lol... what is the meaning of this...

From Sekerob:
Coelum Non Animum Mutant Qui Trans Mare Currunt (Homero)
(Those who cross the Sea, change their Sky, but not their Soul)

The above quote appended to a sarcastic comment about ancient hardware, meaning, I take it, that I'm in over my head, and shouldn't expect to understand this Brave New World (across the Sea) of computer-speak & technology. Sorry. My computer profile is 102% of the Comparison (acceptable) Device, according to the Grid's diagnosis, and my IQ 155 per Stanford-Binet (I'm giving you rhetorical proof of my contention, as Cicero requires). But thanks for admitting you have few clues as to what actually happened.

Or as "Homer's Divorce" elsewhere in this thread might say:
The Colon is not animated by mutants which transit Marie's current.
(Some "Current" huh?)
At first pass, I take this to mean that your Grid's safety features will protect my PC from any nasty mutants flying around in the ethernet. Thank you.

The Latin Says (after a fashion):
"The Heavens (Coelum also like Colon) change (currunt=current), but the Soul (Animum= Animation, Life Force)) does not change (mutate), for those who (qui) {ride} across (transit) the Sea (Mare, which is similar to Marie, the Womb, and to Mars = War = QuagMire)."

It's highly metaphorical poetry, after all. He's talking about Warriors crossing the Womb of Life (the Sea) to fight for Helen (= all Hellenes=Greek "nation") at Troy. Their steadfastness (in War) does not change, although the Chaotic Universe (Coelum) around them does.

In reply to Sekerob, speaking again in Latin
(which is like computer-speak, incomprehensible to most)
I said:
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.
Thus Passes (Transits, Journeys) the Glory of the World.
(I mean, if a soul can thus journey unchanged, Glory fades).
Is not the Sky part of the Soul? Is Homer being sarcastic?

QuidQuom Dicet Homero Hellenae?
So What was it That (Quidquom or Quid pro Quo) Homer, (of the Greeks, a Hellene) actually Said (dicet) in Greek (=Hellenes).
The Writer quoted Homer in Latin translation from the Greek. Surely wise Homer could provide a sensitive translated substitute saying something very different. For Instance:
"Travel Broadens the Soul."

It is quite impossible to translate subtle philosophical Greek into work-a-day Latin and then into linear English, hoping for a similtude of that ancient Wisdom. It's much like misinterpretation of what Jesus says in the Bible, when translating from Aramaic to Vulgate (Vulgar) Latin to English. Nor do we necessarily know all the mutliple meanings of the ancient Greek (or Latin or Aramiac) words.

So we guess, as in:

"same packet".. "due poor comms,"... "12mb for hpf2" ..."1200bit modem."
Geez, Louise, what is an "hpf2"? Hyperfunction Squared? Without that Byte of information, I cannot fully comprehend your sarcasm. Although I know a "coelum" when I see one, and appreciate the anal- retentive characteristics.

I replied in Greek from Homer: Odyssesus was blameless.
Meaning, I think you got me pegged wrong, Bubba.
I may not be up to speed on current computer jargon,
But my Soul takes in (is animated by) the whole Sky.
I trust I give you & we share in the same Courtesy (Court Protocol).

This little exercise in spoof is meant to show how difficult it is to communicate to the average person when you don't talk their language.
If you wish average Joe's to donate computer time to you, I gently urge (another Coelum?) that you talk clearly, in common English, without snide faux pas, or other strange emissions. Verstehen?

Merci Beaucoup!. R. Locke

Richarde, Sekerob's quotation is part of his signature - it appears in all of his posts, and was not directed at you.

Everything below the dashed line is part of the signature. You can edit yours by clicking on the "My Forum Profile" link above.

Dear Sekerob:
Thank you for you gentle reply, and Down-to-Earth observation.

Gods in Heaven: Talking to "gods" like y'all can be intimidating when you cryptically reply in a language like Greek (computereze), especially when it's the ancient Greek used in the Bible. You have a most difficult job, translating often vague ideas that people write you into clues to problems, analyzing the problem using your knowledge of arcane computer programming & processes, then translating your findings back into simple English (not programming shorthand) to explain the intricate solutions. I salute you for your patience & understanding in pushing forward a very important work.

Your Quote: "Crossing the Sea" & watching "the Sky Change" surely touches & changes aspects of "the Soul," if not the core Soul itself. Taken out of the context of the War with Troy (in the Iliad & Odysessy), your quote seems to imply that all of us little people journeying with you really make no difference. Our souls are untouched. The real meaning is that our Souls are steadfast to find solutions in a chaotic universe (coelum) of computer snafus & blowouts. At least I hope that's what you mean to imply.

Weed: In the United States, Marinol (a synthetic prescription pill substituted for Marijuana) is widely prescribed for nausea & pain. Although it may bliss a person into deciphering God-like Homer, it is more likely to cloud the mind -- so that one may confuse words magically appearing on a computer monitor as a message from God, and act on that misunderstanding. Rather, they are words of mortal men like me, who expect me to use my Animus (Soul) to wisely & judiciously implement their mere suggestions.

Talking with Homer: In my case, translating Homer was merely a metaphor (ie example) in a different discipline (than computer logic) for the work you do -- Turning often cryptic and confusing messages into practical solutions. Computer programming is another way to encrypt the mind of man (& by extension, God), which Homer (with Plato & Aristotle & the Biblical writers) began millenia ago. Words in Latin & English like "Soul, God, Sea, Sky, Change" translated from Homer have much wider & different meanings in Ancient Greek than the putative (ie actual & inaccurate) substitutes you quote. A "simple" exposition of this difference may be found in the first few pages of Martin Heidegger's "An Introduction to Metaphysics (Einfuhrung in die Metaphysik) (1953) where he explains how our word "Physics" means so much less than Homer's Physis.

Other apt Quotes: To quote Wordsworth: "Man's reach exceeds his grasp, or what's a Heaven for?" May we "reach" and perhaps "grasp" together, amicably,gently, civilly, in this vital task (Fight AIDS). Or, in my case, to quote a farming metaphor by Gerard Manley Hopkins: "Sheer plod makes plow-down sillion {=earth} shine." I again thank you for your reassurances & patience as I plod forward under your vast sky.

Richarde Locke

All members are free to put what they want in their signatures (within the normal posting rules). While on a forum like this many people opt to clutter their sig with statistics, others stick to more traditional signature line content.

It is very, very common for signature lines to contain quotations or witty epigrams. Reading anything into either the quotation or the intention of the poster is unwise.

Still, I enjoyed your detailed breakdown. Just don't imagine that Sekerob intended anything at all.