近视眼坚定

1. 不近视的人看到的是爱因斯坦;
2. 近视的人看到的是玛丽莲梦露;
3. 不近视的人把眼睛眯起来也可以看到玛丽莲梦露
4. 近视的人戴眼镜看是爱因斯坦, 取下眼镜看到的是玛丽莲梦露

以指纹看命运――看看你的手上一共有几个斗

闲着无聊, 看到一份转贴. 看看你的手上一共有几个斗

零  【直率，与人为善，埋头苦干，脚踏实地，不善于耍花样。运气中。爱一个人很爱，恨一 个人很恨】

壹 【坚定，心理素质好，是做大事的材料。但有时一意孤行，容易遭受挫折，不过，失败之后总能东山再起】。

贰  【性情温和或者开朗，好奇心强，人际关系良好。有时缺乏远见。在坎坷之时有贵人相助。 】

叁 【头脑聪明，做事努力，多为中层领导。属全能潜质，感性理性搭配适当，少见指纹，运气极好】

肆  【表面明朗，内心孤独。以个人为中心，完美主义者。爱情多波折。 低调，有才有貌，深受周围人喜欢。】

伍  【个性强，对现状永不满足，因此很多事不如意。善良，更多为别人着想。温顺，耐力好。运气中上。】

陆 【有野心，喜欢想入非非。少时不顺，青年之后好运一路飙升，令周围人羡慕。故乡之外为理想发展地。】

柒 【内向型，脾气不太好。为了自己的目标能够持之以恒。未来功成名就，不过不适合做王，只适合做相。】

捌  【看似平和，实则挑剔。时而快乐时而忧郁。自尊心强，有志气。性格双重。和周围人比起来，运气总是不佳】

玖 【热情，积极，理解力超强，善于变通，有活动能力，富于同情心。理想远大，与现实距离较远。】

拾  【善良、固执，外表坚强，内心柔弱。多在艺术上有成就。运气中上。厚情薄命，情痴型。】

University of Waterloo is Getting a New Logo - BAD TASTE

University of Waterloo is trying to create a marketing logo.

For all the money, time and resource they spend, well, they came up with these three choices.  I really don't like any "new" logo for the University of Waterloo, not to mention that these "available" choices all look like crap - Just read people's feedbacks on Facebook.  UW is always recognized for been great at Computer Science and Engineering.  It's obvious that it's not good at arts.  As for me:

1. I think a Logo has a huge intangible value.  It's built with time and reputation.  Great companies (e.g. Coca Cola, Audi, GE, etc.) "tweak" their logo over time, but they never change them or create new ones to show "innovation".  I believe great companies and product make people remember their logo or trademarks instead of the other way around - creating fancy logos and make people come to them or buy their products.

2. Personally, UW's logo has emotional attachment.  I spent 5 valuable years of my life there (well, technically about 3 years since I did co-op that was out of UW).  People don't see great Ivy League schools change their logo - Princeton, Harvard, Standford, MIT, etc. - their logos remain unchanged for as long as the schools were founded.

A video introduction on the logo actually says "Waterloo's outstanding faculty, staff, students, alumni, and partners drive our success – not the design of a logo."  Well, given that UW understand it, why they have to create new logos that look total crap?

American Auto Industry Breakdown

I saw this great chart from The Big Picture.

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被误传了几千年的八句俗语

1、"嫁鸡随鸡，嫁狗随狗"，原为"嫁乞随乞，嫁叟随叟"意思是一个女人即使嫁给乞丐或者是年龄大的人也要随其生活一辈子。随着时代的变迁，这一俗语转音成鸡成狗了。

2、"三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮"，"皮匠"实际上是"裨将"的谐音，"裨将"在古代是指"副将"，原意是指三个副将的智慧合起来能顶一个诸葛亮。流传中，人们将"裨将"说成了"皮匠"。

3、"不见棺材不落泪"，本是"不见亲棺不落泪"，并不是见了任何棺材都落泪。讹变为"不见棺材不落泪"，如果不管谁的棺材，只要见到就落泪，那就有点太莫名其妙了。

4、"有眼不识金镶玉"，本是"有眼不识荆山玉"。荆，指古代楚国；"荆山玉"，是玉匠在荆山发现的玉。

5、"不到黄河心不死"，本是"不到乌江心不死"。乌江，项羽他老人家自刎的地方。乌江讹变成黄河，真是让人无从解释了。

6、"舍不得孩子套不住狼"，本是"舍不得鞋子套不住狼"意思是要打到狼，就要不怕跑路，不怕费鞋。不过这个我还能理解点，因为好像四川那边管鞋叫孩子。如果真的拿活生生的孩子去套狼，也太恐怖啦！

7、"狗屁不通"，这个成语最初是"狗皮不通"。狗的表皮没有汗腺，酷夏，狗要借助舌头来散发体内的燥热。"狗皮不通"就是指狗的身体这个特点，"屁"是污浊的象征，对于文理不通的东西，以屁来喻，也就将就吧！

8、"王八蛋"这是民间的一句骂人话。实际上，这句话的原来面目是"忘八端"。古代"八端"是指"孝，悌，忠，信，礼，义，廉，耻"，此八端指的是做人之根本，忘记了这"八端"也就是忘了基本的做人根本，可是后来却被讹变成"王八蛋"。

航班的机票卖得比座位多?

坐Southwest的飞机从San Jose飞Seattle, 在候机的时候听广播说我的航班有所谓的"Oversell"的问题, 就是准备登机的旅客比飞机的座位多. 广播说志愿的旅客可以安排转飞Las Vegas, 然后下午六点会到Seattle, 并且获得两百刀的奖�和回程机票.

虽然优惠政策多多, 但还真是差点被雷死 - 怎么飞机票卖得比座位多? 倒不如让没座的人象挤公共汽车那样站着飞.

没办法, 我和同事越约好到了Seattle一起租车的, 今天LZ没空去Las Vegas走一遭咯.

Is This A Good Example of A Typical Silicon Valley Company's Parking Lot?

This is perhaps not something people see everyday, but perhaps it's a good example of a typical Silicon Valley company's parking lot.

Note - these are brand new convertible BMW M3's!