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學校的大一新生問的問題太屌了 學校回答的更妙

發表人 9426XXX, 9426XXX發表日期 2006/3/9 下午 01:04:56
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我想請教您為什麼宿舍不能下載影片了呢?下載影片是不合法的可是這樣要我們住宿生幹什麼呢??住宿生已經很可憐了挨，在宿舍什麼事情都不能做，只能無止盡發呆，我知道沒事做您們會叫我們多讀一點書可是大學生活就只能讀書嗎？

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回覆單位 電算中心網路組 回覆日期 2006/3/9 下午 05:22:16
回覆內容 X同學您好：

我們非常同意您的看法，大學生活不應該只有讀書，而是應該各方面自我充實，以作為您即將進入社會的準備，除了職場技能學分外，愛情學分、人際關係學分，甚至是您要做些您所謂不合法的下載，都必須使本身具備更多知識與技能，這些都不是書本能教您的。底下我將推薦一些連結，提供您知識與心靈充實的參考。

大愛電視網路直播

http://www.newdaai.tv/rstpbk/index.php

這個影片不需要下載，他可以讓您的心靈更加充實，不蓋您，我常常看。

某校圖書館隨選視訊系統

http://www1.lib.XXXX.edu.tw/vod/vod.htm

圖書館已經幫您準備好各項可以休閒或充實知識的影片，來享受一下高速頻寬吧！

某校社團總灠

http://163.17.8.XX/stafof93/stafof2/club.php

參加社團可以使您的人際關係更為融洽，多參加幾個更有幫助。

Google 搜尋網站

http://www.google.com.tw

對於更廣泛的知識涉獵，我也幫不上忙，提供您全世界最棒的搜尋引擎，相信我裡面真的什麼都有，包含您最想要的不合法，就看您會不會利用。

另外，利用各大新聞網站提供的網路電視新聞，對於了解時事也非常有幫助，如果您可以妥善利用這些資源，我相信您會沒有時間發呆。
加油！我相信您做得到。Just do it!

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太強了!!!應該是工讀生幹的好事吧 ^_^

Some more...

20" acer Ferrari LCD 

the rest 

Siemens(now BenQ.Siemens) designed  

2/3 G phones 

A picture say a thousand words so I'll let the pix do the talking 

Singapore IT Fair

The Singapore IT Fair 2006 has started yesterday. Saw from the papers that there were some pretty good deals. Acer 19" widescreen LCD monitor going for @ $399.That's an absolute steal!!! Althought it doesn't have DVI input but my laptop doesn't have that anyway...plus the reaction time is only 8ms so you won't see blurred images in fast moving animation or movies. I've noted that Acer's industrial design has improved significantly over the past few years. Nowadays Acer products actually do pay attention to aesthetics, unlike a few years back when their laptops were extremely boxy and plain-looking. The Acer Ferrari notebooks and LCD monitors has looks to die for...(saliva dripping to the floor...)

Now some of the leaders in the Taiwanese IT industry has finally realized the importance of industrial design and start putting some genuine effort into it. This is a good sign. In my view, design maketh the brand. I've come to realize that there's no future for Taiwan's tech industry simply doing OEM and ODMs. All the profits are siphoned off by the big brands like DEll,Compaq and the likes. And the vicious cycle of cost-downing is really hurting the OEMs as they cut each other's throats to secure orders. The winner of the order isn't much better off than the losers as the profit margin is often razor-thin. That is why I think that industrial design and product differentiation is the way out for the industry. These days value-for-money isn't such an important factor as before(look at how much an iPod costs but they're still selling like hotcakes) Taiwanese companies used to be able to move their products by offering a cheaper price with more functionality -> therefore good value for money. But that doesn't work anymore as everyone has moved manufacturing to China and has much lower manufacturing costs than before.

Up and coming companies like BenQ and Asus really brings my hopes up high. In my opinion, their products are pretty well designed and they have the 'cool' factor. Taiwanese companies are also starting to get industrial design awards around the globe such as the iF and Red Dot awards in Deutschland and the Good Design award in Japan. BenQ beat Samsung in this year's iF Award, ranked at No.3 with 17 products receiving awards(9 for handphones/ 2 for LCDs). I think that BenQ's corporate image is extremely lively and youthful as reflected in their slogan -> Enjoyment matters. I'd like to work for BenQ in the future if I have the chance.

I'm such an idiot!!!

Ok....I've locked myself out of my room AGAIN.....
This time at 5+ in the morning! Fortunately I has a cluster mate that wakes up early too...He's off to work now so here I am happily blogging away on his computer... Office doesn't open until 9am...can't afford to pay the S$10 fine to open the door during non-office hours...Shall see what ivle has to offer now...

P.S. Just realized that I've spelt idiot as idioit in my haste....does that make
me a bigger idiot? lol

After some experience of dealing with lawyers I only have this to say: If God ever wants to sue the Devil He'll lose for sure because 95% of the lawyers are in hell....(yeah go ahead and quote me on that...no offence to my law school friends but I do feel this way)

有些人永遠不可能跟他說話
有些人只說一些話
有些人可能比一些還多
另一些極少極少的
也許只有一個
可以說許多許多

那說了許多的說了又說又說還說
那說一些的不曾再說
比一些多的也只是比一些多
那永遠永遠不說的
始終始終
永遠始終永遠不能

這一切
不如不說
這一切
不如不說

---夏宇。說話課

Random Thoughts

I've been wondering for a long time regarding when a person starts
regarding you as a friend. In this I mean a real friend and not
'friends' that you've only met once and can't even remember their
name. I found that in NUS unless you go for a lot of activities
and orientation, it is pretty difficult to get to know people as
most of them look very aloof and not very approachable( probably
don't look too approachable myself XD) Sometimes I would approach
someone in my tutorial or lecture and try to make small talk before
the lesson talks(discuss subject content etc...). Some people are
suprised that I just started talking to them out of the blue, but
I find that most people are rather friendly despite a 'dao' face.
These are the guys that are just like noughat chocolate candy->
hard on the outside but with a creamy center. But then again there
are those who are hard on the outside and hard on the inside...well
too bad then.

I also find that it's progressively harder to make friends as you
progress through university because everyone starts getting into
their own tight circles->"搞小圈圈" and only talk to those in the
group. Well now my policy is that, if I talk to ya and you respond
in a friendly manner, well good for me. But if you 'dao' me also I'm
ok with it, as making friends really should be this hard, guess that
there's just no 緣份 then.

Ok...next lets talk about birthdays. I find that some people around
me attach a great significance to their birthdays. Personally I don't
think that my birthday is of very great importance to me. I'll get
myself a slice of cake or sth but that's about it(besides I'll find
any excuse to get myself a slice of cake...lol) My own birthday isn't
that important to me as I'm always in Singapore and dangerously
close to my exams during that period(btw my birthday isn't anytime soon
so I'm not hinting or anything) Also, when you come from a 'monk'
school(i.e. all guys) like ACS(I) you tend to be very guarded about
your birthday...haha...the reason being that if they know today is your
birthday you'll get stripped in class..then when you get back to your
hostel you'll get stripped again AND dunked in the pool. Typical
reaction of an ACS boy(or any other guy's schools for that matter) when
someone asks " Hey isn't today your birthday? "(with an impish smile)
is "OH SHIT!!! RUN! RUN! RUN!". Ok, back to other people:I have some
friends that constantly advertise when their birthday is around the
corner->they tell you in person,they put it on their blog,msn etc...
These are mostly girls due to the reason I've mention above.

The thing I'm wondering about is their rationale of telling the whole
world it's their birthday. Do they want lots of gifts or do they just
want everyone to celebrate with them? I really don't know. Personally
I would remember the birthdays of those I regard as friends as best as
I can. But sometimes I do forget...sorry abt that guys =P You don't
even have to tell me it's your birthday, I'll make it a point to check
it out myself. I think that's the way 'real friends' do it. Birthday
presents are not so important to me as well. It's nice to have someone
giving you a present and all but I feel guilty that they are shelling
out to buy stuff. We are all students with limited earning power
after all. A e-card or sms is good enough for me. Ok now comes the
real interesting part: You give someone a birthday present -> the
person is delighted -> comments "oh you are such a good friend!" ->
asks when your birthday is(in the process getting your hopes high) ->
promptly forgets about it when your birthday comes. lol....that sux
doesn't it? Sometimes they are genuinely busy and they have sincerely
forgotten about the whole thing. At first you'll think that " He/She's
busy lah....must have really forgotten" but NOOOOO...you later find that
the person had just celebrated a birthday for another friend and had a
blast-> so what does this mean? I'm not sure myself. But I think that
this would be a good time to take that person out of my 'friends pool'
and drop them in my 'acquaintance pool'. No hard feelings abt them too,
well as I said there's just no 緣份 so why bother trying so hard huh?

DISCLAIMER:
THE ABOVE ARE JUST THE THOUGHTS OF A BORED/INJURED
VEGETARIAN BALLER WHO CAN'T PLAY BALL AT THE MOMENT
SO DECIDED TO BLOG A LONG GRANDMOTHER STORY AND
ARE NOT AIMED AT ANYONE IN PARTICULAR