昨天晚上和我哥们看了[华氏9/11]，看完之后感触良多。
这片名是从著名的[华氏451]（我以前日记里提到过）里延伸而来，但电影和那本名著的中心思想是一致的，那就是反对政府的个人集权和言论封锁。
整部电影围绕9/11事件来表现当前布什政府的无能和贪婪。电影大致上是按照时间顺序把相关事件加以展开，从9/11，到阿富汗，最后是伊拉克。片子里揭露的一些东西我的确以前不知道，这次也算是学到点东西吧。
有些人会批评导演是biased，但谁不是biased???? 任何东西只要有人的大脑和意识在参与和作用，它必定是biased。就像你批评一个人，说他不是perfect的一样，这种批评是没有多大意义的。
电影里我哭了好几次，很不好意思。第一次就是9/11的一些片断，把我的记忆又勾起来了，回想我当时感受和处境，我就忍不住了。第二次是那个伊拉克母亲在歇斯底里的诅咒美国的时候。看到一个母亲这样绝望，这样无助，这样的悲愤。。。尤其是她提到她们家已经发生了五次葬礼的时候。唉。。。第三次是美国士兵的母亲读她儿子信的时候。真是难受得不得了。。。
战争是残酷的，是真正对人性的摧残。有一部电影叫[The Casualty of War]， 是Michael J Fox演的关于越战的片子，里面就把这种摧残表演的淋漓尽致。那部电影的名字就是要告诉大家，战争里的损失的不仅仅是阵亡的将士，实际上所有的参与者，包括那些幸存者，都是the casualty of war。[华氏9/11]里一个士兵的发言很好的表达了这个意思：“I feel like a part of my soul was lost with every kill”
美国是个great country，我真的很喜欢。但布什这个阿史侯象个大猩猩一样四处破坏。他正在摧毁美国最宝贵的财富：民主和自由。像他这样的一个草包公子，如果连任了，我很可能会气的失去理智，到处撞墙。
他一定不能连任，一定不能！！！！！！！
Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Friday, June 25, 2004
The Power of Logic
终于看完了Assimov的Robot系列啦，好开心啊，好开心啊，嗷嗷嗷~~~~~
真是好看啊，真是回味无穷，他的小说最大的魅力就是逻辑的力量。故事委婉曲折，但一根看不见的逻辑纽带把一切都滴水不漏的联系起来。这就是我初中数学老师反复唠叨的“逻辑的美丽”吧。（每次谈到数学的魅力，老师就喜欢说什么逻辑是世上最美的东西。看老师说着要流口水的样子，我总怀疑他是不是暗恋过一个姓罗名季的女孩。）
我很喜欢古龙，也是因为他小说中的逻辑和推理，但和Assimov比起来，他就真是小巫见大巫了（我怀疑他的笔风就是模仿Assimov而来的，呵呵，怀疑而以，古龙的扇子别过来拍砖砍人啊），而且古龙很懒，结尾的地方很多都是粗制滥造，Assimov可是兢兢业业，越到结尾越是紧张刺激．
到底是Ｒｏｂｏｔ系列好看呢，还是Ｆｏｕｎｄａｔｉｏｎ三部曲好看？这是个很难回答的问题。我都喜欢！！！！Ｒｏｂｏｔ逻辑更强些，Ｆｏｕｎｄａｔｉｏｎ看起来更惊心动魄点，我是左揽右抱，统统喜欢！！！
真是好看啊，真是回味无穷，他的小说最大的魅力就是逻辑的力量。故事委婉曲折，但一根看不见的逻辑纽带把一切都滴水不漏的联系起来。这就是我初中数学老师反复唠叨的“逻辑的美丽”吧。（每次谈到数学的魅力，老师就喜欢说什么逻辑是世上最美的东西。看老师说着要流口水的样子，我总怀疑他是不是暗恋过一个姓罗名季的女孩。）
我很喜欢古龙，也是因为他小说中的逻辑和推理，但和Assimov比起来，他就真是小巫见大巫了（我怀疑他的笔风就是模仿Assimov而来的，呵呵，怀疑而以，古龙的扇子别过来拍砖砍人啊），而且古龙很懒，结尾的地方很多都是粗制滥造，Assimov可是兢兢业业，越到结尾越是紧张刺激．
到底是Ｒｏｂｏｔ系列好看呢，还是Ｆｏｕｎｄａｔｉｏｎ三部曲好看？这是个很难回答的问题。我都喜欢！！！！Ｒｏｂｏｔ逻辑更强些，Ｆｏｕｎｄａｔｉｏｎ看起来更惊心动魄点，我是左揽右抱，统统喜欢！！！
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
My brief encounter with an Indian baby
On my plane back from CA, there was that baby....
He is a tiny Indian boy, sits one row in front of me and 4 seats away to my right. I was happy about the situation, since I thought I was at a safe distance away from the baby. But later on I just realized how wrong I was.
The baby was a monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was crying, screaming, kicking, spitting, and cursing the whole trip!!!! (close to 6 hours) (Well, not exactly cursing since he can’t even talk, but for me, worse than cursing)
I almost snapped; I almost got up and talked to the mother calmly: “sorry, I have to kill this baby now.” There are moments at which I wished I just drop dead right now right there. I even had vision of alien abduction. Taking away by aliens was definately a better alternative for me. I finally understand why some nannies or parents chocked their babies. I know it ain't right but you gotta do what you gotta do. I have to admit that if the baby was actually with in my reach, I really don’t know what would happen (I guess some of you guys may end up seeing me on some breaking news yesterday evening).
I actually found a way to squeeze some amusementsout of this horrendous situation. I tried to be a judge to rate each scream, base on how high the pitch is, how long the scream lasts, and how loud it sounds (somewhat like Simon in the American Idol). The highest score I gave out yesterday was 9.6. You know, I am as picky as Simon and I don’t give perfect scores.
I always believe that the baby’s crying is self-defense mechanism. The sound is designed to be so annoying and discouraging that even the fiercest animals can’t approach the baby within 100 yard radius. If I were the animal yesterday, I would have ate my own brain out than got any closer to that baby.
I fucking hate babies on the plane!!!!!!!!!
He is a tiny Indian boy, sits one row in front of me and 4 seats away to my right. I was happy about the situation, since I thought I was at a safe distance away from the baby. But later on I just realized how wrong I was.
The baby was a monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was crying, screaming, kicking, spitting, and cursing the whole trip!!!! (close to 6 hours) (Well, not exactly cursing since he can’t even talk, but for me, worse than cursing)
I almost snapped; I almost got up and talked to the mother calmly: “sorry, I have to kill this baby now.” There are moments at which I wished I just drop dead right now right there. I even had vision of alien abduction. Taking away by aliens was definately a better alternative for me. I finally understand why some nannies or parents chocked their babies. I know it ain't right but you gotta do what you gotta do. I have to admit that if the baby was actually with in my reach, I really don’t know what would happen (I guess some of you guys may end up seeing me on some breaking news yesterday evening).
I actually found a way to squeeze some amusementsout of this horrendous situation. I tried to be a judge to rate each scream, base on how high the pitch is, how long the scream lasts, and how loud it sounds (somewhat like Simon in the American Idol). The highest score I gave out yesterday was 9.6. You know, I am as picky as Simon and I don’t give perfect scores.
I always believe that the baby’s crying is self-defense mechanism. The sound is designed to be so annoying and discouraging that even the fiercest animals can’t approach the baby within 100 yard radius. If I were the animal yesterday, I would have ate my own brain out than got any closer to that baby.
I fucking hate babies on the plane!!!!!!!!!
Monday, June 14, 2004
One of the toughest questions I've ever seen
记得曾经看到过这么一个问题，非常难，非常难
If you have to choose one thing, which one will you choose
(1) Permanent Body-odor
(2) Permanent Bad Breath
嗯。。。。。为此，我不知道死掉了多少脑细胞
Tough... very tough........
If you have to choose one thing, which one will you choose
(1) Permanent Body-odor
(2) Permanent Bad Breath
嗯。。。。。为此，我不知道死掉了多少脑细胞
Tough... very tough........
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