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August 18

AT&T 与 McDonald, WiFi Here



AT&T与McDonald的合作
提供"免费"的WiFi服务,只要你有AT&T的Internet Service就享有该服务了!
(所以,免费?也不完全免费)

AT&T Wi-Fi Basic service is FREE and already included if you subscribe to AT&T High Speed Internet, AT&T U-verseSM or AT&T FastAccess® DSL with a speed of 1.5 Mbps or higher. [via]

More Detail Click Here

It is All about English!

I was being told to keep writing Journal by a book "We Are America" (P.6, Joy).

Of course, I would like writing, no matter English, or Chinese. I born for writing; however I understand I am not a good writer.

However, I don't like spending time on writing, because that cost me too much time, and writing is addictive; it is like cigarette, my drug. It is true that I enjoy writing, and it is also the reason why I hate it.

The fact is there is always something that you would enjoy with, but it is the dangerous thing to have, which we can say, oh, "Any thing enjoyable must be dangerous!" Well, it might be just my stereotype. Hopefully, that is just my too much thinking.

Well, what is next?

- Web page design; I am already overtime Sad (for both work over time, and out of deadline, my deadline; out of "my" deadline that won't seem good for me Sad)
- My father's paperwork; I don't like this, however, I am the only person in my family could do it or should say this way "good at" it. Sad It is so sad. Sad 无奈 in Chinese might be best fix my situation. Sad
- Finding job! I will take 5 course for next semester; that is a lot of time. -- I don't say work, I mean "time"! How come my time is so limited, and I did time management but I still think my time is so less. Might be I didn't do well on it? Let my try some more! -- Thinking about working that stress out me. Sad Just take a try, might be it won't be that hard. Make a wish, that's pray to god. (Oh, my stomach, it makes me so hungry. Yeah, stress makes me hungry Confused)
- Furniture and money! It is about the rent and house work. I will live with 4 other friends next semester, or by saying "new family" that won't be too over level. New family, new rules. So how to make us work together?! I don't have any idea of it. Sad We would see, we would see.

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Internet and Real Life
Damn, that's so hard. Too many things need to be done. School paper work, shopping for new house (that is a lot of money, I'm broken now; I have never spend so much money for my whole life!), web page project, finding new job ... I am so tired working on this. I have a so long no good sleep, and spend a lot of time on transportation.

So dose Internet save us from boring driving and transporting? In some sense, it doesn't do anything at all.

Well, let me stop complain. Yes, the truth tells us, Internet is not perfect. Of course, there is nothing could be perfect; however, being better. That is the world, and that is what we are fighting for, getting better!

Internet and Real Life

Damn, that's so hard. Too many things need to be done. School paper work, shopping for new house (that is a lot of money, I'm broken now; I have never spend so much money for my whole life!), web page project, finding new job ... I am so tired working on this. I have a so long no good sleep, and spend a lot of time on transportation.

So dose Internet save us from boring driving and transporting? In some sense, it doesn't do anything at all.

Well, let me stop complain. Yes, the truth tells us, Internet is not perfect. Of course, there is nothing could be perfect; however, being better. That is the world, and that is what we are fighting for, getting better!
July 30

Save Money, Refill Your Ink

Normally, a brand new ink would take you around $20; it is very expensive.

Well, you can refill your ink cartridge by your self with only $4; howevery, it would mass you up. Your hands will get messy.

Here I found out a way could refill your ink as easy as 10 mint. That is take your ink to Wallgreen. They provide ink refill service with only $10 and take only few minutes!

Take your empty cartridges to the photo counter at a participating Walgreens and ask for a refill. Our photo specialists will fill themwith high-quality ink while you wait. Refills are available on Dell, HP, Lexmark, Okidata, Primera, Sharp and Xerox. Click for specific printer models. Not available for Canon or Epson printers.

Click here to get the full list of ink cartridge: http://www.walgreens.com/freeinkrefill/complete_list.jsp

I think other shops do provide the similar service too, such as OfficeDepot.

They are waiting for you to check out.

Action now!

Some Coupon

Well, I got some coupons from ebates.com.
Actually, it is gift cards

$10 Gift Cards from Circuit City, Target and more
Do you want to take them?



URL http://www.ebates.com/

Also there is $30 off $150 Coupon from Office Depot
Which is 20% off
Don't you want to take it?

URL http://www.officedepot.com/promo.do?file=/promo/pages/coupon_30off.jsp

Let's buy it, get your printer, digitial camera, and many other entertainment, office items ;)
July 15

Colleges and Majors in SJSU

 
Read this document on Scribd: Colleges And Majors

CreditCard综合篇

Wellsfargo的CachBackRate是1%,即使是RewardProgram中的RewardPoint也是1Point/$1, 有时候还只是1Point/$4, 比如当你用Check来Purchases的时候[via]。
 
相比来说,CitiCard的RewardPoint就比较高了,比如ThankYou Program Card中的Diamond,就有5Point/$1的奖励分。比如一台$50的iPodShuffle,需要8000点的ThankYou,也就是$1600,就可以获得$50的Reward,这是WellsfargoRewardProgram的3x。当然,Wellsfargo的CashBack直接给你Cash的话,你可以从第三方购买到更便宜的Shuffle,然而30%的Saving不是那么常见的。
 
Amazon的Visa卡又如何呢?

Amazon提供的VisaReward,一开始就给你$30奖励。接着是3pt/$1的Rate增长,可以Redeem的Gift也都在1%左右,也就是,Amazon也有3xWellsfargoCard的奖励。

选适合你的CreditCard,推荐Citi与Amazon

选卡大挑战,Wellsfargo篇

炎用的是Plantinum Card
这是我的第二张卡,我的第一张是College Visa
(由于某种原因,我的College Visa被偷了--!)

在听了我姐的Reward获得一台iPod的之后
我就想要获得一张有RewardProgram的卡
Plantinum并没有提供Reward功能
获得Rewards功能,需要支付$19的年费
我忍痛支付年费加入了这个Program
不想,原来WallsFargo其实有提供CashBack卡
1%的Cash返回,一年可以返回$500,也就是一年消费在$50000之内的话
本张卡就比较适合你

看起来还是明年的时候再申请本张卡吧
(CreditCard申请还需要经过考核的,我当前"似乎"也不符合他们的条件)
要不然我当前的年费就浪费了
July 14

关于重庆市“解放思想、扩大开放”大讨论,谈这污浊的社会,需要应该的强制

真不知道写错什么了,在百度那边又不能发布了
那么,我就发到这边来吧
原文如下


重庆市“解放思想、扩大开放”大讨论
听上去不错的样子,解放思想,不过思想如何解放
只有当文章不以什么众所周知的不明原因而删除的情况下,思想才能解放
我说中政府没有做好教育工作,实在失职,怎么了?
范跑跑,开平女生侮辱事件...

嗯...
嗯...
嗯...

是呀,很多话题,我想讨论
你不喜欢,就不看我的博客就好了吧?
为何要删呢?
我又没有用什么侮辱性字眼
我只是表达我的意见和看法而已
也没有任何攻击的意思,为何就被删除了呢?

网络上什么操,牛逼,靠,Fuck之类的一大堆,为何不删他们--?
我们可是善良的公民呀
善良的人好欺负是不是?

追强盗,把强盗撞死怎么了?
那些强盗活该~!
公安局警察一个个胆小怕事
我们公民起来保护自己的财产,怎么了?
那些劫匪不知道打伤,杀死了多少无辜市民
他们得到什么惩罚了吗?
入狱,让他们练肌肉,还白吃白喝养着这班禽兽不如的家伙吗?
要说是小偷就算了,抢劫,这种暴力的,技术含量低微的人群,鄙视他们
(好吧,炎小学的时候,也被抢劫过--)

July 01

Juniper 杜松



Junipero Gin
杜松子酒, 一种荷兰酒

刚才看地图知道280高速公路还有路名的
就是Junipero Serra FWY
然后又偶遇San Francisoc Juniper区
接着搜索到Junipero Gin

Juniper, 社松

Visa的Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver计划

旅行租车家常便饭
不过租到的车子在使用中不小心损坏或被偷窃了怎么办?
如果你持有VisaCard,那么就不用怕了

现在Visa有CDW计划,也就是Collision Damage Waiver
在任何国家,你使用Visa租用汽车,就享有该保险
不过还是有一定限制的

1. 租用的汽车是8人一下,客坐用车;也就不包括大卡车
2. 不包括Aston Martin之类的高级豪华车型
3. 必须在45天内File你的Claim,就是一些文档手续之类的

更多信息可以拨打1-800-VISA-911
June 25

四项基本原则

第一,必须坚持社会主义道路; // 什么是社会主义?
第二,必须坚持无产阶级专政; // 无产阶级是什么?
第三,必须坚持共产党的领导; // 共产党?
第四,必须坚持马列主义、毛泽东思想。 //感觉蛮多政治术语需要学习的

via http://news.xinhuanet.com/ziliao/2003-01/20/content_698005.htm

最近在学Political Science,感觉还蛮有趣的。还有很多东西需要学习,需要探索,等待ing...

丢冠保手

via http://lz.book.sohu.com/chapter-8559-3-19.html

     一年冬季的一天,南宫敬叔路过一个青菜集市,看到两个青菜摊位前围满了人看热闹。只见一个卖青菜的年轻人和邻摊位的老年人激烈争吵起来。

    那青年人大声吵嚷道:“我家虽穷,我也跟孔夫子上过半年学,我也是孔门弟子。我老师现任大司寇,他曾教育我们说:‘己所不欲,物赐予人。’意思是自己不要的东西,不要白白扔掉,应送给别人。我卖白菜,将脱下来的白菜帮子送给你,散了集,你不是可以挑回去喂猪吗?我本来是好意,你怎么说我占你的摊位,耽误你卖菜呢?”

    那老者反唇相讥:“在这个青菜集市上,谁不知你刘二是个强词夺理,损人利己的人!你自称孔门弟子,不过是拉大旗作虎皮罢了。你跟孔子上了半年学,还不是当了半年学混子,你连妇孺皆知的孔子名言都说翻了。不知‘丢人’几个钱一斤!孔子说:‘己所不欲,勿施予人。’意思是说,‘自己不愿意的事情,也不要强加予人。’你把自己的烂白菜帮子堆在我的摊位上,难道不影响我卖菜吗?”

    南宫敬叔上前打抱不平,对刘二说:“老伯说得对,夫子的话是‘己所不欲,勿施于人。’不是‘己所不欲,物赐予人。’你不但说错了,而且也做错了!”

    刘二气得脸红脖子粗,满有把握地对南宫敬叔说:“要是我把孔子的话记错了,你可剁掉我的右手。要是我没记错呢?”

    南宫敬叔说:“要是你没把孔子的这句话说错,我输给你头上戴的金冠!”

    “这个赌非打不可,一言为定,谁输了之后反悔,不是娘养的!”刘二赌完咒,又与南宫敬叔拉钩。

    南宫敬叔当即从衣袋中掏出一块白绢说:“你去到街对面那大户人家,请人把咱俩打赌的事写在上面,咱俩都盖上手印,再从围观的人中找个证人,拿着咱打赌的字据,一块前往,请孔子裁决!

    刘二说:“好,好!就这么办!”说完,请人写好打赌的字据,双方盖了手印,并当场找一人当证人,拿着这块白绢。三人一同去大司寇府。

    在大司寇府的歇息室里,刘二抢先把情况述说一遍,并让证人将那块写有打赌字据的白绢递给孔子,请夫子裁决。

    孔子看过白绢上的字据,严肃地说:“刘二说得对,是‘己所不欲,物赐予人。’仲孙闻输了,快摘下金冠给刘二吧!”

    南宫敬叔看了老师一眼,极不情愿地摘下金冠,交给了刘二。

    孔子以目示意南宫敬叔暂时回避。南宫敬叔疑惑不解地退出歇息室。

    孔子当面指出刘二说错,做错了,并教育他如何做人。刘二亦认了错,给老师叩了一个头,并说不要这顶金冠。

    孔子说:“刘二,你可用这顶金冠换些粮食,养家糊口,今后不能做损人利己之事!”

    刘二连连点头称是,谢过孔子后,退去。

    南宫敬叔回到歇息室,问老师:“今天,您老怎么这样处理问题?为何不教训刘二?”

    孔子笑着说:“你们两个为此事在众目睽睽之下打赌,既有证词,又有证人。我若判刘二输了,他被剁掉右手,就残废了。刘二只跟我读书半年辍学了,就是因为家里穷。他如果成了残废,怎么养活全家人?我判你输了,你也不过失掉一顶金冠。我看,丢冠保手,值得!南宫敬叔呀,在这件事上,你应想想,何为大德大义?何为小是小非?”

    南宫敬叔用右手中指点着自己的脑袋说:“该死,该死,弟子明白了!原来如此呀!老师处理此事,重大德大义,轻小是小非,学生受教诲颇深。”

    刘二回到摊位,将孔子教育自己的做法向老者述说一遍,检讨说:“老伯,我说错了,更做错了!”当即将打赌“赢得”的金冠作为致歉礼,送给了老伯。

公交车上父亲当众脱衣裹女婴引争议  

这个故事同样可以用于今天
要形象,还是要感冒
你怎么选择?

圣加布里埃尔是什么地方

看到报道说,圣加布里埃尔新建中国城,普通话到处可见
Okay, 那么圣加布里埃尔是在哪里呢?

圣加布里埃尔的英文名是San Gabriel
位于LA附近的一座城市[Google Map]

文章还提到蒙特雷,即Monterey
 
其它城市s
罗兰海茨
阿先达海茨
沃尔纳特
戴蒙德巴

感觉进入了RPG游戏世界般
这些城市中文名太Game了
June 24

ESRB, Entertainment Software Rating Board



Untitled-1Untitled-2

ESRB Rating Symbols

EARLY CHILDHOOD
Titles rated EC (Early Childhood) have content that may be suitable for ages 3 and older. Contains no material that parents would find inappropriate.
EVERYONE
Titles rated E (Everyone) have content that may be suitable for ages 6 and older. Titles in this category may contain minimal cartoon, fantasy or mild violence and/or infrequent use of mild language.
EVERYONE 10+
Titles rated E10+ (Everyone 10 and older) have content that may be suitable for ages 10 and older. Titles in this category may contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language and/or minimal suggestive themes.
TEEN
Titles rated T (Teen) have content that may be suitable for ages 13 and older. Titles in this category may contain violence, suggestive themes, crude humor, minimal blood, simulated gambling, and/or infrequent use of strong language.
MATURE
Titles rated M (Mature) have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language.
ADULTS ONLY
Titles rated AO (Adults Only) have content that should only be played by persons 18 years and older. Titles in this category may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity.
RATING PENDING
Titles listed as RP (Rating Pending) have been submitted to the ESRB and are awaiting final rating. (This symbol appears only in advertising prior to a game's release.)
June 23

无法发布的博文

不知道是技术原因,还是说政治策略
一些文章总是无法在百度博客,新浪,乃至人民网上发布
还说什么民意直通车,简直Bullshit

好啦,那篇无法发布成功的文章内容如下

薄熙来是谁?说中国政治家

WikiPeida准确吗?
不准确~!
特别是中国政治方面,相当不准确
比如这个薄熙来(Okay, 我也是第一次知道这个政治人物)
Wiki上的解释是...

Okay, 我似乎误解了
薄熙来的妈妈自杀于文革期间
刚才看错了

Wiki上指出

香港《文汇报》记者姜维平被判刑8年(后减刑为6年)与薄熙来有关。姜维平曾经撰文,批评薄熙来主政的大连市并揭露他的施政缺失,姜维平后被大连市国家安全部逮捕并以“洩露国家机密罪”判刑。

FaLG上的内容就更夸张了

薄熙来要求官员收受200元礼品就地免职,但他自己生活腐化,贪污受贿,荒淫无耻。一次乱搞时,竟将女模特乳头咬掉。薄在大连任市长时,利用职权以低价强征郊外农田,为其兄薄熙永种草皮。当地农民损失很大,告状无人理会,举报其兄数年来赚了两亿多元。

就在薄熙来飞黄腾达之际,却突然曝出他迫害姜维平的丑闻,香港前文汇报记者姜维平因揭露包括薄熙来在内的大连和辽宁的腐败案例,被薄熙来公报私仇下令判刑8 年,大连人都知是冤案,揭露的是大连的土皇帝薄熙来,司法局以”煸动颠覆国家政权”和”非法向境外提供国家机密”两项罪名为姜维平定罪。此案轰动世界,保护记者协会因姜维平的这份出色的调查报导,授予他2001年度的国际新闻自由奖。

不过要说的是
是人者,谁能无过?
领导者,自然小罪都是大恶了
(大概有不少平民都在暗地里去凤楼吧;难道领导人就不能去了吗?)
听上去是为他求情似的

是的,是的,是这样的
他不贪婪腐败,大连也没有现在的经济实力

薄熙来主政大连期间,大量吸引外资,花费巨额资金大规模改善大连的自然环境、市容市貌和基础建设,致力于将大连从传统计划经济的工业城市向旅游城市和国际会议及展览中心转型,使大连在其执政期间的经济增长速度明显快于东北其他城市,并使大连成为了中国北方地区经济最发达的城市之一,中国东北地区的第二大经济城市,[4]中国东北地区的最宜居城市和中国大陆地区的最宜居城市之一。[5]但大量的外资和旅游者的涌入,也导致了大连市内物价飘升,明显高于东北其他城市,部分民众的生活水平由此受到冲击。2004年2月22日,薄熙来刚刚从辽宁调走,辽宁省委书记闻世震就不点名地批评“某些干部”将“城市建设得像欧洲,农村发展像非洲”。[6],有推测此言即是针对薄熙来而发。

领导人就是这样,无论做什么事情都会被骂
城市建设漂亮了,忽略农村会被骂
农村发展了,城市人看不到,也会被骂
不过骂声还是太少了,还轻微了,太没有建设性了

总结一下
薄熙来是谁,一个典型的政治人物,有后台,有背景,够中国特色
有贪污,有腐败,有淫乱,有暴政,当然少不了他的建设有功

薄熙来是谁?
一个50s的政治家代表
那么60s, 70s...
好吧我们这些80s的都还没有露脸
每个年代有每个年代的那些人的作风
总是向前发展的嘛~

现在不流行网络了吗?
胡伯伯也都响应开通民意直通车
(当然,肯定有水分,不过有开都比没开好;猫腻的事情以后再慢慢解决,改善;至少我们看到了希望,GFW也差不多该结束了吧,民众参政时期也渐渐到来)


June 22

担心

从来都没有为其他人担心过
总认为他们可以做得很好,至少比我好
不过现在开始担心,即使认为她可以处理的过来,不过...
还是很担心,这种感觉真不好

担心,还很生气...

我脾气向来很好
不过...似乎有些生气
她在干嘛,为何不接电话
不是说很通情达理的吗?
有些事情,很让人担心...
June 17

“子贡赎人”的故事

《吕氏春秋》中讲过一个“子贡赎人”的故事,孔子的学生子贡出国游历,发现了一个鲁国籍的奴隶,便自己出钱将他赎了回来。当时鲁国有规定:凡发现有鲁国人在外为奴者,公民可花钱将其赎回,赎金由国家报销。但子贡的道德很高尚,不去报销赎买费用,一时被传为佳话。孔子得知这件事后却非常不悦,他认为子贡这样做是不对的。孔子的理由是,今后有人到国外去,看到鲁国人沦为奴隶他就会想:“我垫不垫钱赎买他呢?如果我垫了钱,回去报不报账呢,不报账个人就有很大的经济损失;如果回去报账,别人就会拿我跟子贡相比较,说我品格不够高尚,那我何必多此一举遭人议论呢?”孔子断言,“取其金,则无损于行;不取其金,则不复赎人矣!”有了子贡赎人“不取其金”的先例,人们在赎不赎、报不报销的问题上有了疑虑,就会使得在外沦为奴隶的鲁国人不能回国,国家政策就会被破坏了。

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