State of the Art
State of the art. I love state of the art!!!
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I showed my cpc to the head-mechanic at my car-dealer, because he is also in to car-entertainment, al he said in amazing was: What’s that? So my cpc.
Мой современный деталь ” ” Hickok TV-7; LOL!!!
I would have to say that my iPod is state of the art because it is the latest version. At least until they come out with a new one!
I also wanted to say that I learn more from you than my actual teachers at school! LOL
My most SOTA gadget is a Stanley laser “tape” measure. It’s about $300 (there are much cheaper models), and it can measure up to 600 feet to within 1/16″, which is amazing. It can calculate sq. ft. in a room or cubic ft. You have to do long measurements at night in order to know where you are hitting. You can’t imagine how unsquare buildings and parts thereof are until you get one of these gadgets.
If I had $5K to whoop off, I’d like one of those GPS units that grinds away for a half hour and you put the resulting numbers into a PC which subtracts GPS’ dithering. You can locate any point on earth to within 3/8″! So, if you get lost in the woods, you find out EXACTLY where you don’t know you are.
And here is a video that explains the concept of positional error for the layman.
Marina! Nice feet. They are beautiful. You should show them more often! Please give me the orgin of the word BRA!!!!
or just give it up
How long are we going to have to put up with this edit problems?
You may as well unplug the edit feature if it is going to cause problems like we are having. 
I am not ill just aggravated with it. 
But I am being nice and leaving smileys so you want get the wrong idea that I am behaving badly with the site.
Hitting the browser Back button after Save is clicked is not that inconvenient after you get used to it. But if it isn’t going to get fixed, there should be a note on the page explaining how it works. It’s funny that it worked right for a while.
Now after six months and looking at my comment that I made makes me wonder “WHAT” really made me ill that day to show my ass about an edit button. I guess we age with Marina’s site and don’t let the small things irritate us any more. It will always be a great site to hang out on.
More to come later.
Imagine this as a video request: oranges dripping sweet juices and begging to find out why I’m not green any more(thee orange)….nothing like trying to be funny. An Orange of any collar
genuinely blossoms before it fruits. A flatted blue note and sours with no sugar…ain’t their there a blue orange? pretty state
Masha,
What would you recommend a Russian girl, working as an English to Russian translator read to learn more about the intricacies of English?
Lyuda
what are they singing? I love this video
Yeah, pretty good. Especially the drumming, which sounds like any American band. Most Russian music I have heard is accompanied by what sounds like monotonous synth drumming. Looks like the props they were using was a defunct ski lift, although having so many poles clustered together is strange. Maybe it was some kind of material transport system.
I hope lyudmila will stick around and be our resident translator. I wonder if she knows slang words and phrases like skank, puddlejumper, bust my chops, stick-in-the-mud, take a flying leap, etc. What does a translator do when an unknown word pops up (besides having a deer-caught-in-the-headlights look)? Read this tidbit. I find the section translating a slang phrase into other cultures absolutely fascinating. I wanted Marina to do a book on it, but…
slang works in ways that can get mean
but I agree that it must be understood…look at the sport industry and that of gaming….selfish gang slangs…thanks
Hopefully you still take non-video requests so heres mine. I would like to request the word… awe man, I forgot my request. This stinks
I’m in a “state of confusion”!!
Hello HotForWords I have 2 words for you I would like to have the origins of one TYPO since it is a action I am known to do from time to time.
The second word is Bikini. It is cold here and what better then warm thoughts of summer. 
typo is an abbreviation of a word, bikini is an abbreviation of fabric.
you made a funny
Where is here? Wouldn’t it be nice if the user city was a profile item and it was displayed?
I found out that you can change your nickname in the profile and then select the new name to be displayed. So if you put your city in there, it should show. However it isn’t retroactive, so it will show only on posts after the profile update. Well, here goes…
Hey, it works. OK, now we have to start a drive to get everyone to do this.
If I change mine to Bob – Aberdeen, will people think I’m related to Crocodile – Dundee?
If you were to get stuck in the heart by a stingray, would you be smart enough not to pull it out? If the answer is yes, I don’t think there would be any confusion. At least not as to identity. There may be some confusion as to which Aberdeen you hail from. Perhaps I should set a good example by adding CA to my nickname just in case there’s anyone here from Sacramento KY. Yass, I’ll do that.
Has anyone else been getting an increase number in ‘Friends Invites’ from YT ppl?
do threats count?
really? …..a nice guy like you :smirk:
hey, fuck you. you shi… oh yeah, i see what you mean.
Heh heh heh
Yea I have Che, I think when you leave a comment on someones You Tube site you’ll get an invite. The people I recognize from here I accept, but the ones I don’t I ignore them.
I haven’t left any comments on their YT sites, An influx happen after my name got advertised on the birthday video.
I hear people say they were just shooting the breeze with someon where does “shooting the breeze” come from?
Bababadalgharaghta kamminarronnkonn bronntonnerronntu onnthunntrovarrho unawnskawntoohoo hoordenenthurnuk would be an interesting story
Kahplah!
Marina I just saw one of your you tube posts and liked it I enjoy words and their origins. Perhaps you could explore the roots of the word that serves as my online identity gweduc. It is anglicized to geoduck. PS Gweduc Image
very good state….verizon wireless and bunk the landline
Quote
“Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.” – Paul Erdos 1913-1996 /State of the arts and my new mouse and my new little purple cell phone
The icons of the gravatars under the
“Recent Comments” heading are a great addition.
{adding this via Edit}
{adding one more – test}
Marina, after I add an edit, like this one, and then click Save…, the says “saving”, but the Ajax window just sits there. I click the red button with the x to close the edit window, then hit F5 to Refresh the browser to get back to the normal page. The Edit does stick though. It looks the same as what happened on the Tech forum. I think you removed a plug-in. Since you just updated the site, maybe there is a plugin that is doing that?
I couldn’t re-edit the spelling “the” to “then”. I guess there is also a re-edit count limit? or maybe I just exceeded the 5 min limit?
Will now write sentences with as much info in the first eight words since we have a preview in the Recent Comments list.
Skyscraper is a nautical term, just found this out &
Ten Gallon Hat came from a mispronunciation of a Spanish word
don’t know what word though.
How is skyscraper nautical? Pse drop other shoe.
Tallest part of the ship. highest point on the mast I imagine
I’m having no truck with that explanation.
Please do “sheebang” as in “I’ll take the whole sheebang”. Meaning the entire quantity. Thanks, Dr. Dudney, psychiatrist in Tampa (bd3md)
Hey Marina,
COuld you do a lesson on the phrases “spanking the monkey”, meaning masturbation? It seems appropriate, since that’s what all the boys are doing on your site.LOL
eh…why just the boys?
I think it’d be kind of futile to look into the origins of any slang term referring to masturbation. You can pretty much take any verb and link it with any noun and there will be a way to infer an innuendo if you try hard enough. Some examples I just made up:
“Hey man, why’re you late?”
“Sorry, I was translating my Latin”
“Sorry, I was harnessing my Chi”
“Sorry, I was exorcising my demons.”
Do you ever polish your pineapple?
Flog the bishop?
I would dare you to try & spank “Buzzword” or choke “Chickenhouse”… many would pay to watch that action
And who are you trying to include in that… “all the boys”… geeez
Don’t leave out the dirty old men.
Dirty old men need love too.
Hi Marina, I would like to know where the word Boobytrap came from? Thanks. samuels3d
Happy Birthday Marina for yesterday.
She did a lesson a while ago on the word “boob” that you can watch here. When she explains it, it becomes pretty clear wear that term came from.
Howdy, Marina! Howdy, everybody! Dear Teach, you were charming as always on The Factor last night. Old Bill appears to be as smitten by you as we are. As for our assignment, I think my revolvers are the most state of the art of my material possesions. No, they are neither “sexy” nor “hi-tech” the way my semiautos are. The fact that the concept behind their function is over a century old elevates them to state of the art status in my mind. Sure, the metallurgy and manufacturing techniques are “modern”, but the basic simple functionality has yet to be improved for a long time.
Maybe I just appreciate classic concepts-like personable, beautiful ladies who also are incredibly intelligent…
Just today I saw a Japanese movie called “Madadayo” (Japanese for ‘not yet’) It was about a Proffessor who retires during WW2 and his life after retirement and the appreciation of all his students. The name of the movie comes from a party thrown for him by his former students where they call to him ‘Maada Kai’ (Not yet?) and he responds ‘Madadayo’ (not yet!) saying that he is sticking around for a few more years. Throughout the movie I could only think of the constant appreciation that we all give to Marina for being such a great teacher. We all Love you Marina.
WORD REQUEST: Scrimmage
I use this word a lot, but I have no clue where it comes from…!
I like words that end in the -age sound, e.g. rummage, yardage, tonnage, sausage, breakage, portage and even sewage. I don’t know why. My favorite is cleavage, for some reason.
If there were an “Enable -age-suffix word” checkbox in the dashboard, I’d check it.
Pizza Request: More pizzas please!
Oh I would like to make a
Taco Request: Lots more tacos please. Im I can’t wait until Tuesday.
Ever tried a Taco pizza? …..Not really my favorite pizza topping.
You really want that car hu? So do I, but it’s not in production yet. How about a space shuttle instead? Or about a Navy war ship? No? How about a Star Trek Transporter? Well if that’s what you really want then it must be nice to want hu?
PHRASE request: “on the nose” =].
Word Request: BLITZ
Jon lajoie’s comedy is state of the art! (NWS!!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqXi8WmQ_WM
My calculator watch was state of the art! Now if you’ll excuse me I’m gonna click this ad link here so i can find my russian beauty at russianeuro.com!
That word got be thinking of Final Fantasy X
Word request:
As far as I can tell, I may be your only atheist student (as well as being one of your first). In honor of…… me! Can you do a video on the words “atheist” and “agnostic” (as they are normally discussed together)?
Your loyal and addicted student….
Prospero.
I’m curious, what makes you think you’re her only atheist student? I haven’t been here very long, but I haven’t seen the topic of religion come up in discussion at all. Did I miss some big religious debate in the past or something?
oh, the discussions you have missed.
Why yes, yes you did nathan19. It probably wasn’t that big, but check the lessons between Jan 08 and Jun 08
wow, i’ve forgotten some of these conversations. we were so young then.
Yes, there were some doozies.
And, I recall being in a minority of one most of the time!
Perhaps there were Prospero-sympathizers, but very few….
Long time no read your comments! How’s it been! Glad to see you back!
Thank you, thank you, thank you…. everyone, everyone… please sit down… don’t applaud my return, simply throw money!
And, I’ve been here the whole time – I am always here in spirit, if not in comment.
Prospero, did you notice that your gravatar
is on the Gravatar Wall?
I did, and I was greatly pleased by its presence. Although, its placement could have been higher up on the collage, after all, I am Prospero!
your first comment was December 31, 2007.
Sounds about right….
There were so few of us back in ‘07!
Can you tell us about the saying “Talking out of your neck”. My parents say it sometimes and although I know what they mean the whole idea of talking out of your neck makes no sense.
It might make some sense if you had your head up your… uh, you’re right; it makes no sense at all.
For some reason It takes several minutes to even start loading the video on this page but when I click on the video a second time that opens up the video on YouTubes site the video loads much faster. For the life of me, I can’t figure why this is so. Anyone else have this issue or is it just me and my slow ass internet connection and computer?
I clicked on play. In about two seconds, the vid started playing.
Starts instantly for me.
This has been a problem for me even before Marina did the upgrade so I know thats not the problem.
Ok then its on my end. Thanks guys.. I guess I’ll just have to watch it on YT.
Better for M anyways. 
I Click on play button and the video takes several seconds to start playing(5-8 seconds) the video player just stays there with the little balls chasing themselves around in a circle for like (5-8 second). Could it be thats what the video player programmers programmed to happen? So we would have time to see the little pop ups with options?
Do you have a receive data indicator light that blinks when something is coming in? If so what does it show in relation to the loading? Does it not do anything for the “several minutes to start loading?” Or does it show data incoming, but it just doesn’t appear on the screen?
There shouldn’t be any difference between YT and HFW, because HFW links to YT to play the video.
Oh, and what is your hard drive light doing during the delay?
Data light is not an accurate indicator of the correct data is coming in. I call them idiot lights similar to the ones in a car. That technique is old school. Also Im working off a commercial WiFi system you might not be familiar with. When I click I get the spiny thing and some annotations start up and that it. Last test I waited half hour and no joy. Soon as I double click on it, a new page opens to the YT site it the video starts loading normally.
There is a difference from the HFW links and YT links. Not any of HFW fault but something that YT is doing.
I was wondering about the lights not concerned that the correct data was being received as I was if any data was being received during the delay. If RX was quiet during the delay, then, clearly, it is the sender that is causing the problem, whereas if RX was blinking, then one could make this simple conclusion.
I doubt it is something YT “is doing,” because I get the same response from watching M’s videos via either site. The only exception to this would be that YT detects that it is you and does something special to you, which is unlikely. Do you know anyone with an Ethernet datascope that could actually read the traffic? But perhaps it would be best just to shotgun it.
Is there any other PC in the area that you could gain access to in order to see if it works OK on the other PC? Do you have a place where you could direct connect to a network, bypassing the WiFi? Have you uninstalled Adobe Flash Player and reinstalled it?
Might it be your anti-virus/anti-spyware programs causing the delay?
On a Mac?!?!? No way! No need for such software on the Mac.
….yet….
Marina, I noticed you haven’t done the word ‘romance’ yet. Can you fix that, either soon or close to valentine’s day next year?
Where in the Hill did the word “Paradigm” come from? It looks like “pair a dig um” but sounds like “pair a dime” . I know what it means but I sure do not know how “they” come up with this word to define “it”
Isn’t it just two dimes?
Are you talking about the British Pound, prossie?
State of the Art, there is some things that it can’t do and having the ability to function with thee same ability’s of the human body is one of them, so if were born of the human womb we are already born surpassed state of the art.
As for state of the art in electronics the converter box for the television signal change over is the most state of the art object available in possession at this moment.
Also i suppose the software on this computer could be considered state of the art however that statement could be debatable.
Upgrade seems good.
Homework: My state of the art item is my EnV2. (Yay, verizon)
Marina! Read this! It’s an awesome idea!
You should do a cast telling us what you want for christmas, then as homework, have us write what we want for christmas. Though we already have you teaching us, so I can’t think of a better gift than that.
PS: Where did the term kiss-up come from?
Uh… I do not see what M and Che are talking about. Am I confused, or is it just super techy kinda stuff that I don’t get anyway?
Hmm… I can still edit. Can I?
The edit freezes when I save it. I have to x out of the edit box, then f5 the page. The edit holds, but I have to take the scenic route.
I must be the only one with the problem.
Every time I use the edit box I’ll hit the send button and then I’m locked on the screen.
Just read your above comment, so it is not just me.
Works fine for me… hmm….
Everything is fine, except the edit.
Okay, M. Here is how to fix it.
1) Slap your ‘puter.
2) Reboot.
3) Hard reboot.
4) Delete history and clean out the cookie jar.
5) Defrag and virus scan.
6) Unplug ‘puter and read a book.
This works for me, everytime.
bsomebody
“bsomebody replied on December 11th, 2008 1:37 pm:
Everything is fine, except the edit.
Okay, M. Here is how to fix it.
1) Slap your ‘puter.
2) Reboot.
3) Hard reboot.
4) Delete history and clean out the cookie jar.
5) Defrag and virus scan.
6) Unplug ‘puter and read a book.
This works for me, everytime.”
“Works fine for me… hmm….” “Marina”
Che is checking edit box one more time
I’m in box now and will resend
Back in the edit box and it did lock up/freeze again after clicking on the save button.
It works for me, and I’m on an older system now that my main computer is down. Might be a corrupted file somewhere. (this is an edited comment)
Hi Marina, I just finished Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield. In this story I found the word “sinecurist” used but the definitions I’ve found aren’t very enlightening. Would you please shed some light on this word and it’s origin. Thanks
Just did a MAJOR site update.. hope everything works! Testing the edit…
Here is a reply.. see if it works!
What am I looking for
I see my Gravatar in the edit box is this it?
But now my comment is locked up on another tab.
I opened a new one to make this reply/edit.
Now I have two tabs locked up after I made an edit reply.
Is it just me or is it something on your end which causes me to lock up ?
#2 i had to refresh page to get back
#3 again I will reply then I will edit this reply to see if I get locked up in the edit box
#4 checking to see if I get locked up in edit box again
Yes, I do keep getting locked up in the edit box
either have to refresh page to get out or
open a new tab.
Is it just me?
Me, too. I posted my problem up over M’s head.
What about now?
So that is what happened when I couldn’t jump to another page.
I’m unable to log out right now. Is that related to the update?
Try to log out now.. just fixed it.
Alright, I can log out now. Although when I log in, it first takes me to the WordPress profile options page instead of the HFW homepage. Is anyone else getting that?
I think it is better than ever…great job Boss
oh of tests
Right now, I do not have anything that is state of the art.
Marina, you explained animation nicely, but does that root, anima, have anything to do with the word “enema”- or just a weird coincidence?
thanks,
Jack
Marina,
I know the meaning and the origin of “caucasion.” But, would like to know more.
I have a phrase for you, ‘once in a blue moon’. I’ve been told it has nothing to do with a blue moon but a ship named the ‘blue moon’. The phrase came due to the difficulty of its route it was very very rarely on time so saying something will happen ‘once in a blue moon’ to indicate it will happen but rarely. Is that true? Thanks
WLIU, I think it has something to do with the moon being in a certain condition more than once in the same month. I can’t remember what the condition is, but it normally occurs once a month. When it occurs more than once a month, it is said to be a blue moon. Thus the phrase means “not very often.” Why a color would be associated with a higher frequency of the condition, I don’t know.
It’s not state of the art today, but I think it certainly was when it was made. I have an old abacus somewhere in my house, but I never took the time to learn how to actually use it.
Anyway, my word request is, “Duesy”, as in “What a duesy” or “It was a duesy”. Does it have anything to do with a Duesenberg or is that just a coincidence?
Thank you! I love your videos and your site. Tata
I doubt that it is related to a Duesenberg: the word you’re thinking of is spelled “doozy”.
The Dusenberg was a (very) high-end car of its time. So I am going pick the opposite opinion and say that it is related to the car. Even today when we say that something is the Caddillac of it’s class, it is saying the same thing as saying it’s a doozy, so the car origin seems reasonable.
Word request “Orgasm”
My rifles are still state of the art
I can’t think of anything state of the art. I have a few possible ideas, but I’m not an inventor.
i’m afraid i don’t have anything, that really is state of the art… but congratulations to your iphone, marina.
I really like the little song at the end of the video.
Word request: “lickedy split”
I was in a meeting at work today and said that the project was moving along “lickedy split”. As the words left my mouth I thought, “What the hell did I just say?” Lickedy split sounds inappropriate for work but isn’t offensive. How does lickedy split come to mean fast? I figured out of all the people on the Internet you’d be the best one to find this out for me.
Good question. HotForWords has me questioning everything I say from habit without knowing the origins. I talk v..e..r..y slowly now.
100
Bsomebody you said you were from NC we are under a tornado warning right now in NC. A very good amount of rain right now also.
ooh! TY, I had commented on the wierd weather earlier today. I will check the official weather. TFLO (thanx for looking out).
My homework answer is so obvious it’ll make Ya cry. I have a *State Of The Art Teacher*
Classic beauty,modern intelligence,and,a good heart.Birthday Girl kinda redefines “state of the art” and elevates it to new heights.
tryant
I’ve just found a state of the art Tilt Rotor aircraft that I’m going to ask for for Christmas, for my flight simulator.
This is so state of the art that only a couple of prototypes are flying in the real world and it’s not scheduled for certification until 2010.
Hallo, snowman.
That was total coolness, Bob.
Origin/meaning of the word “Kuspuk”.
Word Karma
Where is originate this word “karma”
Karma comes from the old Sanskrit language. It originally [before permanent settlement and civilization] meant “ritual action,” the sort the actions performed in their religious rites. Later, around when the Vedic Upanisads were being written, its definition was expanded to mean “ethical energy,” a sort of residual moral substance that a person accumulated based on their good and evil actions in life. When someone died, the amount and type of karma they had built up would determine what they would be reincarnated as. From that concept, it eventually morphed into the mainstream “what goes around comes around” idea that most people [at least in America] associate with karma today, even though it’s actually more complicated than that.
good answer and word request instant karma jlennon
what is the origin of the word “greyhound”?
Do you mean how did they think up the name for a dog that is grey? Or where/when the breed originated or what?
i was thinking along the lines of the name of the breed. very few greyhounds are “grey” – the coloring is actually called “blue”.
Just about everything I own is state-of-the-art in comparison to the ancient cultures I have studied. Perhaps, in part due to this forum, my language… or my vocabulary, rather… is state-of-the-art.
are you done with this quarter?
Not yet… one more week. Thanks for asking. How are you doing?
After this week I have a small break for Saturnalia and New Years and then back to studies. A disappointing development is that I cannot graduate next semester. My final course won’t be offered until the following semester. Next semester is light… sort of… just one class, but a big one… an overview of Torah from both traditional Rabbinic and evangelical Christian perspectives. It should provide quite a bit of interesting insight, theologically speaking.
what is the origin of the phrase “the whole nine yards”?..thanks
the “whole nine yards” comes from World War II. the nine yards refers to the legnth of ammunition that US fighter planes had. so to go “the whole nine yards” meant to use up all of your ammunition.
Does anyone recognize the gorgeous painting of the Butterfly at 1:09 ?
I bet Marina is testing me to see if I’m paying attention in class.
Does anyone know who the artist is?
Take your best 3 guesses,
then check out the answer here. Answer is 0:20 seconds into the video.
Marina.
Whooo Whoooo, and the Mike wins the big prize of the day!
Great job Mike.
Holy counting counters, there are more than 230+ users online.
yesterday I saw 528 user logged on
Where do you go to see how many people are logged on? I’m sure it’s right in front of me somewhere, but I don’t know.
way down at the very bottom of the page, in the copyright section, just before the privacy policy. The number just before that, I believe, is the total subscribers.
Che, was it your turn to bring burritos this morning? {Somebody has a rumbly in his tumbly}
Just took jalapeno cornbread out of the oven, the house smells good right now
{ now where did I put that bottle of chutney? }
Hey Marina,
I don’t think I really own any piece of technology like a computer or cellphone that could be considered state of the art. Although, if the “art” part of the phrase refers to a technique of accomplishing something, and you consider survival a task to be accomplished, then the evolution of a species could be seen as the art by which that task is accomplished. And because I’m a relatively new model of Homo sapiens, I guess I would say that my body is the most state of the art thing I own. But I’m probably just trying to get too deep with it.
I watched you on O’Reilly’s show last night. You were great, but what in the name of Krisna is wrong with that show’s graphics department? It was as though they have ADD or something: you’d be explaining a word and keep getting interrupted by the word flashing across the screen or a three-second clip from some movie or another being interjected. I just thought that was weird, but again, you were fantastic, as per usual.
If the body is art, then I feel like a Picasso right about now.
Cold and drizzly in NC; these barometers halfway up my leg say snow may be on the way.
A Picasso, eh? Interesting. I’d say I feel a bit like a Larson right now.
Is this what you look like Picasso cubism
It is how I feel right about now.
State of the Art Garden Goddess.
http://bp0.blogger.com/_VGMsZBdykrk/RoZin1ZxtJI/AAAAAAAACOs/KgkuOylsFcc/s1600-h/Picture+1.png
Hot for Swards
Nope, quick hit that recall button!
{Pssst… Bob, wake up!}
?
Damn! she turned into a helicopter.
It worked before ‘coz I tested it. Oh well!
Looks like bsomebody’s gravatar turned into a helicopter too.
It works if you copy the link and paste it into the address field of a blank tab.
or Rclick and New window
The new Marina Chia-Pet?
Dear совершенная Marina, Wow! You posted another video before midnight last night! Great birthday, hm?
)
I hope one of your rich subscribers buys you that Aptera electric car for a Cristmas present! It’s obvious that I’m not wealthy enough to be your boyfriend!
I think you would be extremely nice to your boyfriend most of the time, but you also have a crafty streak in which you would play tricks on your boyfriend!
As I said, I’m not wealthy enough to find out.
For your question, I don’t have any device which is “state of the art.” I plan to buy a high-definition video camera during the post-Christmas sales. I won’t be able to afford a pro-quality video camara like your Sony ones. I’ll have to buy a cheaper one. (But I still plan to send you videos!
Your dear student, seesixcm6
I love the thumbnail, M! Peace scarf, flashing me the sign. M and I have our own special little peace of this world.
….well aren’t you special
Methinks Che is still completing yesterday’s homework, but yes, I am special. My Mum tells me so all the time.
Hello Marina,
I already think I know this one, but would like a clarifying statement from you on the phrase “Halve your cake and eat it too.” I most commonly hear people say “Have your cake etc”, and it drives me nuts!! I think it could be a good lesson. Thanks
I second your origin request. I wonder if there is an interesting story behind it. Its seems odd that such a weird statement would come about.
It’s “HALVE” instead of “HAVE”? …So the correct expression goes, “You can’t halve your cake and eat it too.”
I never understond the common expression, but I guess the other one makes a little more sense.
If I have a cake, I’m gonna eat it! What else am I to do with the cake?
Why can’t you cut a cake in half and eat it, too? That makes no sense at all. “Have” makes perfect sense: If you eat it, you can’t have it any more; if you continue to have it, then you couldn’t of eaten it. It’s the conflict between the having and the eating that expresses the idea; it’s the whole point of the phrase.
I do have some pretty cool uniball gel pens!
I love those kind of pens. That’s the only thing I use to do my crossword puzzles with. They write so good.
Crosswords in ink? Oh, my! I do soduku in ink, but I have entirely too many “creative” answers to fill in crosswords with ink. (or is it sudoku, suduko… ?)
I have a hand held video game suduku that I tried for a while, but couldn’t get the hang of it. so I went back to my crosswords. I bought it off of ebay for $10.00. I works well but too much for me.
Left some more notes over on the O’Reilly comments for you and Dezdkado (brothers in arms) March over there and read them Thats an Order! not a request!
Hi Marina , saw you on o’reilly and loved you, I would like to Know where the word Tarmac comes from . for some reason it is my favorite word . I just love the sound of it . Tarmac
Is this in relation to a paved part of an airport?
I loved the interview with Bill Orielly last night. You didn’t look all that cold but cool and calm. That was a very nice dress you had on also. Did Bill try to look at you legs any, if he did I wouldn’t blame him. It’s the male in us that does that, sorry.
Homework: 42 inch Plasma tv, surround sound DvD player, and I guess all the computers and cameras that I have. But nothing beats my new HFWs Calendar, now THAT is state of the art. High definition, easy to read and especially easy on the eyes. Plus most of all the person that graces the pages. aaaah heaven.
i just want iMac. Can anyone give it to me as a christmas present?
Hey Hitoshi, well It was hard to smuggle it out of the country but this is the best I could do. Sorry
IMac
hello, Capman911. whats the thing that is easy to smuggle for me, then?
Did you get a calendar?
They are pretty easy to mail out of the country. 
Sorry Hitoshi for some reason that pic I left for you turned out wrong so here is the one intended for you.
http://www.letsgodigital.org/images/artikelen/64/apple-imac-computer.jpg
nice pic! thats the thing what i wanted from you. and of course i got the calendar the other day. it arrived in japan sooner than i had thought. all pics of Marina are wonderful and i love the pic of June best. which pic in the calendar do you love best?
September, as that is my birthday month.
What came first the wheel or the axle
Who came first, Axl or Slash?
aLx, came first
My camera for me is as close as I can get and it’s a year old.
“Cutting Edge” I believe is used for the lastest version of biomedical research and many other science related studies.
So it seems to me that your show is right on the money once again. Since State of the Art would not be used for Art or Literature. There must be other descriptions for these that I can’t think of right now since I need to get moving and go to work. Have a great day.
Cutting ‘edge
Cuttin’ Edge and it is Christmasy, too.
That was a pretty good movie.
Some product advertisements refer to themselves as state of the art design… apple computer company… being a popular example. Also, the word avant garde fits in this area too!
There she goes again with the peace sign
{ sending bsomebody a secret sign }
I think that ’state’ as used here DOES mean ’status’, as in ‘State of the Union Address’.
The problem with ’state of the art’ is since it is art on the cutting edge, all the bugs ( also known as ‘undocumented features’ ) aren’t yet worked out or even known.
The pool I operated before retiring had a ’state of the art’ heat exchanger that was supposed to save money by conserving heat taken from the natatorium and instead ov venting it to the air and then using a gas furnace to heat the pool itself, used a heat exchanger to put the heat into the pool. There was a gas furnace that was supposed to be the backup. A computer woul monitor the natatorium temperature and humidity as well as the pool temperature and decide the most efficient way to heat it.
Big shock – it never really worked for more than a day. Technicians worked on it virtually every week until they decided that it wasn’t designed to do what the salesman said it would. But we were stuck with it and management never pursued getting one that would work. So our back up became the primary, with no secondary. It was just like being in the Navy again.
My car ( now 6 years old ) has features I’ve never figured out how to use. I know I can turn off the headlights, but they are computer controlled and since I usually ( 99.9% of the time ) want them on when the car is running, I never bothered to learn how. I’m lucky; my girl friend’s car can’t have the headlights turned off except by pulling the fuse ( verified by the dealership ); safe, except once a year she likes to drive on the boardwalk to see the holiday lights ( they ask drivers to turn off their headlights so everyone else can enjoy the lights ).
Bottom line: there is a lot to be said for tried and true -it WORKS!
Thank you, P3, for teaching us a new word for swimming pool.
Regarding your remark about using the back-up as primary, without any back-up, that reminds me of a saying my Dad told me about from the aircraft industry in WWII – “There’s nothing so permanent as a temporary lash-up.”
Impressive; while not a secret, not many would connect the name Orion with the Navy’s P3 aircraft ( I flew in the P3C ).
Actually, the natatorium is the room that houses the indoor pool.
And the problem with ‘temporary lash-ups’ is that if they work, everyone is afraid to change it ( because it works ) even if lit looks like crap.
Homework
Here’s my video of me cranking my tractor if you would like to see it!
I own a 40 year old tractor and in my opinion it’s better than any “state of the art” tractor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HerXOmL0Eko&feature=channel_page
I also own a 2009 HotforWords Calendar! It truly is “state of the art”!
great tractor, In the 30’s, Russia bought many model B’s according to that big history book on Mr.John Deere. Saved the company and where did old Joe get the loot
Will you also be sending cards for orthodox holidays (due to the fact that Russia, my country – Serbia, and some other countries are of orthodox religion)?
BTW.: What’s the origin of the abbreviation “O. K.” and how come it developed to the word “okay”?
E. g.: 0 killed (used in the U. S. civil war); signed by O’Kelly…
Marina has already done that – See here.
You can see all of Marina’s previous lessons by clicking on “Words/Lessons” on the menu bar at the top of each HFW page. Enjoy.
I don’t have anything “State of the Art”.
I’d still like to knwo were the word utopia came from.
Utopia got me thinking of the book Brave New World I was suppose to read back in high school.
Hi Marina, … I like the “car”
The most state of the art item in my possession would have to be this piece of art… (
watch in high quality 
)
a very high tech home theatre/theater-music table
next would be my iTouch…
I don’t have anything that is State of the Art.
I watch the arts and adopt what is tried and true as I see it.
i.e. I still don’t own a cell phone and can count the times I’ve used others on one hand. But when I finally get one I will have a good reason and it will likely have all the do-dads.
When it comes to My cell,i don’t want the do-dads,I want better signal and longer life battery.My current one,Audiovox flip-phone about 3 years old,does fine power-wise with the original battery,but,I have to add external antennas to enhance the signal to get service in this hilly area,specifically the more rural valleys.
Recently My Son managed to break the wire from the external antenna on the car,so,I used the wire,discarded the rest,and made My own antenna.I set it next to a taller new one and it tested decently,not as good but good enough for 1st try! Heh heh heh,,,are Ya proud of Me?
tryant
State of the Art!
My home built antenna was crude,but not that crude. Of course Ya gotta admire the simplicity,when they get rid of the car they can bend the antenna back into a hanger.
Not sarcastic … ironic.
It’s a moot point whether the coat hanger or the car would be the longer lasting item, but the virtue of the coat hanger is that it’s easily replaceable and doesn’t attract the attention of vandals. State of the art doesn’t always equate with the latest technology.
Fitness for purpose does equate; crocodiles have existed on earth for millennia without evolving very much, because they don’t need to. They are state of the art for an amphibious predator.
I don’t own any thing State of the Art. sadly I am just a redneck
Word request::shock: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
my friend says its “The longest word in the English language ” is that true? if so! can you tell it origin.
Pink ride, pigtails and orange dress, eh? Teacher, oh my Teacher, you are quite inspiring this morning!
I landed on this website a couple of weeks ago, like a bug on a table, magnetized by your blue dressed boobs featured on Youtube, not knowing about the fierce opposition I would encounter. I hesitated before giving you the words I am going to give you now. But what the heck. I think you are worth them, and you’ll appreciate them for what they are. Drink them as the strong wine they are. Or perhaps it’s a little too early in the morning. Drink them as a strong expresso. These words are from a man who fought in a bloody civil war, a man who risked his life everyday, who was too poor to get a single degree and who was sentenced to death and died in prison from tuberculosis. No, it is not a Bugs Bunny cartoon. And no, it is not a sarcasm. And please don’t take them too personnally okay? In a way they are for you, but in a way they are not for you. Mademoiselle, forget the white and the pink for a moment, and let’s paint your ride in black, just for a moment. Enjoy.
Miguel Hernández (1910 – 1942)
Like the bull I was born for doom and pain,
like the bull I parade the burning mark,
the infernal wound under my ribs. The stark
fruit of a man stabs in my groin insane.
Like the bull no arena can contain
my heart that finds all others small. The flow
of loving kisses floors me in its tow.
Like the bull I argue for your love in vain.
Like the bull I thrive on punishment,
My tongue is washed in my own heart.
I hoard a thundering seawind in my leather skull.
Like the bull I seek you and cannot relent,
but my desire you welded to a sword,
like the bull becomes a fool, like the bull.
I can’t believe everybody else resisted… am I the only weak one. I ask in humility for your forgivness aforehand… but alas I am weak & cannot, myself… help… sob. “That’s a lot of Bull”
Seriously though, that is a beautiful piece of writing, thanks for finding it & posting it here.
Every ones best friend is an upgraded
i respectfully disagree with the inference that “state of the art” appertains to technology only…yes, it is often used for mechanical devices, but to me, anything that represents the pinnacle of achievement in an area is “state of the art”…of course, that can lead to deeply personal choices to deem SOTA…
your videos, for example, are the state of the art in etymological presentation…
my 10″ Philips portable dvd player is the only technological SOTA i own…
and, for some reason, this song evokes strong emotions in me, and therefore is SOTA in romantic ballads…to me…
annuddermale, how about if I told you that the word “technology” does not just refer to mechanical devices but any art
(It’s 4:45am here and I refuse to wake up! I don’t know why I am up.. was worried about the website. Must go back to sleep!)
Yes, your older now, you need your sleep.
Muhaaaaah!!
I’d sing you a lullaby, but dogs would join in.
Marina,
I heard that the bedroom should be used for sleep and sex, only. No TV, no cell phone texting, no computers, etc. If you do your work in your bedroom, you associate the room with work and will not be able to relax properly. My sons are terrible about leaving their cell phones on at night. Naturally, someone always sends a message and disturbs their sleep. Do we have to be in touch all the time?
I slept good last night for a change thanks for the looking out over me.
i would bow to your knowledge once again…
and say that it sounds “lesson-worthy”…
oh, and edit works fine for me, fwiw…also
ok – it didn’t: it hung for the longest time, so i canceled. but the edit had actually already been posted…
Unfortunately, early adopters who buy state of the art commodities these days often end up being the guinea pigs who find all the bugs, and pay outrageously inflated prices for the privilege.
I used to be an early adopter, buying the latest, flashiest toys but now I take a more pragmatical approach; “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” (or replace it).
Now, Word request: pragmatic. How did it go from its original meaning to the one it has today, associated with practicality?
Homework: What do you have that’s state of the art?
A software application: Adobe’s “Dreamweaver CS4″. I wish I had two grand to buy their “After Effects CS4″ and “Photoshop CS4″.
cleche
Very good – I second the request : cliche, and add
requests : passe, old hat, yesterday’s news
and invite others for similar requests
I agree. I was thinking about the word cliché the other day (at the end of the day
) and thinking what a lot of fun we could have in the comments after the lesson.
my ps3 tv and surround system
Hmm … my newest tech is considered old now i guess . Xbox 360 (2005) and my o2 XdaII PDA (2003) .
Nice song
Dear Miss Marina Orlova,
My BRAINZZZZZ!!!!
Your Student,
ThoughtOnFire
Watched you tonight on O’Reilly. Fantastic is all I can say.
Happy belated birthday.
How about researching the word “obstinate.”
Jerry
nice vidz, as ever. I’ve got a word request : has the word “sunset” anything to do with the egyptian god Set ? And “hours” as an anagram of horus ?
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(pegged off-scale)
Kudos to Closing Credits Kid!
Homework: My household appliances are the newest stuff I have, and am LOVING them, BTW!
Not a damn thing. I wait till it comes down in price then it is no longer “state of the art”
My computer is seven years old, but it still gets the job done.
I take that back.
My Hotforwords Calendar is the most state of the art thing I have
I geuss the most state of the art thing I have is a box that plugs into a pre-wired cable in the trunk of my car and also plugs into a ipod. It allows me to control the ipod with the radio controls on the steering wheel or the radio and gives me an ipod type display on the screen of the radio. Sweet.
State of the art? well my laptop is pretty state of the art, it has biometric scanner on it. I will have one of the new touch screen celluar phone in a couple of days. That is probably the most state of the art thing I have. Just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday and may you have many more.
And I like the quote about Mathematicians
for a subtle cut/put down it was ok, just my view of it.
OK, to get serious:
I just logged on to do research for a speech in my Toastmasters club tomorrow morning — “Is Etymology Sexy?” — a six-minute tribute to our intelligent and lovely teacher Marina! And how fitting, as part of her birthday celebration!
Nothig I have is really state of the art, I tend to stick with something until it stops working. Heck I’m thinking of getting a rotary phone just for the sake of being retro. Oh and by the way, I’ve been jarred out of my earlier bad mood thanks to some helpful comments by you guys and especially Marina. Thanks
Always glad to be supportive.
Speaking of retro, the first time I used a fax machine, I made a copy of my document — so I’d have one for the files and one to send through the fax.
I never did get the jokes about the Pentium 585.999999999 processor.
Fifth!
Hi Teach!!! Hope the O’Reilly show went good for you !!!!
Also. Here’s some word request for you…
PHANTASMAGORIA
CORPUS DELICTI
Dude, it was freakin’ awesome
That was cool, I dont usually get first. What are you doing posting a video at this time of night? Oh well lovely as ever Marina
Yeah, well there you go… talkin’ to me got you in first
I appreciate it Billy boy (I’m Assuming thats what the second b stands for)
But me talkin to you slowed me down
“No good deed goes unpunished”,,don’t worry bout it tho,selflessness is it’s own reward.
Hey cool first