Sunday, December 31, 2006

Ticking of biological clock is obviously bullshit!

  1. Because a 67-year-old Spanish woman gave birth to twins! Furthermore there are many other "granny moms" proving that it is possible to have kids well into the sixties.
  2. So girls if you are willing to take the chances, you can put career first.
  3. You also have proof that "the ticking" is just another false argument your mother uses / will use to get what she really wants - to brag about her grandchildren!

Friday, December 29, 2006

Just trust the government ... NOT!

Legal state has outgrown itself in Slovenia! It is inefficiently dead or dead because of its inefficiency.
  • Is a claim I can very easily prove on an example that happened to me very early this morning. After coming home a bit late and finally going to bed at 2 am, I was abruptly awaken at 4:05 am, by the sound of a car horn spreading its "pleasant" sound into the otherwise calm, freezing air outside. The problem was that it just didn't stop. At all. So I got out of my warm bed and investigated what happened. It turned out, that somebody left a f.....g hyundai sonata parked next to a building under my window. Illegally of course, because the car was almost in the middle in the road. For still unknown reasons, the f.....g electronics of this f.....g Korean car, came to a very short wired conclusion, it would be ok, to leave the horn screaming into the night continuously. Just as I was about to grab the phone to call the blue reinforcements, I had a stroke of luck. My father was already dialing The number. I knew it may take a while for the "huge" problem to get solved, so I inserted my earplugs and was soon back in the land of endless clouds. I woke up at around ten and to my surprise, the first thing I heard when I removed the earplugs was the all to familiar f.....g sound. I checked with my dad and he explained that cops arrived and discovered that they can't do anything about it. My first reaction was laugh, which soon stopped because of the f.....g beeping sound was still piercing my nerves. I couldn't believe how the poor creature in blue couldn't find a reasonable legal basis for removing the f.....g Korean piece of junk. The most simple one for his poorly connected brain cells would probably be that half of the car was on the middle of the road. Yes mister police officer sir, even the city constables have removed cars from exactly the same spot. Another really obvious overlooked logical conclusion was that a honking car at 4 am is a disturbance of public order. I have seen many parties, taking place at 4am, but none of them was louder and more distracting to neighbours than a constant 120dB beeeeeeeeeeeep. Or did the poor guy think that he needs someone he can put handcuffs on in order to do something? It is probably quite possible that, that was the only thing he remembered from his 180 hours training. Or maybe he was just sleepy and tired... well, we really should remember how vigilant and important job the police is doing when they will go on strike in the following months, demanding better payments for their invaluable contribution to the society. Oh, and dad said that he did have a go at solving the problem. He whacked the f.....g piece of car a few times in hope of it stopping. Again, Mr policeman sir, you can't treat people and objects the same. People stop jelling, because it hurts them. Cars can't feel shit.
  • I got a bit interested in this drama so I proposed to try with city constables, responsible for removing wrongly parked cars. Well, not surprisingly they said they can't do anything because they got the call at 4am, and said that, no matter how intelligent, they have to follow the police way of "thinking". It doesn't matter if the car is parked wrongly or if they removed a car from the same location a week ago.
  • Because the tragicomedy got a bit boring we also tried the great administration of Slovenia, more precisely the environmental inspectors. And they were excellent. At giving you numbers of other organs which should be able to solve the problem of excessive noise pollution. So after three calls you were always back to the number you called first. Great job lads, I am glad we spend more then 400 billion tolars a year for your salaries!
  • After finding out that in Slovenia you have to follow the directions of the mighty, all powerful police, which is the most lost organ around, I had a last go at chatting reason with them. After the guy on the other side finally got where the loud f.....g car is located, I have tried to explaine to him why they can have the car removed. He seemed quite reasonable and said he will pass the problem forward.
  • I had enough of the screaming beeeeeeeeee, so I packed my stuff and went to NUK which has the most quiet library around. It was also quite empty, so I had tranquil four hours of really pleasant silence. When I returned home, the f.....g piece of junk was gone. I don't really care how or why!
  • Next time something like this happens, I will call a few neighbours and friends and we will dump the f.....g Korean piece of electronic wonder into Ljubljanica. Lets see if it beeeeeeeps there. And no, I don't care if that is a criminal offense, a number of minor offenses and a violation of public order. Why? Because I now know the capabilities of the people who should prove that we did something bad, by doing that. For crying out loud, they couldn't even solve a f.....g beeeeeeeeeping car "problem"!

Thursday, December 28, 2006

LOT$ of CA$H!

Today I was a bit surprised to see a lot of policemen, professional security personnel and strange looking people with many armored trucks in front of the drama theatre. After a short while the hamster in my head started spinning the wheel and the typical mafia movie scene got totally logical: The car exit of the Slovenian central bank vault is located there and it is time to get all the "Slovenian" euros to the banks... But unfortunately, the hamster over spinned the wheel so I started asking myself useless, but amusing questions:

  1. How rich would you have to be to have all your property carried by an armored van... if you were stupid enough to change it all to 100 euro banknotes? Well, they usually pack banknotes into packs of hundred, then ten of these are packed into a bigger stack which is around 5 cm thick. Then they use these "bricks" to create a moneybox. I guess they can fit two of these into a van ( two square meters) so if we skip all the boring math, lets estimate they can neatly and safely pack around 60 million euros in 100 euro banknotes into an armored van. ( I stand here to be corrected). Which means much of the Slovenian elite ( for example the current Ljubljana major) would have room for their mother in law as well )
  2. So how many vans would the guy, who had a lot of stocks in the worlds most lucrative monopoly, need? According to Forbes Gates is worth around 50 billion dollars which is 38 billion euros... and it would take a convoy of 630 vans to carry it all. And I do hope the guy isn't too stingy to buy his mother in law a private vacuum sealed van.

So how many vans do you feel like filling in your life? ;)

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Freddie Mercury

  • Is a legend. ( click for a shorter way to wikipedia) It is 0:30 written on the lower right part of my PC monitor. I am tired. But can't go to sleep. Why? After a really long time I finally found some music that gives me goose bumps when I listen to it. I recommend listening to all his works listed in wiki article. I still can't decide if I like Barcelona or Bohemian Rhapsody best. Really deep, perfect voice, full of meaning.
  • I really don't want to brag, but I think that I really had a lucky hand when I chose to pay extra five thousand tolars - 20,83 euro ;) , for sennheiser stereo headphones. I am always amazed at how many details lay hidden in the best music works and how only quality speakers can reveal them.
  • Don't worry I am not going to become an Audiophile and start buying this kind of stuff.

Well, at least not really soon anyway ;) .

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Is failing to plan, planing to fail?

  • On December 30Th this year I am going to do a radical change! I am going to start to plan my life in far greater detail. Why 30.12. and haven't I done planning until now?
  • Well, I agree, that making new year a fresh start is something less than intelligent because the date itself has little or no logic behind it. So it is better to choose your own "I will change" date instead of having it forced to you. I am still considering 29.12 :) . Free choices are also crucial to personal happiness, because no one can feel the satisfaction of completing planned things on a certain day, for me. Furthermore, using my given time more optimally, should help unleash my potential... and before I start sounding like a philosophical self-help guru, lets get to the practical details...
  • I don't want to become a freak obsessed with planning every minute of his day. For example if I feel like brushing my teeth for an extra minute / or going on a short coffe break with a friend I met on the street my daily schedule shouldn't suffer for it. On the other hand, I want to know how I invested my most valuable asset: 16 hours of being awake. The idea is to decide which things are important for me daily and do them right.
  • I am still deciding if I should make my planning digital or very analog - paper planner. Currently I am downloading some personal organizer software and hopefully some of it will be useful. Perhaps I will even go for the planner that my mobile phone producer supplied. Or get a PDA. ALL IDEAS/EXPERIENCES/STORIES ARE VERY APPRECIATED! Update: Saddly technology feels so useles compared to paper & pen sometimes.
  • But as always, the philosophical question remains... will I really fail if I am less efficient and leave certain things on the sidetrack? I believe that the best way to find that out is to leave philosophy on the sidetrack and try it!

Monday, December 25, 2006

Dear diary!

Yesterday, dec 24. was another lovely day. When you open your eyes and the first things you see is sea and sunny sky, you know it is going to be a good day. After breakfast I sat in my artificial solarium ( using the balcony glass door as reflective surfaces ) for a good hour, reading about international economic law. A very interesting well written book. After a good dose of sun, me , Fotr and Peter, finally started departing for Črni kal and its spectacular climbing walls. We departed an hour latter but reached the walls at quarter past twelve, which isn't so bad. The weather was phenomenally warm and sunny so I spent most of the time, wearing only my climbing T-shirt. ( with Everest logo ;) ). We managed to climb four interestingly named routes ( Johnny Bravo, Scooby Doo two of them, others are in my climbing diary...) and it was really interesting to see how tough little cousin Peter is when it comes to solving climbing puzzles and pulling himself over overhangs. Knowing it was his first time on real climbing walls I was impressed. Still am. Dear diary here is a picture for you:

We had a quick lunch in Črni kal and then we were of for Ljubljana. The disgusting fog caught us in Postojna and didn't had no intention of leaving. We didn't really care because we were too excited about Christmas eve. When we came home, mom was already filling the kitchen with steam and delicious flavours. I helped prepare the table, fetched the mail, which was really thick with Christmas card. Obviously e- mails are not as popular as I thought. And then I went to my annual mass. Yes annual. Why? I don't know? Why not the real deal at midnight? Because I really disagreed with what the priest preached last year and hoped he wouldn't be so political at the small-children mass. And yes, he wasn't political, he was scary. In the light of the recent judgement against a priest accused of pedophilia, he was just a bit too convincing in explaining how cute and lovely little children are when you are close to them. His pitching voice and a "guci - gucci - gu guce" gesture didn't help me either. But who am I to have such sinning worries? Dear diary, I do pray, dear Lord will make things right. Anyway, next year I am probably returning to politics. Otherwise the mass was a great piece of Christmas tradition. So I probably do qualify as a pseudo christian? Traditionally we had a "Christmas programme", and Peter and mom, did a great job this year, because again we had a lot of warm laughs fill the flat throughout the night. Not to mention the excellent food. And the gifts. Dear diary, I am still fascinated how low economic and high in emotional value they still are. And this is the point of Christmas, right?
  • Sometimes, I miss my diary. After reading my 10 year old records, I wonder how my diaries will look in 10, 20 or 50 years.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Stuck in traffic? Robots to the rescue!

  • Ever got really stuck in traffic? Having to spend an hour to travel one kilometer? Tired of constant acceleration and braking? Hate the feeling of being stuck just because idiots don't know what red light means and successfully clog the entire city or they seem to crash in the totally wrong spot?
  • My favourite way to deal with such problems until now was a bicycle. Cheap, clean, fast, quite reliable ( except for when you have a flat tire or it gets stolen), even keeps you in shape a bit. But the weather and future job needs ( suit) are surely going to force me to change my habits.
  • So will I have to go through daily nervous breakdowns, being stuck in a car and finding free parking spaces or will I go to overcrowded public buses?
  • Hopefully none of the above. Because for every problem, someone is trying to invent and sell you a solution. And for this problem, I found an interesting ULTra solution. I really like the idea.Will we buy it?

Friday, December 15, 2006

Middle of Nowhere!

Feeling like getting away from it all? Hate the crowds? Try this:

Small, uninhabited, very isolated atoll in the middle of the pacific ocean. ( The small dot in the middle of the picture! )

The only distraction you are likely to get is from very lost sailors! The closest inhabited land to it is Pitcairn Island, good 300 miles away, which has a whooping workforce of 15 men and women! I wonder if you can order a pizza? Ducie is in fact so far from anything, it forms one of the 3 points that define point Nemo.
  • You thought globalisation made the world smaller and more accessible? Knowledge wise yes, accessible not. And it should stay like that!
  • I will probably put this destination to my do before die list. Why? Because it is a perfect example of Iter by itself - Let the way there be The destination. Want to come along?

BTW: If you damage my watch on Ducie, I will be able to legally pursue you all the way to the House of lords! ;).

Sunday, December 10, 2006

THW support FWB ( friends with benefits )

In the ever more demanding world, individuals are forced to work harder and work more! Therefore they have less and less time and energy to pursue a romantic relationship. But in spite of all of their hard work, beneath their nice business suits they are still humans. And human blood carries many different hormones. Certain organs, (yes we are talking about brain :) ), understands these hormones as a very simple message: I want sex. And because these individuals are mostly too busy and have little time and energy to have a loving partner, that eats up their precious time and energy, they usually end up having very little or no sex at all. That makes them feel unsatisfied, unhappy and thus less efficient in their profession. Furthermore they are more susceptible to stress and diseases. To make individuals happier and more satisfied, we should drop a big burden the catholic, puritan tradition weighed upon the western world by defining friends who have unconditional, unbound sex as a sin. We should support this stress reliever by giving tax cuts to hotels that rent rooms for a few hours and leave condomes on the pillows instead of chocolates. We would also give tax cuts to all who help bring people together, dating services or seduction programmes alike... By ajusting certain policies, we must show that having sex is not a sin, but something essentially natural. There are two main reasons why we should do this: 1. Improving individual happiness and health 2. Freeing the society.
  1. By giving everyone better chances to do what his/her body needs and desires we get happier individuals, that are not slaves to their unsatisfied needs and drives. That means you get a psychologically more stable, more effective individual, which can according to Freud do much more for others because he isn't overwhelmed by focusing on himself and his confusing unsatisfied needs. But even more importantly sex is also great for your health. All the medical researches show that individuals that have enough safe sex are also more healthy. A recent study by Queens university revealed that people having enough sex have a reduced risk of heart disease, lose weight, have better overall fitness, have reduced risk of depression, finds that sex is also a good pain-relief, causes less-frequent colds and flu, enable better bladder control, makes teeth more solid and reduces the risk of prostate cancer. We believe that individuals, we are freeing, are responsible enough to have safe sex, because STD are currently declining in the western world and the health benefits of having more sex are enormous, and would consequently decrease the costs for health system, because fewer people would have the mentioned health problems. Another consequence would be happier and more productive citizens, which can create more and better, because they aren't frustrated or overstressed. And that is why it is important to realize that friends with benefits are beneficial individually and socially.
  2. Society should be free of the false norms of catolic, puritan tradition. Having sex is not a sin or something bad, having sex is normal, natural and can be lots of fun. We shouldn't condemn a behaviour, science says is natural. We should condemn ways of thinking that say something that brings us pleasure and happiness is a sin. We should decrease the so called moral limitations and obstacles society is bringing upon already stressed individuals who need sex. If there are fewer limitations or there is support, then logically more individuals will get some. And it is a very good idea for a society, if individuals get some, because the consequences of that is that we get a more relaxed, stress free society. A good example why this works is comparing two monkey species, that are genetically quite similar to us. We have chimpanzees that have a strict social organisation where only dominant males can have sex, and their society is very violent and stressful to live in, because they are always fighting for sex. On the other hand we have the Macaques species that have sex as a way to decrease stress levels - whenever they want. Their society is more peaceful, because there is always a pleasureful way to let of steam. Even the famous sexologist Kinsey reported that because these monkeys use sex as a pressure reliever, their society creates more happy individuals, that cooperate together more effectively. Consequently supporting this plan brings the society satisfied individuals that are not driven by their unsatisfied needs and desires, but are more free to cooperate on common projects and achieve more by working together. Furthermore by decreasing stress and frustration in individuals we also get a less violent society. And I would like to hear a reason why more violence and crime is good? So to free the individuals from the wrong, puritan ideas and to free them from their personal frustrations, it is very important to support this motion.
  • To sum up, supporting FWB improves individual happiness and health and frees individuals and the society from irrational ideas and frustrations caused by lack of sex. Lets help our citizens satisfy their most basic needs safely, instead of frustrating them by creating obstacles for them.

I would like to ask every debater that isn't too busy or "on debating holidays" to help me, by giving suggestions/comments on how to improve this plan ( structure, matter, arguments, more examples where...).

Friday, December 08, 2006

Relationships explained!

Did you start to believe that the magazines are right and relationships are something so complicated it can be a headline topic again and again? Well, I don't. Relationships between men and women can in fact be so simple they can be described by four very simple, high school equations:
  1. smart man + smart woman = a romantic relationship
  2. smart man + stupid woman = an affair
  3. stupid man + smart woman = a marriage
  4. stupid man + stupid woman = a child

So there you have it... If you don't get it then your wife or your child will hopefully explain it to you!

Source of this Realisation is Polet. The jokes section - in every joke lies a certain amount of truth :) .

Thursday, December 07, 2006

My definition of: most fun with your clothes on.

Les2alpes, perfect slope, excellent snow conditions... if it doesn't work click here.

I am only going to post Google video links for other parts of definition...

( Google has uploading & linking problems and I don't have a whole day).

  1. I also like mountains, especially if they can be climbed, and even more if they can be descended like that: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6229079883964199446&hl=en . - My camera is still in one piece.
  2. Back to skiing. This year I discovered, that snow parks are a lot of adrenaline fun. Flying through the air with your skis is a really special feeling: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3854420434060252839&hl=en.
  3. But simply isn't on the same level as real flying. In its purest form - a tandem parachute glider from Krvavec. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4948817448493705296&hl=en Luka, thanks again!( if you want to try it with a safety freak instructor, contact me and I will give you his contact details). When I grow up, I will hopefully have enough time to take up this amazing sport.
  4. Back to skiing, again. Because of its low weight and extremely narrow, carved turning I got really fond of 1m long skis ( r= 6,5 m) . Because they are really easy to carry around, I also love to take them to mountain peaks and descend from them - "turna smuka". This is a very unusual, a bit icy descend from Storzic : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1489284471098600508&hl=en
  5. And another unforgettable ride from Jalovec shoulder: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3862069028894694062&hl=en.

There are many other videos stored in my head, but even Google,

can't seem to find a downloadable link :) . Anyway,

I am looking forward to extending the definition.

PS: Many thanks to Marko, Tone, My Hand, Peter and Luka for helping me catch all these moments on camera.

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Just a night out...

And here are The quotes of the night: ( in order that should make sense, although they are all from women... deuce doesn't have gender)
  1. I didn't get drunk for the past six months. - then this might get interesting...
  2. Trust me 43% of population is bisexual, I have done research. - no comment needed.
  3. Men have their G spot in their anus. -hope her boyfriends like it rough...
  4. Men like anal sex, because while they do it, they fantasize of having a penis up their anus. -ouch
  5. To see what you like, you have to experiment. -damm right!
  6. I really hope they will pass a law forbidding smoking ( after just putting out her 5Th cigarette), I need an incentive to stop. The government should help me!
  7. SOooo you have beeen baaad this year! ( drunken, deuce (parkelj) screaming... he nearly overturned) - am still sorry to punish such a good girl by bringing her near this ashole.
  8. I have the constitution on the backseat of my car. -every lawyers wettest dream.

Lots of fun...A few beers and its beneficial substances always help!

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Happy Joe

  1. Was born many years ago to a very average family. For the first year of his life, he seemed very average. He drank his milk and soaked his diapers. But in a few years it got obvious that the average Joe, from an average family had a problem. He couldn't keep up with the average growing up scheme the average government created for their average infants. Joe had problems with learning how to walk, so he crawled, he had problems with learning how to talk so he moaned, he had problems with learning how to eat, so he sucked, he had problems with learning how to think averagely, so he didn't. When the loving average parents couldn't keep up with Joe's needs, they were forced to put him into an average institution. They had to do exactly as all other average parents did in this situation. So poor Joe was put into an average ward and got an average treatment. Joe became an average subject in an average institution dealing with little less than averagely developed individuals. Joe's average parents still loved him and tried to visit him as often as their average jobs allowed them. So just before Christmas, they came on an average visit. They brought him a very average gift. An average mickey mouse watch with a mickey mouse printed on the background. Mickeys hands represented the clock hands. Joe's reaction to the gift was quite average. He moaned and started squeezing it in his hands. But then his average father fastened the average watch to his wrist. Joe took another, a bit disoriented look at the average clock face. There he saw an averagely cute mouse, that seemed to move and wave to him. He didn't know how or why, but every second that happened, it made him feel extremely happy. And by the time it happened again he forgot what happened almost a second ago and made him so happy. So every time the mouse moved and gave him a wave he was surprised and happy again.
  2. For the first time in his life he smiled, allowing his average teeth to shine. And never again was he able to take his average eyes away from the average watch face with a mickey mouse clock hands. He looked at it when he was having his average institution meal, he watched it just before he went to sleep and watched it as the sun awoke him in the morning. And he watched it every second in between. Average nurses in the average institution soon made a very average conclusion. Joe smiled and laughed all the time. He always looked as the happiest man on earth. Joe was special.

What makes you happy?

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Farewell Misko!

  1. I don't speak about my relationships. Even more seldom write about them online. But today, I am going to make an exception.
  2. We met roughly eight years ago and from the start I was impressed by Misko's stable, simple and sea-deep blue attitude. You could say it was love at first sight. We gave each other wings and explored Ljubljana from a totally new, exciting perspective. With time, our relationship deepened, as we grew more and more accustomed to each other, letting us have even more freedom from the crazy world around us. Misko made me feel I could fly, because in his grasp I could lose all the worries, spread my hands and and enjoy the swirling wind around my fingers. (Titanic scene...)
  3. For eight years we fought cold and windy days, got through scorching heat, over taken crazy paced world, waded through deep snow and avoided all the old witches that tried to jump into our path.
  4. But like in all serious relationships, we had "the seven year crisis". Misko knew that the time is starting to erode his splendour and started acting grumpy and single minded. I have to admit, I got a bit bored with our relationship and started looking for new opportunities.
  5. We talked things over and decided, it would be best if Misko had a complete make over. And after a serious operation, a completely renewed Misko stood in front of me. The operation was a huge success and Misko got almost too good for me in my eyes. Every time we were together, I felt as if I am not good enough for him, because he demanded a lot from me. For six months I tried really hard to keep up and got amazing feelings in return, but noticed how cocky he has become.
  6. But as winter drew closer, our relationship got more and more unstable. We had a few minor quarrels, but I still thought we would get around them. Sadly, our fights escalated and once he threw me on the pavement in the middle of a crossing. I stopped talking to him, he was no fun anymore.
  7. Misko obviously felt the same, because on a sunny Autumn Wednesday he left me, without saying a word.
  8. World as I know it collapsed. It got so much harder for me to get anywhere. I felt so robbed, like something vital was taken from me.
  9. After many lonely walks I got over it, and now I am in a fresh new relationship! Ljubljana feels magically accessible again. It will take some time for me to learn to fly again, but knowing that I am with somebody who will always support you, makes you feel excited to learn.
  10. As for Misko, I got over him. But I must admit we had glorious eight years together, we had more than 550 hours of joy and saved an equal amount of lonely, walking-misery time to my feet.
  11. Misko, I will never forget you! If you can do me a last favour, for the good old times, please crash the motherfucker that you ran away with, as hard as you can!

How would you feel, if they stole your bike? :)

Friday, December 01, 2006

News input

  • Is uncontrollably big for an average consumer, or in fact anybody, especially if you put your remote controller and paper down and start whacking your mouse. There is almost an indefinite amount of sources, and these mostly recycle information from a few main ones. Then they add a few adds and "provide" it to us in a familiar form. As many before me, I often ask myself, what if the recycling over-transforms or eradicates the substance I want or need?
  • The most persuasive answer to this problem is still, that you should always check as many information outlets as possible which are closest to the source of the information (example: Reuters, BBC feed...) and evaluate them with a lot of scepticism and common sense. A good sense of humor is usually very useful as well.
  • The technology will always try to follow the demand. And the demand is to be able to follow the news input as efficiently as possible, because no one really has 10 hours every day to evaluate news. And I feel that the supply is already here or here...
  • It may still have some limitations and operational hick-ups, but the sole idea of creating a programme that sorts all the vital input into a more transparent matrix or form is a brilliant platform on which further development will surely follow.
  • So, it is a bit ironic, but the media that knits this news Gordian knot ( the Internet ), also provides the Alexanders sword to cut it. But in the end its up to us to decide if and how to use The sword.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

In dubio, odjebi!

  • Just in case you don't understand it completely, let me translate: In dubio (lat.) = in doubt ; odjebi ( slo.) = fuck off.
  • I believe this sums up a solution to a lot of human relationship issues. And can be broadly applied.
  • if someone is acting interested in you, but is acting unsure, warm - cold, overfriendly - standoffish ... the simplest way, to solve the confusion is to apply the upper principle.
  • when confering about doing something together. If someone is complicating, being unsure, uncertain of what and if to do ... fuck off!
  • You never should tolerate manipulative, weak behaviour, because You alwayas have options. A LOT OF OPTIONS! Maybe your emotions and current situation is fogging your sight, but in a world of 6+ billion people, you never are really choosing the best, are you?
  • Furthermore, it is a question of style, but by saying fuck off to someones behaviour, you also tells him you don't like it. Thus you make this behaviour less likely to occur to you or unfortunate others.
  • So because you are choosing Your best options and because you are exterminating unappropriate behaviour, don't be afraid to use: In dubio, odjebi!

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Oh, yeah!

  1. Now taht I suerly got yuor attnetion, let me sahre smoe idaes whit you.
  2. Sruely you msut be wodnering why I am wirtting lkie tihs? Is it beacause I am triyng to sohw tath our barin seem to accetp borader concpets, not wrods? Dose tihs prvent barins from overlaoding, whit coniscious tihnking?
  3. I tihnk taht is not the case, beacause I bet no guy wlil atcually botehr whit thees wrods - tehy wlil rtaher wrok on mroe avdanced conpcets. ( uppre or lower)
  4. PS: Grils, I am srory taht yuor barin can't wrok on such avdanced lvels and you hvae to bohter tyring to raed tihs bullsihth!

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

A refreshing perspective

Just follow the pictures:

Next:

Surely now you are getting the idea:

It is dark outside:

Bit more volumne and shape:

From behind Saturn : ( damm Earth is Big)

Why didn't my primary school teacher use this?

Add a few 0's to the zoom:

Really deep:

So how BIG do your problems seem today?

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Nuclear.si (part II)

In its efforts for sustainable developement, enviromental protection and economic growth our goverment should plan and invest in Nuclear Power plant Kr?ko 2 as soon as possibile. Here are my reasons.

  1. Based on the research done by our beloved ministry of enviroment, Slovenia is energy dependant. Very much so, and the dependancy is increasing each year as the energy consumption grows for around 1-2% annualy. Being dependant on Russian nationalised gas production and very unreliable gas prices really isn't all that smart national strategy. The only clear technological and economically feasible solution to the dependancy problem is increasing the national production and also work on efficiency. And because our natural resources are almost used ( hydroelectric potential) or very dirty and ecologically unacceptable ( coal) and better technological efficency can only get you in a bit better position, but can't completely solve the problem, we should build a one gigawatt Kr?ko II. As many other rational European countries ( GB, Sweeden, Finland...) we would decrease our energetical and also political dependance from mother Russia and its willingness to "give gas".
  2. Slovenia is bound by the Kyoto protocol. And if we continoue to economically grow in the way we are now we are going to increase the Co2 emissions, instead of decrease them as we "promised". The problem with breaking our promise is that it will cost us and our economy quite a lot of money, becauase we will have to buy emitting cupones for the price of 100 euro per evey excessive emitted ton of Co2. You don't have to be a PhD economist to figure out that will have a negative effect on the economy. Furthermore, we are a developed nation, which also cares about our planet, which we call home. We know we are not a numberous nation, but that shouldn't stop us from doing our share of saving our home from the dangers of global warming. And drastically cutting our Co2 emissions by using a virtually Co2 free, advanced technology is a way to go.
  3. Investing into a big, reliable power project also means we don't only increase the national GDP by this investement alone, but also create an energy reliable zone, which is more attractive to foreign investments, which strengthen our economy even further. And we don't only want predictable and stable electricity prices for the investors and economy, we also want reliable supply of power for our children. We want them to have at least the same developement potential as we do. And cheap and reliable energy supply is one of the most basic factors in ensuring that.
  4. This investment would also further increase the nuclear safety for our nation, because investing into even more advanced and safer nuclear plant would have spill over effects on the existing technologies. Greater common financial mass would enable even greater investments in security technologies and would enable us to build even safer and more advanced treatment of nuclear waste material. Perhaps we will even be able to reuse current wastes with fast breeder reactors. And we would also show that we support EU in its eforts to develop a commercially fisable iter reactor, by showing very practically that we are not afraid of advanced technologies.

All the fears conected with nucleat power are obsolete, there are no real alternatives, I like Slovenia to be developing, independant, earth friendly. safer and technologically advanced so this is one of the first times I support one of the current ministers ( Andrej Vizjak) in his efforts.

The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one. - Albert Einstein.

Sunday, November 05, 2006

A candle in a hurricane

Recent events made me re-think the whole "I want to remember and honour someone so I will light a candle for him" thing.

  1. To understand why we are all such pyromans when it comes to paying respect... would mean to study a lot about symbolism, and certain religions ( jewish, catholic, northern barbaric...) and I suspect the synopsis would be something like this: It is a symbol of life...and... it makes the person/object alive again for us ...
  2. So it is a cultural/archetype thing. Ok, no problem let people burn the candles, if it makes them feels good or in other wordss gives them greater utility.
  3. For if people have greater utility, plus some economic subjects make a decent profits out of this habit, then we not only make the population happier, but also increase the national GDP. It is a win win situation right?
  4. Wrong. Because in order to maximise the proftits it is logical to make the product more complex ( a simple candle won't do) so you can increase your added value to it and sell it for higher price. But that takes some extra natural resources. And what is that magical resource? Yes it is plastic and wax. And guess what is the main ingredient for those two? Yes our precious friend the oil. And oil is getting more and more scarce these days, because we really like to burn it for all kinds of more or less practical reasons.
  5. Furthermore, burning oil produces Co2 emissions and without much scientific ( not public! ) doubt that increases the global temperatures. And that makes our weather more extreme. Just remember the recent floods in europe, severe draughts in Africa and floody hurricanes in US.
  6. So if we return to the whole symbolism thing, a burning candle is becoming a new symbol in its own. A symbol of our civilisations unecessary destruction of our enviroment and ourselves. To put it simply: The end of life.
  7. A deadly hurricane certainly blows all the candles away. What about our habits and symbols?

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Remember Them!

This picture has to be the most perfect example of how much creativity and effort can be put into honoring the dead. Or does it just show how we can preoccupy ourselves to bury the pain of loss? Or simply forget the point? Enough candles give the night sky above cemeteries a distinctive red shine to it. Or perhaps keep a lot of families warm. Flowers in quantities witch would make even Elton John look tasteless ( guy spends litterally millions on flowers). Crowds of people cleaning and decorating the graves with bands and making sure every pebble is in a perfect position. People chatting about how big the neighbours flower arrangement is or how long the new electric candles ( raving in the afterlife candles) will "burn". Every year I ask myself: Do they take the time to remember why they are doing all these rituals in the first place? Who are they paying respect to? Do they remember how much They learned them and how much They really gave them? When you drink the water, remember the spring...

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Bad boys v. Nice guys

I won't go into consequences of a man being one or another personality type, I will just try to define the difference between the two.
  1. BBs are very clear and simple when it comes to sex: If you are attractive and I feel like I want to have some, I will, if you want to. No manipulation. No reason to try and hide it. - NGs on the other hand try to hide their desires in all sorts of ways. They tend to complicate and hide "natural" things and by doing so confuse themselves and certain subject-
  2. BBs ability to be clear and simple ( primal?!) comes from their self confidence. And to be that self confident they are usually not very attached to the outcome or the current situation or person ( they are cool ), because they know from their past experience, they have many choices. - NGs are not aware of their choices and posibilites when it comes to women and therefore place too much of their energy and emotions into one current situation. In other words, they act in a way that seeks woman's approval (clingy) which of course isn't very self confident.
  3. BBs self confidence usually leads to them acting like a leader, a dominant figure - NGs can also try and act like a leader, but they usually lose it on crucial areas, because of the mentioned reasons. So they usually take alternative social roles. Or invest too much energy into leading, which causes them to look too agressive, annoying....
  4. Behaviour and looks are just logical consequences of the state of mind and if you look at the above pictures again, it really isn't hard to say which of these males is a BB and which one is a NG is it?

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Thank You for smoking

Is a must see movie for every debater and highly recommended for everyone else. Why? It is packed with satirical, hillarious speeches, unpredictable twists and sceenes of the main caracter Nick who is trying to be a chief spokesman for the tobaco industry and a role model for his twelve year old son at the same time. There are also some very interesting insights into how and why to use arguments: Nick Naylor: "That's the beauty of argument, if you argue correctly, you're never wrong." After his divorced mom let him go to a buisiness trip to California with his father: Nick Naylor: "How did you convince her?" Joey Naylor: " It was an argument not a negotiation." Nick meeting with Jeff Megall, a film industry godfather, trying to buy more cigarettes into movies again: Nick Naylor: " Are you at all concerned about the health element?" Jeff Megall: " I am not a doctor, I am a facilitator. I bring creative people together. Whatever information there is, exists, it is out there. People should decide for themselves, they will, it is not my role to decide for them, that would be morally presumptious." After debating which flawour of ice cream is better in which Nick shows to Joey that it doesn't matter which flawor is the best, but to show that your opponent is wrong and you are therefore right: Joey Naylor: " But you still didn't convience me." Nick Naylor: " Its that I am not after you, I am after them!" After that a scene follows in which Joey smiles knowingly. A concept even a smart kid could understand, is usually missed by people who should get it. And people who do get it can "spin" them. There are so many more "nuggets of gold" in the movie so take 95min of your life to watch it, it will be well worth it!

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Listen!

Why? Here are my reasons: 1. I hate monologue of the deaf ( Two or more subjects thinking only about what they will say or writte and ignoring others. ) 2. Ahhem , yes, precisely, of course and other such polite phrases acompanied by a stupid and ignorant face expression really don't make you feel understood. Or respected. 3. I don't like people shouting around me. Next time you are unfortunate enough to witness or take part in a verbal fight, think about why people started yelling in the first place: BECAUSE NO ONE WAS LISTENING. And when the voice volumne is matched by the other "fighter" even less can be understood. 4. I am feed up with Vatican apologising ( three times and counting...) for Popes speech in Regensburg. If only the Offended took a little bit of time and try to read = listen to what he really said , I wouldn't be listening to the same stories day after day... Furthermore I can only "pray" that hearsay will become a bit more understood concept. And hopefully people will start thinking about what they are listening to. 5. There is so much to learn from people if you really listen to them. Even if they are full of crap (i.e. a profesor who has a really unorganised, illogical and borring lectures) you learn that you should not listen to them anymore and waste your time. 6. Making someone feel understood brings people together. 7. It is nice to actually get the food you oredered. So:

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

MANAGE YOUR TIME ( part D )

After quite an extensive brain time out, it is time to talk about something extremely undesirable: about managing the time you have left, so that you make the most of it, and pass the exams the way you planned. By the end of this post you will realize that it is not just about organising, managing your time, it is about managing&organising yourself.
Basically, you can devide your 24 hours activities into four simple categories based on two variables: A is the thing you are doing with your time important for you and your future life B is the thing you are doing urgent or not. In this way we get a simple 2x2 matrix, four squares. For example if you are driving with a friend who just got a drivers licence, and he doesn't see a car comming from the right, it is most urgent and important for you to spend your time shouting at him not to drive off.
On the other hand sitting by your window and watching the neighbours go to work and come back again is mostly considered unimportant and not really urgent. And although that doesn't stop some people from doing it (sorry neighbour Maria), it just means our life goals can be very different.
The big Q here is in which of these "squares" is it best to insert your mental energies? Which things to do? It is not the urgent&important one, because you have to attend to these situations automatically or you will probably end up as a custumer for the undertaker. And both the unimportant squares can be logically ruled out, because doing things not in accordance with your Important leads you somewhere else.
So DO the important and not urgent things if you want the best for yourself ( said the granny). Besides it will also decrease the amounth of urgent have to solve situations, because you'll be working on a strange thing called prevention, which usually also decreases stress. So, after very pleasant holidays it is not only time to organise my time in a way that will allow me to study, but especially organise and manage myself in such a way that I will start to study. In the end it all comes down to motivation. Maybe the feeling that I am the master of my time and not the other way around will be a bit of a help in that.
Untill ORGANISATION&MANAGEMENT happens ( gets high enough on want to do list) it is time for another swim in the warm sea and perhaps a refreshing cocktail will be okay too.

Saturday, June 24, 2006

Ego massage
After completing his spring exams, a student is found doing the most usual thing: Chilling out and enjoying his beer with his friends. The atmosphere in the bar is quite relaxing, there are many nicely dressed people walking around, exchanging looks, chatting with each other and having a good time. Or at least faking it quite succesfully. Since the music is quite loud, the student really doesn't feel like shouting to be heard, and to be honest, he doesn't have any really interesting ideas to share at the moment. So he enjoys the sweet bitterness of his beer, the soft sofa and the refriged air which is gently flowing from the convectors above. His mind is occupied with all the plans he made for the summer and in "deep" moments he can almost feel the cool, cristal clear water of the sea emracing his body, the soft and fresh air filling his lungs in the moutains, the extatic feeling of enjoying a great concert... Then his pleasant thoughts are suddenly interrupted. A good looking blonde and a stunning brunette step next to his seat. They are both dressed in red, which really shows their above average looks in a seducing, erotic light. The student is not at all bothered by the interruption, untill his eyes are scorched by an object. In the arms of the perfectly shaped, smiling brunette, his eyes find a bucket! There are some buds and ice bathing in it and girls both have bud written on their shirts. For obvious reasons, it took quite some time for the student to notice that. Finally he and his friends are asked a routine question: Boys would you like some? But just before returning a routine answer : No thank you, my La?ko will do just fine, something makes the evening a bit more interesting for the student. The brunette with the bucket, looks at him again and asks: Don't you also work for the same model agency as we are? The student is a bit surprised by the question, but quickly returns a bit borring, but relaxed answer with a smile: No, you must have mistaken me. She smiles back and takes her bucket to the next table where boys will perhaps want some of her stuff.
The student who never considered himself really handsome had his line of thought abrupted a bit. The first thought was that she had probably mistaken him for a driver or an administrative worker at her agency. But his mind check dismissed this option, because he found it quite unlikely due to the fact that female ex models mostly do such work. He didn't bother with any "deeper analysis", because he found the thought of being mistaken for a model more amusing. Another thought occupied his neural network, what if she works for an agency which employs casual workers for speeding up the sales? Another glance at her perfect figure and soft face dismissed this theory. Well, he really didn't feel like consciously think about it any longer so he just smiled to himself and left this situation to his unconscious mind for further processing. His conscious mind returned to more relaxing, seaside&cocktail connected topics.
Since the student still feels very holiday like, I'll leave the interpretations to you.

Friday, June 16, 2006

Heat pump
(There should be a picture here, but it melted away!)
It's geting hot, well maybe not as hot, but still .si hot. Brain don't operate well at high temperatures. My brain operates even worse in hot rooms. I need my brain to operate OK for at least a week to complete my spring exam season. Again I am wondering why I am not a natural science student. Apart from getting all sorts of scolarships from state fundations, and not even mentioning geting a job :), I would also learn about interesting and useful things ( probably) such as heat pumps, which are the most basic element for cooling our inner enviroment and heating our outer enviroment. Yes it is a really simple concept which transfers heat from one place to another. Well it uses energy to do so, but that doesn't really matter, as long our but is not frying and our brain can be optimally used. Why should we really care about the electricty bill and greenhouse efect if we can enjoy the soft, calming whisp of an air conditioner? And by the way, the heath pump concept is really easy to understand compared to other far more complex ideas. Can you really talk about society, global politics, poverty, globalism... if you don't understand processes as simple as moving heat? As Albert Einstein said: I am always amazed by the complexity of the nature. And if we add another: Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Then some words spoken start to make a bit more sense... Well, what surely makes more sense, is why this post is soo confusing: MY BRAIN IS COOKING IN MY SKULL, because we still don't own an air conditioner!
PS: I also wanted to write about the economics of global warming, defects in slovenian educational system and poverty as a continous phenomena, but it is too hot!

Thursday, June 08, 2006

IDEA
If fresh and original ideas are so valuable nowadays, where do they come from? I have an idea. I am going to write about ideas and hopefully learn something about them. Firstly, I am going to try to understand what ideas are, then I am going to speculate on how ideas are formed and finally I am going to try and create a few fresh ideas using my freshly learnd knowledge.

So what are ideas? The dictionaries say it is a specific thought which arises in the brain. Well that doesn't really tell us as much as we would like so lets see what the oldest science has to offer. Plato utilized the concept of idea in the realm of metaphysics where only ideas are the sole reality and humans can only see a blurred projections of this reality. John Locke, defines idea as whatever is the object of understanding when a man thinks?, which is a very empiristic way of seeing ideas. Hume differs from Locke by limiting idea to the more or less vague mental reconstructions of perceptions, the perceptual process being described as an impression. Which is quite useful for explaining how ideas are forged. But it doesn't stop here: Emmanuel Kant defines an "idea" as opposed to a "concept". Furthermore "regulator ideas" are ideals that one must tend towards to, but by definition may not be completely realized. Which is an interesting concept, but negative definitions don't really tell us much about how the creation of ideas takes place. Luckily, Wundt widens the term to include conscious representation of some object or process of the external world. In so doing, he includes not only ideas of memory and imagination, but also perceptual processes. This adds an important dimension in understanding this term. So after a rather boring repetiton of high school philosophy, lets speculate on how ideas are created.

The human capacity to generate ideas is associated with the capacity for reason and self-reflection. However, in a popular sense, an idea can arise even when there is no serious reflection, for example, when we talk about the idea of a person or a place. Methaphysics and Kant's negative definition don't really help us much in speculating how usable, tangible ideas are formed in "real life", so lets focus on other concepts about ideas. In essence it is a mental process ( our brain does...) and that this process uses some sort of an imput. I agree with those who claim that this imput can be both internal and external. And how does this mental process create something we call an idea? Well, this is how I imagne it:

The input is constantly being processed by our brain. This creates a "mind charge" in our brain. When there is enough "charge" created in different areas responsibile for different knowledge, these start connecting. And just like in thunderstorm lightning, different areas with high enough charge connect and form a line of thought, a concept... When different concept sparks connect in a new and original way a fresh idea is born. And just like lightning, the charge usually seeks the shortest path among charged particles. So the idea is useful when it connects two previously unconnectable parts. ( Don't forget that these are mere speculations).

Lets try and put all this theory into practice and see if it works: Again, we should try to connect previously unconnected concepts in the shortest, logical way. So for example, lets try and connect pigeon and a text marker. Well the first spark I got is painting the bird into orange with the marker. After some more thought, the created charge sparked even more directly, because I got an "original" idea of making the damned bird go of my window shelf by throwing the marker at it. But that didn't work logically. So after adding another concept into the mind game, I came up with puting an open marker on the shelf. Perhaps, the chemical smell would prevent the birds from landing there. Another a bit more complex idea is that I could open a bussines, which would train pigeons to fly text markers to students in student camuses,when they most desperatelly need them, during their exams... Yes I know, I haven't gotten any really useful or original ideas, but if I won't kill my sparking machine ( limit the imput with too much reasoning ) I am sure that I am going to get quite many useful connections in my life ;) .

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Begin with the end in mind ( part C ! )

Today I would like you to try this: Imagne that you are attending a funeral of someone dear to you. Imagne how you drive to the chapel where the ceramony is taking place and how you see many loving people feeling sad becouse a loved and respected one has left them. You get situated somewhere in the back and soon, you realise that it is in fact YOUR funeral, a few years from now! There are four speakers and they are going to talk about what you were like as a person. The first one is from your family, the second from your friends, the third one is from your profession and the last one from an organisation to which you have contributed in your free time... Now I would like you to think about what you would like to have said about your achievements and contributions... three, ten or fifty years from now?

Well if you took your time to really think about it, you touched, for a moment, your basic values, your definition of success in life. Now you have to think about what your subconscious values just told you and proactivly work towards developing them into conscious goals, directions you want to follow in life. You must develop your mission statement and have it written into your heart and mind. In other words find and accept your goals and then just follow the direction.

And although magnetic north is constantly moving, it is much easier to walk Your path ( iter ) if you have your compass...

PS: I don't recomend forming a definition like: Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. , and becoming a lost sheep in the herd :) .

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Rain drops keep falling on my head...
It seems that it has been raining forever...so I am going to write about it and hopefully that will make it stop. What is rain? It is water drops falling to the surface of the earth. But more importantly it is the thing that prevents you from enjoying your evening drinks and other pleasant outside activities, it is a major factor in getting a cold by getting your socks wet and it is something that can really mess with your emotions. If you don't beliveve me just remember all the songs that were written about it...
If you think that a two day non stop natural watering of our beloved land is something special, think again. Yesterday I saw a discovery TV show about a town in Norway, where it has rained forom januray to end of march NON STOP. ( will add a source when I find it) And if you think that it is raining very intensivly because you got all wet by walking a very short distance outside, you are wrong again. In the last 24 hours Krvavec ( slovenian record holder for last few days) got 14, 4 centimeters of water whereas Mumbai got 94.4 centimeters in 24 hours last summer. Yes one meter of water!
So to brain storm a bit after reading a lot of brain killing material, here are some reasons why all this rain is actually good:
1. There is a reduced probability of a draught in the hot summer so we are all going to have enough water to wash our cars and water our lettuce in the july heat.
2. All the dust and dirt is going to be washed away, which will benefit people with alergies, and not to mention those who are bothered by the sand still left on the pavements from the winter.
3. Couples will enjoy romantic walk uner one umbrella.
4. Civil protection will get a chance to test if they are prepared for emergencies.
5. Threatening awalanches will stop being threatening.
6. All the plants will have enough water to show off their calming green colour.
7. Some of the over motivated recreationalists will get a rest thier body screaming for after over intensive training.
...
"Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon." - Susan Ertz.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Do STUDENT PROTESTS make sense?
Students will go to the streets again! Fighting for their rights. They will "show" the goverment:
1.that studiying is not a privilege, but a (human) right.
2.extra taxation of student work will decrease the number of jobs for studenst and one third of them won't be able to afford to study
3. we will have to pay for our college education
4. public money for education will do into private facilities through vouchers
5. studying programmes will stay unchanged, so students won't be able to do much with their diploma
6. we will also invite our parents along... - I don't quite understand why this is a reason to protest.
and some unofficial ones:
7. there are not enough student beds
8. students don't have public transport
9. ...
Well I have researched the student protest phenomena a little bit and here are my conclusions:
All protest usually have one prevailing reason. It can be political( china), social ( USA 1967), religious ( iran, afganistan) , philosphical, just for fun and relaxation ( slovenia 2001 :) )...
And what is the main reason for recent and tomorrow's protests? Hint: Lets look at how the student organistion is funded. The official page tells us this (bottom). Well to make all this complex language more clear lets just say that the big majority of their income comes from student work. More accurately 5,5% of all the student earnings. This means around 4 billion tollars every year. And if the suggested reforms, which have many bad and good points, are accepted, then this sum is going to decrease substantially. And do you know many people ( politics) who would just give up the power to "distibute" large amounth of resources?
And when you see that the main reason is the power to control money flow, then all these irrational, unfeasible demands and unspontanious protests make more sense. Take a look at the reasons and demands again! And although I tried to find an explanation for: " Studiying is not a privilege, but a right!", my research ended in vein. I still don't understand why lower classes which work for a minimal vage should pay for others to study and get better paid jobs or work for lower taxes? I wish someone will explain why this is a right per se?
In May when all real students have exams students should do what they have their special status for - STUDY.