Why not forgo the whole cabling experience and go wireless instead? You can connect every room in the house with a single hub. It's cheaper than buying the cable and hub/switch, and a whole lot more convenient.
The black hole is 14 times the mass of the Sun, or roughly 3e+31 kg. The distance is 40,000 light year, or roughly 4e+20 m. Gravitational energy goes as m/r^2... (3e+31)/(4e+20)^2 ~ 2e-10 kg/m^2. Compared with the gravitational impact of the Earth or Sun, the black hole has essentially no influence at this distance, which makes it impractical to use as an energy source.
What is Sid Meier's role in the making of Civilization III? Sid is the Director of Creative Development at Firaxis Games. He is overseeing the project, making game play and design decisions.
While I admire the idea of this monument, in today's litigious society, it's a lawsuit waiting to happen. What happens when someone writes something that is not protected speech? Who would be responsible for a libelous comment, or say, the posting of the source code for DeCSS?
So? It doesn't matter whether the law applies to the public or private sector. If Free Software is better than the alternatives, then the government of Argentina should acquire it whether or not a law exists telling it to do so.
Laws that require the use of Free Software are about as inspiring as laws that require the use of Windows 2000. IMHO, this doesn't seem to be an appropriate use of government.
Choose the best software for the task, and may the best software win in the marketplace.
Yeah, one wonders how productive the company actually is. If forcing everyone not to work for one week makes the company healthier, how healthy would it be if they forced people not to work for 52 weeks? If it's cheaper to shut down than operate, why stay in business at all?
If the slashdot admins have any integrity whatsoever, they should pull this story now. Somebody wants publicity so they Ask Slashdot for it? And their request gets posted? Good grief.
Won't natural selection take care of this moth quickly? Its ecological competitors have a rather significant reproductive advantage. These genetically engineered moths will die out and be replaced by the non-engineered moths, no?
Yes, because you have modified the agreement the vendor showed to you.
True, but you handed the modified agreemnent back to them, and they still honored it. Doesn't that show their agreement?
In a similar vein, I've sometimes wondered about all those sites that use <textbox> tags to frame their user agreements. The data in the text box is usually modifiable by the client, so if I go into the box and alter the agreement before I hit the submit button, why shouldn't my modification be enforceable? If they don't like it, they should reject my change, no?
Are you serious? There was a uniformed cop checking movie tickets? The MPAA ratings are guidelines enforced by the theaters, not the government. The cop had no business checking tickets.
If these robots work like the author says, hopefully we will be able to start putting these things onto Asteroids and begin mining the materials from there. Basically, unlimited access to minerals!
Uh, I suspect the hard part about mining asteroids is not so much the task of digging. It's not exactly trivial or cheap to get the mined resources from the asteroid to someplace useful, for example Earth.
Taxes get complicated, but they are an important issue that can have a huge effect on what you bring home.
Depending on the country, your visa status, the length of the engagement, and the amount of money you make, you may be required to pay taxes in both the local country and the US (assuming you are a US citizen).
Being paid through a "US job shop" tax-free only works if the local laws allow it. In many places, once you've been resident N days or made M dollars/units you will be taxed in that country, no matter where the pay checks come from or are deposited to.
The good news is that (usually) income you pay tax on in another country can be deducted from your US taxes. (And yes, the US govt taxes all US citizens, even if they don't make a dime anywhere in the 50 states.) The bad news is there's a limit to the amount you can deduct.
If you don't want to pay taxes in either the US or local country, you may be able to get away with breaking the law, by ensuring that neither the US and/or the local country never finds out about your income. This is not a recommended option, but you wouldn't be the first....:-)
The moral of the story: talk to an accountant before you go.
Although it really depends on what kind of work this guy is doing, I'd guess that $150/hr is high for most of Asia, assuming $100/hr is standard for the same job in the US. In my experience, hourly rates are lower across the board in just about all of Asia. (OTOH, "ex-pat" packages provided by multinationals can be remarkably generous when compared with US compensation more so when compared with local compensation.)
Where did you live in Asia...? Most countries I'm familiar with are cheaper to live in than the US, although Japan may be a significant exception.
As you mention, it's always a good idea to get paid in greenbacks, if possible, although if it's a local company doing the hiring, they probably won't agree to do it.
I guess I can understand the speculative plays. Noting ventured, nothing gained, eh? Personally, after one or two I'd be looking for something nice and stable. But then, I'm no Mac programmer....
I've been in this situation four times in the last six years.
Four times in six years? Wow. Choose one:
(a) That's some coincidence!
(b) Boy, you sure can pick the losers.
(c) You're not doing anyting to, uh, contribute to the demise of these companies, are you?
just imagine what kind of resolution they have for themselves
"They" have a resolution of about 10cm, according to the article. Not so shabby. Let's see... image quality goes as the square of the resolution, so quality would be about 25 [(0.5m/0.1m)^2] times better than half meter resolution.
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Why not forgo the whole cabling experience and go wireless instead? You can connect every room in the house with a single hub. It's cheaper than buying the cable and hub/switch, and a whole lot more convenient.
The black hole is 14 times the mass of the Sun, or roughly 3e+31 kg. The distance is 40,000 light year, or roughly 4e+20 m. Gravitational energy goes as m/r^2 ... (3e+31)/(4e+20)^2 ~ 2e-10 kg/m^2. Compared with the gravitational impact of the Earth or Sun, the black hole has essentially no influence at this distance, which makes it impractical to use as an energy source.
What is Sid Meier's role in the making of Civilization III?
Sid is the Director of Creative Development at Firaxis Games. He is overseeing the project, making game play and design decisions.
Don't know about ZoneAlarm, but BlackIce isn't free. It costs $40.
Check out this analysis from TIGHAR. The second page has a magnification of the photo where they think the plane is.
While I admire the idea of this monument, in today's litigious society, it's a lawsuit waiting to happen. What happens when someone writes something that is not protected speech? Who would be responsible for a libelous comment, or say, the posting of the source code for DeCSS?
So? It doesn't matter whether the law applies to the public or private sector. If Free Software is better than the alternatives, then the government of Argentina should acquire it whether or not a law exists telling it to do so.
Choose the best software for the task, and may the best software win in the marketplace.
Yeah, one wonders how productive the company actually is. If forcing everyone not to work for one week makes the company healthier, how healthy would it be if they forced people not to work for 52 weeks? If it's cheaper to shut down than operate, why stay in business at all?
If the slashdot admins have any integrity whatsoever, they should pull this story now. Somebody wants publicity so they Ask Slashdot for it? And their request gets posted? Good grief.
Here's another one.
You know, the really sad thing is, tomorrow's stories won't be much different.
This is an interesting claim that I've never heard before. Can you provide a source please?
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True, but you handed the modified agreemnent back to them, and they still honored it. Doesn't that show their agreement?
In a similar vein, I've sometimes wondered about all those sites that use <textbox> tags to frame their user agreements. The data in the text box is usually modifiable by the client, so if I go into the box and alter the agreement before I hit the submit button, why shouldn't my modification be enforceable? If they don't like it, they should reject my change, no?
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Locking issues shouldn't be an issue with either.
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Uh, I suspect the hard part about mining asteroids is not so much the task of digging. It's not exactly trivial or cheap to get the mined resources from the asteroid to someplace useful, for example Earth.
tetrad
Depending on the country, your visa status, the length of the engagement, and the amount of money you make, you may be required to pay taxes in both the local country and the US (assuming you are a US citizen).
Being paid through a "US job shop" tax-free only works if the local laws allow it. In many places, once you've been resident N days or made M dollars/units you will be taxed in that country, no matter where the pay checks come from or are deposited to.
The good news is that (usually) income you pay tax on in another country can be deducted from your US taxes. (And yes, the US govt taxes all US citizens, even if they don't make a dime anywhere in the 50 states.) The bad news is there's a limit to the amount you can deduct.
If you don't want to pay taxes in either the US or local country, you may be able to get away with breaking the law, by ensuring that neither the US and/or the local country never finds out about your income. This is not a recommended option, but you wouldn't be the first.... :-)
The moral of the story: talk to an accountant before you go.
Where did you live in Asia...? Most countries I'm familiar with are cheaper to live in than the US, although Japan may be a significant exception.
As you mention, it's always a good idea to get paid in greenbacks, if possible, although if it's a local company doing the hiring, they probably won't agree to do it.
I guess I can understand the speculative plays. Noting ventured, nothing gained, eh? Personally, after one or two I'd be looking for something nice and stable. But then, I'm no Mac programmer....
Four times in six years? Wow. Choose one:
(a) That's some coincidence!
(b) Boy, you sure can pick the losers.
(c) You're not doing anyting to, uh, contribute to the demise of these companies, are you?
"They" have a resolution of about 10cm, according to the article. Not so shabby. Let's see... image quality goes as the square of the resolution, so quality would be about 25 [(0.5m/0.1m)^2] times better than half meter resolution.