Sometimes, it makes sense to price of product so high at the beginning of its PLC, so the consumer who willing to pay for it is highly likely to be able to provide free in detail crash feedback...
I guess so, but it's a nice feature that I would have paid for via skype or other voip services, too bad it does not support a broader language in the sms function.
I was once given a portable DVD player on a flight that feature a 6 hr playback battery pack since the entertainment system on my seat failed ! I was much appreciate it...
I agree with you , i think i may have miss the word, 'positive' in front of 'any', do excuse my english...
I firmly believe leading eu countries such as uk, france, germany etc have a better business practice and the gov is their to serve the people and governing a open, just and free market such as the telecommunication market in eu; they also have a way better social welfare system...this is a bit off-top but it's such an irony when you consider majority of the 20th technologies and business models, theories was invented in the US, but found a better practice elsewhere
I do get the part that US is a deeply capitalized country, just look at the news, politics still debating what sort of medical reform should take place where millions of people is suffering, the same as the education system. I am not suggesting capitalism nor socialism will totally solve every problem and work for the people, but time after time, we will be hit harder and harder each time capitalism system simply fails ! The US gov is just facilitating capitalism, and let it get it way through yet another financial crisis, but it just does not seem to have any effect what so ever to Corporation America.
How come this is a new idea, they have been doing this for years in Guang Dong Province,China, first dogs, rats, and now cats...
I think i am gonna be sick picturing it!
Totally agree !
Have being lived in 3 countries for some considerable time and as a mobile phone user in China (9 yrs), UK(5yrs), and the US(3yrs), I have to say: US has the worst cellphones selection, worst cellphone call quality + coverage, highest tariffs, lengthiest contract, and most unfair contract. I have to settle with AT&T when I arrived in the US since I have my own GSM phone which keeps out of Sprint/Verizon, and honestly speaking, I am glad I brought my own phone, because there really isn't anything that you can choose from until the iphone came out, I do not want to start on comparing different phone brands, but I do want to have a phone that run on its original OS from the phone company, and is unlocked or at least unlock it after the contract, which apparently is too much to ask for in the US. I will also not blame the poor network coverage since low population density etc, but I pay around twice as much for the same mins I pay in the UK and do not let me start comparing the cost per min in China, further, how on earth can you still charge people for receiving text msgs and answering phone calls? Even state owned duopoly or future tri-poly Chinese mobile provider dumped that policy, and it would be a total joke to UK and EU customers. 2 year contract is one of the worst, and I think they started on 18 month contract in the UK about 2 years ago, but they still give you the option to do a 12 month contract if you choose to pay a bit more for the handset, just imagine a situation that you might not even be in US long enough to finish the contract, what should you do then? The worst part is nothing seems to change or getting improved. Finally, the issues or rotted with US has the worst telecommunication business model, capitalism really suck shit and just does not work for the people!
Well, it really depend on the quality of the ad you push through to my face, I don't watch US TV simply because I want to escape from intellectually insulting ad bombardment. Something is deeply rotted with the US TV operation model ! I prefer to watch the BBC via its iPlayer. Further, I think they have been 'testing' the technique quite some time now on the display mac in Apple Stores, don't they?
Go and check out how much a so called 'windows home server' cost and is like on the market, what's the argument here? Mac mini server is a brilliant idea, and it is what a lot of mac mini users is doing with it.
Funny enough, I was reading an angry comment from a Python user from China this morning, who has no idea why python's offical website was black-listed by the GFW.
Well, unfortunately, I know how to avoid the GFW, it is just very frustrating to know almost all the services you regularly use was being blocked. Your comment suggests that you may not be a person who has tried to access media-rich content via Tor outside the US and decided to live on...
Well, it is clear that the CCP is implementing a more strict online blocking and censoring policy, OCT.1 is just one example of those that is exposed to the outside world. 2009 also marks the 20th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square 4JUN1989, CCP instructed all website in China, to disable comment functions through out the country, majority of the websites complied and rest of the simply shut down the their website claim as 'maintenance' as a protest, it was the official 'Chinese website maintenance day'. I would expect such policy to carried out repeatedly in the future.
I am lucky enough to personally experience the internet, CCP style from Jun to Sep this year! Let me give you an example what it is like:
1st thing I get online I openned www.google.com and dare you search for anything, I really mean it, anything, you will be reset to death after click into page 2, 3 of the results if you are lucky not to be blocked immdieatly after click 'Google search' or 'I'm feeling not so lucky in China' button.
Google image search is worse, you are assured by the CCP to not see anything that is in anyway related to harm a harmonious society.
Youtube is certainly not working for like a year now, as long with victims such as blogger, worldpress,livejournal, facebook,twitter, basically anything that can help people find useful, uncensored information, or anything that can help 'words' getting around.
Picasa was among the laest victim of the GFW, I have about 7G of photo stored on it, which I cannot show or share with 1/4 of the world population. I rarely use flickr, but words are it was ultra-unusually unblocked by the GFW afetr I fled China before OTC.1, my assumption is the journalist all over the world flocked the OCT.1 ceremony may get very very angry when they find they cannot upload to flickr.
And when you just about to think can media freedom in China to be any worse? The answer is YES. Media censorship extents to movies, tvs, newspapers, almost anything you can think of!
The Summer Olympic Games was as much as freedom the CCP can give to foreigners, which CCP immediately took back after the event, followed by the unrest in Tibet and Urumqi, and Taiwan. It is very likely the conflict between those parts I mentioned to get worse in the near future, and the GFW will further enforced by the CCP as a way to maintain their one-party-ruling.
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Sometimes, it makes sense to price of product so high at the beginning of its PLC, so the consumer who willing to pay for it is highly likely to be able to provide free in detail crash feedback...
I guess so, but it's a nice feature that I would have paid for via skype or other voip services, too bad it does not support a broader language in the sms function.
has to be win 7 on vm 3 on a macbook!
dont tell them i told you , but you can send int'l sms for free already, at least from my account...
I was once given a portable DVD player on a flight that feature a 6 hr playback battery pack since the entertainment system on my seat failed ! I was much appreciate it...
I agree with you , i think i may have miss the word, 'positive' in front of 'any', do excuse my english... I firmly believe leading eu countries such as uk, france, germany etc have a better business practice and the gov is their to serve the people and governing a open, just and free market such as the telecommunication market in eu; they also have a way better social welfare system...this is a bit off-top but it's such an irony when you consider majority of the 20th technologies and business models, theories was invented in the US, but found a better practice elsewhere
I do get the part that US is a deeply capitalized country, just look at the news, politics still debating what sort of medical reform should take place where millions of people is suffering, the same as the education system. I am not suggesting capitalism nor socialism will totally solve every problem and work for the people, but time after time, we will be hit harder and harder each time capitalism system simply fails ! The US gov is just facilitating capitalism, and let it get it way through yet another financial crisis, but it just does not seem to have any effect what so ever to Corporation America.
How come this is a new idea, they have been doing this for years in Guang Dong Province,China, first dogs, rats, and now cats... I think i am gonna be sick picturing it!
May we have an iphone version of it plz...
Totally agree ! Have being lived in 3 countries for some considerable time and as a mobile phone user in China (9 yrs), UK(5yrs), and the US(3yrs), I have to say: US has the worst cellphones selection, worst cellphone call quality + coverage, highest tariffs, lengthiest contract, and most unfair contract. I have to settle with AT&T when I arrived in the US since I have my own GSM phone which keeps out of Sprint/Verizon, and honestly speaking, I am glad I brought my own phone, because there really isn't anything that you can choose from until the iphone came out, I do not want to start on comparing different phone brands, but I do want to have a phone that run on its original OS from the phone company, and is unlocked or at least unlock it after the contract, which apparently is too much to ask for in the US. I will also not blame the poor network coverage since low population density etc, but I pay around twice as much for the same mins I pay in the UK and do not let me start comparing the cost per min in China, further, how on earth can you still charge people for receiving text msgs and answering phone calls? Even state owned duopoly or future tri-poly Chinese mobile provider dumped that policy, and it would be a total joke to UK and EU customers. 2 year contract is one of the worst, and I think they started on 18 month contract in the UK about 2 years ago, but they still give you the option to do a 12 month contract if you choose to pay a bit more for the handset, just imagine a situation that you might not even be in US long enough to finish the contract, what should you do then? The worst part is nothing seems to change or getting improved. Finally, the issues or rotted with US has the worst telecommunication business model, capitalism really suck shit and just does not work for the people!
Well, it really depend on the quality of the ad you push through to my face, I don't watch US TV simply because I want to escape from intellectually insulting ad bombardment. Something is deeply rotted with the US TV operation model ! I prefer to watch the BBC via its iPlayer. Further, I think they have been 'testing' the technique quite some time now on the display mac in Apple Stores, don't they?
Yep, text book case how to run a successful business if you cannot beat them in business...
I sincerely want to know where my airbag will be...forget the legroom and give me a head-up display helmet,I can fly this...
Memo: Add memo from Jim to existing and new employment contract.
Pretty soon, China will be a Intranet.
Only 10m, is that enough for the whole world, yet?
Go and check out how much a so called 'windows home server' cost and is like on the market, what's the argument here? Mac mini server is a brilliant idea, and it is what a lot of mac mini users is doing with it.
So you would let me borrow your offshore VPN account next time I go back there, right...
They really don't give God a chance to prove its existence, do they?
Unbelievable, you are totally right ! Are you the one flicked on the evil GFW switch?
Funny enough, I was reading an angry comment from a Python user from China this morning, who has no idea why python's offical website was black-listed by the GFW.
Well, unfortunately, I know how to avoid the GFW, it is just very frustrating to know almost all the services you regularly use was being blocked. Your comment suggests that you may not be a person who has tried to access media-rich content via Tor outside the US and decided to live on...
Well, it is clear that the CCP is implementing a more strict online blocking and censoring policy, OCT.1 is just one example of those that is exposed to the outside world. 2009 also marks the 20th anniversary of the Tienanmen Square 4JUN1989, CCP instructed all website in China, to disable comment functions through out the country, majority of the websites complied and rest of the simply shut down the their website claim as 'maintenance' as a protest, it was the official 'Chinese website maintenance day'. I would expect such policy to carried out repeatedly in the future. I am lucky enough to personally experience the internet, CCP style from Jun to Sep this year! Let me give you an example what it is like: 1st thing I get online I openned www.google.com and dare you search for anything, I really mean it, anything, you will be reset to death after click into page 2, 3 of the results if you are lucky not to be blocked immdieatly after click 'Google search' or 'I'm feeling not so lucky in China' button. Google image search is worse, you are assured by the CCP to not see anything that is in anyway related to harm a harmonious society. Youtube is certainly not working for like a year now, as long with victims such as blogger, worldpress,livejournal, facebook,twitter, basically anything that can help people find useful, uncensored information, or anything that can help 'words' getting around. Picasa was among the laest victim of the GFW, I have about 7G of photo stored on it, which I cannot show or share with 1/4 of the world population. I rarely use flickr, but words are it was ultra-unusually unblocked by the GFW afetr I fled China before OTC.1, my assumption is the journalist all over the world flocked the OCT.1 ceremony may get very very angry when they find they cannot upload to flickr. And when you just about to think can media freedom in China to be any worse? The answer is YES. Media censorship extents to movies, tvs, newspapers, almost anything you can think of! The Summer Olympic Games was as much as freedom the CCP can give to foreigners, which CCP immediately took back after the event, followed by the unrest in Tibet and Urumqi, and Taiwan. It is very likely the conflict between those parts I mentioned to get worse in the near future, and the GFW will further enforced by the CCP as a way to maintain their one-party-ruling.