Monthly Archives: October 2007
魍魉上网十年史·1997 史前文明 All has a beginning
史前文明都是神化与历史相结合,所以故事都是以"传说中的…"开始。因此那个年代,上网还是存在于"传说中的"新名词。
其实早在1994年中国就通过一根64kbps的线路加入了地球村忽悠网络。不过那时候这项特殊服务还只提供给军工啊(研究如何杀人)、科研啊(琢磨怎么忽悠人)、电信系统(实打实的圈钱)。所以你看到了,都不是用来干什么好事。真正进入俺们天朝庶民生活是在1997年。于是在那年初冬的一个周末,在看到了报纸上传说中的网吧信息后,具有水瓶座自由先锋精神的魍魉,约了两个朋友驱车(当然是符合水瓶座A型的双轮环保无极变速经典款)来到位于城中心钟楼西北角的网吧。
走进二楼的网吧里一看,貌似除了我们外都是些国际友人。当时上网主要靠猫,标准接入速度是33.6kbps。所以,来上网的老外有些还从家抱只44.8kbps高级洋猫。56kbps的V90标准当时还没定下来,属于传说中的爆走猫。。别管什么货色的猫,反正在接入忽悠网前都得几里哇啦叫个半分钟一分钟的,听得直叫人揪心,虐带小动物啊。对了,当时上网的价格是¥18/小时(好在凭学生证半价),您还别嫌贵,不按分钟计费,不足一小时按一小时记。即使算得上高价,那个年代上网还是件很专一的事情,不像现在网吧里供酒水餐饮服务。传说中现在高档网吧还有什么异性陪上(网),OMG。不过即使提供,也没功夫搭理,当时俺们三人公用一台机器,都快坐不下了。至于上网的过程,除了记得访问了disney.com 西安古城热线xaonline.com还有当时最牛x的yahoo.com等几个网站外,剩下的就是无尽的等待。。
魍魉上网十年史· 序
刚才我在琢磨,是该叫"魍魉上网十年史"还是"魍魉上网十年记"。不过一想,十年才用一次,就请大家允许我使用下夸张的修辞手法。不是很夸张吧? (笑什么,严肃点,这可是正史,不是野史)。
话说这地球人有个奇异的东西叫做记忆。这东西都储藏在一坨豆腐脑里。这坨豆腐脑虽然长了些年就不再扩容,不过还是蛮能装。除了能装入,还能读出,用计算机术语叫RAM。而从这坨豆腐脑里读出来得就叫做回忆。这样一来,也难怪地球人年龄大了容易怀旧,就连本怪也不相异。(尽管估计到读者群平均年龄大于我,不过大家都是懂高科技互联网的文化人嘛,板砖就免了。欢迎西红柿鸡蛋,我喜欢)
近来发现时不时就碰到这样那样的自己的、别人的X周年纪念日。不管情愿不情愿,反正这些日子越来越多。掐指头一算,这一不留神就上网十周年了。幸亏也就十年,要么还得脱鞋继续数。说实在的,具体的日子我也记不清了。那时我没写日记的习惯(沉思状..为啥没想到发blog上来?)
不过可以肯定的是1997年,大约在冬季,初冬,也就是下个月。动笔这一写才发现,这十年上网史和我天朝五千年历史还真像。所以俺先把编年史总纲列一下,尽快贴出第一章1997。然后慢慢写,争取能在十周年前挤完。所以请大家一定要多反馈,多留言,共同撰史,以使我能保持点创作的激情。唉,年纪大了,激情光顾的少了,还没油菜,难办,难办。(其实我是想拿大家做免费编辑,帮忙挑挑错,最好还能充实下内容^_^
1997 史前文明 All has a beginning
1998 先秦历史 It goes on..
1999 秦汉雄风 Vanguard again
2000 梦回大唐 Part of life
2001 重返石器时代 Back to stone age
2002 摩登时代 Modern time
2003 大跃进的失败 When the bubble burst
2004 革命后的新生活 The wandering life began
2005 坚持改革开放 Reform and open up
2006 国际化 Internationalization
2007 进行中的历史 History in Progress
(Copyright belongs to the original authors)
六年前的文字
午饭后在论坛里逛,无意中看到了6年前写的一段文字,准确的说是6年零16天。虽无墨香,却也还未泛黄。或许因为其只存在于数字化的世界里,未曾物理的存在过。当年写完放在榕树下,不知现在是否已成树下腐殖质的一部分。于是掘个坟,给馨居添件出土文物。
Can Love be Electronic
—— After watching the motion picture A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
What is real? How do you define real?
If you’re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by you brain…
What is love? How do you define love? Who can tell? Maybe time will tell….
Love is the most complicated emotion that we can think about. Is love also simply electronic signals interpreted by our brain? If in that way, love could be interpreted by a supercomputer sooner or later in the future.
Love is the most consecrate thing we’ve got, love between lovers, love between kids and parents, love between you and all the others livings in the world. Is a computer consecrate enough to do this job?
Somebody once thought to cheat was so complicated that only human being could do. But it’s not necessary the case. The female fire worm lightens her lantern to show love to the male ones. Once a male fire worm comes to her, she kills and eats him. This is cheat, cruel enough to overwhelm the love.
David has been finding his love for so long a time as everybody wants to be loved. Though he is a robot who wants to become a real boy, he was so constant to walk in his way. Maybe right because of this, he just carried on according to his simple but sincere mind. While the real people know how to change their mind according to the environment at present.
David is also a child, who can tell the words from bottom of his heart without cheating, without flattering, without cark. So we said that the time we looked up at clouds and stars had gone. What we could do is just scream or being hysterical.
David is an embodiment of all these questions, questions to be presented to all of us.
David finally slept in the happiness of been loved. This maybe the best way we could find to end the film. But not the best answer to all the questions, which are still waiting for us to answer, which might never be answered.
Love needs too much. It’s not just a four-letters word, not a bunch of roses , not a box of chocolates, not a kiss, not a telephone lasting all through the night, not like what the pop songs told us, maybe not a creation that artificial intelligence could take place.
The director tried to tell us all these through the boy, through the fairy tale. Although it is far from enough.
I have always a prejudice against some of the so-called big productions from Hollywood, which are full of violence, car crashing, f***ing. All these were just like the robots’ being slaughtered in the circus while the numb people shouted and laughed like tyrants.
This film doesn’t belong to these. At least we got some idea to ponder, not just a two hours’ excitement.
Nowadays there are just too many people satisfied with a two hours’ excitement only. Yes, we are busy all days; we need to be excited, to forget all we’ve been thinking about. But it’s just a way to shirk all these. Until one day we finally realize that this can never be evaded, like death, which is just a part of life.
My Way remix:
I know you do exist but do not know where to find you
I know you will arrive one day but do not know when that day will come
Like Jesus to a child you watch me living in exhaustion without giving even a clue
I walk in my way
I am wandering endlessly in this black and tediously long night
Compass runs in chaos
Only the moon will guide me
There are people everywhere
There is no one anywhere
Wandering
I am jogging, running endlessly
I hope to walk with my friends
I wish to find my love
But I am still blind to find it
I can feel it in my heart and I have smiles on my face wherever I go
Wandering aimlessly endlessly
I move slowly towards that distant spot of faint light until one day my heart was broken and I depart from this world …you will arrive
I am wandering in a dream
Would you please just kindly not to wake me up….
yakman
Oct 6th, 2001
All these above were written under rheum headache and hysteria. Mad, logical, grammar and spelling mistakes may be.
Producted in 2001. Reissued in 2007.
每秒24格的真理 之 古装大戏
英雄 My rating: 8.5 IMDB rating: 8
摄影,色彩,配乐,表演在这几部里都是最好的,故事情节有点。。可能为了照顾全球观众(这几部里唯一进入IMBD top250),叙事手法还好。
十面埋伏 My rating: 7.5 IMDB rating: 7.6
故事情节还行,色彩绚丽,虽没英雄来的大气,却有江南精致之韵。
夜宴 My rating: 7 IMDB rating: 6.4
满城尽带黄金甲 My rating:6.5 IMDB rating: 7.0
除了情节取自"雷雨"外,其他各方面都逊于艺谋前作。尤其退步严重的是摄影、色彩,感觉生硬,周杰轮这部里的表演技巧比其音乐差远了。
荆轲刺秦王 My rating: 8 IMDB rating: 7.2
故事最接近史实,叙事手法,摄影,色彩,外景也都很不错,这几部里史诗感最强的一部。
无极 My rating: 6 IMDB rating: 5.6
前期宣传,欧不,炒作太猛,导致期望值超高,再加上"一个馒头引发的血案",结果自然可想而知。最失望之处:剧情无聊,对白脑瘫到发指,要是只给看片断,我一定以为是恶搞后的配音。后期处理从色彩到电脑特效都处于上世纪水平。"霸王别姬" "荆轲刺秦王"的导演真是凯哥么?
古今大战秦俑情 My rating: 7 IMDB rating: 7.2
改编自"秦俑",17年前就起这么标题党的名字,张艺谋还是油菜的。各方面都比较平均,这几部里科幻色彩最强的,所谓轮回。
同是天涯流浪人
自打三年前离开真切的深爱着的西安,魍魉就开始了流浪生活,而且在可预期的未来,这种流浪生活还将继续。不同的是时间,地点,相同的是仍然流浪的心,当然还有头脑简单支配下还算发达的四肢。
来实验室路上,碰到了许久未谋面的Frederick。相互一笑,摘掉各自塞着的耳机。一直以为他住在校内,奇怪在校外路上会碰见他,而原来他就住在我以前呆过的地方。这才发现他也在星岛呆了快两年了。问打算下站去哪,他笑呵呵的答也不知道。哈,原来同是天涯流浪人。我还以为来自瑞典的兄弟会急着回他的北欧社会主义祖国呢。看来这流浪的病毒并未曾离开她爆发的原点。
从上世纪初席卷欧洲的波希米亚文化开始,经历了近一个世纪,这流浪的病毒终于波及了中国大地。只是她不再像经典影片"红磨坊"(电影界对这个片评价不高,不过我确实很喜欢,bs我吧)中或是普西尼的歌剧"波希米亚人"中那样。在这个物质的年代,纯波希米亚已几乎绝迹,更多的人开始披上波波的马甲。这一波代表着自由与流浪,另一波约等于小资。
为啥这年头大家都喜欢给自己贴个小资的标签?大概不是贵族吧。三代也不一定能出一个贵族,所以当我微笑着最乐观的YY时,我发现我没希望贵族了,连贵族他爷的可能性也不大。。不过这无妨拉别的标签来贴上,于是就有了小资,再后来又有了波波。而这两种矛盾就这样融合的聚居在同一个词中。其实倒也不难理解,都是还未看破尘世的凡夫俗子,向往自由的同时也都得至少考虑下不再流浪时买房的问题。于是我发现除非回西安,否则这个问题也不那么容易解决,算是继续流浪的原因或借口之一。而眼下也只能继续躲在梦中艺术绅士的标签下,痛并快乐着继续流浪。。流浪到她开始的原点。
究竟是空虚可怕, 还是毒品可怕?
一个朋友曾对我说,音乐是毒品。由此说来我也算是个毒贩子了。非常高兴听到朋友告诉我说被音乐感染了,无论古典还是流行,也非常欣喜越来越多的朋友走进音乐厅。
和大多毒贩不同,我是吸毒贩毒。除了对身边的朋友口授传毒外,我还网络贩毒。最近怀了把旧,把贩毒网络扩展到传统媒体了。
真正艺术类的目前我接触到的也就两个,一个叫Art Jam,一个叫Art Beats (以前叫Arts Explosion). 后者基本是Classified events list,没有任何介绍/评论类文章。前者到好,编辑部就在NTU,就它了。应该说Art Jam不算是高水平,但也算仅存的艺术类刊物,希望我的文章没有降低其质量。
于是给主编发了封信,问问需不需要些古典音乐类的稿子,顺便附了以前blog里发的一篇review。
很快有了邀请信,问我打算写点什么,并给了出版时间。我一看时间紧任务急,还是拣blog里现成的Concerts Preview改改投好了,以后有了时间再写新的。
稿子写好后发给编辑,很快接收了(啥时候我写Engineering Research Paper能混成invited paper,就不愁接收了)。
接下来要配图,由于版权问题,需要联系各个乐团/音乐厅相关部门,这部分工作以前完全没接触过。不过还蛮顺利,3天内所有授权高分辨率图片全部搞定。
剩下排版的工作就交给编辑了。后来发现,还是我没经验缺乏沟通。编辑让我图文一起控制在两页以内,结果我怕文字内容过多,删掉好些,最后有的图显得太大。更令我吃惊的是,文字内容前两段编辑完全没改动,倒是后面内容有小改动。说实话我还是喜欢原版的多一点点。
废话太多了,打住贴图。
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Concerts in the late autumn days
With SSO touring China in late Oct and RNO cancelling the "Pathetique" concert, I thought I would have to starve this month with nothing on my musical menu. But just so soon I realize, there are always oases even in a desert. And I’ve accumulated a list of concerts deserved a log. The following five concerts just happen to be a great mixture of western and eastern, from baroque to 20th century, covering almost all classical music styles over four hundred years..
Sep 26 Marriage of Figaro, Vienna State Opera with Seiji Ozawa, Esplanade Concert Hall
No doubt a high light of the whole music season. Since I knew all the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (VPO) members are from Vienna State Opera (VSO) Orchestra, this concert was marked on my calendar. With a little help from my friend, I was lucky enough to get a student ticket. (normal price $80 – $650). The repertoire was all time classic however lack of surprising for usual concert goers.. But this work allows VSO to show its best and the best of the work.
This super expensive concerts sold out much faster than my expectation. Ladies and gentlemen in gown and tuxedo were seen much more than any other weekend concerts. Where were these guys during other concerts? Did they come for music or for the fame or for social communication?
The music play was quite the trademark "Vienna Sound". However this was much affected by the seating. This was my worst seat in esplanade ever… The sound travelled to touch my skin with no more strength to enter my heart. For such a familiar work and reputable orchestra, it not to hard to imagine or interpolate (some of you guys may just call it YY) the finest sound at the better seats. The Opera singing part was quite satifying as well. The really surprising came from the mezzo-soprano performing Cherubino. Her aria was no doubt the most memorable part of the whole performence. In return she received the longest applause after the show. IMO, the Susanna was considered less starring in the concert. My rating 9 (-1). -1 due to my poor seating…
Sep 29 Siemens Classics – Remembrance of Things Past, SSO, Esplanade Concert Hall
I was stunned from the first note of Haydn symphony No.100. There was no warm up period for both SSO and my ears. SSO was playing at her high form from the very beginning. Elgar’s cello concerto played by cellist Wang Jian was good but audience’s expection just even higher. The encore Bach piece was a decent bonus for such a "sold more than out" concert (gallery was opened). This bonus further extended to second half with Wang Jian joining the orchestra cello section. Except for a few unconstances in the last movement, Dvorak’s eighth symphony was well interpred. Again SSO at her form proved the "World Class" claiming. My overall rating 8!
Oct 4 Northern Exposure – Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3, TPO, Esplanade Concert Hall
Thanks to concert master Ms. Jessie Ye, I was able to sit in the best seat of esplanade concert hall. The repertoire was an attraction as well. First half was Sibelius sym no.3 and second half was bonus Finnish chorals plus Sibelius sym no. 1. Obviously it’s not because my friend leading the second half I don’t like it. But I did prefer the sym no. 3. Probably due to the smaller scale, The Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) couped with it better. However this doesn’t explained everything, since last year the Shostakovich sym no. 7 "Leningrad" was done surprisingly well! Maybe just form… My rating 7.
Oct 5 午间音乐会, 新加坡华乐团(SCO), 南洋大礼堂
SCO重返NTU,虽然还是南洋烂礼堂,不过稍靠前排的座位还是可以听得。1小时的音乐会总共5个曲目。从周围朋友的反馈看,受到大家一致肯定的是"红楼梦"组曲, 不只一人说有潸然泪下的倾向。另外二胡协奏曲"长城随想"我觉得也不错。剩下的几个曲目编曲作曲都太通俗化,换句话说就是不耐听,当背景音乐还行。别看敲得鼓声阵阵,坐下来认真听还是容易犯困。严肃音乐总面临这样的问题,太严肃了听众群小,太通俗了又没深度,这个平衡实在难掌握。而真正的艺术家不应迎合大众而是引领大众。评分7(-0.5) -0.5因南洋大礼堂的混响太滥了,要是做后排起码再-1。。
Oct 5 Forma Antiqua, YST Conservatory Orchestra Hall
Just like its name, baroque music is the pearl on the crown of classical music. The heavenly peaceful fugue, the well balanced elegance has always been the favorite color on music palette. It’s like a God’s gift travelled over four hundred years to reach us. Unfortunately there aren’t many local baroque music concerts. This one brought by Spain embassy attracted much more audience than the organizer’s expectation. Besides my three friends, there were a few familiar faces from the orchestras. Organizers had to put more chairs at the back of the players to accomodate the overwhelming audience. The naming of "Orchestra hall" is very confusing. It’s actually a rehearse room for orchestra not a real concert hall.
The Forma Antiqua brought only the harpsichord, theorbor and baroque guitar players on this far east tour. It’s a pity they didn’t bring the strings players. So we didn’t hear the charming baroque violin and viola de gamba. Just more disappointing was the fact that they didn’t use harpsichord. Instead they use a tiny small clavichord as substitute. I guess this due to the transportation problem. Eventually it’s not too hard to find a harpsichord in Singapore. Same thing happened during last year Musica Antiqua Koln(MAK) concert. However MAK used a rather big clavichord, which is good enough to ignore the difference for unpicky ears.
Without strings, the ensemble couldn’t offer more varities from repertoire. The lime light of the concert went to the theorbor. After the applause, an encore piece from Grandos was given. Just a little bit ironically, as a concert memorizing Scarlatti, there wasn’t his trademark work on harpsichord. Maybe due to the toy like clavichord… My rating 6 (+1) +1 for baroque: )
rp小爆发^_^
攒点rp不容易啊T_T
1. 发了2篇journal
一篇Arts,其实就是在一本地小杂志上随便发了点以前在blog写过n次的东西,回头贴出来恶心一下大家 (这个能写到论文里不?呵呵)。一篇Engineering,考虑到大家心理承受能力,就不贴出来了。要问我更看重那一篇,现阶段还是后者,唉,无奈。希望以后能更看重前者的机会多些。。
2. 以严格著称的老板说:你平时闲了可以抽点时间写踢死死(thesis)了。
不过可以写和可以交还有巨大的时间差异。何况我还真不怎么闲,等安稳下来开始挤。
3. 房租涨了不过房东还算厚道,赞。
魍魉一段时间内不用挪窝,看来回天王星的计划要推后了。
到过我家的朋友一定知道,实在不敢想象我搬家将会是怎样。。我爱我家
4. 可以免费去Sun Festival Russian National Orchestra (RNO)的音乐会。
这个可恶的Sun Festival歧视学生,$60居然没有学生票,本来犹豫要不要请朋友去听柴六。后来等我决定订票时发现这场居然被cancel了。不过这场是不大适合不变态的听众,太"悲怆"了,杀伤力比传说中的"黑色星期天"可强悍多了,万一听出抑郁倾向,自杀动机啥的就严重了。难道这就是取消的原因? 不过这场一取消,我已经提前订了票的朋友,除了拿到refund外还另送了两张其他场次的RNO音乐会。嘿嘿,小样,不给学生优惠,这下我完全不用优惠了。
根据rp守恒定律,魍魉攒这点rp显然不够以上开销。于是就有了痛病快乐着的痛处。。考虑到还是和大家多分享些快乐,捡两个
1. 第一篇投出去的journal被拒。Editor拖了n久后,我催来了据信。说文章不够接近消费者,俺们杂志要贴近业界贴近消费者。其实也在我意料中,准备改吧改吧再投别的。。给后来的同学们提醒,PhD课题如果不是一个很大的课题组做,最好别做涉及到多行业,而且多方面理论尚不成熟的系统。幸亏我及时意识到,赶紧focus了一下。
2. 老板funding还没下来,不知我还能等到不。准备开始找工作,要么该喝西北风了(家乡风味?)。
各位有工作信息的给我通个风啊,事成之后少不了请你东南(亚)风(味)
首选 active noise control
次选 audio signal processing, psychoacoustic signal processing
再次 signal processing就行
再再次 扩展到IT业
再再再次 本人长期代写O level各科作业,中英文口语陪练,电脑维修,家政管理,7座以下车型司机,音响器材选购,运动装备导购,长跑、拳击教练,各类杂志中英文供稿。其实去今德莱打工也是条路?我掰泡馍很专业。
再。。。再次 大减价,论斤卖了,开始增肥
离开雷锋的日子
记录下前晚发生的事。这两天太忙,现趁午饭后消化时间写两笔。实在是比较有意思的经历,值得记录下。人生就是这些经历串起来的,虽然我这串上现在还没多少珍珠钻石,不过并不妨碍我继续生活。
言归正传,一朋友最近精神状态不佳,抱怨感情问题。。俺短短续续开导了两晚上貌似好些。前晚上在MSN上继续开导,感觉MSN上实在不方便,决定还是去看看好了,毕竟算是在本地为数不多的异性朋友@_@
当我赶到MRT站正准备刷卡进入的一瞬间,上帝阻止了我。。汗,头一次碰到MRT系统出问题,所有刷卡门全部失灵,于是大家都站在MRT站刷卡门两边等。。外面的进不去,里面的出不来,不是围城,是围站。贴图为证。。
没听上帝的,看来是我的错,等MRT恢复正常,我一路赶到时,发现已经太晚,而且我还下错了站。。。人家都赶最后一班车回家了。汗,看来确实不怎么需要开导。。我也只好数着星星赶两个最后一班车回家。
我发现我打小就有乐于助人的毛病,什么学雷锋标兵啊,学雷锋先进个人啊能拿得都拿了,就差学雷锋三八红旗手了。即使是遇到开导感情问题这种十分不在行的,我也不介意帮一把。。其实这些问题,谁都明白。。根本不需要我讲道理,很多时候就是需要个听众,讲出来发泄下就好了。
中学时一好友陷入感情问题,在我这个外行的感召下,虽然一时还没能走出来,还是半感动半玩笑的认魍魉为干叔了。结果现在人家都当爹了。
这些都不算啥,要说最具英雄主义色彩的一次还要数上次过年回西安。
同学聚会,一哥们喝高了,咂酒瓶,见人打人。见男的说: "你TM都有了,你TM都结婚了。" 对女的说:" 你咋不跟我,我也有钱啊"。 这小伙确实喝高了,俺班小酷哥,平时挺好一人。和学校的分手了,工作两年又没碰到合适的,心情不大好。结果是除了个别男生外,其他人都躲远远的了。
眼看局势就要失控,这时魍魉突然凄惨的意识到,清醒的人里也好像有我还处于流浪状态。转念想想我这不练过拳击散打抗打击么,再说你不只打结婚的么,我还比较安全吧。于是在雷锋精神的感召下,在党和人民的期望中,我黄继光附体般毅然绝然的走向了枪口。边劝边靠近,心想你总没理由打我吧,所以根本没防着他。事实证明我太天真了,当我走近时,一击精准的右勾拳打在我嘴角上,然后骂道: "你TM咋还不结婚。" 于是在喝了几口自己的鲜血后,我无力还手,无言以对。我被彻底的击败了。
雷锋。你以为他离开了,其实他一直在。等以后有需要各位帮忙时,还请不惜插刀挨拳啊。