It's the very first day of school.
We will have a orientation and a level exam.
The orientation is funny because the staffs here are humorous.
The entry exam begin at about 10:30 and the test is just like the GEPT in Taiwan.
The first part is listening comprehension and the second one is the reading and understanding.
What I can said is the education of Taiwan is fantastic.
The exam is very easy for the students of Taiwan since they do those for many many times before.
I know that I will have a good great which doesn't mean I have the equal ability to have the class.
Then, we have a lunch in KFC.
The KFC here is suck!!! TOTAL SUCK!!!
The chicken is too dry. Both Lynn and I agree that the KFC in Taiwan is better.
We have a three-hour free time for fooling around since the topic of the following speaking is NOMB.
We go shopping at the Manhattan mall, and we visit the Macy's departmant store.
The surprising thing is that the escalators of Macy's is made by woods.
After we go back to the class room, we get our scores.
There are seven levels and my level is "Advaced" which is the second high level.
Lynn get the "High Intermidiate 2" which is the third one.
Hard to believe, isn't it?
星期三, 7月 18, 2007
星期二, 7月 17, 2007
US Day 2 - Shopping in Long Island
It's weekend when I arrived U.S., so the first thing I saw was how people spend their weekend.
Most of the Americans enjoy their weekend by shopping and take a sun bath.
We are going to shopping today.
Long Island is the west of Queens and Bruklins, and there are resturants, shopping mall, outlet, and the beach.
People live there too.
We have pizza for our lunch.
The pizza here is delicious, since it isn't salty or spicy.
Most importantly, the pizza is made by brick oven.
It's really hard to see in Taiwan.
We take three shopping more, but I forget their names.
The first one is a kind of outlet, and there are many good stuff inside.
There are kinds of clothes, pants, dresses, shoes, backpacks, and so on.
However, I buy nothing there since I don't know what I need to buy.
The second one is a very very big outlet.
The third one is sporting mall, and I buy something finally.
I buy three C.M. Wang's jersey there, USD 80 each with 4.875 tax.
It's funny that most of things in U.S. will have tax plus when you buy it.
They don't add the tax on it before they sell it.
But in Manhattan, the clothes under USD 110 are tax free.
So we have to consider about the tax or the tax free add on when we buy something.
Most of the Americans enjoy their weekend by shopping and take a sun bath.
We are going to shopping today.
Long Island is the west of Queens and Bruklins, and there are resturants, shopping mall, outlet, and the beach.
People live there too.
We have pizza for our lunch.
The pizza here is delicious, since it isn't salty or spicy.
Most importantly, the pizza is made by brick oven.
It's really hard to see in Taiwan.
We take three shopping more, but I forget their names.
The first one is a kind of outlet, and there are many good stuff inside.
There are kinds of clothes, pants, dresses, shoes, backpacks, and so on.
However, I buy nothing there since I don't know what I need to buy.
The second one is a very very big outlet.
The third one is sporting mall, and I buy something finally.
I buy three C.M. Wang's jersey there, USD 80 each with 4.875 tax.
It's funny that most of things in U.S. will have tax plus when you buy it.
They don't add the tax on it before they sell it.
But in Manhattan, the clothes under USD 110 are tax free.
So we have to consider about the tax or the tax free add on when we buy something.
星期日, 7月 15, 2007
US Day 1 - Subway & Manhattan
Today is my first tour on subway and we are going to Manhattan.
It's just like the MRT system in Taiwan.
Manhattan is a modern city.
There are many high buildings.
We visit many hot spots today.
I think we will visit them again in the following month.
So... Let's call it a day.
Btw, I add a new link to my picasa on the blog.
Visit it ^_^
It's just like the MRT system in Taiwan.
Manhattan is a modern city.
There are many high buildings.
We visit many hot spots today.
I think we will visit them again in the following month.
So... Let's call it a day.
Btw, I add a new link to my picasa on the blog.
Visit it ^_^
星期六, 7月 14, 2007
US Day 0 - Arrival!
It's very boring to stay on the plane.Furthermore, I spent more than 15 hours on the plane today.The flight from TPE to ANG is really impressing.The airhostesses are sweet and the foods are fantastic.Out flight was landed in Anchorage for refilling and the passengers had to go through entry formalities there.
Anchorage is a city of Allaska, which is famous for its Eskimos, Eskimo dogs and the brown bear.There are many toys about those in the duty-free shop.The weather in Anchorage wasn't very well. It was rainning and only 13°c outside.I used my laptop there and looked for anybody who doesn't sleep yet.Luckily, Potatos was there and we chatted for a while.During we chatted, Lynn found a cute picture on the guide of Anchorage.(Left One- Two cubs are fighting)
The flight from ANG to JFK is a sleepy tour.Since it departed at 4:00 a.m.(Taiwan) and arrived at 10:30 a.m.(Taiwan)
Now I am in the house of my dearest Auntie Teresa.
Anchorage is a city of Allaska, which is famous for its Eskimos, Eskimo dogs and the brown bear.There are many toys about those in the duty-free shop.The weather in Anchorage wasn't very well. It was rainning and only 13°c outside.I used my laptop there and looked for anybody who doesn't sleep yet.Luckily, Potatos was there and we chatted for a while.During we chatted, Lynn found a cute picture on the guide of Anchorage.
The flight from ANG to JFK is a sleepy tour.Since it departed at 4:00 a.m.(Taiwan) and arrived at 10:30 a.m.(Taiwan)
Now I am in the house of my dearest Auntie Teresa.
星期五, 7月 13, 2007
Survivor
It's almost seven o'clock now on July 13th, Black Friday!!!
Well, it's also my starting day for this trip.
I am going to New York for a month for language learning.
Unfortunely, it's rainy this morning in Kaohsiung, and the cloud seem to be heavy.
I am not so sure about whether I can survive in New York by my own.
No matter the speaking, listening, and reading, I have no confidence to do it well.
However, I want to take a try, just one time.
I will miss you guys in Taiwan.
I don't package all my packages, so ... see you!~
Well, it's also my starting day for this trip.
I am going to New York for a month for language learning.
Unfortunely, it's rainy this morning in Kaohsiung, and the cloud seem to be heavy.
I am not so sure about whether I can survive in New York by my own.
No matter the speaking, listening, and reading, I have no confidence to do it well.
However, I want to take a try, just one time.
I will miss you guys in Taiwan.
I don't package all my packages, so ... see you!~
星期二, 2月 06, 2007
A NEW DECISION
I have a new decision. I will post article with my poor English, if there are foreigners here. By the way, I can practice my English writing here. If anyone see any grammar error or semantic error, just tell me plz.
星期五, 2月 02, 2007
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有三个字母，中国的手机和网络用户听到的频率还不高，但是未来一定会不得不面对它们，那就是──DRM。DRM的意思是数码版权管理。DRM技术的作用是约束人们必须在支付使用费用的前提下才可以使用通过网络或者手机下载的音乐、视频等资料。
2004年，OMA推出了DRM2.0规范，提出通过密匙认证的方式来实现对版权的控制，OMA还专门成立了CMLA来建立认证许可框架体系来推广该规范。目前因为使用该规范需要缴纳大约1美元的专利费，因此DRM还没有迅猛发展，但是可以肯定的是，在不实施DRM，不保护音乐、视频的版权将大大影响内容提供商和运营商的利润收入的前提下，DRM规范的广泛实施和应用，将是一个必然的趋势。即便是在版权保护总是要慢国外一个节拍的中国，我仍然坚信，随着数据业务（包括IPTV）在内容提供商和运营商的利润比重越来越大的情况下，它将会逐渐进入我们的生活。
以手机为例，OMA规范中没有对密钥的存储保护进行硬性的规定，因此如何在移动终端中实现DRM成为业内讨论的一个热点。SIM卡商自然大力提倡由SIM卡来实现DRM的功能。但是，SIM有其天生的弱点，通过SIM来实现DRM要求SIM与存储媒体文件的手机之间存在一个安全通道来进行数据传输，这就要求得到手机厂商的支持。要手机厂商支持SIM商？这无异于与虎谋皮！于是有些SIM卡商提出将媒体文件直接存储在SIM卡中，但是在SIM卡上增大存储量的成本要比采用手机中采用flash扩展槽的成本高许多，而且，SIM上存储的文件也只可以在手机上使用，不能被其它便携式媒体设备使用。另外，DRM至少要占据SIM 200K左右的内存空间，并且要求SIM具有较强的处理能力，这将大大增加SIM卡的成本。最后，SIM卡是运营商的独有资产，而新一代的手机具有上网和Java程序等功能，内容供应商可以绕过移动运营商向手机用户提供内容服务，因此目前大多数内容供应商都倾向于通过手机来实现DRM功能。例如，在2005年生产的1/4的手机带有flash卡插槽，flash卡商也已经推出了符合OMA DRM 2.0规范的flash卡。移动运营商的立场则非常尴尬，一方面，他们希望加强对数据业务利润的监控；另一方面，他们要考虑如何让用户使用灵活方便，别忘了，一切利润的最终来源，都是用户，而数字媒体的优越之处在于灵活，运营商无权因为少数人的盗版行为而从诚实的消费者手中夺走这种灵活性。
DRM在移动终端如何实现的好戏已经上演，结局我还无法预测，但是我可以预测的是，最终的方案，一定是在用户方便使用和监控有力之间达到一个最佳平衡。
想想真的挺有意思，软件等新兴行业与传统行业不同，软件和数字媒体的使用权和所有权是分开的，用户无法购买软件的所有权，用户只能够获得untransferable的使用权。你买了辆汽车，管你是自己开还是借给朋友们开，汽车公司是无论如何都管不着的，而倘若你买了Windows XP，想随便借给其它朋友装是肯定不行的，搞不好哪天微软的律师信会突然寄到你家里来，有兴趣你就试试吧。
使用权和所有权分开的一个重要原因，大概是软件等以数字方式存储的商品的复制成本几乎为零的缘故吧
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