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2005/07/06 閱讀記錄

2005/07/06 閱讀記錄：

Computer, Mail, Murmuring, Network, Spam

垃圾論文

上的 Study Finds Value in Email Spam 這篇文章是說，研究員找了大約 2100 個加拿大人，分成兩組，其中一組每個禮拜都會收到「減肥對於身體健康好處」的廣告信，而另外一組則不會收到。在進行了十二個禮拜後，收廣告的那組 BMI (Body Mass Index) 平均值降低了。

但這代表什麼？廣告信與身體健康有幫助嗎？不，這只證明了：如果有人告訴他們關於「減肥對身體健康的好處」，那麼他們就會試著去做。

所以下面的 comment 寫的很諷刺，直接挑明了這篇垃圾論文只是在混淆視聽：(我只引用了前半段)

So obvious! (Score:5, Funny)
by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 04, @07:43PM (#12981964)
You know what else is good?

If you have a fat wife or fat children, you should tell them they’re fat several times a day. And tell them they need to lose weight. And do it in front of company when people visit. And when they’re at the dinner table, tell them they don’t need seconds when they reach for something, because they’re fat.

And tell your daughter she’s ugly, so she’ll do something about her face and maybe get some cosmetic surgery. And tell your son how stupid he is every chance you get so he’ll be compelled to be an educated man.

PS：突然想到要提醒某人， 的精華一向都是在後面的那堆 comments 裡…

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2005/07/05 閱讀記錄

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2005/07/05 閱讀記錄：

Computer, Murmuring, Network, P2P, Software

Bram Cohen 在 1999 寫的網頁惹禍？

這篇 Bittorrent Creator A Digital Pirate? 相當… 有趣 :p

在前幾天 敗訴後，軟體創作的「動機」變成很重要的一環：如果你創作這個軟體是為了非法的用途，那麼…

而有人透過 這個邪惡的網頁歷史網站發現當初 網頁的某個 page (A technological activist’s agenda) 這樣寫：

I further my goals with technology. I build systems to disseminate information, commit digital piracy, synthesize drugs, maintain untrusted contacts, purchase anonymously, and secure machines and homes. I release my code and writings freely, and publish all of my ideas early to make them unpatentable.

前幾天 在 Wired 上辯稱：(BitTorrent Whiz Extolled Piracy?)

Cohen said the agenda was written years before he started work on BitTorrent, and that it was written as a parody of other manifestos.

“I wrote that in 1999, and I didn’t even start working on BitTorrent until 2001,” Cohen said. “I find it really unpleasant that I even have to worry about it.”

至於事情到底是怎樣，其實大家心裡都有底 :p

Computer, Murmuring, Software

一丘之貉

我找不到更恰當的成語了：一丘之貉。

在 看到的消息：Microsoft In Talks To Buy Claria，原報導在 Microsoft said to be mulling purchase of Claria。而 這家公司最有名的產品：Gator。

果然 comment 噓聲不斷：

I thought that said CHINA! (Score:5, Funny)

…and I got really scared there for a second. ;)

It could, of course, be a good thing, if they can buy the company, and use their software for something other than spyware and popups!

以及：

I thought the exact same thing, but I didn’t even get scared. The only reason I took the time to click on the comment link without even reading the blurb, much less TFA, was because I realized I read it wrong. Had it actually said “China,” I would have just passed it off and gone on with my day. And that is scary.

還有：

Or they might embed spyware that’s even more impossible to remove from your computer. You thought gator was hard to remove? Wait until he’s coded into the kernel

有興趣的自己看… *boom*