
即使用再华美的词藻赞扬这家美国公司也丝毫不过分
希望这只是暂时的,而不是一个时代的终结
希望和最后的自由的终结
希望真的像10000说的一样,是“服务器暂时出了问题”
希望GFW没有蠢到试图关闭google,幻觉google能被百度和谷歌替代
Gmail, Google Docs, Google Reader, Goolge Notebook, Google Book, Google Sites, Google Group, Google Analytics, Google Calendar……….
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直到去年看Yes, (Prime) Minister之前,我一直认为最经典的喜剧要数NBC出的Friends。
而这部短短5季(三季Yes, Minister+两季Yes, Prime Minister)的英剧彻底改变了我对sitcom的看法:原来sitcom可以这样拍!
每集30分钟的故事里,充满着大量的对英国政府和公务员系统的讽刺,看完以后不得不佩服作者将幽默融于讽刺中的精湛功力。(前两天刚到amazon.com买了本Yes, Minister的书,也是剧作者Jonathan Lynn和Anthony Jay写的 )
Open government is a contradiction in terms
Bernard: But surely the citizens of a democracy have a right to know.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: No. They have a right to be ignorant. Knowledge only means complicity in guilt; ignorance has a certain dignity.
The President of Buranda plans a speech urging the Scots and Irish to fight against English oppression
Jim Hacker: Humphrey, do you think it is a good idea to issue a statement?
Sir Humphrey: Well, Minister, in practical terms we have the usual six options:
- One: do nothing
- Two: issue a statement deploring the speech
- Three: lodge an official protest
- Four: cut off aid
- Five: break off diplomatic relations
- And six: declare war.
Hacker: Which should be it?
Sir Humphrey: Well:
- If we do nothing we implicitly agree with the speech
- Two: if we issue a statement, we’ll just look foolish
- Three: if we lodge a protest, it’ll be ignored
- Four: we can’t cut off aid, because we don’t give them any
- Five: if we break off diplomatic relations, we can’t negotiate the oil rig contracts
- And six: if we declare war, it might just look as though we were over-reacting.
另:在wikiquote上,有这部剧集的精彩台词。
这部英剧在Mininova上有种子可以下,不过总共大小10.4 gb,我下了1个多星期才下完。
如果可以忍受比较差的画质的话,可以看youku上的视频:Yes, Minister|Yes, Prime Minister
最早是在和一班Yes, Minister的粉丝讨论英剧的时候听到这部上个世纪70年代的经典英国喜剧的名字。总共有两季12集,每集30分钟左右。

上周断断续续看完,感觉跟Yes, Minister比起来,这部英剧的搞笑程度略有不如,但仍然将英国人的幽默感发挥得淋漓尽致。
这里是mininova上的下载链接
这里是豆瓣上的影评
这里是这部电视剧在IMDB上的页面
这里是Wikipedia上的简介
今天在网上查iPhone S,无意中发现iPhone在美国居然卖得那么便宜。 经郑楚同学提醒,才知道iphone捆绑的plan比较贵。看的那个$99的iphone捆绑的是AT&T的2-year contract,花费 $499

然后又看了看香港的Apple Store

想不通为什么
李笑来今天写了一篇很有意思的文章《中国转盘 (Chinese Roulette)》:
许多许多年前,有个游戏开始了。我们或许可以将其称之为“中国转盘”。其实每个人都在玩,但每个人都以为自己是旁观者。那时,转轮里是这样的:

转眼许多许多年过去。还是每个人都在玩,还是每个人都以为自己是旁观者,可殊不知转轮里早就是这样了:

先是想起了今天的校内和饭否:
又想起了Martin Niemoller:
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn’t a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
犹豫了很久,终于决定买一个域名、租个主机,自己学学折腾WordPress.
虽然要花上一笔钱,但是相信未来几年折腾这个博客给我带来的快乐还是应该值这个钱的。
2009年6月2日
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