Wednesday, August 23, 2006

这日子真没法过了

我LD最近放暑假,在家闲着无聊就来偷窥我,监视我。

我有一天好好的mitbbs灌水,正灌得兴高采烈呢,突然有短讯在闪,我一点,蹦出她的一句“你在灌水!”我当时吓得一哆嗦。一会儿,她又来一句:“你为什么上班灌水?要老实上班”我马上就兴致全无,赶快log off了。

又有一天,我在mitbbs看文章看到7点,看着看着,又是一短讯,她来句“get your ass back home, now!”我又是吓得一身冷汗,赶快log off回家了。

前天我又在mitbbs上逛,又来一短讯,我害怕的都不敢看了,哆哆嗦嗦的点开一看,又是LD,来一个“呵呵呵呵呵呵呵”,看得让我哭笑不得。

昨天晚上,我喝可乐的时候用了两块冰,很爽,凉凉的。结果今天和LD打电话的时候,她突然来一句:“你昨天偷吃了两块冰”。我又是吓得手足冰凉,靠,这她都知道!

这日子真没法过了。

Thursday, August 17, 2006

传说中的幸福

昨天知道过了CFA第三级,乐得我屁颠屁颠的,魔鬼一般的考试终于彻底结束了,不用再受折磨了!!终于可以去弄一些新的名片了,呵呵。其实我考试就为了这个,名片上印个C.F.A.,好像很牛的样子。

昨天晚上LD做了些螃蟹,真好吃啊,从“民科”(注:我们有一朋友,知识渊博,才学八斗,我们都叫他“民科”)那里学来的菜谱果然名不虚传。还有两个朋友过来坐了坐,有一个人也过了,大家一起喝酒庆祝,啤酒红酒一起来,哇啦啦。

嗯,很爽,传说中的幸福大抵如此吧~~

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

[GTR's Code]

上个周末很爽,和一大帮朋友在山上的小木屋里住了两天,大家喝酒泡澡,聊天杀人,不亦乐乎。吃烧烤也吃的心旷神怡,精神舒畅。回纽约的路上一边开车一边哭,泪水随风飘洒,实在不舍得走啊。

但回来以后,才发现自己也让那里的蚊子爽了两天。以下的对于身上给蚊子叮的包包统计:
左臂:2个
右臂:2个
左膝盖:3个
右膝盖:3个
左小腿:1个
右小腿:1个
左脚踝:1个
右脚踝:1个
总计:14个蚊子包

今天可把我痒坏了,上班的时候东抓西抓,非常不雅观,奶奶的,这么多包,难道是我的人品问题??不过这蚊子也挺变态的,叮我的时候还这么讲究对称美。哦,如果象“达芬奇的密码”一样来分析的话,14这个数字,就是足球场上11个人再加3个替补,而且都是在世界杯决赛之夜叮的,嗯。。。所以说,蚊子也是球迷!!!哈哈,干脆我写本 [GTR's Code] 吧

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Some Q&A Regarding China (转载)

Q: Do Chinese eat dogs?
A: Yes. And cats. Especially on our "Thanks receiving" day. Besides, turkeys are our favorite pets. In China only the most uneducated eat turkeys.

Q: China is becoming strong. Does your government want to take over the world?
A: Yes, absolutely. As soon as we become powerful, we will invade Iraq and Afghanistan.

Q: Why doesn't your government give Tibet back to its monks?
A: Because the monks want to help the Seminoles take back Florida.

Q: Are the products made in China very cheap?
A: Yes. Were we using slaves, the price would be even cheaper.

Q: Why you are the only kid in your family?
A: Because my parents don't fuck with everybody.

Q: You have 1.4 billion people. Now what do you want to do with it?
A: Find a new planet. Kill the native people there, and move in.

Monday, May 15, 2006

The Truth is Out There.... Or really?

Any X-File fan will recognize this tag line -- The truth is out there. However, I just came to a conclusion that there is no real truth in this world. All that we have is opinion. We may have some so called "evidence" to support our views, but in the end we still need to count on our judgement and decide what we want to believe. THERE IS NO TRUTH.

Just take Bible and Da Vince Code for example. Which book is telling the truth? For me, the question is irrelevant. Does it MATTER? We have no way of knowing the answer anyway. No one knows exactly what happened 2,000 years ago. Even with so called "prove" or "historical evidence", those are made or written by men, people just like you and me who are biased and subjective regardless how hard we try not to (sometimes people don't even try). On top of it, people will still believe whatever they like to believe, with or without any evidence whatsoever. The discussion will never end. EVIDENCE or FACT carry no importance here. What really matters is which book is more popular and can outsell the other one.

For years, I was trying to argue with people that God does not exist. There has been absolutely NO solid scientific evidence in this physical world to prove the existence of such divine concept. However, people continue to believe in this absurb concept, an invisible man who has all the power and loves you, your dogs, and everyone else but he just won't stop you from a heart attack or a fatel car accident. In US, the people believe in the concept of God outnumber those who don't approximately by 4:1. Bible is the all time best seller. It is arguably the most successful literature piece ever written by men. Arguing about evidences and facts are fruitless. It will not change a thing. It won’t get you anywhere.

What we really need is simply another best seller, something like Da Vince Code, to compete agaisnt Bible. It doesn’t matter if the book is historically accurate. As long as people are buying it, reading it, talking about it, and believing it, I will say it is accurate. The only weapon we have is best sellers like Da Vince Code.

The same thing goes with any other types of history. No one can clearly remember what they ate 5 days ago, let alone what happened 500 years ago. All we have is our less than perfect memory when it comes to what happened in the past. History is always written by the winners, an extremely sujective group of people. Losers’ view will never be presented as their version will never outsell the other side. Therefore, for any historical arguments, facts and evidences are also having a small impact.

Let's take Nan King Massacre for example, it is utterly useless to argue with Japanese right-wingers by presenting facts. People will believe what they WANT to believe. In fact, we don't need to persuade those right-wingers at all (we will never be able to anyway), and we just need to sell our version of the history to third parties, such as Americans, British, German, and etc,. How do do so? Once again, not by facts. All we need to do is the have a best seller, either a book or a movie that tells people the version of history we prefer. Mass media and pop culture allows you to reach millions, or even billions, in a rapid fashion. For example, the movie Schindler's List is 1,00o times more powerful than any discovery of so-called "hard evidence" regarding what German did against Jews. Schindler's List is such a great movie that it creates its own version of history. I, for one, believe in that version. For the same reason, all we need are best sellers!!!! Either books, or movies, or music, or anything!!! Cultural influence is the only way to go. That’s why I believe the so called "boycotting Japanese products" movement is childish and will achieve nothing. The easiest way to combat Japanese right-wingers is to raise enough money and ask Steven Spielberg to direct a movie called “Nan King massacre”. This is the easiest and most efficient way to end the arguement once for all. Oh, we do need to have a good screen writer to come up the script. :-D

哈哈,果然不出俺所料

汉芯作假啊。。。。没有悬念了。。。不过很奇怪的就是当事人居然没有任何刑事责任。。这可是赤裸裸的诈骗国有资产啊。。。很奇怪。。同样搞骗局的韩国科学家可是锒铛入狱了。。。

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上海交大通报“汉芯”系列芯片涉嫌造假的调查结论与处理意见
陈进被上海交大解除有关职务
国家有关部委决定追缴相应拨款和经费

  新华网上海5月12日电 上海交通大学12日向新华社记者通报了“汉芯”系列芯片涉嫌造假的调查结论与处理意见。调查显示,陈进在负责研制“汉芯”系列芯片过程中存在严重的造假和欺骗行为,以虚假科研成果欺骗了鉴定专家、上海交大、研究团队、地方政府和中央有关部委,欺骗了媒体和公众。上海交大决定,撤销陈进上海交大微电子学院院长职务;撤销陈进的教授职务任职资格,解除其教授聘用合同。科技部根据专家调查组的调查结论和国家科技计划管理有关规定,已决定终止陈进负责的科研项目的执行,追缴相关经费,取消陈进以后承担国家科技计划课题的资格;教育部决定撤销陈进“长江学者”称号,取消其享受政府特殊津贴的资格,追缴相应拨款;国家发展改革委决定终止陈进负责的高技术产业化项目的执行,追缴相关经费。
2005年12月,上海交大接到对微电子学院院长、汉芯科技有限公司总经理陈进等人涉嫌造假的举报后十分重视,立即对有关情况进行了初步调查。考虑到问题的严肃性和复杂性,上海交大随即请求国家权威部门对事件进行深入全面调查。
2006年1月28日,科技部、教育部和上海市政府成立专家调查组并开始工作。在其后两个多月的时间里,专家调查组本着客观公正、尊重科学、实事求是的精神,针对举报人对“汉芯”事件的举报内容,采取与举报人、当事人和相关人员面谈、现场查验技术文档、分析对比有关技术资料、查验芯片演示系统和调阅相关音像资料等方式方法,对“汉芯”系列一至四号芯片的设计过程和性能指标等进行了全面调查与核实。日前,科技部和教育部向上海交大转交了专家调查组的调查结论。
据调查,陈进负责的汉芯团队所研制的“汉芯一号”,是一款208只管脚封装的数字信号处理器(DSP)芯片,由于其结构简单,不能单独实现指纹识别和MP3播放等复杂演示功能。为了在上海市举办的新闻发布会上能够达到所需的宣传效果,陈进等预先安排在“汉芯一号”演示系统中使用了印有“汉芯”标识、具有144只管脚的芯片,而不是提供鉴定的208只管脚的“汉芯一号”芯片,调查表明,当时汉芯公司并没有研制出任何144只管脚的芯片,存在造假欺骗行为。
“汉芯二号”是受某公司委托定制的DSP软核,汉芯公司完成了设计实现,但核心技术不为其所有。“汉芯三号”是对“汉芯二号”的简单扩充,技术上与“汉芯二号”来源相同,由于缺乏必要的外围接口,不能独立实现复杂的应用,芯片实际情况与汉芯公司宣称的“已经达到国际高端的DSP设计水平”的说法不符,夸大了事实。“汉芯四号”是一款使用了其他公司中央处理器的单核系统芯片(SoC),不包含汉芯DSP核,与汉芯公司向有关部委提交的项目文件中关于“汉芯四号”是双核芯片的陈述不符,存在夸大欺骗行为。
根据上述调查结论,上海交大认为,陈进等人的行为完全背离了科技工作者、教育工作者基本的诚信操守和行为准则,严重违反了上海交大的校纪校规,违反了国家的有关规章制度,造成了极其恶劣的影响。为严肃学术规范、维护学术声誉,上海交大按照学校有关规定和程序,经研究决定:撤销陈进上海交大微电子学院院长职务;撤销陈进的教授职务任职资格,解除其教授聘用合同。
接有关部门通知,科技部根据专家调查组的调查结论和国家科技计划管理有关规定,已决定终止陈进负责的科研项目的执行,追缴相关经费,取消陈进以后承担国家科技计划课题的资格;教育部决定撤销陈进“长江学者”称号,取消其享受政府特殊津贴的资格,追缴相应拨款;国家发展改革委决定终止陈进负责的高技术产业化项目的执行,追缴相关经费。上海交大表示将坚决支持并将严格执行国家有关部委的决定。
上海交大表示,学校历来倡导求真务实的科学精神,反对任何形式的学术造假行为。今后,将进一步加强科研管理和对科技经费使用的监管,组织全体教职员工、科研人员深入学习“八荣八耻”社会主义荣辱观,树立诚信意识,加强学风和道德建设,大力弘扬创新进取、淡泊名利、脚踏实地、潜心科研的良好风尚,努力为国家的科技事业发展做出更大的贡献。(完)

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Critics Blast Bush For Not Praying Hard Enough

(You gotta give The Onion a two-thumbs up.. lol)

WASHINGTON, DC - President Bush, already facing the lowest approval ratings in history, is coming under fire from former supporters over what they call his "ineffectual and incompetent" use of prayer for national guidance and assistance.

"Every time the president is criticized, he insists that the nation is in his prayers," said the Family Research Council's Bob Jensen. "That may be, but it's becoming more and more clear that these prayers are either too infrequent, too brief, or not strongly worded enough to be effective."

Jensen added: "This nation deserves more than a president who just pays lip service to prayer. It deserves a president who demands that his prayers get real-world results."
Despite assurances from the president that he "prays every day" for the nation's interests both at home and abroad, the mounting crises of recent months - escalating gas prices, the botched Dubai port security deal, ethics scandals, and the rising death toll in Iraq - have left many unimpressed with the effectiveness of his devotion.

Francine Gundersen, an Iowa mother and churchgoer, says she voted for Bush but is now having doubts about his commitment to prayer, particularly with regard to Iraq, where her son, P.F.C. Jason Gundersen, has served since June 2004.

"Bush says he prays for the soldiers' safe return, but if that's the case, where is my son, Mr. President?" she said.

The White House Office of Communications, which has denied any wrongpraying, released transcripts of Bush's inner dialogues with God from May 12 through Oct. 22, 2005 and tried to paint the president as "very close" to the Almighty, saying he speaks with Him "regularly."
"The president spends many hours each day alone in quiet contemplation," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said. "These allegations are, quite simply, absurd. The president is as strong a prayer as any who has occupied the White House."

In an interview on Fox News, Vice President Dick Cheney defended Bush, saying the president puts as much energy into prayer as he does into domestic policies.

"Half the time, I can't even get him on the phone because he's busy praying for the American people, the same people who are now so quick to criticize him," Cheney said. "If something's wrong with those prayers, I would suggest that it's perhaps the fault of a supernatural entity. But it's not the president's. He is doing his duty."

While newly released portions of White House prayer logs show that Bush's praying has actually gone up in recent months, critics are seeking to subpoena the documents in their entirety to determine the strength of those prayers.

The harshest criticisms continue to come from members of the president's conservative base, who insist that the proper devotional words must be used in prayer.

"There is a real possibility that the president misrepresented the number of times he invokes Jesus' power each day in accordance with the strict guidelines of scripture," said Henry Holbrook, senior fellow at the Intercession Institute, a leading conservative prayer tank. "Is he clasping his hands together tightly enough? Is he using the proper forms of the pronouns 'thine' and 'thou'? What about the verb 'hast'?"

Susan DiDomenico of the National Prayer Task Force said her organization is seeking "full disclosure" of any and all prayers Bush may have skipped or manipulated to seem more effective or holy.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Chicken Vegetable Soup

I just had my lunch 30 minutes ago, a medium sized chicken vegetable soup with a half sandwich. I don’t have much to complain about the food, as I feel pretty full right now… en…well… Actually there is one thing that somewhat bothers me. It’s the name of the soup. I believe the name “Chicken Vegetable Soup” is misleading. It gives you a false impression that the Mr. Chicken and Mrs. Vegetable are equally respectable and share the same significance in this soup family. However, Mr. Chicken was so elusive that his existence was only vaguely confirmed by some faint smell and residuals at the bottom of the cup. I was eagerly anticipating my encounter with Mr. Chicken today and I was deeply disappointed by his lack of presence. It’s like spending $80 to watch a Rocket game but only found out later that Yao is injured and all you see is his long cold face on the bench. The mere glimpse is not going to satisfy anybody.

I think the right name should be “Chicken-flavored Vegetable Soup”. It gives you the right perception regarding the power balance between Mr. Chicken and Mrs. Vegetable. In short, Mr. Chicken is indeed a chicken and stands no chance against the mighty Mrs. Vegetable in this soup family.

Friday, March 03, 2006

今天看到的一篇文章

如果在1956年看到这篇文章,我觉得很正常,但50年后的今天还能看到这样的文章,那是的确也是让人震惊的。

1,作者的细致入微的观察,已经达到了肚里蛔虫这一至高境界,从小小的棉衣,竟然看出总理推广新型经济模式的良苦用心。。。。高,实在是高。。。。
2,“消费会影响社会和谐”的理论估计可以拿半个诺贝尔经济学奖
3,一个连什么是YIELD CURVE都不懂的小记者居然来写关于经济学的文章,勇气可嘉啊

佩服,不得不佩服,江山代有人材出啊。。。。。。。

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温总理穿旧棉衣的经济学意义

“温家宝一件棉衣穿10年感动数十万网民”--这个标题绝不是浮夸之辞,因为点开新闻后面的网友留言,我们立刻就能看到潮水一般的赞美。我注意到,绝大多数网友都是在盛赞温总理的个人美德,那么除了道德意义之外,这件事情还有没有别的什么意义呢?

有的。从经济学的角度来说,我们这个世界存在的最大问题,就是相对于人们无限的欲望而言,资源总是稀缺的。因此,现代经济学的中心任务,就是研究如何使稀缺的资源得到最有效、最合理的配置。我们无从猜测温总理内心深处是怎样思考的,但他一件棉衣穿10年,其传递的含义却是明确:那就是消费欲望并不是最需要优先满足的,应该把物质消费水平控制在一个合理的范围内。棉衣只要能够起到御寒作用,在审美上大众化就可以了,并不是越高档、越名牌就越好。

这无疑是对近二十多年来在社会意识形态中实际处于主流地位的消费主义文化的一种无声的批判。因为按照消费主义的逻辑,一个人是不是成功,是不是有品位,是不是值得尊重,惟一的尺度就是看他的消费水平。

在消费主义占主流的社会氛围里,最感到如鱼得水的应该是官员和富人这样两个阶层。因为这会让他们挥霍浪费、纸醉金迷的生活看上去似乎不那么丑恶了--不仅不丑恶,似乎还是一种“社会进步”的表现。

但这两个阶层过度的高消费,所造成的社会后果都是非常有害的。官员就不必说了,因为他们的消费成本最终还是要转嫁到纳税人头上,更何况他们的过度消费还会对教育、医疗、国防等方面的开支产生挤出效应。中国每年公车消费超过了教育、医疗费用的总和,是国防开支的两倍就是证明。

富人的高消费表面是在花自己的合法所得,与别人无关。但在客观上,他们的过度消费会对投资扩大再生产产生挤出效应,影响经济的发展。近代以来,中国的工业化进程之所以迟迟无法启动,很重要的一条原因就是有限的剩余都被富人们消费掉了。同时,他们也会把消费的成本转嫁到员工身上,比如山西煤窑主在北京买“悍马”,买豪宅的豪迈和矿工微薄的工资正好是互为因果的。这种状况如果任其发展下去,必然会使社会的不同阶层之间产生尖锐的对立,影响社会和谐。

消费主义的资源配置模式既然是不合理、不可持续的,那么怎样配置才是合理的呢?在我看来,温总理正是以一件棉衣穿10年这样一种身体力行的方式,提出了一种新的、替代消费主义的“制度安排”,那就是要勤俭节约、适度消费,将有限的资源用到最需要的地方,比如教育、医疗、科研等方面的资源配置模式。

在经济学中,“制度安排”的含义十分广泛,并不仅仅是指法律、法规,同时也指文化、传统和习俗,所有这些都构成稀缺资源配置的一个最大的约束条件,直接影响到有限的钱花得是不是恰到好处。作为一个13亿人口大国的总理,温家宝对社会风气的影响力是巨大的,对官员行为方式的影响也是无与伦比的。虽然这种影响不像法律、法规这种“硬约束”那样来得直接和迅速,但却往往更深入、更持久,范围也更广。也许在不久的将来,它的效果--包括经济和社会两个方面--就会逐渐显现出来。

来源:中华工商时报

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Common Sense

Common Sense 我觉得是最重要的,至于原子是怎么聚变的,细胞是怎么分裂的,光速是怎么测量的,这些都是锦上添花的学问,日常生活中最关键还是common sense. 以下是最近BBS上的两个热点问题,我就用common sense来说一说:

1,若干年前,北大的投毒案里,孙维到底有没有投毒?朱令被投毒的事情已经有10多年了吧,大家沸沸扬扬的还在讨论到底孙是不是凶手,讨论来讨论去,除了沸沸扬扬,还是沸沸扬扬。得了,我来一了断吧,“孙干了,没错,我亲眼看见了”。

呵呵,笑话而已,我没有亲眼看见,但common sense告诉我孙维的确干了。这其实很容易想的。最根本的问题是,“如果孙不是凶手,她凭什么忍辱负重10多年屁话都不说啊,她的家人为什么也是保持沉默,并且制止对这件事情的调查啊?”

这不符合逻辑嘛。如果我被冤枉了,你要说我杀人了,我第一反应就是“孙子,你丫说什么呢?想当烈士啊?”。如果你10年如一日的天天来我们家说我杀人了,我大概只有两个选择,(1)我真的就把你给剁了, (2)我去[焦点访谈],[实话实说]等节目上去哭诉。但不管怎么着,我不会保持沉默。我的家人更不会袖手旁观,我哥肯定会出来和你理论,我父母也会到处去找包青天来给我一个公正。同时,我家肯定会非常配合公安局进行调查,因为只有抓到真的凶手,我的日子才可能太平。但不管怎么着,他们也不会保持沉默。所以,孙干了,这就唯一的解释。

很奇怪的是,网上很多人现在还为孙辩护,觉得证据不足,我承认,法律审判的证据不足,但众口铄金的大众审判,可是证据确凿啊,奶奶的,大家一起骂,把孙给骂死吧,嘿嘿

2,汉芯一号芯片到底有没有作假?大家也是议论纷纷,其实,没什么好说的,汉芯一号肯定是猫腻出来的。道理也很简单,当有人揭发作假之后的一个礼拜,那时候已经是满城风雨了,记者都打电话打去公司了,居然还是没有官方,非官方的任何辟谣,这就不正常。官方答复是“正在调查中”。真是滑稽啊,这不就等于自己承认了嘛,自己作没作假还不知道?还要调查?调查个屁啊??如果我没有作假,我的反应肯定是(1)宣布自己没有作假,(2)准备对所谓的揭幕人进行起诉。但如果我真的作假了,我只能自己默默地说“fuck, fuck, fuck, who is this fucker? I am fucked, totally fucked”,然后故作镇定的来一句“我们正在调查中”。