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How to Use Google Voice in China

按照某些朋友的话来说,最近因为忙完了考博、雅思(不知道是否需要二战)以及毕业论文(等待答辩),实在是闲得无聊。于是想找点东西来捣鼓捣鼓。作为一个把玩了电脑快二十年(把小时候用286电脑学标准指法都算上了)的人来说,一般常见的东西,比如什么QQ概念版,开心网偷菜之类的显然不会引起我的太大兴趣。在苦思冥想之后,遂想起我的Gmail邮箱里还躺着一份Google Voice的邀请函。由于Google Voice原则上只对美国开放,而我目前却在天朝呆着。于是乎,如何让我这样的天朝子民来和谐这个服务成了我这两天最有兴趣的课题。

Google.cn: Let’s Say Goodbye!

image6[1] If you are familiar with the happenings these months related to the Google in China,  you should not forget the debating several months ago that concerns the exit of Google, a world-famous search engine, from China, a country that is famous around the world for its strict censorship on both Internet and traditional medias, like TV, newspapers and magazines. In fact, in the past few months, majority of Chinese like me, are still holding the hope that the Google should maintain its service in China, with the consideration on the commercial benefit, which, in my opinion, ultimately determines the decision for most businessman.

Property Rights Protection: A Conceptual Problem

好久没有更新博客了。最近因为忙于准备毕业论文和博士入学考试,我也就无暇顾及这片天地了。同时,最近也似乎实在没有什么值得去深究的题目。本打算就林妙可在今年春晚的直播现场不尊重老艺术家,后来想想也算了。俗话说的好,子不教,父之过。恐怕林妙可这个小丫头的所作所为也并非出于其自愿,而更可能是父母的功利心在作祟。考虑到这种现象也属于个案,大多数的中国人还是非常懂得尊老爱幼的,故而我也就就此搁笔了。但是今天早上QQ群里转发的一条消息却让我来了兴趣。如果说林妙可只是个案,那么我们国人当前的羊群行为和对知识产权的不尊重则是到了发指的地步了。

Online Cheating: A True Story

话说这年头的诈骗行为真是如雨后春笋般层出不穷。我们的智商也在一次次的大浪中接受着考验。在这场攻防战中,诈骗技术和防诈骗技术都在你来我往的交手中大有长进。看来,与高手过招这句话果然是句放之四海而皆准的经典语句啊。而QQ上时不时的“中奖陷阱提示”,MSN上的“不要透露信用卡信息”的警告以及各大报纸上的诈骗故事时时都在提醒我们:社会有风险,领奖需谨慎啊。而我今天要讲的就是我遇到的一个真实的欺诈案例。

Freedom on Internet: An Alternative Explanation

image Abstract: This article mainly discuss the production of regulation on Internet, as well as its anticipated consequence, grounded with the traditional economic theory. i argue the appropriate regulation on Internet is necessary due to the existence of naive users of Internet as well as the herding behavior. But I also argue that strict censorship can also mean cliff effect, which is a tragedy for the users. The contribution of this article is that it is the first time to link the development of Internet to the economic understanding. And the conclusion is also of practical meanings to the academics and practitioners who are focus on the investors protection in emerging markets.

Google in China: To Be or Not To Be

It would be amazed to see that a young man who works at the computer for eight hours and more that is ignored about Google. For us, the coming out of search engine has changed our lives. Their service make the seeking of specified information from the pool of Internet become easy. Among the numerous search engine, Google is undoubtedly the most famous one due to its advantage on technology and service. And in less than a decade, the Google has developed from a small workshop, settled in a garage, to a global company that integrated various services, like online photo album, Email service, Books, etc. However, it is this large firm that announced his willing of exiting China this morning.

Repairing My Laptop: A Visit To Shanghai

dell-icon It is of great difficulty sometimes to anticipate what would happen, even in quite a near future as one or two days. I am just suffering from this unexpected experience with my laptop. This story was started in a cliff morning of a Thursday when I suddenly found my laptop did not work. After an in-depth explore of the whole morning, I gave up all the attempts. Because what I have done is of no significance to the resolution but only the damage of some components, like the switch for the battery, and a plug-in on board. Fortunately, they are of little importance to my usage of computer.

Internet Constraints: Sounds Kidding but Real!

image It is quite amaze to hear that there are some country that are trying to constrain the usage of the internet from their citizens, with the reason of preventing them from the ‘bad things’. But it is really happening now, and increasingly famous software are obeying this governmental willing. The failure of some largest firms, like Wal Mart and Bol-China, both tell us the importance of running a business with political connections in China.

Linux: My New Working System

对于大多数会计专业的学生而言,Linux应该是一个陌生的名词。事实上,这是一个基于UNIX构架的个人版系统。它的计算性能非常优秀。著名的Matlab,Mathematica等工具在Linux环境下都有着远胜于Windows平台的表现。而科研写作工具Latex的配置也比windows下高效和便捷的多。只是由于我们的研究很少使用这类“高级”工具,而且中文论文也必须使用Word文档来投稿,这个好东西自然就入不了大多数人的法眼了。

Blog Crashed: Unexpected Accident

My blog got crashed for the whole day yesterday when I tried to update the wordpress into the new version of 2.8.6, which was released that day. The detailed reason that can explain why this happen is still unknown yet. Though my blog is now working again, I suppose it necessary to write it down with pieces of words.