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Posted on Aug 17, 2005 by Chung-hong Chan

最近勁頭痛，可能因為生活習慣開始作出改變。也可能因為有些人真的好撚煩，串過馬撚。

例如半賣半送以成本價做個Freelance Web Developer，個 boss 以為我係收三四萬做個Website那些Web Designer。做好一個，個個人都話okay，點知又話要改Design，改完東又改西，前期無比過我，自己荷包經已駛了仟幾蚊。一直改來改去，我都不知道幾時才能夠收返Freelance的工資。
做打工仔已經夠辛苦，重要做埋Freelance。為免嘔血，我覺得我真係做不到Freelancer，下次都係咪搞。
另有一篇Paper被改完又改，不停地被Reviewer留難。假如真的如此不喜歡我們的Paper，為何不Reject我們？
昨天聽收音機聽到一個十分好笑的名稱：美容治療師。美容師就是美容師，為何硬要加個「治療」兩個字？這又是一種自我膨脹的稱號。Beautician/Cosmetologist就是美容師，做美容我看不到有何Therapeutic Effect。我不是看不起美容師，只是律師沒有Therapeutic effect的話，你不會叫律師做律治療師。工程師沒有Therapeutic effect的話，你不會叫工程師做工程治療師。是不是要硬加「治療」兩個字令Beautician可與物理治療師（Physiotherapist）、職業治療師（Occupational Therapist）或言語治療師（Speech Therapist）平起平座？那我為求得到同樣的效果，Research Assistant今天起中文譯名是研究中央執行總指揮暨醫務科學總處首席執行（行政／立法）理事長。
有些自稱很科學的人，其實很膚淺。如某Programming journal的Editor in chief如是說：

Like zillions of others, I've got an iPod. But, unlike every other mammal on the planet, I don't think it's all that great. Frankly, I don't get it. What's the big deal? I've had MP3 players before and I think they're terrific, but the iPod, frankly, is inferior to all of them. It's just a hard disk with a Play button.

I'm reliably informed that that's part of iPod's charm: With no controls, you can't screw it up. Or so I thought. The much-vaunted iTunes software that comes with every iPod handles all the content, for the simple reason that you can't manage it any other way. But iTunes is terrible. It's absolutely appalling, in my humble opinion. In no time at all, I'd erased all the content I'd laboriously downloaded onto my iPod. Twice.

假如用iTunes入歌可以出現I'd erased all the content I'd laboriously downloaded onto my iPod，好明顯這個人根本不看Instruction，不跟規則做事。那也難怪會出現如此白痴的錯誤。