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November 24 噩梦 早上八点的闹铃响了，赖了一会床。半睡半醒间做了个梦：自己要和新加坡的合作项目开video-conference， 我作为联系人，约好对方周二晚上9点，我方周二早上十点。（注意杯具，就在这里！ ）同学们都知道， 新加坡和北京时间是一样的，和东部标准时间差十三个小时，人家的晚上九点，是我们早上八点。。。梦里的我也明白过来，于是惊醒 真正的郁闷在于，醒来发现梦是真的  赶紧起来查邮件，人家等了一个小时后要求重新约时间（内疚死了）。还未回完邮件，老板就来电话，赶紧解释。哎，还得他由于相信我的时区换算也误了开会。太可怕了，以后再不要发生这类猪头错误。 November 01 H.S. Tsien from WikiQian Xuesen (simplified Chinese: 钱学森; traditional Chinese: 錢學森; pinyin: Qián Xuésēn; Wade-Giles: Tsien Hsue-shen) (11 December 1911 – 31 October 2009) was a scientist who made important contributions to the missile and space programs of both the United States and People's Republic of China. NASA documents commonly refer to him as H.S. Tsien.[1] During the 1940s Qian was one of the founders of Jet Propulsion Laboratory[2] at the California Institute of Technology. During the red scare of the 1950s the United States government accused Qian of having communist sympathies. Qian was wrongfully imprisoned[3] at Alcatraz. Stripped of his security clearance, Qian decided to go back to China. After being under house arrest for 5 years, from 1950-55, Qian was released in exchange for the return of US pilots captured during the Korean war. Notified by U.S. authorities that he was free to go, Qian immediately arranged to go back to China in September of 1955 on American President Lines, Pres. Cleveland via Hong Kong. He returned to China and led the Chinese rocket program, and became known as the "Father of Chinese Rocketry" (or "King of Rocketry"). August 05 sue 某同学 孔狗狗同学偷用我的洗面奶已经有段历史了，其实他自个儿的就在旁边的台子上，伸手可及。。。 我指出来后，人家嘿嘿两声，说：你的比我的好用。。。 那用就用吧，反正这东西用的慢，早点用完，我可以换新的。 可是： 昨天晚上洗脸的时候突然发现怎么压出来的和水一样一样的？仔细看了看，原先快被用完的洗面奶，貌似被加了水哎，汗死。。。这个土人！ April 01 The coursework-only Ph.D. option
以下是早上收到的来自一位教授的群发给系里教授和研究生的邮件：
Colleagues,
I am investigating the feasibility of offering the coursework-only option for getting a Ph.D. Currently getting a Ph.D. requires that the majority of credits be derived from research, which can be problematic. Granting the Ph.D. degree based on the research contributions contained in a doctoral dissertation raises several issues, which include but are not limited to: 1) Research requires finding new ideas, developing new algorithms, or building complex systems, which can turn frustrating. 2) Research is very labor-intensive and time-consuming, often requiring that students spend evenings and weekends in the lab. 3) Ph.D. students have to publish their research in refereed venues, the acceptance to which is highly-subjective and depends on the opinion of anonymous reviewers. 4) Many Ph.D. students have developed an impressive ability to do well in classes, and applying this ability to earning only some of the required credits can be limiting. 5) Some Ph.D. students find it very frustrating having to answer the question "when are you going to be done" with "when my research is good enough and is published in the right places". 6) Writing a dissertation is a time-consuming undertaking that can take months or even years to complete. 7) Ph.D. exams are often challenging to schedule, and committee members can ask questions that are difficult to answer.
The coursework-only option would allow students to derive all the required graduate credits from courses. One possible caveat is that coursework-only Ph.D. students would have to maintain perfect GPA, with perhaps only a couple of A- grades allowed.
The coursework-only Ph.D. option is only in early planning stages, and if proposed, would have to be approved by the GPC, the college, and the university. Nevertheless, I would like to solicit your feedback on this option. If you a graduate student, please let me know if you may be interested in pursuing the coursework-only option. If you are a faculty, please let me know if you would consider recommending this option to your students.
Regards, Eli
回复一： Very interesting and innovative! I like this idea ;-) 回复二： Hi, Eli. I very much agree on your point 6). I do not really see much Just an opinion. 回复三：
Hi Eli,
Good idea, I would've loved for this option to have been available before I started and spent all this time. One question: would transfer credits count?
Another option that has been heavily recommended to me via email has been to confer a doctoral degree based on life work experiences. They say I don't even have to enroll, they will just send me my degree by mail -- how cool is that! It gets rid of the pesky coursework requirement as well. Glad I retrieved those emails from my spam mailbox in time.
I'm thankful that there are souls like you in academia who look out for us, especially on special days such as today. ;) 回复四：
I think this is an excellent idea. I've been on a few job interviews lately, and they are absolutely grilling me on my coursework, and they don't seem particularly interested in my research.
回复五：
Eli, The best idea i have seen today! It makes my day:))))
March 01 zz: Guide: Simple DVD Backup using DVDfab HD Decrypter, DVD Shrink, and ImgBurnI know this isn’t the fastest or most sophisticated way to back up a protected DVD (please don’t flame me for posting it). However, it teaches you to use three very powerful programs, the programs are freeware, and they don’t install anything goofy that takes over everything. So here we go.
Download and install these three programs: DVDFab HD Decrypter DVD Shrink 3.2.0.15. This is the last version. Try Softpedia Imgburn DVDfab HD Decrypter is updated all the time to keep up with protections. This tutorial uses the 4.0.1.2 but you need to check often. The free version of this program does one thing: remove copy protection. If you want to be able to do all of this in one step, buy this baby, read the manual and go to town. DVD Shrink does just what the name says. If you have a DVD9 original and you need to fit it on a DVD5 you need this gem. It is still not obsolete because it has some extremely powerful DVD editing features that can still be exploited. Don’t ask me for them, start at the Shrink website and you’ll find all kinds of tutorials. There are some fantastic guides here at CDFreaks, Copy DVD Movie, Guides and Tutorials At one point Shrink would strip copy protection as well but and it hasn’t been updated in quite some time so it will not work with newer protections. Imgburn is arguably the single best free program for burning DVD images. There are a lot a bells and whistles but you can still burn an ISO file to a DVD with just a few clicks and you don’t need to learn everything at first. I’m using V2.3.2.0 for this guide but download the current version as it is updated regularly. My notes:
DVDFab 5.2.3 can convert double-layered copy protected dvd to single-layered dvd. if your dvd's size is larger than 4.7G, it is a double-layered dvd. February 26 Audio Recording Solution with iPhoneI am conducting an interview as part of my class. So i need a audio recording tool. Just find you can use your iPhone or iPod touch as a reasonably good audio recorder.
If you are using a iPhone, you can simply install iTalk from iTune store. It is a free application on iPhone provided by GRIFFIN Technology. And the recordings can be transferred to your Mac or PC using iTalk Sync into AIFF files, which can be played or further edited in Quick Time Pro. iTalk Sync is also free and can be downloaded here http://www.italksync.com/. You can get more info from the link mentioned above. February 21 新京报：盐城水污染事件需要层层问责昨天晚上惊闻盐城最大的水厂取水口遭化工厂排污污染，造成全城大面积停水。 打电话回家得知，目前只有城东备用水厂在供水，由于水压不足，高层住户家里仍然无水。今天看着新闻图片上那么多的盐阜乡亲排队等水，想到多少人还要像我妈一样还要从楼下提水，真不知该悲还是该怒。盐城全城八百一十五万人口的生命无辜受到威胁。 那帮草菅人命的人都TMD的去死！
下面引用新京报的一篇社论：
盐城水污染事件需要层层问责
江苏盐城大范围停水两天后，环保部门证实，导致自来水突然遭“污染”袭击的源头，在于盐城标新化工有限公司“偷排污水”，法人代表等相关责任人被采取强制措施。 这仅仅是第一个污染源，即直接的污染源。偷排污水，与在奶液中偷偷添加三聚氰胺一样，是又一例企业丑闻。这种置人的生命和健康而不顾的卑劣行径，应该受到法律的严惩。作为严重危害公共安全的重大突发事件，如果看看停水给盐城人带来的诸多不变，就应该深思为什么这种本不该发生的事居然发生？因此，有必要追查其他污染源。 盐城停水的第二个污染源，可以追溯到自来水公司的责任上。自来水公司的首要职守是给居民提供安全清洁的水，其次才是收水费，但盐城的水污染事件首先是居民从水龙头发现的，自来水公司对农药味居然没闻到，更没有率先检测出。如此玩忽职守，显然是一种责任污染。 盐城停水的第三个污染源，又可以追溯到化工厂的建立和审批上。上过中学的人在地理课本上都学过，化工厂及可能产生污染的企业，都应该建立在城市的下游，河流的下游。但盐城城西自来水厂取水口上游12公里处，聚集了至少5家化工厂。而这次污染事件，正是蟒蛇河上游的一家化工厂偷排污水所致。需要问责的是，是谁违犯中学生都懂的科普常识，批准在自来水取水口上游河流边建立化工厂？ 盐城停水的第四个污染源，是当地一些官员漠视民意。相关报道称，当地居民对化工厂排污一事长期以来就反映强烈，但这并没有成功阻挡污染事件的发生。两个月前盐城市政府实施“清水走廊”行动方案，由环保局牵头，涉及三大主要取水口的安全，河流所流经行政辖区的主要负责人担任“河长”，可为什么没有整治可能污染自来水源的化工厂？为什么不监测化工厂的排污渠道，最终让“偷排”的把戏成功上演？ 盐城停水的第五个污染源，是环保部门对相关教训的快速遗忘。2007年7月初，江苏省沭阳县城区的自来水源被污染，全城停止供水40多个小时，给老百姓的生活带来极大不便。江苏省的水利专家和环保部门曾确认，污染源主要来自新沂河上游的化工企业，工业废水、生活污水下泄时多次污染水体，致使下游自净能力差，污染发生频次多，导致了“沭阳水质危机”。那么，盐城市的水务和环保部门怎么就不能及时汲取教训，把水污染的“定时炸弹”尽早拆除？实际上，盐城也曾连续发生过多起水污染事故，只是没到全城停水的地步，为什么就把“预兆”给忽略过去了呢？ 水是生命之源。这句名言常常和“请节约每一滴水”相关联，却没有与“给人每一滴安全的水”相挂钩。前者是每一个公民的道德，后者则是政府部门的职责。盐城水污染事件，与奶业中的三聚氰胺事件一样，给我们敲响了日常生活安全的警钟。因此，盐城水污染事件的问责对象，也就不能仅仅局限于“偷排污水” 的企业，还应像处理“问题奶粉”一样层层追究，理清各方责任，彻查各种污染源。惟有如此，类似突发公共安全事件才不会一再上演，每个人的生命安全和健康才能得到保证。 February 12 A Quatation that strikes meIt had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Leonardo da Vinci January 25 A New Chapter in Our Lives2009年1月16号，我们结婚了
    身边不少师长朋友见证了我们的爱情誓言，远方的亲人好友也发来了祝福。为了感谢大家的祝福，分享我们的喜悦，特奉上cermony & reception的相册。欢迎欣赏
顺祝大家新春愉快！ October 03 坚持每天运动夏天隔三差五的跑步，到了八月份忙乱起来就荒废了。
最近某猪头同学花了血本买了wii和wii fit（号称预支了给我的圣诞和元旦礼物
 ）。 从此我们加上王宁和她妈妈开始了在家里打网球，拳击，棒球，高尔夫，保龄，瑜伽，滑雪，蹦极的健身活动。不过wii fit的健身效果得到证明之前，我还是要坚持跑步的， 这不，昨天
Time:38 min
Distance:2.7miles
Cal: 290cal
Max Speed: 4.8 miles/hour
猪头同学也划船号称５５００ｍ。希望能够坚持下去。
August 30 Return of the RingRing lost and came back, so cool and moving~
 What i need to remember:
Have my own idea, get the resource and make it happen!
What i need to do:
Fight for the best and Have a strong mind to handle the worst
What i need to believe:
Love & Everything happens for good July 26 西红柿鸡蛋盖饭July 22 I think i was right有一个疑问在我心里回旋很久很久了，时不时会跳出来，让我自问。
今天我突然确信我是对的。
还好，虽然不能算是一个有智慧的人，但勉强还属不笨的，呵呵，知足啦
 July 07 长周末七月四号是美国国庆节，我早就美美的计划用来逛街了。一早上心情也特别好。而某猪同学似乎要决心让我美一天，在时差还没到过来的情况下，为了保存我的体力甘当司机和陪购，让我很happy，嘿嘿。当然我是很容易happy的。最近有人说gap的设计提高很多，于是怀着很大兴趣的去看，真地看到一条很喜欢的裙子，棉制的吊带长裙，及脚踝，有下摆，买下的时候还有惊喜：additional 25% off
 此次购物的高潮是在express：一条黑白连衣裙，短裤，top若干。很喜欢它家的东东，从正装，到轻便的dress，到日常的top, jeans，以至男士衬衫领带都觉得很合胃口。当然各花入各眼，更好的店有不少，只是按照我现在的钱包，需要和审美，这家是我很喜欢的。逛到这家的时候，猪同学由于时差已经犯困了，要求坐在店外。等到他终于不耐烦走进店找我时，我还在那里又看又试。 哎，女人啊，我也鄙视一下。 作为代价，我答应帮他捶捶腿，不过后来。。。忘了，嘿嘿。心满意足的回来。这天晚上是在jy家为yy同学办的fareware party。 转眼他都要走了，时间过得好快，我什么时候能毕业呢~
话说某猪同学搬了新屋子，旁边就有一片很好的草坪，大树，和烧烤架。今天还告诉我说，那里晚上还有好多萤火虫，很漂亮。说得我心动，于是决定晚上去烧烤吃。还叫了wn,zww同学。结果刚刚升好火，第一批鸡翅还没有烤熟，老天就开始小雨，wn带着mickey先跑去躲雨，pj,zww还有我还在坚持，三个人两把伞，紧紧的护住宝贵的鸡翅和炭火。。。  可惜老天越下越大，我们坚持不住，只好撤退回屋，改为烤箱继续。。。June 04 读书随感朱熹说：存天理，去人欲，主张天理与人欲是分开的
王阳明说：随心而动，随意而为。天理就是人欲。
心里窃喜，这话很熟悉阿，我早就说过人性就是最大的道理。是不是我很聪明呢？答曰不是。
因为我们说这个话的上下文不同。王阳明提出心说，是在朱子理学占统治地位的明朝。在这个背景，能够提出自己的问题，找到自己的答案的人叫圣贤。而今天人们普遍接受尊重人性人道的观点，我是这个思潮下的成长，自然接受了这个观点，所以这在我看来又很自然。思想家是很奇妙的人物，他们当初的顿悟或许彼时看来微不足道，而几百年后却可能深深影响社会的每一个人。 April 13 zz China's Loyal YouthAn article published in New York Time. It seems that the response of young Chinese about Tibet really surprised and disappointed them. However, i feel very proud to be a chinese:) United, we will stand! http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/opinion/13forney.html?_r=1&oref=slogin China’s Loyal Youth
By MATTHEW FORNEY
Published: April 13, 2008
Beijing
MANY sympathetic Westerners view Chinese society along the lines of what they saw in the waning days of the Soviet Union: a repressive government backed by old hard-liners losing its grip to a new generation of well-educated, liberal-leaning sophisticates. As pleasant as this outlook may be, it’s na?ve. Educated young Chinese, far from being embarrassed or upset by their government’s human-rights record, rank among the most patriotic, establishment-supporting people you’ll meet. As is clear to anyone who lives here, most young ethnic Chinese strongly support their government’s suppression of the recent Tibetan uprising. One Chinese friend who has a degree from a European university described the conflict to me as “a clash between the commercial world and an old aboriginal society.” She even praised her government for treating Tibetans better than New World settlers treated Native Americans. It’s a rare person in China who considers the desires of the Tibetans themselves. “Young Chinese have no sympathy for Tibet,” a Beijing human-rights lawyer named Teng Biao told me. Mr. Teng — a Han Chinese who has offered to defend Tibetan monks caught up in police dragnets — feels very alone these days. Most people in their 20s, he says, “believe the Dalai Lama is trying to split China.” Educated young people are usually the best positioned in society to bridge cultures, so it’s important to examine the thinking of those in China. The most striking thing is that, almost without exception, they feel rightfully proud of their country’s accomplishments in the three decades since economic reforms began. And their pride and patriotism often find expression in an unquestioning support of their government, especially regarding Tibet. The most obvious explanation for this is the education system, which can accurately be described as indoctrination. Textbooks dwell on China’s humiliations at the hands of foreign powers in the 19th century as if they took place yesterday, yet skim over the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and ’70s as if it were ancient history. Students learn the neat calculation that Chairman Mao’s tyranny was “30 percent wrong,” then the subject is declared closed. The uprising in Tibet in the late 1950s, and the invasion that quashed it, are discussed just long enough to lay blame on the “Dalai clique,” a pejorative reference to the circle of advisers around Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Then there’s life experience — or the lack of it — that might otherwise help young Chinese to gain a perspective outside the government’s viewpoint. Young urban Chinese study hard and that’s pretty much it. Volunteer work, sports, church groups, debate teams, musical skills and other extracurricular activities don’t factor into college admission, so few participate. And the government’s control of society means there aren’t many non-state-run groups to join anyway. Even the most basic American introduction to real life — the summer job — rarely exists for urban students in China. Recent Chinese college graduates are an optimistic group. And why not? The economy has grown at a double-digit rate for as long as they can remember. Those who speak English are guaranteed good jobs. Their families own homes. They’ll soon own one themselves, and probably a car too. A cellphone, an iPod, holidays — no problem. Small wonder the Pew Research Center in Washington described the Chinese in 2005 as “world leaders in optimism.” As for political repression, few young Chinese experience it. Most are too young to remember the Tiananmen massacre of 1989 and probably nobody has told them stories. China doesn’t feel like a police state, and the people young Chinese read about who do suffer injustices tend to be poor — those who lost homes to government-linked property developers without fair compensation or whose crops failed when state-supported factories polluted their fields. Educated young Chinese are therefore the biggest beneficiaries of policies that have brought China more peace and prosperity than at any time in the past thousand years. They can’t imagine why Tibetans would turn up their noses at rising incomes and the promise of a more prosperous future. The loss of a homeland just doesn’t compute as a valid concern. Of course, the nationalism of young Chinese may soften over time. As college graduates enter the work force and experience their country’s corruption and inefficiency, they often grow more critical. It is received wisdom in China that people in their 40s are the most willing to challenge their government, and the Tibet crisis bears out that observation. Of the 29 ethnic-Chinese intellectuals who last month signed a widely publicized petition urging the government to show restraint in the crackdown, not one was under 30. Barring major changes in China’s education system or economy, Westerners are not going to find allies among the vast majority of Chinese on key issues like Tibet, Darfur and the environment for some time. If the debate over Tibet turns this summer’s contests in Beijing into the Human Rights Games, as seems inevitable, Western ticket-holders expecting to find Chinese angry at their government will instead find Chinese angry at them. |
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