Another poster got this right. DHL is the way to go if you can do it. This way your friend doesn't have to pay a local company, you can just pay DHL. They are the best.
Pavel, ask your friend to contact a local forwarding company that can clear items through customs and ship them from the port of entry to other points within Russia. Sadly this is not cheap, but they will (if they are reliable) handle the, umm, details. There HAVE to be companies that collect foreign goods at Moscow and ship them via the Trans-Siberian Railroad. In other 3rd world places I've had to ship to, however, they take a big cut: $50 for paperwork.... more for storage... then the shipping/delivery... It's just bribery with invoices so it's legal. Usual risks apply of course, I guess if they swap rocks for computers at the airport there's almost nothing you can do... good luck
The answer is c) offtopic, and funny;), It's just the way the original poster said "free country" that just grabbed my attention. I thought, "there's a really dumb joke in there somewhere..."
Thanks, great link. Hilarious! Of course everyone who makes predictions of this nature is usually wrong anyway, but Rees-Mogg seems particularly bad...
I've just discovered an, umm, less-than-amazing way to use computer games to calm down.
I set my threshold to +2 while browsing Slashdot comments. {grin}
I know the trolls are still there screaming but I don't have to deal with them as much. Sadly I'll miss some good comments too, but them's the breaks. Of course the jury is still out as to whether or not all of the calmness advantage is eliminated when I moderate browsing at -1...
That is the basic/. credibility problem. Your comment is spot on, only it applies to *everything* not just posts. I just didn't apply Sturgeon's law (you know, "95% of everything is crap") rigorously enough when reading the linked post. My fault. Fun flamewar however.
Well, bummer. Looked like a for-real publication. I actually don't give a fart about advocacy anyway, linux will do just fine without my help (as you already pointed out).
I don't have mod points today or I'd tag this post. I had no idea that this sort of thing was actually occurring in the real world (well, real-ish world, you can't call the military that real). Good thing the Yorktown wasn't in the Persian Gulf or the eastern Med or she could have been sunk by three guys in a Zodiac with an RPG-7. As a taxpayer, I'm outraged, yadablahblahblah.
Why is this confusing? It's obvious to me even though ianal. Counter-suing (or suing a third party) is SOP in these sorts of disputes. If there's anybody even peripherally involved that might have deep pockets they get whacked with a lawsuit. That's why they have full-time legal staff. That's why we pay too much for everything, it's the litigation tax. DoH.
sol.exe is (by default) one of the files on the "can't delete this" list for W2K. If you try and dispose of it without fixing this list first, it will come back, just like other critical system utilities.
By MS's own words and deeds then, Solitaire is a critical part of the operating system {grin}.
Block everything by default. Have the customers only be able to access a list of approved sites that you create in conjunction with their suggestions -- i.e. what they need, not based on someone else's predjudices. You can then review the suggestions. More work, but much more just -- and foolproof. No worries about the chicken breast recipe being blocked or chickenrecipes.com being a pr0n site. Have an interactive "suggest this site" page to easily allow users to suggest sites.
What do you think, will this mean that the NSA will go after UC or whoever authored the crypt(1) utility in ole Unix for licensing fees, now that they hold the Enigma patent? (I'm kidding, okay, kidding)!
Nifty! But you know, the real reason we still use seconds and minutes etc is because of the compatibility with our earth coordinate system (latitude and longitude, based on 360 degree circle, 60 minutes to a degree, 60 seconds to a minute). Makes navigation easier.
To use a decimal time coordinate system we'd also need to develop a decimal earth coordinate. Which would also be nifty, but it would be niftier to develop one based on radians to make it easier to do the math. I can see it now : "What time is it?" "Pi. Break for lunch!"
The Time Lords of Earth have free access to their data via the U.S. Naval Observatory (and elsewhere, this one is in the States).
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html
And, to join the system (become a junior Time Lord), read up on NTP!!
Don't settle for anything less than UTC for your timekeeping needs.
...wait, you forgot. First, he'd berate me into releasing all the food under the Gnu Public License and signing all the rights to it over to the FSF. Then he'd eat it. It's free, after all.
Ok, while we're at it:
WWESRD??
Burst in the door after this, shoot RMS, and declare another victory for the free market and the 2nd Amendment.
... java also has the tcp/ip libraries and interfaces built in in a programmer friendly way (did Progress?), but in any event you are correct. If you're determined you can always write portable code. Tcl/Tk is another higher-level way of doing portable programs.
sorry, you are quite correct. what was I thinking -- probably too much about work and less about the important stuff. Without Windows I would not be able to pump 500 rounds into the boss without getting arrested.
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WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
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You said, "free country"
DO YOU MEAN free-as-in-BEER COUNTRY,
OR Free COUNTRY!
Free countries must use the Gnu Public Constitution(tm), or they're not really Free, merely free!
{grin}
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I set my threshold to +2 while browsing Slashdot comments. {grin}
I know the trolls are still there screaming but I don't have to deal with them as much. Sadly I'll miss some good comments too, but them's the breaks. Of course the jury is still out as to whether or not all of the calmness advantage is eliminated when I moderate browsing at -1 ...
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
By MS's own words and deeds then, Solitaire is a critical part of the operating system {grin}.
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
To use a decimal time coordinate system we'd also need to develop a decimal earth coordinate. Which would also be nifty, but it would be niftier to develop one based on radians to make it easier to do the math. I can see it now : "What time is it?" "Pi. Break for lunch!"
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
And, to join the system (become a junior Time Lord), read up on NTP!!
Don't settle for anything less than UTC for your timekeeping needs.
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
Ok, while we're at it:
WWESRD??
Burst in the door after this, shoot RMS, and declare another victory for the free market and the 2nd Amendment.
OK I'll stop now.
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?
WWJD -- What Would Jimi Do?