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将自己的留言簿迁移到groups-beta.google.com后,刚开始发现清静了很多,但不久以后就发现比原来更加严重的comment spam 比MT的留言簿更是有过之而无不及:
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不得不将Google Groups中的很多留言模式设置成了需要批准才能发布,回复的时候也很不方便,自己的回复还需要自己批准一下……

Source favicon18:23 Visio罪案現場Stencil » Jan's Tech Blog
正如Download Squad所說,Just for Fun!我也懷疑到底警方會不會用。到底,現場繪畫罪案圖時,我估警方也是用手繪吧。另外,他們又怎會為這些Stencil而購買Microsoft Visio呢? 下載Crime scenes with shapes Visio Stencil...
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lifesinger 提了个问题: 装了7-8个插件,最近想清理一下,只留一两个,但直接清理后,用到插件的地方没有插件后会显示不正常。 因此想寻一插件,能将wordpress数据库里的内容全部变成用了插件之后的内容,这样删除插件后,也就能正常显示了。 我不是很明白,然后他又以例子解释: 举个例子,譬如在wordpress上用了BBcode插件,当BBCode插件激活时,一切没问题。但如果不想继续用BBCode插件了, deactive or remove 后,帖子中的[quote][/quote]、[code][/code]等代码将会直接显示出来,这显然不是想要的结果。 因此我想在deactive一些插件前,先把数据库里的[quote][code]等内容都直接替换为html代码,这样,即使deactive BBcode插件后,文章内容仍然能正确显示。 这确实是个问题呢!BBCode 需要在帖子内容内加上一些代码,还有一些插件会在数据库里添加表格,但是deactivate后,还是遗留下来了。这个问题在编写插件的时候应该考虑进去,需要一段 deactivate script,相当于软件的uninstall程序。 回到 lifesinger 的问题,有人知道这样的插件吗?我没见过。
Source favicon13:32 托马斯·弗里德曼在清华大学经济管理学院的演讲 » 安替博客
10月25日,美国著名专栏作家托马斯·弗里德曼下午分别在北京大学国际关系学院、清华大学经济管理学院作了两场演讲,作为陪同,我全程都录音了。主题是关于他的新书《世界是平的》,在书中他讲述了他的全球化3.0概念。因为北大的那场演讲,是一个大约一个小时的完整版本,我觉得公布出来有些侵犯弗里德曼的版权,而清华大学的演讲,是一个半个小时左右的缩略版,后面全是他和清华大学MBA班学员的对话,版权问题不是那么严重,而且录音效果比较好。因此我在此公布清华大学演讲的全部录音,18M多,长达一个小时五十分,相当精彩。http://www.mranti.com/audio/tsinghwa.mp3
 
弗里德曼是一个很会讲故事的人,他说的故事桥段,是你一直都能背的那种。我背几个给大家看看:
 
他说:“哥伦布要去印度,结果到了美洲,他意外地发现,世界是圆的;我从美洲到了印度,结果意外地发现,世界是平的”。
 
他说:“我小时候的时候,妈妈对我说,吃完你碗中的饭,因为中国人和印度人在挨饿(starve);而现在我对我的女儿说,完成你的功课,因为中国人和印度人在抢(starve for)你的工作。
 
他说。“中国印度美国,都好像是在高速公路行驶。中国呢,道路平坦,5车道,一切都很好,但是前面有一个政治改革的障碍,车子开过去,要么是跳起来落下去震几下继续开下去,要么是车毁人亡;印度呢,路面是一塌糊涂,很窄,还有动物走来走去,但是前面似乎越来越平坦,也许未来就可能全是中国的这种好路,也许这只是空中楼阁。美国呢,没有障碍,路也很好,但是前面好像没有路了,美国人必须自己开出新路来。”
 
之前我还记得他说过一个让我很感动的话,那是在拉宾死了之后,他的一个朋友给他写信。她说她正在电脑记事本上写下对拉宾的思念,然后以“拉宾”文字名保存,关窗口的时候,电脑问她,“Do you want to save Rabin?”。她当时对弗里德曼说,“如果这是真的能救他,我想说两次是”。
 
以前我疯狂地fan弗里德曼的文章,但当我后来喜欢Fareed Zakaria的时候,就对老弗没那么疯狂了,毕竟他不是学者。他太有名了,以至于平常一次演讲要6万美元。这里我和大家免费分享他的演讲,希望他不要责怪我。
Source favicon11:48 WinXP MCE登堂入室 » Jan's Tech Blog
昨天有幸參與了Windows XP Media Center Edition的產品發佈會。Microsoft既請了恆基兆業的代表參加,又請了馬德鐘作嘉賓,所以在場既有IT版記者,亦有娛樂記者與財經記者全部在場。其迫爆場的情況可想而知。 Microsoft的Sunny與馬德鐘一起介紹WinXP MCE WinXP MCE其實是在OS上多加一個Shell,然後讓你透過遙控在電視上使用。不過Microsoft當然不會說得這裡簡單。他們希望WinXP MCE可以成為你所有數碼娛樂的大本營,助你管理所有DVD、數碼相、音樂,甚至電視節目的地方。換言之,Microsoft希望做的生意不是電腦,而是與各硬件商一起對付DVD錄影機,或甚麼燒錄工具之流。...
Source favicon09:05 邮件服务器中的POP3 命令和POP3使用 » Winter实验室
如果你使用outlook或者foxmail或者其他邮箱软件,你肯定需要设置POP3服务器。POP3服务器主要是用来接受邮件,但是如果你的邮件太大或者网络太慢,或者你的软件有些小问题的时候,你又不能通过web界面查看你的信件的时候,你如何直接到服务器上查看你邮箱中的信件? 这时你就需要POP3的一些命令了:)...
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Thanks to those of you who dove in and tried it out the Video Search API / Video iPod example that I posted to the Yahoo! Search Blog last Friday. Now we’ve got more new features to show you on...
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Over at SearchEngineWatch, Danny Sullivan has been asking why we haven't offered a "Save to My Web" button. Well here it is! Save to My Web is a simple, sociable button you can add to any and every page of...
Source favicon04:28 Every cloud has a silver lining » English - The Real Deal
Green Day是美国著名的朋克摇滚乐队。他们于2004年秋季推出的American Idiot专辑获得乐评人的极高评价,在一片赞誉声中顺利拿下2005年Grammy的最佳摇滚大碟奖。难得的是,这张唱片除了叫好还叫座。借着Grammy奖的气势,American Idiot在2005年继续大卖,目前排在年度总销量榜的第三。一张有着“美国白痴”这样赤裸裸标题的CD能够在美国如此受欢迎,实在不简单。毕竟,美国人不是白痴。如果音乐不好,光靠个耸人听闻的名字是绝对不可能畅销的。 成功后的风光大家有目共睹,但成功前的辛酸很少有人知道。本来在2003年初的时候Green Day已经基本完成了新专辑的制作,结果他们的音乐工作室遭到抢劫,已经录好的二十首歌和所有的备份全都不翼而飞。那种沮丧是根本没办法用语言形容的。乐队成员甚至一度想放个长假,不再做音乐。正好在这个时候美国开始攻打伊拉克。Green Day的三位成员都是反战人士,这场战争激发了他们的创作灵感,于是他们决定放弃已经丢失的成品,重新写歌,录制一张完全不同于被盗曲目的大碟。这就是最终和大家见面的American Idiot。 这个故事总让我感慨万千。它是那句老话“Every cloud has a silver lining.”的最佳诠释。Cloud和silver lining都是比喻用法。苦难就像是乌云(cloud),遮住了阳光。而希望就好比乌云尽头那层银色的衬里(silver lining)。虽然在乌云密布的时候一切都显得很黑暗,但银色的衬里意味着太阳终究会冲破乌云,再次让一切变得光明起来。所以这句话的意思就是,在遇到挫折的时候不要绝望,因为苦尽终究会甘来,只有熬过困难才会有拨云见日的一天。 讲到every cloud has a silver lining,自然要提一下light at the end of the tunnel和hang in there。Light at the end of the tunnel按字面理解就是“隧道尽头的光”,不难猜出它的实际意思是“曙光在即,快要熬出头了”。而hang in there则是最常见的鼓励语,表示劝对方坚持下去、千万不要放弃。举个例子串联一下: Dwight: How was the audition? (Dwight:试镜怎么样?) Gregory: Terrible. I didn’t get the part. (Gregory:糟透了。我没得到那个角色。) Dwight: Don’t worry. Every cloud has a silver lining. [...]
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Source favicon01:54 She Xianglin after six months on the outside » Danwei RSS 1.0
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It's been six months since She Xianglin was released from prison. Sentenced over a decade ago to 15 years in prison for murdering his wife, he was set free after she turned up alive.

She Xianglin's case was the catalyst for extensive discussion about the use of torture in criminal investigations (She eventually confessed to his wife's murder), the independence of the judiciary (the Hubei provincial party committee interfered to set She's sentence at 15 years without going through the necessary court hearings) and compensation for mental suffering (She received compensation for lost wages, but his mental anguish claim was rejected).

How has She been doing these six months? Just yesterday he won another judgment, this time for 450,000 yuan, bringing the total compensation for his family (his brother spent time in prison as well after advocating for him) to 700,000 yuan.

But according to a report in Oriental Outlook magazine, it's not been easy for him. The local government keeps close tabs on his movements, and his phone is likely tapped. Translated below is the result of the magazine's investigation.


She Xianglin after the miscarriage of justice


by Sun Chunlong

When She Xianglin's phone rings, it plays a pleasant ringtone: "Maybe you don't understand / after you said you loved me / stars suddenly shone / in my sky…"

"It was my daughter who set it up. I still don't know," She Xianglin said.

Oriental Outlook journalists arrived once again at She Xianglin's home in Yanmenkou town in Jinshang County, Hubei. This time, She Xianglin has been out of prison for more than six months.

Not long ago, She Xianglin finally got compensation of 250,000 yuan from the mid-level People's Court of Jingmen City, Hubei, for infringement on his personal liberty. Before this, he had received 200,000 from the Yanmenkou township government in compensation for his suffering.

"Sometimes, I really feel that these five months have been longer than the 4009 days I spent inside," She Xianglin said. The "inside" he mentions refers to his days in prison. She Xianglin avoided mentioning the word "prison" throughout his interview.

I respect reporters above all now

At around 6am on 1 April, She Xianglin walked out of the Miaozi Lake prison in Shayang County where he had served his sentence, and was greeted by a throng of waiting reporters.

On 11 November 1994, She Xianglin was arrested by the Jingshan County police on suspicion of murdering his wife. After four verdicts at three court levels, She Xianglin was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but on 28 March, 2005, his wife Zhang Zaiyu, "murdered" by She, suddenly turned up…

This strange miscarriage of justice caught the attention of the media. During the several days before She Xianglin was to be released, the hotels in Jingshan County and Shayang County were crawling with journalists.

"In the past I always respected police, but now I respect journalists. When I see you, I have a warm feeling," She Xianglin said. Before he was arrested, She was engaged as a policeman at one of the stations in Jingshan County.

"If it wasn't for the media reports, I really don't know whether this injustice could have been cleared up." After She Xianglin left prison, the local rumors, and even a police officer, claimed that while She may not have killed Zhang Zaiyu, this did not prove that the woman's body found at that time had not been killed by him. "If the media had not paid close attention to this, I may have been pulled back inside."

With the help of a reporter in Yichang City, Hubei, She Xianglin's 18 year-old daughter went to study at the Three Gorges Professional Institute of Technology. She Xianglin told Oriental Outlook that his daughter had just given him a phone call, saying that she was class leader, and was studying to become a party functionary. "She says that she's busy now with frequent organizational meetings, and has to stay up late at night to prepare chalkboard reports."

When he spoke about his daughter, She Xianglin was obviously very excited. "If she wants to continue studying, when she graduates from technical high school, I'll send her to college."

She Xianglin has a large smoking habit; during the three hour interview, he smoked half a pack. "They're from a reporter from Anhui. He said the flavor of these cigarettes was very smooth, well suited to me."

He often dreams of the mother who died because of him

Compared with his appearance during his interview with Oriental Outlook just after he got out of prison on 1 April, She Xianglin has greatly calmed down. In a small restaurant in Yanmenkou township, She Xianglin drank as he talked to the reporter. His older brother, younger sister, and her husband came along. She's brother-in-law said that once when the county executed someone, he heard that it was She, but when he took a cart to collect the body, he found that it wasn't. Hearing this, She Xianglin laughed loudly.

During the interview, She Xianglin's mobile phone was continually receiving messages. Most were good wishes from friends. When he looked at the messages, She Xianglin seemed to want to glue his eyes to the mobile phone. Having worn manacles while locked up in the guardhouse with hardcore criminals, She Xianglin's body still bears the scars of his time: his eyesight has gotten poor and his calves have atrophied. "In the summer, my upper body gets so hot I sweat, but my lower body still is chilly."

"I still don't feel right about visiting the doctor. I need do something in payback," She said. "My mother died because of me, my brother was held for 41 days because he appealed my sentence, and witnesses for me were held for no reason. I need to do something to compensate."

She Xianglin has dreamt of his mother many times since his release from prison. "Once, I was going down an out of the way road, and I saw my mother on the roadside selling old-style cloth shoes. But in my dream she was blind. I walked up to her and I said I was She Xianglin. She stretched out her hands to touch my head, and then I woke up crying. I don't know why, but when I dream about my mother, she is blind most of the time."

"Everyone has just one mother," She Xianglin said. What he regrets the most is that his mother never took a photograph. "But I still remember very clearly what she looked like."

He suspects he is being eavesdropped on

Aside from dreams about his mother, most of She Xianglin's dreams take place in prison. "I often dream that I'm lifting cement or moving stones." Although bringing up the past is "shocking," these kinds of events often appear in his dreams. "I feel like I'm still on the inside."

One major thing that makes She Xianglin feel like he is "still on the inside" is that whenever he goes out in public he is the focus of everyone's attention. What makes him feel even stranger is that everything he does is followed very closely by the government. "Once, I was preparing to go to Changsha to do a TV program, and I had just walked out the door when a government official called on the telephone asking me where I was going."

When Oriental Outlook was interviewing She Xianglin, this strange situation happened again. The reporter had just arrived and had not yet sat down when an official from the local government called to ask She what media he had accepted an interview from. When Oriental Outlook left, She Xianglin received another telephone call from the government leader, asking him very specific questions about what went on.

"I think that my phone has been tapped," She said. "I'm under a lot of stress right now, and I only sleep three or four hours a night."

She Xianglin is renting a room in town now, and his room has one bed. When his daughter comes home he has to sleep on the floor.

In regard to the 250,000 yuan he received in compensation from the state for the 4009 days he was unjustly held in prison, She said, "This compensation was calculated according to the average salary for a day's work. But a day's work is only eight hours long, and I was held for 24 hours a day on the inside."

According to his lawyer Zhou Feng, they had originally asked for 3.85 million yuan in compensation from the Jingzhou City Court as compensation for mental pain and suffering, and just over 250,000 for limitation of personal freedom. "But the pain and suffering claim was rejected as having no legal basis, so in the end the local government gave 200,000 in living assistance."

As for the ongoing arbitration with the police department over injury compensation, She Xianglin can only wait until the police department "discovers a conscience." "The media reports have dropped off, so they aren't in a hurry."

He wants to do something for the unjustly accused

On his future plans, She Xianlin is at a loss. "Do you think I can still do some kind of work? I still am living in the world of a dozen years ago. There are lots of new things that I haven't the slightest clue about." However, She said that he's not going to sit around at home. When the compensation arrives from the police department, he will bring his father to live in town and find a wife for his youngest brother, who is 35 this year. Because of the affairs surrounding She Xianglin, his brother had to take care of She's daughter, and has yet to find a wife.

"Zhang Zaiyu calls me often and asks me about how my life is. She wants me to get married and live a normal life," She said. Zhang Zaiyu, She's former wife, left home eleven years ago and went to Shandong.

She Xianglin's daughter is also urging him to find a wife. "My daughter often says that I am still young and I ought to find someone, but right now I don't think I could handle it."

She Xianglin admits that he often finds his 18 year old daughter a stranger. "Her experience growing up is a complete blank to me. These few months I've been working hard to establish communication, but there's still a distance there."

The question She Xianglin most often asks his daughter is "How did you spend these past ten years?" but his daughter always says, "Living is living. What else is there to say?" Compared to other people her age, She Xianglin's daughter seems much more mature.

She Xianglin's youngest brother told Oriental Outlook that when She's daughter was 13 he took her to Guangdong to find work. "Because it was child labor, I had to get a fake ID for her."

Over the past few months, one other thing She Xianglin has been doing quite a bit of has been giving interviews to reporters from across the country. "I really want to do something for the unjustly accused. I understand their powerlessness, but I feel that I have enough feeling but not enough strength." But one thing gives She Xianglin a sense of success: an old friend had been spending his days with shady characters, draining his family's savings and driving his wife to ask for a divorce. But at She's urging, this friend has made the decision to abandon his bad habits.

"We can finally walk with our heads up"

She Xianglin says that he has often received phone calls from international reporters during the past few months. They ask for interviews, and some even promise to give him financial assistance. "Some even more than the state compensation." But he never agreed, saying, "Family matters shouldn't be aired outside."

She Xianglin's older brother She Suolin was held for 41 days. He hasn't paid much attention to whether he could receive compensation. "That Xianglin was able to return home is already the best thing that could happen. We can finally walk with our heads up."

During his sentence in prison, She Xianglin's family was the object of criticism and mockery by neighbors for being the relatives of a murderer.

She Suolin works as a mail carrier for the Yamenkou township post office. Each month he receives a salary of almost 1000 yuan. "My work is not too hard right now. Even though Xianglin's case brought me considerable hardship, it's over now, and whether we get compensation, or how much we get, depends on the conscience of the government."

Those involved in the She case have mentioned "conscience" several times in their interviews. They place more of their hopes on this extra-legal idea.

One other person hurt in the She case, Ni Leping, was excited when he received the interview call. "Is there a breakthrough in the compensation affair?" When he learned that the lawyer was in discussions with the police department, Ni Leping seemed disappointed. "I hope that they can come to a conclusion soon. My wife's health is getting poorer by the day, and I don't know how long she can wait."

Ni Leping's wife, Nie Maiqing, had testified to the police department that she had "seen She Xiangling's 'murdered' wife Zhang Zaiyu," and was locked up for three months. The shock gave her a heart attack, and now when she sees strangers she gets extremely agitated.

How will the region escape the shadow of the She case?

An individual with the Jingshan County police department told Oriental Outlook that they are trying to wrap up the She case as quickly as possible.

According to previous media reports, after She Xianglin was released from jail, the party committee of Hubei Province along with the Hubei provincial examiner's office formed a committee to rectify the She Xianglin case. The group started an investigation of the 28 police officers involved with the original case, and called seven officers including one assistant director from the Jingshan police department to Wuhan for interviews. Unexpectedly, ahead of the review period, one of the police officers involved at the time committed suicide.

"He was just a common policeman that year. His suicide is unbelievable," She Xianglin said.

This affair further complicated the negative image given to Hubei by the She case. In a recent interview Oriental Outlook conducted in Hubei regarding the sudden death of an upper-level official who was under investigation by the examiner's office, an official with the Hubei provincial examiner's office said that the She case had brought a large amount of pressure on the Hubei justice system.

Reportedly, after the She Xianglin's case occurred, the Hubei provincial justice system undertook a specialized improvement program, finding 27 types of problems that existed in the system and pinpointing leaders, responsibilities, and time limits to receive a thorough rectification.

On 17 August, Hubei opened a symposium on constructing a regulated system of enforcement. Zheng Shaosan, the secretary of the Hubei party committee and legal committee, urged that they "plug holes and prevent cases like She Xianglin's from happening again."

According to media reports, in the wake of revelations of the She case and similar cases, the high examiner's office has clearly indicated that it would make the investigation of forced confessions gained by law authorities a serious priority. China Law University Litigation Research Center has organized a trial public security interrogation system set up at the three police department levels across the country. During the interrogation of suspects by investigators, lawyers are allowed to be present for the duration and the whole process can be video and audio taped.

When Oriental Outlook left Jingshan County, it learned that a media entity from Hubei province had recently interviewed She Xianglin. This was the first provincial media interview since the local media was banned from reporting on the She case. What makes it worth mentioning is that this interview was organized by local officials.

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