[POLITICAL]以色列防长观看演习未取下望远镜镜头盖

来源：东南快报




以色列国防部长(右)观看演习未取下望远镜镜头盖


以色列国防部长观看演习未取下望远镜镜头盖


以色列国防部长佩雷茨(右)在总参谋长陪同下视察以军演习。


以色列国防部长佩雷茨(中)在总参谋长陪同下视察以军演习。


　　以色列两家报纸23日在头版刊登了一张令以国国防部长佩雷茨出糗的照片。照片显示，以色列国防部长佩雷茨22日在新任以色列国防军参谋总长阿什克纳济陪同下，前往戈兰高地视察以军大规模军事演习时，竟然没有把观看演习用的望远镜镜头盖取下。

　　眼尖的以色列摄影记者拍到这幅形同搞笑的画面之后称：最讽刺的是阿什克纳济一边观看，一边不停地向佩雷茨解说，而根本看不到任何东西的佩雷茨竟然还露出一副认真表情，三度点头称是。

[SOFT]BT终于踏上正途？

据国外媒体报道，美国大名鼎鼎的P2P文件交换工具厂商BitTorrent将于2月26日（周一）发布一个正版下载网站“BT娱乐网络”，此举被媒体视作BT“从良”的里程碑事件。BT娱乐网络目前已经和多家好莱坞片商、电视台等媒体公司签约，将提供大约5000多部影视剧集. 早在去年开始,在和好莱坞之间的盗版传播官司结束之后，BT便和华纳娱乐公司签约，通过其文件交换软件发行正版内容。
　　媒体分析认为，在最近兴起的视频热潮中，BT将成为一个有力的竞争者，因为他们在P2P文件交换技术方面处于领先地位，另外已经成为十分知名的品牌。据统计，BT软件的全球下载数量已经达到了1.35亿。
　　值得一提的是，就在几天前，Skype两位创始人发起的P2P网络电视软件Joost获得了维亚康母集团的正版内容授权。Joost和Youtube都将成为BT娱乐网络的竞争对手。
　　BT公司表示，他们的下载网站将和iTunes等不同，采用P2P模式，下载速度也更快。不过，为了保护内容厂商的版权,他们将使用数字版权保护技术。不过，有关正版内容如何采用P2P模式提供下载，该公司并未披露技术细节。

[SOFT]使用WindowsVista 19个月仍感新鲜

Windows Vista - 19 months of usage and counting

February 23rd, 2007
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 3:18 am
ZDNet Blog


I downloaded my first beta of Windows Vista on July 27th 2005. Over that 19 month period I've been making increasing use of Vista platform. In a few weeks I hope that all the main rigs here at the PC Doc HQ will be running Vista and that XP (along with Windows 2000 will be relegated to test machines and VMware installs).

Since my blogging colleague George Ou posted his Week one report card for Vista, I thought it would be interesting to share with you some of my thoughts and feelings about the platform having been using it for over a year and a half.

Interface

First off, the interface. Let me just start off by saying that by the time Vista RTM was released, the Vista interface no longer felt new or different to me. I've spent a long time with Vista on one PC and running another PC with XP Pro on it via remote desktop. Since I run a dual monitor rig I can have Vista in one screen and XP in the other and I've been able to compare and contrast the Vista with XP over a number of beta releases. I think that it was very beneficial to be able to go through all the beta releases for Vista and see how the platform evolved from being a tweaked XP into what Vista is now.

From an efficiency point of view, Vista beats XP hands down (I'd also say that it beats Mac OS X too, but I've been using Vista a lot longer than Mac OS for that to be a fair comparison). It's the small things that make the difference - the improved Start Menu (which a lot of people hate because it involves scrolling - my tip is to get a scrolling mouse and learn how to use it), improved search, the larger, more detailed icons (which are a real eye saver if you run at screen resolutions of 1280 x 1024 and above).

Aero is nice but it's not an essential aspect of Vista. Yes, it's pretty and yes, it is eye candy, but I'm still running it (and I used to be someone who would cut down on most of the cheesy effects that were contained in the XP theme). What Aero does is for the first time give you a truly 2.5D desktop in Windows.

Another surprise is the the fact that I still have the sounds switched on. With all versions prior to Vista the first thing I used to do was kill the sounds because they were intrusive and annoying. Vista is a lot better and so far the sounds have survived (with the exception of that annoying startup sound!). The fonts are also nice and readable and improve the overall usability of the operating system, as does ClearType (a feature that I was never all that fond of on XP).

I'm not going to pretend that Vista's interface is a million miles ahead of XP's. It's not. Put the two systems side-by-side and there are a lot of similarities (elements such as the Quick Launch toolbar and the System Tray are pretty much unchanged). What I would say is that Microsoft has made the interface tweaks where they were needed and kept other things the same.

Stability

From a stability point of view I've found Vista to be very good from the start. Some of the early betas had a lot of rough edges but most of these were worked out pretty early on. That's to to say I've not had my fair share of issues.

Throughout the beta testing I felt that the graphics card drivers shipped (certainly for ATI GPUs) were pretty poor. Yes, they were fine for standard desktop work but sucked for gaming. Only in recent weeks have solid drivers been released by the manufacturers and certainly where ATI is concerned the drivers that you can download from ATI are far superior to those that are shipped with Windows Vista.

However, graphics card drivers aside and I think that Microsoft has done an excellent job of bundling many of the drivers that users will need. They're basic and lack the refinements and extra features that the manufacturer's driver will have but they work. Since the beta 2 of Vista I've not had to install any drivers in order to get Vista up and running (with the exception of drivers and apps for my Hauppauge WinTV card - might have to buy a new one unless Hauppauge gets a shake on and releases Vista compatible drivers for older cards).

Crashes and lockups on Vista are few and far between. With some of the early betas I found that games were particularly prone to lockup but with the RTM release I'm finding that most applications I've tried are pretty well behaved under Vista. The rumors and FUD that you have to chuck away your old apps is unfounded. Some programs still have problems with Vista but the blame for this really falls on the vendor and not Microsoft.

Is Vista more stable that XP? Hard to tell as I don't have a lot of problems with XP but I do feel that Vista is on the whole more robust.

On the overclocking front I've had no problems taking a Pentium 950D up from the stock speed of 3.4GHz up to 4.1GHz with no ill effects. Maybe I'm seeing the effects of having a nice and stable ASUS motherboard.

Upgrading

I'm not going to pretend for one moment that upgrading to Vista is going to be 100% pain-free. If you have older software or hardware that you rely on then you need to be careful and test thoroughly. If you are blitzing your existing XP system in order to go up to Vista then having an image of your system is a good idea.

Another thing to be mindful of is Vista system requirements. I've written at great length about this before and I'm still standing by my belief that the base requirements for a Vista Capable PC is too low. While you can run Vista on a system with 512MB of RAM and a low-end CPU, it's not fun. If your PC is having a hard time running XP, it's not a good idea to upgrade. If your PC is running XP but it's sluggish then steer clear of Vista.

If you want to run the Aero interface and your graphics card isn't on the list of ones that support it then you're going to want an upgrade there too. If your PC is running on an "on-board" graphics card then the chances of getting Aero running is at best slim and you'll need a separate card. Fortunately Aero-compatible graphics cards aren't all that expensive. However it's worth while factoring this into the cost of upgrading.

Performance

Is Vista faster than XP? To be honest that's a tough question to answer. If you compare a new install of XP with a new install of Vista on similar hardware then the experience seems about the same.

Some aspects of Vista, for example the new media player and the new Photo Gallery viewer do feel faster, but as for the rest of the OS it's debatable whether it's faster or not. However, two aspects of Vista which are much faster than XP is system startup and shutdown. The system takes about 12 seconds to boot up and 3 to 5 seconds to shutdown - a huge improvement over XP. It remains to be seen if this effect will last though. As more software gets installed and the detritus starts to build I expect these times to increase (I'll be surprised if they don't).

Another performance upside of Windows Vista is the ability to plug a USB flash drive into a free USB port and make use of ReadyBoost. This isn't a substitute for having the CPU power and enough RAM to run Vista, but it is nice when you're pushing your system harder than usual.

Bugs?

Are there bugs? Yes. I've not encountered all that many but I'm sure that they're there. What I can say quite honestly is that there seem to be far fewer bugs in Vista then there were in XP when it was released.

Is it Worth Upgrading?

Everyone's different and there's no such thing as a standard user. Everyone has different needs and wants. Having been using Vista for over 18 months I believe that it's a huge improvement over XP and even though I still use XP I find that I miss many of the features that Vista offers.

However, I wouldn't call any of the changes earth-shattering. When I'm using XP systems I miss some of the features but not so much that they push me to upgrade any faster. Microsoft wants users to put down a lot of money for Vista when XP still has plenty of life in it. If you like living on the edge and want the latest then Vista is a must, but if you're happy with XP or you are the kind of person that doesn't actually use the OS that much, then you're probably safe holding back and waiting until you buy a new PC before getting Vista.

[ANIME]名侦探柯南正式横幅广告诞生

http://img2.pixplayer.com/8553101/8553101_21739.jpg

名探偵コナン公式バナーを自分のホームページやブログに配置するには、下に表示されているタグを設置したいページにコピー＆ペーストしてしてください。
在自己的主页和博客上配置柯南官方网站的连接，请将下面的标记拷贝（粘贴）到您的主页或博客上做名侦探柯南正式横幅广告。
※タグのコピー＆ペーストについては、ホームページ、ブログにより作業の仕方が異なります。使用されているサービスを確認して、作業をお願い致します。
※关于标记的拷贝（粘贴），根据主页、博客排版的不同而定。来选择合适您的横幅。











图示：
http://img5.pixplayer.com/8553105/8553105_36556.gif
・ブログの場合、管理ページから指定の場所にタグをペースト（貼り付け）してください。
※ 詳細については、ご使用のブログサービスにて確認して下さい。
・ホームページの場合は、表示させたい場所にタグをペースト（貼り付け）してください。
·如果是博客，请从管理页面的指定添加HTML的地方粘贴做标记。
※关于详细方法，根据不同博客服务而定。
·如果是主页，请在想表示的地方粘贴做标记即可。



画像を右クリックし、自分のパソコンに画像データをダウンロード後、ご使用サービスのサーバーにアップしてください。リンクに関しては、下記URLへのリンクをお願い致します。
您也可以将以上提供的图片下载到您的服务器上，在贴到博客或主页，以保证图片的正常显示。再将图片连接到下面网址即可：
http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan/index_set.html

[GAME]比尔·盖茨禁止10岁女儿过度沉溺游戏

路透社渥太华消息,身为微软公司创始人的孩子并不意味着就可以终日沉浸在电脑前.比尔·盖茨日前向媒体表示,他10岁的女儿至今还不是一个狂热的互联网和计算机用户.她变得很热心,发现了不少计算机游戏,包括运行在Xbox 360上的《Viva Pinata》.盖茨透露,“如果可以,她每天能在《Viva Pinata》上花费两三个小时,因为这个游戏充满了魅力和乐趣.”

不过盖茨及其妻子梅林达决定,除去家庭作业的时间,他们的这个大女儿每天只能在电脑前玩45分钟游戏,周末也只能延长到1小时. 在微软最新推出的Vista操作系统中,家长可以通过设定监控孩子们的上网行为,比如查看访问网站的记录,通过即时通讯与何人联系等. 盖茨表示,“在孩子尚未定性的特定年龄段,父母有必要了解他们的所作所为并与之沟通.”

盖茨的孩子曾经问,是不是一生都要遵从这样的限制.

盖茨这样回答,“不,等你离开了我们,就可以制定自己的规则.”

[GAME]Xbox 360 将在不久后降价?

面对咄咄逼人的PS3的发布,xbox360带有无线控制器和20GB硬盘的版本将下调价格到xbox360 Core System的当前价格,而后者可能也会降价(互为因果).虽然微软一直否认有任何降价的消息,但来自英国的零售商Makro的价格列表显示,微软的确让出了降价的空间.目前不知道xbox是否会在全球范围内公开降价,官方也没有任何信息,但有一点是肯定的,xbox360的价格下调会再次点燃游戏爱好者的兴趣,没准还会再来一次抢购潮呢!


Xbox 360 price drop on the way soon?

By Alex Zaharov-Reutt

If a promotion in a printed UK advertising catalogue is anything to go by, the cost of the Xbox 360 Premium console with wireless controller and 20Gb hard drive is set to fall to the cheaper cost of the Xbox 360 Core system, just in time to spoil the launch of the PS3.

An article at The Inquirer has a scanned copy of a printed catalogue from UK retailer Makro showing the cost of an Xbox 360 Premium Console at £199 – the same price as the cheaper Xbox 360 Core console.
While Microsoft has long denied any price cuts were on the way, this is simple business sense – why tell consumers before Christmas (when price cuts were last mooted) that the console will fall in price when that period is set to be your biggest profit earner?
The smart money was on Microsoft indeed coming out with a price cut, but doing it well after the Christmas/holiday season, quite possibly in time for the ‘rest of the world’ PS3 launch – a time when interest in games consoles will be red hot once more.
Naturally, there is no official confirmation from Microsoft on any of this – after all, consoles are still selling at full price, and will continue to do so in most retail locations (aside from any special bundles out there) until an official price drop announcement is made.
No other retailers are yet offering the same discount, so there’s no word yet on whether or not this is a once-only incident, or the start a new price structure and blistering marketing campaign in the face of the coming PS3 onslaught.
Still, as The Inquirer points out, this time Steve Ballmer has suggested that price cuts are eventually coming, as quoted in The Seattle Times.
Ballmer said that "I think every console in the world has had a price decrease sometime in the first few years. I don't know whether we'll have a price decrease in the first few years, and I don't want to comment on that, but I will highlight for you that every console has had a price decrease in the first few years".
If Microsoft really wants to spoil Sony’s party, the price cut will either come just before or on the day of the PS3’s launch. But even if it doesn’t, it surely will. For serious gamers, this will hardly matter – they’ll already have an Xbox 360, a Wii, a PS3 and a PC.
For the rest of us, this only puts pressure on Sony and even Nintendo. So while prices may stay the same for some time yet, the consoles themselves will certainly get cheaper, with games, accessories and other purchasable content (game titles, videos, movies, TV shows, music and more) making the real contribution to the bottom line.
This will make for a very exciting 2007 Christmas/holiday season battle of the games console giants – and with the PS3 yet to launch in half of the world, we ain’t seen nothin’ yet!