Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 In a message dated 3/10/2006 6:03:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kbtoni@... writes: My kids have a friend spending the night ( I suspect he has some aspie traits) and they are outside playing with a katan(?). I know this sounds super silly, but my kids don't *go* outside unless it's to get in the car.Only problem is: worrying about them injuring one another with those 'weapons'... That would probably be Katana. That's the "Japanese sword" used by the Samurai and others. Is it a real one or just a toy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 In a message dated 3/10/2006 7:32:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kbtoni@... writes: I knew somebody would know the correct name for it. These particular ones are a heavy wood, for practice, I assume. They have several real swords all different sizes and lengths.They began that particular fascination a few years back after playing some of their rpg(?) games. Toni That would be a Boken, or wooden practice version of the Katana. The master Swordsman Musashi actually preferred the Boken over the real sword later in his life. I've got both a katana and boken, but I'm not as comfortable using them as I am Western swords like rapiers and sabers. It has to do with the mechanics of using the swords, the postures and so forth: the Western styles are just more natural and comfortable. I also have a few Western swords which I collected during a heavy Dungeons and Dragons phase. They also serve to let me test balance and movement when I write stories in which the characters use such weapons so as not to have them do something physically impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 I knew somebody would know the correct name for it. These particular ones are a heavy wood, for practice, I assume. They have several real swords all different sizes and lengths.They began that particular fascination a few years back after playing some of their rpg(?) games. Toni VISIGOTH@... wrote: > In a message dated 3/10/2006 6:03:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > kbtoni@... writes: > > My kids have a friend spending the night ( I suspect he has some > aspie > traits) and they are outside playing with a katan(?). I know this > sounds super silly, but my kids don't *go* outside unless it's to get > in the car.Only problem is: worrying about them injuring one another > with those 'weapons'... > > That would probably be Katana. That's the " Japanese sword " used by the > Samurai and others. Is it a real one or just a toy? > > > > > FAM Secret Society is a community based on respect, friendship, > support and acceptance. Everyone is valued. > > Don't forget, there are links to other FAM sites on the Links page in > the folder marked " Other FAM Sites. " > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Katana? That's what it says on my Japanese kitchen knife! It's one of those rectangular choppy things. Inger Re: My kids are outside!! In a message dated 3/10/2006 6:03:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kbtoni@... writes: My kids have a friend spending the night ( I suspect he has some aspie traits) and they are outside playing with a katan(?). I know this sounds super silly, but my kids don't *go* outside unless it's to get in the car.Only problem is: worrying about them injuring one another with those 'weapons'... That would probably be Katana. That's the "Japanese sword" used by the Samurai and others. Is it a real one or just a toy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 In a message dated 3/11/2006 11:27:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, kbtoni@... writes: -Interesting, . You write stories? For fun or to be published? Toni Mostly for fun, but I have had a few short stories published. I don't write more seriously since I am a bit of a perfectionist and hate everything that I write, even though other people seem to like it. This makes it rather difficult to pursue writing seriously. That and I was nearly finished with a short story when my hard drive crashed, causing me to lose all that work. Haven't gotten around to starting on it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 In a message dated 3/11/2006 2:19:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kbtoni@... writes: I would love to read some of your stories.Sorry about losing your story when your hard drive crashed. Thanks. I think there are one or two in the Files sections, but I'll check later and make sure. The story I was working on was a rewrite of one that I know I posted on here a while back. I still have the original so it wasn't a total loss. The finished stories get saved to a CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 -Interesting, . You write stories? For fun or to be published? Toni > > > In a message dated 3/10/2006 7:32:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > kbtoni@... writes: > > I knew somebody would know the correct name for it. These particular > ones are a heavy wood, for practice, I assume. They have several real > swords all different sizes and lengths.They began that particular > fascination a few years back after playing some of their rpg(?) games. Toni > > > > That would be a Boken, or wooden practice version of the Katana. The master > Swordsman Musashi actually preferred the Boken over the real sword later in > his life. I've got both a katana and boken, but I'm not as comfortable using > them as I am Western swords like rapiers and sabers. It has to do with the > mechanics of using the swords, the postures and so forth: the Western styles are > just more natural and comfortable. > > I also have a few Western swords which I collected during a heavy Dungeons > and Dragons phase. They also serve to let me test balance and movement when I > write stories in which the characters use such weapons so as not to have them > do something physically impossible. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 In a message dated 3/11/2006 4:47:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes: Another option (I've done this with some of my most valuable stuff) isto use a web account to store my project data on the server online:this puts it into the system of a much larger and regularly backed-upoff-site solution all at once, and as long as the data fits withinthat space, I don't even need to worry about having to grab the mediait is stored on, as long as I know how to log on to the system toretrieve it. Of course, this also means you should (preferably)encrypt such valuable data (if it is that valuable to you, anyway) andyou need a very strong password on the account as well. I have apromotional 3 year account with 500 million bytes of storage space(yes, not 500 megs, but 500 million according to the deal) with1and1.com that I got in January 2004, and my website currently uses avery small amount of that space for the webpages itself, especiallysince my site is black and white without graphics (currently) andfocuses on textual content designed to be easy to read (note: mywebsite is not of interest to those that aren't software developers). I've heard about these things but am kind of leery, especially with Google trying to steal all the data it can and bring it under its purview. That's one thing I miss about the old 3.5" floppy disks: you could copy over then again and again. This PC is actually the first one I have ever had that doesn't have a 3.5" drive on it. Maybe I'll use one of my memory cards to store them on, if I can update the things that way. Most of my important documents I keep in a fireproof strongbox concealed where I can get to it easily. If there was a fire, I could grab it and take it with me and have all the important stuff safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 I would love to read some of your stories.Sorry about losing your story when your hard drive crashed. VISIGOTH@... wrote: > In a message dated 3/11/2006 11:27:51 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > kbtoni@... writes: > > -Interesting, . You write stories? For fun or to be > published? > Toni > > Mostly for fun, but I have had a few short stories published. I don't > write more seriously since I am a bit of a perfectionist and hate > everything that I write, even though other people seem to like it. > This makes it rather difficult to pursue writing seriously. That and I > was nearly finished with a short story when my hard drive crashed, > causing me to lose all that work. Haven't gotten around to starting on > it again. > > > > > FAM Secret Society is a community based on respect, friendship, > support and acceptance. Everyone is valued. > > Don't forget, there are links to other FAM sites on the Links page in > the folder marked " Other FAM Sites. " > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 What would be really good and cheap to do is a weekly (or more frequent, if you wish) backup of the data you created onto a CD-RW (if your drive supports reading/writing them) so you can easily have your data backed up. Even better is that you can readily take it off-site, just in case really horrible things happen like either your computer being stolen (I personally know some software developers that had their project blown out of the water for a long period of time because of this) a fire (destroyed) or the computer dying (which may not destroy the hard drive, but... it might -- at least if you have it on a CD-RW you can move it to another computer without losing time or data) or a natural disaster that forces you to move out quickly. Another option (I've done this with some of my most valuable stuff) is to use a web account to store my project data on the server online: this puts it into the system of a much larger and regularly backed-up off-site solution all at once, and as long as the data fits within that space, I don't even need to worry about having to grab the media it is stored on, as long as I know how to log on to the system to retrieve it. Of course, this also means you should (preferably) encrypt such valuable data (if it is that valuable to you, anyway) and you need a very strong password on the account as well. I have a promotional 3 year account with 500 million bytes of storage space (yes, not 500 megs, but 500 million according to the deal) with 1and1.com that I got in January 2004, and my website currently uses a very small amount of that space for the webpages itself, especially since my site is black and white without graphics (currently) and focuses on textual content designed to be easy to read (note: my website is not of interest to those that aren't software developers). > > > In a message dated 3/11/2006 2:19:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > kbtoni@... writes: > > I would love to read some of your stories.Sorry about losing your story > when your hard drive crashed. > > > > Thanks. I think there are one or two in the Files sections, but I'll check > later and make sure. The story I was working on was a rewrite of one that I > know I posted on here a while back. I still have the original so it wasn't a > total loss. The finished stories get saved to a CD. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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