The next time Alex Kerr visits Japan, I challenge him to go out into the mountains, find a small RYOKAN (inn, usually with a hot-spring) and relax with Japan's nature, people and culture.
Read Debito's site to find out what happens to a westerner (even a naturalized Japanese citizen westerner) tries to visit a bath in Hokkaido...
Overall, since you only get to see her every other week, I think the best solution would be to plan more activities with her and keep her time alone in front of a computer down to a minimum.
It's obvious why Sony wouldn't be interested in persuing the PS2-As-Linux-Box issue. Sony is taking a big loss on every PS2 they sell. They can't make a PS2 at the price they're selling it for. The incentive for them to do this is that selling the software (read, games) for the system makes up several times more than they lose from selling the box.
They're already losing money from people who buy the PS2 to use mainly as a DVD player. Why would they encourage people to put a Free OS on it, then never buy anything else from Sony to accessorize it? To make this profitable, they'd have to double the price of the box. As the 3DO proved, even the coolest game consoles don't sell well at $700.
The only company making any profit with personal computers right now is Dell, and they are cutting themselves to the bone to do so. Don't expect Sony to do the same with the PS2.
Here's how to implement it: When you're submitting a story that links to a
low-monthly-bandwidth web site, insert www.google.com/search?q=cache: right after the http:// in the URL. That way,
viewers get a Google cached version with a link at the top to the most current version.
Yes, but the Google cache doesn't show the pictures. I don't think this would be very interesting without being able to show the C64's
browsing abilities (to the 99.99% of you who won't actually download the software to try browsing on their own C-64...)
This is true, but if you file form 2555, you can deduct up to $78,000 of your income from your US taxes (based on IRS determined exchange rate for the year). If you make more than that in a year, there are other ways to limit the amount of taxes you have to pay to America.
Generally the US tax doesn't amount to much, it's just a pain in the ass having to file the tax returns every year (although overseas residents automatically get a guaranteed extension to June 15th to file)
The Honeymooners, a TV series from the 50's/60's. The character played by Jackie Gleason, when riled up by his character wife Alice, would threaten to beat his wife with a punch that sent her "to the moon". Of course, this being over 40 years ago, he never actually did it...
I used to work as a contractor for the US Postal
Services Information Systems. Because of the union contracts, I was not allowed to work any more than 8 hour days, and 40 hour weeks. Furthermore, the core time where everyone had to be available was only from 10:00am to 2:00pm. So sometimes I got in at 6:00am, left at 2:30pm, and had the whole rest of the day to myself.
This flex time also made it very convenient for me to slip out of work early to interview for the job I would eventually move on to...
When interviewing for jobs I don't particularly want (whether just for practice, or when I just decide midway through that I'm not interested) I try to work in mentions of nonexistant obscure languages and platforms.
"Yeah, Perl is pretty resourceful, but Beaver is really overlooked. You wouldn't believe the things I can do with Beaver."
Why is Jesus the only solution? Your porn addiction was just like any other addiction: drugs, alcohol, gambling, you name it. For some people, religion is a crutch that can be used to break an addiction, but ultimately, the only way to turn things around is by recognizing your problem, realizing why there is a problem, coming up with a plan to solve your problem, implementing it until satisfactory results are achieved, and continuing to monitor yourself to prevent a relapse every day.
Also, not everybody is "addicted" to porn. Some people can enjoy it without experiencing it's negative side affects, just like some people can enjoy the occasional alcohol without becoming an alcoholic. The problem lies with the sickness of the individual and his ability to deal with it, not the item they are abusing.
Granted, 2.9% isn't that bad. But if you're going to do this so often, why not set up a bank fund of about $5,000, use a debit card to buy things with it, and pay it back like a credit card? Not only do you pay 0.0% interest, you even get a little extra money paid to you from interest from the money sitting in the bank. Sure seems better than paying for the right to borrow money, eh?
I assume you don't have a family, rent, or student loan debt to pay off. It's unrealistic to assume that anybody can put aside six month's pay into a low-risk minimal-interest account and never touch it.
Anybody above the proverty line should be able to do this. It involves simple concepts like "budgeting" and "living within your means" to accomplish a goal called "spending less money than your earn".
The best single piece of specific advice I can think of is never carry a balance on your credit cards. If you have one, allocate all of your investing budget to paying this off as soon as possible. Depending on the interest rate your credit card company is charging you, payment towards your balance is like getting a guaranteed tax free 10-20% return on investment, a deal you're not likely to find anywhere else.
We've got hundreds of computers circling the earth, and a few others even further than that. All we need is a Ham radio or something to call them and tell them to come back home, and we can rebuild our infrastructure around those.
CS emphasizes the theoretical side of computing (programming concepts, logic, etc.) CE emphasizes the technical side of computing (how to get all of those electrons to display a Doom game on your laptop without melting the case). CE majors can generally cross over to CS type work (as I did) without much difficulty, but the same can't be said for CS->CE.
Therefore, if you are still on the fence and aren't afraid of a lot of higher math and science classes, go for the CE major to keep the vast majority of doors open. But if calculus and physics give you convulsions, save yourself a lot of pain and take the CS route.
I got to work in Carson City for three days once. I would have been bored out of my skull if not for the casinos (rinky dink in comparison to even Reno), and even though I came out about $200 ahead, I could see myself losing all my free money to gambling if forced to find ways to entertain myself in that pit of boredom for a long period of time.
I mean, what proof do we have that 6 million Jews were actually exterminated by the Nazis? My extensive revisionist research shows only three Jewish casulaties, and all of them were from a freak sauna accident at the Auschwitz Club Med.
(note to the clueless: that was sarcasm)
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Summary: This guy is a reporter for a newspaper that is about to be shut down after over 100 years of publishing, reporting from the inside on the mood of a paper that's about to go under. Suddenly, the community rises up and sues the paper to keep it publishing! They're forced to search for a buyer, and miraculously, even in this market a buyer is found! The paper is saved! And then the journalist finds out he's gonna be let go by the new buyers because of all the bad things he said about the paper in his journal...
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Windows 95 at home, Windows 2000 at work.
Read Debito's site to find out what happens to a westerner (even a naturalized Japanese citizen westerner) tries to visit a bath in Hokkaido...
Overall, since you only get to see her every other week, I think the best solution would be to plan more activities with her and keep her time alone in front of a computer down to a minimum.
No matter how hard I try, I just can't get used to using my Palm Pilot while sitting on the crapper.
They're already losing money from people who buy the PS2 to use mainly as a DVD player. Why would they encourage people to put a Free OS on it, then never buy anything else from Sony to accessorize it? To make this profitable, they'd have to double the price of the box. As the 3DO proved, even the coolest game consoles don't sell well at $700.
The only company making any profit with personal computers right now is Dell, and they are cutting themselves to the bone to do so. Don't expect Sony to do the same with the PS2.
Yes, but the Google cache doesn't show the pictures. I don't think this would be very interesting without being able to show the C64's browsing abilities (to the 99.99% of you who won't actually download the software to try browsing on their own C-64...)
Generally the US tax doesn't amount to much, it's just a pain in the ass having to file the tax returns every year (although overseas residents automatically get a guaranteed extension to June 15th to file)
The Honeymooners, a TV series from the 50's/60's. The character played by Jackie Gleason, when riled up by his character wife Alice, would threaten to beat his wife with a punch that sent her "to the moon". Of course, this being over 40 years ago, he never actually did it...
This flex time also made it very convenient for me to slip out of work early to interview for the job I would eventually move on to...
I think Hitchcock showed what this would be like...
"Yeah, Perl is pretty resourceful, but Beaver is really overlooked. You wouldn't believe the things I can do with Beaver."
Also, not everybody is "addicted" to porn. Some people can enjoy it without experiencing it's negative side affects, just like some people can enjoy the occasional alcohol without becoming an alcoholic. The problem lies with the sickness of the individual and his ability to deal with it, not the item they are abusing.
It brings a whole new meaning to the term "p2p".
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Laverne was mixing Milk and Pepsi on the Laverne and Shirley show over 20 years ago!
As for me, mother's breast milk stright from the source is the best way to go!
Granted, 2.9% isn't that bad. But if you're going to do this so often, why not set up a bank fund of about $5,000, use a debit card to buy things with it, and pay it back like a credit card? Not only do you pay 0.0% interest, you even get a little extra money paid to you from interest from the money sitting in the bank. Sure seems better than paying for the right to borrow money, eh?
Anybody above the proverty line should be able to do this. It involves simple concepts like "budgeting" and "living within your means" to accomplish a goal called "spending less money than your earn".
The best single piece of specific advice I can think of is never carry a balance on your credit cards. If you have one, allocate all of your investing budget to paying this off as soon as possible. Depending on the interest rate your credit card company is charging you, payment towards your balance is like getting a guaranteed tax free 10-20% return on investment, a deal you're not likely to find anywhere else.
We've got hundreds of computers circling the earth, and a few others even further than that. All we need is a Ham radio or something to call them and tell them to come back home, and we can rebuild our infrastructure around those.
CS emphasizes the theoretical side of computing (programming concepts, logic, etc.) CE emphasizes the technical side of computing (how to get all of those electrons to display a Doom game on your laptop without melting the case). CE majors can generally cross over to CS type work (as I did) without much difficulty, but the same can't be said for CS->CE.
Therefore, if you are still on the fence and aren't afraid of a lot of higher math and science classes, go for the CE major to keep the vast majority of doors open. But if calculus and physics give you convulsions, save yourself a lot of pain and take the CS route.
Dude, gimme a toke of whatever that machine is smokin'!
I got to work in Carson City for three days once. I would have been bored out of my skull if not for the casinos (rinky dink in comparison to even Reno), and even though I came out about $200 ahead, I could see myself losing all my free money to gambling if forced to find ways to entertain myself in that pit of boredom for a long period of time.
Not Tetris...PENGO BABY!!!
Do we really need to find out about the impending armageddon any sooner than necessary?
(note to the clueless: that was sarcasm)
Summary: This guy is a reporter for a newspaper that is about to be shut down after over 100 years of publishing, reporting from the inside on the mood of a paper that's about to go under. Suddenly, the community rises up and sues the paper to keep it publishing! They're forced to search for a buyer, and miraculously, even in this market a buyer is found! The paper is saved! And then the journalist finds out he's gonna be let go by the new buyers because of all the bad things he said about the paper in his journal...