I just returned from 8 days in the Hawaiian islands to find that you must have been there too based on the lessons I missed while I was away. I spent all my time on the small island of Lanai which I recommend if you seek true peace, beauty and relaxation. I can see that you were on Oahu based on the one shot of Diamond Head. Hope you enjoyed yourself.
… well … M should ignore the bit about having no woman to call her special friend. .. and the bit about having no place to go .. and her mother leaving her when she was quite young ..
… apart from that .. it’s sorta about travelling .. isn’t it?
Do a page find by using CTRL-F, then enter, hotfor to locate the paragraph. (I’ts three paragraphs below the video that is in the middle)
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Over the entire campaign, Obama’s channel also drew 116,000 subscribers, a huge base for driving viral hits. During the election homestretch, in fact, Obama had the second most viewed channel on all of YouTube, besting video juggernauts like BritneyTV and the sexy HotForWords channel.
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Waikiki Beach….. I’ve climbed up Diamond Head once when my grandparents were visiting us, over a decade ago. Me and my family have visited Hanauma Bay, a few times in my life, just west of there. Marina, what other tourist attractions have you visited in Hawaii? I’ve been all over Oahu (except for the northern part, such as Turtle Bay) and a few places on the Big Island.
hello everyone! Am i the only person in the world who imagines some pictures of her calendar in order to get over daily busy and hectic days??? looking for people who work more than 15 hours a day while imagining the happiness of getting it.
I work 15 hours a day 2 times a week, other days “only” 11 hours, the only thing I think about is the money I get at the end of month woohoooo yeaaaah lol
Hey Hitoshi “ie” Felicity, Good to see you back on the site. I used to work 24.25 hours per day. Off for 24.25 hours this went on for three days on and off then four days off in a row. I only worked 10 days a month, but I worked a 56 hour work week. I had 4, 4 week vacations per year. Now it’s retirement no more working, just do what I want to.
Marina mentioned the Apple Mac as an alternative to me going through the torture of building my own pc.
well .. i’m still gonna build the pc (i already ordered the case – i just missed delivery) – but it made me think that, when i continue with my website development course, if i’m serious about it, i could do with a mac for checking site presentation. … plus .. i think it might be a good idea to seperate PC workhorse from personal administration .. so the mac would be useful for that ..
Hey Mijj, How about do a video on building your new pc. My Xp machine is custom built, but my Vista machine is a Gateway about 6 months old which makes it now kinda obsolete the way computer fodder goes. That would make for a good viewing.
not so sure about a vid of building it .. good idea, but the practicalities and my inexperience of making vids are too much of a hurdle .. but i’ll take snaps.
how about you vidding your Gatway being destroyed by a sledgehammer!! .. now that would be good viewing!
what torture of building a pc… it takes like 30 minutes ,tops piece of cake lol I just looked at my old pc for an hour orso, so I knew how everything kinda worked , after that i build my onw in 20 minutes and everything worked perfectly.
I saw you wanted to buy the q9950, i’d wait for the new Intel Core i7 ‘Nehalem’ cpu,it will be launched on 17 November. the cheapest one will go for +/- 280 dollars, but it’s alot faster than the current quad cores (almost 50% faster)
If you like MAC,
Just install it on your pc ,and make a dual boot with xp/vista, like I did took some tweaking but now it works perfectly (I have the newest mac osx leopard , so not some old shit)
But I still use xp 99% of the time though……
well .. i’m including the research for the bits .. and finding suppliers .. and so forth in the build time. … plus .. i take time to put down conductive foam and earth it .. and so forth … and if i can find some way to make the experience painful, i will
17 nov for the new cpu? .. hmmm … i shall check that out. But i dont like playing the wait-around-for-the-latest-kit game because it never ends. … if what i chose is suitable, it’ll be suitable even if something better comes up.
i’d like to see your mac installation on your pc. .. do you have pics?
even if i waited for the new processor – i wonder what actual practical difference the new processor would make? … my guess is : not a human-noticable amount.
what torture of building a pc… it takes like 30 minutes ,tops piece of cake lol I just looked at my old pc for an hour orso, so I knew how everything kinda worked , after that i build my onw in 20 minutes and everything worked perfectly.
The cpu used to run faster than 2.33 ghz, but I took it down again, i´ll be overclocking it again when i have some time…..
I don´t know what those procedures were in 2005 …
`even if i waited for the new processor – i wonder what actual practical difference the new processor would make? … my guess is : not a human-noticable amount.`
You get higher frame rates in games , You render videos,pictures,music faster, etc, but if you don´t care about speed why do you want a quad core….. a cheap core 2 duo is more than enough if you just want to do everyday things…..
oh .. i want speed of processing .. but an incremental increase may not be worth the bother.
they say that the new processor preforms 20% better at the same clock rate .. this will be a peak measure .. so, let’s say on average, optimisticaly, the new processor has a 10% improvement in processing at the same clock rate.
this means that, instead of waiting an hour for an array of image files to be processed, i’ll wait 54 mins.
.. that’s not a huge difference.
on the downside .. it’s a brand new architecture .. which means, the first tranche of users will be trialling their new architecture… i like the idea, but, i’m inclined to wait for the second cycle where most of the bugs of teh new architecture are ironed out.
(i’m fighting off my natural nerdyness and desire for the flashiest new tech, and settling for the dull reliability of a marginally slower set of, but well settled, components.)
ps. i wouldn’t be making the effort of building a new pc if i wanted to do everyday things with it.
given the amount of effort this one i’m using had to make to generate simple little animations of a few seconds, then i need a significant improvement in processing if i intend to go further – which i do.
I want to be an ordained minister in the Church of the SubGenius.
["Bob"] is the figurehead.
(A comicbook character who communicates with space aliens and worships money.)
Slack is the style.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius#Slack
The central belief in the Church is the pursuit of Slack, which generally stands for the sense of freedom, independence, and original thinking that comes when you achieve your personal goals.
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The Church encourages originality and frowns on actions seen as pinkness, which happens when one bows down to authority and the accepted limits of society.
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Slack is also about doing nothing and getting what you want anyway.
Hmmm … Slack may be the style, but I don’t need to pursue it, I’ve already achieved it. I don’t believe in Space Aliens (although some people who post on here sometimes make me wonder) and the only subject of my worship is Marina.
Anyway, what’s wrong with pink? (unless it comes from sitting too long in the sun)
No, I’m happy with my gravatar, though, if people are going to associate me with the kind of scatology purveyed by that web site, it might be time for a name change – for them, not me – anyone know a good litigator?
My advice? Create your own salvation and save $5030.
Klaus how do I do a screen shot of my computer. Do I us print screen or is it a different program. If I use print screen I can only figure out how to scroll paint shop up and down but not left and right. I am using Windows xp running firefox 3.0. Thanks for any help.
I’m sure your calendar will be very good (i mean sexy ) but where the word calendar come from ? Thanks for all… I never thought that English studies would be great like now I have you ! (sorry for my English, I come from Belgium)
If she were to visit a topless beach, the video would most likely show only her bare back and a bit of side boob (that is if she decided to go topless).
it’s nearly 2 weeks now since the start of my 1 month hiatus from HotForWords. I think i’m holding up pretty well .. i thought resisting returning to the site would be more of a struggle.
when i was at uni i was freakishly rigorous with my time discipline. i think at least partly due to not being fresh from school like most of the other slackers.
I don’t have to worry too much, as my weeks are flexible for studying… four or five hours a day for classes and the rest of the time is mine. I need the extra time, as my classes are reading intensive. But now I think I’m going to avoid taking my study-breaks here.
After these last few encounters with rosiecheeks, and the racist comment by eisor243357 (above), I think I’ve had enough of this site for awhile. I enjoy bantering back and forth with you Mijj, and many of the other regulars here, like Che, Fianchetto, Alex, Buzz, Chacha, Pagedoll, Capman, Warren, et al. Send me a message on YT if you feel the need to gab with a nutty yank. Perhaps I’ll come back after the holidays.
PD I got to see Skid Row couple years back at a Indian casino, some unsuspecting older folks wander in for the free show; they all stood up for the national anthem but when the rock music started to blast out the speakers they ran for the exits, { fun to watch }
Is it just me or does Marina have a little too much time on her hands…especially for being in Hawaii. She has responded by posting more comments than usual lately. Looks like somebody is a vacation hermit!
I want to recommend two things for you to see, Marina. One is Ewa beach to the west of Pearl Harbor. It’s used by the military and their families, but there is nothing stopping anyone from going there. I went there in the middle of a work day and it was absolutely empty! Can you imagine how much that beach is worth by the square foot? It was deserted and the showers stood unused. It was in January; the temperature was so perfect and the quality of the air was so delicious that I wanted to take a bread knife, cut out a cubic foot of air and take it back home to Sacramento, where it was raining. Unfortunately, I had no knife.
Next is the submarine museum. It was inside the Navy base then, so the public couldn’t go. Now they have moved it next door to the Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. You can look through a real sub periscope, adjusting the focus, etc. as though you were going to put a torpedo into a nearby neighborhood home*. In the harbor, behind the museum (where it was when I was there) is a real WWII diesel fleet sub, with its nose up on the shore. There are stairs (companionways in Navy speak) cut into the deck, so you don’t have to slither down ladders like in the movies. I was there in the middle of a workday and there was nobody there except one docent**. (Are you starting to see a pattern here? If you go to the right place at the right time, you have things all to yourself.)
The bunks were stacked three high and there was a seat for a guy whose entire job was waking people up to man their watch — a human alarm clock. The torpedo tubes up front had their sides just covered in levers, gears, bicycle chains and all sorts of jimcrackery, all of which interlocked the inner doors with the outer doors, so that it was physically impossible to open both at the same time (a definite no-no!).
The conning tower, where the radar set, the torpedo-firing computer and other nasty things are manned during an attack, is a pressure vessel about 8′ in diameter by 11′ long mounted on the top of the sub over the control room. I was told seven people squeezed in there. It is normally off limits, because the public isn’t allowed to climb ladders, but as we were alone, I got to see it***. I noted the radar set waveguide that had to carry the microwaves up to the antenna had to withstand the terrible pressure of the see and still allow the antenna to rotate. It was made of shiny brass about the same cross section as pack of gum (if it’s in the Navy and it is brass, it is polished!). It looked like it was hand made, not a production item.
Besides the big, round scope with the line sweeping around like you see on TV, there is a two-inch backup scope where the operator must imagine the sweeping; it shows only a straight line. Because they were required to have it, it was mounted near the floor in the foreward torpedo room. I thought it a great Navy joke, because nobody in their right mind would lie on the floor to use the ancient thing.
You get to see the four big diesels in the engine rooms (and a machinist’s lathe squeezed in), the manuevering room, their break room (which was pretty big compared to the captain’s tiny cabin) and anything you want. I hope you can go see it. It was $3 back then, so it will be reasonable now.
*I think you, looking through the scope with a Navy hat turned backwards, would make a great publicity still. If you can video it, you could say “fire!” like you are shooting two uh, nice torpedos.
**Now there’s a word request.
***Can you imagine a docent, if you were alone, denying you the right to climb up the ladder while he stood below and watched you? Not in this life!
They both stand on sticks, i get that.
Edgar Poe wrote on them, i kinda get that.
Because they both have a B and neither of them have an N…i don’t get that!!!!!!!!!!???? DO U MARINA???
I bet she finds a LOT of new men
Do you think jim-jim knows he is the new
man, yet? Maybe we should tell him,
just to see if he knows anything about it
I’ve got a few ideas about what to do with
her number – LOL! Prolly just piss off her
pimp boyfriend, though.
uGGG. not fair. what about horse shit??? or ape shit??? those other two are used as well, horse shit is used more commonly than ape shit, and bull shit is used more commonly than horse shit. I can’t believe Marina still hasn’t done the word that means ‘phobia of long words’. THAT’S APE SHIT!!!!
Don’t forget rat and bat, not to mention cat. Hey! You know there has to be spider, doesn’t there? But you never see spider. Probably that’s good thing, because if it was big enough to see, you be should looking out over your shoulder for something very, very scary.
OK, love – I’m envious of your Hawaiian vacation, but you go, girl! You’ve earned it as far as I’m concerned, and I hope you make it at least an annual tradition for yourself! {perhaps not so envious of the vacation itself, but rather of the individual operating the camera… }
Is Waikiki beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, friend… the hill in the background of the wide shot is Diamond head Volcano I leave Marina herself to comment on those other two mountains you mention…
Hey! Did you know you are Rosie’s “new man”?
LMAO! Here’s the quote from when she broke it off
with Chevolay:
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rosiecheeks replied on November 5th, 2008 11:44 pm:
i dnt care if u dnt talk to me anymore, i found a new man. his name is mijj. and don’t private call my number. you’re dead to me.
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Meanwhile, she’s posting cutsie wutsie to every man
in the room she hasn’t already offended – LOL!
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She also keeps posting to Marina… (AC/DC?)
Hi Marina good video you looked so pretty WOW You look like you are having a very nice time Happy for you. Have you went out and try ed to surf yet. I would like to see you in the new Hawaii five-0 movie have a good time Marine
Oh, nd one other request. I know the meaning of my first name… but I can’t find my middle name anywhere. I dunno if you do names… but is there anyway you could find the origin of the name “Irene” ???
Hello Marina ^^
How are you?
I hope fine, well I have been your fan since this year and I think what you do is wonderful! You show that being a beautiful woman doesn’t mean that you are not smart. Its a honor to be writing this knowing that you will read it
Well I am also here because I would like to ask you the origin of the phrase “I am keen to…” for example “I am very keen to have the opportunity to study Russian” well…also I would like to know where “Fan” comes from I think is a short version of Fanatic or something lol.
Hey mijj, I’m embarassed, I called Marina a “Minx” quite a while ago… I thought it was kinda cute like the “minks”… Had a wild one running around inside my place, couldn’t get it out & yes, it was “impishly mischievous”. Cute, but dangerous. Called “Animal control” to get it out & they said it would probably have attacked & done some serous damage if I’d gotten to close. Come to think of it, not embarassed anymore.
James, the CoComment contest page has been pulled for about a day now. My guess is that they are now tallying the results. They have a blog where they will be posting the result. I’ll let you know when I see the results posted.
from the bit further down … re your bit about conformity:
it just inspired this bit of 1984 style sloganeering:
“conformity is comfortable!”
i don’t think conformity and taking people’s feelings into account correlates well … for instance .. take the general ease of the conforming masses getting in line with insulting and denigrating islaam, whilst at the same time turning a blind eye to the mass murder of muslims by the wonderfully moral and righteous christian west.
Again, I agree. I am an avowed nonconformist, but I do not go around intentionally throwing insults at people. Sometimes, though, I must choose between sparing someone’s feelings and doing what I think is right.
But the point I tried (and failed miserably, it seems) to make is that certain words are made taboo simply by popular consensus. Some words do have a negative history, such as many racial epithets. Some symbols, likewise have an understandable negativity (swastikas). Most of the time, though, “they” decide it is just a bad word. If I do not have any purpose to “ass” instead of “rump,” then I will try to accomodate. Like I said, it does not always make sense.
oh sure .. it looks like the way language evolves is just as nonsensical as the way animals evolve.
well .. there must be some impetus for a particular word to become taboo .. there are probably a number of possible reasons, but it doesn’t seem likely that there’s a consensus without an underlying cause for that consensus.
Aha! I finally get to disagree with you. I have been patiently waiting. I believe, sir, that you place entirely too much confidence in the masses. Did we see an underlying cause for plaid to become fashionable (other than Kurt Cobain)? Did Disco have an underlying cause, except that infernal beat that even the whitest of us could “dance” to? Entirely too often, people herd together for no apparent reason other than to herd together.
After shaking my mind free from that mesmerizing figure you have, I noticed you were at Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head in the background.
I was wondering if you could check something out for me.
Lay down on your towel (tummy in the air) with your head pointing at Diamond Head. Push your upper body up with your arms and lean your head back as far as it can go. Diamond Head should look upside down. Try to find the center most point and fix your eyes a little towards the city side of the middle. It would be about 45 palm trees I reckon.
Take a mental note of this exact spot and squint real hard and you’ll see a Big Rock with sand around it. Once you see this… could you walk over there and see if there is a bag of “Maui Wowie” still there. It should be on the west side of the Big Rock about 14 feet up. I ditched it back in 1981 and was wondering if it was still there. If so, YOU CAN HAVE IT!.
Good one, Che. Dictionary.com did not have it, and Google lent no results. It looks real, it sounds like a word, it sounds linguistic … but … what? What is that smell?
…it’s a word I made up, it should be in Urban Dictionary,
ospis = visual, articulate = speaking clearly….. so it’s talking with your eyes or facial expression; like a cartoon character or an emoticon
Wouldn’t “Drinking with your eyes” be more appropriate?
Mine are ospispissedasanewt and getting cold – they need to be put back in their sockets for a sleep and a dream.
Milaya Marina,
OK, no intellectualism in this video, just beauty for its own sake. Bolshoi spasibo!
Onward: a word request, in response to Ps and Qs (pints and quarts) (which I saw on YouTube but can’t find here.)
Three phrases that supposedly originated at about the same time as Ps and Qs:
–sleep tight
–bum’s rush
–chew the fat
If you like, I’ll send the stories I heard about how these phrases started.
One more: “Man alive!” as an exclamation of astonishment. I have some evidence that the phrase originated in Wales.
Rabbit
Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!
Alice
Curiouser and curiouser!
Alice
I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is ‘Who in the world am I?’ Ah, that’s the great puzzle!
Eaglet
Speak English! I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and I don’t believe you do either!
Alice
I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, Sir, because I’m not myself you see.
The Duchess
If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.
Alice
If it had grown up, it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.
The Cat
We’re all mad here.
The Hatter
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
The Hatter
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you’re at.
The Queen
Off with her head!
The Duchess
Tut, tut, child! Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.
The Duchess
Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.
The Mock Turtle
We called him Tortoise because he taught us.
The Mock Turtle
Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with, and then the different branches of arithmetic — Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.
The Mock Turtle
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
The King
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Alice
I don’t believe there’s an atom of meaning in it.
The Queen
Sentence first — verdict afterwards.
Alice
You’re nothing but a pack of cards!
Alice
But then, shall I never get any older than I am now? That’ll be a comfort, one way — never to be an old woman — but then — always to have lessons to learn!
Alice
A cat may look at a king. I’ve read that in some book, but I don’t remember where.
Alice
I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can’t quite follow it as you say it.
The Duchess
That’s nothing to what I could say if I chose.
The Queen
Now, I give you fair warning, either you or your head must be off, and that in about half no time! Take your choice!
Alice
If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?
Alice
It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.
Doorknob
Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.
Mad Hatter
No wonder you’re late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow.
Alice
Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is — oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate!
Alice
It was much pleasanter at home, when one wasn’t always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits.
Alice
Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin; but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever say in my life!
The Duchess
There’s a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is — The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.
The Mock Turtle
What is the use of repeating all that stuff, if you don’t explain it as you go on? It’s by far the most confusing thing I ever heard!
The Mock Turtle
Ah! Then yours wasn’t a really good school. Now at ours they had at the end of the bill. French, music, and washing — extra.
Alice
Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin.
does M really need to be physically located in Horrorwood?
maybe M could do a world tour, doing her vids as she travels.
she could plan her tour according to which of her students would be willing to put up with her as a guest for a week or so while she plans her next stop.
Why don’t you just get a Mac and you will be SOOO happy mijj? I know that you probably have specific reasons for wanting a PC.. but Macs are just SOOO much fun to use! And so productive! I get so much done with my mac… everything I have done with my videos and on my website is done with my mac. Just throwing it out there
well .. i like mac .. but i’m scared .. my pragmatism makes me use a windows machine .. but i always liked the principles and characters behind mac.
… it’s been so long since i used a mac (we had those at work) .. plus .. i’m not sure if the sw i’m used to would run on a mac .. (i use some public domain made stuff for putting together those anim things – and they’re pc only)
.. and part of this is the “fun” of building the pc
- i wouldn’t mind a second type of “pc” though .. i’m on holiday from a website development course, but if i’m to take it seriously then i need to get a mac (if only to validate that stuff i do will look ok on it.)
I Had A Dream…that Obama became president and he made all the white people slaves. I know that’s silly and perhaps it was because Planet of the Apes was on tv not too long ago, but i have faith in Obama. 2 Hoorahs for Obama! None for Obalin.
I agree a million percent! I woke up one day and thought, Oh s&!t, I’m a school teacher, that’s like one step away from being a cop. I have always been a thorn in the Man’s side, and now I work for the Man.
Back to your ideas about why some words are taboo… Is it not the same idea as fashion or pop music. All these are defined by the masses. We can choose to wear what clothes we want or listen to the music of our choice. In the case of language, I choose to not offend others (not on purpose, anyway) unless I see a specific purpose for pissing someone off.
You do not seem like a conformist, but I also get the feeling that you do take other people’s feelings into consideration. It is a bit of a paradoxical conundrum… I think
MARINA!! YOU VIDEO HAS THE WORD FUCK IN IT!! AND I DONT CARE!
Also, I want that calender but I get this
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James, if you want to use Paypal, you’re going to need to wait until the calendar is in stock… sometime in December. Otherwise you’ll need to pay by credit card. Since you’re quite the favored student in Marina’s class, I’m sure that you’ll have no problem getting a signed copy, even if you wait in order to use Paypal.
I believe that Paypal will not allow you to use their service on a product that is not in stock… seems silly to me though… as advance orders are a part of business. Marina will have lots of the calendars, but I believe they are unavailable until December due to the time of printing. You probably will not need to get one sent to her in advance… Marina will need to receive a shipment of 100 and sign them anyway. Ask her if she’ll pick up an extra copy for you. I don’t imagine that she’d say “no” to you.
We do understand you, that’s the problem
It was a lot nicer before you started pandering
your bullshit in here. You invited all the nasty
responses you have gotten with your piss poor
attitudes towards myself and others. Is it your
butterscotch flavored pussy that makes you
so wonderful?? …more cupid stunt bullshit…
Come on up for a visit, show me how to hook the computer up to the bigscreen… even better show me how to use my wife’s new Mac & catch up on the missed vids.
I know how to do that stuff, but a visit would be good.
Thank you for removing the Ads blocking the view of your beautiful… scenery! My Dad spent WWII working inside the mountain behind you! The gossamer strings of your swimsuit were straining… I wonder what a finite elemental analysis (FEA) would reveal, insofar as the maximum loading they could handle -LMAO!
i had a little check on eSATA (for external drive) .. it’s routine working data rate is twice that of peak usb2 data rate.
i think eSATA is the way to to for an external drive. limited to 1m distance max, though. (the motherboard i chose comes with a riser for an eSATA connector).
[Massive Google hard drive survey turns up very interesting things]
failure rates are indeed definitely correlated to drive manufacturer, model, and age; failure rates did not correspond to drive usage except in very young and old drives (i.e. heavy data “grinding” is not a significant factor in failure); and there is less correlation between drive temperature and failure rates than might have been expected, and drives that are cooled excessively actually fail more often than those running a little hot.
The Maxtor 750 OneTouch I recommended to your attention was the best of all worlds BEFORE it went on sale! Down to $89 from $250, fast transfer rate, USB connected external – check it out
Modern Samsung drives are reasonably priced, perform well, and have earned an outstanding reputation for bulletproof reliability. In recent years, Samsung has been the only hard drive maker with sufficient confidence in its products to offer an across the board three year warranty on all products.
Samsung drives are generally regarded as the most reliable hard drives on the market today.
+ checking on forums (after searching on samsung reliability) there’s a consensus that this is borne out and they’re at the quiet end of the alternatives.
so .. Samsung it is .. but .. what size? .. hmmmm …
if anyone has any comment on any of the above, i’m yearning to hear it!
Almost forgot how much I loved watching this video…
2:28 there’s a clue that the cameraman is Marina’s secret lover!
(Oops! I forgot…we’re here to discuss etymology, not to gossip!)
How is Evan…good clue
can you tell me the origin of the word dumb?
Marina
I just returned from 8 days in the Hawaiian islands to find that you must have been there too based on the lessons I missed while I was away. I spent all my time on the small island of Lanai which I recommend if you seek true peace, beauty and relaxation. I can see that you were on Oahu based on the one shot of Diamond Head. Hope you enjoyed yourself.
Senior
Is there any way to *win* a calendar? Grand Prize meet Marina?
Is she wearing those strange swimsuits for us to see ?
http://www.horsetackinternational.com/view_img.php?src=158000.jpg
now a little traveling music Jet Airliner – Steve Miller
this is for Marina .. [canned heat - on the road again]
… well … M should ignore the bit about having no woman to call her special friend. .. and the bit about having no place to go .. and her mother leaving her when she was quite young ..
… apart from that .. it’s sorta about travelling .. isn’t it?
Hi Marina, a Huffington Post article mentioned your name in passing.
Do a page find by using CTRL-F, then enter, hotfor to locate the paragraph. (I’ts three paragraphs below the video that is in the middle)
he bested our Marina? .. how dare he!!
.. this means wa… .. oh .. i can’t be bothered now i’m studying slack.
I think Arianna Huffington is kinda hot.
Plus she has that certain Greek accent.
Of course, Marina has them all beat in every category.
Marina ,you are very beautiful of on your ”My Calendar”..
Wonderful your pictures!
And captain jack if there’s anyone you should ban, it’s cha cha. He’s a disease.
Hmmm…. let’s be fair and take a poll, ok?
Nah! You don’t want to be fair…
HA HA HA HA HA !
Anytime you want to stop, is fine.
Ahhhhh! It is so nice when U R gone
nooooooooooo….!!!! .. M’s coming home!!! … we gotta clean the place up!!
in case you don’t realise how serious this is ..
… look! –> !!!
crikey!! .. yeh! …
… i have to run down there and see if i can rub those … cuh .. cuh … cuh .. {… breaks into a stuttery sweat ..} … vaginas .. {.. whew ..} away!
Don’t forget all those f-words! I’ll see if I get rid of a few to help you out!
Man this is HARD!
Dang Mijj you missed a spot. That’s ok I’ll get it.
aaarrrg that was cat snot on my monitor. {uses cat to clean screen} hehehe
I wonder if we will get a new video, if Marina is on the way home, being she is on the plane and all. She is almost to number 24 on the list.
The TSA guy insisted on a hand search of Marina’s person
…..{ that lilt’ perv }
{ looks like someone cleaned up that eisor }
I can’t blame him, I wouldn’t never wash my hands again.
I’m in too deep to backpeddle now – LOL!
I’m sorry LOL!
Nice vid. I was wondering if you could tell me the origin of the word, “promise.” Thanks.
…..*poof* sublime (verb)
……….sublime scenery ( adj ) as in the above video
i say, chaps! i bought this pen the other day. It writes really well. It writes so well that it kicks a donkey!
…..Zambonie donkey
Oh, just bought the new
HINDERCD (Take It To The Limit album), when it first came out days ago and it kicks ass!why do things that are good have to “kick donkey” .. oh .. sorry .. i mean .. “kick ass”?
poor creatures. Aren’t their lives tough enough?
Waikiki Beach….. I’ve climbed up Diamond Head once when my grandparents were visiting us, over a decade ago. Me and my family have visited Hanauma Bay, a few times in my life, just west of there.
Marina, what other tourist attractions have you visited in Hawaii? I’ve been all over Oahu (except for the northern part, such as Turtle Bay) and a few places on the Big Island.
Dawnbreakz
this is a dumb question .. but .. how do you sign up for twitpic?
(i just saw a gorgeous pic of M (doing the V signs) and have given in to the urge to comment)
i can’t remember how i got onto that twitpic thing now!! .. i’m skeered i wont be able to see that pic again!
… help!!
it’s on the way
mijj, comment away….
http://twitpic.com/jugr
You use the same login & pwd as Twitter
http://twitpic.com/
ok .. i finally figured how to do it .. and now discover M is done with hawaii so .. as always .. i’m arriving as everyone’s leaving!
i discovered the secret was getting a twitter acct.
now for the second half of our music break No Reply – The Beatles
….now is the time we take a music break Roy’s Toy – Jeff Beck
we take music breaks here? sweet!
…that’s right sweetcheeks music breaks are in between recess and nap time
nice bit of music!
…watch this video again now I need a cold shower
after watching that red dress wavy hair vid, i needed sand-blasting, mate.
wow
hello everyone! Am i the only person in the world who imagines some pictures of her calendar in order to get over daily busy and hectic days??? looking for people who work more than 15 hours a day while imagining the happiness of getting it.
I work 15 hours a day 2 times a week, other days “only” 11 hours, the only thing I think about is the money I get at the end of month
woohoooo yeaaaah lol
Hey Hitoshi “ie” Felicity, Good to see you back on the site. I used to work 24.25 hours per day. Off for 24.25 hours this went on for three days on and off then four days off in a row. I only worked 10 days a month, but I worked a 56 hour work week. I had 4, 4 week vacations per year. Now it’s retirement no more working, just do what I want to.
This video makes me think of Baywatch. Is that a good thing?
Something like this?
Yes, particularly the walking/running scenes.
Or maybe more like THIS!
Man that’s just gross, I got a suit just like that
Word Request
Vice
Good morning!
O Dduw, pam wnaethost Ti
Angeles mor brydferth ac ifanc
A fi yn hen wr?
Dude! Keep yer eyes open when you type! LOL
(Gaelic?…I guess)
Cha Cha I looked through the translator and couldn’t figure out the language.
Cymraeg, better known as Welsh.
“O God, why didst Thou make
an angel so beautiful and young
and me, an old man?”
That’s a beautiful saying Evan. Thanks.
Marina mentioned the Apple Mac as an alternative to me going through the torture of building my own pc.
well .. i’m still gonna build the pc (i already ordered the case – i just missed delivery) – but it made me think that, when i continue with my website development course, if i’m serious about it, i could do with a mac for checking site presentation. … plus .. i think it might be a good idea to seperate PC workhorse from personal administration .. so the mac would be useful for that ..
.. so with that in mind .. i think a nice mac could be one of the new 13″ macbooks.
http://www.apple.com/uk/macbook/
(i’ll put this to more detailed serious consideration after my new pc is up and running and routinely working)
Hey Mijj, How about do a video on building your new pc. My Xp machine is custom built, but my Vista machine is a Gateway about 6 months old which makes it now kinda obsolete the way computer fodder goes. That would make for a good viewing.
not so sure about a vid of building it .. good idea, but the practicalities and my inexperience of making vids are too much of a hurdle .. but i’ll take snaps.
how about you vidding your Gatway being destroyed by a sledgehammer!! .. now that would be good viewing!
what torture of building a pc… it takes like 30 minutes ,tops
piece of cake lol 
I just looked at my old pc for an hour orso, so I knew how everything kinda worked , after that i build my onw in 20 minutes and everything worked perfectly.
I saw you wanted to buy the q9950, i’d wait for the new Intel Core i7 ‘Nehalem’ cpu,it will be launched on 17 November. the cheapest one will go for +/- 280 dollars, but it’s alot faster than the current quad cores (almost 50% faster)
If you like MAC,
took some tweaking but now it works perfectly 
(I have the newest mac osx leopard , so not some old shit)
Just install it on your pc ,and make a dual boot with xp/vista, like I did
But I still use xp 99% of the time though……
well .. i’m including the research for the bits .. and finding suppliers .. and so forth in the build time. … plus .. i take time to put down conductive foam and earth it .. and so forth … and if i can find some way to make the experience painful, i will
17 nov for the new cpu? .. hmmm … i shall check that out. But i dont like playing the wait-around-for-the-latest-kit game because it never ends. … if what i chose is suitable, it’ll be suitable even if something better comes up.
i’d like to see your mac installation on your pc. .. do you have pics?
even if i waited for the new processor – i wonder what actual practical difference the new processor would make? … my guess is : not a human-noticable amount.
how do you make a screenshot in mac
lol .. now you’ve got me thinking in bursts …
… i think the simplest way to make a noticable difference in using the pc would be to use a Solid State Drive for the main drive.
you could use a camera, fox – do it the crude, unsophisticated way.
yeh .. but you’re a genius an’ i’m a grunt.
http://d.imagehost.org/view/0125/Picture_6.png
mac
no pic turning up ..
.. is this a pic showing a mac OS running on a random intel box?
http://d.imagehost.org/view/0125/Picture_6.jpg = mac osx leopard , does this one work?
ok .. i get the pic by scraping the adr off the screen and getting to it that way .. wont come up direct from the link here for some reason.
.. ok .. that’s pretty good .. so you managed to install a mac OS onto your windows machine.
i saw some instructions for doing that dated around 2005 .. i assumed apple would have tightened up security and made it much more difficult.
would you be able to use the same procedure to install any version of a mac OS?
http://d.imagehost.org/0594/pc.jpg = XP
i see this pic .. i assume this is vista (never having bothered with vista, i’m guessing) … unless it’s xp with a vista ui on top.
it’s xp, it kinda looks like vista, yes.
MAC osx leopard
so why isn’t M offering to bear your children?
that’s pretty good … worth chasing up.
can you get the mac os and xp to operate simultaneously … i guess you’d need to have one in a virtual machine for that.
The cpu used to run faster than 2.33 ghz, but I took it down again, i´ll be overclocking it again when i have some time…..
I don´t know what those procedures were in 2005 …
`even if i waited for the new processor – i wonder what actual practical difference the new processor would make? … my guess is : not a human-noticable amount.`
You get higher frame rates in games , You render videos,pictures,music faster, etc, but if you don´t care about speed why do you want a quad core….. a cheap core 2 duo is more than enough if you just want to do everyday things…..
oh .. i want speed of processing .. but an incremental increase may not be worth the bother.
they say that the new processor preforms 20% better at the same clock rate .. this will be a peak measure .. so, let’s say on average, optimisticaly, the new processor has a 10% improvement in processing at the same clock rate.
this means that, instead of waiting an hour for an array of image files to be processed, i’ll wait 54 mins.
.. that’s not a huge difference.
on the downside .. it’s a brand new architecture .. which means, the first tranche of users will be trialling their new architecture… i like the idea, but, i’m inclined to wait for the second cycle where most of the bugs of teh new architecture are ironed out.
(i’m fighting off my natural nerdyness and desire for the flashiest new tech, and settling for the dull reliability of a marginally slower set of, but well settled, components.)
oh .. and quad core because i intend to run XP as a virtual machine from within Kubuntu.
ps. i wouldn’t be making the effort of building a new pc if i wanted to do everyday things with it.
given the amount of effort this one i’m using had to make to generate simple little animations of a few seconds, then i need a significant improvement in processing if i intend to go further – which i do.
["Bob"] is the figurehead.
(A comicbook character who communicates with space aliens and worships money.)
Slack is the style.
is this the true religion for HFWers?
for a mere $30 i can buy eternal salvation here …
http://www.subgenius.com/scatalog/membership.htm
Hey Bob, I see an oppty for a new gravatar.
“Slack is the style.”
Dang right, that’s why I run SlackWare
Hmmm … Slack may be the style, but I don’t need to pursue it, I’ve already achieved it. I don’t believe in Space Aliens (although some people who post on here sometimes make me wonder) and the only subject of my worship is Marina.
(unless it comes from sitting too long in the sun)
Anyway, what’s wrong with pink?
No, I’m happy with my gravatar, though, if people are going to associate me with the kind of scatology purveyed by that web site, it might be time for a name change – for them, not me – anyone know a good litigator?
My advice? Create your own salvation and save $5030.
according to this vid ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt9MP70ODNw&fmt=18
“.. eternal salvation or triple your money back!”
that sounds like a good deal to me!
.. master plan =
1. build pc
2. find $30 and become an ordained minister!
Klaus how do I do a screen shot of my computer. Do I us print screen or is it a different program. If I use print screen I can only figure out how to scroll paint shop up and down but not left and right. I am using Windows xp running firefox 3.0. Thanks for any help.
I’m sure your calendar will be very good (i mean sexy
) but where the word calendar come from ? Thanks for all… I never thought that English studies would be great like now I have you ! (sorry for my English, I come from Belgium)
your english is better’n mine .. (i’m originally from Yorkshire, which should explains that).
Hey Vin-100, your word request would make an excellent word for a video. I second you request as probably a lot of people would like to know.
Votre anglais, c’est meilleur que notre francais, and I haven’t a clue about Flemish (other than it looks like Dutch).
Flemish is like a mix between Dutch, frensh and Luxembourger… So not easy
^^. Otherwise, thanks for the compliments ! 
is it true that the next video of Marina will be of her visiting the topless beach?
Agreed
If she were to visit a topless beach, the video would most likely show only her bare back and a bit of side boob (that is if she decided to go topless).
or .. M would be topless .. but she’d be holding the camera and filming her topless guy.
it’s nearly 2 weeks now since the start of my 1 month hiatus from HotForWords. I think i’m holding up pretty well .. i thought resisting returning to the site would be more of a struggle.
I have my studies to complete, and still haven’t been able to stay away… at least while on break.
how do you arrange your studies?
when i was at uni i was freakishly rigorous with my time discipline. i think at least partly due to not being fresh from school like most of the other slackers.
I don’t have to worry too much, as my weeks are flexible for studying… four or five hours a day for classes and the rest of the time is mine. I need the extra time, as my classes are reading intensive. But now I think I’m going to avoid taking my study-breaks here.
After these last few encounters with rosiecheeks, and the racist comment by eisor243357 (above), I think I’ve had enough of this site for awhile. I enjoy bantering back and forth with you Mijj, and many of the other regulars here, like Che, Fianchetto, Alex, Buzz, Chacha, Pagedoll, Capman, Warren, et al. Send me a message on YT if you feel the need to gab with a nutty yank. Perhaps I’ll come back after the holidays.
my bet is .. when you need to get a complete short holiday from the turgid grid of study, this place’d be useful.
and the studies will be useful to get a break from here!!
and .. i suspect rosie and eisor may be the same person.
i’ll be in touch via YT, don’t you worry.
see ya later.
Damn I wish I was still in Hawai’i. I remember many days on that beach. Should have never left.
I would like to REQUEST the phrase, ’slave to the grind’ . Where did it come from? Who started it? Just wondering
Or for that matter, what’s the origin of “Skid Row”?
PD I got to see Skid Row couple years back at a Indian casino, some unsuspecting older folks wander in for the free show; they all stood up for the national anthem but when the rock music started to blast out the speakers they ran for the exits, { fun to watch }
Is it just me or does Marina have a little too much time on her hands…especially for being in Hawaii. She has responded by posting more comments than usual lately. Looks like somebody is a vacation hermit!
I want to recommend two things for you to see, Marina. One is Ewa beach to the west of Pearl Harbor. It’s used by the military and their families, but there is nothing stopping anyone from going there. I went there in the middle of a work day and it was absolutely empty! Can you imagine how much that beach is worth by the square foot? It was deserted and the showers stood unused. It was in January; the temperature was so perfect and the quality of the air was so delicious that I wanted to take a bread knife, cut out a cubic foot of air and take it back home to Sacramento, where it was raining. Unfortunately, I had no knife.
Next is the submarine museum. It was inside the Navy base then, so the public couldn’t go. Now they have moved it next door to the Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. You can look through a real sub periscope, adjusting the focus, etc. as though you were going to put a torpedo into a nearby neighborhood home*. In the harbor, behind the museum (where it was when I was there) is a real WWII diesel fleet sub, with its nose up on the shore. There are stairs (companionways in Navy speak) cut into the deck, so you don’t have to slither down ladders like in the movies. I was there in the middle of a workday and there was nobody there except one docent**. (Are you starting to see a pattern here? If you go to the right place at the right time, you have things all to yourself.)
The bunks were stacked three high and there was a seat for a guy whose entire job was waking people up to man their watch — a human alarm clock. The torpedo tubes up front had their sides just covered in levers, gears, bicycle chains and all sorts of jimcrackery, all of which interlocked the inner doors with the outer doors, so that it was physically impossible to open both at the same time (a definite no-no!).
The conning tower, where the radar set, the torpedo-firing computer and other nasty things are manned during an attack, is a pressure vessel about 8′ in diameter by 11′ long mounted on the top of the sub over the control room. I was told seven people squeezed in there. It is normally off limits, because the public isn’t allowed to climb ladders, but as we were alone, I got to see it***. I noted the radar set waveguide that had to carry the microwaves up to the antenna had to withstand the terrible pressure of the see and still allow the antenna to rotate. It was made of shiny brass about the same cross section as pack of gum (if it’s in the Navy and it is brass, it is polished!). It looked like it was hand made, not a production item.
Besides the big, round scope with the line sweeping around like you see on TV, there is a two-inch backup scope where the operator must imagine the sweeping; it shows only a straight line. Because they were required to have it, it was mounted near the floor in the foreward torpedo room. I thought it a great Navy joke, because nobody in their right mind would lie on the floor to use the ancient thing.
You get to see the four big diesels in the engine rooms (and a machinist’s lathe squeezed in), the manuevering room, their break room (which was pretty big compared to the captain’s tiny cabin) and anything you want. I hope you can go see it. It was $3 back then, so it will be reasonable now.
*I think you, looking through the scope with a Navy hat turned backwards, would make a great publicity still. If you can video it, you could say “fire!” like you are shooting two uh, nice torpedos.
**Now there’s a word request.
***Can you imagine a docent, if you were alone, denying you the right to climb up the ladder while he stood below and watched you? Not in this life!
It’s just you, and only you.
The world revolves around you…
You’re the only on who gets it!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!
[breath deep my anal vapors]
Seriously, why is a raven like a writing desk??
They both stand on sticks, i get that.
Edgar Poe wrote on them, i kinda get that.
Because they both have a B and neither of them have an N…i don’t get that!!!!!!!!!!???? DO U MARINA???
Waikiki beach cam.
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/hawaii/waikiki/
Wave Marina.
Makes me want to run down there and wave! Maybe if I could figure out a way to record the screen I would go down there and wave!!
There are software programs that record screens. I’m not sure of a good one for windows, but Snapz Pro X works great on macintosh OS X
I did some searching, and Camstudio seems to be something good for windows. I have not used it, so I cannot let you know how or if it works.
http://camstudio.org/
Marina-cam
Mai Thai cam
You mean like this?
You sure get around…
I saw the stop hand wave in the crosswalk
i dnt care if u dnt talk to me anymore, i found a new man. his name is mijj. and don’t private call my number.
you’re dead to me.
I bet she finds a LOT of new men
Maybe we should tell him,
Do you think jim-jim knows he is the new
man, yet?
just to see if he knows anything about it
I’ve got a few ideas about what to do with
her number – LOL! Prolly just piss off her
pimp boyfriend, though.
mijj knows,
“he can have her
she’s to fat for me”
you know that song
Web cams and google maps everywhere.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPgV6-gnQaE
Zoom out.
those guys are really funny, i even subscribed
Hello,
I was wondering where the term or meaning of “Bull Shit” came from. I know it’s not appropriate, but it’s a word we hear almost everyday.
“Bull Shit” ussually is used when someone is lying or faking something.
Thanks,
-Dalt584
Good one Dalt584.. I’m on it!
uGGG. not fair. what about horse shit??? or ape shit??? those other two are used as well, horse shit is used more commonly than ape shit, and bull shit is used more commonly than horse shit. I can’t believe Marina still hasn’t done the word that means ‘phobia of long words’. THAT’S APE SHIT!!!!
Don’t forget rat and bat, not to mention cat. Hey! You know there has to be spider, doesn’t there? But you never see spider. Probably that’s good thing, because if it was big enough to see, you be should looking out over your shoulder for something very, very scary.
Hi Marina Did you go to the Arizona memorial GOD BLESS all those brave men. This hole world owes a BIG THANK YOU TO THE AMERICACAN VETERAN THANK YOU
i like ur name. i once knew a daniel pool. he was a flamer. but he was cool. cooler than ice.
Not as cool as you, I bet
HA HA HA HA!
I’ve been to the Arizona Memorial once as a kid… and I don’t remember much of it.
OK, love – I’m envious of your Hawaiian vacation, but you go, girl! You’ve earned it as far as I’m concerned, and I hope you make it at least an annual tradition for yourself! {perhaps not so envious of the vacation itself, but rather of the individual operating the camera…
}
Ciao,
Fianchetto
Long time, no see.
Ciao, Bella.
“You are a stranger”
- Mercury Rising
Breath deep… – suck it up
Marina the place your at is beautiful, where is it? Plz reply to me. Also your breasts are very beautiful too!!
Is Waikiki beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, friend… the hill in the background of the wide shot is Diamond head Volcano
I leave Marina herself to comment on those other two mountains you mention… 
very clever. i get the symbolism.
Be careful! Rosie has
a social disease
….don’t you mean anti-social
are those calenders washable, btw .. erm .. in case of spills?
,,,,pictures of Lily, ….Lily…. oh …..Lily
make my night so wonderful ul ul….
,,,,da…da…da.da…da’t
Pictures of you. Pictures of me. Up on your wall for the world to see. Pictures of you-ouu. Pictures of me. Remind us all of who we use to be.
Look at this photograph. Everytime i do it makes me laugh.how did our eyes get so red?
And what the hell is on Joey’s head?
[recording Pictures of Lily]
[Who - Pictures of Marina]
{here’s some little something pined up on my wall…}
Hey! Did you know you are Rosie’s “new man”?
you’re dead to me.
LMAO! Here’s the quote from when she broke it off
with Chevolay:
.
rosiecheeks replied on November 5th, 2008 11:44 pm:
i dnt care if u dnt talk to me anymore, i found a new man. his name is mijj. and don’t private call my number.
.
Meanwhile, she’s posting cutsie wutsie to every man
in the room she hasn’t already offended – LOL!
.
She also keeps posting to Marina… (AC/DC?)
i noticed that .. but … {.. sob ..} … she tells everybod that, but doesn’t speaks to me.
now i’m more convinced than ever that rosie is really Marina .. she never notices me either (.. or is it “neither” .. i can never get that right.)
mijj, Marina spoke to you yesterday remember?.. about your computer, Marina speaks Geek Speak
…oh yeah if you see your new gal tell her the clinic called and left a message….something about her being patient zero
sun, sand, sea and suffering.
poor Marina – i bet she wishes she had her students there with her.
I’m gobsmacked!
What is the origin of the phrases “three sheets to the wind” and “Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey”
i’ll guess that “three sheets to the wind” has its origins with ships…
as for brass monkey balls…well, if it was that cold the dang monkey statue would be the last thing i’d worry ’bout…
i’m suprised at you, anuddermale .. “freezing the balls off a brass monkey” is nautical too.
BRASS MONKEY. THAT FUNKY MONKEY.
Colder than a witch’s titties in a brass bra.
Also. colder than a well-digger’s asshole.
[Three sheets to the wind]
Drunk as a skunk
Hi Marina good video you looked so pretty
WOW You look like you are having a very nice time Happy for you. Have you went out and try ed to surf yet. I would like to see you in the new Hawaii five-0 movie have a good time Marine 
Marina
Oh, nd one other request. I know the meaning of my first name… but I can’t find my middle name anywhere. I dunno if you do names… but is there anyway you could find the origin of the name “Irene” ???
http://www.behindthename.com/name/irene
THAT’S MY MOMS NAME. AND SHE’S NOT PEACEFUL. THAT HISTORY IS DEAD WRONG.
… 
I would like to know where the words “Politics” and “Politician came from”
Please and thank you!!!
They came from liars and promise breakers… circa 35,000 B.C
.. and while i’m at it (new pc) .. a new wireless ergonomic keyboard and mouse .. [ms desktop 7000]
Hi, Dear Teach – sure enjoyed your calendar vid! Hope you’re having as much fun as you appear to be having. Always.
HEY GOOD LOOKIN! Can I request the word,,SMUGGLE?
i’m afraid i don’t do word requests .. you’ll have to ask Marina.
Now that was funny
Well,just what *do* You do?
well, my specialty is denying word requests and making outrageous criticisms of Marina.
Both very affable pursuits *if* that’s what makes Ya happy. I spent a little time acting trollish,eventually grew out of most of it.
Bad press can be excellent advertising,keep up the good work man.
I would like to know the origin of the word “zinger”
-thx
Zingers!
I’ll supply the milk ChaCha if you get the Zingers. yuummmy.
Hello Marina ^^
How are you?
I hope fine, well I have been your fan since this year and I think what you do is wonderful! You show that being a beautiful woman doesn’t mean that you are not smart. Its a honor to be writing this knowing that you will read it
Well I am also here because I would like to ask you the origin of the phrase “I am keen to…” for example “I am very keen to have the opportunity to study Russian”
well…also I would like to know where “Fan” comes from I think is a short version of Fanatic or something lol.
Thank you for taking your time to read this.
Kisses and Hugs 4 u
Ada
Hey! Someone swiped the smileys!! :scream:
Just playing around.. didn’t like the new ones… back to normal!
Marina, can i get a yellow text box since i’m also popular on this message board?
you minx!!
oops .. i checked “minx” .. ahem .. i assumed it implied impish behaviour, but .. erm .. anyway.
I believe the word mijj was looking for instead of minx was ‘Gamine’
yeh, runawayscott .. i looked up “minx” and it suggested “pricktease” as an alternative .. i’m pretty sure that’s not what i meant at all.
i meant impishly mischievous.
Hey mijj, I’m embarassed, I called Marina a “Minx” quite a while ago… I thought it was kinda cute like the “minks”… Had a wild one running around inside my place, couldn’t get it out & yes, it was “impishly mischievous”. Cute, but dangerous. Called “Animal control” to get it out & they said it would probably have attacked & done some serous damage if I’d gotten to close. Come to think of it, not embarassed anymore.
Hey Marina,
You gotta stop posting all these hot bikini pics. My smoke detector went off! Has this happened to anybody else?
I’m seree-oos!
you call it your “smoke detector” ..
.. that’s the weirdest name for one of those i’ve heard so far!
funny!
2 things i want to know. Whats happened to the cocomment contest…. And whats that code to put youtube videos to a selected point
http://www.hotforwords.com/index.php?s=cocomment+contest
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/11/04/my-calendar/
link directly to a specific time in
YouTube videos. Append this to
the end of a YT video URL:
“#t=2m20s” (omit the quotes)
Here is an example. This is my first attempt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWLw7nozO_U#t=7m28s
Hope you like it.
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/26/link-to-specific-spot-in-youtube-video/
Here is the article
James, the CoComment contest page has been pulled for about a day now. My guess is that they are now tallying the results. They have a blog where they will be posting the result. I’ll let you know when I see the results posted.
hey mariana I just thought of another question. What is the origin of the word YANKEE.
yankee or damn yankee?
from the bit further down … re your bit about conformity:
it just inspired this bit of 1984 style sloganeering:
“conformity is comfortable!”
i don’t think conformity and taking people’s feelings into account correlates well … for instance .. take the general ease of the conforming masses getting in line with insulting and denigrating islaam, whilst at the same time turning a blind eye to the mass murder of muslims by the wonderfully moral and righteous christian west.
Again, I agree. I am an avowed nonconformist, but I do not go around intentionally throwing insults at people. Sometimes, though, I must choose between sparing someone’s feelings and doing what I think is right.
Does my gravatar mean nothing?
But the point I tried (and failed miserably, it seems) to make is that certain words are made taboo simply by popular consensus. Some words do have a negative history, such as many racial epithets. Some symbols, likewise have an understandable negativity (swastikas). Most of the time, though, “they” decide it is just a bad word. If I do not have any purpose to “ass” instead of “rump,” then I will try to accomodate. Like I said, it does not always make sense.
oh sure .. it looks like the way language evolves is just as nonsensical as the way animals evolve.
well .. there must be some impetus for a particular word to become taboo .. there are probably a number of possible reasons, but it doesn’t seem likely that there’s a consensus without an underlying cause for that consensus.
Aha! I finally get to disagree with you. I have been patiently waiting. I believe, sir, that you place entirely too much confidence in the masses. Did we see an underlying cause for plaid to become fashionable (other than Kurt Cobain)? Did Disco have an underlying cause, except that infernal beat that even the whitest of us could “dance” to? Entirely too often, people herd together for no apparent reason other than to herd together.
hmmm .. spontaneous consensus … i guess … for fashionable things maybe .. but … for a taboo word?
… i don’t know .. i see your point … but … i can’t quite stretch to spontaneous taboonicity.
Hi Marina,
After shaking my mind free from that mesmerizing figure you have, I noticed you were at Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head in the background.
I was wondering if you could check something out for me.
Lay down on your towel (tummy in the air) with your head pointing at Diamond Head. Push your upper body up with your arms and lean your head back as far as it can go. Diamond Head should look upside down. Try to find the center most point and fix your eyes a little towards the city side of the middle. It would be about 45 palm trees I reckon.
Take a mental note of this exact spot and squint real hard and you’ll see a Big Rock with sand around it. Once you see this… could you walk over there and see if there is a bag of “Maui Wowie” still there. It should be on the west side of the Big Rock about 14 feet up. I ditched it back in 1981 and was wondering if it was still there. If so, YOU CAN HAVE IT!.
Happy Holidaze!
I was there in ‘88, and it was still safe and sound. Honest, I did not touch it
Maui no ka oi!
(Maui has it all!)
Mahina surf Marina! shaka brah!
(Surf Mahina, Marina! Hang loose!)
Aloha, ba-bay
chacha, that is funny, shaka brah!
I remember some guy say that on Hawaiin TV, I think he was a used car salesman or something like that.
Also what is the origin of Hibernate
What is the origin of trespass
I would like to know the origin of the word TRESPASS
Thank you
…my eyes are sore from ospisarticulating this video
Good one, Che. Dictionary.com did not have it, and Google lent no results. It looks real, it sounds like a word, it sounds linguistic … but … what? What is that smell?
…it’s a word I made up, it should be in Urban Dictionary,
ospis = visual, articulate = speaking clearly….. so it’s talking with your eyes or facial expression; like a cartoon character or an emoticon
ref that smell { a hookah smoking caterpillar }
OIC now
I spelled it wrong should be opsisarticulate
Okay, I am wierded out. When I Googled opsisarticulate, it sent me back to HFW. I’ll buy it, though.
really, yea! maybe I’ll get a word in the dictionary which I invented….la di da….
Wouldn’t “Drinking with your eyes” be more appropriate?
Mine are ospispissedasanewt and getting cold – they need to be put back in their sockets for a sleep and a dream.
Milaya Marina,
OK, no intellectualism in this video, just beauty for its own sake. Bolshoi spasibo!
Onward: a word request, in response to Ps and Qs (pints and quarts) (which I saw on YouTube but can’t find here.)
Three phrases that supposedly originated at about the same time as Ps and Qs:
–sleep tight
–bum’s rush
–chew the fat
If you like, I’ll send the stories I heard about how these phrases started.
One more: “Man alive!” as an exclamation of astonishment. I have some evidence that the phrase originated in Wales.
Cheers,
EvanOwen
EvanOwen, here’s the link to P’s & Q’s:
http://www.hotforwords.com/2008/10/03/mind-your-ps-and-qs/
Look in the lessons list under “M” for “Mind your P’s & Q’s”
Rabbit
Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it’s getting!
Alice
Curiouser and curiouser!
Alice
I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is ‘Who in the world am I?’ Ah, that’s the great puzzle!
Eaglet
Speak English! I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and I don’t believe you do either!
Alice
I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, Sir, because I’m not myself you see.
The Duchess
If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.
Alice
If it had grown up, it would have made a dreadfully ugly child; but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.
The Cat
We’re all mad here.
The Hatter
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
The Hatter
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you’re at.
The Queen
Off with her head!
The Duchess
Tut, tut, child! Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it.
The Duchess
Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves.
The Mock Turtle
We called him Tortoise because he taught us.
The Mock Turtle
Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with, and then the different branches of arithmetic — Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.
The Mock Turtle
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense.
The King
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
Alice
I don’t believe there’s an atom of meaning in it.
The Queen
Sentence first — verdict afterwards.
Alice
You’re nothing but a pack of cards!
Alice
But then, shall I never get any older than I am now? That’ll be a comfort, one way — never to be an old woman — but then — always to have lessons to learn!
Alice
A cat may look at a king. I’ve read that in some book, but I don’t remember where.
Alice
I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can’t quite follow it as you say it.
The Duchess
That’s nothing to what I could say if I chose.
The Queen
Now, I give you fair warning, either you or your head must be off, and that in about half no time! Take your choice!
Alice
If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?
Alice
It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.
Doorknob
Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.
Mad Hatter
No wonder you’re late. Why, this watch is exactly two days slow.
Alice
Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is — oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate!
Alice
It was much pleasanter at home, when one wasn’t always growing larger and smaller, and being ordered about by mice and rabbits.
Alice
Well! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin; but a grin without a cat! It’s the most curious thing I ever say in my life!
The Duchess
There’s a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is — The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.
The Mock Turtle
What is the use of repeating all that stuff, if you don’t explain it as you go on? It’s by far the most confusing thing I ever heard!
The Mock Turtle
Ah! Then yours wasn’t a really good school. Now at ours they had at the end of the bill. French, music, and washing — extra.
Alice
Oh, how I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin.
….. {don’t forget what the door mouse said, “feed your head, feed your head” }
Remember what the dormouse* said;
“FEED YOUR HEAD”
In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again.
This would have been even more awesomer with some Pink Floyd on the soundtrack… Another Brick in the Looking Glass is what we will calls it
Shoot! I checked out Che’s vid below and saw that somebody already synched Alice to Floyd.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOkx98oHjJM&feature=related
Who’d a thunk it?
White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
“Off with her head!”
“Off with her head!”
- the Queen of Hearts
Tom Petty
wow!
If you like the music in the video, hear more from Anders Lindkvist here.
So THIS is what Marina stole from Heidi Klum, aye?
That’s funny… it’s my music
No, it’s originally Heidi’s music!
But it’s okay, i’m sure she will forgive you! 
loooolllll! Bye bye now.
More Theory Tease test?
Did you notice the poster on the wall?
That pose looks mighty familiar..
Either you’re IN….. or you’re OUT!
does M really need to be physically located in Horrorwood?
maybe M could do a world tour, doing her vids as she travels.
she could plan her tour according to which of her students would be willing to put up with her as a guest for a week or so while she plans her next stop.
and, of course, she would have to stop by abbey rd
does she have an entourage with her? … she’d need three others to cross that road.
Marina already has three for the crossing. With Gorby and Gucci, all she needs is one more… wait for it… teacher’s pet. *groan*
I figured that mijj would be close enough for that one. M should be able to drag him out of the sandbox for that!
Funny Abby Rd joke mj
hooray! .. finally got the spec for my new pc sussed …
case (ordered)…
[Thermaltake Lanbox Lite vf6000bns]
motherboard …
[asus p5q-em socket:intel 775 chipset:intel g45]
(with support for dual simultaneous digital monitors using integrated graphics)
processor …
[Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 clock:2.83GHz FSB:1333MHz socket:775]
memory …
[Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) : x2 = 8GB total populating 4 slots]
disk drive …
[Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB SATA]
power supply …
[enermax MODU 82+ 525]
if anyone knows or notices anything that could cause probs, please tell me before it’s too late!!
.. ok .. i’m gonna sit on this for one day, recheck the details .. then order !!
dang .. the memory one should be …
memory …
[Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) : x2 = 8GB total populating 4 slots]
looks like a cool sand box… i guess
lol .. yeh .. next (after getting the bits) comes the interesting part .. cramming it all in that box.
at least there isnt a graphics card to make things worse.
i guess i should dload an OS for it too.
Why don’t you just get a Mac and you will be SOOO happy mijj? I know that you probably have specific reasons for wanting a PC.. but Macs are just SOOO much fun to use! And so productive! I get so much done with my mac… everything I have done with my videos and on my website is done with my mac. Just throwing it out there
That’s right, Marina… lure Mijj to the dark side.
well .. i like mac .. but i’m scared .. my pragmatism makes me use a windows machine .. but i always liked the principles and characters behind mac.
… it’s been so long since i used a mac (we had those at work) .. plus .. i’m not sure if the sw i’m used to would run on a mac .. (i use some public domain made stuff for putting together those anim things – and they’re pc only)
.. and part of this is the “fun” of building the pc
- i wouldn’t mind a second type of “pc” though .. i’m on holiday from a website development course, but if i’m to take it seriously then i need to get a mac (if only to validate that stuff i do will look ok on it.)
… oh .. and you can throw anything anywhere you want, Marina.
i’ll have to check that one out!
If you could get osx running on that machine that would be awesome!
hmmmm … i’ve seen some instructions (googled) … but they all date back to 2005. I’ve seen nothing (at a casual glance) more recent.
From what i’ve seen Apple want to keep OSX on their boxes only, and they’re work hard to make it difficult to crack to run on other intel machines.
i have a feeling .. it could be possible .. with a lot of hard work . and may not be reliable … so … i’m going to take the easy way out!
a good idea that crashed and burned. You can’t easily build your own mac.
but! .. i discovered you can set up a mac to dual boot into windows. So anyone wanting a windows machine might as well get a mac.
if you can dual boot a mac into windows, why isnt everyone using a mac?
Mac will run PC’s XP – no problem.
It’s just not as fast as a PC..
I Had A Dream…that Obama became president and he made all the white people slaves. I know that’s silly and perhaps it was because Planet of the Apes was on tv not too long ago, but i have faith in Obama.
2 Hoorahs for Obama! None for Obalin. 
too late .. we’re all slaves anyway .. of the corporate industrial military complex.
I agree a million percent! I woke up one day and thought, Oh s&!t, I’m a school teacher, that’s like one step away from being a cop. I have always been a thorn in the Man’s side, and now I work for the Man.
Back to your ideas about why some words are taboo… Is it not the same idea as fashion or pop music. All these are defined by the masses. We can choose to wear what clothes we want or listen to the music of our choice. In the case of language, I choose to not offend others (not on purpose, anyway) unless I see a specific purpose for pissing someone off.
You do not seem like a conformist, but I also get the feeling that you do take other people’s feelings into consideration. It is a bit of a paradoxical conundrum… I think
“,,,and the Zen master said:”
“We’ll see.”
- Charlie Wilson’s War
Ha, Youtube comment
haha owned at 2:00
lOL
Wow…. I have a hot teacher
howd u do your gravitar like that? that’s so cool.
That was no You Tube comment, the answer you seek is answered in a comment futher down the comments column.
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down boy down good doggy
MARINA!! YOU VIDEO HAS THE WORD FUCK IN IT!!
AND I DONT CARE!
Also, I want that calender but I get this
* Please note: Your shopping cart contains one or more items that are currently not in stock.
You may receive your order in multiple shipments.
* Please note: Your shopping cart contains one or more items that cannot be paid for with PayPal.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
If it wont take paypal how am i meant to pay?
James, if you want to use Paypal, you’re going to need to wait until the calendar is in stock… sometime in December. Otherwise you’ll need to pay by credit card. Since you’re quite the favored student in Marina’s class, I’m sure that you’ll have no problem getting a signed copy, even if you wait in order to use Paypal.
how come? Does marina have lots of these calenders? Will I have to get it sent to her first?
I believe that Paypal will not allow you to use their service on a product that is not in stock… seems silly to me though… as advance orders are a part of business. Marina will have lots of the calendars, but I believe they are unavailable until December due to the time of printing. You probably will not need to get one sent to her in advance… Marina will need to receive a shipment of 100 and sign them anyway. Ask her if she’ll pick up an extra copy for you. I don’t imagine that she’d say “no” to you.
i hate your gravitar too. call mine lame?? psssh.
I have never criticized your avatar… and I don’t care if you like mine or not.
“hers” looks just like “her”
A sick, wide open girl-gash,
begging to be abused – LOL!
Oh. I thought you did.
whooo! … ok … settled on an internal disk drive …
[Samsung SpinPoint F1 640GB]
now i’ve decided on all the components .. gotta gather the info and double check it …
Where´s the origine of let s get it on/ let s put it on?
Has the night shift started early? I think I am confused. BTW, what time is it in the UK now?
18:00
nov 5?
If i’m so wonderful, then why am i so misunderstood?>?
Everybody check out MSI. Mindless Self Indulgence.
I can’t wait for you to shut me up, mean people on HFW!!!!
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nice toon.
i dont know.
are you wonderful?
are you misunderstood?
We do understand you, that’s the problem
It was a lot nicer before you started pandering
your bullshit in here. You invited all the nasty
responses you have gotten with your piss poor
attitudes towards myself and others. Is it your
butterscotch flavored pussy that makes you
so wonderful?? …more cupid stunt bullshit…
umm…i wasn’t asking u guys a question. That was a quote from one of MSI’s song. Get with the times, bra.
fuck off, greg
Oh I wish I could watch this video. Damn internet!
Come on up for a visit, show me how to hook the computer up to the bigscreen… even better show me how to use my wife’s new Mac & catch up on the missed vids.
I know how to do that stuff, but a visit would be good.
Hello Hot For Words!! I was always woundering what the meaning of the word “Hocus Pocus”? Thanks beautiful!
Thank you for removing the Ads blocking the view of your beautiful… scenery! My Dad spent WWII working inside the mountain behind you! The gossamer strings of your swimsuit were straining… I wonder what a finite elemental analysis (FEA) would reveal, insofar as the maximum loading they could handle -LMAO!
Has anyone else noticed that when you put a link in your comment and a person replies. your email will have the same link in the response.
I love Marina You are beautiful and smart woman.
and I hope your calendar is not a limited series.
sorry for my english
could you find the origin of the word pornography plz
ok .. i’m trying to determine how to narrow my search for a hard drive …
i suppose my priorities are 1.reliability 2.noise level 3.capacity
Look at the transfer rate. Low nanoseconds is good!
how would you rank the various manufacturers in term of reliability of their drives?
i had a little check on eSATA (for external drive) .. it’s routine working data rate is twice that of peak usb2 data rate.
i think eSATA is the way to to for an external drive. limited to 1m distance max, though. (the motherboard i chose comes with a riser for an eSATA connector).
ah .. this is interesting …
The Maxtor 750 OneTouch I recommended to your attention was the best of all worlds BEFORE it went on sale! Down to $89 from $250, fast transfer rate, USB connected external – check it out
whew .. i have something to go forwards on ..
samsung looks like the best (or at least one of the best) manufacturers …
+ checking on forums (after searching on samsung reliability) there’s a consensus that this is borne out and they’re at the quiet end of the alternatives.
so .. Samsung it is .. but .. what size? .. hmmmm …
if anyone has any comment on any of the above, i’m yearning to hear it!
Yes, of course I ordered one. I guy has to support higher education doesn’t he? Can’t wait to get it. Sort of a birthday present to myself.
Thanks but “Guy Fawkes Day” is a Nov. the 5th holiday so it would be great if she could also do a video on it =]
seeing as it is Nov the 5th today.