Comments on: Charles in space http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eszter http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-192584 Eszter Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:06:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/#comment-192584 Jacob, interesting observation. That said, the first paragraph is incorrect in that it states: "To date he is the only Hungarian who has been to space." and that, as of a couple of hours ago, is no longer true.:) And yes, Farkas is his last name/surname/family name. I've always known him as "farkasbertalan" so to write his name in reverse is weird and I included the original Hungarian version. Wooohoo, another thread of mine that gets into the linguistic peculiarities of Hungarian.:-) Jacob, interesting observation. That said, the first paragraph is incorrect in that it states: “To date he is the only Hungarian who has been to space.” and that, as of a couple of hours ago, is no longer true.:)

And yes, Farkas is his last name/surname/family name. I’ve always known him as “farkasbertalan” so to write his name in reverse is weird and I included the original Hungarian version.

Wooohoo, another thread of mine that gets into the linguistic peculiarities of Hungarian.:-)

]]> By: jacob http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-192581 jacob Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:42:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/#comment-192581 The article Eszter links to in comment 4 on Farkas Bertalan is a wonderful example of Wikipedia culture: it highlights in the very first line that Bertalan (Farkas? which is his surname?) was not only the first Hungarian in space but the first speaker of Esperanto. The article Eszter links to in comment 4 on Farkas Bertalan is a wonderful example of Wikipedia culture: it highlights in the very first line that Bertalan (Farkas? which is his surname?) was not only the first Hungarian in space but the first speaker of Esperanto.

]]> By: Eszter http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-192580 Eszter Sat, 07 Apr 2007 19:37:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/#comment-192580 He's not the first Hungarian in space. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertalan_Farkas" rel="nofollow">Farkas Bertalan</a> (or Bertalan Farkas) claimed that title in 1980. "Farkas" means wolf in Hungarian and boy were there some silly jokes about this back then. He’s not the first Hungarian in space. Farkas Bertalan (or Bertalan Farkas) claimed that title in 1980. “Farkas” means wolf in Hungarian and boy were there some silly jokes about this back then.

]]> By: Jacob Christensen http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-192576 Jacob Christensen Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:57:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/#comment-192576 The Danes want <a href="http://politiken.dk/udland/article279817.ece" rel="nofollow">a piece of the action as well</a>. At the tender age of 17 (!) Simonyi was headhunted by <em>Regnecentralen</em> and worked there for a couple of years before moving to the U.S. He's not the first Dane in space (Christer Fuglesang was Swedish, in case anybody wonder), but if you trust the media it's almost as good as the real thing. The Danes want a piece of the action as well. At the tender age of 17 (!) Simonyi was headhunted by Regnecentralen and worked there for a couple of years before moving to the U.S. He’s not the first Dane in space (Christer Fuglesang was Swedish, in case anybody wonder), but if you trust the media it’s almost as good as the real thing.

]]> By: Eszter http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-192575 Eszter Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:50:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/#comment-192575 Hey, if it hadn't been for my father's idea that I contact Charles Simonyi it would never have occured to me and I would never have had this fun experience. So I think the book deserves a bit of space on the photo.:) Hey, if it hadn’t been for my father’s idea that I contact Charles Simonyi it would never have occured to me and I would never have had this fun experience. So I think the book deserves a bit of space on the photo.:)

]]> By: otto http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/comment-page-1/#comment-192574 otto Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:33:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/04/07/charles-in-space/#comment-192574 You will stop at nothing to push that book! You will stop at nothing to push that book!

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