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So far, I'm guessing : lumber = log vomit = thow insult to father's stones = thrown in superclass wind, pole, and dragon = maybe "try,catch,finaly" or

• lt 16y ago
  runtime maybe.
• hasenj 16y ago
  Wind in Japanese is 'kaze' (風), and the kanji character (according to rikaikun) has a second meaning: method. http://translate.google.com/#en|ja|wind http://translate.google.com/#en|ja|wind Edit: The kanji for dragon seems to have a reading: "ryuu" and that "sound" (if not written in kanji) has several meanings, one of which is also "method" http://jisho.org/words?jap=ryuu&dict=edict http://jisho.org/words?jap=ryuu&dict=edict "goat" seems to be "yagi", and putting that in jisho.org, one of the results is related to "night shift", so maybe a nightly process? nightly build? http://jisho.org/words?jap=yagi&dict=edict http://jisho.org/words?jap=yagi&dict=edict
  • donw 16y ago
    I can't imagine anybody using '風' for 'method' for anything relating to software. It's usually written in either katakana (メソッド), or the mathematical term for function is used instead (関数). Really wish I could see the original message...
    • fauigerzigerk 16y ago
      I wish the author of that post could see a translation back into japanese of what he posted. I'd love to laugh together with him :-)
    • hasenj 16y ago
      could it then be just a general "method", as in "the way to do a certain thing"?
      • donw 16y ago
        Kind of, although I think that 'in the style of' is a more accurate translation. For example, you might see '日本風のステーキ' for 'Steak, in the Japanese style.'