[bg;EN] Като нещо се случи *** When Something Hits

„Чак като нещо се случи, глупецът тогава го вижда.“

(Омир)

Сигурно сте чували:

„Очаквай неочакваното.“

Действителният смисъл на това е:

Помнете, че каквото и да очаквате,

напълно възможно е да пропускате нещо,

затова не се учудвайте много, ако то се случи.

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Цитатът в началото са думи на Ахил към Еней на бойното поле, преди които Ахил казва: „Търся Хектор, не тебе, бъди разумен и се махни от пътят ми, да не те махна аз“.

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"Even a fool sees something when it hits him."

(Homer)

You have surely heard:

"Expect the unexpected."

The actual meaning of this is:

Remember that no matter what you expect,

it is quite possible that you are missing something,

so don't be too surprised if that happens.

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The quote in the beginning are words spoken by Achilles to Aeneas on the battlefield just after Achilles says, "I am looking for Hector, not for you, be smart and get out of my way before I remove you".

[EN] A Stylish Picture

Picture from Facebook group At the Controls.

IBM 702.

Early 1950s, first production installation: 1955.

[bg;EN] Musica longa, vita brevis

Рейчъл Флауерс, сляпа пианистка и протеже на Кийт Емерсон, се разплаква на пианото на концерт в негова памет.

<https://youtu.be/Zb7G_K5iRBk>

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Кийт Емерсон, пианист и композитор, е най-известен с участието си в триото Емерсон, Лейк и Палмер (ELP), които свиреха прогресивен рок.

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Rachel Flowers, a blind pianist and a protège of Keith Emerson's, cries at the piano at a concert in his memory.

<https://youtu.be/Zb7G_K5iRBk>

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Keith Emerson, pianist and composer, is best known for being a member of progressive rock trio Emerson, Lake and Palmer (ELP).

[EN] Queen Forever

Picture by Koh Hasebe, 1975; distributed by Elektra Records; via Wikipedia

Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett wrote in Good Omens that any cassette tape left for a sufficiently long time in a car's glove compartment turns into a recording of Queen.

I am a witness of that.

At home, years ago, there was a cassette tape player left on a table for who knows how long, nearly forgotten, but plugged in. One day the cat walked over it, before my eyes. She stepped on the play button.

And played... More of That Jazz.

Queen, the Jazz album, 1978.

Written and sung by the drummer, Roger Taylor.

If you'd like to listen to it again:

<https://youtu.be/-vcOwUT4v5U>.

[bg;EN] "Historia magistra vitae"

Снимка: Наполеон Сарони чрез Уикипедия.

Picture: Napoleon Sarony via Wikipedia.

„Историята е учителка на живота.“

Когато се изучават войни, трябва, преди всичко, и за много войни единствено:

Първо. Да се учи броят на убитите и ранените (и от двете страни).

Второ. Да се учи стойността на разрушеното (и от двете страни).

Трето. Да се учи цената на въоръжаването (и за двете страни).

Разбира се, наивно е да се очаква, че би станало.

Освен това ще трябва да се прави в целият свят и да се смени поне едно поколение, преди да има някакъв ефект.

В едно изречение:

„Днес тук има много момчета, които гледат на войната все като слава, но, момчета, тя е все ад.“

(Генерал Шерман)

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Войната е пример и за дилемата на затворникът.

Най-добре е, ако и двете страни гледат на войната като ад.

Но ако за едната страна войната е слава, то и другата страна трябва да вярва в това, за да не бъде унищожена.

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"History is life's teacher."

When teaching about wars, what must be taught before all and, for many wars, solely, is:

First. The number of killed and wounded (on both sides).

Second. The cost of destruction (on both sides).

Third. The price of armament (for both sides).

Of course, it is naive to expect that this will happen.

Besides, it will have to be done worldwide and it will take at least a generation change before it has any effect.

In a single sentence:

"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell."

(General Sherman)

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War is yet another example of a prisoner's dilemma.

It's best if both sides believe that war is hell.

But if one side believes that war is glory, the other side had better believe that as well, lest it be destroyed.

[EN] Physical ≠ Virtual

hardware, noun, uncountable

That part of a computer system which can be kicked.

Or dealt with even more decisively:

Lizzie Borden took an axe

And plunged it deep into the VAX.

Don't you envy people who

Do the things you want to do!

(Traditional)

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As they used to say:

Nothing sucks like a VAX.

This has two meanings, since a vacuum cleaner was once advertised with it (the latter as a variation of an old Electrolux slogan, where the Swedes were apparently well aware of the meanings of the verb).

The Book of Knowledge about the DEC VAX:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX>

and about the vacuum cleaner and the slogan:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vax_%28brand%29>.

[EN] Thou Shalt Get Scientists, Though Thou Be None

Thesis: Shakespeare begat several sciences and a psychological condition.

If "though this be madness, yet there is method in't" is the beginning of chaos theory (thus spoke a professor of sociology),

then "the winter of our discontent turned into glorious summer" is the beginning of climatology,

"till Birnam forest come to Dunsinane" is the beginning of ecology,

and "wherefore art thou Romeo" is the beginning of semiotics.

Finally, "rather bear those ills we have than fly to others that we know not of" is the beginning of softwareupgradophobia...

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The title of this post is perhaps a little obscure.

After the Witches tell Macbeth he would be king, one of them tells Banquo (his companion): "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none." (get is short for beget here).