Editing Talk:Suzumiya Haruhi:Volume5 The Day of Sagittarius (section)

== References & Translator's Notes ==

=== Takeda and Arquebusiers ===
Kyon refers to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nagashino Battle of Nagashino] (長篠の戦い, Nagashino no Tatakai, 1575) at Nagashino Castle in Mikawa of Japan where Cavalry charges were repelled by the western firearms and tactics in short. Kyon's reference is not unlike the Russian defeats at the start of the Russian campaign of World War II due to German superiority in equipment and tactical doctrine or how the Abyssinian were decimated by the mechanized Italian forces, basically hinting to a gross inbalance that exists between the SOS Brigade and the Denkensha forces.  Note that the actual location of Tanegashima is not close to Mikawa, as Arquebusiers had a nickname of 'Tanegashima gun' as that's where these firearms were mainly traded at.


=== Leyte Gulf ===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf Battle of Leyte Gulf], October 1944, was one of the greatest naval engagements in the history of humankind.  This was fought as one of the final operation of the Japanese fleet.  Known as Shō-1 (捷１号作戦 Shō ichigō sakusen) operation, the IJN effectively ceased to exist following this battle.  Severely outnumbered and underequipped, the Japanese resorted to Kamakaze operations subsequently.  Notable Japanese losses are the sinking of battleship [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Musashi|''Musashi''] at Sibuyan Sea, ''Fuso'' and ''Yamashiro'' at Surigao Strait and the total destruction of the Carrier fleet, madeup of four standard carriers and two 'Battleship Carriers'.


=== Denkensha ===
(電研社) Abbreviated form of the Computer Research Club.


=== René Descartes ===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descartes René Descartes] is mentioned by Kyon for his famous ''cogito ergo sum'' (I think, therefore I am) quotation.  Descartes and his work in methodological skepticism where he developed the axiom following that thinking things is the only axiom that stands and everything is to be deducted, thus there is no absolute certainty in all facets of reality applies to Kyon's situation regarding SOS Brigade.


=== Cherenkov radiation ===
Accredited to former Soviet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Alekseyevich_Cherenkov Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov] (1904-1990) physicist, Cherenkov radiation causes the "blue glow" of nuclear reactor to occur.  It can be used to detect high-energy charged particles.  Kyon uses this reference to show how volatile being around Haruhi can be.

:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherenkov_radiation Cherenkov radiation] is given off when high-energy particles (photons - the particle for all radiation, inc light, or electrons - aka beta-particles) exceed the local speed of light, when they enter a medium such as water.  The energy that's given off as they decelerate to local-C is what causes the blue glow.  You can see this when Nuclear fuel rods are put into cooling tanks at the end of their life.
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:The sentence should really be changed to "A highly radioactive material randomly giving off gamma-ray bursts."  Just being pedantic.
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:JBV^_^

=== Karigane Kukicha ===
[http://www.inpursuitoftea.com/Karigane_Kukicha_p/gj450.htm Karigane tea] is a twig tea that is highly prized.  It takes 1 1/2 minutes for stepping 1 teaspoon with 176-190 F / 6 oz 80-88 C / 450 g of water.


=== LAN ===
LAN is short for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAN Local Area Network] which traditionally is restricted to computer networks within a building.  The configuration that the Denkensha has setup in the SOS Clubroom would either be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_topology star] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_network mesh] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi Wi-Fi] network on the laptops and uses Haruhi's computer as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router Router] with a direct [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router Ethernet] cable connection to the Denkensha server.  This makes ''Day of Sagittarius 3'' a multiplayer LAN game.
:There's no implication that it's wireless; quite the contrary: "they swiftly installed LAN cables for Haruhi's desktop PC and the remaining four notebook PCs". It seems more likely to me they would put a switch or hub in the literature club room, and connect all the computers to that, then run a cable from it to the computer club room; that's how I'd do it.

=== Macro ===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macro Macro] used in this case would be keyboard macros despite that the ''Day of Sagittarius 3'' had no such provision in-place.


=== Belisarius ===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belisarius Belisarius] (505–565 CE) was an accomplished general of the Byzantium Empire that reclaimed Rome for a brief period of time.  He was known for his elite Cataphract cavalry that infiltrates deep within enemy ranks and emerge victorious even if heavily outnumbered.


=== GUI ===
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUI Graphical user interface] has been a standard feature of computers  since 1990's.  Best example would be the very operating system that the readers and Haruhi have running on their respective computers.