The Super IQ Test
How Smart Are You Really?
Angie, your Super IQ score is 105
Your overall intelligence quotient is the result of a scientifically-tested formula based on how many questions you answered correctly. But it's only part of what we learned about you from your answers on the test. We also determined the way you process information.
The way you think about things makes you an Intuitive Interpreter. This means you are a highly conceptual thinker. Rather than focusing on facts and figures, you look at the big picture. You are less inclined to need to walk through something step by step to understand the logic behind it. This also lets you make connections between something you learned three weeks ago and something you are learning today. While other people need those types of connections pointed out for them, you just naturally make them.
How did we determine that your thinking style is that of an Intuitive Interpreter? When we examined your test results further, we analyzed how you scored on 8 dimensions of intelligence: spatial, organizational, abstract reasoning, logical, mechanical, verbal, visual and numerical. The 3 dimensions you scored highest on combine to make you an Intuitive Interpreter. Only 6 out of 1,000 people have this rare combination of abilities.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
I took another test....
看到這間公司的newsletter，又給它的slogan吸引了。
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Britney 'gives birth to baby boy'
By BBC
Photographers are waiting outside a hospital in Los Angeles after reports that singer Britney Spears has given birth to a baby boy.
 Spears is said to have given birth by Caesarean section |
Photographers are waiting outside a hospital in Los Angeles after reports that singer Britney Spears has given birth to a baby boy.
The pop star, 23, gave birth by Caesarean section on Wednesday, US Weekly magazine said on its website.
Spears and husband Kevin Federline are said to have been taken to the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, under police escort, early on Wednesday.
But the birth is yet to be confirmed by her representatives.
The US Weekly report said that Spears gave birth just before 1300 local time (2100 BST) on Wednesday.
It also quoted unidentified sources claiming the child would be called Preston Michael Spears Federline.
However, hospital officials have so far declined to comment.
Speculation
Reports published earlier this week claimed Spears had given birth on Sunday.
But the rumours were subsequently denied by her UK publicist.
"Britney Spears has not given birth," he said. "She's not even in hospital. The baby is due some time in the next month."
 Britney Spears wed Kevin Federline in September 2004 |
The singer's spokesman has been quoted again on the Sun's website on Thursday, saying he could not confirm the birth.
"I wish I could give you details about the weight and when the baby was born, but I have no information to give yet," David Frostman is quoted as saying.
Spears married dancer Federline, 27, in September 2004 after they had been together for just six months.
She confirmed her pregnancy in April following months of feverish tabloid speculation.
Federline has two children by his ex-girlfriend, actress Shar Jackson, one of which was born after he and Spears started dating.
In the October issue of Elle magazine, Spears said she was looking forward to motherhood.
"It's mindblowing having a child," she said, adding that she planned on being "a hot mom".
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
What is your IQ?
近來有點喜歡做一些東西來肯定自己，例如IQ TEST。
結果是：
對我來說不錯，原來智力還是有點的，哈哈！
結果是：
Congratulations, Angie!
Your IQ score is 127
This number is based on a scientific formula that compares how many questions you answered correctly on the Classic IQ Test relative to others.
Your Intellectual Type is Precision Processor. This means you're exceptionally good at discovering quick solutions to problems, especially ones that involve math or logic. You're also resourceful and able to think on your feet. And that's just some of what we know about you from your test results.
對我來說不錯，原來智力還是有點的，哈哈！
Thursday, September 08, 2005
香港人....細個一定會做過既57件事
勁好笑~ (轉載自一個不太常去的討論版)
1.玩米缸，將手插入米缸裡面o既米裡面篤下篤下。
2.在百貨公司入面篤扶手電梯旁的吊牌。
3.地下有階磚時，特登隔一格一格o黎行(不可踩界，要完全在格內)。
4.用錶面反射陽光，照o黎照去。
5.跳樓梯(愈多級愈勁)。
6.行路上高起左地方(例如高起左o既長條型石博，好似玩平衡木咁行法)。
7.鋪張紙在硬幣上面，然後用鉛筆係上面油，油返個形出o黎。
8.食完瑞士糖之後，將糖紙包番個原本四四方方果個形出o黎。
9.超級市場踩住架購物車o黎行。
10.踩水"tum"，係好特登果隻。
11.吹口水波。
12.搣牆上的乳膠漆或牆紙。
13.係平滑o既地面上面"冼"下"冼"下咁行。
14.整濕o的紙巾，掟上學校廁所天花頂。
15.食完綠箭香口膠，一定摺返成張包裝紙，再放返入個大套入面。
16.響課室玩俄羅斯輪盤，將玩粉刷霑滿粉筆粉，放係風扇上面，等個風扇轉 轉下，轉得怏個時飛出o黎，睇下個粉刷中邊個。
17.放膠袋(當風爭甘放)。
18.去後梯執咸書睇，張睇完的咸書撕開飄落街。
19.貼張龜仔紙嚮o的同學背背脊果度。
20.踩人地個影。
21.狂踩人地對白飯魚，尤其是大肥仔果o的。
22.用幾條橡筋射o的同學。
23.掉人地門口的拖鞋落街。
24."蚊"消防喉，射水落下面個球場，睇下射到幾遠。
25.擇水彈。
26.用氣鎗射街上的途人。
27.玩千揪，"fing"到咁上下就飛出去鬥遠。
28.落樓梯時坐係o的扶手上面"sir"落黎。
29.在自動梯行相反方向。
30.把"誤投信件"或沒有用的宣傳單張，胡亂放入其他的住宅信箱。
31.坐地鐵時，抓緊中間的扶手，地鐵一開動博命繞住轉(自轉)。
32.在月台上鬥快跑。
33.帶玩具返學。
34.用圖釘弄穿學校壁佈板。
35.亂按人家的門鐘，然後鬆人。
36.明知過了三歲，仍然不買票，"捐"地鐵的入/出閘機。
37.用改錯水(很舊的有一個掃那種)附送的天拿水，搽在手上。
38.在井字型公屋中間的大天井中放紙飛機，或者放紙青蜒，看看誰放的紙青蜒最慢由廿幾樓落到地面。
39.煲蠟。
40.把汽水罐靜雞雞放在校車的車輪下攝住，開車時把它壓扁。
41.圍閹
42. 呵尿時出力射走 D 屎積
43.膠袋裝滿水掉落樓下
44.將紙碎或者紙飛機撒落街
45.將bubble紙氣泡逐粒"鏈"爆
46.o係屋企走廊玩"壁虎功"
47.走到開動緊電風扇面前:"呀~~~~~~~~!"
48.用間尺好似 "搖搖板"咁彈起舊擦膠
49.寶貼當泥膠,用間尺整pizza
50.係屋企撩鼻屎然後抿落牆
51.將 d 擦膠碎 用尺切粒粒
52.膠水搽係手/筆盒上 , 等佢乾之後成塊 met 出黎 ~
53.洗手時用手頂住個出水位,用d水去射周圍d人
54.同隔離位鬥快開哂筆盒d機關
55.飛拖鞋
56.特登將飲完的紙包飲品吹脹然後放在地上，大力地踩爆佢
57.用泥膠塞電制/電話插蘇
1.玩米缸，將手插入米缸裡面o既米裡面篤下篤下。
2.在百貨公司入面篤扶手電梯旁的吊牌。
3.地下有階磚時，特登隔一格一格o黎行(不可踩界，要完全在格內)。
4.用錶面反射陽光，照o黎照去。
5.跳樓梯(愈多級愈勁)。
6.行路上高起左地方(例如高起左o既長條型石博，好似玩平衡木咁行法)。
7.鋪張紙在硬幣上面，然後用鉛筆係上面油，油返個形出o黎。
8.食完瑞士糖之後，將糖紙包番個原本四四方方果個形出o黎。
9.超級市場踩住架購物車o黎行。
10.踩水"tum"，係好特登果隻。
11.吹口水波。
12.搣牆上的乳膠漆或牆紙。
13.係平滑o既地面上面"冼"下"冼"下咁行。
14.整濕o的紙巾，掟上學校廁所天花頂。
15.食完綠箭香口膠，一定摺返成張包裝紙，再放返入個大套入面。
16.響課室玩俄羅斯輪盤，將玩粉刷霑滿粉筆粉，放係風扇上面，等個風扇轉 轉下，轉得怏個時飛出o黎，睇下個粉刷中邊個。
17.放膠袋(當風爭甘放)。
18.去後梯執咸書睇，張睇完的咸書撕開飄落街。
19.貼張龜仔紙嚮o的同學背背脊果度。
20.踩人地個影。
21.狂踩人地對白飯魚，尤其是大肥仔果o的。
22.用幾條橡筋射o的同學。
23.掉人地門口的拖鞋落街。
24."蚊"消防喉，射水落下面個球場，睇下射到幾遠。
25.擇水彈。
26.用氣鎗射街上的途人。
27.玩千揪，"fing"到咁上下就飛出去鬥遠。
28.落樓梯時坐係o的扶手上面"sir"落黎。
29.在自動梯行相反方向。
30.把"誤投信件"或沒有用的宣傳單張，胡亂放入其他的住宅信箱。
31.坐地鐵時，抓緊中間的扶手，地鐵一開動博命繞住轉(自轉)。
32.在月台上鬥快跑。
33.帶玩具返學。
34.用圖釘弄穿學校壁佈板。
35.亂按人家的門鐘，然後鬆人。
36.明知過了三歲，仍然不買票，"捐"地鐵的入/出閘機。
37.用改錯水(很舊的有一個掃那種)附送的天拿水，搽在手上。
38.在井字型公屋中間的大天井中放紙飛機，或者放紙青蜒，看看誰放的紙青蜒最慢由廿幾樓落到地面。
39.煲蠟。
40.把汽水罐靜雞雞放在校車的車輪下攝住，開車時把它壓扁。
41.圍閹
42. 呵尿時出力射走 D 屎積
43.膠袋裝滿水掉落樓下
44.將紙碎或者紙飛機撒落街
45.將bubble紙氣泡逐粒"鏈"爆
46.o係屋企走廊玩"壁虎功"
47.走到開動緊電風扇面前:"呀~~~~~~~~!"
48.用間尺好似 "搖搖板"咁彈起舊擦膠
49.寶貼當泥膠,用間尺整pizza
50.係屋企撩鼻屎然後抿落牆
51.將 d 擦膠碎 用尺切粒粒
52.膠水搽係手/筆盒上 , 等佢乾之後成塊 met 出黎 ~
53.洗手時用手頂住個出水位,用d水去射周圍d人
54.同隔離位鬥快開哂筆盒d機關
55.飛拖鞋
56.特登將飲完的紙包飲品吹脹然後放在地上，大力地踩爆佢
57.用泥膠塞電制/電話插蘇
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
小評
看著剛才的新聞，真的有點話想說。
不知為何，這幾天留意那邊的災情時，常常會看見一個景像：
受災的居民，好像都只是黑人，如果關掉電視機的vo，會以為所謂的New Orlands為一個非洲的第三世界國家。好了，好不容易看到白人，大多都是遊客，或者是在沒受大影響的家裡高舉"You loot, I shoot"的一家人。到政府完全徹走體育館的人時，不肯走的，又是黑人，白人呢，卻不知為何會幸運地經過幾天後和自己的家人團聚。
如果，留下來的都是沒有條件或不肯走的人，那麼，那些人一定是黑人嗎？
誠然，我個人亦認為其中一張照片的Caption一定有偏見，但由於兩張相真的屬於兩間傳媒，我真的不可以說什麼。可是，當外電的新聞片段都有這麼嚴重的偏頗的時候，我真的體會到種族歧視，其實一向都沒有減弱的跡象。
素來對美國這個所謂“最富裕國家”的政策和人民觀念有不太好的評價，但這件事令我更加不喜歡這個國家。看著這幾天他們不斷被投訴救災工作，甚至連國家領導人訪問也會突然改變口風時，不禁要問句：知不知道甚麼叫現眼報，和「醜(shame)」字是怎樣寫的？
不知為何，這幾天留意那邊的災情時，常常會看見一個景像：
受災的居民，好像都只是黑人，如果關掉電視機的vo，會以為所謂的New Orlands為一個非洲的第三世界國家。好了，好不容易看到白人，大多都是遊客，或者是在沒受大影響的家裡高舉"You loot, I shoot"的一家人。到政府完全徹走體育館的人時，不肯走的，又是黑人，白人呢，卻不知為何會幸運地經過幾天後和自己的家人團聚。
如果，留下來的都是沒有條件或不肯走的人，那麼，那些人一定是黑人嗎？
誠然，我個人亦認為其中一張照片的Caption一定有偏見，但由於兩張相真的屬於兩間傳媒，我真的不可以說什麼。可是，當外電的新聞片段都有這麼嚴重的偏頗的時候，我真的體會到種族歧視，其實一向都沒有減弱的跡象。
素來對美國這個所謂“最富裕國家”的政策和人民觀念有不太好的評價，但這件事令我更加不喜歡這個國家。看著這幾天他們不斷被投訴救災工作，甚至連國家領導人訪問也會突然改變口風時，不禁要問句：知不知道甚麼叫現眼報，和「醜(shame)」字是怎樣寫的？
Monday, September 05, 2005
NYTimes.com: Who's a Looter? In Storm's Aftermath, Pictures Kick Up a Different Kind of Tempest
The Photographs
Who's a Looter? In Storm's Aftermath, Pictures Kick Up a Different Kind of Tempest
By TANIA RALLI
Published: September 5, 2005
Two news photographs ricocheted through the Internet last week and set off a debate about race and the news media in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Dave Martin/Associated Press
Information from The A.P. photographer
described this young man as looting.
The first photo, taken by Dave Martin, an Associated Press photographer in New Orleans, shows a young black man wading through water that has risen to his chest. He is clutching a case of soda and pulling a floating bag. The caption provided by The A.P. says he has just been "looting a grocery store."
The second photo, also from New Orleans, was taken by Chris Graythen for Getty Images and distributed by Agence France-Presse. It shows a white couple up to their chests in the same murky water. The woman is holding some bags of food. This caption says they are shown "after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store."
Who's a Looter? In Storm's Aftermath, Pictures Kick Up a Different Kind of Tempest
By TANIA RALLI
Published: September 5, 2005
Two news photographs ricocheted through the Internet last week and set off a debate about race and the news media in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Dave Martin/Associated Press
Information from The A.P. photographer
described this young man as looting.
The first photo, taken by Dave Martin, an Associated Press photographer in New Orleans, shows a young black man wading through water that has risen to his chest. He is clutching a case of soda and pulling a floating bag. The caption provided by The A.P. says he has just been "looting a grocery store."The second photo, also from New Orleans, was taken by Chris Graythen for Getty Images and distributed by Agence France-Presse. It shows a white couple up to their chests in the same murky water. The woman is holding some bags of food. This caption says they are shown "after finding bread and soda from a local grocery store."
Chris Graythen/Agence France-Presse
In a similar visual circumstance, the
white couple was described by a different
In a similar visual circumstance, the
white couple was described by a different
agency's photographer as finding food.
Both photos turned up Tuesday on Yahoo News, which posts automatic feeds of articles and photos from wire services. Soon after, a user of the photo-sharing site Flickr juxtaposed the images and captions on a single page, which attracted links from many blogs. The left-leaning blog Daily Kos linked to the page with the comment, "It's not looting if you're white."
The contrast of the two photo captions, which to many indicated a double standard at work, generated widespread anger toward the news media that quickly spread beyond the Web.
On Friday night, the rapper Kanye West ignored the teleprompter during NBC's live broadcast of "A Concert for Hurricane Relief," using the opportunity to lambaste President Bush and criticize the press. "I hate the way they portray us in the media," he said. "You see a black family, it says they're looting. You see a white family, it says they're looking for food."
Many bloggers were quick to point out that the photos came from two different agencies, and so could not reflect the prejudice of a single media outlet. A writer on the blog BoingBoing wrote: "Perhaps there's more factual substantiation behind each copywriter's choice of words than we know. But to some, the difference in tone suggests racial bias, implicit or otherwise."
According to the agencies, each photographer captioned his own photograph. Jack Stokes, a spokesman for The A.P., said that photographers are told to describe what they have seen when they write a caption.
Mr. Stokes said The A.P. had guidelines in place before Hurricane Katrina struck to distinguish between "looting" and "carrying." If a photographer sees a person enter a business and emerge with goods, it is described as looting. Otherwise The A.P. calls it carrying.
Mr. Stokes said that Mr. Martin had seen the man in his photograph wade into a grocery store and come out with the sodas and bag, so by A.P.'s definition, the man had looted.
The photographer for Getty Images, Mr. Graythen, said in an e-mail message that he had also stuck to what he had seen to write his caption, and had actually given the wording a great deal of thought. Mr. Graythen described seeing the couple near a corner store from an elevated expressway. The door to the shop was open, and things had floated out to the street. He was not able to talk to the couple, "so I had to draw my own conclusions," he said.
In the extreme conditions of New Orleans, Mr. Graythen said, taking necessities like food and water to survive could not be considered stealing. He said that had he seen people coming out of stores with computers and DVD players, he would have considered that looting.
"If you're taking something that runs solely from a wall outlet that requires power from the electric company - when we are not going to have power for weeks, even months - that's inexcusable," he said.
Since the photo was published last Tuesday Mr. Graythen has received more than 500 e-mail messages, most of them supportive, he said.
Within three hours of the photo's publication online, editors at Agence France-Presse rewrote Mr. Graythen's caption. But the original caption remained online as part of a Yahoo News slide show. Under pressure to keep up with the news, and lacking the time for a discussion about word choice, Olivier Calas, the agency's director of multimedia, asked Yahoo to remove the photo last Thursday.
Now, in its place, when readers seek the picture of the couple, a statement from Neil Budde, the general manager of Yahoo News, appears in its place. The statement emphasizes that Yahoo News did not write the photo captions and that it did not edit the captions, so that the photos can be made available as quickly as possible.
Mr. Calas said Agence France-Presse was bombarded with e-mail messages complaining about the caption. He said the caption was unclear and should have been reworded earlier. "This was a consequence of a series of negligences, not ill intent," he said.
For Mr. Graythen, whose parents and grandparents lost their homes in the disaster, the fate of the survivors was the most important thing. In his e-mail message he wrote: "Now is no time to pass judgment on those trying to stay alive. Now is no time to argue semantics about finding versus looting. Now is no time to argue if this is a white versus black issue."
Both photos turned up Tuesday on Yahoo News, which posts automatic feeds of articles and photos from wire services. Soon after, a user of the photo-sharing site Flickr juxtaposed the images and captions on a single page, which attracted links from many blogs. The left-leaning blog Daily Kos linked to the page with the comment, "It's not looting if you're white."The contrast of the two photo captions, which to many indicated a double standard at work, generated widespread anger toward the news media that quickly spread beyond the Web.
On Friday night, the rapper Kanye West ignored the teleprompter during NBC's live broadcast of "A Concert for Hurricane Relief," using the opportunity to lambaste President Bush and criticize the press. "I hate the way they portray us in the media," he said. "You see a black family, it says they're looting. You see a white family, it says they're looking for food."
Many bloggers were quick to point out that the photos came from two different agencies, and so could not reflect the prejudice of a single media outlet. A writer on the blog BoingBoing wrote: "Perhaps there's more factual substantiation behind each copywriter's choice of words than we know. But to some, the difference in tone suggests racial bias, implicit or otherwise."
According to the agencies, each photographer captioned his own photograph. Jack Stokes, a spokesman for The A.P., said that photographers are told to describe what they have seen when they write a caption.
Mr. Stokes said The A.P. had guidelines in place before Hurricane Katrina struck to distinguish between "looting" and "carrying." If a photographer sees a person enter a business and emerge with goods, it is described as looting. Otherwise The A.P. calls it carrying.
Mr. Stokes said that Mr. Martin had seen the man in his photograph wade into a grocery store and come out with the sodas and bag, so by A.P.'s definition, the man had looted.
The photographer for Getty Images, Mr. Graythen, said in an e-mail message that he had also stuck to what he had seen to write his caption, and had actually given the wording a great deal of thought. Mr. Graythen described seeing the couple near a corner store from an elevated expressway. The door to the shop was open, and things had floated out to the street. He was not able to talk to the couple, "so I had to draw my own conclusions," he said.
In the extreme conditions of New Orleans, Mr. Graythen said, taking necessities like food and water to survive could not be considered stealing. He said that had he seen people coming out of stores with computers and DVD players, he would have considered that looting.
"If you're taking something that runs solely from a wall outlet that requires power from the electric company - when we are not going to have power for weeks, even months - that's inexcusable," he said.
Since the photo was published last Tuesday Mr. Graythen has received more than 500 e-mail messages, most of them supportive, he said.
Within three hours of the photo's publication online, editors at Agence France-Presse rewrote Mr. Graythen's caption. But the original caption remained online as part of a Yahoo News slide show. Under pressure to keep up with the news, and lacking the time for a discussion about word choice, Olivier Calas, the agency's director of multimedia, asked Yahoo to remove the photo last Thursday.
Now, in its place, when readers seek the picture of the couple, a statement from Neil Budde, the general manager of Yahoo News, appears in its place. The statement emphasizes that Yahoo News did not write the photo captions and that it did not edit the captions, so that the photos can be made available as quickly as possible.
Mr. Calas said Agence France-Presse was bombarded with e-mail messages complaining about the caption. He said the caption was unclear and should have been reworded earlier. "This was a consequence of a series of negligences, not ill intent," he said.
For Mr. Graythen, whose parents and grandparents lost their homes in the disaster, the fate of the survivors was the most important thing. In his e-mail message he wrote: "Now is no time to pass judgment on those trying to stay alive. Now is no time to argue semantics about finding versus looting. Now is no time to argue if this is a white versus black issue."
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