No man's land

20. "That's weird..." 19. "It's never done that before." 18. "It worked yesterday." 17. "How is that possible?" 16. "It must be a hardware problem." 15. "What did you type in wrong to get it to crash?" 14. "There is something funky in your data." 13. "I haven't touched that module in weeks!" 12. "You must have the wrong version." 11. "It's just some unlucky coincidence." 10. "I can't test everything!" 9. "THIS can't be the source of THAT." 8. "It works, but it hasn't been tested." 7. "Somebody must have changed my code." 6. "Did you check for a virus on your system?" 5. "Even though it doesn't work, how does it feel? 4. "You can't use that version on your system." 3. "Why do you want to do it that way?" 2. "Where were you when the program blew up?" And the Number One reply by programmers when their programs don't work: 1. "It works on my machine."

With the slogan "do not do evil", Google give us a *filtered* search engine(www.google.cn), you have probably known that the result of the *filtered* engine is quite different from the original one which was used by people of "freedom world", especially in the occasion of querying some "sensitive" words, like 'tiananmen' in the image search engine, you will be aware of how great the difference it is(perhaps you need to have a line directly to the main server located in the States, yeah, it is almost mission impossible in the mainland of China, but we do have some *way* to do it). However Google is far from the most evil company in the world, in my opinion, it is among the best IT companies. This change was apparently made under the influrence of the local government, the conclusion could be made from the following old blog:

 

Google in China

1/27/2006 11:58:00 AM

Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, senior policy counsel

Google users in China today struggle with a service that, to be blunt, isn't very good. Google.com appears to be down around 10% of the time. Even when users can reach it, the website is slow, and sometimes produces results that when clicked on, stall out the user's browser. Our Google News service is never available; Google Images is accessible only half the time. At Google we work hard to create a great experience for our users, and the level of service we've been able to provide in China is not something we're proud of.

This problem could only be resolved by creating a local presence, and this week we did so, by launching Google.cn, our website for the People's Republic of China. In order to do so, we have agreed to remove certain sensitive information from our search results. We know that many people are upset about this decision, and frankly, we understand their point of view. This wasn't an easy choice, but in the end, we believe the course of action we've chosen will prove to be the right one.

Launching a Google domain that restricts information in any way isn't a step we took lightly. For several years, we've debated whether entering the Chinese market at this point in history could be consistent with our mission and values. Our executives have spent a lot of time in recent months talking with many people, ranging from those who applaud the Chinese government for its embrace of a market economy and its lifting of 400 million people out of poverty to those who disagree with many of the Chinese government's policies, but who wish the best for China and its people. We ultimately reached our decision by asking ourselves which course would most effectively further Google's mission to organize the world's information and make it universally useful and accessible. Or, put simply: how can we provide the greatest access to information to the greatest number of people?

Filtering our search results clearly compromises our mission. Failing to offer Google search at all to a fifth of the world's population, however, does so far more severely. Whether our critics agree with our decision or not, due to the severe quality problems faced by users trying to access Google.com from within China, this is precisely the choice we believe we faced. By launching Google.cn and making a major ongoing investment in people and infrastructure within China, we intend to change that.

No, we're not going to offer some Google products, such as Gmail or Blogger, on Google.cn until we're comfortable that we can do so in a manner that respects our users' interests in the privacy of their personal communications. And yes, Chinese regulations will require us to remove some sensitive information from our search results. When we do so, we'll disclose this to users, just as we already do in those rare instances where we alter results in order to comply with local laws in France, Germany and the U.S.

Obviously, the situation in China is far different than it is in those other countries; while China has made great strides in the past decades, it remains in many ways closed. We aren't happy about what we had to do this week, and we hope that over time everyone in the world will come to enjoy full access to information. But how is that full access most likely to be achieved? We are convinced that the Internet, and its continued development through the efforts of companies like Google, will effectively contribute to openness and prosperity in the world. Our continued engagement with China is the best (perhaps only) way for Google to help bring the tremendous benefits of universal information access to all our users there.

We're in this for the long haul. In the years to come, we'll be making significant and growing investments in China. Our launch of google.cn, though filtered, is a necessary first step toward achieving a productive presence in a rapidly changing country that will be one of the world's most important and dynamic for decades to come. To some people, a hard compromise may not feel as satisfying as a withdrawal on principle, but we believe it's the best way to work toward the results we all desire.

首先是上午在地铁4号线上海体育馆站再次陷入先上后下的困局，，我左脚刚跨出车厢，一个野蛮人就拼了命的把我往车厢里推，我怀疑这厮是不是从美国橄榄球队偷渡来的陪练（橄榄球队有陪练吗，不知道，大概有吧），我突然觉得很不爽，你丫挤什么啊，赶着去投胎吗？于是我也摆开后分卫的架势，右脚抵地，上身一扭，肩膀一顶，顿时来敌被掀翻在地，四周响起了掌声，我胸中翻腾着毛主席的教导，一百遍阿一百遍，“千万不要忘记阶级斗争，锻炼身体，保卫祖国，现在开始做广播体操”。原来躲在我身后的迷你车mm，也马不停蹄的跟了出来，口中直呼，“太野蛮了，太野蛮了，哪能有这么野蛮的人阿”，不过我不确定她是在说那个人。。。

一天埋头做post，略过不表。。。

下班电梯碰到顾申华和韵韵，都是久未谋面的老同学了，心中甚是激动。。。大家边说边笑走到地铁闸机入口，正欲潇洒一挥。却听见前方传来阵阵敖叫，听来不像人声，倒有几分地狱来客之韵味，转眼间从楼梯口涌来一股人潮，衣着鲜艳，发型怪异，大叫着，大笑着，脸上洋溢着和谐的激情，肆无忌惮的迅速占领闸机口，一个一个有条不紊的在有限的空间里练习起刘翔式跨栏，动作之娴熟让人目不暇接，叹为观止。只可惜当时没有携带移动式手持数位影像声音记录仪，如此壮观场面稍纵即逝，无法世世代代流传下去，亦无法为行为艺术家们提供观摩学习，领会精神的材料。

今天被一个警察叔叔抓住了，因为我走路乱穿马路，上一次被抓是骑车乱穿马路，下一次会是什么情况呢。。。

不过被抓后，他让我原路返回。。。等于又乱穿了一次。。。真不爽阿

前两天听到隔壁部门的同事们在谈论刘老师的一篇关于的哥的blog，没想到这两天此文大火，很多网站都有转载，还被搞到平面媒体上，今天看上海热线，上面有篇文章说还有很多司机也在热议此文，于是我就狗了一下，我考，居然------约有34,800项符合出租司机给我上的MBA课的查询结果------这篇blog迅速传遍大江南北，各色网站。。。

被ESP点名做题了，网上流传的接力棒终于到了我手上   好吧，开始做题目，下面引自ESP的blog 木已成舟 http://spaces.msn.com/espresso-r7/  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   规则：写在自己的SPACES上，回答完如下十题之后，删除其中自己最不喜欢的一条，再添加自己的问题一条，然后另点6人。   1.你最讨厌或反感什么类型的人？ 讨厌整天嚷着要为他人谋幸福的人，实际却是表里不一，这类人往往也是使事情变糟的根本原因。 讨厌愚蠢的人，没有知识不怕，可以学嘛，但是愚蠢。。。神仙也没有办法救你   2.你最想去哪个国家的哪个城市？为什么？ 拉斯维加斯。美国。沙漠中现代奇迹，资本主义的现实体现。纸醉金迷的外表，直面真实的人类社会   3.最想改变自己生活的哪个方面? 持久性。做事不要拖拉。   4.你希望在别人眼中,你是个怎样的人？ 理想者。   5.你所拥有的哪样东西是你最最珍惜的？ 独立思考精神   6.下一个目标是什么? 找个女朋友   7.曾经或现在面临的最困难的选择是什么？选择结果？ 没有遇到什么真正困难的选择，我比较容易接受变化，并做出最好的选择   8.写一句很负责的告诫自己的话。 有些事最好自己先努力一把再向别人求助   9.目前想拥有的东西？ 所有优秀科幻书   10. 你觉得有什么事情，你想再重新选择一次？ 有些事情因为种种原因没有做到最好，比较可惜，具体的就不说了，呵呵   点名： Jing, Mavis, oc, 先确定几个吧。。。

今天无意中看到了一个叫做《撞击》的新闻辩论类节目，上海电视台的，有点类似于美国的《60分钟》，只是这个撞击只有30分钟，有点不够尽兴。

今天的题目就是“顺风车”，正方是同济的老师，反方是交大的老师，正方认为搭顺风车属于个人行为，只要事先商量好，就可以了，不用太多干涉，反方认为只要收钱就是黑车，就是违法了。我比较支持正方。不仅因为正方老师是同济的，而且顺风车的确是个人行为，政府干涉完全没有必要。

上网一搜，果然有好多关于搭车的网站，我也发布了一条信息，不知道有没有下文

春节的时候曾经有过15度的天气，没想到长假一结束又恢复到0度左右了，晚上走回家的那段路上不得不戴上帽子，耳朵实在受不了。师傅和两同事这几天病假不断，实在是太辛苦了，难道混IT其实真的是在拼体力的吗？不管怎么说，身体是革命的本钱，祝他们恢复如常。

昨天再一次领略到乘电梯排到门口的场面，不过颇为奇怪的是今天差不多同样时间却没什么人，难道有人只有周一需要上班？这个结论有待考证。。。

胡戈又做了一部讽刺电影，名叫春运帝国，显然比上一部的馒头有更加普遍的社会意义，搞笑成份也是恰到好处。看的时候你会笑，可是笑过之后你的眼睛里可能会有泪水。昨天发改委说我国城市居民的收入差距已经相当大了，基尼系数超过0.4，达到预警上限。如今之所以社会整体表面平静，是由于国人忍耐力真的太好了，过去的一切经验也都说明，任何苦难，只要是尚能忍受，我们都宁愿容忍，而无意为了本身的权益而去抗争。这正如 吴思 先生所著的《潜规则--中国历史中的真实游戏》里所说，我们认同自己二等公民身份时并没有人逼迫，一切都是自觉自愿的。这种悠久的传统历经多少朝代从未真正改变过，因为为人民谋福利的权利不管何时始终被一个集团垄断，任何与之竞争的人或其他集团都被称为谋反或者反革命或者愤青之类。而今年春运由于天气原因形势特别严峻，那些由于列车晚点而整夜只能待在停车库里的同胞们面对中央台的摄像机时就只能面容刚毅的说，多晚我也等，只要能上这趟车，好赶回家过年。我不知道记者报道的本意，我只感觉到悲哀，就算是李敖大师面对如此现状也只能说情愿用自由主义换取一部真的宪法吧。

春节前，父亲厂里一个大家公认很老实的老工人也是老共产党员将厂里某小领导也是新共产党员打了一顿。起因是那个小领导克扣老工人500元，然后假惺惺的说看在过春节的份上还给你200元，态度还极其恶劣。小领导大概不知道羊逼急了是会咬人的。老工人于是反锁办公室门，抡起椅子朝领导头上砸去，最后现场尽是鲜血和木片木屑，那个椅子是很硬实的阿，我想老工人当时肯定是抱着同归于尽的想法的。呵呵，平时大概5万元都不会放在眼里的领导们肯定不会想到区区500元是可以叫人为之拼命的。要不是小领导的小弟兄们砸开窗户将他救出，他肯定进棺材了。老工人最后抓去派出所，公安听了情况说你们自己厂里决定怎么处理，就放回来了。然而回来之后竟然没有任何一层领导敢对老工人处罚。他们的命要紧啊。事情就这么不了了之了。所谓冰冻三尺非一日之寒，老工人决不可能仅仅因为500元而做出如此过激之事，多少年来必定有无数委屈压在心底，如今一下子爆发出来。所以仅仅追求表面的稳定团结是非常危险的事，最近国家领导们或许已经认识到了这点，发出要让全体人民共享改革成果的号召。

然而处在这样的社会除了拼命赚钱还能怎么样？想做很多事却没有那个能力是很痛苦的。如果你家里有小孩发烧，没钱看病，你就会到处求爷爷告奶奶的，你的膝盖就会弯曲的，你就会折腰的。钱就是力量，是人的支撑点。

so，my lord，please give chinese a chance

今天是除旧迎新的日子，由于老妈安排妥当，家里的卫生打扫工作早在上周就完成了。于是我们商量怎样利用这个难得的机会出去玩玩，因为今天路上肯定车子稀少。想来想去，我们一家门对十六年前的上海植物园之行始终怀有美好记忆，于是决定今天故地重游。一路过去，开上内环，车子果然少得可怜，不出半小时就到了，还开过头了。

进去之后，人就更少了，想必今天大家都在家做家务。

我们先看了黄母祠，里边有个房间都是一些旧时生活用具，我家以前老房子的时候都用过，我还有点映像的。之后又去了温室，这是我映像最深的地方，沙生植物馆里各式各样的仙人掌仙人球仙人树。。。曾在我幼小的心灵留下极深刻的映像。如今16年过去，那里基本没什么变化，还有不少断的倒伏的枯死的仙人掌仙人球仙人树，一副缺少维护之象。而在盆景园看到的更令人伤心，一些需要水的盆景都干枯了开裂了，以前得过奖的盆栽都扔在一边无人问津，真是痛心阿

好好的一块地方，由于多年经营手段单一，现在看来其整体实力始终处于中下水准级别，偌大的空间，寥寥5个人参观，处处呈现破败之气。植物园曾在我心里始终处于神圣地位，如今儿时的记忆被现在的映像覆盖，我有生之年估计不会再去了，除非有大的投资过来，使这里焕然一新。

故地重游，如果没什么改变，那也没什么新奇；如果更好，或许就已变味；最糟糕的是变差，坏映像取代老映像，徒使梦想破灭，实在可惜啊。

结论：万万不可故地重游。

昨天，一只iPOD photo 60G终于落入我手了，然后配上camera connector，iPod就成了一个理想的数码伴侣，极大方便了数码相机一族，再加上iTalk，又完成了向录音机的转变，真乃居家旅行，杀人越货必备工具阿。

我把目前所有的歌都扔进去了，哈哈，暂时缓解了硬盘空间紧缺之苦，不过我知道这维持不了几天，我相信过个几天，硬盘又会塞满，因为一有空间，我就会东下西下的，当然，有了DVD刻录机之后问题也就不大了，随下随刻。我这种情况将来可能会被冠以 下载刻录强迫症 之类的名称加以研究。

==*==*==*==*==*==*不怎么华丽的分割线*==*==*==*==*==*==

早出晚归，从杨浦赶到徐汇上班的日子已经 5 天了，人来车往，一种乡下小孩跑到大都市的感觉不住从心底升起。第一次见识了地铁也会吊着开不了的场面，第一次知道原来电梯排队也会排到门口。每当看着大清早狼突豕窜的人群，恍惚间，就会产生置身于某某运动中的错觉，时常幻想这么许多人都是为了一个目的或方向而来的。。。。。。而我指点江山。。。一呼百应。。。数风流人物还看今朝。。。又胡思乱想了。。。

总的来说，经过这么几天体验，我回家后基本什么都不想做了，我基本开始非常佩服我的父母，想想他们几十年如一日，辛劳上班，其间还要完成生我养我这样的麻烦事，真的非常非常辛苦。。。当然咯，他们上班的路程没我这么远。。。哈哈

今天写得稍微不那么乱了，有进步。。。