As pointed out elsewhere, the parent post misinterpreted the figure for monthly salary as annual. According to the article, the _average_ worker earns US $13,800 annually - which is roughly in line with the per capita nominal GDP of US $17,000.
However, to get a better feel for what that really means in terms of quality of life there the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) adjusted per capita GDP is US $30,881 which puts it between Japan and South Korea.
If you asked "How would you weigh a Boeing 747", the obvious answer is not "Call Boeing". When you call Boeing to request the weight of a 747, you are not doing any actual weighing and it can definitely be argued that the question asks you to undertake the actual weighing process. What you should have asked instead is, "How would you determine the weight of a Boeing 747?" Phrasing it like that makes it a lot more clear that you are only interested in how the person would go about finding out the weight of a 747 and not the actual physical process of weighing an object.
I know Slashdoters don't read the article before posting, but gosh darn it.. It was never implied in the article that this technology would be adapted for LCDs. Just because something involves "liquid crystal" doesn't automatically mean it's an LCD technology. What we have here is basically a very neat new way of creating an adjustable micro lens. Aside from lenses, "[t]he technique could also be used to make other adaptive microdevices such as prism arrays and phase gratings".
The statistics I linked to is output per hour, not output per year. It does take into account the shorter work days and more vacation times of our European friends. Here's links to other comparative measurements.
You're looking at Table 1.2, which is the statistics for annual rates of change. The numbers you're looking at, 5.2 in US versus 5.6 in UK, is telling you that from 2003 to 2004, the rate at which productivity increased is higher in the UK than the US. The actual productivity per hour in 2004 is stated in Table 1.1: US at 186.0, and UK at 140.3.
I'm not sure on what basis you're drawing your conclusion that French, German and British's worker productivity per hour is "way higher" than US worker productivity. The comparative statistics released by U.S. Department of Labor shows that American worker's productivity per hour in manufacturing has been significantly higher than France, Germany, and UK in recent years.
"The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired and made breakthrough accomplishments in robotics." - Robot Hall of Fame
Science Fiction is often the inspiration behind the sciences, the field of Robotics is no different. Science Fiction can help us better imagine how robots might interact with society, what values might they bring to our lives. Why is it wrong to remember the dreamers along with the doers?
So... a book that's too old and fragile to be scanned, you're going to put in a library where the general public (relatively speaking) have unsupervised access?
If anything, it IS the old and fragile books that most desperately need to be digitized to be preserved and given a wider audience.
Why, yes, I have. In every country that the US has assisted successfully, the end result has always been a more prosperous and freer society.
As for whether the US does what it does for self-interest.. who doesn't? We are fortunate to be living at a time where the dominate power in the world strives for freedom. This is infinitely better than a world dominated by a truly imperialistic dictatorial power (see India under the old British colonial empire or S.E. Asia under WWII Japan). You might argue that it's better to have a more even distribution of power, perhaps like old Europe? Witness the centuries of war following war as neighboring countries squabble to dominate the other.
Like it or not, having a strong central power ensures stability for the world. And with respect to that, I'm very thankful the country which happens to hold that position today is one that strives for democratic ideals.
I find the amount of misinformation about the Tepper Business School's relation to Carnegie Mellon amazing. As a student affiliated with both the School of Computer Science and the Tepper Business School, I can tell you under no uncertain terms that the business school is not any more "on their own little planet" with their "own schedule and everything else" than any other college at Carnegie Mellon University.
For those not in the know, Carneige Mellon University is comprised of several semi-independent "colleges": School of Computer Science, Mellon College of Science, Tepper Business School, Carnegie Institute of Technology, etc. Many of these semi-independent entities choose to also maintain their own separate IT infrastructure on the side specifically for their departmental use.
Presumably one would be watching the program either on DVD or some other medium that allows the person to pause the program.
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Some people like to have a television set in the kitchen so they can follow along the cooking program while preparing a televised recipe.. and guess where the refrigerator is found in most homes? That's right, the kitchen.
So in fact, I think combining TV and refrigerator is a brilliant move if targeted at the right audience.
Rebates serve a real purpose that benefits the consumers. Rebates allow manufacturers to sell the same product at two different prices, with the customer self selecting which price group they belong to.
Generally, those who are more affluent ends up not sending in the rebates since the time it takes them to fill in the rebate forms is worth more than the amount to be recieved. Those to whom the rebate amount is more valuable will tend to send in the rebate. However, the rebate system as it is implemented today has some real problems. They take too long to process and are too unreliable. But the idea of rebates is not an evil one.
The applicants to Harvard's BS, Carnegie Mellon's Tepper, and any other top MBA programs are almost never going to be younger than 21. Not only do you need earn a bachelor's degree first, the best MBA programs also "strongly recommend" that you have at least 2 years of work experience post-undergraduate graduation.
You'll find that the average age of students admitted at the leading MBA programs to be in their late 20s.
The United Nations does not even represent the interests of all the people on Earth. Even if we ignoring the masses under totalitarian governments, corrupt governments, un-representative governments, ignoring all of them, we are still left with nations that arn't even allowed to participate fully in the United Nations. Two very significant countries comes to mind - the Republic of China on Taiwan, and Isreal.
The ETC draws upon Carnegie Mellon's particularly unique combination of strengths and its predisposition towards interdisciplinary related activities. The DaVinci Effect if you will.
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Actually, the boardgame community has been anticipating this title for quite some time. You can find more details, discussions, and mods (yes, mods!) on Doom from the perspective of boardgamers here:
"Helicopter flight was probably the first type of flight envisioned by man. The idea dates back to ancient China, where children played with homemade tops of slightly twisted feathers attached to the end of a stick. They would rapidly spin the stick between their hands to generate lift and then release the top into free flight." - US Centennial of Flight Commission
MiniDisc was not Dead On Arrival (DOA). It might have been a flop here in the states, but it was definitely popular overseas. MDs are also still a popular medium for amateurs recording live audio at very decent quality.
A third is those who live in the same place. But we don't. We are not a village.
This works in defining a physical community. However, it needs to be updated when applied to Internet communities. Instead of living in the same region, it becomes visiting the same website(s).
One of the thing that binds people into becoming a neighborhood community is living a shared experience. Likewise, by consistantly visiting the same website as some group of people, the set of people can become a community.
What the... I used LaTeX for all my word processing need throughout high school. =) I even heard of this one kid who used it to take notes in AP CS, though I'm of the opinion nothing beats the pencil and paper approach for note taking.
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As pointed out elsewhere, the parent post misinterpreted the figure for monthly salary as annual. According to the article, the _average_ worker earns US $13,800 annually - which is roughly in line with the per capita nominal GDP of US $17,000.
However, to get a better feel for what that really means in terms of quality of life there the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) adjusted per capita GDP is US $30,881 which puts it between Japan and South Korea.
Foxconn is actually just a trade name of Hon Hai, they're the same company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn
If you asked "How would you weigh a Boeing 747", the obvious answer is not "Call Boeing". When you call Boeing to request the weight of a 747, you are not doing any actual weighing and it can definitely be argued that the question asks you to undertake the actual weighing process. What you should have asked instead is, "How would you determine the weight of a Boeing 747?" Phrasing it like that makes it a lot more clear that you are only interested in how the person would go about finding out the weight of a 747 and not the actual physical process of weighing an object.
I know Slashdoters don't read the article before posting, but gosh darn it.. It was never implied in the article that this technology would be adapted for LCDs. Just because something involves "liquid crystal" doesn't automatically mean it's an LCD technology. What we have here is basically a very neat new way of creating an adjustable micro lens. Aside from lenses, "[t]he technique could also be used to make other adaptive microdevices such as prism arrays and phase gratings".
The statistics I linked to is output per hour, not output per year. It does take into account the shorter work days and more vacation times of our European friends. Here's links to other comparative measurements.
You're looking at Table 1.2, which is the statistics for annual rates of change. The numbers you're looking at, 5.2 in US versus 5.6 in UK, is telling you that from 2003 to 2004, the rate at which productivity increased is higher in the UK than the US. The actual productivity per hour in 2004 is stated in Table 1.1: US at 186.0, and UK at 140.3.
I'm not sure on what basis you're drawing your conclusion that French, German and British's worker productivity per hour is "way higher" than US worker productivity. The comparative statistics released by U.S. Department of Labor shows that American worker's productivity per hour in manufacturing has been significantly higher than France, Germany, and UK in recent years.
"The Robot Hall of Fame recognizes excellence in robotics technology worldwide and honors the fictional and real robots that have inspired and made breakthrough accomplishments in robotics." - Robot Hall of Fame
Science Fiction is often the inspiration behind the sciences, the field of Robotics is no different. Science Fiction can help us better imagine how robots might interact with society, what values might they bring to our lives. Why is it wrong to remember the dreamers along with the doers?
So... a book that's too old and fragile to be scanned, you're going to put in a library where the general public (relatively speaking) have unsupervised access?
If anything, it IS the old and fragile books that most desperately need to be digitized to be preserved and given a wider audience.
Why, yes, I have. In every country that the US has assisted successfully, the end result has always been a more prosperous and freer society.
As for whether the US does what it does for self-interest.. who doesn't? We are fortunate to be living at a time where the dominate power in the world strives for freedom. This is infinitely better than a world dominated by a truly imperialistic dictatorial power (see India under the old British colonial empire or S.E. Asia under WWII Japan). You might argue that it's better to have a more even distribution of power, perhaps like old Europe? Witness the centuries of war following war as neighboring countries squabble to dominate the other.
Like it or not, having a strong central power ensures stability for the world. And with respect to that, I'm very thankful the country which happens to hold that position today is one that strives for democratic ideals.
I find the amount of misinformation about the Tepper Business School's relation to Carnegie Mellon amazing. As a student affiliated with both the School of Computer Science and the Tepper Business School, I can tell you under no uncertain terms that the business school is not any more "on their own little planet" with their "own schedule and everything else" than any other college at Carnegie Mellon University.
For those not in the know, Carneige Mellon University is comprised of several semi-independent "colleges": School of Computer Science, Mellon College of Science, Tepper Business School, Carnegie Institute of Technology, etc. Many of these semi-independent entities choose to also maintain their own separate IT infrastructure on the side specifically for their departmental use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_Unive rsity
Carneige Mellon University has a lot of interdisciplinary activities going on; no department at this university exists in isolation.
Presumably one would be watching the program either on DVD or some other medium that allows the person to pause the program.
Some people like to have a television set in the kitchen so they can follow along the cooking program while preparing a televised recipe.. and guess where the refrigerator is found in most homes? That's right, the kitchen.
So in fact, I think combining TV and refrigerator is a brilliant move if targeted at the right audience.
Rebates serve a real purpose that benefits the consumers. Rebates allow manufacturers to sell the same product at two different prices, with the customer self selecting which price group they belong to.
Generally, those who are more affluent ends up not sending in the rebates since the time it takes them to fill in the rebate forms is worth more than the amount to be recieved. Those to whom the rebate amount is more valuable will tend to send in the rebate. However, the rebate system as it is implemented today has some real problems. They take too long to process and are too unreliable. But the idea of rebates is not an evil one.
The applicants to Harvard's BS, Carnegie Mellon's Tepper, and any other top MBA programs are almost never going to be younger than 21. Not only do you need earn a bachelor's degree first, the best MBA programs also "strongly recommend" that you have at least 2 years of work experience post-undergraduate graduation.
You'll find that the average age of students admitted at the leading MBA programs to be in their late 20s.
The United Nations does not even represent the interests of all the people on Earth. Even if we ignoring the masses under totalitarian governments, corrupt governments, un-representative governments, ignoring all of them, we are still left with nations that arn't even allowed to participate fully in the United Nations. Two very significant countries comes to mind - the Republic of China on Taiwan, and Isreal.
Here's the actual website for the piece of software in discussions.
http://www.maceng.com/pc_crash/
Looks like a very interesting piece of physics simulation applied to specific situation software. They also have AVI of the simulation in action here.
Carnegie Mellon has an Entertainment Technology Center which offers a Masters of Entertainment Technology (MET) degree.
The ETC draws upon Carnegie Mellon's particularly unique combination of strengths and its predisposition towards interdisciplinary related activities. The DaVinci Effect if you will.
Actually, the boardgame community has been anticipating this title for quite some time. You can find more details, discussions, and mods (yes, mods!) on Doom from the perspective of boardgamers here:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/10640
Do you understand the difference between "No Stopping", "No Standing", and "No Parking"?
It is perfectly legitimate to temporarily stop the car at the curb side with "No Parking" sign to recieve to discharge passangers / property.
"No Standing" is similar, except now you can only temporarily stop to recieve or discharge passangers and not property.
Finally, "No Stopping" simply means just that.. no stopping, period.
Of course, I'm using NY state definitions for the above. Other states may have different definitions.
Famous? Maybe, but wrong.
"Helicopter flight was probably the first type of flight envisioned by man. The idea dates back to ancient China, where children played with homemade tops of slightly twisted feathers attached to the end of a stick. They would rapidly spin the stick between their hands to generate lift and then release the top into free flight." - US Centennial of Flight Commission
MiniDisc was not Dead On Arrival (DOA). It might have been a flop here in the states, but it was definitely popular overseas. MDs are also still a popular medium for amateurs recording live audio at very decent quality.
This works in defining a physical community. However, it needs to be updated when applied to Internet communities. Instead of living in the same region, it becomes visiting the same website(s).
One of the thing that binds people into becoming a neighborhood community is living a shared experience. Likewise, by consistantly visiting the same website as some group of people, the set of people can become a community.
It's unrelated news, not related. If it was related, then the relationship would be presented in the story.
What the... I used LaTeX for all my word processing need throughout high school. =) I even heard of this one kid who used it to take notes in AP CS, though I'm of the opinion nothing beats the pencil and paper approach for note taking.