Sunday, December 30, 2007
passive learner
Why? because we are not THINK about what we read.
The reading is just a medium to the content, the idea.
a active learner should actively dig deep into a topic and try to get a first hand news. from those data he found, and puzzle up the fact. he just don't listen and believe by one source.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
one family one child
it should be cut half!!! how come?
in 1977, 8.12, the one child policy was put in law.
in late 90s, the first 1 child generation is good for marriage.
however, Beijing found that if not enough people, the country will die quickly. so they changed.
if both parent are the only child, they can make 2 child.
in some area, if the first child is girl, than the parent can make another child.
so, in pure mathematical sense, the population is still decreased only.
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Beause of the above factors, I sometimes ask a question to myself: "If all the things including human being are doomed to be annihilated in the future, is there still any value of surviving? (I don\'t mean you should go to hell immediately!)
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my opinion is, the world is toward to a better place, but still has room to improve and many challenges to tackle.
look back the previous 100 years or 200 years, think about it, the world is.... more or less like hell. (i mean for human, not for the nature)
first, the living quality and quantity, were great improved. imagine you are living in 100 years ago. you cannot choose what you like to do, if you are growth up in a farming family, you must be a farmer when you grow up. the government only give you a right to live, but not guarantee you live healthy! in the middle of 20th country, there are great inflation. now a day, our economic growth steady, thank you economists.
check this wiki below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
yes, i agree, that pollution is the most urgent problems. well instead of regret what we've done, how about use our brain to re-create the world again, just like the Soviet Union (it is a good try ever in human society, when Lenin can make people believe private property is guilty, i cannot imagine how "impossible" can be found in dictionary.) there is many new technology innovation happen to make our world jump across the pollution. there is a first wind power cargo ship, Beluga SkySails. Toshiba just promote a micro nuclear plan for industry and public estate. California plan to use wave power. New solar cell, Nanosolar. MARS( Magenn Air Rotor System ) is close to commercial usage. in British, they just propose a plan to make 2% power from wind. the world is getting better and better.
Ok, there is only 1/3 of people living in developed countries and start to embrace the earth friendly energy sources and politic, 1/3 in China and India just started there engines to move toward industrial age. and the rest, mostly in Africa and South America, people are finding other way out. like Brazil, they use crop to feed their car.
all in all, the world become better is base on Adam smith, the writer of wealth of nation. when the global trading become more and more, the free moving market will drive us to a better place. the polluted nations will be affected by others, (look at the Beijing Olympic 2008, global concern very much on the air quality, this make china government concern too) .the poor countries will be helped by the rich, (see the WTO effort in the past decade, they do made thing better!!! although little) the Adam Smith's invisible hand is rolling our world to a better place.
beside the progress toward Utopia, human still struggle with the idea of "Nation" "Religion" and "lack concern of the nature"
i think, in the next century, human will be great concern of the nature first, than The Broken of Religion, and finally there is only 1 nation, the earth.
now, with the climate change rapidly, and change our living style so great. we have forced to facing the problem, in European, the new generation is learning and practicing how to recycle, reuse and replace.
later, since the technology and science, mainly on neuroscience and psychology, we will know ourself and know how to live happier, found out our meaning for living. Religion will absorpted into Philosophy and history.
finally, by the global trading, the broader of Nations will be vanish. we can look back european union history.
"If all the things including human being are doomed to be annihilated in the future, is there still any value of surviving?"
my answer is, this question does not make any sense for me. cos live should move forward. by the way, if the human society are doomed, like the movie "i ma legend" i think i have no meaning to survive, (that's why i use facebook, i need to make connection with friend) if the scenario is like "the world after tmr" only little group of people survived. there is still motivation to live! for the others, for the future. ok, i should feed me-self fat before the climate suddenly go bad.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Prosper.com in Hong Kong
another similar idea is: instead of borrow and loan, try insurance!
user can costumes their insurance plane, and let the other user to secure their insurance.
HKU vs HKUST (location)
Monday, December 17, 2007
Repeated infomation
ONLY Trust the DATA, nothing else
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Free mind Travel II
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
自卑, 自大
看見別人穿上鮮艷衣裳, 立當看看拙人. 以免醜人多八怪, 妹仔大過主人婆. 拙人有數件鮮艷衣裳, 必是滿有自信, 精神飽滿而穿. 自不覺愧.
看見別人拍照閃縮, 立當看看拙人. 是否願意拍照? 因為儀容不端, 有否適當推辭? 能否清楚, 是技術不濟, 或是自顏不正, 以致臉容不美? 如此不美, 能否所然面對?
看見別人席間高談闊論, 立當看看拙人. 以免班門弄斧. 說話是否有自褒, 炫耀之詞? 每當別人提及拙人之事, 能否待之如他人之事, 褒貶得宜?
看見別人跨耀自己, 立當看看拙人. 有否給人自大狂妄之感?
但是, 會否, 因自大而自卑, 自藏呢?
對於拙人來說, 是肯定的.
看見別人穿上黑衣暗衫, 立當看看拙人. 是否已到夕陽之年, 暮氣昏昏?
看見別人拍照雀躍, 立當看看拙人. 是否形相吸引, 恐天下蒼生不知?
看見別人席間默默不語, 立當看看拙人. 是否胸無針半點墨, 沒有興趣分享?
拙人經常充當專家, 事無大小. 事後卻心裡不踏實, 因自大而自卑.....
Sunday, December 09, 2007
citizen's right and reponsibility
if it is a research group in social science, why not? just few minutes and we can help people know our society better!! that research data may be used in some day later.
if it is a company research, why not? just a few minutes. this action reflect the company do care about the business and want to do better! the final result will benefit us.
by the way, i feel like that. hong kong people used to be a citizen for long long time. we already forget the right and responsibility. when i imagine the ancient time, in Rome, become a citizen is a great deal. not everyone can be a citizen. as a citizen, they do know and care about their right and responsibility. like, they will behave as good as a citizen (honor is the major factor). they will flight for Rome because they are citizen. they will enter the forum, to discuss politic. they will vote. they will pay the tax. not even Rome, in now a day, western countries also behave like this: their citizen know what inside the word "citizen". look at France, American, UK, Germen and Australia.
but now, in hong kong, people think paying the tax is the only responsibility for being a citizen. why? may be they are too busy. may be they think is it none of their business.
well, in home, also. a family member will like to pay money to their women (mostly their mother or their wife) and sit back, watching tv...
is it because of lazy or only focused on short term return? or it is the Chinese way?
Friday, December 07, 2007
唱唱反調
that made me want to made a newspaper, named: 唱唱反調
that's a very interesting idea from Harry Potter. well, most people focus on other things. i do think 唱唱反調 is a very good idea!
let say, from today Finance page:
賣花讚花香: 郭氏三兄弟厚顏無恥----新地:樓市無泡抵到爛
of course, their a lot more on Politic and artists.
TAG for everything in web
look one example, in many forum, user post a new topic, and usually, let say, if they are posting a joke, than they will go to the Joke section. how ever, may be this joke also contain some elements as well. in some case, there is a gray section about joke and other topic.
this related to how user classify stuff. OH, this is hard to do even for philosopher.
by the way, some web pages support tag on each stuff. but they do not fully support it in their search engine.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
無根
以前我都幾buy 這個想法. 但仔細想一想, 發覺其實係d 笨蛋想出來, 安慰自己沒出色既借口.
1, 歷史, 其實有好有懷. 就像一個背包, 如果帶了有用的, 當然好. 帶了有沒用的, 就是一種包袱.但是, 什麼是好, 什麼又是不好, 就難下定論. 所以, 有沒有歷史, 其實並不重要.
2, 既然歷史並不重要, 那我們需要知歷史嗎? well, 與其說歷史, 我寧可說知識 ( 歷史的綜合). 正如學習物理, 其實不必學物理史, 但物理, 其實是物理史的綜合, 前人努力的結果. 所以有知識就可以了.
3, 有了知識, 就可以開創自己的未來.
有人說, 樹若無根, 就不能面對風雨. 我要問, 種子是無根的, 是否種子就不能成長??
其實, 香港人無根, 其實是一種優點. 因為我們能夠走自己的路. 可惜的是, 香港人也無腦~ 面對一張白紙, 不知如何落筆.
如果要講無根, 看看singapore, 看看科大.
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要提醒一下, 以上論點, 其實滿是錯誤. 只要反覆思量, 就會有不同結論. 正是如此, gucci proxy 才久未更新.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Time Travel
so, although we can not travel in time with our body, how about our consciousness?
Friday, November 23, 2007
memory lost
i am not going to find any excuse, however, for memory, i do have something about it.
memory is full fo Myth, how is work? how come we can memories so many things? how much is our storage? what factor will affect our memory? etc..
ok, those can leave to scientists.
since i have poor memory, i always has a note book in my bag. however, it is not good enough. sometimes, it is not good to write down idea, like in bus, or walking. well, i have tried to record in cell-phone. but, it look like a fool when talking to cell-phone in public, ok, fuck it, i don't care. however, after i recorded somethings, i always lazy to listen again and turn it into some ideas.
now, there is some voice recognized program, it can transform your speak into words. so, if there is a program can listen a voice record, and translate it into word. Woo, please tell me.
by the way,
if time travel is possible, can we re-see the past and have better memory?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic
Monday, November 12, 2007
LOVE 100
2.見到佢果陣會心跳加速
3.口齒突然間變得好唔伶俐
4.經常發呆
5.當佢離開左你視線範圍之內,你就會勁望佢去左邊
6.佢病左你會好關心佢
7.見到佢開心,你自己都會暗地裡開心
8.反而你見到佢唔開心,你自己都會自然唔開心
9.成班friend坐埋一齊時,希望有意無意咁坐係佢隔離
10.成日勁等佢既電話同埋MSN/ICQ/SMS
11.好多野想同佢講,但一見到佢就咩都唔記得晒
12.好想佢送D野俾你,乜野都好
13.若果見到佢同異性傾計果陣,你會想知佢地會傾D乜
14.成日發夢都夢見佢
15.鐘意人地誤會你地有野
16.一見到同對方有D野一樣,就會好開心
17.成日偷望佢
18.佢叫你做乜你都即刻做
19.就算佢響你隔離,你都會成日掛住佢
20.無端端會講左佢個名出黎
21.會深入研究佢所有喜歡既野(就算自己一D興趣都無)
22.好想講自己既野俾佢聽
23.佢講乜野你都會信
24.見到佢父母會特別拘謹
25.會記住晒佢鍾意食咩呀、唔鍾意食咩呀,諸如此類
26.一起身張開眼就會即時諗起佢
27.佢做任何衰野都會幫佢搵藉口
28.做垃圾婆,總之任何關於佢既野都要KEEP
29.成日自己估人地對你有無野
30.想佢欠你D野(反而佢還左俾你會唔舒服)
31.覺得佢梳乜野髮型、著乜野衫都係OK既
32.佢同第二個異性一齊,因你會勁洽醋
33.因為諗起佢,行行下街都會無啦啦笑左出黎
34.搵機會同佢合照
35.會刻意同佢鬥嘴
36.好想佢打電話俾你~唔係傾閒計都好
37.偷偷地幫佢執手尾
38.同佢既朋友都變得好friend
39.成日去佢經常出沒既地方留連
40.行街見到佢鍾意既野都會有奇妙既感覺
41.就算你有幾唔得閒都會應承佢出去,除非真係超唔得
42.好想講自己既野俾佢聽
43.好想度下佢高你幾多
44.同朋友講起佢果時,會用佢既花名
45.經常性同人地提起佢~但你唔覺得成日講佢
46.若果佢讚你,你就會好開心而按住果件事繼續做
47.同佢MSN果陣,若果佢唔覆你,你會唔開心
48.同佢MSN/ICQ如果佢覆你唔快,你會好失望
49.出完街之後,好想佢送你返屋企
50.佢做咩你都覺得佢好叻
51.許親願同玩親乜野占卜都係同佢有關既
52.唔捨得熄電腦,怕佢隨時ONLINE
53.唔介意望到佢既腳趾
54.討厭佢所有討厭既人
55.CHECK下自己星座同佢夾唔夾(尤其係網上成日玩配對)
56.人地講佢壞話既時候絕對唔會加入
57.次次人地講佢衰野你會極力反駁
58.人地堤起佢,你會好緊張
59.成日係人地面前提起佢,自己又唔覺成日
60.唔到佢會唔知點算好
61.次次同佢講野你一定會笑住講
62.唔會介紹女仔俾佢識
63.借D意分組會同佢一齊
64.借D意同佢share野食,share野飲,唔驚佢口水
65.會幫晒佢,做錯野都幫佢頂
66.成日玩搣花瓣愛定唔愛
67.當你同佢一齊既時候,你會覺得好幸福
68.聯想你地拍拖既樣,會自然露出好甜既笑容
69.就算個個反對你地,你都要同佢繼續發展
70.打乞嚏就會即刻諗起:「佢一定係講緊我」
71.少少野就話自己好唔舒服,睇佢有咩反應
72.同佢去完街返屋企會勁重溫同佢相處既片段、說話等
73.同佢印象最深刻既片段,你會一直都記得
74.發呆既時候係諗緊佢
75.某D場合,佢唔走,你就唔走
76.著得靚果日,好想係街度見到佢
77.唔小心同佢有肌膚之親,都會即刻有觸電既感覺
78.佢借D小野俾你,你都會keep住佢唔還
79.想知佢有D咩朋友
80.經常對自己既言行舉止好後悔
81.人地問你係咪鍾意佢,你會答「痴線」、「傻既」、「白痴」之類既說話
82.你同緊人鬧交,如果佢出黎幫你,你會好有安全感
83.相反,佢唔出黎幫你,你寧願呢次鬧交大戰自己輸左
84. 用133打俾佢,佢一「喂」就即刻收線
85. 無情情想嗌佢個名
86. 唔敢走去佢附近
87. 習慣每晚都會睇佢個BLOG
89. 唔想俾佢知道你有男/女朋友
90. 成日開MSN或ICQ既HISTORY回味一下
91. 兩個人獨處時候有DEAD AIR會感到十分尷尬
92. 製造無理要求,睇佢有乜野反應
93. 想知佢鍾意邊一類型既女仔
94. 佢做任何衰野都會幫佢搵藉口
95. 不論內容係乜,SAVE晒佢俾你既SMS
96. 每次就算有正經事搵佢,都會自己緊張一番
97. 佢一講野果陣就豎起耳仔,但係又扮成唔係聽佢講野
98. 特登俾佢知道你有人追
99. 希望佢同佢女/男朋友嗌交
100. 如果你一路睇/聽呢段野一路諗起一個人既時候…啊~你鍾意左佢
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
1000元的智慧
但請再回味一次吧
看透的人永遠都是微笑旁觀
但很多人還是一樣會出價競標吧
1000元的智慧
在某個雞尾酒會上, 張 先生從口袋裡掏出一張千元大鈔,向所有的來賓宣佈﹕
他要將這張千元大鈔拍賣給出價最高的朋友,大家互相競價,以50元為單位,到沒有人再加價為止。出價最高的人只要付給 張 先生他所開的價碼即可獲得這張千元大鈔,但出價第二高的人,雖無法獲得千元大鈔,仍需將他所開的價碼如數付給 張 先生。
這個別開生面的「以錢買錢」的拍賣會,立刻吸引了大家的興趣。開始時,「100元」、「150元」、「200元」的競償聲此起彼落,到價碼抬高到「500元」時, 步調緩和了下來,只剩下三、四個在競價。最後只剩下 王 先生 和林 先生在那裡相持不下。
當 王 先生喊出「950元」時, 張 先生彈一彈他手上的千元大鈔,曖昧地看著 林 先生, 林先生似乎不假思索地脫口而出﹕「1050元!」這時會場裡起了一陣小小的騷動。 張 先生轉而得意地看著 王 先生,等待他加價或者退出, 王先生咬一咬牙說﹕「 2050元!」人群裡起了更大的騷動, 林 先生擺一擺手,喝口雞尾酒,表示退出這個「瘋狂的拍賣會」,大家才鬆了一口氣。結果,王 先生付出「2050元」,買到那張「1000元」鈔票,而 林先生則平白付出了「1050元」。兩人「平分秋色」,各損失的「1050元」都納入了 張 先生的荷包。
陷阱的三個特徵
這個遊戲是耶魯大學經濟學家蘇必克(M.Shubik)發明的,想拍賣錢的人幾乎屢試不爽地從這拍賣會裡「賺到錢」。它是一個具體而微的「人生陷阱」,參與競價的 林 先生 和王 先生在這個「陷阱」裡越陷越深,不能自拔,最後都付出了痛苦的代價。
自古以來,人類為捕殺動物所設的「陷阱」,通常有下列三個特徽﹕
1.有一個明顯的誘餌。
2.通往誘餌之路是單向的,可進不可出。
3.越想掙脫,就越陷越深。
人生道上的大小「陷阱」多少也與此類似。
社會心理學家泰格(A.Teger)曾對參加「千元大鈔拍賣遊戲」的人加以分析,結果發現掉入「陷阱」的人通常有兩個動機,一是經濟上的、一是人際關係上 的。經濟動機包括渴望贏得那張千元大鈔、想贏回他的損失、想避免更多的損失﹔人際動機包括渴望挽回面子、證明自己是最好的玩家及處罰對手等。
千元大鈔就是一個明顯的誘餌。開始時,大家都想以廉價而容易的方式去贏得它,希望自己所出的價碼是最後的價碼,大家都這麼想,就不斷地互相競價。
當進行一段時間後,也就是出價相當高時,相持不下的兩人都發現自己掉進一個陷阱中,但已不能全身而退,他們都已投資了相當多,只有再增加投資以期掙脫困境。
當出價等於「獎金」時,競爭者開始感到焦慮、不安,發現自己的「愚蠢」,但已身不由己。當出價高過獎金時,不管自己再怎麼努力都是「損失者」,不過,為了挽回面子或處罰對方,他不惜「犧牲」地再抬高價碼,好讓「對手損失得更慘重」。
人生到處有陷阱
在日常生活裡,大至商場上的競爭,小至等候公車,都有「陷阱」在等待著你。
譬如公車平常是十五分鐘一班,當你花在等待的時間超過十分鐘後,你會開始煩躁不安,但通常你會繼續等下去,等到超過十五分鐘公車還不來時,你除了咒罵外,也開始感到「後悔」——你應該在十五分鐘前就走路或坐計程車去的。
但通常你還會繼續等下去,因為你已「投資了那麼多的時間」,不甘心現在改坐計程車,結果就越陷越深,無法自拔,直到公車姍姍來遲,你心理的困境才獲得解脫。
但人生有很多「目標」,並不像公車那樣「必定會來臨」,而且投資的也不是你「個人的時間」而已。
入陷阱如何避免蹈
在人生道上,如何避兔蹈入這類「陷阱」,也是一門不小的學問,
心理學家魯 賓(J.E.Rubin)的建議是﹕
1.確立你投入的極限及預先的約定﹕
譬如投資多少錢或多少時間?
2.極限一經確立,就要堅持到底﹕
譬如邀約異性,自我約定「一次拒絕就放棄」,不可改為「五次裡面有三次拒絕才放棄。」
3.自己打定主意,不必看別人﹕
事實證明,兩個陌生人在一起等公車,「脫身」的機會就大為減少,因為「別人也在等!」
4.提醒自己繼續投入的代價。
5.保持警覺。
這些方法大家也許都知道,但「知易行難」,一旦掉進人生的陷阱,抽身是不太容易的!
Game
may be, we can not afford soem huge change in our life.
may be, we hate our routine life but also need the stable income.
may be, we have a lot imagination but no way to express in real life.
Thus, Game comes out to fullfit that missing part in our life. to become something, someone else, just for a while.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
soap
when the soap alost used up, it will become very thin and easily break, so waste.
i suggest in the hreat of the soup, we can put a cell inside, so that when the soap almost used up, it has some shape and soem place to stick on it.
well, it looks like a good idea, but, hwo to treat the cell after??
Thursday, November 01, 2007
中國政府並不反對選舉,只要他們能夠事先知道結果。
if hong kong people need the public election for our Chief Executive, may be, there is a way...
which is, we hold a general but not official election first(like telephone interview from mass media), than tell Begin, "that guy will be our favour." than hold the official election, and let some guy pretend to compete which the guy, make a good show!
in case, the guy who is not supported by china, well,....
we pretend we all vote for another guy, who is loved by china, and gave an image to begin that, that guy will be elected. when preforming the election show, we put the real guy, who we are supported, to complete with the fake one, so the outcome will be our guy, not the china's guy. another good show, but.... who dare to do so?
Don't be too Clean!!
on the other side, some doctors, also remind us not use antigen when being sick, it is because by using those carelessly and un-thoughtful, the remaining virus will become stronger.
that give me some thought: Just don't kill all bacteria around you.
think about this, for the best detergent, it can not kill 100% virus and bacteria, some will be survived. and those keep evolute, those become stronger. who can tell me, guarantee they cannot become something un-death, even feed them with poison like Cl, Ka, etc ???
moreover, majority of public of Hong Kong forget where they come from, and what benefit they has there. in mainland, the rice field, or the farm, when they were small, they played there, which they enrich their virus library inside there body. that's why they are stronger when facing virus type disease, like cold. and lack of allergic problem, because there body has rich information about which bacteria will harm them, and which will not, there T-cell are well trained.
so, just don't be too clean, we are part of the nature, don't build a stupid wall in bewteen and try to pretend we are surpeme.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Mis-Placement
1, the company, hire their staff with no training, or they just want somebody in that post.
2, the staff, the shopkeeper, or the book keeper, lack of a true common sense, or has some confession about common sense.
3, the bookkeeper, may be, do not love the read book. i am so sad that, if someone ever read few pages, or just look the book deeper than the title, he/she will know where the book should go.
4, the manager is "hea", he/she never check the bookshelf, the check whether his/her labour did a correct job. otherwise, he/she also has some wrong common sense with the book keeper.
this also reflect a major problem or workfroce in hk
1, people has their job is because they need to be feed.
2, Hong Kong is a Big city, but our labour need to work for life! not for their dream!
3, it is the company drive the public, what kind of job they have. the public don't have a fucking choice at all.
4, a total mis-placement in workforce. HK will be hard to be more competitive for hard-working, coz labour in Main-land and India are more cheaper and hard-work.
5, people with dreams! only happen in dream!
6, we are slave, for the capitalism.
To Martin Lee
i suggest, besides of saying No Sorry, you can also remind the public that, some people only pick up part of your words. than, i hope, the public will know who is really doing somethings good for China, for HK.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Free Mind Travel I
Truth value
for a product, the truth value may be the (Price - profit) by the retailer.
let say a nike runner, it sell for 100 to a customer, and the profit is 20, so the truth pric is 80.
what this 80 contain? it contains the material price(rubber, cotton,etc), the factory profit, labour wage, transpotation. well, it seem to be able to calculate, but it si not, how to calculate the truth value of labour wage? and also, how to calucalue the truth value of the material price?
depart from those truth price, hwo about the truth price of a service... how to measure?
for most people, the price of a goods is defined from discussion between seller and buyer. yes, this is the market price. not the truth price.
the truth price is somekind of value, absolutly defined the value of a goods or a service, which independ of the location, time or currency but the product itself.
for anexample, the truth value of being an engineer is equal for any engineer (i mean the same kind of engineer in same post, equal among of work), however, the market price of each engineer may be different, because of the company, the socialty, the econmonic power, the demand and supply.
Friday, October 12, 2007
a Queastion!!
when he put the polarizer horizontally, in front of laptop screen, it transparent, when rotate 90 degree, it becomes dark. trivial.
however, when we flip the polarizer, things inverse. it becomes dark when putting horizontally, and transparent when vertical!!
anyone can explain that??? hint: the light come out from the screen is polarized in some direction.
information about polarizer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizer
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
wiki - cantonese
............. dialect, a good presentation, it is not nessary everything can be written down. conservative.....
Great discovery - a new Species
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Homo
Species: H. dis-sapiens
Subspecies: H. d. Zombie
how does they look like?
-----they look like human, but decomposing skin, normally don't brush their teeth, and take a shower.
what is their life cycle?
----they bit human, and human will become them in few days or few hours. they die until someone cut their head. oh, i should say, they stop moving, not die, because they are death human. oh, is it impossible to die twice? um... i need to spend more time on this study.
where is there teenager??
----according to my observation, i cannot found any of them in teenage, i guess, may be they need to study in Zobie school, or the director forget to find some.
are they strong??
----yes, they can tear iron fence with no effort. wehn they catch a human, the human can not figth back. but some human can against them, like the girl in the movie.
what do they eat?
----freash meat, according to the website. but it seem that they only eat human.
are they able to obey an order??
---- yes, from resident evil 4, they can listen an order after some medicine. but i guess, they can do so with out it. in the movie, a lot of them hiding in a cargo without making any sound. i think it is very hard to do so, even for human.
where you can see them?
-----in some movie like Resident Evil, some games like Bio-Harazd.
actually, there are a lot different creature un-discover or un-name.
like transformers, X-men, superman, spiderman, batman, and even happytree friends.
How to define the truth value of a currency??
if the price is low than the currency buying power (printed value), everyone will make it by them selve.
if the price is higher than the printed value. than the currency become useless, (in case of the goods is easy to carry), people will trade goods from goods.
so, the idea printed value should be the price of making them.
ok, so, how to found the printed value?? i will think about it.
MiniBus
well, i have some opposite views.
i like speedy minibus, coz it save my time.
it is safe when it run fast. now a day, the technology can allow them to drive over 120km/h without slipping. but people feel unsafe. ok, so why people don't ban the roller coaster?? minibus is daily transportation! we need them, we need time! why set the stupid 80km/h limit?
and also, think about it. the driver is not mad at all, he know what will happen when accident happened: he may die and leave his family alone; he need to pay for the minibus company; he can not be a driver anymore. and many other reasons. minibus driver got fucking responsibilities. he know what he is doing! man.
moreover, minibus driver go over the routine many many times, he know where to break, where can boots, he is the road expert. so, why don't trust him??
if you say, accident is something unpredictable. ok, 80km/h, i think no one can survive under this speed. why don't you set the limit to 20km/h?? it will be saft, turst me, i study physics.
Oreo - Copycat of a taiwan snack?
however, it looks like 旺旺黑白配!!
i don't know which product was created earlier. if it is the taiwan product first, than it is a news that forgein company copy an chinese idea!
compare: China Vii
Friday, October 05, 2007
Traveler's dilemma + prisoner dilemma
there are 2 people travel by plane. they are brought a same gift, let say, a vase. after get off the plane, they found that their vases were broken. so, they go to ask for money from the airline.
the manager told them, he will only give them a maximum price of 100 each, however, because he does not know what the exact price of the vase, and he don't want to be fool, so, they need to tell him the price of the vase individually.
he will pay the minimum price only. and the one who gave him the lowest price, he will give him 2 dollar more from the other.
if you are one of the traveler?? what is your price???
(think about it, at least for 5 seconds, please.)
(i hope you had thought for 5 seconds, otherwise, you should be shame for yourself. a little poor guy.)
by prisoner dilemma (if you reduced the maximum price from 100 to 3), the most "suitable" and "reasonable" price you should give is 2 dollars.
the "reason" is: OK, both of you can say 100. however, if you say 99, but the others still say 100. you will get 101 = min(99, 100) + 2. well, the other will also think of this! so he will say 98 and get 100 = min(99,98)+2...... thing will go on like this again and again. finally, we have to solve
min(x,y)+2, where x, y from 0 to 100 (i bet you won't say below 0, smart guy)
and than, you will get 2 dollars!!!
this is quite a ridiculous result from the very powerful Game theory!!! which a lot business idiot treat it as a bible!!!
something wrong with that!!!
if you are interesting in this topic: prisoner dilemma ; Traveler's dilemma ; Behavior in Traveler's dilemma ; Experts Playing the Traveler's dilemma
all are special = no one special !?
well, few of my friends are teacher in Hong Kong school now, and they had told me, it is not the case.
they told me, in each class, there will be some Special talent students: hyper-active, autism, concentration-disable, etc..
i ask, why?? they should be in Special school with special care and education. my friends told me, it is all because of those special parents.
those parent want their special child be normalized. how? by put them in normal school. Wa, this idea is like, when you dressed a superman underwear inside out, you can fly. cool! i like to try it right now! could someone brought me the "S" underwear??
and now, the parent take control of our Education policy (well, this is another great thing to be happened. when there are a lot professionals in education policy, but we knew, only the child's parents know what their childed needs, suitable to them, thus, we are going to side out those professionals, and regard our effort to training those is wasting time. )
so, things happen.
the funnest thing is:
when you try to normalized those special, by shut down special schools, you successfully transform every normal school to be .... special school!!
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
a Question Blog
if writing one's unknown, one's can build a library.
Heroes -- the series
the idea of this tv series is quite... rich.
* ) there are people have special supernatural ability (which similar to a lot Japanese manga, and in fact, a lot Japanese features inside);
*** ) it try to related things with science (well age of reasoning, no, the age of science explaining);
* # ) it raise up a lot of question about life, destiny, time-line, moral, etc.. a lot of thing only human will care (oh yes, this series is made by human, not monkey, not Ape. in serious, this reflected American start to know, money does not make life rich and meaningful);
# ) there is a bad guy who like to kill, like to taste blood, and also good guy who try to save the world but do not know how ( the funny and interest thing from this part, somehow, "destiny will drive those heroes to stop the evil. i like this creative way of link up people. it reflect the truth, we are not independent at all. and the purpose of the bad guy is, level up your epinephrine );
#* ) but there are more "grey" guys, you can not say they are good or they are bad (yeah, it more like the real world);
#** ) different character will translate there own story from different information they received, or different position they are;
#*** ) some people afraid their super ability, some of them like that (this make me feel wired: American like to be individual, to be unique, but, if the series somehow reflect the truth, American also afraid to be special! they like to be unique but also normal???);
#**** ) American Secret service involved (oh yeas, the agent knew every thing);
there are many many ingredients, most are good, some are bad.
%) the bad thing is, guys in there are still stupid when necessary to kill.
%) a lot of tiny little background of each character can be cut.
and most important, and make me disappointed is:
there is no hero, who can see the truth!!!
i keep on watching it non-stop, i always hope and waiting for that guy to show up and.......
his name is Ryan ;P
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Blog Tracker +/- ?
there are few points which against or opposite the Blog tracker:
+ you can know how many people visited. if the reason of blogging is let as many as people visit, this help you valuate your blog.
+ it may be encourage your visitor to visit, especially your friends. coz they know you may care the number of visit. well if your blog is boring, it would help.
- it may make you addicted to check the number of visit.
- if you have confident of your blog, you feel your blog will attract people to visit, then you don't need the tracker. Coz, by using tracker to give you a proof for your self, you are somehow questioning your blog.
+ tracker can made you improve your blog. if number of visit is low, this is a driving force to improve the content of your blog.
- tracker may stop improving of your blog. if you satisfy the number of visit, you feel no need to improve your blog.
- tracker only let you know how many visitors browsing your blog, but show no detail of what kind of people visit it. if your blog is somewhat diary, then it is fine, coz people who visit it, is just for fun. if your blog is specified in some topic, then, you may want some target group to visit instead of people for fun. well, "comment" can fill this part. (oh, i have no comment so far)
all in all, the reasons for adding tracker, mostly base on the purpose of blogging.
4 vs 3, i decided not add a tracker.
Birthday Msg + cell phone provider
your cell phone service provider ask for your birthday.
they will send an msg on your birthday, to give you some discount or good stuffs.
also, they can make a network for you and your friends.
i think, they know which numbers you dial frequently (or you received frequently), by this mean, they know who is your friends.
and than, they can also send a msg to your friend, let them know today is your birthday.
over all, this is an added value of a service provider, which can charge you for money :D
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Log in
1, answer a math question. it is good for those study who facing public exam.
2, spell an english word, which the study dun know.
generally, a question related to one's study or business.
but those are not for security. ( well, if a very difficult math question. i think no hacker can do it :P good for using in lab)
for security, one can try "a question bank". everytime, PC will ask you a queation about your business, your personal stuff. let say, "what is the log out time last time?"
the purpose of social science.
oh shit. people like is not always good for people!
PostCard III
let say, i went to Paris, i went to Arc de Triomphe, and i can buy a 3D puzzle postcard of it, and send it back to my friend, let them puzzle it up. it will be fun. :D
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
health, Cholesterol & low Calorie
in my knowledge, and according to Wiki, (although i had said wiki cannot be referenced, well, wiki really make a kind of wiki-Proof!!!!) Cholesterol is an very important and essential chemical in our body. the metabolic process is depend a lot for this substance. it become danger when you are old or your liver is not function well.
so, if you think Cholesterol is a bad thing to our body, and don't want to take any of it. well you liver will finally don't get used of Cholesterol, that mean, your liver is not function well.
and Calorie, this is pure energy. i can not imagine why energy can cause un-healthy. well, may be the energy of dynamite will harm human body.
all in all, health is not measured by single factor. our human body is a result of 3 billion years revolution from single cell, a lot of things will interact ourselves. moreover, there is other element in the so called "healthy mooncake" like Preservative, i bet those mooncakes have that stuff (otherwise, what do you think they can store mooncake for many months) , if you like a healthy mooncake, the better way is don't eat any. :P
TIPS and Service Quality
right and responsibility, is the most foundamental mind set for Capitalism. its reflect the give and take is balanced. if you want something, you need to give something first. however, you never expect you gave something, something will resturned.
and i think, the 10% service charge does not help to improve the service at all. coz all will go to the boss.
in American, the server only has very low fixed pay. but the server tip contain more 2/3 of there salary. in States, you need pay around 15%. if you don't liek the server, you can pay less, if you like the server, you can pay more. in some case, some favour server can get 50%.
i like that so much, coz it will really improve the service quailty. and you, costomer, can selete/train/encourage the good server.
Friday, September 21, 2007
some idea
to make a blog, to compare the different of the street between each city.
In Roma, there is a lot of book about past and present. How about make a book to show reality and commercial?? i think i can do it in HK too. go to the restrouants, take a picture to what they show in the menu, and compare what i get in real.
Ipod/mp3, audio guide/ vedio guide. downloadable. make money :D
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
filling the missing part
may be, someone can interview them and fill the missing part.
Monday, September 03, 2007
順流逆流
Do not know where is the end of the sky
只知道逝去光陰不會再回頭
Only know the past never be returned
每一串淚水 伴每一個夢想
Every string of tears, together with every dream
不知不覺全溜走
they slip away silently
不經意地在這圈中轉到這年頭
Many years were past when i am in this circle.
只感到在這圈中經過順逆流
only feel downstream and upstream in this circle.
每顆冷酷眼光 到每聲友善笑聲
every grim stare, to every friendly smile
默然一一嘗透
tasted all one by one in heart
幾多艱苦 當天我默默接受
Many difficulties and suffering, i took it without complaint.
幾多辛酸 也未放手
Many sour and bitter, i never gave up
故意挑剔今天我不在乎
i do not care for picking bond on my eggs.
只跟心中意願去走
only follow my heart
不相信未作犧牲就實現可以擁有
Never believe success without scarification
只相信始靠雙手找到我要求
Only believe all i wanted are started from my hands
每一串汗水 換每一個成就
Every string of tear, exchange for every achievement.
從來得失我睇透
Gain or lose, i don't really care
心裏從不會強求
my heart never insist.
postcard II
HAVE BEEN WASHINGTON. LOVE THERE
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KKNGZYLOVE
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WASHINGTON
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see?
Postcard I
they will gather together and see the whole picture. may be fun.
Friday, August 31, 2007
An American Dream
well, part of the dream is worth to work hard for it. but most of it, is only for American. i mean, is not what we really looking for.
let me focus in Hong Kong. in Hong Kong, people is not really need a car, except those who live very far away, only taxi and mini-bus were provided. in Hong Kong, so far i see, the public transport system is the most brilliant in the world. Fast, cheap, most covered. London, also has good bus and metro system, however, always get jam. NYC, the subway is the oldest one in the world, well, NYC is quite a big city, it is impossible to cover all place within 20mins walking distance, and you can see, the yellow cap is everywhere, waiting anywhere to drive you somewhere else. Paris, people like walking, so, you can imagine. Zurich, people has bike. Car in hong kong is pure luxury and environmental enemy.
in States, they are poorly designed city/town plan, houses and offices are scatter everywhere.most cases, you can not found all you need in one city or town. and you have no choice but driving. so, i will say, Car is an essential in States because of the poor city plan. Stupid Americans. you can see, there is a loop -- when the city scatter, they need a car; when they has a car, they plan their city more scatterer. dame it. they gave themselves a good result for the need of cars. <- Skyscraper
House: ..........
Luxry: ..........
Goverment system:.............
the way of Aemrican is not what we need. coz we are not american, we have our own culture, 5000 years, we can develop in the way that suitable our way. <-- Phu, it related to the Culture revoution.... we lost our culture.
extend link : http://gucciproxy.blogspot.com/2007/05/free-slave.html
Bargain
today, i went to Mexico, the shop there will not show you the price.
i am so tried......
continuous another day
why i travel??
i spend money for what reason behind? is it worth? how to measure?
everytime, i go to a city, i will try to take a signafician picture, that poeple can tell where it is, without any caption.
everytime, i go to a place, i will try to buy one thing to represnt the place.
everytime, i go to a country, i will write down what i have done.
is it the reason for travel?
the value of a men, is not from what he take, is from what he give-----Martin Luther King
so, what i give?? what i learn?
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
a link to a comment
i will develop more about this in a whole big picture.
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well, read between the line, the title is reflecting something. "we only think, without action." we have alot opinions, ideas. so what?
the problem arise from the article is complicated. i guess, even the writer can't not clearly write it down. but good try.
i think, the problem is. when a culture, the honor is lost. people will lack of self-confession, self-inspection. people only think of themselves, what kind of benefit can bring to themselves. people become selfish and only see other false.
i will think about this issue. and re-read the article later.
in American, as i see, they are selfish, but also considerate. how? well, in their point of view, selfish is not a bad thing. this is nature. the first consideration should be one's self, right? so, they will not try to cover their first motivation when move. however, hong kong people, always emphasize on consideration. but in my view, i think they only want OTHERs consider themselves. is some kind of selfish covered by "Consideration". well, no matter you got it or not, when i back to Hong Kong, i will tell you.
think about it : when people going to help you, you don't need to think whether they have other purpose, they already think about themselves before helping you! i guess, Selfish is some kind of easy misunderstanding word.
i think, it is more a cultural problem than a social issue. and it seems to beyond my knowledge and observation.
American are simple. they also prefer short term happy. they prefer to live simpler. i see, in some sense, HK people and them are the same. however, the way to move is different. i would like to say, HK people is not independent, not even close. American, they will make their own way, neglecting others's eyes. they like to try, no, i will say, they are not afraid to try, not afraid to be fail. even old men in here, they like to take a risk.
more over, they focus on their own history, they know where they come from, what they have done. and they value the ancient wisdom and knowledge. today, i walked in the business district. i saw inside a bank, there is a free public historical museum. amazing. and this museum is not "HEA". very serious. in there, i can feel the connection between the bank and the people, the land.
what i want to say is. the link to the past, is a way to make people proud of themselves. to gain honor. by educated ancient or past wisdom, we will have some "common sense of the common sense"( a common sense of what we need to know)
thus, the problem may be originated to the recent history of modern china. in the school, we know how great is the china, 1000 years ago. how about now? how many people in Hong kong, know about Hong Kong History in recent 50 years? no, not even HK people, mainland people don't know their recent history too. i mean, they only know little.
ok, the recent history is empty, or almost empty. how about ancient part? we learn Confucian school, and than, many teachers will tell you, this is outdated. Fuck up. who say human mind has been change for only 2000 years? only in few hundred generations? if our mind did not different from the ancient one, why Confucius can not be applied? and the most important thing confucius told us is the attitude of life. nevertheless, in school, we only learn knowledge, not attitude. knowledge is like gases, and attitude like the car itself. ( i am sorry, i can't not give a proof of this) so think about it. and i almost spend out my point too wide and lost contest.
so, all in all. our historical sense is almost empty, we lacked something to enrich our culture. we learn form outside without a real action. our financial market become the only way to our attitude. (i am not saying it is not good of our financial market, but i think, there is a better way to let the market enrich ourself, it need creation, ok, thing back to creation. and creation will be back to knowledge and attitude. a terrible but easy loop to solve individually.)
the in-resistable trap
so, i am falling a trap. the price to the touristic place is often un-reasonably high, (excpet washington DC, the museums their are all free!! and Great!) however, if you don;t go there, you will somehow regreted when you leave.
so, i go to the Empire State building. the entrance fee is 18USD, just for go up to 86th floors above ground. well, in avange, you spend 1USD to go up 4.8 floor. or you spend 1.7 HKD to go each floor, sound fair enough, coz the building costed 41 million USD. anyway, i hope the elevator goes slow. but the fact is, they got the fastest one in the time its complete. 8 second for 10 floor. thats mean, i spend 2 HKD per second. ok, i hope it worth to burning money in this way.
when i waiting to buy ticket, there is a sales, trying his best to sell the audi-tour. "only 20 USD more, you can have great detail expanation of the city, without that, you don;t knwo what you are looking at...... (skipped 100million words)" i said in my mind "fuck it, i can take picture on the top and serach to the web if i really want to know which building is which. google earth is a great thing, except it don't has night version. by the way, why i need to know that? is it really instreating?"
and the most silly thing is, they will take a picture to you in front of a green screen, and use computer to put you on a picture of the builing. it is free for take picture. oh, they are business man. when you are leaving, they will give you a hard copy of the picture, and said "20 dollars you can take it home." oh, thanks, my picture is not so good. and i gonna to waste your time and cost to print it out. you already charge me for 18 dollars and you don't give me that fucking photo for free?? you're mother fucker?
in my estimation, they can earn about 360usd per second (say selling 20 tickets a time), and they open from 8am to 1:35am, around 19 hours a day, 360X60X60X19 = 24 million a day!!
well, being a tourist and this is international city, who can resist to go there??
thing to learn: to make an in-resistable place for tourist, then you got a money-tree!!
I LOVE N Y
i wouldn't buy this shirt. this shirt is a syblom, which say,
"i am a tourist, i have been new york city, and i just like others."
frist, New York City, what a big deal? just a place that million people live inside. the city, for me, is not so lovely at all. although there are many things to see, to explore, the city just without a focus. the people in the city, some is rich, many are poor. some is beauty, many are trying to be beauty. that's suck!
2nd, many people wear this shirt, that makes me sad. or a reflection of the mind of the people. people will buy magazines about fashion, about beauty. they buy it, they read it,, they follow it. and the city simply lost itself, coz everyone look like almost the same. imagine a jail, every one wear the same outfit, everyone look like the same, the souless.
i have bought a shirt, which is from Empire state building. i bought it coz it has no words on it, at least big words, and propabliy, no one will know it is form the building.
i want to buy another shirt. " Central Park, NYC" on the shirt. the "NYC" is pretty small.
all in all, i don;t like those shirt has obivous meaning. for me, look like only stupid will wear it, coz you display something obvious, just like talking bull shit.
however, NYC is a great city, the art, the plays, the museum, and the central park, the skycrapers, decorate the city well, and that is the city soul, only in downtown.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
the free slave
when under UK govert, we live happy due to we don't need to worry our stomach. same as Chinese control. we satisfly if our gut feel full.
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Saturday, May 26, 2007
honor?
is it the honor? Do we need to feel honor for academic achievement in 2ndary school?
i think it is the poor education! student in 2ndary school are so young. and the most important thing is, get their result well is their responsibility. we should not tell them it is honor to get best achievement, it is their job to learn thing well! student go to study is not for honor, is not for anything, is for themselves!
by the way, it is very tiny little thing for being best student in 2ndary school. in fact, we have no honor before we make any great contribution to human society. if any one feel honor for what they did, please think about those Giants in our history.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Type
type A : ++ : know and not afraid to show
type B : +- : know but don't like to show
type C : -+ :don't know, but pretend to know
type D : -- :don't know, and not afraid to show
i am trying to be type A and D. far away from C.
is it like the Fermion and Boson?
Wiki as a reference.
since it can be edit by anyone. so, it may contain any point of view.
so, i suggest, make a WIKI-PROOF
wiki-proof is the content proved by authority, professional,.. etc.
wiki should hire people, should use reliable sources.
so, Mr. Lee Ka Shing, can you donate some money to wiki?
Thursday, May 24, 2007
always has a reason for stopping advance
some people said there are many people work in this industry. if all commerical call were needed to display its number, many people will be affected. so, we can't let that proposal to pass.
what the most prefect reason!!!
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Chinlish? Engnese?
when speaking chinese, please use chinese totally!! don't mix with english, especially use stupid english!!!
if ppl like mix with english, why not mix with Japanese? Korean? Indian? French? German? Italian?
why mix with english? is it because you don't know how to use chinese? lack of vocabulary?
if you really like to use english? are you using english grammar? why i can't hear the "S" when you talking plural? where is the preposition between 2 verbs?
Monday, May 21, 2007
Wind-Bone and Courage
i found that Mr. Leung and Mr. Toe fail to do so.
in a TV program by RTHK, Mr. Leung's speaking tone is biased to Beijing. He say thing carefully, try not to offence any vocal crime.
and Mr. Toe, he appear in a commercial of bird nest. it is not a proper way to behavior. a intellectual, will not help, or promote, or bring a message to public that, luxury is good.
i am forced!
i am not playing stock. i work hard, earn from part time, try to use my creative to make myself rich. however, i can feel some stress around.
when most ppl play stock and earn money. the number in their bank account rise up. they can spend more and they will do so. the price goes up. ppl like me still living by traditional way. our wealth increase rate will be lower, compare to the others. our buying power drops. it means, if you don't move on, you will fall back, compared. work hard can't feed your mouth anymore. Get your head into the stock market!
this automatic (forced) mass movement in society can really do some change. it is not only growth of the economy, it is a campaign! it will throw away those ppl who are lag behind.
i don't like a stock market like this. too much gambling in there. and it make me feel nervous (coz i forced to play the game!). those companies in China, they growth up not by their good product, not by their company's value. they all grow up by world demand. their factories still polluted the earth. their ppl still do their business in black box, their ppl still under education! there governors are all old men!
i really have no idea where the society will go. the ppl get rich. most ppl (in city) have more money, however, their buying power does not increase as fast as their money. why? it is like a student, always get 10% mark in the past, but now, he can get 50%, oh, what a great change! increased 500%!! did the student do a good job? when china compare to the world, you can imagine. SO, playing stock market? what for? finally, it only increase the number, not the wealth.
can you imagine, after 40years later, most ppl in HK receive their MRF back? everyone get, let say, 4m. will their 4m still get the same buying power as today or similar? when the market, suddenly (i mean in period like 5 years), many ppl got 4m free money, what the hell will be?
so, money is not wealth. it will not make ppl rich.
BTW, the potential danger is: china government, seem fail to control the economic bloom.
the problem is, more and more ppl know how to get out from the rat case. if most ppl really get out form rat case, are they really get out form it, or, just go to another rat case? natural resource are limited, when more and more money try to buy those resources, will the resources increase?
so, what is the solution? sustainable development, Zero development, focus on quality, not the number.
finally, think about that: if exam don't has full mark, student get as more point as they could. what the result would be?
print your own stamp
it is cheap and post office can save alot form printing stamps.
and you can desing your own stamp. and you pay it by credit card or a bill from post office, just like your gas bill.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
From Web - Paths Taken by the U.K., Germany, France -- and Korea
The conservative Nicolas Sarkozy has won France’s presidential election pledging to pursue U.S. and British-style market economies and “small government.” The election was a face-off between growth vs. welfare as well as free market vs. state control.
Sarkozy’s election pledge was “work harder, earn more.” He vowed to extend the current 35-hour workweek introduced by the Socialist government and lower corporate, property and inheritance taxes, while lowering government spending, aiming to pursue a “market-centered, growth-first” policy. In contrast, his socialist rival Segolene Royal’s election motto was that a more righteous France meant a stronger France. In order to narrow the gap between the rich and poor, she sought to raise the minimum wage while vowing to increase the government’s role in boosting unemployment benefits and welfare coverage. All were traditional leftwing state-centered, welfare-led policies.
In the race between the two candidates, the people of France sided with Sarkozy. That’s because the French, who until now had used violent protests to counter government-led labor reforms, felt a heightened sense of crisis regarding the future of their country, which has degenerated into the “sick man” of Europe.
Among European nations, France was the most tenacious in hanging on to the old welfare-state model. As a result, its gross national income slid to 19th place from eighth in 1982, suffering from the eponymous “French disease” manifested by a youth unemployment rate of more than 22 percent. Government spending, which accounted for 54 percent of gross domestic product, damaged private sector competitiveness.
Before France, the U.K. and Germany suffered the symptoms of the same disease. The U.K. in the 1970s was a virtual socialist state, with the government maintaining a comprehensive, cradle-to-grave welfare program, raising income taxes by as much as 83 percent, while powerful labor unions held sway. The economy collapsed, businesses either closed down or defected to other countries, and state finances were depleted. The country even turned to the International Monetary Fund for emergency loans in 1976. The U.K. had to wait until prime minister Margaret Thatcher implemented a prescription of lowering taxes, pursuing privatization and decreasing welfare benefits during the 1980s before its economy could grow again.
Due to rising welfare costs that came with the pursuit of a “social market economy,” Germany saw its economic growth rate fall from 2.5 percent from 1970 to 1990 to 1.4 percent in the 1990s and to less than 1 percent since 2000. The unemployment rate soared from 0.4 percent in 1970 to more than 10 percent. Germans became lazy to the point that unemployment was considered an “acceptable” job, while the country’s competitiveness plummeted. Now, the German economy is slowly emerging from the doldrums due to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s reforms involving cuts in pension and unemployment benefits.
Any country that gets lured by the false glory of being a welfare state will inevitably catch the British, German or French disease. And it takes an unimaginable level of pain to cure that disease. During the initial stages of Thatcher’s reforms, unemployment in the U.K. rose from 1.5 million to 3 million. But that was the only way for the country and its economy to regain its vitality. Now Germany and France are following suit. When will Korea, still chasing the false dream of a “European model,” finally open its eyes?
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Sunday, March 25, 2007
the chief executive election - are we ready for this
i found one interesting thing - the most hottest horse never win!!
the most hottest horse, is selected by public, which can show the public expectation. however, at most time, the public expectation is wrong! the horse never win!
this make me think about the executive election HK. is public election really going to pick the most suitable chief executive?
there are few things hong kong people need to think about.
1, what are they really need?
2, what are the necessary needs?
3, what the HK picture/future is expected?
this are not easy questions to answer.
on the other hand, i think, these 2 person is not suitable for the place of chief executive.
for Mr. tsang, he is a run-dog for Chinese central government. HK under his lead, will be china-zised. and i don;t think he has his own picture/imagination for HK future. he don't know what is the structure of HK form the ppl point of view. what he know is from business giants and china government. he don't understand HK ppl!
for Mr. leung, he is just a lawyer. he has some picture of HK, and those are good. however, i really wonder his executive power. under his lead, can those plans be done? does he get enough business giant support or china government? or, is he strong enough to do what he want to do?? i don't think so.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
BullSHIT - 影評 from HK ppl
一班充滿內涵的大隻佬及背景顏色的氣營造,令全據的慘烈感激增!!!!
一部好出色既電影,一定要睇
好一句"為光榮而戰".
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how come hk ppl are so "skinny", not only for the body, but also the brain.
i am also have some words for this film.
1, this film is not a SIM, not like the Titanic, Matrix or others films, which try to re-create the truth, real. this film try to put itself as a story teller, try to tell a story, not a truth.
imagine ppl try to make a film for "rabbie and turtle", most of them will try to make it as if it is real, but this time, the movie maker try to make it as a story.
a movie in this way, gives a fresh and creative way to represent a story, and more entertainment.
2, the focus of the film, is not the battle itself, is the value of freedom. Xerxes offers a lot of things, but the freedom. the queston the film give us is : is it worth to death for freedom?? alive, is the last thing we have, is it worth for exchange the freedom. how about exchange for life for your love, your country, others freedom??
3, as i memtion before, this film is not a SIM, so, to discription of the blood of the battle for cool weapon, is some how enlarged. by doing in this way, the "real" is stornger than the real (比真實更真實).
4, Xerxes, is like most of us. if we want to do something, we will do as the regular way, just like xerxes send regular army first. after, if it does not success, then send extra-ordinary army. this is the dark side of human. So, not only focus on Spantan, but also Xerxes.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Healthy
for a healthy boy, with a healthy girl? should i say anything more??
for HK girl (港女), what is going on in their mind ??
they think they can live only by themsleve??
how come they reject any healthy boy??
is it beacause those healthy boys are not handsome, is not rich, is not smart?or you name it.
is it those heathly girls are mentally ill??
or, we have been socialized, that, boy with girl is not natural?? boy are always only want to fuck? the final goal for a boy is fucking??
come, if a boy like fucking, HK has a lot of chick from all arounf the world, no need to find HK girl.
in side each ppl heart, we are alone, no one can undersatnd. but boy are born to be active, they will find what they want, not jsut wait for it. so, finding girl is for soemkind of support that boy can't give.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Sunday, February 25, 2007
風水 - 不科學, 或統計上過時
從來沒有對照實驗, 說明天橋有 "剎氣", 獲型天線 不 "吉利", 八卦可以擋 "剎"....
而其中"剎氣","吉利", 又如何定義?
統計上過時:
待續......
有機蔬菜 - 環保vs商業
前布希政府, 極力反對環保政策. 他曾在一場演講說: " 如果推行環保, 張會有很多人因此失業." 詳細既論點係, 推行環保, 需要立法限制好多行業, 最明顯, 就係重工業, 所以該工業就會有很多人失業.
情況就好似"外包", 外包會導致失業嗎??(詳見"the world is flat")
對, 外包會導致失業, 失去現在既職業, 但會創造更高價既工作, 情況就好似"外包". 當社會主流是保守, 保護已有利益既意見時, 環保會導致失業實在係短視既想法.
但究竟環保會創造什麼更高價既工作呢?? 不太清楚, 但相信必定發生. 有個現實例子: 有機蔬菜 - 這種菜可以賣更高既價錢, 而對追求健康既中產人士有一定市場. 但為何不見得有機蔬菜得到廣泛支持?? 還有回收業, 為何一直都死氣沉沉? 而hybird car 還未能推出市場?
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
prisoner's dilemma vs open source
now a day, open source is an advantage in doing business, but it is conflict the dilemma.
i think, the open source phenomenas is long term effect, and the dilemma is short term.
where is the math?
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
壓力
有了工作, 眼界和人脈, 不再局限於大學裡, 開始接觸更多唔同層面既人. 有年輕, 亦有年長, 有低學歷, 也有學歷高, 有經驗淺, 還有經驗豐, 有成熟穩重, 更有初生之犢. 那該如何待人接物?? 每人都有一個故事, 都有一個教訓. 從別人身上, 往往受益良多. 更因為有了工作, 生活在人群裡, 所知所學, 可以快速投入生活上, 學也快, 習也快. (而學習, 正正是自己生活既動力與意義) 但回頭一看, 自己還是在校園裡, 如同井底之蛙, 每日在自己的世界裡, 思考著井外可笑愚痴的事. 究竟誰才是可笑,愚痴?? 而每每聽見朋友工作上的所見所聞, 略有反思, 得出一些想法, 但往往未能實踐. 龍欲游, 卻無江河大洋可游.
力拔山兮氣蓋世。
時不利兮騅不逝。
騅不逝兮可奈何!
虞兮虞兮奈若何。
雖不是氣蓋世, 但亦奈何. 是時不利, 還是騅不逝??
心中亦另有疑問. 有了工作, 有了收入, 一切就有了基礎了嗎? 有了學歷, 有了夢想, 那物質的基礎又有那裡?? 可以自供自給, 有多餘既收入, 就可以實現自己既想法?? 買車, 買樓, 結婚, 生仔. an american dream! 這是我想要的嗎?? 究竟, 我在那裡??
Friday, February 16, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
personal accounting
if one bank, can make a program (of course is on web, no need to install), which can display the same thing to customer, it will provide a much more powerful financial analysis. let say, if you buy a house, what is your income? what is asset?? did anyone tell me how much is your net value is?? the program can tell you, not need auditing.
the product (services) can make one easier to report the tax, can let govt know how the economic behave, make a better taxation plan, and ppl know the full picture on how there cash flow.
snapshot dictionary - snaptionary
now aday, in-phone dictionary may be an essential component.
now aday, phone can also access Internet.
i propose a new use of the 3 functions.
use snapshot to take a photo with a word (or even paragraph) and the phone can recognize then give the meaning from dictionary. or go to web to search something related.
if there is a photo recognized algorithm, can we can even take a snapshot and search instantly at web, find all related news, video, music, podcast, blog, you name it.
Saturday, February 10, 2007
人格測驗
每一個學科, 最基本既條件是它能把它所涵蓋的內容加以分類, 系統化, 使之能被理解和加以運用. 而運用的結果, 是對事物予以評定, 或預測結果. 可運用性正是每一種知識既價值所在.
當做完了個test 時, 它告訴我既性格特點, 這看上去, 能了解自身, 正所謂知己知彼, 覺得滿有意思. 但隨之如來, 它亦告訴了我既行為與思考模式, 我立刻成了基因機器 ( r. dawkins 萬歲!!). 成了一個有血有肉既機器, 一切可以預測! 自己可以預測, 別人也可以預測! 別人也可以對我進行預測!
在次世代下, 唯有保持心靈(思想)上既完整與獨立, 才能成為一個有價值, 領導潮流的人. 而預測正是破壞完整與獨立既利刃. 它把我們模式化了, 同化了. 個人的價值可以被取代, 就如一般性的外在價值一樣. 在社會裡, 知己知彼, 百戰百勝, 其實就是資訊不平衡所帶來既勝利 (我唔相信社會係d行先會win既game). 而當人皆是機器, 我們皆可預測, 並予以操縱, 我們還有什麼價值可言??
舊有觀念是: 你懂office1.0, sas1.0 嗎?? 明天出2.0了. 只有內在既價值如, 上進心, 好奇心一般, 才難以取代, 才是真正值得關心既價值. 隨著心理學把我們獨有的心靈也系統化的時候, 從某種意義, 上進心和好奇心 就如同office 與sas一樣. 稍有不同的, 便是office update 好快, 心靈可以嗎??
解決之道, 就在乎於變化.
人生的真正價值在於從何種程度與何種意義上擺脫自我! —愛因斯坦
Thursday, February 08, 2007
美上訴法庭駁回要求數位電視內建反盜版技術
該要求規定使用數位傳播的新款電視機,必須內置反盜版功能的技術,以防客戶透過網路進行盜錄與轉製傳播。
在娛樂界與其它贊同技術免費使用聯盟的這樁爭訟中,華盛頓美國上訴法庭裁決,聯邦通信委員會無權執行該規定。
法官愛德華茲表示:「聯邦通信委員會成立七十年來,從未授予這麼大權限,依我們之見,即使授予它現在要求的權力,也不會有所改變。」
該規定暗示,自明年十二月取代類比傳播而啟用的數位電視有盜版與轉製傳播的能力。
上訴法庭駁回聯邦通信委員會要求廠商自七月一日後,必須認同所謂的「廣播標記」 (broadcast flag),以防複製。
以美國圖書館協會為首的集體原告指出,該規定形同對消費者與技術革新的一種侵害。
盜版 - from others
7月26日,微軟宣佈,在全球範圍內正式啟動WGA計畫,將正版驗證程式擴大到微軟下載中心和Microsoft Update網站,未通過正版驗證的用戶將無法下載資源。看來,微軟已經做好了反盜版的一切準備。然而,還不到一天的時間,國外就傳出了讓盜版用戶輕鬆繞過正版驗證程式的方法,這意味著WGA計畫已被攻破,微軟陷入尷尬境地。
WGA計畫中所採用的反盜版技術手段的關鍵就是正版驗證程式,它能識別出使用者所使用的Windows系統是否正版,未通過驗證的用戶將無法下載資源。它就好比一把鎖,將盜版用戶擋在了微軟下載中心和Microsoft Update網站的大門外。
這個比喻比較形象。正版驗證程式以流覽器外掛程式形式提供,當訪問微軟下載中心和Microsoft Update網站時,系統會提示你安裝,只有安裝並通過正版驗證的用戶才可以自由下載資源。
而使用算號器算號、破解程式破解以及大部分批量授權版WinXP的盜版用戶將無法通過驗證,也就無法下載微軟的大部分資源。當然,出於安全性考慮,盜版用戶依舊可以下載重要的安全補丁。這也許是微軟在反盜版策略和系統安全方面所取的一個平衡點。 看上去微軟對這個WGA計畫寄予了厚望。但剛宣佈實施,還不到一天時間就被攻破,這似乎太出人意料了吧?而且,這也不是第一次了,在該計畫試行階段,正版驗證程式就曾被攻破過。 的確如此,破解的方法非常簡單。如果你的WinXP系統已經安裝了SP2,那麼只要在IE的管理載入項視窗中禁用Windows Genuine Advantage這一控制項,就可以完全跳過WGA驗證。當然,還有其他幾種方法,不過這種方法不僅最簡單,而且是利用微軟自己軟體的功能實現的。 用微軟的矛刺微軟的盾,這也太具有諷刺意味了吧?微軟反盜版無可厚非,但這麼重要的計畫,竟然可以用如此簡單的方法破解,微軟這次可是丟臉丟大了。
這其實是一個見仁見智的問題了。我個人覺得,主要的原因是微軟並沒有真正在這上面下功夫。WGA計畫的主要目的並不是為了限制盜版用戶,而是希望能夠給正版用戶更加深刻的體驗,例如正版用戶可以安裝新版本的Windows Media Player、Windows Movie Maker等提高系統可用性的程式,但這些並不是運行Windows所必需的。微軟希望的是給正版用戶更多實惠,以此來影響盜版用戶,讓他們改弦更張。
以微軟的技術,也許可以使用更複雜的加密方式來保護自己的產品。不過如果弄得所有盜版用戶都無法繼續使用Windows,那麼它的市場份額必定會被其他作業系統搶走。所以寧肯讓大家用自己的盜版,也好過讓大家都用別人的程式,這也是搶佔市場份額的一種手段吧。 應該說,微軟對盜版的感情是複雜的。但微軟既然表態,“希望給正版用戶更加深刻的體驗”,現在WGA計畫卻這麼輕易地被攻破,無論如何也說不過去,花了錢和不花錢得到的服務是一樣的,這讓正版用戶怎麼想呢?
這在目前是沒辦法了,不過看情況,微軟可能會在以後採取更加嚴格的措施。因為現在的WGA只是在下載補丁程式之前採取的驗證措施,就算我們都不從微軟下載補丁,只要有一個通過WGA驗證的人把自己下載的補丁程式提供出來,大家照樣可以使用。
我猜測,也許以後每個微軟的程式在安裝的時候都會主動進行驗證。前段時間微軟發佈了一個可以用於共用電腦控制許可權的軟體,名叫Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit,在安裝這個軟體的時候就需要聯網進行WGA驗證。相對下載前的驗證,這種方式破解起來會更難,當然也並非完全不可能被破解。
也許微軟可以找到更好的反盜版技術,但用技術手段來反盜版永遠不可能取得最好的成效。如何結合各國國情制定合理的零售價格,如何為正版使用者提供更好的服務,這才是微軟在制訂反盜版策略中更應該考慮的。從這點上來講,即使WGA計畫沒有被攻破,它也註定是一個失敗的計畫。
編後:在截稿時,微軟已經修復了WGA的驗證漏洞。然而,可笑的是經董師傅驗證,本文的破解方法依然有效。WGA讓微軟再一次丟臉。
ATV 2.0
i think, the key stone is ATV 2.0. actually, ATV is trying to go to this direction, but lack of method. As we can see, ATV has make few programs that made from audience, like 兒童台, 第一手真相, 百萬富翁. this is very creative and brave move for this company. but why this still can't bring any life, energy to it??
in the past TV program is passive, audience is passively receive what TV provide, they only can choose is channel. facing the threat from payment TV, ATV try to make something that can interact with audience, to let audience get involve. this is ATV 1.5
to become ATV2.0, audience need more room to the policy, to join making decision. Forum is a choice, but not the best. let me suggest a way, using mobile phone to send msg, and show the msg on TV instantly. for example, when there is a game show again, ppl can send msg, let them say something related to the show. may be ppl think this question is too hard, may be someone give answer, give more resource about the question. the key concept is let ppl get involve, to join the program.
to an extreme, ATV and display a msg slide bar on TV, so ppl can say anything on that, 24hr, 7 day a week. or, just a program to display msg, when there is midnight. it is better than show old program.
if ppl discuss more and more about ATV, and more and more ppl with join and watch ATV. that's make money!
beside get more voice from ppl, ATv also need to be globalize, like Pearl, buy more foreign programs, or add a new slide bar for world wide. now aday, ppl is not satisfy with local news, but world news!
the last thing may be, change the color, i dont know why ATV love to use color make ppl feel ti is old, lack of energy, and ppl on that channel always old guys.. everything look like a channel designed for retried ppl. WHY??
Sunday, February 04, 2007
The Link
the link - a logistic corp. for small business/shop/company
since the link control most public estate shopping centers, so alot shope places. if it can develop a logistic sub-crop. to organize the supply and demand for all the shops, it will be a huge business.
among all estate shops, a lot of different kind, differernt needs for each of them. if "the link" can realy conduct this business, build up a effective system like walmark, this business will be as huge as PK.
think about it, "the link"!
instead of focusing on profit, but always act against small business, killing them by price. how about coorperate with them?? river come from small stream.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
a letter
as you know rss become more and mroe important to collect and select info. for me, i am now added rss for some HK and USA newspapers and some online journals. do you think a coustomized page that you can display everything you want to see in one webpage??
i mean, to build a page that you can set anything you like to read (may be
only head line, since alot of things), and you can set it as homepage??
the setting may be like this:
you choose from webpage, choose from topic, choose from keywords, photos, sounds, what ever, and matching with click-counter to ensure that think is really related to your interest.
this is a powerful version of rss. since it is a collector of rss.
Ryan
Friday, February 02, 2007
a funny conservation
after that, a conversation has been conducted
A: have you gone to the meeting today??
B: how about you??
A: i know the answer.
B: me too :D
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
大眾口味
個人有感做人都一樣, 和同事閒談, 講的是公事, 和朋友聚餐, 多數講如何掘金, 萬一"忘形"講出自己既事, 自己既興趣, 氣氛突然急降, 變成獨白. 不禁自問, 係話題實在悶, 定或是沒興趣?? 我是半個科學人, 所想所諗, 難免科學化, 但我並沒有對科學以外既事物, 有排斥反應, 仍然抱有極大既熱情, 樂於參與任何討論 (只要有討論既話), 大概因為喜歡思考吧, 大概我還未有經濟壓力吧, 不至於無時無刻, 錢不離心.
不知係別人功利, 或是我自己以自我為中心, 只講自己有興趣既話題. 又或是自己未成長, 總覺得身邊的朋友, 仍然可以無所不談. 什想到他們已大個了, 對現實有所體會, 急於經濟自由. 漸漸發覺朋友一一遠去, 自己卻仍在夢幻既想像中, 迷失掉.... 有感這現況, 迫使有所思考, 調整 : 究竟迎合大眾口味, 以求交友? 或是堅持方向, 但求遇上知音? 能否兩者兼得??實在迷茫.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
過程為本
我自己是私人補習教師, 教的是數學. 常常發現學生都訓練有素---一切以目標為本. 他們往往不求什解, 胡亂用公式, 但求能得出所謂既"答案", 實現了, 死背書, 背死書, 背書死, 這三重唱. 我問了一些同窗, 他們對於資質低既學生, 往往用死背書的形式. 好處係, 一石二鳥, 教的方便, 學的速效. 結果係, 學的快忘, 教的勞氣. 而資質高的, 往往亦怕煩, 大約知道方法後, 便不去練習. 覺得"學習"這目標完成, 收工!
以學習為例, 一切以目標為本, 不在乎學習既過程, 只關注學習既成效. 容易令學生失去學習既興趣, 失去由發問學習帶來既樂趣, 漸漸成為一部學習機器. 而9年免費教育, 等於9年強迫達成某種"目標的過程. 那他們什麼可能喜歡學習??
引申學習為工作, 為生活. 只在乎目標, 實不為一種快樂既態度. 如果能以過程為本, 重視過程與付出, 發揮體育精神, 或者能為苦悶既城市生活, 帶回一點突破和動力.
在日本, 同事們工作完, 會說聲 "辛苦了". 你明我意思吧!
Monday, January 15, 2007
competition
未來挑戰 = 廉價人材 + 全球一體化 + 智識型經濟
廉價人材:
問題不是有多少大學生, 而是大學生的素質. 以人口比例, 中國和印度, 大學生比率一定較高. 中國人口=13億, 印度人口=10億, 香港人口=800萬, 比例係13000:10000:1, 假設人口質素一樣, 香港每製造一個天才, 大陸+印度就可以造2萬個. 所以, 增加大學學位, 根本不能面對未來挑戰. 加上中個印度人工低廉, 中國人均月入為1000HKD, 印度為 500 HKD, 問你死未?? Micosoft 已經把4成soft develop 工作轉移至印度.
全球一體化:
中國已入了世貿, 香港成為轉口港的角色亦漸漸轉變. 在交通, 資訊, 經濟, 文化等紛紛令一體化, 擁有全球視野, 能把資訊過濾, 正理, 組織, 就成為香港青年立足於世界的必須條件, 亦唯有這樣, 才能找到生存的空間. 面對全球一體化, 大陸印度的青年, 在接受世界文化, 政經環境上, 都較香港青年疲乏. 為了吸引世界的眼光, 把資金在香港投資, 只有開放的投資環境, 安全治安和廉潔政府外, 更加須要領先世界既青年專材, 能把握全球化所帶來既商機, 才能再次集中世界既焦點.
智識型經濟:
有點覺得香港大眾對智識型經濟有所誤解, 以為講的是學歷, 知識的量. 其實不是!!! 智識型經濟是指而面對資訊爆炸, 如何過濾, 正理, 組織有用的資訊, 才是智識型經濟所須要既人材. 所以9間大學, 只係9間大學, 不是研究所, 討論會. 一個學士學位有如糞土. 有些人喜歡拿數據, 說香港大學比例最高. 又如何?? 沒有一間能在亞太地區舉足輕重, 是質素問題呀~
環視四周, 盡是拜金. 死不足惜!