It was my understanding that China was an avid importer of silver, that came from Mexico via the Manila Galleon.
Actually, by then China was so developed and so self-sufficient that the only noteworthy imports were silver and opium. It was the European countries who wanted to trade all the fine Chinoiseries.
While this is sure excessive, it's remarkable that air traffic, in my understanding, has to submit a flight plan in advance and is constantly (is it only near airports?) monitored by radar. Yet nobody (that I know about) protests this.
This reminds me of when aluminium production was not an industry yet. In one of those world exhibitions, Queen Victoria (?) was presented a costly set of aluminium (better than gold or silver) tableware.
Or when the Spaniards would go mad about the yellow but weak metal used for decoration by the Indians.
Or when the Dutch pirates captured Spanish ships to find that they were loaded with sheep shit (actually, cocoa grains, mmm, chocolate).
It seems that the Spanish organ transplant organization is one of the most succesful in the world. It still doesn't cover every need, though. Young healthy Spanish bikers, wear no helmet!
Well, the filesystems in OS/2 (FAT, HPFS, JFS) do support metadata (Extended Attributes). CD-ROMs don't. A cheap trick for not losing the attributes from files when saving on CD-ROMs is packing the files in.zip files (compressed or not). The.zip format supports metadata but I think they usually are OS-specific, though.
Another option is to cut the EAs into a separate.EA file for each original file and glue it back later, but this is ugly.
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giving people free cds is like giving them free gasoline.
Try throwing a flaming CD onto an Israeli patrol.
It was my understanding that China was an avid importer of silver, that came from Mexico via the Manila Galleon.
Actually, by then China was so developed and so self-sufficient that the only noteworthy imports were silver and opium. It was the European countries who wanted to trade all the fine Chinoiseries.
So, did the Chinese really trade back silver?
Where is that verse in Luke? (I shouldn't have bought a "slightly defective" Bible).
I for one welcome our new electronically voted masters.
While this is sure excessive, it's remarkable that air traffic, in my understanding, has to submit a flight plan in advance and is constantly (is it only near airports?) monitored by radar. Yet nobody (that I know about) protests this.
This reminds me of when aluminium production was not an industry yet. In one of those world exhibitions, Queen Victoria (?) was presented a costly set of aluminium (better than gold or silver) tableware.
Or when the Spaniards would go mad about the yellow but weak metal used for decoration by the Indians.
Or when the Dutch pirates captured Spanish ships to find that they were loaded with sheep shit (actually, cocoa grains, mmm, chocolate).
Tulipomania, all around.
Given the current hot weather in Europe, I am surprised that no other similar findings have been announced on glaciers.
If you want an iceman for California, vote for the Encino Man.
I hope they took clouds into account!
you get called a terrorist, and we all know what happens then.
But judging from Osama bin Laden's experience, you receive training, weapons and money before.
That Thunderbird project can be confused with say the Mozilla mail client. Another name would be better, "Firebird" for instance.
So that's what they call a "killer app".
Foresight Exchange uses play money for betting on real world events, including politics and catastrophies.
In early September 2001, they estimated a (around) 40% probability of a major act of terrorism in the US.
It seems that the Spanish organ transplant organization is one of the most succesful in the world. It still doesn't cover every need, though. Young healthy Spanish bikers, wear no helmet!
So "sky" is "tian". How is "net" in Chinese?
'The Answer', whatever that is . .
42?
Sometimes Russia reminds me of the Wild West.
That's why they call it the Wild Est. (OK, it's Kazakhstan, but the movie sounds interesting).
Well, the filesystems in OS/2 (FAT, HPFS, JFS) do support metadata (Extended Attributes). CD-ROMs don't. A cheap trick for not losing the attributes from files when saving on CD-ROMs is packing the files in .zip files (compressed or not). The .zip format supports metadata but I think they usually are OS-specific, though.
.EA file for each original file and glue it back later, but this is ugly.
Another option is to cut the EAs into a separate
If Tux phux, then we'll have little tuxes running around!
Wow, imagine a Beowulf cluster of those.
There are only four democracies in the region Turkey, Lebanon, Israel and Israel.
This reminds of a quote attributed to Churchill on the partition of Germany: "I do not hate Germany, I like it so much that I want two of them".
the only remaining Communist dictatorship in the world.
North Korea?
Mussolini was, after all, a communist before he was a facist
He was a socialist, he wrote for a socialist newspaper.
About the jamming, my guess is that it could be target practice. I suspect Castro has some stations in his black list.
"French science is poisoned by politics."
It should be "Freedom science s poisoned by politics". We have alwasy been at war with Eurasia.
stationary ;)
That's what work is for, right?
I wonder what a Japanese Dilbert would be like.
we should start an "under 1000 UID" club...
I find that absolutely and arbitrarily discriminating!
Now, an "under 10000 UID" club...
I am expecting for voice control. For example, to keep the motor going, you make "vroom" noises. The louder you vroom, the faster the engine goes.