Isn't this an unfair assumption? A better question might be how many jobs have been displaced by illegal immigrants willing to work for 1/10th the pay? We (in the I/T industry) are not the only ones that face competition from cheap labor. Our chief fear at the moment is outsource - but imagine if all the illegals immigrants were skilled coders? They could replace all of us!
PS: At the moment, you can't mix multiple languages (C#, VB.NET) within a single Web App
No, and I'm not sure why you'd want to exactly, as it would be better perhaps just to pick one language and stick with it. However, if you had a need to use both, you could encapsulate say C# code behind a web service (simple to do in.NET) and call from VB. If everything is on the same box, there shouldn't be any additional overhead.
I have the last toshiba monstrosity, the 16" version, in most ways the same as the one in this article, just a tad smaller. One thing I haven't seen the article or any of the comments point out is how nice the detachable wireless keyboard and built in wireless optical mouse are. Although the res is only 1280, I can take the keyboard off and use it with the mouse like a desktop - reduces eyestrain, and when I remove the monitor so it's a few feet back, the 1280 res becomes important. That's very nice... It's heavy - a little over 10lbs, and it's a little harder to use in coffee shops on your lap, but the battery life is surprisingly good (a full 2 1/2 hour DVD). Forget about using it on the airplane, unless you're flying business class. It won't fit in a coach sized space. Fortunately, my company has given me a thinkpad to work with, so I get the best of both worlds (but actually end up hauling both of them around more often than not).
And Galadrial was born in Valinor and is likely one of the oldest 'people' in Middle Earth.
Well...maybe. It's been a while since I've really read the HofME - but I believe the Wizards are older. Wasn't Gandalf called directly by Lluvutar, or was that Manwe who called him to go down to Middle Earth? It says nothing of his past history, but I had the impression that he had already existed for a long time prior to being called to go to Middle Earth.
Hell, they (MS) offered both Britian and Germany a ton of bucks to stick with MS across the board.
but it's because IBM offered them more that they switched. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,82 69,00.asp you better believe IBM was lobbying harder than Microsoft to prevent Microsoft from winning the contract in Germany. Sure Germany made the "right" decision - but it had nothing to do with anything else except money.
Right, because we all know how well that idea worked for car alarms
Well, at the risk of making yourself hated in the school library (someone bumps the desk, the alarm goes off) I think it would be very effective in a quiet environment (unlike a parking lot where this is a lot of ambient noise). I just remember it being a pain to use my laptop in the school library, every time I had to get up and locate a book, use the restroom or grab something to drink, you had to take your laptop with you, assuming you weren't there with friends.
You don't need a palm pilot?:) Your schedule may be the same, but when you multiply 4-5 classes by up to 5 assignments each per week (give or take, whatever) that becomes a scheduling nightmare. Add on top of that any work schedule you might have, and a palm organizer becomes essential. As far as having a laptop stolen, how about one of those security devices lock onto a laptop and make a LOUD noise when they are moved?
If any of the supporters had at least offered anecdotal evidence that the claims were untrue, I would have quoted them. But instead, they just "denied" the claims and then went on to speak of the benefits to the people downriver. No doubt the benefits may be impressive. I get this feeling that every time the well being of the displaced city is brought up, the government and supporters quickly trumpet the benefits in order to shut the critis up and make them feel bad that they would dare deny these benefits.
Btw, did you know that when shit like this happens (government forces you to move), they pay you a whole lot of money, at least in chinese standards?
That's a load of shit, or you're not acquainted with the facts. 1.5 million people have been displaced and were not given a lot of money.
Resettlement: In the 1980s, China passed regulations to protect the rights of those displaced by the dam projects and assure them of adequate compensation. But human rights activists asserted that rural dwellers are being discriminated, that they are not being consulted about their eviction, that they are often crowded onto poor land with unsatisfactory living conditions and few job opportunities, that they are not being taught new job skills, that corruption is diverting the funds meant to compensate them, that their local culture is threatened and that the government has provided no channels for them to express dissatisfaction
And what about Hetch-Hetchy? Apparently the valley used to be as beautiful as Yosemite, before it was flooded for "progress". Same goes for the 3 gorges now.
But a lot of Westerners apparently think it's ok to bash the chinese for protecting their people, there's so many of them what's a million prematurely dead?
I doubt anyone really thinks that. It's just that building a dam of this scale in an earthquake prone area, and displacing a million and a half people is a rather high cost when the result is not guaranteed.
Well, I wouldn't say many hundreds of years old. The metric system was created in 1790s (although the exact units have been re-established several times since then). So, it's not older than the US.
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Besides, I'd rather pay an extra $10 in taxes this year
It's going to cost you a lot more than that. Try an extra 10%.
By turning it into the world's 10th largest economy?
Isn't this an unfair assumption? A better question might be how many jobs have been displaced by illegal immigrants willing to work for 1/10th the pay?
We (in the I/T industry) are not the only ones that face competition from cheap labor. Our chief fear at the moment is outsource - but imagine if all the illegals immigrants were skilled coders? They could replace all of us!
well, you're not going to get anything else for them ...
In 1861, Allan Pinkerton uncovered a plot to assasinate Lincoln. I am assuming this is what the article refers to.
PS: At the moment, you can't mix multiple languages (C#, VB.NET) within a single Web App
.NET) and call from VB. If everything is on the same box, there shouldn't be any additional overhead.
No, and I'm not sure why you'd want to exactly, as it would be better perhaps just to pick one language and stick with it. However, if you had a need to use both, you could encapsulate say C# code behind a web service (simple to do in
Bush's meager tax money payoff
just shut the f*ck up already.
I have the last toshiba monstrosity, the 16" version, in most ways the same as the one in this article, just a tad smaller. ...
One thing I haven't seen the article or any of the comments point out is how nice the detachable wireless keyboard and built in wireless optical mouse are. Although the res is only 1280, I can take the keyboard off and use it with the mouse like a desktop - reduces eyestrain, and when I remove the monitor so it's a few feet back, the 1280 res becomes important. That's very nice
It's heavy - a little over 10lbs, and it's a little harder to use in coffee shops on your lap, but the battery life is surprisingly good (a full 2 1/2 hour DVD). Forget about using it on the airplane, unless you're flying business class. It won't fit in a coach sized space. Fortunately, my company has given me a thinkpad to work with, so I get the best of both worlds (but actually end up hauling both of them around more often than not).
And Galadrial was born in Valinor and is likely one of the oldest 'people' in Middle Earth.
Well...maybe. It's been a while since I've really read the HofME - but I believe the Wizards are older. Wasn't Gandalf called directly by Lluvutar, or was that Manwe who called him to go down to Middle Earth? It says nothing of his past history, but I had the impression that he had already existed for a long time prior to being called to go to Middle Earth.
and that arwen is a few thousand years old ...
Hell, they (MS) offered both Britian and Germany a ton of bucks to stick with MS across the board.
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but it's because IBM offered them more that they switched.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,8
you better believe IBM was lobbying harder than Microsoft to prevent Microsoft from winning the contract in Germany. Sure Germany made the "right" decision - but it had nothing to do with anything else except money.
your country has a corrupt and entrenched mass of politicians
Well, thank God there's no corrupt politicians in Britian, France, Japan, Peru, China and Germany!
TW, was going through my papers last night and found my old copies of JRRT's poems, "Imram,"
Wow... is there any way you could make those copies available online? They sound fascinating.
Right, because we all know how well that idea worked for car alarms
Well, at the risk of making yourself hated in the school library (someone bumps the desk, the alarm goes off) I think it would be very effective in a quiet environment (unlike a parking lot where this is a lot of ambient noise).
I just remember it being a pain to use my laptop in the school library, every time I had to get up and locate a book, use the restroom or grab something to drink, you had to take your laptop with you, assuming you weren't there with friends.
yea, a $50 PDA from ebay (like an M100) should do you just fine. color and MP3 playback capability are not really value added.
You don't need a palm pilot? :) Your schedule may be the same, but when you multiply 4-5 classes by up to 5 assignments each per week (give or take, whatever) that becomes a scheduling nightmare. Add on top of that any work schedule you might have, and a palm organizer becomes essential.
As far as having a laptop stolen, how about one of those security devices lock onto a laptop and make a LOUD noise when they are moved?
If any of the supporters had at least offered anecdotal evidence that the claims were untrue, I would have quoted them. But instead, they just "denied" the claims and then went on to speak of the benefits to the people downriver. No doubt the benefits may be impressive.
I get this feeling that every time the well being of the displaced city is brought up, the government and supporters quickly trumpet the benefits in order to shut the critis up and make them feel bad that they would dare deny these benefits.
That's a load of shit, or you're not acquainted with the facts. 1.5 million people have been displaced and were not given a lot of money.
source: http://www.chinaonline.com/refer/ministry_profile
And what about Hetch-Hetchy? Apparently the valley used to be as beautiful as Yosemite, before it was flooded for "progress". Same goes for the 3 gorges now.
But a lot of Westerners apparently think it's ok to bash the chinese for protecting their people, there's so many of them what's a million prematurely dead?
I doubt anyone really thinks that. It's just that building a dam of this scale in an earthquake prone area, and displacing a million and a half people is a rather high cost when the result is not guaranteed.
And 1.5 million people displaced.
http://www.longpassages.org/3_gorges_dam.htm
Hard to say whether this is a good thing or not. Apparently the Chinese government doesn't mind breaking a few eggs to make an omelette.
Well, I wouldn't say many hundreds of years old. The metric system was created in 1790s (although the exact units have been re-established several times since then).
So, it's not older than the US.
that some junior programmer just cost you 50,000 computons
But just how much do 50,000 computons cost?
Rodney King was still game after getting hit twice
King was also on PCP
but the president did save us money. Gulf war II was better than most sequels this summer, and I didn't even have to pay $9 for it!