Nov 202010
 

Deneck, Marguerite-Marie. Indian Sculpture: Masterpieces of Indian, Khmer and Cham Art. London [1970], Hamlyn.

Forman, Werner. Indian sculpture: masterpieces of Indian, Khmer and Cham art.

Guillon, Emmanuel. Cham Art. Thames and Hudson. April 2001.

Heffley, Carl. The Arts of Champa: From the Cham Museum, Danang, Vietnam. Danang [1972, U. S. Information Service]

Parmentier, Henri. Cham Sculpture of the Tourane Museum, Da Nang, Vietnam: Religious Ceremonies and Superstitions of Champa.

Nov 202010
 

Thomas Weisser (noted Japanese and Asian film critic):

  1. Japanese Cinema: The Essential Handbook.
  2. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Films
  3. Asian Cult Cinema.
  4. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films

Selected Film Titles

  • Lover
  • Organ (Kei Fujiwara)
  • Pinnochio 964 (Shozin Fukui)
  • Hiruko the Goblin
  • The Entrails films
  • Makai Tensho
  • Rubber’s Lover
  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Shin’ya Tsukamoto)
  • Death Powder
  • Dangan Runner
  • Tokyo Fist
  • Bullet Ballet
  • Gemini
  • Nov 202010
     

    Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes…known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few…No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. –James Madison, Political Observations, 1795

    Nov 202010
     

    O generation of the thoroughly smug
    and thoroughly uncomfortable,
    I have seen fishermen picnicking in the sun,
    I have seen them with untidy families,
    I have seen their smiles full of teeth
    and heard ungainly laughter.
    And I am happier than you are,
    And they were happier than I am;
    And the fish swim in the lake
    and do not even own clothing.

    Nov 202010
     

    Essentially everyone, when they first build a distributed application, makes the following eight assumptions. All prove to be false in the long run and all cause big trouble and painful learning experiences.

    1. The network is reliable
    2. Latency is zero
    3. Bandwidth is infinite
    4. The network is secure
    5. Topology doesn’t change
    6. There is one administrator
    7. Transport cost is zero
    8. The network is homogeneous