It's a people problem. I do and watch scientific presentations as a part of my job and I am constantly appalled at the low quality of presentations.
There are few simple rules on how to make a good presentation: 1) Use a projector - stop using transparencies, 2) avoid text on your slides at all costs 3) use plenty of full colour figures and simple animation but don't overdo it and 4) rehearse your presentation so that you know it by heart - nothing irritates me as much as someone who just reads his slides to the audience.
Morally we all know Taiwan is an independent state
Sure, morally, whatever.
Fortunately the international politics are still (or at least were until very recently) run by people with cool heads and thorough understanding of realpolitik.
Maybe these company CEOs should signal the Taiwan government that it's not good for business if you intentionally provoke a neighbour with nuclear weapons and the world's largest standing military.
One of the first things that you learn in an economics class is how in a capitalist society any company making profits will eventually have competition.
Yeah, that's what an indoctrination does to your thinking process. You can't think for yourself.
1) Company A makes a great product
2) Company A attains a dominant position
3) Company B tries to compete by introducing an even greater product.
4a) Company B is successful: Company A buys it out because they can. End of Company B. Only Company A remains.
4b) Company B is not successful: end of Company B.
And don't start with the "vote with your wallets"-crap. Consumers are stupid - not informed. That's where it all fails.
Unregulated capitalism. Any unregulated freedom is a disaster.
Unregulated freedom for corporations at a national level is a national disaster. Unregulated capitalism only leads to the end of all free trade: monopoly.
Ok. The dirty old man accusation was not really that serious.
However, I hope you're not serious about unregulated capitalism. Unregulated capitalism, like any unlimited freedom, leads to a disaster. In this case, the disaster is called monopoly.
Well, basically Heinlein was a dirty old man who wrote crap sci-fi.
I've never quite understood why he's so popular. Most of his books seem to concentrate on advocating unregulated capitalism (check out The Cat Who Walked Through Walls) and old men lusting after (and sometimes having sex with) young women.
Why should the author typeset an article in the first place? No, that's the publisher's job.
I want my PhD students to write their manuscripts in Word so that I can easily write in my proposed changes and comments so that they will show up in red, underlined text when "show modifications" is enabled.
Furthermore, most journals accept submissions in Word format these days.
How 'bout you go work in a Windows shop for a few years, and then come back with some decent arguments
Is it really that hard to admit that W2K and subsequent versions really are stable? I pity you.
For your information, my lab runs nothing but Windows because of the compatibility issues when it comes to the preparation of manuscripts. I will not edit a PhD student's LaTeX file because I see no need to learn a whole new language just to typeset a manuscript.
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It's a people problem. I do and watch scientific presentations as a part of my job and I am constantly appalled at the low quality of presentations.
There are few simple rules on how to make a good presentation: 1) Use a projector - stop using transparencies, 2) avoid text on your slides at all costs 3) use plenty of full colour figures and simple animation but don't overdo it and 4) rehearse your presentation so that you know it by heart - nothing irritates me as much as someone who just reads his slides to the audience.
Ok. So much for your objectivity. Your zeal is based not on reason but religious conviction.
Sure, morally, whatever.
Fortunately the international politics are still (or at least were until very recently) run by people with cool heads and thorough understanding of realpolitik.
Well, if they can pull it through, sure why not. I just don't think the USA or the international community should get involved in any way.
It's an internal Chinese matter.
The would would be a better place if China was more like Taiwan.
That's not an objective judgement.
Taiwan is not an independent nation. Even USA does not recognize her. What purpose does the latest referendum serve? It's nothing but a provocation.
Maybe these company CEOs should signal the Taiwan government that it's not good for business if you intentionally provoke a neighbour with nuclear weapons and the world's largest standing military.
I say this is a deep-cover infiltration operation.
Could it be so that SCO infiltrated the Linux community years ago, poisoned the source tree and is now reaping the benefits?
Trolls in the real-life are another matter because they'd actually hurt people.
Yeah, right.
She's just over the top in real life.
Yeah, that's what an indoctrination does to your thinking process. You can't think for yourself.
1) Company A makes a great product
2) Company A attains a dominant position
3) Company B tries to compete by introducing an even greater product.
4a) Company B is successful: Company A buys it out because they can. End of Company B. Only Company A remains.
4b) Company B is not successful: end of Company B.
And don't start with the "vote with your wallets"-crap. Consumers are stupid - not informed. That's where it all fails.
I mean, really.
Unregulated freedom for corporations at a national level is a national disaster. Unregulated capitalism only leads to the end of all free trade: monopoly.
However, I hope you're not serious about unregulated capitalism. Unregulated capitalism, like any unlimited freedom, leads to a disaster. In this case, the disaster is called monopoly.
I've never quite understood why he's so popular. Most of his books seem to concentrate on advocating unregulated capitalism (check out The Cat Who Walked Through Walls) and old men lusting after (and sometimes having sex with) young women.
If you're blackmailed you're supposed to call the cops not to give in to schemes that will give even more power to the "guy blackmailing you".
That's yet another reason why it's good to own a gun at home and to know how to use it.
I trademarked goatse while you were distracted.
I want my PhD students to write their manuscripts in Word so that I can easily write in my proposed changes and comments so that they will show up in red, underlined text when "show modifications" is enabled.
Furthermore, most journals accept submissions in Word format these days.
Which just happen to be "suprisingly" similar to any rock found on Earth.
That will do it. Good job.
Indeed. And RedHat 8.0 Linux on my file server inexplicably hard-locked yesterday. So? Software fails and that's perfectly OK.
Is it really that hard to admit that W2K and subsequent versions really are stable? I pity you.
For your information, my lab runs nothing but Windows because of the compatibility issues when it comes to the preparation of manuscripts. I will not edit a PhD student's LaTeX file because I see no need to learn a whole new language just to typeset a manuscript.
Unless, of course, they never made the trip.