陳錫身

香港的基建發展方向 Hong Kong infrastrucutre development planning

2010-02-06T10:29:00.002+08:00

現時政府的交通的基建發展方向, 因就業機會過份集中於市區而著眼於強化潮水作業的交通網絡發展, 市民早晚返工放工都要迫巴士迫地鐵穿梭商業區同新市鎮 , 未能發揮鐵路及道路網雙向並用的最大功效。

假若政府能從城市規劃，提供稅務優惠、綜合大樓等鼓勵新興產業到為人口增長較快的新市鎮設立辦工室
為社區提供足夠的就業的機會, 減少市民上班的距離, 既經濟和又環保,節省下來的時間,讓市民可以更多空間和家人朋友相處,更可大大提昇上班一族的生活質素及工作效率。

固此, 我十分讚同謝偉俊議員嘅觀點, 不應過份集中發展已十分密集嘅區域

21 Jan 2010 星島日報(港聞) :立會大比數否決停建添馬艦政府總部議案

議案由謝偉俊議員提出，認為停建添馬艦政府總部，有助紓緩巿中心地區交通擠塞的問題，又建議政府部門應分設在不同地區，帶動偏遠地區經濟，又要求政府提供稅務優惠，鼓勵大機構在偏遠地區設立分部。

iPad, yet a new larger iPod Touch

2010-01-28T11:30:00.001+08:00

In comparing with iPod, the screen is 3 times bigger, only double up the Price , even with longer battery life (1) )

ref:

iPad Spec: Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
iPod Touch Spec: Video playback time: Up to 6 hours when fully charged

香港的社區發展方向

2010-01-21T23:24:00.004+08:00

現時政府的交通的基建發展方向, 大部份停留於流水作業的模式, 早晚返工放工都要迫巴士迫地鐵 ,未能發揮鐵路及道路網雙向並用的最大功效。

假若政府能從城市規劃，提供稅務優惠、綜合大樓等鼓勵新興產業到為人口增長較快的新市鎮設立辦工室
為社區提供足夠的就業的機會, 縮短市民上班的距離, 既經濟和又環保,節省下來的時間,讓市民可以更多空間和家人朋友相處,更可大大提昇上班一族的生活質素及工作效率。

固此, 我十分讚同謝偉俊議員嘅觀點, 不應過份集中發展已十分密集嘅區域

21 Jan 2010 星島日報(港聞) :立會大比數否決停建添馬艦政府總部議案

議案由謝偉俊議員提出，認為停建添馬艦政府總部，有助紓緩巿中心地區交通擠塞的問題，又建議政府部門應分設在不同地區，帶動偏遠地區經濟，又要求政府提供稅務優惠，鼓勵大機構在偏遠地區設立分部。

Caution in drawing large amount of Graphics WPF

2010-01-09T11:39:00.012+08:00

For a recently project which draw large amount of object in the WPF application, it's redraw performance after mousemove event (or any animation across the background drawing) is not smooth enough. So I conduct a research and found that WPF use Retained-mode graphics (with modules communicate with Direct X), unlike C++ use GDI+ directly.

Unless you use image (bitmap) class to render the graphical elements , all graphics in Path /in StreamGeometry/PathFigures or DrawingVisual would be repainted(internal process of WPF RetainedMode Grahpics) in a Vector format. Therefore, the dirty region redraw put burdern to CPU and result in a leggy UI experience.

So , if you need to draw relatively large amount of object in WPF (Vector format).
please have a careful consideration before and you can convert your vector geometry into Raster format by using RenderTargetBitmap. (link3 :putting DrawingVisual into RenderTargetBitmap )

Quoting 1( from MSDN Windows Presentation Foundation Graphics Rendering Overview)

Drawing Content in Visual Objects
A Visual object stores its render data as a vector graphics instruction list. Each item in the instruction list represents a low-level set of graphics data and associated resources in a serialized format. There are four different types of render data that can contain drawing content... skipped
Retained Mode Graphics
One of the keys to understanding the role of the Visual object is to understand the difference between immediate mode and retained mode graphics systems. A standard Win32 application based on GDI or GDI+ uses an immediate mode graphics system. This means that the application is responsible for repainting the portion of the client area that is invalidated, due to an action such as a window being resized, or an object changing its visual appearance.
Diagram of Win32 rendering sequence

In contrast, WPF
uses a retained mode system. This means application objects that have a visual
appearance define a set of serialized drawing data. Once the drawing data is
defined, the system is responsible thereafter for responding to all repaint
requests for rendering the application objects. Even at run time, you can modify
or create application objects, and still rely on the system for responding to
paint requests. The power in a retained mode graphics system is that drawing
information is always persisted in a serialized state by the application, but
rendering responsibility left to the system. The following diagram shows how the
application relies on WPF for responding to paint requests.
Diagram of WPF rendering sequence

Intelligent Redrawing
One of the biggest benefits
in using retained mode graphics is that WPF can efficiently optimize what needs
to be redrawn in the application. Even if you have a complex scene with varying
levels of opacity, you generally do not need to write special-purpose code to
optimize redrawing. Compare this with Win32 programming in which you can spend a great deal of effort in optimizing your application by minimizing the amount of
redrawing in the update region. See Redrawing in the
Update Region for an example of the type of complexity involved in
optimizing redrawing in Win32 applications.

Vector Graphics
WPF uses vector graphics as its rendering data format. Vector graphics—which include Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Windows metafiles (.wmf), and TrueType
fonts—store rendering data and transmit it as a list of instructions that
describe how to recreate an image using graphics primitives. For example,
TrueType fonts are outline fonts that describe a set of lines, curves, and
commands, rather than an array of pixels. One of the key benefits of vector
graphics is the ability to scale to any size and resolution.
Unlike vector graphics, bitmap graphics store rendering data as a pixel-by-pixel
representation of an image, pre-rendered for a specific resolution. One of the
key differences between bitmap and vector graphic formats is fidelity to the
original source image. For example, when the size of a source image is modified,
bitmap graphics systems stretch the image, whereas vector graphics systems scale
the image, preserving the image fidelity.

Quoting 2 : WPF Wonders: Getting Started with WPF (cont'd)

In Windows Forms graphics, you have two main choices for drawing something:
either redraw it during a Paint event or draw it into a bitmap and then display
the bitmap. In the first case, you need to redraw frequently, keeping track of
whatever it is that you're drawing. If parts of the drawing move over time, you
need to keep track of where they all are during every redraw.
In retained-mode graphics, you define objects that represent parts of the
drawing: lines, ellipses, text, images, and so forth. WPF automatically redraws
any of them that need redrawing when they need it.
If you need one of the objects to move, you simply move it at the appropriate
time. WPF automatically redraws the object in its new position as needed.
Alternatively, you can define a WPF animation and let WPF move the object over
time. Furthermore, because the objects draw themselves as needed, you can zoom
in on them and they will redraw themselves with high precision, not the blocky
appearance you would get from magnifying a bitmap.

Quoting 3: InformIT: WPF Control Development: The Diverse Visual Class

Images can be useful when you want to visualize a large amount of data for which
you have limited interaction. Some situations where this might come in handy are
when you are visualizing high-volume graphs or network monitoring tools that are
visualizing thousands of network nodes. In cases like this, even DrawingVisuals
become extremely expensive because each data item is a separate visual and
consumes CPU and memory resources. Using an image, and knowing that each data
point doesn't need to be interactive, you can visualize what you need without
bringing the host computer to its knees.

Since the Image class also has event handling support, we can attach handlers for mouse events that can query the pixel at the mouse's current coordinates and report information about that data
item. With a little bit of creativity and forethought, the Image class can be a
powerful tool in any developer's toolbox.

Reference Links

Windows Presentation Foundation Graphics Rendering Overview & http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd162909(VS.85).aspx
Retained-Mode Graphics in WPF Wonders: Getting Started with WPF (Page 2 cont'd) (Full article)
Image Class in InformIT: WPF Control Development: The Diverse Visual Class

Forum Discussion Reference

stackoverflow.com Scaling WPF content before rendering to bitmap suggested sample code for putting DrawingVisual into RenderTargetBitmap
MSDN Social Forum Slow performance transforming OnMouseMove

居安思危: 按揭收緊　觸發豪宅上會潮

2009-11-14T11:42:00.005+08:00

雖然好多人講, 富豪買豪宅邊駛用按揭

但從商業角度黎講 ,如果手頭上有大量物業或一大疊樓的大商家、大財主，係利息咁低企嘅時候,
比起作資本性投資投的商業貸款(P+2~3%) , 用物業按揭(P-2~3%)套現的資金成本相對為低，極為吸引。

若果富豪間繼續用呢個途經，從以獲得大量資金去作非商業的投機活動
間接會蘊讓更多市場泡沫，增加出現金融海嘯第二波嘅風險。

所以我絕對讚成銀行係資金氾濫的情況下, 亦要居安思危，收緊對豪宅的按揭成數。

按揭收緊　觸發豪宅上會潮
(星島)2009年11月13日星期五 05:30
(綜合報道)
(星島日報報道)政府最近推出的收緊樓按措施，令近三周銀行申請樓宇按揭個案大增，觸發起豪宅「上會」潮，預料涉及按揭貸款額超過六十億元。
　　經絡按揭轉介首席經濟分析師劉圓圓表示，上月二十三日有關方面推出多項收緊樓按措施，包括降低二千萬元或以上物業之按揭成數，以及暫停租住物業按保申請，同時下調三個按保計畫之貸款額上限。二千萬元或以上的豪宅業主，須於政策實施後的一個月寬限期內、即本月二十三日或之前提出按揭申請。由於該批業主須提前於本月二十三日或之前申請按揭，因而觸發一股「上會潮」。
　　她指，措施出台至今，二千萬元或以上物業近三周的按揭申請穩步上升，其中十月最後一周之有關申請數量更按周大升兩倍，預料涉及按揭貸款額超過六十億元。
　　申請宗數一周升兩倍
　　根據該公司資料統計，須要申請按揭二千萬元或以上的豪宅業主當中，約六成業主需要六成至七成按揭貸款，預期該批業主影響最大。該公司指出九月份至十一月十日期間，逾二千萬豪宅之註冊量超過五百宗，當中大部分未「上會」，預期收緊按揭成數的政策將刺激業主加快申請按揭。劉圓圓又指，預料「上會」潮後按揭規模會縮減，以反映近期樓宇成交放緩情況，但仍然超越去年同期。
　　中小型物業市場方面，她表示目前按揭息率處於歷史新低，相信有能力負擔人士仍有置業意欲，但隨著豪宅市場這個火車頭冷卻下來，中小型單位交投量也會跟隨下降，但呎價仍維持在金融海嘯前的四千三百元水平。
　　至於連租約單位方面，由於按揭證券公司暫停租住物業的按保申請，將租住物業最高按揭成數由原來的八成半下調至七成，投資者須預留至少三成的首期購買物業，增加了投資成本，估計連租約成交將放緩。

屯門36度

2009-08-02T13:10:00.001+08:00

嘩... 9號

2009-07-19T04:07:00.001+08:00

Ruby on Rails

2009-07-01T10:58:00.000+08:00

專名號失蹤了..

2009-06-26T23:45:00.004+08:00

現在全球化趨世之下, 每日報章新聞就如天上繁星,
新聞入面當然少不了, 咁多外國人名嘅譯音,
有時真係唔識得咁多 , 閱讀起上來有時真係有點困難。

不知何時開始, 專名號自報章雜誌上消失了

到底是什麼時候開始消息呢?
點解報紙唔再落專名號?
小學課程仲有無教呢?

"舊酒新瓶"之Windows 7+Win 08 雙系統@VHD Dual Boot with winPE

2009-06-26T09:39:00.007+08:00

舊酒係指DUAL BOOT 雙系統,
大家有用過Virtual PC, Virtual Server都可能覺得VHD(虛擬硬碟)唔係咩新鮮野,
但今次嘅新瓶就係將在無任何虛擬主機host PC( no PC virtualization)嘅情況下, mount VHD做logical disk 直BOOT

即係在Physical 硬碟中,建立多過以file 封裝起的VHD虛擬硬碟,
利用新的winPE 功能(原來BOOT 安裝碟時, 按SHIFT+F12便可進入)

The Screencast Video – 23 minutes – Win7 and R2 Dual Boot via VHD

The Command Sequence Used in the Video

Boot your machine with a blank hard drive using the Windows 7 DVD.
Click next on the language screen if English is appropriate.
SHIFT+F10 to launch a WinPE command console. Although the commands below are in upper case, the commands are not case sensitive. I am only using upper case for readability here.
Enter DISKPART to run the utility.
LIST DISK to see the available disks in your system. I am assuming a single raw disk.
SEL DISK 0
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK
LIST VOL
ASSIGN
LIST VOL
CREATE VDISK FILE=c:\windows7rc.vhd MAXIMUM=200000 TYPE=EXPANDABLE
SELECT VDISK FILE=c:\windows7rc.vhd
ATTACH VDISK
CRE PART PRI
FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK
ASSIGN LETTER=V:
LIST VOL
LIST VDISK
exit DISPART
exit WinPE command console
Install to the newly created 200GB (fuzzy math) virtual hard disk which looks just like a partition to Windows Setup
Repeat steps 11-18 for the Windows Server 2008 R2 VHD but with the obvious changes for the vdisk filename, size, etc.

Reference: http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2009/05/22/dual-boot-from-vhd-using-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx
另加一個 install Win 7 from USB

終於解決了SQL Server Express 2005一直不能更新 SP3的問題, update problem solved

2009-06-12T10:50:00.001+08:00

原來係比呢個XML6 SP2 patch (KB954459) 阻住, 但想係 add/remove program 時想uninstall呢個patch.

多得呢個vendor: Maximizer 發掘左出黎, 仲有以下呢一邊article,

Cannot Install Microsoft SQL Express Server Error

教曉我先用Windows Installer CleanUp (KB290301) 公用程式將KB954459 剷掉, 之後就可以順利更新

Technorati Tags: sql server express 2005 sp3,setup failed

Coding Convention: Java,PHP,Javascript

2009-05-27T10:20:00.006+08:00

因為同一個program, 無乜可能永遠由一個人負責, 再者open source, contribute ,CVS 咁盛行,
往往都由多過一個人去做。如果個個coding style都唔同, 確實係幾難睇嘅

所以係應該有個convention 比大家跟, 最少同team 要合作嘅人都好應該溝通好，
set Policy 有邊幾樣要跟足(strictly follow)

其實每種程式 blocking 排位、放comment/documentation 嘅方法係大致上一樣
只係programming syntax上有少少分別, 以下有幾個 link(盡量official) 方便大家參考:

Java (offered by SUN for sure)
Javascript Modified from Java
PHP Zend Framework

微軟有一套FxCop code analyser 嘅程式去確保C# naming 同 convention 跟返defined policy/ rules

P.S. 如果大家有其他建意, 歡迎留言交流及補充。

coding convention A.K.A. coding standards ,coding style

.net 十分常用的gridview 出excel

2009-05-13T11:48:00.003+08:00

其實呢個method 開於點將 hyperlink , dropdown box既現值 , 按鍵label
就最值得注意啦

/// <summary>

/// Replace any of the contained controls with literals

    /// </summary>

    /// <param name="control"></param>

    privatestatic voidPrepareControlForExport(Control control)

        for (int i = 0; i < control.Controls.Count; i++)

            Control current = control.Controls[i];

            if (current is LinkButton)

                control.Controls.Remove(current);

                control.Controls.AddAt(i, new LiteralControl((current as LinkButton).Text));

            else if (current is ImageButton)

                control.Controls.Remove(current);

                control.Controls.AddAt(i, new LiteralControl((current as ImageButton).AlternateText));

            else if (current is HyperLink)

                control.Controls.Remove(current);

                control.Controls.AddAt(i, new LiteralControl((current as HyperLink).Text));

            else if (current is DropDownList)

                control.Controls.Remove(current);

                control.Controls.AddAt(i, new LiteralControl((current as DropDownList).SelectedItem.Text));

            else if (current is CheckBox)

                control.Controls.Remove(current);

                control.Controls.AddAt(i, new LiteralControl((current as CheckBox).Checked ? "True" : "False"));

            if (current.HasControls())

                GridViewExportUtil.PrepareControlForExport(current);

http://www.cnblogs.com/DotNetNuke/archive/2009/01/15/1376300.html

AMS/3 係自動定手動對盤呢?

2009-05-08T19:45:00.001+08:00

今日整理下harddisk入面嘅檔案, 找到呢個陳年capture

已下係2004年一個網上證券落盤經驗,唔知你地有無試過落左, 價升埋都仲放唔到
( 有另一個升過左出貨價都做唔到, 但無capture低喇....)

開市前已經入左呢個order

到10:00開市了,市場上仲未見到我15.7 嘅order

10:03嘅queue , 有一單15.7做左, 但唔係我

參考下交易所參與者及聯交所交易權持有人名錄參
亦都唔見呢間恒X 證券嘅落盤

到左10:06仲係原封不動"pending dealing"

網上又漏做, 電話又唔通, 收咁貴買D 咁嘅服務??

亦自此之後, 對呢D 食水深嘅銀行更加反感

Amazon EC2 到 google App 再到 Microsoft Azure

2009-04-24T14:49:00.005+08:00

Azure, 是微軟視窗外的一片藍天白雲 Cloud Computing

Software as a Service, Storage as a Service, Platform as s Service

從前 , 我工作上用的各種科技, 由於規模有限, 要達到什麼Load balancing, Clustering, High Availability, Business Continuity Planning , 所費實在不非, 有限資源下很難做得完善

但雲運算(cloud computing)打著的旗號, 就是要把infrastructure 交給cloud平台提供者, 讓developer 開發自己有niche 有potential,最value-added的部份, 創制出專業應用的同時, 又提供了enterprise grade 服務水平 (SLA). 若需要了這3個平台, 以下一篇好文章會有簡單的介紹。

So looking at these three players, you see each of them playing to their
strengths. Amazon was early in the market, and has leveraged Internet standards
and open source platforms to create a very flexible platform. Google is
leveraging the work it has done with big databases and its internal development
methods to create a powerful but more restrictive environment. And Microsoft is
leveraging its traditional strength with developers and the breadth of its tools
to create perhaps the largest array of services. Over time, my guess is that
we'll see all of them start to converge - presaged perhaps by Amazon's
introduction of Windows Server instances.

source: http://blogs.pcmag.com/miller/2008/11/cloud_thinking_amazon_microsof.php

馬爾代夫金錢‧碳世界, 不用自掃門前雪

2009-04-17T17:32:00.010+08:00

從馬爾代夫回來不久, 就看到以下一篇新聞, 大概又是溫室氣體過多 , 導致溫室效應令生態逆轉, 森林裡的植物不能再為我們提供氧氣。那是, 可能全救也沒有了四秀, 冬天不見了, 大家不用再自掃門前雪了

研究：氣溫再上升　森林將變身CO2淨排放來源
將於今天在聯合國提報的報告警告說，如果地表溫度再上升攝氏2度（華氏3.6度），現今吸收大氣中1/4碳污染的森林，可能很快變成二氧化碳（CO2）的淨來源。

source: http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090417/8/bq52.html

海嘯雖把金融業打得五勞七傷, 大家仍會留意一眾財經演員的分析和報導

大家可會留意過科學家提出的驚告, 是否只當危言聳聽，但探究才是科學精神的重點

若傳媒不再統孤一味邀請財經演員，多製作成令人振奮人心的生態發展 , 喚起大眾對保養地球的關注, 讓大家眾志成成，一同肩負和參與拯救地球的本份, 世界可能還有希望

如今財富落在未能為社會理行責任的商家手上, 就算我冒犯了權貴的要叫造財富失衡得盡天下財、有負天下心 , 怎教人服氣?

我們全球人賴以為生的根源, 的由農夫耕種、農場飼養、漁民搜捕得來的食物
他們的重要性不比各創新軟硬科體所帶來的工作效益為低, 可惜他們的生活水平往往徘回於貧窮基線之間。長遠來講 , 極有可能造成社會失衡動亂

新資本主義 -- 柔合中國傳統儒家思想的 , 有道德標準, 落實可持續的發展
, 經濟還是要增長, 但著重嘅係整個餅子一起大, 士農工商, 缺一不行

http://www.fao.org/es/ESS/chartroom/gfap.asp

美境不止天上有, 豈能盡收百科中

希望以上這句不會適用於50年後

09九龍灣電腦節後第一項工程:中文化 Vista Home premium install MUI by

2009-04-06T15:16:00.002+08:00

等左幾個月,一心係megabox 電腦節搵lenovo Y430

core due T3400 (2.16GHz 1MB Cache, 667Hz FSB)
2G DDR3 ram
250G SATA Harddisk
Intel Express 45 chipset
HDMI 1.3
PCI Express port + 6in1 card reader
Win Vista Home Premium SP1
MCE basic remote
1.3Mb webcam
wireless a/g/n
14.1 inch LCD
2.35Kg in weight

睇左幾檔有 , 但最終扑搥買嘅係 lenovo Y330, 分別如下

T5800(2MB cache, 2.0GHz, 800MHz FSB)
13.3 inch LCD 細左
2.15Kg in weight 輕返少少
160G SATA Harddisk 又細D, 250G 都係唔夠用啦, 加外置仲貨算

EPS/cash price 4千尾(比百老X, 豐X 等所謂電腦節同步價平起碼$600) , 再比$150 加到4G

最尾checkout 發覺呢D lenovo係有少少Defect ,anyway, 唔應響性能,
不過最爽係佢好似漏左加收2% VISA charge, 但就無左原本話有2G手指(唔知係執耐定乜野, anyway, 加過1舊水點都買到4G)

正以為好醒執到平貨, 萬料不到境然不是中文版, 於我來講無問題, 但係呢部機係新爸新媽果邊用
花了半天終於找到一點眉目...

一早都知MUI 係要正版 vista Ultimate 同Business 先有, 但又發現有Language Interface Pack(LIP )
不過LIP 只得D 越南/ 西班牙文果D.
想用正途用中文化唔得, 搵有搵hack....

最先見係搵到一個乜乜 windows Vista MUI hack ,有埋youtube video 示範,但Downlaod 後發現有trojan/worm, , 把心一樣, 再用返呢software 名去搵, 就剿到 Vistalizator, 有埋MUI download link.方便到極....

Download

Download Vistalizator v2.10, MD5 checksum: 4e42746c1924c24917ceb7b8207a71d6
freeware, 690 kB portable application, last updated on 8 March 2009
Vistalizator is certified by Softpedia to be 100% clean: no viruses, no adware, no spyware

Download MUI language pack(s):
for 32-bit Vista RTM (without a SP)
for 32-bit Vista SP1
for 64-bit Vista RTM (without a SP)
for 64-bit Vista SP1

Download LIP language pack(s): they require a parent MUI language to be installed first
for 32-bit Vista (either RTM or SP1)

Download Vista updates: necessary for Express languages only (see details in Help)
Windows Update Agent for 32-bit Windows (5.92 MB, v7.2.6001.788)
Windows Update Agent for 64-bit Windows (6.71 MB, v7.2.6001.788)
Windows Search 4.0 for 32-bit Vista SP1 (9.1 MB)
Windows Search 4.0 for 64-bit Vista SP1 (11.8 MB)

Installing Vista SP 1 is recommended prior to express installation on new language(s). Use Windows Update or download Vista SP 1, first see notes about Vista Service Pack 1.
Vista 32-bit Service Pack 1 All Language (544 MB)
Vista 64-bit Service Pack 1 All Language (873 MB)
Vista 32-bit Service Pack 1 Five Language (435 MB)
Vista 64-bit Service Pack 1 Five Language (727 MB)

Five Language SP1 is applicable only for Vista English, French, German, Japanese or Spanish.

To find out your system properties (32-bit/64-bit, SP1 installed or not):

Go to Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> System
Right-click the Computer icon in Start menu and select Properties

What's new

8 March 2009

v2.10

Capable to install Vista updates that affect language specific resources:
Fixes Windows Update and Windows Search 4.0 issues
True uninstallation of Express languages: language specific files are deleted
Integrated Help with links to all supported language packs
Supports new LIP language: Filipino
Various minor bugfixes

秋官又來了 HSI -663.17 / Dr. Ting and Bear Market Correlation

2009-03-30T17:08:00.003+08:00

鄭少秋(秋官) 來了, 今次又中了
HSI 13456.33 -663.17 -4.7%
大家睇TVB跟秋官學緊潮語嘅時候, 真係唔可以忘記佢又名丁蟹

HSBC 供股試算解碼

2009-03-10T12:09:00.002+08:00

此文並無對匯豐的基本因素分析,

Outlook 2007 is slow, Need Improvement?

2009-03-09T10:31:00.005+08:00

I know most software have bugs, Microsoft is on the list for sure.
But till now, the most unacceptable software is Outlook 2007

which always hangs and slow during startup and Send/Receive

many Service Pack released still doesn't address the problem, people keep complain to me and writing blog about this issue..., finally got this : " no matter You use Windows XP or Windows Vista, Outlook 2007 still stuck"

in my case most user are still on Windows XP + Outlook 2007.
please let me know if you found a really good fix/solution other than the solution listed below:

remove / unchecked all add-in from Trust Centre
install kb933493 , 2007 Large PST Performance Issuehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/933493
tuning the "TCP Window Scaling -> disable it" , only for vista, but most of my case is still Win XP which have this disabled by defaut
Disable Instant Messenger "Online Status" contact
Disable RSS , but I have no feed subscribed

many suggest to reduce PST / OST filesize, does Outlook only work for Small-Medium-Enterprise user which business 're not big enough to build up the Giga-byte large PST ?

點打中文 @ 蘋果新手上路 /Apple Mac Beginner:How to type Chinese? 中文輸入

2009-03-04T12:15:00.006+08:00

金融海嘯下, 要資源增值都在所難免

今日要開始用illustrator @ mac ,
初初改英文版文件點都有D 生手,不過大致上都無問題
但到改中文時, 難題就來了... 點入中文呢

後來找到一篇關於中文網誌, 總算可以找到個入手的地方, 因為圖文並眸容易明,好快就解決了

要入中文,簡言之就推滑先上去mon頂(即係等於windows的task bar)
按國旗轉返你集慣嘅輸入法 http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/chy_annie/article?mid=2862&sc=1

Troubleshoot: VMware unexpectablely stopped and didn't restart ....

2009-02-06T19:54:00.001+08:00

Googled near half hundreds of related post, vmware cant’s start with the following message

/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware: /usr/local/lib/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib/libcairo.so.2)

Going to /tmp/vmware-server/, you can see a log file stating “ GTK : cannot open display”

This kind of error didn’t bind to vmware only, all GUI application require this GTK , the most popular open source X Windows library

not until I reach the follow post give me hints to make it start again (maybe not perm. but at least up and running now)

Re: can not start vmware after upgrading --solved Oct 30, 2006 1:35 PM http://communities.vmware.com/message/504205

i got the solution:

"nano /usr/lib/vmware/lib/wrapper-gtk24.sh"

find

"vm_run() {
..

}

After looking into the .sh script mentioned above, I realized I should try to pass in the SHELL environment variable VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK
VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes vmware

It works!

Aftermath, I don’t like linux , no glue to find the error, you need to google here & there a lot to find the matching solution. This time take me a whole day to make the vmware comeback….!

The learning curve is really deep….. Linux, is too hard for newbie.

Reference:

· Setting SHELL Environment variable http://www.codecoffee.com/tipsforlinux/articles/030.html

VMWare guest Clock speeding very fast

2009-01-09T23:57:00.001+08:00

VMWare clock problem disappointed me.
This "features" seems so typical. How come it's still need so manual editing the config file to fix it?
Please refere to the follow article:
Guest clock running way too fast in VMwareFebruary 25th, 2008 Ubuntu, Windows I just noticed that the clock on my guest Windows XP system was running way too fast on my host Ubuntu Gutsy system. I had also noticed that double clicking seemed really difficult and there were a few anomalies with sound. A bit of Googling turned up this tip from the VMware knowledge base. So to fix things I added these lines to the bottom of /etc/vmware/config.
host.cpukHz = 3060000 (<~ ~ can be obtained from command cat /proc/cpuinfo) host.noTSC = TRUE ptsc.noTSC = TRUE
reference: http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/blog/2008/02/25/guest-clock-running-way-too-fast-in-vmware/

瀏灠器的預設語言仲乜"Q" 會有個數字 q=0.7

2008-11-21T09:48:00.006+08:00

        protected string browserCultures(int?  stackNo)
        {
            HttpRequest Request = HttpContext.Current.Request;
            if (Request.UserLanguages == null)
                return null;
            else
            {
                string Lang ;
                if (stackNo.HasValue)
                    Lang = Request.UserLanguages[stackNo.Value];
                else
                    Lang = string.Join("/<br/>",Request.UserLanguages);

                return Lang;
            }
        }

color sourcecode converted from : http://puzzleware.net/codehtmler/default.aspx

Internet Explorer

aaaaaaaa

原來係當網頁訪客多過一個可以選擇的語言時, 讓網站/程式可按照使用者意願(user preference)去出返相應既語言。

Here's the explanation that I got from a fellow MVP regarding the "q"
part:Quality - indicates a level of your preference for a particular choice.A
number between 0.0 and 1.0, 0.0 being "never want to use this". If theserver has content in multiple languages that your
Accept-Languageheader also lists, the server should choose the one with the
highest qnumber. See RFC2616 for more details:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2616.html

source: http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t81956-servervariables-amp-language-preferences-support.html

網頁設計: 圖像後的不明隔行物體 HTML: unwanted space after Tag

2008-11-18T19:11:00.004+08:00

網頁版面設計，有時真的十分難搞

今日遇到IE特有的不明隔行物體

我的HTML如下

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

<head>
<title>Unwanted space After Img</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="doc"  >
<div id="hd">

<div id="banner"></div>

<table width="200" border="0" margin="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>    <th height="10" bgcolor="#214163" ></th></tr>
</table> 
</div>

<div id="ui_bd">   
<img height="45"  width="120" src="abc.jpg" alt="----" border=1 />
</div>


<div id="kft">
<table width="200" border="0" margin="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>    <th height="10" bgcolor="#214163"> </th></tr>
</table>


</div>
</div>


</body>
</html>

Fix 重點

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<style>
img {
white-space:nowrap;
display:block;
float:left;
}
</style>

參考:

special thanks to google to bring me this site "A javascript web application application that will format source code text into html for inserting into your blog."http://formatmysourcecode.blogspot.com/

陳錫身