Year: 2011

A Talk on “Copyright” in the Internet Age

AI & the Future of Technology2011.02.08
A Talk on “Copyright” in the Internet Age
VeryCD has been transformed, and its music channel no longer provides download links. Why? Because of “copyright.” Obviously, “copyright” is the most typical concept of the print age. So what is the significance of copyright in the Internet age? I recently added a copyright notice to the new version of my blog, so let me take this opportunity to offer a bit more explanation here. The rise of the Internet and digital technology has made copyright issues increasingly prominent, and the “protection” of copyright increasingly difficult. The copying and dissemination of works has become far more convenient; once a work has been released, it is extremely hard to keep control…
technology media history of technology internet
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2011年2月8日
Writing in the Internet Age—A Brief Discussion of the Intentional Structure of Electronic Media

AI & the Future of Technology2011.02.02
Writing in the Internet Age—A Brief Discussion of the Intentional Structure of Electronic Media
The new blog had been tinkered with for so long that it has finally come to a temporary rest, and I should also write something more serious to explain myself. But this so-called serious writing is not yet that paper I have kept putting off; I’ll deal with that paper properly after the New Year. For now, following the context of tidying up the blog, let me talk about some thoughts on the “network age.” The last class of Wu’s seminar last semester happened to touch on communication in the network age, and I happened to pick up this thread and speak from there. The issue of communication in the…
technology culture scholarship media
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2011年2月2日
Some Thoughts on the Elements of History of Science in the Primary School “Science” Curriculum

History of Science & Scholarship2011.01.23
Some Thoughts on the Elements of History of Science in the Primary School “Science” Curriculum
It is a great honor to have the opportunity to offer suggestions for the writing of primary school science textbooks. However, because my own level is limited and I have a habitual tendency to drag my feet, I may not be able to offer many constructive opinions; I can only jot down some very scattered thoughts. I will divide them into two parts: first, the overall significance of elements from the history of science; second, following the framework of the textbook, some ideas about how to interweave historical material into each grade. The original plan also had a third part, which would have selected some usable cases along the thread…
science history of science history education
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2011年1月23日
Plugins Currently in Use on the Blog (Updated 11-11-20)

Site Matters2011.01.23
Plugins Currently in Use on the Blog (Updated 11-11-20)
I’ve been tinkering with the new blog for several weeks now, and I still haven’t even gotten around to writing new posts; I’ve been pouring all my energy into debugging the technical environment. WordPress really is a great thing. It’s very easy to get started with, yet it also offers endless room for development—if you know nothing at all, you can install it in two minutes and start writing entries right away; then you can begin changing themes, installing plugins, modifying CSS styles, editing php code, and so on, going deeper and deeper, with unlimited room to fuss around. Of course, no matter what, content is always the main thing,…
technology media blog internet
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2011年1月23日
Music for This Issue: TiawTang (Thailand’s Music in Civilization V)

Life & Notes2011.01.22
Music for This Issue: TiawTang (Thailand’s Music in Civilization V)
Now that I’ve got 1G of space, more bandwidth than I could ever use, and free WordPress plugins, it’s much easier to upload and post my own MP3s. Let’s start by posting a track to test things out and celebrate~ /XD/ This is one of the incidental themes from Civilization V for an Asian nation, said to be Thai. Its style is quite different from the ornate Chinese pieces in the same category, and opinions about it online are mixed—some say it’s their favorite track, while others find it unbearably annoying. In any case, I quite like it myself. I haven’t yet posted any music with a Southeast Asian flavor…
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2011年1月22日
The Qufu Church and the Time and Space of Chinese Tradition

Culture & Public Commentary2011.01.13
The Qufu Church and the Time and Space of Chinese Tradition
Today (yesterday), I was dragged by Classmate Slim to take part in a salon event, where we discussed the question of Confucianism and Christianity, East and West, using the incident of building a church in Qufu as our thread. Although I’ve lately been rather lazy and reluctant to move, I still went, after all, academic salons are activities I’ve always highly esteemed, and since a classmate was organizing it and had actively come to invite me, there was no reason to demur. I had originally planned merely to go along and make up the numbers, but when I arrived I discovered that there were in fact fewer participants than expected,…
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2011年1月13日
Switching Blogs Again!

Site Matters2011.01.08
Switching Blogs Again!
In a nutshell, the blog has moved to yilinhut.com According to my original plan, ixiezi was just supposed to be a layover station, a place to practice before I bought my own hosting and domain and set up WordPress myself. Later I found that ixiezi’s philosophy and service were both quite good, and I thought I might as well keep using it like this… But in the end I still had to move away. The main problem is that Aixiezi has been terribly slow lately—unacceptably slow. At first, when I started using it, the speed was quite good: exporting XML files could basically reach full speed (over 200k), and refreshing…
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2011年1月8日
A Chat Record on Determinism and Free Will

Philosophy & Thought2011.01.03
A Chat Record on Determinism and Free Will
Last night I had a QQ chat with an online friend. Although there was nothing especially profound in it, it may count as a basic expression of my approach to the question of free will and determinism. This friend had originally fallen into anguish over such questions as “Does the world around us exist?”, “Do human beings have free will?”, and “Is causality something objectively existent?”, after reading The Big Questions, and came to me for help. I replied with an email at the time, though perhaps I did not quite hit the point; I was only trying to indicate a general way of release. This time, through QQ, we…
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2011年1月3日