晴朗星空下的網絡|The Network under the Bright-Bright Sky

改編《自義勇軍進行曲》
Original – March of the Volunteer

解放身份認証！解放數據！

Liberate the ID! Liberate the data!
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Okay, publishing the work is always the hardest, especially for the first time for a particular project. Now I have Trac and Subversion setup (and BTW, I upgraded Wordpress to 2.5), publishing UsbAvrUsb, hColorLED and UsbHid.

With these software, with a Atmel USB AVR series controller (like AT90USB162) prototype board and some LEDs, you can then control these LEDs to be at any color on the computer, through the shinny USB interface.

Recently I have been involved in some LED side-project, and the whole story by itself should also be blogged…may be in another day.

發佈永遠都是最麻煩的一個動作，尤其是每個Project的第一次。如今我終於弄好Trac和Subversion（題外話：也把Wordpress升到2.5），一口氣發佈UsbAvrUsb、ColorLED和UsbHid。

有了這三個東西，加上一個Atmel USB AVR系（如AT90USB162）的單片機和LED，就可以利用電腦，通過很好玩的USB來控制該組LED的顏色。

事源因為我近來捲入了一個LED小Project，故事本身也是一疋布的長……擇日再寫吧。

《星島日報》 “…警方再拘捕四男兩女，並在檢獲的電腦硬碟內，發現近千張裸照…”

風聲咁緊都唔做Encryption…

故事應該好似以下咁發展先有趣…

Day 1

「據消息指，被捕人士在其電腦採用了微軟Windows Vista附帶的BitLocker功能，將整個硬盤加密……警方尚未能証實其硬盤內藏有有關祼照……並要求微軟提供協助」

Day 3

「微軟派出專家為警方破解懷疑涉案電腦，成為破案關鍵，亦使警方可以落案起訴相關人等……」

Day 4

「微軟的破解行為引起行內極大恐防，對其BitLocker的保密性能有極大懷疑，相關的陰謀論亦在網上各大部落格流傳……」
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仲有乜嘢科技發明品可以頂得住百年時間鴻溝嘅衝擊而又完全見唔到有淡出嘅跡象？電話都就快要變哂做VoIP；美、歐、澳亦立咗法要喺幾年後禁售電白熾電燈膽；低Watt數嘅線圈式火牛都轉哂做電子牛；好多要用鎖匙嘅場合都用Smartcard之類代替；無線電廣播都開始數碼化……但係大多數人用嘅Keyboard仲係依QWERTY排列！

有無人話過你知打中文唔單只有九方、倉頡同拼音？仲記得某人同你講過說世上除了IE仲有Firefox嗎？輸入法—都係一個百花齊放嘅世界。

還有什麼科技發明品可以抵得上百年時間鴻溝的衝擊而完全沒有淡出的跡象？電話也快要被VoIP取締；美、歐、澳都立法在數年後禁制白熾電燈泡出售；低功率的線圈式變壓器也漸漸被電子式取代；很多要用鑰匙的場合都以用Smartcard等代替；無線電廣播也開始數碼化……但大多數人用的鍵盤還是QWERTY排列的！

曾有人告訴你打中文不單只有九方、倉頡和拼音嗎？還記得某人跟你說世上除了IE還有Firefox嗎？輸入法—也是一個百花齊放的世界。

What kind of gadget can stand for more than a hundred years without any sign of fading out, yet? Analog phone is being replaced by VoIP; US, EU and Australia has passed the law to ban incandescent light bulb in a few year; Low power wired transformers are replaced by their IC-based brother; Keys are replaced by Smartcard in many access control points; Broadcasting is going to be digitalized; and the list just go on and on…But most people in the world is still typing with a QWERTY based keyboard!

Did anyone tell you that’s it’s not the only option? Just like how general public thought IE is not the only browser, does Dvorak sounds to you like Firefox to them?

在老闆、AA (Administrative Assistant)之間的圓桌一直以來都是「零食物語」，話說上回合的香口珠已經吃清光了，這兩天進了新的款式。

The table between the boss and the admin. assistant is always filled with snack. Some days ago, a new bottle of chewing gum has been bought to replace the empty one.

這次的這個包裝很趣緻，令我想起以前六合彩的旋風式電動攪珠機。

And this time the packaging is really interesting, mimicking how the old MarkSix drawing machine works, I mean the old that looks like a little Typhoon.

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