張先生慢條斯理說出：Trust！Trust！Trust！ 台灣最不能失去的是信任元素！。 欣興電子遭到檢調搜索約談，涉及洗產地的問題，公司股權從1230元跌至873元，這家績優的ABF載板廠失去的除了是股價下跌，股東損失，衝擊最大的是公司治理形象，及市場對這家公司的信賴。打磨機把機器外殼的中國商標一點一點磨掉，貼上自家貼紙後直送國中教室，這竟是台灣科技大廠的手工藝？！ 。有一次中醫大蔡長海請張忠謀先生伉儷在台中市金悅軒用餐，我直白請教張創辦人台積電成功的元素是什麼？張先生慢條斯理說出：Trust！Trust！Trust！這個事我一直牢記在心中。

  

張先生慢條斯理說出：Trust！Trust！Trust！ 台灣最不能失去的是信任元素！。 欣興電子遭到檢調搜索約談，涉及洗產地的問題，公司股權從1230元跌至873元，這家績優的ABF載板廠失去的除了是股價下跌，股東損失，衝擊最大的是公司治理形象，及市場對這家公司的信賴。打磨機把機器外殼的中國商標一點一點磨掉，貼上自家貼紙後直送國中教室，這竟是台灣科技大廠的手工藝？！  。有一次中醫大蔡長海請張忠謀先生伉儷在台中市金悅軒用餐，我直白請教張創辦人台積電成功的元素是什麼？張先生慢條斯理說出：Trust！Trust！Trust！這個事我一直牢記在心中。

台灣最不能失去的是信任元素！

欣興電子遭到檢調搜索約談，涉及洗產地的問題，公司股權從1230元跌至873元，這家績優的ABF載板廠失去的除了是股價下跌，股東損失，衝擊最大的是公司治理形象，及市場對這家公司的信賴。

這個事件發生的第一時間，家登董事長邱銘乾接受媒體訪問時表示，今天你能賺大錢是因為西方信任你，還洗產地，吃飽沒事幹！邱銘乾說：台灣能在全球供應鏈站穩腳步，並且賺大錢，靠的是西方長年累積的信任， 廠商絕不能做出讓客戶認為會被出賣的事，若台廠玩掉信任，傷害的絕對不會只是一家的事！

邱銘乾站出來，且毫不留情面批評業界人士，我對他的尊敬增加好幾分。這也讓我想到在2019年台積電還沒有成為神山的時候，有一次中醫大蔡長海請張忠謀先生伉儷在台中市金悅軒用餐，我直白請教張創辦人台積電成功的元素是什麼？張先生慢條斯理說出：Trust！Trust！Trust！這個事我一直牢記在心中。今天邱銘乾董事長這一席話可以直接呼應張創辦人。

邱銘乾說的西方信任，指的是美國！如果台灣失去美國信任，今天台灣絕對不會有今日的好景。今天媒體報導台灣對美國7月的順差高達207億美元，其實今年前7月台灣對美國出口1556.52億美元，進口只有341.9億美元，台灣前7月對美國的貿易順差高達1224.62億美元，台灣是美國的大逆差國。

過去台灣出口最大市場在中國，最高占比43.9%，現在降到24%，對美國的占比從11.7%上升到31.8%。最大的助力來自Ai，台灣成為美國最重要的Ai供應鏈夥伴，這個時候信賴元素格外重要。

在美中角力深化下，美國對中國愈來愈堅壁清野，台灣的廠商不能玩兩面手法，一方面和美國做生意，另一方面又把違禁產品出口到中國，或是把中國製造產品貼上台灣標籖再賣到美國。

這些年很多印刷電路板大廠生產基地都在中國，像楠梓電把產能全部移到滬電股份，臻鼎有鵬鼎，定穎有超穎，欣興在昆山，蘇州，黃石有十幾個生產基地。台廠如何規範產能，避免洗產地，這是重要課題！

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打磨機把機器外殼的中國商標一點一點磨掉，貼上自家貼紙後直送國中教室，這竟是台灣科技大廠的手工藝？！

大家平常總以為，這種偷天換日的手法，只有夜市賣假包的攤販才想得出來。但這次栽跟頭的，居然是堂堂友達集團旗下的子公司傑可達數位。為了一筆大甲國中九百多萬的教學設備採購案，搞出這種人工除疤的戲碼，最後總經理等三人通通被法院依詐欺、偽造文書判刑，最重判到一年八個月 🤯

把時間拉回 2021 年。大甲國中開了個採購案，要買桌上型電腦、觸控電視這些設備。因為是公家學校，規矩寫得明明白白：絕對不能用中國大陸廠商品牌。結果傑可達倒好，直接拿了母公司從中國進口的無線投影配件去交差。

這批貨是地地道道的深圳製造，牌子叫「EDUP」。想當然，第一次驗收的時候，學校承辦人眼睛雪亮，一看產地和品牌不對，立刻打回票，要求補證明文件。

正常來說，大公司遇到這種事，摸摸鼻子認賠，趕緊換一批符合規格的貨也就是了。要知道，整個案子總額九百多萬，這批出包的投影配件合約價不過區區十萬出頭。但傑可達的總經理翁如玉沒有選擇走大門。她先對外硬拗說這批貨是自家品牌，接著就把行銷經理叫進辦公室，下令把這棘手的問題給處理掉。

接下來的畫面，你在一般辦公大樓裡絕對想像不到。行銷經理接到指令，先是找印刷廠緊急印製了一批寫著「JECTOR」跟一長串英文型號的貼紙。

然後，重頭戲來了，他們找來了一台電動打磨機。你沒聽錯，就是在木工廠或修車廠才會看到的那種打磨機。一台台深圳做的無線投影接收器被放上工作台，打磨機對著機器外殼，就像是在磨掉偷來機車的引擎號碼一樣，硬生生把「EDUP」四個英文字母一點一點給磨平。

把人家的品牌除掉後，表面當然坑坑疤疤的。沒關係，剛剛印好的台灣品牌貼紙直接蓋上去，遮醜兼換身分，一氣呵成。最後交給不知情的員工重新包裝得光鮮亮麗，交由業務送去學校交差。

大甲國中的承辦人一看，標籤上印著滿滿的英文跟指定品牌，不疑有他，大筆一揮通過驗收，隔年九百多萬的款項也順利撥進了公司的帳戶。要不是後來政風人員查出貓膩，這招手作版的狸貓換太子還真就神不知鬼不覺地過關了。

這年頭買東西，光看外表包裝真的不夠。當你在賣場裡看著精美的科技產品，摸著上面那張充滿驕傲的品牌貼紙時，或許該反問一句：撕開這層薄薄的 MIT 標籤底下，到底躲著誰的靈魂 💥 #樂樂

英文學習 ：Whack-a-mole, 打地鼠 (遊戲) 例1「這就像打地鼠遊戲。一個地方出現風險，你就轉移到另一個地方，」他說(為什麼西藏邊境山洪令準備充分的中國措手不及？ 郭莉莉, PEI-LIN WU 2026年9月1日 )_。 例2 “Whack-a-mole is our life,” says the youthful-looking 55-year-old chief executive of the world's most powerful and profitable internet company,

 

 

    英文學習 ：Whack-a-mole,  打地鼠 (遊戲)   例1「這就像打地鼠遊戲。一個地方出現風險，你就轉移到另一個地方，」他說(為什麼西藏邊境山洪令準備充分的中國措手不及？ 郭莉莉, PEI-LIN WU 2026年9月1日 )_。    例2  “Whack-a-mole is our life,” says the youthful-looking 55-year-old chief executive of the world's most powerful and profitable internet company,        trialled, missive, mallet,  permissive, benign, benignant

「我們不能只局限於傳統思維，把它當作單一的災害來考慮，」桑亞爾說。「有檢測洪水、山洪風險的傳感器，對吧？但沒有針對這種冰崩的傳感器。」

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打地鼠是一款流行的街機遊戲，玩家使用軟槌擊打隨機從洞裡冒出來的塑膠地鼠。維基百科 +1 遊戲玩法：遊戲機台：一個齊腰高的街機盒子，頂部有幾個洞。遊戲玩法：機械地鼠隨機快速地上下彈出。遊戲目標：快速擊中地鼠頭部得分。擊打速度越快，分數越高。 YouTube·Top Hat Gaming Man +2觀看此視頻，了解經典街機遊戲“打地鼠”的簡史：2m打地鼠 - 街機簡史 - Top Hat Gaming Man23K 次觀看 · 9 年前YouTube · Top Hat Gaming Man常用短語定義：人們用“打地鼠”來形容剛解決一個問題，新的含義就接踵而至的情況下情況。例如：試圖阻止網路詐騙就像玩打地鼠遊戲一樣，因為你剛攔截一個，新的詐騙就出現了。劍橋字典你可以在 Plays.org 等網站上搜尋線上瀏覽器遊戲，直接在瀏覽器中體驗數位版本。如果你需要，請告訴我你在尋找什麼：現在可以玩的線上版本兒童玩具套裝街機櫃的歷史我可以提供更多細節！

Whack-A-Mole is a popular arcade game where players use a soft mallet to hit plastic moles as they randomly pop up from holes. 

How the Game Works

The Cabinet: A waist-level arcade box with several holes on top.
The Action: Mechanical moles pop up and down at random and at fast speeds.
The Goal: Hit the moles on the head quickly to score points. Faster hits mean a higher score. 

Watch this video to see a brief history of the classic arcade game:

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Whac- A-Mole - A Brief Arcade History - Top Hat Gaming Man

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Common Meaning as a Phrase

The Definition: People use "whack-a-mole" as a phrase for a situation where new problems keep popping up right after you fix old ones.
An Example: Trying to stop online scams can feel like playing whack-a-mole because a new one appears as soon as you block an old one. 

You can try a digital version right in your browser by searching for an online browser game on sites like Plays.org. 

If you want, let me know if you are looking for:

• Online versions to play right now
• Home toy sets for children
• The history of the arcade cabinet

I can give you more details!

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American carriers complain that the UAE and Qatar are violating the Open Skies agreement that prevents government subsidies from inhibiting competition. The Gulf carriers, of course, deny it

Competition from Gulf carriers has become a congressional issue

A recent missive seems to be have been drafted by airline lobbyists

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China's progress is 'staggering', one expert says.

A Chinese city has successfully trialled an 'unhackable' network based on quantum communications

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The rise of messaging tools like Slack—which has 2.7m daily users and is valued at $3.8 billion—highlights important changes to the workplace

Does Slacking at work make you more productive?

How workplace messaging could replace other missives

ECON.ST

Pope Francis is to urge swift and decisive action to avert the "destruction of the ecosystem" caused by climate change, according to an encyclical leaked from the Vatican. Though climate sceptics abound, many predict that the papal missive will be one of this year's most important statements on the planet's destinyhttp://econ.st/1R3I1At


The New Yorker Cartoons

A cartoon by P. C. Vey, from our 90th Anniversary Issue. For more:http://nyr.kr/1FSLFZY




Drum Talk TV 的影片：「 Now THIS is a Mallet Instrument! 」

Drum Talk TV


Do you like mallet instruments? This is an instrument of the family of the Litofonos. It is an instrument to called đọc tấu đàn đá and that comes from the perio⋯⋯

Most companies are playing whack-a-mole on 'unauthorized' software. Invision/Associated Press

Whack-a-mole
[from the carnival game which involves quickly and repeatedly hitting the heads of mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from their holes.]
1. The practice of repeatedly causing spammers' throwaway accounts and drop boxes to be terminated.
2. After sense 1 became established in the mid-1990s the term passed into more generalized use, and now is commonly found in such combinations as whack-a-mole windows; the obnoxious pop-up advertisement windows spawned in flocks when you surf to sites like Angelfire or Lycos.

 

benign

Pronunciation: /bɪˈnʌɪn/

Translate benign | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish

adjective

• 1 gentle and kind:his benign but firm manner
• (of a climate or environment) mild and favourable: the climate becomes more benign as we move nearer to the Black Sea
• not harmful to the environment:the cycle as a benign form of transport [in combination]:an ozone-benign refrigerant

• 2 Medicine (of a disease) not harmful in effect: a benign condition
• (of a tumour) not malignant: benign growths

Derivatives
benignity

noun

benignly
adverb

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus, probably from bene 'well' + -genus '-born'. Compare with gentle¹

benignant

Pronunciation: /bɪˈnɪgnənt/

adjective

• 1  kindly and benevolent:an old man with a benignant expression/Through just and even-handed governance, the benignant sovereign earned the loyalty of his subjects.

• 2 Medicinea less common term for benign.

• 3 archaic having a good effect; beneficial:the benignant touch of love and beauty

Derivatives
benignancy

noun

benignantly
adverb

Origin:

late 18th century: from benign, or Latin benignus, on the pattern of malignant

In prison, he was prohibited from writing anything but letters about “family matters” to his wife. These missives, he said, enabled him to make some sense of his incarceration. One of his themes was a warning to his persecutors that by their repression of human freedom, they were ultimately undercutting their own existence.

在獄中，他除了給妻子寫些“家庭事務”的信件之外，都是被禁止的。他說，這些家書(missives)使他的監禁不致完全無意義。書信的主題之一就是向他的迫害者提出警告，說他們對於人類自由的壓制，最終將削弱他們自身的存在。


missive
mĭs'ĭv) 
n.
A written message; a letter. See synonyms at letter.

[From Middle English (letter) missive, (letter) sent (by superior authority), from Medieval Latin (litterae) missīvae, feminine pl. of missīvus, sent, from Latin missus, past participle of mittere, to send.]

permissive[per・mis・sive]

• 発音記号[pərmísiv]

[形]

1 〈言動などが〉許された, 黙認された, 任意の.

2 ((通例限定))（子供やセックスに関して）自由放任の, 寛大な. ▼悪い意味に用いる

a permissive society
性的に寛大な社会.

per・mis・sive・ly

[副]

per・mis・sive・ness

[名]

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mallet

Line breaks: mal¦let

Pronunciation: /ˈmalɪt/NOUN

1A hammer with a large, usually wooden head.

MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES

1.1A long-handled wooden stick with a head like a hammer, used for hitting a croquet or polo ball.

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1.2A wooden stick with a padded head, used for hitting percussion instruments.

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Origin

late middle english: from Old French maillet, from mail'hammer', from Latin malleus.

谷歌CEO施密特专访

Google: “Whack-a-mole is our life”
：英国《金融时报》 莱昂内尔•巴贝尔 , 迈亚•帕尔默 伦敦报道

Eric Schmidt veers between the defensive and the philosophical when describing how Google is coping with the constant eruption of controversy over its handling of privacy, copyright and other tricky public policy issues.	谷歌(Google)对隐私、版权及其它棘手公共政策问题的处理，不断引发争议。对 此，该公司首席执行官埃里克·施密特(Eric Schmidt)有时处于守势，有时又颇为达观。
“Whack-a-mole is our life,” says the youthful-looking 55-year-old chief executive of the world's most powerful and profitable internet company, based in Mountain View, California. “We are simply the symbol of the question of public and private behaviour, and special interests and narrow interests.”	他说：“打地鼠是我们的生活。我们仅仅是公共与私人行为、以及特殊利益和狭隘利益问题 的表征。”今年55岁、但看上去更年轻的他，执掌着总部位于加州山景城(Mountain View)的全球最强大、最赚钱的互联网公司。
In an hour-long interview at Google's London headquarters, Mr Schmidt set out why he believed Google had attracted charges of arrogance and insensitivity, notably in the recent case involving the interception of data collected via its Street View service from unsecured WiFi connections.	在谷歌伦敦总部的一小时采访中，施密特阐述了自己认为谷歌招致“傲慢”及“感觉迟钝” 指责的原因，尤其是最近其街景(Street View)服务从未加密的WiFi连接上截取数据的事件。
“Google is big and Google is disruptive by design. We are trying to do things that are new and when you disrupt things, the people who are being disrupted complain. We are in the information business and everyone has an opinion about information. But the laws [covering these areas] are inconsistent.”	“谷歌规模庞大，而且从设计上就具有‘扰乱性'。我们努力做一些新的事情，而当你扰乱 了现状时，被扰乱的人就会抱怨。我们从事信息业务，每个人对信息都有自己的见解。但（适用于这些领域）的法律缺乏连贯性。”
He adds: “The arrogance comes across because we try to do things for end-users against organised opposition from stakeholders that are unhappy – and they paint us as arrogant. But I am sure that all successful organisations have some arrogance in them.”	他接着表示：“之所以会有‘傲慢'的指控，是因为我们冒着不高兴的利益相关者的有组织 反对，尝试为最终用户提供一些服务——于是他们形容我们傲慢。但我确信，所有成功的组织都会有些傲慢。”
Mr Schmidt – wearing a disarming smile – is politely dismissive of those who say that Google's internal culture is largely to blame for the controversy plaguing the company. dismissive (dĭs-mĭs'ĭv)  adj. Serving to dismiss. Showing indifference or disregard: a dismissive shrug.	有人说，谷歌内部文化是困扰该公司的争议的主要原因，对此，施密特——面带迷人的微笑 ——礼貌地予以反驳。
Critics say it is disconnected from the concerns of ordinary people, but Mr Schmidt counters that the “launch first, correct later” approach is vital to the ultra-creative and flexible company DNA which has produced the world's most popular search engine, Gmail, and Google Earth which maps the entire planet.	批评人士称，谷歌与普通人的关切存在脱节，但施密特反驳说，“先推出、再改正”的做 法，对注重创造性与灵活性的公司DNA至关重要。这种DNA带来了世界上最受欢迎的搜索引擎、Gmail、以及提供整个地球地图的谷歌地球(Google Earth)。
His remedy is to protect the company's freewheeling culture, while adopting a rigorous policy of owning up to mistakes and correcting them. That might mean more lawyers and more privacy briefings, but the engineers must be given space to work their software magic. “In the eyes of sophisticated people, we gain trust by being transparent.”	施密特给出的药方是：保护公司无拘无束的文化、同时执行严格的承认错误并改正的政策。 这可能意味着增加律师及隐私问题培训，但工程师必须得到施展自己软件才能的空间。“在成熟人士眼里，我们通过透明获得信任。”
Mr Schmidt is also at pains to separate the controversy over Street View from the spasm of criticism over privacy settings for Buzz, Google's answer to Facebook and other social networking sites.	施密特还尽力将围绕街景的争议，与针对Buzz隐私设置的批评声浪分离开来。Buzz 是谷歌推出的类似于Facebook及其它社交网站的社交网络产品。
In the first case, an engineer, who is now the subject of an internal investigation at the company, inserted a vital piece of code into Street View software systems, “in clear violation” of operating procedures but undetected by colleagues. The latter case involved a “testing failure” in which engineers only trialled Buzz internally and did not take into account how it would be viewed by the general public. The privacy settings – which critics said exposed personal information about users without their permission – were corrected within four days.	在前一个事件中，一名工程师在街景软件系统中插入了一个重要编码，此举“明显违反”了 操作程序，但没有被同事察觉。如今，该工程师正在接受公司的内部调查。后一个事件涉及“测试失败”，即谷歌工程师仅在内部测试了Buzz，而没有考虑公众 会如何看待这个产品。批评人士指责该产品的隐私设置未获得用户批准，就泄露用户的个人信息，后来该设置不到四天就得到了修正。
By contrast, Mr Schmidt shows no contrition when responding to the recent court ruling in Italy convicting three top Google executives of criminal wrongdoing after its YouTube video website showed footage of a disabled boy being bullied by classmates.	相比之下，对于最近意大利法庭以谷歌YouTube视频网站播放一名残疾男孩遭同学欺 负为由，裁定谷歌三名高管犯下刑事不法行为，施密特没有任何悔意。
“The judge was flat wrong. So let's pick at random three people and shoot them. It's bullshit. It offends me and it offends the company.	“法官绝对不称职，随机挑选三个人，然后枪毙他们。这完全是瞎扯。这冒犯了我，也冒犯 了我们公司。”
“But this is not an indictment of Italy,” says Mr Google, who earlier noted that Europe is a highly profitable market for the company.	“但这并不是说整个意大利有错，”施密特表示。早些时候，他曾表示欧洲是谷歌利润率较 高的市场。
There is a sense at the top of Google that the world is definitely becoming a less friendly place for internet companies. The shift goes beyond the issue of privacy or the company's recent decision to withdraw from China on the grounds of censorship.	谷歌高层有一个感觉：世界肯定在向对互联网公司不友好的方向转变。这种转变超越隐私问 题、或者该公司最近以审查制度为由而作出的退出中国内地的决定。
As Rachel Whetstone, Google's head of communications and policy, notes: “In the last 25 years, regulation of the internet has been very benign. That is changing.”	正如谷歌传播与政策负责人雷切尔·惠特斯通(Rachel Whetstone)指出的：“过去25年里，互联网监管一直非常温和。如今这正在发生改变。”
For Google, the shift poses a huge challenge because of its own relentless drive to innovate and produce new products in real time. “I want to have checks and balances. But it would be terrible to put a chilling effect on creativity. We have to find a way to continue to be creative with some more oversight.”	对于谷歌而言，这种转变带来了巨大挑战，因为该公司一直不遗余力地创新，不断创造新的 产品。“我想获得制衡。但给创造性泼冷水将非常可怕。我们必须找到一种方式，一方面继续创新，另一方面施加更多的监督。”
As the interview draws to a close, Mr Schmidt is asked when Google's own internal investigation into the Street View privacy blunder will be complete and whether the company will make its findings public.	在采访快结束时，我们问了施密特一个问题：谷歌对街景隐私问题的内部调查将何时结束， 是否会将调查结果公诸于众。
Mr Schmidt turns to Ms Whetstone. “What do you want to do?”	施密特把头转向惠特斯通。“你想怎么做？”
Democracy, it seems, is alive and well in Mountain View.	看起来，民主在加州山景城仍有着很强的生命力。
trial ˈtrʌɪəl/ verb past tense: trialled; past participle: trialled 1. test (something, especially a new product) to assess its suitability or performance. "teachers all over the UK are trialling the materials"	译者/何黎