Month: November 2005
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Nomination of Microsoft Award for Customer Excellence
<Quote> Dear Sheng Jiang, Thank you for being a great contributor to Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. You have been nominated to receive the Award for Customer Excellence. This award recognizes your extraordinary contribution to the Visual Studio 2005 product and will be shipped to you without charge. Please click the following link to arrange shipment…
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MSN messenger exceeds capacity
This is the first time I get this message when trying to sign in to MSN messenger service We can’t sign any more people in right now. Please try signing in again later. Click below to sign in: It seems Microsoft may need more servers now…
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从Sony招回含疑似间谍软件的CD说起
面对消费者日益严重的不满,Sony BMG害怕自己的正版音乐产品受到版权保护“后门”的影响,于今天宣布撤回商店货架内所有涉及Rookit软件的CD产品,并为消费者提供免费的非DRM版CD更换。 http://computer.online.sh.cn/computer/gb/content/2005-11/16/content_1380298.htm 关于这个软件包含的安全性和稳定性问题,参考 Sony, Rootkits and Digital Rights Management Gone Too Far http://www.365key.com/forward.aspx?id=1286254 以及 More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home http://www.365key.com/forward.aspx?id=1286280 作为一个知名公司,此次事件将对其声誉造成深远影响。一些其它的先例,包括3721(现在叫雅虎助手)和淘宝网,已经说明了轻视用户体验的后果。但是,有时候基于利益驱动的公司没有——或者不愿把用户放在优先的地位。 举例来说,一些移动服务商提供服务和手机打包服务,也就是在和移动服务商签订合同之后,可以免费获得手机。但是,问题在于,移动服务并不是总是像承诺的那么好的,在信号弱的地方,你仍然会有一部手机——但是是没有信号的手机。服务商是不会主动告知自己的服务在哪里没有信号的。签订移动服务合同时候,有多少人会要求试用一段时间?而有多少家服务商会同意试用?在本市,经过尝试,只有Sprint一家同意了试用。如果不经过试用,在签订了合同之后,可能你会发现你所在的地方服务商的信号太弱,这时通常你对此无能为力,只能等合同过期换一家服务商。移动服务商为客户服务的动力在合同签订那一刻起就消失了。 再举一个例子。一些搜索引擎提供可供快速访问其功能的工具栏,但是到了中国,这工具栏的作用就变了质,变成劫持用户的浏览器的地址栏;因为中文搜索引擎的技术太复杂了,门槛太高一般厂家进不去,而劫持用户的浏览器的地址栏可以达到类似效果。但是用户的浏览器的地址栏只有一个,不像唐僧肉可以分,而且一些工具栏使用了类似的技术(且不说这些技术对系统的危害),造成不同厂商的工具栏互相冲突。一些工具栏的生产厂家据此起诉占据其它工具栏的生产厂家——对用户体验的考虑似乎不在他们的视野之内。 我很高兴地看到微软采取了正确的一步,在Windows自动更新中加入了去除Sony版权保护组件中的安全威胁(一些其它的利用这个威胁的病毒和木马已经陆续出现了)的功能,而且Sony也采取了正确的措施,开始招回附有疑似间谍软件的CD。但是还是不无遗憾的看到,现在淘宝网仍然建议用户降低浏览器的安全级别,增加用户计算机被黑的机会(http://service.taobao.com/support/13-70-73/help-1041.htm)。坚持为客户服务的任务,仍然任重而道远。 本贴仅代表本人在特定时间对特定事物的观点,并不代表任何和本人相关实体的论点。
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Find and replace specific formatting in Word 2003
In Microsoft Word 2003, you can replace text as in other programs. However, you can replace line breaks, graphics, and special formats as well. For example, to seperact and to add a serial number before every sentence, you can replace sentence-ending punctuations, such as periods and question marks, to the same punctuations plus a line…
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How to use Visual C++ with Perl
SUMMARY Microsoft Visual C++ and later do not support perl scripts by default. That is, the Developer Studio does not associate any special significance to perl scripts without being informed otherwise. However, there are several viable options, namely custom build rules, which enable the creation of projects that depend directly upon perl scripts. The…
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Talking about Where does power come from?
Quote Where does power come from? The teacher said this confidently: Believe me, ten years later, you will still find those words insightful.Planning=Power I do believe so. People who are able to plan, and to implement the plans which facilitate innovation and change are invaluable. According to Clementino Mendonca’s speech "The new MSF – competing…