-5USD will get you a lunch at MacDonalds, it takes 25RMB to get the same thing in Beijing -1USD will get you a can of Coke, 2RMB for the same thing -5USD at Starbucks, 25RMB for the same thing
Two boneless chicken breasts are ~15rmb Butter cookies (the xmas traditional kind) are 50rmb for a tin New modern paperback novel is 60rmb to 160rmb depending on author mp3 headphones are 20rmb to 160rmb depending on brand and what store The other night, dinner for 2, fish hot pot, with veggies and mushrooms was 300rmb
People carry 100rmb notes the way most Americans carry 20 dollar bills. 1000rmb is not that much.
(Of course, Im talking about a city like Beijing, middle class consumers. Not farmers out west.)
Same thing happened to me when I tried to bring a jar of sorghum molasses from AR to CA a couple months ago.
TSA asked me what I had a jar of. I told him only jar I could think of was the molasses, but I was pretty sure I had put that into my checked bags. I hadn't.
I ended up donating it to the TSA lunchroom supply of condiments. - Flying from SFO-DEN-ARK and back was more difficult than the major part of the trip which was flying from China to SF and back.
ASCII graphics. It's hard. No sound. But, it's fun.
I played EQ, DAoC, etc. And after awhile, they stopped being fun. ADOM hasn't stopped being fun. And, if anything, it's MORE addictive than EQ et al ever was.
"Just because you, I, or someone else does not enforce a particular clause at a given time, or if a particular clause is voided for whatever reason... The rest of the contract still applies."
Of course, contracts don't say it in these words, but the intent is the same.
/Used to do contracts for a computer oem (specializing in the US federal/state/muni gov), and a book publisher, and a book wholesaler //Never been sued ///Have successfully defended company against GSA auditors ////YMMV
Wanna buy a DVD cheaper and quicker than it takes to download? With bad subtitles and/or subtitles from a completely different movie? This is the place.
Like it or not, what parent is saying here, above, and below, is correct, to a point.
Court cases often come down to emotion, rather than strict interpretations of the law.
If the prosecutor can get you worried/scared/nervous, there's a good chance you'll cop a plea. If you don't cop a plea, the prosecutor will work on the emotions of the jury. Successful prosecutors can "work a room" just as good, if not better, than any con man.
Sure. The jury knows the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing. But, it's KIDDIE PORN! It's TERRORISM! (Insert your favorite boogeyman as needed.) Like it or not, people, and therefore people on juries, often go with their "feelings", rather than their "logic". It's human nature.
And, remember that any jury that is sitting in judgment of you, is probably not a group of fellow/.ers. They are retired folks and government employees. These are the people that can be away from their normal routine for a month or two or three in order to sit on a jury. It's possible that these people won't be as vehement about the Constitution as you and I.
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I think the parents mistake, and the reason he is being vilified, is because he talked about emotions, in what was an otherwise technical discussion, without clearly stating that this is what he meant to do.
Slashdot Mirror
fine in Beijing
In Beijing right now. No, it's not.
I dunno. In a way, "decent" works here too.
I'm in China.
I did a search for "tiananmen square 1989"
images were blocked, but the first 10 results all referred to the "massacre", "protests", or "incident"
no idea what the results would have been a week ago.
As someone that lives in Beijing.....
-5USD will get you a lunch at MacDonalds, it takes 25RMB to get the same thing in Beijing
-1USD will get you a can of Coke, 2RMB for the same thing
-5USD at Starbucks, 25RMB for the same thing
Two boneless chicken breasts are ~15rmb
Butter cookies (the xmas traditional kind) are 50rmb for a tin
New modern paperback novel is 60rmb to 160rmb depending on author
mp3 headphones are 20rmb to 160rmb depending on brand and what store
The other night, dinner for 2, fish hot pot, with veggies and mushrooms was 300rmb
People carry 100rmb notes the way most Americans carry 20 dollar bills. 1000rmb is not that much.
(Of course, Im talking about a city like Beijing, middle class consumers. Not farmers out west.)
agreed. Seems like it would be an obvious tactic to use against obvious targets
Also in Beijing right now.
I experience the same thing as parent.
+1 if I had it to give
Same thing happened to me when I tried to bring a jar of sorghum molasses from AR to CA a couple months ago.
TSA asked me what I had a jar of. I told him only jar I could think of was the molasses, but I was pretty sure I had put that into my checked bags. I hadn't.
I ended up donating it to the TSA lunchroom supply of condiments.
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Flying from SFO-DEN-ARK and back was more difficult than the major part of the trip which was flying from China to SF and back.
Parent is a damn dirty hippie.
At the abstract level, I happen to agree. But, I'm a damn dirty hippie, so what do I know?
ASCII graphics. It's hard. No sound. But, it's fun.
I played EQ, DAoC, etc. And after awhile, they stopped being fun. ADOM hasn't stopped being fun. And, if anything, it's MORE addictive than EQ et al ever was.
Isn't that what a game is supposed to be about?
I live in China. I can't see bbc, wikipedia, or blogspot without proxies.
/my reasons good enough for you?
Why anonymous? See the first sentence of my post.
gladder for firefox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/286 4
Faintly amusing comment considering you have the drudge report set as your homepage.
But, setting that aside... Don't like? Don't look.
Its not just Microsoft, other example include SCO, MPAA, RIAA, News Corp, ...
Search: Definition: "Low-hanging fruit"
Standard clause in contracts.
/Used to do contracts for a computer oem (specializing in the US federal/state/muni gov), and a book publisher, and a book wholesaler
//Never been sued
///Have successfully defended company against GSA auditors
////YMMV
"Just because you, I, or someone else does not enforce a particular clause at a given time, or if a particular clause is voided for whatever reason... The rest of the contract still applies."
Of course, contracts don't say it in these words, but the intent is the same.
You might be hearing about some people using bugmenot. But, you may not be hearing about the people that aren't.
/That's a subtle hint
I'm willing to be that the number of people just saying "Oh, screw it", is actually larger than the number of people that use bugmenot.
Of course, since I have no reliable way of testing this, I will not use all-encompensing statements.
Plausible theory, scarily enough.
...Totally off topic post here....
... Off topic post ends now...
Dwater
I'm also in Beijing. Let's grab a beer sometime.
We can discuss proxys, etc. Write it off as a business expense.
I don't even get the CSS error page. I just see this:
Search slashdot.
You'll find many people asking the same question. And, many people answering it.
Do we really need to go through this particular issue AGAIN?
Wanna buy a DVD cheaper and quicker than it takes to download? With bad subtitles and/or subtitles from a completely different movie? This is the place.
Some of us don't live in the US, so they could track us all they want. It wouldn't matter.
Microsoft English IME (keyboard layout) United States-International
é = apostrophe + e
'e = apostrophe + space + e
other examples:
è vs `e
ê vs ^e
Like it or not, what parent is saying here, above, and below, is correct, to a point.
/.ers. They are retired folks and government employees. These are the people that can be away from their normal routine for a month or two or three in order to sit on a jury. It's possible that these people won't be as vehement about the Constitution as you and I.
Court cases often come down to emotion, rather than strict interpretations of the law.
If the prosecutor can get you worried/scared/nervous, there's a good chance you'll cop a plea. If you don't cop a plea, the prosecutor will work on the emotions of the jury. Successful prosecutors can "work a room" just as good, if not better, than any con man.
Sure. The jury knows the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing. But, it's KIDDIE PORN! It's TERRORISM! (Insert your favorite boogeyman as needed.) Like it or not, people, and therefore people on juries, often go with their "feelings", rather than their "logic". It's human nature.
And, remember that any jury that is sitting in judgment of you, is probably not a group of fellow
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I think the parents mistake, and the reason he is being vilified, is because he talked about emotions, in what was an otherwise technical discussion, without clearly stating that this is what he meant to do.
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Just my thoughts.