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Sympathy of a Thief

2013-01-24T01:58:00.002+08:00

I just don't get where does all the sympathy for Aaron Swartz come from. He's nothing more than a thief sharing something he doesn't own. He said people should "take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world" and claimed it harms no one. Base on this logic, we should go to his apartment then 1) make copies of his ATM card and password and share them with the world, and 2) plug an extension power cord into a power socket, and let all passerby's charge their phones. I'm just sharing and nobody's hurt. Right? We all have shared something doesn't belong to us. But most of us acknowledge that we're stealing and not sharing. Guess he killing himself is a fitting end. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

June 21, 2012

2012-06-21T15:03:00.001+08:00

4 days after reinstalling Windows...Guess life doesn't change much huh...

September 16

2011-09-16T20:48:00.000+08:00

Went to Picasso exhibition. Picasso is a lot easier to understand when you have a cute, fine art major guide. I learned that Picasso was a really horny dude and visited a lot of prostitution houses and he considered that art.

What I learned: "O Art, Art, how many prostitutes are f**ked in thy."

September 15: How I Learned Silverlight at Tech Days 2011

2011-09-15T04:30:00.000+08:00

Not really a Silverlight Girl, but she's cute :p

August 8, 2011

2011-08-08T23:00:00.000+08:00

"很漂漂的漂漂　一路上要好好的走　晚安".

March 3, 2011

2011-03-03T22:40:00.004+08:00

A picture worths a thousand words.

Janurary 30, 2011: 24 hours in HK

2011-01-31T15:21:00.000+08:00

So after brunch in World Trade Center I found myself surrounded by "final sale" signs. Then I bit my lip, and got into the subway to the airport.

PayPal ∩ Smart-People = ∅

2010-11-11T00:52:00.001+08:00

I've always thought PayPal is full of smart people, judging from their mafia. But every once in a while it manages to prove that it is indeed full of dumb people.

There's a promotion on PayPal debit card lately, so I figured I should go get one. When I was in the application page, it asked me for my SSN, which I don't have, so I closed the application. Then I received an email the next day saying I failed to verify my SSN and my PayPal account is now limited. I was asked to submit ID proofs including a copy of my SSN.

I called PayPal (a side note, the best time to call PayPal is late night, right before they close), and was told I can just send the ID proofs and a disclaimer saying that I don't have an SSN. So I did, and got another email several hours later asking me for my ITIN.

I called PayPal again (this time at morning and waited for 15 mins). This time I was told I'll need to send an email to the compliance verification team (complianceverification@paypal.com) telling them that I don't have an SSN nor an ITIN, and see what they say. The email turned out to be not working anymore, and my mail was rejected.

I called PayPal one more time. I waited 20 mins this time, but the wait was worth it. The agent told me that I was asked to prove my identify because I applied for the debit card. If I tell him I don't want the debit card, he can just remove all the limitation on my account. So I did, and my account was back to normal.

Why didn't they just tell me to do that at the very first begining? Oh and I guess that last gentleman just might be the only smart people left in PayPal.

October 3, 2010

2010-10-03T23:39:00.002+08:00

I guess most of the time I just wanna know, not how good I am, but how good I can be.

Here comes the first

2010-09-15T22:17:00.000+08:00

Today marks the first day I have a best guy friend who's not my best friend's boyfriend.

A sad day.

July 26, 2010

2010-07-26T00:59:00.002+08:00

The day has finally come.

July 12, 2010

2010-07-12T23:00:00.000+08:00

At Singapore. It sucks.

My digestion system is still a bit upset. Wish can tell it how to relax. Be good, OK?

I wanna go home.

July 6, 2010

2010-07-06T21:35:00.000+08:00

"能者多勞, 能者去死." It's really hard for a company with this as its motto not to go under.

May 29, 2010

2010-05-29T16:31:00.000+08:00

My new favorite quote: "People at work have this very strange expectation that I will work."

May 29, 2010

2010-05-29T14:52:00.000+08:00

My new favorite quote: "People at work have this very strange expectation that I will work."

Fix GPT Broken by Boot Camp HFS Driver

2010-05-07T19:57:00.002+08:00

Boot Camp's HFS driver breaks OS X partition quite frequently (especially when assigning drive letter to it). The cause is Windows/HFS driver will change OS X partition's partition type from "Apple HFS+" to "Microsoft Basic Data", causing it become unrecognizable by Mac's EFI. One fix is using gpt_surgeon.py. But since it won't run under Windows and requires Python, I need an alternative: GPT fdisk.

GPT fdisk actually does a lot more than changing GPT partition type. But this feature saved the day.

May 6, 2010: Fucked-up Country

2010-05-06T20:37:00.001+08:00

Why would anyone wanna be a Taiwan citizen? Can't even think of a tiny bit of advantage of being one.

Fucked-up shitty country.

May 1, 2010

2010-05-02T03:25:00.002+08:00

Going back.

Hate goodbyes. Guess I'll never get used to them.

April 26, 2010

2010-04-27T00:27:00.002+08:00

Always leave NYC in the rain.Going to sunny California.

April 25, 2010

2010-04-26T05:24:00.001+08:00

Hate goodbyes.

April 6, 2010

2010-04-07T01:01:00.002+08:00

Bunch of dumbasses.

Why would I spend time TYPING other people's crappy program, and not WRITING my own useful program? If you wanna be 小學生 and write your 甲乙本, be my guest.

March 8, 2010

2010-03-09T00:40:00.001+08:00

We don't wanna be on the hook, yet we always keep others on the hook.

March 3, 2010

2010-03-03T15:55:00.002+08:00

Old People
I must say quite a lot old people are very annoying and even hateful. You're old, we get it. But it doesn't mean you get to be impolite.

March 2, 2010

2010-03-02T01:03:00.003+08:00

Happy birthday. We're the same age now :p

In light of the cute girl's birthday, the little boy and little girl decided to make a cameo appearance.

February 20, 2010

2010-02-21T05:04:00.003+08:00

Well it's written on Feb. 21 because my flight got delayed and landed on the 21...

My best friends got married today. It's more happiness then shock to me (well maybe I'm still in denial :p). Would like to congrat Angeline and David and wish them lifelong happiness (that's the state between sober and drunk, according to David). Cheers!