March 2005


For the hip and the stylish, the iPod is a symbol of ultra coolness standing on the bleeding-edge of minimalist fashion. For me, it’s the ultimate geek-o-box. This is the top-ten list of geekiest things I have on my iPod.


10. The entire five-book-trilogy of Douglas Adam’s “The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy” series, read by none other than Douglas Adam himself. Yes this is only the tenth geekiest thing. Read on ……(read more)

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別被標題唬了,這裡說的中國當然是「世界上只有一個」的中國(醒目的人要再加上一句「世界上所有華人居住的地方都是其不可分割的一部份」)。所以我要幹的,當然是這個智障國家搞出來的簡體文字。

其實,我對「簡化漢字」這個前提是沒啥意見:「简体」寫起來的確是比「簡體」要少那麼幾劃。而且我不但看得懂簡體字(看過的簡體書還蠻多的),上中國網站嘲笑熱血糞青愛國童智的時候,也是用他們的漢語拼音打他們簡體字(雖然不是用寫的……不過打字打了二十幾年,不管是啥文字,要我現在用手寫大概也不行了。也許叫我表演肛門插筆馬步寫字還比較容易些)。

言歸正傳。要簡化漢字是沒關係,問題在於你怎樣簡化 ……(繼續閱讀)

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Life’s but a shifting shadow, a lone incense
That sizzles and consumes its hour upon the stand
And then burns no more; it is a photograph
Taken by an idiot, full of light and smoke,
Signifying nothing.



Below details how this photograph (and the banners for this blog) was done. Other than cropping and resizing, no other digital post-processing was performed. This was a 100% photographic effort…i.e., you can also use a film camera for this ……(read more)

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聯合新聞網今日訊】無黨籍立委李敖上午在立法院國防委員會質詢時又出妙喻,國防部整評室主任林勤經向立委報告中共飛彈穿透率與命中率不同,李敖要林勤經這番穿透率不代表命中率(1)的話,去跟婦產科醫生講,引起哄堂大笑。
「雖然我不了解國防,但我了解你們。」- 李敖

有個搞笑藝人上台講了一個笑話:「如果飛機的黒盒那麼堅固,墜機都摔不爛,為啥不拿做黑盒的材料來製造整台飛機(2)?工程師真是笨啊!」這笑話也同樣引起了哄堂大笑。是啊,這麼簡單的道理工程師都不懂,真是笨啊。也許這些發笑之人裡面有些人會懷疑好像哪裡不太對,但是人笑亦笑,反正講講笑嘛,不對也沒關係 ……(繼續閱讀)

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…Well, that’s the end of the film. Now, here’s the meaning of life…Well, it’s nothing very special. Uh, try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations, and, finally, here are some completely gratuitous pictures of penises to annoy the censors and to hopefully spark some sort of controversy…

- Monty Python’s “Meaning of Life”

A bacteria or a dog goes about its daily (or whatever passes for a day-cycle for a bacteria) business of searching for sustenance, ingesting them, and eliminating the resultant wastes (in the dog’s case occasionally re-ingesting them again ……(read more)

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如果有兩個男人同時在追一個女人……

AND 的概念,就是這女人是個變態,只喜歡兩個男人同時上,無其他方法能滿足她。

OR 的概念,就是這女人是個花癡,只要有男人就好,一個也好,兩個一起上也可以,沒有男人當然無法滿足她。

XOR 的概念,就是這女人是個三心二意的普通女人,只要一個男人,但是兩個男人這個也好那個也好,沒有不行,兩個一起上也不行。也就是上面的OR除掉兩人一起上的可能。所以叫”Exclusive(X) OR”。

NOR 的概念,就是這女人是個同性戀,絕對不能有男人,沒有男人才好。這是OR的相反,所以叫”Not OR”。

NAND 的概念,就是這女人是個雙性戀,如果沒男人那最好,有也不錯,只是不能兩個一起上。這是AND的相反,所以叫”Not AND”。

XNOR 的概念,就是這女人是個變態雙性戀,如果沒男人那最好,有男人的話一定要兩個一起上。這是XOR的相反,所以加個”N”。

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Einstein once said “Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind.” (”Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium”, 1941) This particular quote has been used and abused on countless occasions by various people to supposedly illustrate why Einstein thought religion (and hence organized religion, hence God, their God) is important, leading to various arguments such as “Science is useless without God”, or the timeless “Science only answers How; Religion answers Why.”

The fact is that Einstein was not talking about any organized religion; he was really talking about a spiritual awe of the universe, and a sort of higher sense of purpose (hence the “lame” bit). He also said at various times that he did not believe in a Christian God or in an organized religion. In any case, despite his achievements, Einstein really was just a man with his own beliefs and philosophies ……(read more)

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網上充斥著很多弱智小說,居首為冠的應該就是中國糞青網民寫出來的所謂「意淫」小說了。很多人對「意淫」這個詞有不同程度的意見、解釋、及容忍程度,以下摘錄我過去對一篇中國意淫小說之極品的評論,算是總結了我的看法。是哪篇小說不重要,反正這些「原創」爛貨的內容都是大同小異。


作為一本意淫書,本書是蠻成功的:能力無敵到極點的主角(出場打爛一輛貨車),手段無敵到極點的靠山(國家最高秘密組織),美艷無敵到極點的眾妻(天仙巨乳羅莉具備),卑劣無敵到極點的日美(非我族類其心可誅),科技無敵到極點的中國(外星科技領先世界) ……(繼續閱讀)

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看網路小說,我最無法忍受的就是出現第一、第三人稱被混淆亂用。以下就我看過的幾種方式來說一下。

(一)全知類:以第一人稱書寫,但是主角卻可以知道所有配角的心理,以及十萬八千里外發生的事。常常看到的例子就是:「我一拳打過去,正中他胸口。他立刻覺得痛澈心肺,眼前一黑,便昏過去了。」(你怎麼知道他被打的感覺?)或是:「……我得意地狂聲大笑,卻沒注意到身後之人眼中凶狠的目光,也完全不知道他暗地裡在策劃的詭計……」(既然說沒注意到又不知道了,怎麼又可以寫出來?)也就是說,這本來就應該是第三人稱的小說,但是主角卻用「我」來稱呼。這種寫法完全不合邏輯 ……(繼續閱讀)

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常常聽到某政黨支持者或是對政治熱中的人發表一些高論,用類似「仁者愛民,智者善己,武者趨權」的論調來評論執政者或是某政治人物之「愛民」與否的心態。這是人治的封建思想,可見這些人還是活在兩千年前的中國。沒有人知道「愛民」的標準,也沒有知道對一個國家人民最好的政策是什麼,因為人無法預知未來,再厲害的分析家也只能做出一堆猜測。再者,即使有一個上知天文下知地理通曉歷史也能算準未來形勢的電腦,這個電腦算出對人民有最大利益的政策也多半會被部份人民所唾棄。如果這個政策是對的,那強硬執行這個政策的結果也許會造成部份人民的暴亂。

以上只是個比喻,別鑽牛角尖跟我說電腦也許可以算出這個結局,所以圈圈叉叉云云等等等。我要說的重點是 ……(繼續閱讀)

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