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[Jul. 3rd, 2007|10:01 am] |
木がらしにくすくす豚の寝たりけり
kogarashi ni kusu-kusu buta no netari keri
in winter wind
the pig giggles
in his sleep
translated by David Lanoue
ледяной ветер -
хохочет во сне
поросенок
* David Lanoue пишет, что в семи+ тысячах хайку Иссы "свиньи" встречаются всего два раза. Оказывается, в эпоху Эдо пятачковые были редкостью - мясо любого животного о четырех ногах считалось "грязным". Позже, в период Мейдзи, японцы распробовали свинину и перестали ею пренебрегать. |
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how would you test a hypothesis that b2b products are generally of lower quality than comparable b2c products? e.g. ms vs apple. is this a domain-specific phenomenon? |
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[Jul. 3rd, 2007|12:48 pm] |
わか草や我と雀と遊ぶ程
waka-gusa ya ware to suzume to asobu hodo
new grass--
a sparrow and I
on a play date
translated by David Lanoue
молодая трава -
эй, воробей,
давай поиграем!
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[Jul. 3rd, 2007|01:55 pm] |
Now, thousands of years later, modern agrarians—along with engineers, foresters and consumers—directly control 23.8 percent of all the world's photosynthesis, according to a new analysis. Science, 07/03/07
An interesting perspective on human evolution. As with global warming, it is hard to imagine that people can have a planet-wide impact. Most of us do have a feeling that urban technology ( factories, concrete, asphalt, and cars) is capable of changing environment in cities. It is sufficient to visit LA or Shanghai on a hot summer day to appreciate human impact on the scale of a local eco-system. For some reason Earth seems a lot bigger than anything imaginable. Maybe we will get it when commercial space travel begins in earnest. Till then global warming will always be "over-hyped". |
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