Category Archives: History, Etymology

Japanese Phonetic Translator

Posted on May 7, 2011 by W

I created a Japanese Phonetic Translator which allows you to type in english text and have it translated into Japanese characters and roman-ji (english) characters which will be pronounced phonetically. This translator does not actually translate the language – it … Continue reading →

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The iPod of 2004

Posted on March 2, 2011 by W

I have some old magazines laying around. This morning I was looking at one and flipped it over; And I thought, “Wow. Today the iPad 2 is coming out. And I don’t think of this magazine as being all that … Continue reading →

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GMMXIE

Posted on December 31, 2010 by W

GMMXIE means 2011, in Google Terms. It is derrived from the Roman Numerals M (1000), X (10) I (1). G does not have any meaning in Roman numerals. So, GMMXIE is Google’s way of saying “Happy New Year” for 2011! Additional Roman … Continue reading →

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What is a diplomatic cable?

Posted on November 28, 2010 by W

It’s an official record written by embassy staff to the Department of State in Washington D.C. of an interaction between U.S. diplomatic corps and host country counterparts. The information included within the cable is a summary and important details of … Continue reading →

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What is Brisket?

Posted on December 31, 2009 by W

Brisket is a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest. While all meat animals have a brisket, the term is most often used to describe beef and sometimes veal. The beef brisket is one of the eight beef … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 5, 2009 by W

What does it mean? Google’s code. This is a reference to the all your base are belong to us. However, on google’s homepage in the animation of the alien spaceship, the aliens are stealing the google “o” thus we have … Continue reading →

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Blackballing

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Clipmarks

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Blackballing was a rejection technique used in elections to membership of a gentlemen’s club (as well as similarly organised institutions such as Freemasonry and fraternities). The principle of such a club was that it was self-perpetuating; i.e., … Continue reading →

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Schrödinger’s cat

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Clipmarks

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Schrödinger’s Cat: A cat, along with a flask containing a poison, is placed in a sealed box shielded against environmentally induced quantum decoherence. If an internal Geiger counter detects radiation, the flask is shattered, releasing the poison … Continue reading →

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Occam’s razor

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Clipmarks

clipped from en.wikipedia.org Occam’s razor, also Ockham’s razor,[1] is the principle that “entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.” It is apocryphally attributed to 14th-century English logician and Franciscan friar, William of Ockham. The principle states that the explanation of any … Continue reading →

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Humerus (the funny bone) – the etymology

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Clipmarks

clipped from en.wikipedia.org The humerus (ME from Latin humerus, umerus upper arm, shoulder; Gothic ams shoulder, Greek ?mos) is a long bone in the arm or forelimb that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. Anatomically, it connects the scapula … Continue reading →

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