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不期然逛到，結合民族主義、摩托車長途旅行、官方宣傳、網路書寫的一次旅遊：「铁骑边疆万里行」。至於 2001 年的「强国梦」部分，又讓我再次想起了趙瑜的《強國夢》這一本書。

有趣延伸：体育何为 (booktide.com)

「Game」翻成「競技」還是「運動會」，實在有點沉重。不過華文中應該是沒有其他的可用之詞吧。Game Theory 翻譯成「賽局/博奕理論」，似乎也牽連到這個層次的沿襲。不巧，博奕又讓我想到「博客」。嗯，命名真是歷史的巧妙偶然。Enjoy the game 似乎不該只是「博」客「能」人的權利。

來就寢，希望夢到和老婆一起騎摩托車；道早安，星期一的清晨。

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科技救贖的魅力？持續混入 Dean 聲援者的論壇以理解。

從 archive.org 裡找出沿革 cache，時間為 2003/02 至 2003/06。 * Archive.org 的 Wayback Machine 陽春版介面

* Feb 18, 2003
草創時期。佚失，殘念

* Mar 31, 2003

* Apr 07, 2003

* May 26, 2003

* Jun 13, 2003

* Jun 22, 2003

啊，我應該使用 PNG 格式的圖檔才是。

達卡拉力賽，來自前線，私人參賽車主(privateers)在休兵日上傳分享的照片集錦：摩托車和卡車。

汽車組部分因為長久以來 enjoy 不少的 media coverage ，所以我就不代為整理。車友們可能會對照片中一些機械細節、車子的少見 setup，或是後勤支援卡車的完善度(例如 logistics 部分)有興趣。

不定期更新。

參賽卡車延伸：Team Gauloises de Rooy

瑞典 WayFinder 公司結合 Symbian 60 和 GPS 系統的導航服務，在 2003 年度的 NOKIA Series 60 Platform Community 被提名為「Most Innovative Service」大賞得主。GIS Data 部分由 TeleAtlas 所提供，目前涵蓋範圍是 Western Europe (Denmark, Finland, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Netherlands, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland)。今年年中後預計在米國推出服務。Pocketgps.co.uk 的完整測試報導。這套系統的特點如下… Wayfinder Mobile Navigator Software Features (Manufacturers Description):

The following is a list of the features of the Wayfinder Mobile Navigator as provided by Wayfinder:

* The map is always up-to-date.
* The solution gives access to personalised databases such as favourite destinations and points of interests.
* The solution also gives access to company information such as yellow pages and other types of points of interests. (Not available on all markets)
* The solution provides the widest map coverage.
* You can enter the destination in many ways, both inside and outside the car and through a call-centre.
* Traffic information is taken into consideration when routes are calculated. (Not available on all markets)
* The route is calculated and downloaded extremely fast compared to traditional systems.
* The solution is completely portable and versatile and can be used inside the vehicle as well as while walking or biking.
* The solution can easily be integrated with other existing business systems for professional users.
* The service is operator independent.
* The solution can use GSM, GPRS as well as future 3G networks.
* The product can easily be upgraded for additional functionality such as a drivers journal in the future.
* The solution has substantially lower cost of ownership than traditional navigation systems.

Pros 和 Cons 請見測試報告的最後一段。Symbian 60/90 手機若能提供友善的導航介面和足夠的空間地理資訊，那麼拿起來頗不方便的 PDA 似乎就可以丟掉了。不知道它的 voice navigation aid 有沒有辦法經由藍芽把 audio 傳到藍芽耳機上，報出 GPS 訊息。否則我騎車的時候還要低頭看小螢幕，可能不是很方便(想像中…)。另一個據稱要在今年第一季於德國上市的服務是結合 Traffic Message Channel 的 bundled service。測試報告中說：

Hmm… 這好像又比日本的降雪状況をメール通知更進一步了。

國家地理的 TOPO! 使用介面。非常羨幕。 車友的使用心得：

At $99 per state, it’s not cheap. What you get are perfectly matched 7.5’ maps with digitally recognized contours. What this means is that the program can provide vertical profiles and do percentage slope analysis on overlaid route segments. Very cool stuff!

Using an add on called Topo Sync, it can read and write GPS routes from Garmin (and many other) receivers. One minor issue is that it does use a proprietary file type to save route data and does not read or write Garmin (.mps), .gpx or any other GPS file types. Therefore, the only practical way to use GPS data is directly though a receiver. So what I do is leave my GPS unit connected through the serial port and transfer routes from Mapsource to Topo! that way, kind of slow, but not unmanageable.

因為西非動盪的政治情勢有危及參人選手生命安全之虞，達卡拉力賽官方在法國和茅利塔尼亞軍方的建議下，將第十和第十一站全段路線改為 liaison，所有參賽人一起協隊出發，並且有官方的護航(escort)。

原本 NEMA 到 MOPTI(stage 10) 和 MOPTI 到 BOB DILOULASSO(stage 11) 的比賽取消。兩輪騎士的第十一站部分，可以免費得到飛機載運的協助。汽車和卡車組的兩站都要自行驅車隨隊通過。