Where I work, we still use a pager. Upper management had the grand idea of passing the pager around IT staff once a week. It wasn't technical (as an SMS message would suffice) but rather acted as a "token" to remind one of his/her on-call responsibilities for the scheduled week. So yes, some companies want to put a tangible piece of plastic in the paws of their subordinate monkeys.
Sure it would. But optimizing revenue through taxation depends on economic growth and sustainability as well. You should only ratchet up your tax rate and spend *after* you achieve economic growth, not before. To do the latter is tantamount to Keynesian economic theory. There are many (myself included) whome believe all this government spending is prolonging a much needed market correction. It's not helping, it's hurting by pushing this required correction to take place into the future.
A good analogy would be an airplane in flight. The mission of this airplane is to reach high altitude as quickly as possible while at the same time reaching your destination. The rate of climb and a sustainable airspeed is often interchangeable. You can fly straight and level, but you will not achieve high altitude. On the other hand, you can start to climb very quickly (high taxation) which can be good. But if you're not careful and climb too much, the airplane will start to stall. So not only will you start to lose altitude, but you've also lost airspeed at the expense of using an unnecessary amount of fuel.
Right now, we need airspeed before we can think about gaining altitude.
Ebay totally sucks nuts. Back in the day, awesome. But now, they nickle-n-dime you with fees that any potential profit you may have earned is whittled down to nothing. Basically, selling on e-bay is either for large ticket items or bulk resellers. Craigslist OTOH is complete anarchy, which you may or may not like. Either way, selling on-line is a complete pain in the ass.
I need to go through some stuff to clean out my home. I would like to sell this stuff online. I'm thinking Amazon might be the ticket, but I have no idea if that's for businesses, or individuals too. I guess I'll have to start my research tomorrow morning. Let me know if you have any recommendations.
Amen to that! Paypal can go straight to hell. I used them once, and got burned really badly. That whole ordeal still pisses me off to this day, and till the day that I die. Fuckers!
You sure that wasn't 4 minutes and 15 seconds? 4 hours is a really long freaking time for sex. He must have been popping pills for that marathon to take place!
I even read somewhere [citation needed...too lazy to google it] that the fact that a majority of offspring resemble the mother rather than the father is a built-in advantage for females of species that mate for life, as they can more easily hide their infidelity. All the more reason for the males to be insecure.
For sure.
Should a man cause infanticide, it's generally out of jealousy or rage. Evolutionary, it only makes sense for the child being born to have its father's appearance obfuscated. Also in times of war, it's not uncommon for a pillaged village to have the women raped and their previous children killed. Winning the right to breed runs deep in all sexual life forms. It's the most basic of instincts. The prize was never really about land, gold, or politics. It was ultimately about young women in their breeding prime. Of course, we don't actually admit that so clearly. But that's what the evidence of human nature and culture proves.
Getting close to it. Watson is sorta like HAL, but not enough to pass the Turing test...yet. Unlike most of our computer systems, Watson figures out what's optimal on it's own. This is truly non-sentient AI. But once we have something like Watson, Watson 2.0, or HAL like, that's when I think the "Theory of Everything" will be discovered. Not by man, but by man's machine.
I thought about your question for a moment, then I realized that I too need a copy of Watson running on my PC five years from now. Assuming I have the raw computing resources for it, i too can outsource my job.
Two can play this game. Soon, my Watson will be calling your Watson for support and collaboration. Not sure if that's a good idea, but...
Oh yes, indeed it's still developing. China has only scratched the surface of what's capable of. Much of the countryside include it's people have yet to be lifted out of poverty. The un-tapped human potential is vast!
Oh, I'm sure they were quite confused and looked at you with a puzzled face. Most of them don't get angry like a westerner would. They do get angry however when they've been personally wronged by the government. However, they either don't mind, or simply don't know what else the government does to other Chinese citizens.
I know I'm making a real generalization here, but most Chinese view this current government as just another dynasty only to eventually be replaced by another. They're blind to the concept of freedom. But the very core idea of freedom is infectious among the educated once they learn about it. Make no mistake about it. China will have more freedom. Like a river with a strong current that is freedom, the government can either control its direction (which they're trying to do), or damn it up (restricting freedoms) risking a total breakdown and loss of all control what-so-ever.
Capitalism is running "completely amuck" in China because Communism has failed (it always will). The CCP eventually came to terms with this reality in the late 70s lead by Deng Xiaoping to implement economic reform. What you're seeing now in China is quite normal for the early stages of capitalism. Call it their Industrial Revolution if you will. But above all, it's important to realize that China is a developing nation and not a developed one like America, Europe and other parts of Asia.
Healthcare in China *is* improving because of economic reform. You simply have to look back in Chinese history of what it was then, and now is today. Don't lose perspective by comparing China to the other already developed nations.
You obviously don't know anything worthwhile about America. Because if you did, you know damn well that we don't have the political foundation to implement a UHC system. The one proposed and passed as law was flawed to begin with. It will only break the system that was already in bad shape.
No, what we need is both political and legal reform in this nation. Looking at the bigger picture of these systemic problems is required before you can cast a proper/working UHC.
Simply put, I'd love to have UHC. But America isn't institutionally ready for it yet. So I'm trying at least. I will be voting in 2012.
I believe it. Shanghai isn't that bad, so I'm guessing you visited a more rural area. But, you might be speaking of Shanghai too. I don't know, I honestly haven't been all over that city due to it being so big
During one of my trips deep inside the mainland with my Chinese wife, I needed to use the restroom. It's like one of those stand-alone buildings you often see at a national park. But this one was really bad. It reeked of urine, and everything was covered with white tiles stained brownish yellow. Chinese love tiles in and around their buildings for some reason. Anyways, that as the piss trough running the entire length of one wall. The toilets were just holes in the ground with a length of PVC pipe cut lengthwise to capture the waste. But it get's better. Much better.
In order to use this lovely little restroom, I had to pay a usage fee to a man standing outside the door. I think it was 1 or 2 Yuan. Very little really. I felt paying for that little time of hell was both strange and insulting to me at the same time. My wife assured me that this was normal out here. They weren't trying to milk a foreigner here. In fact, I bet I'm the first one they've ever saw.
Throughout all my ordeal, I wasn't upset. Rather, I felt bad for an entire nation with a deep and rich history all but forgotten amongst the people. Because of the CCP, China was a nation that could have been much more than ever dreamed possible, but never had the chance. Here before me stands a man in his 40s working his glorious soul-sucking job of collecting toiletry money. I can only imagine how the educated class in China must feel. Them hearing about the Cultural Revolution and the epic failure that it was must be gut-wrenching to their national pride.
Your right. It's illegal to run an establishment that states "%RACE% people not allowed". But I wonder how it would hold up in court to say "%RACE% people are welcome". That basically says that everyone is welcome, but from a marketing standpoint you're putting emphasis toward a specific group. Lets face it. There are different groups of people who visit different themed bars. It's kinda hard to delineate between race and culture legally even though in reality, a line does indeed exist.
This! That's the key. They wanna play games, let's play games. I for one welcome the Tech Bubble II. This time, I know how the game's played =) Cash me in, then cash me out.
When I see a naked half way decent looking woman, I want to fuck her or at least jerk-off somewhere - NOT become violent!
Most men in their prime would get agitated (a buildup toward violence) at thought of another man wooing the same woman. Generally it's subtile at the individual level, but the effects are amplified in culture. Don't forget, that we're animals too on Earth. We aren't completely detached from instinct.
Openly gay people are the cure for violence in this society. And I think that's what we need: gay leaders.
For how many generations? Last I checked, gays don't breed. You want to keep the human race going right? Well, babies need to be born for that to happen. Test tube conception isn't enough.
That's because American's are more sexy than Europeans as portrayed by the media. I mean, have you seen naked Europeans before? Either they look emaciated on the catwalk, or full of cellulite with hair under their arms. It's major cultural difference. Lustful imagery in America can foster subconscious violent thoughts of conquest. Fight for the "prize" (mating rights) amongst the competition.
I guess you could say; in America, sexuality leads to violence.
Me neither from the POV that it prevents overhead bins from being used inefficiently. Also, I would rather check my rifle in as luggage anyways. But my point goes to show how laws have change from being lenient to more restrictive.
If you're moving to NewYork, generally it's because of either family and/or opportunity above and beyond what's found in China. These immigrants come to the states with communist indoctrinated zeal. If anything, they're looking for change. It's also worth pointing out that true CCP members have little power and influence outside of the mainland unless a Chinese business is primarily based out of China.
Basically, if they're actual fistfights breaking out in NewYork between commies and gongs, I'd have to say this was a staged media setup. I don't buy it.
Truely the "Holy Grail" of storage is to go back to core memory. No, not the kind that used ferrite rings. Rather, a very fast type of unified L cache that represents both RAM and non-volitile storage. It provides the kind of hardware platform DB admins dream of.
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Where I work, we still use a pager. Upper management had the grand idea of passing the pager around IT staff once a week. It wasn't technical (as an SMS message would suffice) but rather acted as a "token" to remind one of his/her on-call responsibilities for the scheduled week. So yes, some companies want to put a tangible piece of plastic in the paws of their subordinate monkeys.
Sure it would. But optimizing revenue through taxation depends on economic growth and sustainability as well. You should only ratchet up your tax rate and spend *after* you achieve economic growth, not before. To do the latter is tantamount to Keynesian economic theory. There are many (myself included) whome believe all this government spending is prolonging a much needed market correction. It's not helping, it's hurting by pushing this required correction to take place into the future.
A good analogy would be an airplane in flight. The mission of this airplane is to reach high altitude as quickly as possible while at the same time reaching your destination. The rate of climb and a sustainable airspeed is often interchangeable. You can fly straight and level, but you will not achieve high altitude. On the other hand, you can start to climb very quickly (high taxation) which can be good. But if you're not careful and climb too much, the airplane will start to stall. So not only will you start to lose altitude, but you've also lost airspeed at the expense of using an unnecessary amount of fuel.
Right now, we need airspeed before we can think about gaining altitude.
Not specifically the rich, but raising tax rates overall. The proof is the Laffer curve .
Ebay totally sucks nuts. Back in the day, awesome. But now, they nickle-n-dime you with fees that any potential profit you may have earned is whittled down to nothing. Basically, selling on e-bay is either for large ticket items or bulk resellers. Craigslist OTOH is complete anarchy, which you may or may not like. Either way, selling on-line is a complete pain in the ass.
I need to go through some stuff to clean out my home. I would like to sell this stuff online. I'm thinking Amazon might be the ticket, but I have no idea if that's for businesses, or individuals too. I guess I'll have to start my research tomorrow morning. Let me know if you have any recommendations.
Amen to that! Paypal can go straight to hell. I used them once, and got burned really badly. That whole ordeal still pisses me off to this day, and till the day that I die. Fuckers!
You sure that wasn't 4 minutes and 15 seconds? 4 hours is a really long freaking time for sex. He must have been popping pills for that marathon to take place!
For sure.
Should a man cause infanticide, it's generally out of jealousy or rage. Evolutionary, it only makes sense for the child being born to have its father's appearance obfuscated. Also in times of war, it's not uncommon for a pillaged village to have the women raped and their previous children killed. Winning the right to breed runs deep in all sexual life forms. It's the most basic of instincts. The prize was never really about land, gold, or politics. It was ultimately about young women in their breeding prime. Of course, we don't actually admit that so clearly. But that's what the evidence of human nature and culture proves.
Getting close to it. Watson is sorta like HAL, but not enough to pass the Turing test...yet. Unlike most of our computer systems, Watson figures out what's optimal on it's own. This is truly non-sentient AI. But once we have something like Watson, Watson 2.0, or HAL like, that's when I think the "Theory of Everything" will be discovered. Not by man, but by man's machine.
I thought about your question for a moment, then I realized that I too need a copy of Watson running on my PC five years from now. Assuming I have the raw computing resources for it, i too can outsource my job.
Two can play this game. Soon, my Watson will be calling your Watson for support and collaboration. Not sure if that's a good idea, but...
Until you get into a finder bender. Sure, it might drive on the road with all the rest, but would it now be considered flight worthy?
Oh yes, indeed it's still developing. China has only scratched the surface of what's capable of. Much of the countryside include it's people have yet to be lifted out of poverty. The un-tapped human potential is vast!
Oh, I'm sure they were quite confused and looked at you with a puzzled face. Most of them don't get angry like a westerner would. They do get angry however when they've been personally wronged by the government. However, they either don't mind, or simply don't know what else the government does to other Chinese citizens.
I know I'm making a real generalization here, but most Chinese view this current government as just another dynasty only to eventually be replaced by another. They're blind to the concept of freedom. But the very core idea of freedom is infectious among the educated once they learn about it. Make no mistake about it. China will have more freedom. Like a river with a strong current that is freedom, the government can either control its direction (which they're trying to do), or damn it up (restricting freedoms) risking a total breakdown and loss of all control what-so-ever.
Capitalism is running "completely amuck" in China because Communism has failed (it always will). The CCP eventually came to terms with this reality in the late 70s lead by Deng Xiaoping to implement economic reform. What you're seeing now in China is quite normal for the early stages of capitalism. Call it their Industrial Revolution if you will. But above all, it's important to realize that China is a developing nation and not a developed one like America, Europe and other parts of Asia.
Healthcare in China *is* improving because of economic reform. You simply have to look back in Chinese history of what it was then, and now is today. Don't lose perspective by comparing China to the other already developed nations.
You obviously don't know anything worthwhile about America. Because if you did, you know damn well that we don't have the political foundation to implement a UHC system. The one proposed and passed as law was flawed to begin with. It will only break the system that was already in bad shape.
No, what we need is both political and legal reform in this nation. Looking at the bigger picture of these systemic problems is required before you can cast a proper/working UHC.
Simply put, I'd love to have UHC. But America isn't institutionally ready for it yet. So I'm trying at least. I will be voting in 2012.
I believe it. Shanghai isn't that bad, so I'm guessing you visited a more rural area. But, you might be speaking of Shanghai too. I don't know, I honestly haven't been all over that city due to it being so big
During one of my trips deep inside the mainland with my Chinese wife, I needed to use the restroom. It's like one of those stand-alone buildings you often see at a national park. But this one was really bad. It reeked of urine, and everything was covered with white tiles stained brownish yellow. Chinese love tiles in and around their buildings for some reason. Anyways, that as the piss trough running the entire length of one wall. The toilets were just holes in the ground with a length of PVC pipe cut lengthwise to capture the waste. But it get's better. Much better.
In order to use this lovely little restroom, I had to pay a usage fee to a man standing outside the door. I think it was 1 or 2 Yuan. Very little really. I felt paying for that little time of hell was both strange and insulting to me at the same time. My wife assured me that this was normal out here. They weren't trying to milk a foreigner here. In fact, I bet I'm the first one they've ever saw.
Throughout all my ordeal, I wasn't upset. Rather, I felt bad for an entire nation with a deep and rich history all but forgotten amongst the people. Because of the CCP, China was a nation that could have been much more than ever dreamed possible, but never had the chance. Here before me stands a man in his 40s working his glorious soul-sucking job of collecting toiletry money. I can only imagine how the educated class in China must feel. Them hearing about the Cultural Revolution and the epic failure that it was must be gut-wrenching to their national pride.
Your right. It's illegal to run an establishment that states "%RACE% people not allowed". But I wonder how it would hold up in court to say "%RACE% people are welcome". That basically says that everyone is welcome, but from a marketing standpoint you're putting emphasis toward a specific group. Lets face it. There are different groups of people who visit different themed bars. It's kinda hard to delineate between race and culture legally even though in reality, a line does indeed exist.
Interesting. Was the research primarily at targeting melanoma?
This! That's the key. They wanna play games, let's play games. I for one welcome the Tech Bubble II. This time, I know how the game's played =) Cash me in, then cash me out.
Most men in their prime would get agitated (a buildup toward violence) at thought of another man wooing the same woman. Generally it's subtile at the individual level, but the effects are amplified in culture. Don't forget, that we're animals too on Earth. We aren't completely detached from instinct.
For how many generations? Last I checked, gays don't breed. You want to keep the human race going right? Well, babies need to be born for that to happen. Test tube conception isn't enough.
That's because American's are more sexy than Europeans as portrayed by the media. I mean, have you seen naked Europeans before? Either they look emaciated on the catwalk, or full of cellulite with hair under their arms. It's major cultural difference. Lustful imagery in America can foster subconscious violent thoughts of conquest. Fight for the "prize" (mating rights) amongst the competition.
I guess you could say; in America, sexuality leads to violence.
Me neither from the POV that it prevents overhead bins from being used inefficiently. Also, I would rather check my rifle in as luggage anyways. But my point goes to show how laws have change from being lenient to more restrictive.
I've been informed that prior to JFK being assassinated, you could take an unloaded rifle as carry-on luggage. That changed shortly there after.
With as much power as GPUs can consume, nVidia might attempt to create a separate Tesla breakout box for standard workstation use.
If you're moving to NewYork, generally it's because of either family and/or opportunity above and beyond what's found in China. These immigrants come to the states with communist indoctrinated zeal. If anything, they're looking for change. It's also worth pointing out that true CCP members have little power and influence outside of the mainland unless a Chinese business is primarily based out of China.
Basically, if they're actual fistfights breaking out in NewYork between commies and gongs, I'd have to say this was a staged media setup. I don't buy it.
Truely the "Holy Grail" of storage is to go back to core memory. No, not the kind that used ferrite rings. Rather, a very fast type of unified L cache that represents both RAM and non-volitile storage. It provides the kind of hardware platform DB admins dream of.