The zoning is dependent on the bus. Lets say you get on the #5 bus and takes it for a few stops... you fare is dependent on the distance the bus takes you (# of stops and such)..
however, if you switch to another bus the zones are calculated different because the bus travels different route
Lemme say this again.... The Octopus card is optional.... you can ride the Bus, Subway, Star ferry, subway to the customs for China by paying cash. No one forces you to get a Octopus card.
However saying that, I have one myself and would remark at its conviecne. When I went on vacation to HK and China a while ago, I stayed in H.K. for ~10 days and I even got one myself. No more looking for correct change at bus stations or subway depots. It is really convenient. And yes, you can buy one anonymously. When you go pick them up (pay HKD50 for deposit) you are given the OPTION to personalize, but you don't have it.
For those in Canada/USA the buses operate somewhat differently, there is no 'transfers' or whatever they're called in H.K. For example in Toronto you only pay one fair for each one way trip and you get a transfer for when you change bus or subways. In Hong Kong you pay each time you get on a bus, train, subway... if you change bus you pay again.
Whereas in most places the ticket prices for bus or subway is fixed (I know its like $2 in Toronto, Canada) its different in Hong Kong. The price for subways and buses depends on approximately how far you travel (by approximately I mean say they divide one bus route into 5 zones and set a certain price if you travel within one zone and different if you travel though one zone, two zone,etc)
The combination of the above two factors is probably why the Octopus system became popular. People got really annoyed carrying large amounts of change at all times (remember, buses don't give change). This is very different from the way most public transit (bus/subway) work in North American cities.
Lets say that I have a kid and he/she is on a school soccer team. Lets say thay have an out of town game, so me with my SUV drive him and a few other kids to the game. Lets say that I wasn't quite careful and got in an accident and two of the kids get broken arms and injuries? Am I responsible? Yes? am I liable? Yes? even though I volunteer to do this? Yes.
Lets say that a company is giving away free sound cards. However, the sound card when used for more then 20 hour straight without rebooting will melt. Now lets say I had some MOBOs damanged by this... can I sue?
Making your page look good on every browser and platform is impossible. It will take too much work and you probably don't have all the systems
Look at your target and decide what browser they are going to be using. For most web sites its IE4/5/6 and optimize for that... but also consider Netscape and Mozilla. You gotta remember the percentages.... (IE has like 85%+ of market share)... However if you are going to target LINUX/BSD optimize for Mozilla/Galeon. That seems to be common.
Use FRAMES and Images maps if you need it. Don't let people that use LYNX make you avoid those. Yes technically you can avoid using frames/image maps... but that's not the point... use them if you have to. What you want to do is avoid excessive use...
Scripting:
JavaScript is good... try to avoid VBScript and definately do not use ActiveX controls... Flash and Shockwave when necessary (what I mean is don't make your entire page in Shockwave/Flash)... there is no point.....
5. my best example was once when I was TAing a course and during my tutorial one of the students acutally offered me $40 to do an assignment for them... (they didn't know I was the marker)... some courses at our univ has different TA/Makers...
I was TA/Maker for 2 classes at my Univ and my experience with cheating suggests that programs like these are necessary...... here are some of the better exampls.
for an intro to java course... I had a student that photocopied another's assignment and then used white-out to remove the other's name and write his own down
for an intro to java course... they had to implement a doubbly linked list structure... I had 4 students copy off another student... they changed all the variables by adding an extra to the end... so like next became nextS... (they used Z, S, and B FYI respectively)
for an data strcutres course... I had the two students who's code was the same expect that they replaced the numbers in the varibles by the written version... so like counter1 became counterOne and counter2 became counterTwo
my 2nd funniest example (well, the first one is really good) is an student who tried to pass in another's assignmetn and changed the comments type... he replaced all the/* */ comments by// comments..
my best example was once when I was TAing a course and during my tutorial one of the students acutally offered me $40 to do an assignment for them... (they didn't know I was the TA)...
in general... they are the extreme... there is a lot of general cheating going on and I think something like this is a good idea... to catch "the smarter cheaters"
a major problem is theft. I know we had it with our library here at the city. The library once had some decent programming books but those got stolen fairly fast. They replaced them again and within 6 months they were gone.
I go out and get the Debian Source CD. I strip out every REFERENCE TO GPL in the Source CD as well as any mention of LINUX or DEBIAN. I give it to my FRIEND joe and tell him its NOT DEBIAN or LINUX or GPLed. He begins to sell it as Joeian and doesn't release stuff under GPL as it was required? Will GNU sue Joeian? Will Slashdot get MAD? Will LINUX nuts scream horrors at Joe? YES.
The guy in the APPLE case got the pictures of the CUBE and info under a NDA (all employees sign NDA, Jobs ain't that dumb) and gives it to web sites to release it. Mmmm, he signed a agreement and violated it. Mmmm, now should the web sites be gotten? YES, they should.
Otherwise, by your LOGIC we have a perfect way to beat the GPL. Remeber, the GPL is a contract. an NDA is a contract.
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Lemme explain that: the price you pay for each trip (on a bus) is a function of the number of stops (approximately).........
hehe... but its crazier then that...
The zoning is dependent on the bus. Lets say you get on the #5 bus and takes it for a few stops... you fare is dependent on the distance the bus takes you (# of stops and such)..
however, if you switch to another bus the zones are calculated different because the bus travels different route
Lemme say this again.... The Octopus card is optional.... you can ride the Bus, Subway, Star ferry, subway to the customs for China by paying cash. No one forces you to get a Octopus card.
... if you change bus you pay again.
However saying that, I have one myself and would remark at its conviecne. When I went on vacation to HK and China a while ago, I stayed in H.K. for ~10 days and I even got one myself. No more
looking for correct change at bus stations or
subway depots. It is really convenient. And yes, you can buy one anonymously. When you go pick them up (pay HKD50 for deposit) you are given
the OPTION to personalize, but you don't have it.
For those in Canada/USA the buses operate somewhat differently, there is no 'transfers' or whatever they're called in H.K. For example in Toronto you only pay one fair for each one way trip and you get a transfer for when you change bus or subways. In Hong Kong you pay each time you get on a bus, train, subway
Whereas in most places the ticket prices for bus or subway is fixed (I know its like $2 in Toronto, Canada) its different in Hong Kong. The price for subways and buses depends on approximately how far you travel (by approximately I mean say they divide one bus route into 5 zones and set a certain price if you travel within one zone and different if you travel though one zone, two zone,etc)
The combination of the above two factors is probably why the Octopus system became popular. People got really annoyed carrying large amounts of change at all times (remember, buses don't give change). This is very different from the way most public transit (bus/subway) work in North American cities.
look! you have to be careful when you say runs Linux....
to be exact, if it runs the kernel I can say it runs Linux... in fact the Wal-Mart PCs run Linux Properly...
they just don't run XF86... but XF86 is not part of Linux
YOU CAN RUN LINUX WITHOUT XF86
do you have liceneses for all the games? or ensure that the students bring them? otherwise you're up a shit creek (sp?)
replace kids with car pool... I get a group of people at my work place to do a carpool?
Analogy for you:
Lets say that I have a kid and he/she is on a school soccer team. Lets say thay have an out of town game, so me with my SUV drive him and a few other kids to the game. Lets say that I wasn't quite careful and got in an accident and two of the kids get broken arms and injuries? Am I responsible? Yes? am I liable? Yes? even though I volunteer to do this? Yes.
The same can be said of OS Projects...
really? I am sure that RedHat makes a lot of money on their 199.99 etc boxes for sale on stores to corperate customers...
Lets say that a company is giving away free sound cards. However, the sound card when used for more then 20 hour straight without rebooting will melt. Now lets say I had some MOBOs damanged by this... can I sue?
that logic is faulty...
lets say that if Ford starts to include a book that explains how cars work and what each part does? will that exempt them from liability?
if we have software liabilities then we also open "Open Source" software to liabilities....
It would be crazy to say that "Open Source" have no liability while "Closed Source" do...
sorry... I guess I should've used EXTRANS....
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One wonderful IE feature... MARQUEE tags
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(try it)
Browsers:
Making your page look good on every browser and platform is impossible. It will take too much work and you probably don't have all the systems
Look at your target and decide what browser they are going to be using. For most web sites its IE4/5/6 and optimize for that... but also consider Netscape and Mozilla. You gotta remember the percentages.... (IE has like 85%+ of market share)... However if you are going to target LINUX/BSD optimize for Mozilla/Galeon. That seems to be common.
Use FRAMES and Images maps if you need it. Don't let people that use LYNX make you avoid those. Yes technically you can avoid using frames/image maps... but that's not the point... use them if you have to. What you want to do is avoid excessive use...
Scripting:
JavaScript is good... try to avoid VBScript and definately do not use ActiveX controls... Flash and Shockwave when necessary (what I mean is don't make your entire page in Shockwave/Flash)... there is no point.....
How is it nearly when you leave out...
1) Command and Conquer - Tiberium Sun
2) Red Alert 2
3) Star Wars Galatic Battlegrounds
4) Star Wars Force Commander
huh?
wasn't it ruled unconsitutional to have cerfews for kids?
I mean city imposed ones... isn't that like the same thing?
yeah! the admins of slashdot is fucked up again... censorign everyone..
sorry... typo
the last one should be -->
5. my best example was once when I was TAing a course and during my tutorial one of the students acutally offered me $40 to do an assignment for them... (they didn't know I was the marker)... some courses at our univ has different TA/Makers...
in general... they are the extreme... there is a lot of general cheating going on and I think something like this is a good idea... to catch "the smarter cheaters"
1) swimsuit calenders
2) playboy/playgirl posters
3) porn
G4 Cube takes standard PC100/PC133 RAM
some iMacs takes SO-DIMMS
G3/G4 Towers takes standard PC100/PC133 RAM too
a major problem is theft. I know we had it with our library here at the city. The library once had some decent programming books but those got stolen fairly fast. They replaced them again and within 6 months they were gone.
Screw the Tank and the Hard Drive,
what I really want is the digits of that chick. The burnette, not the redhead.
Anyone?
A Slighly More APPROPIATE Anology
PISSED at my previous one -->
I go out and get the Debian Source CD. I strip out every REFERENCE TO GPL in the Source CD as well as any mention of LINUX or DEBIAN. I give it to my FRIEND joe and tell him its NOT DEBIAN or LINUX or GPLed. He begins to sell it as Joeian and doesn't release stuff under GPL as it was required? Will GNU sue Joeian? Will Slashdot get MAD? Will LINUX nuts scream horrors at Joe? YES.
The guy in the APPLE case got the pictures of the CUBE and info under a NDA (all employees sign NDA, Jobs ain't that dumb) and gives it to web sites to release it. Mmmm, he signed a agreement and violated it. Mmmm, now should the web sites be gotten? YES, they should.
Otherwise, by your LOGIC we have a perfect way to beat the GPL. Remeber, the GPL is a contract. an NDA is a contract.