gothenburg this week ... I guess this suffices as this weeks entry! ;)<div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>(the "you-know-what-triangle", slow-coach!)</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-15127900998797046252009-08-25T14:13:00.003+02:002009-08-25T14:44:11.686+02:00versteckter Imperativ/hidden imperativeThe weekly newspaper '<i>Falt</i>er' is a hidden imperative in German for 'you, fold', translated approximately. And since it is Monday, I wondered if the word today could be a hidden imperative. This is a word, which has a hidden command in it. In German that is rather easy, due to the many compound nouns. There are quite some forums around with such words (see, e.g., <a href="http://www.booklookerforum.de/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=2987">here</a>). However, I wondered if there are such words around in English, since I want all those many regular readers and all the people in the world to understand my blog! (Thank you, Boris!) *g*<div><br /></div><div>I was surprised, that many of the direct translations work:</div><div>Korken<i>zieh</i>er - cork<i>screw</i>, is an example with a similar meaning.</div><div><i>Fall</i>obst - wind<i>fall</i>, hey, maybe the fruits or the wind obeys, who knows?</div><div><i>Denk</i>weise - mind<i>set</i> or <i>mind</i>set, in German wishful thinking, in English giving a command to the mind or a (often used?) mathematical command. I like the fact, that this is a twofold hidden imperative :) .</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, these were pretty normal examples. It is funnier, when you command somebody with it:</div><div><i>Eil</i>bote - ex<i>press</i>, yeah, i guess my ex should press some things sometimes.</div><div><i>Wasch</i>weib - <i>fish</i>wife, I really like this translation, I learned a new English word :) .</div><div><br /></div><div>And then there are some words which cannot be translated, like:</div><div><i>Flieh</i>kraft - schon wieder Physik! (Physics once again!)</div><div><i>Steck</i>rübe - | hehehe ...</div><div>and of course the webpage from my <a href="http://wortzummontag.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-you-need-when-you-need-it.html">last entry</a> ...</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-54654277150578637162009-08-21T11:04:00.003+02:002009-08-21T11:07:35.999+02:00What you need, when you need itI like this advertising slogan from the page<div><a href="http://www.fut.com/">http://www.fut.com/</a></div><div>In German it is even funnier ;) !</div><div><br /></div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-90325779958987584592009-08-18T10:48:00.005+02:002009-08-18T11:33:46.437+02:00Well, it is Tuesday already.So I will give some of the old "Wörter zum Montag". I recognized, that it is almost impossible to translate them to English. Of course there some English words around, like '<i>cocktail</i>' or the mineral '<i><a href="http://wortzummontag.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-like-chemistry-sometimes.html">commingtonite</a></i>' from last week. You probably don't know what a pleonasm is, so let me cite the "<a href="http://www.askoxford.com/">Oxford English Dictionary</a>" (hey - they put all the stuff online, you know ?):<div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><h2 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; ">pleonasm</h2><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; ">/<b>pleeo</b>naz’m/</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; "> • <b>noun</b> the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning (e.g. <i>see with one’s eyes</i>).</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <span style="font-size:-1;">— DERIVATIVES</span> <b>pleonastic</b> <span style="font-family:Arial narrow;font-size:-1;">adjective</span>.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; "> <span style="font-size:-1;">— ORIGIN</span> Greek <i>pleonasmos</i>, from <i>pleonazein</i> ‘be superfluous’.</p></span></div><div>So actually I am kind of surprised now, since we are back to physics, once again, with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfluid">superfluidity</a>. Anyway, I am sidetracking. Other pleonasms are 'round circle', 'aged old man', or 'white milk'. And '<i>cocktail</i>', as a pleonasm, clearly qualifies as a "word to Monday". As do the German words '<i>Wurstzipfel</i>' and '<i>Rohrspatz</i>' (or '<i>Dreckspatz</i>', if you like it a little dirty ... but unfortunately only for catholics it is a pleonasm). Actually, '<i>Wurstzipfel</i>' may be understood as the <b>pleonastic translation</b> of '<i>cocktail</i>'. (Gee - "pleonastic translation" - another term I invented ?)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-60542638744507582622009-08-14T18:05:00.002+02:002009-08-14T18:08:23.517+02:00I like Chemistry, sometimes ...So solid state physics can also be something else than boring: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite">cummingtonite</a> (thanks to Andis and FLO).Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-24085259179336760802009-08-12T15:13:00.007+02:002009-08-12T15:24:41.334+02:00Some times I wonder:<div>Who makes the names of products ? This piece of art below I found last year, when visiting good friends in Erfurt ( P&W c u soon :) ):</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5IGCmNDkkcNvyS_rQwf7fZ4dIIdRu8_b8ODvLOIY2dMzbtgbMeBxg8LaZJ-bskHUuDKAIiND7wY9RucRoVbvZ3xmdcogAdlytr4JWABh6qMp3c2rFbHqPPyy5U7Cs-EbulQd3ww_nDY/s1600-h/Sahnemumu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5IGCmNDkkcNvyS_rQwf7fZ4dIIdRu8_b8ODvLOIY2dMzbtgbMeBxg8LaZJ-bskHUuDKAIiND7wY9RucRoVbvZ3xmdcogAdlytr4JWABh6qMp3c2rFbHqPPyy5U7Cs-EbulQd3ww_nDY/s320/Sahnemumu.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369065352064230786" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Well, I guess you have to know the German pronunciation and meaning of </div><div style="text-align: center;">"Muh-Muh", handmade, cut and wrapped ...</div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179652037126227839.post-79944744840002086262009-08-11T12:48:00.012+02:002009-08-11T14:49:56.819+02:00Some old pictures ...<div style="text-align: left;">Here are some old and new pictures of ... hmmm ... well, let's say "somewhat ambiguous" or funny content, just to try out the possibilities of this blog ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjysg70HDEDhDB6Yp7hIepAerSLpRDbkPJso-GqomX1dmKQ1bW9OeNM0ljz7XIOVZYZOFBCiD3Ozgv9aTQDCS6GOzXrE-trq9zwVmxxL_Bb_6uv07PKAvPKMBZaberND6oT_maRf2uIT54/s200/Bezirksblatt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368661540593057074" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"Vienna district journal, 23 times straight in" ... i bet so ...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XHhgbmZ44cRGTnXScHx0tMKSrJZLlLcxJQjn-A572TOBxPUo8TzFYZgX9PziPKCKcQyAvIuKsM3sKJpbHk5FKTzqBQ7Z4WmL2zJyFav71Oc5v2fdvElUsejxV6piHggTlwumUe2cvYg/s320/Castrol.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368659382257605266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">I always knew I liked Castrol ....</div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNSIHMYK7HqW44bk1PgNNyW7mlVq6a5G4xGDCIV2M7bpKzliq6tyzVHSLl8fDdyR7UeWHD0xfi_RtbU-LNcmiWESzYw_03if3XZ0UG59yLVKi3IcMv_v-J-RVtBZ8kxKjlH41cWr_x1OA/s320/Automat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368657916366267842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">And here a rather expensive soft-drink machine ...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So as you (and I) can now see, putting pictures online works fine. Of course I could have guessed so, after all I'm following Boris <a href="http://borislegradic.blogspot.com/">blog</a>.</div></div>Petrarcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15815617770709040766noreply@blogger.com1