In the posthumously published diary by Jan Zabrana is somwhere written: "Changing the people around you for the books... But for how long? And what happiness from it? The only reason for it is that, there is no happiness from anything... And then it is right: changind the people around you for the books."
After I finished reading Orhan Pamuk and his "Black book" (especially the Tale of the Prince) I can just change this a little to: "Changing the people around your for the books, and then throwing all the books away. Only by then you can look into your heart and "know" who you really are." Hopefully you will not end like the Prince, who finally did not have anything on his mind so he really was himself and his last words were: "Nothing."
This reminds me one of the very short article I wrote once about the impossibility of escaping to "read" (in a semiotic sense, where a text is everything, that needs interpreting, or comprehence (it could be anything, painting, TV show, billboard, etc.). So the only escape, I wrote then, is knowing, that there is no escape. This gets me to philosphers who were blinding themselves, but yet what about "reading" the texts, which are created by your mind? The only "escape" of that would be death, as happened to the Prince. And even by some people, the death is not the end to everything... (to tell it right, both groups - people who believe in afterlife, and people who do not, have presented the similarly valid evidence so far).
Wednesday 28 December 2011
Tuesday 20 December 2011
Sunday 11 December 2011
Public transportation system
Up until today I thought that I have seen everything in a Prague tram. But not today. There was a guy sleeping on the ground right in the middle of the tram. He looked quite happy about it and nobody gave a flying fuck. I just thought whether he is dead or not, but then I saw how he was breathing.
Well I fell asleep in the tram, too, when I was partying, but always on the chair, never lying on the ground right in the middle of the tram.
Well I fell asleep in the tram, too, when I was partying, but always on the chair, never lying on the ground right in the middle of the tram.
Magritte and a trip to Vienna
Today we made a trip to Vienna for a Rene Magritte exhibition in Albertina Museum. It was quite good, I liked really much several of the paintings and I really have to say, that Walter Benjamin was in a way right in his The Work of Art in the Age of the Mechanical Reproduction, because I felt I want couple of those paintings, but knowing they will be just copies, because they have to be priceless now, felt like that in this case I would not want them :o).
Anyway we bought lots of postcards with the paintings...
And what was fun as well, on the way to Vienna we stopped at one Gas station near Mikulov and two young guys in their 20s asked us, if we would take them, too. They looked quite well dressed, had no backpacks or whatsoever (which was bit weird), and they smelled like pure distilled alcohol. Anyway to make the story short, they drank the night before till morning, then they (still drunk) went in the morning to a bus headed for Vienna (without any ticket) and during the trip one lady in the bus told the bus driver that they do not have any ticket, so he threw them away at the gas station, and that is where we found them :o). They were quite drunk even at 17:00 when we were driving back to Prague and they were so happy, that we came to the meeting, so they would get back to Czech Republic with us. Anyway in the morning, when still drunk in a huge way, one of the guy was really funny shouting like "We shall go to Venice, right away!" (which is another 615km from Vienna). Looks like being a parent must suck sometimes (I hear a phonecall of one of those guys it went like: Yeah, we were drinking, I had a few, sorry I am not coming to the work today.).
Anyway we bought lots of postcards with the paintings...
And what was fun as well, on the way to Vienna we stopped at one Gas station near Mikulov and two young guys in their 20s asked us, if we would take them, too. They looked quite well dressed, had no backpacks or whatsoever (which was bit weird), and they smelled like pure distilled alcohol. Anyway to make the story short, they drank the night before till morning, then they (still drunk) went in the morning to a bus headed for Vienna (without any ticket) and during the trip one lady in the bus told the bus driver that they do not have any ticket, so he threw them away at the gas station, and that is where we found them :o). They were quite drunk even at 17:00 when we were driving back to Prague and they were so happy, that we came to the meeting, so they would get back to Czech Republic with us. Anyway in the morning, when still drunk in a huge way, one of the guy was really funny shouting like "We shall go to Venice, right away!" (which is another 615km from Vienna). Looks like being a parent must suck sometimes (I hear a phonecall of one of those guys it went like: Yeah, we were drinking, I had a few, sorry I am not coming to the work today.).
Thursday 3 November 2011
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Jesus on... hygiene
Matthew, 15... things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. 20 These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.”
Especially with the last sentecne I would love to hear a doctor saying something on this topic, especially in case of pandemic flu or hepatitis.
Especially with the last sentecne I would love to hear a doctor saying something on this topic, especially in case of pandemic flu or hepatitis.
Low esteem of people with dishonestly acquired property
Funny fact, I personally know only five persons who are on Czech standards filthy rich, but all of them acquired their wealth by honest business.
When you would run into them on the streets you could see that they are rich only in small details (for example nice watches, nice glasses, etc.), but they are dressed normally and drive in Audi or BMW cars (standard car, nothing eccentric.)
And when you see in the media e.g. pictures of children of politicians (if they would not take bribes their kids could not afford 100 000 euro cars, etc.) they are always:
a) dressed in expensive clothes (but not elegant, their styling screams: Look at me, I can afford T-Shirt worth 600 euros and price tag on my sneakers was the same as average salary in Czech Republic, 900 euros).
b) they drive in supersport cars like porsche, audi R8 and some of them secretly also in bentley, etc.
Why do they do that? The frustration of knowing, that they are total losers and the only thing that they can do is being the parasite of this society? It is estimated that hundreds of million euros per year are spent on bribing politicians and clerks in state offices so they favor someone in government contracts.
So maybe these, I call them parasites, with their low self-esteem want to show off to everyone, so they will get the attention of the succesful - look at me, I can afford it, too? They are ridiculous. I do not envy rich people, if I know they made their success by honest work - they had great idea in a great time and their business was succesful. Only few of the people in the society can accomplish that and everyone is looking up to them as paragons of business. But thinking of those "parasites" is different. Hey, if there are rich people, I want to be rich, too, but I do not want to do anything for it. These people are not worth the envy as well, they are only worth the despise.
So what is the morale of this story? If you steal or take bribes, it does not make you happy person, because when you have at least some intelligence, you will always know that you are nothing but the parasite of the society.
When you would run into them on the streets you could see that they are rich only in small details (for example nice watches, nice glasses, etc.), but they are dressed normally and drive in Audi or BMW cars (standard car, nothing eccentric.)
And when you see in the media e.g. pictures of children of politicians (if they would not take bribes their kids could not afford 100 000 euro cars, etc.) they are always:
a) dressed in expensive clothes (but not elegant, their styling screams: Look at me, I can afford T-Shirt worth 600 euros and price tag on my sneakers was the same as average salary in Czech Republic, 900 euros).
b) they drive in supersport cars like porsche, audi R8 and some of them secretly also in bentley, etc.
Why do they do that? The frustration of knowing, that they are total losers and the only thing that they can do is being the parasite of this society? It is estimated that hundreds of million euros per year are spent on bribing politicians and clerks in state offices so they favor someone in government contracts.
So maybe these, I call them parasites, with their low self-esteem want to show off to everyone, so they will get the attention of the succesful - look at me, I can afford it, too? They are ridiculous. I do not envy rich people, if I know they made their success by honest work - they had great idea in a great time and their business was succesful. Only few of the people in the society can accomplish that and everyone is looking up to them as paragons of business. But thinking of those "parasites" is different. Hey, if there are rich people, I want to be rich, too, but I do not want to do anything for it. These people are not worth the envy as well, they are only worth the despise.
So what is the morale of this story? If you steal or take bribes, it does not make you happy person, because when you have at least some intelligence, you will always know that you are nothing but the parasite of the society.
Monday 31 October 2011
Today I was at the doctor
Really long time had passed since I was at the doctor last time. Anyway few things:
a) Today was my doctor working from 13:00 till 18:00. At 12:57 were sitting twenty persons in the waiting room. So I left home, spent the time at home and returned at 15:00. It was only me and one old man, who was bit deaf.
b) You could hear that in the consulting room was someone speaking with the nurse. The guy inside was saying goodbye for like five minutes. Anyway after several minutes the old man in the waiting room looked at me and said: "It is suspiciously silent in there, maybe it is empty, I shall knock on the door, so the nurse will know that we are waiting here." Well I said to him, that I can hear the voices there, so definitely there is someone in. He replied: "WHAT?" So I said it more loudly. On my standard (I am speaking bit quietly) I shouted at him the same sentence again. He looked bit surprised, because he did not hear anything in there, but what the hell.
c) There were really lots of leaflets in the waiting room (most of the commercials for medicines, etc.). One took my attention was printed by civic association "Cesta domů" (Way home) - they are mostly aimed on supporting families who are living with terminal patients, so that they can for example quit the job and fully support the dying family members at home. The leaflet was made really well, but it was all quite sad thing to read. Anyway I think that the idea of dying with people you love or who loved you, is very painful, but definitely much better than being in hospital with other patients.
d) today was the first "sick note" my doctor gave me in my life. Before that I was either student (not needed) or never been ill in my work life. Or I worked in places, where the "sick note" is so much bureaucracy they did not give a shit so I could be at home and work from home till I felt better. I am not cheating on this one and can be trusted.
Anyway I kinda like my doctor, she never prescribes things which she thinks are useless. Lot of people then are feeling like she is depriving them of medical care, but it is not true. I fully support her on waiting for couple of days more if I get better before she prescribes me the antibiotics. When I was a kid more than 20 years ago doctors gave away antibiotics just right when you entered the consulting room and said that you have sore throat or a cough. So I really hope I will get better by wednesdey. If not I will get the antibiotics, because I have fever for already a week and painkillers does not help and the cough is really bad at nights.
a) Today was my doctor working from 13:00 till 18:00. At 12:57 were sitting twenty persons in the waiting room. So I left home, spent the time at home and returned at 15:00. It was only me and one old man, who was bit deaf.
b) You could hear that in the consulting room was someone speaking with the nurse. The guy inside was saying goodbye for like five minutes. Anyway after several minutes the old man in the waiting room looked at me and said: "It is suspiciously silent in there, maybe it is empty, I shall knock on the door, so the nurse will know that we are waiting here." Well I said to him, that I can hear the voices there, so definitely there is someone in. He replied: "WHAT?" So I said it more loudly. On my standard (I am speaking bit quietly) I shouted at him the same sentence again. He looked bit surprised, because he did not hear anything in there, but what the hell.
c) There were really lots of leaflets in the waiting room (most of the commercials for medicines, etc.). One took my attention was printed by civic association "Cesta domů" (Way home) - they are mostly aimed on supporting families who are living with terminal patients, so that they can for example quit the job and fully support the dying family members at home. The leaflet was made really well, but it was all quite sad thing to read. Anyway I think that the idea of dying with people you love or who loved you, is very painful, but definitely much better than being in hospital with other patients.
d) today was the first "sick note" my doctor gave me in my life. Before that I was either student (not needed) or never been ill in my work life. Or I worked in places, where the "sick note" is so much bureaucracy they did not give a shit so I could be at home and work from home till I felt better. I am not cheating on this one and can be trusted.
Anyway I kinda like my doctor, she never prescribes things which she thinks are useless. Lot of people then are feeling like she is depriving them of medical care, but it is not true. I fully support her on waiting for couple of days more if I get better before she prescribes me the antibiotics. When I was a kid more than 20 years ago doctors gave away antibiotics just right when you entered the consulting room and said that you have sore throat or a cough. So I really hope I will get better by wednesdey. If not I will get the antibiotics, because I have fever for already a week and painkillers does not help and the cough is really bad at nights.
Saturday 29 October 2011
And then... they marry the next one
It seems really weird, but there were around me lot of my friends who had long-term relationships (5 years and more) and if they did not marry, they split up and married the next guy (girl or boy) after couple of months being together.
The winner in this contest is definitely one of my friend, who told the girl on the second date he wants to marry her and have kids with her and what is funny, she actually said yes...
It seems that even if we are living (as THEY say - who the hell are they? media?) in the era, when the traditional values such as marriage are declining, it looks like people are actually still want to get married. The only difference is that back in the past people younger than 20 were already having kids (which is OK if you died around 50) nowadays people are having kids around their 30s.
Thursday 27 October 2011
The Art of Definition
Well this is marketing. On one adult content site had ad banner which said something as (what I would try to "translate" into nice language):
"Beautiful young girl with penis."
I really had to laugh, because more exact thing would be:
"Beautiful young boy with fake tits."
Anyway in the end it is only a matter of definition and I am sure that they are getting more money from the banners with first claim :o).
"Beautiful young girl with penis."
I really had to laugh, because more exact thing would be:
"Beautiful young boy with fake tits."
Anyway in the end it is only a matter of definition and I am sure that they are getting more money from the banners with first claim :o).
Thursday 6 October 2011
Sunday 2 October 2011
Unpleasant things...
Last week I was telling my (today already former) colleague, that I am going to quit the job and go to a different company and that it is very "unpleasant" for me (that I am bit stressed how my bosses would take it, etc.). And she (because she was nearly 50 and very wise and cool) told me, that it is OK, if it is unpleasant for me, because it is unpleasant situation. The really big problem in life is, when things in life which should be pleasant are unpleasant. Although she said that she is not the person who believes that it is necessary for evil to exist, so that we can differentiate it from good.
I think I will really miss her and also our sometimes bit philosophical disputations :o). And to add up, I will also miss our quarrels about our work projects, when she really knew how to settle me down. I know I am sometimes bit difficult (thinking of myself highly), but she was clever as hell, too, so sometimes it was rough on both of us, but in the end I really liked her. With my stubborness and her experience, the output was always in the end very good for our clients. And she also learnt me how to present our work...
I think I will really miss her and also our sometimes bit philosophical disputations :o). And to add up, I will also miss our quarrels about our work projects, when she really knew how to settle me down. I know I am sometimes bit difficult (thinking of myself highly), but she was clever as hell, too, so sometimes it was rough on both of us, but in the end I really liked her. With my stubborness and her experience, the output was always in the end very good for our clients. And she also learnt me how to present our work...
Saturday 1 October 2011
...it made me cry
Why the hell have mostly most "thumbs up" on YouTube comments under musical videos such as: "It's such beauty, that it made me cry."
Are all the YouTube users such social and feelings deprivants, that they "like" when some kind of loser is crying in front of monitor?
Are all the YouTube users such social and feelings deprivants, that they "like" when some kind of loser is crying in front of monitor?
Saturday 24 September 2011
MC Wrec
"One two one two this just a check. Who's the biggest cunt? It's MC Wrec!"
This was on my mind yesterday, when fucking cunt called MC Wrec not only ruined London Elektricity (AS USUAL) but he really had to shout his fucking retarded sentences like (make some noise, show me your hands, etc) also to great High Contrast concert!! WHAT A FUCKING LOSER!!!
This was on my mind yesterday, when fucking cunt called MC Wrec not only ruined London Elektricity (AS USUAL) but he really had to shout his fucking retarded sentences like (make some noise, show me your hands, etc) also to great High Contrast concert!! WHAT A FUCKING LOSER!!!
Wednesday 31 August 2011
Debts
It is "natural" to not have any debts. For example whole my life I am trying to live without any loans, if I want something, I just wait until I have the money for it and then I buy it.
But it looks like nowadays we all live (in so called Western civilization) in huge debt. The governments have debts, the people have debts. For example in Czech Republic the governernment have already debt 1,5 trillion CZK (or 1 500 billion CZK) and the Czech families have debts around 1 000 billion CZK. So altogether it is quite A LOT of money.
So there was this discussion about mortgages and I had to laugh. Because I was saying that I cannot imagine that to own a flat I would be paying someone half of my salary for 50 years and then die and still hope that during the 50 years I would have my job all the time... not to mention that you could not afford any vacation, kids, cars, etc, you would just be paying the mortgage.
And one funny fella replied, that if the debt situation is gonna be only worse, it looks like that in 20 years or something there will be HUGE BANKRUPT not only of people but also of governments, and that those who had money would have nothing, and same, the pople who have debts would have nothing also :o). Well I do not know what is the outcome of the state bankrupt and if you have a loan at that time, I only remember, that when my grandma was young, she told me she had some money in the 50s and the other day its value was nothing - like from 100 000 CZK they gave her 1600 CZK of "new" crowns...
But it looks like nowadays we all live (in so called Western civilization) in huge debt. The governments have debts, the people have debts. For example in Czech Republic the governernment have already debt 1,5 trillion CZK (or 1 500 billion CZK) and the Czech families have debts around 1 000 billion CZK. So altogether it is quite A LOT of money.
So there was this discussion about mortgages and I had to laugh. Because I was saying that I cannot imagine that to own a flat I would be paying someone half of my salary for 50 years and then die and still hope that during the 50 years I would have my job all the time... not to mention that you could not afford any vacation, kids, cars, etc, you would just be paying the mortgage.
And one funny fella replied, that if the debt situation is gonna be only worse, it looks like that in 20 years or something there will be HUGE BANKRUPT not only of people but also of governments, and that those who had money would have nothing, and same, the pople who have debts would have nothing also :o). Well I do not know what is the outcome of the state bankrupt and if you have a loan at that time, I only remember, that when my grandma was young, she told me she had some money in the 50s and the other day its value was nothing - like from 100 000 CZK they gave her 1600 CZK of "new" crowns...
Thursday 25 August 2011
Future of e-books
Well, dont know if it is possible - but probably it could be no problem - after reading one of Haruki Murakami's novel I was wondering, that it could be bit better if on your reading device you could hear the "sounds". This particular novel was full of references to classical music, the heroes of the book were listening the pieces, etc. Or when the hero was at the sea shore, the sound of the sea could be good as well.
Well probably it would need eye-camera to know when to start playing which sound, but I think it could be fun. (well of course, when the hero said that he listened to a quartet five times, I doubt that you will have to listen the music for 150 minutes and then you could move forward, but at least bits of the music would be nice).
Well probably it would need eye-camera to know when to start playing which sound, but I think it could be fun. (well of course, when the hero said that he listened to a quartet five times, I doubt that you will have to listen the music for 150 minutes and then you could move forward, but at least bits of the music would be nice).
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Latest thoughts on...
... 1) even in the tropical weather (around 33 degrees Celcius) there is really cold feel coming from the depths of the Petschek Palace, looks like the Palace is cursed by the nazis...
...2) marriage - we were on a vacation in the mountains on this big cottage where various families were and there was this older guy (his kids were talking Dutch, but he was Czech) and me and my wife we had anniversary of our marriage so I had my suit on and we went to a fancy restaurant. And this guy was asking me where are we going, so I told him so. And the next day in the morning he asked me if my wife liked the dinner and I replied that yes and on this he told me: "Pleased woman means happy marriage."
...3) insults of the teachers and politicians - I do not know if this is just Czech speciality, but we have saying:
Who cannot do anything, he teaches.
Who cannot teach, he teaches other teachers.
Who cannot teach other teacher, he is politician.
Bit insulting for the teachers (they are really under-rated in here, their salaries suck, so maybe that is the reason why the whole education system sucks...)
...2) marriage - we were on a vacation in the mountains on this big cottage where various families were and there was this older guy (his kids were talking Dutch, but he was Czech) and me and my wife we had anniversary of our marriage so I had my suit on and we went to a fancy restaurant. And this guy was asking me where are we going, so I told him so. And the next day in the morning he asked me if my wife liked the dinner and I replied that yes and on this he told me: "Pleased woman means happy marriage."
...3) insults of the teachers and politicians - I do not know if this is just Czech speciality, but we have saying:
Who cannot do anything, he teaches.
Who cannot teach, he teaches other teachers.
Who cannot teach other teacher, he is politician.
Bit insulting for the teachers (they are really under-rated in here, their salaries suck, so maybe that is the reason why the whole education system sucks...)
Tuesday 16 August 2011
Weird attitute of insurance companies to culture and knowledge
Well I went to the insurance company and I had quite interesting conversation there.
The lady there was asking me if I have television, how much it is, if I have computer, etc etc. Lets say that all the electronic devices were worth aprox 2000 euros and I had to give them photos and serial numbers, etc.
And then I asked her about my library, what would happen in case of fire? Because I have around 1000 books and through the time I have to say that it has costed me more than 10 000 euros. And she told me, that they only make insurance for "special" books, and I have to have a certificate by third side, which claims some kind of "historical" values of this kind of book and then I can insure each book... crazy, I do not have such kind of books with historical value, so I was quite consufed.
It is totally OK to insure modern television, but with library you just have to have special historical books. Replacing television is very easy, but replacing books, which are out of print is kind of a difficult task, if you are proud of your book collection...
Well, looks like we live if times which do not value books, but only television...
The lady there was asking me if I have television, how much it is, if I have computer, etc etc. Lets say that all the electronic devices were worth aprox 2000 euros and I had to give them photos and serial numbers, etc.
And then I asked her about my library, what would happen in case of fire? Because I have around 1000 books and through the time I have to say that it has costed me more than 10 000 euros. And she told me, that they only make insurance for "special" books, and I have to have a certificate by third side, which claims some kind of "historical" values of this kind of book and then I can insure each book... crazy, I do not have such kind of books with historical value, so I was quite consufed.
It is totally OK to insure modern television, but with library you just have to have special historical books. Replacing television is very easy, but replacing books, which are out of print is kind of a difficult task, if you are proud of your book collection...
Well, looks like we live if times which do not value books, but only television...
Wednesday 3 August 2011
What a wonderful world
Obama has signed a law, that US can now have even bigger debt, As a result, they are magically now out of the possibility to go bankrupt... well, I dont know, but for me, they are now only in even bigger debt... what is quite scary is the time curve of the whole debt, that 90 percent of it happened in past two decades... why? What has changed so much in the past two decades? Or is it like that up until 1990 the enemy Nr. 1 was Russia and now the enemy Nr. 1 is the debt?
No business organization could work like this...
No business organization could work like this...
Monday 18 July 2011
The end of the printed books...
Well of course that the printed books will last forever, but maybe the printed book will be really exclusive (well maybe not as during the medieval age before the printing press, when one illuminated book was of a value of a house), but I guess that prices as 200 euros for book will be real one day...
So what has changed so much? Well I personally own an ebook reader for couple of months and have to say, that:
a) since then I bought aproximately 80 % less printed books than through the usual period
b) most of the profits will be to those who are manufacturers of the ebook readers (have you heard about pirated hardware?)
c) lot of printing houses will go bankrupt - less range of QUALITY books will be available, only those books, which are able to make profit (= written for stupid fucks) will be published
d) one book is enough for a family, but not one ebook reader. You can wait till you read the printed book and then give it to other family member, but this never happnes with the ebook reader, you need it for another book, right. So whole family and each one has an ebook reader, that is the dream of the manufacturers.
e) there are several websites on the Czech internet with like 10 thousand pirated books each. This means there are "out there" really hundreds of losers with lot of free time, so they can buy, scan, OCR the book and convert it to unprotected format. And imagine that the obscure Czech language is spoken only by aprox 10 mil. inhabitants of the World. Now imagine how many pirated books have to be out there in English! Bad thing is, that most of the pirates are lovers of sci-fi and fantasy (well maybe it is because they are 12 yrs old!), which is mostly shit apart from few authors, so these two genres will die first, I guess...
I think that with the availability of the pirated content (even 6year old could google for pirated books) the book industry will be even more fucked than the music industry. Which is kinda bad, because the diversity will be lowered and only mainstream authors, who write bestsellers, can theoretically be succesful also on the ebook platform.
Well the dark times are ahead... sure it is great to read books on ebook reader, but this sword can surely backstab.
So what has changed so much? Well I personally own an ebook reader for couple of months and have to say, that:
a) since then I bought aproximately 80 % less printed books than through the usual period
b) most of the profits will be to those who are manufacturers of the ebook readers (have you heard about pirated hardware?)
c) lot of printing houses will go bankrupt - less range of QUALITY books will be available, only those books, which are able to make profit (= written for stupid fucks) will be published
d) one book is enough for a family, but not one ebook reader. You can wait till you read the printed book and then give it to other family member, but this never happnes with the ebook reader, you need it for another book, right. So whole family and each one has an ebook reader, that is the dream of the manufacturers.
e) there are several websites on the Czech internet with like 10 thousand pirated books each. This means there are "out there" really hundreds of losers with lot of free time, so they can buy, scan, OCR the book and convert it to unprotected format. And imagine that the obscure Czech language is spoken only by aprox 10 mil. inhabitants of the World. Now imagine how many pirated books have to be out there in English! Bad thing is, that most of the pirates are lovers of sci-fi and fantasy (well maybe it is because they are 12 yrs old!), which is mostly shit apart from few authors, so these two genres will die first, I guess...
I think that with the availability of the pirated content (even 6year old could google for pirated books) the book industry will be even more fucked than the music industry. Which is kinda bad, because the diversity will be lowered and only mainstream authors, who write bestsellers, can theoretically be succesful also on the ebook platform.
Well the dark times are ahead... sure it is great to read books on ebook reader, but this sword can surely backstab.
Tuesday 12 July 2011
One senctence out of context...
I am now reading one book by Hannah Arendt and there is this small part of one big sentence, which I really like. It is translated from Czech, so...
"...in a conversation between me and myself, that is on the road, where arise big philosophical and metaphysical questions..."
"...in a conversation between me and myself, that is on the road, where arise big philosophical and metaphysical questions..."
Monday 27 June 2011
Ideal country
The ideal country would be, where they have French cheeses (but without the French people), Italian salami, German sense for precision and quality, Finnish education, low taxes, four seasons, mild climate, sea, good architecture and no assholes or religious fanatics.
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Scrupulous PR
I am doing now a project for a PR course and have to say that after couple of years of PR praxis I have become a monster :oD.
The project is a hypothetical campaign for a small city in the middle of nowhere that they would "allow" in the public referendum to build the radioactive waste disposal near their homes.
I did the truly excellent PR campagn with all the "ethical" brainwashing (is it even ethical to brainwash people for money?) and then I was thinking, what the hell!
It is paid by the government, the budget is 10 mil. Czech Crowns (625 000 US dollars) why to make a stupid campaign for such amount of money. Why not do the "unethical" campaign without any brainwashing. In the city is only 600 inhabitants, each of them would be given 1000 US dollars if they would say YES in the referendum and thats it :o)). In the end, it WAS their choice to be paid and vote YES, right?
Well, I guess that if I would send just this one slide with the budget 1000 USD for each of the inhabitant, I would be given Fail mark for the project :o).
The project is a hypothetical campaign for a small city in the middle of nowhere that they would "allow" in the public referendum to build the radioactive waste disposal near their homes.
I did the truly excellent PR campagn with all the "ethical" brainwashing (is it even ethical to brainwash people for money?) and then I was thinking, what the hell!
It is paid by the government, the budget is 10 mil. Czech Crowns (625 000 US dollars) why to make a stupid campaign for such amount of money. Why not do the "unethical" campaign without any brainwashing. In the city is only 600 inhabitants, each of them would be given 1000 US dollars if they would say YES in the referendum and thats it :o)). In the end, it WAS their choice to be paid and vote YES, right?
Well, I guess that if I would send just this one slide with the budget 1000 USD for each of the inhabitant, I would be given Fail mark for the project :o).
Tuesday 21 June 2011
Czech Tabloid
So after quite a long time I skipped through the pages of czech tabloid Blesk and really have to laugh.
There is this young "sexy" lady with fake boobies (age 25), in a different times we would call her a hooker, but no, she is supposed to be supermodel, and she had this relationship with 65 yrs old rich businessman. I really have to laugh, because I have seen a video of these two couple of months ago and it was really "material" worth looking. She is stupid as fuck, only takes money from him (car, house etc.) and yet she is unfaithful to him.
I get this whole "quid pro quo" situation - she is young, poor, good looking, he is old and ugly and has money. But I really do not get, why she could not be at least faithful to this pity old man? No to mention that all the people have to be laughing at him, why he is with this "silicone" stupid lady with IQ worth a microbe, but jesus, if this is "business" relationship, not based on love, she really could be at least doing the part of her contract :oP.
On the other hand, it is "hard" made money, this ugly viagra-pumped grandpa fucking me all day long, not the idea of life I would want to be pursuing... eghhh.
There is this young "sexy" lady with fake boobies (age 25), in a different times we would call her a hooker, but no, she is supposed to be supermodel, and she had this relationship with 65 yrs old rich businessman. I really have to laugh, because I have seen a video of these two couple of months ago and it was really "material" worth looking. She is stupid as fuck, only takes money from him (car, house etc.) and yet she is unfaithful to him.
I get this whole "quid pro quo" situation - she is young, poor, good looking, he is old and ugly and has money. But I really do not get, why she could not be at least faithful to this pity old man? No to mention that all the people have to be laughing at him, why he is with this "silicone" stupid lady with IQ worth a microbe, but jesus, if this is "business" relationship, not based on love, she really could be at least doing the part of her contract :oP.
On the other hand, it is "hard" made money, this ugly viagra-pumped grandpa fucking me all day long, not the idea of life I would want to be pursuing... eghhh.
Friday 10 June 2011
Cieli che feci mai?
Cecilia Bartoli was yesterday for the first time in the Czech Republic, Prague.
She left me speechless and the only thing I can say, that she is truly a goddess. Bravo.
I think that it was the most expensive concert I have ever been to (200 euros per ticket - aprox salary in Czech Republic is 920 euros), but it was hell worth it! She was singing Vivaldi arias (with little pause) for more than THREE hours! THe conductor/violinist Spinosi was great as well. It was on of the best concerts ever!
She left me speechless and the only thing I can say, that she is truly a goddess. Bravo.
I think that it was the most expensive concert I have ever been to (200 euros per ticket - aprox salary in Czech Republic is 920 euros), but it was hell worth it! She was singing Vivaldi arias (with little pause) for more than THREE hours! THe conductor/violinist Spinosi was great as well. It was on of the best concerts ever!
Thursday 9 June 2011
On a cynical note
The news are lately nothing but less Escherichia coli from Germany, and how everybody will die of this highly contageous bacteria of hemmorhagic diarrhea.
Well... now some numbers. There is 0,04 ‰ (permille, not percent) of German inhabitants infected. From these only one percent have died (26 persons so far). For example in Ebola virus is the mortality rate between 50-90 %!!! Here it is just one percent!
I know, that there is this saying, that with one person dying, the one whole world dies, but being sick with the chance of dying can happen to anyone with different kinds of diseases. That is why I wonder we make such a fuss when 26 people in Germany die, when between 100 000 to 150 000 persons die every day on the planet.
Well... now some numbers. There is 0,04 ‰ (permille, not percent) of German inhabitants infected. From these only one percent have died (26 persons so far). For example in Ebola virus is the mortality rate between 50-90 %!!! Here it is just one percent!
I know, that there is this saying, that with one person dying, the one whole world dies, but being sick with the chance of dying can happen to anyone with different kinds of diseases. That is why I wonder we make such a fuss when 26 people in Germany die, when between 100 000 to 150 000 persons die every day on the planet.
Wednesday 1 June 2011
Kindle
Yesterday I got Kindle. Have to say, it is just great. Combined with wonderful software Calibri, I really have no complaints.
Well maybe one, could be supporting DOC, because I have several scripts from my studies, which are written in DOC format... but there are ways how to deal with it, so in the end, it is not that such of a problem.
OK so I have found out another disadvantage after really serious usage - since yesterday I have finished already one 280 pages book and started a new one, and have to say, that my thumbs feel like in the 90s when I was playing Tetris on this pocket machine, haha. Because I enjoy bigger letters so than I have to push the NEXT button quite often, so thats why. But I guess that after couple of days my thumbs will be used to pressing the buttons, so thats it.
So in the end... Kindle is really great ebook reader.
OK so I have found out another disadvantage after really serious usage - since yesterday I have finished already one 280 pages book and started a new one, and have to say, that my thumbs feel like in the 90s when I was playing Tetris on this pocket machine, haha. Because I enjoy bigger letters so than I have to push the NEXT button quite often, so thats why. But I guess that after couple of days my thumbs will be used to pressing the buttons, so thats it.
So in the end... Kindle is really great ebook reader.
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Monday 23 May 2011
Tripe soup
Recently there was one of mine Finnish friends from Erasmus in Prague and we went to my favourite pub called Lokál. Because they all were vegetarians, they did not enjoy much the Czech cuisine, but they were bit surprised I have eaten a tripe soup there.
Tripe is cut animal stomach, mostly in Czech republic it is from cows. It has to be washed and boiled for several hours before it is edible. It looks like shit, smells terribly (when boiling) but tastes really good. The Czech tripe soup is bit like a goulash with marjoram.
I was looking at wikipedia and it seems, that we are not the only ones who are eating this. Tripe is eaten in quite a lot of countries. The Italian version looked quite interesting and I guess I will try to prepare it some day.
Tripe is cut animal stomach, mostly in Czech republic it is from cows. It has to be washed and boiled for several hours before it is edible. It looks like shit, smells terribly (when boiling) but tastes really good. The Czech tripe soup is bit like a goulash with marjoram.
I was looking at wikipedia and it seems, that we are not the only ones who are eating this. Tripe is eaten in quite a lot of countries. The Italian version looked quite interesting and I guess I will try to prepare it some day.
Friday 20 May 2011
Two medicaments which really work (for me)
Well apart from medicine for headaches I am not in need of any medications, but there are certainly two cases, where I found what really is the best (for me).
First condition is so called Aphthous ulcer, which is very painful, but totally harmless and usually (in my case) develops from mild injury in my mouth (like biting myself etc.). So it bothers me like twice a year. Well I have used lots of things, but this one works in seconds! It is called Oralmedic. The price is bit high, but with the frequency of the ulcers (in my case), it is totally worth it. The application is quite painful, after the treatment it looks still the same until it heals in couple of days, but! In seconds after application there really is no pain at all. (Well the application itself is bit painful, but worth it!). The whole process took five seconds, then I washed my mouth with plain water and spit it out and that was it!
The second condition is called diarrhea. And have to say usually I suffer from it by travelling to places which are southeastern from Czech Republic (like former Yugoslavia and such). The treatment I used is Imodium, again bit expensive, but again totally worth it. There are only 8 tablets in the package but in case of acute diarrhea I never used more than two.
First condition is so called Aphthous ulcer, which is very painful, but totally harmless and usually (in my case) develops from mild injury in my mouth (like biting myself etc.). So it bothers me like twice a year. Well I have used lots of things, but this one works in seconds! It is called Oralmedic. The price is bit high, but with the frequency of the ulcers (in my case), it is totally worth it. The application is quite painful, after the treatment it looks still the same until it heals in couple of days, but! In seconds after application there really is no pain at all. (Well the application itself is bit painful, but worth it!). The whole process took five seconds, then I washed my mouth with plain water and spit it out and that was it!
The second condition is called diarrhea. And have to say usually I suffer from it by travelling to places which are southeastern from Czech Republic (like former Yugoslavia and such). The treatment I used is Imodium, again bit expensive, but again totally worth it. There are only 8 tablets in the package but in case of acute diarrhea I never used more than two.
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Kindle order placed...
Having at home hundreds of books and almost no space where to put the newly bought... today I placed an order for Amazon Kindle... hope it was good idea, definitely one thing I could not do with kindle - reading in bathtub, which I was doing quite often... But still I hope it will read at least all the free PDFs I have (written by the surely dead authors).
Monday 16 May 2011
Thumbs up if...
Thumbs up if you are a douchebag who starts every comment on YouTube by: "Thumbs up if..."
Friday 13 May 2011
Petr Nikl - Líni
This my favourite song by Petr Nikl. Too bad that his webpage is not updated that much, because we have lots of his books and CDs at home.
Shnilí líni líně sní
Tisknou, ale netísní
Samí svatí v sítích spí
Svítí, ale nestíní
Tuuu, tydu tu tuuuuu
Shnilí líni písní zní
Nahlas, ale neslyšní
Dnem dní v ledu bledě bdí
Oblí, ale nehmotní
Tuuu, tydu tu tuuuuu
Shnilí líni líně sní
Tisknou, ale netísní
Samí svatí v sítích spí
Svítí, ale nestíní
Tuuu, tydu tu tuuuuu
Shnilí líni líně sní
Tisknou, ale netísní
Samí svatí v sítích spí
Svítí, ale nestíní
Tuuu, tydu tu tuuuuu
Shnilí líni písní zní
Nahlas, ale neslyšní
Dnem dní v ledu bledě bdí
Oblí, ale nehmotní
Tuuu, tydu tu tuuuuu
Shnilí líni líně sní
Tisknou, ale netísní
Samí svatí v sítích spí
Svítí, ale nestíní
Tuuu, tydu tu tuuuuu
Thursday 12 May 2011
Being old and wise
I have to say thay my wife's grandmother is really funny. She is over 80 years old, doctor of philosophy, and enjoying manual work and also she likes the thought that people who do not know her, think of her that she is just the "cleaning lady" :o).
Anyway it seems to me like she has discovered that now she is in the age when she can get away with almost anything, plus is making fun of people in the purest form of stereotype, that younger people are automatically thinking of the elderly as people with "dementia" or whatever. So here goes few examples of her wit and cleverness.
1) She was at the doctor and he told her - so we should do the next check in two months. And she replied: "One moment, I am quite busy, so let me check first my schedule if I have time at this day." So the doctor was like WTF?
2) She crossed the street not on the "zebra" and policemen who was walking nearby stopped her and said: "Hey, you should not be jaywalking, there is a zebra 50 metres there!" And she replied: "Oh young man, that is so kind of you that you want to carry my bag, but no hassle, I live over there I can manage." Then the conversation went for another 5 minutes where she pretended she has hearing problems and then the other policemen was like: "Hey man, let the lady go, not worth it" :o)
3) We were visiting her and she told me: "Oh look at this wonderful flower, how it blossoms so wonderfully." I did not know her that much back then so I was like looking at my wife and trying to explain in non-verbal language that the flower is from plastics, and that maybe her granny is bit mad, but she was just having a laugh at me.
Well I could have only one wish in my life, I wish I will be like her in next 50 years. I have never seen anyone like this. So intelligent, witty and hardworking. She could just enjoy being retired, but she still works three times a week for couple of hours.
Anyway it seems to me like she has discovered that now she is in the age when she can get away with almost anything, plus is making fun of people in the purest form of stereotype, that younger people are automatically thinking of the elderly as people with "dementia" or whatever. So here goes few examples of her wit and cleverness.
1) She was at the doctor and he told her - so we should do the next check in two months. And she replied: "One moment, I am quite busy, so let me check first my schedule if I have time at this day." So the doctor was like WTF?
2) She crossed the street not on the "zebra" and policemen who was walking nearby stopped her and said: "Hey, you should not be jaywalking, there is a zebra 50 metres there!" And she replied: "Oh young man, that is so kind of you that you want to carry my bag, but no hassle, I live over there I can manage." Then the conversation went for another 5 minutes where she pretended she has hearing problems and then the other policemen was like: "Hey man, let the lady go, not worth it" :o)
3) We were visiting her and she told me: "Oh look at this wonderful flower, how it blossoms so wonderfully." I did not know her that much back then so I was like looking at my wife and trying to explain in non-verbal language that the flower is from plastics, and that maybe her granny is bit mad, but she was just having a laugh at me.
Well I could have only one wish in my life, I wish I will be like her in next 50 years. I have never seen anyone like this. So intelligent, witty and hardworking. She could just enjoy being retired, but she still works three times a week for couple of hours.
Monday 9 May 2011
how to be loved on facebook
For example commenting the photos of your friends in a way as: "Oh my god, you look fabulous, chica, on your new profile pic! Not like the big fat walrus you are in real life! Next time when we have party, send us just the photo!"
Jusus, I really dont get the people with the photoshopped or design photos... We all know you, it is not like that if you upload your hype picture you are a different person now!
Jusus, I really dont get the people with the photoshopped or design photos... We all know you, it is not like that if you upload your hype picture you are a different person now!
Wednesday 4 May 2011
Monday 2 May 2011
Sense of Place. Sense of Space
I think that people back in the 19. century could really enjoy life and living in spacious places. According to some Czech data in the 19. century ppl were aprox. 165 cm tall. Only 3 % of population was taller than 180 cm.
Nowadays in the Czech Republic (data from 1999) 30 % of population is taller than 180 cm. I was already writing about similair topic here. I am personally 187 cm tall.
But what I want to write about today is bit different and concerns architecture.
The buildings from the end of the 19. century have ceilings 3,8 meter. Nowadays the standard is around 2,6 meter. And yet we are much taller. So in the 19. century people would have space above their heads for 2 meters at least. Nowadays, if you are tall like 190 cm you have no problem touching the ceiling with your hands, so you have like 60 cm above your head... that is quite huge difference.
Nowadays in the Czech Republic (data from 1999) 30 % of population is taller than 180 cm. I was already writing about similair topic here. I am personally 187 cm tall.
But what I want to write about today is bit different and concerns architecture.
The buildings from the end of the 19. century have ceilings 3,8 meter. Nowadays the standard is around 2,6 meter. And yet we are much taller. So in the 19. century people would have space above their heads for 2 meters at least. Nowadays, if you are tall like 190 cm you have no problem touching the ceiling with your hands, so you have like 60 cm above your head... that is quite huge difference.
Saturday 30 April 2011
LocalMLS folder full of crap how to delete the jpg files
Recently I was wondering why I have almost no free space left on my Windows 7 system drive... I tried to free as much space as I could and then run the Auslogics Diskdefragmenter and what took my interest was there were thousands of jpg files in some kind of LocalMLS folder...
The path was:
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player\Art Cache\LocalMLS
(in Czech version the Art Cache is called Mezipaměť grafiky, so there is a high chance that in different language versions of the Windows this folder is translated in the language of your Windows).
Well I had there more than 100 thousand of files totally consuming more than 3GB... what is rather strange though is a fact, that I am actually not using Windows Media Player at all, so why the hell does Windows create this kind of database of album covers?
So I deleted all the jpg files and I have free space again...
P. S. Apparently there is another location of the same:
C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player\Art Cache\LocalMLS
But here it was only couple of megabytes
UPDATE!!! So the interesting thing is that Windows 7 is making these files again and again and again... Sooo the trick is to disable this. I found this as a solution, have to check first if this really works.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-disable-windows-7-media-player-network-sharing-service-wmpnetwk/
The path was:
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\NetworkService\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Media Player\Art Cache\LocalMLS
(in Czech version the Art Cache is called Mezipaměť grafiky, so there is a high chance that in different language versions of the Windows this folder is translated in the language of your Windows).
Well I had there more than 100 thousand of files totally consuming more than 3GB... what is rather strange though is a fact, that I am actually not using Windows Media Player at all, so why the hell does Windows create this kind of database of album covers?
So I deleted all the jpg files and I have free space again...
P. S. Apparently there is another location of the same:
C:\Documents and Settings\
But here it was only couple of megabytes
UPDATE!!! So the interesting thing is that Windows 7 is making these files again and again and again... Sooo the trick is to disable this. I found this as a solution, have to check first if this really works.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-disable-windows-7-media-player-network-sharing-service-wmpnetwk/
Friday 29 April 2011
The Royal Bedding
Funny fact: in Czech language is nobility "šlechta" and breeding is "šlechtění"; it has same language root.
So with the fact that princ Charles is so ugly that they made fun of him even in the Simpsons series, we can tell that the last two roayal weddings of british nobility were in a fact nice examples of breeding. Thanks to Diana William is quite nice chap and with Kate, gosh, their kids could bear even Miss Universe title, I think for sure!
Would be interesting if after this their kids would have to marry only one of their kind, that is of nobility, again. Because what it is that makes you to be a member of a nobility? Just one thing. To be born in one.
So with the fact that princ Charles is so ugly that they made fun of him even in the Simpsons series, we can tell that the last two roayal weddings of british nobility were in a fact nice examples of breeding. Thanks to Diana William is quite nice chap and with Kate, gosh, their kids could bear even Miss Universe title, I think for sure!
Would be interesting if after this their kids would have to marry only one of their kind, that is of nobility, again. Because what it is that makes you to be a member of a nobility? Just one thing. To be born in one.
Monday 18 April 2011
Pope warned about technologies...
Toady I read, that the Pope warned the world about technologies that they cannot be there for you instead of the God...
Well really dont know how exactly he was thinking that, but maybe he is afraid, that in 100 years we will just upload ourselves on the cloud (you see there those metaphores of Cloud No. 9, right) and live for eternity... well something that was in the best anime ever Ghost in the Shell, or even little bit in the book Neuromancer.
Well really dont know how exactly he was thinking that, but maybe he is afraid, that in 100 years we will just upload ourselves on the cloud (you see there those metaphores of Cloud No. 9, right) and live for eternity... well something that was in the best anime ever Ghost in the Shell, or even little bit in the book Neuromancer.
Monday 11 April 2011
Pre-linguistic experience
I am now reading a comparative book about Wittgenstein, Husserl and Heidegger and the main topic is language.
The author was at one page thinking, whether animals or very small children who are not able to speak yet are perceiving the world in the same way as we do. And that it is quite impossible (apart from watching your brain via MRI) to get what infants or animals thinks, simply because they do not speak.
Which made me to think about he "first memories" and how nobody is remembering anything from the first years of their life... so my idea was, whether it is simply because when you have no language, which makes it possible to think, then you cannot "create" any memories in your brain? So the first pre-linguistic years of your life are simply reflexes - I am hungry, I want to go to toilet, etc. and only thing you can do is screaming about it, because you caanot tell: "I am fucking hungry, want to eat!"... and when you start to speak, then you create your first long term memories, which are much advanced?
I am wondering if neuro science will be someday that advanced that it would be possible to answer such questions, like how are infants thinking without language etc. And if it is the lack of language which prevents human beings to have memories from their infancy.
The author was at one page thinking, whether animals or very small children who are not able to speak yet are perceiving the world in the same way as we do. And that it is quite impossible (apart from watching your brain via MRI) to get what infants or animals thinks, simply because they do not speak.
Which made me to think about he "first memories" and how nobody is remembering anything from the first years of their life... so my idea was, whether it is simply because when you have no language, which makes it possible to think, then you cannot "create" any memories in your brain? So the first pre-linguistic years of your life are simply reflexes - I am hungry, I want to go to toilet, etc. and only thing you can do is screaming about it, because you caanot tell: "I am fucking hungry, want to eat!"... and when you start to speak, then you create your first long term memories, which are much advanced?
I am wondering if neuro science will be someday that advanced that it would be possible to answer such questions, like how are infants thinking without language etc. And if it is the lack of language which prevents human beings to have memories from their infancy.
Wednesday 6 April 2011
Responses for commercial and telemarketing telephones
Do you have our great card which gives you great discounts in our great shop?
Oh my God, I am soooo happy I got rid of your card recently!!! It was such horrible card I never want it back again in my whole life!
What would you say, that right now, when I am calling you, I am giving you 50 % discount for our ware?
Well, you should go to your boss and tell him, that because I am old and have no money at all, that instead of to me, your boss should give this wonderful discount to you. Enjoy the discount and thank you.
Have you ever wondered to buy things on which you have no money at all? We can lend you money!
Thank you for your offer, but I am such kind of a person, that I would rather die of hunger than to borrow money from anyone. You know, we are Chinese, and we look at borrowing money with disrespect.
Oh my God, I am soooo happy I got rid of your card recently!!! It was such horrible card I never want it back again in my whole life!
What would you say, that right now, when I am calling you, I am giving you 50 % discount for our ware?
Well, you should go to your boss and tell him, that because I am old and have no money at all, that instead of to me, your boss should give this wonderful discount to you. Enjoy the discount and thank you.
Have you ever wondered to buy things on which you have no money at all? We can lend you money!
Thank you for your offer, but I am such kind of a person, that I would rather die of hunger than to borrow money from anyone. You know, we are Chinese, and we look at borrowing money with disrespect.
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Television is shit
Although we have a television at home, we are not "watching" the TV programmes. We use it just as a screen device, through which we watch blu-ray disks, etc.
But, anytime I am powering on the TV in the evening, there is some really stupid Czech TV series.
a) it always looks very lame, actors are very lame, etc.
b) most of the time I see some sort of these soap operas - the actors there are doing nothing less than shouting at each other in a very dramatic way
I am sorry, but are the screenwriters social deprivants who know only hassles and quarrels? Sorry, but we never at home shout at each other with my wife in a such way and I feel disgusted only when watching such soap operas for two minutes... Now the worst thing about it is, that all these shows are broadcasted in the Czech Republic during so called "prime time" and millions of people are watching this kind of crap..
So why do they watch it? Because they can identifiy themselves with it? Or because of the idea of escapism? That their life is difficult, but still better than what they see on the telly? Sorry, but I do not want to be any part of this.
But, anytime I am powering on the TV in the evening, there is some really stupid Czech TV series.
a) it always looks very lame, actors are very lame, etc.
b) most of the time I see some sort of these soap operas - the actors there are doing nothing less than shouting at each other in a very dramatic way
I am sorry, but are the screenwriters social deprivants who know only hassles and quarrels? Sorry, but we never at home shout at each other with my wife in a such way and I feel disgusted only when watching such soap operas for two minutes... Now the worst thing about it is, that all these shows are broadcasted in the Czech Republic during so called "prime time" and millions of people are watching this kind of crap..
So why do they watch it? Because they can identifiy themselves with it? Or because of the idea of escapism? That their life is difficult, but still better than what they see on the telly? Sorry, but I do not want to be any part of this.
Wednesday 23 March 2011
Friday 18 March 2011
reality of correctional facilities
Recently there was very tragic case of a murder and rape of a 9 year old girl in the Czech Republic. I was quite surprised how many people in the discussions under the articles at news sites were so sure and certain, that when the guy, who did it, gets to the prison, the other inmates will kill him for sure - we do not have death penalty in our law system.
Where does this certainity come from? From movies, literature, or whatever? I tried to do a little research if there were actual cases in the news, that the inmates killed pedophiles who murder their victims, but could not found any... (well Googling is not proper "research", but I wanted to find at least one recent case).
Well the other thing which crossed my mind was, that the other half of the pople in the discussion, who did not wish this guy a murder from inmates were quite specific and VERY detailed in what THEY would personally do to the murderer... some things, which they described were quite atrocities and you have to have a quite imagination to come up with this... Anyway it reminded me Foucault and his Disciplnie and Punish and that many people nowadays - even in so called Western Civilization - are thinking in a way of medieval torture.
Of course I disagree with the whole idea of murdering little children, but these two ideas crossed my mind, when reading the discussion under the articles concerning this case.
Update (25/3/2011): So according to the media the supposed murderer was found after unsuccesful attempt of suicide with damage of his brain and day after this he died in hospital. So... the questions are a) was he really the one and b) had the inmate something to do with this?
Where does this certainity come from? From movies, literature, or whatever? I tried to do a little research if there were actual cases in the news, that the inmates killed pedophiles who murder their victims, but could not found any... (well Googling is not proper "research", but I wanted to find at least one recent case).
Well the other thing which crossed my mind was, that the other half of the pople in the discussion, who did not wish this guy a murder from inmates were quite specific and VERY detailed in what THEY would personally do to the murderer... some things, which they described were quite atrocities and you have to have a quite imagination to come up with this... Anyway it reminded me Foucault and his Disciplnie and Punish and that many people nowadays - even in so called Western Civilization - are thinking in a way of medieval torture.
Of course I disagree with the whole idea of murdering little children, but these two ideas crossed my mind, when reading the discussion under the articles concerning this case.
Update (25/3/2011): So according to the media the supposed murderer was found after unsuccesful attempt of suicide with damage of his brain and day after this he died in hospital. So... the questions are a) was he really the one and b) had the inmate something to do with this?
Thursday 17 February 2011
Modesty
Recently I remembered one song by one Czech band... lyrics were in Czech but it went something like this:
Money just the money dont wait
You just reach to them and they have you.
(yeeah, I know it is not rhyming in English so add "...as bait", but that is not the point of the story).
I think I could say about myself that I am quite a modest person, but on the other hand, couple of years ago when I was a student I made much less money than nowadays and still I save around 25 % of my income. The fun in this is something else. That logically now in absolute numbers I have to spend much more than when I was a student, but still I have a feeling that not much has changed. And that I would see the difference between now and then, only if I had to be forced to have the same income now as when I used to be a student.
How quickly one gets used to better conditions and how tough it has to be to lower your "standards".
Money just the money dont wait
You just reach to them and they have you.
(yeeah, I know it is not rhyming in English so add "...as bait", but that is not the point of the story).
I think I could say about myself that I am quite a modest person, but on the other hand, couple of years ago when I was a student I made much less money than nowadays and still I save around 25 % of my income. The fun in this is something else. That logically now in absolute numbers I have to spend much more than when I was a student, but still I have a feeling that not much has changed. And that I would see the difference between now and then, only if I had to be forced to have the same income now as when I used to be a student.
How quickly one gets used to better conditions and how tough it has to be to lower your "standards".
Thursday 27 January 2011
The biggest sexual crime ever
Roland Barthes in his book Sade, Fourier, Loyola describes (apart from lots of other thoughts) that marquis de Sade was a genius at the multiciplity of the crimes... for example to do incest, adultery, sodomy and sacrilege at the same time one of the heroes of his book 120 Days of Sodomy fucks his own married daughter in the ass whilst having a sacramental bread on his penis.
Wow, this one really needed quite a lot of thinking... reminds me one nasty joke from elementary school, that sister says to his brother when they are having sex: "You fuck much better than our daddy." and he replies: "Yeah, our mother tells me the same thing all the time."
Wow, this one really needed quite a lot of thinking... reminds me one nasty joke from elementary school, that sister says to his brother when they are having sex: "You fuck much better than our daddy." and he replies: "Yeah, our mother tells me the same thing all the time."
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Kim Jong-il, the mode trendsetter
As you can see, everyone is wearing this jacket! My sister used to have such jacket 20 years ago! Weird, if you imagine, that Kim Jong-il is supposedly having more than 4 billions euro on his European accounts!
I hope he has at least monogram on the jacket, as the "luxury" clothes have :o).
Weird solidarity in Albert Heijn supermarket
Yesterday I bought salade and small plain baguette. Funny thing was that right before I should be getting my receipt and pay the stuff, one old lady came there and said that on her bill are two yogurts and that she wants that 3,90 crowns back (aprox 15 eurocents), because she has bought only one yogurt.
Well, no problem with that, but the cashier instead of giving her back the money put through the system only my salade (80 CZK) and then she said I should pay her 90 CZK. And showing me only the 80 CZK on the computer. I was like WTF? And she said, yeah, 80 the salade and 10 CZK the small baguette. Then I got the receipt with only the salade, right.
After I gave her the money (90 CZK) then she gave the 3,90 CZK to the old lady.
Well I dont give a shit about the money and the solution, which was much faster then if she would have to call the manager and he would need to do the part, where he substracts the one bloody yogurt from the system, heck I dont even care about the money, because the baguette was definitely not for 10 CZK.
But wouldnt it be faster if the cashier simply asked me: "Mr., please, would you be so kind and pay the old lady 3,90 CZK from your pocket, because we are poor multinational corporation who does not even have money to give it back to old ladies?"
:oP
Well, no problem with that, but the cashier instead of giving her back the money put through the system only my salade (80 CZK) and then she said I should pay her 90 CZK. And showing me only the 80 CZK on the computer. I was like WTF? And she said, yeah, 80 the salade and 10 CZK the small baguette. Then I got the receipt with only the salade, right.
After I gave her the money (90 CZK) then she gave the 3,90 CZK to the old lady.
Well I dont give a shit about the money and the solution, which was much faster then if she would have to call the manager and he would need to do the part, where he substracts the one bloody yogurt from the system, heck I dont even care about the money, because the baguette was definitely not for 10 CZK.
But wouldnt it be faster if the cashier simply asked me: "Mr., please, would you be so kind and pay the old lady 3,90 CZK from your pocket, because we are poor multinational corporation who does not even have money to give it back to old ladies?"
:oP
Monday 17 January 2011
Bloody Garmin
Ok, so I bought this Garmin nuvi 3790T Lifetime gps for cars, looks great, works great, but!
First of all , the lifetime is meant the lifetime of the gps, not your lifetime, lol. Overall lifetime of the electronic devices is now two years and a day (with the two years warranty of course), so maybe the extra cash for lifetime is shit.
But secondly, which is far more worse, they say in the manual, that you should register and update your gps on their webpage my.garmin.com.
Dont know about that, because the bloody webpage was not working the whole day... really hope that it will start working better...
So in conslusion, lifetime my ass, because it is not even possible to update the maps, because the whole bloody service is not workin!
First of all , the lifetime is meant the lifetime of the gps, not your lifetime, lol. Overall lifetime of the electronic devices is now two years and a day (with the two years warranty of course), so maybe the extra cash for lifetime is shit.
But secondly, which is far more worse, they say in the manual, that you should register and update your gps on their webpage my.garmin.com.
Dont know about that, because the bloody webpage was not working the whole day... really hope that it will start working better...
So in conslusion, lifetime my ass, because it is not even possible to update the maps, because the whole bloody service is not workin!
Friday 7 January 2011
The end of mercury thermometers
European Union made year ago another "wise" decision... they forbid the mercury thermometers, because they are supposed to be unhealthy... well maybe if you eat ten of them per day as a medieval cure for your sore throat.
But what is more interesting is, that one daily in the Czech Republic recently made a test of the electronic thermometers and also nurses in hospitals say, that the electronic thermometers are sometimes 2 degrees of Celcius of the scale. Two degrees!!!
Well the mercury thermometer measuers the temperature between 35 and 42 degrees... I guess that the deviation of 2 degrees is hell of a nightmare, because it is quite difference, if you have 36,7 or 34,7 (39 or 41) you name it... it is a difference between healthy (36,7) or a dying person (34,7), or quite ill (39) or dying person... (41).
Really hope I will not break my mercury thermometres I have at home :o).
But what is more interesting is, that one daily in the Czech Republic recently made a test of the electronic thermometers and also nurses in hospitals say, that the electronic thermometers are sometimes 2 degrees of Celcius of the scale. Two degrees!!!
Well the mercury thermometer measuers the temperature between 35 and 42 degrees... I guess that the deviation of 2 degrees is hell of a nightmare, because it is quite difference, if you have 36,7 or 34,7 (39 or 41) you name it... it is a difference between healthy (36,7) or a dying person (34,7), or quite ill (39) or dying person... (41).
Really hope I will not break my mercury thermometres I have at home :o).
Thursday 6 January 2011
Dante
Well, I am reading Dante Alighieri now and have to think... why in the time of advanced 3D cinematics no one did the film adaptation of Divina Commedia?
That would be hell of a roadmovie :o). Well, there certainly was a playstation game, but that sucks...
Well at least I see one problem with the adaptation... the main hero, supposedly Dante himslef, does not give crap much about the transitions between the inner circles. Sometimes he faints etc. and wakes up in the next level...
Well I guess that closest to the depiction of the Hell was the movie "What Dreams May Come", which was my favourite when I was at that time.
That would be hell of a roadmovie :o). Well, there certainly was a playstation game, but that sucks...
Well at least I see one problem with the adaptation... the main hero, supposedly Dante himslef, does not give crap much about the transitions between the inner circles. Sometimes he faints etc. and wakes up in the next level...
Well I guess that closest to the depiction of the Hell was the movie "What Dreams May Come", which was my favourite when I was at that time.
Tram and theatre
Today it was all pee and old people in the tram, so I came up with an idea of a theatre play.
It would be based in Spain in a retirement house and main characters would be:
Doña Incontinenta and Don Impotente. As a genre cloak and sword/dagger drama would just be it.
I love going in tram to work.
It would be based in Spain in a retirement house and main characters would be:
Doña Incontinenta and Don Impotente. As a genre cloak and sword/dagger drama would just be it.
I love going in tram to work.
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