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Many people think that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK) must have very strong friendship considering 200,000 to 400,000 Chinese soldiers gave their lives, and many more were wounded to save DPRK in the Korean…

Steve Jobs passed away at a time when innovators/businessmen like him are needed to most to advance the world out of the mess created by the financial industry. Jobs shared some traits with other extraordinary technologists/entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates in that he developed a…

Rightfully, there has been a lot of buzz over Mango, the code name for the latest version of Microsoft Windows Phone OS. Its official name is Windows Phone 7.5. Microsoft finally started to roll out updates at about 13:00 EST 2011-09-27. Most current users will…

Amazon affiliate program Ebay Partner Network CJ Affiliated is a top-ranking affiliate company. CT stands for Commission Junction. Since it is a junction, you would need to join advertisers individually before promoting their products. It can be very time-consuming. If one knows a few advertisers…

Another brutal dictator found its right destiny - being killed by the people he terrorized. Gaddafi shared the fate with some other dictators such as Italy's Mussolini, Romania's Ceausescu. He was one of the most loyal students of Mao Zedong. Imitating Mao's Red book, he…

It is tempting to use the animation classes (e.g. DoubleAnimation) of Silverlight when it comes to implement animations. For simple animations, these classes are the best choices. However, if animations need to be manipulated during their running, one needs to think twice before grabbing these…

There is virtually no way. People in Mainland China may have some idea about a few brands are relatively safe. Besides grains and ingredients grown from toxic soil, there are plenty of greedy businessmen using toxic or polluted industrial or sewage materials to make food.

Some prominent and courageous intellectuals spoke with great courage at a forum on 2011-08-27 in Beijing. Here are my favorite and enlightening quotes: 中国政法大学终身教授江平：两个谬论要狠批，一是稳定压倒一切论；一个中国国情论。三十年前我们否定了“两个凡是”，今天我们又有两个误导理论：稳定压倒一切论，中国社会特色论。稳定的标准是有权的人自己理解的。制度上的差别是理所当然的，过分强调了特殊性，把人类的共同的理念给忽略了。共同的宪政、法制、人权的理念是最重要的。 北京大学教授张维迎：今日中国社会处于亚健康状态。只有利益，没有理念。三十年前有一群有理念的人，现在风气坏了。当年中央找浙江沈祖伦谈话，担任省委书记，他找中央汇报，说我只适合当省长，不适合担任省委书记。现在我们还有这样的人吗？我国现在的国际地位，不如1945年，我们是联合国发起国。 京衡律师集团董事长陈有西律师：公权力撒谎带坏国民道德。 香港科技大学教授丁学良：卡扎非是1969年政变上台的，他是全世界学习文革最认真的。我们搞小红书，他编小绿书。搞革命法庭，公审大会当场打死，是真正学习文革的好学生。不但是革命领袖，还是群众导师。杀了革命委员会的其他人。 张闻天秘书何方：个人崇拜是体制问题，到现在都没有好好反思。邓小平说过：毛在，毛说了算；我在，我说了算；什么时候你说了算，我就放心了。可见，人治是历来传统。 黄炎培之子黄方毅：当年共产党向国民党提议案，要求结束党治，实行宪政。新民主主义第一版框里只有两字，宪政。有人笑评，现在最困难的是，不知道什么是毛泽东真正思想。 清华大学教授李楯：我们缺少忧患意识，只有敌情意识。政权在你手里，就说造反有理；政权在我手里，就说维护稳定。缺乏一种真正实现稳定的价值观。改革早已停滞。党把人民当小孩子，看中学教科书，国家没有前途。 《中国税务》杂志社原社长张木生：两会代表，农民代表两个，亿万富豪一百多，确实问题大。中国经济到拐点，贫富差距接近拉美。 中国驻瑞典歌德堡原总领事：现状是一部分人掌握政治权力，还掌握经济权力，还害怕，往外跑。国外报纸从来没说领导英明的，那有这么干的？现在在火山上，有钱人跑了，我这没钱人只好等着。 The following is the most interesting online comment on the report of this…

The power consumption of monitors used to be neglected when most computers each had only one small LCD, and it was a small fraction of the power used by the computer. With the increase of monitor sizes and the number of monitors connected to a computer, it…

Basic tile tasks can be set in WMAppManifest.xml. However tasks such as setting back background image animating between front and back have to be done in code. AdControl is problematic. One had better to use other ad services to replace Microsoft's pubCenter ads. AssemblyName obtained by new…

Update versions through the project property. Update the version string in App.xaml.cs. (likely redundant) Update the Pro features. Update release_notes.txt. Update the app's web page. Update the app's online help file. Build .Net Native package which process is often a nightmare. Roll out to the beta…

QuickBooks for desktop is a wonderful program with rich features that get the accounting job done. Unfortunately, Intuit is deprecating it and moving users to much more costly cloud-based accounting services. Alternatives to QuickBooks FreshBooks: It should be sufficient for small businesses. It cannot create…

Imagine you can do the following with a browser: reading, writing, drawing, watching video, playing games, managing data of databases, handling local and remote files, ... Would anyone still need any OS (e.g. Windows, iOS, Android) with such a powerful browser. This is what HTML5…

Exactly the same electric water heater is $20 more expensive in Lowe's Danvers, MA store than its Seabrook, NH store 25 away. NH does not have sales tax, this makes it $35 cheaper there.

The Israel-Palestine conflict often generates frustrating, puzzling, and even bizarre things. The latest is the opposition to Palestinian bid for UN membership by the US and many European countries. It has started intensive diplomatic efforts of these countries that are rarely seen. It is common…

Two significant events in China happened on September 9: 1945-09-09: The Japanese troops in China formally surrendered after 8 years of bloody war causing over 30 million casualties. 1976-09-09: The last de facto Chinese emperor Mao died after he and his policy took more than…

Ideally, one working on computer network related field never has to get into the nitty gritty of data packets. Unfortunately, he has to delve into it sooner or later usually for troubleshooting. Fortunately, there are plenty of technical notes providing excellent reference examing data packets.

ASF is Microsoft's proprietary digital audio/digital video container format. In my opinion, it is better than other more popular formats such as MP4. Unfortunately, it is not as widely used as it deserves probably due to its proprietary status. It is particularly suitable for streaming.