Archive for March 2008

Games on … (ahem) … Linux

2008-03-29

Subscribing to HappyPenguin RSS feed might be an error. I just keep reading the same game descriptions over and over (and yawning). Finally, finding myself so bored, I decided to summarize the game descriptions. These patterns should fit more than half of all games listed in Happypenguin:

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泡沫 2.0

2008-03-28

一則只有寥寥數字的新聞,竟引起我的注意:

李投資逾億美國社交網站

第一次從標題就可以猜中新聞的所有內容,幾乎一字不漏。現在美國哪個社交網站成為天之驕子?全行皆知現在是 Facebook,根本不用說,MySpace 已經過氣了。哪個姓李的人會做這種投資?因為以往工作經驗的關係,立即就估中,不過不是李澤楷哪。(相信看到這句後,有些人會回想起當年的日子。) 這時第一個在腦海中浮現的字,就是「科網股 2.0」。想不到魔手這麼快伸到外國的 Web 2.0 了,且看看 Facebook 何時完蛋。不過,不同於香港那種純粹炒爆谷,Facebook 的大老闆比較懂得生意經,公司也比較有實力,沒像香港般,只有個不能用的 webmail 竟也可以上市,用幾億也搞不成一個網站。

2008-03-31 更新:原來我是井底之蛙。

What happens after sending email to Bugtraq?

2008-03-28

As most people remotely interested in computer security should know, bugtraq is one of the ultimate mailing list one should subscribe in order to get the latest news or vulnerabilities (sans full-disclosure and a few others). But few people mentions what should be done before sending to the mailing list, and what will happen afterwards. Here is my little experience to be shared:

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My first Scrabble bonus score

2008-03-22

Using all tiles in Scrabble

This is my first time to get the 50 point bonus (despite having played Scrabble since early secondary school day) without any sort of ‘cheating’ — earlier days I have been able to get that bonus, but with great sacrifice — think of a fixed word, keep playing one or two tile everytime, till I get all the tiles I want. Yes, the score isn’t that high (only 84, after counting bonus), but enough to keep me happy for a while.

現代的「華人與狗不得進內」

2008-03-12

之前看 Zone-H,留意到一則評論,基本上是網絡上的反華主義文章。和當初聯想收購 Thinkpad 的情況其實已經差很遠,華為不是全面收購 3com,只是佔少於 20% 的股份;但不同的是被美國政府以國家安全理由腰斬。不想中國染指美國的技術,向來都是這樣的,很正常。

中國人的 IT 技術,十居其九都是左抄抄右抄抄得出來的,真正自家研究得出的成果少得可憐可笑;即使是中國人本身,也清楚得很,許多都是高官、紈袴子第、親戚朋友的家家酒遊戲,不會對這些「大企業」有甚麼指望。所以被別人瞧不起,也毫無反駁餘地。說到底現在中國還有幾億人在挨餓,還說 IT ?

裏面有一兩句,可以很明顯看到文章的立場:

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WordPress fanboys: ‘WordPress more secure than SSH’

2008-03-02

Here we take a glimpse of WordPress fanboys’ mindset. Why WordPress is more than SSH? Because SSH is vulnerable to username guessing (more formal term: enumeration), while WordPress isn’t! But why?

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