November meme Day 5 & 6
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maskitheclownDay 05 → Your favorite quote
I rarely read a book and think "wow, this really means something beyond the context it was written in"... shallow much? :) But this quote stuck with me, maybe because it's a testament to how human mind bends and molds and adapts to reality it finds itself in. I have a really long and ranty theory about this and women and African-Americans and understanding what your rights are and a self-debate over whether your mind is helping you adapt or betraying you into submission... but, you don't really need to heat that :D
It's from the end of Imre Kertezs' book "Fateless" (not a misspell) and it didn't take me long at all to find the English translation so I guess it's somewhat known. (the quote, not the book, the book -he- got a Nobel prize so, yeah, famous :) )
The book is, yet again, about a 15yo boy in Auschwitz and his almost death and last second rescue.
"Even back there, in the shadow of the chimneys, in the breaks between pain, there was something resembling happiness. Everybody will ask me about the deprivations, the ‘terrors of the camps,’ but for me, the happiness there will always be the most memorable experience, perhaps."
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
My nerd, let me show you it.
This is the Eye of Horus:
As an Egyptian hieroglyph it has a story and meaning of its own, and though I find it fascinating, this memebit isn't about that part. This is about math. Which I hate :D But eh, the eye intrigues me :)
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Arithmetics.
In the Ancient Egyptian measurement system, the Eye Of Horus was used as a form of fractional notation, each of the parts of the eye representing a different fraction. The parts of the eye were divided as follows:
1/2 was represented by smell, symbolized by the right side of the eye in a form of the nose.
1/4 was represented by sight or the sensation of light, symbolized by the pupil.
1/8 was represented by thought, symbolized by the eyebrow.
1/16 was represented by hearing, symbolized by right side of the eye in the form of an arrow pointing towards the ear.
1/32 was represented by taste, by the sprouting of wheat or grain from the planted stalk, symbolized by a curved tail.
1/64 was represented by touch, symbolized by a leg touching the ground.
...and you thought your math was hard.
Disclaimer: This is a very, very shallow look at the whole thing, for anything more, Google and library are your friends.
I rarely read a book and think "wow, this really means something beyond the context it was written in"... shallow much? :) But this quote stuck with me, maybe because it's a testament to how human mind bends and molds and adapts to reality it finds itself in. I have a really long and ranty theory about this and women and African-Americans and understanding what your rights are and a self-debate over whether your mind is helping you adapt or betraying you into submission... but, you don't really need to heat that :D
It's from the end of Imre Kertezs' book "Fateless" (not a misspell) and it didn't take me long at all to find the English translation so I guess it's somewhat known. (the quote, not the book, the book -he- got a Nobel prize so, yeah, famous :) )
The book is, yet again, about a 15yo boy in Auschwitz and his almost death and last second rescue.
"Even back there, in the shadow of the chimneys, in the breaks between pain, there was something resembling happiness. Everybody will ask me about the deprivations, the ‘terrors of the camps,’ but for me, the happiness there will always be the most memorable experience, perhaps."
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
My nerd, let me show you it.
This is the Eye of Horus:
As an Egyptian hieroglyph it has a story and meaning of its own, and though I find it fascinating, this memebit isn't about that part. This is about math. Which I hate :D But eh, the eye intrigues me :)
*
Arithmetics.
In the Ancient Egyptian measurement system, the Eye Of Horus was used as a form of fractional notation, each of the parts of the eye representing a different fraction. The parts of the eye were divided as follows:
1/2 was represented by smell, symbolized by the right side of the eye in a form of the nose.
1/4 was represented by sight or the sensation of light, symbolized by the pupil.
1/8 was represented by thought, symbolized by the eyebrow.
1/16 was represented by hearing, symbolized by right side of the eye in the form of an arrow pointing towards the ear.
1/32 was represented by taste, by the sprouting of wheat or grain from the planted stalk, symbolized by a curved tail.
1/64 was represented by touch, symbolized by a leg touching the ground.
...and you thought your math was hard.
Disclaimer: This is a very, very shallow look at the whole thing, for anything more, Google and library are your friends.
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