I only mention this because it will be tough to organize such a complex project in view of all the cheap services available. I would gauge doing an Open Source tax project about the same complexity as the kernel. Like all OSS projects down to a smallish number or people doing the work, and unlike other projects it CAN'T be late.
We did ours on H&R Block for free. Under their agreement with the IRS, they are obligated to provide this service for [up to mumble-thousand] users for free. We were not eligible for E-filing, so at the end I got a big PDF of all the forms and worksheets, and had to fill out the forms by hand - all 14 pages of 'em - sheesh.
I think Intuit or whtever they call themselves have the same obligations.
Back in the 70s a "lost tribe", the Tasaday, were found in the Phillipines. All over the press and National Geographic. They turned out to be actors, a scam perpetrated by the Marcos administration for who knows what reason.
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For example, just yesterday I was informed that it is still relatively unsafe to travel to Liberia. I also know it is unsafe to travel to Iraq.
Right now 4000 lines is about 4000 dpi - about double the grain size I'd guess on average. That's about the same sample rate vs analog master media as audio CDs.
Let the same "digital vs vinyl" arguments begin for movies! But I'll tell you it's a lot harder to make a decent print of a movie than it is to press a decent vinyl LP. Even for crappy mass releases, it's $2000 to $3000 per print, and they wear out fast. Your Telarc Hi-Fi 35mm print of Lawrence of Arabia is going to set you back $5 or 6K. Within a few years most Hollywood movies will be shot on digital anyway.
Once delisted from the NASDAQ they will only be listed on the OTCBBs. Since their entire profitability is based on pumping and dumping their stock, imagine how much worse it will be on the OTCBB where pumping and dumping is the normal way to make money!
The single best resource I've found on the web is http://www.buchmann.ca/, formerly cadex.com (Buchmann is founder of Cadex, a battery technology company).
Read the "Batteries in a Portable World" section. A brief quote: "Li-ion batteries for defense applications are being produced that far exceed the energy density of the commercial equivalent. Unfortunately, these super-high capacity Li-ion batteries are deemed unsafe in the hands of the public. Neither would the general public be able to afford to buy them."
And what does it have to do with anyone's rights anyway? If you are convicted criminal, and in prison, you have quite a few less rights that an ordinary person. Besides, similar tracking devices have been widely used for years, they are based on proximity to a base unit. The GPS unit if anything would give users MORE rights since (I doubt it would work indoors) and is probably designed to AUGMENT the proximity unit and allow one to go to work, the grocery store, etc. Sheesh.
Why was point to point broadband unprofitable in the first place? Was it cost of subscriber equipment? Congestion at the central point? I had some friends with Sprint pt-to-pt service in the mid 90s and it worked great. But the service came from only two points in the SF Bay Area CA; you had to have line of sight to San Bruno Mtn and Peak on the east side of the Bay. It was $50/mo, cheaper than DSL at the time.
Of course, with the right connections you will have the freedom to pirate as many copies of Windows XP as you want - what's there to complain about?
But: Looking a for a good answer to the original question: How easy is it and to what extent are the internet and more generally freedom of press restrictions, evaded in China.
A good analogy is "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/081 297106X/qid=1106863068/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-100 7484-7830549?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
which is a book about how and by whom the restictions in Iran are evaded by those who the regime in Iran has tried to crush, and probably by sterner measures than those employed in China.
In stead of bitching about what a cesspool of oppression the US has become, just start yer own friggin' ISP and host the friggin' site. Geez, there are probably ten year olds running hosting companies, it's easier than getting a job a Kwik-E-Mart.
In california, USA, 17" 1280x1024s are readily available for $299 or less "full retail", Tigerdirect has one for $190 right now, don't know how good it is. The 17" Hyundai at TD is $200.
2 years ago I paid $399 and waited months for a $100 Best Buy "rebate".
Since bandwidth is NOT an infinite resource this would lead to just as much wasted spectrum since huge consortiums would bid up and scarf all the available frequencies and just squat on them. Look what's happened to.com domain names, of which there is a simiarly large but eventually limited supply. It would be the end of community radio, ham radio, unlicensed devices, etc.
About 1985 TI made a "toy" that read bar codes from special books and spoke words. I got one from a TI employee for $10 bucks since they had a dumpster-full because the thing weighed 3 pounds, needed 6 D-cells and the special books to operate, and never sold.
I always wondered if anyone hacked this thing. It was a useless toy but it did a dang good job of speech synthesis, it being 1985 and all.
I used to be fully employed carrying buckets of water from the Nile to my farm. But because of his invention, all I do now is sit around the hookah and talk about technology at the University with my buddies. I don't even have any intestinal parasites anymore!
... I haven't been studying for my Extra class ham license like I should, but it's not too hard to calculate the field strength based on the transmitted power, coax cable, and antenna properties. Most station license applications base their results on these kind of calculation instead of extensive field measurements (or at least they did 20 years ago when I worked at a community radio station.) I *should* know how to do this.
You'll be surprised how much light is reflected by the little retrorefector beads in the license plate or steet sign. I've illuminated license plates 1/2 mile away with my cheapo red pointer. You might find it's actually quite hard to consistently "paint" a small, faraway target with a handheld pointer. After all, The Man has spent billions on "smart" weapons systems that do this, and they don't always work.
BTW DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK - Make sure there are no people around. Police officers (and anyone that might have a gun around) assume that if they see a red dot, someone is aiming a laser sight at them. You might get shot, and I won't send flowers to your funeral.
I think we're doing a pretty damn good job of wiping out other species, and that's what evolution is all about. Who needs laser-beam eyes and robotic arms when you've got dioxin?
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I only mention this because it will be tough to organize such a complex project in view of all the cheap services available. I would gauge doing an Open Source tax project about the same complexity as the kernel. Like all OSS projects down to a smallish number or people doing the work, and unlike other projects it CAN'T be late.
We did ours on H&R Block for free. Under their agreement with the IRS, they are obligated to provide this service for [up to mumble-thousand] users for free. We were not eligible for E-filing, so at the end I got a big PDF of all the forms and worksheets, and had to fill out the forms by hand - all 14 pages of 'em - sheesh.
I think Intuit or whtever they call themselves have the same obligations.
Back in the 70s a "lost tribe", the Tasaday, were found in the Phillipines. All over the press and National Geographic. They turned out to be actors, a scam perpetrated by the Marcos administration for who knows what reason.
For example, just yesterday I was informed that it is still relatively unsafe to travel to Liberia. I also know it is unsafe to travel to Iraq.
http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html
Right now 4000 lines is about 4000 dpi - about double the grain size I'd guess on average. That's about the same sample rate vs analog master media as audio CDs.
Let the same "digital vs vinyl" arguments begin for movies! But I'll tell you it's a lot harder to make a decent print of a movie than it is to press a decent vinyl LP. Even for crappy mass releases, it's $2000 to $3000 per print, and they wear out fast. Your Telarc Hi-Fi 35mm print of Lawrence of Arabia is going to set you back $5 or 6K. Within a few years most Hollywood movies will be shot on digital anyway.
Once delisted from the NASDAQ they will only be listed on the OTCBBs. Since their entire profitability is based on pumping and dumping their stock, imagine how much worse it will be on the OTCBB where pumping and dumping is the normal way to make money!
.. it because Ari Fleischer told the press to use the term, so use of the term pretty much shows you are a whore for the White House.
I'll stick with golf cart batteries for now, thanks.
The single best resource I've found on the web is http://www.buchmann.ca/, formerly cadex.com (Buchmann is founder of Cadex, a battery technology company).
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Read the "Batteries in a Portable World" section. A brief quote: "Li-ion batteries for defense applications are being produced that far exceed the energy density of the commercial equivalent. Unfortunately, these super-high capacity Li-ion batteries are deemed unsafe in the hands of the public. Neither would the general public be able to afford to buy them."
HA! What does he know about
The article is completely /.ed but a high power supply could use a 7805 as a reference voltage. It's cheaper and more reliable than a zener.
And what does it have to do with anyone's rights anyway? If you are convicted criminal, and in prison, you have quite a few less rights that an ordinary person. Besides, similar tracking devices have been widely used for years, they are based on proximity to a base unit. The GPS unit if anything would give users MORE rights since (I doubt it would work indoors) and is probably designed to AUGMENT the proximity unit and allow one to go to work, the grocery store, etc. Sheesh.
Why was point to point broadband unprofitable in the first place? Was it cost of subscriber equipment? Congestion at the central point? I had some friends with Sprint pt-to-pt service in the mid 90s and it worked great. But the service came from only two points in the SF Bay Area CA; you had to have line of sight to San Bruno Mtn and Peak on the east side of the Bay. It was $50/mo, cheaper than DSL at the time.
Of course, with the right connections you will have the freedom to pirate as many copies of Windows XP as you want - what's there to complain about?
1 297106X/qid=1106863068/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-100 7484-7830549?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)
But: Looking a for a good answer to the original question: How easy is it and to what extent are the internet and more generally freedom of press restrictions, evaded in China.
A good analogy is "Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/08
which is a book about how and by whom the restictions in Iran are evaded by those who the regime in Iran has tried to crush, and probably by sterner measures than those employed in China.
In stead of bitching about what a cesspool of oppression the US has become, just start yer own friggin' ISP and host the friggin' site. Geez, there are probably ten year olds running hosting companies, it's easier than getting a job a Kwik-E-Mart.
- 90% of life is showing up on time and sober.
I don't know who said that, and I'd reduce the 90% to 75%, but it seems relevant. And leaves the other 10% open to interpretation.
only rock stars need apply....
In california, USA, 17" 1280x1024s are readily available for $299 or less "full retail", Tigerdirect has one for $190 right now, don't know how good it is. The 17" Hyundai at TD is $200.
2 years ago I paid $399 and waited months for a $100 Best Buy "rebate".
Since bandwidth is NOT an infinite resource this would lead to just as much wasted spectrum since huge consortiums would bid up and scarf all the available frequencies and just squat on them. Look what's happened to .com domain names, of which there is a simiarly large but eventually limited supply. It would be the end of community radio, ham radio, unlicensed devices, etc.
About 1985 TI made a "toy" that read bar codes from special books and spoke words. I got one from a TI employee for $10 bucks since they had a dumpster-full because the thing weighed 3 pounds, needed 6 D-cells and the special books to operate, and never sold.
I always wondered if anyone hacked this thing. It was a useless toy but it did a dang good job of speech synthesis, it being 1985 and all.
I used to be fully employed carrying buckets of water from the Nile to my farm. But because of his invention, all I do now is sit around the hookah and talk about technology at the University with my buddies. I don't even have any intestinal parasites anymore!
I for one welcome our, uh, new overlords.... now, where is that "learn Chinese in 49 days book ..."
... I haven't been studying for my Extra class ham license like I should, but it's not too hard to calculate the field strength based on the transmitted power, coax cable, and antenna properties. Most station license applications base their results on these kind of calculation instead of extensive field measurements (or at least they did 20 years ago when I worked at a community radio station.) I *should* know how to do this.
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You'll be surprised how much light is reflected by the little retrorefector beads in the license plate or steet sign. I've illuminated license plates 1/2 mile away with my cheapo red pointer. You might find it's actually quite hard to consistently "paint" a small, faraway target with a handheld pointer. After all, The Man has spent billions on "smart" weapons systems that do this, and they don't always work.
BTW DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK - Make sure there are no people around. Police officers (and anyone that might have a gun around) assume that if they see a red dot, someone is aiming a laser sight at them. You might get shot, and I won't send flowers to your funeral.
I think we're doing a pretty damn good job of wiping out other species, and that's what evolution is all about. Who needs laser-beam eyes and robotic arms when you've got dioxin?
Pave the Earth!
Prayer: "./make all - I hope this works"
Charity: Give back to open source as you see fit.
Hajj: Just where *should* I go, except Redmond?
Observing Ramadan: From looking at some developers, getting them to not eat from sunrise to sunset for a month could be problematic.