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比免費更好 Better Than Free Kevin Kelly認為有八件「原製性」(8 Generatives)事情是比免費更好的，讓人們會願意付錢購買。 Immediacy 即時性 人們願意付錢比別人先體驗一些經驗，為什麼不能將新產品以高價，讓願意先體驗的顧客先行購買呢？目前流行的方法是〝免費試用〞，這是不知道可以用「Immediacy」來建立新的價值。 Personalization 個人客製化 如果餐廳能讓客人自己帶些自己買的食材，餐廳可以為他製作專屬他的菜色，但是客製化一定要有親密的關係，而且雙方都珍惜這種客製化機會及關係，不願輕易放棄。 Interpretation 解說權 大家都知道的一個老笑話，軟體本身免費，但說明手冊會很貴。在未來製藥公司將免費替您做基因測試，但您要付高價才能知道基因的意義，及如何使 用基因資訊。 Authenticity 真實性 因為太多的複製品，往往會使人更珍惜原裝真實，因此如何找出方法讓人知道您是真正的原製品反而變得越來越重要。 Accessibility 隨時隨地都可以取得 擁有權是一個過時的財富表徵，尤其是數位化的產品，目前這種概念也推廣到私人飛機及其他高價奢侈品。目前有許多網站替您儲存您的音樂、喜歡看的網站、私人資訊，您可以隨時隨地上網取得。 Embodiment 親身實地的 音樂可以免費，但看Live演唱會要付錢，在家看DVD很便宜，但仍是有人願意付錢，跟一群人在電影院裡看電影。 Patronage 熱心支持者 這也是我一直相信的重要理念：人是善良的，每個人都願意幫忙支持藝術家、音樂人、創作者、生意人，因為這種參與助人的感覺是我們人類的基本需求。重要的是，我們要讓人們很便利輕易地參與，例如最近有越來越多的音樂人在網路讓人隨意付任何金額就可以下載他們的音樂。 Findability 讓人看到您 越來越多人不在乎數位化的智慧財產，看不到的創世之作是一點價值都沒有的。目前有太多的音樂、太多電影、太多傑出部落格都是免費的，因此如何讓人看到，不但很重要而且有價值。 Extracted From: http://pingchu.com/?p=165&cpage=1 on Oct 6, 2011 -=-=-=-=-=-=- 從朱平先生的網誌到看到這篇文章，覺得很有道理，現在資...

Steve Jobs has passed away, he left us not only his invention, but also his spirit. Here is one of his famous speech: 'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt ...

買東西的由來 From Fwd Email 為何叫 " 買東西 " 南宋理學大家朱熹，在未出仕前，家鄉有叫盛溫和的好友，此人亦是博學多才的人，一天兩人相遇於巷子內，盛手中拿著一個竹籃子，朱熹問他：「你去那裡？」   盛回答說：「我要去買點東西。」   朱熹是以窮理致知研究學問的人，他聽盛的話，很好奇，隨即問道：「你說買東西，為什麼不說買南北呢？」 盛溫和反問朱熹：「你知什麼是五行嗎？」   朱熹答：「我當然知道，不就是金、木、水、火、土嗎?」 盛說：「不錯，你知道了就好辦，現在我說給你聽聽，東方屬木，西方屬金，南方屬火，北方屬水，中間屬土。我的籃子是竹做的，盛火會燒掉，裝水會漏光，只能裝木和金，更不會盛土，所以叫買東西，不說買南北呀。」 朱熹聽後唉了一聲說：「原來是這樣！」 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 原來「買東西」這個名詞還有這樣一個典故，未收到這篇故事前，還真是搞不懂為何會說「買東西」而不說「買南北」，看了這篇故事後，才知道原來還有這樣一段插曲呢，古人的智慧真是蘊藏在我們的生活中.

The technique to minimize the human voice and remain the music voice of a mp3, we can use Audacity ( audacity.sourceforge.net ). 1. Click the "down" triangle to open the menu. 2. "Split Stereo track" 3. "Mono" both track 4. Select and invert one of the track ("Effect" -> "Invert") 5. Save the MP3 Step is shown in the below picture: [ mp3 去人聲 audacity ]

Copy Virtual Box image file Use VBoxManage clonevdi There are a few steps involved in order to make a copy of a VirtualBox .vdi disk file. #1. Shut down all virtual machine and start Virtual Box main program #2. Release the .vdi file – File > Virtual Media Manager > Select the virtual machine disk to be copied > Click “Release” #3. Open command prompt (go to C:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox) VBoxManage clonevdi c:\myvirtualdisk\Original.vdi c:\myvirtualdisk\NewCopy.vdi #4. Add the new virtual disk image – File > Virtual Media Manager > Add #5. Re-attach original virtual disk image to its VM Reference: http://www.kernelhardware.org/make-a-copy-of-virtualbox-vdi/

If you want to use google map in PPC without data charge, you should try Terracrosser (terracrosser.com). It contains a tools to grap googlemap image from PC, then compiled to a file stored in PPC which can be read from the PPC software. It is a very good tools for traveller.

How to download internet streaming media file for offline use? In order to download the files, you need to have a software, here to introduce a software called flashget ( www.flashget.com ). Just download and install it according to the on screen instructions. After that you can go to the streaming web site and get the link. For example go to RTHK (www.rthk.org.hk) Copy the link location (e.g. http://www.rthk.org.hk/asx/rthk/tv/hkheritage08/20080702.asx) and paste it (Ctrl-V) in FlashGet, then a box will be shown click ok it will download to the directory you stated in the box. If the download did not start, try to change the link by started with rtsp:// instead of mms:// . However it was found that it does not support youtube video. For youtube video, you can use free online service like http://keepvid.com/ . To play the FLV, use the flv player (downloaded from http://download.cnet.com/FLV-Player/3000-13632_4-10467081.html?part=dl-6277687&subj=dl&tag=button ) Just try and lear...