Pasted from http://www.babalublog.com/archives/002908.html.

1: Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.

2: It is OK for a man to cry ONLY under the following circumstances:

(a) When a heroic dog dies to save its master.
(b) The moment Angelina Jolie starts unbuttoning her blouse.
(c) After wrecking your boss' car.
(d) One hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds into "The Crying Game".
(e) When she is using her teeth.

3: Any Man who brings a camera to a bachelor party may be legally killed and eaten by his buddies.

4: Unless he murdered someone in your family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.

5: If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever unless you actually marry her.

6: Moaning about the brand of free beer in a buddy's fridge is forbidden. However complain at will if the temperature is unsuitable.

7: No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. In fact, even remembering your buddy's birthday is strictly optional. At that point, you must celebrate at a strip bar of the birthday boy's choice.

8: On a road trip, the strongest bladder determines pit stops, not the weakest.

9: When stumbling upon other guys watching a sporting event, you may ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who's playing.

10: You may flatulate in front of a woman only after you have brought her to climax. If you trap her head under the covers for the purpose of flatulent entertainment, she's officially your girlfriend.

11: It is permissible to drink a fruity alcohol drink only when you're sunning on a tropical beach... and it's delivered by a topless model and only when it's free.

12: Only in situations of moral and/or physical peril are you allowed to kick another guy in the nuts.

13: Unless you're in prison, never fight naked.

14: Friends don't let friends wear Speedos. Ever. Issue closed.

15: If a man's fly is down, that's his problem, you didn't see anything.

16: Women who claim they "love to watch sports" must be treated as spies until they demonstrate knowledge of the game and the ability to drink as much as the other sports watchers.

17: A man in the company of a hot, suggestively dressed woman must remain sober enough to fight.

18: Never hesitate to reach for the last beer or the last slice of pizza, but not both, that's just greedy.

19: If you compliment a guy on his six-pack, you'd better be talking about his choice of beer.

20: Never join your girlfriend or wife in discussing a friend of yours, except if she's withholding sex pending your response.

21: Phrases that may NOT be uttered to another man while lifting weights:

(a) Yeah, Baby, Push it!
(b) C'mon, give me one more! Harder!
(c) Another set and we can hit the showers!

22: Never talk to a man in a bathroom unless you are on equal footing: i.e., both urinating, both waiting in line, etc. For all other situations, an almost imperceptible nod is all the conversation you need.

23: Never allow a telephone conversation with a woman to go on longer than you are able to have sex with her. Keep a stopwatch by the phone. Hang up if necessary.

24: The morning after you and a girl who was formerly "just a friend" have carnal, drunken monkey sex, the fact that you're feeling weird and guilty is no reason for you not to nail each other again before the discussion about what a big mistake it was occurs.

25: It is acceptable for you to drive her car. It is not acceptable for her to drive yours.

26: Thou shalt not buy a car in the colors of brown, pink, lime green, orange or sky blue.

27: The girl who replies to the question "What do you want for Christmas?" with "If you loved me, you'd know what I want!" gets an Xbox. End of story.

28: There is no reason for guys to watch Ice Skating or Men's Gymnastics. Ever.

We've all heard about people having guts or balls. But do you really know the difference between them? In an effort to keep you informed, the definition of each is listed below.

"GUTS" is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being assaulted by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to say, "are you still cleaning or are you flying somewhere?"

"BALLS" is coming home late after a night out with the guys smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the ass and having the balls to say, "You're next!"

We hope this clears up any confusion.

The International Council of Manhood, Ltd.

Outside my window, Clayponds Village

陪着我的清茶和饼干

(这不是我的一日三餐，所以不要担心)

更新一点关于Vista的事情：

上一贴之后我很快就装上了Vista，不过2天之内又改回了XP。虽然Vista的新功能比较让人兴奋，比如Flip3D还是能让Windows GUI的易用性稍稍追上Mac OS一点点。但是更多的可能是噩梦。好的地方不说了，各大网站列的不能再详细了，我只说说我遇到的问题。

1. 驱动：Lenovo虽然发布了全部的Vista驱动，然而安装和使用中还是有很多问题。

1.1 Vista会自动报告Lenovo Power Manager是存在兼容性的程序，但是该程序明确宣称支持Vista。

1.2 Vista的电源管理和Lenovo Power Manager的协调存在问题。当我选择Power Source Optimized方案的时候，系统每次启动自动会把屏幕亮度调节到最低。

1.3 我找不到IBM原来在显示属性里的On Screen Display Panel。因此不能改变系统提示的颜色，于是只能忍受屎绿色。

2. Vista本身

2.1 界面设计问题。微软可能希望把它的系统打造成最美丽的系统。新的窗口系统我觉得很好，让人感觉很清新，而且窗口从暗到亮的效果也让人感觉更舒服。但是对于Windows的登录界面我颇有意见。以极光为主题虽是漂亮，但是过于花哨，不够经典，缺乏耐看性。试想公司里成百上千的电脑都是这种花哨界面，我是不能忍受。3个月之内我必定会烦那个界面。这一点上设计的不如XP的Welcome Screen。另外在系统进入Hibernation的时候，居然一点屏幕显示都没有!从节约能耗角度我能理解，可让人在黑暗中等待非常不能忍受。这点对于大内存的机器特别严重。我只能看着笔记本屏幕下的指示灯停止闪烁才能把机器放到书包里(大概1-2分钟，但因为没有显示往往显得更长)。

2.2 身躯臃肿。默认安装大概是6GB多，建议安装空余空间是11GB。6GB系统文件+2GB System paging file+2GB Hibernation File。不用装别的，我的第一个分区的20GB空间已经报销掉一半。再把Thinkpad的那些软件都装上。剩余空间已经少得可怜。其实XP SP2展开后的大小我就已经有点意见了，MS又弄了个这么大的东西来，已经受不了了。

2.3 变革过大/对传统习惯照顾不够。第一个变革就是屏幕的右键菜单最后一个选项变成了Personalize，替代原来的Property。这个对于英文版问题不大，因为都是P开头，我顶多多停留1秒。但是我觉得中文版会翻译成'个性化'吧，相比原来的'属性'就变化有点大，可能导致用户更长时间的停顿。其次就是Control Panel的变化非常之大，而且是强制性的。XP再使用Classic View之后和W2k是基本一样的。然而Vista不仅增加了很多单独的选项，还改变了很多选项的工作方式，比如system就取消了General Panel，非要将那种Web似的界面推广。其实这不是问题，可这种一半Web一半传统的组合就非常恼人了。再加上图标的继承性很差，所以我打开Control Panel非常迷茫，只能依赖Search功能来完成设置。

2.4 蹩脚的Access Control。Vista终于从Linux/Unix家族那里学会了root和普通用户的区别，套用在自己的系统上了。这么做的确有道理，可是Vista给我的感觉是设计得还不够成熟。从操作感觉上来说，和Linux的root不大相同。而且有时会让你确认两次(管理员身份登陆)，比如对Programs Files下的某个目录中的文件修改。每次删除一个文件都要多点2次鼠标，让人极为不耐烦。所以最后我索性把一些常用软件装到了另外一个分区，让他们脱离Windows的'照顾'。

2.5 性能。刚刚装完的时候检查了一下系统内存占用，大概是250MB，和XP差不多。所以这方面不是问题。但是Vista所谓的提高系统加载速度让我感觉只是做了一些很tricky的事情。大概就是先把基本的东西加载，优先将界面呈现给用户，然后在后台再慢慢一点点加载。所以会看到系统进入操作界面以后，硬盘还是持续工作。此外，实际上在安装完所有软件时候，我的XP启动还是要比Vista快很多的。

2.6 软件兼容性! 之所以使用叹号是因为这时Vista最大的症结。以前的Windows都尽量保证和老版本应用程序的兼容性。虽然会随着系统升级导致一些旧的应用程序需要升级，但是至少我没有遇到过很多(Need For Speed 5是个不兼容的例子)。可这次注册表，访问控制等等一系列改变之后，我的很多软件都不能用了。我喜爱的破解版Flashget 1.65(可以实现20线程下载)甚至通过安装程序安装，都不能被firefox的flashgot插件发现，所以只能手动添加。CuteFtp7.X的patch失去作用。Winrar 3.6X每次都会提示程序没有合法的详细信息，只能升级到3.7x beta。另外Microsoft Applocale这个很实用的程序也不能在Vista下使用，导致我想使用别的编码的程序必须要在Regional Settings里面设置，重起。后来我查了一下，似乎只有Vista Ultimate版本才支持这个功能，而且这个功能内建，不提供单独下载。这种商业策略非常恼人！零售用户花了钱却得到更少的功能和花哨的界面。从这点来说，我还会更久的停留在XP上。

最后一个问题应该是只有我遇到的，在Activation的时候总是提示我的CDKEY is already in use。但我向毛主席保证我第一次用这个KEY。和学校Support Group联系过，周一去交涉。看看结果如何。没有KEY我就不用了。