Ignore people's unease, the real reason you don't want to go w/ paypal is the massive bite they take out of whatever people send you. You can't even ask people to donate a quarter because the entire quarter disappears.
Google for "amazon honor system" (minus quotes). I can't link you directly because it'll probably end up w/ a referral to me in the URL. ^^;; It might be what you're looking for.
Localization is difficult when you don't know anything about the culture that you're supposed to be localizing to or from. He's going to have to get out and about if he wants to identify and translate the quirks the Japanese programmers may have introduced into their program, quirks that only a native would grok.
I appreciate the direct replies, but if you don't like what the mods mod, then why don't you get an account and mod and/or metamod?
Check out Incredibad's "The Heist" and tell me whether or not you think it could have been made w/out P2P filesharing.*
IMO, Indie music and P2P are only related by coincidence, because how do you type in the name of a band or a song if you don't know what you're looking for?
(* the fact that you could download and listen to it over the web should be a clue...)
Study! High school was a breeze compared to what you're about to get put through.
And when you're not studying, please remember that the purpose of college is to exchange ideas... don't sit in your dorm all day playing video games, get out there and meet people!
Get to know your professors, if you can't find a summer internship, maybe you can do research for one of them.
Michael Kaplan is Microsoft's Unicode expert. You might want to read through his blog's archives.
I mean, if the project is VB6, there's a good bet that it's using multi-byte characters instead of unicode, but maybe reading his blogs will help give you an idea of what you're facing and what to look for...
Man, I really hope you give us a slashback of how it went after you get back...
What didn't you like about my advice? Alternatively, what makes you think I don't have a clue or real experience here?
It seems to me that he's going someplace he hasn't been before to do something he hasn't done before, so IMO, in order to be safe, he should read/listen up on the subject and get some practice in.
Japanese write software like crazy and there are plenty of open source coders out there. Make contact w/ a few of them and try localizing their projects to English (US) for the hell of it.
Sounds like you're on a mission impossible, good luck.
I predict that the first AI they produce will work so well, that no one who buys one will ever need a replacement, so the company will spiral into obsolesence while Microsoft et al mkae a mint on AIs that are much easier to develop for...
I call bullshit. Where do you guys live that you can get away w/ this? After seeing the original prank, I tried fake signing my name in two different places, both times they called a manager and then the manager called the cops. >_<
Which 20 years are Hemos referring to? It was my understanding that all recent "productivity" gains are from laying off large numbers of people and telling the survivors to "kick it up a notch or get the f out"...
Bah, the hell w/ programs, find some chick (right, right, "opposite sex") who speaks the language and start hitting on her. If that doesn't get you to learn the language incredibly quickly, then no software is going to help...
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The Navy uses alot of open source, check out Protean Forge, the Naval Research Lab's sourceforge server...
D'oh, my bad, I meant to say that paypal has large fees for the seller, not the buyer.
Actually, you're absolutely right, the goal should be to make it easier on the donor, otherwise they'll just shrug and walk away...
Rolling your own is begging to be owned.
Ignore people's unease, the real reason you don't want to go w/ paypal is the massive bite they take out of whatever people send you. You can't even ask people to donate a quarter because the entire quarter disappears.
Google for "amazon honor system" (minus quotes). I can't link you directly because it'll probably end up w/ a referral to me in the URL. ^^;; It might be what you're looking for.
Alternatively, for webcomic creators, Scott McCloud suggests trying BitPass, Yaga or Peppercoin...
Localization is difficult when you don't know anything about the culture that you're supposed to be localizing to or from. He's going to have to get out and about if he wants to identify and translate the quirks the Japanese programmers may have introduced into their program, quirks that only a native would grok.
I appreciate the direct replies, but if you don't like what the mods mod, then why don't you get an account and mod and/or metamod?
Check out Incredibad's "The Heist" and tell me whether or not you think it could have been made w/out P2P filesharing.*
IMO, Indie music and P2P are only related by coincidence, because how do you type in the name of a band or a song if you don't know what you're looking for?
(* the fact that you could download and listen to it over the web should be a clue...)
Study! High school was a breeze compared to what you're about to get put through.
And when you're not studying, please remember that the purpose of college is to exchange ideas... don't sit in your dorm all day playing video games, get out there and meet people!
Get to know your professors, if you can't find a summer internship, maybe you can do research for one of them.
Michael Kaplan is Microsoft's Unicode expert. You might want to read through his blog's archives.
I mean, if the project is VB6, there's a good bet that it's using multi-byte characters instead of unicode, but maybe reading his blogs will help give you an idea of what you're facing and what to look for...
Man, I really hope you give us a slashback of how it went after you get back...
What didn't you like about my advice? Alternatively, what makes you think I don't have a clue or real experience here?
It seems to me that he's going someplace he hasn't been before to do something he hasn't done before, so IMO, in order to be safe, he should read/listen up on the subject and get some practice in.
Lonely Planet and Pimsleur.
Japanese write software like crazy and there are plenty of open source coders out there. Make contact w/ a few of them and try localizing their projects to English (US) for the hell of it.
Sounds like you're on a mission impossible, good luck.
I'm sorry, but why did they have to put it inside a transport helicoptor? Couldn't they just have attached a tether or something?
Unless it turns out that they contracted the Canadians specifically so that this guy could be fired? Anyone talk to his coworkers?
Did Yahoo fix it? Or did they say why they're not affected?
User settings aren't saved to a USB disk on your keychain?
I predict that the first AI they produce will work so well, that no one who buys one will ever need a replacement, so the company will spiral into obsolesence while Microsoft et al mkae a mint on AIs that are much easier to develop for...
Hire a goddamned lawyer, unless you want to end up contractually obligated to work for minimum wage w/ no overtime...
I didn't realize it wasn't a parent comment. Sorry about that.
According to mc chris, "PCs are lame".
I recommend slashdot host a discussion panel, mc chris on one side, Bill Gates on the other.
I call bullshit. Where do you guys live that you can get away w/ this? After seeing the original prank, I tried fake signing my name in two different places, both times they called a manager and then the manager called the cops. >_<
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Which 20 years are Hemos referring to? It was my understanding that all recent "productivity" gains are from laying off large numbers of people and telling the survivors to "kick it up a notch or get the f out"...
That looks hella awesome, thanks for the links!
Bah, the hell w/ programs, find some chick (right, right, "opposite sex") who speaks the language and start hitting on her. If that doesn't get you to learn the language incredibly quickly, then no software is going to help...
How do you get bought by Yahoo and then scream "Woohoo?"