买机别发愁 转载于豆瓣小组

　　将来上研究生了，会有一些资金，所以现在开始琢磨DC的事情，突然发现，买个DC和买电脑差不多，而且牌子比电脑配件的牌子差不多一样多，同样头痛，不过刚看了这个，有点茅塞顿开的感觉。贴出来，共享之，也许会帮到其他想买DC的筒子们。

　　1，有目标的直奔目标去
　　要小巧亮丽卡片机，就直奔sony T系，nikon S系之类的去，
　　考虑放大输出，就直奔千万像素的去，
　　要防抖的就买防抖。
　　有某家情结的，就直奔那挚爱的品牌去。
　　
　　2，没目标就随便买一个
　　没目标，那就买很多人买的那款，销售额靠前的那款。
　　分不清楚的都是同类，买谁都差不多。
　　那么多人在到处问买哪个好，这些入门单反又为什么吵得不可开交（http://digi.163.com/special/0016193Q/nc.html）？因为这些机子都差不多的！否则你也不会苦恼了。
　　没有哪个机器的消费者觉得被冤死了气死了烦死了悔死了。大家不都用得挺开心的吗？
　　
　　3，品牌抉择
　　人们都说谁家的怎么锐，谁家的色彩好，恕我肉眼凡胎，实在是看不出来。更兼还有镜头素质的影响，还有拍摄环境的影响，还有拍摄水平的影响，还有观者自身的影响。
　　如果已能够非常分明地分辨品牌成像的区别，我想你也肯定会有自己的主见，不会为买机而烦恼。
　　市场与实力：市场开拓与产品素质，是两回事。如果你愿意被广告诱惑，就心甘情愿地被诱惑吧。如果你有自己的坚持，就坚持你的坚持吧。这都不要紧的。
　　保修：一般相机不会坏的。坏的几率，跟被偷、人为摔坏、闲置差不多。何况人家那么贵的小兔子都有这样过：http://www.sportsshooter.com/port_popup.html?mem_id=296&i_id=587125
　　镜头难买：网上多得很啊，淘宝ebay无忌蜂鸟。买二手镜头是愉悦而有趣的一种交际。或者就算为爱机去境外买头兼旅游，或托人带回来，也是高兴的值得的，不是吗？有人还喜欢麻烦，喜欢DIY，喜欢小众的呢。
　　还有用什么卡，用什么电池，这种小细节的挑剔，就更不应该成为购机之烦恼了。
　　
　　4，财务安排
　　有钱就买好的，没钱就买便宜的
　　在享受与等待之间，必然要做选择。
　　犹豫是正常的，但你的钱别人没法替你做主。
　　自己决定吧。
　　
　　总而言之，我就是一句废话，想买哪个就买哪个。没有那么多讲究的。
　　如果你坚持认为这事很有讲究，就google，就百度，就泡论坛。
　　如果不愿意花时间去研究，那就随便买一个好了，真的。
　　每个相机都挺好的。

外一则　买机别发愁 找女朋友版

　　

　　1、有目标直接奔着目标去。
　　
　　要为自己看着舒服，就奔长的漂亮的去。
　　要为将来婚后舒服，就奔温柔贤惠的去。
　　要富婆就找富婆。
　　要是有某位明星情节的，就揣着明星照片直奔艺术院校去。
　　
　　
　　2、没目标就随便找一个
　　没目标，那就找很多亲戚朋友都推荐的那个，毕竟群众的眼光是雪亮的。
　　分不出好坏的都是同类，找谁都差不多。
　　那么多人在到处问找哪样的好，这些大姑娘小媳妇的又问什么争的焦头烂额？
　　（http://tvcity.tvb.com/special/misshk2006/index.html）因为这些女人都差不多的！否则你也不会苦恼了。
　　没有哪个女人的男朋友觉得被冤死了气死了烦死了悔死了。大家不都相处得挺开心的吗？
　　
　　3、具体选择
　　人们都说哪里的女生皮肤好，哪里的女生性格好，恕我肉眼凡胎，实在是看不出来。更兼还有化妆品的影响，还有个人举止言谈的影响，还有整形手术影响，还有男人自身的影响。如果已经能够非常分明的分辨样貌性格的区别，我想你也肯定会有自己的主见，，不会为买机而烦恼。
　　
　　长相与性格：长相与性格，是两回事，如果你愿意被长相所诱惑，就心甘情愿的被诱惑吧。如果你有自己的坚持，就坚持你的坚持吧。这都不要紧的。
　　
　　感情“保修”：一般结婚了是不会离婚的，离的几率，跟被第三者插足，被恶语中伤，分居差不多。何况人家很多演艺界人士都有这样过
　　http://eladies.sina.com.cn/qg/p/2007/0203/1517390594.html
　　
　　“对象”难找：网上多的很啊，QQ、MSN实在不行你就进聊天室，就连豆瓣上都有征婚的。网上征婚是愉悦而又有趣的一种交际。就算为了结婚去境外找老婆兼旅游，或者托人贩回来，也是高兴的值得的，不是吗？有人还喜欢人妖，喜欢背背山，喜欢小众的呢。
　　还有喜欢吃什么，晚上睡觉打不打呼噜，这种小细节的挑剔，就更不应该成为找女友之烦恼了。
　　
　　4、财务安排
　　　 有钱就找好的，没钱就买一般的
　　　 在享受与等待之间，必然要做选择。
　　　 犹豫是正常的，但你的女友别人没法替你做主。
　　　 自己决定吧。
　　
　　总而言之，我就是一句废话，想找哪个就找哪个。没有那么多讲究的。
　　如果你坚持认为这事很有讲究，就婚介，就相亲，就找媒婆。
　　如果不愿意花时间去研究，那就随便找一个好了，真的。
　　每个女人都挺好的。

spill the beans

Spill the beans: To divulge a secret, especially to do so inadvertently or maliciously.

Origin

The derivation of this expression is sometimes said to be a voting system used in ancient Greece. The story goes that white beans indicated positive votes and black beans negative. Votes had to be unanimous, so if the collector 'spilled the beans' before the vote was complete and a black bean was seen, the vote was halted. That's plausible, but doesn't account for the fact that the phrase is first found in the early 20th century. It's probably best if we concentrate our search there and ignore ancient Greece.

'Spill' has been used as a verb with the meaning of 'divulge' or 'let out' since at least the 16th century. Edward Hellowes' Guevara's Familiar epistles, 1574, contains an example of that usage:

"Although it be a shame to spill it, I will not leaue to say that which... his friends haue said vnto me."

That 'let out' meaning was probably influenced by an earlier meaning of 'spill', i.e. 'kill' and the subsequent usage 'spill blood', which was in common use by the 14th century.

The earliest uses of 'spill the beans' come from the USA. The meaning of the phrase was then something like 'spoil the beans' or 'upset the applecart', which harks back to the supposed Greek knocking over of a bean container. The first example I can find is from The Stevens Point Journal, June 1908:

"Tawney, when he came to congress, wasn't welcomed within the big tent. He had to wait around on the outside. Then the blacksmith [Jim Tawney] got busy. He just walked off the reservation, taking enough insurgent Republicans with him to spill the beans for the big five."

Soon after that the phrase was used with the meaning of 'upset a previously stable situation by talking out of turn', which is close to how we use it today. That is cited in The Van Wert Daily Bulletin, October 1911:

"Finally Secretary Fisher, of the President's cabinet, who had just returned from a trip to Alaska, was called by Governor Stubbs to the front, and proceeded, as one writer says, to 'spill the beans'."

We have 'spill', meaning 'divulge', but why beans? Well, it could have been almost anything. In fact, there are several 'spill the' variants - 'spill the soup', 'spill your guts', or simply, just 'spill'.

happy as a clam

今天学了个短语，共享之。

As happy as a clam ：Very happy and content.

Origin

An early version is 'as happy as a clam at high water'. Clams are free from the attentions of predators at high tide, so perhaps that's a reason to consider them happy then. The earliest known citation doesn't mention water though. That's in Harvardiana, 1834:

"That peculiar degree of satisfaction, usually denoted by the phrase 'as happy as a clam'."

John G. Saxe, the American writer best known for his poem The Blind Men and the Elephant, used the phrase in his Sonnet to a Clam, in the late 1840s:

Inglorious friend! most confident I am
Thy life is one of very little ease;
Albeit men mock thee with their similes,
And prate of being "happy as a clam!"
What though thy shell protects thy fragile head
From the sharp bailiffs of the briny sea?
Thy valves are, sure, no safety-valves to thee,
While rakes are free to desecrate thy bed,
And bear thee off, - as foemen take their spoil,
Far from thy friends and family to roam;
Forced, like a Hessian, from thy native home,
To meet destruction in a foreign broil!
Though thou art tender, yet thy humble bard
Declares, O clam! thy case is shocking hard!

　　时间过去了好久，这个短语并没有随着时间的消逝而渐渐的淡出，也衍生其他的说法。happy as a lark和happy as the day is long，当然了也可以在happy前面加上as，不过这个就是随个人喜好了。

求助

How do you know when you've passed an Elephant ?
You can't close the toilet seat.

谁能帮我解释解释这个笑话？

7 Ways to Send HUGE Files

Gmail users can now send up to 20MB of attachments to each other. But we want more! Here are 7 awesome services that let you send files of more than 500MB.

One of the best known file delivery services, YouSendIt allows you to send up to a 100MB file without creating an account. Upon uploading a file to YouSendIt, an email is sent to the recipient, where they are given a link to download the file. The download is available for 7 days and includes advertising on the page. YouSendIt also offers a variety of premium accounts starting at $4.99/mo that allow you to send files up to 2GB, use more bandwidth, and remove the ads from your download pages.

With a 500MB limit, MegaUpload offers the most storage space we found for non-paying users to send files. The service functions in the same way as YouSendIt, with no account necessary to send a file. For users that sign up and subscribe to a monthly or annual plan, MegaUpload offers “unlimited” file size and downloads, faster download speeds, and less advertising (the advertising on the free download pages is pretty aggressive).

Perhaps the simplest of the file transfer services, zUpload offers you up to 500MB to share a single file. A unique URL is generated for each file and is available for 30 days. Unlike the other services, there are no user accounts or premium features at the moment. It appears zUpload is entirely advertiser supported.

DropSend allows you to send files up to 1GB with a premium account (starting at $5/mo). Meanwhile, their free account provides you with 250MB of storage and up to 5 sends per month. Unlike some of the other services, you do need to create an account in order to send a file. The company also offers a desktop client for both Windows and Mac.

Based in the UK, MailBigFile functions almost exactly the same as YouSendIt. Without registering, you can send up to a 100MB file, while a Pro Account ($20/yr) allows you up to 2GB. MailBigFile also claims unlimited bandwidth, but since they cap it at 25 downloads per month, there are indeed limits. The company also gets our vote for the best no frills Web 2.0 domain name

LeapFILE targets business and enterprise users with a focus on customized branding and security. The company’s main product – Enterprise Exchange – allows organizations to setup their own completely private labeled file exchange services. Additionally, LeapFILE offers a personal version called Basic Exchange that lets you send up to 1GB files starting at $14.95/mo.

MediaMax is focused on storage, but also offers the option to share your files with others. With a free account, you can store up to 25GB of files, but there’s a catch: you can only send files up to 10MB in size with a total transfer limit of 1GB/mo. For $4.95/month, you can send 1GB files, and for $9.95/month you can send files of any size.

Google确认收购FeedBurner

Google又要收购了，其实这个是一件好事，觉得现在有了Google的帐号，可以享受的服务有好多，而且也不用来回来去的换登录帐号，方便啊！以下文章转载自cnBeta

其实了解所谓Web 2.0的所谓业内人士都知道,所谓被Google收购,就是所谓的优秀杰出香甜可口的互联网新果子落入全球第一网络巨鳄之胃,然后在可见的时间内销声匿迹,直至被Google消化,并在目前无法预期的某一日“变为”鳄鱼肉与消化后产物的方式.
这一次,轮到FeedBurner.

已经有业内可信消息确认,Google将以1亿美元价格收购这个全球市场份额最高(事实上是统治性地位)的RSS烧录服务商,两者目前已经接近最终签约阶段,正式收购消息将在未来2－3周内发布.

对于Feedburner创始者们来说,这的确是个好消息,这家2003年创建的新公司至今也只获得1000万美金投资,分别来自Portage Venture(2004年,900万美金)以及2005年中旬Mobius Venture的100万美金.Google的收购提案无疑让Feedburner看到了收割的喜悦.

历数Google近年吞下的Web 2.0网站/服务——Blogger、Writely、Youtube、Picasa、Jotspot以及近在嘴边的Feedburner,涵盖博客、商务协作、在线视频、图片分享、百科全书、RSS等几乎Web 2.0的所有领域,再加上Google Code近期的API开发方向转变,Google平台化格局足以让业内其他新起步者感到前途无望.

收了Feedburner,Google下一步吃掉谁?Twitter?

Did you know

一连串的数字，说明了也许早就潜藏在你心中的那个问题。
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How Long is the Ideal Blog Post?

The internet is changing the way we read information. No longer are we constrained by a physical medium - we don't have a fixed number of pages to fill, nor a certain column inch quotient to meet.

It's liberating for the writer, but intimidating at the same time - how do you know when to stop?

Too little and readers will be finished in the blink of an eye - and too many words could mean your audience is gone before the reach the final paragraph.

So how long is ideal?

Learning by example

Different blogs on different topics all call for a variety of post lengths, but this variance aside, the typical reader of blogs has a fixed (and unfortunately short) attention span. What we can do is look at the trends prevalent in the top of the Blogosphere - as I did with my previous post on Top Blog Trends.

Taking the Technorati Top 100 as my sample, eliminating those which aren't in the English language, and those which aren't identifiable as conventional blogs, I took an average word count of the 10 most recent posts on each blog.

Results

The graph above shows the distribution of the average word count - the shortest average was a terse 77 words, and the longest a snooze-inducing 1,449. The vast majority of posts were over 100 words and under 500.

If we group the posts into distinct strata, we can see a clearer indication of the distribution:

Essentially, the distribution is a normal curve with positive skew - with half of all blogs having an average of 100-249 words per post.

Consistently shorter posts are rare - usually limited to blogs devoted to non-written content (pictures, videos, audio etc.), and with celebrity gossip blogs having a tendency to be more concise - Perez Hilton, for example.

On the other end of the spectrum, there's a distinct jump in word length for some blogs - in these cases it's usually a transition between writing for entertainment to writing for reference. With the transition comes the ability to post much longer articles, without the fear of losing interest. The articles over at A List Apart are a good example of this.

Writing to a limit

So, this begs the question - should a blog post be written to fill a specific length to be considered 'ideal'?

Absolutely not. The lack of any kind of imposed limit in a blog post means that your point can be made in as many words as you could wish for - but there's a lot to be said for terse copywriting.

If your topic befits it, write in-depth 5,000 word articles. If you're aiming for a more leisurely (and entertaining) read, it may be worthwhile considering that most popular blogs have an average of 100-250 words per article.

If you can express your point in fewer words, your readers might just thank you for it.

Google变脸

　　转载自Cnbeta
刚才自己上了一下，发现仅仅是Google美国主页变化了，Google中国还是老样子。
　　
美国时间5月16日上午，Google公司在其公司总部举行了一次名为“Searchology”（搜索学）的新闻发布会。会上，公司宣布自诞生以来 Google主页页面的最大一次变革，新页面被他们命名为“universal search model”（通用搜索模式）。Google公司搜索产品及用户体验副总裁Marissa Mayer在会上的演讲中透露了新页面的样式。很简单，和从前非别列出各种搜索结果相异，新的搜索结果页面将同时列出网页、图片、新闻和其他结果，首个结 果页面将综合各个门类的最佳结果。

　　有趣的是，这一概念的来源还要牵扯到Britney Spears。对，就是那个小甜甜布兰妮。早在2001年，Marissa Mayer本人就曾经展示过一张样品页面，显示出“Britney Spears”的搜索结果，在网页结果右侧包括了新闻、图片和Google Groups的相关内容。今天在发布会上，Mayer表示：“那张Britney Spears的页面确实是目前通用搜索模式的起源，但显而易见的，这次引入它绝对是Google历史上最大的一次架构和界面的变革！” 为了新的通用搜索模式，Google有超过100名工程师花费了几年的努力，而今天展示的新主页页面仅仅是第一步。Google创始人之一Sergey Brin表示公司过半的开发力量都投入到了这一项目中来。

　　未来，除了图片、新闻、图书、视频及地图搜索结果会被同时列出外，还会有更大规 模的融合。公司希望能够让用户通过一次搜索找到他（或她）想要的任何东西。 “举例来说，用户搜索星球大战人物Darth Vader时，可能希望了解有关于这个人物及其演员的所有信息，而不仅仅是这部电影。Google因此将会在搜索结果中列出各种各样的信息，包括电影的恶 搞版视频，Darth Vader的剧照，乔治卢卡斯最新电影的新闻报道，以及关于演员James Earl Jones的网站等等。这些结果全部按照与搜索信息的相关性排序。” 在会上，Google公司还发布了许多小的革新，包括页面顶部的导航栏、分列页面左右的分类栏目等等。公司没有透露新版页面的上线日期，但预计就在近几周 内，我们就能看到新风格的Google搜索页面。

“超短网址”A-Z

转帖，比较好玩的东东。

大家都知道网址越短越简单越方便记忆，可能你早已发现在firefox地址栏输入“g”回车后会跳到Gmail，难道Gmail申请了形如 http://g 超短网址？原来firefox默认搜索引擎是Google，如果输入内容不是网址会到Google进行搜索并返回第一项。

下面逐一看下在firefox地址栏直接输入“a”-“z"会返回什么：

A Links in HTML documents W3C关于HTML文档A标记的说明，PageRank=9；
B Physical Review B Homepage 美国物理协会的杂志，关于凝聚态物理？PageRank=7；
C C (programming language) - Wikipedia C语言，PageRank=7；
D D - Wikipedia wikipedia上关于字母D的介绍，PageRank=6；
E www.eonline.com 网店，PageRank=7；
F Fahrenheit - Wikipedia 华氏温度°F，PageRank=7；
G Gmail Google信箱，PageRank=8；
H Hydrogen - Wikipedia 氢元素介绍，PageRank=7；
I Apple - iPod + iTunes 苹果iTunes官网，PageRank=9；
J www.jsoftware.com 擅长计算、统计、逻辑分析的J语言，PageRank=6；
k K - Wikipedia wikipedia上关于字母K的介绍，PageRank=6；
L L - Wikipedia wikipedia上关于字母L的介绍，PageRank=6；
M M (1931) IMDB中关于电影《M》的介绍，1931年，估计换现在就是中影大片的概念了，PageRank=6；
N The N 一个90后的社区网站？ PageRank=6；
O Oxygen - Wikipedia 氧元素介绍，PageRank=7；
P P - Wikipedia wikipedia上关于字母P的介绍，PageRank=6；
Q q4music.com 音乐评论、回顾、音乐网店，PageRank=7；
R The R Project for Statistical Computing 一个统计学计算和绘图工具，PageRank=8；
S Sulfur - Wikipedia 硫磺，PageRank=7；
T AT&T 贝尔公司，PageRank=6；
U U - Wikipedia wikipedia上关于字母U的介绍，PageRank=6；
V V for Vendetta (2005) IMDB中关于电影《V for Vendetta》的介绍，PageRank=6；
W Starwood Hotels & Resorts Starwood旅馆，PageRank=7；
X X.Org Foundation X Window图形系统官网，PageRank=8；
Y Yahoo! Mail Yahoo信箱，PageRank=9；
Z Z - Wikipedia wikipedia上关于字母Z的介绍，PageRank=6。

其实纯粹就是娱乐而已，有用的估计也就“G”、“Y”两字母了。当然由于各网站的PageRank、排名会有变化，当Google调整了网站排名后应该有少许改变。