Apart from their shipping from tax havens, there's a subtle detail I learned seven years ago from a Cisco Rep:
Software isn't subject to taxes on customs. So, what did cisco do?
a) They declared their hardware far low than the retail cost (say, USD 10 out of a 200 retail value) b) the remaining USD 190 would be listed as IOS. c) ??? d) Profit!
Rename the theme! Make it look themed from a slot machine instead (which Apple kindly makes us forget to remind it looks like when the iPhone launched)
Something with that "Reality Distortion Field", methinks.
Look into the GS-1600 tech specs. You'll find it's a reasonable option, since it contains passive (ie., receive only) text paging features. Also, it contains data calling, including IP support via a special number.
There also another bunch of tech docs. I've been using it for 6 months (for deploying mobile patrol units in the Amazon, using a modified board to run on a embedded PC on a Boat), and they're quite affordable, considering the problem as is.
I bought one (and yes, i paid it fully. My old TDMA phone has just died, so i've thought i'd need a brand new phone. And i never lost a phone, except for the humidity in Amazon - who oxidates everything. Interesting, since Nokia's Brazilian Factory is in the Manaus Free Trade Zone - In Amazon too. They build in Amazon, but they're not meant for it. Figure it).
At first, it looks like a pricey, geek-minded phone for a few people who'd like to show financial power. So do i.
I bought the phone and then i spent more time than usual away from home, in other cities. Then, the beauty of 7650 started to show. Since it takes photos, you'd take it more personal. Reads my e-mail.
My coworkers have T68i. My 7650 can take photos and upload to them. You can e-mails photos, and there's now an open protocol for photo publishing from nokia (the german guys @ http://www.fotodock.com built an astounding service there).
Then i realized: Since from the very beginning, 7650 is aimed at persons who are individualists. People who spent many time roaming around, far from home, and who'd like to have a companion for their lifestyles.
Oh, it comes with C++ tools for Symbian OS. Borland has just starting to support it with C++ Builder. MobileSet for JBuilder already does that, by J2ME.
The nokia approach is to make a phone become a part of a person. They started that by building stylish phones not meant for all, but for a small segment. They have phones for kids, phones for workers, executives, and so forth. That's what made nokia become a superpower: By attaching cellphones to lifestyles. People no longer buy phones based on their tech specs, but in their looks and the impression it projects, mostly from marketing.
BTW: Yes, once i opened the camera in a whorehouse. I was invited to go home. That's a price you pay for being able to see - and record - too much for a moment.
I live in Belem, the largest city within the Amazon Rainforest, with two million inhabitants. For about nine years, i also played piano and almost became a classical pianist. But then i left in order to have more time to spend at the computer.
There are two piano tuners in my city. One has serious hearing problems, which is weird. The other one looks weird, because hes not brazilian, but russian. But i heard hes a good tuner.
Keeping a piano is a challenging task. The climate has much air humidity, the wood helps changing its sounds. Also, we have problems with the extreme heat... But anyway, thats not impossible.
There were two piano factories in brazil, and the most popular, Essenfelder, got bankrupt. The remaing, Fritz Dobbert, still exists. There are in my city two music schools, Carlos Gomes and the Federal University of Para Music School (EMUFPA). I used to study at the later one. They still have a really beautiful Yamaha piano there. When they were about to buy, i've heart they had to make a poll to choose whether to buy a white or a wooden one. Thank god, the wooden is there.
Disclaimer: I have nothing against people who think theyre trendy about white pianos, but sure Def Leppard making a Video with a white piano is a shame
If it came from O'Really... oh, they made it. Its called Java in a Nutshell: The Almanac, or something like that.
I think Wrox made the same book too, with a twist. Its called: Professional Java Programming: The Almanac. And for each Java Package, theres a chapter about it. Written by a different author. Different authors arent that bad, since all of them come from India. Now this is bad.
Every latest wrox book is a common recipe:
- Take a red cover;
- Fast time-to-market, by any means;
- By any means, i mean: "-Oh, we need a book about Tomcat, sure... Hey, call India. How much chapters we need? Fifteen? Yeah right, ill pay each Indian R$ 10 per chapter... But i want fifteen authors involved".
- Takes either the most handsome or the most weird, depending on their looks. Makes a professional quality-looking photo. Merge with the cover.
There's also a need to have supervisors for each party in the voting section. It's not a rule, but a wise move, made for each party interested.
Theres the small risk of, nearing the closing of the election, officers start typing the missing voters' Voting ID numbers into the terminal, in order to vote for them.
btw: Both Eneas and Havanir were the most voted in Sao Paulo/SP. Kinky, given their party and specially Eneas are portraied as really weird, crazy persons.
On each voting section, Parties' Supervisors carry floppies with them. Upon closing, they ask the voting Manager (who audits as a whole) to make a copy of the results into the floppy.
Then... they carry on, and promote parallel counting. Thats really interesting. Some parties know the results way ahead the official results.
I think it's worthwhile to mention that "The Washington Times" is owned my Reverend Moon. Yes, he's starting some business in Brazil. Sigh...
Also, remember the author is a intelligence officer for CIA. Given recents acts, sure it count as a degree of stupidity, doesn't it?
My favourite stories from this world cup
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Here are my favourite stories from this world CUP:
1) While broadcasting Saudi Arabia vs. Germany, the reporter goes to someone and asks: "Are you on which side: Arabia or Germany?"... then he replies back: "Neither. I'm jew"
2) The first Turkey vs. Brazil referee was the best player on this game, and is responsible for the victory. So, when the Brazilian Team starts to tour brazil with the trophy, they must bring him on the party, too.
3) A Brazilian Radio, Joven Pan 2, called people on Argentina following it's elimination from the cup doing pranks. BTW, they recorded on wma. It follows this line: (caller): "-Are you sad about Argentina's soccer team elimination?" (argentino): "-Sure i am!" (caller): "-But here, in brazil, we're so happy!" (you hear a real party, with people shouting: "Brazil! Brazil! Argentina's on shit!")
Ortek's MCK-91 (also called MCK-800) line is fairly good. I've been using one for about three weeks: Its a laptop-layout keyboard, featuring Fn and friends. Comes on USB and PS/2 versions, USB featuring two extra ports. Except for the Windows keys, it seems it meets most of your requirements. I like the extra space i've got on my keyboard.
It comes with extra keys, but i didn't mind running yet (know when you look to a driver cdrom and you feel it's really crappy? yes, i got that feeling).
Slashdot Mirror
This gives a more intense meaning to the 'Edit Wars'
Apart from their shipping from tax havens, there's a subtle detail I learned seven years ago from a Cisco Rep:
Software isn't subject to taxes on customs. So, what did cisco do?
a) They declared their hardware far low than the retail cost (say, USD 10 out of a 200 retail value)
b) the remaining USD 190 would be listed as IOS.
c) ???
d) Profit!
Really smart, huh?
Rename the theme! Make it look themed from a slot machine instead (which Apple kindly makes us forget to remind it looks like when the iPhone launched)
Something with that "Reality Distortion Field", methinks.
'Cause now, Cerberus can play FPS. (I really tried to be funny)
http://www.globalstar.com/
Look into the GS-1600 tech specs. You'll find it's a reasonable option, since it contains passive (ie., receive only) text paging features. Also, it contains data calling, including IP support via a special number.
There also another bunch of tech docs. I've been using it for 6 months (for deploying mobile patrol units in the Amazon, using a modified board to run on a embedded PC on a Boat), and they're quite affordable, considering the problem as is.
(and just in case, copies of the article are also available here and here).
Now i'm wondering whether or not they're handling the load of a slashdot effect...
Anything related, maybe, to the fact XFree86 does XWindows, thus "Windows"?
btw, xwindows is a buzzword nobody remembers today.
what about lindows, then?
Or waiting to get paid back, like an Infinium Labs VC...
"What's the most expensive encyclopedia you've ever seen?"
NetBeans is not going to be "The One".
It is. Of course, the foundation of the Sun ONE. Doh.
The US Army outsources all the software maintenance IT Staff and the "cybersoldiers" to India.
(Couldn't help. Just read the Business 2.0 article...)
Torrents anyone?
So, thanks for mentioning it.
I bought one (and yes, i paid it fully. My old TDMA phone has just died, so i've thought i'd need a brand new phone. And i never lost a phone, except for the humidity in Amazon - who oxidates everything. Interesting, since Nokia's Brazilian Factory is in the Manaus Free Trade Zone - In Amazon too. They build in Amazon, but they're not meant for it. Figure it).
At first, it looks like a pricey, geek-minded phone for a few people who'd like to show financial power. So do i.
I bought the phone and then i spent more time than usual away from home, in other cities. Then, the beauty of 7650 started to show. Since it takes photos, you'd take it more personal. Reads my e-mail.
My coworkers have T68i. My 7650 can take photos and upload to them. You can e-mails photos, and there's now an open protocol for photo publishing from nokia (the german guys @ http://www.fotodock.com built an astounding service there).
Then i realized: Since from the very beginning, 7650 is aimed at persons who are individualists. People who spent many time roaming around, far from home, and who'd like to have a companion for their lifestyles.
Oh, it comes with C++ tools for Symbian OS. Borland has just starting to support it with C++ Builder. MobileSet for JBuilder already does that, by J2ME.
The nokia approach is to make a phone become a part of a person. They started that by building stylish phones not meant for all, but for a small segment. They have phones for kids, phones for workers, executives, and so forth. That's what made nokia become a superpower: By attaching cellphones to lifestyles. People no longer buy phones based on their tech specs, but in their looks and the impression it projects, mostly from marketing.
BTW: Yes, once i opened the camera in a whorehouse. I was invited to go home. That's a price you pay for being able to see - and record - too much for a moment.
When a silver bulet for the next decade comes, consider using Ook# to keep yourself employed!
I live in Belem, the largest city within the Amazon Rainforest, with two million inhabitants. For about nine years, i also played piano and almost became a classical pianist. But then i left in order to have more time to spend at the computer.
There are two piano tuners in my city. One has serious hearing problems, which is weird. The other one looks weird, because hes not brazilian, but russian. But i heard hes a good tuner.
Keeping a piano is a challenging task. The climate has much air humidity, the wood helps changing its sounds. Also, we have problems with the extreme heat... But anyway, thats not impossible.
There were two piano factories in brazil, and the most popular, Essenfelder, got bankrupt. The remaing, Fritz Dobbert, still exists. There are in my city two music schools, Carlos Gomes and the Federal University of Para Music School (EMUFPA). I used to study at the later one. They still have a really beautiful Yamaha piano there. When they were about to buy, i've heart they had to make a poll to choose whether to buy a white or a wooden one. Thank god, the wooden is there.
Disclaimer: I have nothing against people who think theyre trendy about white pianos, but sure Def Leppard making a Video with a white piano is a shame
Its not from Wrox neither OReilly.
If it came from O'Really... oh, they made it. Its called Java in a Nutshell: The Almanac, or something like that.
I think Wrox made the same book too, with a twist. Its called: Professional Java Programming: The Almanac. And for each Java Package, theres a chapter about it. Written by a different author. Different authors arent that bad, since all of them come from India. Now this is bad.
Every latest wrox book is a common recipe:
- Take a red cover;
- Fast time-to-market, by any means;
- By any means, i mean: "-Oh, we need a book about Tomcat, sure... Hey, call India. How much chapters we need? Fifteen? Yeah right, ill pay each Indian R$ 10 per chapter... But i want fifteen authors involved".
- Takes either the most handsome or the most weird, depending on their looks. Makes a professional quality-looking photo. Merge with the cover.
Whats next? Shipments from New Delhi and Bombay?
That's why i remembered BGI (Borland Graphics Interface) when voting...
:])
Thats disgusting.
(I really have BGI
There's also a need to have supervisors for each party in the voting section. It's not a rule, but a wise move, made for each party interested.
Theres the small risk of, nearing the closing of the election, officers start typing the missing voters' Voting ID numbers into the terminal, in order to vote for them.
MOD THIS UP RIGHT NOW!
btw: Both Eneas and Havanir were the most voted in Sao Paulo/SP. Kinky, given their party and specially Eneas are portraied as really weird, crazy persons.
On each voting section, Parties' Supervisors carry floppies with them. Upon closing, they ask the voting Manager (who audits as a whole) to make a copy of the results into the floppy.
Then... they carry on, and promote parallel counting. Thats really interesting. Some parties know the results way ahead the official results.
I think it's worthwhile to mention that "The Washington Times" is owned my Reverend Moon. Yes, he's starting some business in Brazil. Sigh...
Also, remember the author is a intelligence officer for CIA. Given recents acts, sure it count as a degree of stupidity, doesn't it?
Here are my favourite stories from this world CUP:
... then he replies back: "Neither. I'm jew"
1) While broadcasting Saudi Arabia vs. Germany, the reporter goes to someone and asks: "Are you on which side: Arabia or Germany?"
2) The first Turkey vs. Brazil referee was the best player on this game, and is responsible for the victory. So, when the Brazilian Team starts to tour brazil with the trophy, they must bring him on the party, too.
3) A Brazilian Radio, Joven Pan 2, called people on Argentina following it's elimination from the cup doing pranks. BTW, they recorded on wma. It follows this line:
(caller): "-Are you sad about Argentina's soccer team elimination?"
(argentino): "-Sure i am!"
(caller): "-But here, in brazil, we're so happy!"
(you hear a real party, with people shouting: "Brazil! Brazil! Argentina's on shit!")
Ortek's MCK-91 (also called MCK-800) line is fairly good. I've been using one for about three weeks: Its a laptop-layout keyboard, featuring Fn and friends. Comes on USB and PS/2 versions, USB featuring two extra ports. Except for the Windows keys, it seems it meets most of your requirements. I like the extra space i've got on my keyboard.
It comes with extra keys, but i didn't mind running yet (know when you look to a driver cdrom and you feel it's really crappy? yes, i got that feeling).
Hm... i've got a picture on it on my weblog.
MCK-90 is reviewed here.. It's the USB version.
being the first one to prosecute against the right to innovate, but _OUTSIDE_Microsoft? :]
btw, Joel Spolky makes some good comments about non-compete clauses here (<- i mean, there).
Same shit: non-competing with microsoft means not working with IT in itself.pS: I wonder if the Crossgain crew wear these neat t-shirts.