about phil essay

Having wasted two weeks' time, now I'm getting to my philosophy essay. After tossing around a bit, I finally decided to focus on philosopher Berkeley's ontology.

But what I'm not sure about is whether Berkeley's idealism is right. His theory is an attack on materialism, and holds that all sensible things exist only in human minds - they are not corporeal substances. For example, heat and cold exist only when we feel them. They don't exist without our minds. Do you guys think it true or not? I agree with him, at least in this heat & cold case, because heat and cold are what we feel. I think there exists kind of relativity. For instance, what you feel cold in summer could make you feel warm or hot in winter. Yes, Berkeley did explain it using the relativity argument.

However, as for light and sound, I prefer the materialism theory as what we have learnt in physics in high school. Light is acutally a massive sequence of particles in the air. This is all that I can remember about light. And sound is the motion of air under some frequency (this is my own reflection, if there's any mistake, please help correct).

So don't know if I could split it up - going for the heat & cold argument and against the sound and light ones. But what would the ultimate opinion on Berkeley's ontology be? I think I should have a main topic, and analyze its fissiparous effects later on.

What do you guys think? Please feel free to put forward your opinions. That'd be more than appreciated!

A letter to The Age by someone

Prime Minister Jobn Howard's commitment to work towards a long-term aspirational goal for climate change continues to frustrate many concerned young people such as myself. We are the generation that will have to deal with the dangers that are to come if we do not act now on climate change. The science is changing every week - not for the better - and is increasingly telling us we need to do more immediately. Most of the science suggests that to fully prevent climate change catastrophe we must aim for zero carbon emissions by 2030 (www.beyondzeroemissions.org/). We cannot afford to the complacent, and long-term goals should start straight away. We want real policy action on climate change, not vague assurances nor contrived rhetoric. Please listen, Mr Howard and APEC political leaders, we are the future generation.

My comment on this:

In your dreams man! This is really stupid because as i said in my prevous log, APEC never makes decisions. What they can do at most is to make some agreements. At the moment, the Kyoto Protocol is one such agreement committing nations to take some 'baby' steps along the road to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But a post-such-agreement is desperately needed. I think that's what this man wants because it seems impossible to put it on a policy level.

Also I want to add another humble opinion. To solve the global warming problem, we can't rely on promoting a particular technology to tackle the problem. What we need is to reach an international agreement on that instead of solving it by devoting a great deal of effort individually. Someone has proposed a framework called 'contraction and convergence', for crafting a new protocol. We will see.

PS: We are a generation of extravagance, the awareness of water and waste is the prerequisite to solving the problem. This might not be correct, or totally irrevalent. This is just a thought of mine anyway.

APEC in Australia?

The oncoming APEC summit is said to be the most important meeting which will have ever been held in Australia. But I don't think it's true. According to The Age (4th September, 2007), the most important international meetings held in Australia were in 1942, between Geveral Douglas MacArthur, Prime Minister Jobn Curtin and the War Cabinet. They helped to turn the course of World War II, and changed the future of Australia.

This weekend's summit will gather the most important group of people in Australia. But whether it will have an important impact on the world is unclear, because unlike many other important international meetings, APEC never makes decisions. It's just like, a group of leaders sitting together, talking about how they tackle their own countries' problems and disscuss common problems, such as economic issues, security, trade, environmental issues. Anyway, there's not shortage of issues for leaders to talk about. Let's just take China's undervaluation of its curreny, which has had a dominent influence on the world economy. This makes China very attractive to export from, leading to huge rates of investment - nearly 50 per cent of its GDP - blistering growth in employment and output, soaring living standards.

The meetings that matter are those that change the world. But APEC couldn't be in this kind. Do you expect this APEC summit to resolve the global warming issue? Don't do that, because you'd be wasting your expectation. Hope it goes well though.

finantial hit - Melbourne Model

Melbourne Uni warned over new model 'hype'
Farrah Tomazin and Adam Morton
The Age, September 3, 2007


MELBOURNE University has been warned it risks failing to live up to its own hype and, unless it reins in spending, compromising quality as it shifts to a US-style teaching model.

Confidential documents dated March 2007 show that the elite university faced a "serious mismatch" between costs and revenue of up to $25 million, but was well placed to attempt the biggest transformation in its 154-year history.

According to a risk analysis, potential pitfalls associated with the plan included scaring off top undergraduates, compromising quality if costs grow faster than revenue, and failing to match "Melbourne Model hype" due to exaggerated branding.

Internal economic modelling shows the university expects to improve its bottom line in the medium and longer term, but that several faculties, including law and architecture, face a financial hit during the transition period.

Under the new model, the university will from next year gradually replace 96 undergraduate courses with six "new generation" degrees and move professional programs such as law to postgraduate level.

The report by the university's finance committee, obtained by The Age under freedom-of-information laws, says regardless of the teaching model adopted: "The unambiguous conclusion from the cost analysis is that without a concerted focus on the cost side — a focus which needs to occur as soon as possible — the university will be facing a serious mismatch between revenue and costs."

It says the university has strategies to manage the risks — it introduced a $100 million scholarship program to attract top students — and recommends cutting costs by $20 million to $25 million over the next three to five years.

Vice-chancellor Glyn Davis said the reduction was less than 2 per cent of the university's budget, and was being tackled in part by removing administrative duplication.

Professor Davis said the documents showed the Melbourne Model was not financially driven.

The university should be modestly better off compared with the status quo by 2011, he said.

"If you were going to make money this is not how you would do it … you would just go in really hard to the international, fee-paying market," he said.

"The bottom line of this document is that if we don't change we start to run into significant financial problems, which have nothing to do with what we do internally and everything to do with Commonwealth funding rates."

The Age revealed in July that 10 Melbourne University faculties had initially forecast operating deficits this year, prompting management to devote an extra $28 million, on top of an $85 million transition fund, to help bring in the new model.

Newly available confidential documents from June analysing how faculties would cope with the new model found:

■The law faculty faced a "significant funding gap" during the transition years.

■Architecture, building and planning faced "real financial risks" from potential loss of fee revenue, forecasting deficits for the next three years.

■Arts — which recently announced a 12 per cent staff budget cut, expected to cost dozens of jobs, to rein in a projected $12 million deficit — has been hit by a drop in the number of international students.

■Making the education faculty postgraduate would make it difficult to recruit Australian fee-paying students. Its success would depend in part on gaining State Government and school sector support for a more intensive teacher-training program.

■The university would continue to rely on the economics and commerce faculty for more than 25 per cent of fee income.

According to the documents, the university does not have a good record in making structural reforms to contain costs, but its costs were not at the upper end compared with other institutions.

french fries

Things r fucked up.

Have been thru sum shitty days.

Wil get over it, I'd hope.

haven't updated it for ages

Well, hadn't had internet at home for almost one month before i reactiveated it today. I'm feeling like being home after several years' out. ;)

There happend plenty of things during this time period. An exciting and dangerous snow trip (out of this period but hadn't got a chance to log it before internet went down), hanging out with tiger, chief in Crossway, going to Planet Shakers with Miriam and experienced the post-modern church style(It was AWESOME!), and going to South Yarra with Sera and a bunch of guys to attend DNA(a church study group). Well, the prime should be the tour to Crossway, and I will always remember that Sunday night. It was my 21st birthday. I went to Glen Waverley with Rachel, and we leaped into tiger's super ride after arriving there. Then we spent some time at Alicia's house-house:-P She played her piano after i finished a cup of capccino. She was awesome! Then she tried teaching us her great finger-twitching skill, but my fingers were too stupid to learn:(. After mucking around for an hour or so, we headed off Crossway. We yelled continually in the car, and I sang 'The old man, he plays...' with leish, it was so much fun!

(gotta do micro assignment, that's due 2moro. will continue sometime this week)

she's getting darker

yo yo yo! I'm callin you!

Leave your footprints here, mates! Don't be mean.

unawareness

The University of South Australia has carried out a nationwide survey, which was the largest Australian study into community's attitudes towards abuse in relationships.

This survey shows firstly that approximately a quarter to almost half of the respondents don't recognize it's the sign of abuse to try to control what their parners wear, to scroll through their text messages and to spend days giving them silent treatment. Secondly, the survey reveals that for people under the age of 18, males are three times more likely than females to think that pressuring for sex is not abusive. Over one-third of young people think that men and women are equally the perpetrators of abuse. However, the survey thirdly shows that women are victims in 85 - 95 per cent of abuse cases and men in 5 - 15 per cent of cases.

All points are from Herald Sun, Monday, July 23rd, 2007.

new pics

got nothing to say

You are far inferior, man!

scratching ur achy ass?

We meant to meet at 11am at McDonals near Flinders street, but Ken and Chen had got something to do in school, so Wing and I waited 45 minutes for them in McDonalds, also finished two big mac meals. That was easy.:p By the way, Wing looked pretty tired and it seemed he had hit the sack very later last night. But the fact is, he was no later than me last night. I dun know the reason. lol!

Then we took some time to go the MSAC(Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre). Unfortunately, basketball courts there were not available from 9am to 3pm because of some ****in' program. The time we got there was half past one or something. So we headed back to city and picked up Chen's high school classmates and we went to the uni together. It was really a bad day today. I hurt my left hand on the court and the other off. Afterwards, we made our way to Melbourne Central to watch movies and had some food beforehand. Thanks to Ken's coupons, I bought two meals at the price of $10 in Hungry Jacks! It was hard to decide what to see, Ken wanted to watch Transformers, and Wing, Blades of glory. Well, had we chosen to watch either, we would have to wait for two or three hours, which would have been too stupid. So we chose Shrek 3rd at last. Still got an hour to go, so we wandered within Melbourne Central after buying the tickets - CountryRoad, Foot Locker...

The movie turned out to be good, hilarious. Ken said it was better than two, but I couldn't recall any detail of two. So I was just a good listener:). Hey what are we gonna do? They wanted to watch games at crown but I don't have an age-proof stuff(haven't applied for my L yet). Hence, we made our way to my house, then got two decks of cards and started playing. To tell the truth, I rarely played cards. So they taught me different kinds of Poker, which was prevalent in casinos as well as a Hong Kong card game. Although it was my first time to have played these games, it turned out that I earned the most chips. And both Ken and Wing had loans from me, lol!

Yo yo! I'm a folder, not a scruncher! I don't know what you are, but yeah, I'm what I'm saying.(Don't take it seriously man, you know what I'm saying if you are smart enough)

indulgence

What have I been up to these days? I'm not even clear enough. It seems that I've been in a dream, getting around Shaitan, Icicle and Argent, having encountered cactus, melon, camel, lizard, shrub, clam, crab, drinking contaminated water, eating sea snail meat, resting in havens and outposts distributed around the world, been devoting myself to a lot of quests aiming at becoming a crusader, in the meantime, setting off to the sea for challenges without knowing i needed to refuel and needed more powerful cannons (although I dun have a pistol, I've got a bigger boy, kuhanust!). The people I visit most frequently are teleporters. I still remember clearly levelling with Toinks outside the Icicle city after getting stuck on the beach near the Abandon Mine Haven. I still remember I didn't distribute my points carefully and didn't have an idea how to have an illusion slash despite the fact that I had been meaning to be a crusader and the life of melee was tough.

That's really no good. That's addiction; that's indulgence, that's suicide. I need a resurrection. From where to where? Death to life? Dunno, I wish I had been a herbalist.

"Ah huh! New gear looks cool! But that ain't enough"

"Yo, we need to form a party of five"

Things I have to post here

This is what I've been thinking about Chinese government. I did something about computer science when I was in high school and encountered a great deal of trouble accessing some overseas academic websites. GOD-DAMNED xxx! My being posting this isn't because I'm in Australia and I'm looking down on something in China, I've been having this sort of feeling for several years when I was interested in computer science but suffered from the very strictly control of media in China. No one would like hat except the government! They control what people should know and what they can know, which is to blame despite the fact that I'm Chinese as well.


'Citizen journalism' battles the Chinese censors FROM http://www.abc.net.au/

Reporters Without Borders says the Chinese Government finds ways of blocking or censoring content - including the website of the press freedom group itself (File photo). (AFP: Frederic J Brown)

In the strictly controlled media world of China, "citizen journalism" is beating a way through censorship, breaking taboos and offering a pressure valve for social tensions.

In one striking example this month, the Internet was largely responsible for breaking open a slave scandal in two Chinese provinces that some local authorities had been complicit in.

A letter posted on the Internet by 400 parents of children working as slaves in brickyards was the trigger for the national press to finally report on the scandal, which some rights groups say had been going on for years.

The parents' Internet posting was part of a growing phenomenon for marginalised people in China who can not otherwise have their complaints addressed by the traditional, government-controlled press.

Beijing-based dissident Liu Xiaobo was one of the student leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests.

"The phenomenon of 'citizen journalism' suddenly arrived several years ago," he said.

"Since the appearance of blogs in particular, every blog is a new platform for the spread of information."

He cited the example of a couple in the south-western city of Chongqing who became known as the "Stubborn Nails" in April because they refused to leave their home until they received adequate compensation from the property developer who wanted them out.

They quickly became household names in China - and symbols of resistance against greedy land developers and corrupt local authorities - mainly thanks to Internet postings.

"That case was first revealed through blogs," Mr Liu said.

Also in Chongqing, parts of the city were this month set on fire following the beating of flower sellers by the "chengguan", city police charged with "cleaning up" the city's roads.

Witnesses to the beatings had appealed to local television journalists, but nothing was broadcast.

The incident only became known outside the city thanks to photos and stories published on the Internet, sparking anger among China's netizens.

"It's fascism," said one, while another mocked: "The inhabitants of Chongqing are truly naive, the Chinese media is all controlled by the Communist Party, they decide what people know."

Several days later, another blunder by the "chengguan" - this time in Zhengzhou in central Henan province, again targeted at a street seller - provoked further riots.

The image of protesters surrounding a police car, captured by a mobile phone, made its way round the world, after being posted on Chinese movie sharing site Tudou, then reposted on YouTube.

Elsewhere across China, protesters often seek to post on the Internet photos or videos of unrest to counter the versions from the state-run press and local authorities, who usually downplay or deny the events.

Recognising the threat of China's growing online community, Chinese President Hu Jintao called in January for the Internet to be "purified", and the Government has since launched a number of online crackdowns.

"The department of propaganda has sent out regulations to try and control the opinions being spread on the Internet, but every citizen has the right to criticise or to take part in public affairs on the Internet," said Zhu Dake, a professor at Shanghai Tongji University.

"The government has to accept the criticisms of the people, it can no longer react crudely like in the past."

Julien Pain, who monitors Internet freedom issues for Reporters Without Borders, is less optimistic.

"One cannot truly say that the Internet in China is becoming more and more free, because at the same time as the development of citizen journalists, the government finds ways of blocking or censoring content," Pain said.

Reporters Without Borders, which labels the Chinese Government an "enemy of the Internet", says about 50 cyber dissidents are currently behind bars in China.

Life will be harsh

I had been thinking about whether Maths B was suitable for me as a computer science student and I hadn't had one elective subject chosen. So I made an appointment with Louise Walker, who's my course adviser today at 11.

I hadn't know she worked all day even on holiday before she told me so. Well, the reason I was here today was that I had been told by my maths tutor that there were few people choosing Maths B each year. So I was wondering if this subject was good enough. However, Louise told me Maths B was definitely the best maths subject for computer science students. Hence I wouldn't have any doubts after the authority's announcement. For the unchosen subject, Louise asked me a question, which was really hard for me, "Do you wanna learn or wanna get a good mark?" I wanted to get good marks cos I wanted to take the honours study. Having said that, I wanted to learn something cos I thought uni was the only good opportunity that I could learn without worrying about anything else too much. So I told her I wanted to learn after 20 seconds' thinking. Then she recommended me philosophy, history and xxx (I forgot what it was at the moment). After tossing around a bit, I finally replaced Managing People and Organization which I had chosen before semester 1 by a philosophy subject - Great Ideas in Philosophy, and added another ESL subject - Academic English 1.

That means I will be struggling a great deal next semester cos the assessment of both subjects involves a lot of essay writing. For Academic English 2, there will be a 700 word assignment 20% (due mid semester), a 1500 word assignment 35% (due at the end of the semester) and an oral presentation of 800 words 25% (due at the end of the semester). For the philosophy subject, there will be a written assignment of 500 words 10% (due early in the semester), a written assignment of 1500 words 40% (due mid semester), a 2-hour written examination (not open-book) 47% (due at the end of semester) and tutorial participation 3%. These are just half of my work during semester, I will also be doing advanced maths and algorithmic problem solving, which will also take a lot of time. I will be having a harsh life in the second half of the year definitely. Essay writing is scary, because it took me sooooo long to get my essay for Academic English 1 done satisfactorily last semester. I worked on the draft for weeks, but needed to start it over again after the first evaluation, which took me another week to rearrange it and added something new to it. That's was really a nightmare and don wanna see it again. Hope everything goes well.

So I'm going to take maths and algorithms a bit seriously on winter holiday, wishing I would be struggling less with it when I'm overwhelmed with piles of assignments and homework. I've been relaxing for almost two weeks, which is quite enough I reckon cos I feel really bored. Let's get to work!

It's good to be 3

It's REALLY cold today. I sat outside a cafe with Steve, wishing I could enjoy the warmth of estival breezes.

I couldn't have been busier these days, looking for housing for someone who has just arrived in Melbourne, playing games late at night in my friend's house in Brunswick, seeking course advice from Louise and tossing around with different broadband companies and plans, etc. Thank God I went to see Ocean Thirteen with Steve this afternoon despite the fact that the movie really sucked. I hadn't noticed that there was a cinema in Melbourne Central, cos I hadn't been upstairs before. For me, it was totally a train station, nothing else, oh yeah, Coles as well. What's more, I discovered a good place on Collin Street. That's a street crossing Collin and the one which is parallel to Collin on the east where there are a lot of cafes and restaurants around.

Well, as to Ocean Thirteen, it was, in my opinion, a letdown, cos I almost fell asleep while watching. I wanted to watch it because I knew Matt would be inside. The only thing that impressed me was that those guys could understand each other even if they were speaking different languages. An old FBI tale, together with old style filming, which took me back to 1970's, was really a waste of money and time. Matt thimbleriged me into spending $12.5 on the crap:(, which is pretty shitty. So if you haven't seen it, don't ever try to get a ticket.

Do you fancy a snow trip? I'm going a few days before the semester starts. If any of you guys feels like it, sms me or send me an email. Hope everything is going well for all of you.

PS this is from the email I received from Melbourne Universe:
"It costs $80 (very very very cheap), and that includes food, accommodation and petrol for the three days; we're having a day of skiing/snowboarding/taboganning/throwing
snow at people, with snowboarding and skiing costing an extra $100ish, and toboganning an extra $30."
And also, the quote "marvelous chef" Lara will be joining the trip to provide us with her culinary expertise according to the email. I don't know who this guy is by the way.

exam period -> winter recess

Exams over! However, i'm screwed, which has been making me so miserable. I had thought getting an H1 for programming was pretty easy, but it turned out that i had underestimated it. Anyway, it's over. Let's have a celebration!

These are pics i took today while revising programming stuff in ICT. I found photo booth really a great hilarious tool on MAC.

A new section

I've set up a new section on this blog - DAILY UPDATE.

It contains:
(1) ABC morning news including current affairs and controversial issues in Australia.
(2) A new word a day from Merriam-Webster. Precise explanation and examples are provided. It's worth the effort to take it a bit seriously.

I've been preparing for final exams recently, so got a lot of things to do. Hope you guys are doing well. Hmmm.. is there any outdoor activity? I'd be up for that - just give me a buzz. I've got no credit...

I'm looking for a snazzy phone model by the way, kind of wanna sign a three contract. Feel free to put forward your suggestion! Any comment would be appreciated!

At last, these are some pictures I took today in an ICT lab:

An IQ test

This isn't formally an IQ test, but it does reflect something. Have a go - you will find it interesting!

http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=12

what's love

someone says i'm too young to love. yes i got absolutely no idea what love is and what it should be like.
although i don't think she's right (hoa), i have to admit that i donno wots right n what's wrong n wot sortof attitude i should hold. i know i'm selfish.

i just wanna throw everythin' away and take my exams seriously. didn't pay enough time and attention to it, which has made me wanna get e'thing back. i'm gonna take up a part time job after exams and steve said he would help me with my resume, which was really great. and also im goin' out 4 a snow trip with those guys during the winter recess. whots more, visiting the church would be good enough as well.

i gotta forget about bad things, it's good to be here cos i've got a bunch of good friends out there, whom i can always stick around with.

what a mess!

Two weeks, and then I'll be sitting the final exams. So now I should be doing some revision. Unfortunately, my essay for Academic English was marked down, hence I've got to start it over again, which has almost been driving me crazy. It took me such a long time to finish the draft that I couldn't do any more shit like this. What's worse, I don't have confidence in my maths and digital systems, 'cos I didn't do well in mid-term tests plus the fact that I haven't done any revision yet. Although I don't worry programming too much, I even don't know what's going on from Chapter 10 to 12 in programming. Two weeks... it's really crazy shit, isn't it?

I asked one of my classmates how her essay was going on. She told me it was good and it could be handed in without any modification according to Helen's comments. What the ****...

Complex hyperbolic functions, hashing, binary search tree, f***ing logic macrocell, shit registers, DS13 pre-lab work, the essay.... Each of them is not so overwhelming, but they are really something when added together and require completion in such a short time. Bother!!

I'm not so intelligent; I'm not working so hard, hence bad performence should be taken for granted. Good luck, Brian! Stop playing the 'counting shit' game!

Blair sets the date for his departure FROM NINE MSN

Thursday May 10 21:13 AEST

Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday he would quit on June 27, 10 years after winning power in what was hailed as a new dawn for Britain that has since been darkened by the Iraq war.

Blair's resignation triggers a contest for the leadership of the ruling Labour Party, which finance minister Gordon Brown is favourite to win. Brown would then become prime minister.

"I've been prime minister of this country for just over 10 years," Blair told party members in Trimdon in his northern England constituency.

"I think that's long enough, not only for me, but also for the country and sometimes the only way you conquer the pull of power is to set it down."
Blair defended his record in office, saying "I did what I thought was right" during his decade in power.
Tough choices
Blair said Britain had changed for the better since he took over as prime minister in 1997.
But there were difficult decisions along the way, particularly when there was widespread opposition, leading to his fiercely-held conviction to be misinterpreted as "messianic zeal", he added.

"Doubt, hesitation, reflection, consideration, reconsideration — these are all the good companions of proper decision-making but the ultimate obligation is to decide," he said.

Blair said some decisions, such as the independence Labour granted to Britain's central bank, the Bank of England, to set interest rates, were accepted "quite quickly".

But others were harder to make and sometimes, the "completely unexpected" led to isolation, such as his decision to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with Washington after "9/11", he told the audience of Labour supporters.

"Removing Saddam (Hussein) and his sons from power, as with removing the Taliban, was over with relative ease.

"But the blowback since from global terrorism and those elements that support it has been fierce, unrelenting and costly.

"For many it simply isn't and can't be worth it. I think we must see it through... It's a test of will and of belief and we can't fail it."

Despite what he said were the "duller tones" of reality compared to the "rainbow" hues of political vision, Blair said it had been an honour to serve as Labour leader since 1994 and prime minister since 1997.

Whatever people's perceptions of his time in office, he said: "I ask you to accept one thing, hand on heart, I did what I thought was right.

"I may have been wrong. That's your call but believe one thing if nothing else, I did what I thought was right for our country."

Domestic troubles
Blair, U.S. President George W. Bush's closest ally over Iraq, leaves office out of favour among voters for sending British forces to join the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

A Labour Party rebellion in September forced him to say he would quit within a year to allow Brown, his long-time heir apparent, to take over.

But Blair will also be remembered for helping bring peace to Northern Ireland after decades of violence, winning three straight elections for Labour for the first time and dragging it from its left-wing roots to the centre of British politics.

An opinion poll published by the Guardian newspaper on Thursday showed 60 percent of voters believed Blair would be remembered as a force for change, though not always good. The ICM poll said 44 percent believed he had been good for Britain.

Blair had long been expected to hand over power before the end of his third term to let another Labour leader guide the party into the next national elections, expected in 2009.

Brown, whose official residence is next door to Blair's in London's Downing Street, has waited with increasing impatience for the departure of his neighbour. Critics say their rivalry, often bitter, has diluted the government's effectiveness.

Blair quits as only the second prime minister in a century to have served 10 years, tainted by a corruption scandal in which he became the first serving prime minister to be quizzed by police in a criminal probe.

Brown's chief challenge will be to revive support for Labour and overtake the opposition Conservatives in the opinion polls.

Conservative leader David Cameron, 40, has revitalised the party of Margaret Thatcher — the only prime minister to hold power longer than Blair in the past century — since he became leader in 2005. Polls suggest he could win a slim majority in parliament in national elections.

Reuters, AFP

MAY 2ND, GO TO HELL!

YOU ARE UNHAPPY WITH ME. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? WHATEVER IT IS. I WON'T APOLIGIZE TO YOU.

TODAY IS ABSOLUTELY NOT MY DAY.

EVERYTHING HATES ME. INCLUDING YOU.

MAY 2ND, I WILL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN! NEVER EVER!

A new Earth?

I have been interested in astronomy since childhood, but the situation now is a bit different: now I know where I should pay effort to and where not. Anyway, the discovery of a new Earth-like planet really attracted me. Astronomers claimed that they had found the most earth-like planet outside our solar system, with balmy weather which could support water and, potentially life.

This planet was said to be the first at the same time probably rocky, with water and in a zone close to the star which it orbits water coould exists in liquid form. The temperature on the surface was estimated to lie between 0 and 40 celsius degree under which water could be liquid.

Although scientists gave us a similar announcement (I didn't notice this because I didn't read newspapers when I was only 9 years old) 12 years ago claiming that they had found a would-be planet which would be the target of us to seek extra-terrestrial life, this one seems quite unique.

Gliese 581, which the newly-found planet orbits is among the 100 closest starts to Earth, just 20.5 light yearsaway in the constellation Libra. Hence, even if this is another copy of Earth, we don't have technology advanced enough to enable us to travel there yet. Hmm.. think about the craft described in Angels and Demons - a masterpiece written by Dan Brown. That monster, which looks like a space shuttle and we couldn't imagine to possess it in the following *** years, isn't fast enough to travel in outter space to seek our dream though.

丫？很久没联系了

很久没联系了，这个周末我有很多事情，
估计没有机会和你好好聊一聊了。

不知道你最近感觉怎样？学习，生活？

失眠了

来到这里第一次失眠。。。

Tenth Anniversary - Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary - In 1996, the original Tomb Raider was launched
The 3D game design, controls and graphics were truly ground breaking for their time
Furthermore, gamers were also presented with a unique, female human playable character with which they could become emotionally attached, Lara Croft

The original Tomb Raider sold over seven million copies and is still heralded as an absolute classic and one of the best action adventure games ever
Tomb Raider defined the PlayStation and changed the way that people played games.

In tribute to this and to celebrate and commemorate the continuing development of the Tomb Raider franchise and its central character, Crystal Dynamics are developing a new Tomb Raider adventure for Lara


Inspired by the original Tomb Raider video game Lara Croft Tomb Raider Anniversary faithfully preserves the elements which made the original Tomb Raider game such a classic.

Using an enhanced Tomb Raider Legend game engine, the graphics, technology and physics bring Laras adventure and pursuit of a mystical artefact known only as the Scion right up to todays technology standards and will offer gamers a completely new gameplay experience.

Tomb Raider follows the adventures of Lara Croft after she is hired by a powerful syndicate to retrieve a mythical object called the Scion
After discovering that she has been used as a pawn in some larger scheme, Lara takes matters into her own hands deciding that she must uncover the mystery behind this ancient artefact.

Celebrate and commemorate ten years of Tomb Raider and Lara Croft with Tomb Raider Anniversary, an entirely new gameplay experience inspired by the first ever Tomb Raider adventure


Tomb Raider Anniversary uses an enhanced version of the Tomb Raider Legend game engine to apply Crystal Dynamics latest PS2 technology.
Play the living Lara Croft, the worlds greatest action heroine of all time use all of Laras guile, athleticism and gadgets in her quest to conquer the unknown and uncover ancient artefacts.
Includes classic environments from the original Tomb Raider as never experienced before Crystal Dynamics latest technology allows you to fluidly manoeuvre Lara using her latest moves and gear, through all the worlds from the original Peru, Greece, Egypt and more
The dynamic world allows multiple playthrough options and also opens up new places and wa

PS3 review from NINEMSN

Are you a believer?

With Sony's answer to the next generation of video gaming now out in PAL regions such as Europe and Australasia, gamers finally have the chance to discover what North America and Japan have been enjoying since 2006.

The first thing those you'll discover, as American and (to an infuriatingly lesser-extent) Japanese gamers have, is that the PS3 doesn't come cheap. In Australia, where only the top-end model of the console is available, it costs a bank-breaking $999. This already prices the system beyond much of the impulse buyer's market.

Sony are of course gesticulating wildly in the direction of the Blu-ray disc drive, the PS3 being the cheapest way to own the next-gen DVD format. However, the jury is still out on the appeal of Blu-ray as a whole and whether gamers are taking its inclusion on board when comparing the PS3 to the Xbox 360 and the Wii.

The power of the CELL CPU driving the system makes the console the most mighty of the next-gen trio, though it will take time to see how important this technology is. Debut titles fail to out-shine rival Xbox 360 offerings, despite the hardware at their disposal. That said, Sony can't be faulted for ambition, having taken their third-gen system in an entirely different direction from the mass-market PS2, opting instead for a system which will appeal to technophiles and those looking to be the first with Blu-ray.

For those of you deliberating about whether to hot foot it down to your local game shop, one of the most important factors to consider is whether you will buy or already own a HD television set and whether you'll also therefore be interested in taking advantage of the Blu-ray drive. If you do want to be an early-adopter of the new DVD format, then the PS3 could be your best route in, especially with the array of games available or forthcoming.

Then there's the PlayStation Network to consider. It may be in its early stages, but the online service of the PS3 is completely free (unlike Microsoft's rival Live service) and that includes online gaming too. Today's 1.6 update also ushers in background downloading and with Gran Turismo HD free to download, fans of the racing genre may find this is incentive enough. The range of titles heading to the PS3 store also looks set to grow at pace, with Sony promising more original games alongside conversions, as opposed to the retrograde ports favoured by Microsoft and Nintendo.

The PS3's future is about that, ultimately ... the future. Without exclusive games such as GTA IV and Assassin's Creed, and now even Final Fantasy XIII a doubt, Sony's ability to secure or develop compelling games will be vital to justifying the system's high price point. That and Blu-ray's victory over HD-DVD. A smorgasbord of multiplatform EA sports and movie tie-ins is unlikely to be giving Microsoft execs the shivers any time soon. But then there is, of course, Metal Gear Solid 4 ... can Kojima's return elevate the PS3 single-handedly?

Lest we forget, Sony have unveiled plans for the PS3 Home and LittleBigPlanet in recent weeks, both of which could easily entice the MySpace generation of game players so enamoured with the PS2. But can such sociable gaming experiences persuade people to part with $1000 when the Wii also appeals to the party crowd but costs under $500?

While you deliberate over whether to make the investment in Sony's ambitious next-generation vision, here's a few "day one" facts about the new machine...

Specifications:
PS3 PAL console
Price: $999
Cell CPU/RSX GPU/256 MB RAM/256MB video RAM
60GB HDD/Dolby 5.1 surround sound
Ethernet/Wi-fi/Bluetooth support
SIXAXIS Wireless controller
HDMI output/1080p max resolution
CD/DVD/Blu-ray supported
Weight: 5kg


Launch games:
Resistance: Fall of Man (Sony)
MotorStorm (Sony)
Genji: Days of the Blade (Sony)
Formula One Championship Edition (Sony)
Ridge Racer 7 (Sony)
Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Activision)
Gundam: Target in Sight (Namco Bandai)
Full Auto 2: Battle Lines (SEGA)
Sonic the Hedgehog (SEGA)
Virtua Fighter 5 (SEGA)
Virtua Tennis 3 (SEGA)
World Snooker Championship 2007 (SEGA)
NHL 2K7 (2K Sports)
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII (Ubisoft)
Enchanted Arms (Ubisoft)
Def Jam: Icon (EA)
Fight Night Round 3 (EA)
NBA Street Homecourt (EA)
Need For Speed Carbon (EA)
The Godfather: The Don's Edition (EA)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 (EA)
Tekken: Dark Resurrection (PlayStation Network)
Blast Factor (PlayStation Network)
Lemmings (PlayStation Network)
Gran Turismo HD Concept (PlayStation Network)
GripShift (PlayStation Network)

PS3 game review from NINEMSN

At last, the time of reckoning is here, a time when the moaning about overdraft shattering price points, delays, backwards compatibility and online services can finally be weighed against the most important factor in all of this: the games themselves. It's fair to say that Sony haven't endured the smoothest of entries into the next generation console arena but now the console's pre-launch problems will be firmly in the past and Australian consumers are at last able to get their sweaty mitts on a PS3 for themselves and, Sixaxis controller in hand, make their own judgments.

So, if you're already planning on joining the early adopter bandwagon and have secured a PS3, the next question becomes what to play on your shiny new slab of gaming hardware to show it off to those sceptical 360 owning friends of yours? The launch line-up, while commendably broad, contains a large amount of cross platform titles some of which have been available to those very same 360 owners for months. However, worry not, Sony's new baby has its fair share of launch exclusives too and, because we're nice like that, here's the lowdown on some of those titles.

Resistance : Fall of Man

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Okay, so Microsoft has the Halos and Gears of War of this world, but Resistance is the game Sony hope will entice shooter fans to their new console. Pigeonholed as simply a WWII game with aliens in it Resistance: Fall of Man is a FPS from the people who brought the Rachet and Clank games to the PS2. With a plot that sees an alien menace spread across the world during the mid-20th century, apparently leaving little time for a pesky world war, resulting in the dropping of US troops into Nottingham, of all places, to help try to stem the flow, it's hardly a surprise to see how such a comparison can be drawn. But, early word from those in the know suggests that such a description tells only half the story. Fans of Rachet and Clank can tell you that Insomniac understand weaponry, and Resistance shows the same kind of inventive flair in its surprisingly sci-fi'ish arsenal which quickly make the WWII comparisons a little redundant despite the obvious visual themes. The action looks hugely impressive as is to be expected and contains some truly jaw-dropping set pieces. How it plays remains to be seen but there isn't that much competition on the PS3 just yet and Resistance looks like being an impressive early entry into a genre that Sony must be hoping to populate with some top draw titles to stand next to the 360's established offerings.

MotorStorm

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One of the first PS3 games to have a public showing back in 2005, the footage shown was so impressive it was greeted with almost universal scepticism as people doubted Sony's ability to keep the visual promises the footage showed. Two years later and credit where credit's due, it looks like they may just have pulled it off, MotorStorm is an off-road racer that sees the player picking a vehicle from a selection that includes bikes, ATV's, trucks, rally cars and buggies before taking part in some seriously fast paced racing on some of the most impressive off-road tracks ever seen in a game. One of MotorStorm's most impressive features is undoubtedly the tracks themselves, not only do they look very pretty but they naturally evolve over the course of each race. Drive a truck through an area of mud and besides having the expected effect on your own speed it'll also leave deep ruts in the ground causing all kinds of problems for the unfortunate person driving the motorbike behind you. Such mid game landscaping is integral to the way the game plays as each road surface is affected by the vehicles driving over it, enabling Sony to boast that no two laps of MotorStorm will ever be quite the same. Add to the party an impressive physics engine that sees vehicles bouncing off both the track and each other all the while hurtling around at high speed through a variety of canyons and gorges and it's no wonder that MotorStorm is one of the most eagerly awaited of the PS3's launch titles, one that may just become the system seller Sony is looking for.

Genji : Days of the Blade

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Yes, we all the remember that embarrassing E3 demo where 'MASSIVE DAMAGE' was inflicted on the underbelly of a giant crab, but a lot of time has passed since then and Genji is now all finished and raring to go. While essentially not promising to ever be much more than a very pretty looking button basher of a slash-em-up Genji does have some tricks up its sleeves. One of the more interesting ones is the ability to swap between any of the four playable characters on the fly with a touch of the d-pad. With each character offering different abilities and fighting styles this has the potential to add an interesting tactical element to things, the prospect of using one character to break through an enemies defences before switching swiftly to another more suited to delivering the final few blows to finish things off is an interesting one. Upgradeable moves and weapons look to add an element of character progression to the mix and Game Republic promise some puzzles to test the grey matter now and then too, all of which could make Genji the perfect choice for people looking for a bit of puzzle and arcade action to show off their new toy.

Formula One Championship Edition

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If you have even a passing interest in the world of F1 this game is no doubt up there on your list of launch titles to buy. First thing you notice is that it looks stunning, a phrase that gets banded around all too often but is honestly appropriate for this title, it really is a thing of beauty. It also promises to be accessible (well, as much as F1 can be) with a host of driving aids that can be turned on and off, ranging from lines on the track showing you the best route and speed through corners to the more expected automatic gearbox. The single player career mode sees you try and work your way up from test driver to world champion over the course of five championship seasons and there's always the single quick race options to fall back on when you don't want the hassle of the qualifying stages and all the fuss that comes with a full race. F1 as a sport isn't for everyone and as such F1 games tend to be a love 'em or hate 'em experience, something Formula One Championship Edition is unlikely to change, however, if you fall into the former category then this could just be the greatest F1 game around.

Ridge Racer 7

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You mean it's a new Sony Console, and it's got a Ridge Racer launch title? Whatever will they think of next! Ridge Racer and the PlayStation brand have become almost inseparable since Sony nabbed the exclusive console version of the original to help launch the first PlayStation, in the process converting a whole generation of racing fans to Ridge Racer's crazy drifting-driving style. It's therefore a little bit of a shock for Sony fanboys to realise that this new Ridge Racer is actually almost identical to number six, the one Namco sneaked out as an Xbox 360 exclusive when Sony wasn't looking, all be it with the added bonus of a funky 1080p mode, slipstreaming, some new tracks and finally in a series first, a degree of car customisation. Surely by now most people will have played a Ridge Racer game at some point and experienced their unique and gloriously unrealistic approach to cornering, specifically how rather than actually breaking to get round a corner you instead send your car into a high speed slide around the bends, the real skill coming in avoiding other cars in the process and being able to regain control as your car exits the drift. Such an exaggerated arcade take on driving means that gamers more used to their Gran Turismo's and Project Gotham's sense of realism may find such a relaxed attitude to the laws of physics enough to put them off but for existing fans or anyone looking for some high speed arcade driving Ridge Racer 7 could well be an early PS3 must-buy.

So, there you have it. It is really all about the games, so now you, the consumer, finally get to decide.

solaris啊~~永远都不会把你装在本本上，我发誓！

我们CSSE学生用的机器都是solaris终端，所以也想在本本上装个以便多熟悉熟悉，谁知花了一个小时装上之后，并非像原本期待的那样，特别不喜欢solaris的风格，还是只在学校用用terminal吧，于是把两个solaris分区删掉，习惯性地拿出livecd准备恢复MBR。谁知在chroot时cdlinux提示我kernel too old！用了两年多的rescue cd终于寿终正寝了。于是拿出gentoo 2006.1的livecd，经过N分钟的蜗牛启动过程之后，发现chroot进入硬盘的linux环境，分区表信息没能正确加载，在运行grub时root(hd..)找不到设备，使用fdisk提示无法打开/proc/partitions，这该怎么办？于是拿出ubuntu的installaton cd，现在ubuntu也学gentoo，安装CD晋级为live，但尝试之后得到同样的结果:(。

郁闷！刚刚删了solaris空出一个OS的空间，装个freebsd吧，反正迟早要装，况且它的bootloader也能识别硬盘上现有的系统，于是花了几分钟时间把fb装上。但奇怪的是，menu上面的linux进不去，更让我无法忍受的是，FB自己引导都有问题。。。根本进不去，FB的core team太过分了吧。。自己的OS引导信息都设置错误？这种质量如何在linux横行的时代立足？还是release版本呢。唯独menu里一个windowsxp可以进，但我要它何用？为了和家人视频聊天浪费我10G的空间。真是无语。。。无奈拿出gentoo live准备不用chroot直接在live环境下grub-install。

今天老天给我作对吗？gentoo的/boot目录是read-only，想给它加个grub.conf都不行，咋装grub? 心想ubuntu肯定也是同种情况，有点想放弃，想把整个disk wipe out了。但代价会是非常惨痛的，于是把着最后的希望拿出unbuntu live看看它的安装程序有没有修补选项。

damn! 看来现在操作系统仍然的很长的路要走啊！绝望之下随便打开个terminal，我是pro啊，怎么今天被你搞成这个样子？我一定要把你复制过来，今天就算是把回车按坏，也要把你按过来！谁知一个sudo cp -a /mnt/linux/boot/grub ./之后，世界变得异常平静。。。enter后紧跟的一个prompt让我激动地把刚倒的一杯牛奶都打翻了！ K&R，我爱你们！

Ubuntu的live环境的filesystem可写，为用户提供了便利的buffer区，同时也挽救了我所有的工作。Thanks God!


Plan carefully before starting!

hold on

今天最重要的事情竟然忘记写上来了！今天到了CSSE的满是x-terminal的lab做了account activation，如果不写出来今天晚上我会睡不着的。

每个CSSE student都会有一个本系的account，也就是在Solaris服务器下的一个normal user而已，可以利用lab里的terminal连接服务器并使用Solaris的X环境。得到这个account还可以在ICT的lab里login，同时还附带一个本系suffix的email address。

好处多多，但这不是最主要的。今天特别兴奋，第一次接触到了传说中的x-terminal，并第一次使用了学校的solaris系统，在gnome下用netscape看了自己的课表。很是激动唉，虽然自己用linux已经四年，但还是无法掩饰激动的心情！美中不足的是，破终端居然使用1280*1024的分辨率，屏幕一闪一闪的，看了一会儿把眼都弄疼了:(。

不管怎样，今天跟传说又近了一步，终于有机会能开始亲自体验unix history里面介绍的那种感觉了;)。

开学第一天

听小祁说开学第一星期tutorial都不用上的，原本准备中午上完课就回来了，没准备午饭。结果Academic English居然有两节tutorial要上。。。空着肚子拖到三点下课。然后跑到bookshop去买textbooks。Oh my! 用cash可以有10% discount。但身上只有几十块钱，NND玩我，等明天cash out再过来吧。

回到家准备自己cook点东西，于是把买了N天的电饭煲拆封，拿出instruction刚看了两眼就被周公拉到了身后软软的床上了。唉谁让我昨天打电话打到两点，为了开学第一天不迟到我早上七点多就起来了，再加上没吃午饭，可想而知。。。

晚餐还是挺丰富的，蒸了rice小祁还搞出三个菜来，唉刚来的跟来了几年的就是不一样啊。虽然菜味道不咋样（看了了别打我~~），但至少能溱出一桌子菜，这算是我来这里在家吃的最丰盛的一次了！值得纪念;)。

明天只有一节Digital System，今天晚上。。。嘿嘿，放松一下！

生活，理应如此

不愿意
再去为一些没有意义的事情锯木屑

也不愿意
再去做无谓的付出

人生本就一次
如果你不想
何必再去强求

如果事实证明我错了
我不会后悔
我会去追求新的生活

a good day

Hey how you guys doing? I haven't gotten in touch with some of you for quite a long time, I think. It's only about 2 weeks though.

I'm currently in the comp lab on campus and PCs and MACs here don't have Chinese support with them so if you know a little bit English, it wouldn't be tough to read it through.

I joined in a faculty barbecue this afternoon and got really full. And before that, I attended a transition program which was run by our faculty. It was very interesting cos the host ran a race and required every students in the theatre to be involved in. We were divided into groups with up to six members in each group and were asked to go to ten places around the campus and have our "passport" validated which was just a answer sheet. If and only if we got to the place could we answer the questions for each place and thus got it validated. Unfortunately we lost the game 'cause we had a girl in our group and guys left the girl behind and you know, the game required everyone's absolute engagement. So we lost it, but it was really fun. We fresh students got familiar with the facilities and buildings on campus and made many friends when we were doing it. The results didn't make any sense but $100 discount if you wanna by textbooks in the bookstore on campus. Haha!

I'm not fluent in English so if someone wants to complain about the mistakes that I made in the process of writing, it'd be appreciated.

Think you must had a lot of fun during your winter recess. Tell me about it, 'cause sharing your experience makes much more fun.;)

柏拉图的爱

有一天，柏拉图问老师苏格拉底什么是爱情？老师就让他先到到麦田里去，摘一棵全麦田里最大最金黄的麦穗来，期间只能摘一次，并且只可向前走，不能回头。柏拉图于是按照老师说的去做了。结果他两手空空的走出了田地。老师问他为什么摘不到？他说：因为只能摘一次，又不能走回头路，期间即使见到最大最金黄的，因为不知前面是否有更好的，所以没有摘；走到前面时，又发决总不及之前见到的好，原来最大最金黄的麦穗早已错过了；于是我什么也没摘。老师说：这就是“爱情”

之后又有一天，柏拉图问他的老师什么是婚姻，他的老师就叫他先到树林里，砍下一棵全树林最大最茂盛、最适合放在家作圣诞树的树。其间同样只能砍一次，以及同样只可以向前走，不能回头。柏拉图于是照着老师的说话做。今次，他带了一棵普普通通，不是很茂盛，亦不算太差的树回来。老师问他，怎么带这棵普普通通的树回来，他说：“有了上一次经验，当我走到大半路程还两手空空时，看到这棵树也不太差，便砍下来，免得错过了后，最后又什么也带不出来。”老师说：“这就是婚姻！”

人生就正如穿越麦田和树林，只走一次，不能回头。要找到属于自己最好的麦穗和大树，必须要有莫大的勇气和付出相当的努力。

买移动硬盘栽坑

现在的JS，“风采”依旧不减当年！记得小学五六年级的时候，很喜欢看电脑报，那种全年二册的合订本也买的特别积极。还记得里面总是花大量篇幅告诉消费者在购买电脑组件时如何识别JS的伎俩和如何防骗。那时感觉这些东西好像离自己挺远的，也没怎么去注意过这些版面。但前几天的经历，让我一想起来就不寒而栗。

我的本本在学校摔过一次后拿到三星维修部换过底壳，拿回来以后使用正常。但过一段时间后，风扇就总发出一阵阵的噪声，就是那种硬盘突然掉电时那种揪心的声音，听着实在不爽．而且随着时间的推移，声音也渐渐的增大，于是19号那天和老爸一起把电脑拿到科技市场给人修一下。说实在的，巩义这里实在没什么能干的，一台笔记本电脑要检查个风扇，这里竟然没人敢冒险去拆机器。他们不修笔记本吗？老板说修，但只是简单的软故障维修。。。当时无语，这也叫笔记本电脑维修啊，还写在牌子上！无奈之下准备离去，改天拿到郑州去修，结果老爸叫住我让我看移动硬盘，很早就想要个了，顺便看看吧。于是我们走到一家熟悉的店面。因为对这方面一直没有什么了解，就听卖家的，直接拿个原装的。说是缺货，售货员拿出一个三星的盒子声称只剩这一套三星原装移动硬盘。他拿给我的时候直接从一个已经拆封的拿子里把硬盘拿了出来，硬盘盒是磨砂的，上面赫然印有三星的logo。就冲着已经被拆开，我就有点想不要了，但已经憧憬很久，实在想拿个回家，终于也没考虑什么，拿着盒子看了一些规格，就准备拿下了，反正就剩这一个了，也没的挑，这时发现USB连接线的包也是拆开的，这时我就不开心了，就问卖者为什么都是拆开的，他说这里有客户想要但拆开看过之后又不要了。可能真的是太想要了，我爸跟这老板关系也不错，应该不会是骗人的吧，于是随口问了句，是USB2.0接口吗，在听到他十分肯定的回答后，便盖上盒子付钱离去了。现在想想，当时实在有点傻，盒子上哪都没写是USB2.0，为何如此冲动呢？

回家激动地把盘插上试，突然发现怎么设备型号名怎么没有厂商？不是应该有个samsung标志的吗？对于上面显示的HTS...我也不知何意，于是上Google搜查型号名，查出一些日立硬盘的信息，HTS中H表示Hitachi，是日立的意思，TS表示Travel Star，是日立笔记本硬盘的一个系列。我想，三星移动硬盘怎么会用日立的盘呢？难道三星不产硬盘用他人的？找了当时在线的EDGE同学也没能弄明白是怎么回事。不太放心于是拿HDTECH测试了硬盘的实际速度，其实当时看到参数我也没底，因为对这方面一点了解都没有，测一下只是本能反应。搞了大半天还是决定打电话到三星公司询问，因为实在是放不下心，购买时的已经拆开的包装，和现在三星外壳日立硬盘。。。经过几次电话转接后终于接到三星的移动硬盘代理，博克思。我说明情况之后对方当即否定了我买的移动硬盘，如果里面是日立的硬盘，绝对不可能是原装产品，因为三星生产自己的硬盘，绝对不可能去卖别人的硬盘。另外三星从来不生产移动硬盘产品，它的硬盘均是由代理商生产出移动硬盘成品，所以如果硬盘外壳印有samsung的logo的话绝对不是原装产品。放下电话，心中来气，那老板和我爸也算熟悉了，他这种欺骗行为未免太过分了？但又一想，可能他也不知道吧，估计他就是以原装的价格进来的吧。打电话给老板说明情况，老板说问一下，因为硬动硬盘这块不是他负责。于是过了一会儿，卖给我硬盘那人回电话来了，回复是这个产品不能三年质保，你明天拿来退吧。说的这么简单！分明是早已知晓！既然说了换了，老爸又跟他们老板认识，于是就这样算了。次日就拿过去退了。

自己在网上查了很多移动硬盘的资料，一天便后和老爸来到郑州，修完笔记本后来到创新大厦看移动硬盘。这里卖的基本都是行货东西，第一眼就看到了三星的原装移动硬盘。哈！这才对嘛，就是这样子，因为前天下午查硬盘时已经对三星原装硬盘有所了解，所以一眼便认出。经过对各种产品些许了解之后，为了省钱，准备要一个组装的，即买一个硬盘和硬盘盒装起来，能比原装的省好几百块钱呢。这里硬盘主要是日立和三星的，因为已经了解日立有个型号的硬盘普遍存在问题，因此选择了三星的80G硬盘。在仔细看了型号，确定无误后，便瞅来瞅去并咨询老板各种硬盘盒的情况。经过一番挑选，最终决定老板推荐的一款三星外壳，样子和前天买的假三星一模一样。谈定价格后老板去仓库拿出来新的硬盘和硬盘盒。我突然发现硬盘盒的外包装竟然和前天买的所谓“原装三星硬盘”一模一样！顿时恍然大悟，原来JS用三星外壳和日立硬盘组装起来当原装卖，因为移动硬盘盒的外包装盒子上印的东西实在能够让人相信那就是原装盘包装，才导致前天购买时轻易被骗！组装完毕后简单测试了一下，没发现任何异常。

回到家后对新硬盘进行了多方面的测试，速度和各项参数都很令我满意。硬盘盒是磨砂的，手感特别好，而且有防震特性，可以说是物超所值啦！

一次被骗的经历，让我对移动硬盘增加了很多了解。三星不出产成品移动硬盘，所以如果准备买原装，看到印有三星logo的，一定是假的。另外，商家在不卖出的情况下“绝对”不会把原装移动硬盘包装拆封的，如果你发现有拆过的痕迹，千万别买。还是劝大家购买此类东西之间先到网上调查一下，基本了解情况再去实地考查，莫要太着急着了JS的道儿了。

此去经年，应是良辰好景虚设。便纵有千种风情，更与何人说？

把酒祝东风，且共从容。垂杨紫陌洛城东，总是当时携手处，游遍芳丛。

当年只身奔赴上海之时，很想与八年同窗的好友一同前往。凭借我们对计算机的痴迷，我想，我们可以创造辉煌！但事与愿违，毕竟不是谁都想把自己的孩子送那么远的地方，也不是谁都会对自己的孩子有那么高的期望，希望孩子将来能够出人头地。因此我们选择了不同的路。

孤军奋战，也不是坏事。一个人，更自由，一个人，更清醒。但那种孤单，不是用言语可以表达。有时在想，上天是不是原本安排我们共同励志，共同进退呢？为什么当我在深入load balance时感到那么孤立无援？为什么老感到自己就差那一点点力量就可以勇往直前？也许正是差那么一点力量，我选择屈服于现实。原本可以是发自内心的对于科学的热爱，但我无力抵抗来自现实的压力，变为苟且偷生。深知1+1>2的道理，但实在无力抗拒2-1=0的事实！

不是给自己找托辞，而是一直以为，我们一起可以创造辉煌。两个人原本就为了那样东西而生，而相识。然而志同道合，却一再远离，自认脑袋愚笨，苦思不得其解。

也许上天老子总是公平地对待每个人，虽然不让与当年好友并肩作战，但却给了我认识她，了解她的机会，我想这并非偶然。如果我们无缘，也不会在分隔两地之后走到一起，也不会经历了重重困难，还坚定地去经营那份珍贵的感情。

我的世界是孤单乏味的，是她给它增加了乐趣；我的眼光是灰白的，是她给它添加了色彩。也许这是恋爱之人的正常反应，但它对我的意义却不那么的一般。曾经喜欢过很多人，却从来没有如此倾心。自己很容易冲动，但却很难对她做出冲动的举动。因此就算矛盾再大，我也从没选择放弃。

不知现在的离开意味着什么。更加心心相印？还是彼此疏远？说心里话，真的挺害怕，因为深知现实的威力难以抗拒。但我仍然能够说，我信心百倍，真的有缘，会相守一生。

从来没有想过会带着如此的牵挂离开。原本的我，毕竟简单，不知离开要付出巨大的勇气，不知离开之时，万事早已今非昔比。曾经信誓旦旦要干出一番大事业，却不曾料到若想得到，必须懂得放弃。

聚散苦匆匆，此恨无穷。今年花胜去年红，可惜明年花更好，知与谁同？

将要定居在此啦！

千辛万苦找了个风水宝地，将要在此落地生根啦！以后就在这里与大家分享我的无聊心情了。~.@

远离家乡，希望在此写下的一字一句，都能寄托我对家乡、亲人还有丫丫的思念。