Interviewer: what is it about this machine? Why is this machine so interesting? Why has it been so influential? Jobs: Ah ahm, I'll give you my point of view on it. I remember reading a magazine article a long time ago ah when I was ah twelve years ago maybe, in I think it was Scientific American . I'm not sure. And the article ahm proposed to measure the efficiency of locomotion for ah lots of species on planet earth to see which species was the most efficient at getting from point A to point B. Ah and they measured the kilocalories that each one expended. So ah they ranked them all and I remember that ahm...ah the Condor, Condor was the most efficient at [CLEARS THROAT] getting from point A to point B. And humankind, the crown of creation came in with a rather unimpressive showing about a third of the way down...
When I first received this Nobel Prize for Literature, I got to wondering exactly how my songs related to literature. I wanted to reflect on it and see where the connection was. I’m going to try to articulate that to you. And most likely it will go in a roundabout way, but I hope what I say will be worthwhile and purposeful. If I was to go back to the dawning of it all, I guess I’d have to start with Buddy Holly. Buddy died when I was about eighteen and he was twenty-two. From the moment I first heard him, I felt akin. I felt related, like he was an older brother. I even thought I resembled him. Buddy played the music that I loved – the music I grew up on: country western, rock ‘n’ roll, and rhythm and blues. Three separate strands of music that he intertwined and infused into one genre. One brand. And Buddy wrote songs – songs that had beautiful melodies and imaginative verses. And he sang great – sang in more than a few voices. He was the archetype. Everything I w...
How to Install Fonts on Linux: A Comprehensive Guide https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-fonts-on-linux/ 在伊丽莎白一世的时代的英国,如果人们想要盗版剧本,就会派一个速写很快的人去看剧,那个人就会偷偷用速写把剧中所有的台词都记录下来。然后根据这些台词,几个看过这部戏剧会一起把这部戏剧中发生的一切都誊写下来。这种盗版剧本是很多戏剧现今存下来的唯一记录。 看到一个大爷总结普通人的一生:盛世之牛马,乱世之炮灰。 在现代晚期之前,总人口有九成以上都是农民,日出而作、胼手胝足。他们生产出来的多余食粮养活了一小撮的精英分子:国王、官员、战士、牧师、艺术家和思想家,但历史写的几乎全是这些人的故事。于是,历史只告诉了我们极少数的人在做些什么,而其他绝大多数人的生活就是不停挑水耕田。 模拟时代的黑胶与磁带 https://sspai.com/post/81162 黑胶与磁带来承载声音,手机照片来承载画面,视频来承载动态影像 一家店需要怎样的 BGM https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/F_CluKDRSswDeSMIxKWRFA 我们喜爱音乐,是因为音乐里,能体现出心意 ONE REVOLUTION PER MINUTE - a short film by Erik Wernquist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiPmgW21rwY 他有人生最可宝贵的一个德性:一种永久新鲜的好奇心,不会给时间冲淡而是与日俱增的。他没有相当的才具来利用这天赋,但多少有才具的人会羡慕他这种天赋!大半的人在二十岁或三十岁上就死了:一过这个年龄,他们只变了自己的影子;以后的生命不过是用来模仿自己,把以前真正有人味儿的时代所说的,所做的,所想的,所喜欢的,一天天的重复,而且重复的方式越来越机械,越来越脱腔走板。 ——《约翰.克里斯多朵夫》 【张一鸣】:《活法》、《少有人做的路》、《高效人士的七个习惯》、《基础生物学》对我影响比较大。 Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame https://spectrum.ieee.org/special-reports/...