MS Windows is a patchy OS, and you have to constantly maintain it, both manually and automatically using its slow live update, to keep the system relatively secure. Here are the instructions on how to replace the infected svchost.exe under Windows XP and patch your system to close the loophole. Read the rest of this entry »
How to replace virus-infected svchost.exe file
March 19th, 2009Is Chinese difficult to learn?
March 16th, 2009Some Oxford-educated English man claims in his blog that China should use an alphabetical writing system, and China’s failing to do so in history partly resulted in the high level of illiteracy. He goes like this：
[China failed to invent stuff] Like an alphabet. Really, how hard is that? The Koreans managed to transform their character-based system into a very serviceable syllabic alphabet nearly 600 years ago. Amongst the reasons why China still hasn’t achieved a high level of literacy….
Interpreting the Grass-mud Horse
March 15th, 2009The sudden popularity of the phrase Cao Ni Ma (草泥马) or Grass-mud Horse in the Chinese cyberspace perplexed many non-Chinese speakers. If you can understand it, you will gain such penetrating insights into the cyber culture in China. Read the rest of this entry »
Will China’s economy pick up in 2009?
March 14th, 2009No.
Yes, everybody’s confidence seems to be boosted up by the sheer amount of 4 trillion yuan to be injected into China’s economy. Plus the investment from the local governments, the total boost package would probably amounts to 10 trillion yuan, some say. Read the rest of this entry »
Debian CN99 is back!
February 25th, 2009The fastest debian mirror site in China has just come back online. The once long standing debian.cn99.com went offline a few months ago without any notice or explanation from its administrators. Many Chinese debianers had been guessing when it would come back or if it ever would. Read the rest of this entry »
Big fish in a small tank
February 5th, 2009I have fish.
They are in the new fish tank at my home merely by coincidence. One day on a daily walk to the neighbor shop, I noticed the small pond at its entrance was no longer maintained and the water in it was very dirty. The four fish inside were obviously in the ‘troubled water’ and on the verge of dying. Then I asked a shop assistant why the shop didn’t change water and perhaps feed the fish. He relied “We don’t want them anymore. Anyone can take them home”. Read the rest of this entry »
A Debian/Lenny User Experience — A Glass Half Full (Part II)
January 24th, 2009Now it is approaching the Chinese New Year — the Year of OX and I am in the mood of using Linux/Debian again. But this time I am not going to pretend I don’t hate the usability issues of Linux for a desktop environment. There are many applications under Linux which are touted as ‘replacements’ for Windows applications, luring Windows users to take the plunge and use Linux. While it is true that you can do the same thing under Linux, you will find many so called replacements have one thing in common: they stand in your way when you are using them to do the tasks.
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What is a civil society
November 12th, 2008The civil society, from my understanding, is a society in which citizens have the necessary resources and effective constitutional protection to fully exert their civil rights and fulfill their civil duties. This includes, but not limited to, the formation of ’sectors’ or organizations for the citizenship related functions.
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svchost.exe is infected with a virus?
November 3rd, 2008As of October 30, Nod32 (version 3.0.669) updated its virus definition which identifies a new virus called Win32/Patched.NAC. Today it detected a crucial Windows file called svchost.exe, which is located at C:\Windows\System32, is infected with this Patched.NAC virus.
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Very Unfair Ending of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
October 9th, 2008Indiana Jones 4 is a decent sequel to the previous three Jones series. Unlike Pirates of the Caribbean, the sequel named Dead Man’s Chest was the first movie that actually made me fall asleep in the movie theater. Read the rest of this entry »