2015年4月5日星期日

Week 1: Two Cultures


Like Snow, who has both scientists friends and literary colleagues, I do have two different culture friends, too. Snow pointed out that scientists think non-scientists are somehow not precise, and non-scientists believe that scientists lack of imagination. Things tend to have two polar sides. And this concept exists everywhere around us.
 

       Like today, people enjoy the fashion outfit design and the technology of iphone. Iphone combines the beauty of art and advance of computer science. If Iphone only has the fancy outfit, and without advanced technique, I do not believe people will still fall in love to it. Iphone is very proud of its IOS system and keep updating the newer system to support the software. There is an another system called Android. Android system also occupies half of the smart phone market. Two systems take almost all the smart phone market, and it is hard to say which one is over which. For example, Android system can be customized easily, but IOS system needs to be jelly broken first. With some minor difference, both systems are similar to each other mostly.

 

       Two culture principle also exists in the campus. Campus is separated to two different colleges: sciences and linguistics, geographically. Although, the campus is halved to two different areas, students are not isolated from one college to another. They make friends with different colleges and they also cross and walk to another college.


 
      I have never truly think about two cultures. I only stay in my major department and do not have thoughts to walk to another half of the campus. However, I think I should think about the fact there is two culture and there might be third one. We should not limit ourselves in one culture. Go out and see more.

      

 

SOURCES


Beavis, Gareth. "iPhone 6 review." techradar. Web. < http://www.techradar.com/us/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/iphone-6-1264565/review >

"Android vs. iOS." Diffen. Web. < http://www.diffen.com/difference/Android_vs_iOS >

UCLA General Services Campus Map. Web. < http://maps.ucla.edu/campus/?locid=84900>

Cassavoy, Liane. "What Does It Mean to Jailbreak an iPhone?" about tech. 2015 Web. < http://cellphones.about.com/od/glossary/f/jailbreak_faq.htm >