如何在中国银行兑现ETS的返款支票

我取消过两次ETS的GRE考试，ETS会返还一部分报名费，具体金额可能和你取消的早晚有点关系（不确定，因为我两次收到的返款数目不一样）。在所取消的考试的日期（不是受理退考申请日期）之后一周内，ETS会寄出refund check到你报名时的注册地址。信件为平信，正常寄达时间应该在一周以内，如果地址有误或者邮寄失误则无限延期。如果2个月还没有收到或者地址变更，可以再写email问ETS重新寄。

收到的信应该是个蓝色的信封, 拆开信封, 就会发现支票跟这个信封是连在一起的，里面就是支票。按照说明把支票周围没用的封条撕去。支票上面有两个数字比较重要，一个是check date，就是ETS开check的日期，90日内有效，如果过期才收到或者收到之后一直忘了去领，那么参考上面没有收到的解决办法让ETS重新寄；另外一个数字是date上面的checknumber，在银行填表时需要用到。支票上写的收款人地址如果和你兑现时所住的地址不同也没有关系，只要支票确实是开给你本人的就行。

带上身份证，拿着check，身份证和中国银行借记卡（或者存折）（注意，好像一定得有中国银行的账户才行，没有的话需要开一个户）。去当地的中国银行。我去了北京中国人民大学西门紫金庄园下面的那家分行，办理的业务叫做托收，属于公司业务，办理时间为周一至周五。

柜台人员会让你填一张托收委托书。付款地-美国，票据种类-光票，票据号码就是上面说到的Check Number，填上你兑现时的地址，还有支票的金额（美元）。注意留上正确的电话号码。身份证验明正身之后，缴60元人民币的手续费(50元托收费+10元邮费)，对方会给你一张回执。收好回执就可以走了。

大约在45天之后可以去网上银行查看钱到了没有，期间如果顺利兑现，ETS会给你一封email说你的支票在某某日期已经兑现。如果45天后既没有收到这封email也没有收到钱，就需要带上回执和身份证去银行询问原因了。

迅雷看看绿屏有声音无图像的问题

这个问题需要设置一下就能正常使用迅雷看看了。在桌面点鼠标右键，然后点属性，再点设置，里面有个高级，点进去后切换到疑难解答，里面有个“硬件加速”选项，把这个往左拉一些，我一般拉到左数第二个，点确定后再刷新迅雷看看，这时就完全没问题了。但是有时候玩游戏玩不了还是需要调回来的。

How to Hide Files in Mac OS X

You may need to hide some confidential files in your Mac just for private use. Here are some methods I have collected from the Internet on how to hide files in Mac OSX. I post them out in case they might help.

1. Using third-part software like "apimac secret folder" or "onlyx" to hide a file or file folder.
2. Files whose names start with a dot "." are hidden by default. For example, the folder named "refox" will be hidden if you change its name to ".refox". (This seems not working any more in Leopard as it doesn’t allow to manually change a file name into one starting with a dot.)
   
   You can use the command "mv .refox refox" under the current directory to make the hidden folder ".refox" visible, while the command "ls -a" will list all of files in that directory by force, including hidden ones.
   
   Or, you can type "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE" in your Terminal to
   set the variable "AppleShowAllFiles" of "com.apple.finder.plist" in "Preferences" to "TRUE" and the second command "killall Finder" will restart the Finder and refresh the content. That is how you can show the hidden files in your Mac system.
   
   If you don't want to use any command listed above, you can install XCode Tools, then navigate to "com.apple.finder.plist" in your "Preferences" folder. Double-click this file will launch it using "Property List Editor" in Xcode Tools by default. Locating to the "AppleShowAllFiles" item and setting the value to "TRUE" will achieve the same effect. If there is no "AppleShowAllFiles" item there, you can also add this item under "Root". After this, you can use the "force quit" in
   Apple menu to re-launch the Finder and check the results.
   
   If you want to hide those shown les, you need to change the value of "AppleShowAllFiles" back to FALSE and re-start the Finder.
3. (Recommended) Change the extension of the file you want to hide into "app" to pretend an application; also change the icon of the file (can be an icon of any application); Right-click the icon of the app file and choose "show package content" to open the folder.

Images Can Finally be Uploaded through ScribeFire

ScribeFire is a great Firefox add-on which allows you to edit your post off-line and post it to your blog remotely. Although it is not very long since I started using it, I find that I have already been attracted and sometimes been addicted to it. The very simple and ready-to-use operation panel and various helpful plug-ins cannot make my blog writing more convenient and pleasant. Besides, it is totally free!

The problem I encountered recently is that it works perfect with my Mac mini and Windows XP systems, but when I began to introduce it to my Mac Book running Mac OS 10.5, I always got a prompting error while uploading a local picture through API mode, saying “Error: could not acquire an authentication token”. I then checked the versions of the installed Firefox and ScribeFire. They are both up to date and there are no available updates for me to install. I also googled the keywords and none of the proposed methods seem to work…

Today I suddenly realize that in terms of the issue, the only difference between my Mac Book and Mac mini is the installation time of Firefox. On the Mac mini, the Firefox was installed a long time ago, and just did some upgrades recently, while Firefox was a newly-added browser in my Mac Book. I then uninstalled all the add-ons and Firefox in my Mac Book and deleted all the profile information (~/Library/Application Support/Firefox & Mozilla). After that, I re-installed the latest Firefox and ScribeFire directly and found the problem was surprisingly resoled! I know this sounds ridiculous and unbelievable, but it actually works!

At the time of this post, ScribeFire has its 3.3.1 version released. I guess this issue might be fixed in the new version. But I haven’t tested it yet.

The lesson I learned from this process is that sometimes the simplest way may be the most effective. Why not give a try if the process does not cost you too much?

Filezilla在Mac OS下中文字符集乱码的解决办法

在Mac OS X下装Filezilla，连到实验室的FTP服务器，结果服务器上的中文名的文件和目录都看不到。后来想Filezilla应该是支持字符集转换的，所以在站点管理器(site manager)->字符集选项卡(charset)中，选择“使用自定义字符集(use custom charset)”，在文本框(encoding)内填写“GBK”。断开服务器重新连接，发现看不见的中文文件和目录都出现了，问题顺利解决。

CME-UF70连接计算机发声的简易操作方法

CME-UF70是一款非常强大实用的MIDI键盘。

因为本身不具备声源的产生机制，CME-UF70键盘（以下简称“MIDI键盘”）的其中一种操作方法是通过连接电脑后，让电脑进行声音的合成而进行发声。其操作方法如下：

1. 将MIDI键盘的电源连接线接好，并打开开关。
2. 准备一台装有Cakewalk的电脑，连接好音箱或是耳麦，MIDI键盘最后的发声将通过音箱或是耳麦传出。
3. 将MIDI键盘自带的“WIDI Wireless USB”插入电脑上，确保指示灯亮。必要的话电脑会自动搜索安装需要的驱动。
4. 打开电脑上的Cakewalk，选择好MIDI的输入输出端口。MIDI输入选择“USB Audio Device”，输出则选择“Microsoft GS 波表软件合成器”，点“确定”。如下图所示：
   

   
   

   如果没有出现“MIDI端口”的选择对话框的话，可以在Cakewalk顶上菜单栏中间的“选项->MIDI设备 ”中找到。
   
5. 这时，去MIDI键盘上尽情地弹奏吧，你应该可以通过音箱或耳麦听到MIDI键盘的声音了。

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關於蚯蚓的再生能力

我已經忘記是什麼時候學到的知識了
對於這項神奇的能力
流傳著這麼一個故事....


某天
放無薪假的蚯蚓爸爸閒的發慌
於是....


為的是....



蚯蚓爸爸放無薪假的這段日子
蚯蚓媽媽十分擔憂家裡的經濟狀況
心裡悶到發慌
忽然間
她想到一個可賺錢又可解悶的好主意....



為的是....


註：棒請﹝放槍台語﹞

再生能力似乎有效的舒解了蚯蚓家族的心裡壓力
也證明了蚯蚓家族
有著不亞於蟑螂家族的生命力！

但
某天....
蚯蚓家的大兒子卻死了....

這....
到底是為什麼？？
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這事件震驚了整個蚯蚓世界
蚯蚓家族悲痛欲絕
但這也讓他們更加謹慎的使用這能力

就在事件發生後不久
蚯蚓家的小兒子因為無法忍受失去哥哥的悲痛孤獨
於是他往自己身上切了一刀
想使用再生能力讓這個家恢復以往的圓滿
誰料
他竟也死了.....

這“揪竟”是為什麼？？
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故事發展到這
如果您認為事件就此結束
一切都只是老梗
那您就錯了

人生無常
白雲蒼狗
命運捉弄人
就在事件後不久
蚯蚓一家竟都死了....

這“揪竟”是無薪假的糾結？
還是喪子心痛的糾葛？
亦或是離去靈魂的糾纏呢？
讓我們看下去.....
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一切的一切
都只為了個“貪”字啊....

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呼~~~呼~~~
最近好冷啊~~
這故事好像讓大家更冷了....
哈哈...
不錯吧！！
我可是在提醒大家可要做好保暖的工作啊！！

再生蚯蚓的故事應該不少人都有聽過
我加了點自己的想法進去並做了點延伸
算是迎接消費券的到來啦~~~

最後~~
其實故事裡的蚯蚓夫妻死的有點冤旺說....
因為
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對了
再跟各位分享一下蚯蚓的資料
故事裡的蚯蚓媽媽
把自己切成四段
這樣是變不成四隻蚯蚓的....

如果你對蚯蚓再生有興趣
這裡有個網址
大家可以參考看看喔~
http://tw.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=1405110909584

還有還有
大家如果看到蚯蚓
別忽然幫他做起再生的實驗啊
這樣蚯蚓會很可憐
抑制住你的好奇心
放他一馬
我替蚯蚓謝大家~~
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Using iPod to Play Music Together

It often takes years even decades for ordinary people to learn and master some real instruments, like piano or violin. A majority of learners cannot persist in this long-term training and often get bored at the repeated but necessary "basic practice", though they might have huge interest on the sound a certain instrument is producing. It is really a pity that people have to stop before really enjoying the beauty of music just because of the arduous process that they fail to take.

Here's a clip about playing simulated instruments on iPod touch. Different interfaces are designed for different categories of instruments. For example, the Hitter (with which in hand you can shake) allows you to make a drum-like sound and the Tapper (with many buttons on the screen) can mimic a keyboard instrument. These interfaces are not designed to replace real instruments, but to enable those without solid background to play tunes very easily and experience various timbres and playing gestures. With the 3.5 inch commonly-seen mobile device, you can either explore the sounds all by yourself or ask your friends to play with you together. Isn't it fun!

Explore the Music World with Your iPod Touch

A Beautiful Song "Pray" from "Autumn in My Heart"

A Korean drama called "蓝色生死恋" or Autumn in My Heart in English became a hit around Asia at the beginning of 2000s. As the director once said, "Music is the soul of this drama." It is believed that the fascinating maple woods, golden leaves of the phoenix trees and the blue ocean, with the background music performed by Richard Clayderman --- "Love is Blue", turn out to be a perfect match. The gentle mood reflected through the music, with a spread of sweet picturesque scenes of the Korean aesthetic realm, brings the audience a special miserable beauty.

Here is a short but sweet piano clip named "Pray" collected on YouTube, also from this touching drama. Everytime listening to it, I am given a moment of peace. An instant calmness raises from the most bottom of my heart. Let's follow the pure, soft melody to recall the old, heart-shaking Autumn story.

祈祷 Pray - Autumn In My Heart (Piano)

Note: To bring convenience to those who want to learn playing this song, I share with you the music sheet. You can download it from here (with both ove and pdf format). I am learning it right now, hope to enjoy it with all of you!

双栏文档中生成通栏表格的位置问题

在LaTeX默认的双栏（twocolumn）文档中，用\begin{table*}...\end{table*}浮动环境生成的通栏表格经常不能按照自己的意愿摆放到想要的位置，比如它们经常不管所设定的”htbp!”参数而跑到另外一个空页上。如果需要跨栏表格更好地遵守自己的意愿，可以尝试使用multicol宏包（注意区分表格中跨栏单元格的\multicolumn命令）来替代\documentclass中的twocolumn选项。例如下图的一些命令，

会放置一个跨栏表格在当前页面的底部。

使用multicol宏包的一个好处它会帮你将最后一页的两栏文档进行对齐，不会出现一边长一点而另外一边短的问题。而使用twocolumn选项则需要其他的命令。

另外需要注意的一点是，用上述方法实现时可能会在表格和正文间留下额外的空间，这可以通过一些诸如vspace之类的命令再进行细微调整。

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