Borislav Ivanov is BACK!

Ah, yes. By your logic, if one does not like one's reflection, one must fight the mirror. Should one manage to cut oneself in the process, then all mirror-makers should be declared "criminals".

i guess this thread is not about borislav anymore...

@Yekatrinas: maybe one should fight them (I disagree with that), but if one has to, why should you be the one? Is that law written somewhere in the air that you breath?

Is it a fight worth dying for?

It reminds me of the song 'Listen' of Beyonce. It is a beautiful song, but I find it always paradoxical that she has to cry it out loud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4gimHC7fKs

@Yekatrinas: You should read this: http://www.loumarinoff.com/offense%20versus%20harm.pdf

Marinoff is a philosopher, and in the article he gives the subtle distinguishment between offence and harm.

It is worth the time.

@LoekBergman:

It so happens that I also do believe into the necessity of opposing certain things that seem unsound or malign. In Yekatrinas' case however the problem seems to lie in the fact that what she is really fighting are her own shadows and reflections, and she clearly abhors the lights and mirrors that call the former into existence.

Wll, I'll tell you what.  Everything that Yekatrinas has claimed about mathematics here says to me that she has an undistinguished undergraduate degree in math and is constantly questioning my mathematics credentials.  I would be more than happy to bet on anything here including the wide disaprity in our credentials including that Yeka's application for professorships and fellowships I have held would simply be laughed at.  Any mathematician reading this would simply look at her comments as those of someone using Wiki poorly to appear as a mathemetician.  I am offended not only by her childish assaults but by her passing herself off as a mathematician.  My colleagues and I earned that right.  She didn't.

That's good trolling !

@Yekatrinas: he doesn't win either in my opinion. He will not get any victory when you leave. He will not lose either if you stay. You both will lose imo when you can not stop arguing for several days. I think chiaroscuro62 is fighting shadows too.

In an earlier post i had mentioned to Ch. to refrain from the condescending attitude, so it would be fair to ask of you to not name call him too. Besides, it only hurts your argument, as now it only gives others another point to argue against you.

That's probably because you are Dutch... I studied German for a longer time than English and I wouldn't be able to ask my way to the station and understand the answer ; whereas my English, though far from perfect, is decent enough that I can chat about anything with anyone (except maybe Texan or Scottish farmers).

Yes, that's off-topic, but where is the last post on topic in here ?

Even in Britain, non Scots often struggle with pronounced Scottish accents.

No, I wasn't very serious. Nothing that is related to Germany has the reputation being easy. There are actually arguments why German is an easy language, because it is well structured and has only a few falls that help you understanding the sentence.

l'homme voit le chien (French)

the man sees the dog (English)

de man ziet de hond (Dutch) share the same problem that you do not know who is looking at who.

In German you have:

der Mann sieht den Hund.

der Mann is nominative, den Hund accusative, hence is the man looking at the dog. That is not always clear in German:

die andere Frau sieht die eine Frau.

The other woman sees that one woman. In feminine words is the nominative and accusative the same. I don't know if you can say 'that one woman' in English, but you can say it in Dutch and German alike.

BTW: I think that your English is very good and much better than my German.

I almost forgot some link. Beware, ten minutes of your life you won't get back.

You should have started a new thread. Anyway, I hope somebody start a new thread if there´s something new about Ivanov (and that I see it).

20 Minutes you mean, because I had to clear up the coffee after spoiling it while laughing.

Thanks for the link though. :-)

Well, a lot of those 'troubles' can be found in Dutch too. We split those verbs too, and yes, we can create new words on the fly. In English is it sometimes difficult to understand where a term starts and stops. Did you read the computer program manual lately? In Dutch and German would we write computerprogrammanual. Very easy. One thing, one word.

Now could it be reading a computer, or a computer program or a computer program manual or a computer program manual lately. Whatever that might be?

Lets say that you have a feeling of sorrow after the loss of a game of chess. You might say in English that you lost a game of chess and felt sorrow. In Dutch could you say 'I had some chessgametears today' and everyone would understand you. No one would think that it would be a devastating feeling and would have a smile upon hearing about it. 'So you really like to play chess?' 'Yeah'. 'But you are not very good at it, huh? Having a word like chessgametears in your vocabulary.' 'Thanks pal'. 'Always here to cheer you up, man.'

@FirebrandX: Thanks. I put it in the wrong order on purpose to show the ambiguity who is looking at who. If I would have put that woman at the start of the sentence, then would anyone expect that that woman was looking at the other woman. Now is it much less clear.

@FirebrandX: thanks for the lessons in English. Greatly appreciated!

So, it sounds like there isn't any evidence to say the guy is guilty. It sounds like noone even took the time to demonstrate how the cheating would exactly occur.  He sure is getting fame over it all though, hey?

I wouldn't say they were ignorant of the evidence. It's more like they refuse to accept it as evidence. I'd be willing to bet though, that this evidence they refuse to accept would not only be acceptable in a court of law, but would also prove his guilt.