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Za one koji ne znaju, sutra, 25.4.2010. je županijsko natjecanje iz informatike. Evo screenshot stranice organizatora natjecanja za osnovne škole u Gradu Zagrebu

Za one koji ne kuže, ne samo što je zadnja obavijest o odgodi, nego evo podaci od Agencije:

Natjecanje iz osnova informatike za srednjoškolce i Natjecanje u programiranju u programskim jezicima Basic/Pascal/C/C++ održat će se 25. ožujka 2010. u 15 sati. 

PS Primijetite da se može steći i dojam da je isti organizator županijskog natjecanja i za OŠ i za SŠ

Na ovom blogu stoje moja zapažanja i privatni stavovi o simpatičnim situacijama

Ⰹⰵⱄⱅⰵ ⰾⰻ ⰸⱀⰰⰾⰻ ⰴⰰ ⰳⰾⰰⰳⱁⰾⰻⱌⰰ ⰻⰿⰰ ⱄⰲⱁⰹ Unicode ⱄⰵⰳⰿⰵⱀⱅ?


That thing says “Did you know that glagolitic script has its own Unicode segment?” To read it, you may need font called Dilyan.


However the title says “Glagolitic Unicode does not have letter J”. Letter J looks like combined HP (oh yes, don’t start). That’s amazing. In the glagolitic transliterator I designed some time ago, I’ve replaced it with letter iže – Ⰹ - which seems to serve the same purpose. Incredibly, Wikipedia article also does not mention J.


But the oversight looks stunning to me. Especially since you can’t reproduce it graphically using other symbols, and it’s perfect for transliteration.


(Note, my transliterator matches mostly letter-for-letter and therefore may be flawed. I do think it’s quite faithful though.)

ja bih htio spavati
bar do pol-tri, al ne daju.
ljudi su zli. 

Summary: In the second half of 2011, Miroslav Ambruš Kiš, a Croat, and Nebojša Stanojević, a Serb, will be flying to space.

Looks like this is real.

spaceports.blogspot.com: Interorbital Systems Plans Crewed Capsule Launch from Spaceport Tonga in 2011
Vecernji.hr TV: First Croat in space
Javno.hr: First Croat in outer space

Ultimate source – Interorbital Systems: http://interorbital.com/

Raw unrotated cellphone pic, just taken.
These cool, touchscreen-enabled, smartcard-reading devices for ticket sales/verification seem to have only one flaw: a chunk of Engrish (‘select zone or aproach [sic] card’). They even run X11, probably on a UNIX! I suspect each device is just a dumb terminal that gets imagery over network, since other devices in the tram had proper (or improper, if switched to English) GUI displayed.

I stumbled upon this quite interesting scan of a document. For non-Croatian readers (if there are any) this is a document published by the priest in a local Church proclaiming there needs to be an “Annual Church Contribution”.

I really don’t feel like retyping this into Google translate. So let’s just note the date: June 11th, 2009 (deep into recession). State treasury is already collapsing under its weight; not as much as a month later, but it already is.

Quote:

Annual contribution will be as follows: every household needs to donate 250kn plus 70kn per adult member of the household (except for students). Numerous families will be treated specially, as well as those who have small or no income.

Is he implying here that those with small income are not treated specially? That they are a separate category from those who are treated specially?

He also says:

Since small amount of believers goes regularly to Mass on Sundays and commanded Holidays, and in that way do not contribute for church needs since they don’t donate and still consider themselves believers, catholics and need services of priest and church, although they do not support either him nor the church — we are forced to introduce an Annual Church Contribution which will be obligatory for all believers of this area who consider themselves catholics and who receive the priest for House Blessing and this contribution will be used for ….

Ok, this needs special emphasis:

construction of a new church and some regular needs.

Say what? No recession for you, eh?

This needs special introduction for non English readers. “What’s so wrong with donating to church?” Croatia is a weird country.

Our state actually gives church money for its operations. Such as, construction of new churches.

And this guy is actually asking for mo’ money!

He’s also comparing what he asks to “other churches in Croatia”. Overall, it’s all feeling like a business document … filled with extra religious bonus. It feels like you’re buying a yearly religious ticket to church. It feels like press release of a public transportation service.

Well, I don’t want to stretch this into another enormous rant (despite it already being that). So I’ll finish by quoting his quote of Bible:
“God loves the happy giver.”
Hm, that sounds funnier in Croatian.

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