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牵一发,而动全身

何谓“牵一发,而动全身”?见 谷歌 与中国政府之间的问题。


[ 转自: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/100112-205848 ]

其间问题盘根错节,牵扯甚广,早已不再是一个合作关系崩溃,美国公司撤出中国的简单商业事件。(主因应不是骇客侵权事件,那不过是导火线。)毕竟 谷歌 是网络巨头,影响力深远,中国搜寻器百度、搜狗等,虽在国内享有一定的市场率,甚至高于 谷歌,但对世界而言,百度等,始终无法与谷歌媲美,仍走不上国际舞台。

中与美的合作,本是两个不同(甚至是对立)的思想体系的契合,合作需要让步,需要妥协,需要协和。当让步不能,妥协不在,便是崩溃。

中国失去谷歌,预示着什么呢? 对于谷歌而言,中国市场不过是谷歌总营业额收入的5%,虽对一般人而言已是天文数字,但对谷歌来说,那着实微不足道。而中国人民普遍(高阶级的33%)视谷歌为接通西方的桥梁,谷歌于全球的影响力、地位更是毋庸置疑。这确实不是中国失去一国际(美国)公司投资那般简单。

政治、经济、人民、发展等等,受何影响,影响如何……谷歌与中国,将何去何从?

rayvolvez 锐伊, 31/01/2010, 01:24 || 0 留言
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透明世界

和我聊过天的朋友,基本上都知道我部落格后端那“无所不知”的监察系统。基本上,朋友/过路人/搜寻者怎么到我的部落格,都在我掌握以内,甚至是看了什么,看了多久,都逃不过那锐利的监察系统。那监察系统,名曰 Wassup,与StatsPress Reloaded 或 Wordpress Stats 结合,对照数据,更是什么都晓得。

十分钟前,Sitepoint 恰好传来一工具的链接,名为 Panopticlick,那工具企图楷模网上所能搜集到的用户资料。当然,资料不可能即时告诉你访客的真实身份,但长期的观察 + 诸多设置选择、来往IP数据等等,基本上,不难推测出访客的真实身份。Panopticlick 让我们看到,网上世界,真真就是如此透明的。

However, as Panopticlick shows us, there is still a lot of seemingly benign data available to any web server inquisitive enough to ask — items such as user agent, browser plugin details, local timezone, screen size, screen color depth and system fonts.

As is the case with the proteins in our DNA, while none of the individual pieces are (likely) unique, when taken as a whole they very likely combine to produce a unique fingerprint.

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2010/01/29/no-cookies-or-javascript-no-worries-you-can-be-tracked-anyway

于是,在网上,你别想神秘,甭想匿名。要神秘,要匿名,请回到纸笔时代。 网上,是个透明世界,我们的一举一动,无所遁形。这也是为什么,我前几天和一长辈聊起网上作文一回事时,就说了: “当今年轻人,网上作文,真真是肆无忌惮,完全不考虑读的人是谁,更没想过对自己形象、名声的影响。说话、作文,无论匿名与否,身份真实与否,都应当谨慎!”(引起话题的是学妹在母校课程留言板上不看对象、不顾形象、失礼的文字;也记起去年另一学妹在其部落上大晒不及格的成绩,引来前届学生“炮轰”。)

谨慎更是必要,切记 “言者无意,听/读者有意”。但,这世上总有些莫名其妙的自恋狂,爱牵强附会,对号入座,那可管不着了。

透明世界,其实真的没什么。习惯就是。

rayvolvez 锐伊, 29/01/2010, 16:23 || 0 留言
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高招: Adobe Photoshop CS5

真期待 Adobe Photoshop CS5 的推出,最新尝试新的 Brush Engine 和 Image Warp Features。这样的upgrades,还真是高明。

当然,更期待教育部和Adobe给教育官员、NIE学生的超级特惠($99)价 : http://www.mine.com.sg – 目前只有 CS4 特惠,因为 CS5 还没正式推出。据说,正式推出是 2010年 4月 。

看看 Sneak Peek Video 吧。

rayvolvez 锐伊, 16/10/2009, 11:00 || 0 留言
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Facebook Username

等了许久,终于等到了 Facebook Username。

现在,要到 Facebook 找我可容易多了,不需要再去记那一大窜号码(id=566787810)……

我的 Facebook Profile : http://www.facebook.com/rayvolvez。选用笔名作为 username,是为隐私,也为方便。当然,网上和设计界都懂我的笔名。

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Elaine Rayvolvez Chua’s Profile | Create Your Badge
Elaine Rayvolvez Chua's Facebook Profile

rayvolvez 锐伊, 13/06/2009, 12:18 || 0 留言
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击垮倭寇!

几天前写到 nichesitemoney.com 盗用了 我的笔名 “锐伊”和这部落格 “锐伊.拙笔” 的标名。也在调查中发现,nichesitemoney.com 也盗用了许多部落格的标名。

http://stolen.wordpress.com 的提示下,我给 nichesitemoney.com 的 web hosting provider,即 Bluehost.com, 发了则 DMCA 数码权益保全通告,打击 nichesitemoney.com 猖獗的“欺世盗名”行为。

To Whom It May Concern,

I am writing to you to avail myself of my rights under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This letter is a Notice of Infringement as authorized in § 512(c) of the U.S. Copyright Law. I wish to report an instance of what I feel in good faith is an instance or Copyright Infringement. The infringing material appears on the Service for which you are the designated agent.

You are registered with the U.S. Copyright Office as the Designated Service Provider Agent to receive notifications of alleged Copyright infringement with respect to users of the Service for which you are the Designated Agent.

1. The material (blog title, sub title) which I contend belongs to me, and appears illegally on the Service is the following:

http://www.nichesitemoney.com/

2. It appears that nichesitemoney.com steal blog site titles, then creating a doorway/deceptive redirect, in attempt to scam users/visitors into visiting their hidden page. For a complete list of affected blogs who have had their blog titles “stolen” and used as doorway/deceptive redirect, please check :
http://blogsearch.google.com.sg/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=nichesitemoney+blogurl:http://www.nichesitemoney.com/

3. The blog title on my Web site at this address:
http://writeonwhite.com

4. My contact information is as follows:
Elaine Chua, << address >>,<< contact >>,<< email >>

5. I have a good faith belief that the use of the material that appears on the service is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or by operation of law.

6. The information in this notice is accurate, and I am the copyright owner.

I declare under the perjury laws of the United States of America that this notification is true and correct.

I understand that I may not be an US citizen but as far as I know, under the Berne Convention, all works (literary and artistic) originating from Singapore (since year 1998) should be protected as per any works originating from the US.

I sincerely hope that BlueHost will act for all affected blog owners and assist us in our resist against a spammer/scammer such as nichesitemoney.com

Thank you

Signed: Elaine Chua

当然,上列信件是有模式可参考,除了下面一部分关于 Berne Convention 和新加坡版权法令之外,其余的,都是按照 DMCA 模式填写,不出自我的脑袋。

也在今天早上收到了 BlueHost 法律部门的回邮,他们已将 nichesitemoney.com 全面下线。


from Legal Department
reply-to Legal Department
to xoco@rayvolvez.com
date Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:36 AM
subject Re: DMCA Notice against BlueHost Client (nichesitemoney.com)
mailed-by bluehost.com

Hello,

Thank you for contacting the Legal Department.

We have contacted the owner and have requested the violation be removed, or we have removed the offending website. If you ever come across sites that are violating our Policies, please feel free to contact us again.

Please feel free to contact us again if we can be of further assistance.

Legal Department
1958 S 950 E
Provo, Ut. 84606
V: (888) 401-HOST | F: 801-765-1992

可谓是大快人心!感谢 BlueHost 和我们一起并肩作战,抵抗倭寇!

保护知识产权,卫护创作利益,保障网民安全,人人有责!

rayvolvez 锐伊, 12/06/2009, 12:23 || 0 留言
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Wordpress 2.8

初看和 2.7 没多大分别,仔细“挖掘”,才知道,内有乾坤。2.8 较之 2.7 也快多了。最为“精彩”的变动可谓是 widgets interface,更容易用了。2.8也加了 Themes Installer,方便安装 Themes,但里头的 Themes 还是颇为有限的。

Screen Options 也更多 customisation 选择,让 blogging 和 blogging management 更为简单、快捷。

看看 2.8 代号 “Baker” 的绍介录像吧。

(当然,本部落格已提升至最新版的 Wordpress 2.8。)

http://wordpress.org/development/2009/06/wordpress-28/

rayvolvez 锐伊, 11/06/2009, 12:16 || 0 留言
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哭笑不得!

心里不是滋味,甚至很想破口大骂!至于骂文明话还是粗话,我想我没必要交待。这真是我碰上最最荒谬、最让我哭笑不得、最莫名其妙的……的什么我都说不清楚!

概括说明就是,我这部落格,给“不法之徒”,spammer/spamming service 盯上……spamming service 为催来往人次,竟假冒了“锐伊”、“锐伊.拙笔” 名义(search keyword),误导搜寻者,把用户带到别的网站。

啊!!!太过分了!!! 看screenshots 吧。

damned

特特特注!第一个搜寻结果可不是我的部落格,是个假冒的网站!!!

第二个才是!气死我了!

本小姐我可不是省油的灯,REPORT TO GOOGLE!!!

以下是我写给 Google 的投诉信函。

damned2

Dear Google,

It has come to my notice that, http://www.nichesitemoney.com/, in its attempt to raise its Pagerank/SEO, has pseudo-fied alot of blogs that are recorded in Google Blogsearch.

The search query “锐伊” is my chinese nickname, “锐伊·拙笔” returned by blogsearch is the name of my blog. Upon clicking the #1 search result provided, it actually redirected to and opened up a page about Search Engine Marketing (SEO Elite Software), which is therefore a misleading link/cloaked page and definitely a deceptive redirect. It can be classed as a doorway page, since it inserted results in its attempt to spam and direct users to another page.

As this does not only affects me and my blog but many others, I urge Google to attend to this and hopefully blacklist the website to protect Google users and internet users using Google services.

Here is a list of websites/blogs which are affected by this spam service : http://blogsearch.google.com.sg/blogsearch?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=nichesitemoney+blogurl:http://www.nichesitemoney.com/

Thank you.

希望 Google 赶紧处理!!

rayvolvez 锐伊, 07/06/2009, 19:09 || 2 则留言
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愚人节玩笑 : Opera Facial Gestures

哈,这无疑是个让人喷饭的玩笑。蛮逼真的哦,若非发布在愚人节,我想,我绝对会相信。(绍介录像尤其好笑,看一看吧!)

At Opera we are always working on new ways to make your browsing faster. Eight years ago we introduced Mouse Gestures as a way to speed up your interaction with the browser and focus on what’s important: the content you’re looking at. We didn’t stop there, in 2005 we introduced Voice Navigation on the desktop and more recently we have worked with Nintendo to create a browser that takes full advantage of the “Wiimote” and later, the touchscreen in the DSi.

Looking ahead, we recognize the future importance of touch interfaces, but we believe that there is another input device that is already present in most new computers and it’s ready to enable a whole new way of user-interaction: the webcam.

Today we introduce Face Gestures, a revolutionary technology designed to make interacting with your browser easier and simpler on computers with cameras. Face Gestures lets you perform frequent browsing operations with natural and easy to make face gestures. By using an internal technology dubbed Face Observation Opera Language, we are able to recognize pre-determined facial expressions and match them to commands on the Opera browser.

You can try Face Gestures today by downloading the latest Opera 10 alpha snapshot or check out the video below to learn more.

更多“详情”,请参阅: http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/04/01/

网络上四处都是愚人节玩笑,就连Google、Youtube都玩,这真的是“学习辨别真伪”的一天 —— 孰是孰非、真真假假……

rayvolvez 锐伊, 02/04/2009, 11:16 || 0 留言
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阅读空白 (简单 CSS 示例)

“无为有处有还无!”,读过曹氏《红楼梦》的,应该都记得这话吧。

看似空白的,不过是掩人耳目: 空白的,内有乾坤。这大概就是我最近写日志的方式吧。大段、大行的空白,并非真的空白,内有隐藏文字 —— 那该怎么阅读呢? (见下面示例。)

友人就说了:“怎么我这么聪明,都给你唬了?” 哈哈!

用的就是css style了。

span

略略解释: span 就是 “范围”的意思; style 就是 “样式”的意思;color = 字体颜色;#fff = 白色的代号,也可以直接打 white (color:white;) 。字体颜色择选与部落格背景一样的颜色,字体也就自然”隐形“了。一般人阅读,都不会特别注意、在意空白的,只会扫过,也就不知道空白中,是内容。

例子:

这句子下面,有五行句子,用鼠标在号码之后 highlight 空白,就能阅读了。
1. 沒有了你的愛 這個我只是一半
2. 不哭了 不笑了
3. 為誰努力我也不明白
4. 沒有人能取代一個圓的另一半
5. 我固執 我等待等風再把你帶回來

上列5句子,就是言承旭“一半”的副歌歌词。

这也能算是网络部落格保留一些些小隐私的方法吧! 也大概只有有心人,会去阅读。

除了改变颜色之外,还有很多 css 的 formatting styles,例如: font-weight ,font-style ,text-decoration ,background 等等……

学习,靠的就是摸索、实验。



rayvolvez 锐伊, 31/03/2009, 23:38 || 0 留言
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抵御 FunWebProducts

最讨厌malware/spyware 侵入电脑,于是作此文,谈谈如何抵御 FunWebProducts。

FunWebProducts 是 malware/spyware:

From TNet.com
FunWebProducts is an operation of a company called IWon. It installs hard to uninstall software that is included with its “FREE” software, most noteably, WebSearch.

From liamdelahunty.com
FunWebProducts hi-jacks your browser with little warning, and doesn’t allow you to easily remove it or change the default settings it insists upon and it tracks your browsing habits. That in my book is spyware.

Spyware/Malware impairs users control over material changes that affect their user experience, privacy or system security; use of their system resources, including what programs are installed on their computers; or collection, use and distribution of their personal or otherwise sensitive information.

Amongst other things FunWebProducts may change your default search engine to MyWebSearch, and it may install a toolbar. You get a “Search Assistant” for when you mistype a URL. You can install it by “upgrading” your smileys in various messengers, cursors for windows, screensavers etc.

更多资料 Further Reading:
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/web/2003/1208web2.html?page=1

简而言之,FunWebProducts 挂羊头卖狗肉,表面提供种种Fun Web Products,实际上(暗地里)侵蚀你的电脑内存(cache/memory),占据硬盘,使电脑速度变慢,等等……

那该怎么解决呢?怎么应付/抵御 FunWebProducts呢?

你可先尝试 Uninstall, Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs,搜寻与FunWebProducts有关的,例如: Cursor Mania , FunBuddyIcons , HistorySwatter , My Fun Cards , My Mail Notifier , My Mail Signature , My Mail Stamp , My Mail Stationery , PopSwatter , Popular Screensavers, Smiley Central, WebSearch , Webfetti ,Zwinky ……通通Uninstall。

在那之后,请记得安装 Spybot – Search & Destroy 抵御 Spywares / Adwares / Malwares,安装后,全面扫描系统,并依照Spybot指示,去除电脑系统里的spywares/malwares/adwares。

Spybot – Search & Destroy can detect and remove a multitude of adware files and modules from your computer. Spybot also can clean program and Web-usage tracks from your system, which is especially useful if you share your computer. Modules chosen for removal can be sent directly to the included file shredder, ensuring complete elimination from your system. For advanced users, it allows you to fix Registry inconsistencies related to adware and to malicious program installations. The handy online-update feature ensures that Spybot always has the most current and complete listings of adware, dialers, and other uninvited system residents.

除了 Spybot之外,也能安装 Glary UtilitiesAdvanced SystemCare

Glary Utilities offers numerous powerful and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC. It allows you to clean common system junk files, as well as invalid registry entries and Internet traces. You can manage and delete browser add-ons, analyze disk space usage and find duplicate files. You can also view and manage installed shell extensions, encrypt your files from unauthorized access and use, split large files into smaller manageable files and then rejoin them. Furthermore, Glary Utilities includes the options to optimize memory, find, fix, or remove broken Windows shortcuts, manage the programs that start at Windows startup and uninstall software. Other features include secure file deletion, an Empty Folder finder.


Slow down, freeze, crash, and security threats are over. Advanced SystemCare Free is a comprehensive PC care utility that takes a one-click approach to help protect, repair, and optimize your computer. It provides an all-in-one and super convenient solution for PC maintenance and protection. All work will be done with 1 click and 1 minute. Compared with its nearest competitor, Advanced SystemCare Free provides the more essential and practical formula for Windows: Removing Spyware and Adware, Preventing Security Threats, Privacy Protection, Fixing Registry Errors, Temporary Files Cleanup, Startup Cleanup, Repairing Windows, Speeding up System and 1-click Mechanism.

上述软件都是Opensource (免费),也都深获用户支持。如果电脑也缺乏Anti Virus软件,可考虑 Avast! Anti Virus。Avast Anti Virus 跟了我两年多,时时auto-update,系统滴水不漏。

Avast Home Edition is a complete ICSA & Checkmark certified antivirus, Checkmark certified anti-spyware & anti-rootkit package. Avast includes the following components: On demand scanner with skinnable simple interface, just select what do you want to scan in which way and press the Play button; On access scanner, special providers to protect the most of available e-mail clients; Instant messaging–ICQ, Miranda; Network traffic–intrusion detection, lightweight firewall; P2P protection for Kazaa, BitTorrent; Web shield–monitors and filters all HTTP traffic; NNTP scanner–scans all Usenet Newsgroup traffic and all operations with files on PC; Boot time scanner–scans disks in the same way and in the same time as Windows CHKDSK does.

记得,电脑也会生病,要照顾,也要保养,才能持久。电脑和人不一样,电脑生病,大多数时候都是处在潜伏期的,直到病入膏肓才全面爆发,也就太迟了!