To explain. In the USA minors may revoke any contract they've agreed to up until their 18th birthday. If you sell your car to a 16 year old, then he drives it into a lake, the kid can come back to you and say 'I changed my mind, your car's in a lake, I want my $2000 back' and legally, you're screwed.
That's absolutely not true. About the Development costs assumed by the universities. Look it up; not one drug has EVER been developed and actually brought to the point of manufacture by a university. Typically universities will discover an interesting compound, or possibly an interesting prototype for a new type of inhaler. Drug companies will investigate the researchers and decide whether it's going to be profitable to go through the cost and energy of producing the compound, doing studies to determine correct dosage and delivery method, and then running large studies before finally going through several YEARS of FDA approval. And when all that's said and done, they still licensed the compound from a university in the first place, so now the university is receiving a rather large cut of the sales.
Drug companies are in buisness to make money. It happens that we, the consumers, like to have the most modern, newest, absolute best drugs; And, the drug companies, wanting to make a buck, oblige. If someone doesn't want to spend the hundreds of dollars a month it costs to purchase the best medicine, then fine, buy asprin, it's cheap. Just because it's your health doesn't make it your right to have free/cheap access to the newest medicine that's cost hundreds of millions of dollars to develop.
I used to preach that I didn't have a TV, but you know what? No one cares. So you don't have a TV, great. But I find it amzing how when someone takes this stance, they insist on telling everyone they meet how wonderful it is. Less wasted time, more personal insight, yada yada. It really doesn't matter.
I congratulate you on your ability to pass over the most popular medium in the country. For me, I just have a mortgage and think my money is better spent elsewhere. But still, its simply an annoyance for people to position themselves as morally superior simply because they forgo Television.
I don't believe they have an unstable, irresponsible leadership. Maybe beuracratic and sluggish, but certainly not unstable.
China has made huge strides in the last 20 years in opening up the country. People DO have rights, though the weight of the government often weighs them down
Don't compare the rest of the world to modern America. If you compared modern China, to the US 100 years ago, you'd have to wonder which place was a better one to live. China is moving forward, faster than anyone could hope. Forcing them to change on our terms will never work, but allowing them to move forward on Their terms will get them there sooner rather than later.
Using cement in the plaster also has the problem that it seals in moisture just as it keeps it out. Lime based plasters breathe, allowing moiisture to pass through at a slow rate, this allows walls to give off moisture during dry days. Cement holds that in, creating a single very moist layer between the plaster and the organic wall, which will eventually lead to collapse.
Complain about outsourcing if you will, but when I send in a question to Dell tech support, they get back to me within 12 hours. Granted, it's in broken, formalized English, but it's quick, and it's helpful.
The Christian Science Monitor is an excellent independent news source. They don't rely on wire services and have their own reporters scattered through a dozen countries. And despite what their name suggests, their reporting is completely unreligious.
China has prohibitted the burning of wood by anybody, and has undertaken a massive reforestation project across the nation. Wood fires produce incredible amounts of pollutants, especially open cooking fires. By reforesting wherever they can, various types of pollution will be reduced. Of course, all this takes time, but it is a good step.
I fail to see why everyone likes to predict these somewhat far fetched ideas. Sure, it's possible that we'll have toothbrushes that detect when we're sick, but are YOU going to spend 30 bucks on a toothbrush? me neither.
How many of you live in apartments? How exactly is your alarm clock going to interact and slowly turn on the lights? Will your management company be jumping to rewire the place so you can join the modern world?
It's all possible, but highly unlikely to make an impact on the majority of people. Think about what you're doing in 2004, that maybe your parents were doing in 1964. What's different? You still wake up with a typical alarm clock, you still watch TV, you still cook your own food (or go out). Pretty much the only difference is you now have a mobile phone, and a tivo, and a PC. While all of those are useful and deffinately something our parents didn't have, I wouldn't say our lives have really changed much in 40 years. So why would they change much in just 10 more?
I think SF authors are more optimistic than pragmatic.
They save space. Under my TV I have a DVD player, VHS player, and a stereo receiver. I have no more room. If I added a playstation and a TIVO I'd have to stack them on the floor, and that's something I finally quit doing after college. So if the combined unit successfully accomplishes all of it's purported tasks, I'd rather have that, if only for space considerations.
Fabulous recipes. Each article is basically an experiment where they try 10s and 100s of different variations to make the recipe taste the best, and also be reasonable to prepare. They also have reviews of equipment, knives, etc.
The article says develop semiconductor process technology. This is MARKETING people. Nothing has happened, no technology has even passed between the two companies. It's a deal between the companies to both share the expenses of brining this to market. But the reason it's short on details is becaues there aren't any.
There were several dot coms that were to provide this function, bundled with a buddies list and that sort of thing. I don't recall the name of the company, but one of the coders was www.benbrown.com
Scantool.net has a device they sell for ~$100 which allows you to connect your laptop to your car. You can read and clear codes. It's a more expensive version of Black Tape on Top of the Check Engine Light, but since my light keeps coming on, it allows me to make sure no other problems are being hidden by a faulty sensor throwing errors. Plus - the software is open source and on Sourceforge.
International Law is not a myth. It is based primarily on treaties that we enter into with other countries. Our own constitution states that we will adhere to any treaties we sign.
What I will grant you is that there isn't internaional law enforcement. Without an enforcement mechanism, countries resort to politics such as embargos or tariffs to resolve differences.
We invaded Iraq because Saddam was flaunting the UN sanctions. What are these if not International Laws?
I was able to get ~30-31 mpg with my 2001 Saturn. I drive reasonably conservative, so I would be surprised that my driving would be so vastly different as to account for a 12 mpg difference. I've been largely disappointed with the Saturn, as my mother's Passat drives much better, and gets ~36mpg
I lived in China for six months last year teaching English at a University. What I found particularly amazing, was that the culture has taught people not to question things. Even my PhD students largely accepted whatever was told to them. So even though there may have been forums online for them to learn about political dissent, most wouldn't particularly have been interested (a few seemed more aware than most, but only a very few). Add to this the location of these forums. Online. China does have internet cafes in the larger areas, but the bulk of the country is too poor to even go into them, let alone find their way to some hidden forum.
I'm all for more individual freedoms in China, but I think most westerners really don't have a clue about how our cultural upbringing has affected us, and how their culture has affected them.
Looking at the style of writting you'll notice that throughout the paper they use quality, professional writting. But as they get to Appendix A, they start discussing "rules" of Linux publication, how the growth of Linux comes in "Waves", and how people run "Beowulf" clusters and write "custom" software. Look. Either it's the right word or it's the wrong word, but placing quotation marks around it significantly reduces the confidence the reader has in what is being said. The "rules" of Linux publication is interpreted as 'Linus wakes up and emails it to some people. or not. whatever'.
Regardless of what is said, the style speaks volumes. Chris
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To explain.
In the USA minors may revoke any contract they've agreed to up until their 18th birthday. If you sell your car to a 16 year old, then he drives it into a lake, the kid can come back to you and say 'I changed my mind, your car's in a lake, I want my $2000 back' and legally, you're screwed.
Actually, no - I didn't know how to do that because I've never screwed around long enough to figure it out. So thanks for the info.
I frequently need a serial port for work related peripherals. They do have USB-Serial converters, but those don't always function exactly correctly.
That's absolutely not true. About the Development costs assumed by the universities. Look it up; not one drug has EVER been developed and actually brought to the point of manufacture by a university. Typically universities will discover an interesting compound, or possibly an interesting prototype for a new type of inhaler. Drug companies will investigate the researchers and decide whether it's going to be profitable to go through the cost and energy of producing the compound, doing studies to determine correct dosage and delivery method, and then running large studies before finally going through several YEARS of FDA approval. And when all that's said and done, they still licensed the compound from a university in the first place, so now the university is receiving a rather large cut of the sales.
Drug companies are in buisness to make money. It happens that we, the consumers, like to have the most modern, newest, absolute best drugs; And, the drug companies, wanting to make a buck, oblige. If someone doesn't want to spend the hundreds of dollars a month it costs to purchase the best medicine, then fine, buy asprin, it's cheap. Just because it's your health doesn't make it your right to have free/cheap access to the newest medicine that's cost hundreds of millions of dollars to develop.
Good lord - A Commodore Basic joke...
I used to preach that I didn't have a TV, but you know what? No one cares.
So you don't have a TV, great. But I find it amzing how when someone takes this stance, they insist on telling everyone they meet how wonderful it is. Less wasted time, more personal insight, yada yada. It really doesn't matter.
I congratulate you on your ability to pass over the most popular medium in the country. For me, I just have a mortgage and think my money is better spent elsewhere. But still, its simply an annoyance for people to position themselves as morally superior simply because they forgo Television.
Well said blammanj
Good lord. You nkow entirely too much about these systems.
>>(X) Unstable, Irresponsible leadership
I don't believe they have an unstable, irresponsible leadership. Maybe beuracratic and sluggish, but certainly not unstable.
China has made huge strides in the last 20 years in opening up the country. People DO have rights, though the weight of the government often weighs them down
Don't compare the rest of the world to modern America. If you compared modern China, to the US 100 years ago, you'd have to wonder which place was a better one to live. China is moving forward, faster than anyone could hope. Forcing them to change on our terms will never work, but allowing them to move forward on Their terms will get them there sooner rather than later.
Using cement in the plaster also has the problem that it seals in moisture just as it keeps it out. Lime based plasters breathe, allowing moiisture to pass through at a slow rate, this allows walls to give off moisture during dry days. Cement holds that in, creating a single very moist layer between the plaster and the organic wall, which will eventually lead to collapse.
Complain about outsourcing if you will, but when I send in a question to Dell tech support, they get back to me within 12 hours. Granted, it's in broken, formalized English, but it's quick, and it's helpful.
The Christian Science Monitor is an excellent independent news source. They don't rely on wire services and have their own reporters scattered through a dozen countries. And despite what their name suggests, their reporting is completely unreligious.
China has prohibitted the burning of wood by anybody, and has undertaken a massive reforestation project across the nation. Wood fires produce incredible amounts of pollutants, especially open cooking fires. By reforesting wherever they can, various types of pollution will be reduced. Of course, all this takes time, but it is a good step.
I fail to see why everyone likes to predict these somewhat far fetched ideas. Sure, it's possible that we'll have toothbrushes that detect when we're sick, but are YOU going to spend 30 bucks on a toothbrush? me neither.
How many of you live in apartments? How exactly is your alarm clock going to interact and slowly turn on the lights? Will your management company be jumping to rewire the place so you can join the modern world?
It's all possible, but highly unlikely to make an impact on the majority of people. Think about what you're doing in 2004, that maybe your parents were doing in 1964. What's different? You still wake up with a typical alarm clock, you still watch TV, you still cook your own food (or go out). Pretty much the only difference is you now have a mobile phone, and a tivo, and a PC. While all of those are useful and deffinately something our parents didn't have, I wouldn't say our lives have really changed much in 40 years. So why would they change much in just 10 more?
I think SF authors are more optimistic than pragmatic.
They save space. Under my TV I have a DVD player, VHS player, and a stereo receiver. I have no more room. If I added a playstation and a TIVO I'd have to stack them on the floor, and that's something I finally quit doing after college. So if the combined unit successfully accomplishes all of it's purported tasks, I'd rather have that, if only for space considerations.
Fabulous recipes. Each article is basically an experiment where they try 10s and 100s of different variations to make the recipe taste the best, and also be reasonable to prepare. They also have reviews of equipment, knives, etc.
Plus the illustrations are really great.
And as much as I hate what my senators vote for, they do represent the firmly held beliefs of the assholes that live down the street.
The article says develop semiconductor process technology. This is MARKETING people. Nothing has happened, no technology has even passed between the two companies. It's a deal between the companies to both share the expenses of brining this to market. But the reason it's short on details is becaues there aren't any.
There were several dot coms that were to provide this function, bundled with a buddies list and that sort of thing. I don't recall the name of the company, but one of the coders was www.benbrown.com
Scantool.net has a device they sell for ~$100 which allows you to connect your laptop to your car. You can read and clear codes. It's a more expensive version of Black Tape on Top of the Check Engine Light, but since my light keeps coming on, it allows me to make sure no other problems are being hidden by a faulty sensor throwing errors.
Plus - the software is open source and on Sourceforge.
International Law is not a myth. It is based primarily on treaties that we enter into with other countries. Our own constitution states that we will adhere to any treaties we sign.
What I will grant you is that there isn't internaional law enforcement. Without an enforcement mechanism, countries resort to politics such as embargos or tariffs to resolve differences.
We invaded Iraq because Saddam was flaunting the UN sanctions. What are these if not International Laws?
I was able to get ~30-31 mpg with my 2001 Saturn. I drive reasonably conservative, so I would be surprised that my driving would be so vastly different as to account for a 12 mpg difference.
I've been largely disappointed with the Saturn, as my mother's Passat drives much better, and gets ~36mpg
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What's the deal with stealing my post VERBATIM from January 30th?
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=94950&
I'm reasonably sure this is the deffinition of Karma Whore
I lived in China for six months last year teaching English at a University. What I found particularly amazing, was that the culture has taught people not to question things. Even my PhD students largely accepted whatever was told to them. So even though there may have been forums online for them to learn about political dissent, most wouldn't particularly have been interested (a few seemed more aware than most, but only a very few).
Add to this the location of these forums. Online. China does have internet cafes in the larger areas, but the bulk of the country is too poor to even go into them, let alone find their way to some hidden forum.
I'm all for more individual freedoms in China, but I think most westerners really don't have a clue about how our cultural upbringing has affected us, and how their culture has affected them.
Looking at the style of writting you'll notice that throughout the paper they use quality, professional writting. But as they get to Appendix A, they start discussing "rules" of Linux publication, how the growth of Linux comes in "Waves", and how people run "Beowulf" clusters and write "custom" software. Look. Either it's the right word or it's the wrong word, but placing quotation marks around it significantly reduces the confidence the reader has in what is being said. The "rules" of Linux publication is interpreted as 'Linus wakes up and emails it to some people. or not. whatever'.
Regardless of what is said, the style speaks volumes.
Chris