http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batten

"Roofing battens are used to provide the fixing point for roofing sheet or roof tiles. The orientation and spacing of the battens depend on the type of roof. Battens may be oriented at right angles to the trusses or rafters of a roof like purlins. They may be parallel to the slope of the roof, as on a batten-seam roof, where the battens cover seams in the roofing material and are themselves covered by metal caps. Some roofs may use a grid of battens in both directions, known as a counter-batten system."

Lūk, tāds stienis, tekstā lietots kopā ar vārdu "karnīze". Kā to stieni sauc latviski?
Heh, tagad zināšu arī, ka "purlin" ir kaut kāda "jumta lata".

Es nesaprotu, kādā veidā tiek lietota šī autosacīkšu analoģija. Lūk teksts:

“Each time there is a new leader, the Chinese people have new hopes. They hope they will become very open leaders, and then as before, they don’t do anything. I think we still have to depend on those writers and artists to do their part,” he says. “Just like racecar driving: no push, no change. So I think we still need to depend on ourselves to obtain greater open space.”
un vēl:
And most others won’t bother to push, because “Chinese people’s demands are lower,”
un arī te:
“I won’t do anything terribly radical because I believe that it’s really like motor racing. My first point is ‘no push, no change’, but my second point is, if you push too hard, maybe your time will be slower. And maybe you push much too hard and crash.”

Kas tā ir par darbību, ar kuru viņš salīdzinā savu publisko aktivitāti? Internetā es atradu, ka "push" sacīkšu žargonā nozīmē situāciju, kad mašīna iet līkumā un ir sagriezusi vajadzīgajā virzienā stūri, bet auto tāpat iet uz ārējās malas pusi. Bet tas galīgi neliekas ilustratīvi tam, ko viņš grib pateikt. Tad atliek divi varianti vai nu ķīnieši ir sūdīgi analoģiju autori, vai arī tur ir kaut kas specifisks. Mans variants bija "manevri", bet tas skan leimi. Varbūt jūs zināt atbildi.