levi's posterous http://levi.posterous.com Most recent posts at levi's posterous posterous.com Mon, 18 May 2009 10:35:00 -0700 Lewin's Field Theory in Action http://levi.posterous.com/lewins-field-theory-in-action http://levi.posterous.com/lewins-field-theory-in-action

Despite the 'alpha' in its name, WolframAlpha™ has correct answers.

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Just realized that I cannot find an English match for the frequently employed Russian idiom "kachat' prava" (literally "to sway one's rights"). Rough translation "to insist on observance of one's rights" is unsatisfactory since it drops the point of the idiom. Original meaning emphasizes the very uselessness of such an ever untimely activity. Apparently that's just another culture-specific stuff.

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Yeah! I've found a chocolate bar in the package from Better World Books! Woo-hoo! :)

[a Divine chocolate bar]

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Powershell & WMI for system administration.

Python & Django for rapid development.

Java for enterprise.

עברית for fun.

English for all above.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/53620/tongue.jpg http://posterous.com/people/10FySwQdIqZ levi levi Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:28:02 -0800 The Contemporary Library of Babel http://levi.posterous.com/the-contemporary-library-of-ba http://levi.posterous.com/the-contemporary-library-of-ba

Mighty Google is able to find at least one web page for a query comprising three random common words. Such as "rapid scotch fee" or "mushroom gravity deploy".

Still trying to challenge it.

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"IT-Special" magazine should rename itself "The Buzzword Observer". It is my strong conviction.

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