with the lyric in its full glory:
(Many thanks to Simon!)
Monday, April 14, 2008
SCO used to be a great company, and here's a proof.
I present you a music video of SCOhemian Rhapsody:
with the lyric in its full glory:
(Many thanks to Simon!)
with the lyric in its full glory:
(Many thanks to Simon!)
Friday, April 11, 2008
Sunday, April 06, 2008
A snowboarder's review of Kirkwood Ski Resort
On April 5, I made a day trip to Kirkwood Ski Resort in Kirkwood, CA.
This was only my second trip to Kirkwood - my first trip was when I was still a budding beginner snowboarder, trying to connect some beginner turns and thus I could ride only very few slopes.
A few more seasons of snowboarding apparently made big difference, and now I was able to ride many of the runs in the resort.
The location of K-wood or simply the Wood for some people, is both its blessing and its curse. Statistically K-wood gets the most snow (average 630+ inches in a season) among the Tahoe area resorts and the base altitude is one of the highest (7800feet, or 2377 meters), which means both quality and quantity of the snow are among the best in the Lake Tahoe area. However, it's also one of the remotest resorts - it's almost 1 hour drive from the lake, or any other "town" other than the resort itself. And the rugged terrain with heavy snowfall makes the resort one of the least accessible, especially during the heavy storm - even though K-wood is one of the closest to the bay area in distance. These factors apparently make lodging more expensive than other resorts (e.g. heavenly, with entire South Lake Tahoe, and any of the other north lake resorts, with Truckee or even Reno which is only 30-45 minutes away from many of the north lake resorts).
Hence, for past four years of snowboarding in the Tahoe area, I've been to the wood only once before. This time though, they had a promotion of giving a one-day free pass for any season pass holders of other resorts - and I happened to have a pass for Heavenly. I also needed to make a day trip, which made Heavenly less desirable due to 30+ minutes more drive, while the spring weather kept the road to K-wood clear and pleasant to drive.
So I woke up at 5:30am, had my first breakfast and packed my breakfast/lunch and snacks, filled up the gas in my car and took off - it was 6 when I got on the freeway. Other than one brief stop at Starbuck's at the beginning of 88 in Stockton, I drove nonstop and it was 9:30 when I arrived in the resort parking lot. I dropped off my board for the tune-up at The Edge Repair Shop - free thanks to Snowbomb Card - and got the free lift ticket from the office (which was indoors, a lot nicer than other resorts where you have to wait outside, often shivering in the cold). While waiting for my board to be ready for ice and slush of the spring, I had my second breakfast.
By 10, I was on my first lift ride of the day, the chair #1 (see the trail map) - I wanted to try the back side, the chair #4 through the chair #2 and #3. The chair #1 is super slow, as is usually the case for a lift serving green trails - unfortunately I noticed one sideways from the top of the chair #11 that can go to the bottom of the chair #2 very late in the afternoon. Anyhow, Snowkirk looked nice and flat and not too short nor too long - just about right for beginners.
When I first looked at the trail map, I didn't pay much attention to the runs from the chair #2. However, on the #2 lift, I saw the nicely groomed Flying Carpet, which is a wide blue run with moderate pitch. Keeping in mind to try that run on the way back to the main lodge later, I went over the hill and headed to the chair #4. On Herringbone Straight, snow was a bit slushy already - considering that it was April, it wasn't too bad. Unfortunately I missed Bud's Alley split (too bad there's no sign) which meant I had to take #3 to go back up the same hill again. The chair #4 is long but fairly fast and provides excellent view of all the runs from it. Here's some pictures I took on the lift:
On the picture, you can see Elevator Shaft to the left of the lift, Hully Gully and Cold Shoulder on the right.
Off the chair, I figured I'd try the easiest runs first, since this was a warm up, and went on Happiness Is. It's a very nice blue cruiser, crossing the huge bowl. It felt a bit like Alpine Bowl in Alpine Meadows - wide open bowl and fun blue run in the middle but plenty of opportunities on the skirt for more steep start. Overall, the snow turned out to be excellent - sure, it wasn't a fresh powder, but it sure was as good as any packed powder condition on a warm winter day. Some pockets that don't get much sun was a bit icy (not on Happiness Is, but on other runs off of #4) but nothing like rock-hard ice on a really cold winter day and my freshly tuned edges had plenty of bite to chew through what little of ice up there.
Hully Gully is like a half made half-pipe that's steep. The pitch is only a tad bit more steep than most blue runs, but the huge gully makes it a lot of fun to zigzag. Right next to Hully Gully is Cold Shoulder. It is a bit more steep than Hully Gully, so about middle of the pack for a black run, and it was topped off with huge rocks at the end - giving some opportunity to try your cliff jumping and rock avoiding skills if you want. I'm not good enough for that kind of stuff, but if and when I'm ready and want to hone my skills, I think I'd feel a lot more comfortable to do my first jump off of those rocks at the end of Cold Shoulder than others, since it has much better visibility than most such places and fairly short (for what it is).
Elevator Shaft, Hully Gully and Cold Shoulder all merge into a single trail which lead to the bottom of the lift #4. It was a nice cruising course, and surprisingly there wasn't any slush - thanks to huge trees casting shadows - it looked like the entire valley/bowl is facing north and the trees blocked sun very well, keeping the snow in good condition. I tried Elevator Shaft again and then headed back to the main lodge.
Now at the top of the lift #2 and #3, I got to enjoy Flying Carpet. As the name suggests, the well-groomed wide run looked like an excellent place for practicing carving, and it sure was. You could turn as wide as you want and the slope was indeed very very consistent, making long carving turns so much more enjoyable. Indeed it was so much fun that I rode the chair many more times before going back to the lodge - being relatively short and with very few people on the slope, you can check your turn shapes you made on the slope on the lift back (if you can find your mark, that is).
One reason K-wood is especially good for snowboarders, is that there are very few flat traverses. But there's still few spots that are not snowboard friendly and that's Hay Flat. It's aptly named cause it's really really flat and combined with the slush, it was a leg killer. If I knew it was that flat, I would have speeded up coming down #2, but being a conscious rider, I followed the SLOW sign at the bottom of #2 and slowed down and got stuck in Hay Flat. Well, at least it wasn't that long, so I got out without burning my leg too much, and was back on the main lodge.
On the lift #2
After lunch, I got on the lift #5, Solitude and rode Lower Zachary and Mokelumne. Lower Zachary was probably on the steep side among blue runs, so had more potential to be quite fun, but unfortunately snow wasn't very good - especially toward the bottom, it was quite slush. Not surprising, since this side of the slope was facing slightly east. Mokelumne was even worse - it was full of slush (though not complete slush with running water). Making sliding turns on slush is painful, but it wasn't too bad to come carving down. Anyway, all those slush forced me to head back to the excellent lift #4.
After many runs on Elevator Shaft/Hully Gully/Cold Shoulder, I wanted to see The Wave more closely - from a far, the snow looked promising. Well, it wasn't so - the entire ledge was all hard-packed rock-solid ice and jumping off vertical for more than my height was certainly beyond my skills, so I rode back to Happiness Is and was indeed very happy to be back :)
On the way back to the lodge, I decided to try High Whiskey - partly to avoid the bad experience of going through Hay Flat, and partly to try out another black run. And I was richly rewarded for that - I made fresh tracks on slightly frozen wind-blown powders on High Whiskey. On April! Fresh tracks! And frozen powder (i.e. not packed nor icy)! I was simply blown away for the excellent snow quality and the perfectly nice pitch. There were some exposed rocks but no narrow chute. If only it had quick lift connections, I'd have loved to make more fresh tracks all over High Whiskey, but the relatively short run combined with the slow lift #1, and another lift #2 and the traverse through Whiskey Slide made it not worth another trip just for it, with only short time left in the afternoon. But if I'm coming back from #4/Sunrise, I'd definitely take High Whiskey anytime.
Back in the main lodge, I had another afternoon snack, and got ready for the last few hours of riding. And I decided to try the lift #11. On my first trip to K-wood two years ago, I was crazy enough to try The Wall - which is one of the signature runs of K-wood (picture below):
On the lift #11, looking at The Wall (top of the other lift).
That was on a knee-deep big powder day, so there was no way I could have hurt myself at the time, but nonetheless it was crazy - I was just about making some basic sliding turns and I was far from ready for even an easy black run. But I remember having some fun (even through tumbling down and slogging through deep powder) down at Wagon Trail at the lower half of The Wall. So I had to try.
If Hully Gully is a half-made half-pipe, Wagon Trail is a nearly-fully-made half-pipe, except nature in its infinite wisdom, made it twisting like a snake, leaving us an amazingly fun run - you could go racing down the valley, or zig-zag the half-pipes, or use small kickers here and there to make small jumps, i.e. infinite sources of fun. Short Spoke, right next to Wagon Trail, is more steep but straight run and I had a lot of fun there too - it's steep but short, so before my legs turned to jellies, I got a nice break on the lift and I was ready for it again. With Wagon Trail and Short Spoke, and with its fast operation, #11 is definitely my favorite chair in K-wood (probably until I'm ready for #10/The Wall).
Usually when I'm riding alone, I stop riding at 3pm or so, partly because I get tired and partly because there aren't many more runs to try with tired legs. K-wood, even with its spring snow (around the base was pretty much slush, though at least not watery slush you can find in many other lower resorts), had many different runs with a lot of good snows that I wanted to keep riding - I left the slope around 3:45pm or so, and only because my legs were simply too tired to have more fun, not because I ran out of more things to try.
With reasonable season pass price, excellent snow and many different fun runs, K-wood is definitely one of my favorite resorts in the Tahoe area. The downside are: less lodging options, more difficult access (if you don't have a 4WD, forget about K-wood during snow season), and no long runs (nothing like Dipper or Orion on Heavenly, or Gold Coast- Mountain Run combo on Squaw).
-On April 6th, still waiting for another opportunity to ride on K-wood (holding on to my snowbomb sugarwood lift ticket on the hands).
This was only my second trip to Kirkwood - my first trip was when I was still a budding beginner snowboarder, trying to connect some beginner turns and thus I could ride only very few slopes.
A few more seasons of snowboarding apparently made big difference, and now I was able to ride many of the runs in the resort.
The location of K-wood or simply the Wood for some people, is both its blessing and its curse. Statistically K-wood gets the most snow (average 630+ inches in a season) among the Tahoe area resorts and the base altitude is one of the highest (7800feet, or 2377 meters), which means both quality and quantity of the snow are among the best in the Lake Tahoe area. However, it's also one of the remotest resorts - it's almost 1 hour drive from the lake, or any other "town" other than the resort itself. And the rugged terrain with heavy snowfall makes the resort one of the least accessible, especially during the heavy storm - even though K-wood is one of the closest to the bay area in distance. These factors apparently make lodging more expensive than other resorts (e.g. heavenly, with entire South Lake Tahoe, and any of the other north lake resorts, with Truckee or even Reno which is only 30-45 minutes away from many of the north lake resorts).
Hence, for past four years of snowboarding in the Tahoe area, I've been to the wood only once before. This time though, they had a promotion of giving a one-day free pass for any season pass holders of other resorts - and I happened to have a pass for Heavenly. I also needed to make a day trip, which made Heavenly less desirable due to 30+ minutes more drive, while the spring weather kept the road to K-wood clear and pleasant to drive.
So I woke up at 5:30am, had my first breakfast and packed my breakfast/lunch and snacks, filled up the gas in my car and took off - it was 6 when I got on the freeway. Other than one brief stop at Starbuck's at the beginning of 88 in Stockton, I drove nonstop and it was 9:30 when I arrived in the resort parking lot. I dropped off my board for the tune-up at The Edge Repair Shop - free thanks to Snowbomb Card - and got the free lift ticket from the office (which was indoors, a lot nicer than other resorts where you have to wait outside, often shivering in the cold). While waiting for my board to be ready for ice and slush of the spring, I had my second breakfast.
By 10, I was on my first lift ride of the day, the chair #1 (see the trail map) - I wanted to try the back side, the chair #4 through the chair #2 and #3. The chair #1 is super slow, as is usually the case for a lift serving green trails - unfortunately I noticed one sideways from the top of the chair #11 that can go to the bottom of the chair #2 very late in the afternoon. Anyhow, Snowkirk looked nice and flat and not too short nor too long - just about right for beginners.
When I first looked at the trail map, I didn't pay much attention to the runs from the chair #2. However, on the #2 lift, I saw the nicely groomed Flying Carpet, which is a wide blue run with moderate pitch. Keeping in mind to try that run on the way back to the main lodge later, I went over the hill and headed to the chair #4. On Herringbone Straight, snow was a bit slushy already - considering that it was April, it wasn't too bad. Unfortunately I missed Bud's Alley split (too bad there's no sign) which meant I had to take #3 to go back up the same hill again. The chair #4 is long but fairly fast and provides excellent view of all the runs from it. Here's some pictures I took on the lift:
On the picture, you can see Elevator Shaft to the left of the lift, Hully Gully and Cold Shoulder on the right. Off the chair, I figured I'd try the easiest runs first, since this was a warm up, and went on Happiness Is. It's a very nice blue cruiser, crossing the huge bowl. It felt a bit like Alpine Bowl in Alpine Meadows - wide open bowl and fun blue run in the middle but plenty of opportunities on the skirt for more steep start. Overall, the snow turned out to be excellent - sure, it wasn't a fresh powder, but it sure was as good as any packed powder condition on a warm winter day. Some pockets that don't get much sun was a bit icy (not on Happiness Is, but on other runs off of #4) but nothing like rock-hard ice on a really cold winter day and my freshly tuned edges had plenty of bite to chew through what little of ice up there.
Hully Gully is like a half made half-pipe that's steep. The pitch is only a tad bit more steep than most blue runs, but the huge gully makes it a lot of fun to zigzag. Right next to Hully Gully is Cold Shoulder. It is a bit more steep than Hully Gully, so about middle of the pack for a black run, and it was topped off with huge rocks at the end - giving some opportunity to try your cliff jumping and rock avoiding skills if you want. I'm not good enough for that kind of stuff, but if and when I'm ready and want to hone my skills, I think I'd feel a lot more comfortable to do my first jump off of those rocks at the end of Cold Shoulder than others, since it has much better visibility than most such places and fairly short (for what it is).
Elevator Shaft, Hully Gully and Cold Shoulder all merge into a single trail which lead to the bottom of the lift #4. It was a nice cruising course, and surprisingly there wasn't any slush - thanks to huge trees casting shadows - it looked like the entire valley/bowl is facing north and the trees blocked sun very well, keeping the snow in good condition. I tried Elevator Shaft again and then headed back to the main lodge.
Now at the top of the lift #2 and #3, I got to enjoy Flying Carpet. As the name suggests, the well-groomed wide run looked like an excellent place for practicing carving, and it sure was. You could turn as wide as you want and the slope was indeed very very consistent, making long carving turns so much more enjoyable. Indeed it was so much fun that I rode the chair many more times before going back to the lodge - being relatively short and with very few people on the slope, you can check your turn shapes you made on the slope on the lift back (if you can find your mark, that is).
One reason K-wood is especially good for snowboarders, is that there are very few flat traverses. But there's still few spots that are not snowboard friendly and that's Hay Flat. It's aptly named cause it's really really flat and combined with the slush, it was a leg killer. If I knew it was that flat, I would have speeded up coming down #2, but being a conscious rider, I followed the SLOW sign at the bottom of #2 and slowed down and got stuck in Hay Flat. Well, at least it wasn't that long, so I got out without burning my leg too much, and was back on the main lodge.
On the lift #2After lunch, I got on the lift #5, Solitude and rode Lower Zachary and Mokelumne. Lower Zachary was probably on the steep side among blue runs, so had more potential to be quite fun, but unfortunately snow wasn't very good - especially toward the bottom, it was quite slush. Not surprising, since this side of the slope was facing slightly east. Mokelumne was even worse - it was full of slush (though not complete slush with running water). Making sliding turns on slush is painful, but it wasn't too bad to come carving down. Anyway, all those slush forced me to head back to the excellent lift #4.
After many runs on Elevator Shaft/Hully Gully/Cold Shoulder, I wanted to see The Wave more closely - from a far, the snow looked promising. Well, it wasn't so - the entire ledge was all hard-packed rock-solid ice and jumping off vertical for more than my height was certainly beyond my skills, so I rode back to Happiness Is and was indeed very happy to be back :)
On the way back to the lodge, I decided to try High Whiskey - partly to avoid the bad experience of going through Hay Flat, and partly to try out another black run. And I was richly rewarded for that - I made fresh tracks on slightly frozen wind-blown powders on High Whiskey. On April! Fresh tracks! And frozen powder (i.e. not packed nor icy)! I was simply blown away for the excellent snow quality and the perfectly nice pitch. There were some exposed rocks but no narrow chute. If only it had quick lift connections, I'd have loved to make more fresh tracks all over High Whiskey, but the relatively short run combined with the slow lift #1, and another lift #2 and the traverse through Whiskey Slide made it not worth another trip just for it, with only short time left in the afternoon. But if I'm coming back from #4/Sunrise, I'd definitely take High Whiskey anytime.
Back in the main lodge, I had another afternoon snack, and got ready for the last few hours of riding. And I decided to try the lift #11. On my first trip to K-wood two years ago, I was crazy enough to try The Wall - which is one of the signature runs of K-wood (picture below):
On the lift #11, looking at The Wall (top of the other lift).That was on a knee-deep big powder day, so there was no way I could have hurt myself at the time, but nonetheless it was crazy - I was just about making some basic sliding turns and I was far from ready for even an easy black run. But I remember having some fun (even through tumbling down and slogging through deep powder) down at Wagon Trail at the lower half of The Wall. So I had to try.
If Hully Gully is a half-made half-pipe, Wagon Trail is a nearly-fully-made half-pipe, except nature in its infinite wisdom, made it twisting like a snake, leaving us an amazingly fun run - you could go racing down the valley, or zig-zag the half-pipes, or use small kickers here and there to make small jumps, i.e. infinite sources of fun. Short Spoke, right next to Wagon Trail, is more steep but straight run and I had a lot of fun there too - it's steep but short, so before my legs turned to jellies, I got a nice break on the lift and I was ready for it again. With Wagon Trail and Short Spoke, and with its fast operation, #11 is definitely my favorite chair in K-wood (probably until I'm ready for #10/The Wall).
Usually when I'm riding alone, I stop riding at 3pm or so, partly because I get tired and partly because there aren't many more runs to try with tired legs. K-wood, even with its spring snow (around the base was pretty much slush, though at least not watery slush you can find in many other lower resorts), had many different runs with a lot of good snows that I wanted to keep riding - I left the slope around 3:45pm or so, and only because my legs were simply too tired to have more fun, not because I ran out of more things to try.
With reasonable season pass price, excellent snow and many different fun runs, K-wood is definitely one of my favorite resorts in the Tahoe area. The downside are: less lodging options, more difficult access (if you don't have a 4WD, forget about K-wood during snow season), and no long runs (nothing like Dipper or Orion on Heavenly, or Gold Coast- Mountain Run combo on Squaw).
-On April 6th, still waiting for another opportunity to ride on K-wood (holding on to my snowbomb sugarwood lift ticket on the hands).
Friday, March 28, 2008
Costco, selling everything at warehouse price...even casket.
Now you can even buy a casket online at Costco.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
make says: multiple infinities are no more than one.
This got to be some kind of make-zen:
from info page section 5.6.3 of GNU Make version 3.81.
If you give `-j' with no numeric argument, meaning to run
as many jobs as possible in parallel, this is passed down, since
multiple infinities are no more than one.
from info page section 5.6.3 of GNU Make version 3.81.
Thursday, March 06, 2008
News is comic, and comic is the news
Too bad the otherwise fine article doesn't mention Daily Show or Colbert Report - especially things like Colbert Bump :)
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Monday, March 03, 2008
Namdaemun, gone.
A little belated news, but Namdaemun (literally, the great southern gate) of Seoul has burned down as you can see in the picture. The arsonist has been caught, but what difference does it make, when the nearly 600 years old gate has been burned down ? It has withstood so many invasions of various powers, yet, it was crumpled down by one crazy person...
Friday, February 29, 2008
"Yes, do as I say!" - or how to shut up apt-get
$ sudo apt-get install ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
....
The following NEW packages will be installed:
...
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
...
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 18.6kB of archives.
After unpacking 5206kB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
?]
Now I even need to tell my computer to "do as I say"...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Ski resorts, east coast vs west coast
Ok, not exactly representative samples but nevertheless.
Compare the Google Map terrain views of Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont vs Squaw Valley in California. It's amazing how flat Stratton mountain looks compared to Squaw.
Well, just in case you don't want to click the above links, here's the map views. You can see the trails if you choose sat view.
Stratton Mountain:
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Squaw Valley:
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Compare the Google Map terrain views of Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont vs Squaw Valley in California. It's amazing how flat Stratton mountain looks compared to Squaw.
Well, just in case you don't want to click the above links, here's the map views. You can see the trails if you choose sat view.
Stratton Mountain:
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Squaw Valley:
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Friday, January 11, 2008
The Emperor's Old Clothes
I've recently reread the C.A.R. Hoare's Turing award acceptance speech (available here among other places). And I thought one particular paragraph applies very well to C++:
I guess we - the programming language designers - haven't learned the lesson even after all those wise warnings.
Programming is complex because of the large number of conflicting objectives for each of our programming projects. If our basic tool, the language in which we design and code our programs, is also complicated, the language itself becomes part of the problem rather than part of its solution.
I guess we - the programming language designers - haven't learned the lesson even after all those wise warnings.
Monday, October 22, 2007
오로치가 스포츠 카? 스포티 카!
한겨레 신문에서 일본의 미쓰오카에서 만든 오로치를 "세계최고의 스포츠카"라는 부제의 기사로 소개하면서, 이 차를 포르쉐911터보와 페라리599에 비교해 놓았다. 기사에서 차에 대한 설명이라고는 달랑 사진 한장과 이름의 유래 그리고 가격 뿐. 차에 별 관심이 없는 나같은 사람들이 그냥 보면 뭐 대단한 차인것 처럼 써놓기는 했는데, 심심해서 한 번 세 자동차를 비교해 봤다.
페라리 599 GTB Fiorano는 6000cc 12기통 엔진이 620 마력을 내고 정지상태에서 60마일(96.56km)까지 가속하는데 3.7초 정도 걸린다고 한다.
포르쉐 911시리즈의 최신형인 997 GT2는 3600cc 터보 6기통 엔진이 530마력를 내고 정지상태에서 60마일 가속하는데 3.6초 걸린다고 한다.
둘다 스포츠카의 대명사격인 차들이니, 놀라운 성능이 어찌보면 당연하다.
이 둘에 비해 오로치는 초라한 정도가 아니라 비교하는 자체가 무의미하다. 3300cc 6기통 토요타의 3MZ-FE 엔진은 겨우 230마력에 내지 못하는 그저 평범한 6기통 엔진에 불과하다. 같은 엔진을 사용하는 토요타의 캠리 솔라라의 경우 정지상태에서 60마일 가속하는데 7초쯤 걸린다고 하니, 무게가 비슷한 오로치가 그보다 큰 차이가 없으리라는 것은 빤한일.
이정도 성능이면 현대의 티뷰론 - 한국에선 투스카니라고 부르던가 - 과 별 차이가 없으니, 잘 하면 투스카니도 세계최고라고 불러줄 수 있겠다. 이 토요타의 엔진은, 토요타의 미니밴 시에나에도 사용되는 엔진이니, 특히나 미니밴 하면 동네 아줌마들 생각하는 미국에서는 미니밴에 쓰는 엔진을 넣은 스포츠카..라는 건 거의 그 자체로 모순.
세계 최고의 기준이 뭔지도 모르겠고 스포츠카라고 부르는 기준이 뭔지는 잘 모르겠지만, 아무리 성능이 안나와도
수바루 Impreza WRX만큼은 나온 다음에 세계 수준의 스포츠카에 낄 수있지 않을까. 현 BMW 모델등 중에서 가장 성능이 떨어지는 328i 세단도 60마일 가속하는데 6.2초정도 걸린다니 가장 싼 BMW (게닥 전형적인 스포츠카가 아니라 그냥 세단)만큼도 성능이 안나오는 차를 "세계 최고"의 "스포츠 카"라고 부르는 것은...심해도 좀 많이 심한 과장이다.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
The Sunflower
By Hannah Park, on the first day of her third grade 2007-8-28
The sunflower is a brilliant golden flower with leaves as green as an owl's eye. It stands up straight like a queen, and graceful like a dove. Its petals are smooth and soft. The seed of a sunflower is very black and striped with white.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Review Board, open source code review tool
Finally something useful on tools for code review - Review Board.
I haven't actually tried it myself, but looks quite sweet.
I haven't actually tried it myself, but looks quite sweet.
Monday, May 14, 2007
A spectacular display of "The Angel Decoy"
I wouldn't have believed this if I hadn't seen the picture - 
"The Angel Decoy"
"The Angel Decoy"
What's obvious is not obvious...
...when you're talking about patents in the US, that is.
A slightly old news but still an interesting read on
US Supreme Court loosening the definition of "obviousness" to closely match what's really obvious :)
A slightly old news but still an interesting read on
US Supreme Court loosening the definition of "obviousness" to closely match what's really obvious :)
Thursday, May 03, 2007
연합뉴스 vs Business Week
지난번 blog에서:
라고 했는데, 마침 Business Week에서 좋은 반례가 될만한 기사를 게제해서 소개한다.
그나마도 다양한 매체를 통해서 "흘려들은" 것들을 바탕으로 한 이미지 중심일 수 밖에 없겠다 - 경영학과 전공에 해당 회사들을 비교연구 정도 해본 학생들만 대상으로 조사를 하지 않았다면 말이다
라고 했는데, 마침 Business Week에서 좋은 반례가 될만한 기사를 게제해서 소개한다.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
연합뉴스발 대학생들의 일하고 싶은 기업, 누구를 위한 기사인가?
연합뉴스발로 한겨레에 실린 기사를 보면서 언뜻 드는 생각이, 이 통계는 사실 학생들에게는 거의 쓸모가 없는 통계라는 점이었다. 뭐 인크루트라는 회사가 사실 다른 회사들이 주 고객이라는 걸 생각해보면 별 놀랄 일도 아니긴 하지만 대체 이 기사 그리고 통계는 누구에게 도움이 되는가?
일단 일반적인 대학생들의 특정 회사에 대한 의견은 대부분 간접정보들을 바탕으로 한 것이고, 그나마도 다양한 매체를 통해서 "흘려들은" 것들을 바탕으로 한 이미지 중심일 수 밖에 없겠다 - 경영학과 전공에 해당 회사들을 비교연구 정도 해본 학생들만 대상으로 조사를 하지 않았다면 말이다. 그러니 이 통계는 회사들 입장에서 볼때 잠재적인 고용 대상자들(대학 재학생들) 가운데 이미지가 어떤지를 알아낼 수 있는, 그래서 기업내 홍보팀 입장에서는 나름대로 유용한 정보가 되겠다.
그런데, 이 통계를 학생들 입장에서나 일반 소비자들 입장에서 보면, 그닥 쓸모가 없어 보인다. 실제로 진짜 일하기 좋은 기업을 측정한 것이 아니니, 취업하는 사람들 입장에서는 어느 회사를 선택할 지 결정하는 데 별다른 도움이 되지 않고 (뭐, 이 통계에서 순위가 높은 기업은 경쟁률도 높다고 생각할 수 있을테니, 쓸데없이 경쟁률만 높은 회사를 걸러내는 데에나 써먹을 수 있으려나), 일반 소비자들의 관점에서도 해당 회사들을 평가하는 데 하등의 도움이 되지 않는다.
이 기사가 실려서 이익을 보는 곳은 첫째로 인크루트이고 - 회사들과 취업 지망자들(대학생)에게 무료로 널리 홍보할 수 있었으니까 - 둘째로는 순위에 높이 오른 회사들이겠다 - "대학생들의 선망의 대상 1위"라는 제목은 해당 회사에게는 좋은 홍보 재료가 되니까 말이다.
연합뉴스가 홈페이지에 소개에서 "고객의 이익과 국가 발전에 기여하고 있습니다"라고 말할 때 "고객"이 인크루트와 몇몇 대기업만인지 궁금하다.
PS. Sorry for readers who can't read Korean - I guess most blogs are single-language sources, so I haven't seen any RSS reader that supports filtering based on languages. Maybe I should split my blog into two different blogs, one in Korean and one in English.
일단 일반적인 대학생들의 특정 회사에 대한 의견은 대부분 간접정보들을 바탕으로 한 것이고, 그나마도 다양한 매체를 통해서 "흘려들은" 것들을 바탕으로 한 이미지 중심일 수 밖에 없겠다 - 경영학과 전공에 해당 회사들을 비교연구 정도 해본 학생들만 대상으로 조사를 하지 않았다면 말이다. 그러니 이 통계는 회사들 입장에서 볼때 잠재적인 고용 대상자들(대학 재학생들) 가운데 이미지가 어떤지를 알아낼 수 있는, 그래서 기업내 홍보팀 입장에서는 나름대로 유용한 정보가 되겠다.
그런데, 이 통계를 학생들 입장에서나 일반 소비자들 입장에서 보면, 그닥 쓸모가 없어 보인다. 실제로 진짜 일하기 좋은 기업을 측정한 것이 아니니, 취업하는 사람들 입장에서는 어느 회사를 선택할 지 결정하는 데 별다른 도움이 되지 않고 (뭐, 이 통계에서 순위가 높은 기업은 경쟁률도 높다고 생각할 수 있을테니, 쓸데없이 경쟁률만 높은 회사를 걸러내는 데에나 써먹을 수 있으려나), 일반 소비자들의 관점에서도 해당 회사들을 평가하는 데 하등의 도움이 되지 않는다.
이 기사가 실려서 이익을 보는 곳은 첫째로 인크루트이고 - 회사들과 취업 지망자들(대학생)에게 무료로 널리 홍보할 수 있었으니까 - 둘째로는 순위에 높이 오른 회사들이겠다 - "대학생들의 선망의 대상 1위"라는 제목은 해당 회사에게는 좋은 홍보 재료가 되니까 말이다.
연합뉴스가 홈페이지에 소개에서 "고객의 이익과 국가 발전에 기여하고 있습니다"라고 말할 때 "고객"이 인크루트와 몇몇 대기업만인지 궁금하다.
PS. Sorry for readers who can't read Korean - I guess most blogs are single-language sources, so I haven't seen any RSS reader that supports filtering based on languages. Maybe I should split my blog into two different blogs, one in Korean and one in English.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
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