http://ioilfield.com/blog1 Oil, gas, alternative energy, investment, and life Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/24/sub-prime-crisis-with-chinese-characteristics/ http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/24/sub-prime-crisis-with-chinese-characteristics/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:25:43 +0000 Administrator http://ioilfield.com/blog1/?p=12 China’s economy is still booming despite the sub-prime crisis in the US. However, a mini-crisis may be in the making. Housing speculators, with the help of or in collusion with builders, have pushed up the housing prices so high that any real downward adjustment may trigger the mini-crisis, especially after the Olympics. Many have bought in to the real estate with 10% oIt may not be as bad as the US sub-prime crisis but things could get ugly.

]]> http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/24/sub-prime-crisis-with-chinese-characteristics/feed/ http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/23/torchrelaysign/ http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/23/torchrelaysign/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:23:20 +0000 Administrator http://ioilfield.com/blog1/?p=10 北京街头英文标示错误因为奥运已改变了不少， 但是新的错误还是会出现。例如在永定门拍到的火炬接力标示: 英文应该为 Torch Relay.

]]> http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/23/torchrelaysign/feed/ http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/14/dye-coated-glass-to-channel-energy-into-solar-cells/ http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/14/dye-coated-glass-to-channel-energy-into-solar-cells/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:17:10 +0000 Administrator http://ioilfield.com/blog1/?p=9 It’s reported that some MIT engineers have come up with an effective way of collecting sunlight with dye-coated glass into solar cells mounted on glass edges. This is revolutionary in several ways. Firstly, it’s much cheaper than the conventional solar cells. Secondly, it could be used on almost all buildings without affecting the appearance or views. Thirdly, if a coating machine is developed, many buildings’ glass windows can be converted to solar power generators without replacing the glass.

]]> http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/14/dye-coated-glass-to-channel-energy-into-solar-cells/feed/ http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/11/%e5%8c%97%e4%ba%ac%e7%9a%84%e7%9a%84%e5%a3%ab/ http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/11/%e5%8c%97%e4%ba%ac%e7%9a%84%e7%9a%84%e5%a3%ab/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:35:38 +0000 Administrator http://ioilfield.com/blog1/?p=8 北京的的士比10年前进步多了：车也好了，司机也比较正规了。但是，国骂依在。 听不懂还好，听得懂耳根就不清静了。有些司机也不管场合环境，有小孩时照样骂。其实这比环境污染还要糟糕。儿子问我，中国人为什么对自己人那么”mean”, 我没有好的答案，只好说这是少数还有可能中国人太多了。　 还有后座的安全带经常被盖住而不能用。

]]> http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/11/%e5%8c%97%e4%ba%ac%e7%9a%84%e7%9a%84%e5%a3%ab/feed/ http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/10/%e2%80%9c%e5%8d%9a%e5%a3%ab%e5%90%8e%e2%80%9d%e6%98%af%e5%ad%a6%e4%bd%8d%ef%bc%9f/ http://ioilfield.com/blog1/2008/07/10/%e2%80%9c%e5%8d%9a%e5%a3%ab%e5%90%8e%e2%80%9d%e6%98%af%e5%ad%a6%e4%bd%8d%ef%bc%9f/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:04:18 +0000 Administrator http://ioilfield.com/blog1/?p=7 在美国，“博士后”不是一种学位。做博士后的博士们有很多原因，如想多做一些研究。还有为数不少的是因为找不到合适的工作，而临时在学校多待一会儿。

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绿卡其实就是永久居留权，或长期签证。绿卡持有者还保留原有国籍。在美国只交税，但无公民投票权。如要加入美国籍，除须满足居住5年以上外，还要通过入籍考试和宣誓。

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最早的网站是英文的. 去注册访问, 必须Login, 字面翻译就是“录入”。就像去一个宴会登记一下名字似的。
所以，咬文嚼字的活，应该是“登录“。

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全家选择了香港的团，领队和导游都讲广州话，听了一路连懵带猜弄懂了大概。自由时间就好了，可以随意用国语（普通话）。 那时101大楼尚未开放，只能在外面购物照相。
有一晚上，一家四口夜游总统府。路上只有我们四个人在走路，剩下的就是虎视眈眈的宪兵了。想照相，又怕子弹飞过来，不照，会遗憾。因没有其他行人，只好硬着头皮冲宪兵喊话：我们能照张像吗？记得伦敦站岗的士兵是不能动的，所以并没期望有回应，只是想打个招呼别打冷枪。没想到有一个站得像泥塑似的居然点了一下头。喜出望外，赶紧按了几下快门， 在宪兵们还没弄清我们口音的时候就离开了正门。
行程只有几天，没有机会去阿里山。希望下次去一次自由行。

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