這是一個甚麼都時代前、時代後的時代。
命名時代是群眾集作，人人爭相定義我們身處的世界，越來越嘩眾，為的是取寵；成功的幻像，就似是披上一件智者的外袍，站在塔頂，傲視眾生，自以為看破了塵世，超人一樣。
這是一
當作家的四個條件
開始寫作以後，經常被人問到： 「成為作家須具備什麼條件？」我認為首要條件，是受得住被人誤解。
關於這點，講多無謂。明白的人，盡在不言中；不明白者，說一萬句也不會明白，反會加深誤解。有句話叫「人蠢無藥可醫」
關於這點，講多無謂。明白的人，盡在不言中；不明白者，說一萬句也不會明白，反會加深誤解。有句話叫「人蠢無藥可醫」
宗教虐兒
Richard Dawkins 認為 在兒童還未有獨立思考能力時以「洗腦」方式向他們灌輸宗教信念，是一種虐兒行為，屬於精神虐待。這是個有爭議的看法，但我不打算在這裏討論；我只是想以此為引子，介紹一套頗舊的紀錄片，相信很多人都未看過
Asking users questions never increases security
Here is something that I've more or less written about before, but Iwant to reinforce by saying explicitly:
Asking users questions never increases security.
Never ever. Really.
(See SecurityChoiceProblem for a discussion of why.)
What this means is simple. Every time you design a system where part ofthe design is 'if something questionable happens, we will ask the userif they approve it', assume that at least half of your users will makethe wrong choice. Ask yourself what this does to
Why https was a mistake, but an inevitable one
As I alluded to in a comment here ,one reason that we can't expect people to understand that 'low qualityencryption' is basically 'no encryption' is that browsers don't. In factthe issue shows why having a distinct and specially marked 'https' isultimately a terrible mistake; it has trained programmers and users thathttps means security, when in fact it doesn't.
What would have been much better is if browsers hid the differencebetween the raw protocol being used and instead showed
Using the Plextor PX-B120U Blu-Ray BDROM Drive with a Mac
A few notes from my initial use of the Plextor PX-B120U external USB BD-ROM
Drupal Simplenews: Automatically Subscribe New Users to a Newsletter
One of the sites I am setting up requires that all users be subscribed to a certain newsletter (or maybe two, depending on who they are) via Simplenews when they create their accounts (actually, their accounts are automatically created via LDAP... but that's another story).
Looking around, I found this post explaining how you might be able to auto-subscribe new users , and it led me to look up Simplenews' simplenews_subscribe_user() function.
Basically, you can add
霸道 • 執著
有人見我在這裏不時拿別人的文章批評一番，可能會覺得我不只多管簡事，而且霸道（尤其是修改別人文章這種要不得的行為）。人家寫些甚麼、怎麼寫，是人家的自由，寫得不好也是人家後果自負，干卿底事？況且天下壞文章
My view of OpenSolaris and Illumos
My perspective is that I have always had a two-fold interest inOpenSolaris. One part of my interest was actually in Solaris sourcecode (for which OpenSolaris was the closest available substitute),and the other part was an alternative to Solaris if Sun went crazy.
I never truly trusted OpenSolaris for two reasons. First, because Inever fully trusted the depth of Sun's commitment to open source; italways felt like a tactical move, instead of a heartfelt conviction,and tactical moves are subject to revocation
Importing HDV footage from Sony HDV Cameras into iMovie '11 (or '08/'09)
I have had a ton of trouble today getting a rented Sony HVR-Z1U HDV Camera to work with iMovie '11 - I was having trouble both importing pre-recorded footage (in VCR mode) and importing live footage (in Camera mode). QuickTime Player would allow me to import video from the camera at DV quality, but I couldn't get HD.
I found that the camera was downconverting the video to regular DV (squeezing the pixels so it would still be a 16: