The thing that freaked me out when starting Win 3.0 development was that the coordinate system origin was in the upper-left of the screen. Which meant that all your drawing was done in quadrant IV -- technically, all "Y" coordinates in Windows should be negative!
Presentation Manager, of course, did it correctly, with the coordinate origin at the bottom-left of the screen, so you were always in quadrant I, and all your coordinate numbers were positive.
I recommend you buy some chinese-made clothing when you get there, to help you blend-in with the local populace. They will instantly overlook your blond hair and 6-foot height, and think you're a long-lost cousin, and invite you to marry their daughter.
On a serious note, it's their country, and they're their laws. Obey them or bad things happen, just like anywhere else in the world. You have some limited immunity because you're a westerner, but that only goes so far, so don't push your luck.
A better question to ask would have been: "Does China have any laws or customs that a westerner would inadvertently run afoul of?"
A good example would be one from Turkey: You do not stomp on a rolling coin to prevent it from getting away. You see, it has Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's image on it (founder of modern Turkey), and the law forbids defacing his image... and you just put the sole of your foot on his face (showing the sole of your shoe to someone is a grave insult in Islamic countries).
I had mine open this morning when I upgraded my RAM. The DVD-R/RW is a Matshita UJ-835F, which is 8x read speed.
Note that I had to use a pocketknife to get the putty knife started (I guess I bought a dull putty knife?). I was very surprised to see that the case truly is aluminum, and not just painted plastic. You get what you pay for, sometimes!
What with the usual IBM internal security guys running around in dark suits & shades, and now the goverment guys running around in dark suits & shades, how can a conspiracy theorist keep them separate?
I mean, obviously, the goverment guys have the tattoo on the forehead, but waving a UV light at people is not the way to go about making new friends. Especially when both groups are packing Sig-Sauers.
I thought to ask them about which is better -- eastern style BBQ or ketchup-based BBQ (thinking that the IBM guys would know to say eastern, since they've been in the area longer), but it seems that some of the goverment guys were onto that little trick (or just naturally liked eastern style, which I suppose is possible too.)
So, how can you tell them apart at slightly-greater-than conversational distance? Just curious.
Because light soft of "bounces" down a fiber optic, being reflected from the walls, could you (very carefully) strip off the insulation, and put a bend in the fiber, and collect the stray photons whose angle of incidence wasn't shallow enough to be reflected?
Change anything on the right side, and the effects show up on the left side. It's not magic or politics (as closely as the two might resemble each other), it's simple math that says income must equal outgo.
Where the interesting things happen is in projections of the baby-boomer demographics. Since future events are indeterminate, there's room for fudging and exaggeration in them, but not in the short-term.
It's not just the runways which have to bear the heavier weight of this super-jumbo, but the taxiways and parking pads, too.
The base I was stationed at in Germany could handle a C-5A Galaxy, but only if it stayed on the runway. If it had gone onto the asphalt taxiways it would have sunk to the axles.
It wasn't unexpected -- Larry made an Oopsie and announced his plans for merging the two companies waaay before it was a done-deal. I expect the top talent bailed out almost immediately.
So, the regular-Joe Peoplesoft employees knew it was coming, and at least could make other plans. Contrast that with the implosion at Enron, where the average worker had no idea that the company was on the precipice.
Whether the local economy can support 5000 new job seekers is another question. I wouldn't doubt that some of the senior management will start new firms, employing some of those recently laid off. Others will have to uproot their lives, and move to where there's work.
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The thing that freaked me out when starting Win 3.0 development was that the coordinate system origin was in the upper-left of the screen. Which meant that all your drawing was done in quadrant IV -- technically, all "Y" coordinates in Windows should be negative!
Presentation Manager, of course, did it correctly, with the coordinate origin at the bottom-left of the screen, so you were always in quadrant I, and all your coordinate numbers were positive.
Chip H.
...you just slashdotted Switzerland. Who's next, tough guy? Andorra?
Chip H.
You're getting off light. Mercedes & MINI charge $140 each (but the remote is embedded within the fob). I imagine BMW & Jaguar are similar.
Chip H.
Things could be worse - it could be leaving the country without you.
Chip H.
I recommend you buy some chinese-made clothing when you get there, to help you blend-in with the local populace. They will instantly overlook your blond hair and 6-foot height, and think you're a long-lost cousin, and invite you to marry their daughter.
... and you just put the sole of your foot on his face (showing the sole of your shoe to someone is a grave insult in Islamic countries).
On a serious note, it's their country, and they're their laws. Obey them or bad things happen, just like anywhere else in the world. You have some limited immunity because you're a westerner, but that only goes so far, so don't push your luck.
A better question to ask would have been: "Does China have any laws or customs that a westerner would inadvertently run afoul of?"
A good example would be one from Turkey: You do not stomp on a rolling coin to prevent it from getting away. You see, it has Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's image on it (founder of modern Turkey), and the law forbids defacing his image
Chip H.
I had mine open this morning when I upgraded my RAM. The DVD-R/RW is a Matshita UJ-835F, which is 8x read speed.
Note that I had to use a pocketknife to get the putty knife started (I guess I bought a dull putty knife?). I was very surprised to see that the case truly is aluminum, and not just painted plastic. You get what you pay for, sometimes!
Chip H.
If you buy their ram based on the spec (timings, etc), you don't get the compatability guarantee like you do when you use their memory configurator.
Chip H.
What with the usual IBM internal security guys running around in dark suits & shades, and now the goverment guys running around in dark suits & shades, how can a conspiracy theorist keep them separate?
I mean, obviously, the goverment guys have the tattoo on the forehead, but waving a UV light at people is not the way to go about making new friends. Especially when both groups are packing Sig-Sauers.
I thought to ask them about which is better -- eastern style BBQ or ketchup-based BBQ (thinking that the IBM guys would know to say eastern, since they've been in the area longer), but it seems that some of the goverment guys were onto that little trick (or just naturally liked eastern style, which I suppose is possible too.)
So, how can you tell them apart at slightly-greater-than conversational distance? Just curious.
Chip H.
Very true.
Chip H.
This was also shown on Robert X Cringely's Triumph of the Nerds
After watching the 2005 Macworld keynote, does anyone know where I can get the older ones? Maybe on a "Steve Jobs' Greatest Hits" DVD?
Chip H.
The clip was included in Robert X. Cringely's Triumph of the Nerds series on PBS in 1996. It was as funny then as it is today.
Chip H.
Given that everything is made in China these days, why should I buy HP over a Japanese or Korean brand, when they pull stunts like this?
Chip H.
Because light soft of "bounces" down a fiber optic, being reflected from the walls, could you (very carefully) strip off the insulation, and put a bend in the fiber, and collect the stray photons whose angle of incidence wasn't shallow enough to be reflected?
Chip H.
Imagine if Salman Rushdie had been held liable for all the bad things that other people did after he published The Satanic Verses.
Chip H.
I won't get mine until Friday, dammit.
Chip H.
Why isn't the attribute named "robots=nofollow"?
That would make more sense to me.
Chip H.
Viagra and Propecia prove to be toxic with long-term usage, solving the social-security problem.
;-)
Chip H.
Since Social Security is a pay-as-you-go program, the basic equation of it's operation is:
((NumPeopleContributing * AvgAmtContributed) + AmtBorrowed)
=
((NumPeopleWithdrawing * AvgAmtWithdrawn) + AmtSavedForFutureNeeds)
Change anything on the right side, and the effects show up on the left side. It's not magic or politics (as closely as the two might resemble each other), it's simple math that says income must equal outgo.
Where the interesting things happen is in projections of the baby-boomer demographics. Since future events are indeterminate, there's room for fudging and exaggeration in them, but not in the short-term.
Chip H.
Hmmm.. Victor Alert?
Chip H.
800 passengers just means a greater chance that my luggage is the last off the plane.
Chip H.
It's not just the runways which have to bear the heavier weight of this super-jumbo, but the taxiways and parking pads, too.
The base I was stationed at in Germany could handle a C-5A Galaxy, but only if it stayed on the runway. If it had gone onto the asphalt taxiways it would have sunk to the axles.
Chip H.
It wasn't unexpected -- Larry made an Oopsie and announced his plans for merging the two companies waaay before it was a done-deal. I expect the top talent bailed out almost immediately.
So, the regular-Joe Peoplesoft employees knew it was coming, and at least could make other plans. Contrast that with the implosion at Enron, where the average worker had no idea that the company was on the precipice.
Whether the local economy can support 5000 new job seekers is another question. I wouldn't doubt that some of the senior management will start new firms, employing some of those recently laid off. Others will have to uproot their lives, and move to where there's work.
Chip H.
See:
http://www.ipnsig.org/home.htm
Chip H.
Crucial is selling 1gb for the mini at $265 with free shipping. Just use their memory configurator and they guarantee compatibility.
The trick is going to be opening the case on the mini -- it has about 15 little plastic fingers that need to be released.
Chip H.
In other news, BMW sues both Google and Apple for trademark infringement.
Chip H.