無題

我其實覺得 Big Fish 的整個情節並沒有那麼好看，因為很多情節闡述太過明白，尤其真實女巫 Jenny 與病房醫師所做的解釋，讓最後葬禮的驚喜感大為降低，全劇也因此少了許多想像的空間。 

回顧自己這幾年的人生，七年了吧？我似乎是試著把它冷凍起來，按下暫停鍵，等著我心愛的人回到身邊，好讓我繼續暫停的時間。至於，到底會等到什麼，我自己也似乎也不清楚...

Curiosity out of Antique

Coming across this video, I'm really intrigued by this curator, Dr. Irving Finkel. He is definitely a poker-faced comedian. He also reminds me of my experiences when taking young friends to Exploratorium at San Francisco. Some youth didn't feel quite attracted and some totally indulged in all facilities. For me, there are million of stories, science and knowledge behind those seemingly big toys. Why can't some youths feel the fun out of them while also complaining how boring of their textbooks? I might actually know the answer. Video games nowadays are like drugs dominating their sensations.

無意間被這位館長 Irving Finkel 博士的影片所吸引，他絕對是個冷面笑匠。不過他也讓我想起帶年輕朋友去舊金山探索博物館的記憶，有些孩子非常盡興，有些則意興闌珊。對我來說，那些看似玩具的背後有數不盡的故事與科學知識，為何年輕朋友抱怨教科書無聊，卻也不能被這些器材激發興趣？我猜，或許是電動已經把他們的感官給麻痺了。

amnesia

Gattaca in 1997. I almost forgot this is one of my favorite movies since youth.

And I almost forgot the dreams I held back then.

[轉貼] 新冠疫情暴露台灣「異常醫療行為」 外科醫嘆：扭曲健保原意

所以麻煩對橄欖子們，鞭小力一點。

為什麼一定要假設出國就是高大上呢？美國學費過去一路漲，有些留學生連車子都不敢買。比較晚來的移民，語言沒那麼輪轉，工作競爭力也不一定拼得過各色人種。很多社群鄉民的留言，對真正無法發聲的族群來說，跟「何不食肉糜」是一模一樣的。

媒體能不能對數據做真的詳細的分析與報導，而不是馬上挑腥羶的點大肆渲染呢？或許有，但是可能人氣不夠高，無法排到我的螢幕前.....

1 day of Autumn

There once was a girl already going through a dozen of relationships, telling me whom she ending up with must not be the one she really loves. She always failed to get a enduring relationship with a person she truly loved.

During this tough period of my life, I often think back of the old days. How are my friends doing, mostly for those who were really close but lost in contact? Is it because my motivation has gone to the lowest so stop and look-back becomes handy? Or it's just because having too much personal time makes me nostalgia.

In the end of their talk on the bench, Tom said "I really do hope that you're happy." I would do the same too.

The girl I met in 2005 probably is gone. I hope she will come back.

給我自己 To Myself

#389【谷阿莫】7分鐘看完電影《高年級實習生》

人類

起源於一個無聊早晨的賴床，看到鄰居在 Nextdoor 社群網站哀怨自己的貓被 Coyote 北美郊狼咬死了，才驚訝的發現自家南邊的水溝 San Tomas Aquinas Creek 其實是郊狼的獵食公路，話說這一帶人口密度不低，竟然還有這類動物的生存空間。
之後，我的焦點轉移到社群的回應，有人好心提醒，最好把家貓留置戶內，尤其是在夜晚。隨即收養野貓的一派就斥之以鼻，因為野貓若被侷限則會顯得焦躁，終究必須放風。戶內與戶外的意見看似僵持不下，有人也趕緊跳下來提醒要尊重原帖的喪貓之痛。
莞爾的是，隔天另外有人又開一帖正經的討論到底該怎麼對待愛貓，接踵而至的回文當然又是公說公有理、婆說婆有理。我已經把整個討論串剪貼到底下，以供日後回味。
把來龍去脈交代完了，多年過後，我已忘記當初想寫這篇部落格的初衷了，可是自己的一些觀念應該沒變: 人類是多麼自我中心又自私的生物。貓與郊狼究竟誰可憐？動物一定需要具有「可愛」的相貌才值得維護嗎？沒有表情與誘人體態的魚類、昆蟲等等，其實終究無法上主流社群版面的，不是嗎？

在此套用留言裡，有幅漫畫網頁細說了，家貓到底殺害多少生命。
How much do cats actually kill? - The Oatmeal

... 三個家貓中有一個，一週內會殺害兩次性命，牠們，真的，如你想像的，那樣可愛嗎？


Coyotes and the Indoor/outdoor cat debat
https://nextdoor.com/news_feed/?post=62956296
Dave Horwitz, Westmont

This is likely to be controversial but maybe worth airing out in a focused discussion. I just read yet another post about someone finding their cat had been killed in the night by coyotes. Very tragic very sad. They were unaware of the coyote situation in the area. Naturally the topic of indoor/outdoor cats was brought up (and maybe squelched as being wrong time and wrong post). I thought maybe a separate thread might be of value. I will start it off with my views (which I'm open to having changed since I'm not a naturalist/ecologist): I believe many, if not most, are aware of the coyotes. We live next to the foothills which is their natural habitat. Under various climate conditions they will range further for food. They naturally avoid humans but will overcome that for readily available, nearby food source. They have to work hard for food where they live and will get it elsewhere if it is more readily available or easier to obtain. They eat small animals. I think all that is a given and not likely to change in the near (or even distant) future. Someone posted a week or so ago that they had a friend who lived elsewhere where they had coyotes. They told of their friend buying roasted chickens at the grocery store and leaving them out for the coyotes and that the incidents seemed to abate. They were suggesting that we might try something like that... I'm sure they meant well but it was an eye opening post. (I had visions of truck loads of roasted chickens and fat and sleepy coyotes ... and an influx of mountain lions looking for coyotes). In short, my view is that letting your cats out (more so at night) is much the same thing. I think everyone agrees with this but the counter argument is that some cats are outdoor cats (like rescued feral cats) and would be unduly stressed if forced to live indoors. That they will have a better life even given the risk of it ending prematurely. I can understand that. On the other hand maybe this is not the area to have a such a cat? If the cat is part of the family already then your options may be harder. Moving, or making arrangements for another home for you family member might be difficult or out of the question and you're willing to take the risks with your cat. I can understand that as well. What I don't think most people consider is that, if you go that route, you are also impacting the community. More readily available food, more coyotes. Put bluntly but I did not intend it to be inflammatory.

6 Sep 17 · 35 neighborhoods in General

該如何面對傳說夢可寶

目前網路盛傳，"傳說夢可寶"可能在這個夏天出現 (官網在隨後 7/20 已確認)，奇怪的是，台灣就只有這類的消息，卻似乎沒討論該怎麼做準備，而國外的論壇早就把資料準備好了。當然，多少是基於猜測（但我姑且相信嘍？），不過也因此瞭解聊天室裡，為何要炫耀某些夢可寶，以及，為何大家瘋狂地在抓班基拉斯 Tyranitar 了。

總歸兩項重點：

1. 隆隆岩 Golem 和班基拉斯 Tyranitar 是兩隻可廣泛使用的傳說剋星。
2. 既然叫"傳說"夢可寶，那就只好把"神奇糖果"都留下來給"傳說"嘍（就得花錢擴充背包嘍）

底下是網友整理出來的圖，再下面是 Trainer Tips 的影片，他也大致推測並建議應該保留什麼招式的怪物。

勒索病毒 WanaCrypt0r 的簡單檢查筆記

很久沒當工具人，並不表示網路新聞沒在關心，可是，卻無法像以前一樣，瞬間丟出有用的解答。最近最火的就是 WanaCrypt0r (WanaCry) 和 Petya 病毒肆虐，火速將家裡眾多電腦的安全補丁修正完畢之後，終於碰到朋友問我，怎麼知道自己會不會中毒... 一種被理解被需要的懷念感覺又復現了...

這要依各種不同的微軟系統版本，來檢查補丁是否更新。

如果是 Windows 7 或 8.1，先去命令提示字元裡，輸入下列指令

wmic qfe | findstr "KB4012212 KB4012215 KB4015549 KB4015552 KB4019264 KB4012213 KB4012216 KB4015550 KB4015553 KB4019215"

如果他「有」跳出任何回應，那表示電腦已經安裝過必要的微軟更新，可以放心去睡了。
如果他「沒有」跳出任何訊息、默默執行完畢，那表示什麼安全補丁都沒裝過， 請到網頁下方的 MS17-010 微軟公告裡，找到自己適合的作業系統  (注意是 x32 或 x64 版本)，下載其中一個即可，無須全裝。

如果是 Windows 10，就用底下的指令檢查是否已經安裝了必要的更新

wmic qfe | findstr "KB4012606 KB4013198 KB4013429"

如果沒有，則需要去檢查自己 Windows 是哪個版本 (build 號碼)，然後一樣是前往底下 MS17-010 的網頁去搜尋自己該安裝的補丁。

Microsoft 資訊安全公告 MS17-010 - 重大
https://technet.microsoft.com/zh-tw/library/security/ms17-010.aspx

參考資料:

• AskWoody: How to make sure you won’t get hit by WannaCry/WannaCrypt
• Microsoft TechNet: Customer Guidance for WannaCrypt attacks

Windows Patches Not to Install

臭名昭著的微軟更新，可能最好別讓他們出現在你的系統裡...
The following are a list of Windows Updates that you probably don't want them in your system...

此外，可以藉由命令的方式，快速查詢已經安裝過的微軟更新:
Besides, there's a quick way to find installed updates through command line and piping:

wmic qfe list
wmic qfe | findstr "KB971033 KB2505438"

而我們也可以用指令的方式移除某項微軟更新
The way to uninstall an update by command is

wusa /uninstall /kb:?????
wusa /uninstall /kb:971033 /quiet

• KB971033 - Description of the update for Windows Activation Technologies