The UK is a bit quiet at the moment, especially contracting, and most jobs are in London, which is VERY expensive. Holland (3% unemployment), Belgium and Portugal all seem to have a reasonable amount of IT jobs with good pay. Also Switzerland.
This is one reason (of many) that the pre-pay mobile phone is so popular in Europe (and NZ). Baiscally you get a phone, and buy cards which let you "charge up" your phone.
No contracts, no bills, no trace. Most operators insist you upload a minimum amount per quarter/6months/12 months to keep the number active.
Call charges per minute (originators pay here) are higher than contract type phones, but if you use the phone mainly for incoming use, they work out good value.
We experienced exactly the same thing. However, we knew where the blame lay, even back then. (The number of MS products that required 'tweaking' to get to work properly on NetWare networks (which then had 70-80% market share), and being told that it was tested and worked fine on their LanMan network (which had something like 5%)....Some 'tweaks' or fixes made it seem as though they had _deliberately_ tried to cause problems).
I called MS to report the problem and they said I had to "upgrade" to MS-DOS. I phoned the DR-DOS rep, and within less than a day it was all working again. Everything worked fine in the earlier beta versions of Win 3.1.
I don' know the source or the context of the statistics, but if it is true that kids that are taught by their parents how to handle guns are less likely to use them "inapropriately" the reason may not be because they are taught how to handle them, rather that it shows their parents actually take an interest in raising their children. Whether teaching them how to use guns is good or bad not relevant.
Parenting is a full time job, not something you schedule or fit in when you can. Along with rights, come responsibilities.
Please, enough of this Europe is not free..., America's obsession with guns... ranting!
Most of the comments from either side come from those who have never directly experienced the others culture. Europe, North America, Australasia are all similarly free, but the emphasis is on different things, reflecting the differnet cultural values.
The Germans seem to cope on the remaining stretches of unlimited autobahnen. It is actually quite relaxing driving at 220kmh _without_ worrying about being nicked for speeding. Plus, drivers are _way_ better there than in Holland with its 100/120kmh limit on motorways (if you see someone doing something really dumb on an autobahn like pulling out in front of someone without looking, you are almost guaranteed they are dutch).
However, most drivers sit at around 140-160kmh - that is a comfortable limit for many drivers/cars.
(My apologies to the Dutch on this list, but driving here is frightening).
But if you want to go really fast on land (320kmh), get on a French TGV. Problem is, it doesn't feel fast;-)
I suffer from slight shortsightedness which has stayed pretty stable (-1.5). I did notice the problem developing when I started working in an environment where I was focusing close up most of the time (like monitor distance). It seems many computer workers seem to suffer from myopia.
Now, at the same time, I was getting my pilots license. I noticed that when doing more hours in the plane, my vision got better, and when not flying it deteriorated. I also noticed that practically all of the instructors, regardless of age seemed to be long-sighted.
I spoke to an optician about the possibility of using some corrective lenses for computer/close up work that would cause the eyes to focus at or near infinity, thereby reducing the tendency of the eye muscles to relax into the near-sighted position. I understood from him that this _could_ help prevent some types of short-sightedness, and he also recommended a number of eye exercises.
The other thing that is curious, is that some mornings I get up, and my vision is good enough that I don't notice I haven't put my contacts in.
I think it's time for me to do some more research.
>The optometrist is bound to say this. They don't >want people getting their eyes fixed and no >longer needing to go to them for new glasses, >etc.
Not necessarily true. You should still go once a year for a checkup anyway. Plus, at least one that I spoke to was doing research into it, with a view to setting up for it. In my case I should go regradless, as there is glaucoma in the family.
That's why you should go with 1 day disposable lenses - no cleaning, less chance of infection, and because they're so cheap, you never lose them;-)
Seriously, I have spoken to many optometrists and qualified people, and all say the procedures look promising, but they would give it another 5 years to see what the longer term effects are. I'd err on the side of caution with my vision - it's far too precious to risk losing.
You should travel through Begium, my son. An absolute heaven if you like beer OR chocolate. The only issue I have with the Belgians, is that they can't seem to make 5% alcohol beer - they go all crazy and make 7%, 8%, 9% and more beer, which means you can't try too many before you fall over;-)
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Suse 6.1 and 6.2 both come with a free OSS. They also have another OSS version which _is_ time limited. I s'pose you must've picked the wrong one;-(.
On a different note, I used to run Suse 5.3 on my system. It ran like a (Frencg TGV) train. I've sinced installed 6.2 (clean install), and now it runs rather more slowly, even with no X/KDE/Whatever else loaded. Anyone got any ideas ??
The Loewe, Blaupunkt, B&O, Nokia (very nice) all have scarts (2 in fact). And the Nokia and Loewe come in funky colours, or with the Nokia you can even have it in walnut!
I read somewhere recently that said Belgium had more quadra (?) lingual people than any other country. English, French, Dutch and one of German/Spanish/Italian.
I don't think so - at least French (and Italian/Portuguese and possible Romanian) all have similar structure and rules - it's more a question of learning the vocab.
Learning Italian for me was relativley easy because I already knew French. English structure and word order is different, more akin to the Germanic languages.
One advantage English does have over some other languages is that you can really barstadise it, but still make yourself understood. Plus, there are so many variants.
>Is this what happens inside the head of a >bi-lingual person? (This is posed as a question >to any readers who might be)
For me it depends on how fluent I am in that language, and how I learnt it - I can switch backwards and forwards directly between three languages, but a couple of others are only one way - to go the other way I have to go through English or Italian.
The SSA is the sporting shooters association. They will obviously be pro-gun, so should not be treated as impartial.
The problem in this debate is that it is very hard to get any soure of impartial facts.
BTW I am not anti-gun (I did belong to a rifle club for some time), but statistics and studies can be used to distort anything - most these days are from a sponsor who wants a particular result to support his/her argument.
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The UK is a bit quiet at the moment, especially contracting, and most jobs are in London, which is VERY expensive. Holland (3% unemployment), Belgium and Portugal all seem to have a reasonable amount of IT jobs with good pay. Also Switzerland.
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Someone was running a trial in Italy, where you could phone a number and it would give information relating to the area you were calling from.
This is one reason (of many) that the pre-pay mobile phone is so popular in Europe (and NZ). Baiscally you get a phone, and buy cards which let you "charge up" your phone.
No contracts, no bills, no trace. Most operators insist you upload a minimum amount per quarter/6months/12 months to keep the number active.
Call charges per minute (originators pay here) are higher than contract type phones, but if you use the phone mainly for incoming use, they work out good value.
mmmmmm. Care to share ???
We experienced exactly the same thing. However, we knew where the blame lay, even back then. (The number of MS products that required 'tweaking' to get to work properly on NetWare networks (which then had 70-80% market share), and being told that it was tested and worked fine on their LanMan network (which had something like 5%)....Some 'tweaks' or fixes made it seem as though they had _deliberately_ tried to cause problems).
I called MS to report the problem and they said I had to "upgrade" to MS-DOS. I phoned the DR-DOS rep, and within less than a day it was all working again. Everything worked fine in the earlier beta versions of Win 3.1.
I don' know the source or the context of the statistics, but if it is true that kids that are taught by their parents how to handle guns are less likely to use them "inapropriately" the reason may not be because they are taught how to handle them, rather that it shows their parents actually take an interest in raising their children. Whether teaching them how to use guns is good or bad not relevant.
Parenting is a full time job, not something you schedule or fit in when you can. Along with rights, come responsibilities.
Please, enough of this Europe is not free..., America's obsession with guns... ranting!
Most of the comments from either side come from those who have never directly experienced the others culture. Europe, North America, Australasia are all similarly free, but the emphasis is on different things, reflecting the differnet cultural values.
The Germans seem to cope on the remaining stretches of unlimited autobahnen. It is actually quite relaxing driving at 220kmh _without_ worrying about being nicked for speeding. Plus, drivers are _way_ better there than in Holland with its 100/120kmh limit on motorways (if you see someone doing something really dumb on an autobahn like pulling out in front of someone without looking, you are almost guaranteed they are dutch).
;-)
However, most drivers sit at around 140-160kmh - that is a comfortable limit for many drivers/cars.
(My apologies to the Dutch on this list, but driving here is frightening).
But if you want to go really fast on land (320kmh), get on a French TGV. Problem is, it doesn't feel fast
I suffer from slight shortsightedness which has stayed pretty stable (-1.5). I did notice the problem developing when I started working in an environment where I was focusing close up most of the time (like monitor distance). It seems many computer workers seem to suffer from myopia.
Now, at the same time, I was getting my pilots license. I noticed that when doing more hours in the plane, my vision got better, and when not flying it deteriorated. I also noticed that practically all of the instructors, regardless of age seemed to be long-sighted.
I spoke to an optician about the possibility of using some corrective lenses for computer/close up work that would cause the eyes to focus at or near infinity, thereby reducing the tendency of the eye muscles to relax into the near-sighted position. I understood from him that this _could_ help prevent some types of short-sightedness, and he also recommended a number of eye exercises.
The other thing that is curious, is that some mornings I get up, and my vision is good enough that I don't notice I haven't put my contacts in.
I think it's time for me to do some more research.
>The optometrist is bound to say this. They don't >want people getting their eyes fixed and no >longer needing to go to them for new glasses, >etc.
Not necessarily true. You should still go once a year for a checkup anyway. Plus, at least one that I spoke to was doing research into it, with a view to setting up for it. In my case I should go regradless, as there is glaucoma in the family.
That's why you should go with 1 day disposable lenses - no cleaning, less chance of infection, and because they're so cheap, you never lose them ;-)
Seriously, I have spoken to many optometrists and qualified people, and all say the procedures look promising, but they would give it another 5 years to see what the longer term effects are. I'd err on the side of caution with my vision - it's far too precious to risk losing.
Dunno about that, but the Kiwi (NZ) stuff is good ;-).
You should travel through Begium, my son. An absolute heaven if you like beer OR chocolate. The only issue I have with the Belgians, is that they can't seem to make 5% alcohol beer - they go all crazy and make 7%, 8%, 9% and more beer, which means you can't try too many before you fall over ;-)
Suse 6.1 and 6.2 both come with a free OSS. They also have another OSS version which _is_ time limited. I s'pose you must've picked the wrong one ;-(.
On a different note, I used to run Suse 5.3 on my system. It ran like a (Frencg TGV) train. I've sinced installed 6.2 (clean install), and now it runs rather more slowly, even with no X/KDE/Whatever else loaded. Anyone got any ideas ??
I think he was referring to the server part. Yes the client does have one or two (!) minor (!) issues.
In addition to the previous comments, you can also use a 4.x client on Solaris, HP/UX and AIX
The Loewe, Blaupunkt, B&O, Nokia (very nice) all have scarts (2 in fact). And the Nokia and Loewe come in funky colours, or with the Nokia you can even have it in walnut!
Our sony TV in NZ handled PAL (which we use), NTSC and SECAM (France, Russia). Wasn't any more expensive than any of the other equivalent sets.
Nah, I've seen widescreen TVs in NZ (Wellington). Some nice Loewe ones.
Ahh, but our All Blacks creamed you, and they'll cream everyone else too!
I read somewhere recently that said Belgium had more quadra (?) lingual people than any other country. English, French, Dutch and one of German/Spanish/Italian.
I don't think so - at least French (and Italian/Portuguese and possible Romanian) all have similar structure and rules - it's more a question of learning the vocab.
Learning Italian for me was relativley easy because I already knew French. English structure and word order is different, more akin to the Germanic languages.
One advantage English does have over some other languages is that you can really barstadise it, but still make yourself understood. Plus, there are so many variants.
>Is this what happens inside the head of a
>bi-lingual person? (This is posed as a question >to any readers who might be)
For me it depends on how fluent I am in that language, and how I learnt it - I can switch backwards and forwards directly between three languages, but a couple of others are only one way - to go the other way I have to go through English or Italian.
The SSA is the sporting shooters association. They will obviously be pro-gun, so should not be treated as impartial.
The problem in this debate is that it is very hard to get any soure of impartial facts.
BTW I am not anti-gun (I did belong to a rifle club for some time), but statistics and studies can be used to distort anything - most these days are from a sponsor who wants a particular result to support his/her argument.