… and the Weight Companion Cube, isn’t.
(圖片來源: Greg’s Blog)
之前在跟 SKC 同學與 st 惋惜說 Companion Cube plush 賣完了，結果沒隔幾天 The Valve Store 竟然就重新上架了！立刻用 VISA 金融卡把東西訂下來(怕賣光)，結果訂單卻因為 Billing Address & Shipping Address 不一樣國家被退訂… 立刻再訂一次，幸好有過。
(咦，我好像沒說過我在玩 Portal？)
(你覺得我會玩 FPS 很奇怪嗎？)
倒是原本做一半的 papercraft Companion Cube … 還是繼續用滿滿的愛做完(飄)。只是快用完了因為好難做orz
科幻作家 Arthur C. Clarke 昨日在斯里蘭卡過世，享年 90 歲。他寫了許多重要的科幻作品，還是首先提出同步衛星與太空電梯概念的科學家。
NASA 的 Statement 是對他的一生最好的描繪之一(節錄如下)：
Although his personal odyssey here on Earth is now over, his vision lives on through his writing; he will be sorely missed.”
翻譯：
他個人在地球上的漂泊就此結束，但他的遠景會在紙上永存；我們將非常懷念他。
我對 Clarke 的書閱讀不多；有時間的話應該再看看幾本。
Update: Clarke 在 90 歲生日時錄給大家的談話。
How to dissect a paper by Ellen Gottlieb, 2003. Given to me from a teacher and it does help. A lot. Hope it helps you too.
Overview:
- Look at the title and authors.
- Read the abstract.
- Look at the figures to access quality (If they don’t look good, keep this in mind when assessing the paper)
- Read the last paragraph of the introduction which will give you the objective, the rationale and the approach
- Read the first paragraph of the discussion which will give you the objective, approach and major conclusion(s)
- Read the last paragraph of the discussion which will give you the implications and possibly future directions.
- Now read the paper through from being to end and critically analyze the paper.
- You might also want to look through the reference titles for additional info or other papers that might interest you.
When dissecting a paper, Ask yourself:
- What is the overall objective of this paper?
- What is the approach?
- What is the point of each figure or group of figures?
- What do the data actually prove? (Note: Figures which do not address objectives of the paper may be extraneous and could be eliminated or just mentioned in passing in a short presentation)
- Are the conclusions in the paper supported by the actual data or are alternate conclusions appropriate?
- What might you do next given their data?
Remember:
- Just because a paper is published, doesn’t mean it is correct
- A paper may have excellent data but incorrect (or skewed) conclusions. Base your future experiments on what the data show and not necessarily on the authors’ conclusions. This is often a good place to start on a new exciting experiments. Another good place for ideas on future experiments is the last paragraph of the paper.