Започвам с едно математическо понятие, останалите дефиниции ще добавям като коментари. Вашето включване е силно желателно.
Числата на Фибоначи в математиката образуват редица, която се дефинира рекурсивно по следния начин:
- F(0) = 0
- F(1) = 1
- F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2)
Започва се с 0 и 1, а всеки следващ член на редицата се получава като сума на предходните два. Първите няколко числа на Фибоначи са:
0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, …
Comment by rendeto — November 20, 2006 @ 12:20 pm
Хайку е стихотворна миниатюра от три стиха с определена ритмика и без рими. Метриката й се изгражда от 17 срички в последователност 5-7-5.
Comment by rendeto — November 21, 2006 @ 11:53 am
Златно сечение (известно още като златна пропорция, златен коефициент или божествена пропорция) е ирационално число в математиката, което изразява отношение на части, за които по-малката част се отнася към по-голямата, така както по-голямата към цялото. То се отбелязва с гръцката буква φ и има стойност приблизително равна на 1,618. Златното сечение е не само математическо понятие, то е символ за красота, хармония и съвършенство в изкуството, науката и природата. Терминът “златно сечение” е въведен от Леонардо да Винчи като пропорция за “идеалното човешко тяло”.
Comment by rendeto — November 27, 2006 @ 7:07 pm
Числовата стойност на Пи, закръглена до 64-тия знак след десетичната запетая, е:
3,14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510 58209 74944 5923
Comment by rendeto — December 23, 2006 @ 10:16 pm
Mint condition is an expression used in the description of pre-owned goods. Originally, the phrase comes from the way collectors describe the condition of coins. As the name given to a coin factory is a ‘mint’, then mint condition is the condition a coin is in as it leaves the mint. Over time, the term “mint” began to be used to describe many different items having excellent, like-new quality.
When describing trading cards, perfect condition is used to describe the condition as it is when pulled from a pack, mint would be new but opened.
Mint condition is often used to describe a collectible item such as a model figure, doll, or toy that has never been removed from its box, or in some cases is as good as new without any scratches or other. The term is also very widely used in record collecting.
Comment by rendeto — January 18, 2007 @ 11:06 pm
The butterfly effect is a phrase that encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory. Small variations of the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system.
The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly’s wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that ultimately cause a tornado to appear (or, for that matter, prevent a tornado from appearing). The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale phenomena.
Comment by rendeto — January 28, 2007 @ 10:13 pm
Хората зад рекламите се наричат копирайтъри и работят в творческите отдели на рекламните агенции. Копирайтърите измислят рекламните текстове. В това число попадат не само слогани, но и рутинни текстове в дипляни и брошури. За създаването на една реклама копирайтърът работи съвместно с дизайнер, който пък отговаря за цялостната визия на продукта.
Comment by rendeto — February 23, 2007 @ 12:01 pm
A fractal is a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be subdivided in parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced size copy of the whole.
Comment by rendeto — February 26, 2007 @ 11:12 pm
Anaglyph images are used to provide a stereoscopic 3d effect, when viewed with 2 color glasses (each lens a different color). Images are made up of two color layers, superimposed, but offset with respect to each other to produce a depth effect.
Comment by rendeto — April 3, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
Тераформирането е теоретичен процес на подмяна условията на планета към такива, годни за обитаване от хора. Терминът придоби популярност около намеренията на учените за колонизиране на Марс.
Comment by rendeto — April 3, 2007 @ 4:44 pm
Олмеките са древна южноамериканска индианска племенна общност, населявала територията на днешно Мексико. В историческите паметници се споменава за тях от 2-ро хилядолетие пр. н. е. Съществуват около хиляда години, като през този период създават развита цивилизация, която след 600 пр. н. е. започва да запада, а около 200 пр. н. е. престава да съществува.
Comment by rendeto — April 10, 2007 @ 11:48 am
Тарту (на естонски Tartu) е град в Източна Естония, втори по големина в страната. За разлика от Талин, днешната политическа и финансова столица на Естония, Тарту често е определян като нейния интелектуален и културен център, най-вече заради най-стария и уважаван университет в страната. Градът е разположен на река Емайъги и има население около 100 000 души (2004).
Comment by rendeto — May 4, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
Amortization usually refers to spreading an intangible asset’s cost over that asset’s useful life. Depreciation, on the other hand, refers to prorating a tangible asset’s cost over that asset’s life. Depletion refers to the allocation of the cost of natural resources over time.
Comment by rendeto — May 25, 2007 @ 6:19 pm
A Trackback is one of three types of Linkbacks, methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to, or referring to their articles.
Comment by rendeto — May 25, 2007 @ 6:21 pm
In computer science, a memory leak is a particular kind of unintentional memory consumption by a computer program where the program fails to release memory when no longer needed. The term is meant as a humorous misnomer, since memory is not physically lost from the computer. Rather, memory is allocated to a program, and that program subsequently loses the ability to access it due to program logic flaws. A memory leak can diminish the performance of the computer by reducing the amount of available memory. Eventually, in the worst case, too much of the available memory may become allocated and all or part of the system or device stops working correctly or the application fails.
Comment by rendeto — May 30, 2007 @ 10:06 am
La Sagrada Família (Catalan, ‘The Holy Family’) is a large Roman Catholic basilica under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Antoni Gaudí worked on the project for over 40 years, devoting the last 15 years of his life entirely to this endeavour. On the subject of the extremely long construction period, Gaudí is said to have joked, “My client is not in a hurry.”
Comment by rendeto — May 30, 2007 @ 10:08 am
Mercosur (Spanish: Mercado Común del Sur, English: Southern Common Market) is a Regional Trade Agreement (RTA) between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Paraguay, founded in 1991 by the Treaty of Asunción, which was later amended and updated by the 1994 Treaty of Ouro Preto. Its purpose is to promote free trade and the fluid movement of goods, peoples, and currency.
Comment by rendeto — May 30, 2007 @ 10:11 am
Княжество Сийланд е микронация, намираща се на бивша военна платформа на около 10 км от английския бряг близо до град Ипсуич.
Comment by rendeto — June 11, 2007 @ 9:50 am
Промискуитет се нарича практиката на безразборен избор. Най-често терминът се употребява са сексуалните контакти и означава безразборно избиране на интимни партньори.
Comment by rendeto — June 11, 2007 @ 11:24 am
Атон (”слънчев диск”, “тялото на Ра”) е древноегипетски бог, свързван с първия монотеистичен култ в човешката история. Особено е бил почитан от фараона - реформатор Ехнатон и съпругата му Нефертити, които го провъзгласяват за върховно божество,въпреки несъгласието на другите жреци по време на египетската 18 династия.
Comment by rendeto — June 11, 2007 @ 11:43 am
Темпераментът е „съвкупността от устойчиви индивидуални психични свойства, определящи динамиката на психическата дейност на човека и оставящи относително постоянни при различни мотиви, съдържание и цели на дейността”. Класическата типология на темпераментите се базира на една древна класификация. Хипократ през V век пр.н.е. описва четири човешки типа според „преобладаващата в организма им течност”: сангвиник (кръв), холерик (жълта жлъчка), флегматик (лимфа) и меланхолик (черна жлъчка).
Comment by rendeto — June 11, 2007 @ 1:44 pm
The half-life of a quantity, subject to exponential decay, is the time required for the quantity to decay to half of its initial value. The concept originated in the study of radioactive decay, but applies to many other fields as well, including phenomena which are described by non-exponential decays.
Comment by rendeto — June 11, 2007 @ 1:46 pm
Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) is a popular file format for audio data compression. Being a lossless compression format, FLAC does not remove information from the audio stream, as lossy compression formats such as MP3 and AAC do.
Comment by rendeto — June 13, 2007 @ 11:42 am
Пантеон е дума с гръцки корен (от Πάνθειον, всички богове) и се ползва като термин, означаващ набора от всички божества в дадена политеистична религия. Пантеонът в Рим е построен в 27 - 25 г. пр.н.е. от Марк Випсаний Агрипа, приятел и генерал на Август, като храм на деветте божества на седемте планети от официалната религия в Древния Рим и е бил християннски храм от 7-ми век. Той е най-добре запазеният от всички древни римски сгради. Използван е като храм през цялата му история.
Comment by rendeto — June 13, 2007 @ 11:43 am
Orion (IPA: /ə(ʊ)ˈraɪən/), a constellation often referred to as The Hunter, is a prominent constellation, one of the largest and perhaps the best-known and most conspicuous in the sky. Its brilliant stars are found on the celestial equator and are visible throughout the world, making this constellation universally recognized. In the northern hemisphere Orion is visible in the evening from November to April.
Comment by rendeto — June 13, 2007 @ 11:47 am
Hudson Bay (French: baie d’Hudson) is a large (1.23 million km²), relatively shallow body of water in northeastern Canada. A smaller offshoot of the bay, James Bay, lies to the south. The IHO lists Hudson Bay as part of the Arctic Ocean. On the east it is connected with the Atlantic Ocean by Hudson Strait, and on the north with the rest of the Arctic Ocean by Foxe Basin (which is not considered part of the bay) and Fury and Hecla Strait. Geographic coordinates: 78° to 95° W, 51° to 70° N.
Comment by rendeto — June 13, 2007 @ 4:33 pm
Куклен (на гръцки: Κούκλενα, Куклена) е град в Южна България, разположен в полите на Родопите, на 12 км южно от гр. Пловдив.
Comment by rendeto — June 13, 2007 @ 4:34 pm
Николай Константинович Рьорих (1874-1947) е руски художник и духовен учител. Баща е на художника Светослав Рьорих. Николай и съпругата му Елена Рьорих основават теософското дружество Агни Йога.
Comment by rendeto — June 20, 2007 @ 11:01 am
Черната дупка е струпване на огромна маса в малък обем с толкова силно гравитационно поле, че втора космическа скорост е по-голяма от тази на светлината. Поради това дори и светлината не е в състояние да преодолее тази сила, оттам и името „черна“ дупка.
Comment by rendeto — June 20, 2007 @ 11:02 am
An ion thruster (or ion drive) is one of several types of spacecraft propulsion, specifically electric propulsion. It uses beams of ions — electrically charged atoms or molecules — for propulsion. The precise method for accelerating the ions may vary, but all designs take advantage of the charge-to-mass ratio of ions to accelerate them to very high velocities using a high electric field.
Comment by rendeto — June 21, 2007 @ 11:21 am
“Love handles” is a colloquial or slang term for a layer of fat that is deposited around a person’s midsection, especially visible on the sides over the abdominal external oblique muscle. Love handles are more common in men than women, as the midsection is one of the first regions where fat is stored in the male body. (Women tend to accumulate fat around the hips and thighs). Love handles generally become more pronounced as a person ages and approaches middle age, due to a lower activity level.
Comment by rendeto — June 21, 2007 @ 5:05 pm
Секстант е уред за измерване на ъгъла между Слънцето или някоя звезда и точка от хоризонта. Изобретен е от Джон Хадли и Томас Годфри в Англия. Секстантът е бил използван главно за определяне на местоположението на кораба. С него корабният щурман наблюдава Слънцето през опушено стъкло на телескопа. Той засича чрез система от огледала избрана точка от хоризонта. Ъгълът между слънцето и точката от хоризонта се отчита по градуираната скала на уреда.
Comment by rendeto — June 21, 2007 @ 6:02 pm
A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. Alternatively, the phrase denotes a primary advocate of or proponent for a cause or movement.
Comment by rendeto — June 21, 2007 @ 6:28 pm
The term “Nibiru” comes from the Sumerian cuneiform tablets and writings dating 5,000 years old. The term Nibiru means “Planet of the crossing”. According to these theories of Sumerian cosmology, Nibiru was the twelfth member in the solar system family of planets (which includes 10 planets, the Sun, and the Moon).
According to proponents such as renowned historian, Hebrew scholar, author, speaker and archaeologist Zecharia Sitchin and Burak Eldem the Nibiru appearing in Sumerian records correctly refers to a large planetary body. Their research proposes that it possesses a highly elliptical, 3630-year orbit.
Comment by rendeto — June 22, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
WYSIWYG (IPA Pronunciation [wɪziwɪg] or [wiziwɪg]), is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, used in computing to describe a system in which content during editing appears very similar to the final product. It is commonly used for word processors, but has other applications, such as Web (HTML) authoring.
Comment by rendeto — June 25, 2007 @ 1:50 pm
A hybrid vehicle (HV) is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power or fuel sources. The term most commonly refers to Hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) which includes internal combustion engines and electric motors (generally powered by electric batteries or other rechargeable energy storage system -RESS-).
Comment by rendeto — June 25, 2007 @ 1:53 pm
При състоянието на сомати - медитация, отпъждаща отрицателната психическа енергия, човек разбира водещата роля на душата. При дълбоко сомати обмяната на веществата намалява почти до нулата, пулсът и дишането спират, а тялото добива т.нар. каменно състояние. При температура 4 оС (характерна за гробниците в пирамидите, дълбоките бункери и пещерите) в състояние на сомати може да се оцелее дълго и човек да се събуди след години, ако обаче душата му се върне в тялото.
Comment by rendeto — June 25, 2007 @ 1:57 pm
Лаврентий Павлович Берия е съветски политик и началник на съветските тайни служби. Берия е известен като ръководител на организираната от Сталин Голяма чистка през 1930-те, но всъщност той ръководи само заключителната й фаза. Преди да бъде доведен на работа в Москва, през 20-те години на 20 век. той е бил шеф на ГПУ в Грузия, а после секретар на грузинската компартия.
Comment by rendeto — June 25, 2007 @ 1:58 pm
Теософия, (от гръцки език „божествена мъдрост“ или „мъдрост на боговете“), обозначава няколко обществени идеи. Думата била съставена през деветнайсети век от Елена Петровна Блаватска за обозначаване на нейната религиозно-философска доктрина, която поддържа, че всички религии са опити на човечеството да се докоснат до абсолюта, и следователно всяка религия съдържа част от истината. Привържениците на теософията твърдят че “истината” е тази, която създава основите на всички религии. Заявяват, че теософията представя съвременния облик на Санатана Дхарма, “безкрайната истина”, като правилна религия.
Comment by rendeto — June 25, 2007 @ 2:01 pm
Mount Kailash is a peak in the Gangdisê mountains in the Tibet region of China and is considered as a sacred place in four religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bön faith. In Hindu mythology, it is considered to be the abode of Lord Shiva. The mountain lies near Lake Manasarowar and Lake Rakshastal in Tibet.
Comment by rendeto — June 25, 2007 @ 2:02 pm
Окултизмът (от латински occultus - “скрит”, “таен”) е общо наименование на група разнородни мистични течения, поставящи си за цел изследванито на скрита реалност, която не може да бъде обяснена чисто рационално и остава извън обхвата на физическите науки.
Comment by rendeto — June 27, 2007 @ 11:03 am
A general practitioner (GP), family physician or family practitioner (FP) is a physician/medical doctor who provides primary care. A GP/FP treats acute and chronic illnesses, provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. Some also care for hospitalized patients, do minor surgery and/or obstetrics, where they have hospital privileges.
Comment by rendeto — June 28, 2007 @ 5:45 pm
FCL in intermodal freight transport refers to a Full Container Load.
Comment by rendeto — July 5, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
In photography, angle of view describes the angular extent of a given scene that is imaged by a camera. It parallels, and may be used interchangeably with, the more general visual term field of view.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 2:44 pm
Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Baron of Roslin, and Lord of Shetland (c.1345-c.1400), was a Scottish explorer and nobleman. He is sometimes identified by the correct spelling of this surname, Henry St Clair. He was the grandfather of William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, the builder of Rosslyn Chapel. He is also noted for being the subject of legend that he undertook early explorations of Greenland and North America in about the year 1398. According to a biography published many years after his death, he died in battle against English forces around the year 1400.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:09 pm
Албигойският кръстоносен поход (наричан още Катарски кръстоносен поход) (1209–1229) е 20-годишна военна операция, започната от Римската католическа църква с цел да се унищожи ереста на катарите в Лангедок. Историческата му важност се дължи на няколко причини: насилието е крайно дори по средновековните мерки; църквата предлага законно одобрена власт над завзетите земи на благородниците от Северна Франция и краля на Франция (които всъщност служат като католически наемници), с които към Франция се присъединяват райони, които по онова време имат по-близки културни и езикови връзки с Каталония; на края, Албигойският кръстоносен поход изиграва роля в създаването и институционализирането както на Доминиканския орден, така и на Инквизицията.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:10 pm
Oak Island is a 140 acre (570,000 m²) island in Lunenberg County on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Canada. Oak Island is noted as the location of the so-called Money Pit, a site of numerous excavations to recover treasure believed by many to be buried there. The island is privately owned and advance permission is required for any visitation.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
Алцек според Теофан Изповедник е петия син на кан Кубрат. След разпадането на Велика България с част от прабългарите се заселват в земите на Лангобардското кралство. По-късно са прогонени от там и една малка група от тези българи се заселват в около Равена - днешна Италия.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
A cross screen filter, also known as a star filter, creates a star pattern, in which lines radiate outward from bright objects. The star pattern is generated by a very fine diffraction grating embedded in the filter, or sometimes by the use of prisms in the filter. The number of stars varies by the construction of the filter, as does the number of points each star has.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
Giovanni da Verrazzano (c. 1485 – c. 1528) was an Italian explorer of North America, in the service of the French crown. He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between South Carolina and Newfoundland in 1524.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:43 pm
An Earl or Jarl was an Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian title, meaning “chieftain” and it referred especially to chieftains set to rule a territory in a king’s stead. In Scandinavia, it became obsolete in the Middle Ages, and replaced with duke (hertig/hertug), whereas, in Britain, it became synonymous with the continental count.
Today, an earl is a member of the British peerage and ranks below a Marquess and above a Viscount. Since there is no feminine form of Earl, the wife of an Earl bears the rank of Countess (the continental equivalent).
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:45 pm
Wratten numbers are a labeling system for optical filters, usually for photographic use.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist, but is best known as a philosophical advocate and defender of the scientific revolution.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:55 pm
Birefringence, or double refraction, is the decomposition of a ray of light into two rays (the ordinary ray and the extraordinary ray) when it passes through certain types of material, such as calcite crystals or white carbon, depending on the polarization of the light. This effect can occur only if the structure of the material is anisotropic.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:55 pm
Anisotropy is the property of being directionally dependent, as opposed to isotropy, which means homogeneity in all directions. It can be defined as a difference in a physical property (absorbance, refractive index, density, etc.) for some material when measured along different axes.
Comment by rendeto — July 12, 2007 @ 3:56 pm
The Newport Tower is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island (USA). The accepted explanation of its origin is that it was a mill built in the mid 17th century. However, some historians, as well as amateur researchers, have claimed that it is several centuries older, thus being evidence of a pre-Columbian settlement in New England.
Comment by rendeto — July 20, 2007 @ 1:55 pm
A flash mob (or inexplicable mob) is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a brief period of time, then quickly disperse.
Comment by rendeto — July 23, 2007 @ 1:13 pm
A dark frame is a photography technique to identify noise in a CCD imaging device. This is done by recording without exposing the CCD, usually by leaving the shutter closed and putting the CCD in a dark room. These “dark frames” are then subtracted from subsequent images to correct for extraneous noise in the CCD. The noise is often caused by hot pixels. Hot pixels are sensors on the CCD with higher than normal charge leakage. On long exposure, they can appear as bright pixels.
Sensors on the CCD that always appears as brighter pixels are called stuck pixels while sensors that only brighten up after long exposure, are called hot pixels.
Comment by rendeto — July 23, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) is a type of legal entity very common in Germany (where it was created in 1892), Austria (adopted in 1906), Switzerland, and other Central European countries.
Comment by rendeto — August 1, 2007 @ 5:27 pm
CMYK (short for cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (Black), and often referred to as process color or four color) is a subtractive color model, used in color printing, also used to describe the printing process itself. The CMYK model works by partially or entirely masking certain colors on the typically white background (that is, absorbing particular wavelengths of light). Such a model is called subtractive because inks “subtract” brightness from white.
In additive color models such as RGB, white is the “additive” combination of all primary colored lights, while black is the absence of light. In the CMYK model, it is just the opposite: white is the natural color of the paper or other background, while black results from a full combination of colored inks. To save money on ink, and to produce deeper black tones, unsaturated and dark colors are produced by substituting black ink for the combination of cyan, magenta and yellow.
Comment by rendeto — August 1, 2007 @ 5:28 pm
A moiré pattern (IPA: [mwɑː] or [ˈmwɑːreɪ]) is an interference pattern created, for example, when two grids are overlaid at an angle, or when they have slightly different mesh sizes.
Moiré patterns are often an undesired artifact of images produced by various digital imaging and computer graphics techniques, for example when scanning a halftone picture or ray tracing a checkered plane. This cause of moiré is a special case of aliasing, due to undersampling a fine regular pattern.
Comment by rendeto — August 20, 2007 @ 4:40 pm
Emo (pronounced /ˈiːmoʊ/) is a somewhat ambiguous slang term most frequently used to describe or refer to a fashion, style, or attitude linked to post-hardcore. Emo may also describe emo music or a general emotional state (as in to “feel emo”). It is also (sometimes pejoratively) used to identify someone who fits a particular emo stereotype or category or someone who is overly-emotional.
When referring to a person’s personality and attitude, most definitions of emo hold that an emo person is emotionally candid, sensitive, shy, introverted, glum, and quiet. Depressed and broken-hearted are sometimes used to describe the emo personality. Emo music and poetry contain multiple references to unrequited love, emotional and relationship problems. Being melodramatic or overly emotional is also often associated with being emo.
By almost all current definitions, Emo clothing is characterized by tight jeans on males and females alike, long fringe (bangs) brushed to one side of the face or over one or both eyes, dyed black, straightened hair, tight t-shirts which often bear the names of rock bands (or other designed shirts), studded belts, belt buckles, canvas sneakers or skate shoes or other black shoes (often old and beaten up) and, if they wear glasses, they will often be thick, black horn-rimmed glasses.
Comment by rendeto — August 23, 2007 @ 11:57 am
The walk of shame refers to any phenomenon in which a person has to take a walk in front of strangers or peers for an embarrassing reason before reaching a place of privacy. Most commonly, it occurs the morning after a night out at a bar or a dance club or a party. People undertaking the walk of shame are understood to have spent the night at the house or apartment or dorm of a sexual partner, particularly a one night stand. Due to this, they can be recognized by the fact that they are still wearing the clothes they wore the night before, have disheveled “bed head” or “sex head” hair, If they are a woman might have smudged makeup on their face, smell like cigarettes and/or booze, and are often suffering from a hangover due to excessive alcohol or drug intake from the previous night.
Comment by rendeto — August 27, 2007 @ 1:01 pm
Carpe diem is a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace (Odes 1.11). It is popularly translated as seize the day, although a more literal translation of “carpe” would be “pluck” (pluck the day), as in the picking or plucking of fruit.
Comment by rendeto — August 28, 2007 @ 4:52 pm
The Hilton Quota is the informal name of the Tariff Quota regulated by the Commission Regulation (EC) No 936/97 of 27 May 1997 for the European Union. It consists of a quota of 58,100 tonnes of high-quality fresh, chilled and frozen beef. The suppliers are Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The Hilton Quota beef enjoys a duty preference vis-à-vis the European Union Most Favoured Nation import regime.
Comment by rendeto — September 2, 2007 @ 8:48 pm
The Holga is an inexpensive, medium format 120 film toy camera, originating in Germany, that later came to be appreciated for its low-fidelity aesthetic.
The Holga’s cheap construction and simple meniscus lens often yields pictures that display vignetting, blur, light leaks, and other distortions. Ironically, the camera’s quality problems became a virtue among some photographers, with Holga photos winning awards and competitions in art and news photography.
Comment by rendeto — September 5, 2007 @ 4:40 pm
The bench press is a form of weightlifting which primarily focuses on the development of the pectoralis major muscle as well as other supporting muscles. The lifter lies on his/her back on a bench while pushing up and lowering down a weighted bar directly above the chest. While the exercise is primarily intended for the development of the chest, or pectoral muscles, it also helps develop the anterior deltoids, serratus anterior, coracobrachialis, as well as the triceps.
Comment by rendeto — October 10, 2007 @ 4:58 pm
Wicca is a nature-based religion found in various countries throughout the world. It was first popularized in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant. He claimed that the religion, of which he was an initiate, was a modern survival of an old witchcraft religion, which had existed in secret for hundreds of years, originating in the pre-Christian Paganism of Europe.
Comment by rendeto — October 17, 2007 @ 11:26 am
Бактрия е историческа област, обхващаща днешен Северен Афганистан, в части от планините Памир и Хиндукуш и на запад от тях. Областта Бактрия е свързана с една от съвременните теории за произхода на българския народ. В този контекст тя е наричана Балхара. Според Петър Добрев с „Балх“ и „Балхар“ в индийския религиозен епос Махабхарата е обозначаван народът „бългх“, заради липсата или трудност при използването на звука „ъ“ в произнасянето и записването на „българи“. Оттук се извежда хипотезата, че това е най-старата известна родина на прабългарите.
Comment by rendeto — October 18, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, a Bézier curve is a parametric curve important in computer graphics. Generalizations of Bézier curves to higher dimensions are called Bézier surfaces, of which the Bézier triangle is a special case.
Comment by rendeto — November 6, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
A White Russian is a sweet cocktail made from vodka, coffee liqueur (e.g., Kahlúa or Tia Maria), and cream served in an old-fashioned glass with ice. Milk is often used as a substitute for cream.
Comment by rendeto — November 8, 2007 @ 1:51 pm
Каган или хаган, хакан, кехан е върховен титул на владетелите от Pax Nomadica, засвидетелстван първо при древните монголи - сянбийци и жужани (руран), а впоследствие и при тюрки, уйгури, киргизи, хазари, авари, тюргеши и дори руси. При Махмуд Кашгари (XI в.), неговото значение е предадено като “хан на хановете”, т.е. е съответствало на “император”.
Comment by rendeto — November 21, 2007 @ 2:38 pm
Asphyxiophilia, erotic asphyxiation, or breath control play, is the practice of intentionally reducing the amount of oxygen to the brain during sexual stimulation in order to heighten the received pleasure from orgasm.
Comment by rendeto — November 26, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
ЕСГРАОН е абревиатура на Единна система за гражданска регистрация и административно обслужване на населението, създадена през 1977 г. с постановление на Министерския съвет на Република България.
Представлява национална автоматизирана информационна система, която съдържа официални данни за всеки гражданин, разпределени в 21 категории. Поддържа се от Главна дирекция “Гражданска регистрация и административно обслужване” (ГРАО) на Министерството на регионалното развитие и благоустройството.
Comment by rendeto — November 26, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
Бръснач на О̀кам е най-разпространеното наименование на принципа за простотата в науката. Съгласно този принцип от множеството теории, които обясняват един и същ проблем, за предпочитане е най-простата.
Comment by rendeto — December 20, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
Доминион (англ. dominion, от лат. dominium — владение) — фактически независимое государство в составе Британской империи (позднее — в составе Британского Содружества), признающее главой государства британского монарха, представленного в доминионе генерал-губернатором.
Comment by rendeto — January 9, 2008 @ 5:24 pm
Leet (written 31337, 1337, and l33t), or Leetspeak, is a written argot used primarily on the Internet, which uses various combinations of alphanumerics to replace Latinate letters. The term is derived from the word “elite”, and the usage it describes is a specialized form of shorthand.
Comment by rendeto — April 3, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
Звездата от Вергина или Звездата от Кутлеш (среща се и като Слънцето от Вергина/Кутлеш, на гръцки: Ήλιος της Βεργίνας, Илиос тис Вергинас, на македонски книжовен език: Ѕвездата од Кутлеш, Сонцето од Кутлеш) е символ, който представлява стилизирана звезда със шестнадесет лъча. Открита е при археологически разкопки в околностите на село Вергина (бивше Кутлеш), Северна Гърция, изобразена върху златния ларнакс, намерен от проф. Манолис Андроникос през 1977 в царска гробница от времето на Антична Македония.
Comment by rendeto — April 17, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
Candid photography is photography that focuses on spontaneity rather than technique, on the immersion of a camera within events rather than focusing on setting up a staged situation or on preparing a lengthy camera setup.
Comment by rendeto — April 18, 2008 @ 3:04 pm
Три събития от чешката история са известни като Пражки дефенестрации (от латински, изхвърляне през прозореца).
Първа Пражка дефенестрация се нарича убийството на седем члена на градския съвет на Прага от тълпа радикални хусити на 30 юли 1419 г. Малко след това започват Хуситските войни, които продължават до 1436 г.
Втората Пражка дефенестрация поставя началото на Тридесетгодишната война през 1618 г. След избора на Фердинанд II за император на Свещената Римска империя, чешките аристократи се разбунтуват. На 23 май 1618 г. неколцина от тях залавят двама императорски управители и един писар и ги изхвърлят през прозорците на Пражкия замък, без да ги наранят сериозно.
Третата дефенестрация става на 10 март 1948 г., когато чехословашкият външен министър Ян Масарик, последният несоциалистически член на правителството, е намерен мъртъв под прозорците на Външното министерство в Прага. Спекулациите около смъртта му продължават и днес, въпреки че няма доказателства за участието или неучастието на правителството.
Comment by rendeto — May 21, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
Baalbek is a town in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, situated east of the Litani River. It is famous for its exquisitely detailed but monumentally scaled temple ruins of the Roman period, when Baalbek, known as Heliopolis was one of the largest sanctuaries in the Empire.
Comment by rendeto — June 18, 2008 @ 11:27 am
Paisley or Paisley pattern is a droplet-shaped vegetal motif of Persian origin, similar to half of the Yin yang symbol, or the leaf of the Indian bodhi tree or the mango tree; or to a leech.
Comment by rendeto — June 27, 2008 @ 10:40 am
Антипапа е термин, с който в католическата религия се означава носител на званието папа, който не е признат от цялата католическа общност. Обикновено въпросът за това, кой от претендентите за папския престол е законния папа и кой антипапата, се решава след „победата“ на привържениците на единия или другия. Относно някои претенденти, спорът не е решен и до днес.
Comment by rendeto — June 28, 2008 @ 1:28 pm
In computing, a hypervisor (also: virtual machine monitor) is a virtualization platform that allows multiple operating systems to run on a host computer at the same time.
Comment by rendeto — July 2, 2008 @ 1:28 am
A mural is a large scale painting that traditionally appeared on any hard surface such as a wall or ceiling. In the present day, a mural can also be painted on a movable surface, such as canvas, muslin or wooden panels and subsequently applied to a permanent surface.