23 Ways To Speed WinXP, Not only Defrag

Since defragging the disk won't do much to improve Windows XP performance, here are 23 suggestions that will. Each can enhance the performance and reliability of your customers' PCs. Best of all, most of them will cost you nothing.
1.) To decrease a system's boot time and increase system performance, use the money you save by not buying defragmentation software -- the built-in Windows defragmenter works just fine -- and instead equip the computer with an Ultra-133 or Serial ATA hard drive with 8-MB cache buffer.

2.) If a PC has less than 512 MB of RAM, add more memory. This is a relatively inexpensive and easy upgrade that can dramatically improve system performance.

3.) Ensure that Windows XP is utilizing the NTFS file system. If you're not sure, here's how to check: First, double-click the My Computer icon, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Next, examine the File System type; if it says FAT32, then back-up any important data. Next, click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK. At the prompt, type CONVERT C: /FS:NTFS and press the Enter key. This process may take a while; it's important that the computer be uninterrupted and virus-free. The file system used by the bootable drive will be either FAT32 or NTFS. I highly recommend NTFS for its superior security, reliability, and efficiency with larger disk drives.

4.) Disable file indexing. The indexing service extracts information from documents and other files on the hard drive and creates a "searchable keyword index." As you can imagine, this process can be quite taxing on any system.

The idea is that the user can search for a word, phrase, or property inside a document, should they have hundreds or thousands of documents and not know the file name of the document they want. Windows XP's built-in search functionality can still perform these kinds of searches without the Indexing service. It just takes longer. The OS has to open each file at the time of the request to help find what the user is looking for.

Most people never need this feature of search. Those who do are typically in a large corporate environment where thousands of documents are located on at least one server. But if you're a typical system builder, most of your clients are small and medium businesses. And if your clients have no need for this search feature, I recommend disabling it.

Here's how: First, double-click the My Computer icon. Next, right-click on the C: Drive, then select Properties. Uncheck "Allow Indexing Service to index this disk for fast file searching." Next, apply changes to "C: subfolders and files," and click OK. If a warning or error message appears (such as "Access is denied"), click the Ignore All button.

5.) Update the PC's video and motherboard chipset drivers. Also, update and configure the BIOS. For more information on how to configure your BIOS properly, see this article on my site.

6.) Empty the Windows Prefetch folder every three months or so. Windows XP can "prefetch" portions of data and applications that are used frequently. This makes processes appear to load faster when called upon by the user. That's fine. But over time, the prefetch folder may become overloaded with references to files and applications no longer in use. When that happens, Windows XP is wasting time, and slowing system performance, by pre-loading them. Nothing critical is in this folder, and the entire contents are safe to delete.

7.) Once a month, run a disk cleanup. Here's how: Double-click the My Computer icon. Then right-click on the C: drive and select Properties. Click the Disk Cleanup button -- it's just to the right of the Capacity pie graph -- and delete all temporary files.

8.) In your Device Manager, double-click on the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers device, and ensure that DMA is enabled for each drive you have connected to the Primary and Secondary controller. Do this by double-clicking on Primary IDE Channel. Then click the Advanced Settings tab. Ensure the Transfer Mode is set to "DMA if available" for both Device 0 and Device 1. Then repeat this process with the Secondary IDE Channel.

9.) Upgrade the cabling. As hard-drive technology improves, the cabling requirements to achieve these performance boosts have become more stringent. Be sure to use 80-wire Ultra-133 cables on all of your IDE devices with the connectors properly assigned to the matching Master/Slave/Motherboard sockets. A single device must be at the end of the cable; connecting a single drive to the middle connector on a ribbon cable will cause signaling problems. With Ultra DMA hard drives, these signaling problems will prevent the drive from performing at its maximum potential. Also, because these cables inherently support "cable select," the location of each drive on the cable is important. For these reasons, the cable is designed so drive positioning is explicitly clear.

10.) Remove all spyware from the computer. Use free programs such as AdAware by Lavasoft or SpyBot Search & Destroy. Once these programs are installed, be sure to check for and download any updates before starting your search. Anything either program finds can be safely removed. Any free software that requires spyware to run will no longer function once the spyware portion has been removed; if your customer really wants the program even though it contains spyware, simply reinstall it. For more information on removing Spyware visit this Web Pro News page.

11.) Remove any unnecessary programs and/or items from Windows Startup routine using the MSCONFIG utility. Here's how: First, click Start, click Run, type MSCONFIG, and click OK. Click the StartUp tab, then uncheck any items you don't want to start when Windows starts. Unsure what some items are? Visit the WinTasks Process Library. It contains known system processes, applications, as well as spyware references and explanations. Or quickly identify them by searching for the filenames using Google or another Web search engine.

12.) Remove any unnecessary or unused programs from the Add/Remove Programs section of the Control Panel.

13.) Turn off any and all unnecessary animations, and disable active desktop. In fact, for optimal performance, turn off all animations. Windows XP offers many different settings in this area. Here's how to do it: First click on the System icon in the Control Panel. Next, click on the Advanced tab. Select the Settings button located under Performance. Feel free to play around with the options offered here, as nothing you can change will alter the reliability of the computer -- only its responsiveness.

14.) If your customer is an advanced user who is comfortable editing their registry, try some of the performance registry tweaks offered at Tweak XP.

15.) Visit Microsoft's Windows update site regularly, and download all updates labeled Critical. Download any optional updates at your discretion.

16.) Update the customer's anti-virus software on a weekly, even daily, basis. Make sure they have only one anti-virus software package installed. Mixing anti-virus software is a sure way to spell disaster for performance and reliability.

17.) Make sure the customer has fewer than 500 type fonts installed on their computer. The more fonts they have, the slower the system will become. While Windows XP handles fonts much more efficiently than did the previous versions of Windows, too many fonts -- that is, anything over 500 -- will noticeably tax the system.

18.) Do not partition the hard drive. Windows XP's NTFS file system runs more efficiently on one large partition. The data is no safer on a separate partition, and a reformat is never necessary to reinstall an operating system. The same excuses people offer for using partitions apply to using a folder instead. For example, instead of putting all your data on the D: drive, put it in a folder called "D drive." You'll achieve the same organizational benefits that a separate partition offers, but without the degradation in system performance. Also, your free space won't be limited by the size of the partition; instead, it will be limited by the size of the entire hard drive. This means you won't need to resize any partitions, ever. That task can be time-consuming and also can result in lost data.

19.) Check the system's RAM to ensure it is operating properly. I recommend using a free program called MemTest86. The download will make a bootable CD or diskette (your choice), which will run 10 extensive tests on the PC's memory automatically after you boot to the disk you created. Allow all tests to run until at least three passes of the 10 tests are completed. If the program encounters any errors, turn off and unplug the computer, remove a stick of memory (assuming you have more than one), and run the test again. Remember, bad memory cannot be repaired, but only replaced.

20.) If the PC has a CD or DVD recorder, check the drive manufacturer's Web site for updated firmware. In some cases you'll be able to upgrade the recorder to a faster speed. Best of all, it's free.

21.) Disable unnecessary services. Windows XP loads a lot of services that your customer most likely does not need. To determine which services you can disable for your client, visit the Black Viper site for Windows XP configurations.

22.) If you're sick of a single Windows Explorer window crashing and then taking the rest of your OS down with it, then follow this tip: open My Computer, click on Tools, then Folder Options. Now click on the View tab. Scroll down to "Launch folder windows in a separate process," and enable this option. You'll have to reboot your machine for this option to take effect.

23.) At least once a year, open the computer's cases and blow out all the dust and debris. While you're in there, check that all the fans are turning properly. Also inspect the motherboard capacitors for bulging or leaks. For more information on this leaking-capacitor phenomena, you can read numerous articles on my site.


Following any of these suggestions should result in noticeable improvements to the performance and reliability of your customers' computers. If you still want to defrag a disk, remember that the main benefit will be to make your data more retrievable in the event of a crashed drive.

20 Great Google Secrets

20 Great Google Secrets

Google is clearly the best general-purpose search engine on the Web.But most people don't use it to its best advantage. Do you just plug in a keyword or two and hope for the best? That may be the quickest way to search, but with more than 3 billion pages in Google's index, it's still a struggle to pare results to a manageable number.

But Google is an remarkably powerful tool that can ease and enhance your Internet exploration. Google's search options go beyond simple keywords, the Web, and even its own programmers. Let's look at some of Google's lesser-known options.

Syntax Search Tricks

Using a special syntax is a way to tell Google that you want to restrict your searches to certain elements or characteristics of Web pages. Google has a fairly complete list of its syntax elements at

www.google.com/help/operators.html

. Here are some advanced operators that can help narrow down your search results.

Intitle: at the beginning of a query word or phrase (intitle:"Three Blind Mice") restricts your search results to just the titles of Web pages.

Intext: does the opposite of intitle:, searching only the body text, ignoring titles, links, and so forth. Intext: is perfect when what you're searching for might commonly appear in URLs. If you're looking for the term HTML, for example, and you don't want to get results such as

www.mysite.com/index.html

, you can enter intext:html.

Link lets you see which pages are linking to your Web page or to another page you're interested in. For example, try typing in

link:http://www.pcmag.com

Try using site: (which restricts results to top-level domains) with intitle: to find certain types of pages. For example, get scholarly pages about Mark Twain by searching for intitle:"Mark Twain"site:edu. Experiment with mixing various elements; you'll develop several strategies for finding the stuff you want more effectively. The site: command is very helpful as an alternative to the mediocre search engines built into many sites.

Swiss Army Google

Google has a number of services that can help you accomplish tasks you may never have thought to use Google for. For example, the new calculator feature
(www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator)
lets you do both math and a variety of conversions from the search box. For extra fun, try the query "Answer to life the universe and everything."

Let Google help you figure out whether you've got the right spelling—and the right word—for your search. Enter a misspelled word or phrase into the query box (try "thre blund mise") and Google may suggest a proper spelling. This doesn't always succeed; it works best when the word you're searching for can be found in a dictionary. Once you search for a properly spelled word, look at the results page, which repeats your query. (If you're searching for "three blind mice," underneath the search window will appear a statement such as Searched the web for "three blind mice.") You'll discover that you can click on each word in your search phrase and get a definition from a dictionary.

Suppose you want to contact someone and don't have his phone number handy. Google can help you with that, too. Just enter a name, city, and state. (The city is optional, but you must enter a state.) If a phone number matches the listing, you'll see it at the top of the search results along with a map link to the address. If you'd rather restrict your results, use rphonebook: for residential listings or bphonebook: for business listings. If you'd rather use a search form for business phone listings, try Yellow Search

(www.buzztoolbox.com/google/yellowsearch.shtml).

Extended Googling

Google offers several services that give you a head start in focusing your search. Google Groups

(http://groups.google.com)

indexes literally millions of messages from decades of discussion on Usenet. Google even helps you with your shopping via two tools: Froogle

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(http://froogle.google.com),

which indexes products from online stores, and Google Catalogs

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(http://catalogs.google.com),

which features products from more 6,000 paper catalogs in a searchable index. And this only scratches the surface. You can get a complete list of Google's tools and services at

www.google.com/options/index.html

You're probably used to using Google in your browser. But have you ever thought of using Google outside your browser?

Google Alert

(www.googlealert.com)

monitors your search terms and e-mails you information about new additions to Google's Web index. (Google Alert is not affiliated with Google; it uses Google's Web services API to perform its searches.) If you're more interested in news stories than general Web content, check out the beta version of Google News Alerts

(www.google.com/newsalerts).

This service (which is affiliated with Google) will monitor up to 50 news queries per e-mail address and send you information about news stories that match your query. (Hint: Use the intitle: and source: syntax elements with Google News to limit the number of alerts you get.)

Google on the telephone? Yup. This service is brought to you by the folks at Google Labs
(http://labs.google.com),
a place for experimental Google ideas and features (which may come and go, so what's there at this writing might not be there when you decide to check it out). With Google Voice Search
(http://labs1.google.com/gvs.html),
you dial the Voice Search phone number, speak your keywords, and then click on the indicated link. Every time you say a new search term, the results page will refresh with your new query (you must have JavaScript enabled for this to work). Remember, this service is still in an experimental phase, so don't expect 100 percent success.

In 2002, Google released the Google API (application programming interface), a way for programmers to access Google's search engine results without violating the Google Terms of Service. A lot of people have created useful (and occasionally not-so-useful but interesting) applications not available from Google itself, such as Google Alert. For many applications, you'll need an API key, which is available free from

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www.google.com/apis

. See the figures for two more examples, and visit

www.pcmag.com/solutions
for more.

Thanks to its many different search properties, Google goes far beyond a regular search engine. Give the tricks in this article a try. You'll be amazed at how many different ways Google can improve your Internet searching.

Online Extra: More Google Tips

Here are a few more clever ways to tweak your Google searches.

Search Within a Timeframe

Daterange: (start date–end date). You can restrict your searches to pages that were indexed within a certain time period. Daterange: searches by when Google indexed a page, not when the page itself was created. This operator can help you ensure that results will have fresh content (by using recent dates), or you can use it to avoid a topic's current-news blizzard and concentrate only on older results. Daterange: is actually more useful if you go elsewhere to take advantage of it, because daterange: requires Julian dates, not standard Gregorian dates. You can find converters on the Web (such as

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http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.html

), but an easier way is to do a Google daterange: search by filling in a form at

www.researchbuzz.com/toolbox/goofresh.shtml or www.faganfinder.com/engines/google.shtml

. If one special syntax element is good, two must be better, right? Sometimes. Though some operators can't be mixed (you can't use the link: operator with anything else) many can be, quickly narrowing your results to a less overwhelming number.

More Google API Applications

Staggernation.com offers three tools based on the Google API. The Google API Web Search by Host (GAWSH) lists the Web hosts of the results for a given query

(www.staggernation.com/gawsh/).

When you click on the triangle next to each host, you get a list of results for that host. The Google API Relation Browsing Outliner (GARBO) is a little more complicated: You enter a URL and choose whether you want pages that related to the URL or linked to the URL

(www.staggernation.com/garbo/).

Click on the triangle next to an URL to get a list of pages linked or related to that particular URL. CapeMail is an e-mail search application that allows you to send an e-mail to google@capeclear.com with the text of your query in the subject line and get the first ten results for that query back. Maybe it's not something you'd do every day, but if your cell phone does e-mail and doesn't do Web browsing, this is a very handy address to know.

ALL About Spyware

There are a lot of PC users that know little about "Spyware", "Mal-ware", "hijackers", "Dialers" & many more. This will help you avoid pop-ups, spammers and all those baddies.

What is spy-ware?
Spy-ware is Internet jargon for Advertising Supported software (Ad-ware). It is a way for shareware authors to make money from a product, other than by selling it to the users. There are several large media companies that offer them to place banner ads in their products in exchange for a portion of the revenue from banner sales. This way, you don't have to pay for the software and the developers are still getting paid. If you find the banners annoying, there is usually an option to remove them, by paying the regular licensing fee.

Known spywares
There are thousands out there, new ones are added to the list everyday. But here are a few:
Alexa, Aureate/Radiate, BargainBuddy, ClickTillUWin, Conducent Timesink, Cydoor, Comet Cursor, eZula/KaZaa Toptext, Flashpoint/Flashtrack, Flyswat, Gator, GoHip, Hotbar, ISTbar, Lions Pride Enterprises/Blazing Logic/Trek Blue, Lop (C2Media), Mattel Brodcast, Morpheus, NewDotNet, Realplayer, Songspy, Xupiter, Web3000, WebHancer, Windows Messenger Service.

How to check if a program has spyware?
The is this Little site that keeps a database of programs that are known to install spyware.

Check Here: http://www.spywareguide.com/product_search.php

If you would like to block pop-ups (IE Pop-ups).
There tons of different types out there, but these are the 2 best, i think.

Try: Google Toolbar (http://toolbar.google.com/) This program is Free
Try: AdMuncher (http://www.admuncher.com) This program is Shareware

If you want to remove the "spyware" try these.
Try: Lavasoft Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/) This program is Free
Info: Ad-aware is a multi spyware removal utility, that scans your memory, registry and hard drives for known spyware components and lets you remove them. The included backup-manager lets you reinstall a backup, offers and multi language support.

Try: Spybot-S&D (http://www.safer-networking.org/) This program is Free
Info: Detects and removes spyware of different kinds (dialers, loggers, trojans, user tracks) from your computer. Blocks ActiveX downloads, tracking cookies and other threats. Over 10,000 detection files and entries. Provides detailed information about found problems.

Try: BPS Spyware and Adware Remover (http://www.bulletproofsoft.com/spyware-remover.html) This program is Shareware
Info: Adware, spyware, trackware and big brotherware removal utility with multi-language support. It scans your memory, registry and drives for known spyware and lets you remove them. Displays a list and lets you select the items you'd like to remove.

Try: Spy Sweeper v2.2 (http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spysweeper/index.php) This program is Shareware
Info: Detects and removes spyware of different kinds (dialers, loggers, trojans, user tracks) from your computer.
The best scanner out there, and updated all the time.

Try: HijackThis 1.97.7 (http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html) This program is Freeware
Info: HijackThis is a tool, that lists all installed browser add-on, buttons, startup items and allows you to inspect them, and optionally remove selected items.


If you would like to prevent "spyware" being install.
Try: SpywareBlaster 2.6.1 (http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html) This program is Free
Info: SpywareBlaster doesn`t scan and clean for so-called spyware, but prevents it from being installed in the first place. It achieves this by disabling the CLSIDs of popular spyware ActiveX controls, and also prevents the installation of any of them via a webpage.

Try: SpywareGuard 2.2 (http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareguard.html) This program is Free
Info: SpywareGuard provides a real-time protection solution against so-called spyware. It works similar to an anti-virus program, by scanning EXE and CAB files on access and alerting you if known spyware is detected.

Try: XP-AntiSpy (http://www.xp-antispy.org/) This program is Free
Info: XP-AntiSpy is a small utility to quickly disable some built-in update and authentication features in WindowsXP that may rise security or privacy concerns in some people.

Try: SpySites (http://camtech2000.net/Pages/SpySites_Prog...ml#SpySitesFree) This program is Free
Info: SpySites allows you to manage the Internet Explorer Restricted Zone settings and easily add entries from a database of 1500+ sites that are known to use advertising tracking methods or attempt to install third party software.

If you would like more Information about "spyware".
Check these sites.
http://www.spychecker.com/
http://www.spywareguide.com/
http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm
http://www.theinfomaniac.net/infomaniac/co...rsSpyware.shtml
http://www.thiefware.com/links/
http://simplythebest.net/info/spyware.html

Usefull tools...
Try: Stop Windows Messenger Spam 1.10 (http://www.jester2k.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/j...r2ksoftware.htm) This program is Free
Info: "Stop Windows Messenger Spam" stops this Service from running and halts the spammers ability to send you these messages.

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All these softwares will help remove and prevent evil spammers and spywares attacking your PC. I myself recommend getting "spyblaster" "s&d spybot" "spy sweeper" & "admuncher" to protect your PC. A weekly scan is also recommended

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Haiz，累得我 orz.....

用了两天时间研究“火星文”，
用了8个小时收集和编辑，
用了4个小时把全文放上我的BLOG......

现在累得我 orz ，双眼发金光....
是时候休息休息。

在这里有两件事想请求大家，就是......
我费了许多时间，金钱来经营我个人部落格。
SO...
~1~若大家喜欢我的部落格，请在你的个人网站，MSN，Xanga，及email 内放我部落格的超链接。帮忙我宣传一下。
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火星文 part 8 (Leet 黑客文)

Leet（l33t或1337），指的是一種發原於歐美地區的BBS、線上遊戲和駭客社群所使用的文字書寫方式。通常是把英文字母轉變成數字或是特殊符號，例如E寫成3，A寫成4等。或是將英文單字寫成同音的字母或數字，如for寫成4等等。

英文字母的Leet寫法
参阅上图。

完整资料请参阅Wikipedia

使用Leet版Google: Google

中文的leet

中文的網絡語言中，也有類似leet的寫法。利用部分漢字由組件合成的特性，一個漢字被分拆成兩個或以上的組件，主要是左右拆分，讓個別的字看起來拉長了，如將「頭」字拆成「豆頁」。很多時組件本身是單獨漢字。例子：

原來寫法 leet寫法 意思
不願作答 不原頁亻乍答 不願作答
豬頭 豕者豆頁 笨蛋
仆街 亻卜彳圭亍 （粗話）跌倒地上

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火星文 part 7 (ASCII艺术)

ASCII艺术这种主要依靠电脑表现的艺术形式是指使用电脑字符（主要是ASCII）来表达图片。它可以由文本编辑器生成。很多ASCII艺术要求使用均衡字体（固定宽度的字体，例如在传统打字机上使用的字体）来显示。

ASCII艺术用于当文字比图像更稳定和更快显示的场合。包括打字机、电传打字机、没有图形的终端，早期的电脑网络，电子邮件和Usenet的新闻信息中。

最简单的ASCII艺术有两三个字母组成，使用文本表达表情。顺时针旋转90度，就可以看到这些表情很容易明白：

            :-) or :)  微笑
       :-(     皱眉
       ;-)     眨眼

更复杂的例子是使用几行文本来表示大的图形或更复杂的图像，一些常见的例子有：

         (__)
         (oo)
  /-------\/             O
 / |     ||     /o)\    /H\
*  ||----||     \(o/    / \
   ~~    ~~
      牛          太极       人

最普遍的用法是把这些图像用于电子邮件、Usenet的个人签名中。

一些图形忽略特定字母的形状，而把它们看作整体图形的填充方式：


            _a,
           _yQa.
          _qTWW(
          je`?QX:
         
        _qos_s%mWw,
        a2?????TWW(
       sd(     -?Qm;.
     .amm;     .xmWmc
     """""`    """""""


另一种类型时使用一个字母形成一个单词，例如：

 HHHHHH    HHHHHH    IIIIII
  HHHH      HHHH      IIII
  HHHH      HHHH      IIII
  HHHH      HHHH      IIII
  HHHHHHHHHHHHHH      IIII
  HHHHHHHHHHHHHH      IIII
  HHHHHHHHHHHHHH      IIII
  HHHH      HHHH      IIII
  HHHH      HHHH      IIII
  HHHH      HHHH      IIII
 HHHHHH    HHHHHH    IIIIII

有兴趣可以用一点时间找一找！

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火星文 part 6 (表情符号大全)

表情符号，原來只是一種網上次文化，但隨着網際網路和行動電話短信的普及，已經為社會廣泛接受。

後來許多通訊程式（特別是即時通訊程式）及論壇開始應用更生動的小圖案（icon）來表示心情，因此20世紀末在英文中有新的詞彙來說明這些表情符號，即將情緒（Emotion）與小圖案（icon）兩個字巧妙地合併，成為新詞「Emoticon」。

日语則稱之为「顏文字」，「顏」字意為臉龐，「顏文字」這個詞的意思就是指用文字和符號組成表情或圖案來表达撰寫者的心情，此詞也逐漸為台灣的年輕人所採用。

橫看形式

:-) 微笑。

:-( 不悅。

;-) 使眼色。

:-D 開心。

:-P 吐舌頭。

:-O 驚訝, 張大口。

8-) 戴眼鏡者的微笑。

xc== 嘔。

--<-<-<@ 送你一朵玫瑰花。


　<*)>>>=< 魚骨頭。

<□：≡ 烏賊。

(：≡ 水母。

<※ 花束。

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動漫风格

西方式的传统表情符号要將臉向左橫轉九十度才看得明白，所以當表情符號传开後，發明了另外一種橫式的表情符號(最初在日本出现)：用“*”、“^”、 “-”等符號作眼睛，“_”、“.”、“o”等符號放在中間成為口部，做出“^_^”、“*_*”、“^o^”、“^_~”之類的笑臉，也有在笑脸旁边加上别的符号作为修饰物，表现更为丰富的表情，如“-_-|||”表示类似日本漫画中尴尬的面部，“-_-b”表示人物脸上滴下汗水等等。

@_@ 疑惑、暈頭轉向。
o_O 訝異。
^_^ 高興。 T_T 哭得很傷心。 =_=" 無奈。 =3= 扭計、嘟嘴。

$_$ ||見錢眼開。

(^_-)db(-_^)手指打勾勾～約定！

≧◇≦感動～
= =b冒冷汗
╮(－_－)╭兩手一攤～

===複雜形式===
\^o^/ 抱抱

\(^O^)/ 開心

(=^_^=) 喵猫

(￣(工)￣) 大狗熊

((。(^_^)。))期待、期待

*\(^_^)/* 拿彩球、為你加油～

≧◇≦ 感動～

(^o^哇)~~(^0^)哈~~(^○^)哈~~大笑3聲～
(×_×)　　　昏倒

(￣﹁￣) 流口水

[编辑] 身體姿態

OrzＯ|￣|＿敗給你了（一個人五體投地的象形符號，有許多衍生變化，例：Orz Or2 srO）

[编辑] 其他圖示

* 泰國式顏文字：(-ิ_-ิ;)、(-ิo-ิ)

^(00)^ 小豬

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东亚风格

東亞许多地區在電腦上書寫文字常用全角字，利用全角字也能夠創作出許多不同類型的表情符号。

＜（－︿－）＞　　　　　　　生氣我很生氣喔！！別吵我，知道嗎
>-<好

＜（￣︶￣）＞　　　　　滿足且得意，得意快樂

加油!加油!加油!
＜（￣︶￣）／　　　　　　滿足並且伸出手，表示贊同，讚成

GO!
＜（＠￣︶￣＠）＞　　　　滿足地臉紅

（＃￣▽￣＃）　　　　　　害羞

＼（￣︶￣）／　　　　　　抱抱，開心

ｂ（￣▽￣）ｄ　　　　　　豎起雙手拇指說好

╰（￣▽￣）╭　　　　　　眉飛色舞

{>_<}
（￣︶￣）↗　　　　　　　出發吧

○（＊￣︶￣＊）○　　　　吃飽睡好

♀（￣▽￣）／　　　　　　優質女孩

♂（￣▽￣）／　　　　　　優質男孩


╮（╯◇╰）╭　　　　　　啾～啾～親一個愛你>-<

╭（′▽‵）╭（′▽‵）╭（′▽‵）╯　　　　GO!

（￣▽￣）～■□～（￣▽￣）　　　　　　　　　乾杯

＜（￣︶￣）＞＜（￣︶￣）＞＜（￣︶￣）＞　　當我們同在一起

====傷心====
（┬＿┬）　　　　　　　　流淚

（＞﹏＜）　　　　　　　　痛苦

（┬＿┬）↘　　　　　　　跌倒

〒▽〒　　　　　　　　　　真命苦

　～＞＿＜～　　　　　　　　哭泣中．．．

T^T"/// 飆淚

>3< 親一個

　　(T_T)　　　　　　　　　傷心、我哭了

生氣

（︶︿︶） 不滿

╰（‵□′）╯ 暴怒

（︶︿︶）＝凸 比中指

（╯－＿－）╯╧╧ 翻桌A

（╯‵□′）╯︵┴─┴ 翻桌B

╭∩╮（￣▽￣）╭∩╮ 哼，去你的（鄙视你）

（╬￣皿￣）＝○＃（￣＃）３￣） 看拳

＜（‵□′）＞───Ｃε（┬＿┬）３ 生氣扭耳朵

＜( ￣︿￣)︵θ︵θ︵θ︵θ︵☆（＞口＜－） 無影腳攻擊

＝　＝＃ 生氣（青筋暴露）
(#‵′) 哼！

道歉

〈（＿　＿）〉 道歉、鞠躬

ｍ（＿　＿）ｍ　　　　　 叩拜

　(^〈^)　　　　　　　　　 對不起啦

無奈、尷尬

╮（￣▽￣）╭

－ －||||

┐（─__─）┌

其他

（￣ c￣）y▂ξ 抽煙001

(￣(工)￣) 大狗熊

( ▔___▔)y-～ 抽煙004
（～￣▽￣～） 裝傻
╭(─╴╴─)╮ ▃▇ 嗯嗯中，別打擾
<(￣3￣)>
－(>口＜-)
囧 無可奈何的臉（原為「光明」、「明亮」的意思[1]）

╮(￣▽￣")╭ 无奈

ψ(._. )> 筆記A

≧ω≦ 可愛、可愛

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○
∣＼)
﹡﹡﹡◎¯≧¯◎

火星文 part 5 (其他網路常用语)

臺灣網際網路常用语

* 白目：語出台灣閩南話，指人不知好歹。
* 三八：語出台灣閩南話，指女子扭捏作態的樣子（很多人認為三八是來自三八婦女節）

關於三八的出處有此一說：
　　當初中國剛開港通商時，只開放外國人每月八號、十八號、二十八號可以進城，其他時間必須待在城外特定區域居住及與中國特定商賈進行交易，因此少見到外國人的本地人稱呼為「看三八」。今在臺灣地區係指女子過度做作，令人感到噁心。

* 櫻櫻美代子:語出台灣閩南話「閒閒沒事情」，用近似發音的國字寫出，意指一個人無事可做，閒得發慌的樣子。
* 按：「幹」的變體，以不精確的發音表示比較婉轉的用法，只要是音接近皆可使用 (拜新注音所賜)。亦作「硍」、「更」、「跟」、「淦」。
* 「e04」：「幹」的意思，因為以新注音打出「幹」字時，是按鍵盤上「e04」三個鍵
* 「KUSO」也就是惡搞的意思，原自日文「糞」， "Kuso" 為其羅馬拼音。
* 「RUTEN」也就是聊天，閩南語開講之意，泛指無意義對談，"RUTEN" 為其羅馬拼音。
* 「潛水員」：在論壇中借代為「只看不回的人」。
* 「灌水」解釋，無意義文字。也就是想到什麼就寫什麼屬於閒聊式的貼文。
* 「小白」白目的簡稱。
* 「小花」花心的人的簡稱。
* 「鄉民」：出自九品芝麻官裡方唐鏡所述，事不關己卻愛湊熱鬧的人
* 「謎之聲」：通常用在自己吐槽自己說的話，以「謎之聲」來表示說話的人不是自己。
* 王道：原為儒家用語，正確或主流的意思。

例如：維基才是王道！

* 火星文：通常是指中文文章內大量混有「符號字(如以↑取代上)、諧音字(如以a諧音台語的『的』)、注音文」等，以致不易閱讀，彷彿不是地球上的語言，故稱之火星文；稱其使用者為「火星人」。
* 注音文: 通常是指打字時，為了裝可愛或簡化輸入所做出的奇怪語言。因為判讀上的困難，容易引起對方反感，常用的有 的=ㄉ 。 ex: 我不要吃飯 注:ㄨㄅ要ㄔㄈ。
* 啥米：台灣閩南話「什麼」的國語諧音。
* XD:表情符號，那是笑臉。把其轉過順時針九十度來看，ｘ在上面是閉緊的眼，D是大笑的口，這樣看就變成笑臉了。另有一種用法是「媽的」的消音。
* ㄌㄚㄌㄟ :台灣閩南話的「閒聊」。
* ㄏㄤ: 熱門的意思。
* ㄍㄧㄥ :矜持、逞強、硬撐。
* 小銘:斷腿的意思。
* 大大：網路上用作尊稱他人，因為不知對方真實性別，不方便以「先生」、「小姐」、「女士」、「大哥」、「大姐」等稱呼，用「大人」又過於恭敬，就用「大大」稱呼對方。
* 水水：通常是指女性，因為“水”是台灣閩南話稱讚女人漂亮的意思，是可愛用法，也一樣也有人認為是不禮貌的用法而反感。
* 口以嗎？：或寫做“課以嗎？”，是“可以嗎？”的可愛用法，由台灣藝人楊丞琳帶動（不過非她所原創）。
* OO XX 傻傻分不清楚：通常帶著有點嘲笑的意味指出被回應者所犯的相近錯誤，出自於台灣藝人蔡依林的歌曲“野蠻遊戲”歌詞（老虎 老鼠 傻傻分不清楚），由吳宗憲在主持節目時所帶動。
* 有捏，捏他：指該篇文章有洩漏劇情；是由日文的“ネタバレ”（netabare）音譯的第一個字而得。
* 有雷：同“有捏”；一開始是由“地雷”所產生的詞，不過後來有另一說是同“有捏”由來的日文音譯最後一個字而得，惟有爭議之處是可能這個詞比“有捏”要早出現。
* 安安：打招呼的用語，一般認為是結合了早安、午安、晚安；也可以只說「安」。
* 回鍋文：指轉貼文章或是發表出來的文章，在之前已經有人發表過了。類似月經文，不過月經文表示固定約某些時間就會出現的問題或是文章。回鍋文則是泛指所有有發過文章的。簡單的分辨方式為，回鍋文不會固定出現，月經文比較會有規則性。
* 回娘家文:：文章被轉貼至原來的出處

日本網絡常用语
日本的「權威」網路俗語出處可以說是2ch，或者是來自ACG文化。

* sage：即是日文名詞「下げ」，羅馬拼音"sage"，以動詞「下げる」（sageru）可譯作「往下（去）」。用於公開留言版回覆處的某一欄（通常是電郵欄）中，以含蓄地避免在回帖時推帖（令帖子自動跳上版目第一位或其他較高的位置）。應用於舊帖上以達網絡禮儀之用，可見於 2ch 及參考其系統的外國留言版。當帖子太久未被回應或不斷被 "sage" ﹝下壓﹞的時候，帖子會被「沉降」、「埋沒」到更下的位置，有機會永被人遺忘，甚至永不翻新。

* age：即是日文名詞「上げ」，羅馬拼音 "age"，以動詞「上げる」（ageru）可譯作「往上﹝去﹞」。其實是上項 "sage" 的相反詞。存在意義只在於推帖（推Post），回應者通常只會在內容欄打上age，該帖就會自動升上最頂。有時是為了避免「好」的帖被沉降而將其「拉回當眼位置」，繼續「引起注意」。

* 写真店：即是相片圖像編輯軟件「Photoshop」的日版直譯。

* ﾊｧﾊｧ：半形的「哈哈」，可為笑聲，可為喘氣聲。來自日本同人文化，可說是「遇見可萌的東西的時候的反應」。使用者的用意一般都非常曖昧，因為有著不軌意圖時的奸笑也可用這個。

* yoro: 日文「よろ」的羅馬拼音 是「よろしく」的簡稱， 指請多指教的意思，也稱 46 ，因日文數字46發音接近yoro 故有此方式。一般在遊戲內常使用此問好方式。

多年前網路流行把中文成語以諧音譯為英文的把戲，例如：

Jason loves Jason（潔身自愛）

Chow two's, jog pan（狡兔死 走狗烹）

Blue who say and who's（不入虎穴 焉得虎子）

Even game win even so whole（一分耕耘 一分收穫）

Cheap tower book to put topic, but cheap tower doubt to put topic（吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮）

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火星文 part 4 (orz 特别篇)

失意體前屈（最常見的造型為Orz），是一種源自於日本的表情符號（又稱心情圖示）。

失意體前屈，原本指的是網路上流行的表情符號：＿|￣|○ 它看起來像是一個人跪倒在地上，低著頭，一副「天啊，你為何這樣對我」的動作，雖然簡單卻很傳神。在初期，並沒有人對這個符號起個名字，「失意體前屈」這個名字也是後來才出現的。據說是某個餐廳的座墊上繡著這五個字，至於在這之前又是誰想到的，目前尚未釐清真相。

後來，又有人發現，用簡單的三個英文字也可以表現這個動作，於是Orz就開始流行了。接下來，更有orz的日誌軟體、日誌網站相繼出現。在2004年後，於日本、台灣與中國、香港儼然已經成為一種新興的網絡文化。

這種文字可以寫作Orz、Oro、Or2、On_、OTZ、OTL、sto、Jto、○|￣|_等，但其中以「Orz」最為常用；並有混合型，如表示無可奈何的「囧rz」。“囧”的原意是大明[1]、窗戶[2]，但現在大都不採用原意，而取其形，轉為表情符號，表示一臉無可奈何樣。

原始用意帶有「悔恨」、「悲憤」、「無力回天」等含意，最明顯的用法就是在於向異性表白被拒絕（失戀）的時候。orz廣泛使用後，其涵意逐漸增加。除了一開始的惡搞的「無可奈何」或「失意」之外，開始引申為正面的對人「拜服」「欽佩」的意思。另外也有較反面的「拜託！」「被你打敗了！」「真受不了你！」之類的用法。台灣搖滾樂團五月天於2005年8月發表的歌曲《戀愛ing》就有「超感謝你，讓我重生，整個Orz」一句。

在2006年1月22日，台灣的大學學科能力測驗國文科試題中，其中有一題是將被誤用的語言（被報章雜誌或是網際網路影響後的用法）改成正常的白話文，其題目範例中出現：「3Q得Orz→感謝得五體投地」一段，引起輿論相當大的爭議。這種教育考試制度爭議結果引起了台灣的音樂創造對其的不滿，3Q得Orz就是因此而被創作出來。

* 全形：
o ＿|￣|○ ← 右向
o ○|￣|＿ ← 左向
o ○|＿|￣ ← 逆天
* 半形：
o STO ← 右向
o STOP ← 右向戴帽
o OTZ ← 左向
o OLS ← 左向逆天
o ZJO ← 右向逆天
* 半形小寫：
o sto ← 右向
o orz ← 左向
o ots ← 左向逆天
o z_/o ← 右向逆天
* 迷你形：
o no ← 右向
o on ← 左向
o ou ← 左向逆天
o uo ← 右向逆天
* 數字形：
o 520 ← 右向


* 囧gg
o 源自於good game，取其頭而成的省略語。gg大多用於網路連線對戰的尾聲；當然，gg也常用在各項競賽，不限於線上遊戲。囧gg包含多重意思，目前大抵分為以下３類：
1. 囧rz的更高層，表示不只趴在地上一臉囧樣，而是囧到手殘腳殘，捲成一團。gg表四肢動作。意思是“徹底敗給你了”、“我完全被你打敗了”。
2. 於競賽中被人殺爛，過程中不斷被壓制，以致抬不起身，只能一臉囧樣，大喊gg。意思是“唉！被徹底地殺爛了”。
3. 對某件事無能為力，幫不上忙，只能看著它每況愈下，交雜了無奈、悔恨、悲嘆等的情緒元素。最常的用語是“只好囧ｇｇ了”、“只能囧ｇｇ了”。
* 團體進行的情況（又叫作團敗）
o 集中式：

＿＿ ＿_
＼|＼_ ＼ ∠ ／|／
|○| |○|
＿|￣|○ _＿ ＿_ ○|￣|＿
／ ／|） （|＼ ＼
|￣| |￣|
／ ／ ＼ ＼

*
o 擴散式：

＿_ _＿
（|＼ ＼ ／ ／|）
|￣| |￣|
＼ ＼ ／ ／
○|￣|＿ ＿ ＿　　＿|￣|○
∠ ／|／　＼|＼_＼
|○| |○|

* orz 這是小孩
* OTZ 這是大人
* OTL 這是完全失落
* or2 這是屁股特別翹的
* or2=3 這是放了個屁的
* Or2 這是頭大身體小的翹屁股
* Or? 這也是頭大身體小的翹屁股
* orZ 這是下半身肥大
* OTz 這是舉重選手吧
* ○rz 這是大頭
* ●rz 這是黑人頭先生
* Xrz 這是剛被爆頭完
* 6rz 這是魔人普烏
* On 這是嬰兒
* crz 這是機車騎士
* 囧rz 「/口\」的失意體前屈，囧讀作「炯」
* 崮rz 這是囧國國王
* 莔rz 這是囧國皇后
* 冏rz 這是囧到下巴都掉了
* 商rz 這是戴斗笠的囧
* 卣rz ←轟炸超人
* 膠rz ←膠人
* 曾rz ←假面超人
* 益rz ←無敵鐵金剛
* ★rz ←武藤遊戲
* 口rz ← 豆腐先生
* __Drz ← 爆腦漿
* prz ← 长发垂地的orz
* @rz ← 呆滯垂地的orz
* srQ ← 換一邊並舔地的orz
* 圙rz ← 這是老人家的面
* 囿rz ← 這是追追做出orz
* 囼rz ← 這個是沒眼睛的
* 囜rz ← 沒有眼和口的
* 圀rz ← 這是歪咀的
* 囶rz ← 這是無話可說的
* 苉rz ← 這是女的
* 匫rz ← 這是被人捉姦在床的表情
* 周rz ← 這是戴安全帽沒扣好扣帶
* Ora ←衍伸用法，不過腳是跪著狀態。
* or7 ←尖屁股
* Oroz ←這是有小腹
* Orz~ ←這是賽亞人失意體前屈
* :◎:rz ←這是張大嘴巴嚎啕大哭的失意體前屈
* oΩ: ←背部隆起的
* 囧興 ←這是帶著囧臉的烏龜

转自Wikipedia.
joshuatly修改。

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火星文 part 3 (香港網絡常用语)

Part 3，不多说 ，就是香港網絡常用语。

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香港的「權威」網路俗語出處可以說是高登討論區，尤其是其吹水區。另外，對於年青人時常出沒的討論區，如cmidi、0101論壇等，用戶都有特定的語言，這些語言在其他討論區的人來看都不容易明白。

* (CD-)ROM: 原指「唯讀記憶體」，加上 CD 為「唯讀光碟」，在論壇中借代為「只看不回的人」。即“Copy Download - Read Only Member”，亦即台灣網路用語的「潛水員」。
* 十卜：support，英文「支持」的意思。
* po：post，即「在論壇發帖」的意思。
* FD：friend，英文「朋友」的意思。
* GF：girl friend，英文「女朋友」的意思。
* BF：boy friend，英文「男朋友」的意思。
* XD：大笑，笑到眼睛變成了叉。如果表示更強烈的笑一般在後邊加多幾個大寫字母D。
* 鄉民：出自九品芝麻官裡方唐鏡所述，事不關己卻愛湊熱鬧的人。
* 3：衫(衣服)。
* 5知/5g：不知道。
* 88：掰掰。
* av：adult video。
* 小丑神：又名小丑和膠神，是一種香港的網絡惡搞文化重要象徵之一。
* 上位：一些網友以白痴的post而博取名氣
* 洗版/炸版：一人(或多人)在短時間內連續多次開無意義或離題的主題，令人感到煩厭。
* 呃post：指以沒有意義的回覆增加發文量。
* 置頂：把文章長期放置討論區最頂. 讓其他會員一入討論區便見該文章。
* 沉底：指一論壇中的貼子因長時間沒有更新，而被新貼擠到較後的位置。
* 白目：由漢語(有言曰台灣語)演變而來；其意義為笨蛋，或搞破壞者。
* 推文：在一篇舊文章中回覆，並令出現在論壇頂部，令更多人在論壇的首頁便能看到該文章。常見方法是加上"推"或"Push" (在某些討論區內"Pish"通用)，外國論壇則常用"Bump"。
* 牠：牠，原本是動物的代名詞，但在網上很多時都會有人用「牠」來侮辱別人。由於「牠」是動物的代名詞的關係，使用「牠」來稱呼其他人便有罵人是畜牲的意味。
* 巴打：英文brother之意。
* 分身：指在同一個討論區中，同一人有擁有多個帳號。
* 影印機：指不斷把(尤其是過時的)文章重/轉貼的會員。
* 回帶西：泛指不斷把同一篇(或多篇)文章重貼的會員。此字眼引申自影印機。
* 起底：將對方的個人資料或相片等私隱找出來然後公諸於世，作威嚇之用。
* Ban：字面解"阻止"，在論壇語言中指網主或其他管理人員凍結某網友的論壇帳戶。通常被凍結者被禁制期間會無法登出文章，只能閱讀文章，直到凍結完畢為止。但亦有嚴重者會被永久凍結，永遠不能再使用該戶口登出文章。
* 斷背：因為受到李安所執導的同志電影<>譯名<<斷背山>>所影響，所以現時一般會利用「斷背」來形容同性戀者。
* 小朋友：這個字詞主要指心智不成熟，談論幼稚話題，講粗口以及喜愛盲目批評別人等人士，所以年齡上已屬成年的也可以是小朋友。
* 港女：一般指香港女性，但在網上，多指擁有某些不良特質的香港女人，如自戀、自命不凡、拜金、崇外、漠視他人權利等；甚至可以是一個社會現象。
* 潮童：同MK LOOK同類，但又要刻意強調自己不是MK Look。
* 毒男：長時間隴居家中而沒有女性人緣的男青少年。
* MK：旺角(英文：Mong Kok)的英文縮寫，也可指某類只懂跟著潮流走，衣著品味毫無個人性格的人士。
* tst：尖沙咀。
* cwb: causeway bay,銅鑼灣。
* 7：樣子不好。
* 9：男生殖器官，英文f*** idiot之意。
* 9up：不知所謂的言語。
* 硬膠/膠：男生殖器官，英文f*** idiot之意。
* 膠人：經常發一些不知所謂的post而引其他網友注意，目的是變成無人不知，無人不曉。
* j：男生殖器官。
* pk：粗口「仆街」的意思。
* 斧头帮：中國共產黨。
* 共狗：盲目支持中國共產黨的網友。
* 共慘黨：不滿中國共產黨的一種發洩,「共產黨」。
* 特衰政府：不滿香港政府的一種發洩,「特區政府」。
* 心繫膠國：對抗香港政府宣傳愛國思想片,「心繫家國」。
* 左狗：用作形容激進左派分子。因大部分激進左派分子都有過度"護主"的習性，在看見任何批評中國(尤其中華人民共和國)時常會挺身而出為其祖國作辯護，故有此名。
* 冰度：「邊度」的裝可愛用法，廣東話的「哪裡」。
* 京：「驚」的裝可愛用法。
* 典解：「點解」的裝可愛用法，廣東話的「為什麼」。
* 橙橙：「慘」的裝可愛用法。
* 卑針雞：「畀心機」的裝可愛用法，即「努力」、「花心思」、「加油」。
* 覺覺豬：即「睏覺」，廣東話的「睡覺」。
* 豬吾豬：「知唔知」的裝可愛用法，廣東話的「知不知」。
* 開針/開針仔：「開心」的裝可愛用法。
* 令：即「靚」，廣東話的「漂亮」，因為「靚」比較難輸入，所以用了近音字來取代。
* 梨：「你」的裝可愛用法。
* 禾：「我」的裝可愛用法，國語中的「我」字的廣東話諧音。
* 巧：「好」的裝可愛用法，國語中的「好」字的廣東話諧音，但保留了廣東話「好」的聲調。
* 滴：「的」的裝可愛用法。
* 反：「玩」的裝可愛用法。
* 系：即「係」，廣東話的「是」。
* 貢：「咁」的裝可愛用法，廣東話的「這樣」。
* ga：即「架」。
* la：即「啦」。
* 口牙：即「呀」。
* /33\ 或 >33< 等等：即「開心」。
* KIZING：即kissing，很多香港人也將s寫作z。
* wo ng g nei kong mud ar：「我唔知你講乜呀」。
* NEI TING YET HUI NG HUI：「你聽日去唔去?」。
* 55：「唔唔」。
* thz 4 sharin：故明思意，感謝分享，留意英文寫作thx/ths，不過香港寫作thz。


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火星文 part 2 (中国大陆互联网常用语)

接着，PART 2 有中国大陆互联网常用语。
p/s :大多数取自Wikipedia

* 如无特别注明，一般的英文字母缩写，均为所代表词语之中国大陆使用的汉语拼音缩写。
* 根据中国大陆地区互联网官方机构CNNIC的调查，“顶”（支持的意思，可以帮助帖子显示到论坛较高醒目位置）一词的使用率最高。
* 另外，有時為了躲過關鍵字的過濾，很多與敏感話題相關的字詞都要用另一種方式來表達，這亦催生了中國大陸在網絡用語方面的發展。

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* 偶：即「我」。可能是由台湾流行到大陆。
* 美眉：「妹妹」的变体，男性对年轻女性（通常是男性单方面主观认定其年轻可爱）的称呼。
* MM：妹妹或美眉。通常用于后一种。亦用于对女朋友的昵称。
* GG：哥哥。亦用于对男朋友的昵称。
* JJ：姐姐。（另有一不文雅用法，指“鸡鸡”（即男性生殖器官））
* DD：弟弟。
* GF：女朋友(Girl Friend)。著名游戏最终幻想8(Final Fantasy VIII, 台灣翻譯為「太空戰士8」)中的召唤兽(Guardian Force)的简写。
* PLMM：漂亮美眉。
* PPMM:漂亮美眉的加强版——漂漂美眉。或指“婆婆妈妈”，但用的较少。
* XDJM：兄弟姐妹。
* 犬科：暗指狼（狼属于犬科），追逐女生，尤其是论坛里的MM。
* 狼族：与犬科不同，作风比较正派。经常独自出没于论坛，虽然爱美色，但不死缠硬磨MM。
* SL：色狼。
* 恐龙：长得不太好看的女生。
* 青蛙：长得不太好看的男生。
* 大虾：大侠，指的是高手。
* 水友：泛指论坛的注册用户。
* 水王：指疯狂发帖并且不注意发帖质量的BBS用户。
* ZT3：猪头3。
* ZT4：猪头4(借用流星花园杉菜语)。
* 菜鸟：即「新手」，「新人」，「newbie」，且特指对象缺乏所讨论领域、甚至日常生活的基本常识。常见于自卑或嘲笑他人等场合，但有时在正式书面文章中并不含贬义。
* MPJ：马屁精。
* 小P孩：年轻人（贬义）。北方方言中“小屁孩”的谐音或者委婉用法。
* 老大：对对方的称呼，含有一定的无奈之意。类似于“老兄”。
* 小白：“白爛”的暱稱，指經常在網上無事生非的人。也可指“小白痴”。或什么都不懂（不懂装懂）的人。另：有时候小白也指“小白鼠”（尝试某种新鲜的事物诸如此类）；或者指 Apple iBook G4 12' 笔记本，有时侯也指Canon出品的一只70-200F2.8L镜头，特别是在摄影类网站上。
* XB：即「小白」。
* LR：烂人。
* RP：人品。另外有運氣的意思，指隨機(random)的機率(probability)。
* RPWT：人品问题。“算了吧，这不是你的错，是你人品问题”。一般用于不同的人做同一件事，却产生截然不同的结果的情况。
* BT：变态（另指著名下载软件BitTorrent或其下载方式，依语境而定）。
* SB：对某些人的蔑称(即:傻屄)，注：SB也有很多其他意思，如Sound Blaster，是CREATIVE的系列声卡；一款名为魔剑的游戏，Shadow Bane；美国的石溪大学(SUNY SB)；美国的加州大学SB分校(UC SB)。
* ODBC：殴打白痴，注：ODBC也是开放式数据库互接 (Open Database Connectivity) ，是应用程序使用数据库管理系统（DBMS）的一种标准API。
* LJ：垃圾。
* JS：奸商(Jian Shang)，原指坑骗顾客的商家，在大陆的网络上多用来特指IT行业经营计算机配件、外设、整机的不良店主。
* 侃爺：指熱愛聊天的人。
* 蛋白质：BD(笨蛋）＋BC（白痴）＋SJZ（神经质）。
* 火星人：指一些发了已经发过的帖子，讨论一些别人已经讨论过的内容的网民，被人称为来自火星的人，刚来到地球什么都不懂。亦指使用火星文發帖的人。
* 砖家：专家，或指拍砖的网民
* 叫兽：教授，主要指中国的经济学家
* 背背山：男同性恋者，来源电影《宝贝计划》当中的一句“我从背背山来”
* HYPD：罕有匹敌，暗指发布不实或夸大的虚假信息的人。源自寄托家园美国留学论坛 ID"singe"的发帖，自称科研罕有匹敌并大量发布被名校录取的虚假信息，轰动一时。虽然该ID已经被封禁，但HYPD影响已经十分广泛，并被网友接受采用。做调侃用.
* ZF：政府
* FQ：愤青
* GCD/CCP：共产党
* GMD/KMT：国民党/国民党
* WP：网络评论员
* FLG：法轮功
* sgdb：三个代表
* 三个呆婊：三个代表
* 带三个婊：三个代表
* 八聋八痴：八荣八耻
* 白白：Bye bye的音译。也作“掰掰”。
* OICQ：Oh, I seek you ﹝「噢，我找到你了。」﹞
* 3166：再见（日语：さようなら，罗马拼音：Sayounara）。
* 3Q：Thank You
* 3X或3QS：Thanks（=Thx）。
* 8K7：不客气。
* PF：佩服。

886这个词是传呼机（又名寻呼机、BB机）时代的产物。由于当时的BB机只能够传输数字信息，所以为了表达一些复杂的意思就衍生出了这样的代码。

还有一些在B.B.call流行的年代所衍生的代码有：

* 1314：一生一世。常和520连用。
* 520：我爱你。
* 530：我想你。
* 740：气死你。
* 7456：气死我了。
* 9494：就是就是。
* 4242：是啊是啊。

* 坛子：论坛。
* 斑竹：版主，即论坛分版管理员（源自拼音输入法中“BANZHU”的预设词组）（有时写作「板猪」等，或为开玩笑，或为贬义）。
* 板斧:「版副」之谐音，副版主。
* 楼主：一个讨论序列中发第一个帖子的人（有时写作“楼猪”，使用时或为开玩笑，或为贬义）。
* 楼上的：一个讨论序列中前一个发帖子的人。
* n楼的：除了“楼主”以外的依次可称作“2楼的”、“3楼的”……“n楼的”，即是第n-1位回帖者。
* 沙发：指论坛讨论序列第二个发贴位置。网络上关于“沙发”一词来源的说法不一。
* 板凳：类似于沙发，抢不到沙发的人坐板凳。指第二个回帖的人。
* 地板：连板凳都抢不到的话就只能坐地板。
* 坑：路栏上某个帖子被人回复“坑”，意思是楼主故意发表一个哗众取宠或者吸引大家讨论、争吵的帖子，因为会有很多人回复，就像坑一样，吸引大家掉进去，故名之。
* ID：Identity，原意為身分證字號，現在演變成网名。
* 马甲：已经注册的论坛成员以不同的ID注册的论坛成员，通常一个人如果注册马甲的话，会有多个马甲。
* RT：“如题”的拼音缩写。多指主题帖子的正文内容和题目一样，多用于询问帖。如“主题：请问如何编辑wiki？正文：RT”
* 标题党：指故意以耸动标题吸引网友观看帖子的行为/行为人(特别指实际上标题与内容完全无关者)
* 裸奔：未登入帐号即发表帖子，而使自己的IP被记录在"发文者"栏位中
* 555：呜呜呜(哭声）。
* 7456：气死我了。
* 9494：就是！就是！
* 4242：是啊是啊。
* 748：去死吧。
* SE：少恶。
* BBS：波霸(Big-Breasted Sister)。﹝剛巧是留言版之類服務的統稱電子佈告欄系統的英文簡寫。﹞
* B4/BS：鄙视。
* TMD：骂人用语「他妈的」（同时也是美国Theater Missile Defense（战区导弹防御系统）之缩写）（使用时请自觉）。
* TNND：骂人用语「他奶奶的」（「TMD」之用法引申而成）（使用时请自觉）。
* YY：意淫.所知道的出处应该是《红楼梦》，后又经网络上的演化。
* ze：贼恶(真恶心吧)，真恶（贼：东北部分地区的方言。“非常”之意）。
* 澳雪：(英语)Oh, shit!(香港某个自称销量第一的沐浴露牌子)。
* 靠：台灣閩南語「哭」的發音，原是台灣話罵人語「靠夭（哭餓）」「靠杯（哭爸）」的第一個字，因避諱等因素只發第一個音，遂作為慣用發語詞，用來表達不滿的感情。
* 粉：「很」的音變，最初由台灣藝人董志成在綜藝節目《紅白勝利》小單元中所反串扮演的一個客家話口音濃厚的喜劇角色女子董月花受歡迎開始，自我介紹總是說：「董夜發，閉頁羞發，夜冷夜開發」（董月花，閉月羞花，越冷越開花的客家口音的國語），與口頭禪：「你粉啊劣（你很惡劣，說到“啊”時他手指還會比2然後在兩旁分開表示分裂）」、「倫生如浮雲，命運粉不順！（人生如浮雲，命運很不順）」、「中壢埔心的油雞，粉油、粉香、又不費粉鹹粉膩（又不會很鹹很膩）」……等，後來因為因為有人（主要是台灣女生）覺得粉字唸起來新奇又可愛故掀起風潮。
* 好康：源自台灣閩南語「好孔」。初為礦工用語，指品質優良的礦坑。後衍生其意為好的事情。
* 臘鴨：≈垃圾(來自《麥嘜》)，“挂腊鸭”在粤语俗语中指“吊颈自杀”。
* 牛B/牛逼/NB：形容某人在所谈论话题之所在领域中为精英分子。
* 如花：醜女。出于源自周星驰电影裡面常出现由李健仁男扮女装飾演，非常雄壮还喜欢挖鼻孔的角色名称。
* 稀饭：喜欢。
* metoo：我吐，借用英文 "Me too" ，即「我也是」。
* 抓狂：受不了刺激而行为失常
* 表：别，“不要”的连音。
* 酱紫：“这样子”的連音。台灣作「降子」、「醬子」等。
* 汗： 表示对事情很惊讶、尴尬或很无奈，是根据日本漫画里面人物的表情引申而来的。
* 寒：意思与“汗”类似，常表示为遇到很难以接受的事情，比如：“寒一个”
* 做人要厚道：语出电影《手机》里的台词，对别人的行为作出谴责或建议。如用来数落不发下文的樓主或者出言不遜的网友。
* 75：欺侮。
* 874：打别人耳光。来自猫扑网编号第874号GIF动画(图例)。
* tjjtds：是“弹鸡鸡弹到死”的拼音简写，源于三位探险家的笑话。
~~相關笑話內容： 有三個人到非洲探險，不小心偷看到了一位酋長的女兒在洗澡。被抓後， 酋長問第一個人想死還是想被彈雞雞，他當然回答說彈雞雞。於是被拉下去tjj50下， 慘 叫…………。又問第二個人想死還是想被彈雞雞，他猶豫了一下，好死不如賴活，他也選 擇了彈雞雞，於是被拉下去tjj100下，極其刺耳恐怖的慘叫，被拖 回來已經奄奄一息，而 且jj好像已經完全廢了。又問第三個人，想死還是想被彈雞雞。他猶豫半天，看看他們兩 個如此痛苦，而且東西也壞了，覺得選死也許會出 現奇跡，起碼沒有那麼痛苦啊，所以就 壯烈的回答說：死。於是酋長說：「拉下去，彈雞雞彈到死。」~~
* TF:（一脚）踢飞。
* RE：Regarding的缩写。回复的文章标题默认为原文章标题前加上“Re: ”，引申为支持，类似于“顶”。
* ZC：支持。
* ZT：有三種不同的意思：
1. 转贴
2. 正太（多指小男生）
3. 猪头
* 倒/晕倒/faint/ft：夸张的表现。表示不可思议，难以接受。
* 顶：表示对发帖者的支持，（常写作：丁页，叮，up,ddd。）
* 顶你个肺，粗口，源自粤语頂你個肺，亦有簡化為「頂」。據考，其語源為「頂你個塊」，指性交。电影《疯狂的石头》亦有出現過，成為一句经典的话。
* 侃大山:原指在網上聊天。现常指无意义的发帖或回帖。（取“论坛”的“坛”字的“坛子”之用途方面的定义——“坛子是用来装水的”）。
* 考古/掘墓：指在很老的帖子中进行回帖。
* 版聊：两个或者多个会员相互回帖在某帖子里聊天。
* 抢楼:很多论坛中把帖子中的第几个答复(回贴)称为第几楼,为了有趣或者无聊，有些人会特意在某些特定数字的楼层回帖，比如100或者1000这样的整数楼层。当多个人同时想在特定楼层回帖时，会出现竞争现象，称为抢楼。
* 砍大山：“侃大山”之誤。“侃”是中国北方地区方言，在此的意思就是聊天。
* 抛砖：发贴，抛砖引玉之意。
* 拍砖：跟贴。常用“欢迎拍砖”，有欢迎批判之意。
* 闪：离开或是指有人發表文章得內容非常炫耀與誇張。
* 踢一脚：也有跟贴的意思（视具体情况而定，多表示有异议。“踩一脚”才是跟帖之意。）
* 路过/飘过：无关人士发帖。仅仅表示看到了这里，留个名。
* 停车做爱：有点不雅，从“停车坐爱枫林晚，霜叶红于二月花”引申而来。
* 古的白：再見，從英語Goodbye音譯。
* 匪：搶奪，土匪的行徑。
* 陈水：陈水扁欠一扁字，意思是欠扁的意思。
* 狗狗/古狗：用Google搜索引擎找东西，一般用“狗狗一下”。
* 刷屏：连续不断的发无价值的帖子或信息，让满屏幕都被自己的帖子占据。（台灣的用法稱作「洗板」）
* ML：来自英语的make love，做爱。
* QJ：强奸。
* QS：去死。
* SY：手淫
* FB：腐败的拼音字头，一般代表聚会吃饭。
* 叉叉圈圈/xxoo/ooxx：同 ML
* PP：(1)屁屁（屁股）；(2)Picture，图片；（3）漂漂（漂亮）
* RPWT：原意为电脑发生某个莫名其妙的问题, 後在猫扑网中转义为"人品问题"。有时简写为RP。
* BC：白痴(汉语拼音Bai Chi)。
* pmp：拍马屁。
* pmpmp：拼命拍马屁。
* TH：土豪(游戏中的常用语)。
* 弓虽：强，这类词还有很多，反正左右边旁的都可以这样拆。只是“强”的用法比较多。可說是中文版的黑客文。
* 纯净水/纯水/水蒸气：无任何内容和含义的回帖，「純水」即「純粹灌水」之意。
* 木有：没有。（出自山东方言）
* XXX：色情、十八禁的东西。
* blah-blah：反复说冗長的東西或廢話，源出英文。
* xxxing：XXX进行中，正在XXX。比如上网ing，是中英混合的寫法。
* PS：photoshop(图形编辑软件）可以指动词用photoshop修改的，也可指photoshop的作品。postscript （信的附笔，附言，另外，后记，顺便说一下）。playstation（索尼(Sony)公司 生产的游戏机）。
* JB：鸡巴（阴茎 也指骂人）（使用时请自觉）。
* 潜水：表示在论坛只看贴不回复。－或是贴了不当的文章和说错话后被论坛的人指责，不想再回应而"潜水"。
* 出来混，迟早都是要还的：电影《无间道》的台词，报应的意思。原句：「出來行，遲早都要還。」
* SM：虐待(Sadism & Masochism (性)施虐與受虐。slave & master 奴隶与主人。）有时候也用作“什么”。
* 虾米：什么，源自閩南語「什麼」的普通話諧音。
* 养眼：好看，常用于描述美女。
* 审美疲劳：出自电影《手机》，用心理学的原理来解释，是说当刺激反复以同样的方式、强度和频率呈现的时候，反应就开始变弱。通俗点说，就是对于一种事物的反复欣赏所产生的一种厌倦心理，一个男人看一个女人太久，失去了新鲜感，想换个口味。
* 小强：蟑螂，语出周星驰的《唐伯虎点秋香》。
* 旺财：狗，语出同“小强”。
* 鉴定：看美女。
* 有料：有本事。－或指有事情发生或事情有新的进展。
* 衰：倒霉，来自粤语、閩南語。
* HOHO/厚厚/吼吼/咔咔/kaka/嘻嘻/xixi：语气助词。
* 月经帖：定期被複制發表的帖子，通常為一個月。
* 火星：常指所发帖子或网页内容陈旧，重复，过时之意。
* XS/咸湿：（通常为白话或广东话所用），意指此人好色，色情的意思。
* BL：玻璃，不是指一种易碎品，而是指同性恋，其实是 "Boy's love" 的缩写。
* GL/百合：Girl's love(见BL)
* 粉丝：Fans（某人的支持者）。
* GM：Game Master/游戏管理员，偶尔也作肛门。
* MS：貌似。或者同M$。
* M$：Microsoft，微软公司。把 "S" 轉為 "$" 暗示其求財心態。

其实还有很多但不可能全部收录，请自行请教Google!
敬请期待 part 3!

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火星文 part 1(英语地区的互联网常用语)

最近读到一篇关于“火星文”的报导，就开始对“火星文”有一点兴趣。
上网找到了一些资料，整理后就贴在这里与大家分享。

「火星」一詞成為流行用語，主要是源自周星馳的電影名作少林足球中，男主角對仗義為少林隊擔任守門員的趙薇說的一段話：「你快點回去火星吧！地球是很危險的！」。在流行用語中，這句話使用的時機是，當看不懂別人所說的話時，就戲謔性的告訴對方「你還是回到火星去吧」，用以嘲諷對方是個火星人，說(寫)的是我們地球人看不懂的火星文。這樣的用法，藉由網路而快速散播，成為許多臺灣年輕人的共同語言。久而久之，「火星文」一詞成為一切令人難以閱讀、理解之文句的代名詞。
(Taken from:Wikipedia)

这里整理了一些英语地区的互联网常用语，大家欣赏欣赏。

* brb: Be right back
* bbl: be back later
* cu: See you
* cya: See ya（See you 的美式口语）
* gg: gotta go (或 gonna go)
* gtg: got to go (我要走)
* g'nite: good-night (晚安）
* nite: good-night (另一个说法）
* sup: Whats up
* ttyl: talk to ya later (下次聊!)
* afk: Away From Keyboard （人不在電腦前，或掛網）
* asap: As soon as possible (盡可能的快點)
* atm: at the moment (現在)
* bf: boyfriend
* brt: be right there (我快到了)
* bs: Bullshit (废话)
* btw: By the way
* dunno: don't know
* fyi: For Your Information
* gf: girlfriend
* gg: good game (玩游戏的时候才会说）
* gj: good job!
* gl: goodluck! (加油哦）
* icic: "i see, i see" (了解了)
* k: Okay (有时候也会用 'kk' 是一样的意思)
* ks: kill steal (網路遊戲中的意思就是搶怪)
* imo: In my opinion
* imho: In my humble (honest) opinion
* jk: Just kidding
* lol: Laugh out loud
* nm: not much ('whats up' 常用的一个回答）
* n2m: not too much (跟上面的差不多)
* nt: nice try
* noob: newbie (新手)
* np: no problem (没事)
* ns: nice shoot
* nvm: Never Mind
* oic: Oh, I see (另一個寫法是 @@)
* o: "oh" (哦)
* oki: okay
* omg: Oh my god (我的天啊！）
* rofl: rolling on the floor laughing ("很好笑")
* r u ok: Are you OK?
* ruj: Are you joking?（你在說笑吧？）
* sry: Sorry
* thx: Thanks
* tks: Thanks
* u: you
* u2: you too
* wth: What the hell
* wtf: What the f***
* bump:同"翻旧帖"，指回复已一段时间(通常为一个月以上)无人回复的文章
* plz: Please
* sry/Sory:Sorry
* wtb = Want to buy
* wts = Want to Sell
* lft = Looking for Team
* O rly?: Oh really? ﹝「噢，真的嗎？」。此句有一貓頭鷹作形像。﹞
* Ya rly: Yeah really ﹝「是真的。」。上句的回應。﹞
* No wai(ii...): No way(yy...) ﹝「不可能的──」。上句的回答，這三句可說是聯在一起、預先有其回答的。﹞
* ...!!11cos(0)1eleven1: ...!!!!!!!!! ﹝即是一堆感嘆號，「情緒非常激烈」之意。原本 "!" 的打法是按緊 Shift 鍵加按 1 鍵，之後的 "1" 是故意模倣鬆開 Shift 鍵後時繼續按 1 鍵而出的。再過份的人會故意打些與 1 同義的東西，例如 cos(0) ：「零個象限的餘弦等於一」、 eleven ：十一、 one hundred and one ：一百一十一，等等。﹞
*2b? Nt2b? ??? : to be or not to be, that is the question
* CU29 : see you tonight

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All About Movie Tags

Nowadays everyone have a broadband connection with unlimited online time!
And many of them download all sorts of movies or video clip from internet.
just some information to help you when you wanna to download movies or video file from internet!

Original Sources

CAM -
A cam is a theater rip usually done with a digital video camera. A mini tripod is sometimes used, but a lot of the time this wont be possible, so the camera make shake. Also seating placement isn't always idle, and it might be filmed from an angle. If cropped properly, this is hard to tell unless there's text on the screen, but a lot of times these are left with triangular borders on the top and bottom of the screen. Sound is taken from the onboard microphone of the camera, and especially in comedies, laughter can often be heard during the film. Due to these factors picture and sound quality are usually quite poor, but sometimes we're lucky, and the theater will be fairly empty and a fairly clear signal will be heard.



TELESYNC (TS) - A telesync is the same spec as a CAM except it uses an external audio source (most likely an audio jack in the chair for hard of hearing people). A direct audio source does not ensure a good quality audio source, as a lot of background noise can interfere. A lot of the times a telesync is filmed in an empty cinema or from the projection booth with a professional camera, giving a better picture quality. Quality ranges drastically, check the sample before downloading the full release. A high percentage of Telesyncs are CAMs that have been mislabeled.



TELECINE (TC) -
A telecine machine copies the film digitally from the reels. Sound and picture should be very good, but due to the equipment involved and cost telecines are fairly uncommon. Generally the film will be in correct aspect ratio, although 4:3 telecines have existed. A great example is the JURASSIC PARK 3 TC done last year. TC should not be confused with TimeCode , which is a visible counter on screen throughout the film.



SCREENER (SCR) -
A pre VHS tape, sent to rental stores, and various other places for promotional use. A screener is supplied on a VHS tape, and is usually in a 4:3 (full screen) a/r, although letterboxed screeners are sometimes found. The main draw back is a "ticker" (a message that scrolls past at the bottom of the screen, with the copyright and anti-copy telephone number). Also, if the tape contains any serial numbers, or any other markings that could lead to the source of the tape, these will have to be blocked, usually with a black mark over the section. This is sometimes only for a few seconds, but unfortunately on some copies this will last for the entire film, and some can be quite big. Depending on the equipment used, screener quality can range from excellent if done from a MASTER copy, to very poor if done on an old VHS recorder thru poor capture equipment on a copied tape. Most screeners are transferred to VCD, but a few attempts at SVCD have occurred, some looking better than others.



DVD-SCREENER (DVDscr) -Same premise as a screener, but transferred off a DVD. Usually letterbox , but without the extras that a DVD retail would contain. The ticker is not usually in the black bars, and will disrupt the viewing. If the ripper has any skill, a DVDscr should be very good. Usually transferred to SVCD or DivX/XviD.



DVDRip - A copy of the final released DVD. If possible this is released PRE retail (for example, Star Wars episode 2) again, should be excellent quality. DVDrips are released in SVCD and DivX/XviD.



VHSRip -Transferred off a retail VHS, mainly skating/sports videos and XXX releases.



TVRip -TV episode that is either from Network (capped using digital cable/satellite boxes are preferable) or PRE-AIR from satellite feeds sending the program around to networks a few days earlier (do not contain "dogs" but sometimes have flickers etc) Some programs such as WWF Raw Is War contain extra parts, and the "dark matches" and camera/commentary tests are included on the rips. PDTV is capped from a digital TV PCI card, generally giving the best results, and groups tend to release in SVCD for these. VCD/SVCD/DivX/XviD rips are all supported by the TV scene.



WORKPRINT (WP) -A workprint is a copy of the film that has not been finished. It can be missing scenes, music, and quality can range from excellent to very poor. Some WPs are very different from the final print (Men In Black is missing all the aliens, and has actors in their places) and others can contain extra scenes (Jay and Silent Bob) . WPs can be nice additions to the collection once a good quality final has been obtained.



DivX Re-Enc -A DivX re-enc is a film that has been taken from its original VCD source, and re-encoded into a small DivX file. Most commonly found on file sharers, these are usually labeled something like Film.Name.Group(1of2) etc. Common groups are SMR and TND. These aren't really worth downloading, unless you're that unsure about a film u only want a 200mb copy of it. Generally avoid.



Watermarks -
A lot of films come from Asian Silvers/PDVD (see below) and these are tagged by the people responsible. Usually with a letter/initials or a little logo, generally in one of the corners. Most famous are the "Z" "A" and "Globe" watermarks.



Asian Silvers / PDVD -
These are films put out by eastern bootleggers, and these are usually bought by some groups to put out as their own. Silvers are very cheap and easily available in a lot of countries, and its easy to put out a release, which is why there are so many in the scene at the moment, mainly from smaller groups who don't last more than a few releases. PDVDs are the same thing pressed onto a DVD. They have removable subtitles, and the quality is usually better than the silvers. These are ripped like a normal DVD, but usually released as VCD.






Formats

VCD -
VCD is an mpeg1 based format, with a constant bitrate of 1150kbit at a resolution of 352x240 (NTCS). VCDs are generally used for lower quality transfers (CAM/TS/TC/Screener(VHS)/TVrip(analogue) in order to make smaller file sizes, and fit as much on a single disc as possible. Both VCDs and SVCDs are timed in minutes, rather than MB, so when looking at an mpeg, it may appear larger than the disc capacity, and in reality u can fit 74min on a CDR74.



SVCD -
SVCD is an mpeg2 based (same as DVD) which allows variable bit-rates of up to 2500kbits at a resolution of 480x480 (NTSC) which is then decompressed into a 4:3 aspect ratio when played back. Due to the variable bit-rate, the length you can fit on a single CDR is not fixed, but generally between 35-60 Mins are the most common. To get a better SVCD encode using variable bit-rates, it is important to use multiple "passes". this takes a lot longer, but the results are far clearer.



XVCD/XSVCD -
These are basically VCD/SVCD that don't obey the "rules". They are both capable of much higher resolutions and bit-rates, but it all depends on the player to whether the disc can be played. X(S)VCD are total non-standards, and are usually for home-ripping by people who don't intend to release them.



KVCD Thanks for lardo4life for the info
KVCD is a modification to the standard MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 GOP structure and Quantization Matrix. It enables you to create over 120 minutes of near DVD quality video, depending on your material, on a single 80 minute CD-R/CD-RW. We have published these specifications as KVCDx3, our official resolution, which produce 528x480 (NTSC) and 528x576 (PAL) MPEG-1 variable bit rate video, from 64Kbps to 3,000Kbps. Using a resolution of 352x240 (NTSC) or 352x288 (PAL), it's possible to encode video up to ~360 minutes of near VCD quality on a single 80 minute CD-R. The mpeg files created will play back in most modern standalone DVD players. You must burn the KVCD MPEG files as non-standard VCD or non-standard SVCD (depends on your player) with Nero or VCDEasy.



DivX / XviD -
DivX is a format designed for multimedia platforms. It uses two codecs, one low motion, one high motion. most older films were encoded in low motion only, and they have problems with high motion too. A method known as SBC (Smart Bit-rate Control) was developed which switches codecs at the encoding stage, making a much better print. The format is Ana orphic and the bit-rate/resolution are interchangeable. Due to the higher processing power required, and the different codecs for playback, its unlikely we'll see a DVD player capable of play DivX for quite a while, if at all. There have been players in development which are supposedly capable, but nothing has ever arisen. The majority of PROPER DivX rips (not Re-Encs) are taken from DVDs, and generally up to 2hours in good quality is possible per disc. Various codecs exist, most popular being the original Divx3.11a and the new XviD codecs.



CVD -
CVD is a combination of VCD and SVCD formats, and is generally supported by a majority of DVD players. It supports MPEG2 bit-rates of SVCD, but uses a resolution of 352x480(ntsc) as the horizontal resolution is generally less important. Currently no groups release in CVD.



DVD-R -
Is the recordable DVD solution that seems to be the most popular (out of DVD-RAM, DVD-R and DVD+R). it holds 4.7gb of data per side, and double sided discs are available, so discs can hold nearly 10gb in some circumstances. SVCD mpeg2 images must be converted before they can be burnt to DVD-R and played successfully. DVD>DVDR copies are possible, but sometimes extras/languages have to be removed to stick within the available 4.7gb.



MiniDVD -
MiniDVD/cDVD is the same format as DVD but on a standard CDR/CDRW. Because of the high resolution/bit-rates, its only possible to fit about 18-21 mins of footage per disc, and the format is only compatible with a few players.






Misc Info

Regional Coding -
This was designed to stop people buying American DVDs and watching them earlier in other countries, or for older films where world distribution is handled by different companies. A lot of players can either be hacked with a chip, or via a remote to disable this.



RCE -
RCE (Regional Coding Enhancement) was designed to overcome "Multiregion" players, but it had a lot of faults and was overcome. Very few titles are RCE encoded now, and it was very unpopular.



Macrovision -
Macrovision is the copy protection employed on most commercial DVDs. Its a system that will display lines and darken the images of copies that are made by sending the VHS signals it can't understand. Certain DVD players (for example the Dansai 852 from Tescos) have a secret menu where you can disable the macrovision, or a "video stabaliser" costs about 30UKP from Maplin (www.maplin.co.uk)



NTSC/PAL -
NTSC and PAL are the two main standards used across the world. NTSC has a higher frame rate than pal (29fps compared to 25fps) but PAL has an increased resolution, and gives off a generally sharper picture. Playing NTSC discs on PAL systems seems a lot easier than vice-versa, which is good news for the Brits An RGB enabled scart lead will play an NTSC picture in full colour on most modern tv sets, but to record this to a VHS tape, you will need to convert it to PAL50 (not PAL60 as the majority of DVD players do.) This is either achieved by an expensive converter box (in the regions of £200+) an onboard converter (such as the Dansai 852 / certain Daewoos / Samsung 709 ) or using a World Standards VCR which can record in any format.



News Sites -
There are generally 2 news sites for film release for p2p and they are:

nforce - VCD Help
Code:
http://www.vcdhelp.com/

Code:
http://www.nforce.nl.




About Release Files

RARset -
The movies are all supplied in RAR form, whether its v2 (rar>.rxx) or v3 (part01.rar > partxx.rar) form.



BIN/CUE -
VCD and SVCD films will extract to give a BIN/CUE. Load the .CUE into notepad and make sure the first line contains only a filename, and no path information. Then load the cue into Nero/CDRWin etc and this will burn the VCD/SVCD correctly. TV rips are released as MPEG. DivX files are just the plain DivX - .AVI



NFO -
An NFO file is supplied with each movie to promote the group, and give general iNFOrmation about the release, such as format, source, size, and any notes that may be of use. They are also used to recruit members and acquire hardware for the group.

SFV -
Also supplied for each disc is an SFV file. These are mainly used on site level to check each file has been uploaded correctly, but are also handy for people downloading to check they have all the files, and the CRC is correct. A program such as pdSFV or hkSFV is required to use these files.






Usenet Information

Access -
To get onto newsgroups, you will need a news server. Most ISPs supply one, but this is usually of poor retention (the amount of time the files are on server for) and poor completition (the amount of files that make it there). For the best service, a premium news server should be paid for, and these will often have bandwidth restrictions in place.



Software -
You will need a newsreader to access the files in the binary newsgroups. There are many different readers, and its usually down to personal opinion which is best. Xnews / Forte Agent / BNR 1 / BNR 2 are amongst the popular choices. Outlook has the ability to read newsgroups, but its recommended to not use that.



Format -
Usenet posts are often the same as those listed on VCDQUALiTY (i.e., untouched group releases) but you have to check the filenames and the description to make sure you get what you think you are getting. Generally releases should come down in .RAR sets. Posts will usually take more than one day to be uploaded, and can be spread out as far as a week.



PAR files -
As well as the .rxx files, you will also see files listed as .pxx/.par . These are PARITY files. Parity files are common in usenet posts, as a lot of times, there will be at least one or two damaged files on some servers. A parity file can be used to replace ANY ONE file that is missing from the rar set. The more PAR files you have, the more files you can replace. You will need a program called SMARTPAR for this.






Scene Tags

PROPER -
Due to scene rules, whoever releases the first Telesync has won that race (for example). But if the quality of that release is fairly poor, if another group has another telesync (or the same source in higher quality) then the tag PROPER is added to the folder to avoid being duped. PROPER is the most subjective tag in the scene, and a lot of people will generally argue whether the PROPER is better than the original release. A lot of groups release PROPERS just out of desperation due to losing the race. A reason for the PROPER should always be included in the NFO.



SUBBED -
In the case of a VCD, if a release is subbed, it usually means it has hard encoded subtitles burnt throughout the movie. These are generally in malaysian/chinese/thai etc, and sometimes there are two different languages, which can take up quite a large amount of the screen. SVCD supports switch able subtitles, so some DVDRips are released with switch able subs. This will be mentioned in the NFO file if included.



UNSUBBED -
When a film has had a subbed release in the past, an Unsubbed release may be released

LIMITED -
A limited movie means it has had a limited theater run, generally opening in less than 250 theaters, generally smaller films (such as art house films) are released as limited.



INTERNAL -
An internal release is done for several reasons. Classic DVD groups do a lot of .INTERNAL. releases, as they wont be dupe'd on it. Also lower quality theater rips are done INTERNAL so not to lower the reputation of the group, or due to the amount of rips done already. An INTERNAL release is available as normal on the groups affiliate sites, but they can't be traded to other sites without request from the site ops. Some INTERNAL releases still trickle down to IRC/Newsgroups, it usually depends on the title and the popularity. Earlier in the year people referred to Centropy going "internal". This meant the group were only releasing the movies to their members and site ops. This is in a different context to the usual definition.



STV -
Straight To Video. Was never released in theaters, and therefore a lot of sites do not allow these.



OTHER TAGS -

*WS* for widescreen (letterbox)
*FS* for Fullscreen.



RECODE -
A recode is a previously released version, usually filtered through TMPGenc to remove subtitles, fix color etc. Whilst they can look better, its not looked upon highly as groups are expected to obtain their own sources.



REPACK -
If a group releases a bad rip, they will release a Repack which will fix the problems.



NUKED -
A film can be nuked for various reasons. Individual sites will nuke for breaking their rules (such as "No Telesyncs") but if the film has something extremely wrong with it (no soundtrack for 20mins, CD2 is incorrect film/game etc) then a global nuke will occur, and people trading it across sites will lose their credits. Nuked films can still reach other sources such as p2p/usenet, but its a good idea to check why it was nuked first in case. If a group realise there is something wrong, they can request a nuke.

NUKE REASONS :: this is a list of common reasons a film can be nuked for (generally DVDRip)

** BAD A/R ** :: bad aspect ratio, ie people appear too fat/thin
** BAD IVTC ** :: bad inverse telecine. process of converting framerates was incorrect.
** INTERLACED ** :: black lines on movement as the field order is incorrect.



DUPE -
Dupe is quite simply, if something exists already, then theres no reason for it to exist again without proper reason.


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10 reasons why PCs crash U must Know

10 reasons why PCs crash U must Know

Fatal error: the system has become unstable or is busy," it says. "Enter to return to Windows or press Control-Alt-Delete to restart your computer. If you do this you will lose any unsaved information in all open applications."

You have just been struck by the Blue Screen of Death. Anyone who uses Mcft Windows will be familiar with this. What can you do? More importantly, how can you prevent it happening?

1 Hardware conflict

The number one reason why Windows crashes is hardware conflict. Each hardware device communicates to other devices through an interrupt request channel (IRQ). These are supposed to be unique for each device.

For example, a printer usually connects internally on IRQ 7. The keyboard usually uses IRQ 1 and the floppy disk drive IRQ 6. Each device will try to hog a single IRQ for itself.

If there are a lot of devices, or if they are not installed properly, two of them may end up sharing the same IRQ number. When the user tries to use both devices at the same time, a crash can happen. The way to check if your computer has a hardware conflict is through the following route:

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager.

Often if a device has a problem a yellow '!' appears next to its description in the Device Manager. Highlight Computer (in the Device Manager) and press Properties to see the IRQ numbers used by your computer. If the IRQ number appears twice, two devices may be using it.

Sometimes a device might share an IRQ with something described as 'IRQ holder for PCI steering'. This can be ignored. The best way to fix this problem is to remove the problem device and reinstall it.

Sometimes you may have to find more recent drivers on the internet to make the device function properly. A good resource is www.driverguide.com. If the device is a soundcard, or a modem, it can often be fixed by moving it to a different slot on the motherboard (be careful about opening your computer, as you may void the warranty).

When working inside a computer you should switch it off, unplug the mains lead and touch an unpainted metal surface to discharge any static electricity.

To be fair to Mcft, the problem with IRQ numbers is not of its making. It is a legacy problem going back to the first PC designs using the IBM 8086 chip. Initially there were only eight IRQs. Today there are 16 IRQs in a PC. It is easy to run out of them. There are plans to increase the number of IRQs in future designs.

2 Bad Ram

Ram (random-access memory) problems might bring on the blue screen of death with a message saying Fatal Exception Error. A fatal error indicates a serious hardware problem. Sometimes it may mean a part is damaged and will need replacing.

But a fatal error caused by Ram might be caused by a mismatch of chips. For example, mixing 70-nanosecond (70ns) Ram with 60ns Ram will usually force the computer to run all the Ram at the slower speed. This will often crash the machine if the Ram is overworked.

One way around this problem is to enter the BIOS settings and increase the wait state of the Ram. This can make it more stable. Another way to troubleshoot a suspected Ram problem is to rearrange the Ram chips on the motherboard, or take some of them out. Then try to repeat the circumstances that caused the crash. When handling Ram try not to touch the gold connections, as they can be easily damaged.

Parity error messages also refer to Ram. Modern Ram chips are either parity (ECC) or non parity (non-ECC). It is best not to mix the two types, as this can be a cause of trouble.

EMM386 error messages refer to memory problems but may not be connected to bad Ram. This may be due to free memory problems often linked to old Dos-based programmes.

3 BIOS settings

Every motherboard is supplied with a range of chipset settings that are decided in the factory. A common way to access these settings is to press the F2 or delete button during the first few seconds of a boot-up.

Once inside the BIOS, great care should be taken. It is a good idea to write down on a piece of paper all the settings that appear on the screen. That way, if you change something and the computer becomes more unstable, you will know what settings to revert to.

A common BIOS error concerns the CAS latency. This refers to the Ram. Older EDO (extended data out) Ram has a CAS latency of 3. Newer SDRam has a CAS latency of 2. Setting the wrong figure can cause the Ram to lock up and freeze the computer's display.

Mcft Windows is better at allocating IRQ numbers than any BIOS. If possible set the IRQ numbers to Auto in the BIOS. This will allow Windows to allocate the IRQ numbers (make sure the BIOS setting for Plug and Play OS is switched to 'yes' to allow Windows to do this.).

4 Hard disk drives

After a few weeks, the information on a hard disk drive starts to become piecemeal or fragmented. It is a good idea to defragment the hard disk every week or so, to prevent the disk from causing a screen freeze. Go to

* Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Disk Defragmenter

This will start the procedure. You will be unable to write data to the hard drive (to save it) while the disk is defragmenting, so it is a good idea to schedule the procedure for a period of inactivity using the Task Scheduler.

The Task Scheduler should be one of the small icons on the bottom right of the Windows opening page (the desktop).

Some lockups and screen freezes caused by hard disk problems can be solved by reducing the read-ahead optimisation. This can be adjusted by going to

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-System Icon-Performance-File System-Hard Disk.

Hard disks will slow down and crash if they are too full. Do some housekeeping on your hard drive every few months and free some space on it. Open the Windows folder on the C drive and find the Temporary Internet Files folder. Deleting the contents (not the folder) can free a lot of space.

Empty the Recycle Bin every week to free more space. Hard disk drives should be scanned every week for errors or bad sectors. Go to

* Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-ScanDisk

Otherwise assign the Task Scheduler to perform this operation at night when the computer is not in use.

5 Fatal OE exceptions and VXD errors

Fatal OE exception errors and VXD errors are often caused by video card problems.

These can often be resolved easily by reducing the resolution of the video display. Go to

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-Display-Settings

Here you should slide the screen area bar to the left. Take a look at the colour settings on the left of that window. For most desktops, high colour 16-bit depth is adequate.

If the screen freezes or you experience system lockups it might be due to the video card. Make sure it does not have a hardware conflict. Go to

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Device Manager

Here, select the + beside Display Adapter. A line of text describing your video card should appear. Select it (make it blue) and press properties. Then select Resources and select each line in the window. Look for a message that says No Conflicts.

If you have video card hardware conflict, you will see it here. Be careful at this point and make a note of everything you do in case you make things worse.

The way to resolve a hardware conflict is to uncheck the Use Automatic Settings box and hit the Change Settings button. You are searching for a setting that will display a No Conflicts message.

Another useful way to resolve video problems is to go to

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-System-Performance-Graphics

Here you should move the Hardware Acceleration slider to the left. As ever, the most common cause of problems relating to graphics cards is old or faulty drivers (a driver is a small piece of software used by a computer to communicate with a device).

Look up your video card's manufacturer on the internet and search for the most recent drivers for it.

6 Viruses

Often the first sign of a virus infection is instability. Some viruses erase the boot sector of a hard drive, making it impossible to start. This is why it is a good idea to create a Windows start-up disk. Go to

* Start-Settings-Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs

Here, look for the Start Up Disk tab. Virus protection requires constant vigilance.

A virus scanner requires a list of virus signatures in order to be able to identify viruses. These signatures are stored in a DAT file. DAT files should be updated weekly from the website of your antivirus software manufacturer.

An excellent antivirus programme is McAfee VirusScan by Network Associates ( www.nai.com). Another is Norton AntiVirus 2000, made by Symantec ( www.symantec.com).

7 Printers

The action of sending a document to print creates a bigger file, often called a postscript file.

Printers have only a small amount of memory, called a buffer. This can be easily overloaded. Printing a document also uses a considerable amount of CPU power. This will also slow down the computer's performance.

If the printer is trying to print unusual characters, these might not be recognised, and can crash the computer. Sometimes printers will not recover from a crash because of confusion in the buffer. A good way to clear the buffer is to unplug the printer for ten seconds. Booting up from a powerless state, also called a cold boot, will restore the printer's default settings and you may be able to carry on.

8 Software

A common cause of computer crash is faulty or badly-installed software. Often the problem can be cured by uninstalling the software and then reinstalling it. Use Norton Uninstall or Uninstall Shield to remove an application from your system properly. This will also remove references to the programme in the System Registry and leaves the way clear for a completely fresh copy.

The System Registry can be corrupted by old references to obsolete software that you thought was uninstalled. Use Reg Cleaner by Jouni Vuorio to clean up the System Registry and remove obsolete entries. It works on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE (Second Edition), Windows Millennium Edition (ME), NT4 and Windows 2000.

Read the instructions and use it carefully so you don't do permanent damage to the Registry. If the Registry is damaged you will have to reinstall your operating system. Reg Cleaner can be obtained from www.jv16.org

Often a Windows problem can be resolved by entering Safe Mode. This can be done during start-up. When you see the message "Starting Windows" press F4. This should take you into Safe Mode.

Safe Mode loads a minimum of drivers. It allows you to find and fix problems that prevent Windows from loading properly.

Sometimes installing Windows is difficult because of unsuitable BIOS settings. If you keep getting SUWIN error messages (Windows setup) during the Windows installation, then try entering the BIOS and disabling the CPU internal cache. Try to disable the Level 2 (L2) cache if that doesn't work.

Remember to restore all the BIOS settings back to their former settings following installation.

9 Overheating

Central processing units (CPUs) are usually equipped with fans to keep them cool. If the fan fails or if the CPU gets old it may start to overheat and generate a particular kind of error called a kernel error. This is a common problem in chips that have been overclocked to operate at higher speeds than they are supposed to.

One remedy is to get a bigger better fan and install it on top of the CPU. Specialist cooling fans/heatsinks are available from www.computernerd.com or www.coolit.com

CPU problems can often be fixed by disabling the CPU internal cache in the BIOS. This will make the machine run more slowly, but it should also be more stable.

10 Power supply problems

With all the new construction going on around the country the steady supply of electricity has become disrupted. A power surge or spike can crash a computer as easily as a power cut.

If this has become a nuisance for you then consider buying a uninterrupted power supply (UPS). This will give you a clean power supply when there is electricity, and it will give you a few minutes to perform a controlled shutdown in case of a power cut.

It is a good investment if your data are critical, because a power cut will cause any unsaved data to be lost.

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NOW! Tutorials Coming.....

From now onwards, i will put up some tips or tutorials about pc, internet or many others in my blog.
All these are useful if you take time to read it,remember it,and get use of it!
I know many people actually know these tips already.
This is only for them who dunno or else just ignore it!
Now in my hand,i got over five hundreds of these tips and tutorials,all these are from internet,by searching and scratching over thousands of webpages,forum and blog!

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msn bot

if you wonder,what you want to do with your msn messenger or live messenger when there is nobody online or nobody want to chat with you?

HERE is a trick to do with it: add a BOT!that means chat with a computer!

here is some address that you may want to add with!

Child smarterchild@hotmail.com
This bot will learn and remember what you say so you can have funny conversations with it. Also it can display search engine results, weather reports, cinema times and more.

spleak@hotmail.com
Spleak is a female chat bot. She plays games, makes jokes, can give you all kinds of information, from weather to spell checks and definitions.

crystalballbuddy@hotmail.com

This is a very smart messenger bot. You can ask it any question and it will tell you the answer like "Will my team win the football?".

moviescout@botmetro.net
This bot does a great job of providing showtimes, trailers and other information related to Warner Bros films.

Billy espbilly@msn.com
Another intresting messenger bot which you can talk to. It even has short videos about itself, that you can watch through your messenger.

chat@insidemessenger.com
This is a very useful bot which can find information for you like DVD's, Games, CD's, Competitions, News and more.

encarta@conversagent.com
This bot can answer any question using the Encarta Online Encyclopedia, and bring you the answers directly to your chat window.

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