On improved but less functional versions of things

Every so often I wind up reading something that makes me see red.Today's is this piece (seen via Hacker News). So I want to write an open message:

Dear open source people, it is really simple. If someone has a workingsystem at time X, upgrades to your new software, and their system stopsworking, they do not care if their system might work at some undefinedpoint in the future. You broke their system now , and this is whatthey care about. You


閱甚麼報?

當報章雜誌習慣了刊登互聯網上的圖片、討論區的八卦、twitter的一時之氣時,代表了甚麼?或者你會說,這是傳統媒體力量的轉移,這是互聯網發聲的時代,或是甚麼第四權的權力下放至人民,終於是現代民主的完美體現云云,說

挪威的森林("Norwegian Wood") ----- 感受它吧!


片名 : ノルウェイの森 (2010)
導演 : 陳英雄
演員 : 松山研一、菊地凜子、水原希子
片長 : 133 分鐘

1. 雖然我還有很多戲還未寫,不過作為一個終結,也同時是一個開始,我還是毫不猶豫的選擇了"挪威的森林"!
Continue reading...

Why there is a gulf between shells and scripting languages

Recently I saw a stackoverflow question on why scriptinglanguages aren't suitable as Unix shell scripting languages . My answer is that shellsare strongly optimized for a different use case than programminglanguages, and this has significant effects on the design of thelanguages that they use and their semantics.Above all, shells are optimized for invoking external programs; asuccessful shell has ruthlessly pruned away everything that makesthis awkward. Scripting languages, like other languages, are insteadgenerally optimized for writing expressions, statements, and otherinternal language


新一年要減油啊!

「新年」這東西,總是在你未ready 的時候悄悄來臨。我抽屜裏的名店VIP 卡,連一次也未用過就已經過期了,真氣死人!還有兩個客賴死拖欠律師費,我天天追債忙得透不過氣來,想在年底前close 這兩單deal,看來是有點妙想天開……每

[電影]-我們的影展

【我們的影展】


【戀戀風塵】,我們品嚐青春流逝的苦澀
【恐怖份子】,我們經歷生命宣洩的不安
【愛情萬歲】,我們體會城市喧囂的孤寂
【熱 魚】,我們感動人們純真的情懷
【徵婚啟事】,我們察覺都會情感的寂寥

五位台灣
Continue reading...

讓 Windows Bootloader 載入 GRUB

為避免格式化 Ubuntu 後導致不能起動 Windows ,所以不讓 GRUB 成為 MBR
但使用 Windows 預設的 Bootloader 又不能列出非 Windows 的作業系統,所以需要改寫 C:\boot.ini
注意:胡亂改寫 C:\boot.ini 的會導致所有作業系統不能起動
If you use GRUB as MBR, after format Ubuntu partition GRUB will erase also
However見下文
Continue reading...

患病見真情─《愛情戀上癮》( Love & Other Drugs)


被海報和片名誤導, 起初以為《 愛情戀上癮 》( Love & Other Drugs) 是有關性上癮的故事. 所謂上癮當然是指愛情, 床戲的大膽程度令人意外 (本片沒有被列為三級片, 片商及電檢處聰明之舉!) . Jake Gyllenhaal Anne Hathaway 毫不尷尬的坦蕩蕩豪爽到極
Continue reading...

修復 Ubuntu 的 MBR (Recover Ubuntu GRUB as MBR)

GRUB 是一種出名的 Bootloader
但當 GRUB 被其他 Bootloader 覆蓋,如何重新讓 GRUB 成為 MBR ?
GRUB is a popular Bootloader.
However, how could we recover GRUB is covered by other Bootloader ?

見下文
先以 Ubuntu Live Boot Disc 起動
開啟已經安裝 GRUB 的分割區
複製該分割區的絕對路徑
We need to boot with Ubuntu Live Boot Disc.
Open the partition which you have installed GRUB.
Then copy the path
Continue reading...

修復 Windows 的 MBR (Recover Windows Bootloader as MBR)

若電腦系統曾經運行 Windows 與 Ubuntu 雙系統
當 Ubuntu 被格式化後,由於會連同 GRUB 一拼刪除,若果 MBR 被 Ubuntu 覆寫 MBR 不會引導 Windows 的 Bootloader
因此將會導致沒有 Bootloader 起動 Windows
若要重新起動 Windows 便需要修復 MBR 引導 Windows 的 Bootloader
If the computer run with Windows and UBunut 2 Systems
After you format Ubuntu, you should recover Windows Bootloader as見下文
Continue reading...