Psychological and other aspects of the sign arbitrariness

I confront arbitrariness of the sign to a criterion assessing the quality of language, logical system, psychometrics and art

Expansion Module with MP3 Files Decoder for FITkit Platforma

Cílem tohoto projektu je vytvoření modulu, který by rozšířil možnosti platformy FITkit o dekódování souborů formátu MP3. Práce shrnuje poznatky o současných formátech kódování zvuku, dostupných dekodérech a platformě FITkit. V pozdější části je popsán postup návrhu rozšiřujícího modulu této platformy, který byl nakonec zrealizován i když neúspěšně. Modul využívá kodek VS1063. V závěru jsou popsány možnosti dalšího rozšíření projektu v případě úspěšné realizace.Aim of this project is building of expansion module which expands capabilities of FITkit platform by allowing decoding of MP3 files. This thesis summarize knowledge about current audio encoding formats, available decoders and FITkit platform. Later part of thesis describes design procedure of expansion module for this platform, which was completed, although unsuccessfully. Module is using VS1063 codec. The end of thesis describes possible expansions in case of successful implementation.

Discontinuity: This is not Foucault

In 2004 in Prague, I met Slovak philosopher Miroslav Marcelli, who had attended Foucault's lectures in Paris in 80s. We talked about the legacy of Foucault and contemporary philosophy. Mr. Marcelli taught me philosophy at Comenius University in 1995.. I never visited his lectures, I only passed the exam.. The most interesting point was his answer to my 'provocations' replicating the common prejudice about impracticability of the philosophy. He answered "Do you think that e.g. Descartes didn't know about it?" In fact, people tend to think that philosophers or mathematicians, are "asocial" without "social" intelligence, while their occasional isolation (e.g. Nietzsche) is a product of social exclusion, rather than their choice. In 2013 I applied Foucault's concept of Discontinuity to short 10 minutes movie: Discontinuity, projected in my exhibition "From Animation" in Holland Park, London. The film has 3 parts, ends as it starts to show the significant historical events in 4 windows, when the same idea appears to disappear to re-appear.. Foucault's philosophy doesn't seem to me so unique now, e.g. the idea that many historical changes or progress itself is often illusionary - masking the power structure, had already been explored 515 BC, in depth by Parmenides who concluded: the change is impossible

Dokumentace frameworku pro OpenCms moduly www.kiv.zcu.cz: technical report no. DCSE/TR-2009-15

Tento dokument popisuje základní strukturu implementace OpenCms modulů pro web Katedry informatiky a výpočetní techniky (KIV). Je určen pro vývojáře, kteří se zapracovávají do projektů na jejich vývoji, a zároveň slouží jako referenční dokumentace architektury modulů