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Fred's Power User and Developer Tool List for WindowsThis is the software tools I'm using actively. Those tools are definitely indispensable to me. For the purpose of archiving as well as sharing my beloved tools, I'm publishing the tool list here. I'm expecting to update this list constantly in the future. Detailed explanations will follow shortly.
Java related software are not included because I'm getting some Microsoft fevers lately for preparing myself for my coming corporation job, which, suggested by the job title, apparently is a Microsoft heavy one. Don't get me wrong though, I still love Java very much. And I'll also keep my Java skills sharp. Those experiences were, are, and will be the most precious for me. A final note. Wiping out an old OS and going through all those hassles again is never a good user experience. I would recommend everyone backup a disk image with Acronis TrueImage right after installed all software and updates. 无聊的人玩无聊的点名游戏架不住Kelly的软磨硬泡,终于还是把这个游戏完成了。 规则复述: 1、被点到名字的要在自己的博客或者空间上写下答案,所有问题都要真实回答,并且要将这几个题目传给你的七个好朋友,通知对方“你被点名了”。 1. 如果被放到一个荒岛一个月,没电话,没网,你打算带什么东西去消磨度日? 2. 你觉得远距离的恋爱会有结果吗?如果是你你怎么做? 3. 在你眼里我是一个怎样的人? 4. 你现在住在哪个城市,如果能够选择,你希望住在哪里? 5. 如果现在可以让你随心所欲去旅行,你想去哪? 6. 给你一个机会,你会一夜情或婚外情吗? 7. 最不喜欢什么类型的人? 8. 你觉得我最大的缺点是什么?如何改进? 9. 如果看到自己最爱的人熟睡在你面前你会做什么? 10. 如果你爱的人不爱你怎么办? 11. 如果可以重来,你最想改变的是什么? 12. 你认为有爱无性和有性无爱哪个会更难以接受? 13. 你最喜欢你伴侣的什么?如果没有,你希望你的伴侣具有什么品质? 14. 谈谈你最近在听的音乐? 15. 你会选择你爱的人还是爱你的人? 16. 你觉得自己哪方面性格特征对别人最有吸引力? 17. 最近最让你迷惘的事情是什么? 18. 如果你出于某种原因离开所在的行业,你会去做什么? 19. 如果暗恋她(他),你敢说出口吗? 20. 你觉得宽容是一项值得赞美的品质么?为什么? 21. 你是个感性的人还是理性的人? 22. 当你对很重要的事情感到力不从心时,怎么处理? 23. 你认为怎么样才算幸福的生活? 24. 你对现在自己生活状态满意吗? 关于中国股市的一点拙见先转两篇对比阅读来证明国内媒体都是如何为资本服务的。没兴趣搞比较文学的请直接跳到文末审阅小弟的拙笔。 中文:
洋文:
中文转自《第一财经日报》,洋文转自Bloomberg。感兴趣就读读了。 中国这个股市是个大泡沫早已不是秘密,李嘉诚这样说,Alan Greenspan今天也讲了。只可惜国内的舆论太不自由,普通百姓或许根本无法获取这些信息。老百姓能听到的不过是以讹传讹,今天谁又炒股赚了多少,明天谁谁买基金又怎样怎样。这种环境下不股疯才奇怪。 目前的局面是政府想控制,可是法宝快用尽了也没有效果。不断增发新股,妄图能够吸纳疯狂涌入的新资金以免指数过快增长,失败!调高人民币兑美元的利率,discourage国外游资的涌入,失败!允许国内资金投资海外,以减轻目前国内的资本压力,失败!这个摊子要想兵不血刃地摆平,有难度。 说完政府面临的难题,再说说个人投资者的困境。对于个人投资者,通常只有两种选择。自主操作(即所谓的散户),或购买基金。在我看来,虽然基金相对于散户有盘大难跑路的劣势,但其掌握的信息和市场主导的优势完全可以容许基金(其他机构投资者同理)通过控制信息和让散户接盘的方式全身而退。这是在理想状况下,若出现任何例外状况,例如市场崩溃,基金将面临另一种风险,挤兑。具体不想多说,有兴趣请看2007年5月21日《证券时报》文章“4000点结构散户化 基金公司布防“挤赎”风险”。 之所以想到写这些,其实是因为昨天给我妈打电话,她说她买了些基金。把我气坏了。跟她讲了半天理,她怎么也听不进去。我看实在无法说服,也只好作罢。反正也不等那点钱开伙,她爱怎样怎样吧。说多了怕打扰她老人家的发财美梦。 Girl scout cookiesFew days ago, a little girl knocked on my door. I opened the door. She told me that she's a girl scout, and she asked me if I could buy a box of cookies from her as a support to their organization, Girl Scout. I glimpsed the two boxes of cookies she held. The boxes looked very, hmm..., Great-valueish [1]. I thought for a second, and decided to buy one box from her.
F: How much for one?
G: 4 dollars.
F: Okay, I'm gonna buy one from you. Wait a minute.
(2 minutes later, the dozy guy with 2 george dubs and 8 hard cold quarters reappeared at the door step.)
F: Here you go. What kind of flavors do you have?
G: We have ....
.......
....... Well, the ending was I bought a box of peanut, never-gonna-been-eaten cookies. What a happy ending. The shy girl achieved her business and gained confidence. The warm-hearted guy contributed $4 to charity and confirmed to himself that he's really as good as he thought.
Not really. After reading Erich Vieth's Don't buy Girl Scout cookies [2], I started thinking if I did wrong.
The primary idea of Erich's post is simple. Local troops keep only a small fraction of sales (around 12%-17%) generated in the cookie business while the bigger part of the money goes somewhere unknown. The Girl Scout headquarter is located at 5th Ave in Manhattan, which among the highest rent places in the world. Nowhere can the financial reports be found on the organization's website. Even worse, local troops have to purchase badges and other supplies with their own money. At the end, Erich came up a solution. Don't buy cookies from Girl Scouts. Whenever a girl sells cookies to you, instead of purchasing the cookies, DONATE THE MONEY DIRECTLY TO THE LOCAL TROOP.
The solution seems perfect, well, at least financially perfect. The flaw, as I see, is the solution only concerns on the fundraising aspect of the cookie business. How about the people involved in? Specifically, the girls. To those girls, not only selling cookies door by door is a fundraising activity for their organization, but also is it a way to build up their courage, confidence, business sense. Donating instead of buying the cookies may solve the financial problem, but the real value of the cookie business is also compromised.
Are we going to stop purchasing cookies from girl scouts? My answer is NO. I still will buy the cookie whenever asked. The underlying problem is not of those girls. If we have to blame someone, blame the organization being opaque financially, blame how this commercial world works, blame how ignorant the regulators are, and, well, blame Bush.
[1] According to Frederick's Encyclopedia:
* great-valueish
Function: adjective
Etymology: brain of Fred
1. pertains to inferior, cheap-looking product.
Notes from author of Frederick's Encyclopedia: I usually use Great Value, the brand marketed by Wal-mart, to refer an inferior, cheap looking product. (No offense here. I myself am a Great Value buyer actually.)
Update: Where does my cookie money go? |
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