JonnyM
4 Feb 2012
JonnyM
4 Feb 2012
Life / Why Milosz not Herbert ? [38]
How well did you know them both personally? To compare,,that is.
Did you ever meet him?
How well did you know them both personally? To compare,,that is.
JonnyM
4 Feb 2012
Life / Why Milosz not Herbert ? [38]
There's something in that. One of the current committee, an Elderly Swedish professor (I forget his name) intensely and openly dislikes American novels which is why Phillip Roth hasn't got one. There's also the rush to give the prize to people when they're still alive and when the choice is between an 80 year old and a 90 year old, the 90 year old gets it. Herbert died in his late seventies.
Not every decision of Nobel Prize Committee is measurable and rational.
There's something in that. One of the current committee, an Elderly Swedish professor (I forget his name) intensely and openly dislikes American novels which is why Phillip Roth hasn't got one. There's also the rush to give the prize to people when they're still alive and when the choice is between an 80 year old and a 90 year old, the 90 year old gets it. Herbert died in his late seventies.
JonnyM
4 Feb 2012
Life / Why Milosz not Herbert ? [38]
Milosc (who was a good person) had the edge and came to the attention of the Nobel Committee.
No doubt Zbigniew Herbert was nominated too, however there's one prize per year and the world has a lot of good poets and authors.
Milosc (who was a good person) had the edge and came to the attention of the Nobel Committee.
Any Nobel Prize Committee member here?!
No doubt Zbigniew Herbert was nominated too, however there's one prize per year and the world has a lot of good poets and authors.
JonnyM
3 Feb 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
And this is the problem.
The genie can't be put back in the bottle so easily.
And this is the problem.
JonnyM
3 Feb 2012
Travel / What is the weather like in Poland where you are now? [211]
The death toll is up to 37 now, since last week. The real figure is almost certainly higher.
The death toll is up to 37 now, since last week. The real figure is almost certainly higher.
JonnyM
2 Feb 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
An interesting man. Poland doesn't lack alchemists even today...
Sendivogius
An interesting man. Poland doesn't lack alchemists even today...
JonnyM
2 Feb 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
If only the effects of such a vile invention could be morally neutral.
Quite.
It may have. The world will be a better place once nobody has such technology.
Science in itself is neutral from the ethical point of view. It's the application that counts.
If only the effects of such a vile invention could be morally neutral.
A bomb based on the Teller-Ulam design may vaporize a city,
Quite.
the MAD doctrine (although seemingly literally mad) has kept the two superpowers from unleashing the World War III.
It may have. The world will be a better place once nobody has such technology.
JonnyM
2 Feb 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
The Teller-Ulam bomb is something that perhaps ought to be forgotten, though if anything, Garwin was even more to blame Ulam though, was an interesting person in various ways.......
Actually you do, since there is only one subject and anything else is off-topic.
in #36
The Teller-Ulam bomb is something that perhaps ought to be forgotten, though if anything, Garwin was even more to blame Ulam though, was an interesting person in various ways.......
I have no duty, however, to refrain from contributing to other subjects within this thread.
Actually you do, since there is only one subject and anything else is off-topic.
JonnyM
2 Feb 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
Actually Blaise Pascal (died 1662) originated the new concept of the wrist watch. Breguet however was the first to produce them on any sort of scale from around 1812.
The first wrist watch was by Breguet.
Actually Blaise Pascal (died 1662) originated the new concept of the wrist watch. Breguet however was the first to produce them on any sort of scale from around 1812.
JonnyM
2 Feb 2012
Law / Polish EU Drivers Licence - can I get one the easy way (by paying for it)? [185]
Wait three years until your ban expires. They don't take away a licence for no reason.
wat can a do
Wait three years until your ban expires. They don't take away a licence for no reason.
JonnyM
1 Feb 2012
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
It can, but not however as a surname ;-)
It can, but not however as a surname ;-)
JonnyM
1 Feb 2012
Food / Smalec - how to make it? [53]
We all know it well, every shop sells it, however it is deeply unhealthy.
We all know it well, every shop sells it, however it is deeply unhealthy.
JonnyM
1 Feb 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
Essentially yes. they know very little about Polish reality and the way home-grown technology affects daily life.
Could it be ignorance as to what Poles have actually done for the world?
Essentially yes. they know very little about Polish reality and the way home-grown technology affects daily life.
JonnyM
1 Feb 2012
Food / Smalec - how to make it? [53]
Presumably you mean dripping rather than lard (refined smalec). Neither are good for you, but the former does make good beef and (English) mustard sandwiches.
Actually folks, smalec is better for you than butter. It has less saturated fat and more unsaturated fat
Presumably you mean dripping rather than lard (refined smalec). Neither are good for you, but the former does make good beef and (English) mustard sandwiches.
JonnyM
31 Jan 2012
Life / Price of cigarettes in Poland? [192]
And of course you realise that one may have died by a million to one chance and the other by extreme probability.
You realize, of course, that the guy with the "healthy lung" is just as dead as the other guy, right?
And of course you realise that one may have died by a million to one chance and the other by extreme probability.
JonnyM
31 Jan 2012
Genealogy / THE MEANING AND RESEARCH OF MY POLISH LAST NAME, SURNAME? [4500]
The latter.
is that a real Polish surname, or is it completely fictional?
The latter.
JonnyM
31 Jan 2012
Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [170]
You should either look a bit more carefully or take the map back to the shop for a refund, if it shows America in Western Europe!
The last time I looked at a political map of the world of major Western civilizations
You should either look a bit more carefully or take the map back to the shop for a refund, if it shows America in Western Europe!
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
Actually, Ms Anderson beat him to it, as did several others. The windscreen wiper we use today are based on the Mary Anderson patent.
Mind you, Hofman, despite his often whacky inventions did excel in other ways...
Actually, Ms Anderson beat him to it, as did several others. The windscreen wiper we use today are based on the Mary Anderson patent.
Mind you, Hofman, despite his often whacky inventions did excel in other ways...
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
Actually windscreen wipers were invented by an American lady, Mary Anderson, and at least four other people have prior claims on the paperclip.
Józef Hofmann - patented over 70 inventions. For example :paper clips, windshield wipers
Actually windscreen wipers were invented by an American lady, Mary Anderson, and at least four other people have prior claims on the paperclip.
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [170]
No coincidence at all - it is part of the mindset of a region. Things move slow in the countryside and the peasant mentality endures.
Do you think that it is a coincidence that the areas were there was serfdom more recently are today more likely to have an eastern mentality than the areas of Poland where it was practised longer ago?
No coincidence at all - it is part of the mindset of a region. Things move slow in the countryside and the peasant mentality endures.
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
Travel / What is the weather like in Poland where you are now? [211]
That's true. there are two schools of thought about disease transmission in cold weather. To wrap up like Nanook of the North to avoid getting a chill or to avoid confined, sealed spaces full of coughing people. I do both.
the virus of cold gets killed in the freezing air
That's true. there are two schools of thought about disease transmission in cold weather. To wrap up like Nanook of the North to avoid getting a chill or to avoid confined, sealed spaces full of coughing people. I do both.
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
A great man. Wasn't Moscicki a scientist too?
Gabriel Narutowicz
A great man. Wasn't Moscicki a scientist too?
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
Travel / What is the weather like in Poland where you are now? [211]
I noticed it's minus 15 and getting colder now. Where I am, it's plus 20 and getting hotter. 35 degrees difference. Interesting when I return home next week and step out of the airport into the freezing cold.The danger when it's so cold is that everyone's indoors with no ventilation breathing the cold virus everywhere.
I noticed it's minus 15 and getting colder now. Where I am, it's plus 20 and getting hotter. 35 degrees difference. Interesting when I return home next week and step out of the airport into the freezing cold.The danger when it's so cold is that everyone's indoors with no ventilation breathing the cold virus everywhere.
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [170]
I think you mean aristocrat. Peasants everywhere (providing they weren't Eastern European-style serfs, as in PL) had the chance to become aristocrats in Western Europe. Some indeed did.
I know it, but it doesn't really fit with your argument that Poland has more in common with western rather than Eastern Europe.
So what?Every szlachcic and/or szlachciankahad an opportunity to become an aristocracy
I think you mean aristocrat. Peasants everywhere (providing they weren't Eastern European-style serfs, as in PL) had the chance to become aristocrats in Western Europe. Some indeed did.
Szlachcic na zagrodzie równy wojewodzie
I know it, but it doesn't really fit with your argument that Poland has more in common with western rather than Eastern Europe.
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [170]
That's why I corrected you. Most szlachta were very far from being aristocratic.
Missed "aristocratic families" in my post?
That's why I corrected you. Most szlachta were very far from being aristocratic.
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
Now that guy was in the very first few threads. He invented the precursor to the modern upstream oil process.
Jan Lukasiewicz,
Now that guy was in the very first few threads. He invented the precursor to the modern upstream oil process.
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [170]
You do of course realise that szlachta is not translate to the English word nobility.
Something to back up this rather wild and unhealthy assertion would be interesting to read.
Precisely.
Don't confuse they magnat with the common or garden szlachty.
Largely Eastern. It is a variant of Russian cuisine, as established earlier in the thread.
DNA means nothing. You know, if someone's eating pierogi, drinking barszcz and has a glass of vodka and an Easter cake on the table and say they have a Scottish haplotype in their genome, people will still look at the table.
the largest percent of the population was from the nobility
You do of course realise that szlachta is not translate to the English word nobility.
This is also, among other factors, a huge contributor for the dominant patriotism among Poles and proud and freedom loving mentality
Something to back up this rather wild and unhealthy assertion would be interesting to read.
''I am the Count. My land ranges from the trees 150 m over there to the river 50 m yonder, this is my wife the Countess and our dog.... Duke"
Precisely.
Some Polish aristocratic families
Don't confuse they magnat with the common or garden szlachty.
Polish national cuisine shares some similarities with other Central European [1] and Eastern European[2] traditions
Largely Eastern. It is a variant of Russian cuisine, as established earlier in the thread.
DNA means nothing. You know, if someone's eating pierogi, drinking barszcz and has a glass of vodka and an Easter cake on the table and say they have a Scottish haplotype in their genome, people will still look at the table.
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
Sidetracking somewhat, and not very well...
They are to be avoided - some very dodgy connections there.
One way to clear up the issue is to find out if he ever described how he identified himself.
Do you? I wonder also if someone could give me a Ukrainina word for wóz or woźnica.
Sidetracking somewhat, and not very well...
I wouldn't trust that shower of fools
They are to be avoided - some very dodgy connections there.
One way to clear up the issue is to find out if he ever described how he identified himself.
JonnyM
30 Jan 2012
History / Polish inventors - what have they ever given to the world? [101]
Yes. I wonder if Mediawatch even knows what the name means, without looking it up.
When the cow sat down!"
Yes. I wonder if Mediawatch even knows what the name means, without looking it up.