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October 02 10 月 2 日 The BBC HYS is overwhelmed by China praisers this time for the discussion of 60th anniversary. Unlike the pre-2008 threads where China bashers were dominant. That is how much people's minds have changed after the 2008 turmoils. But the country itself did not change so much in merely 12 months' time. Political reform is the ONLY way forward for the country to achieve its designated goals. There is no iminent need for multi-party politics now but people are desperate for freedom of information and speech. Empires come and empires go. China, with its abundant history of such things, surely knows this simple rule. Playing boss and censor your employees are the best corporate practice to destroy a company more quickly than expected. That's what happened in Lehman shortly before its final collapse. October 01 10 月 1 日 10 月 1 日，是标志着一群中国人打败另一群中国人的日子。 是标志着一种专制体制取代另一种专制体制的日子。 是标志着中国隔海分治开始的日子。 纪念在 1945 - 1949 内战中死伤的国共将士。 -- 另 “台湾，你妈 60 大寿叫你回家吃饭” —— 此说法辈份错乱，2012 年是中华民国建国 100 周年。 -- 另2 30 年的改革开放，不是中国 GCD 救了中国人民，而是中国人民救了中国 GCD。 -- 另3 历史上喜欢大规模阅兵阅民的，是拿破仑，斯大林，希特勒和金家父子。 历史每一页都不相同，但历史却是惊人相似的，不以个人的情感为转移。 September 15 千里之行，始于足下今天是 2009 年 9 月 15 日。 雨大天气凉。 一年前的 9 月 15 日，Lehman Brothers 破产了。 转瞬间。 股市崩盘。 企业倒闭。 信贷紧缩。 失业裁员。 很多不懂金融的人，自此也认识了不少商户银行； 很多略懂金融的人，自此也知道了投行不是印钞厂； 很多很懂金融的人，自此下岗。 今天的 9 月 15 日，我的求职生涯开始了。 路在何方？ 在投行。 在钱庄。 钱庄不是塌了吗？强顶。 投行不是萎了吗？硬上。 把我模型里的蛋白换成股票，把我代码里的焦耳改为美刀。 改旗易帜，在模拟的世界里，不是不能完成的目标。 明年的 9 月 15 日，又会是何模样？ 请君自由想象！ August 20 我的手机史 2001： 第一个手机，nokia 8210，黄绿色背光，当时颇为流行，我最早用 8210 实现了手机连笔记本上网，用红外端口连接，手机拨号，9.6kbps 数据速率... 不到半年后 8250 就成为了街机，但依我看还是 8210 更耐看一些。待机图就是那个时候开始的，短信热也是那个时候点燃的。 2002： 换了 nokia 6510，这是一个十足的商务感觉手机，键盘手感好，黑白屏幕细腻（按诺基亚标准），红外端口稳定，对我来说最大的优点是，支持 GPRS... 在宿舍没有宽带的时代，是我每月 200 在移动的包月，和这个 n6510，支持了我伟大不间断的灌水事业。 2003： 头脑秀逗换了索爱 T618。本意是尝试一下不同的感觉。结果确实很失败。输入法慢到不行，机器同时开 GPRS 和蓝牙（作为数据 modem）时很容易就烫手了。电池被我这种手机上网玩家折腾不到一年便撑不住了。 2004： 换回 nokia, 又是一代机王 6600. 独特的蛋造型（造就百摔不坏的品质），以及 s60v2 当年独领风骚，在没有“操作系统”概念的手机领域一枝独秀。我甚至变态到用它 220 x 176 的小屏用 opera 和 MSN。这手机依然在我的数码箱子里完好无损，是 n82 退役之前的首选备机。 2005 年底： 换了国家，可以签合同手机了，上了 6680. 依然是 s60v2，除了支持 3g (wcdma), video call 和 vga 相机的小改，以及更加传统的设计。当时 6680 在颓废的手机市场还是有领军的意思，但没多久就被所谓的 N 系列取代了。可惜 N70 和 N73 都不是很成功的产品，很短命。我自然也没有去光顾。 2008 年初： 18 个月合同完，换机。早就看准了 N82，这又是一款 6510 一样的独门手机，功能上集大全，又没有 N95/N95-8G 那么笨重和粗糙。果然，s60v3 的N82 又是一个成功。内置的 A-GPS 让我在定位时比别人的专业疙瘩GPS快出太多，赚足风头啊。Google maps 指路，google mail 邮件，上网买东西，查订单，什么叫解燃眉之急，N82 都知道。信息化社会就是你买车票不用抄 ref code，走到车站打票机前现搜 email；信息化社会就是等车抛锚了再在现场上网注册救援服务并在线付款。 2009 年底： 又是 18 个月了，此次再次出手拿到烫手山芋 N97。潜力无限。s60v5 进一步改进了多网关连接 internet 的便捷性，我可以设定有 wifi 时优先 wifi，没有 wifi 时再连接 3.5G, 3G 网络。至于 N97 会留给我什么样可以记住的故事，那就得看将来会发生什么了。 我是一个实实在在的手机用家，而不是玩家。手机对我来说，有多少功能我就要用多少功能。从 IrDA, Bluetooth, GPRS 到 wifi, 3g, gps 和 HSDPA, 我都力求走在最早用家的行列——不是用其尝鲜或者 show off，而是真正的去考虑一下如何将这些技术致力于给日常生活带来的大小改变上，即便很多时候技术和应用本身还未成熟。 所以，对我来说，作为用家而不是玩家，对手机可靠性也就有了更高的期待。目前，只有 nokia 能做到把一个特性做进手机，就可以让你一直用下去这个特性，而不是只有拿出来炫炫“你看我手机可以干什么”——某些品牌的流行机器就属于后者——介于可能侵犯到用家读者就不点名啦。当然，说到底，一个手机的价值，还是靠它的用家来实现。如果没有用到多少，那即便再贵，也没有什么价值。 最后，本文不配图，因为本人买手机从来不看外表。 July 21 Picasa (Google 相册) 被封解决办法 让我们简单一点，下载此文件 picasa-anti-gfw.rar，解压之后是个批处理.bat文件，双击运行。一切OK！ 有血性的人是不会向威权和专制低头的。 February 26 一封等待已久的来信 25th February 2009 Certificate in Quantitative Finance: June 2008 Programme Dear Xiaofan We are pleased to confirm you have now obtained the Certificate in Quantitative Finance. Please find below your final scores, class ranking and grade. Overall course score: 89% out of 100% Class Ranking: 89 out of 154 Grade: Pass The full class listing, including distinctions and awards will be listed in: • The Financial Times (Europe including UK) on week commencing 20th April • The Economist (Global) on week commencing 23rd March • Wall Street Journal (USA) on week commencing 30th April • and in the Wilmott magazine (edition to be confirmed). On behalf of all the Course Directors, many congratulations on successfully completing the CQF programme. Best regards Paul Shaw Paul Wilmott January 26 依然忙碌的牛年年三十，陪老婆在滂沱大雨中横跨整座城市选婚纱 大年夜，在单位干私活，终于把数量金融建模的毕业论文打印装订完毕，全部代码刻入光盘，此时牛年已经来临 正月一的午夜，下班飞驰回家，从泰晤士河边飙到国会山脚，只用了 15 分钟 几个小时之后，重新整理衣装，随着周一上班的人流踏入地铁车厢，开始了又一个工作日 牛年第一天，老板的新年贺词：从今天开始，每日朝 9 晚 6，No more working from home! 从今日开始，又要全心全意为蛋白质服务了。 同时在两种完全不相关的领域做不同的事，实在是太难了 我是自找麻烦吗？贷款一万去上课，研究金融衍生品的动态定价，却眼睁睁看着银行和基金掉价裁人如鸭子落水？ 不是，这是一个理想；也是为更大的理想的一个铺垫。小时候说理想的时候，“大人”们往往付之一笑。现在，明白了笑的原因。 任何能称之为理想的东西，都必经过痛苦甚至危险的求索才能拿到或实现 几个月来，好几次明显感觉脑力衰竭，卡壳在从期权的动态模型到蛋白质的动力模型的转换上 两周来，为了最后的课程毕业论文，几千行c++下来，PhD 的项目开始明显进度拖延 的确，时间可以错开，但人脑子只有一个。一个核，就算再多线程，也只能堵住流水线，增加更多的线程等待时间 还好，最终赶上了末班车，在两者都摇摇欲坠的时候，发了一把力，重新拿到了主动权 代价就是 no more flexibility on working hours. 也好，我暂时不需要了。 搞定了 CQF，剩下的问题，就是拿到这个 Doctor of Philosophy. I need it. And I deserve it. 时间不多，事情很多。在这还算的上牛角尖的日子，在这天气是一如既往的反复无常的伦敦给大家问候一句： 新的一年了，您又牛了没有？ September 14 我的博群July 13 黑暗中的一丝曙光 感谢 CRUK 在经济如此萧条的年景下保持对 PhD 学生一如既往的经济支持！ 热烈庆祝新的学年净收入走上 2 字头新台阶！ 再加上替我交的年年涨的 overseas 学费 (16xxx)，CRUK 付出太多了！ 拉出经典的条件状语从句： 等咱将来有了钱， 把学费如数捐回给 Cancer Research UK! June 18 Shell 运油车司机罢工结果是政府／公司妥协，这些人两年内薪水涨 14%，从 32k 涨到 41k。 想当年别人问我为啥要学卡车不学小车，我说将来找不到工作可以去拉沙子。 现在看来果然如此阿，一个 PhD 还不如一个大车本。 还好我两样都算有吧，虽然第一个还没转正，第二个在英国得重考。。 在全球气候并未变暖，经济气候却开始霜冻的时候，技能和知识储备是度过寒冬的最佳粮草皮毛阿 决定继续顶风储备第三个证，关于数学、软件和期货、基金的杂交。。。 May 16 My email to colleagues this afternoon appealing for earthquake donationsDear all,
I may have bothered your work a bit and am sorry for that - but many of you may have seen, on TV or through the websites, the mountain-shaking earthquake in Sichuan, China and the heartbreaking tragedy happened there. The affected areas are some of the most remote counties in southwest China - living conditions are already tough let alone the current situation.
It's now 3 days after the Ritcher's 7.9 major shake but aftershocks are still coming. For 16 times the aftershocks were above 5.0 while the worst, a 6.5 one was just gone by, leaving the communication cut off again and more collapses.
Although the rescue response is quick and effort made has been huge, the 7.9 quake has claimed approximately 50,000 lives and countless injured and homeless. I am totally saddened, wordless to express my condolence to the lost and injured, many of whom were children, sitting in the classroom when the quake suddenly took them all away, with only schoolbags and endless sorrows left to their loved mother, father and friends.
 Nearly the whole of my home country are donating whatever they can to help the traumatised people in Sichuan. Money and materials are needed by the devastated people to survive from the debris, to cure the wounds and to rebuild the homes. Food, water, a tent and some duvet may cost 10 quids to you but they mean a life saved with your generous support.
The normal Chinese people don't usually ask for help as we always think we need to contain our own difficulties without hassling others, unless absolutely necessary. But the ongoing earthquake is indeed a crisis for all living in that area and I would be really grateful if you can make some donations to the people needed the most. I will give my sincere gratitude to you, on behalf of the ethnic Qiang, Tibetan and Han Chinese people who are suffering the pains in the area.
There a number of ways to donate some money if you want. Here I'd recommend two, but I am not enclosing any account information in this email to prevent the message from being abused. Please follow the directives on the web address provided, or google if you don't trust the URL either:
a) the Chinese Embassy in the UK (http://uk.china-embassy.org/eng/), which has set up a dedicated bank account accepting donations. This is the quickest and most direct way that your help will reach the victims, and since it's not a professional charitable fund, there would be no loss in admin/maintenance. All money transferred to this account will be re-directed to the charitable organisations in affected regions. However if you find yourself confused about donating to governmental organisation you may well choose the other option.
b) the British Red Cross, China Earthquake Appeal (http://www.redcross.org.uk/news.asp?id=81083), which is the most convenient way to donate to the victims. Money donated here will be spent on emergency life support and medical cares of the victims.
Any other means of help are also welcome, or just some condolence in mind will help people with some relief...
Thank you for your awareness and attention to this letter and I would hereby wish you a lovely weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Xiaofan May 12 Certified! Passed my driving test today! Theory test: 49/50 for multiple choices and 60/75 for hazard perceptions on 10-March-2008 Practical test: passed first time with 0 serious and 2 minors on 12-May-2008 Whoa hoh! Fully-qualified as a UK licence holder now! May 10 Got it!April 03 Sorted The Walk Through the Royal Parks The Paths to the Greenhouse The Drizzles on the Flowers The French Waiters The Champagne The Wine The 7-course Dinner The Appetiser and the Finishing The Mercedes The Ring The Words The Eyes The Feelings The Love The Life. Sorted. |
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