Tarotoast’s Stuff

不知道為什麼 (!?) 寶貝哈泥決定發表一篇好室友守則

雖然不能說我完全 100% 認同裡面講的, 但是大概也有 90% 吧

自己搬出來一段時間了，所以也終於接觸過所謂室友的這種東西

上一次有室友是高中的時候，歐那個室友還真是個獨特的回憶

想想現在的室友們，當然比高中時候的成熟多了

三個男生嘛， 是要能夠乾淨到什麼地步 XD

寶貝不要偷看

不過雖然這麼說，我還是很希望至少共用的地方可以保持乾淨

廚房、洗衣間、客廳、地板、還有那矮小的前門地區

哎呀呀，我覺得我還是找女室友達成乾淨共用區域的可能性還比較大

其實換個角度想阿，男室友的好處就是給他怎麼髒亂都不會抱怨

喔好吧我承認我是奇怪的男室友，Kingston 被我念的快受不了了吧 XD

老北以前有講過，環境 vs 自己有衝突時候有三種作法

1. 被環境改變
2. 習慣環境
3. 改變環境

我選 3 =)

真是個大問題，這兩天有在用心的思考該不該更換目前的 Hosting Plan

• Colocation: 好一點的主機實在太貴了，所以短期內大概不大可能去買台 1U 主機然後丟 Datacenter 吧
• Dedicated: 實在找不到比現在這個 1&1 的 Dedicated Root Server 更好的 Plan 了，雖然硬體實在真的很爛
• VPS: 所有看到(付得起) VPS 的 disk space 實在小的無法接受阿 Orz
• Shared Hosting: 頻寬大、空間大、設備好，看起來實在是聰明的選擇，但是不能惡搞主機

所以我覺得我大概是需要把需求分開來才對：

1. 空間
2. 流量
3. 效能
4. 控制

想一想，其實 1, 2, 3 只要找個好的 Shared Hosting Plan (像是胸毛男現在在用的 HostMonster?) 就可以輕鬆 cover，可能得仔細的讀 review 不要小心找到一間容易被丟到操的很兇的 server 上就好了。

要達到 4 隨心所欲的控制的話，還是得至少有 VPS 才可以。但是想一想，需要隨心所欲控制的部分，需要用到那麼多的功間、流量、和效能嗎？好像不用耶，就頂多拿來編些程式、跑些不該跑的東西、抓些不該抓的東西、丟給一小圈的人下載 (以上純為假設) 之類的事情。

總和以上，看起來取得兩個 Plan 會比較划得來。反正如果 shared hosting 上有 shell access 的話，也可以直接丟個 cron 之類的把 VPS 上的東西抓到 shared hosting 上然後再丟出來，頻寬嘛 XD

So, I have this Logitech QuickCam® Messenger™ that I bought last summer, it’s a dual pack combo so I can put the other back at home. I recently upgraded my computer to Vista and guess what I find out:

This Camera will not work with Windows Vista. Please see our list of newer Vista compatible cameras.

This is the exact phrase I see when I tried to download driver from Logitech’s . So my first thought is that, ok, maybe it wasn’t working properly so they’d call it “will not work”. I decided to download its driver for XP and see if it will install. Following the instruction of the (32.2MB) installer, I need to restart my computer for it to finish the installation. Sure, will do. After restart, hmm, Windows still can’t find the drivers it wants, ok maybe Logitech is right, this is not working for Vista.

My laptop is running Windows XP so I don’t really bother trying to get the webcam working on Vista. The (32.2MB) file just sits there and do nothing. I later installed WinRAR because I wanted to open some supposed to be lame video a friend sent me. Guess what, since now that I have WinRAR installed, I can right click on the driver installer (qc848enu.exe) and choose to extract to folder. I don’t need a stupid little icon on my taskbar just to make sure I am aware that a webcam is installed anyway.

Now that I have WinRAR installed (I really didn’t want to install it actually), files extracted, I can try installing drivers manually. Windows Vista has more steps than XP to get to the browse-for-your-driver page. After I am there, I point the Wizard to look under the Drivers folder within the extracted files of the installer (qc848enu.exe). Guess what, Vista found all the drivers it needs and this webcam is working now.

Yeah, it should right? You can pretty much use XP’s (32bit) driver in Vista (x86) anyway. My FastTrak 376/378 driver is for 2000/XP/2003 and it’s working like what it should under Vista. Now it makes me wonder why Logitech says it won’t work?

• Geeksquad can show the message to an old granpa or grandma and charge them part and labor for getting a new webcam.
• Some know-where-to-download-driver computer newbie sees that message and will decide to get a new webcam.
• It’s technically way too difficult to have a properly written installer for this particular webcam.

Maybe, but I think this makes the most sense:

• Just say it won’t work and don’t even bother upgrading the installer so people who can’t install it will have to buy a new webcam. Yeah, go get that $120 Logitech QuickCam Orbit MP, it not only tracks your move, you also get a Vista driver installer (85MB)!!!

Well, I guess this is how you push forward to “encourage” upgrade, maybe?

Update (5/17) : Thanks for Shawn to point out that there is now a Vista ready driver that was in question.