According to this page, the WH visa is for "Citizens of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Korea, France, Germany and the United Kingdom". So it's not just the US that was not included in that program.
Also, if you're a U.S. citizen and you want to go to Japan for sightseeing, shopping, recreation, et cetera, you can just take your passport, get on a plane and go. You'll be given a 90 day temporary visa at customs in Japan. If you want to work in Japan though, you'll need to apply for a working visa.
This "working holiday" thing seems to allow young people with not much money, not enrolled in any school and not having secured a job to come to Japan for up to one year. My guess is that a lot of these people end up working in bars in Roppongi.
You probably have to use a kterm, set your LANG to "ja_JP.eucjp" and run kinput2 or some variant that works with FreeWnn or Canna. Actually, you might also have to ctrl-right-click on the kterm window and select the input method. To make the input method default for kterm's, you need to edit the/etc/X11/app-defaults/KTerm (or some similar file).
Why do they need to pay for textbooks at all? There are plenty of books that can be freely copied since they are over 75 years old (i.e., public domain). Why can't we let teachers actually teach stuff instead of just reading to the students out of a stupid textbook.
What about standardization of eductation, you say? Forget about it. Schools aren't equal. If they are, then they're equally crappy. You just need to give kids an opportunity to learn and a place and time to do it in. Give them a little push, a little help along the way when they get stuck, and just stay out of the way the rest of the time.
...the government does. Ideally, the government would be able to lower the taxes of law-abiding citizens by the amount collected from law-breakers, but that doesn't actually happen.
If someone costs you money unlawfully, you have the right to sue the person. You don't need a precedent to sue someone. A precedent is a guide for a judge to make his decision by, so he doesn't actually have to think too much about the case.
What part of the fabric of society has frayed to the point that abuse of a minority is fashionable...
Abuse of minorities has always been fashionable. Perhaps you are forgetting your conformity training (i.e., compulsory education)? Human beings need to be made into followers, listening to authority without question, even if it is only part of the time and only in certain segments of life. Predictability is a necessity for management of our global society of billions of worker/consumers.
He's not going to admit it was a scam. He was taking lots of money from private investors, telling them that he had this new magical source of energy. The amounts probably total in the millions of dollars. If he publicly admitted misleading investors, then he would be instantly convicted of fraud and go directly to jail (after a brief trial, of course). He is granted a right to not be forced to incriminate himself (the 5th amendment).
However, there was a great suspicion that he has been committing fraud (magic isn't real). Therefore, the government goes in to gather evidence against him. They'll come up with enough evidence, try the guy for fruad, and hopefully send him to jail. The people who gave the crackpot money will still be out of luck though.
It's the same thing car dealers do. They offer steep discounts on the old model right before the new models come in (or at least you can haggle with them). The discount can be huge if there is a radical design change.
So when Apple does a price drop, it means that the new models will be coming out soon and they need to dump old stock.
I didn't think that GW stood for "gateway". I guess it makes sense though. BASIC is like a gateway to harder programming languages. It must be true since almost every C++ programmer has probably at one point in time started with BASIC.:-)
Voltage equals current times resistance (V = IR). A human has a high electrical resistance (R). If the voltage(V) is low, you'll get a small current (I). For an average person, R is probably in the millions of ohms. To get a high current (enough to kill a person), you'll need thousands of volts.
Household electricity voltage is relatively low. In the U.S, it is about 120 Volts (rms). In Europe, it is more likely 220 Vrms. Household wires can carry tens of amperes of current, so power is not a problem. (aside: Power equals volts time current, P = VI).
Transferring energy efficiently accross long distances (e.g., cross-state power lines) requires using high voltages. Remember, Power = Volts * Amps. Making long distance high current wires is extremely expensive, so instead they use high voltages (thousands of volts). Of course, the wires are suspended hundreds of feet above the ground so that ordinary people won't touch them.
That's great, except for the fact that an internet vendor could relatively easily move to Nevada or Oregon and set up shop there. They would do it if it were to save them millions of dollars per year in taxes. Of course, they could still sell to Californians. They would probably sell MORE to Californians, since they could not be required to collect CA sales tax.
The state government of California is horribly mismanaged and inefficient. They take an extraordinary amount of money from their citizens. California has very high personal income taxes and sales taxes. People have tolerated the high taxes because they love California and enjoy living here. Unfortunately, Sacramento is about to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. It won't happen overnight, but if it is overwhelming financially, people will leave. CA may be great, but Oregon and Nevada are pretty nice too.
The file transfer protocol is proprietary and has only been partially reverse engineered. See libnjb.sourceforge.net for details. The Linux tools for getting songs onto the device currently suck goat nuts.
The iPod on the other hand, appears as a mass storage device (generic SCSI hard drive on top of Firewire). You can easily "mount" the iPod and use "cp" to copy files to it. This is very different from the Zen, which appears as a random USB device and requires special programs and scripts to put data onto it.
I bought a Nomad Zen 20GB USB 2.0 for $212 and I think it was a waste of money. I'll probably give it to someone who uses Windows and buy an iPod.
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I bought some generic 4X DVD-R's for $35 for 25. They work fine. That's $0.298 per gigabyte.
According to this page, the WH visa is for "Citizens of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Korea, France, Germany and the United Kingdom". So it's not just the US that was not included in that program.
Also, if you're a U.S. citizen and you want to go to Japan for sightseeing, shopping, recreation, et cetera, you can just take your passport, get on a plane and go. You'll be given a 90 day temporary visa at customs in Japan. If you want to work in Japan though, you'll need to apply for a working visa.
This "working holiday" thing seems to allow young people with not much money, not enrolled in any school and not having secured a job to come to Japan for up to one year. My guess is that a lot of these people end up working in bars in Roppongi.
You probably have to use a kterm, set your LANG to "ja_JP.eucjp" and run kinput2 or some variant that works with FreeWnn or Canna. Actually, you might also have to ctrl-right-click on the kterm window and select the input method. To make the input method default for kterm's, you need to edit the /etc/X11/app-defaults/KTerm (or some similar file).
Anyway, it's a pain in the ass.
And higher price per gigabyte.
Why do they need to pay for textbooks at all? There are plenty of books that can be freely copied since they are over 75 years old (i.e., public domain). Why can't we let teachers actually teach stuff instead of just reading to the students out of a stupid textbook.
What about standardization of eductation, you say? Forget about it. Schools aren't equal. If they are, then they're equally crappy. You just need to give kids an opportunity to learn and a place and time to do it in. Give them a little push, a little help along the way when they get stuck, and just stay out of the way the rest of the time.
...the government does. Ideally, the government would be able to lower the taxes of law-abiding citizens by the amount collected from law-breakers, but that doesn't actually happen.
If someone costs you money unlawfully, you have the right to sue the person. You don't need a precedent to sue someone. A precedent is a guide for a judge to make his decision by, so he doesn't actually have to think too much about the case.
What part of the fabric of society has frayed to the point that abuse of a minority is fashionable...
Abuse of minorities has always been fashionable. Perhaps you are forgetting your conformity training (i.e., compulsory education)? Human beings need to be made into followers, listening to authority without question, even if it is only part of the time and only in certain segments of life. Predictability is a necessity for management of our global society of billions of worker/consumers.
Just embrace the hypocrisy of it.
Unfortunately, no. A zeppelin is a rigid body aircraft. A blimp is like a closed baloon with a passenger compartment and control structures.
The macho bravado and sexual innuendoes are definately not as prevalent in American comedies.
See also: Coupling.
(adj) jealous; envious
He's not going to admit it was a scam. He was taking lots of money from private investors, telling them that he had this new magical source of energy. The amounts probably total in the millions of dollars. If he publicly admitted misleading investors, then he would be instantly convicted of fraud and go directly to jail (after a brief trial, of course). He is granted a right to not be forced to incriminate himself (the 5th amendment).
However, there was a great suspicion that he has been committing fraud (magic isn't real). Therefore, the government goes in to gather evidence against him. They'll come up with enough evidence, try the guy for fruad, and hopefully send him to jail. The people who gave the crackpot money will still be out of luck though.
That was subtle? You must think you're extraordinarily perceptive or something.
What if they ALL start labelling products like this? Are you going to buy Firewire (ieee1394) devices instead?
It's the same thing car dealers do. They offer steep discounts on the old model right before the new models come in (or at least you can haggle with them). The discount can be huge if there is a radical design change.
So when Apple does a price drop, it means that the new models will be coming out soon and they need to dump old stock.
This seems like it would be an almost perfect car mp3 PC controller.
I didn't think that GW stood for "gateway". I guess it makes sense though. BASIC is like a gateway to harder programming languages. It must be true since almost every C++ programmer has probably at one point in time started with BASIC. :-)
Voltage equals current times resistance (V = IR). A human has a high electrical resistance (R). If the voltage(V) is low, you'll get a small current (I). For an average person, R is probably in the millions of ohms. To get a high current (enough to kill a person), you'll need thousands of volts.
Household electricity voltage is relatively low. In the U.S, it is about 120 Volts (rms). In Europe, it is more likely 220 Vrms. Household wires can carry tens of amperes of current, so power is not a problem. (aside: Power equals volts time current, P = VI).
Transferring energy efficiently accross long distances (e.g., cross-state power lines) requires using high voltages. Remember, Power = Volts * Amps. Making long distance high current wires is extremely expensive, so instead they use high voltages (thousands of volts). Of course, the wires are suspended hundreds of feet above the ground so that ordinary people won't touch them.
How about multiple lasers, each reading/writing simultaneously?
A nuclear reactor releases no radioactive material, only steam, so this is true if coal burning releases any radioactive material whatsoever.
That's great, except for the fact that an internet vendor could relatively easily move to Nevada or Oregon and set up shop there. They would do it if it were to save them millions of dollars per year in taxes. Of course, they could still sell to Californians. They would probably sell MORE to Californians, since they could not be required to collect CA sales tax.
The state government of California is horribly mismanaged and inefficient. They take an extraordinary amount of money from their citizens. California has very high personal income taxes and sales taxes. People have tolerated the high taxes because they love California and enjoy living here. Unfortunately, Sacramento is about to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. It won't happen overnight, but if it is overwhelming financially, people will leave. CA may be great, but Oregon and Nevada are pretty nice too.
The file transfer protocol is proprietary and has only been partially reverse engineered. See libnjb.sourceforge.net for details. The Linux tools for getting songs onto the device currently suck goat nuts.
The iPod on the other hand, appears as a mass storage device (generic SCSI hard drive on top of Firewire). You can easily "mount" the iPod and use "cp" to copy files to it. This is very different from the Zen, which appears as a random USB device and requires special programs and scripts to put data onto it.
I bought a Nomad Zen 20GB USB 2.0 for $212 and I think it was a waste of money. I'll probably give it to someone who uses Windows and buy an iPod.
Use a tripod.
And now, Pan is better than Agent.
Or maybe they're just too smart to pay the $15.
Or maybe they're planning for when the graudate and have $150,000 in student loans to pay off.