Reflection after Lecture

Is this title too formal?

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1.monopoly

While during the lecture time, I suddenly realized that why I have so many problems or questions about web programming and why most people will have bugs. The reason is simple and perhaps sounds a bit stupid. I think it happened because all the products are from different organization or companies. Just suppose, if the companies or organization develop the whole set of php, js, html and all the things as a whole. I do not think we will have so many troubles. Just recall, 20 years ago, once, there was only one browser IE in the world, web programming is just like normal coding, easy coding and debugging.  (Of course, the word web programming did not exist at that time.) After years of development, we have various tools for web programming. Although people try to make them work fine with each other, it still not good. After thinking about this, I feel that if there is a monopoly company in the world, which will control all the php, js, css and related web programming language development, maybe the world will be easier for programmer.

Suppose that really happened in the past, then how will today look like? Maybe no progress at all. Maybe no facebook, no html5, no CS3216~~~

Monopoly in a field is good because the whole industry will share the same rules and standards. Hence it will be easy for people to cooperate. However, monopoly will damage the creativity and will slow down the potential improvement. Hence, maybe duopoly is better, just like today, we get Google, Microsoft and Apple~~~ The world will be progress in the dynamic equilibrium~~~ (Just like what we learn in chemistry)


2. changes
After showing the demo of HTML5 and Windows8, I suddenly felt a bit down. There are too many technologies in the world, we learn them today and maybe 5 years later no one will use them any more. The changes happen so fast that I am really worried whether I could follow the changes. During vocation, I bring an ipad2 back to my grandpa. I hope that he could at least try out the new stuff. But he only tried once and refused later. He did not know why ipad is useful. It will take him quite a long time to learn how to use ipad. Then I remember that Prof Ben has said that when he first tried Office 2007, he just felt not right and can not understand it. Now I am still young and smart, I will be curious about everything and keen to learn how to use them. But what if in 10 years later, I may not be as smart as now. And the technology advances in a even faster pace. At that moment, how could I adapt to these fast changes? How do I feel about myself? If at that time, what will be my core competency comparing to the smart and young and curious undergraduate? Suddenly I really have no idea about these questions.  However, I still would like to end this topic by this famous sentence

"Youth is not  a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips, or supple knees. It is a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a freshness of the deep springs of life."

Hope I will be young all the time~~~ (Does this lecture make me too emo...)


P.S. Although this lecture it about technologies, I really did not attract by them too much. Anyway new technology will occur everyday, just like meals per day. But it is my great pleasure to hear from people to see their insightful prediction about futures. It may be the best thing I could get from this lecture...

P.S. Around 30 years ago, programmer decided the world. That's why people can not understand why Steven Jobs insisted on his small rounded design. Now, the world is decided by the designer and marketing people. Everything is possible to be coded...

P.S. 我不管以后是苹果还是芒果，反正果子总会有的，不会饿到。。。很冷啊。。。



=========================Other things==========================

for this week, linear algebra is boring...

for all the weeks, I will try to understand set theory. Although during today's lecture, lecturer keeps using N(the natural number set notation), I keep lost...:-(

If anyone wants to challenge his/her IQ, take group theory or set theory...

TMR, fix the bug, it is a must...