"Vista" = "Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans, Adware"?

What does "Vista" in the WindowsVista (formerly codenamed Longhorn) means?

veggiedude says:

VISTA = Viruses, Infections, Spyware, Trojans, Adware

Hahahaha.....

Longhorn is now Windows Vista

It is official..

Longhorn is now Windows Vista...

http://money.cnn.com/2005/07/22/technology/microsoft_vista/index.htm?section=cnn_topstories
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx

In:
http://www.calgaryarea.net/cpted/cpted/glossary.htm
"Vista" means: An enclosed view, usually long and narrow.

Hmm... the name does reflect the nature of Microsoft !!!

Now you can really say:
Windows, Hasta la Vista, baby.....

Whale War

The Whale has just declared Whale War with me....actually not with me but with my blog. The Whale and me are in good term, don't worry...we are not fighting in anyway...partly because he know I like to eat Fish and Chips and I am ready to try Whale and Chips anytime, so he better be nice to me.

I kind of wonder why he want to launch a pre-emptive strike on my blog, I guess he worry nobody read his blog, so he need to do something to get attention, so he invented Blog Terrorism and make my blog the first target of attack. Okay la, I am not afraid, I even will do a bit of publicity for him la..his blog is at:

http://neowhale.blogspot.com/

Whatever you do, just don't follow his terror recommendation on my blog, if you want to do that to his blog, go ahead and don't tell me.

Just see what he wrote:

"Tomorrow wanna blog about ypwong blog liao. Must kacau him before he kacau me. Hahahaha........"

Hmm...this is really pre-emptive strike!! Unfair...:(( I am not sure to call him Whale Bin Laden or Whale Bush!!

Should we have friend....?

Ok hold it.... hold it....before you ask why I ask such a silly question...

I was talking about C++ lar!

Ok, this is probably my first technical-related posting...but I won't say anything, I will just ask the question and see what you people think.

My question is:
Does the "friend" access modifier in C++ enforce or break encapsulation?

Confession time: I used to say in class that you should avoid "friend" as much as you can (but I do use it sometime). however I have second thought about it now, not conclusive yet, but I would like to hear what you say. Hopefully if someone give a good comment that I agree, then I no need to write lo...:)

Minor update..

Just some minor update, now you can put your comments without a blogger id..:) Do give your comments....just don't start World War III !!

Somebody asked when I am going to Shanghai...actually I am going to Beijing for conference from 26 July, 2005 till 2 August, 2005 but I am NOT going to Shanghai. I was really puzzled how come somebody asked me about going to Shnaghai... only later I found out that because one of my student mentioned that in her blog, only that she got the place wrong. Hmmm.... this blog thing, is it good? is it bad? what do you think? :)

Abnormally normal

I think I finally find a reason to write a blog entry, this time I did not wait for 2 years to add an entry...:)

I put up a yahoo status today saying "Something wrong with me..I am getting too normal...", and I got many message asking what's wrong with me..haha...

So I was just wondering how to reply everyone...put the explanation in the yahoo status to explain...probably too many characters.... then I realized I could just write a blog..haha...this blog thing is still an experiment for me... :)

Ok, here is my short answer: actually I put up to mean as a joke to myself...but actually after thinking about it, it does reflects what I believe in.

Last few days, for some reason, my days have been very routine. I woke up early, check some emails, read some emails, read some news, go to office, have some meetings, have some discussions with my colleagues, came back and feeling tired and so just take some rest and went to sleep early. That is pretty "normal" to most people.

To most people who know me, I am usually "not so normal"... most of you know I am not teaching any classes this trimester. I was relieved from teaching work in order for me to focus on my Ph.D studies, though I still have many responsibilities. The workload is still high, but the time is quite flexible. So I spend a lot of hours each days to study, most days having little sleep. Not that I don't sleep, just that when my brain is very active, I find hard to fall asleep. So I just make the most of my energy to do as much as I can...honestly I am not workaholic, I just enjoy what I do, I just enjoy studying...when I am really tired, believe me I can sleep the whole day !! :) In the last few weeks, I have been pretty productive this way. It is kind of "not so normal", as many people would say... but I don't feel I am streesing myself, I enjoy very bit of the time well spent.

In the last few days, I have been becoming very "normal" as mentioned earlier...but somehow I have been very unproductive...now I feel tension that I have wasted quite a lot of time the last few days. Hmm... that is not good. This is what I meant by being "too normal"...I don't know why..may be I know why la...just hard to explain... :) Nothing really wrong actually...just a joke and a punch line...

But then if you think of it, if we want to excel, we just have to stetch our imagination and ability ...and live beyond our capability. If we want our lives to be meaningful, we simply need to take extra effort to make a difference, for ourselves and for others. Life is tough, we can choose to let circumstances to control us or we can choose to take control of the circumstances. We can just follow the crowd, do what is popular and just be a "normal" person, or we can stand out among the crowd, do what we believe in and to make a difference in this world.

Okla...sure someone will ask why I am so free to blog, the answer is "no lar...just testing mah..." :)

Oh...second thought, it may be good to actually record down some thoughts about issues in the world ...and somehow I found myself being very conservative and yet can be very unorthodox regarding my views on many issues such as science, religion, philosophy and most importantly..life...that we will see when would I have the time to write ..probably when I become even more abnormally normal... :)

Microsoft Downgrades Claria Adware Detections

There has been talk, lately, about a possible acquisition by Micro$oft, of a company called Claria (formerly known as Gator) !! If you have been using spyware removal software and has been requested frequently by your friends or family members to solve spyware problems, you would realized that Gator is one heck of a big headache!!!

Recently, it seems Micro$oft's Windows AntiSpyware application is no longer flagging adware products from Claria Corp. as a threat to PC users, it has downgrade the recoomendation from "Quarantine" to "Ignore".... isn't that just sound too fishy????

Read more on :
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1834607,00.asp
Microsoft Downgrades Claria Adware Detections

"A recent spyware report from Webroot Software Inc. lists Claria's software as the second most prolific adware install, appearing on more than 2 percent of consumer desktops.

Webroot also counts Claria's GAIN application as the second biggest threat to desktop computers."

Long long silence...

I am so amaze how time flies without me knowing it. My first and last post was more than 2 years ago, it was only a test post as I am really not into blogging, I just don't seems to have the time to do that. Even this post is a test :(

In fact, I didn't even remember having a userid in this blogspot!!!

I was having lunch with one of my former students today, he was talking about people reading his blog. I am still curious why people ever want to reaad others' blogs. So, may be you can tell me your reason...:) I honesly don't think anyone would read this...:( Well, if you are reading this...of course you are...then drop me a line to encourage me to continue blogging...hopefully I would write some interesting posting :)

Not remembering I have registered for a userid, I log on to this site and try to create an userid, only to be told that someone already used this id...so out of curiosity, I checked the content to see who own the id...gee...MYSELF!!! Thank goodness I was able to guess my password and log on ...

I still feel hard to believe my previous blog was 2 years ago, is the date correct? Is it system error or just me getting old...:(

Hmm...hope my next post won't be in another 2 years time.