Pros and Cons - Chinese Language

分享一段 20 分鐘的訪談，來檢視語言的力量 - Word Power。可以預防自己被耍，也可以運用去耍對手。看來... 人們可能得盡量戒漢字了 - 一個只適合放到博物館去收藏的古玩。以許光戒漢字還不夠，搞不好是那個語言本質上就有害心智健康了咧？！

陳凱：『文字本身就已經帶有價值觀在其中了。』用字遣詞之中就攜帶了很多的暗示的意義在裡面了，不可小看用字遣詞的 mei-mei-gag-gag。

再附上『陳凱』先生的一篇文章：『從文字籠罐到文字獄.doc』，文中有更深入的解說中文與中文象形文字的對自由人心智的毒害。(原文以中國簡體漢字書寫，Kuas Pitki 把它轉換成為台灣漢字另存新檔分享於此。)

Shock~

Musical - 排練『報告班長 - Kuso 版』

Musical creative materials found on the Internet:


Student's Musical Competition - 報告班長 Kuso 版，環球科大，黑玲姊主持，2008：

• Google 大神似乎也不允許在她的平台上置入非她族類的『天空部落格』的影音媒體 (自由開放的商業競爭是殘酷的)，所以只好附上連結，請您自己複製貼上，另外開分頁收看了 - http://mymedia.yam.com/m/2083197

庾澄慶，哈世紀台灣演唱會 - 報告班長：

庾澄慶，original music - 報告班長：

And the lyrics -

起床，注意，五分鐘以後連集合場集合完畢。稍息以後開始行動，稍息！ 

1--2--3--4，123--4。 

報告班長，昨天晚上沒睡好，現在頭痛的不得了。
啊？！我管你睡好沒睡好，出操上課照樣跑！ 

報告班長，出公差溜到福利社，碰到連長，叫我回來找班長報到。
摸魚摸到大白鯊，看你以後還敢不敢亂搞！ 

報告班長，打靶的聲音太大，自願留在營區掃廁所。
棉花塞著耳朵當靶兵，保證讓你不害怕！ 

報告班長，早餐吃不飽，五百障礙沒有力氣跑。
軍人除了生孩子，什麼事都辦得到！ 

給你福利當福氣，給你方便當隨便，
給你輕鬆當放鬆，給你臉你不要臉。 

到了這裡你會成為頂天立地的大男孩離開這裡會成為成熟獨立的大男人。
到了這裡你會成為頂天立地的大男孩離開這裡會成為成熟獨立的大男人。 

注意！帶單兵攻擊教材，小板凳，戴鋼盔，步槍不用上刺刀，紮S腰帶，打綁腿，不帶防毒面具，稍息以後開始動作，稍息！ 

還賴在寢室幹什麼？！
報告班長，布鞋找不到，出操讓我穿拖鞋，你說好不好？ 

單兵注意，目標正前方發現不明物，單兵如何處理？
報告班長，提槍低姿快跑前進，臥倒出槍快轉槍慢，觀察敵情然後迅速後退。 

三分鐘後洗澡完畢著裝整齊原地集合！
報告班長，我的內褲打死結，借把剪刀好不好？ 

胡鬧！合理的要求是訓練，不合理的要求是磨練。
混！你再混就要倒大霉，馬上讓你有當不完的兵，不要懷疑，就是你！ 

到了這裡你會成為頂天立地的大男孩離開這裡會成為成熟獨立的大男人。
到了這裡你會成為頂天立地的大男孩離開這裡會成為成熟獨立的大男人。 

看我們的隊伍，雄壯威武。
聽我們的歌聲，響徹雲霄。
看我們的國旗，迎風飄揚。 

答數！1--2--3--4，123--4
到了這裡你會成為頂天立地的大男孩離開這裡會成為成熟獨立的大男人。(1234，123­4).......... 

連上兄弟晚安。班長晚安。

Show time!

音樂賞析 - Violinist Ray Chen

In today's class we talked about the instrumentation of a symphony orchestra and its string section. And looked a little bit further into violin and introduced an outstanding young Taiwanian-Australian violinist Ray Chen.

Violinist Ray Chen performing at the Apple Store in NYC on February 6, 2012.
Photo courtesy of Jrs2150, from Wikipedia.org.

Meet Ray Chen in a behind-the-scene session around the Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm on December 8th, 2012.

Ray Chen performed at the prestigious 2012 Nobel Prize Concert in Stockholm, recorded live on December 8th, 2012 with The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - under the direction of Maestro Christoph Eschenbach. Full concert streaming available at: www.nobelprize.org.

Ray Chen performed in the finals of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition in Brussels. He won the first prize in the competition at age 20.

Teacher Dr. Lin's insightful comment in the class today:

• The primary purpose of arts classes is to give students a sensational training. (藝術課的主要目的即是在於給予學生一個『感覺的訓練』課程。) To help people developing a more brilliant and creative mind with clearer sensations.

For more notes on today's class, please refer to the pitki file. Thanks.

下課。

• Ray Chen's official website - http://www.raychenviolin.com/

• Ray Chen's page on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/raychenviolinist

2013 Semester 1 - 期中考 Midterm Exam 考古題

準備期中考了... 2013 學年第 1 學期的。感謝學長提供了去年 (2012) 的考古題支援我們，請點選下列檔案連結、打開閱讀：

Op Amp (積體電路應用) 2012 Semester 1 的期中考題目和解答 -

• kuas_ee_2012_s1_midterm_exam_answers_OpAmp.doc

EPQ (電力品質) 2012 Semester 1 的期中考題目和解答 (與今年考題極為相似) -

• kuas_ee_2012_s1_midterm_exam_answers_EPQ.doc

Math (高等工程數學) 2013 Semester 1 的期中考前老師指定練習的題庫 (共 24 題) 和同學們共同努力求得的解答集合 (今年老師從 24 題選出 7 題考試，是請碩士班學生來監考) -

• kuas_ee_2013_s1_midterm_exam_answers_math_jointworks.pdf

以上，加油啦。

捷運機電 - MRT Stray Current Corrosion Issues

Talked a little bit about the Stray Current Corrosion (雜散電流腐蝕) issues in the class this evening. See what we found and learned in addition from the Internet:

Stray current corrosion is a kind of electrolysis phenomena that usually occurs quietly in many places and threats the longevity and safety of metal constructions seriously.

TPC：結構物防蝕專論 - 雜散電流介紹, by 賀世中 - 

http://publish.tpc.gov.tw/Book/laborbook/no.30/a3011.pdf

• 捷運系統之雜散電流防制對策及監測結果探討 - by 顏坤鴻, 台北市政府捷運工程局第三處工程員

• Railway Stray Current Management - an engineering service provided by Intertek Group plc. (It has agents or representative offices in Taiwan, too.)

下課。

高等工程數學 - Differential Equation Solver

Free online Differential Equation Solver provided by WolframAlpha:



下課。

+ Limit Calculator:


+ Derivative Solver:


+ Function Graph Plotter:


+ Algebra Solver:

音樂賞析 - Into the Woods (musical)

For this week and the next, we are going to watch the video of the musical theater - Into the Woods. The version of video played in classroom can not be seen on YouTube in Taiwan, probably due to copyright restrictions.

Here, alternatively, let's enjoy Sondheim! (Stephen Sondheim, the music and lyrics composer of the musical Into the Woods) the Birthday Concert 2010 (age 80) played at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City:

Pay range of a violinist in the band of a musical theater:

• Annual pay of a violinist for the Phantom of Opera played in New York City: USD70,000/year.

• Earned pay by Prof. Lin in a month of violin play for Into the Woods tour performance in the town where his college locates when he was studying there in the USA: USD8,000/month.

Good job?!

下課。

捷運機電 - Composition of the Train Disc Brake Pad

Prof. Lee questioned: What is the train's disc brake pad (disc brake lining) made of? Here are what we found on the Internet:

A train's straight air brake system diagram -
Attribution: Harpwolf at en.wikipedia.org

How does a modern train's disc brake look like? See the picture below:

Axle-mounted disc brakes on a train bogie -
Photo courtesy Eurail mag.

An example of disc brake lining compositions (semi-metallic types):

Selection of Best Formulation for Semi-Metallic Brake Friction Materials Development (experiments done for car brakes, pdf) - www.intechopen.com

As can see in the data, modern disc brake linings (a friction material) are made of composite material of partly ceramic, metallic, plastic, rubber and resin mixture. Meanwhile, the brake disc (or disc brake "rotor" in American English) is usually made of cast iron, cast steel, or carbon / ceramic composites according to the required braking performance (ref. Knorr-Bremse Brochure - Brake Discs and Pads for Railway Trains, a pdf document). The choice of the brake lining has to match the properties of the brake disc material in order to meet the maximum braking performance and longevity.

That's it.

下課。