星期日, 一月 28, 2007
星期二, 一月 23, 2007
Uroboros 咬尾蛇
Millennium 的开篇有一个很特殊的图案 一个蛇一样的生物咬住了自己的尾巴 环状
这就是北欧神话中著名的Uroboros
“Uroboros(或Ouroboros) ,神话中自咬尾巴的蛇。 在荣格派心理学中,Uroboros象征着对于个人自己充足的循环这样的个性化,也象征着自我陶醉。另外一说诺智教派认为人类历史没有起点也没有终点。 蛇神代表智者,象征着中人生观的是一“咬尾蛇”“(uroboros)”的符号。北欧神话中洛基的孩子,是一条头尾相衔雌雄同体盘绕着整个世界的 巨蛇,中译名乌洛波洛斯。 就某种意义而言,ouroboros 意味一种「恶性循环」。当代思想已不朝某预设的真理或目标前进,所以说不定这尾蛇或龙可为某种哲学的象徵。 简单讲,即使是「恶性循环」也可以极具原创性与思想强度,也可以让我们见识到思想如何地「恶性」!而哲学研 究所可以如何地SIM。 ”
“emblematic serpent of ancient Egypt and Greece represented with its tail in its mouth continually devouring itself and being reborn from itself. A Gnostic and alchemical symbol, Ouroboros expresses the unity of all things, material and spiritual, which never disappear but perpetually change form in an eternal cycle of destruction and re-creation.
In the 19th century, a vision of Ouroboros gave the German chemist Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz the idea of linked carbon atoms forming the benzene ring. ”
“来自OED2(Oxford English Dictionary II):
The symbol, usu. in the form of a circle, of a snake (or dragon) eating its tail.
1940 H. G. Baynes Mythol. of Soul vi. 221 Thus the uroborus symbol represents our psychic continuity with the immemorial past. Ibid., Geber, or Jabir, the most famous of the Arabian alchemists, who lived in Kufa about a.d. 776, used the uroborus to represent a closed system or magic ring, denoting the idea of an eternal process. 1953 R. F. C. Hull tr. Jung's Psychol. & Alchemy in Coll. Wks. XII. iii. v. 357 The alchemical parallel+is the double nature of Mercurius, which shows itself most clearly in the Uroboros, the dragon that devours, fertilizes, begets, and slays itself and brings itself to life again. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Criticism 157 Alchemical symbolism takes the ouroborus and the hermaphrodite+in this redemptive context. 1975 Hughes & Brecht Vicious Circles & Infinity Fig. 11 The ouroboros, the snake with his tail in his mouth, is the prototype of the vicious circle.+ The ‘Endless Snake’ depicts an ouroboros who has become one with himself. It has fallen into the mathematical sign for infinity.”
这里还有一些其他的图案
Millennium用这个图案来做开篇,其寓意深远啊
星期四, 一月 11, 2007
MIT Open Course Ware
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充分体现了“活到老学到老”的原则
For the record
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
6.857 Network and Computer Security, Fall 2003
6.826 Principles of Computer Systems, Spring 2002
6.829 计算机网络, 2002 秋季 computer network, fall 2002
6.854J / 18.415J Advanced Algorithms, Fall 2001
15.082J / 6.855J 网络最优化, 2003 春季
6.863J / 9.611J Natural Language and the Computer Representation of Knowledge, Spring 2003
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
星期三, 一月 10, 2007
Terrorists killed in Xinjiang
from Chinadaily Police killed 18 terrorists and arrested 17 others during a raid on a training camp in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. During one of the largest anti-separatist operations in recent years, one policeman died and another injured, Ba Yan, spokeswoman for the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau, told a news briefing yesterday. She said the gunbattle took place on Friday at a camp run by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, or ETIM, which the United Nations labeled a terrorist organization in 2002. Ba said all those killed and captured belonged to the organization, and the police are still searching for a few more who escaped. Police found 22 grenades and material that can be used for producing 1,500 more, as well as guns and homemade explosives. The spokeswoman said the camp was located on the Pamir Plateau, a sprawling high-altitude section of Xinjiang near the borders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. The exact location was not revealed. She said local police were alerted when they noticed that ETIM had sent some key members to the region to set up a training camp and prepare for terrorist actions. Members were also found to be operating mines near the camp to raise funds. Li Wei, a senior anti-terrorism researcher at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, said the country needs to reassess the strength of the terror group. "It has received external training and financial assistance and it has munitions-smuggling channels," Li said. The Islamic extremist group is pursuing an independent "Eastern Turkistan", an area that would include Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Xinjiang. It is believed that more than 1,000 ETIM members have received training from al-Qaida, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Netizens showed unanimous support for the government action. By late last night, almost all the 1,500 comments posted on Sina.com, China's biggest news portal, praised the police action. Many paid their respects to the policeman who died during the raid and said if necessary, they are also willing to go to fight against terrorism to safeguard the motherland. According to official data, ETIM plotted more than 200 violent incidents including explosions, assassinations, arsons, poisonings and assaults in Xinjiang and in other countries between 1990 and 2001, killing 162 people and injuring 440.
key words:
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
East Turkestan Islamic Movement, or ETIM
Pamir Plateau
munitions-smuggling channels
The Islamic extremist group
al-Qaida
grenades
homemade explosives
Terrorists killed in Xinjiang
By Zhu Zhe(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-01-09 07:08
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2007年1月1日开始
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Wind Of Change
Scorpions
I follow the Moskva, down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night, soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change
The world is closing in. Did you ever think
that we could be so close like brothers
The future's in the air, I can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change
Take me to the magic of the moment on a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away in the wind of change
Walking down the street,
Distant memories are buried in the past forever
I follow the Moskva, down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
Take me to the magic of the moment on a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams with you and me
Take me to the magic of the moment on a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away in the wind of change
The wind of change blows straight into the face of time
Like a stormwind that will ring the freedom bell for peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing what my guitar wants to say
Take me to the magic of the moment on a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams with you and me
Take me to the magic of the moment on a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away in the wind of change