I don't think the Internet increases the incidence of child molestation. A molester is going to molest whether or not he or she has the net at his disposal. They're driven by an extremely strong, sick urge and they're going to find a way to fulfill it no matter what.
You should have had a FQT (Formal Qualification Test) requirement in the contract. That means there is a document somewhere that very clearly qualifies what tests the software has to pass before the contractor meets their last milestone and gets paid for it.
Usually, representatives from the contractor and from our company get together, have a demo, and check off every requirement as it is demonstrated. Then everyone signs off on the document and we cut them a check.
It would be totally worth it to fly a rep from the Chinese company out to the States to follow this procedure. I've dealt with lots of Chinese people in my career and they tend to be strongly opportunistic and legalistic (but only if being legalistic can help them). It's just how their culture is. If you don't do anything to withhold payment until you get a working product, they'll think you deserve to get ripped off.
If I were a musician, I'd tweak just one song to become a radio hit... and count on people buying my record so they can hear the music I really wanted to make.
We know the Moon is abundant with helium-3, which is rare on Earth and may someday serve as fuel for fusion reactors. We haven't nearly explored enough of Mars or Venus to determine if there is some pragmatic reason to go there.
People perceive risk in different ways. A Cassini accident had the potential to affect everyone, so everyone should have their say about whether the risk is worth taking. Make your own observations about the risk... if they're solid, people will know it. But nobody is arguing about the facts, so don't try to denigrate someone else for exercising their right to interpret them differently.
I have been watching plasma prices for a couple years. My 'buy point' was $2000. Finally last week I found a Panasonic 37" plasma for $1999, so I bought it. Not HDTV (it downsamples HDTV signals to 480p), but HDTV is mostly hype anyway. I hate most television and I only want to watch DVDs. I mounted it on my wall, it looks sexy and I'm happy with my purchase.
Lots of places (such as airports and train stations) have electric sockets in the floor, for running vacuum cleaners, floor buffers, and the like. I avail myself of these while traveling. Just find a chair near a socket, pry off the cover, and plug in.
I just bought a 12" Powerbook a couple months ago. (BTW, when I bought, Amazon.com had a $150 rebate, so you might want to check that out.) Before that, my only experience with OS X was fooling around with one in my local Apple Store for a half hour. I was so impressed, and I continue to be so. I feel like I didn't have to 'learn' anything to be able to use OS X. I was doing everything I did on my Wintel box (except play games) just as well within a couple days. It's stable, looks great, and is easy to use. It does, truly, 'just work'.
I'm competent with Linux, but as they say, it's only free if your time has no value. I'd much rather shell out some $$$ for an app that just works, rather then spend hours twiddling with some stupid config file or trying to track down drivers. I love OS X and it has become my OS of choice.
Most online games will ban players who use racist language. I remember in Ultima Online, I had several kiddies banned for using racial slurs. Other than banning everyone under 18, complaining about these individuals is the best way to clean up the game.
In the home, compact fluorescents are best for closets, patios/porches, or anywhere it's grossly inconvenient to change lightbulbs (possibly *everywhere*, if you're handicapped.) The poor light quality makes them unsuitable for any other application, IMO. I use halogen everywhere else. I'll use white LEDs when they become more affordable.
I have coughed up these granules from time to time. I asked my dentist and he told me it is plaque and bacteria that accumulate on the tonsils. The tonsils have "pits" on their surface that collect this material. Eventually so much material collects in these pits, that it can be knocked loose by a cough or a sneeze.
It's a generally harmless phenomenon, but it can lead to chronic bad breath due to the sulfur odor of the material. If this is a concern, you can buy a WaterPik and use it to irrigate your tonsils, thus removing any plaque or bacteria that has collected there. Some people have been able to use a small-headed toothbrush to brush the tonsils, but most people can't do it without gagging.
Apparently this guy aspirated some of the bacteria in his mouth or throat and an infection took hold internally. This isn't normal; a combination of excessive amounts of bacteria in the mouth due to poor oral hygiene, and perhaps a depressed immune system may have conspired against him to make him sick.
I buy expensive computer parts all the time, but I'd be really curious to see what a $1.00 computer looked like. Just to goof on it, or for the same reason I'd go to a museum... to see objects with historical significance. So you might have missed out on a big sale from a person like me.;)
I got an iPod, and a month later I had to format my PC's hard disk. I had absolutely no idea that you couldn't copy your songs off the iPod. It seemed like such an essential feature that I simply assumed you could do it. Oblivious, I completed my format, reinstalled iTunes, and plugged in my iPod.
Before I knew it, all my music was deleted off the iPod as well. I still like my iPod, but Apple needs to be more up front about this missing feature. It's just like buying a car without a reverse gear.
I recently switched to a Powerbook and I am glad to see this iPod Download tool. You can be sure I'll be using it regardless of the legality.
I'm not sure about that. Blasting the asteroid into gravel would greatly increase its total surface area. More surface area + same velocity = more heat generated from friction with the atmosphere. Therefore more of its mass would burn up before striking the earth.
Nah, they just need to be as cheap as possible (a large market is students, after all) and have the lowest possible battery consumption. You can bet HP and Casio have figured out what price the market will bear, and designed their calculators accordingly. Not that I wouldn't mind seeing a graphing calculator with one of these LCDs either.:)
You can get an IR transmitter with an extended range, specifically designed for using a PDA as a remote. It plugs into the headphone jack of a PocketPC PDA. Just google for it, there are a few products available. I remember I found one but it didn't work with my Dell Axim.
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I don't think the Internet increases the incidence of child molestation. A molester is going to molest whether or not he or she has the net at his disposal. They're driven by an extremely strong, sick urge and they're going to find a way to fulfill it no matter what.
You should have had a FQT (Formal Qualification Test) requirement in the contract. That means there is a document somewhere that very clearly qualifies what tests the software has to pass before the contractor meets their last milestone and gets paid for it.
Usually, representatives from the contractor and from our company get together, have a demo, and check off every requirement as it is demonstrated. Then everyone signs off on the document and we cut them a check.
It would be totally worth it to fly a rep from the Chinese company out to the States to follow this procedure. I've dealt with lots of Chinese people in my career and they tend to be strongly opportunistic and legalistic (but only if being legalistic can help them). It's just how their culture is. If you don't do anything to withhold payment until you get a working product, they'll think you deserve to get ripped off.
If I were a musician, I'd tweak just one song to become a radio hit... and count on people buying my record so they can hear the music I really wanted to make.
We know the Moon is abundant with helium-3, which is rare on Earth and may someday serve as fuel for fusion reactors. We haven't nearly explored enough of Mars or Venus to determine if there is some pragmatic reason to go there.
I have tried expensive HDMI and cheap HDMI cables... there was no difference from what I have seen on my 37" plasma. I'd say you got ripped off.
People perceive risk in different ways. A Cassini accident had the potential to affect everyone, so everyone should have their say about whether the risk is worth taking. Make your own observations about the risk... if they're solid, people will know it. But nobody is arguing about the facts, so don't try to denigrate someone else for exercising their right to interpret them differently.
I got a $150 rebate on my Powerbook by buying at Amazon.com... you might want to check that out.
Or you could get up off your kilosized butt and insert the disk into your DVD player. ;)
I have been watching plasma prices for a couple years. My 'buy point' was $2000. Finally last week I found a Panasonic 37" plasma for $1999, so I bought it. Not HDTV (it downsamples HDTV signals to 480p), but HDTV is mostly hype anyway. I hate most television and I only want to watch DVDs. I mounted it on my wall, it looks sexy and I'm happy with my purchase.
Lots of places (such as airports and train stations) have electric sockets in the floor, for running vacuum cleaners, floor buffers, and the like. I avail myself of these while traveling. Just find a chair near a socket, pry off the cover, and plug in.
I just bought a 12" Powerbook a couple months ago. (BTW, when I bought, Amazon.com had a $150 rebate, so you might want to check that out.) Before that, my only experience with OS X was fooling around with one in my local Apple Store for a half hour. I was so impressed, and I continue to be so. I feel like I didn't have to 'learn' anything to be able to use OS X. I was doing everything I did on my Wintel box (except play games) just as well within a couple days. It's stable, looks great, and is easy to use. It does, truly, 'just work'.
I'm competent with Linux, but as they say, it's only free if your time has no value. I'd much rather shell out some $$$ for an app that just works, rather then spend hours twiddling with some stupid config file or trying to track down drivers. I love OS X and it has become my OS of choice.
Most online games will ban players who use racist language. I remember in Ultima Online, I had several kiddies banned for using racial slurs. Other than banning everyone under 18, complaining about these individuals is the best way to clean up the game.
In the home, compact fluorescents are best for closets, patios/porches, or anywhere it's grossly inconvenient to change lightbulbs (possibly *everywhere*, if you're handicapped.) The poor light quality makes them unsuitable for any other application, IMO. I use halogen everywhere else. I'll use white LEDs when they become more affordable.
I bet a lot of their subscribers were upset when they didn't get to see the money shot. ;)
Is there an OS X client?
I have coughed up these granules from time to time. I asked my dentist and he told me it is plaque and bacteria that accumulate on the tonsils. The tonsils have "pits" on their surface that collect this material. Eventually so much material collects in these pits, that it can be knocked loose by a cough or a sneeze.
It's a generally harmless phenomenon, but it can lead to chronic bad breath due to the sulfur odor of the material. If this is a concern, you can buy a WaterPik and use it to irrigate your tonsils, thus removing any plaque or bacteria that has collected there. Some people have been able to use a small-headed toothbrush to brush the tonsils, but most people can't do it without gagging.
Apparently this guy aspirated some of the bacteria in his mouth or throat and an infection took hold internally. This isn't normal; a combination of excessive amounts of bacteria in the mouth due to poor oral hygiene, and perhaps a depressed immune system may have conspired against him to make him sick.
I buy expensive computer parts all the time, but I'd be really curious to see what a $1.00 computer looked like. Just to goof on it, or for the same reason I'd go to a museum... to see objects with historical significance. So you might have missed out on a big sale from a person like me. ;)
Read the specs, it's 900/1800/1900Mhz. Will work fine in the U.S. I'm sure they'll be selling on eBay shortly.
I got an iPod, and a month later I had to format my PC's hard disk. I had absolutely no idea that you couldn't copy your songs off the iPod. It seemed like such an essential feature that I simply assumed you could do it. Oblivious, I completed my format, reinstalled iTunes, and plugged in my iPod.
Before I knew it, all my music was deleted off the iPod as well. I still like my iPod, but Apple needs to be more up front about this missing feature. It's just like buying a car without a reverse gear.
I recently switched to a Powerbook and I am glad to see this iPod Download tool. You can be sure I'll be using it regardless of the legality.
I'm not sure about that. Blasting the asteroid into gravel would greatly increase its total surface area. More surface area + same velocity = more heat generated from friction with the atmosphere. Therefore more of its mass would burn up before striking the earth.
Nah, they just need to be as cheap as possible (a large market is students, after all) and have the lowest possible battery consumption. You can bet HP and Casio have figured out what price the market will bear, and designed their calculators accordingly. Not that I wouldn't mind seeing a graphing calculator with one of these LCDs either. :)
That's why you get a DVD burner. Makes Netflix so much more convenient and economical. ;)
I got 2 of them with my Radeon 9600 AIW. Sold them on eBay for $135 total. Not a bad deal.
The transmitter on my Axim was very weak, only useful from a few feet away. Perhaps we have different models.
You can get an IR transmitter with an extended range, specifically designed for using a PDA as a remote. It plugs into the headphone jack of a PocketPC PDA. Just google for it, there are a few products available. I remember I found one but it didn't work with my Dell Axim.