Wan-rong Jih's Blog

Hokkaido Rail Passes

2006-03-06T15:58:00.000+08:00

Reference URL: http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/railpass/rail.html

Hokkaido Rail Pass

(foreign tourists only) Apply for the pass at designated places before leaving your country or during your travels here.

3-day pass
Ordinary Car	¥14,000
First-class Car (Green Car)	¥20,000
5-day pass
Ordinary Car	¥18,000
First-class Car (Green Car)	¥25,000

Hokkaido Single Pass & Hokkaido Pair Pass

The Hokkaido Single Pass and Hokkaido Pair Pass offer 7-day (not valid in peak seasons) unlimited rides on JR Hokkaido trains, including Limited Express and Express trains, as well as on the Kaikyo Line (between Kikonai and Nakaoguni) and JR Hokkaido buses.

HOKKAIDO SINGLE PASS
Ordinary Car	¥23,750
First-class Car (Green Car)	¥34,860
HOKKAIDO PAIR PASS
Ordinary Car	¥43,220
First-class Car (Green Car)	¥63,200

Sapporo-Otaru Welcome Pass

(foreign tourists only) This pass, allows unlimited rides on JR Hokkaido trains between Sapporo and Otaru and on all subway lines in Sapporo for 1 day (1,500Yen) without additional charges. Single trip between Sapporo and Otaru costs 620Yen in 32 minutes.

Where to buy the Hokkaido Passes

JR Hokkaido Visitors Information Desk at JR Sapporo Station West Exit or New Chitose Airport Station

or at

Twinkle Plaza (JR Travel Service Center) in Sapporo, Asahikawa, Hakodate,
Kushiro or Obihiro

2006.2.25 (Sat) 白宮山莊

2006-02-27T16:29:00.000+08:00

我和志君在上星期日約好要外出走走, 換個好心情. 志君提議到白宮山莊看櫻花; 怡娟剛好也約了大家到天母古道, 後來考慮天氣、參加人員等因素, 就合併成到白宮山莊的活動la~

我們約好10:00AM在北投捷運站集合, 志君和怡娟最準時, 我大約10:30才到, 宜芳因為睡過頭, 所以比我還晚一點點到. 4個人到齊後, 志君打電話要小猴子怡文出門, 原本要搭11點的小6公車到白宮山莊, 但是卻沒看到這班公車. 我們就決定走路上山.

我們由北投捷運站出發, 經過新北投捷運, 轉向復興三路, 很快就到了復興高中. 沿著復興三路再往上走, 就到了白宮山莊了. 我們到達時, 沒有看到什麼櫻花><; ...., 山莊警?告訴我們, 櫻花早謝掉了, 要等明年再來了.

過了白宮山莊的復興三路有一小段路, 兩旁都種滿了櫻花, 我們到時, 只看到滿地櫻花和樹上綠色的新芽. 繼續沿著復興三路往上走, 我們看到路旁有登山階梯(面天山步道), 大家在階梯口休息, 順便討論要繼續沿復興三路走, 還是走階梯. 剛好遇到一群台電登山社的人下山, 他們告訴我們, 走階梯很快半個小時就到了. 我們肚子有點餓, 還問他們, 山上有沒有可以吃的. 因為12點多了, 大夥肚子都有點餓了, 我們都沒有人帶食物, 勉強能算的只有志君帶的橘子. 山友們告訴我們, 山上沒有得吃, 只有芬多精...

怡文因為體力不夠, 所以留在階梯口等小猴子走一小段再陪他一起回去, 小猴子因為下午要上班, 所以不能走太久.

走階梯果然快多了, 因有的路段階梯很陡, 走起來還是小累人. 我們沿路問人, 先到大屯國小, 一個很可愛有樹屋、沙堆的小學校, 每個年級只有一班. 因為是建在山上, 所以學校是階梯狀的, 1~3年級在比較低的地方, 旁邊有小路再連上4~6年級的活動空間, 學校和附近的民房之間沒有圍牆. 在頂層的教室外, 是一小片的學生活動空間, 從這?向下看, view很棒.

這天可能是學校的母姊會之類的活動, 所以教室?有人在聊天. 宜芳向?面的老師要了一些水來喝, 離開時我們又遇到同一個老師, 老師建議我們可以沿學校左邊的步道(大屯國小到中菁學步道, 復興三路212號, 880公尺)向上走, 很快就能到吳氏宗祠. 我們還是忍不住再問一次'吃'的問題. 老師用很奇特的眼神回答, 上面沒什麼吃的, 只有在清天宮附近可能會有.

沿著老師建議的路線, 很快找到了吳氏宗祠, 這個宗祠的規模很大, 我們都覺得像是間廟宇. 在最上層的view也是很好, 4個人坐在台階上, 把志君的橘子分光了. 我們找到老師建議走的步道(吳氏宗祠到復興三路474號步道, 約1.2 公里), 這段路小小的艱難, 有一小段時間, 都和一望無際的階梯奮鬥, 還好階梯不是很長. 很快就到柏油路了, 再沿著復興三路上山, 沒多久就到清天宮(海拔高 438公尺).

我們大約1:40到清天宮, 剛好一輛小6要開走, 但是廟口的米粉湯、臭豆腐、甜不辣實在誘人, 大夥決定先吃飽再說, 廟口的小吃攤價格很實在, weekday都沒有營業, weekend才可能開張, 難怪剛才的老師會用那麼奇特的眼神回答我們'吃'的問題. 網路上的資料沒有特別寫營業時間, 也許他們都是weekend來的吧!?

快吃完時, 另一班小6又來了. 我們決定先走路下山邊走邊找站牌等下一班小6, 小吃攤的老闆告訴我們, 小6在山上可以隨招隨停, 2:10吃完午餐後, 在清天宮前看一下, 大家都覺得清天?和吳氏宗祠比起來好小, 大約只是一般民宅的一個大房間, 廟前有顆大榕樹, 但是蚊子很多, 所以我沒們待很久, 就再度出發下山去.

我們沿著柏油路走下山, 在往吳氏宗祠的路上, 看到上山的小6. 所以就在吳氏宗祠大門口前等公車. 這才發現, 原來我們上山時, 是直接走到宗祠的'腰'. 搭上小6, 很擁擠, 據司機說很少這麼多人搭車, 3點左右, 再度回到北投捷運站.

雖然沒有看到很多的櫻花, 但是山上的空氣好, 心情也跟著愉快起來~ 為什麼這次我會大費周張的寫這麼多字的遊記呢? 因為, 我以為貼心如怡娟、志君的人, 應該會帶相機, 所以就沒有跟弟弟再借相機. 怡娟的爸媽同一天也出去玩了, 志君工作一忙把相機放在公司, 宜芳的相機沒電. 所以就只有書面的遊記了;)

怡娟也把這次的郊遊經驗寫在無名小站O~, 看來大家都覺得玩的很開心:)

2006.2 出走

2006-02-27T12:55:00.000+08:00

2006.2.25 (Sat) 白宮山莊

2006.2.7~9 東埔、阿里山、奮起湖

2006.2.6 王功漁火碼頭

Create a new icon for WinEdt button

2006-02-21T19:37:00.000+08:00

Test Environment WinEdt 5.4

create a 16 x 16 x 24b bitmap image file, ex: bg5latex.bmp
put bg5latex.bmp to $WinEdtHome\Bitmaps\Buttons and $WinEdtHome\Bitmaps\Images, where $WinEdtHome can be equal to C:\Program Files\WinEdt Team\WinEdt, it depends on the installation directory of WinEdt in your computer
Add a new line
202 %B\Bitmaps\Buttons\bg5latex.bmp
to $WinEdtHome\WinEdt.btn
Add a new line
228 %B\Bitmaps\Images\bg5latex.bmp
to $WinEdtHome\WinEdt.img
Restart WinEdt, you will get a new icon for Adding a New Button to WinEdt.

變更MSN Messenger email資料的慘痛經驗

2006-02-17T21:21:00.000+08:00

前幾天想到自己註冊MSN passport的email過期很久了, 所以就想要update eamil一下, 結果事後才知道這是給自己找麻煩......

update MSN passport email的方式,

連到https://accountservices.msn.com, 選認證
按指示輸入新的email帳號..
等個幾分鐘後, 認證信就會寄到新的email account那裡, 點選裡面的連結, 按指示去做, 就認證完成了

超極簡單的認證方法吧~

但是, 第2天, 當你打開電腦, 登錄MSN, 你就會發現, 你所有的連絡人都是offline..... 此時, 就會知道事有奚竅了....解決這個問題的方法也很簡單 (只是當初花了很久才找到的方法) :

在contact選單下選擇Save Contact List
存檔完畢後, 把所有你想要繼續保持連絡, 但目前offline的連絡人都delete掉
在contact選單下選擇Import Contact List from a File
所有被加回去的連絡人就會再收到一個新的email的加入確認message, 只要他們有確認, 你就可以再MSN看到他們

Alas! 沒事還是不要自找麻煩... Take my experience, don't be silly again!

後記: 如果平常使用不只一台電腦, 重建contact list仍然無法完全解決這個問題... 到目前為止, 我還是lost掉一些contact, 原因還不是很清楚.

WinEdt 5.4 ToolBar新增按鈕, 以bg5latex為例(MikTeX 2.4)

2006-02-17T20:46:00.000+08:00

安裝好字型後, 對於「許功蓋」問題總是無法解決, 後來才發現, 原來是我又耍寶了, 我忘了要做bg5conv及bg5latex, 取代原來的latex了. (其實也是我以為現在的MikTeX已經很強了, .... 我太天真了)

現在MikTeX 2.4的bg5latex已經包含有早期bg5conv的功能了, 所以只要一個bg5latex指令就可以把CJK中文字型處理好了. 有些中文字, 用dvi viewer (ex: yap)看, 會變成亂碼, 此時, 再轉成pdf檔後, 應該就沒有問題了.

由於WinEdt不會自動加入bg5latex的按鈕, 所以我們必需要手動加入一個新的button.加入的方法如下:
step 1. 在工具列旁空白處按滑鼠右鍵，出現下列選單，選擇Menu Setup
step 2. Main menu選單上的Items, 選擇&accessories, 連續按2下滑鼠
step 3. 對任一Menu Items按滑鼠右鍵, 會出現如下圖: 選Insert --> Utilitystep 3. 在menu Items加入&bg5latex:

Utility路徑為C:\texmf\miktex\bin\bg5latex.exe %N%T (C:\texmf\miktex\bin\big5latex.exe為big5latex.exe的所在路徑)
Start in填入 %P
Caption 填入 bg5latex
選擇button對應的icon

step 4. 在工具列旁空白處按滑鼠右鍵，出現下列選單，選擇Enter Tool Bar Setup. 將bg5latex的按鈕安裝到ToolBar上.
step 5. 將新加入的bg5latex圖示拉到ToolBar上後, 按滑鼠右鍵選apply 做完上列的步驟後, 回到WinEdt的編輯畫面, 就會多出一個新的icon, 若是有用中文, 就要改用這個新的button做bg5latex.

Chinese Fonts for LaTeX (WinEdt 5.4 + MiKTeX 2.4)

2006-02-05T21:57:00.000+08:00

安裝中文楷書字型

reference site:
http://www.cmlab.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~r92045/Collection_of_LaTeX_Solutions.htm

Chinese Fonts download site:
ftp://cle.linux.org.tw/pub2/fonts/Arphic/Type1/bkai-t1.tar.gz

使用環境：WinEdt 5.4 + MiKTeX 2.4（從 Package Manager 安裝 CJK 相關套件）

STEP:

unzip 字型檔後會有以下幾個檔案及目錄:

<dir> akai-afm
<dir> akai-enc
<dir> akai-pfb
<dir> akai-tfm
akai-enc.map
akai.map
arphicpl.txt
c00akai.fd
cid-x.map

將以各「資料夾」移至相對應的目錄, 並將資料夾名稱更改成字型名稱：
- akai-afm 移至 texmf\fonts\afm\後, 將資料夾改名為akai
- akai-tfm 移至 texmf\fonts\tfm\後, 將資料夾改名為akai
- akai-pfb 移至 texmf\fonts\type1\後, 將資料夾改名為akai
- c00akai.fd 移至 texmf\tex\latex\CJK\Bg5\ (若找不到CJK目錄, 請先由MikTeX的Package Manager 安裝 CJK 相關套件)
- 建立目錄texmf\dvips\akai\後, 將akai*.map (2個檔案) 移至 texmf\dvips\akai\
- 建立目錄texmf\dvipdfm\akai\後, 將 cid-x.map 移至 texmf\dvipdfm\akai\, 並將檔名改為akai.map
- 更新 texmf\web2c\udpmap.cfg，加入 Map akai.map 即可。若沒有此檔案請自行建立。
更新 file name database：在命令提示字元執行 initexmf -u
建立 font map 檔案：在命令提示字元執行 initexmf --mkmaps

測試碼：

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{CJK}
\begin{document}
Test!
\begin{CJK}{Bg5}{akai} % 文鼎楷書
Test！
\begin{Bg5text}
這是測試檔！
\end(Bg5text)   %→ 注意括號
\end{CJK}
\end{document}

***注意事項***

安裝好CJK及字型後, 請記得以bg5latex取代原有的latex, 否則會遇到"許功蓋"問題. 可以在WinEdt加入一個新的bg5latex, 這樣會比較方便。
updmap.cfg在執行MikTeX更新時, 有可能會被更新, 此時原來加入Map akai.map的部份就會被overwrite. 判斷是否發生這個狀況可由:
1. YAP出現"Not all fonts can be loaded"的error. 以及
2. dvipdfm時會出現"Can't locate a Type 1, TTF, PK, or virtual font file"的error
若兩種情況都發生, 就要去查一下updmap.cfg是否被overwrite了。

ER 資料整理 (not finish yet)

2006-01-31T13:07:00.000+08:00

Workflow exception
1. 急診病人末完成就醫程序之原因 – 2002廖訓禎”病人中途離院或失蹤”
  - 未診視即離開
  - 保險單位拒絕急診給付
  - 私自離開
  - 自動出院
2. 急診留觀病患滯留時間過長 – 2002蕭素秋”急診留觀病患滯留改善案”
  - 等候床位的時間太長
  - 觀察的時間太長
  - 護理人力不足
  - 空間太小
Patients’ expectation
1. 病人期望等候時間 – 2002曾慶元”射頻識別器系統急診流程之應用”
  - 42%的病人希望等待看診時間不超過15minutes
  - 49%的病人認為等待看診時間不得超過60minutes
2. 縮短病人等候時間的方式 – 2001劉敏玲”急診病患對就醫之感受等候時間、實際等候時間與滿意度之相關研究”
  - 醫護人員在等候檢驗報告時, 如能採Intervention方式, 可明顯縮短病患的等候時間
  - 由於等候時間縮短, 相對提高病患滿意度

JESS

2005-11-06T15:45:00.000+08:00

Difference between Jess and Prolog

Jess is different than some Rete-based systems in that it includes both a kind of backwards chaining and a construct called defquery which lets you make direct queries of the working memory. Both of these help Jess a better fit for some Prolog applications, but they don't make Jess into a Prolog-like system.

Prolog is optimized, in a sense, for space, at the cost of speed. Jess (and its Rete algorithm) is optimized for speed at the cost of space.

The Rete algorithm is all about computing things -once- so they never need to be recomputed, and then reusing them. Prolog's approach is targeted at exploring large numbers of possibilities once, while Rete is aimed at exploring medium-sized numbers of possibilities repeatedly.

Monotic vs. Non-monotic Logic

2005-11-05T22:27:00.000+08:00

A logic is monotonic if the truth of a proposition does not change when new information (axioms) are added to the system. In contrast, a logic is non-monotonic if the truth of a proposition may change when new information (axioms) is added to or old information is deleted from the system.

What is Context? (not finish yet)

2005-11-05T22:20:00.000+08:00

Definition of context can be viewed in different ways:

the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event, WordNet Search 2.1

subversion

2005-01-11T13:56:00.000+08:00

#!/bin/bash

#

# Startup script for the Subversion's SVNSERVE

#

# chkconfig: - 85 15

# description: Subversion is an excellent VCS.

# processname: svnserve

# pidfile: /var/run/subversion.pid

# config: /etc/subversion.conf or /etc/subversion/config ?

#

# Author: Dejan Lekic, dejan@nu6.org, http://dejan.lekic.org

# Version: 1.0

# Modification:

#   2005.1.11 by Wan-rong Jih

#



# Source function library.

# . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions



# This will prevent initlog from swallowing up a pass-phrase prompt.

INITLOG_ARGS=""



# Path to the svnserve binary.

svnserve_prog=/usr/bin/svnserve

svnserve_exec=svnserve

svnserve_pidf=/var/run/subversion.pid

svnserve_user=daemon

svnserve_repo=/Share/svn



RETVAL=0



start() {

	echo -n $"Starting $svnserve_exec: "

	echo -n $"Executing $svnserve_prog -d -T -r $svnserve_repo"

	su -l $svnserve_user -c $"$svnserve_prog -d -T -r $svnserve_repo"

	RETVAL=$?

	echo

	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/subversion

	echo `/sbin/pidof svnserve` > $svnserve_pidf

	return $RETVAL

}

stop() {

	echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "

	killproc $svnserve_exec

	RETVAL=$?

	echo

	[ $RETVAL = 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/subversion $svnserve_pidf

}



# See how we were called.

case "$1" in

start)

	start

	;;

stop)

	stop

	;;

status)

	status $svnserve_exec

	;;

restart)

	stop

	start

	;;

reload)

	echo -n $"Reloading $svnserve_exec: "

	killproc $svnserve_exec -HUP

	RETVAL=$?

	echo

	;;

condrestart)

	if [ -f $svnserve_pidf ] ; then

		stop

		start

	fi

	;;

*)

	echo $"Usage: $prog {start|stop|restart|reload|condrestart|status}"

	exit 1

esac



exit $RETVAL

Display Chinese characters in Samba client

2005-01-10T13:29:00.000+08:00

The Chinese characters can not show properly on Samba client. This problem is caused by the Samba 3.0 (or later version) do not support the parameter code page. Insert the following lines into the smb.conf:

unix charset = big5
dos charset = big5

It work properly now!!

the very near future schedule

2005-01-05T13:41:00.000+08:00

Tasks

MAM05 Jan. 24 due
HP model
Computing commonsense
AI final project

Time\Weekday	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
10:00 - 12:00	lab matters [translation paper]	translation paper	translation paper [lab matters]	translation paper [TA jobs]	translation paper [TA jobs]		church
12:10 - 15:00 lunch	translation paper [lab matters]	research [lab matters]	research	TA jobs AI (R101)	research [TA jobs]		church
15:10 - 17:00	paper writing	paper writing [research]	research	AI (R101)	research [TA jobs]		[exercise]
17:10 - 20:00 dinner	paper writing	paper writing	bioinformatics (R426)	AI (R101) TA jobs	paper writing
20:10 - 22:00	exercise	paper writing	TA jobs [exercise]	exercise [TA jobs]	paper writing	[exercise]

bibtex tools

2005-01-03T13:13:00.000+08:00

About

JabRef is a graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases, the standard LaTeX bibliography reference format. JabRef is build to be platform independant (requires Java >= 1.4.2). It merges and extends the functionalities of BibKeeper (Morten O. Alver) and JBibtexManager (Nizar Batada).

Features

Advanced BibTeX editor Detailed edition of bibtex entries.
Search functions Search a pattern in the whole bibliography.
Classification of entries You can group entries by keywords or any other fields.
Support importation of various formats BibTex, Endnote (text), ISI Web of Science, Medline/Pubmed (xml), Scifinder format, OVID, INSPEC, Biblioscape, JStor and RIS.
Support different export formats HTML, Docbook, BibTeXML.
Customization of BibTeX fields You can add your own fields to any BibTeX entry type.
Customization of the JabRef interface Fonts, displayed fields, etc
Integrates to your environment Launch external applications: PDF/PS viewers, web browser, insert citations into LyX, Kile and WinEdt
Automatic Key generationSearch
Medline and Citeseer

Windows Installation

Method 1: Mouse click way

Now we have the .msi install file. If java is not installed it issues a complaint. This simply installs Jabref and a shortcut in the start menu.

Method 2: Batch file way

First try to simply double-click the JabRef.jar file - this works on some systems. If JabRef does not start immediately (i.e. Windows does not know what to do with a .jar file), proceed like this:

In the directory where you placed JabRef.jar, create a batchfile "jabref-start.bat":

start javaw -jar JabRef.jar

Double-click on the batchfile to start JabRef.

BibORB

BibORB is a tool to manage bibliographies recorded in BibTeX format using a simple Web browser.

It allows to display and navigate through a bibliography and give instant access to electronic releases of papers if available. It is a front-end to BibTeX and it provides an interface for edition or modification purpose. BibORB also provides some classification method using additional BibTeX fields ("groups","website","longnotes"...), and search engines (over authors, keywords, titles ...).

It has been designed to be used both on a local machine or through a local network. Then, people may access bibliographies and recorded papers through their web browser and update stored information. Authentication is supported to restrict access.

To run BibORB you need:

any web server (tested with Apache),
PHP >= 4.0.3 with XSLT modules loaded,
PHP Pear module.

yabib - Yet Another BibTeX Tool

yabib is a tool to organize your collection of publications with BibTeX.

If you do scientific work, normally you have a huge number of publications to handle.

To cite them in your work you need BibTeX entries for them, but if you have publications as files on your computer you can do much more with these meta informations.

Most of your files have more or less "intelligent names" like 0123456789.pdf (especially if you downloaded them from IEEEXplore), so what to do?

Rename them? (So you will loose the link to the original filename and probably download the same file once again.)

Copy all of them into your specific project directory?
(So the files are lost in your directory tree.)

Put all in the same directory? (So you'll end up with a mess of several hundred files.)

yabib is a program to help you to clean up your paper collection. It uses the .bib file format as an input format and creates a clearly arranged html file where all meta informations are visible and your collected publications are linked.

Therefor the BibTeX format was completed with the fields filename and location.

filename is the (unique) filename of your file (e.g. filename = {0123456789.pdf}) without any path. yabib will use this informations to locate your file in directory trees you specify.

location is a field that should be used for the location of publications that are only available in printed form (e.g. filename = {my bookshelf at home} or filename = {library in xyz building}).