小径通幽处…

The Viliv P1 has a 30 GB hard drive, so it’s in direct competition with the iPod video. However, the P1 has a bigger screen than the iPod, at a whopping 4 inches! The 16:9 ratio widescreen has a resolution of 480X272 pixels, which isn’t too shabby. Like any PMP, the P1 is able to play both audio and video media, with a bunch of supported formats. The device further gets the upper hand on the iPod with a built in FM tuner, and voice recorder. One of the biggest problems with portable media players is their battery life, and Episodic Media plays no games; the P1 boasts a full 6 hours of video playback, and 11 for audio! Other notable features include a built in Macromedia Player, a CF Slot, and a Video and Audio Out connection! The unit is set to launch in the US in March, but no price has been announced so of yet.

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这个世界时刻的在感动着你！

Einstein’s Theory ‘Improved’? from PhysOrg.com
Chinese astronomer from the University of St Andrews has fine-tuned Einstein’s groundbreaking theory of gravity, creating a ‘simple’ theory which could solve a dark mystery that has baffled astrophysicists for three-quarters of a century.
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1，如果你留心你的挂历的话，你是否发现林林木木的节日似乎充斥着很多平凡的日子？节日不过是给善于忘却的人们的一丝善意提醒：告诉你适当的时候可以挂念些什么，哪怕一年只是一次；
2，现代化的节日的另一层含义便是商业上的，比方说10亿和100的关系；
3，关于情人节：怎么样的才算是情人呢？狭义的讲，应该是介于朋友或者爱人之间的那么一种感觉。当然，我不喜欢这个词本身。因为时代的滥用，很多的词都已经语义转移了，这也是无奈的事情。姑且认作是有情人也许更好一些；
4，人，如果你时时有心，又何必牵扯于花木的所以节日呢；
5，快乐是每天的问题，却不一定是某天的问题。也许，会徒增烦恼。

From: http://www.murataboy.com/

S.T.
“机器人可以说是把小孩子的梦想与最尖端的技术直接联系起来的一种方式吧。”
T.W.
“能够参加这个项目，我感到非常荣幸。从自行车的行驶性能来讲，我认为它已达到了很高的地步。”
K.Y.
“我们在孩提时代所想象的21世纪就是这样的。传感器、通信模块、控制技术、线路设计技术。村田制作所拥有大量的、能够使21世纪更精彩的项目。”
S.F.
“事实上，在村田顽童身上，我们投入了平常所用的最先进的制造技术。通过使用为实现工厂自动化而培养的技术技能，我们开发了村田顽童。”
K.K.
“诸如不摔倒的自行车、不碰撞的汽车等，以村田顽童为基础而开发的东西，我认为今后将会越来越多的。”
A.H.
“如果配置了村田擅长的通信及能源相关的尖端技术，我认为村田顽童的性能和功能还会进一步扩展。我想利用村田顽童对各种技术和尝试进行挑战。对此，我内心充满着期待。”

超慢速直行功能：

及时停止功能：

自动路线驾驶功能：

From: http://virtuelvis.com/archives/2006/02/opera-9-tp-2

Opera 9, Technology Preview 2 has just been released. With changes. Read on and get the meat of the story: Widgets, thumbnails, BitTorrent and more.

Widgets

Yes, Opera 9 now features Widgets: Small web applications that run outside the browser, directly on the user’s desktop. These widgets, unlike a regular browser, has cross-domain features, so it’s an ideal platform for delivering Web applications that interact with multiple online services at once. Opera Widgets are cross-platform, and run both on Windows, Linux and OS X.

Since widgets are chromeless, they’re also ideal for eye-candy applications, such as this analog clock:

If you are a developer, and would like to get started with widget development, see the Widget developer’s page — the tutorials there are:

• End-user documentation (the really-quick user documentation is: Install the TP, press F6 and then “Add”)
• Your first widget: Hello World!
• Animate your first widget
• The Opera Animation library
• Deploying widgets

Over time, more documentation for developers is going to be added to this page, from the simple to the more complex.

With widgets, Opera is also introducing OWAL, the Opera Web Applications License 1.0 which allows authors to reuse libraries developed by Opera for widget development.

Content blocking

Opera has always had the opportunity to block unwanted external content. Up until now, this has been an expert-only feature, requiring editing of the urlfilter.ini file. Well, those days are long gone. You can now right-click on any page, and select “Block content” to block external images, flash movies:

If you want to see more of the content blocker, my colleague Petter Nilsen has written in-depth about it, with multiple screenshots.

BitTorrent

Yes, BitTorrent is back. This is technology previously previewed in the 8.10 cycle, then it went away for a few versions. The client has improved since then, in addition to bittorrent search being added. Use b [search term] in the address bar to search files directly on search.bittorrent.com

opera:config improvements

opera:config, introduced in Opera 9 TP1, has seen some major improvements, style-wise:

Not only is the styling improved, the functionality is also improved, as every item in the file now has a permalink, signified by the » after an item, so pointing users to the exact setting you’re refering to is as easy as creating any other link on the web.

Web page thumbnails

Opera 9 tp2 features Web page thumbnails when you hover over tabs:

Not only are these thumbnails in the tabs, but they are also added as an option to the Ctrl-Tab cycle:

The Ctrl-Tab is turned off by default, but can be turned on by checking the option Use Thumbnails in Window Cycle in opera:config

Again, you can view more screenshots over at Petter Nilsen’s blog.

History

The history panel and history tab in Opera has seen some major improvements in this version: The history is no longer a flat list of items you have visited. Instead you now have these views:

• Time and site view: This view groups your site into “Today”, “Yesterday” and similar, with the domains you’ve visited grouped as subfolders inside this view.
• Time view: This view groups your history by date, and keeps the sites visited on that date in order, with no other particular grouping.
• Site view: Like you probably already guessed, this simply organizes your history by domain.

Error console

The error console in this preview is pretty much all new. First of all, it’s now renamed from “JavaScript console” to error console, because it now is host to all of the error messages in Opera: M2, Java, JavaScript, CSS, XML, XSLT, SVG, Network, and BitTorrent errors.

Source viewer

The source viewer/editor, introduced with TP1 has seen further improvement, as it now also syntax highlights source

Customizable searches

The searches in Opera are now customizable from the Search tab in (the improved) Preferences:

Again, Petter has more details on search customization

Site-specific preferences

If you need to customize aspects of a site, like change its plug-in settings, alter the appearance by pointing to a different stylesheet, changing cookie settings or similar, Opera now has site-specific preferences:

Access to the site-specific preferences is through an extra menu item in “Quick preferences” (F12) which will open a dialog with the preferences for the site you’re currently visiting.

labs.opera.com

In conjunction with the release of this preview, the new Opera Labs site is also set to go live. Bookmark it, visit it, and subscribe to the RSS feed.

Much more: Changelogs

There really is much more, but if I was going to delve into it all, this would end up as the longest blog post in history. I’d suggest checking out the changelogs, where you’ll also find the appropriate changelogs:

• Changelog for Windows
• Changelog for Unix/Linux
• Changelog for Mac

In addition to these, you can read some other Opera employee postings on Opera 9 tp 2 (This list is live):

• Tim Altman
• Moose: On internal stylesheets (he has loads and loads of more links, explore his site)
• Peter Karlsson: Changes in preferences
• Anne van Kesteren: Opera 9 Preview 2

You’ll find the appropriate download links in the changelogs. Remember: This is a technical preview, not production software. Which means that we appreciate bug reports and feedback, which you can do by filing bugs, and/or posting in the Beta testing forum.

From: Opera Labs

We’ve released a technology preview of Opera 9, codenamed Merlin, on Opera Labs. There are some very cool features we want you to try:

Opera Widgets –

Widgets are small AJAX applications that provide specific functionality – like getting your favorite news, converting currency and so on. We’ve posted documentation on Opera Widgets – not only how to use them but also how to make them. Go to My Opera Community to download Widgets.
Widgets 就是一些提供特定功能的小AJAX程序-比如获取你喜爱的新闻,汇率转换等等.我们提供了Opera Widgets的文档-不只是告诉你如何使用,并且有制作教程.你也可以去Opera社区下载Widgets.

BitTorrent –

BitTorrent has become one of the most popular file transfer protocols around. We built it right into the browser so you can download torrent files easily. No more hassle finding the right port, no worries about setting upload and download speed. We’ve worked to optimize all of that for you.
BitTorrent目前成为一种十分流行的文件传输协议.我们在浏览器中内置了BT来帮助你方便的下载torrent文件.不再需要到处寻找合适的端口,不用担心上传和下载速度的设置.我们帮你做了好了优化.

Customize your search engines –

Use your favorite search engine in the search box. Go to the site you want and right click on the search field site and click on the search field. You will then be prompted to “create search”
在搜索栏里使用你喜欢的搜索引擎.浏览你需要的站点右击搜索栏地址然后点击搜索栏(?).”创建搜索”就会自动弹出了.

Improved content blocker –

Cosmetic surgery for Web pages. Just right click on a page and select “block content”. Any content not greyed out can be blocked with a click. Select “done” and see the page the way you want.
页面的整容术.只要右击页面选择”屏蔽内容”.只要一次点击就可以轻松屏蔽不需要的内容.选择”完成”就可以查看你需要的页面.

Improved pop-up blocker –

Just try it with some nasty popups. We added more intelligence to help weed out even more pop-ups. But since not all pop-ups are created equal, use the trash can to retrieve pop-ups you may want.
搞定一些讨厌的弹出窗口.我们添加一些智能机制帮助扫除更多的弹出窗口.但是为了避免有用的窗口被屏蔽,可以从trash得到你需要的.

Site specific preferences –

For those of you who want to control settings for specific pages. Want to accept some cookies and deny others? How about setting your own style sheet to make the site more accessible? Just right click on the page and select “Site preferences”.
给那些需要对指定页面控制的人.需要接受某些cookies而拒绝别的?如何设置自己的style表单使页面更舒服?只需要右击页面选择”站点选项”

Thumbmail preview –

Opera conserves system resources and uses less memory than other browsers so it’s easy to have many tabs open at once. But just what tab had that video you wanted? Using the thumbnail feature, you can find out by resting the mouse on any tab.
Opera比别的浏览器节省内存,因此可以让你同时打开很多的页面.但是需要快速查看页面内容?使用thumbnail特性,在鼠标放在标签时你可以看到缩略图.

As with any of our technology previews, this is not meant to replace your current version of Opera. That caveat aside, we welcome you to download the TP and let us know what you think.

From: http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#win

Opera的确是当之无愧的王者。