Archive for May, 2003
From Slashdot.org
Moosifer writes “Computerworld reports that in order to step on fewer 802.11b toes, the IEEE has reduced the actual throughput of 802.11g in its latest (and allegedly final) draft. I think I might keep old firmware on my linksys AP and card so that I can at least pretend I have faster gear.” It’s been moved from 54Mbps all the way down to 10-20Mbps, more than just a slight change.
若 ComputerWorld 報導屬實，那多少廠商賭在 802.11g 上面。不妙。
In an attempt to better handle the increasing traffic from Taiwan, I plan to purchase a hosting package around L.A. area(which is closer to west Pacific rim). So expect terrible connection during the propagation period.
本來的虛擬主機租在美東，但為了應付日益增加的流量，我計劃在加洲地區找個地方放。最近幾天連線過來可能有點問題，請見諒。此外，新的 server 支援 Jabber，這不知有沒有可能會帶來些有趣的互動模式。
Planetwork.net預計在今年六月間舉辦一場名為”Networking A Sustainable Future”的研討會。其中幾個 themes 剛好跟近期大家所關注的議題有所關聯，分別是 Social Network Tools, Geographic Visualization, New Financial Models, Open Source Initiatives, Independent Media, Online Education, Internet Activism, Global Culture, 還有 Collaborative Networking。
我只有一個意見：為什麼不稱代為 futures？
由 Corante 上的社會性軟體專欄所得到的消息。blog 和 wiki 的結合，類似之前所看到的 Sowjet+。 測試網址在 http://schee.bloki.com。 Mozilla 1.3 下可編輯沒問題，惜Mozilla Firebird 0.6 則否。具頁面權限管理，字體在各瀏覽器顯現不統一(?)。正體中文可正確顯現於一般頁面，但無法以其來命名頁面。
Once again Taiwan’s bid to become an observer to the World Health Organization (WHO) has failed to make it onto the World Health Assembly’s agenda — despite the SARS epidemic here and Beijing’s unconscionable cover-up of its own SARS problem. The message to the people of Taiwan is that whenever this nation is faced with a future epidemic, they shouldn’t hold their breath waiting for help from the WHO.
from Taipeitimes.com
Related News:
‧EIU Riskwire – Alert – WHO rebuff despite SARS relapse
‧Washington Post – Shutting Out Taiwan
‧TaipeiTimes.com – If WHO won’t help us, who will?
‧CNN – Taiwan the SARS hotspot
‧XinHua News – FM spokeswoman: all attempts to separate China will fail
‧Asia Times – China, US butt heads over Taiwan at WHO
‧CNN – Taipei aims for WHO referendum
Senior high schools placed under SARS home quarantine began online learning courses yesterday, thanks to the Taipei City Government and companies backing the project. – from chinapost.com.tw
According to Sina.com, this system is based on similiar projects which are being widely implemented in Hong Kong where SARS has stopped students from going to schools. Accessibility is not optimized, by the way, which shies away Mozilla users like me.
有幾本手上目前用不到的書，但除了捐贈給圖書館，或是賣給二手書攤外，還有什麼樣的流通形式可以讓書籍獲得更佳的閱讀率？
首先要有寄存處，類似 cozy 的咖啡廳當然是最好的。如果我把每本書皮套寫上流通規定，借閱者唯一必須遵守的，就是繼續以本方式(Book GPL?)來流通書籍，並且在某個集中管理書籍資料的網站登錄。這網站可能是 blog 形式，也可能其他的 blog/wiki/rss hybrid，那麼，這會產生出一個什麼樣的場景？
這個模式似乎在四五個月前看過類似的網站在進行中，流通的範圍是全世界，但現在找不到了。會猛地想起「分散式圖書流通」的原因是，我自己這邊有著大概百來本的各語文摩托文獻，若有架構(infrastructure)能夠 facilitate 個人善用多餘書籍資源，結合 open source 理念，體現 six degrees of seperation，然後提供給商家一個廣告的機會，這豈不大好？
補：It’s http://www.bookcrossing.com/
感謝 tmjiang 的指點。
預告延伸閱讀：參與架構的缺口
有幾本手上目前用不到的書，但除了捐贈給圖書館，或是賣給二手書攤外，還有什麼樣的流通形式可以讓書籍獲得更佳的閱讀率？
首先要有寄存處，類似 cozy 的咖啡廳當然是最好的。如果我把每本書皮套寫上流通規定，借閱者唯一必須遵守的，就是繼續以本方式(Book GPL?)來流通書籍，並且在某個集中管理書籍資料的網站登錄。這網站可能是 blog 形式，也可能其他的 blog/wiki/rss hybrid，那麼，這會產生出一個什麼樣的場景？
這個模式似乎在四五個月前看過類似的網站在進行中，流通的範圍是全世界，但現在找不到了。會猛地想起「分散式圖書流通」的原因是，我自己這邊有著大概百來本的各語文摩托文獻，若有架構(infrastructure)能夠 facilitate 個人善用多餘書籍資源，結合 open source 理念(體現 six degrees of seperation?)，然後提供給商家一個廣告的機會，這豈不大好？
補：It’s http://www.bookcrossing.com/
感謝 tmjiang 的指引。
預告延伸閱讀：參與架構的缺口
In an attempt to better handle the increasing traffic from Taiwan, I plan to purchase a hosting package around L.A. area(which is closer to west Pacific rim). So expect terrible connection during the propagation period.
本來的虛擬主機租在美東，但為了應付日益增加的流量，我計劃在加洲地區找個地方放。最近幾天連線過來可能有點問題，請見諒。此外，新的 server 支援 Jabber，這不知有沒有可能會帶來些有趣的互動模式。
Corbett Wall(高培華), who is probably the first foreign local “pop star” in Taiwan and has released at least nine albums in the past decade, sent me a nice email yesterday. Thanks for the encouragement.
