Light and Gravity on Space
Mankind has so far found only four types of force (gravity, the strong nuclear force, the weak nuclear force, and the electromagnetic force), each of which causes specific interaction between entities in the universe, say an atom, an electron, and more elementary particles building an atom and having mass or charge.
Top scientists have been trying to unify all these forces and understand what happened on the Big Bang, the beginning of the universe.
My concern here is about the two among the four: gravity and the electromagnetic force.
The former necessarily works on, and is generated by, mass; and the latter is free and does not work on mass itself.
* * *
Energy of light is not interfered with by gravity.
If you shed light onto an atom or an electron, its mass does not increase. Sunshine does not increase your weight.
It is also difficult to convert mass into light, probably, except in cases such as a nuclear fusion, of which principle is applied to a hydrogen bomb, amd a collision of an electron with an antielectron.
An entity with big mass can change a course of flying light; but it is because mass can distort space in which light is flying, as predicted by Albert Einstein.
* * *
Gravity and light dos not interact with each other directly.
You cannot nullify the effect of gravity by use of light; and essentially, light is not influenced by force of gravity.
They are independent. They are orthogonal against each other.
A sheer horizontal force in space cannot interact with a sheer vertical force.
Gravity is vertical and light is horizontal, while "space" itself is a more fundamental physical element than mass and light; or rather "space" is a source of the four types of interaction in the universe.
* * *
My idea is roughly that the whole universe is made of a table-cloth type of space.
If, at one location or point on the table cloth, there is a small dent in the vertical direction, we call it mass. Moving the dent while keeping its three-dimensional shape across the table cloth needs a mechanical power due to a kind of friction.
If a small, regional, and horizontal pattern is on the table cloth, we call it light. Moving the pattern while keeping its shape across the table needs no mechanical power, since no friction happens as the pattern is just horizontally skidding over the surface like a skating on an ice rink.
Gravity is vertical, light is horizontal, and other two different forces in the universe have their own direction for interaction respectively. That is why there are four "independent" forces in the universe.
As their direction of existence on space is each orthogonal, or a kind of 90 degree crossing, they do not interfere with one another.
Therefore, there must be four "independent" directions in space of this universe, each orthogonal to one another.
(The space is "three dimensional (3D)" geometrically, but the 3D structure simply represents "one direction," or directions are over-lapped or intangible on the 3D phase of space. The geometry for these "directions" is different from the conventional geometry based on "dimensions."
Therefore, terms such as "directions," "horizontal," "vertical," and "90 degrees" are rather conceptional.)
The whole universe is a kind of a table cloth with an uncountable number of various dents (mass) vertically as well as an unlimited number of patterns (light) horizontally, which follows the relationships like the follwoing:
F(gravity) x F(light) = 0
F(gravity) + F(gravity) = 2F
F(gravity) + F(light) = F
* * *
Now, in a human psychological and social space, there are also "directions."
If you go vertically, friction is generated. If you skid horizontally, no friction is generated against people around you regardless of races and religions (though it is far better to discuss anything openly with sound passion).
In this context, we may be able to understand why Jesus Christ behaved so mysteriously after His resurrection.
He changed his mode of existence from a vertical manner to a horizontal manner, which might have allowed Him even to get through a door of a room without being noticed by His followers who were hiding in the room after the so-called His death on a cross.
* * *
Angels are living in a horizontal direction; maybe a newborn baby is, too.
Getting older, people mostly tend to become more vertical.
However, as we live in this physical space, an old thing with accumulated vertical and horizontal effects is sometimes more valuable, like in a case with wine.
(I like wine put on a gemutlich table-cloth for me to relish.)
"CHRIST HAS BROUGHT THE LAW TO AN END"
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
Greeting to the Sun
Greeting to the Sun
This winter is warm.
People are afraid that Tokyo might not have snow this season.
A cold air mass from Siberia and warm air from the Pacific Ocean usually get balanced over the Japanese Islands. However, Siberia itself might be getting more and more influenced by global warming.
* * *
In the Bible, Jesus Christ in a snowy day or a rainy day is not depicted.
However, he said to get on the alert and read a trend of the world just like we predict tomorrow's weather based on a condition of today's sky.
* * *
So, let's be optimistic as the Sun looks when it greets us.
"GREET ONE ANOTHER"
This winter is warm.
People are afraid that Tokyo might not have snow this season.
A cold air mass from Siberia and warm air from the Pacific Ocean usually get balanced over the Japanese Islands. However, Siberia itself might be getting more and more influenced by global warming.
* * *
In the Bible, Jesus Christ in a snowy day or a rainy day is not depicted.
However, he said to get on the alert and read a trend of the world just like we predict tomorrow's weather based on a condition of today's sky.
* * *
So, let's be optimistic as the Sun looks when it greets us.
"GREET ONE ANOTHER"
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Diamond or Electricity
Diamond or Electricity
Strontium titanate is a material for making a synthetic jewel such as artificial diamond.
Nonetheless using this material, Japanese scientists have recently improved thermoelectric conversion for application of power generation.
The efficiency of thermoelectric conversion has been made twice higher than in a case of using conventional materials.
* * *
Solar batteries are a good example to get electricity without using large equipment. They convert the energy of light to electricity.
In thermoelectric conversion, difference in temperature between two locations on a piece of metal causes an electric current flow.
Without sun light, as long as you have a heat source, you can generate power for a device based on the natural law of thermoelectric conversion.
There are already a few products, such as a wrist watch, to which this technology is applied, though not so popular yet.
* * *
If heat caused by friction can be applied to a piece of metal to get current or voltage needed for an appliance, people just have to use their muscle to supply power to equipment such as an LCD TV, a mobile gear, a digital camera, and an electric bulb.
If you can use waste heat in a facility or a plant in an industry in a large scale, the thermoelectric conversion technology will provide non-nonsense electric power.
* * *
Jesus Christ said that we have to be more zealous or more unperturbed in our practice of faith (without bringing up awe of God's anger by way of excuse).
Indeed, with such a difference in a state of mind, a blue streak of lighting should run and work in and around one's presence, making the situation better and promoting improvement of a social atmosphere.
(Strontium titanate is reportedly 1000 times commoner in the nature than other materials so far used for conventional thermoelectric conversion.
It looks very hopeful for poor people and bona-fide or white investors.
Even a future U.S. President might mention it in his State of the Union message to Congress, one practice of which was broadcast live this morning in Japan and reported later widely with a focus on the approval rate of President George W. Bush as well as his greeting to the female House Speaker.)
"BOTH WILL KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION"
Strontium titanate is a material for making a synthetic jewel such as artificial diamond.
Nonetheless using this material, Japanese scientists have recently improved thermoelectric conversion for application of power generation.
The efficiency of thermoelectric conversion has been made twice higher than in a case of using conventional materials.
* * *
Solar batteries are a good example to get electricity without using large equipment. They convert the energy of light to electricity.
In thermoelectric conversion, difference in temperature between two locations on a piece of metal causes an electric current flow.
Without sun light, as long as you have a heat source, you can generate power for a device based on the natural law of thermoelectric conversion.
There are already a few products, such as a wrist watch, to which this technology is applied, though not so popular yet.
* * *
If heat caused by friction can be applied to a piece of metal to get current or voltage needed for an appliance, people just have to use their muscle to supply power to equipment such as an LCD TV, a mobile gear, a digital camera, and an electric bulb.
If you can use waste heat in a facility or a plant in an industry in a large scale, the thermoelectric conversion technology will provide non-nonsense electric power.
* * *
Jesus Christ said that we have to be more zealous or more unperturbed in our practice of faith (without bringing up awe of God's anger by way of excuse).
Indeed, with such a difference in a state of mind, a blue streak of lighting should run and work in and around one's presence, making the situation better and promoting improvement of a social atmosphere.
(Strontium titanate is reportedly 1000 times commoner in the nature than other materials so far used for conventional thermoelectric conversion.
It looks very hopeful for poor people and bona-fide or white investors.
Even a future U.S. President might mention it in his State of the Union message to Congress, one practice of which was broadcast live this morning in Japan and reported later widely with a focus on the approval rate of President George W. Bush as well as his greeting to the female House Speaker.)
"BOTH WILL KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION"
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Environment, Electricity, Emission, and Elections
Environment, Electricity, Emission, and Elections
Recently Mr. Al Gore visited Japan for promoting his movie on conservation of the world environment and prevention of green-house gas emission.
Almost at the same time, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her entry in 2008 Presidential Race.
I wonder how many people who can better serve the nation than any other incumbent politicians are in the United Sates.
An order of millions or not?
* * *
In Japan, a shock and a commotion ran Sunday night in the political community.
A new governor was elected in a certain prefecture (with a population of 1.2 million) in western Japan where a former governor had been arrested for some scandals and forced to resign.
The new governor is a middle-aged ex-entertainer who had once put a halt to his show business after some scandals and entered a university in Tokyo, his playing field, to learn local governing; then having dropped out of the university last March, he ran for the emergent governorship race in his home prefecture this January and won on Sunday night, making forecast of all the media helplessly wrong.
Other two hopeful candidates, supported directly or indirectly by the two major political parties in Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Japan, lost to the entertainer.
The parties have lost face as with those candidates, each a guaranteed ex-elite bureaucrat.
* * *
The TIME magazine has recently reported on Kyoto in light of environment issues. (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580391-1,00.html)
(The report mentions Japanese Government's "Cool Biz policy in 2005, under which offices save energy by keeping summer temperatures at a stifling 82.4°F (28°C)," which was promoted on the initiative of then woman Environment Minister whose charm seemed to nicely contribute to bureaucrats' compliance.)
This might be simple coincidence. But, Mr. Al Gore should be encouraged to pursue environment protection in the world regardless of his possible presidential candidacy for 2008.
* * *
As for green-house gas emission, people should stop burning naively fossil fuels as soon as possible, or introduce advanced technology to significantly reduce CO2 emission from power generators.
Following is CIA statistics on world electricity production ranking in https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2038rank.html:
No. 1 US______3,979,000,000,000 kWh
2 China_______2,500,000,000,000
3 Japan________974,400,000,000
4 Russia________952,400,000,000
5 India_________630,600,000,000
6 Canada________573,000,000,000
7 Germany______566,900,000,000
8 France________540,600,000,000
9 Brazil_________380,900,000,000
Tackling the environmental issue means to deal with the big powers in the world as well as the future great powers, most of which have a huge population.
The issue is different from managing a prefecture of 1.2 million residents based on one's experiences as an entertainer and a student, while driving out a dishonest governor.
You really need tested ability for handling the world players in the 21st century, though sometimes even devils empower man's ability.
* * *
I do not especially recommend you to invest in a certain industrial sector in a certain country for your own profits.
However, if I have funds, I will think about electricity in other poor countries.
Which, then, regardless of your religion, will you serve, God or Mammon?
"THE TIME IS COMING AND ALREADY HERE"
Recently Mr. Al Gore visited Japan for promoting his movie on conservation of the world environment and prevention of green-house gas emission.
Almost at the same time, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton announced her entry in 2008 Presidential Race.
I wonder how many people who can better serve the nation than any other incumbent politicians are in the United Sates.
An order of millions or not?
* * *
In Japan, a shock and a commotion ran Sunday night in the political community.
A new governor was elected in a certain prefecture (with a population of 1.2 million) in western Japan where a former governor had been arrested for some scandals and forced to resign.
The new governor is a middle-aged ex-entertainer who had once put a halt to his show business after some scandals and entered a university in Tokyo, his playing field, to learn local governing; then having dropped out of the university last March, he ran for the emergent governorship race in his home prefecture this January and won on Sunday night, making forecast of all the media helplessly wrong.
Other two hopeful candidates, supported directly or indirectly by the two major political parties in Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party and the Democratic Party of Japan, lost to the entertainer.
The parties have lost face as with those candidates, each a guaranteed ex-elite bureaucrat.
* * *
The TIME magazine has recently reported on Kyoto in light of environment issues. (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580391-1,00.html)
(The report mentions Japanese Government's "Cool Biz policy in 2005, under which offices save energy by keeping summer temperatures at a stifling 82.4°F (28°C)," which was promoted on the initiative of then woman Environment Minister whose charm seemed to nicely contribute to bureaucrats' compliance.)
This might be simple coincidence. But, Mr. Al Gore should be encouraged to pursue environment protection in the world regardless of his possible presidential candidacy for 2008.
* * *
As for green-house gas emission, people should stop burning naively fossil fuels as soon as possible, or introduce advanced technology to significantly reduce CO2 emission from power generators.
Following is CIA statistics on world electricity production ranking in https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2038rank.html:
No. 1 US______3,979,000,000,000 kWh
2 China_______2,500,000,000,000
3 Japan________974,400,000,000
4 Russia________952,400,000,000
5 India_________630,600,000,000
6 Canada________573,000,000,000
7 Germany______566,900,000,000
8 France________540,600,000,000
9 Brazil_________380,900,000,000
Tackling the environmental issue means to deal with the big powers in the world as well as the future great powers, most of which have a huge population.
The issue is different from managing a prefecture of 1.2 million residents based on one's experiences as an entertainer and a student, while driving out a dishonest governor.
You really need tested ability for handling the world players in the 21st century, though sometimes even devils empower man's ability.
* * *
I do not especially recommend you to invest in a certain industrial sector in a certain country for your own profits.
However, if I have funds, I will think about electricity in other poor countries.
Which, then, regardless of your religion, will you serve, God or Mammon?
"THE TIME IS COMING AND ALREADY HERE"
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Hidden and Real Admirers
Hidden and Real Admirers
The followings are from recent articles of newspapers in Japan:
- The Japanese steel industry is enjoying the largest boom in three decades due to strong needs in China.
(China should become a pro-Japan country. It is really ages ago that Mao Tse-tung failed in boosting steel production in China after WWII, while China is now the No.1 crude-steel producer country, due to technical and financial support from Japan for decades, with 350 million tons of production followed by Japan with 110 million tons in the whole-world production of 1.13 billion tons.)
- A journalist in Turk was assassinated. His article about conflicts between Ottoman Turks and Armenians, which occurred in the late 19th century sacrificing 300,000 people, touched off a serious argument in Turk.
(Turk is a pro-Japan country. We hope that justice will be surely done in Turk.)
- Staff of U.S. Department of Homeland Security is going to be stationed in Narita Airport, Japan, based on agreement between the Governments of Japan and the U.S.
(America has been regarded as a pro-Japan country for decades. However, a certain influential writer in Japan wrote, in his well-known book, that he would never visit the U.S., for he does not like to provide his personal information, including his finger prints, for US authorities concerned. )
* * *
I hope the U.S. will become a pro-Iran country; and Iran will become a pro-U.S. country.
Energy-resource hunting China and another Middle-East potential power Turk must be highly embarrassed if the U.S.-Iran relationship gets into a real quagmire.
(From Japan to Turk through China and India as well as Iran is a kind of orthodox Asia since before the emergence of Islam, which is overwhelmingly wider and more colorful than the U.S. alone, the contemporary sole superpower.)
* * *
Japan is a pro-United Nations and pro-U.S. country.
(The U.S. is the No. 1 contributor to U.N. with US$420 million followed by Japan with US$330 million and Germany with US$150 million in 2006.)
And, Japan is a pro-Jesus Christ country or a hidden and real admirer of Jesus Christ, since there is no single respectable person in Japan who declares that he is an enemy of Jesus Christ.
* * *
Truly, even today, I have confirmed that Japan is blessed in this difficult world under globalization (with underlying forces of the so called Christianity, Islam, and Communism rooted in a knot of Judaism as a mainstream).
The issue might be how long it will last and how much more it will be given (though it is more blessing to give as much as possible).
"TO LIVE UNTIL I COME"
The followings are from recent articles of newspapers in Japan:
- The Japanese steel industry is enjoying the largest boom in three decades due to strong needs in China.
(China should become a pro-Japan country. It is really ages ago that Mao Tse-tung failed in boosting steel production in China after WWII, while China is now the No.1 crude-steel producer country, due to technical and financial support from Japan for decades, with 350 million tons of production followed by Japan with 110 million tons in the whole-world production of 1.13 billion tons.)
- A journalist in Turk was assassinated. His article about conflicts between Ottoman Turks and Armenians, which occurred in the late 19th century sacrificing 300,000 people, touched off a serious argument in Turk.
(Turk is a pro-Japan country. We hope that justice will be surely done in Turk.)
- Staff of U.S. Department of Homeland Security is going to be stationed in Narita Airport, Japan, based on agreement between the Governments of Japan and the U.S.
(America has been regarded as a pro-Japan country for decades. However, a certain influential writer in Japan wrote, in his well-known book, that he would never visit the U.S., for he does not like to provide his personal information, including his finger prints, for US authorities concerned. )
* * *
I hope the U.S. will become a pro-Iran country; and Iran will become a pro-U.S. country.
Energy-resource hunting China and another Middle-East potential power Turk must be highly embarrassed if the U.S.-Iran relationship gets into a real quagmire.
(From Japan to Turk through China and India as well as Iran is a kind of orthodox Asia since before the emergence of Islam, which is overwhelmingly wider and more colorful than the U.S. alone, the contemporary sole superpower.)
* * *
Japan is a pro-United Nations and pro-U.S. country.
(The U.S. is the No. 1 contributor to U.N. with US$420 million followed by Japan with US$330 million and Germany with US$150 million in 2006.)
And, Japan is a pro-Jesus Christ country or a hidden and real admirer of Jesus Christ, since there is no single respectable person in Japan who declares that he is an enemy of Jesus Christ.
* * *
Truly, even today, I have confirmed that Japan is blessed in this difficult world under globalization (with underlying forces of the so called Christianity, Islam, and Communism rooted in a knot of Judaism as a mainstream).
The issue might be how long it will last and how much more it will be given (though it is more blessing to give as much as possible).
"TO LIVE UNTIL I COME"
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Regrettable Victims
Regrettable Victims
(Jesus Christ said to people that unless they have never committed a sin, they should not sling a stone at a woman under an accusation to execute her.
This mandatory rule applies to any cases.
You should not stone and execute white, privileged, student athletes in any universities as well as African American young women in any professions, since the existence of such categories itself is a sin of the society which makes all the members of the society a sinner [though, to a different extent according to wealth one has].
The issue is devising and implementing a solution to nullify adversary effects of the existence of such categories in the society.
And the best solution is to understand how much the whole society, including European Americans who control the American economy, owes Jesus Christ and thus has to follow his teaching, that is, not to execute anybody since you are also a sinner.)
* * *
Now, I have remembered that the late Peter Jennings attended a court trial on the late Saddam Hussein.
Peter Jennings left this world earlier than Saddam Hussein.
* * *
There is one journalist in Japan who ventured to visit the site where the late President of Iraq had been hiding when he had been captured by US troops.
The underground, small cell was still there.
He was a notable journalist who once successfully criticized the president of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) for various scandals, which finally led to the president's resignation.
But the journalist sometime after having returned home from Iraq got hospitalized for surgery; he blessedly recovered and appears regularly on TV nowadays.
* * *
News coverage looks like a matter of life sometimes.
I am awfully sorry for other unlucky professionals in this field, especially, who were involved in the Iraqi War.
This is my sincere comment intended to be taken as such.
"THE HARVEST IS LARGE"
(Jesus Christ said to people that unless they have never committed a sin, they should not sling a stone at a woman under an accusation to execute her.
This mandatory rule applies to any cases.
You should not stone and execute white, privileged, student athletes in any universities as well as African American young women in any professions, since the existence of such categories itself is a sin of the society which makes all the members of the society a sinner [though, to a different extent according to wealth one has].
The issue is devising and implementing a solution to nullify adversary effects of the existence of such categories in the society.
And the best solution is to understand how much the whole society, including European Americans who control the American economy, owes Jesus Christ and thus has to follow his teaching, that is, not to execute anybody since you are also a sinner.)
* * *
Now, I have remembered that the late Peter Jennings attended a court trial on the late Saddam Hussein.
Peter Jennings left this world earlier than Saddam Hussein.
* * *
There is one journalist in Japan who ventured to visit the site where the late President of Iraq had been hiding when he had been captured by US troops.
The underground, small cell was still there.
He was a notable journalist who once successfully criticized the president of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) for various scandals, which finally led to the president's resignation.
But the journalist sometime after having returned home from Iraq got hospitalized for surgery; he blessedly recovered and appears regularly on TV nowadays.
* * *
News coverage looks like a matter of life sometimes.
I am awfully sorry for other unlucky professionals in this field, especially, who were involved in the Iraqi War.
This is my sincere comment intended to be taken as such.
"THE HARVEST IS LARGE"
Friday, January 19, 2007
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ
Somebody said that Jews killed Jesus Christ. They also talked about slavery.
American news programs viewed in morning business hours in Japan might not get a wide audience base; yet it must provide valuable information for those working in Japan's news sector and probably its education sector.
Yet, US religions, slavery, and gender are especially very remote issues here.
* * *
Indeed, it was reported in the Bible that Jesus Christ had been almost killed in his home town when people had surrounded Him on a cliff. Eventually Jesus Christ had walked through and left them who, driven by malicious passions, had tried to push Him off.
Then, as everybody knows, the so called high priests of the Jewish society 2000 years ago made an accusation about Him to a Roman Governor who eventually ordered his soldiers to crucify Him.
According to these reports, it seems that there were some Jews who were determined to take Jesus Christ's life but could not for specific reasons, and thus resorted to Roman army of occupation.
If majority or significant part of Jewish population then had joined the plot, they should not have troubled the Roman Governor.
Jesus Christ was not crucified under the name of the Jewish tribe which had been for generations under occupation of the Roman Empire.
The Roman Governor had a decisive power in this case, since he could have also killed any Jews at his will, including those who had made an accusation about Jesus Christ. Under the name of the Roman Empire, the Governor formally killed Jesus Christ.
It is noteworthy that some Jews who became an enemy of Jesus Christ and His followers had no capability to attack Him and His followers as well as the Roman Governor; they were absolutely deprived of armed might, probably, due to so many secret and strong followers of Jesus Christ among their tribe.
* * *
And, the present European and American civilization is a successor of the Roman Empire. The civilization has to carry the glory and the sin of its parent Empire, if a certain criterion is applied.
Following the criterion, ancestors of present European and American civilization killed Jesus Christ. (But, it is quite correct to say that mankind killed Jesus Christ.)
Nonetheless, I believe that if you had been a cool Roman Governor of Judea 2000 years ago, you would have naturally laughed at those Jews who had taken a legal action against Jesus Christ without arms, and rather provided Him with an elite platoon to protect Him.
* * *
It is a matter of the Jewish society 2000 year ago, in which Jesus Christ had decided to live as a member. We should not judge it unless we are a member of the society of the very age. In addition, behind the high priests in bad faith, there might have been some unknown pagans who are still unknown to date.
Without Jews who honestly believed in Jesus Christ 2000 year ago, mankind should have completely failed in following, praising, and honoring God.
Though the Jewish community of the age as a whole did not decide to follow Jesus Christ, some of them saved the whole mankind of future generations by believing in Him personally respectively.
Accordingly, the faith and belief in Jesus Christ became an individual matter since then, not as a religion of a race, a tribe, or a society.
* * *
Jesus Christ was killed by the Roman Governor who accepted, though he could have denied, a request by some people with wealth, social status, and religious fame rather than, say, by His countrymen. (You might as well say that rich, high-class, and religious people killed Jesus Christ.)
Consequently the Roman Empire was later forced to become a Christian Empire; the Pope in Rome even today plays a role of a Roman Emperor, on behalf of the European/American civilization, who shows his surrender and apology to Jesus Christ incessantly.
It tells who killed Jesus Christ 2000 years ago.
On the other hand, Israelites, some of whose ancestors became the first followers of Jesus Christ, are still allowed to exercise traditional rituals of their tribe completely and freely, which is the greatest reward that any tribe in history has been given by God Almighty.
It tells who did not kill Jesus Christ 2000 years ago.
* * *
My impression about all these arguments is that how Jesus Christ could keep His temper while mankind is still using his name in combination with those horrible words such as "kill."
I cannot help but hesitate to discuss, detail, and extend this issue any more unless the Lord God Almighty so wishes.
* * *
Have you ever seen Jesus Christ in your life? I suppose there are some who really have.
He seems to appear sometimes to those He especially takes a kindly interest in, which however is rarely reported in a world news program.
If you have, please report it to mankind (properly and orderly as they did in the first century).
"AS A FOOTSTOOL UNDER YOUR FEET"
Somebody said that Jews killed Jesus Christ. They also talked about slavery.
American news programs viewed in morning business hours in Japan might not get a wide audience base; yet it must provide valuable information for those working in Japan's news sector and probably its education sector.
Yet, US religions, slavery, and gender are especially very remote issues here.
* * *
Indeed, it was reported in the Bible that Jesus Christ had been almost killed in his home town when people had surrounded Him on a cliff. Eventually Jesus Christ had walked through and left them who, driven by malicious passions, had tried to push Him off.
Then, as everybody knows, the so called high priests of the Jewish society 2000 years ago made an accusation about Him to a Roman Governor who eventually ordered his soldiers to crucify Him.
According to these reports, it seems that there were some Jews who were determined to take Jesus Christ's life but could not for specific reasons, and thus resorted to Roman army of occupation.
If majority or significant part of Jewish population then had joined the plot, they should not have troubled the Roman Governor.
Jesus Christ was not crucified under the name of the Jewish tribe which had been for generations under occupation of the Roman Empire.
The Roman Governor had a decisive power in this case, since he could have also killed any Jews at his will, including those who had made an accusation about Jesus Christ. Under the name of the Roman Empire, the Governor formally killed Jesus Christ.
It is noteworthy that some Jews who became an enemy of Jesus Christ and His followers had no capability to attack Him and His followers as well as the Roman Governor; they were absolutely deprived of armed might, probably, due to so many secret and strong followers of Jesus Christ among their tribe.
* * *
And, the present European and American civilization is a successor of the Roman Empire. The civilization has to carry the glory and the sin of its parent Empire, if a certain criterion is applied.
Following the criterion, ancestors of present European and American civilization killed Jesus Christ. (But, it is quite correct to say that mankind killed Jesus Christ.)
Nonetheless, I believe that if you had been a cool Roman Governor of Judea 2000 years ago, you would have naturally laughed at those Jews who had taken a legal action against Jesus Christ without arms, and rather provided Him with an elite platoon to protect Him.
* * *
It is a matter of the Jewish society 2000 year ago, in which Jesus Christ had decided to live as a member. We should not judge it unless we are a member of the society of the very age. In addition, behind the high priests in bad faith, there might have been some unknown pagans who are still unknown to date.
Without Jews who honestly believed in Jesus Christ 2000 year ago, mankind should have completely failed in following, praising, and honoring God.
Though the Jewish community of the age as a whole did not decide to follow Jesus Christ, some of them saved the whole mankind of future generations by believing in Him personally respectively.
Accordingly, the faith and belief in Jesus Christ became an individual matter since then, not as a religion of a race, a tribe, or a society.
* * *
Jesus Christ was killed by the Roman Governor who accepted, though he could have denied, a request by some people with wealth, social status, and religious fame rather than, say, by His countrymen. (You might as well say that rich, high-class, and religious people killed Jesus Christ.)
Consequently the Roman Empire was later forced to become a Christian Empire; the Pope in Rome even today plays a role of a Roman Emperor, on behalf of the European/American civilization, who shows his surrender and apology to Jesus Christ incessantly.
It tells who killed Jesus Christ 2000 years ago.
On the other hand, Israelites, some of whose ancestors became the first followers of Jesus Christ, are still allowed to exercise traditional rituals of their tribe completely and freely, which is the greatest reward that any tribe in history has been given by God Almighty.
It tells who did not kill Jesus Christ 2000 years ago.
* * *
My impression about all these arguments is that how Jesus Christ could keep His temper while mankind is still using his name in combination with those horrible words such as "kill."
I cannot help but hesitate to discuss, detail, and extend this issue any more unless the Lord God Almighty so wishes.
* * *
Have you ever seen Jesus Christ in your life? I suppose there are some who really have.
He seems to appear sometimes to those He especially takes a kindly interest in, which however is rarely reported in a world news program.
If you have, please report it to mankind (properly and orderly as they did in the first century).
"AS A FOOTSTOOL UNDER YOUR FEET"
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Terror from Indonesia to Turk as well as in Japan, EU, and the U.S.
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Terror from Indonesia to Turk as well as in Japan, EU, and the U.S.
Early in the morning on January 17, 1995, a great earthquake hit a western part of Japan, sacrificing around 6,000 precious lives.
One author described that the damages of the Kobe City reminded him of US air bombardment in WWII.
On January 17, 1994, the Northridge earthquake occurred in California, sacrificing precious 57 lives and injuring 5,400 people.
On January 17, 1991, the Persian Gulf War began.
* * *
We do not know when a great earthquake will hit Tokyo in future.
We did not know the day and hour when the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 began and the large-scale terror on the mainland of America in 2001 started.
Nonetheless, there is no excuse for us; we have to enhance preparedness for potential disasters as well as efforts for comprehensive peace with parties and countries concerned.
* * *
On September 29, 1993, an earthquake killed 10,000 people in southern India.
On May 10, 1997, an earthquake killed 2,000 people in eastern Iran.
On February 4, 1998, an earthquake killed 4,000 people in northeastern Afghanistan.
On May 30, 1998, an earthquake killed 5,000 people in northern Afghanistan.
On August 17, 1998, an earthquake killed 16,000 people in Turk.
On January 26, 2001, an earthquake killed 20,000 people in western India.
On December 26, 2003, an earthquake killed 30,000 people in Iran.
On December 26, 2004, an earthquake and tsunamis killed 300,000 people on the Sumatra Island, Indonesia, and other Indian Ocean coasts.
On October 8, 2005, an earthquake killed 100,000 people in Pakistan.
On May 27, 2006, an earthquake killed more than 5,000 people on the Java Island, Indonesia.
From Indonesia to Turk, Muslims have been suffering severely beyond imagination of citizens of advanced countries.
They also suffered terror such as Bali bombings in 2002 and 2005, Istanbul bombings in 2004, and Mumbai bombings in 2006.
* * *
Those incidents seem to have been coincident with terrorist movement in those areas and actual acts of terror in target countries as well as related operations by countries concerned including the U.S.
It is not only a continental draft of the Indian Subcontinent toward the north, pushing up the Asian Continent and building the Himalaya Mountains, but also the lack of help and support to prepare for disasters that should be perceived.
If the U.S. and EU continue to leave and neglect Muslims in those disaster-torn regions in tragedy, anything horrible, I am afraid, such as terror might be directed, in the worst case, to them as they experienced in the US East Coast in 2001, Madrid in 2004, and London in 2005.
You have to read and comprehend holy codes hidden in the above historic record of disasters in the regions that may be potentially more concerned with US and EU security than Iraq is.
* * *
Jesus Christ said to stay where you are and not to go back into the house for anything left.
Only God knows the day and hour.
I have to trust in Him.
Yes, in Him we as mortal man have to trust.
"YOU GO AND PROCLAIM THE KINGDON OF GOD"
Early in the morning on January 17, 1995, a great earthquake hit a western part of Japan, sacrificing around 6,000 precious lives.
One author described that the damages of the Kobe City reminded him of US air bombardment in WWII.
On January 17, 1994, the Northridge earthquake occurred in California, sacrificing precious 57 lives and injuring 5,400 people.
On January 17, 1991, the Persian Gulf War began.
* * *
We do not know when a great earthquake will hit Tokyo in future.
We did not know the day and hour when the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990 began and the large-scale terror on the mainland of America in 2001 started.
Nonetheless, there is no excuse for us; we have to enhance preparedness for potential disasters as well as efforts for comprehensive peace with parties and countries concerned.
* * *
On September 29, 1993, an earthquake killed 10,000 people in southern India.
On May 10, 1997, an earthquake killed 2,000 people in eastern Iran.
On February 4, 1998, an earthquake killed 4,000 people in northeastern Afghanistan.
On May 30, 1998, an earthquake killed 5,000 people in northern Afghanistan.
On August 17, 1998, an earthquake killed 16,000 people in Turk.
On January 26, 2001, an earthquake killed 20,000 people in western India.
On December 26, 2003, an earthquake killed 30,000 people in Iran.
On December 26, 2004, an earthquake and tsunamis killed 300,000 people on the Sumatra Island, Indonesia, and other Indian Ocean coasts.
On October 8, 2005, an earthquake killed 100,000 people in Pakistan.
On May 27, 2006, an earthquake killed more than 5,000 people on the Java Island, Indonesia.
From Indonesia to Turk, Muslims have been suffering severely beyond imagination of citizens of advanced countries.
They also suffered terror such as Bali bombings in 2002 and 2005, Istanbul bombings in 2004, and Mumbai bombings in 2006.
* * *
Those incidents seem to have been coincident with terrorist movement in those areas and actual acts of terror in target countries as well as related operations by countries concerned including the U.S.
It is not only a continental draft of the Indian Subcontinent toward the north, pushing up the Asian Continent and building the Himalaya Mountains, but also the lack of help and support to prepare for disasters that should be perceived.
If the U.S. and EU continue to leave and neglect Muslims in those disaster-torn regions in tragedy, anything horrible, I am afraid, such as terror might be directed, in the worst case, to them as they experienced in the US East Coast in 2001, Madrid in 2004, and London in 2005.
You have to read and comprehend holy codes hidden in the above historic record of disasters in the regions that may be potentially more concerned with US and EU security than Iraq is.
* * *
Jesus Christ said to stay where you are and not to go back into the house for anything left.
Only God knows the day and hour.
I have to trust in Him.
Yes, in Him we as mortal man have to trust.
"YOU GO AND PROCLAIM THE KINGDON OF GOD"
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
"MUHAMMAD ALI: His Life and Times" Symbolizing Situations
"MUHAMMAD ALI: His Life and Times" Symbolizing Situations
"MUHAMMAD ALI: His Life and Times" by Thomas Hauser, published in 1991, was translated into Japanese and divided into two parts, each of which is sold separately.
I recently bought its second part, consisting of 441 pages including foot notes, at 1200 yen (US$10), which was renewed for pocket editions in 2005.
It would cost more if we buy an original and imported version of the book written in English.
Most of Japanese people read famous American books in their Japanese versions for various reasons, including prices and difficulties in reading English.
* * *
One interesting report contained in the book is that one of close associates of Mr. Muhammad Ali once said, before a match, that a Muslim was for the first time in history going to fight a Christian on the ring. And, Mr. Ali won.
The issue is whether this kind of facts on Mr. Ali has had significant influence on young Muslims all over the world up to this day.
* * *
It is not so very rare to spot African Americans in Japan, partly due to existence of US military bases in Japan. Generally speaking, they look like well respecting the Japanese society.
Perhaps they could see the difference in various human aspects, such as distinction between a Christian and a Muslim among their races which Japanese cannot easily.
* * *
My belief is that God admits Japanese as he does with Christians and Muslims regardless of their races.
Besides, if the ancient Persian Empire had defeated the ancient Greek Coalition, there would not have been Alexander the Great as well as the Roman Empire; and thus neither European dominance nor discovery of New Continents by Europeans.
Therefore, my belief is that God admits Japanese as he does with European Americans and African Americans regardless of their religions.
* * *
Mr. Muhammad Ali is still very famous in Japan, mostly because he symbolizes super success of an individual in whatever profession, especially in America.
Or, whatever race or religion he belongs to, worldly success itself might matter to most of Japanese.
Conversely, whatever race or religion a saint belongs to, spiritual authority itself might matter to most of Japanese.
If God is pleased with Japanese and Mr. Muhammad Ali, we assume that there are no problems between Japan and African Americans, and Japan and Muslims.
(In conclusion, we have to symbolize something valuable to succeed even if God promises our success.)
"PLEASING TO HIM, AS USED TO BE"
"MUHAMMAD ALI: His Life and Times" by Thomas Hauser, published in 1991, was translated into Japanese and divided into two parts, each of which is sold separately.
I recently bought its second part, consisting of 441 pages including foot notes, at 1200 yen (US$10), which was renewed for pocket editions in 2005.
It would cost more if we buy an original and imported version of the book written in English.
Most of Japanese people read famous American books in their Japanese versions for various reasons, including prices and difficulties in reading English.
* * *
One interesting report contained in the book is that one of close associates of Mr. Muhammad Ali once said, before a match, that a Muslim was for the first time in history going to fight a Christian on the ring. And, Mr. Ali won.
The issue is whether this kind of facts on Mr. Ali has had significant influence on young Muslims all over the world up to this day.
* * *
It is not so very rare to spot African Americans in Japan, partly due to existence of US military bases in Japan. Generally speaking, they look like well respecting the Japanese society.
Perhaps they could see the difference in various human aspects, such as distinction between a Christian and a Muslim among their races which Japanese cannot easily.
* * *
My belief is that God admits Japanese as he does with Christians and Muslims regardless of their races.
Besides, if the ancient Persian Empire had defeated the ancient Greek Coalition, there would not have been Alexander the Great as well as the Roman Empire; and thus neither European dominance nor discovery of New Continents by Europeans.
Therefore, my belief is that God admits Japanese as he does with European Americans and African Americans regardless of their religions.
* * *
Mr. Muhammad Ali is still very famous in Japan, mostly because he symbolizes super success of an individual in whatever profession, especially in America.
Or, whatever race or religion he belongs to, worldly success itself might matter to most of Japanese.
Conversely, whatever race or religion a saint belongs to, spiritual authority itself might matter to most of Japanese.
If God is pleased with Japanese and Mr. Muhammad Ali, we assume that there are no problems between Japan and African Americans, and Japan and Muslims.
(In conclusion, we have to symbolize something valuable to succeed even if God promises our success.)
"PLEASING TO HIM, AS USED TO BE"
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Japan's Supertanker Hit by USS Newport News at Hormuz for Prophecy
Japan's Supertanker Hit by USS Newport News at Hormuz for Prophecy
The USS atomic-powered submarine Newport News (6,000 tons, 110m) hit the Japanese super-tanker Mogami-Gawa (300,000 tons, 333m) at Strait of Hormuz of the Persian Gulf on January 8, 2007.
In the worst case, it could have resulted in a large scale of oil spill in addition to a disastrous fire on the sea, which might hamper navigation of tankers delivering crude oils to the world market.
(The Mogami-Gawa, one of three or more tankers passing through the Hormuz straits specifically to Japan per day, was carrying an amount of oil equivalent to a half of that consumed per day in Japan.)
This incident instantly reminded me of the collision between a Japanese fisheries-high-school's training ship named Ehimemaru and the USS Greeneville, of the same class as the Newport News, that occurred off the Oahu Island, Hawaii, on February 10, 2001, taking nine Japanese lives.
* * *
I once wrote:
"...no one remembered the passage of the book “Moby Dick” written by Herman Melville just before the Civil War:
"Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States",
"WHALING VOYAGE BY ONE ISHMAEL",
"BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN",
which should be read as:
"In 2000, Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States",
"In early 2001, WAILING VOYAGE BY THE EHIMEMARU ",
"In late 2001, BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN",
..."
* * *
And, actually as prophesized, though regarded as by chance, the War on Terror has been still going on, taking many lives of various parties and nationalities.
The speculation on the recent naval incident is that the USS Newport News was then being dispatched to the sea area off Somalia while US fighter-bombers were attacking an Al-Qaeda base in the civil-war-torn country.
Nonetheless, Somalia is not the only focus in this context; we are inevitably aware of presence of Iran near the Strait of Hormuz.
* * *
In the story of “Moby Dick,” Captain Ahab of a whaling ship Ishmael got on board was chasing and pursing the white whale called Moby Dick.
It may be read as Arabs are aiming at the "White House," in which a president nicknamed "W" resides and a vice president called "Dick" works, while "Islam" and "Israel" are involved in a historical context.
And, to make the long story short, Captain Ahab and his companies finally failed in killing Moby Dick while the whailing ship was destroyed by the gigantic white whale, and one Ishmael alone got rescued by another ship.
It means, as a prophecy of my version, that Arabs attacking the White House would finally fail and their organization would be destroyed; yet, the nation Israel and the great religious community Islam will survive.
* * *
But, most astonishing thing is that this revelation was brought with the Ehimemaru tragedy near the Pearl Harbor in early 2001, reminding us of the lightening strikes of Imperial Japan's Navy on US Navy fleets, in the naval port in Hawaii, 60 years ago.
Subsequently, Washington D.C. and the New York City were attacked in the kamikaze style by some Arabs on September 11, 2001.
* * *
Early this year, again, a USS submarine hit a Japanese ship.
This time not off the Pearl Harbor, but it happened at the strategically most important strait in the world: the Strait of Hormuz of the Persian Gulf.
However, no injury and loss of life as well as leakage of oil were reported.
Yet, we have to take this as another warning from Heaven.
Both the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran should take it as such.
* * *
The name of the tanker damaged, though minor, "Mogami-Gawa," is taken from one of famous rivers in Japan. The meaning of Kanji characters used to express "Mogami-Gawa" is the best and top river.
The flow of crude oil from the Middle East to Japan should not be interrupted and stopped by any military operations by the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which might be the warning from Almighty God and Allah after all.
You should not interrupt and stop any holy missions now being carried out and delivered here and there.
"REJOICE WITH JERUSALEM; BE GLAD FOR HER"
The USS atomic-powered submarine Newport News (6,000 tons, 110m) hit the Japanese super-tanker Mogami-Gawa (300,000 tons, 333m) at Strait of Hormuz of the Persian Gulf on January 8, 2007.
In the worst case, it could have resulted in a large scale of oil spill in addition to a disastrous fire on the sea, which might hamper navigation of tankers delivering crude oils to the world market.
(The Mogami-Gawa, one of three or more tankers passing through the Hormuz straits specifically to Japan per day, was carrying an amount of oil equivalent to a half of that consumed per day in Japan.)
This incident instantly reminded me of the collision between a Japanese fisheries-high-school's training ship named Ehimemaru and the USS Greeneville, of the same class as the Newport News, that occurred off the Oahu Island, Hawaii, on February 10, 2001, taking nine Japanese lives.
* * *
I once wrote:
"...no one remembered the passage of the book “Moby Dick” written by Herman Melville just before the Civil War:
"Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States",
"WHALING VOYAGE BY ONE ISHMAEL",
"BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN",
which should be read as:
"In 2000, Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States",
"In early 2001, WAILING VOYAGE BY THE EHIMEMARU ",
"In late 2001, BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN",
..."
* * *
And, actually as prophesized, though regarded as by chance, the War on Terror has been still going on, taking many lives of various parties and nationalities.
The speculation on the recent naval incident is that the USS Newport News was then being dispatched to the sea area off Somalia while US fighter-bombers were attacking an Al-Qaeda base in the civil-war-torn country.
Nonetheless, Somalia is not the only focus in this context; we are inevitably aware of presence of Iran near the Strait of Hormuz.
* * *
In the story of “Moby Dick,” Captain Ahab of a whaling ship Ishmael got on board was chasing and pursing the white whale called Moby Dick.
It may be read as Arabs are aiming at the "White House," in which a president nicknamed "W" resides and a vice president called "Dick" works, while "Islam" and "Israel" are involved in a historical context.
And, to make the long story short, Captain Ahab and his companies finally failed in killing Moby Dick while the whailing ship was destroyed by the gigantic white whale, and one Ishmael alone got rescued by another ship.
It means, as a prophecy of my version, that Arabs attacking the White House would finally fail and their organization would be destroyed; yet, the nation Israel and the great religious community Islam will survive.
* * *
But, most astonishing thing is that this revelation was brought with the Ehimemaru tragedy near the Pearl Harbor in early 2001, reminding us of the lightening strikes of Imperial Japan's Navy on US Navy fleets, in the naval port in Hawaii, 60 years ago.
Subsequently, Washington D.C. and the New York City were attacked in the kamikaze style by some Arabs on September 11, 2001.
* * *
Early this year, again, a USS submarine hit a Japanese ship.
This time not off the Pearl Harbor, but it happened at the strategically most important strait in the world: the Strait of Hormuz of the Persian Gulf.
However, no injury and loss of life as well as leakage of oil were reported.
Yet, we have to take this as another warning from Heaven.
Both the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran should take it as such.
* * *
The name of the tanker damaged, though minor, "Mogami-Gawa," is taken from one of famous rivers in Japan. The meaning of Kanji characters used to express "Mogami-Gawa" is the best and top river.
The flow of crude oil from the Middle East to Japan should not be interrupted and stopped by any military operations by the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran, which might be the warning from Almighty God and Allah after all.
You should not interrupt and stop any holy missions now being carried out and delivered here and there.
"REJOICE WITH JERUSALEM; BE GLAD FOR HER"
Sunday, January 14, 2007
The Late Peter Jennings and Windows OS Tested on September 11
The Late Peter Jennings and Windows OS Tested on September 11
Recently Mr. Bill Gates accepted an interview and said:
"If you want to point to why the Windows PC has become such a successful, central thing, that enabling of partners, including all those great hardware partners, I'd say that's been very big. Here you see Toshiba doing SideShow (a Vista feature that enables a secondary display). You see Sony doing this beautiful Media Center, living room-type device. You see HP bringing in this touch-screen capability on a very nice form factor... "
(http://news.com.com/2008-1041_3-6147885.html)
You can enjoy contents and functions of advanced equipment. Such equipment consists of hardware whose control needs complicated and accurate procedures and operations only software can perform in a very short time.
Hardware can be easily replaced with other maker's, but a type of basic software cannot. It is because electronic formats of contents would be uniquely based on each maker's software unless comprehensive standard is forcibly adopted by the industry. If a dominant software maker refuses to accept such a standard, users cannot use old files in a different maker's software system which might be cheaper and more efficient.
(Just like you cannot buy and use another TV set that cannot receive a presently most popular broadcast frequency or channel.)
Users want to use a great amount of old files; Microsoft seems to have refused to adopt universal standards on file formats and other functions; and Japanese hardware makers cannot effectively offer more user-friendly solutions (except the TRON embedded OS project), but continue to design PCs that can only work with the Windows operating system.
Nonetheless, why are not a number of Windows-compatible operating systems being designed and produced by various software makers in this free and democratic world?
* * *
Accordingly, Mr. Bill Gates has become the richest man in the world.
However, when he was interviewed with in person by the late Peter Jennings in his home in Washington State, Mr. Bill Gates did not even look like the richest man in the United States.
(I suppose the interview was conducted just after or before Peter Jennings' coverage tour to Iraq in 2003 or 2004, where he encountered very nearly shootings between US troops and insurgents.)
It might because Peter Jennings was not in excellent physical condition that his attitude toward Mr. Bill Gates looked a little too cool while the billionaire was showing the famous anchorman around his home with full of IT systems.
* * *
Software is not a "king" in the IT system. But, users are as with other consumer goods. Further, public information even as goods is a little more different.
When the society is hit just like 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, it is an excellent anchorman that can calm down people as well as situations through his "presidential" manners but not super-rich IT industry leaders.
A profession that is accompanied with some human value is more valuable than a profession that is concerned only with monetary value at its core.
* * *
The 9/11 terror attacks in 2001 forced Peter Jennings to perform his duty in front of a camera under a specific pressure for very long, contiguous hours, which might have tested his health with a delayed effect leading to his death in August, 2005.
I don't know how they tested Windows OS, apart from the Internet designed for specific flexibility, on the day.
Now, how were you tested on the very day that is September 11, 2001?
(After all, to be blessed or condemned by God?)
"THE NEWS ABOUT THIS SPREAD ALL OVER"
Recently Mr. Bill Gates accepted an interview and said:
"If you want to point to why the Windows PC has become such a successful, central thing, that enabling of partners, including all those great hardware partners, I'd say that's been very big. Here you see Toshiba doing SideShow (a Vista feature that enables a secondary display). You see Sony doing this beautiful Media Center, living room-type device. You see HP bringing in this touch-screen capability on a very nice form factor... "
(http://news.com.com/2008-1041_3-6147885.html)
You can enjoy contents and functions of advanced equipment. Such equipment consists of hardware whose control needs complicated and accurate procedures and operations only software can perform in a very short time.
Hardware can be easily replaced with other maker's, but a type of basic software cannot. It is because electronic formats of contents would be uniquely based on each maker's software unless comprehensive standard is forcibly adopted by the industry. If a dominant software maker refuses to accept such a standard, users cannot use old files in a different maker's software system which might be cheaper and more efficient.
(Just like you cannot buy and use another TV set that cannot receive a presently most popular broadcast frequency or channel.)
Users want to use a great amount of old files; Microsoft seems to have refused to adopt universal standards on file formats and other functions; and Japanese hardware makers cannot effectively offer more user-friendly solutions (except the TRON embedded OS project), but continue to design PCs that can only work with the Windows operating system.
Nonetheless, why are not a number of Windows-compatible operating systems being designed and produced by various software makers in this free and democratic world?
* * *
Accordingly, Mr. Bill Gates has become the richest man in the world.
However, when he was interviewed with in person by the late Peter Jennings in his home in Washington State, Mr. Bill Gates did not even look like the richest man in the United States.
(I suppose the interview was conducted just after or before Peter Jennings' coverage tour to Iraq in 2003 or 2004, where he encountered very nearly shootings between US troops and insurgents.)
It might because Peter Jennings was not in excellent physical condition that his attitude toward Mr. Bill Gates looked a little too cool while the billionaire was showing the famous anchorman around his home with full of IT systems.
* * *
Software is not a "king" in the IT system. But, users are as with other consumer goods. Further, public information even as goods is a little more different.
When the society is hit just like 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, it is an excellent anchorman that can calm down people as well as situations through his "presidential" manners but not super-rich IT industry leaders.
A profession that is accompanied with some human value is more valuable than a profession that is concerned only with monetary value at its core.
* * *
The 9/11 terror attacks in 2001 forced Peter Jennings to perform his duty in front of a camera under a specific pressure for very long, contiguous hours, which might have tested his health with a delayed effect leading to his death in August, 2005.
I don't know how they tested Windows OS, apart from the Internet designed for specific flexibility, on the day.
Now, how were you tested on the very day that is September 11, 2001?
(After all, to be blessed or condemned by God?)
"THE NEWS ABOUT THIS SPREAD ALL OVER"
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Faith, Honesty, and Manners to Lead Soldiers
Faith, Honesty, and Manners to Lead Soldiers
Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901), an extremely influential and notable, historical person of culture, introduced many Western works, such as "Declaration of Independence," to Japan which was then on its way to westernization in the 19th century.
He also introduced European and American jokes in his book published in Japan in 1893, such as follows:
"One day, parents wanted to see what their boy had an aptitude for. They handed to the boy the Bible, a hundred-dollar bill, and an apple. Then they went out for some time, leaving the boy alone. When they returned home, they thought, if the boy was reading the Bible, they would advise him to become a priest; if he was playing with the hundred-dollar bill, they would encourage him to become a banker; but if he was eating the apple, they would probably have to expect him to be a farmer or something like that. When they returned home, they found the boy with the bill inside a pocket, sitting on the Bible, and munching the apple. The parents then believed that they could make a politician of the boy."
* * *
Contemporary Americans may also like to test their children with the Bible, a hundred-dollar bill, and an apple, too.
America today, like 100 years ago, seems to be full of priests, financial sector workers, and apple-pie eaters in addition to real and virtual politicians.
* * *
No parents want their children to volunteer for military service unless it is the only way for them to be recognized as a patriot. On the other hand, the Defense Department or the War Department would not mind an aptitude of a boy for soldiers in wartime.
But the true issue is, as the joke could be regarded as implying, whether a politician has an aptitude for leading the people while he most probably lacks faith, honesty, and manners among the people.
I do not think highly of public estimation such as "a man of integrity."
* * *
In the half part of his life, Yukichi Fukuzawa was a samurai. In 1860, as a member of an envoy of the Tokugawa samurai regime, he visited the U.S. They were taken into a photo as presented in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuzawa_Yukichi.
It was said that Yukichi Fukuzawa had been the supreme master of swordplay, which could be felt in his picture as a samurai, though no reports on his fight with a sword. Today, he is remembered as a pioneering author as well as the founder of the Keio University.
A boy who might become a Fukuzawa would, when left alone in home, soon start to read his favorite book, such as a biography of George Washington, without paying much attention to other luxuries.
(No girl is expected to be left alone for any testing, of course.)
"BUT YOUR LIFE WILL BE SPARED"
Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901), an extremely influential and notable, historical person of culture, introduced many Western works, such as "Declaration of Independence," to Japan which was then on its way to westernization in the 19th century.
He also introduced European and American jokes in his book published in Japan in 1893, such as follows:
"One day, parents wanted to see what their boy had an aptitude for. They handed to the boy the Bible, a hundred-dollar bill, and an apple. Then they went out for some time, leaving the boy alone. When they returned home, they thought, if the boy was reading the Bible, they would advise him to become a priest; if he was playing with the hundred-dollar bill, they would encourage him to become a banker; but if he was eating the apple, they would probably have to expect him to be a farmer or something like that. When they returned home, they found the boy with the bill inside a pocket, sitting on the Bible, and munching the apple. The parents then believed that they could make a politician of the boy."
* * *
Contemporary Americans may also like to test their children with the Bible, a hundred-dollar bill, and an apple, too.
America today, like 100 years ago, seems to be full of priests, financial sector workers, and apple-pie eaters in addition to real and virtual politicians.
* * *
No parents want their children to volunteer for military service unless it is the only way for them to be recognized as a patriot. On the other hand, the Defense Department or the War Department would not mind an aptitude of a boy for soldiers in wartime.
But the true issue is, as the joke could be regarded as implying, whether a politician has an aptitude for leading the people while he most probably lacks faith, honesty, and manners among the people.
I do not think highly of public estimation such as "a man of integrity."
* * *
In the half part of his life, Yukichi Fukuzawa was a samurai. In 1860, as a member of an envoy of the Tokugawa samurai regime, he visited the U.S. They were taken into a photo as presented in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuzawa_Yukichi.
It was said that Yukichi Fukuzawa had been the supreme master of swordplay, which could be felt in his picture as a samurai, though no reports on his fight with a sword. Today, he is remembered as a pioneering author as well as the founder of the Keio University.
A boy who might become a Fukuzawa would, when left alone in home, soon start to read his favorite book, such as a biography of George Washington, without paying much attention to other luxuries.
(No girl is expected to be left alone for any testing, of course.)
"BUT YOUR LIFE WILL BE SPARED"
Friday, January 12, 2007
See, Go and Befriend Iraqis
See, Go, and Befriend Iraqis
One of astonishing addresses I have ever heard in the US political community is that America will succeed in Iraq as it did in Germany and Japan after WWII.
It is just like believing that every American citizen today on a street is carrying a gun as every cowboy in the West 200 years ago was doing so.
* * *
People act according to what they have learnt in tradition of their society. When they find their behaviors are not respected by foreigners occupying their country, they will find a cause to run for insurgency.
It is said that there were many US soldiers, among occupation forces in Japan, who befriended Japanese citizens with a kind of compassion; accordingly, no guerilla attacks were conducted on the US troops that had landed on Japan after the end of WWII.
In Germany, young US officers like Mr. Henry Kissinger, who was born in Germany, contributed reconstruction of the devastated country that had been led by a defective and malicious ideology of the Nazis for a cause of protecting their Christian and tribal society.
Apart from culture, history, and traditions, there were very important human and individual aspects in the success of US occupation of Japan and Germany after WWII. And the two countries have cooperated with the U.S. all through the age of the Cold War to the 21st century as the second and the third industrial power in the world.
(Before the WWII, the four strongest countries in the world were the U.S., the U.K., Germany, and Japan; however, before the War on Terror, Iraq did not take such a position at all.)
* * *
Therefore, I hope US soldiers in Iraq to befriend Iraqis if they are not interested in any academic matters on Iraq.
It will make their presence in Iraq meaningful and valuable even for their lives after coming back to the States.
Sending more troops to Iraq should mean to send more American friends to Iraqi people for reconstruction of the civil-war-torn country.
"HER LIFE RETURNED"
One of astonishing addresses I have ever heard in the US political community is that America will succeed in Iraq as it did in Germany and Japan after WWII.
It is just like believing that every American citizen today on a street is carrying a gun as every cowboy in the West 200 years ago was doing so.
* * *
People act according to what they have learnt in tradition of their society. When they find their behaviors are not respected by foreigners occupying their country, they will find a cause to run for insurgency.
It is said that there were many US soldiers, among occupation forces in Japan, who befriended Japanese citizens with a kind of compassion; accordingly, no guerilla attacks were conducted on the US troops that had landed on Japan after the end of WWII.
In Germany, young US officers like Mr. Henry Kissinger, who was born in Germany, contributed reconstruction of the devastated country that had been led by a defective and malicious ideology of the Nazis for a cause of protecting their Christian and tribal society.
Apart from culture, history, and traditions, there were very important human and individual aspects in the success of US occupation of Japan and Germany after WWII. And the two countries have cooperated with the U.S. all through the age of the Cold War to the 21st century as the second and the third industrial power in the world.
(Before the WWII, the four strongest countries in the world were the U.S., the U.K., Germany, and Japan; however, before the War on Terror, Iraq did not take such a position at all.)
* * *
Therefore, I hope US soldiers in Iraq to befriend Iraqis if they are not interested in any academic matters on Iraq.
It will make their presence in Iraq meaningful and valuable even for their lives after coming back to the States.
Sending more troops to Iraq should mean to send more American friends to Iraqi people for reconstruction of the civil-war-torn country.
"HER LIFE RETURNED"
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Wars Abroad and Homelessness Home
Wars Abroad and Homelessness Home
President George W. Bush made the long-awaited speech on Iraq and his new policy on the War on Iraq.
It was broadcast live in Japan. The President talked about military situations in Iraq and involvement of Syria, Iran, and Al-Qaeda. CNN analysts were also arguing about situations in Baghdad.
* * *
Meanwhile, ABC News reported that "there were 744,000 homeless people in the United States in 2005, according to the first national estimate in a decade." (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2785098)
It is likely that there are many ex-US soldiers, who fought in the Gulf War, among the homeless people.
* * *
When did this sequence of military situations start to happen?
Since the end of the Gulf War, the US and UK air forces had continued air patrol and attacks, when deemed to be necessary, on Iraqi territories through 1990's and to 2001. And then, the War on Iraq was initiated after the 9/11 terror attacks on the U.S. mainland.
The true sequence may be considered to have begun with the Viet Nam War, and then led to USSR's Afghan invasion and further to the eruption of the Iran-Iraq War.
After all, when those wars were over, suddenly Iraq invaded Kuwait in August, 1990, resulting in the start of the Gulf War in early 1991.
Al-Qaeda was formed in the wake of the defeat of Iraq in 1991. Terrorists started to launch attacks on US assets and resources, including the one on the World Trade Center in 1993. On September 11, 2001, the decisive attacks were carried out on American soil, which led to America's wars on Afghanistan, Terror, and Iraq.
* * *
The current situations can be discussed from various viewpoints including Mesopotamia's ancient glory, Iran's ancient glory, Christians vs. Muslims conflicts and Israelites vs. Muslims conflicts as well as sectarian strife among Muslims, occupations of Arab by Turk and then the U.K., modern days' oil strategies of the U.S., and globalization of economy and democracy in the Third World in the 21st century.
* * *
I suppose most American citizens might not be well prepared to deal with these viewpoints and issues.
God might not expect American citizens alone to tackle these historic problems.
This is part of my idea on situations the U.S. now faces, since I got the report telling that there were 744,000 homeless people in the United States in 2005.
* * *
In Japan, it is said that there are 25,000 homeless people (though could be 300,000 in proportion to the populations of the two countries).
Accordingly, I do not recommend Japanese citizens to venture to involve in any conflicts in foreign lands regardless of cause.
Wars abroad and homelessness home cannot be a proof of our faith and trust in God Almighty.
"THE PERSON WHO SERVES ME AND WHO DOES NOT"
President George W. Bush made the long-awaited speech on Iraq and his new policy on the War on Iraq.
It was broadcast live in Japan. The President talked about military situations in Iraq and involvement of Syria, Iran, and Al-Qaeda. CNN analysts were also arguing about situations in Baghdad.
* * *
Meanwhile, ABC News reported that "there were 744,000 homeless people in the United States in 2005, according to the first national estimate in a decade." (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2785098)
It is likely that there are many ex-US soldiers, who fought in the Gulf War, among the homeless people.
* * *
When did this sequence of military situations start to happen?
Since the end of the Gulf War, the US and UK air forces had continued air patrol and attacks, when deemed to be necessary, on Iraqi territories through 1990's and to 2001. And then, the War on Iraq was initiated after the 9/11 terror attacks on the U.S. mainland.
The true sequence may be considered to have begun with the Viet Nam War, and then led to USSR's Afghan invasion and further to the eruption of the Iran-Iraq War.
After all, when those wars were over, suddenly Iraq invaded Kuwait in August, 1990, resulting in the start of the Gulf War in early 1991.
Al-Qaeda was formed in the wake of the defeat of Iraq in 1991. Terrorists started to launch attacks on US assets and resources, including the one on the World Trade Center in 1993. On September 11, 2001, the decisive attacks were carried out on American soil, which led to America's wars on Afghanistan, Terror, and Iraq.
* * *
The current situations can be discussed from various viewpoints including Mesopotamia's ancient glory, Iran's ancient glory, Christians vs. Muslims conflicts and Israelites vs. Muslims conflicts as well as sectarian strife among Muslims, occupations of Arab by Turk and then the U.K., modern days' oil strategies of the U.S., and globalization of economy and democracy in the Third World in the 21st century.
* * *
I suppose most American citizens might not be well prepared to deal with these viewpoints and issues.
God might not expect American citizens alone to tackle these historic problems.
This is part of my idea on situations the U.S. now faces, since I got the report telling that there were 744,000 homeless people in the United States in 2005.
* * *
In Japan, it is said that there are 25,000 homeless people (though could be 300,000 in proportion to the populations of the two countries).
Accordingly, I do not recommend Japanese citizens to venture to involve in any conflicts in foreign lands regardless of cause.
Wars abroad and homelessness home cannot be a proof of our faith and trust in God Almighty.
"THE PERSON WHO SERVES ME AND WHO DOES NOT"
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Moon and Space Antennas Aimed from Japan
Moon and Space Antennas Aimed from Japan
The Japanese HIIA rocket, late last year, launched very interesting antennas to the stationary orbit 36,000Km above the earth.
Each of the two antennas so launched has a size of a tennis court, which is the largest one mankind has ever launched. It is not intended for providing a tennis court in the space for future astronauts but serving a special communications need on the ground.
Each antenna was skillfully folded and loaded on the rocked; it was also expanded with dexterity in the space.
Japan is the third largest power following the U.S. and EU in terms of the amount of budget for space development.
* * *
This summer Japan will launch a lunar exploration satellite. It will fly on an orbit around the moon. It will observe and record the surface of the moon by 10Km square area, discerning a height of the ground as low as 5m while emitting electro-magnetic waves to probe as deep as 5Km inside the surface.
It has the most advanced scientific functions that even allow for analysis of a stone and a rock on the ground from the high above, though other countries such as China and India, without mentiononing NASA, also plan to launch their own lunar probing satellites.
What's more, Japan's lunar satellite is going to take pictures of the earth rising over the horizon of the moon with a high-definition camera. The pictures may supersede the famous one a certain Apollo crew took during their mission over the moon in late 1960's.
* * *
The question is that Japan has not acquired big support and cooperation from other countries for its space program. The U.S. itself has many clients and stakeholders, and EU is full of intelligent parties and agencies from its member countries. Russia, China, India, and even Korea are just building up their ambitions with a keen sense of rivalry against Japan.
Indeed, Japan looks alone just like its king-size antennas taking a position in cold space 36,000Km over the equator of the earth.
* * *
There are many reasons that you have to wait for the summer.
Live pictures of the earth rising over the horizon of the moon taken by a high-definition camera and relayed to the earth would be one, even if you have no such reasons until now.
I really like to feel like flying over the moon to the earth like a superman, though no steps of my own on its dusty and fine surface, if God who also governs the moon allows.
"PAY TO GOD WHAT BELONGS TO GOD"
The Japanese HIIA rocket, late last year, launched very interesting antennas to the stationary orbit 36,000Km above the earth.
Each of the two antennas so launched has a size of a tennis court, which is the largest one mankind has ever launched. It is not intended for providing a tennis court in the space for future astronauts but serving a special communications need on the ground.
Each antenna was skillfully folded and loaded on the rocked; it was also expanded with dexterity in the space.
Japan is the third largest power following the U.S. and EU in terms of the amount of budget for space development.
* * *
This summer Japan will launch a lunar exploration satellite. It will fly on an orbit around the moon. It will observe and record the surface of the moon by 10Km square area, discerning a height of the ground as low as 5m while emitting electro-magnetic waves to probe as deep as 5Km inside the surface.
It has the most advanced scientific functions that even allow for analysis of a stone and a rock on the ground from the high above, though other countries such as China and India, without mentiononing NASA, also plan to launch their own lunar probing satellites.
What's more, Japan's lunar satellite is going to take pictures of the earth rising over the horizon of the moon with a high-definition camera. The pictures may supersede the famous one a certain Apollo crew took during their mission over the moon in late 1960's.
* * *
The question is that Japan has not acquired big support and cooperation from other countries for its space program. The U.S. itself has many clients and stakeholders, and EU is full of intelligent parties and agencies from its member countries. Russia, China, India, and even Korea are just building up their ambitions with a keen sense of rivalry against Japan.
Indeed, Japan looks alone just like its king-size antennas taking a position in cold space 36,000Km over the equator of the earth.
* * *
There are many reasons that you have to wait for the summer.
Live pictures of the earth rising over the horizon of the moon taken by a high-definition camera and relayed to the earth would be one, even if you have no such reasons until now.
I really like to feel like flying over the moon to the earth like a superman, though no steps of my own on its dusty and fine surface, if God who also governs the moon allows.
"PAY TO GOD WHAT BELONGS TO GOD"
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Military Female Fatalities in Iraq: 70!
Military Female Fatalities in Iraq: 70!
According to "Iraq Coalition Casualty Count," the death toll of female soldiers and officers engaged in the War in Iraq is 70 as of January 7, 2007.
(http://www.icasualties.org/oif/Female.aspx)
The total death toll is 3265; thus female casualties account for 2.14%.
* * *
Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc; 1412-1431) is said to be probably history's first military heroine.
She fought remarkably bravely against the English occupier for France led by Charles VII.
* * *
Now, France may have a female President, Germany has the female Chancellor, Britain had a female prime minister, and the U.S. has the female Secretary of State who has an institutional chance to act as a President in case.
These are the facts; however there might be a type of male soldiers who would fight against those who would employ female soldiers, officers, generals, or politicians, as a matter of the highest priority.
Only for the reason and the principle that they cannot accept female warriors, they may fight those who are against their principle before starting to take on any other enemies, including modern age's terrorists.
The cause might be justified by Spirits who have governed development of the human species from the far past to the unlimited future.
* * *
Give them better jobs and wages, and there will be no female soldiers in the human world.
Globalization of economy seems to be cool and very cool to such an idea.
* * *
Money and economy might be a true enemy for the human species.
Mankind had been well living for three million years (or at least 150 thousand years since Mitochondrial Eve) without money and economy.
But, now they are driving the human species to the animal sphere where no distinction, for example, between a female wolf and a male wolf in terms of attacking its enemy or a prey.
* * *
If Joan of Arc had been holy, what was Europe around 1430?
Probably, you might be able to predict, in 1430, coming wars such as WWI and WWII in Europe.
Similarly, what can you foresee with those statistics on the War on Terror?
Coming wars such as WWIII and WWIV in the whole world?
I will, in any cases or scenarios, fight for my cause and principle before taking on any guerrillas on any continents, islands, and space.
"LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, FAITHFULNESS, AND SELFCONTROL"
According to "Iraq Coalition Casualty Count," the death toll of female soldiers and officers engaged in the War in Iraq is 70 as of January 7, 2007.
(http://www.icasualties.org/oif/Female.aspx)
The total death toll is 3265; thus female casualties account for 2.14%.
* * *
Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc; 1412-1431) is said to be probably history's first military heroine.
She fought remarkably bravely against the English occupier for France led by Charles VII.
* * *
Now, France may have a female President, Germany has the female Chancellor, Britain had a female prime minister, and the U.S. has the female Secretary of State who has an institutional chance to act as a President in case.
These are the facts; however there might be a type of male soldiers who would fight against those who would employ female soldiers, officers, generals, or politicians, as a matter of the highest priority.
Only for the reason and the principle that they cannot accept female warriors, they may fight those who are against their principle before starting to take on any other enemies, including modern age's terrorists.
The cause might be justified by Spirits who have governed development of the human species from the far past to the unlimited future.
* * *
Give them better jobs and wages, and there will be no female soldiers in the human world.
Globalization of economy seems to be cool and very cool to such an idea.
* * *
Money and economy might be a true enemy for the human species.
Mankind had been well living for three million years (or at least 150 thousand years since Mitochondrial Eve) without money and economy.
But, now they are driving the human species to the animal sphere where no distinction, for example, between a female wolf and a male wolf in terms of attacking its enemy or a prey.
* * *
If Joan of Arc had been holy, what was Europe around 1430?
Probably, you might be able to predict, in 1430, coming wars such as WWI and WWII in Europe.
Similarly, what can you foresee with those statistics on the War on Terror?
Coming wars such as WWIII and WWIV in the whole world?
I will, in any cases or scenarios, fight for my cause and principle before taking on any guerrillas on any continents, islands, and space.
"LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, FAITHFULNESS, AND SELFCONTROL"