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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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哲學功課: Tom Regan’s Argument on Animal Rights

31st Aug 2007 179 0 哲道閒人

In Tom Regan’s “The Case for Animal Rights”, he argues the rights theory is the most satisfactory moral theory to justify the goals of animal rights movements (p.393). In this paper, I will examine Regan’s argument and show the rights… [...]

哲學功課: Don Marquis’s view on the Morality of Abortion

31st Aug 2007 578 0 哲道閒人

In Don Marquis’ paper “An Argument that Abortion is Wrong”, he argues abortion is morally wrong for the same reason as murder. His argument is different from the standard pro-life argument that stress that the fetus is both human and… [...]

(fluff)Friends on Facebook

30th Aug 2007 39 3 Daily Scribble

I finally create a fluff in Facebook of my own. The idea of fluff is not new, Tamagochi pioneered the market of virtual pet. Linking up your virtual pet with virtual the pets of your friends over the internet is also not new, Sony had made the now… [...]

Toastmaster education series

29th Aug 2007 44 0 Daily Scribble

I am elected the VP of education of the Toastmaster club at work. The role of VP education is to help the club member become a better speaker. Although I am half way through the advance speaker bronze program, I don’t think I can make… [...]

iPhone hack

28th Aug 2007 79 3 Daily Scribble

A 17 years old kid hacked the iPhone, making phone call using networks other than AT&T is already old news. There is also an alternative hack fooling the iPhone using a turbo SIM that pretends to be a AT&T SIM card. I have quite some friends… [...]

基督教思想史第一部 – 第二章﹕基督論問題

27th Aug 2007 216 3 滿天神佛

基督論的問題是三一爭議的延繼﹐雖然三位一體解決了東西教會分裂的問題﹐但沒有回答原先要解決的問題。若果聖子與聖父同質不同位格﹐那聖子耶穌到底是什麼呢﹖耶穌如何可以是神﹐亦同時間也是人呢﹖對於這個問題﹐當時的意見主要分為兩大陣營﹐一說法是聖父收養耶穌﹐而另一說法則是聖父化身成為耶穌。尼西信經中聖父聖子同聖同體﹐可以按不同詮譯得出這兩個不同的答案。於是早期教會再一次掀起新的爭議﹐代表雙方陣營分便是亞歷山大教會和得到羅馬教會支持的Antioch教會。… [...]

Organic farm tour

26th Aug 2007 45 2 Daily Scribble

Today was the old boys annual summer picnic. The president is owner of an organic farm and he let us use his place farm for BBQ. After the BBQ, we had a tour inside the farm. Modern farming is a capital intensive business with lots of agricultural… [...]

Hot air balloon crash

25th Aug 2007 9,328 3 Daily Scribble
balloon crash

Yesterday, there was a horrible hot air balloon accident in Vancouver. The balloon catch fire after take off, burst into flames and dropped 8 meter to the ground. A propane tank was heated shot up in the sky and exploded, torched several motor… [...]

Optometrist

23rd Aug 2007 36 2 Daily Scribble

There are some cost you cannot avoid, going to optometrist is one of those. I wanted to get a pair of new glasses. Not because I can’t see clearly with my old glasses, but rather want to get a new look. I thought my original sight prescription… [...]

The Riches 富貴浮雲

22nd Aug 2007 98 2 沙發薯仔
The Riches

美國有超過數十個電視頻道﹐每年上映的電視劇集數以百計。可是大部份的劇集只是新瓶舊酒﹐離不開荷里活的成功公式﹐主角不是醫生﹐律師﹐警察﹐題材便是白領愛情生活﹐驚險冒險故事。在大網絡上播放的電視劇﹐為著收視保障和廣告收入﹐表達手法或劇本佈局上或許有些創意吸引觀眾﹐但主題多數走比較保險的路線。有線電視台走小眾路線﹐沒有這麼多創作上的掣肘﹐雖然沒有星光熠熠的大製作﹐反而會有讓人意想不到的驚喜。「富貴浮雲」在FX頻道播放﹐平均有四百萬觀眾﹐在寵大的美國市場算不上特別熱門﹐卻吸引我追看全套第一季﹐並熱切期待十月播放的第二季。… [...]

Pink vs Blue

21st Aug 2007 63 0 Daily Scribble

I like to categorize things according to the gender role, something are for girls, something are for guys and something are neutral. The category is not use in the sense of gender specific language like French or German, but relate to the social… [...]

基督教思想史第一部 – 第二章﹕三位一體的爭論

20th Aug 2007 367 2 滿天神佛

不論在基督教或是天主教中﹐三位一體也被視為核心教義。可是在早期教會裏﹐還未有三位一體這個神學觀念之前﹐東西教會因為神屬性的爭論﹐幾乎於陷分裂的邊沿。以Logos為基礎的教義深澀難明﹐早期教會裏有不少反對聲音﹐認為用Logos解釋天父﹐耶穌和聖靈會產生三神並立的問題﹐所以他們主張異端學說神格唯一論(monarchians)﹐當中又可以細為以兩種不同性質的神學理論。… [...]

Racing game

19th Aug 2007 65 0 Daily Scribble

I love playing racing games. I spent lot of time and money in Arcade when I was young. I specially fond of driving game by Sega, starting from Virtual Race, to Daytona, to Super GT, to Daytona 2. Although I am not exceptionally good, I can still manage… [...]

回溯「沙田價值」—超越中環價值的歷史地理觀

19th Aug 2007 552 2 中文剪報

This is really the core value of Hong Kong, not the commonly demonized Central value nor the so called local value of the minority.… [...]

The joy of shopping

18th Aug 2007 51 1 Daily Scribble

As a guy, especially an logical mind engineer, I never understand why girls like to go shopping in groups. When guys want to buy something, they will do the research and consult with friends ahead of time. They know exactly what to buy before they… [...]

Shooting Range

16th Aug 2007 24 0 Daily Scribble
Shooting

My firearm license finally arrived, so I joined a shooting club right away. There are only a few shooting range around Vancouver. The one in North Vancouver only open on weekend. The Richmond club only shoots shot guns. The Port Coquitlam… [...]

Harry Plotter and the Deathly Hallows – J.K. Rowlings

15th Aug 2007 159 2 華洋書塾
Harry Plotter 7

終於看完哈利波特大結局 ﹐我的第一個感覺是一種解脫﹐不用再追看這套小說﹐猜測書中人物的生死。我最初接觸哈利波特時J.K.Rowling還未成為英國最有錢的女人﹐才剛剛出了第二集。哈利波特那時只本寫得比較有趣的兒童故事﹐還未成為風靡全球大小朋友的泡沬現像。我很喜歡頭四集小說﹐以輕鬆青少年讀物來說﹐寫得著實不錯﹐魔法學校的設定充滿創意﹐主角們的歷險也刺激有趣。不知是否要文窮而後工﹐作者發達後就寫不出好文章﹐還是自己換上成人世界的眼鏡讀哈利波特﹐從第五集開始有點雞肋的感覺。不論是娛樂或是文學價值﹐最後三部書都強差人意。花過多篇幅去篇排佛地魔的陰謀﹐而那個陰謀其實很白痴犯駁﹐結果講多過做很多悶場。不過追看了這麼多年也想知道結局﹐… [...]

The Simpsons Movie 阿森一族大電影

14th Aug 2007 560 4 評影說戲
Simpsons

我是超級的Simpsons迷﹐由最初十幾年前在明珠台看字幕版﹐到移民讀書時每星期日在宿舍的同學一起追看﹐到現在不再看電視改為上網下載﹐十八季總共四百集的電視劇應該全部看過。在公司辨公室牆上貼著Simpsons全體演員的海報﹐可以如數家珍地隨口說出每個角色的故事。… [...]

鹽春島的本土生活

13th Aug 2007 54 0 到此一遊
Salt Spring Island

從鹽春島最高點俯瞰港灣 上星期給自己放了個長週未假期﹐乘兩個多小時船前往鹽春島(Salt Spring Island)渡假。鹽春島不是熱門的旅遊地點﹐除了當地悠閒的本土生活外﹐沒有什麼特別的名勝古蹟。遊客多數從卑詩省和華盛頓州過來﹐放鬆幾天逃避繁忙的生活﹐享受鄉間的寧靜﹐呼吸大自然的氣息。鹽春島人口只有一萬多人﹐沿著島上迂迴曲折兩邊古林參天的公路駕駛﹐從北邊到南邊約需一小時車程。我們選擇了一間民宿B&B入住﹐地點遠離島上唯一小鎮﹐價錢比較便宜也較清靜。客廳露臺面向小海港﹐可以一邊吃晚餐看日落﹐一邊欣賞海邊的景色。… [...]

Salt Spring Island

12th Aug 2007 60 0 Daily Scribble

Sumer is time for relaxing, so I told a long weekend off and have a get away trip with Pat in Salt Spring Island. Salt Spring Island is about 2 hours of ferry away from Vancouver. It is the latest of the gulf islands, with ten thousand population. … [...]

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