where people can be found to play video games much cheaper than in the USA.
I know...even years ago, when I played Street Fighter 2 Turbo at the arcades, it's always those damn foreign Asian kids that play so damn cheap! Non-stop throws and combos while you're in the corner!
Why is the subject of the movie in any way relevant to the objective analysis of the movie? It feels this way to you because you have been brought up (assuming you live in an industrialized Western country) and educated about the Jewish Holocaust. Would this movie invoke the same kinds of emotion if screened in Africa or Asia? I think you can't disagree that, at least in the US, Jewish Holocaust awareness is a disproportionately large part of the US educational system's history curriculum. I do believe that it is an important epoque in recent human history which must be taught to our young, but let's face it - there have been greater and even more tragic events in history which also merit equal mention. But that's almost getting off-topic. My point is - if you did not grow up in a society where the horrors of the Holocaust have been pounded into your head from elementary school, why would you treat this film differently than another?
I remember when Schindler's List came out, a number of reviewers (albeit a small number) wrote reviews strictly based on the cinematic merits of the movie, and concluded that while it was overall an excellent picture (which I agree - I just picked up the excellent DVD), it falls short on Spielberg's typical misuse of childish sentimentality to prove his point (which sometimes shadows and oversimplifies over the importance of the subject matter itself, which I also agree with). Incidentally, some of these reviewers were later accused of being anti-Semitic for simply saying something negative about this film (going back to my mention of over-emphasis of this topic in US educational systems).
Of course, films like this will bring out these sorts of emotions. The outrage towards negative reviews of The Passion of the Christ is a very good example of this.
It's a totally cultural thing. American society just does not value scientific intelligence.
Interestingly, many notable presidents and Community Party members in China, for example, were electrical engineers or railroad engineers (older members). I'm sure there are other examples of other places where scientific minds have held positions of high political power.
Proposed City Ordinance 352: There is an increasing number of Catholic schoolgirl virgins who unwillingly become "cum sluts" in the homes of their neighbors in this community, which is well-documented in several online document depositories. The city is urged to take action before the practice is spread throughout our community. We move to ban Catholicism within our city limits.
And don't the men score a pretty large dowry along with that as well? Something in the neighborhood of 1/3 of the girl's family's assets? (and the other 1/3 spent on the wedding party festivities).
I might have heard wrong. Indian subcontinentians please correct me if I'm mistaken.
Out of the $40,000, the Indian worker will probably be looking at 25% of that after the trickling down from the contracting company. You can live comfortably in the US with $40k, imagine what havoc it would wreak on Indian inflation rates!
What ever happened to benefits and taxes? Doesn't $45,000 in wages translate to roughly $80-90,000 for the employer? Even after axing the benefits, isn't it more closer to at least $60- or $70,000? However, I think not having to deal with inter-continental communications is still worth the $20,000 overhead.
You'd be surprised. I'm not sure how long ago you were in school (or if you still am), but I've been hearing that schools have begun moving more and more to Java since it is more suitable for academic purposes. It's kind of a strange transition in my school, since the upper-level engineering classes require C and C++ in some of their embedded programming, yet the junior level classes have all but changed over to Java. In fact, we've had an ad out for 3 months now looking for an entry-level embedded software engineer, and most new graduates can only code Java proficiently ! (and we're based in a city with a Uni which has top-5 CS and engineering programs)
AutoGK will automatically do all the other stuff after you decrypt the DVD. A few clicks is all it takes. No more wasting 5 hours encoding only to find out you miscalculated the bitrate.
Unless they pull a "Terminator 2" or George Lucas, that is. Videophiles know that there must have been half a dozen or more versions of Terminator 2 and Star Wars out in VHS, laserdisc, and DVD. (Terminator 2 had the...let's see...VHS box set, special edition laserdisc, then the regular DVD, then the "ultimate" edition DVD, then the "extreme" edition DVD, etc.) Let's hope that New Line doesn't release a new edition every time it needs additional revenue.
I keep hearing about plumbing as the ultimate save-all of careers that "can't be outsourced." But what happens when the middle class can no longer afford plumbers? (insert rant about outsourcing eventually squeezing out the middle class) When the middle class gets squeezed hard enough, you can be sure that many of them will pick up a book or two about do-it-yourself plumbing and call up plumbers a lot less often to fix anything that comes up. Surely, you can't just cater to clients in the management/professional circles only.
Of course, this is a strictly hypothetical, limit-as-it-approaches-infinity scenario, but I truly believe that very few careers can provide a lifetime guarantee these days. So yes - while Indians cannot replace you, economic desperation and a used bookstore together may be able to.
I haven't been on Webmonkey for ages. However, when I did, I remember it as a resource that was unusual in the way that it was able to pander to both the inexperienced and the experienced alike. It provided a decent and friendly place for individuals to start learning about web design/programming, while also serving as a viable reference for experienced web designers.
As another poster already indicated, it exists also on XP and 2003.
And while we're on the topic of unix-ey features on windows, here's how to enable tab completion on Win2k:
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Expand SOFTWARE Expand Microsoft Expand Command Processor Double-click "CompletionChar" Replace the value that's there with 9 (which is the ASCII equivalent of the TAB key) Click OK After exiting regedit, you should be able to start using the tab completion.
That's why it's always fun to go into the middle of a "Jesus is black! No, Jesus is white!" discussion (however stupid it is to begin with) and say "Jesus is Asian! Israel is technically in the Asian continent and that makes Jesus Asian, dammit!"
Slashdot Mirror
You wouldn't have to worry about customs/taxes if you open it and carry it with you, right? (Just like what you should do with jewelry)
where people can be found to play video games much cheaper than in the USA.
I know...even years ago, when I played Street Fighter 2 Turbo at the arcades, it's always those damn foreign Asian kids that play so damn cheap! Non-stop throws and combos while you're in the corner!
To be quickly followed by "titular", "cockerel", "seminal", and "Wankel rotary engine".
(wipes splashed Pepsi from monitor)
"...has an in-depth article on the digital photo process of Sports Illustrated."
I have found the next good excuse when the IT vice squad comes around again!
The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and children are FBI agents.
I thought that was funny, but reading it once more - I realized that it was also true!
What's a typical cup of, say, espresso there? $3-$4?
According to their website, a cup of espresso is 1 fl. oz. There's 128 fl. oz. in a gallon, so:
$3 * 128 = $384 / gallon (conservatively), or
$4 * 128 = $512 / gallon (more likely)
Why is the subject of the movie in any way relevant to the objective analysis of the movie? It feels this way to you because you have been brought up (assuming you live in an industrialized Western country) and educated about the Jewish Holocaust. Would this movie invoke the same kinds of emotion if screened in Africa or Asia? I think you can't disagree that, at least in the US, Jewish Holocaust awareness is a disproportionately large part of the US educational system's history curriculum. I do believe that it is an important epoque in recent human history which must be taught to our young, but let's face it - there have been greater and even more tragic events in history which also merit equal mention. But that's almost getting off-topic. My point is - if you did not grow up in a society where the horrors of the Holocaust have been pounded into your head from elementary school, why would you treat this film differently than another?
I remember when Schindler's List came out, a number of reviewers (albeit a small number) wrote reviews strictly based on the cinematic merits of the movie, and concluded that while it was overall an excellent picture (which I agree - I just picked up the excellent DVD), it falls short on Spielberg's typical misuse of childish sentimentality to prove his point (which sometimes shadows and oversimplifies over the importance of the subject matter itself, which I also agree with). Incidentally, some of these reviewers were later accused of being anti-Semitic for simply saying something negative about this film (going back to my mention of over-emphasis of this topic in US educational systems).
Of course, films like this will bring out these sorts of emotions. The outrage towards negative reviews of The Passion of the Christ is a very good example of this.
What's USDTV? Did the Department of Television replace the Department of Education so soon?
It's a totally cultural thing. American society just does not value scientific intelligence.
Interestingly, many notable presidents and Community Party members in China, for example, were electrical engineers or railroad engineers (older members). I'm sure there are other examples of other places where scientific minds have held positions of high political power.
Proposed City Ordinance 352: There is an increasing number of Catholic schoolgirl virgins who unwillingly become "cum sluts" in the homes of their neighbors in this community, which is well-documented in several online document depositories. The city is urged to take action before the practice is spread throughout our community. We move to ban Catholicism within our city limits.
don't exactly involve having to do real combat. I imagine you'll be operating things from proxy.
Yeah, that's what they told Shoshana Johnson, who thought all she would do was cook in the mess hall.
And don't the men score a pretty large dowry along with that as well? Something in the neighborhood of 1/3 of the girl's family's assets? (and the other 1/3 spent on the wedding party festivities).
I might have heard wrong. Indian subcontinentians please correct me if I'm mistaken.
Out of the $40,000, the Indian worker will probably be looking at 25% of that after the trickling down from the contracting company. You can live comfortably in the US with $40k, imagine what havoc it would wreak on Indian inflation rates!
What ever happened to benefits and taxes? Doesn't $45,000 in wages translate to roughly $80-90,000 for the employer? Even after axing the benefits, isn't it more closer to at least $60- or $70,000? However, I think not having to deal with inter-continental communications is still worth the $20,000 overhead.
You'd be surprised. I'm not sure how long ago you were in school (or if you still am), but I've been hearing that schools have begun moving more and more to Java since it is more suitable for academic purposes. It's kind of a strange transition in my school, since the upper-level engineering classes require C and C++ in some of their embedded programming, yet the junior level classes have all but changed over to Java. In fact, we've had an ad out for 3 months now looking for an entry-level embedded software engineer, and most new graduates can only code Java proficiently ! (and we're based in a city with a Uni which has top-5 CS and engineering programs)
Hong Kong and Macao also uses traditional (non-simplified) characters.
actually, you only need 2 pieces of software:
DVD Decryptor
Auto Gordian Knot
AutoGK will automatically do all the other stuff after you decrypt the DVD. A few clicks is all it takes. No more wasting 5 hours encoding only to find out you miscalculated the bitrate.
Unless they pull a "Terminator 2" or George Lucas, that is. Videophiles know that there must have been half a dozen or more versions of Terminator 2 and Star Wars out in VHS, laserdisc, and DVD. (Terminator 2 had the...let's see...VHS box set, special edition laserdisc, then the regular DVD, then the "ultimate" edition DVD, then the "extreme" edition DVD, etc.) Let's hope that New Line doesn't release a new edition every time it needs additional revenue.
I keep hearing about plumbing as the ultimate save-all of careers that "can't be outsourced." But what happens when the middle class can no longer afford plumbers? (insert rant about outsourcing eventually squeezing out the middle class) When the middle class gets squeezed hard enough, you can be sure that many of them will pick up a book or two about do-it-yourself plumbing and call up plumbers a lot less often to fix anything that comes up. Surely, you can't just cater to clients in the management/professional circles only.
Of course, this is a strictly hypothetical, limit-as-it-approaches-infinity scenario, but I truly believe that very few careers can provide a lifetime guarantee these days. So yes - while Indians cannot replace you, economic desperation and a used bookstore together may be able to.
It's just Diebold taking advantage of the broadband over power lines...hmm...why do they need all the bandwidth...(puts tinfoil hat on)
I haven't been on Webmonkey for ages. However, when I did, I remember it as a resource that was unusual in the way that it was able to pander to both the inexperienced and the experienced alike. It provided a decent and friendly place for individuals to start learning about web design/programming, while also serving as a viable reference for experienced web designers.
It exists on Win2k.
As another poster already indicated, it exists also on XP and 2003.
And while we're on the topic of unix-ey features on windows, here's how to enable tab completion on Win2k:
Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Expand SOFTWARE
Expand Microsoft Expand Command Processor
Double-click "CompletionChar" Replace the value that's there with 9 (which is the ASCII equivalent of the TAB key) Click OK
After exiting regedit, you should be able to start using the tab completion.
"WTFRUDOINBiotch, you are fined 10 credits for violation of the libations morality statute."
That should be sufficient to get the item eventually received by him; I'd guess that "Colombo 7" is actually a postal/zip code.
Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka. "7" is probably the city sector or section.
That's why it's always fun to go into the middle of a "Jesus is black! No, Jesus is white!" discussion (however stupid it is to begin with) and say "Jesus is Asian! Israel is technically in the Asian continent and that makes Jesus Asian, dammit!"