Asia-Europe 亚欧

有这样一个机构，铁路合作组织。几十年的工作，仍未换来陆桥飞架。没天堑也不能通途。

It exists, the Organization for Cooperation of Railways, for years. But still can't make a continent bridge as the Schengen area.

Of OS/2's failing 论OS/2的倒掉

(c) 2007, Oracle

一件事物的失败，原因多种多样。但是OS/2的倒掉，至少有个原因：IBM自己的个人计算机都不安装OS/2而是Windows。在这个报告上，最新的处理器先提供给对手，看来另一个带2的产品跟进了。

For one thing's failing, there're many reasons. But OS/2's failing must have a important one: IBM's PCs are shipping without OS/2 but Windows. Showing on the report, the newest processor is supplied to the comparator at first: It seems that another product named with 2 is following.

Pepsi Salt Soda 百事盐汽水

现在他们不仅卖糖水，也卖盐水了。

Now they not only sell sugar water, but also salt water.

Safety first 安全第一

国际品牌就是注意安全，庄臣的蚊香就比较安全，安全到烧到一半就灭……益损说得对，蚊香这个东西，还是中国造的比较好，也没听说谁家烧起来的。

International brands consider safety first, as Johnson's Coils, those never got their burning finished. Eason's right, Coils form China is better. There isn't any report of somewhere using Coils being burned.

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月琴，京剧。
侧耳倾听，千年余韵。

Yueqin, Peiking Opera.
Hear, it echos for a thousand years.

景山公园, 2/3/2007

Wardrobe Malfunction of Meng Ya 《萌芽》走光了

新一期《萌芽》……这照片不知道是哪位照的？
对这个小姑娘而言，腿部严重变形显然已不是大问题了。
周先生要笑了，图片编辑真合他意。

The new issue of Meng Ya(a famous literary magazine aimed to students) ...Where's the photographer?
On the girl, the huge deformation of her leg even isn't a problem.
Mr. Lu Hsun must be laughing, that the picture editor implemented his will perfectly.

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景山公园, 2/3/2007

老人的生活丰富多彩。
字。一种艺术。一个字可以蕴涵很多东西。字中可以窥得道理，也可以品味他人。
在公园里，像这样练字的老人很多。可能哪位就是高人。

Senior citizens' life are colorful.
Characters. They are art. They are magic. They are meaningful. They can include philosophy, or show personality.
There're many senior citizens like him in parks. There must be philosophers.

另：说到字，还有另外一件事，方正新出了徐静蕾的字体。流行新时尚？技术上并不是什么难的事情，多年前我曾经跟暗暗说给她做个字体，关键是她至少得写几千个标准字，我也得处理得了那么多……

ps. there's another thing with the Characters, that Founder Corporation has develpoed a Jean Xu's hand-writing font. The fashion? I asked Anan about creating her hand-writing font years before. But there's a key point that she can write out thousands contourable Characters, and also, I can process that much.

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北京的『的哥』（计程车司机）很有意思，他们甚至比政治家还关心政治。
他们的工作很累。他们的爱好就是评论。
传说中大概三千多年前的古时候，那些生活在社会基层的人也很累，他们的爱好大概也是评论，评论时政、评论生活。他们评论的歌谣都收入了《小雅》。

Beijing taxi drivers are interesting. Their care over politics sometimes are even more than that of politicians.
They work hard day by day. Comment is their hobby.
As historians told, over three thousand years ago, the workmen are alike. And hobby of comment, on politics, on life, too. Their comments are collected into a famous book, the Book of Songs.

新兴桥, 1/13/2007

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小贩。游走在法律边缘。
其实他们也是凭自己劳动生活。又有什么地方不对了呢？

Hawkers. Outer of law.
They lived by themselves. Why illegal?

东方广场, 1/31/2007

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高峰，就会见到他们的身影。
他们多是下岗职工。就业是这个人口众多国家永远的痛。
曾经有人质疑过他们的合法性；但不容置疑的是，他们维护了社会秩序，法律则应该让他们合法。

Rush hours, they appeared.
They came from the department that cannot afford they more. Employment is always a pain of this country with a huge population.
Some people doubted if they are legal or not. But they are making the society in order. The law should ensure they.

天安门东, 1/29/2007