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Thanks for the post. Yes, I also read though that ...

2007-10-18T17:15:00.000+09:00

Thanks for the post. Yes, I also read though that there's enough of a penalty in speed that it's not a good idea. So I figured I'd wait.

Completely unrelated to your blog post but someone...

2007-10-18T11:02:00.000+09:00

Completely unrelated to your blog post but someone with your name seemed interested in 3 gigs in a MacBook:

http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/MacBook/Testing/Memory_Benchmarks

In other words they do not have to be paired sets, and you can use a 2 gig and a 1 gig for three gigs in any MacBook.

Well, you learn the etymology of words when you le...

2007-10-10T15:50:00.000+09:00

Well, you learn the etymology of words when you learn English vocabulary as well, at least I did. In fact, if a dictionary doesn't give information on word origins, I don't think much of it.

I have a book on Chinese characters that traces them back as far as they can, that's pretty interesting. My father studied Chinese and said, "All these characters make perfect sense, if you are a 4000 year old man from China."

How about Japanese dictionaries, do they have word derivations?

Interesting. I believe people used to study the et...

2007-10-09T22:51:00.000+09:00

Interesting. I believe people used to study the etymology of words, back when they also learned Latin. That would have been interesting to be around in those days.

If you're willing to use somewhat archaic English ...

2007-10-09T19:46:00.000+09:00

If you're willing to use somewhat archaic English you could assert your superiority with 'sirrah', which I like to think of as an inverted 'sir'. As the second link shows it's preserved in 'The Tempest'.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sirrah
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?sirrah

You'd probably have to explain it, though. I know it originally from occasional use in a British cartoon strip called 'The Perishers'.

In that case it's the formal version, so it's okay...

2007-10-09T09:49:00.000+09:00

In that case it's the formal version, so it's okay. It's used on an every day basis by females more than guys though. Okay for him for two reasons, one being that he's speaking extremely formally, and two, well, you know his lifestyle ^_^

So I wandered through the tv area while Heroes was...

2007-10-09T04:17:00.000+09:00

So I wandered through the tv area while Heroes was playing and heard George Takei use "watashi". I said I didn't think he would use that pronoun, being a guy, if he used any pronoun at all. True?

Ha, I just recently watched Contact. Good movie, a...

2007-10-09T02:51:00.000+09:00

Ha, I just recently watched Contact. Good movie, although the book was so much better. I picked that up from Google so it might have been it.

Hey, the photo of the beach looks exactly like jod...

2007-10-09T00:50:00.000+09:00

Hey, the photo of the beach looks exactly like jodie Foster's dream of Pennsacola, Fla in 'Contact'. I guess you've seen one palm tree, you've seen 'em all...