Ben, blogging: October 2008

Sunday, October 26

[周末音乐]It's My Life

It's my life, 很有劲，唤醒沉睡的青春。“只想过好这一生”

歌手：Bon Jovi

this ain't a song for the broken-hearted
no silent prayer for faith departed
and i ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd
you're gonna hear my voice
when i shout it out loud

it's my life
it's now or never
i ain't gonna live forever
i just want to live while i'm alive (it's my life)
my heart is like an open highway
like Frankie said
i did it my way
i just wanna live while i'm alive, it's my life

this is for the ones who stood their ground
for Tommy and Gina who never backed down
tomorrow's getting harder make no mistake
luck ain't even lucky
got to make your own breaks

it's my life
it's now or never
i ain't gonna live forever
i just want to live while i'm alive (it's my life)
my heart is like an open highway
like Frankie said
i did it my way
i just wanna live while i'm alive, it's my life

better stand tall when they're calling you out
don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down

it's my life
it's now or never
i ain't gonna live forever
i just want to live while I'm alive (it's my life)
my heart is like an open highway
like Frankie said
i did it my way
i just wanna live while i'm alive, it's my life

it's my life
it's now or never
i ain't gonna live forever
i just want to live while i'm alive (it's my life)
my heart is like an open highway
like Frankie said
i did it my way
i just wanna live while I'm alive, it's my life

(由尼娜推荐)

Labels: Music

Saturday, October 25

在论坛的只言片语

回复关于杨佳的讨论：

无可置疑，杨佳杀了这么多人，一定要判死刑的。

问题是：
他为什么要如此寻死？
上海司法机构为什么要指定律师，不公开审理初审，对上诉方的所有证词都采取，对辩护方的所有证词都忽略？
他的“无精神病”的医学结论为何下得如此仓促？
他妈为什么被软禁（或称非法拘禁）？现在她生死不明。

这些问题不解决，就无法掀开司法/公安的保护伞，让人看看伞下发生了什么。我不知道伞下面是什么，但是伞的存在就是非法。阳光晒不到的地方，都应该被抖出来。

这些，比杨佳的生死重要。

21日在论坛的一帖子，也算是给bluesea 的一个回复

回复一个创业的故事：

不可复制的经历，也没有参考价值。

现在知道谜底了，当然大家会说当时的坚持是正确的。可是，你可知道当时有多少人，现在依然有多少人，还在苦苦坚持各种理想，更多的人，坚持不下来S掉了？

有人说：只有偏执狂才能生存。错，赚大钱的是偏执狂，但是没有人数过，S掉的也有许多是钻了牛角尖的偏执狂，他们不为人知。普通人赚不到大钱，可是他们不用冒这个风险。

你呢？

延伸阅读：
其他在论坛的只言片语

Spammer rolls back!!!

I agree with your reasoning...actually, this is a typical survival bias...

Alas, people are always greedy and stupid. They aspire for the greatness, just without seeing the less visible risk...

The sad consequence of this is that the efforts of prevention is barely appreciated...and complacency is so prevalent...

# posted by

Minyu : November 22, 2008 11:12 PM

Friday, October 10

Real spam 欺诈信

居然在邮箱看到3封欺诈垃圾信，都是英文，声称从中国发出的：

From: Liu xxx (liuxxxxx@hotmail.com)
Sent: October 6, 2008 3:00:47 AM

GOOD DAY,

I AM MR. LIU YAN WHO IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH BANK OF CHINA IN HONG KONG.

I HAVE A BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR YOU IF YOU MAY BE INTERESTED BUT I WANT TO
ASK YOUR PERMISSION BEFORE I SEND THE FULL DETAILS.

Should you be interested please send me a mail to my private

Email: liuxxxxx@hotmail.com

Reagrds,
Liu xxx

很直接。

From: chen liang (chenxxxxx@fudan.edu.cn)
Sent: October 8, 2008 5:15:35 PM
Reply-to: fedexnigeria.ngxxxx@live.com (Why Nigeria? Forgot to modify it?)
To:

Greetings!!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me
for your Confirm able Bank Draft of$800.000.00
United States Dollars, but I did not hear from
you since that time.Then I went and deposited
the Draft with FEDEX COURIER SERVICE, West
Africa, I traveled out of the country for three
Month Course and I will not come back till end
of January 2009.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

You should also let me know through email
as soon as you receive your
Draft.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.chen xxxxx

很长，中间还教你如何收钱、寄钱。

From: Dr David Fung (james.shearer@verizon.net) (Is this her real email address?)
Sent: October 8, 2008 7:00:30 AM
Reply-to: drdkmfungxx@live.cn
To:

Dear friend,
I am Dr. David Fung, I've in my bank deal worth $18.5m to transact with you.

Reply me on drdkmfungxx@live.cn for details.

Dr. Fung.

比起这些spam，Minyu就是小巫见大巫啦！

另外还有一封法国人在非洲，马上要死了，不想把钱(24Million Dollars （twenty four Million United State Dollars)，为什么是美国钱？不是法国法郎？)给身边的非基督徒亲戚，所以希望我转交给我信任的教堂，传播word of God。同时很周到地给我保留了一些酬劳：

I have set aside 30% for you and for your time and 10% for any expenses if there is any then remaining balance for the word of God.

真是让人感激涕零啊。因为跟中国无关，所以就不转载了。

甘拜下风。我基本只会use up你所有本来有用的脑容量（either to read the spam, or control yourself against the instinctive curiosity to read it）第一封除了想拿你的email外暂时没有恶意吧？

P.S. 法国现在是用欧罗，如果还是pre-Euro时期，可能现在的financial meltdown各国各自处理还容易控制一点，不过欧罗区现在有统一货币，但没有统一中央政府去控制fiscal policies

P.P.S. 你的那个IP追踪的东西非常SCARY! SCARY!! SCARY!!!

# posted by

Minyu : October 10, 2008 7:33 PM

It's weird. It seems I got ignored successfully when I watch it in real time. But your page still have me there. Maybe I need some new visit to purge the records?

SCARY!!!

# posted by

Minyu : October 10, 2008 7:41 PM

There are thousands of visitors in the list, so you are still anonymous :)

You can "Ignore my browser". Or do you suggest me to take it down? I like it...

# posted by

Unknown : October 10, 2008 7:57 PM

I did that, that's the reason I can't see myself in the "real time" but can still saw it in the list of your blog...

No, you do whatever you want. I say whatever I want:

SCARY SCARY SCARY BEN THE TERORRIST

# posted by

Minyu : October 10, 2008 8:05 PM

Tuesday, October 7

高

男人喜欢高挑的女人，女人喜欢高大的男人。

因为，在芸芸人海中，高人总是容易被看见，容易被异性发现，因而有较高的机会挑选更好的异性繁殖后代，保存基因。故而异性对他/她趋之若骛。

这就是自私的基因的选择啊！

----今天早晨城铁来得晚。在站台上，看着煦煦嚷嚷的人群，有感。

昨天看新语丝的《西方文明故事两则》，觉得作者是无痛呻吟。中国的问题首先是人多，资源不足，特别是在大城市中。第二个问题是没有公平竞争的环境，谦让的结果是饿死。

关于讨价还价，可以认为这是“信息的价格”。如果你知道东西的价值，自然可以成功地还价到合适的价格。否则你就只好当冤大头。全世界的商业谈判不都是如此么？

B:

Don't you think being easily spotted by potential mate means being equally easily spotted by potential predator?

Remember most of our traits are the results of natural selection in the jungle, not in the subway platform.

Even if being spotted by potential predators is worth risking for the prospects of spreading more of your seeds, that's only true for women's preference for tall men (like the peacock's tail). Human's pregnancy is quite long and human infants are very dependent on their mothers (actually for most of us, both parents) for a long time, it would be very disadvantage to be spotted by a predator (during your pregnancy or with your infant) easily simply for increasing your chance to get laid marginally. It's enough for a man to get turn off by tall women (if your easy-to-be-spot is true).

And I have the impression that height is only a marginal "beauty factor" (compared to those signaling "fertility" such as the breast size and waist-hip ratio etc for women, and square jaw and hairy hands etc for men). I guess this slight preference simply because human being is slightly polygamous (but mainly monogamous until the arrival of agricultural civilization). In a slightly polygamous setting, a bigger man would have a bigger chance to win in fights with others, hence get a couple more extra wives. If you find a tall mate, you is likely to have a tall son or your daughter is likely to have a tall son or your daughter's daughter is likely to have a tall son...then you might have marginal advantage of spreading your seed. But because the polygamy is not prevalent (because human infants are difficult to raise and monogamous men have their own evolutionary advantage) and a bigger son would not dramatically increase his descendants, we don't have to be engaged in the endless "arm race" for height.

That article you referred was kind of sick. But too tired to write a note. Maybe come back later.

# posted by

Minyu : October 08, 2008 11:56 PM

Just across my mind: Your "一毛不拔" below might not be an example of rationality--the rationality in the point of view of "selfish gene". We share (statistically) lots of genes with "天下": half with our parents, half with our siblings, half with our kids, a quarter with cousins...etc...I am not so sure the "weighted average" of genes shared by me and "天下" would be? 1/1000000? 1/100000000000000? (Need to think out some estimates for it)

We have around 100,000 hairs on our heads (didn't count body hair). And hairs are renewable. How are we gonna value those 100,000 hairs as a "fair" proportion of us? Still perplexed.

No conclusion yet, but the statement is definitely not something without controversy.

# posted by

Minyu : October 09, 2008 12:12 AM

But I guess the way to start at getting a reasonable "Auntie Mo" would be to check out the time we splitted from our ancestors, and genetic difference between us and some cousins lost contacts for long long time (maybe that remote island in Australia? Can't spell it).

# posted by

Minyu : October 09, 2008 12:17 AM

O He Whose Name Is Forbidden, please save me from this damned land of reckless nerdiness and may me rest in peace.

# posted by

Minyu : October 09, 2008 12:19 AM

No. Shouldn't be "weighted average". Should be aggregate--because one hair can benefit the whole world. But need to quantify the degree of "benefit" (or just make it the variable to check out the break even point?).

When aggregate, we need to exclude those too old to procreate. After all, the sole purpose of gene is to replicate itself.

# posted by

Minyu : October 09, 2008 12:34 AM

There is such a spammer whose name is minyu...

# posted by

Unknown : October 09, 2008 7:04 AM

indeed. //blush

# posted by

June's High Blue : October 09, 2008 2:19 PM

[Music]誓言猶在耳邊

“記得介年寒天”是台湾第一首客家摇滚歌曲，作者硬頸暢流客家樂團。名字很怪么？其实“硬颈”是我们客家人的精神。经历过许多困难的环境，我们客家人已经习惯于顽强，习惯于坚持。

記得介年寒天
同佢牽手行在轉屋介路邊
兩儕識約定一介誓言
今生做伴共下行到永遠
＊誓言猶在耳邊
如今佢已經同別人結緣
對佢　冇恨也冇怨
陪涯多年佢也從毋半句怨嘆
＊最後一次見佢面
係分手該日兩儕站在月臺邊
冇半句話送佢坐上火車
緊去緊遠（佢）緊去緊遠
　心肚明白從此一別就係永遠
孤孤兮兮恁多年
到今　本本無再戀
總係想起介年寒天
想起介年約定介誓言
Source，有改动

翻译成国语就是：

记得那年寒天（寒天就不用翻译了吧？）
和她牵手走在屋角路边
俩人约定一个誓言
今生做伴共行到永遠
＊誓言猶在耳邊
如今她已經同別人結緣
對她　无恨也无怨
陪我多年，她也從无半句怨嘆
＊最後一次見她面
是分手那日兩人站在月臺邊
无半句話送她坐上火車
越走越远，（她）越走越远
心中明白從此一別就是永遠

孤孤单单这么多年
到今　本本無再戀　（没听清，也没明白歌词是什么，不翻。）
总是想起那年寒天
想起那年約定的誓言

我们客家人还有一句话说别人死要面子：

死鸡撑硬颈
死牛占上岭

说的是鸡死后脖子很硬（哈哈，你有这个体验么？），而牛死的时候一定找个高坡站着死（真的么？我怀疑只是为了跟上一句押韵）。

搜索下载（请尊重版权，购买正版音乐支持歌曲创作）

延伸阅读：
语言四不像
周末歌曲：幸福进行曲
周末歌曲：法语歌？

注：由于伟大的网络长城，你可能无法从五千年历史的中国访问ｂｅｎｉｎｃａｍｐｕｓ．ｂｌｏｇｓｐｏｔ．ｃｏｍ上面的链接。对于这些连接，请把　“ｂｅｎｉｎｃａｍｐｕｓ．ｂｌｏｇｓｐｏｔ．ｃｏｍ”替换成“blog.fadshop.net”，你将有37.4%可能成功访问。谢谢合作。

Labels: Music

继续spam。其实广府粤语和香港粤语还是有差别的，香港主流粤语（不是电视而是生活中）懒音多，语调比较软，加上经常夹杂着英文，而且是懒音化了的英文，没有英文那harsh的尾辅音，英文通常用升调来说，听起来比较可爱（适合学校小姑娘拍拖时说？），广府粤语偏向铿锵硬净（适合社团纹身佬劈友时说？）。

但据我的朋友说，我读”麦“读不准，我比较习惯是读"mahk"，而据说标准读法是"muhk"，但好像还是改不过来。

我的普通话和英文⋯⋯早在一读大学就放弃了，因为本来说着粤语时我的口齿也算不上伶俐的。

# posted by

June's High Blue : October 09, 2008 10:07 PM

硬颈在粤语是贬义。而粤语中说到死鸡的形容词为”死鸡撑饭盖“，真是一只死不心息死不瞑目的鸡啊。

# posted by

June's High Blue : October 09, 2008 10:10 PM

我注意到现在的香港粤语跟20年前看珠江台的不太同，l经常说成n，也许就是你所说的懒音吧。

把尾辅音吞掉，我现在还是经常这样啊。

有没有看过 http://www.bloglines.com/blog/BenInCampus?id=276 在香港廣東話引用英文字的指引？不容错过哦。

# posted by

Unknown : October 09, 2008 11:38 PM

Your traffic view is scary scary. SCARY!!!

Rants from Minyu the Spammer.

# posted by

Minyu : October 09, 2008 11:57 PM

反了反了，是“n说成l”，“电脑”说成“电佬”。

# posted by

Unknown : October 09, 2008 11:57 PM

Yup "n" for "l" is 懒音, and Cantonese has some opening sounds with double consonants but sometimes people can't pronounce both clearly, but instead, use some single sound to imitate the double sounds.

Can't think out an example though.

# posted by

Minyu : October 10, 2008 12:04 AM

拒绝Tom-Skype

Skype.com所出产的Skype软件既是个优秀的实时通信软件，也是个IP电话软件。可以文本聊天、语音、视频对话。以我个人经验，它在语音、视频聊天时比MSN Messenger稳定流畅。

Tom.com是李嘉诚家族购买国产免费邮箱163.net后的门户网站。

二者合作生产Tom-Skype软件，专门在中国推广。10月2日，多伦多大学的Citizen Lab揭露：这个软件监测用户的即时通信，并且把涉及政治的言语及用户IP等记录下来。同时还有一些纪录与政治无关，估计是因为该用户被列入监视黑名单。

我看过报告原件，所记述的技术过程很可信。披露之后，Skype.com出来承认、道歉，Tom.com宣称这是符合中国法律的要求。所以，Citizen Lab的这个报告是被确认了。

Skype.com现在说：“这种做法是中国的要求，无法改变。唯一能做的事情是：确保用户知道，他们正在被监测。”同时保证：如果你用Skype.com的软件，即时聊天不会被记录。

为了你和他人的安全，请拒绝使用Tom-Skype软件。如果多人通信，只要有一个人使用的是Tom-Skype，所有通信都被记录在案。所以还要让你的所有Skype上的朋友都改用原版Skype。原版Skype软件其实有中文功能，安装、使用过程都可以用中文，对中国用户完全没有障碍。

如果对丑恶漠然、容忍，就是对丑恶的鼓励。

在中国访问 Skype.com 就自动被改向为 Skype.tom.com ，所以中国用户无法下载原版的Skype软件。（待已验证）。我放了一个拷贝在 ___ ，字节数 22,404,904字节，版本号 3.8.0.180 （该连接随时可能失效）。不反对改用其它即时通信软件，但是其它的就好么？（其它的就没有监测的可能么？）

中国媒体对这件事情的报道很少，都是粗描淡写，大多说“侵犯了用户的隐私权”。现在我用英文Google.com查 Tom Skype，所得到的90%都是讨论这件事情，使用security and privacy breaches，Chinese monitoring， TOM-Skype censorship， A Privacy Nightmare等关键字。而在百度查找，前两页都没有任何链接与这件事情有关，都是吹嘘Tom-Skype的好。在Google.cn查找，第一页有一个“tom skype的相关焦点”，是这件事情的新闻，除此之外没有任何负面消息；第二页有一个博客提到该新闻，且该页最后有一句话：