I heard Micro$oft published Service Pack 3 RC on their website, so i gave it a try. I’ve also heard this will be the last service pack for Windows XP. Because XP SP3 aggregates all of the previously-released XP fixes, you will not need to install SP1 or SP2 first: XP3 includes everything that was in those updates as well. That said, the same SP3 installer will work fine on any version of XP, regardless of which service packs and fixes were previously installed. So far, it hasn’t kill my computer yet, and I haven’t noticed any difference yet. Though, it’s supposed to come with a few new features that aren’t useful to me yet.

These new features include:

Network Access Protection compatibility. Announced years ago, this feature allows Windows XP machines to interact with the NAP feature in Windows Server 2008. This functionality is built into the RTM version of Windows Vista as well.

Product Key-less install option. As with Windows Vista, new XP with SP3 installs can proceed without entering a product key during Setup.

Kernel Mode Cryptographics Module. A new kernel module that “encapsulates several different cryptographic algorithms,” according to Microsoft.

“Black hole” router detection algorithm. XP gains the ability to ignore network routers that incorrectly drop certain kinds of network packets. This, too, is a feature of Windows Vista.

最近住在我老爸家帮忙看房子。这里的电视只有中文频道，看不了我的MTV。每天湖南台，晕了！我注意到红于超级女声的几个女孩子，呵呵，真有意思。还有那么那么多庸俗的“粉丝 (Fans)”一个劲的为她们喝彩。那舞台简直太漂亮了，比美国的American Idol强多了、人也不知道多了多少倍。美国的American Idol有个怪处，海选时的很多人几乎都是“玩笑”。无论长相、歌声都仿佛是荧光屏里泼出来的馊水，淋得人“喷臭”。评委们都习以为常了，Simmon (评委) 的口头禅是 “You’ve wasted my time, and yours.”

这种比赛很久前就有了，可当时没有这么普遍的在电视台上推广，赢了也就赢了。现在？哇！打开电视、路上的海报或者国内N多产品的封面上都是这些超级女声。台湾最近也有个“星光大道”里面出来了几个厉害的。说说超女，那李雨春。不解她怎么一炮而红，而越红再红。国内很多女孩子走这样的TB路线。李的特点据我定论为：无声、无冒、无躯、无台风。你喜欢她的话我要给你评个“无品味”。专辑一张一张的出，难道卖得出去？呕~！现在听到丫唱我就有关电视的冲动。换一个角度来思考，我设想湖南台是在同情这么一位外表丑又没有什么才艺的女孩子。同时也借着这个角色的出现来激发当今国内的孩子们，让他们知道无论自己是什么货色都有权利追求自己的梦想。然而，还带有了些商业性的理由。

拉倒吧！我睡觉去。以后看到李我就换台。