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Express Queues?

Posted 2005-06-09 (木) 午前2:19 by terra

Something I’ve been seeing at the Isetan supermarket every Wednesday when I go for my regular Japanese class: whenever customers with 1-2 items make their way to the payment counters, they seem to immediately head towards the only express counter in the supermart, despite the obviously long queue, even though the regular payment counters are free. This is a society where we’re so anal about ‘obeying’ signs that we don’t seem to use our eyes and heads to judge anymore.

Subjects: General

Mood: Discoveries & Relevations

Tags: Isetan, Japanese

The Internet no more

Posted 2004-08-31 (火) 午後11:43 by terra

Interesting piece of news. According to this article, the ‘Internet’ will no longer need to be spelt in this manner:
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64596,00.html

For years, I’d been capitalising ‘Internet’ and the ‘Web’ because it always felt appropriate to do so. Techno jargon always seems so cool when capitalised.

Now with the net nearly synonymous with the personal computer, which in turn is as pervasive in the household as the television, the change in spelling is the milestole of a change in times where higher technology has become a lifestyle.

Subjects: Technology 技術

Mood: Discoveries & Relevations

Tags: internet, jargon

Emotions in writing and Wave Particle Duality

Posted 2004-04-05 (月) 午後8:54 by terra

It’s so hard to write about emotional states and momentary feelings, because the process of reflection - that transpires while putting thoughts to words - alter the very subjects to begin with. I see this as analogous to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, a consequence of wave particle duality in physics, in which the act of observation alters the state of a quantum system.

How is this so?

In order to write, we assume that our subjects possess definitive states; in reality, they fluctuate with every word that is spoken or heard, every sensation received from interaction with the environment, every thought process that is made. The additional dimension of time allows us to objectively assess and rationalise these states and feelings with our belief systems. The resultant evaluation is likely to be radically different from the original subjects that are of a transient nature.

Subjects: General

Mood: Discoveries & Relevations, Philosophical Musings

Tags: Heisenberg, physics, wave particle duality

Myers Briggs

Posted 2004-03-24 (水) 午後5:10 by terra

According to the Myers-Briggs-Jung test in SimilarMinds.com:

INTP - “Architect”
Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population.

And a facinating write-up in INTP.org which describes perfectly the personality that I am.

Subjects: General

Mood: Discoveries & Relevations

Tags: INTP

Psycho Moms

Posted 2004-03-04 (木) 午後2:27 by terra

Somehow navigated to this site via Neil Gaiman’s weblog.

Your Mommy Kills Animals!

Geeeee… and we wonder why kids are going bonkers these days.

Subjects: General

Mood: Discoveries & Relevations, Funny

Tags: Neil Gaiman, PETA