Re: [tlug] [OT] Say _no_ to the Microsoft Office format as an ISO standard

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 11/07/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> Josh Glover writes:
>
>  > No, only in 「サッカー」 is it called 「シンミューレーション」 (is
>  > that spelling anywhere near correct?)
>
> Try 「シミュレーション」.  I don't know for sure (the red card for
> "simulation" was introduced after I got to Japan, and the only soccer
> I've seen elsewhere was reported in Spanish and there were no red
> cards distributed),

Heh. I once received a red card in a Mexican rec league (in the US,
but I was the only gringo on my team and one of very few in the
league; there was one Kurdish team as well) for head-butting a guy
after he scored a goal on me (I was playing keeper). I had dived to
make the save, but could not get enough on the ball to flip it over
the bar (it was one hell of a spinning shot, as I remember it). So
there I was, lying prone after the lunge, upset with myself for not
keeping it out, and this cabron decides to come over and taunt me. He
is standing over me, describing in great detail the variety of
positions and orifices used during his sexual tryst with a member of
my immediate family the night before, in gutter Spanish (which is, as
an aside, why I know 25 words for "penis" in Spanish but cannot ask
where the bathroom is). I'm pretty enraged any way, so it just stood
up really quickly, ramming my forehead into the underside of his
flapping jaw. Needless to say (so why am I saying it?), he went down
for the count, and I was sent off to the showers by a referee who
could not make up his mind whether he was more amused than angry.
Obviously, all my post-match beers that afternoon were paid for by
admiring members of my side, who could not remember the last time they
saw a head-butt during league play. (Actually, Latinos consider the
Glasgow Kiss rather unsporting, but I did not a) know or b) care at
the time.)

So yeah, they do occasionally hand out red cards, but not for diving.
The punishment for that is getting kicked in the nuts at the next
opportunity by a member of the opposite side. ;)

> but I wouldn't be surprised if the official rules
> say "simulating a foul will be punished by ejection from the pitch,"
> and the Japanese just borrowed the English word to use as a technical
> term.

You are almost certainly correct there. I just don't hear "simulation"
in play-by-play except from Japanese announcers.

Any Poms care to comment? I used to listen to a lot of Chris Waddle in
EA's FIFA games, until they decided that US gamers would rather here
US announcers (hint: we would not; we'd prefer people who actually
*know* the game), but I don't remember ever hearing him or John
What'sit (Watson?) use "simulation".

>  > But I love the sports analogies you keep spitting. Who'd'a thunk it? ;)
>
> I think all males are "great warrior" wannabes and "sports superstar"
> wannabes to some extent (except for those who actually *are* warriors
> or superstars :).  It shows in the analogies we choose.

Agreed.

> By the way, the Hans Reiser story was really sad,

I know. The whole situation is fucked up. I feel sorry for him, his
kids, and even a little for his wife. The sleazy best friend, though?
If that guy came to visit Tokyo and fell under the Yamanote-sen
tracks, it would not be such a great loss for humanity, that's all I'm
saying.

> but the overlay ads on Wired are just *way* offensive.

I did not see those. Are you running AdBlock Plus and the various filtersets?

http://adblockplus.org/en/

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Cheers,
Josh