Unfortunately most of these appliances are being made in China. I was able to talk with several people who came over to Shenzhen to oversee quality from their suppliers. I was there on a software project, but stayed at the Crowne Plaza where it seems like most of them stay. The stories they told me does not inspire comfort with appliances from China. The vendors would not even have a decent bill-of-materials as the template. When one of these QA people was there before, he instructed the vendor on a proper quality build. They did that for the time that he was there. When he came back, they were back to the old build process.
I enjoyed my stay in China, but will regard appliances made there as suspect. If I buy one, then I will inspect it thoroughly before accepting it.
If you do go to Shenzhen, the I would recommend the Crowne Plaza. A very nice hotel that is less expensive, but is still very nice is the 999 Royal Suites and Towers.
IANAL: Possession does not play into this. The copyright most likely belongs to the radio station in New York. If not them, then the artist(s) that recorded the discs. Unless you have a document showing the transfer of the copyright to you, then you do not own the material. If the copyright owner decides that they want the recordings back, then you will probably have to turn it over to them.
I would suggest that you ask the Smithsonian. If you would like the recordings to go into the public domain, then I suggest that they might be the proper avenue.
The way that your data is modeled will have a great influence on systems performance, maintainability, growth potential, etc. Find someone who is versed in several database technologies and not just one database system. When your only tool is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail.
Find someone who is versed in at least two RDBMSs, at least one XML database (I prefer eXist-db and Marklogic), LDAP, etc. That person has the experience to help you avoid problems and to develop a better solution.
In the long run, a good Data Architect will save you money!
An event like this involves more than three days in execution. There are months of planning involved. That costs money. Resources are tied up in advance of the event. That costs money. I would like to see an itemized accounting for this event.
I worked on the PLATO system at Control Data Corporation while interning in college. It was a pleasure working on it, but it was a system before its time. When the PC came out, the PLATO system could not adapt. Its screen resolution was 512x512 and the displays of the existing code could not adapt very well. They tried another approach using the CPM operating system as its base for a microcomputer based solution.
If you bothered to RTFA, then you would see that this was a posting about a blog entry that is only two days old. It is a discussion about a current rewrite project and their comparison to the blog posting of ten years ago.
Since these companies consider open source as the equivalent to piracy, then we should not find a single bit of open source on any of their systems.
If there is open source software on their systems, then the offending companies should either:
1) remove all vestiges of open source on their systems within 3 to 6 months. 2) force the IIPA to recant their lobbying efforts. 3) remove themselves from the IIPA
That is what membership dues are for. Ages ago, I was the president of a UNIX users group and when we had booths at shows. We would either pay for it out of membership dues or get the show to donate the booth.
When I was working in Asia, I had to make sure that I spent less that 6 months in China. If I spent more than 6 months in China in a calendar year, then I would be assessed 40% income tax.
I was lucky enough to get my one year multiple business visa to China in January 2008. I had friends in Hong Kong who never had any difficulties getting a visa to China for years. They ended up running into road blocks from March 2008 until after the Olympics.
That problem aside. I never had a problem with Immigration and Customs in China.
An incubator company is setup to deal with your situation. I am currently working at one. Please contact me and I will put you in contact with the president of our company.
I am a US citizen. I have worked in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China for a few years. While there, I have worked with excellent local developers as well as developers from India who were working in those countries. I have also worked with coders who should not be let anywhere near a computer.
It all depends on the individual's drive for excellence and the management structure that the person is bound under.
I dislike these gross generalizations on either side.
So you are saying that that Macs today contain an 8086 cpu since you used a ridiculous analogy. Like I said before, if you don't like the Mac then don't buy one.
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Unfortunately most of these appliances are being made in China. I was able to talk with several people who came over to Shenzhen to oversee quality from their suppliers. I was there on a software project, but stayed at the Crowne Plaza where it seems like most of them stay. The stories they told me does not inspire comfort with appliances from China. The vendors would not even have a decent bill-of-materials as the template. When one of these QA people was there before, he instructed the vendor on a proper quality build. They did that for the time that he was there. When he came back, they were back to the old build process.
I enjoyed my stay in China, but will regard appliances made there as suspect. If I buy one, then I will inspect it thoroughly before accepting it.
If you do go to Shenzhen, the I would recommend the Crowne Plaza. A very nice hotel that is less expensive, but is still very nice is the 999 Royal Suites and Towers.
They probably have more money that him and can make life difficult. That is what I was alluding to.
IANAL: Possession does not play into this. The copyright most likely belongs to the radio station in New York. If not them, then the artist(s) that recorded the discs. Unless you have a document showing the transfer of the copyright to you, then you do not own the material. If the copyright owner decides that they want the recordings back, then you will probably have to turn it over to them.
I would suggest that you ask the Smithsonian. If you would like the recordings to go into the public domain, then I suggest that they might be the proper avenue.
The way that your data is modeled will have a great influence on systems performance, maintainability, growth potential, etc. Find someone who is versed in several database technologies and not just one database system. When your only tool is a hammer, everything begins to look like a nail.
Find someone who is versed in at least two RDBMSs, at least one XML database (I prefer eXist-db and Marklogic), LDAP, etc. That person has the experience to help you avoid problems and to develop a better solution.
In the long run, a good Data Architect will save you money!
Which do you mean by Americans? North, Central or South?
I am a United States citizen and have lived on the other side of the world (Hong Kong specifically). I hope to be back there some day.
An event like this involves more than three days in execution. There are months of planning involved. That costs money. Resources are tied up in advance of the event. That costs money. I would like to see an itemized accounting for this event.
Don't forget to add Nagios as well for tracking the status of the server(s).
I worked on the PLATO system at Control Data Corporation while interning in college. It was a pleasure working on it, but it was a system before its time. When the PC came out, the PLATO system could not adapt. Its screen resolution was 512x512 and the displays of the existing code could not adapt very well. They tried another approach using the CPM operating system as its base for a microcomputer based solution.
If you bothered to RTFA, then you would see that this was a posting about a blog entry that is only two days old. It is a discussion about a current rewrite project and their comparison to the blog posting of ten years ago.
House, car and office. They fit easily in my pocket.
Since these companies consider open source as the equivalent to piracy, then we should not find a single bit of open source on any of their systems.
If there is open source software on their systems, then the offending companies should either:
1) remove all vestiges of open source on their systems within 3 to 6 months.
2) force the IIPA to recant their lobbying efforts.
3) remove themselves from the IIPA
I inherited some code where the developer used names of girlfriends in variable names, it was just dumb and completely unprofessional.
That idiot is still around? I had a brief dealing with him in the late 80's.
That is what membership dues are for. Ages ago, I was the president of a UNIX users group and when we had booths at shows. We would either pay for it out of membership dues or get the show to donate the booth.
Samsung 2343BWX for $199.99 at MicroCenter. It is an excellent display.
And then they had Windows 286 and Windows 386. Two different versions based on what processor you were running.
When I was working in Asia, I had to make sure that I spent less that 6 months in China. If I spent more than 6 months in China in a calendar year, then I would be assessed 40% income tax.
Oh, I spent many hours in meetings (I even "led" some). But that was long ago and far away, and definitely had nothing to do with Free Software.
I am currently working on a open source project and do have conference calls from time to time. Please try to not make such overreaching statements.
I was lucky enough to get my one year multiple business visa to China in January 2008. I had friends in Hong Kong who never had any difficulties getting a visa to China for years. They ended up running into road blocks from March 2008 until after the Olympics.
That problem aside. I never had a problem with Immigration and Customs in China.
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An incubator company is setup to deal with your situation. I am currently working at one. Please contact me and I will put you in contact with the president of our company.
I'm just screwed because I have to pick between the garbage the Dems and Republicans put on the ballot.
You could run. If you don't like the choices, then give the people a better choice.
'Evil flourishes when good men do nothing.'
~British statesman Edmund Burke
I have this monitor at work and at home. It has excellent color and is comfortable on the eyes.
Samsung 2342BWX: 23" LCD Monitor with 2048 x 1152
I am a US citizen. I have worked in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China for a few years. While there, I have worked with excellent local developers as well as developers from India who were working in those countries. I have also worked with coders who should not be let anywhere near a computer.
It all depends on the individual's drive for excellence and the management structure that the person is bound under.
I dislike these gross generalizations on either side.
So you are saying that that Macs today contain an 8086 cpu since you used a ridiculous analogy. Like I said before, if you don't like the Mac then don't buy one.
Thank you for completing my argument.