Hakuna Matata

Multiple SSL with Virtual Hosts Using SNI

2011-05-20T10:44:00.003+08:00

Summary

Using name-based virtual hosts with SSL adds another layer of complication. Without the SNI extension, it's not generally possible (though a subset of virtual host might work). With SNI, it's necessary to consider the configuration carefully to ensure security is maintained.

The Problem

The problem with using named virtual hosts over SSL is that named virtual hosts rely on knowing what hostname is being requested, and the request can't be read until the SSL connection is established. The ordinary behavior, then, is that the SSL connection is set up using the configuration in the default virtual host for the address where the connection was received.

While Apache can renegotiate the SSL connection later after seeing the hostname in the request (and does), that's too late to pick the right server certificate to use to match the request hostname during the initial handshake, resulting in browser warnings/errors about certificates having the wrong hostname in them.

And while it's possible to put multiple hostnames in a modern certificate and just use that one certificate in the default vhost, there are many hosting providers who are hosting far too many sites on a single address for that to be practical for them.

Prerequisites to use SNI

Use OpenSSL 0.9.8f or later
Build OpenSSL with the TLS Extensions option enabled (option enable-tlsext; OpenSSL 0.9.8k and later has this enabled by default).
Apache must have been built with that OpenSSL (./configure --with-ssl=/path/to/your/openssl). In that case, mod_ssl will automatically detect the availability of the TLS extensions and support SNI.
Apache must use that OpenSSL at run-time, which might require setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH or equivalent to point to that OpenSSL, maybe in bin/envvars. (You'll get unresolved symbol errors at Apache startup if Apache was built with SNI but isn't finding the right openssl libraries at run-time.)

How can you tell if your Apache build supports SNI? If you configure multiple name-based virtual hosts for an address where SSL is configured, and SNI isn't built into your Apache, then upon Apache startup a message like "You should not use name-based virtual hosts in conjunction with SSL!!" will occur in the error log. If SNI is built in, then the error log will show "[warn] Init: Name-based SSL virtual hosts only work for clients with TLS server name indication support (RFC 4366)".

The client browser must also support SNI. Here are some browsers that do:

Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later
Opera 8.0 or later (with TLS 1.1 enabled)
Internet Explorer 7.0 or later (on Vista, not XP)
Google Chrome
Safari 3.2.1 on Mac OS X 10.5.6

Environment variables

When Apache supports SNI and the client provided the hostname using SNI, the new environment variable SSL_TLS_SNI will be set to the hostname that the client provided.

Scenarios

SNI/Request hostname mismatch, or SNI provides hostname and request doesn't.
This is a browser bug. Apache will reject the request with a 400-type error.
Client doesn't support SNI.

If Apache has SNI support, and a request without the SNI hostname is received for a name-based virtual host over SSL, and SSLStrictSNIVHostCheck is on, it will be rejected (403) and this message logged:

[error] No hostname was provided via SNI for a name based virtual host

If SSLStrictSNIVHostCheck is off, then the request will be handled as if the server did not have SNI support; see above.

Example configuration

# Ensure that Apache listens on port 443
Listen 443

# Listen for virtual host requests on all IP addresses
NameVirtualHost *:443

# Go ahead and accept connections for these vhosts
# from non-SNI clients
SSLStrictSNIVHostCheck off

# Because this virtual host is defined first, it will
# be used as the default if the hostname is not received
# in the SSL handshake, e.g. if the browser doesn't support
# SNI.
DocumentRoot /www/example1
ServerName www.example.com

# Other directives here

DocumentRoot /www/example2
ServerName www.example2.org

# Other directives here

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Head Massage

2011-03-11T11:51:00.000+08:00

Self massage might be helpful when doctor is not around, no harm to try :)

Sensory touches at the bottom of your foot

2011-03-11T11:49:00.000+08:00

The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.

Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to.
It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here.
This is covered in great details in Acupressure studies or textbooks.
God created our body so well that he thought of even this. He made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these organs activated at all times.

So, keep walking...

The Incredible Climbing Mountain Goats

2011-03-09T19:57:00.002+08:00

The Incredible Climbing Mountain Goats

You might think you have mad mountain-climbing skills, but nature’s got you beat. I don’t know how they do it, but these mountain goats climb on to the most precarious places.

Living in mountainous regions around North America, mountain goats can be found at altitudes of up to 13,000 feet, climbing cliffs all day long, in search of food. Thanks to their cloven hooves, each featuring two widely-spaced toes that provide great balance, mountain goats can challenge any seasoned climber and probably best him.

Their double-layered, thick white coats provide camouflage in snowy settings, but the altitude they can reach provides enough protection from most predators. And if they happen to run into trouble, they can jump 12 feet in one leap, and reach a safe point. Just check out the pics to get an idea of their climbing capabilities.

I spent 3 second to found something in this picture and made me laugh!

2011-03-08T17:09:00.000+08:00

I spent 3 second to found something funny in this picture and made me laugh! Some people could take more times... you must stare at the photo before you laugh! :)

超实用60条日常生活冷知识

2011-01-21T16:44:00.000+08:00

1.吃了辣的东西，感觉就要被辣死了，就往嘴里放上少许盐，含一下，吐掉，漱下口，就不辣了

2.牙齿黄，可以把花生嚼碎后含在嘴里，并刷牙三分钟，很有效；

3.若有小面积皮肤损伤或者烧伤、烫伤，抹上少许牙膏，可立即止血止痛；

4.经常装茶的杯子里面留下难看的茶渍，用牙膏洗之，非常干净；

5.仰头点眼药水时微微张嘴，这样眼睛就不会乱眨了；

6.嘴里有溃疡，就用维生素C贴在溃疡处，等它溶化后溃疡基本就好了；

7.眼睛进了小灰尘，闭上眼睛用力咳嗽几下，灰尘就会自己出来；

8.洗完脸后，用手指沾些细盐在鼻头两侧轻轻按摩，然后再用清水冲洗，黑头和粉刺就会清除干净，毛细孔也会变

9.刚刚被蚊子咬完时，涂上肥皂就不会痒了；

10.如果嗓子、牙龈发炎了，在晚上把西瓜切成小块，沾着盐吃，记得一定要是晚上，当时症状就会减轻，第二天就好了；

11.吹风机对着标签吹，等吹到商标的胶热了，就可以很容易的把标签撕下来；

12.旅行带衣服时如果怕压起褶皱，可以把每件衣服都卷成卷；

13.打打嗝时就喝点醋，立杆见影；

14.吃了有异味的东西，如大蒜、臭豆腐，吃几颗花生米就好了；

15.治疗咳嗽，特别是干咳，晚上睡觉前，用纯芝麻香油煎鸡蛋，油放稍多些，什么调味料都不要放，趁热吃过就去睡觉，连吃几天效果很明显；

16.手腕长粗的MM想带较细的手镯，就不能硬带，应把手上套上一个塑料袋再带上手镯，非常好带，也不会把手弄疼，取下也是同样的方法；

17.栗子皮难剥，先把外壳剥掉，再把它放进微波炉转一下，拿出后趁热一搓，皮就掉了；

18.插花时，在水里滴上一滴洗洁精，可以维持好几天；

19.把核桃放进锅里蒸十分钟，取出放在凉水里再砸开，就能取出完整的桃核仁了；

20.把虾仁放进碗里，加一点精盐、食用碱粉，用手抓搓一会儿后用清水浸泡，然后再用清水冲洗，即能使炒出的虾仁透明如水晶，爽嫩可口；

21.炒肉时，先把肉用小苏打水浸泡十几分钟，倒掉水，再入味，炒出来会很嫩滑；

22.将残茶叶浸入水中数天后，浇在植物根部，可促进植物生长；

23.把残茶叶晒干，放到厕所或者沟渠里燃熏，可消除恶臭，具有驱除蚊子苍蝇的功能

24.夹生饭重煮法：可用筷子在饭内扎些直通锅底的孔，洒入少许黄酒重焖，

25.若只表面夹生，只要将表层翻到中间再焖即可；

26.巧除纱窗油腻：将洗衣服、吸烟剩下的烟头一起放在水里，待溶解后，拿来擦玻璃窗、纱窗，效果真不错；

27.只要在珠宝盒中放上一节小小的粉笔，即可让首饰常保光泽；

28.桌子、瓶子表面的不干胶痕迹用风油精可以擦拭；

29.出门时随时在包里带一节小的干电池，若裙子带静电，就把电池的正极在裙子上面擦几下即可去掉静电；

30.不管是鞋子的哪个地方磨到了你的脚，你就在鞋子磨脚的地方涂一点点白酒，保证就不磨脚了；

31.亨调蔬菜时，如果必须要焯，焯好菜的水最好尽量利用。如做水饺的菜，焯好的水可适量放在肉馅里，这样既保证营养，又使水饺馅味美有汤；

32.夏天足部容易出汗，每天用淡盐水泡脚可有效应对汗脚；

33.夏天游泳后晒晒太阳，可防肌肤劳损等疾病发生；

34.夏天枕头易受潮滋生霉菌，时常曝晒枕芯有利健康；

35.多吃薏米小豆粥等潮湿健脾，可防暑湿；

36.防失眠：睡前少讲太多话，忌饮浓茶，睡前勿大用脑，可用热水加醋洗脚；

37.金银花有疏散风湿功效，金银花水煎取汁凉后与蜂蜜冲调可解暑；

38.吃过于肥腻的食物后喝茶，能刺激自律神经，促进脂肪代谢；

39.睡眠不足会变笨，一天需要睡眠八小时，有午睡习惯可延缓衰老；

40.双手易变得干燥粗糙，用醋泡手十分钟可护肤；

41.夏天擦拭凉席，用滴加了花露水的清水擦拭凉席，可使凉席保持清爽洁净。当然，擦拭时最好沿着凉席纹路进行，以便花露水渗透到凉席的纹路缝隙，这样清凉舒适的感觉会更持久；

42.早餐多食西红柿、柠檬酸等酸性蔬菜和水果，有益于养肝；

43.爽身止痒洗头或洗澡时，在水中加五六滴花露水，能起到很好的清凉除菌、祛痱止痒作用；

44.葡萄含有睡眠辅助激素，常食有助睡眠；

45.夏天多喝番茄汤既可获得养料，又能补充水分，番茄汤应烧好并冷却后再喝，所含番茄红素有一定的抗前列腺癌和保护心肌的功效，最适合于男子；吃酸性物质马上刷牙会损害牙齿健康；

46.因外伤碰破皮肉时，在伤处涂上牙膏进行消炎、止血，再包扎，作为临时急救药，以药物牙膏效果最为显著；

47.将白醋喷洒在菜板上，放上半小时后再洗，不但能杀菌，还能除味；

48.喝酸奶能解酒后烦躁，酸奶能保护胃黏膜、延缓酒精吸收，并且含钙丰富，对缓解酒后烦躁尤其有

49.皮鞋包皮放久了发霉时，可用软布蘸酒精加水（1：1）溶液擦拭即可；

50.发生头痛、头晕时，可在太阳穴涂上牙膏，因为牙膏含有薄荷脑、丁香油可镇痛；

51.蜡烛冷冻二十四小时后，再插到生日蛋糕上，点燃时不会流下烛油；

52.白色衣裤洗后易泛黄，可取一盆清水，滴上二三滴蓝墨水，将洗过的衣裤在浸泡一刻钟，不必拧干，就放在太阳下晒，即可洁白干净；

53.过多食用生葱蒜会刺激口腔肠胃，不利健康，最好加一点醋再食用；

54.及时补充水分但应少喝果汁、可乐、雪碧、汽水等饮料，含有较多的糖精和电解质，喝多了会对肠胃产生不良刺激，影响消化和食欲。因此夏天应多喝白开水或淡盐（糖）水；

55.每天早晨用豆腐摩擦面部几分钟，坚持一个月，面部会变得很滋润；

56.空调室内温差不宜超过五度，即使天气再热，空调室内温度也不宜到24度以下；

57.加酶洗衣粉剂放在温水中需要较长的分解时间才能使洗衣效果更佳；

58.夏天，人的活动时间变长，出汗多，耗能过大，应适当多吃鸡、鸭、瘦肉、鱼类、蛋类等营养食品，以满足人体的代谢需要；

59.头痛时把苹果磨成泥状涂在纱布上，贴在头痛处，症状可减轻；

60.皮包上有污渍，可以用棉花蘸风油精擦拭.

以后旅游一定不要买“玉”

2011-01-06T16:38:00.001+08:00

以后旅游一定不要买“玉”
太恐怖了!

很多朋友对翡翠的知识并不是太了解，有时候认为很实惠的买了个宝贝，殊不知是买了个危害，钱花了无所谓，但是戴在身上的却是会长期释放毒素及放射性元素的 高致癌“宝贝”，下面先让各位看看恐怖的翡翠洗底过程

俗称的石头料，没水、没底、没色！

恐怖！用强酸以及包含大量放射元素的化学制剂浸泡石料半个月！

化学物洗涤后的效果！

对洗过底的石料人工加色

进入真空高压注胶机，再次用剧毒的化学物品注胶！

注胶过程同样需要几天时间！

半成品出炉，原来的毛料已经有水色了！

成品展示！一般市场价叫个7、8万，还价就卖！

人生沒有太多的等待，只有趁現在！

2011-01-06T16:17:00.002+08:00

有一個年輕人，大學畢業後準備報考研究所，並同時應徵了一份非常嚮往的工作，
然而，似乎天不從人願，他研究所沒有考上，原先最嚮往的工作也沒有錄取，
還跟女朋友分手。他受不了精神上的打擊，整個人變得極為憂鬱、退縮。

好朋友介紹他去向一位心理治療師求助，他憂愁地說：
「我的研究所沒考上，想要的工作沒錄取，女朋友也告吹了，這些我都失去了，
我現在什麼都沒有了！」

在跟治療師傾訴完自己的不幸之後，治療師耐心、微笑地問了他幾個問題：
「怎麼會什麼都沒有呢？想一想，五年前的你，有大學文憑嗎？」
「沒有。」
「對！所以，現在的你，比起五年前，多了張大學文憑！」
「五年前的你，有一技之長嗎？」
「沒有。」
「所以，現在的你，至少在工作實力上，比起五年前要好了很多！」
「五年前，你有跟你剛分手的女朋友在一起嗎？」
「也沒有。」
「所以，現在的你也沒有比以前慘，不但如此，你還在大學裡交到了一群死黨！」

接著，治療師用一種興奮的口氣對他說：「想一想，這五年來你不但沒有失去很多，
反而得到了很多，你的生命中，多了很多原本沒有的東西！你的收穫多大啊！」

年輕人頓時豁然開朗。其實，又何止是這個年輕人呢？

人，都很容易把焦點給定在自己所「失去」的東西，都很喜歡用『減法』
來看自己的人生、生活。

然而，人生該是『加法』！

該多用『加法』的角度來看自己的生活，多看自己所「得到」的，
少看自己所錯失的，必會讓您有許多意想不到的驚喜與感動。

很多人都會陷入『減法』的人生觀，以至於現代人的憂鬱症狀越趨嚴重，
甚至憂鬱症還被"世界衛生組織" （WHO）

給預言為人類「二十一世紀第三大疾病」！

此現象的嚴重可見一般。

故人生應該要多用" 加法" ，少用"減法 "。

人生沒有太多的應該，只有感恩；
人生沒有太多的擔心，只有放下；
人生沒有太多的等待，只有趁現在！

Car Air-conditioning - MUST READ!! 汽車的空調----必讀！！

2010-12-14T10:24:00.000+08:00

No wonder more folks are dying from cancer than ever before. We wonder where this stuff comes from but here is an example that explains a lot of the cancer causing incidents. Hmmm. Many people are in their cars first thing in the morning and the last thing at night, 7 days a week. As I read this, it makes me feel guilty and ill. Please pass this on to as many people as possible. Guess its not too late to make some changes

怪不得比起從前，有越來越多鄉親死於癌症，在我們都還不清楚癌症是從哪兒來之際，有個實例顯示出許多癌症都是意外

發生的。嗯，許多人早上第一件事和晚上最後一件事都是待在汽車裡，一周7天。當我讀到這個，感到又難過又愧疚。請盡

可能地把這訊息傳給大家，希望還來得及做些改變。

Please do NOT turn on A/C as soon as you enter the car.
Open the windows after you enter your car and turn ON the AC after a couple of minutes.
進入車內不要馬上打開空調，先打開車窗通風幾分鐘，才打開空調。
Here's why:
以下是原因：
According to a research, the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener emit Benzene, a Cancer causing toxin
(carcinogen - take time to observe the smell of heated plastic in your car).

根據研究，汽車的儀表板。沙發。空氣濾清器會釋放“苯”，產生毒素而致癌。

（致癌物質——花一點時間去觀察你的車里的塑膠製品高溫時產生的氣味。）
In addition to causing cancer, Benzene poisons your bones, causes anemia and reduces white blood cells.
Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer.
Can also cause miscarriage.

除了致癌之外，”苯“還會侵蝕我們的骨骼，造成貧血和降低白血球數量。長期曝露其中會導致白血病，大大增加罹癌的

風險，也可能導致流產。
Acceptable Benzene level indoors is 50m g per sq.ft. A car parked indoors with windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benzene.
苯”每平方英尺的可接受水平為50毫克。若停車在室內又窗戶緊閉，則產生400-800毫克的“苯”。
If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benzene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level.
若停在戶外大太陽下溫度超過 60 ℉ ( 15.5 ℃ )，“苯”就上升至2000-4000毫克，超出允許量的40倍！
People who get into the car, keeping windows closed will inevitably inhale, in quick succession, excessive amounts of the toxin.
人們只要進入車內而又車窗緊閉，將會無法避免快速連續地吸入過量的毒素。
Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver.. What's worse, it is extremely difficult for your body to expel this toxic stuff.
“苯”是那種會影響你的腎臟和肝臟的毒素，更糟糕的是，你的身體想把這種有毒物質排擠出去是極度困難的。
So friends, please open the windows and door of your car - give time for interior to air out -dispel the deadly stuff - before you enter.

所以朋友們，進入汽車之前，請把你車子的門窗打開，給點時間讓車內的空氣--致命的東西排出。
Thought:

想想：
'When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it

with others.'

當有人把有價值的東西分享給你，而你又從中得到利益時，你有一份道德義務分享給其他人，不是嗎？

Lee Kuan Yew

2010-11-06T10:38:00.000+08:00

Very unusual for a Malay to write this. Even more so, if he is the nephew of Dr Mahatir

The undermentioned article written by Mahathir's own nephew is really interesting to read. It is very brave of him to pen this article and it is true on what he wrote

Lee Kuan Yew at 87– His Passion for Singapore Still Burns:
By Ahmad Mustapha Hassan*
Singapore’s Minister Mentor, Lee Kuan Yew, who was Singapore ‘s founding father, has always been very direct in his comments. This was the man who outsmarted the communists in Singapore (with the innocent help of Malaya then and the willing help of the British) and who later outwitted the British and outpaced Malaysia in all spheres.

Passion for Singapore

Singapore practices corrupt-free meritocracy and Malaysia discriminatory affirmative action. The former attracted all the best brains and the latter chased out all the brains. The Singapore cabinet consists of dedicated and intelligent technocrats whereas Malaysia has one of the most unwieldy cabinets. Not only that, brain wise it was below par not even good for the kampong.

With that kind of composition, one that is very brainy, naturally Singapore , with no natural resources could outstrip Malaysia in every aspect of development. Malaysia, on the other hand, was too much preoccupied with its Malayness and the illusory ‘Ketuanan Melayu’ and was also more interested in useless mega iconic development rather than real social and economic development.

Whenever Kuan Yew utters anything that deemed to be a slight on Malaysia, voices were raised admonishing him. Malaysia would never dare to face reality. That Singapore had shown that it could survive was a slap on those who believed that Singapore would fold up once it left Malaysia. Therefore it was natural that these doomsayers would try to rationalise their utterances to be in their favour to combat on whatever Kuan Yew commented. It’s political jealousy.

Singapore achieved its development status without any fanfare. But here in Malaysia, a development that was deceptive was proclaimed as having achieved development status. It was trumpeted as an achievement that befits first world status. This was self delusion. Malaysians are led to believe into a make believe world, a dream world. The leaders who themselves tend to believe in their own fabricated world did not realise the people were not taken in by this kind of illusion.

Lee Kuan Yew believed in calling a spade a spade. I was there in Singapore when the People’s Action Party won the elections in 1959. He was forthright in his briefing to party members as to what was expected of them and what Singapore would face in the future. Ideologically, I did not agree with him. We in the University of Malaya Socialist Club had a different interpretation of socialist reconstruction. But he was a pragmatist and wanted to bring development and welfare to the Singaporeans. Well! He succeeded.

Malaysia was so much embroiled in racial politics and due to the fear of losing political power, all actions taken by the main party in power was never targeted towards bringing wealth to all. Wealth was distributed to the chosen few only. They were the cronies and the backers of the party leadership to perpetuate their own selfish ends.

Seeing the efficiency and the progress achieved by Singapore caused the Malaysian leadership to suffer from an inferiority complex. That Malaysia should suffer from this complex was of its own making.

In a recent interview, Kuan Yew said that Malaysia could have done better if only it treated its minority Chinese and Indian population fairly. Instead they were completely marginalised and many of the best brains left the country in drove. He added that Singapore was a standing indictment to what Malaysia could have done differently. He just hit the nail right there on the head.

Malaysia recently celebrated its 50th (now 53rd ) year of independence with a bagful of uncertainties. The racial divide has become more acute. The number of Malay graduates unemployed is on the increase. And this aspect can be very explosive. But sad to see that no positive actions have been taken to address these social ills.

Various excuses were given by Malaysian leaders why Singapore had far outstripped Malaysia in all aspects of social and economic advancement. Singapore was small, they rationalised and therefore easy to manage. Singapore was not a state but merely an island.

There was one other aspect that Malaysia practises and that is to politicise all aspects of life. All government organs and machinery were ‘UMNO-ised’. This was to ensure that the party will remain in power. Thus there was this misconception by the instruments of government as to what national interest is and what UMNO vested interest is.

UMNO vested interest only benefited a few and not the whole nation. But due to the UMNO-isation of the various instruments of government, the country under the present administration had equated UMNO vested interest as being that of national interest. Thus development became an avenue of making money and not for the benefit of the people.

The fight against corruption took a back seat. Transparency was put on hold. And the instruments of government took it to be of national interest to cater to the vested interest of UMNO. Enforcement of various enactments and laws was selective. Thus a ‘palace’ in Kelang, APs cronies and close-one-eye UMNO MPs could exist without proper procedure. Corruption infested all govt departments, the worse is the Police and lately even in the Judiciary.

Singapore did not politicise its instruments of government. If ever politicisation took place, it is guided by national interest. To be efficient and to be the best in the region was of paramount importance. Thus all the elements like corruption, lackadaisical attitude towards work and other black elements, which would retard such an aim, were eliminated. Singapore naturally had placed the right priority in it’s pursuit to achieve what is best for its people. This is the major difference between these two independent countries.

Malaysia in its various attempts to cover up its failures embarked on several diversions. It wanted its citizens to be proud that the country had the tallest twin-tower in the world, although the structure was designed and built by foreigners. Its now a white-elephant wasting away. It achieved in sending a man into space at an exorbitant price. For what purpose? These are what the Malays of old would say “menang sorak” (hollow victories).

It should be realised that administering a country can be likened to managing a corporate entity. If the management is efficient and dedicated and know what they are doing, the company will prosper. The reverse will be if the management is poor and bad. The company will go bust.

There are five countries around this region. There is Malaysia, and then Indonesia. To the east there is the Philippines and then there is that small enclave called the Sultanate of Brunei. All these four countries have abundance of natural resources but none can lay claim to have used all these resources to benefit the people. Poverty was rampant and independence had not brought in any significant benefits to the people.

But tiny Singapore without any resources at all managed to bring development to its citizens. It had one of the best public MRT transport systems and airlines in the world and it is a very clean city state. Their universities, health care, ports are among the best in the world.

It is impossible to compare what Singapore has achieved to what all these four countries had so far achieved. It was actually poor management and corruption, and nothing more. Everything is done for the vested interest of the few.

Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines and the Sultanate of Brunei need good management teams. They would not be able to do this on their own steam. I would advise that they call on Kuan Yew to show them what good governance is. Why look East to Japan when it is just next door across the causeway.

(The writer is a nephew of Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad. The article is published the way we received it by email from another source. It first appeared under the title Lee Kuan Yew at 84, the fire still burns on the Internet last year, but the message is still as powerful this year. And maybe that is why the story is being re-circulated now as the grand old man of Singapore chalks up another year. Btw, LKY was born on September 16, 1923. Many happy returns and good health to him! – Malaysia Chronicle)

極少人知道手機的隱密功能

2010-10-30T15:11:00.003+08:00

１、當不喜歡別人打攪自己的時候，又不想關機，給大家一個辦法，使自己的號碼變成空號。
輸入＊＊２１＊９９９９９９＃，按打電話時候的撥出鍵。當別人撥打你的電話時候就你的號碼就變成空號了。再輸入＃＃２１＃，在按撥出鍵又正常了。
PS：這個功能電訊公司是不收費的，應該是手機號碼的一個漏洞。可以當場實驗，如果覺得好用就轉給你好友，以後不想接聽那個令你傷心的她/或他的電話的時候，就用得到了。

２、識別手機質量的好壞先按＊＃０６＃，然後在你的手機上會出現一個序列號給你，你就數到第七個和第八個數。

假如你的第七個和第八個數是下面對應的兩個數，那麼你的手機質量的好壞就確定了。
０２or２０是很差的手機
０８or８０是好一點兒的手機
０１or１０是非常好的手機
００代表是原產公司生產的，是質量最好的手機（原裝手機）
１３代表是阿賽拜疆生產的，是非常非常差的手機

３、隱形的備用電池你的手機電量不足了，為了讓它能夠繼續使用，按＊３３７０＃鍵，手機會重新啟動，啟動完畢後，你就會發現電量增加了５０%。

這部分隱藏的備用電量用完了你就必須得充電了，再次充電的時候，隱形的備用電池也同時充電，下次電量低的時候又可以用這個方法。知道這個在緊急情況下如果手機電量不足非常管用。

◎車用遙控器落在車裡了？

你的車用遙控能打開吧？如果可以，在你有一天將車用遙控器落在車里而且備用的遙控又在家裡的話，你會發現有個手機真方便，用手機撥通家里人的手機，將你的手機拿在離車門一英尺的地方，同時家里人拿著遙控器在他的手機旁邊按響遙控器上的開鎖鍵，這邊你的車門就可以打開了。這個方法不管你把車開得離家有多遠都奏效。

◎緊急情況

全世界的手機都可以撥打的共同緊急救援號碼是１１２，假如你發現自己所在的地區無手機信號覆蓋，同時你又遇到了緊急狀況，用你的手機撥打１１２準沒錯，因為這時候你的手機會自動搜索所有可用的網絡並建立起緊急呼叫。特別有趣的是，即使你的手機是在鍵盤鎖定的狀態，你同樣可以撥打１１２。試試吧！

◎手機被偷了？

有個辦法讓小偷也用不了，嘿嘿！查看手機的序列號，只需鍵入＊＃０６＃，１５位序列號會出現在手機屏幕上，全世界的每一台手機都有一個獨一無二的序列號，把這個序列號記錄下來並保存好。有一天如果你的手機不幸被偷了，打電話給手機提供商，並提供你的手機序列號，他們會幫你把手機屏蔽，這樣即使小偷換了ＳＩＭ卡，仍然無法使用，你的手機對小偷來說變得一無是處。如果全世界每個手機持有者都這麼做，那麼偷手機就沒有意義了。在澳洲，警方甚至建立了一個被盜手機數據庫，如果你的手機被找到了，就可以歸還給你了。

◎日常維護必用：

１、手機電池不要等到沒電才充電
一般我們都會有一種想法就是手機的電池電力要全部放完再充電比較好基本上是沒錯的，因為我們在以前使用的充電電池大部分是鎳氫（ＮｉＨ）電池，而鎳氫電池有所謂的記憶效應若不放完電再充的話會導致電池壽命急速減少。
因此我們才會用到最後一滴電才開始充電。
但現在的手機及一般ＩＡ產品大部分都用鋰（Ｌｉ）電池，而鋰電池的話就沒有記憶效應的問題。
若大家還是等到全部用完電後再充的話反而會使得鋰電池內部的化學物質無法反應而壽命減少。
最好的方法就是沒事就充電讓它隨時隨地保持最佳滿格狀態，這樣你的電池就可用的又長又久喔。
這是從廠商那得到的訊息，並經過本身測試而得。

２、當手機正在充電時，請勿接電話
原因是手機在充電時，來電接聽的話會有潛在的危險。
印度有一個３１歲在保險公司任職業務經理的年輕人，十幾天前在手機還接著充電器的時候接聽電話，過了幾秒大量的電流經過手機，這個年輕人被摔落到地面，家人發現時，手指燒傷、心跳微弱、已經失去意識，經緊急送到醫院後，醫生宣佈到院死亡。
行動電話是目前大家最常使用的現代發明，然而，我們也必須要警覺到儀器致死的危險。

３、手機剩一格時不要使用
收訊滿格與只剩一格時相比，發射強度竟然相差１０００倍以上，所以常講手機的人要注意哦！^0 ^
大家都知道手機的電磁波一直是讓人擔心的問題，而手機的設計為了在收訊較差的地區仍能保有相當的通話質量，會加強手機的電磁波發射強度，當收訊滿格與只剩一格時相比，發射強度竟然相差１０００倍以上，電磁波強度高達０.６Ｗ（瓦特），０.６Ｗ究竟有多強呢？

我無法具體描述它對你的腦袋會有什么不良影響，但可以換成兩個例子來比較：
（１）把喇叭直徑約４公分左右的小型收音機音量開到最大然後貼在耳朵上，那樣的噪音能量一般為０.２５Ｗ，不到０.５Ｗ。
（２）把手指頭放在輸出強度０.１Ｗ的雷射光前面（相當於光纖網絡的幹線能量）幾秒鐘內你會有灼痛的感覺，你能長時間忍受上述這兩種狀況嗎？

◎手機一進水，請切記不要作任何按鍵動作，尤其是關機（一按任何動作，水馬上會跟著電路板流串），正確的方法為馬上打開外蓋，直接將電池拿下，直接強迫斷電，可保主機板不被水侵襲。
這個常識非常重要，故轉告各位，使大家的手機可用久一點。學一學吧！以後以備不時之需啊！

◎如何讓手機電池起死回生當你的行動電話電池使用時間變短（記憶效應或老化）時，你是否會再買一顆電池來更換呢？下次當你碰到這種情況時請省下你的錢，告訴你一個很有效的方法不妨試試看：
（１）把電池用報紙包起來再放進塑料袋裹包好放入冷凍庫三天（報紙可吸收多餘水份）
（２）三天後取出常溫下放二天
（３）二天後將電池充電，充飽後裝進行動電話裹測試（預估可救回８０%～９０%）本訊息由知名電池廠商工程師透，根據測試過的朋友指出效果相當有效！
至於有沒有效果，反正電池快沒用了，而且冰箱人人有，各位朋友不妨試試看吧！

◎給你的手機做個ＣＰＲ吧！
手機是否常斷電？
或是明明充飽了電沒多久就又沒電了？
一定懷疑過是不是手機的壽命終了？
別擔心，它只是一時"心跳停止"，只要一塊小小的橡皮擦就能起死回生了！
把電池取出後用橡皮擦把電池上的接點（黃銅片）擦乾淨，再裝回手機上，你會發現真是太神奇了！
它竟然活過來了！
還像顆新的呢！
真的很有用，提供大家做參考！

如何辨别搀假蜂蜜

2010-10-20T13:21:00.000+08:00

如何辨别搀假蜂蜜

在市场出售的各种蜂蜜中，特别是一些小贩上门推销的散装蜂蜜中，有一些蜂蜜搀了假。搀假主要是搀糖、水和淀粉，有的蜂蜜还含有杂质，质地不纯。只要掌握一定的鉴别方法，蜂蜜搀假是可以看出来的。　　

1、将蜂蜜滴在白纸上，如果蜂蜜渐渐渗开，说明搀有蔗糖和水。搀有糖的蜂蜜其透明度较差，不清亮，呈混浊状，花香味亦差。搀红糖的蜂蜜颜色显深；搀白糖的蜂蜜颜色浅白。
2、搀有面粉、淀粉或玉米粉的蜂蜜，色泽较混浊，味道也不够甜。将少量蜂蜜放入杯中，加适量水煮沸，待冷却后滴入几滴黄酒摇匀，如果溶液变成蓝色或红色、紫色，说明蜂蜜中搀有淀粉类物质。

3、用烧红的铁丝插入蜂蜜中，如果铁丝上附有黏物，说明蜂蜜中有杂质。如果铁丝上仍很光滑说明没有杂质
4、取一分蜂蜜，加入两分冷开水及四分95％的酒精，混匀后置放一昼夜，如无杂质沉淀，说明品质纯正。
5、用筷子挑起蜂蜜能拉成长丝的，且丝断会自动回缩呈球状者为上品

清洗腎臟的簡單方法 Simple Kidney's Cleanser - Health Care

2010-08-13T15:14:00.000+08:00

Simple Kidney's Cleanser - Health Care

清洗腎臟的簡單方法

It is vegetables, should try it at home.

只用蔬菜，可以在家裡嘗試。

CLEAN YOUR KIDNEYS WITH LESS THAN $1.00

用不到 $ 1.00美金 就可清洗你的腎臟

Years passes by and our kidneys are filtering the blood by removing salt, poison and any unwanted entering our body. With time, the salt accumulates and this needs to undergo cleaning treatments.

多年來，我們的腎臟過濾血液，排除進入我們的身體的鹽，毒素及任何不需要的物質。隨著時日，鹽毒積累，必須進行清潔處理。

How are we going to do this?

我們要怎樣做呢？

It is very easy, first take a bunch of parsley and wash it clean .

非常容易，首先拿一把荷蘭芹，洗乾淨。

Then cut it in small pieces and put it in a pot and pour clean water and boil it for ten minutes and let it cool down and then filter it and pour in a clean bottle and keep it inside refrigerator to cool.

切成小塊，放在鍋子裡，注入乾淨的水煮10分鐘，冷卻後過濾到一個乾淨的瓶子，存放冰箱。

Drink one glass daily and you will notice all salt and other accumulated poison coming out of your kidney by urination. Also you will be able to notice the difference which you never felt before.

每天喝一杯，你會發現你腎臟裡所有積累的鹽和其他毒素都經由尿液排出體外。而且感覺身體和以前完全不同。

Parsley is known as best cleaning treatment for kidneys and it is natural!

人們很早就曉得荷蘭芹是最佳腎臟清洗劑，而且它是天然的。

Photo which can convulse your soul

2010-05-04T09:48:00.000+08:00

27 December 2007, terrorist attacked at Pakistan

11 of March 2004, at Spain Madrid

醫學系研究所的實驗報告...祈願大家都健康

2010-04-10T11:43:00.002+08:00

易產生致癌病毒的食物：(惡物)
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一、用烤的玉米不能吃，百分之百有毒※肝癌

二、過期的食物〈有黴菌〉，含有黃菊毒素〈肝癌〉，
    一定要吃新鮮的食物，不要捨不得丟。

三、香腸、熱狗都是致癌物。

四、吃花枝，魷魚就不要吃紅蘿蔔〈在胃裡中和會形成亞硝酸〉。

五、烤焦的部份都要去掉，很毒。

六、莖類的植物〈如馬鈴薯〉發芽就有毒。

對身體有益的食物：(良物)
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一、綠茶可多喝，可防癌。

二、養樂多可防胃癌,大腸癌。

三、大蒜證實可防癌,效果很好。

四、聖女小蕃茄可防癌。

奶茶少喝喔 !!!
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你愛喝奶茶嗎？如果你是愛喝奶茶的人請注意囉∼

營養師答：
奶茶是高糖、高油、高熱量，沒有營養價值可言，是一種垃圾食物。

奶茶加的奶精，多由椰子油製成，喝多了容易發胖，脂肪容易堆積在肚子上，形成中廣體形，很多習慣喝奶茶的人想要減肥，第一件事就是戒奶茶。

椰子油中含大量飽和脂肪酸，會加速體內製造膽固醇，血脂肪也會急速上升，形成血管硬化，長期大量飲用，容易罹患高血壓、糖尿病等慢性病。

曾有統計數字顯示，大量飲用奶茶超過三個月，血脂肪及膽固醇都會升高。

奶茶只是油和糖的結合，因為奶精並非牛奶製成品，奶茶中又有大量糖分，幾乎不含鈣質，根本無法補充鈣質，還對身體有很大的傷害。
奶茶最好不要天天喝，一週頂多喝個一、兩杯解個饞即可‧

八種去脂減肥的食物
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現代人的飲食多半太過豐富，以致於越來越多人營養過剩身材走樣。
吃，如果選擇正確，那麼您非但不會胖，而且還能幫助您去脂呢。
快來看看吧∼

＊凍豆腐：
   根據報導，凍豆腐能吸收胃腸道以及全身組織的脂肪，有利脂肪的排泄喔。

＊綠豆芽：
   含有較高的磷、鐵之外，主要含有大量的水份，多吃綠豆芽，也不容易讓脂肪在皮下形成。

＊鳳梨：
   鳳梨含有蛋白質分解酵素，具有分解魚、肉的功能，吃過大餐後可以吃些鳳梨。但是體質不適合吃太涼食物的人，要儘量少吃。

＊薏仁：
   薏仁除了美白治痘外，對水腫型的肥胖也很有幫助喔（孕婦除外∼要禁吃）

＊烏賊：
烏賊的脂肪含量，每 100g 才有 0.7g ，吃了它要變胖是很困難的。

＊木瓜：
木瓜有輕微的興奮作用。
本草綱目記載：木瓜可以去水腫、治腳氣病。

＊陳皮：
漢方中的陳皮，對脾肺很好，而且可以幫助消化、排除胃部賬氣、減少腹部脂肪的堆積。但是如果您有心臟或血管毛病的人最好少吃。

＊竹筍：
   竹筍的特色是低脂、低糖、多粗纖維，可防止便祕。不過竹筍有難溶性的草酸鈣，胃潰瘍的人不可多吃。

下班後紓解壓力的八個方法！
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上了一天的班，當你拖著疲憊的身子回到家中，如果不懂得如何利用有限的時間做有效的放鬆，日復一日，時間久了會改變人體的免疫系統，使你對抗疾病的免疫能力降低，可能從小到感冒、頭痛、腸胃不適，大到甚至產生潛在的致癌因子、或是過勞所導致的心臟、腦血管的疾病。

所以身為工作忙碌的現代人，不能不注意自己的壓力紓解之道喔！

如何解壓比較好呢？

以下就是告訴您如何利用週一到週五晚間的短短幾個小時做有效的放鬆，才能提供您隔一天上班的工作效率。

1.泡個熱水澡，水溫高約在37到39度左右,可有效的放鬆繃緊的肌肉與神經。

2.換上寬鬆的衣物，以棉質為主的家居服。女生也請卸除內衣，可著深色的家居服。

3.室內燈光以黃色為主,不易刺激眼球，較能舒緩眼部的壓力，也能緩和室內氣氛。

4.晚餐時以清淡食物為主。避免吃辛辣、油炸食物, 或是停留在胃中時間較長的高蛋白高熱量食物, 以免增加胃腸的負擔。

5.晚餐後可來點不含酒精、不含咖啡因等刺激性物質的飲料。

6.睡前將腿抬高，或是腳下墊個枕頭30度、45度或是90度都可。可有效緩解因為長期的站立或坐姿所造成的下肢血循不良而腫脹。

7.盡量在晚間十一點到凌晨兩點上床入睡.如果你真的有很多公事未完成必須通宵的時候，可以先去睡到兩點以後再起床，因為十一點到兩點這個時間是人體經脈運行至肝、膽，若這個時間沒有得到適當的休息，時間久了這兩個器官的不健康就會表現在皮膚上，如粗糙、黑斑、青春痘、黑眼圈的問題。

8.睡前可以聽一些古典音樂或是輕音樂,避免心情過度亢奮所導致的夜夢過多。如果你常為失眠所苦,臨睡前聽個巴哈的郭德堡變奏曲是個不錯的選擇喔！

摄影师Greg du Toit

2010-03-07T22:29:00.001+08:00

什么是摄影精神？野生动物摄影师Greg duToit以“不要命”的精神在肯尼亚东非大裂谷拍摄到了这些野生动物喝水的美丽瞬间。他曾在这些动物的饮水地长时间蹲点，然后因染上数种疾病而在床上躺了好几个月。Toit为了拍摄这些照片进行了近一年的尝试：在动物饮水点附近挖掘“战壕”以藏身拍摄，但最后都以失败而告终。最后他决定冒险，于是带着相机爬进了污浊的水塘里，只把头和相机露出水面，于是便获得了一种独特的“青蛙眼睛的视角”。

为了拍摄狮子等大型猫科动物的图片，他曾经半潜在水中呆了270个小时。为此这位摄影师付出了巨大的代价——他染上了血吸虫病、两次疟疾和数种寄生虫。不过那些一生只有一次机会拍摄到的狮子、斑马、疣猪和狒狒等动物影像也许已经足以让他忘却疾病的痛苦。

摄影师Greg du Toit

在水塘边饮水的猫科动物

World Wide shame in COSTA RICA

2010-03-05T21:10:00.009+08:00

Our Turtles are very close on becoming Extinct!!!

On the beaches of Costa Rica... short sighted or desperate.

Well i did not wonder on this issue because human are always trying to strive and fight for their life being survive in this planet. Because of demanding therefore those turtles became prey.

I never seen so many turtles in my life even it's just a photo!

Donald Duck

2010-03-02T23:40:00.000+08:00

Do not know why this photo just made me laugh a lot... =D

開車前---最好先開窗

2010-02-24T09:07:00.001+08:00

開車前---最好先開窗

你怕血癌嗎？開車前-最好先開窗，開車的民眾要注意，根據美國加州大學的研究發現，汽車的儀表板、沙發、內裝和芳香劑，會揮發致癌物質「苯」。

苯類化合物是很強的致癌物質，也是很強的骨髓毒性物質，它會造成一般人的貧血或者是白血球稀少，長期暴露的話，得到白血病，就是血癌的風險大為增加，有些孕婦還會因此流產。
和室內每立方公尺苯的正常標準值50微克相比，室溫下的密閉汽車裡含有400到800微克的苯，如果在太陽下曝曬1小時，溫度超過攝氏60度，苯含量更高達2千到4千微克，是正常標準的40倍以上，開車族不能倖免吸入過量的苯。

林口長庚毒物科主任林傑樑：「你的愛車停在太陽底下超過１個鐘頭，甚至不需要１個鐘頭，要切記，一定要把窗戶搖開把門打開，讓這些有毒氣體揮散掉以後，你才能夠開車。」醫師指出，「苯」屬於肝腎代謝的有毒化學物質，人體很難自然排出，只能提醒民眾在開車前請先開窗。

大企业在后端使用Linux的十大常见方式

2010-02-23T16:00:00.000+08:00

摘要：世界上最大的技术支持、软件和硬件公司每天使用Linux完成各种任务与解决方案，那么这些大公司究竟是怎么使用Linux的呢？其实并不神秘，本文为你揭晓答案，大多数公司都不会使用Linux作为桌面操作系统，主要是用于后端服务器操作系统，经过这些大公司的大胆尝试，许多事实证明Linux完全可以担负起关键任务计算应用，并且有很多Linux系统从开始运行至今从未宕过机，100%的正常运行时间让人无不惊叹，当然你也可以做到。

1、虚拟化
从桌面虚拟化到云，现在又回到桌面虚拟化，VMware是虚拟化产品做得最早也是目前最好的一家公司，现在它的主要产品也是基于Linux的，另外Citrix，Red Hat以及微软也是VMware的有力竞争者。

2、数据库服务器
Oracle和IBM都有企业级软件运行在Linux上，为什么？因为它们在Linux上可以工作得很好，Linux自身消耗的资源很少，因此它不会和数据库进行资源的抢夺，一个RDBMS需要一个稳定的，无内存泄露的，快速磁盘I/O和无CPU竞争的操作系统，Linux就是这样的系统，世界上已经有很多开发人员使用LAMP(Linux，Apache，MySQL和Perl/PHP/Python)和 LAPP(Linux，Apache，PostgreSQL，Perl/PHP/Python)作为开发平台，也有很多关键应用系统是这么部署的。

3、Web服务器
我想现在任何人都知道Apache是世界上用的最多的Web服务器吧，至少最近10年是大家公认的事实上的Web服务器标准，那么它运行在什么平台上呢？答案是所有的平台都支持，但超过90%的Apache都是搭配Linux运行的。

4、应用服务器
Tomcat，Geronimo，WebSphere和WebLogic都是Java应用服务器，Linux为这些服务提供了一个稳定的，内存消耗很小的，可长时间运行的平台。IBM和Oracle也都非常支持Linux，它们也逐渐将Linux作为其软件系统的首要运行平台。

5、跳转盒(Jump box)
对于企业而言，跳转盒是一个为公共网络(如互联网)到安全网络(如客户部)提供的网关，这样一个廉价的系统也可以为大量的用户提供服务，而相对应的Windows系统需要成千上万美元的终端服务访问许可和客户端访问许可，并且对硬件的要求更高。

6、日志服务器
Linux是处理和存储日志文件的绝佳平台，听起来这是一个低级的任务，但它的低成本，低硬件要求，和高性能是任何需要日志服务的人的首选平台，大公司也经常使用Linux作为日志服务的低成本平台。

7、开发平台
Linux下有许多开发工具，如Eclipse、C、C++、Mono、Python、Perl、PHP等，毫无疑问，Linux是世界上最流行的开发平台，它包含了成千上万的免费开发软件，这对于全球开发者都是一个好消息。

8、监控服务
如果你要做网络监控或系统性能监测，那么Linux是一个不错的选择，大公司一般使用淘汰下来的硬件设备和自由软件搭建监控系统，如Orca和 Sysstat都是Linux上不错的监控方案，IT专业人员利用它们可以实现自动化监控，无论你的网络是大是小，它们都能应付自如。

9、Google搜索设备
Google在Linux平台上构建起搜索设备，如果你的公司在使用这种设备，那么你就在使用Linux，但Google使用的Linux非常特殊，专门进行了定制和优化。

10、入侵检测系统
Linux天生就是一个完美的入侵检测服务平台，因为它是免费的，且可以运行在很多种硬件平台上，同时也是开源爱好者喜欢的平台，Linux上最著名的入侵防御和检测系统要数Snort，它也是开源且免费的。

下面的话引自Snort网站：
Snort是由Sourcefire开发的开源网络入侵防御/检测系统(IDS/IPS)，结合了签名、协议和基于异常的检测，Snort是世界上部署最广泛的IDS/IPS，数以百万计的下载量和超过270,000位注册用户，Snort已经成为事实上的IPS标准。
如果你还没有使用Snort，你应该尝试一下。

总结
通过上面10种Linux使用方式，相信你不会再觉得Linux是在夹缝中求生存，Linux也不只是为桌面，家庭用户及小公司而存在的，它在大公司中同样受到重用。
你在你的公司是怎么使用Linux的呢？是个实验性的平台，还是一台DIY路由器，防火墙？欢迎发表你的意见和想法!

References: http://os.51cto.com

Scammer Companies in Malaysia, Beware!

2010-02-10T23:42:00.002+08:00

BIg NewsToday sudden received an email on the scammer companies in Malaysia, surprisingly some of them are quick famous. Some I still can remember my friends they have told me how much they have invest and will earn in short time. I am pity of my friends and hope by posting the email here can help the people who start to find some information about those companies.

In addition to the recent highlight by the mass media, here is some good compilation of suspicious business scams.

1. The Cafe Scams – Island Red Cafe & Stevens Corner
2. Sunshine Empire
3. MobilWallet
4. Water Business – Oxygenated and Alkaline Water Products
5. Car Fuel Booster – K-Link
6. Perfumery Products
7. Energy Products
8. Hi-Tech Products
9. Investment Schemes
10. GoldQuest
11. Numerogy & Fortune Telling
12. MJ – Life
13. Seaweed Venture Scams
14. MXM (Previously MGM)
15. Gano Excel
16. NuLife (HK)
17. Arowana Fish Breeding
18. EasyPha-max
19. ACe Scube (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd

References:
http://www.kidbuxblog.com/talk-business/scammer-companies-in-malaysia-beware

The Day of “立春“ . The egg will able to stand!

2010-02-04T21:08:00.004+08:00

The photo was taken on ( Thursday ) 4 February 2010. At the beginning i was thinking that “立春“ means the first day of spring but never know that the egg will be able to stand up at the day! I don't believe what people said at internet well i did an experiment to prove that is a truth....

my photo

others photo

Video ^____^

It's time to wake up ........... our future is gone.....

2010-02-04T10:46:00.004+08:00

你是否和我一樣，發覺身邊的親戚和朋友，似乎少了許多。

I wonder you feel the same as me, all the sudden I realized friends and relatives around me seems to get less and less.

以往接近過年時，各種聚餐排得滿滿的，而今年，似乎沒聲沒息。

Those years when the New Year drew near, all sorts of gathering appointments almost completely filled the diaries, but this year seems so quiet.

即使是平常日子，電話少了，與大家見面也少了。

Even in nromal time, phone calls become less and less, face to face meet up also become much less.

也許，大家各忙各的；或者，目前流行“宅生活”，儘量避免出門。

Perhaps, everybody is busy with their own tihings, or perhaps, nowadays people prefer to stay in.

也不盡然如此。再想一想，很多老友和親戚，已經不在了。嗟！大吉利是，他們都還好好的，只是離開了馬來西亞。

However, it is not entirely like this, thinking further, actually old friends and relatives are not around any more. God bless, they are still alive and well, they just left the country, Malaysia.

去了中國大陸開工廠；王子不做工程師，移民到澳洲開小食檔；阿風離開本地大學，去香港做講師；青蛙去了台灣，開展事業第二春；還有的到了美國、英國，唔，還有去印尼的……。

They have gone to China to set factory; ah Wang quit his engineer job and migrated to Australia to set up his little food store business, ah Fong left the local University went to Hong Kong as a lecturer. 'Frog' went to Taiwan to pursue his second career life. Others went to Americia, England, even Indonesia...

起初，以為這只是個別現象，逐漸的，旁人也有同樣發現；原來，這不是個別現象，而是社會現象；這不是少數，而是相當大的數目。

At first, I thought these are individual cases, but gradually, people around me realized the same, these are not individual cases but a general symptoms of our society. they are not small numbers but the pretty big indeed.

外交部早前披露了一個數字，說明這個現象是多麼真實，多麼貼近。

Department of Foreign Affairs released the figures earlier, it confirmed the situation is real.

從去年3月到今年9月，已經有30萬大馬人移民他國；其中20萬人是今年1月到8月出走的數目。

From March 2008 thru September 2009, a total of 300,000 Malaysian migrated to other countries, among them 200,000 left between Jan - Aug 2009. (in 8 months)

累積下來，已經有超過200萬大馬人移民，接近今天印尼外勞在大馬的人口。

Cummulatively, there are 2 million Malaysian migrated, this figure is close to the number of Indonesian workers in Malaysia today.

不同的是，移居他國的大馬人，多是專業人士、中產階級。

The difference are, those migrated are mostly professional and middle class people.

他們有很多出走的理由，追求事業發展，為了孩子前途，尋找個人更大空間……，概括一句：對馬來西亞失望。

They have many reasons to leave: pursue career development, for the future of their children, in search of better life and environment... In one sentence, they lost hope of Malaysia.

50年前，大家說，馬來西亞真好，好過香港，甚至日本。

50 years ago people said: Malaysia is very good, better than Hong Kong and even Japan.

30年前，大家說，馬來西亞還不錯，比得上韓國、台灣（不提香港和日本了）。

30 years ago people said: Malaysia is not bad, comparable to S. Korea and Taiwan. (No mention of Hong Kong and Japan any more).

20年前，大家說，馬來西亞還可以，至少超越中國、泰國（不能和台、韓比了）。

20 years ago people said: Malaysia can do la, at least better than China and Thailand (Cannot compare with Taiwan and Korea lah)

10年前，大家說，馬來西亞再差，還不至於像越南、印尼（中國已是不同級別）。

10 years ago poeple said: No matter how bad Malaysia is, cannot be worse than Vietnam and Indonesia ko-ah. (China is already in a different category).

今日，越南和印尼的經濟成長率遙遙領先大馬，社會活力和知識發展也勝過一籌；距離愈來愈近了。

Today, the economic growth rate of Vietnam and Indonesia already far exceeded Malaysia, Social activity and intellectual development of the country is also better, the gap between us and them is closing up.

怕甚麼，還有菲律賓和柬埔寨、緬甸。

Why worry? there are still Philipines, Cambodia and Myanmar behind us.

但是，一位經濟學家最近到菲律賓考察之後，認為再過20年，大馬可以取代菲律賓，出口馬籍女傭到全世界了。

However, according to an economist who recently surveyed Phillipines, he think in 20 years' time, Malaysia can replace Phillipines to become the World exporter of Malaysian maids.

半個世紀以來，馬來西亞是在大宅院裡，用封建方式，分配祖宗家業，消耗社會資源，浪費和逼走人才；不談競爭力，忽略生產力，討厭績效制。

Over half the century, Malaysians live in the big old imperial housing complex, closed up and survive on properties left behind by the ancestor; continue to consume up social resources, wasteful, and drive away talents; they never talk about competitiveness, totally neglect productivity, and hate meritocracy.

亞洲金融風暴來襲時，大馬把門關起來，以為避過一劫，有人還自我陶醉，自以為是天才策略。

When Asia economic storm hit in 1997, Malaysia closed their doors, thinking we beautifully avoided a disaster, there even think of themselves as genius, being able to handle the situation so well.

然而，其它國家面對風暴，走出風暴，進行體質改革，跨步向前，登上另一個水平；大馬卻還在原地踏步。

However, just look at other countries in our neighbourhood, they stand up, face the storm, and walk out of the storm. They overhaul the system, improve the processes and march forward, they moved up to a new level. And Malaysia, still walking on the spot.

馬來西亞，該醒一醒了。

Dear Malaysia, it's time to wake up! We are very very late now!

For original article, please see link below:

http://opinions.sinchew-i.com/node/12566

你不可不知道的 18 位改變網際網路名人

2010-02-01T16:22:00.003+08:00

18 位對網際網路有重大影響的人物，如果你還不知道這些人，剛好可以順便補充一下你的知識；如果你已經知道這些人，但是不知道他們的長相，那剛好來看看照片

Larry Page & Sergey Brin

Google 搜尋引擎的創辦人，左邊是 Larry 右邊是 Sergey，無庸置疑地，Google 的 Search Engine 以及它所帶來的 Business Model 還有科技都在快速地改變我們所認知的網路以及軟體產業。

Tim Berners-Lee

全球互聯網 WWW 的創辦人，他的偉大並不僅止於互聯網的規格制定，還在於他無私的奉獻。他並沒有因為參與 WWW 的發明而致富，他反而在 1994 年加入了 MIT 的非營利機構 W3C (WWW Consortium)，然後成為機構領導人，並致力於維護 WWW 的公平與公開性。(編按: 我們的世界需要多一點這種人)

Mark Zuckerberg

美國大型社交網路 Facebook 的創辦人，他的社交網路固然成功，但是更為令人佩服的是他的觀念: 開放平台 (Open Platform)，瞧瞧我們的無名小站就沒有如此的胸襟。因為開放平台的概念，讓 Web 上面的服務更能借力使力，也讓整個餅被做大了，更加貫徹了互聯網上面的 “流通” 概念。

Matt Mullenweg

Wordpress 的創辦人。這還用說嗎? MMDays 一開始就是在 Wordpress 上面撰寫，即使搬出來了，也是用 Wordpress 架設。Wordpress 對個人發行有著重大的影響。

Bram Cohen

BitTorrent 的創辦人，我想很多從事數位製造的公司應該很想把這個傢伙丟到外太空去。關於 BT 的一系列詳細介紹，可以看 Mr. Friday 精采的文章。

Pierre Omidyar

eBay 的創辦人。以當時的想法，是一個讓人跌破眼鏡的 Business Model。當時大家都想，人性如此邪惡，上了網站匿名之後應該會更加邪惡才是，還好 eBay 證實了我們的人性還沒有差到那麼誇張的地方去。就此打開了 C2C 電子商務的領域了。

Mike Morhaime

WOW (World of Warcraft) 的製作創辦人，同時也是鼎鼎大名 Blizzard Entertainment 的總裁。魔獸爭霸開啟了如此大規模的多人在線角色扮演類網絡遊戲 (MMORPG)，讓一群又一群的年輕人沉醉在網路的世界裡面。也啟發了如 SecondLife 虛擬世界的構想。(其實，我並不贊成網路遊戲成癮…)

Jimmy Wales

Wikipedia 的創辦人。想到 Wikipedia 就會想到群眾知識，以及開放內容 (Open Content)，知識的免費以及方便取得，全是因為 Wikipedia 這個先鋒的概念。(編按: 我們的世界也需要多一點這種人)

Chad Hurley & Steve Chen

YouTube 的創辦人，左邊是 Chad Hurley，右邊是 Steve Chen。YouTube 的崛起，實現了網路電視的概念，現在沒有人敢說在網路上面看影片是一件愚蠢加上不可能的事情。不過，同樣的，又加速了網路智慧財產的問題，在 YouTube 上面可是有一堆有版權的影片。

Jeff Preston Bezos

Amazon 線上書店的創辦人。當時創辦 Amazon 大家也是不看好，一直在幫他倒數，結果他成功了。現在 Amazon 則是更加積極地當一個互聯網上面的軍火商，最近推出的 Amazon Web Services 則是瞄準了許多網路創業家的平台代管服務。

Shawn Fanning
我們怎麼可以忘了如此傳奇的駭客，正因為他在 1999 年創立的 Napster 讓 P2P 的技術以及精神得以發揚光大，也燃起了所謂了的智慧財產觀念在網路上面的適用性問題。傳統的實體獲利模式可以完全套用在數位影音上面嗎? 面對現實吧，我買 Ian Rogers 的單。

Kevin Rose
Digg 的創辦人，Digg 的創新概念是 “群眾智慧”，任何文章都可以被丟上網站上面公評，由群眾選出所謂的 “熱文”。

Craig Newmark
Craigslist 的創辦人。全球最大也是最早的分類廣告網站。讓我引述一下智慧羅網的描述: “你可以把craigslist想成是一塊布告欄，只是這是網際網路上一塊非常巨大的布告欄。任何人需要任何東西，都可以來布告欄前面，看看別人貼出來的告示，或者把自己需要的東西貼上去。就是那麼湊巧，往往有人能夠滿足你的需求。” 所以他開啟了一種非常特殊的廣告領域。

David Filo & Jerry Yang
Yahoo! 的創辦人，左邊是 David Filo 右邊是 Jerry Yang。以入口網站概念，獨霸了當時網際網路好一陣子，連 Yahoo! 這個超級賺錢的概念都可以在當時的電影裡面看見，不亞於時下的 Google。不過，科技業就是如此，風水輪流轉，Yahoo! 錯失了搜尋引擎的戰場，現在又被 Microsoft 逼嫁，不知道 Yahoo! 是不是能夠再造第二春啊。

Jack Ma
阿里巴巴的創辦人。馬雲對中國互聯網網有重大的影響。我對馬雲的好感是來自於馬雲的這一句話: “我不會在網絡遊戲投一分錢，我不想看到我的兒子在我做的遊戲裡面沉迷!“，我希望他能夠一直信守他的承諾。他的這句話，讓他看起更像是一個企業家而不是一個生意人。他的對比，就讓我想到了 Bill Gates，Bill Gates 也是不讓他的小孩玩電動，不過這位仁兄似乎非常鼓勵大家去買他的 XBOX。己所不欲，勿施於人啊。

誰會是下一個互聯網英雄?
JACK WONG J.J :)

Atomic Boom

2010-01-14T22:31:00.005+08:00

罗伯特·奥本海默——“原子弹之父”:1954年1月1日，奥本海默是曼哈顿项目的科学指导员，也正是曼哈顿项目发明了原子弹。奥本海默是一位非常杰出的物理学家和理论家，他通常把当今这个时代看作是(1)一个不负责任的科学家狂妄自大的带着不受控制把人类带到原子核造成的最终毁灭的道路上。(2)当人意识到他的想法和见解被右翼的军事家们误用为自己谋取邪恶的利益时，这个敏感的导引头将会被触发。当然，这两个观点都有些不合理，而且过度单纯人类以及他的遗产。

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