FROM : YAHOO

TAIPEI (AFP) – Apple was threatened Monday with a fine if it did not act on a dispute in which thousands of visitors to its online store tried to buy computers that were wrongly priced at massive discounts.
The Taipei city government said the US giant had mis-priced two models Friday afternoon, with one on sale for a little over 40 percent of what it should have been.
Apple corrected the prices hours later but by that time more than 200,000 units had been ordered, local media said.
The news comes after computer giant Dell was forced to honour the sale of various electronics goods at a third of their price after offering them at a cut price on the Internet in error.
The complaints erupted after the company unilaterally altered the prices of the bargain-hunting orders.
Apple would not say if it would deliver the products on the erroneous prices. And after an initial investigation, the city government’s Law and Regulation Commission issued an ultimatum to the US computer company.
“The city government has tried to reach Apple since Friday afternoon but has not yet received any response from it over the more than 30 consumer complaints,” Yeh Ching-yuan, chief of the commission, said in a statement.
“Apple has to respond to our order before the end of Tuesday or may face a fine of up to 300,000 Taiwan dollars (9,400 US) according to the consumers’ protection law,” he warned.
Apple is required to provide details of the alleged mis-pricing, why it happened, the number and value of orders placed on the mis-price basis, and how the company will act to compensate the customers, he said.
Local media said Apple listed its Mac Mini at 19,999 Taiwan dollars (625 US), about 42 percent of its original price tag of 47,710 Taiwan dollars.
Also, the 8-GB version of Mac Mini Snow Leopard Server was priced lower than the 4-GB version, which costs 34,900 Taiwan dollars.
A court in southern Taiwan last month ordered Dell to deliver 18 laptops and 76 flat-panel monitors to 31 consumers for 490,000 Taiwan dollars, less than a third of the normal price, the Taipei-based Apple Daily said.
The company advertised the unusually low prices on its website in June and July, prompting bargain-hunters to place 200,000 orders.
The consumer rights authorities in Taipei also fined Dell one million Taiwan dollars.

更新 : 剛剛我在刷一次. 信用卡扣款了. 看來這次是來真的了. 希望蘋果能按照 NT$ 19,900 出貨..
更新2 : 又變NT$ 47,710

Mac mini Snow Leopard Server

2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
8GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM – 2x4GB
Dual 500GB Serial ATA Drives
COUNTRY KIT,K40-TWN
User’s Guide (Traditional Chinese)
+
Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter

這樣多少錢呢??!!

NT$ 52,180 含稅

同樣的組態.教育折價多少錢呢??

才 NT$ 20,900 含稅

二話不說.馬上刷卡刷下去!!!!!!

檢查訂單看看有沒有眼花.沒有眼花.這時候我爽到不行.感覺好像中樂透!!

後來再檢查一次..更!!!!!機車壘..原來是個謊子. 只好退貨了!! 理由”不喜歡這個價格”!!

空歡喜一場…我目前的電腦.記憶體常常不足.很想買蘋果電腦.但是又夭壽貴.算了!!!!

首先, 先變成管理者模式

# sudo -s

在 /Library -> Preferences -> SystemConfiguration 建立 com.apple.RemoteAccessServers.plist 檔案

# vi /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.RemoteAccessServers.plist

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>ActiveServers</key>
        <array>
                <string>com.apple.ppp.l2tp</string>
        </array>
        <key>Servers</key>
        <dict>
                <key>com.apple.ppp.l2tp</key>
                <dict>
                        <key>DNS</key>
                        <dict>
                                <key>OfferedSearchDomains</key>
                                <array/>
                                <key>OfferedServerAddresses</key>
                                <array>
                                        <string>168.95.1.1</string>
                                        <string>168.95.192.1</string>
                                </array>
                        </dict>
                        <key>IPv4</key>
                        <dict>
                                <key>ConfigMethod</key>
                                <string>Manual</string>
                                <key>DestAddressRanges</key>
                                <array>
                                        <string>192.168.x.101</string>
                                        <string>192.168.x.120</string>
                                </array>
                        </dict>
                        <key>Interface</key>
                        <dict>
                                <key>SubType</key>
                                <string>L2TP</string>
                                <key>Type</key>
                                <string>PPP</string>
                        </dict>
                        <key>L2TP</key>
                        <dict>
                                <key>IPSecSharedSecret</key>
                                <string>com.apple.ppp.l2tp</string>
                                <key>IPSecSharedSecretEncryption</key>
                                <string>Keychain</string>
                                <key>Transport</key>
                                <string>IPSec</string>
                        </dict>
                        <key>PPP</key>
                        <dict>
                                <key>AuthenticatorProtocol</key>
                                <array>
                                        <string>MSCHAP2</string>
                                </array>
                                <key>LCPEchoEnabled</key>
                                <integer>1</integer>
                                <key>LCPEchoFailure</key>
                                <integer>5</integer>
                                <key>LCPEchoInterval</key>
                                <integer>60</integer>
                                <key>Logfile</key>
                                <string>/var/log/ppp/vpnd.log</string>
                                <key>VerboseLogging</key>
                                <integer>1</integer>
                        </dict>
                        <key>Server</key>
                        <dict>
                                <key>Logfile</key>
                                <string>/var/log/ppp/vpnd.log</string>
                                <key>MaximumSessions</key>
                                <integer>128</integer>
                                <key>VerboseLogging</key>
                                <integer>1</integer>
                        </dict>
                </dict>
        </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

記得把 OfferedServerAddresses裡面的值改成你要指定的dns server位址. 還有把 DestAddressRanges 內的值改成你要發放的 IP 位址

指定 root:wheel 到 com.apple.RemoteAccessServers.plist檔案

# chown root:wheel /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.RemoteAccessServers.plist

建立好vpn的log檔案

# touch /var/log/ppp/vpnd.log

設定 secret 密碼到 system keychian

security add-generic-password -a com.apple.ppp.l2tp -s com.apple.net.racoon -p “TOP_SECRET” /Library/Keychains/System.keychain

打開 Utilities -> Keychain Access 程式 右上方 搜尋 racoon

點選”Access Control” Tab

打勾”Allow all applications to access this item”

設定撥號進來的帳號密碼 :

# vi /etc/ppp/chap-secrets

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"YOUR_ACCOUNT" * "YOUR_PASSWORD" *

# vi /etc/ppp/users.plist

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
        <dict>
                <key>Password</key>
                <string>YOUR_PASSWORD</string>
                <key>User</key>
                <string>YOUR_ACCOUNT</string>
        </dict>
</array>
</plist>

記得將 YOUR_ACCOUNT & YOUR_PASSWORD 改成你要設定的帳號密碼.

然後啟動vpn

# vpnd

這樣vpn就能運作了

如果你要讓vpn每次開機都啟動, 就要設定 /etc/hostconfig 檔案. 在檔案的最末端加入下列設定

VPNSERVERS=-YES-

1. 直接改密碼 :
開機後按 Command-S, 然後輸入下列指令. username 改成你的username. password 改成你要的密碼

# fsck -fy
# mount -uw /
# launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.DirectoryServices.plist
# dscl . -passwd /Users/username password
# Reboot

2. 直接取得 root 權限 :
開機後按 Command-S, 然後輸入下列指令

# fsck -fy
# mount -uw /
# passwd
# exit

之後用 root 登入, 再去重設其他 user 密碼

3. 欺騙註冊程序 :
開機後按 Command-S. 輸入下列指令

# fsck -fy
# mount -uw /
# rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone
# shutdown -h now

重新開機後, 要輸入註冊資訊. 有點小麻煩

來源 : 今日新聞

Adobe的Flash可說是目前顯示網路影片的標準技術，據說支援70%以上的遊戲與75%的影片，不過，蘋果iPhone與即將在3月上市的iPad並不支援Flash，執行長賈布斯（Steve Jobs）為此從1月底就極力辯護自己的決定，還連續以許多壞話痛罵Flash，令外界相當錯愕。

據報導，賈布斯在發表iPad後的一場內部員工大會中，痛罵Google進入手機市場，認為Google說過的「不做惡」是廢話，強調絕不會讓Google宰了iPhone。

更精采的是，賈布斯也針對Adobe的Flash開罵，而且罵到現在還沒結束，賈布斯解釋iPhone與iPad不支援Flash的理由是「缺陷非常多，每次Mac當機都是因為Flash」，「沒有人會再使用Flash，世界正往HTML5前進中」。

但是Adobe有新的反制動作，除了承諾會製作速度較快的Mac版Flash外掛程式外，還宣布已經跟50多伙伴來協助開發者與內容出版商可透過「螢幕開放計畫（Open Screen Project）」，把內容用在任何裝置上，不應該對想要體驗完整Web經驗的用戶產生大困擾。

Adobe經理Adrian Ludwig在官方部落格指責，蘋果持續在裝置上限制內容出版與消費者的做法是一大缺失，如果iPad沒有Flash支援，用戶就看不到也玩不了70%以上的遊戲與75%的影片，更無法連結到迪士尼、Hulu、Farmville、ESPN或者JibJab等。

但是賈布斯近來仍是多次強調就是不鳥Flash，在拜訪華爾街日報總部時，有報導說，賈布斯又開罵，批評Flash有如「一隻CPU豬」（CPU hog，吃CPU資源吃太凶）、Flash吃電吃很大，會讓iPad續航力下降，繼續為自己決定拒絕的策略辯護。

有評論家推測，賈布斯對於玩家抱怨連連不予理會，但又關門避免公開批評，可能是因為他認為，買iPad或iPhone的消費者絕大多數都不太了解Flash，就算了解也不在乎，只要好用就好，其他都不重要。

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雖然這不是什麼新聞. 但是我有話要說. 其實Jobs可以開放Flash然後在系統偏好裡面讓使用者決定要不要開啟Flash阿.這樣不是很好嗎? 使用者自己決定要不要很快消耗自己的電力. 目前我用3GS一天要充兩次電.如果再弄個Flash那不是更…..xx…

Pre-release pTunes widget for test. So far, it only supports 759 songs lyrics. Searching rest of songs lyrics rely on Google. If you would like to search who’s album, please reply a comment. I will add it for you.

目前只能收尋759首歌詞. 其他就要靠 Google. 如果你想搜尋誰的專輯. 請留言會優先處理.

Download : pTunes widget 0.1p

一切還沒完成. 還在努力中.

so far, the pTunes Widget is not finished yet. it’s still under construction.

相關閱讀 : pTunes (Preview)

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NSDictionary *playerInfo = [aNotification userInfo];
NSLog(@"%@", playerInfo);

我很好奇這個 NSDictionary 裡面裝了什麼膏藥? 就用NSLog幫忙揭開神祕的面紗 :

Album = “In the Enchanted Garden”;
“Album Rating” = 0;
“Album Rating Computed” = 1;
Artist = “Kevin Kern”;
“Artwork Count” = 1;
Genre = “New Age”;
“Library PersistentID” = “-8755280181446606464″;
Location = “file://localhost/Users/xxxxx/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Kevin%20Kern/In%20the%20Enchanted%20Garden/07%20Water%20Lilies.mp3″;
Name = “Water Lilies”;
PersistentID = 8747019994823533665;
“Play Count” = 0;
“Play Date” = “2040-02-06 06:28:16 +0800″;
“Player State” = Playing;
“Playlist PersistentID” = “-8755280181446606453″;
“Rating Computed” = 1;
“Skip Count” = 0;
“Skip Date” = “2040-02-06 06:28:16 +0800″;
“Store URL” = “itms://itunes.com/link?n=Water%20Lilies&an=Kevin%20Kern&pn=In%20the%20Enchanted%20Garden”;
“Total Time” = 257802;
“Track Count” = 10;
“Track Number” = 7;
Year = 1996;

另外, 還可以用下列方式

NSString *strOutput = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", playerInfo];

NSString *strOutput = [playerInfo description];

在蘋果裡面網路設定很好用. 蘋果可以按照你不同地點給予不同網路環境設定profile. 例如, 在家裡撥接ADSL然後撥VPN回公司, 在辦公室用固定ip. 在會議室設定無線網路…etc 不同環境都會有不同的 profile. 甚至, 我在辦公室還有不同 profile. 例如, 上班用固定ip. 然後, 有些特殊情況要用另外一組 ip. 這時候 Location profile 就很好用.

就在 System Preferences (系統偏好) -> Network (網路) -> Location 下拉就可以編輯不同的 profile. 當你編輯好不同情境的 profile 後, 你就可以在蘋果那 選 Location.

當然用滑鼠選比較快. 但是如果要遠端執行切換 profile. 那就要靠 scselect (Select system configuration “location”) 指令來完成

例如, 我要選 Home 那就用下列指令 :

HOST:~ username$ scselect Home
CurrentSet updated to A3F0DE9C-C708-43FE-9D1D-F9230BB31C61 (Home)

如果有不懂. 歡迎留言交流. 我相信我沒有寫很仔細. ：＄

想要做個比較簡單的介面搜尋歌詞. 下載專輯封面. 還在努力中. 希望能完美完成. 另外也在克服怎樣加速建立歌詞資料庫. 還有希望侵權別被 apple 告. 哈哈.

當時有這個念頭, 其實最終目標是能讓大家透過瀏覽器播放音樂. Google 不是都出了 Google OS? 本機端沒有太大的儲存空間. 一切仰賴網路. 如果蘋果出網頁版的 iTunes 那該有多好.哈哈.