Human rights is a very real issue in China (morally/ethically), so I wouldn't down play it's value. I do agree however that it's being trumpeted to cover up the fact America is vastly in debt and facing some serious economic competition. It's all sour grapes really.
As for caring about freedoms. Well, I'm sure that might be true of the Mao generation. However, the people that I've had a chance to talk too (they all spoke English) were University students and under 30. Every one of those in that group value freedom very much. They want the same or similar rights and freedoms that westerners do. It won't happen over night like in some revolution or something. Rather, it will happen very very slowly as the younger generation start replacing the older in government. Power still corrupts, but so far they are making progress which is always a good thing.
Go back and re-read some of my previous posts on Slashdot and you will find the answer to that.
In short; yes I live in Houston and take a trip out to Shanghai once a year for two weeks. I've also been to other cities such as Chongqing and Chengdu. I have yet to visit Bejing however.
I've had to deal with GFI on many Windows Servers. Their products are way overkill for a small businesses. I've also seen it lock up SMTP services now and then. I have yet to see any other 3rd party application do that (I'm sure there out there though). Sucks.
If the mail server is naked, I'll at least get IMF up and running back to Spamhaus. Not perfect by a long shot, but at least it filters out anything on their RBL list.
People running pirated software are just less likely to run windows update because they are scared that it will somehow invalidate their pirated install.
Do you really think university students in China give a damn? Please... They're not afraid in the slightest. Narcotics OTHO will get you executed. They do fear that, for sure.
I was in Shanghai last year and I could get a copy of XP off the street market along with pirated copies of Adobe software and CDs loaded with MP3s.
Note: I don't take credit for this. This analogy has been floating around in e-mail for some time.
10 men decided to have a business lunch once a week. They always met in the same restaurant and the bill was always, $100.00, for all 10 men. If each man was responsible for his share of the bill that would be, $10.00, each. The men decided to divide the bill based upon their ability to pay. Using an agreed upon formula the following payment arraignment was worked out based upon income.
Men 1-4 who made the least amount of money paid nothing.
Man 5 paid $ 1.00
Man 6 paid $ 3.00
Man 7 paid $ 7.00
Man 8 paid $12.00
Man 9 paid $18.00
Man 10 paid $59.00
After several weeks the owner of the restaurant told the men that because they were such good customers he was reducing the bill by $20.00. Their delimina was how to divide up the, $20.00. If each person got the same amount then the first 4 men would be getting money back but they never paid anything for the dinners. After much discussion and no resolve the owner offered the following suggestion which they all agreed to.
Original Payment New Payment $ Amount Saved % Saved
Men 1-4 paid $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $0.00 0%
Man 5 paid $ 1.00 $ 0.00 $1.00 100%
Man 6 paid $ 3.00 $ 2.00 $1.00 33%
Man 7 paid $ 7.00 $ 5.00 $2.00 28%
Man 8 paid $12.00 $ 9.00 $3.00 25%
Man 9 paid $18.00 $14.00 $4.00 22%
Man 10 paid $59.00 $50.00 $9.00 15%
Once out side the men began to argue about the settlement. Man 5 said he only got, $1.00, while Man 10 received, $9.00. Men 1-4 were upset because the received nothing. They said that the cut only benefited the rich and the poor got nothing. They were upset so they beat up Man 10 and left him. The next week they met for lunch as usual except man 10 did not show up. When the new bill arrived the men discovered that between them they did not have enough money to pay even half of the bill.
In this story we see a simplified version of the Federal Income Tax. According to an article in the "New York Times" 80% of the taxes are paid by 20% of the people highest income people. Any time you have a tax cut the people who pay taxes are going to get the money. The next time you hear of a tax cut and the media tells you that the wealthy are getting all the money, remember they are paying the taxes.
Obama believes that the federal gov (not free market supply/demand) has all the answers. He believes that people like Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and all of his Tsars are the all-knowing solution providers that know what's best for the rest of us. Yes, even smarter than everyone here on Slashdot.
So is Obama mad? Nope. He's being EXACTLY who he is. Half the country elected him because of his philosophies and worldviews, right?! Surely it couldn't have been because of his speeches of baseless and empty platitudes...
The police DO have to gather evidence and present their case if you choose to fight the ticket.
No they DO NOT! What ever gave you that idea?
I contested a speeding ticket many years ago because I honestly was not speeding. In fact, I was the only one on the road driving exactly 40mph in a 40mph zone. This is in Texas mind you where it's not uncommon to be given a leniency of 5mph over. Perhaps my biggest mistake was that I decided to represent myself. But none the less, it was his word against mine. No physical evidence required.
The Cray T3E-1200E reached 1 teraflops in 1998. Now, we can reach that same level of performance (depending on the app) with a desktop computer. How time flys...
It's been my professional experience that a nice percentage of drive failures happen because of the logic board going out, not mechanical. Of course, it could be the heat that's killing them.
It's too soon to tell, but I'm a little skittish regarding SSD technology. It's getting better, but I'll wait a few more product generations before using them in SQL servers. With HDD crashes, at least the data can be professionally recovered to some degree. But what about SSDs? If the controller dies and/or a PSU fries every chip, I'm afraid all the data would be lost forever!
Only a historical record of this new technology will determine my level of trust in the future.
It doesn't cause shrinkage (that I know of at least). However, it has been proven to reduce sperm count. Then again, quite a few man-made drugs cause side effects with reproductive systems too.
Unlike Windows (or any OS), it's the BIOS that sets CPU and RAM timing. It also lets the CPU load microcode at POST. Windows has and never will have such low-level hardware control.
And yes. I've seen Windows power management mung up CMOS settings. However, that's a BIOS coding issue for letting it happen in the first place.
It's also about backward compatibility, not just a new feature set and/or GUI.
I agree 100% with SparafucileMan. When TCO calculated, rarely do I see the human element factored in. Time = Money. Having to re-train and educated what is and is not possible with half-assed Open Sourced Software often ends up being a huge time-sink. And if you provide contracted IT support, the last thing you want to do is piss off your employer (Client/Customer).
Besides. Closed Sourced Software companies often provide a nice knowledge support site and a tech support number you can call ASAP. With Open Source Software, you're pretty much on your own and at the mercy of individual support groups. Again, Time = Money.
I wish the vaccine was available last month. I got the flu a few weeks ago that felt like being hit by a bus! IE, normal flu but twice a bad. Once I broke my fever and started felling a lot better, I came down with a nasty case of bronchitis on the verge of becoming pneumonia!
While I'm over it now, two of my co-workers came down with the same flu a few days later. However, they didn't get bronchitis. While I'll never know if it was truely the N1H1 strain, the CDC stated that 99% of all flu infections are N1H1. Being that I've never had a flu this bad before, I'm going to guess it was the N1H1.
BTW, living in Houston, TX. Get the bloody vaccine ASAP. This one sucks balls!
One idea would be to attach the electric motors (per wheel) to the end of each drive shaft. All four motors would be located toward the center of the car improving the center of gravity and weight distribution. The wheels then could be more free to travel up and down with the now reduced weight as well. Assuming of course your drive shafts are made of light weight materials that can handle the torque.
I'm afraid our Government is strapped for cash, and will be in debt for a very long time. I propose setting up a donation system that will we can help fund NASA.
Oh, BTW. The donations *must* go directly to NASA and not some Government slush fund!
The problem is that California is so large, manufacturers are not going to make a CA TV and a rest-of-the-world TV
What makes you think that?
The auto industry already sells the specialized model *only* for California. Take Honda and Mazda for example. They sell the same make/model all around the US. However, CA gets the same one that's been modified with extra environmental control parts (extra CAT and O2 Sensor, modified exhaust header,...etc).
For tuners living outside of CA, they'll check the VIN number when buying a used car. Otherwise, it's extra work to retrofit a Turbo Charger kit and whatnot.
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Human rights is a very real issue in China (morally/ethically), so I wouldn't down play it's value. I do agree however that it's being trumpeted to cover up the fact America is vastly in debt and facing some serious economic competition. It's all sour grapes really.
As for caring about freedoms. Well, I'm sure that might be true of the Mao generation. However, the people that I've had a chance to talk too (they all spoke English) were University students and under 30. Every one of those in that group value freedom very much. They want the same or similar rights and freedoms that westerners do. It won't happen over night like in some revolution or something. Rather, it will happen very very slowly as the younger generation start replacing the older in government. Power still corrupts, but so far they are making progress which is always a good thing.
Obviously, you've never heard of "Soft tyranny". But what does an uneducated idiot such as your self know about it?
Here, let me help *you* find a book. For starters, read Liberty and Tyranny -A Conservative Manifesto by Mark R. Levin.
How the F you got modded up is beyond me.
Go back and re-read some of my previous posts on Slashdot and you will find the answer to that.
In short; yes I live in Houston and take a trip out to Shanghai once a year for two weeks. I've also been to other cities such as Chongqing and Chengdu. I have yet to visit Bejing however.
Question: What's the difference between China and America?
Answer: Both governments are authoritative. However, China's government is truthful about its intentions while America lies about their own.
Same here, but only on long trips from one city to another. I've learned that cruise control makes me relaxed. Way too relaxed...
It's something about the white-noise and the subtle vibrations from the road that does it. Sort of like a baby in his crib being rocked to sleep.
The cure? Make a pit stop every 45 minutes for at least 10 minutes to walk around and stretch out.
I've had to deal with GFI on many Windows Servers. Their products are way overkill for a small businesses. I've also seen it lock up SMTP services now and then. I have yet to see any other 3rd party application do that (I'm sure there out there though). Sucks.
If the mail server is naked, I'll at least get IMF up and running back to Spamhaus. Not perfect by a long shot, but at least it filters out anything on their RBL list.
I would prefer an atomic warhead strapped to my back. Instant vaporization. It doesn't get anymore painless then that!
People running pirated software are just less likely to run windows update because they are scared that it will somehow invalidate their pirated install.
Do you really think university students in China give a damn? Please... They're not afraid in the slightest. Narcotics OTHO will get you executed. They do fear that, for sure.
I was in Shanghai last year and I could get a copy of XP off the street market along with pirated copies of Adobe software and CDs loaded with MP3s.
Note: I don't take credit for this. This analogy has been floating around in e-mail for some time.
10 men decided to have a business lunch once a week. They always met in the same restaurant and the bill was always, $100.00, for all 10 men. If each man was responsible for his share of the bill that would be, $10.00, each. The men decided to divide the bill based upon their ability to pay. Using an agreed upon formula the following payment arraignment was worked out based upon income.
Men 1-4 who made the least amount of money paid nothing.
Man 5 paid $ 1.00
Man 6 paid $ 3.00
Man 7 paid $ 7.00
Man 8 paid $12.00
Man 9 paid $18.00
Man 10 paid $59.00
After several weeks the owner of the restaurant told the men that because they were such good customers he was reducing the bill by $20.00. Their delimina was how to divide up the, $20.00. If each person got the same amount then the first 4 men would be getting money back but they never paid anything for the dinners. After much discussion and no resolve the owner offered the following suggestion which they all agreed to.
Original Payment New Payment $ Amount Saved % Saved
Men 1-4 paid $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $0.00 0%
Man 5 paid $ 1.00 $ 0.00 $1.00 100%
Man 6 paid $ 3.00 $ 2.00 $1.00 33%
Man 7 paid $ 7.00 $ 5.00 $2.00 28%
Man 8 paid $12.00 $ 9.00 $3.00 25%
Man 9 paid $18.00 $14.00 $4.00 22%
Man 10 paid $59.00 $50.00 $9.00 15%
Once out side the men began to argue about the settlement. Man 5 said he only got, $1.00, while Man 10 received, $9.00. Men 1-4 were upset because the received nothing. They said that the cut only benefited the rich and the poor got nothing. They were upset so they beat up Man 10 and left him. The next week they met for lunch as usual except man 10 did not show up. When the new bill arrived the men discovered that between them they did not have enough money to pay even half of the bill.
In this story we see a simplified version of the Federal Income Tax. According to an article in the "New York Times" 80% of the taxes are paid by 20% of the people highest income people. Any time you have a tax cut the people who pay taxes are going to get the money. The next time you hear of a tax cut and the media tells you that the wealthy are getting all the money, remember they are paying the taxes.
Obama believes that the federal gov (not free market supply/demand) has all the answers. He believes that people like Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and all of his Tsars are the all-knowing solution providers that know what's best for the rest of us. Yes, even smarter than everyone here on Slashdot.
So is Obama mad? Nope. He's being EXACTLY who he is. Half the country elected him because of his philosophies and worldviews, right?! Surely it couldn't have been because of his speeches of baseless and empty platitudes...
The police DO have to gather evidence and present their case if you choose to fight the ticket.
No they DO NOT! What ever gave you that idea?
I contested a speeding ticket many years ago because I honestly was not speeding. In fact, I was the only one on the road driving exactly 40mph in a 40mph zone. This is in Texas mind you where it's not uncommon to be given a leniency of 5mph over. Perhaps my biggest mistake was that I decided to represent myself. But none the less, it was his word against mine. No physical evidence required.
BTW, the judge sided with the Cop....naturally.
The Cray T3E-1200E reached 1 teraflops in 1998. Now, we can reach that same level of performance (depending on the app) with a desktop computer. How time flys...
It's been my professional experience that a nice percentage of drive failures happen because of the logic board going out, not mechanical. Of course, it could be the heat that's killing them.
It's too soon to tell, but I'm a little skittish regarding SSD technology. It's getting better, but I'll wait a few more product generations before using them in SQL servers. With HDD crashes, at least the data can be professionally recovered to some degree. But what about SSDs? If the controller dies and/or a PSU fries every chip, I'm afraid all the data would be lost forever!
Only a historical record of this new technology will determine my level of trust in the future.
What? Just let'em eat it?
warlords are a form of government right?
If you count being governed at the end of a gun barrel as legitimate...sure. Why not?
It doesn't cause shrinkage (that I know of at least). However, it has been proven to reduce sperm count. Then again, quite a few man-made drugs cause side effects with reproductive systems too.
Unlike Windows (or any OS), it's the BIOS that sets CPU and RAM timing. It also lets the CPU load microcode at POST. Windows has and never will have such low-level hardware control.
And yes. I've seen Windows power management mung up CMOS settings. However, that's a BIOS coding issue for letting it happen in the first place.
Mushy mush!! Hmmm
Proof that God exists! He doesn't want his particle to be found and his universe destroyed.
Uh oh, I dumped the chum in the water again. Sorry. ;)
It's also about backward compatibility, not just a new feature set and/or GUI.
I agree 100% with SparafucileMan. When TCO calculated, rarely do I see the human element factored in. Time = Money. Having to re-train and educated what is and is not possible with half-assed Open Sourced Software often ends up being a huge time-sink. And if you provide contracted IT support, the last thing you want to do is piss off your employer (Client/Customer).
Besides. Closed Sourced Software companies often provide a nice knowledge support site and a tech support number you can call ASAP. With Open Source Software, you're pretty much on your own and at the mercy of individual support groups. Again, Time = Money.
I wish the vaccine was available last month. I got the flu a few weeks ago that felt like being hit by a bus! IE, normal flu but twice a bad. Once I broke my fever and started felling a lot better, I came down with a nasty case of bronchitis on the verge of becoming pneumonia!
While I'm over it now, two of my co-workers came down with the same flu a few days later. However, they didn't get bronchitis. While I'll never know if it was truely the N1H1 strain, the CDC stated that 99% of all flu infections are N1H1. Being that I've never had a flu this bad before, I'm going to guess it was the N1H1.
BTW, living in Houston, TX. Get the bloody vaccine ASAP. This one sucks balls!
Yes. Start out by making the wheel lighter.
One idea would be to attach the electric motors (per wheel) to the end of each drive shaft. All four motors would be located toward the center of the car improving the center of gravity and weight distribution. The wheels then could be more free to travel up and down with the now reduced weight as well. Assuming of course your drive shafts are made of light weight materials that can handle the torque.
I'm afraid our Government is strapped for cash, and will be in debt for a very long time. I propose setting up a donation system that will we can help fund NASA.
Oh, BTW. The donations *must* go directly to NASA and not some Government slush fund!
Guys like this always pop up again somewhere. We have not seen the last of Darl McBride's assholery ... not by a long shot.
You're right. He's the type that will land seat in the Senate. And why not? Carly Fiorina is running for it in California 2010 too.
The problem is that California is so large, manufacturers are not going to make a CA TV and a rest-of-the-world TV
What makes you think that?
The auto industry already sells the specialized model *only* for California. Take Honda and Mazda for example. They sell the same make/model all around the US. However, CA gets the same one that's been modified with extra environmental control parts (extra CAT and O2 Sensor, modified exhaust header, ...etc).
For tuners living outside of CA, they'll check the VIN number when buying a used car. Otherwise, it's extra work to retrofit a Turbo Charger kit and whatnot.