Harut

the only thing that bothers me about "borrowing" words is that they just don't sound right when used with other Armenian words in the sentence. yes, "es inch lav program en tsuyts talis televisorov" may be more practical for some then "es inch lav tsragir en tsuyts talis herustatsuytsov", but it sounds so foreign to me. plus, we all know about the habit we have, when you throw ours to the trash can and use others' as the best without giving it a second thought. well, it holds true when it comes to borrowing words too. we will completely lose ours. one more plus, borrowed words bring a whole new nuance to the language, including new grammer. before doing that we have to consider, is ours so unpractical that we need to change it?

overall, i think i would define contribution as something done for greater good by fully or partially sacrificing one's individual being without expecting any reward in return. it's not required, but if you feel obligated then you should do it for you own peace of mind. hmm, after that definition, i ask myself "do artists contribute to the society"? for example, many (most) painters don't paint to please others or contribute to the culture, but to do it for their own satisfaction.

these are of those questions that have been keeping my mind occupied at this age of mine. i think that everyone has his/her own take on it (to contribute to or exploit it). and of course it comes from one's priorities in life (as we've discussed it before). i personally, can't come to a conclusion on which side i would like to be, devote a good part of my life for greater good, or not. but, i think that everyone does a contribution to a society, the crime leader (as you mentioned) and the homeless too. but i would think of them as negative contributions. regarding the "obvious ways" of contributing... i think it is a whole issue by its own. a question rises whether those are done because you feel that you need to contribute for the sake of the greater good (or just the peace of your mind)... or whether you do so because you expect a reward in return from the society (be that financially or just a fame).

Artavazd Bayatsian and Yeghishe Petrosian have been around for long time now. you might find them and the name Ardzaganq. they have many good songs. but unfortunately don't have any of their cds now and have no idea what they are up to now. but their Ardzaganq studio is very established. i like Arthur Meschian a lot. very thoughtful lyrics and malody. i've been to his concert on February. he's got quite old already, but his music is still very nice. though i've heard a lot of not so pleasing stories about his personal life, i still think he's very talanted artist (plays violin, piano, guitar, paints, is architect, etc...) Arthur Forsh? hehe. that's not a person. it's Arthur and Forsh. i don't know who Arthur is, but i like Forsh. went to see his concert last year (i think) but for some strange reason he didn't make it to the US. but, he has very limited number of songs. has been singing the same songs for 15 years now. Ruben Hakhverdian is very good too, but he has too big of an opinion about himself. sometimes acts as a 'suti' political singer, which i don't like. but of course Mer Siro Ashun@ get two thumps up from me. btw, that site is hosted from Armenia, that's why it's slow for you.

i play dhol on my computer desk (or anything that can produce sound for that matter) once in a while. though i can decipher simple notes (written for one hand) and play them on piano, but can never play by ear because i have none when it comes to music. (plus, it's kind of uncomfortable, i rather play with fingers) i always wanted to learn to play guitar (especially back in Armenia, when i father would play a few songs he wrote in his wild years). but... i always ended up fliging the guitar and playing dhol on it.

hmm, works fine for me. take a look at the new Sayat-Nova post i made. if others test it and post the results, it would be of great help.

Դուն է՛ն գըլխեն իմաստուն իս Դուն է՛ն գըլխեն իմաստուն իս, խիլքդ հիմարին բաբ մի՛ անի, էրազումը տեսածի հիդ միզի մե հեսաբ մի՛ անի, Յիս խոմ էն գըլխեն էրած իմ, նուրմեկանց քաբաբ մի՛ անի, Թե վար, գիդիմ, բեզարիլ իս, ուրիշին սաբաբ մի՛ անի։ Չը կա քիզ պես հուքմի-հեքիմ, դուն Րոստոմի Զալ, թաքա՚վուր, Ասկըդ ասկերումը գոված՝ համ դո՛ւն իս գոզալ, թաքա՚վուր, Թե էսանց էլ սուչ ունենամ՝ գլուխս արա՛ տալ, թաքա՚վուր, Մըտիկ արա քու ստիղծողին՝ նահախ տիղ ղազաբ մի՛ անի։ Յարալուն հեքիմ էնդուր գուզե՝ դիղ տալու է, ցավ տալու չէ, Քանի գուզե արբաբ ըլի՝ ղուլը աղին դավ տալու չէ, Դուն քու սիրտը իստակ պահե, յադի խոսկը ավտալու չէ, Ասծու սերը կանչողի պես դըռնեմեդ ջուղաբ մի՛ անի։ Ամեն մարթ չի՛ կանա խըմի՝ իմ ջուրը ուրիշ ջըրեն է՛, Ամեն մարթ չի՛ կանա կարթա՝ իմ գիրը ուրիշ գըրեն է. Բունիաթս ավազ չիմանաս՝ քարափ է, քարուկըրեն է, Սելավի պես՝ առանց ցամքիլ, դուն շուտով խարաբ մի՛ անի: Քանի գուզե քամին տանե՝ ծովեմեն ավազ չի՛ պակսի. Թեգուզ ըլիմ, թեգուզ չըլիմ՝ մեջլիսներուն սազ չի՛ պակսի, Թե կու պակսիմ, քիզ կու պակսիմ՝ աշխարիս մե մազ չի՛ պակսի, Սայաթ Նովու գերեզմանը Հինդ, Հաբաշ, Արաբ մի՛ անի։ http://armenianpoetry.com/arm/1730.html

nairi here, i just finished it. it should do the job. if you see any problems let me know. Unicode Converter

Azat, thanks once more

here is a php problem that i'm having... i have a variable that holds a single character ($eachchar). how can i find the ASCII value of it? (int)$eachchar worked for a while, but now it returns 0.

anybody can host an asp page?

not that i know of. ah heck... wait a couple of days and i'll put a page up where you can paste the text written in "old fonts" and it will give you unicode equivalent.

skittles don't use html style tags use this [font=arial am]...[/font]

ayn ov e, ov e... vazum e dziavori pes, nstum e sgavori pes, kangnum e tagavori pes.

i think it's a good group. they can easily compete for the 4th place. also, it's good that there are 7 teams in that group. they will at least play few more games and possibally raise their ranking.

anileve Arthur Meschian Ardzaganq Studio

thanks for the answers people. Garo yes, i have installed software recently, but unfortunately too many of them. so, now can't say exactly which one would cause it. but i have a strange suspicion that it had something to do with putting the computer "asleep" and "waking up". i don't turn on/off the laptop too much, but just keep suspending it and putting it back on. and whatever happened, happened right at the time of "waking up". the HD started making funny noises, the unlock prompt didn't show up. so i restarted it. and.... never started it again. (good thing i could fix it) that kind of thing (getting crushed at the "waking up") had happened once before, but rebooted pretty successfully. so, i don't know. Mos jan, im laptop@ 17 voltov a.

what can cause boot sector curruption? MBR curruption? my laptop refused to boot yesterday. good thing was that i was able to fix it. but now i want to know what precautions to take to avoid it later. (Azat, Seapan, vava!!! please don't shout "back up!!!")

sev-mard it is 'arevelian' without 'k' Արևելյան Արևմտյան

Arpa, that link in the geography section misses unfortunately already not so common (e/a)tsi ending. Aygektsi, Narekatsi, Heratsi, etc and this quote has a truth to it, but is quite sadding for me. "The name categories of Occupation and Trait can differ significantly between Eastern Armenians and Western Armenians, since the eastern names often have Persian, Georgian or Russian roots, while the western names may have Turkish, Arab, or Greek roots." a question rises, who has Armenian roots?

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sorry

no, you're not making sense. neither would anyone who would saying I AM ARMENIAN AND I AM PROUD when in front of a sponser the first time. one who would do that would be very ethnocentric (if not prejudice). so, why would that one except equal treatment by representatives of other ethnicities?

anushik, in fact, i believe we don't have enough [poractive] critisism.