Hiking, camping, moving, home construction, gardening. I've always used liters = kg in those to asses how much it will weight, how many trips I need to make, how many people and what types of vehicles or containers I need.
Agreed. Those that are self employed make between 80-200 per hour.
It's not difficult knowledge to obtain, it really just takes time to get licensed and understanding of basic rules and reasons why things are the way they are (mostly dealing with gravity, angles, how liquids flow, how many turns you need to have on a run of a pipe, etc).
There's some math required in calculating throughput (water flow/outflow) - which resembles network design or memory optimizations.
There's a lot of parallels between the two.
What sucks about the plumbing jobs is that you often have to go to questionable locales and houses and deal with other people shit. Literally.
No one calls a plumber when things are well (with exception of new construction jobs), so you get to charge a premium for it.
> The whole U.S. is established on the idea of God and religion
I am not sure what you mean by this, but I'd like to disagree with how you have framed it.
In its essence, your comment is factually incorrect, but I will concede that such notion may be derived from observing elements of the culture and government as we know them today (e.g. notes on currency, addition of "Under God" to Pledge of Allegience). Without a doubt, that religion or concept of a God hold strong and there's a variety of individuals and organizations pushing for its inclusion in government operation and its laws.
It has not been established on the idea of God and its religion however (by the way, which religion do you mean), see separation of church and state: http://nobeliefs.com/Tripoli.htm.
> tells you to pray towards said imaginary person and completely disregards science in favor of what someone wrote on paper 1500-2000 years ago
While science cannot prove nor disprove existence of God, while there's a conservative religious following to discredit or "adjust" science to further its own goals, it is factually disingenious to suggest that Christian faith commands to completely disregard science in favor of some text.
It is sad, however, that what the evangelical conservative Christians do is to promote this type of interpretation among non-Christians, which affects you, judging by your comments.
Please do not judge the faith alone by standards of a vocal activists of an organized church/religion, same as do not fall into the trap of believing that any experiment could be called "science" even if it's fabricated for a different purpose than pursuit of truth or expansion of knowledge.
There are three countries I know for certain that do not apply to what you suggest (Poland, Czech Rep., Slovakia).
It's not just a Web site and few clicks - it's multiple trips, appointments that span over multiple days ("come to your appointment between 7:30am and 4:30pm on day X. If you will not be seen, come day 7:30 and 4:30pm on day X+1), and lots of paperwork and waiting JUST to talk the the consul.
Then there's waiting for a decision and dealing with denials (it is almost as if consul's job is to block as many applications as possible).
I would, on the other hand, agree that bribery is - and has been - rampant for many years, it's just out of sight.
Also, consider Lenovo - my experience over last 3 years has been very positive. This also includes hardware support and replacement. They also do have very aggressive discounts; they will even exceed what Dell offers you if you share the info with them.
As someone else mentioned, consider terminals (Asus/eePC) or Citrix. Less components = less maintenance. Sure, it might not scale to run Windows 9 or MS Office 2019, but most entry level machines won't anyway.
Make that two people in the country who pays use tax.
I guess it's somewhat of a consolation that we aren't alone.
Re:Article seems like BS justification to me.
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Agreed in terms of cost of goods, but do not forget that there is time involved in grabbing a box, putting the game in a box, putting packaging material in, printing packing slips/labels, sticking on the labels... then there is the cost of tools to make this process more effective, cost of management, and there are also minimum wages to pay for the person who does this work.
Also, there are days when there is only one order per day and the person may not pay for his/her time by packaging the boxes.
SO - for a small operation, I would generally agree with you that difference between actual ship cost and charged shipping is profit. For larger operations (hundreds or thousands of daily packages/orders) often only fraction of the difference is profit.
Note: I work for a fulfillment company that packages and ships goods.
(...)RIM repeated that it will implement a software "workaround" if the court issues an injunction to shut down its U.S. service(...)
(...)Some analysts and industry observers expect RIM could be backed into a corner and forced to settle for a sum as high as $1 billion.(...)
It sounds more like the company is closer to a $1 bil settlement rather than it is to being shut down. Now, that's still news, but not as close as 3.6 million people losing service permantently.
Hardware has guided the evolution of the mouse from its origins as a simple, utilitarian tool to its modern incarnation: a statement of individual style.
I think they say it all right there: primary purpose of this mouse is to be a fashion statement.
It falls right into the same bucket as cell phone covers, some of other MS mice as well as some other more useless items.
On a side note, did anyone notice that this mouse does not match ANY other MS-driven hardware?
"All these severely distort historical facts and violate China's gaming and Internet service regulations," the MOC said. "The game should be immediately prohibited."
Is it just me or does anyone else think that the real reason is the second one, violating the government-approved version of history?
Interestingly, the article itself does help answer the purpose of banning the game. It claims that it is doing so in the name of regulating "content violating basic principles of the Constitution, threatening China's national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity."
China has proved that it's willing to do whatever it takes to remove anyone who questions the system.
I am sure that a lot of guys wonder how far she is willing to go as far as helping someone out. One of the troubles with her site is that it's not a real thing....
(...)Instead she had her mother pop in at regular intervals to remind her to save manually.
That's just plain silly and thoughtless.
She should have had her mother AND her father AND her brother remind her to save work. Everyone knows that multiple redundant backups are a way to go.
On a second thought, however, if you have only a mother constantly reminding you to do something it's already redundant and you are only utlizing minimum resources.... BRILLIANT!
You don't need requirements before you start coding. For godsake that is a friggin DILBERT cartoon.
Just as you don't need to know where you are going when you get into your car in San Francisco and drive to Toronto.
"Ooh man, you mean we are going to Tijuana?"
Requirement gathering IS crucial, but often does not need to be completed in 100% before you develop a prototype or write code that illustrates the concepts of operation of the project. If you don't have requirements, you may as well be building an ICBM while a vacuum cleaner is what is needed.
So? I've been quitting programs for a decade or so using the "File" menu. Since when has quitting a program been a file operation?
Actually. it's not Quit that's under File in most cases. It is either "Exit" or "Close", and both of those have nearly the same semantics you explain for start, and both of them deal with closing a file. Now, the reason why other apps use "exit" under File is beause that's where the users look for it, even if they want to "close" or "quit" the application.
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Hiking, camping, moving, home construction, gardening. I've always used liters = kg in those to asses how much it will weight, how many trips I need to make, how many people and what types of vehicles or containers I need.
What's interesting to me that most of the 6000 ships were small vessels: patrol boats, amphibious, mine warfare, etc.
http://www.history.navy.mil/br...
In 1939 the total active warships list is 394, so not too far in terms of total numbers to what we have in 2006 (285 is shown for 2011).
Agreed. Those that are self employed make between 80-200 per hour.
It's not difficult knowledge to obtain, it really just takes time to get licensed and understanding of basic rules and reasons why things are the way they are (mostly dealing with gravity, angles, how liquids flow, how many turns you need to have on a run of a pipe, etc).
There's some math required in calculating throughput (water flow/outflow) - which resembles network design or memory optimizations.
There's a lot of parallels between the two.
What sucks about the plumbing jobs is that you often have to go to questionable locales and houses and deal with other people shit. Literally.
No one calls a plumber when things are well (with exception of new construction jobs), so you get to charge a premium for it.
> The whole U.S. is established on the idea of God and religion
I am not sure what you mean by this, but I'd like to disagree with how you have framed it.
In its essence, your comment is factually incorrect, but I will concede that such notion may be derived from observing elements of the culture and government as we know them today (e.g. notes on currency, addition of "Under God" to Pledge of Allegience). Without a doubt, that religion or concept of a God hold strong and there's a variety of individuals and organizations pushing for its inclusion in government operation and its laws.
It has not been established on the idea of God and its religion however (by the way, which religion do you mean), see separation of church and state: http://nobeliefs.com/Tripoli.htm.
> tells you to pray towards said imaginary person and completely disregards science in favor of what someone wrote on paper 1500-2000 years ago
While science cannot prove nor disprove existence of God, while there's a conservative religious following to discredit or "adjust" science to further its own goals, it is factually disingenious to suggest that Christian faith commands to completely disregard science in favor of some text.
It is sad, however, that what the evangelical conservative Christians do is to promote this type of interpretation among non-Christians, which affects you, judging by your comments.
Please do not judge the faith alone by standards of a vocal activists of an organized church/religion, same as do not fall into the trap of believing that any experiment could be called "science" even if it's fabricated for a different purpose than pursuit of truth or expansion of knowledge.
... and they will have a chance to witness Vladimir Putin slay the beast with his own bare hands wearing nothing but military trousers.
I am curious what country you speak of.
There are three countries I know for certain that do not apply to what you suggest (Poland, Czech Rep., Slovakia).
It's not just a Web site and few clicks - it's multiple trips, appointments that span over multiple days ("come to your appointment between 7:30am and 4:30pm on day X. If you will not be seen, come day 7:30 and 4:30pm on day X+1), and lots of paperwork and waiting JUST to talk the the consul.
Then there's waiting for a decision and dealing with denials (it is almost as if consul's job is to block as many applications as possible).
I would, on the other hand, agree that bribery is - and has been - rampant for many years, it's just out of sight.
Also, consider Lenovo - my experience over last 3 years has been very positive. This also includes hardware support and replacement. They also do have very aggressive discounts; they will even exceed what Dell offers you if you share the info with them.
As someone else mentioned, consider terminals (Asus/eePC) or Citrix. Less components = less maintenance. Sure, it might not scale to run Windows 9 or MS Office 2019, but most entry level machines won't anyway.
Make that two people in the country who pays use tax.
I guess it's somewhat of a consolation that we aren't alone.
Agreed in terms of cost of goods, but do not forget that there is time involved in grabbing a box, putting the game in a box, putting packaging material in, printing packing slips/labels, sticking on the labels... then there is the cost of tools to make this process more effective, cost of management, and there are also minimum wages to pay for the person who does this work.
Also, there are days when there is only one order per day and the person may not pay for his/her time by packaging the boxes.
SO - for a small operation, I would generally agree with you that difference between actual ship cost and charged shipping is profit. For larger operations (hundreds or thousands of daily packages/orders) often only fraction of the difference is profit.
Note: I work for a fulfillment company that packages and ships goods.
WTF does "to strike" mean?
Is it too much to ask to use a more common word for those that may not be legal majors, watch Law&Orders, or are not native English speakers?
This is funny if only for the screenshot of a browser window with like 80% of the screen covered with toolbars.
Is like CmdrTaco like really a blond? Like I would expect an article to be like more like using more than like simple language, you know?
It either is 80% or is not 80%. It is NOT like 80%. Am I the only one irrated by this?
Doesn't it really do what Gator was supposed to do - store your address and personal information to use it on registration forms?
Blah....
How much for a pair of fast, reliable, self-sustaining mice that can keep my cats exercising and entertained each day so I don't have to?
From TFA:
(...)RIM repeated that it will implement a software "workaround" if the court issues an injunction to shut down its U.S. service(...)
(...)Some analysts and industry observers expect RIM could be backed into a corner and forced to settle for a sum as high as $1 billion.(...)
It sounds more like the company is closer to a $1 bil settlement rather than it is to being shut down. Now, that's still news, but not as close as 3.6 million people losing service permantently.
It does not look that exciting: large res image here.
It is much cheaper do one yourself with your own LCD's and a stand like these: horizontal or vertical.
In Soviet Russia the game has a cheaper and much more effective implementation.
If you get shot in the game, a designated individual whacks you with a crowbar.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/lights/5a47/actio n/21033ff/
I'm sure he'll listen...
"Duuuude, check this shi.... AWWWWWWWW"
Hardware has guided the evolution of the mouse from its origins as a simple, utilitarian tool to its modern incarnation: a statement of individual style.
I think they say it all right there: primary purpose of this mouse is to be a fashion statement.
It falls right into the same bucket as cell phone covers, some of other MS mice as well as some other more useless items.
On a side note, did anyone notice that this mouse does not match ANY other MS-driven hardware?
I don't think the book's message is that relevant to U.S.
(...)Given the difficulty of firing employees, she says, frustrated superiors are more likely to move such subversive workers up than out.(...)
She apprently didn't watch The Apprentice.
"You're FIRED" (don't forget Trumpish arm/wrist push & pull)
"All these severely distort historical facts and violate China's gaming and Internet service regulations," the MOC said. "The game should be immediately prohibited."
Is it just me or does anyone else think that the real reason is the second one, violating the government-approved version of history?
Interestingly, the article itself does help answer the purpose of banning the game. It claims that it is doing so in the name of regulating "content violating basic principles of the Constitution, threatening China's national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity."
China has proved that it's willing to do whatever it takes to remove anyone who questions the system.
Why should we be surprised?
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I am sure that a lot of guys wonder how far she is willing to go as far as helping someone out. One of the troubles with her site is that it's not a real thing....
Truly hilarious...
But what are the chances that the scammer actually used on of his friends/co-workers to hold the sign up?
Pretty good I think...
That's just plain silly and thoughtless.
She should have had her mother AND her father AND her brother remind her to save work. Everyone knows that multiple redundant backups are a way to go.
On a second thought, however, if you have only a mother constantly reminding you to do something it's already redundant and you are only utlizing minimum resources.... BRILLIANT!
Just as you don't need to know where you are going when you get into your car in San Francisco and drive to Toronto.
"Ooh man, you mean we are going to Tijuana?"
Requirement gathering IS crucial, but often does not need to be completed in 100% before you develop a prototype or write code that illustrates the concepts of operation of the project. If you don't have requirements, you may as well be building an ICBM while a vacuum cleaner is what is needed.
Actually. it's not Quit that's under File in most cases. It is either "Exit" or "Close", and both of those have nearly the same semantics you explain for start, and both of them deal with closing a file. Now, the reason why other apps use "exit" under File is beause that's where the users look for it, even if they want to "close" or "quit" the application.