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瀋陽出版社的沈曉輝小姐來郵,八開原大影印《百二十回紅樓夢稿》將於下週二出版,定價 598.00元。我有 7 折優惠,郵費則自理。有興趣的,請通知我。

28/3/2008

一點尊重

23/3/2008 - 星期日 Sunday

寫《百年孤寂》和《愛在瘟疫蔓延時》那位作家叫加西亞.馬奎斯,García Márquez。加西亞和馬奎斯分別是父和母的姓氏。下注的格式為:

García Márquez, Gabriel (1967) One Hundred Years of Solitude

不少華文卻將此君稱為馬奎斯﹝例今日《明報》〈謝曉虹推介〉、博客來書籍館>百年孤寂金石堂網路書店 - 百年孤寂等等﹞,那不啻將歐陽先生稱為歐先生。什麼叫尊重,懂不懂?

吸煙引致肺癌

21/3/2008 - 星期五 Friday

今時今日有丁點兒常識的都知道吸煙引致肺癌。提起「吸煙」想到「肺癌」,倘若在反智小農社會,當你喜歡的人跟你說「你係好男/女仔」,自然想到緊接的話是「不過我不可以跟你在一起」。

不過,原來當初 Don, R. and Hill, A.B. 在《英國醫學雜誌》發表他們的見解時﹝1950, Smoking and Carcinoma of the Lung, British Medical Journal, ii, 739-748﹞,還不時受到批評。批評聲中,更包括費雪爵士﹝R.A. Fisher,1890-1962,英國統計學家、演化生物學家和遺傳學家﹞。

數據顯示肺癌患者多曾吸煙。單看這項,能否帶出「吸煙致肺癌」的結論呢?不能。試想想為何。

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G'day mate,

I got my computer back from the repair centre today.

The problem: At first, it suddenly turned to a colour screen after I used it for a while. It happened a few times. Then, it got worse. It turned black right after I switched it on. Nothing had shown up on the screen, not even the BIOS. So basically I could do nothing at that moment but sending it to repair. Everything seems all right now, I'm back.

Happy birthday, mum!

cheers
19/3/2008

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Hi there,

My computer (not the old one) is experiencing a weird problem.

Indeed I would like to take this as an excuse to stay away from the internet (partially) and concentrate on my study commencing next week.

I may disappear from some forums. Nonetheless, you can reach me by email. Be cool, I'll get back to you as soon as possible.

cheers
8/3/2008

宇宙之終章?

6/3/2008 - 星期四 Thursday

最近一期《科學美國人》探討宇宙學之終結﹝The End of Cosmology?﹞,值得一讀。文章要點為,宇宙膨脹「加速」,引致資料流失,有礙人類觀察地球。「我們的經驗展示即使我們有數據,正確的宇宙模型並不明顯。」