WTO will likely throw out CHina's challenge on the tires. China is constantly dumping their products on the west and getting caught at it. In the past, W allowed all that to slide, but Obama is more like EU and putting more and more tariffs on China's products.
On January 18, 2008, the U.S. government filed a second arbitration request regarding Canada's measures implementing the SLA, specifically the provincial implementation programs of Ontario and Québec.[14] Canada responded on February 18, 2008.[15]
On March 4, 2008, the London Court of International Arbitration ruled (in the first arbitration initiated in August 2007) that Canada was in violation of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement in its eastern provinces, but not in its western provinces. [16] The panel had been made up of a Belgian arbitrator nominated by Canada, a British arbitrator named by the U.S., and a panel president from Germany.[17]
On February 26, 2009, the London Court of International Arbitration announced its ruling (in the second arbitration initiated in January 2008) that Canada was in breach of the softwood lumber agreement as a result of its failure to calculate quotas properly during January-June 2007.[18][19][20] The arbitration body ordered that sawmills in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan must pay an additional 10 per cent export charge (up to $68.26 million). The tribunal imposed a 30-day deadline to rectify the breach.
We have had many agreements of which Canada keeps breaking it. NAFTA court, WTO, and even London court all keep saying that Canada is wrong. Only once, did a NAFTA court side with Canada 4 years ago.
And yet, you point though an AC with a crooked finger.
First, avatar was not run the normal length and many articles pointed it out. And the group that decided to cut the length pointed out that they cut it early from 2D because they felt that it would cut into the next movies. Others in China said that it was about the theme, and others said it was about the money.
And do you have evidence that America is the one of the worst freetrade offenders? According to WTO, we are not.
Poultry and Tire imports were about China's dumping on the market. Wood with Canada was an issue (not sure if it is resolved or not; Hopefully it is). And when it comes to Subsidies, just about every nation has massive subsidies for food. In fact, America is downright MINOR compared to most others(though it does not excuse it).
Online Gambling is a legitimate one, though. That sounds about as dumb as the one yesterday with America blocking Costa Rica's sugar import unless they sign on to our idea of IP. Personally, I think that pols behind either of these should be shot.
They are actually only giving this to RD groups. It seems like the smart thing is to ask for ideas on how to commercialize and then push that. For example, they are pushing personal assistant. Yet, the last thing that I would want, as a company, is a robot that works closely with ppl esp. unsupervised. Instead, I can think of several areas that might be far more workable. The west has stabilized their populations and in some cases are on the downward trend. Germany and Japan are 2 of these. Western EU and America have quit growth except for immigration. This can be used to decide where to focus. For example:
Robotic cook and dishwasher for restaurants. In particular, at resort locations. Take the example of European ski locations vs. lakes, camping areas, etc. A set of robots can work in the winter in a restaurant at a ski location. In the summer, they are re-located to a restaurant by the ocean. These give the ability to cope with varying demands better than having to hire for worst case, but then having to either cut hours, or even layoff part way into the season.
In Colorado, we have Horse stables claiming that they MUST hire illegals and pay them less than minimum, or they would not be in business. Their original carp was that they could not find ppl, but it turns out that they could not find them that would work for less than minimum. But a robot in there could do the work day and night. The same would be true of any other animal operation. More importantly, these are ideal for figuring out how to clean up industrial waste. If you can create robots that can adopt to the situation in a horse barn, or a pig feedlot, they can adopt to many others. These would also allow better adoption on the moon and mars. After all, you want to figure out how to walk around crap, not through.
The FBI pay their CS ppl at the same level that NSA, CIA, DOD, and NASA pay.
The prestige with NSA is that you DO work with bright ppl and yes, systems that will not be known about for decades. Finally, NSA pushes you to excel. FBI simply pushes you. And DHS is LOADED with absolute IDIOTS. More cronyism in there, and everybody that I knew in there were total idiots in the private world. DHS is one of those nightmares that should be destroyed.
Show me a case where a Chinese citizen was punished in anyway for Spying only on Western countries, and I will show you a lie.
Chinese Gov. has said all along that if crackers spy on the west, it is ok, IFF they share the info (which I suspect that ALL do). Basically, Chinese citizens are executed for spying or cracking each other's systems, but paid for the information from western companies.
If a western person worked for North Korea or Iran and then betrayed that confidence by spying on those countries and their business, would that western person be seen as a spy? Nope. Now, if a western person spies on another western country, I would not want them.
Quit trying to apply western law to China. It does not work. For example, their constitution reads VERY similar to any western constition, except the final area, in which it says that any rights not spelled out for the citizen is reserved by the state (IOW, it is the opposite of most western nations). That one change allows their gov. to do anything and they do.
Baidu works VERY close with the Chinese gov. In the same way that Pravda works with Russian Party, Fox with the republican party, or Air America Airlines with the CIA. As it is, Chinese gov. has strict penality for spying or causing harm against other Chinese (esp. gov or companies), but reward handsomely those that do the same against foreigners and then share the information. Basically, the gov has an X-Prize approach to spying on the west.
I seriously doubt it. Have you ever worked with say FBI or DHS on a tech level? They are both loaded with total idiots. The CIA is a mixed bad and NSA is loaded with some of the brightest ppl that I have worked inside of the gov. Google has nobody on their roster that is a known American gov. employee. And I doubt that the gov. allows that.
OTH, I have dealt several times with spies from China. One guy that wanted to invest in the start-up that we were in, but wanted full access to the equipment that we had. Needless to say, it was under strict ITAR. And one gal wanted on to the company once she found out who our roster list was (which also disqualified her).
BTW, Some of the Google employees are likely rented to various gov agents to help them. Google has a lot more tech than is widely acknowledge. A big part of the spying that went on, was most likely not just about finding a few Chinese. It was far more likely trying to access the Google Search tech, so that Baidau could do a better job.
Why should Google be surprised. The funny thing is that all Google will be able to do is fire that person. And then they will get to take a job with a Baidu (or may already be working for them).
Put one one the east coast(Aeronautics museum is right), one on the west coast (SD or Boeing's), and one in the middle (say Denver's Aeronautical).
We need kids to get interested in Space again.
Having the ability to do so, is not the same thing as having proof that it occurred. If I own a Smith Wesson 9mm pistol, or a parker 12 gauge shotgun, or even a J.A. Henkel butcher knife, does that mean that I have murder somebody? Nope.
Actually, it is not. China is after every western country. Many a company and countries have gripped that they are seeing massive hits on their systems by CHina. And all are being spied on.
if ppl/company have requirements of no OSS code in their stuff including BSD, then follow their model as well; Not sure what the library is, but if doing a lot of work, then he should charge a seat fee (per developer) as well as a client fee (per sale). Basically, closed code, combined with source code is VERY EXPENSIVE.
with the money. THey invest it in Western companies, but they are using multiple proxies. What is interesting is that a number of the investment companies are actually quiet fronts for China money. Then the VCs INSIST that the production moves to china saying that it is the lowest costs.
It is thought that many more of the investment companies are owned by CHina, even though they are suppose to declare it as such.
If so, I suspect that the psql team will nullify a number of those patents with prior art. Long before Oracle 9/10's move into OO, Postgres was there.
Also, once Oracle creates that kind of ill will, how fast will MS move MS-SQL to Linux/Unix? It would happen within 3 months. They would KILL to have all those OSS coders switch DBs.
Finally, Oracle will not go after Postgres with patents. Right now, postgres has many similarities to Oracle. As such, it is increasingly being used for lower end work, and then projects move to Oracle. Basically, Oracle sees it as a feeder project. Personally, I would stick with Postgres for all bu the top demand projects.
If they will push more low to zero carbon energy, they can make it cheaper. As it is, they are backing potter drilling. Find locations Colorado or Wyoming that are away from large buildings and do the geo-thermal energy.
Likewise, it would be good if they bought some old coal plants and convert them to natural gas combined with Solar Thermal.
Basically, Google can help push our society where it fights heading.
First, 4 decades ago, I was pointing that out to others at CDC (I worked there then) and most felt that it was not the case. Likewise, even here on this site, I was saying the saying that most of our mutations come from virus, to which I would be modded down, or have fools reply back that it was immpossible.
Second, we need to start a new program through the world (perhaps a Gates project). In particular, we should have each nation draw blood from at least 100 babies. Then draw blood every so often. Or perhaps draw it every 20 years, then compare it. By fingerprinting (or sequencing once it is cheap enough), we can find any gross changes, while ignoring the minute changes. The minute changes will be just breakdown in DNA, basically, mutations. BUT the gross changes will very likely be virus. We have far more viruses then are realized, that are asymptomatic. These are serving to make mutations in us. My guess is that the higher the population density, the higher the mutation rate. I would not be surprised to find that Japan, EU, and China have some of the highest rates. In fact, more likely China, since they have a high population density and not so much concern with public health (Like Americans, they think that going to work while sick is admirable, but ignores the effect on making others sick; Japanese and EU prefers that you not come in).
What we should be looking for, is virus that cross species boundaries. Those are going to be likely to introduce new genes into other species. For starters, I would not be the least surprised to find that dogs/cats/birds due to density, and pigs/birds due to flu share some interesting genes with us. What I also would not be surprised, is to find that they are gaining intelligence because of the viruses.
Must be. The mexicans butchered the ppl that would have proved it, but the stories of the dead all say that the gods did it. So, these things belong to the gods, not the Mexicans.
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WTO will likely throw out CHina's challenge on the tires. China is constantly dumping their products on the west and getting caught at it. In the past, W allowed all that to slide, but Obama is more like EU and putting more and more tariffs on China's products.
On January 18, 2008, the U.S. government filed a second arbitration request regarding Canada's measures implementing the SLA, specifically the provincial implementation programs of Ontario and Québec.[14] Canada responded on February 18, 2008.[15]
On March 4, 2008, the London Court of International Arbitration ruled (in the first arbitration initiated in August 2007) that Canada was in violation of the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement in its eastern provinces, but not in its western provinces. [16] The panel had been made up of a Belgian arbitrator nominated by Canada, a British arbitrator named by the U.S., and a panel president from Germany.[17]
On February 26, 2009, the London Court of International Arbitration announced its ruling (in the second arbitration initiated in January 2008) that Canada was in breach of the softwood lumber agreement as a result of its failure to calculate quotas properly during January-June 2007.[18][19][20] The arbitration body ordered that sawmills in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan must pay an additional 10 per cent export charge (up to $68.26 million). The tribunal imposed a 30-day deadline to rectify the breach. We have had many agreements of which Canada keeps breaking it. NAFTA court, WTO, and even London court all keep saying that Canada is wrong. Only once, did a NAFTA court side with Canada 4 years ago.
And yet, you point though an AC with a crooked finger.
First, avatar was not run the normal length and many articles pointed it out. And the group that decided to cut the length pointed out that they cut it early from 2D because they felt that it would cut into the next movies. Others in China said that it was about the theme, and others said it was about the money.
And do you have evidence that America is the one of the worst freetrade offenders? According to WTO, we are not.
Poultry and Tire imports were about China's dumping on the market. Wood with Canada was an issue (not sure if it is resolved or not; Hopefully it is). And when it comes to Subsidies, just about every nation has massive subsidies for food. In fact, America is downright MINOR compared to most others(though it does not excuse it).
Online Gambling is a legitimate one, though. That sounds about as dumb as the one yesterday with America blocking Costa Rica's sugar import unless they sign on to our idea of IP. Personally, I think that pols behind either of these should be shot.
Fiber is a real possibility, but then all the companies would not have future upgrade paths. And that is important.
The FBI pay their CS ppl at the same level that NSA, CIA, DOD, and NASA pay.
The prestige with NSA is that you DO work with bright ppl and yes, systems that will not be known about for decades. Finally, NSA pushes you to excel. FBI simply pushes you. And DHS is LOADED with absolute IDIOTS. More cronyism in there, and everybody that I knew in there were total idiots in the private world. DHS is one of those nightmares that should be destroyed.
Show me a case where a Chinese citizen was punished in anyway for Spying only on Western countries, and I will show you a lie.
Chinese Gov. has said all along that if crackers spy on the west, it is ok, IFF they share the info (which I suspect that ALL do). Basically, Chinese citizens are executed for spying or cracking each other's systems, but paid for the information from western companies.
If a western person worked for North Korea or Iran and then betrayed that confidence by spying on those countries and their business, would that western person be seen as a spy? Nope. Now, if a western person spies on another western country, I would not want them.
Quit trying to apply western law to China. It does not work. For example, their constitution reads VERY similar to any western constition, except the final area, in which it says that any rights not spelled out for the citizen is reserved by the state (IOW, it is the opposite of most western nations). That one change allows their gov. to do anything and they do.
Baidu works VERY close with the Chinese gov. In the same way that Pravda works with Russian Party, Fox with the republican party, or Air America Airlines with the CIA. As it is, Chinese gov. has strict penality for spying or causing harm against other Chinese (esp. gov or companies), but reward handsomely those that do the same against foreigners and then share the information. Basically, the gov has an X-Prize approach to spying on the west.
I seriously doubt it. Have you ever worked with say FBI or DHS on a tech level? They are both loaded with total idiots. The CIA is a mixed bad and NSA is loaded with some of the brightest ppl that I have worked inside of the gov. Google has nobody on their roster that is a known American gov. employee. And I doubt that the gov. allows that.
OTH, I have dealt several times with spies from China. One guy that wanted to invest in the start-up that we were in, but wanted full access to the equipment that we had. Needless to say, it was under strict ITAR. And one gal wanted on to the company once she found out who our roster list was (which also disqualified her).
BTW, Some of the Google employees are likely rented to various gov agents to help them. Google has a lot more tech than is widely acknowledge. A big part of the spying that went on, was most likely not just about finding a few Chinese. It was far more likely trying to access the Google Search tech, so that Baidau could do a better job.
Why should Google be surprised. The funny thing is that all Google will be able to do is fire that person. And then they will get to take a job with a Baidu (or may already be working for them).
Put one one the east coast(Aeronautics museum is right), one on the west coast (SD or Boeing's), and one in the middle (say Denver's Aeronautical). We need kids to get interested in Space again.
I want them there. Fast. Now.
Having the ability to do so, is not the same thing as having proof that it occurred. If I own a Smith Wesson 9mm pistol, or a parker 12 gauge shotgun, or even a J.A. Henkel butcher knife, does that mean that I have murder somebody? Nope.
Actually, it is not. China is after every western country. Many a company and countries have gripped that they are seeing massive hits on their systems by CHina. And all are being spied on.
if ppl/company have requirements of no OSS code in their stuff including BSD, then follow their model as well; Not sure what the library is, but if doing a lot of work, then he should charge a seat fee (per developer) as well as a client fee (per sale). Basically, closed code, combined with source code is VERY EXPENSIVE.
with the money. THey invest it in Western companies, but they are using multiple proxies. What is interesting is that a number of the investment companies are actually quiet fronts for China money. Then the VCs INSIST that the production moves to china saying that it is the lowest costs. It is thought that many more of the investment companies are owned by CHina, even though they are suppose to declare it as such.
Plenty of ppl keep ordering Pizza from over the Mexican border that is always so expensive. Gee, Not sure why, but so many ppl like them.
I note that you say privilege, not pleasure.
Monty needs that cup.
If so, I suspect that the psql team will nullify a number of those patents with prior art. Long before Oracle 9/10's move into OO, Postgres was there.
Also, once Oracle creates that kind of ill will, how fast will MS move MS-SQL to Linux/Unix? It would happen within 3 months. They would KILL to have all those OSS coders switch DBs.
Finally, Oracle will not go after Postgres with patents. Right now, postgres has many similarities to Oracle. As such, it is increasingly being used for lower end work, and then projects move to Oracle. Basically, Oracle sees it as a feeder project. Personally, I would stick with Postgres for all bu the top demand projects.
If they will push more low to zero carbon energy, they can make it cheaper. As it is, they are backing potter drilling. Find locations Colorado or Wyoming that are away from large buildings and do the geo-thermal energy.
Likewise, it would be good if they bought some old coal plants and convert them to natural gas combined with Solar Thermal.
Basically, Google can help push our society where it fights heading.
First, 4 decades ago, I was pointing that out to others at CDC (I worked there then) and most felt that it was not the case. Likewise, even here on this site, I was saying the saying that most of our mutations come from virus, to which I would be modded down, or have fools reply back that it was immpossible.
Second, we need to start a new program through the world (perhaps a Gates project). In particular, we should have each nation draw blood from at least 100 babies. Then draw blood every so often. Or perhaps draw it every 20 years, then compare it. By fingerprinting (or sequencing once it is cheap enough), we can find any gross changes, while ignoring the minute changes. The minute changes will be just breakdown in DNA, basically, mutations. BUT the gross changes will very likely be virus. We have far more viruses then are realized, that are asymptomatic. These are serving to make mutations in us. My guess is that the higher the population density, the higher the mutation rate. I would not be surprised to find that Japan, EU, and China have some of the highest rates. In fact, more likely China, since they have a high population density and not so much concern with public health (Like Americans, they think that going to work while sick is admirable, but ignores the effect on making others sick; Japanese and EU prefers that you not come in).
What we should be looking for, is virus that cross species boundaries. Those are going to be likely to introduce new genes into other species. For starters, I would not be the least surprised to find that dogs/cats/birds due to density, and pigs/birds due to flu share some interesting genes with us. What I also would not be surprised, is to find that they are gaining intelligence because of the viruses.
Must be. The mexicans butchered the ppl that would have proved it, but the stories of the dead all say that the gods did it. So, these things belong to the gods, not the Mexicans.