Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Friday, December 08, 2006
Fix for Firefox's Memory Leak Bug
As much as I like Firefox over (the stupid) Internet Explorer, one Firefox's problem has been bugging me for sometime since I upgraded from ver1.x to ver1.5 and ver2.0. It seems that Firefox consumers a HUGE amount of the RAM memory overtime. It slows down my computer quite a bit since my laptop only has 768MB of RAM. =(
Frustrated as I was, I'd like to thank Google again for bringing me the link of a solution in seconds. This (Forever Geek) Blog posts an explanation of the Firefox issues (whether it is an official "memory leakage"), I just tried it and "hacked" my Firefox. Hopefully, the problem can go away, and I'd like my Firefox just like I enjoyed it before.
Tags: Firefox, Memory Leak, Bug, fix
Frustrated as I was, I'd like to thank Google again for bringing me the link of a solution in seconds. This (Forever Geek) Blog posts an explanation of the Firefox issues (whether it is an official "memory leakage"), I just tried it and "hacked" my Firefox. Hopefully, the problem can go away, and I'd like my Firefox just like I enjoyed it before.
Tags: Firefox, Memory Leak, Bug, fix
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Chinese to switch from DVD to EVD in 2008
The western are used to see big electronic gadget discounts at Best Buy or any other consumer stores as the Technologies become mature. Just think about the $39USD DVD players sold on Black Friday every year after Thanksgiving. This is achievable because in many cases, 2nd tier and 3rd tier electronic manufacturers catch up the technology and bring down the system cost through competition. The beneficiary is the consumer.
Remember the dates when a portable CD player was as heavy as a brick but cost >$200? Well, a no-name CD player sold in Wal-mart today is as cheap as $9.99, with 40-sec anti-skip and FM and MP3 support! By the way, does anyone still use a CD player anymore?!
So, what's the point? The point is ...those 2nd tier and 3rd tier players are mostly located in Asia with emphasis in Taiwan and China. They pay royalty fees to the 1st tier companies who patented the technology, and they fight on operating cost and system BOM to gain market share to survive. This is how a $200 CD player can become a $10 CD player and a $300 DVD player can become a $100 DVD Recorder. Also, the massive cheap labor in mainland China is supporting the evolution....But, not any more.
A Sony Blue-ray player is sold in Best Buy for $999.99 today. How long would it take for a no-name brand to bring down its cost and make the product widely available for the public at <$100USD? I think it will be much longer than what you think it will be. According to this article, 20 DVD manufacturing firms in China have signed an agreement to start manufacturing homegrown disc format called EVD. Not only so, the EVD will replace DVD (and future HD-DVD and Blue-ray) exclusively by 2008.
So the cheap Chinese are not so cheap any more. They're on their way to make own revolution. Too bad Sony and any other players in the market just lost their tickets into the Chinese market because their prices will not be competitive enough, and they will also have to license the technology from the Chinese firms, if they want to make EVD players. Without high volumes to absorb the R&D investment and technology spending for Blue-ray and/or HD-DVD, I'd expect to not owning a HD-DVD/Blue-ray player for much longer.....
Tags: Blue-ray, HD-DVD, EVD, News
Remember the dates when a portable CD player was as heavy as a brick but cost >$200? Well, a no-name CD player sold in Wal-mart today is as cheap as $9.99, with 40-sec anti-skip and FM and MP3 support! By the way, does anyone still use a CD player anymore?!
So, what's the point? The point is ...those 2nd tier and 3rd tier players are mostly located in Asia with emphasis in Taiwan and China. They pay royalty fees to the 1st tier companies who patented the technology, and they fight on operating cost and system BOM to gain market share to survive. This is how a $200 CD player can become a $10 CD player and a $300 DVD player can become a $100 DVD Recorder. Also, the massive cheap labor in mainland China is supporting the evolution....But, not any more.
A Sony Blue-ray player is sold in Best Buy for $999.99 today. How long would it take for a no-name brand to bring down its cost and make the product widely available for the public at <$100USD? I think it will be much longer than what you think it will be. According to this article, 20 DVD manufacturing firms in China have signed an agreement to start manufacturing homegrown disc format called EVD. Not only so, the EVD will replace DVD (and future HD-DVD and Blue-ray) exclusively by 2008.
"This "Red-ray" HD approach promises to support resolutions up to 1080p without a need to increase disc capacity significantly, and will allow them to launch with players at the same price as current DVD -only models."
So the cheap Chinese are not so cheap any more. They're on their way to make own revolution. Too bad Sony and any other players in the market just lost their tickets into the Chinese market because their prices will not be competitive enough, and they will also have to license the technology from the Chinese firms, if they want to make EVD players. Without high volumes to absorb the R&D investment and technology spending for Blue-ray and/or HD-DVD, I'd expect to not owning a HD-DVD/Blue-ray player for much longer.....
Tags: Blue-ray, HD-DVD, EVD, News
杨培安- 我相信
杨培安的嗓音很象已故艺人张雨生. 在<<综艺大哥大>>露脸的时候还试着用<<我的未来不是梦>>拔了拔嗓子. 我觉得是很有才华的一个人.
<<我相信>>是2006年台湾啤酒的广告主题曲. 在这里可以下载.
歌词也写的很好:
想飞上天 和太阳肩并肩 世界等着我去改变
想做的梦 从不怕别人看见 在这里我都能实现
大声欢笑让你我肩并肩 何处不能欢乐无限
抛开烦恼 勇敢的大步向前 我就站在舞台中间
我相信我就是我 我相信明天 我相信青春没有地平线
在日落的海边 在热闹的大街 都是我心中最美的乐园
我相信自由自在 我相信希望 我相信伸手就能碰到天
有你在我身边 让生活更新鲜 每一刻都精采万分
I do believe
想飞上天 和太阳肩并肩 世界等着我去改变
抛开烦恼 勇敢的大步向前 我就站在舞台中间
我相信我就是我 我相信明天 我相信青春没有地平线
在日落的海边 在热闹的大街 都是我心中最美的乐园
我相信自由自在 我相信希望 我相信伸手就能碰到天
有你在我身边 让生活更新鲜 每一刻都精采万分
I do believe
我相信(我就是我)
我相信(自由自在)
我相信(我相信我相信)
I BELIVE
我相信我就是我 我相信明天 我相信青春没有地平线
在日落的海边 在热闹的大街 都是我心中最美的乐园
我相信自由自在 我相信希望 我相信伸手就能碰到天
有你在我身边 让生活更新鲜 每一刻都精采万分
I do believe
Tags: 杨培安, 我相信, 歌词, 下载
<<我相信>>是2006年台湾啤酒的广告主题曲. 在这里可以下载.
歌词也写的很好:
想飞上天 和太阳肩并肩 世界等着我去改变
想做的梦 从不怕别人看见 在这里我都能实现
大声欢笑让你我肩并肩 何处不能欢乐无限
抛开烦恼 勇敢的大步向前 我就站在舞台中间
我相信我就是我 我相信明天 我相信青春没有地平线
在日落的海边 在热闹的大街 都是我心中最美的乐园
我相信自由自在 我相信希望 我相信伸手就能碰到天
有你在我身边 让生活更新鲜 每一刻都精采万分
I do believe
想飞上天 和太阳肩并肩 世界等着我去改变
抛开烦恼 勇敢的大步向前 我就站在舞台中间
我相信我就是我 我相信明天 我相信青春没有地平线
在日落的海边 在热闹的大街 都是我心中最美的乐园
我相信自由自在 我相信希望 我相信伸手就能碰到天
有你在我身边 让生活更新鲜 每一刻都精采万分
I do believe
我相信(我就是我)
我相信(自由自在)
我相信(我相信我相信)
I BELIVE
我相信我就是我 我相信明天 我相信青春没有地平线
在日落的海边 在热闹的大街 都是我心中最美的乐园
我相信自由自在 我相信希望 我相信伸手就能碰到天
有你在我身边 让生活更新鲜 每一刻都精采万分
I do believe
Tags: 杨培安, 我相信, 歌词, 下载
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
One of the best BMW M5 commercial
I say this is one of the best BMW M5 commercial, ever. No words needed - suitable for international usage.
Tags: Video, BMW, M5, commericial
Tags: Video, BMW, M5, commericial
Monday, December 04, 2006
Xbox 360 and Gears of War
I bought a Xbox 360 last Friday evening due to a Micro Center deal.
I then bought "Gears of War", and there went my unproductive weekend as I did nothing but playing the game. Not just a game - it was an awesome game!
Speaking of the console though, Xbox 360 has much more noise than what I expected. It also generates more heat than what I thought. There are two fans at the back of the console, and I pretty much used it as a heater in the room. To prevent it from burning itself down, I had to buy a separate fan that blows cool air to the console to decrease the temperature and extends the unit's life span.
Comparatively, PS3 would be a better built system with integrated Bluetooth, WiFi, Card Reader and a giant heat sink that replaces the fans, not to mention the Blue-Ray disc drive that even a Blue-ray player costs ~$1000USD in today's market. Really want one, but damn it Sony is on allocation...
Tags: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Sony, PS3, Blue-Ray, Gears of War
I then bought "Gears of War", and there went my unproductive weekend as I did nothing but playing the game. Not just a game - it was an awesome game!
Speaking of the console though, Xbox 360 has much more noise than what I expected. It also generates more heat than what I thought. There are two fans at the back of the console, and I pretty much used it as a heater in the room. To prevent it from burning itself down, I had to buy a separate fan that blows cool air to the console to decrease the temperature and extends the unit's life span.Comparatively, PS3 would be a better built system with integrated Bluetooth, WiFi, Card Reader and a giant heat sink that replaces the fans, not to mention the Blue-Ray disc drive that even a Blue-ray player costs ~$1000USD in today's market. Really want one, but damn it Sony is on allocation...
Tags: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Sony, PS3, Blue-Ray, Gears of War
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