So my ISP says to me that they will 'speed shape' BT default ports (6851 - 6859?). So I think to myself that I will tell my BT client (Azereus) to use port 80. Being a non-technical person, what is the downside of my decision to use port 80 for my BT traffic?
I think it is just the opposite. The Party Secretary of the small town turned up with a fist full of renminbi shortly after the satellite crashed to make sure that the occupier said the right things when the reporters turn up.
.. is how the President of any other soverign country would behave if he / she was handed a speech to be read while the invited guest of a foreign country.
Imagine the outcry if Bush or Kerry went to China to address the National People's Congress and was handed a speech and told to read it.
Iraq is not a US, EU or UN state; it is a soverign country.
You don't have absolute freedom because there are "legal boundaries". Choice is not freedom.
Freedoms only exist because they are granted to us. We once had the freedom to own and keep slaves. That freedom has been taken away.
We accept state-imposed freedom-limitation in many way as we recognise the benefit for a larger group (society) than the individual (the inherent state-citizen contract again).
Do you mean to say that voting is "..the promotion of nationalist sentiment."?
Voting, in my view, is the ultimate freedom - the right to choose one's own leaders. Compulsory voting is to ensure that better than 52% of the population exercises that most important of rights (or at least take a moment to think about it).
My view is that the state-citizen contract requires participation. You do not have absolute freedom and compulsory voting would not erode existing freedoms other than the freedom to opt out of deciding the government.
I am not suggesting that people be "forced" to vote, but with compulsory voting at least you get very high voter turnouts - more participation, more democratic.
In Australia, I think the fine for not voting is about $20, and they have close to 95% voter turnouts for Federal elections. Surely that is better (more democratic) than the 52% recorded in 2000 in the US?
Slashdot is always available on the Chinese mainland.
And for the record, both my partner and I have never had any problem accessing our gmail accounts in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Zhengzhou etc etc). Yes, sometimes it is slow, but it is always available.
I'm not an economist either, but it sounds like you are right on the money. Gold is gold is gold. Winter barley is winter barley and pork bellies are....
But RAM does change and I am sure that it is one of the reasons the RAM-based futures products don't work well as smoothers.
Sorry to say this, but have a look at what "pert" means. I have no doubt that she is a fantastic lady and that you will have great lives together, but "pert"? No.
"The deluge of anti-RealNetworks sentiment prompted the company to take down the original petition and replace it with one without a comment section, but where the names of those who signed up were visible. Most signed up as 'Real sucks' or something similar. The ability to see names was then removed."
Does this sound like the actions of a company you want to trust?
Actually, the Chinese yuan (renminbi) is soft-pegged to the US dollar. It is exchange-traded between in a floating range of 8.25 and 8.3 to the US dollar. This has been the case for over five years now.
There is very little evidence that a free-floating renminbi would drop to the levels you suggest. My own research shows that a value of between 7.2 and 9 (yes a depreciation!) would be the likely mid-term outcome from a more freely exchanged yuan.
I work for one of those "news agencuies" you quote and nobody outside of the Murdoch-owned stables were reporting it that way. Latham's speech was crystal clear on the issue.
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So my ISP says to me that they will 'speed shape' BT default ports (6851 - 6859?). So I think to myself that I will tell my BT client (Azereus) to use port 80. Being a non-technical person, what is the downside of my decision to use port 80 for my BT traffic?
Off-topic, so please accept my apologies in advance.
I am quite new to file sharing and would love to know which are your favourite DC++ hubs?
Thanks in advance.
Buy it once, own it forever.
I think it is just the opposite. The Party Secretary of the small town turned up with a fist full of renminbi shortly after the satellite crashed to make sure that the occupier said the right things when the reporters turn up.
.. is how the President of any other soverign country would behave if he / she was handed a speech to be read while the invited guest of a foreign country.
Imagine the outcry if Bush or Kerry went to China to address the National People's Congress and was handed a speech and told to read it.
Iraq is not a US, EU or UN state; it is a soverign country.
You don't have absolute freedom because there are "legal boundaries". Choice is not freedom.
Freedoms only exist because they are granted to us. We once had the freedom to own and keep slaves. That freedom has been taken away.
We accept state-imposed freedom-limitation in many way as we recognise the benefit for a larger group (society) than the individual (the inherent state-citizen contract again).
Do you mean to say that voting is "..the promotion of nationalist sentiment."?
Voting, in my view, is the ultimate freedom - the right to choose one's own leaders. Compulsory voting is to ensure that better than 52% of the population exercises that most important of rights (or at least take a moment to think about it).
So some people's votes are more important or valuable than others? That does not sound like any form of democracy.
My view is that the state-citizen contract requires participation. You do not have absolute freedom and compulsory voting would not erode existing freedoms other than the freedom to opt out of deciding the government.
I am not suggesting that people be "forced" to vote, but with compulsory voting at least you get very high voter turnouts - more participation, more democratic.
In Australia, I think the fine for not voting is about $20, and they have close to 95% voter turnouts for Federal elections. Surely that is better (more democratic) than the 52% recorded in 2000 in the US?
This is in no way meant to be a flame or troll post, but I am very curious as to why the US does not have compulsory voting.
I am sure there are reasons for not having it, but I cannot think of them.
Slashdot is always available on the Chinese mainland.
And for the record, both my partner and I have never had any problem accessing our gmail accounts in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Zhengzhou etc etc). Yes, sometimes it is slow, but it is always available.
The quote is:
Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried. Attributed to Winston Churchill.
Not true. In my eight years here in China / Taiwan, I have never found an unlcoked bike (regardless the bike's age or condition).
Almost every domestically made bike comes with a fixed wheel lock operated by a key.
The first and only bike I bought in China was from a market in Beijing specialising in stolen bikes. I had it for about a week until it was stolen.
In every city and large town there are bike park lots staffed with security staff who take your 10 cents and guard over the bikes.
But we do have a number of markets trading RAM futures - hence the reasons for my original question.
b jectstore/General/FAQFutures.html
http://www.semiconx.com/Exchange01/SilverStream/O
I'm not an economist either, but it sounds like you are right on the money. Gold is gold is gold. Winter barley is winter barley and pork bellies are ....
But RAM does change and I am sure that it is one of the reasons the RAM-based futures products don't work well as smoothers.
But why hasn't the futures market been able to smooth these fluctuations as it has for almost every other conceivable product on earth?
Sorry to say this, but have a look at what "pert" means. I have no doubt that she is a fantastic lady and that you will have great lives together, but "pert"? No.
From the story:
"The deluge of anti-RealNetworks sentiment prompted the company to take down the original petition and replace it with one without a comment section, but where the names of those who signed up were visible. Most signed up as 'Real sucks' or something similar. The ability to see names was then removed."
Does this sound like the actions of a company you want to trust?
Which part of my post makes me an idiot?
Actually, the Chinese yuan (renminbi) is soft-pegged to the US dollar. It is exchange-traded between in a floating range of 8.25 and 8.3 to the US dollar. This has been the case for over five years now.
There is very little evidence that a free-floating renminbi would drop to the levels you suggest. My own research shows that a value of between 7.2 and 9 (yes a depreciation!) would be the likely mid-term outcome from a more freely exchanged yuan.
I work for one of those "news agencuies" you quote and nobody outside of the Murdoch-owned stables were reporting it that way. Latham's speech was crystal clear on the issue.
The ALP has NOT agreed, yet, to suppot the enabling legislation that would make the US FTA law despite what the Herald Sun says.
They have said they are willing to support it if the Government will make key changes to the agreement to protect the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
This is not a done deal, yet.
Agreed completely.
Although not a U2 fan at all, even the flatest, worst live version of 'Bad' is better than the studio version, for example.
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According to Xinhua, over 220 billion text messages were sent in China in 2003, making up some 55 percent of the world's text messages.
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I wish my bank offered Bonking services - maybe I wouldn't moan about their monthly fees if they did.