I should have placed another order last month. I need a few things.
I loved Geeks.com, for buying extra cables for internal builds, tiny mice for laptops, hard drive mounting brackets, and all these little things you need to keep in stock for builds. My current graphics card (GTX460 for $90) and laptop mouse came from geeks.com.
If the owners are reading this, thank you guys for the good service over the years. I've been recommending you since 1999.
If you start up a leaner or updated business model, send out an email to your former customers and let us know.
Most of the J-1 visas are for "International Practical Training" or International Summer Internship EXCHANGES through organizations like amscan.org, IAESTE, and AIESEC.
When a university hires a foreign student in this case, it is very likely that a student at the same U.S. university will get a summer job in an interesting country, like say, Germany or Japan.
The purpose of this document is to provide official support to student organizations that do International Summer Internship EXCHANGES like amscan.org, IAESTE, and AIESEC.
When a university hires a foreign student in this case, it is very likely that a student at the same U.S. university will get a summer job in an interesting country, like say, Germany or Japan. I have worked with students on these programs and enjoyed working with them, and I had a friend that went on one of these internships to Finland.
Very frequently the question comes up on slashdot: "How do I work abroad?" THIS IS HOW.
The summary was probably written by some bitter washed up university IT guy looking to stir up trouble.
I agree with this guy - the first really objective comment that wasn't just some salary cost benefit analysis.
I would add to point 1, if there are classes and subjects in your field which you want to learn about, but you are about to graduate -> go directly to grad school, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
If you are tired of school, get a job and see how you like it - see what interests you in the real world, and use that knowledge to decided if/what to study in graduate school.
3+4 are also great advice.
I did 1, 4, and briefly 5, before going back to 3 again.
File and abandon is expensive, but cheaper because you don't have to pay the prosecution fees, issue fees, and maintenance fees. Plus, there may be a chance that the application goes through.
He has the world record and is simply looking for better competition. He probably won't qualify in the open 400m, but he will be allowed to compete and competition could push him to a faster personal best, which is what he wants.
On one hand it's not setting a good precedent, but the reasons for it are probably not going to fundamentally change the sport. He's really competing against himself.
Biomed is actually expensive because of the FDA certifications and multiple phases of clinical trials you have to do to actually get something to market.
The training and equipment costs usually pale in comparison to the clinical and approval expenditures.
Read multiple textbooks if the one you're working on sucks. Rarely are you in such an advanced field that there is only one book.
Sometimes you have the bonus of discovering the problems the professor uses on the exam in another book.
As for grade inflation - there are usually some students who get an A in the engineering classes, study harder and become one of them.
Engineering is hard, but it's a good base for doing interesting things with your life, much more than say media studies - more of a basis for watching interesting things during your life.
Used to be an embedded developer for devices, but then I got interested in Ruby on Rails (it was much more fun).
I think there are probably more than a few people out there that have the skills, but have been moved into other paths by market forces. They will come back if you pay them enough, but that is unlikely to happen, so they will probably stay where they are.
Totally. No one is forcing users to put their info into facebook. It's possible to register with just an email address these days. No Picture, just a name and an email.
I agree the EEEpc is by far the cheapest and most portable solution. You can buy a bigger SSD drive to stick in an EEEPC to survive riding in a jeep in Africa/Mt Everest etc., buy a bunch of 4-8-16 GB SDHC cards for additional storage/redundancy, and do offline backups when you have internet access (which you'll have if you're blogging).
Personally, I have a pimped out toshiba subnotebook that I upgraded to an SSD. I can get 10 hours of battery life.
The lack of press just makes the supporters more vocal, and fans their flames.
Most of the discussion seems to be about Ron Paul. I think his monetary policy makes significant sense, and while he may not be able to bring us back to the gold standard (although it might be nice), he will be able to reduce spending, which should help the value of our currency.
Also, I heard Ron Paul is very likely to win Washington State.
I agree with you. I think the overall end result is that we will have fewer superstars making millions of dollars, and a much larger number of musicians and artists making upper-middle class incomes from their music and performances. The days of the pop star are numbered, if not already behind us.
It will be a nice lifestyle for those with talent, but we will see fewer pop stars due to the reduced effectiveness of the record label marketing machine. The internet reduced distribution costs by orders of magnitude resulting in a classic business disruption.
The film industry is lagging behind a little bit, but the writer's strike may reduce the effectiveness of their production and marketing machine, and we may see a similar disruption in film.
DRM is now irrelevant to their business models (too little, too late), because so much of the back catalogs has been released already. They already gave it away and the disruption is inevitable.
You are right, you can get a patent on anything (in this case on the perfect phone) if it is specific enough, but the claims may have to be so specific that you will not be able to catch anyone who tries to copy a version of your phone that happens to be painted orange with a bump on the case. My point is that the business value of that patent may be nil. I hope the elements that get added or removed to make the phone perfect are truly inventive and the patent is worth something, but somehow I doubt it.
Slashdot Mirror
I should have placed another order last month. I need a few things.
I loved Geeks.com, for buying extra cables for internal builds, tiny mice for laptops, hard drive mounting brackets, and all these little things you need to keep in stock for builds. My current graphics card (GTX460 for $90) and laptop mouse came from geeks.com.
If the owners are reading this, thank you guys for the good service over the years. I've been recommending you since 1999.
If you start up a leaner or updated business model, send out an email to your former customers and let us know.
Mod Parent UP.
"Maintaining orderly markets" is something that HFT will eventually settle into as the technology hits a fundamental level.
Prices have come down since the days of specialists, and this is something that people conveniently forget.
brilliant social engineering.
I almost tried it for a second...
Most of the J-1 visas are for "International Practical Training" or International Summer Internship EXCHANGES through organizations like amscan.org, IAESTE, and AIESEC.
When a university hires a foreign student in this case, it is very likely that a student at the same U.S. university will get a summer job in an interesting country, like say, Germany or Japan.
The purpose of this document is to provide official support to student organizations that do International Summer Internship EXCHANGES like amscan.org, IAESTE, and AIESEC.
When a university hires a foreign student in this case, it is very likely that a student at the same U.S. university will get a summer job in an interesting country, like say, Germany or Japan. I have worked with students on these programs and enjoyed working with them, and I had a friend that went on one of these internships to Finland.
Very frequently the question comes up on slashdot: "How do I work abroad?" THIS IS HOW.
The summary was probably written by some bitter washed up university IT guy looking to stir up trouble.
I agree with this guy - the first really objective comment that wasn't just some salary cost benefit analysis.
I would add to point 1, if there are classes and subjects in your field which you want to learn about, but you are about to graduate -> go directly to grad school, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
If you are tired of school, get a job and see how you like it - see what interests you in the real world, and use that knowledge to decided if/what to study in graduate school.
3+4 are also great advice.
I did 1, 4, and briefly 5, before going back to 3 again.
I was going to to that, but you beat me to it.
File and abandon is expensive, but cheaper because you don't have to pay the prosecution fees, issue fees, and maintenance fees. Plus, there may be a chance that the application goes through.
I would also mod Parent up.
Use your middle initial, or even your middle name to try and differentiate yourself.
You also may be able to just omit the city, if the position was at a well-known company, or a company that is easily findable on google.
amongst all of my friends, I am the only one doing this, it may well be that my battle is lost already.
It has achieved personal critical mass. You are feeling pain by being a late adopter.
Join it, get the functionality out of it, and manage your privacy settings in a draconian fashion.
I was waiting for someone to mention this. There is also a social network of students to show you around and it's pretty fun.
Another option for business students (like the poster) is AIESECC.
I was expecting one of the robots to be named after 'Wilson' of the movie Castaway. :)
Neat idea though. A lot of the effort of surviving is keeping motivated and staying positive.
you are spot on, penguin king.
He has the world record and is simply looking for better competition. He probably won't qualify in the open 400m, but he will be allowed to compete and competition could push him to a faster personal best, which is what he wants.
On one hand it's not setting a good precedent, but the reasons for it are probably not going to fundamentally change the sport. He's really competing against himself.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this. Ask your friends. I have to ward off my friends' unsolicited Sci-Fi recommendations with a hockey stick.
Also, ask older readers, there are a lot of older books that are very good reads, and will turn up in used bookstores.
Biomed is actually expensive because of the FDA certifications and multiple phases of clinical trials you have to do to actually get something to market.
The training and equipment costs usually pale in comparison to the clinical and approval expenditures.
Grow up, take some initiative.
Read multiple textbooks if the one you're working on sucks. Rarely are you in such an advanced field that there is only one book.
Sometimes you have the bonus of discovering the problems the professor uses on the exam in another book.
As for grade inflation - there are usually some students who get an A in the engineering classes, study harder and become one of them.
Engineering is hard, but it's a good base for doing interesting things with your life, much more than say media studies - more of a basis for watching interesting things during your life.
Slashdot seems to cover the market that would care about this.
Used to be an embedded developer for devices, but then I got interested in Ruby on Rails (it was much more fun).
I think there are probably more than a few people out there that have the skills, but have been moved into other paths by market forces. They will come back if you pay them enough, but that is unlikely to happen, so they will probably stay where they are.
Totally. No one is forcing users to put their info into facebook. It's possible to register with just an email address these days. No Picture, just a name and an email.
Forget the DVD burner.
I agree the EEEpc is by far the cheapest and most portable solution. You can buy a bigger SSD drive to stick in an EEEPC to survive riding in a jeep in Africa/Mt Everest etc., buy a bunch of 4-8-16 GB SDHC cards for additional storage/redundancy, and do offline backups when you have internet access (which you'll have if you're blogging).
Personally, I have a pimped out toshiba subnotebook that I upgraded to an SSD. I can get 10 hours of battery life.
The lack of press just makes the supporters more vocal, and fans their flames.
Most of the discussion seems to be about Ron Paul. I think his monetary policy makes significant sense, and while he may not be able to bring us back to the gold standard (although it might be nice), he will be able to reduce spending, which should help the value of our currency.
Also, I heard Ron Paul is very likely to win Washington State.
I agree with you. I think the overall end result is that we will have fewer superstars making millions of dollars, and a much larger number of musicians and artists making upper-middle class incomes from their music and performances. The days of the pop star are numbered, if not already behind us.
It will be a nice lifestyle for those with talent, but we will see fewer pop stars due to the reduced effectiveness of the record label marketing machine. The internet reduced distribution costs by orders of magnitude resulting in a classic business disruption.
The film industry is lagging behind a little bit, but the writer's strike may reduce the effectiveness of their production and marketing machine, and we may see a similar disruption in film.
DRM is now irrelevant to their business models (too little, too late), because so much of the back catalogs has been released already. They already gave it away and the disruption is inevitable.
You're a sharp individual. I liked reading that story.
I think the original poster should take a quick look at their learning style (Global Learner or Sequential Learner), which may have been part of the problem from the very beginning:
http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/learningst/sequential.html
I believe you are describing trade secrets.
You are right, you can get a patent on anything (in this case on the perfect phone) if it is specific enough, but the claims may have to be so specific that you will not be able to catch anyone who tries to copy a version of your phone that happens to be painted orange with a bump on the case. My point is that the business value of that patent may be nil. I hope the elements that get added or removed to make the phone perfect are truly inventive and the patent is worth something, but somehow I doubt it.
My first thought when I read it, was "HOLY $H*^! I WONDER WHAT HE COULD FIND IN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE!"
Then I realized it was probably a hoax. The media is excited by news of wrecks, after that recent $500M find.