Well, last year at the trial of Jacob Zuma (SA Vice President and head of the AIDS stuff, accused of having sex with a woman he knew to have Aids or HIV) he stated that he had taken a shower after sex and had used a bit of lemon juice as well.
Historically the main reason was cost. The cost of maintaining the rig is prohibitively high in light of the salaries paid to off shore maintenance firms. Insurance, equipment and workers are much more expensive than their on shore contemporaries. The skills required are also diverse as well are the number of union contracts one has to negotiate. If you have a problem and the weather is not right you are unable to get the job done. The only reason that the oil rigs can survive is the sheer profit they are generating and the fact that they have resident workforces.
Might have something to do with the loss of all that delicious money they make selling subscription plans to folks who are worried about ID theft. I get about 10 offers a month from various agencies. If I could switch it off why would I need this.
I agree. However the part about watching their people is not just them. This also happens in almost every South and Central American country, and increasingly in the Northern ones as well. People not having money to buy stuff is also correct however could this not be due at least in part to the embargo. The revolution could not have happened if there was not frustration with the system. There were problems then as now. However I would guess that being pimped by your own people is better than by a foreign power. The fact that there is poverty, as in all underdeveloped countries is a by product of many policies. I have never thought much of Castro but I can not say that he has been an altogether asshat either. It must be hard to run a country while your nearest neighbor is scheming to kill/overthrow you, blocking trade, funding mercenaries and ex pats, constantly enticing people to defect and all.The Cuban population of Florida is not devoid of their own problems either. I can honestly say that when I worked there I met many people who believed that life was meaningful and that the future would be better. These people were not planning on leaving, but hoping to find a solution to their problems.
For me the exception in this list is the Xerox PARC work on Content-Centric Networking. I have been following this for some time and feel that it is good research. Xerox has always been at the edge and many people never realise the fruits of their research as the projects are often spun off as separate entities. This seems to incorporate many of the ideas behind Cougaar, Jini and Jxta but using the discovery process in a different way.
Also Van Jacobson, the man behind the project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Jacobson was responsible, in part, for traceroute and other goodies, so there is probably quite a bit of traction there.
Well, initially it was the upper and middle classes that stood to loose their wealth due to redistribution and probably some due to their assistance to the people who were at the receiving end of the revolution. Now, after 30+ years of sanctions there are people who wish for more money and the things that accompany it, the same as immigrants from other countries.
I have spent some time in Cuba and have had many interesting conversations regarding the revolution. The funny thing is that many seem to think the embargo is funny. A cigar that sells for 5 Euros in Europe sells for 5 times than on the US market. It is always fun to watch US tourist queue up to purchase them wherever they are available.
Not everyone in the world is dying to leave their country and move to the US, no matter what the boys at Fox say. Rupert is not even there most of the time.
Why ? Have you been there ? They have a much better society than they would have had the American Mafia continued running it. They have good education, reasonable health care and while not so much stuff, they do not have foreclosures and bankruptcies the likes that you have been experiencing. Not to mention the next round coming on about now. Even after all these years of embargo by their ever so caring neighbors to the North, they still smile much more than anywhere I have ever seen in the US. I think sir it is you who ought to read a book.
Until you run out of the stuff you used to make it to begin with, re engineering and outfitting production to use new materials et al. Plus the space factor around major urban areas.....
Deaf people are an excellent example. It is in many cases helped by operations and devices. However many deaf people feel that it would be wrong to provide this to their children. They somehow feel that it is an affront to their lifestyle. I worked in a building which housed a deaf club and this was a major topic discussed between many of the members.
If you confess to having wiped peoples lives out for your own ego, fun, religious efforts etc when they are still alive, or at least reasonably young it could cause a lot of trouble. Especially in a country with so many weapons. Wait until they are old and require your social payments or better yet dead.
Well, since their present business model is shot to hell, maybe they saw how much the Lads from Lagos were making and decided to give it a try. Not much different really.
Especially Mac's. I bought the Powerbook when it was first released as the large screen made it great to demo our stuff at customer sites or during internal presentations with no projector. It had so many problems and was out for maint 4 times. Never worked 100% and I was then told that the warranty was up and they would not make it right as I had never purchased an extended warranty. These were problems that were there from day 1. I also had similar problems with our first G5. Never again.
Just wait until all of those sub prime mortgages that are dropping the share prices of the investment firms go into default. Thousands of jobs will go as well as many corporate bankruptcies (default rates 5% now will go much higher). The sheep may no longer be so happy then. When they finally see that the true terrorists are from within their own government. That is when they will need homeland security.
In addition to licensing content to other markets, internally they pocket a rather tidy sum from the sale of DVD's. This market would probably be effected in a negative fashion if the content was always available.
Been to Shanghai, Hong Kong ? They are no longer a backward agrarian culture but have become a competitive culture. The problems everyone seems intent to harp on about were also indicative of the UK and the US but a few years ago years ago. They will also be about 1/3 of the worlds population soon.....
EuroSpaceward was just awarded funding by The National Research Fund of Luxembourg to hold a workshop on space elevator climber and tether design primarily focusing on systems for entry in the US and German competitions. The tentative dates are Nov. 14-16, 2007 and the workshop will be held in a yet to be announced venue in Luxembourg.
So it does seem there is still some interest outside US, albeit for entering a NASA based competition. I think that the immigration problems in the US for foreign students will quickly have some negative effect on innovation in the US in the long term. Innovation in the US has always been due to it's courting of students world wide to study and then contribute.
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As Frank Zappa so aptly put it .... rock musicians are in it for the blow job ......
Well, last year at the trial of Jacob Zuma (SA Vice President and head of the AIDS stuff, accused of having sex with a woman he knew to have Aids or HIV) he stated that he had taken a shower after sex and had used a bit of lemon juice as well.
Historically the main reason was cost. The cost of maintaining the rig is prohibitively high in light of the salaries paid to off shore maintenance firms. Insurance, equipment and workers are much more expensive than their on shore contemporaries. The skills required are also diverse as well are the number of union contracts one has to negotiate. If you have a problem and the weather is not right you are unable to get the job done. The only reason that the oil rigs can survive is the sheer profit they are generating and the fact that they have resident workforces.
Might have something to do with the loss of all that delicious money they make selling subscription plans to folks who are worried about ID theft. I get about 10 offers a month from various agencies. If I could switch it off why would I need this.
Much easier (and cheaper) with one of these little things http://www.phonejammer.com/.
I agree. However the part about watching their people is not just them. This also happens in almost every South and Central American country, and increasingly in the Northern ones as well. People not having money to buy stuff is also correct however could this not be due at least in part to the embargo. The revolution could not have happened if there was not frustration with the system. There were problems then as now. However I would guess that being pimped by your own people is better than by a foreign power. The fact that there is poverty, as in all underdeveloped countries is a by product of many policies. I have never thought much of Castro but I can not say that he has been an altogether asshat either. It must be hard to run a country while your nearest neighbor is scheming to kill/overthrow you, blocking trade, funding mercenaries and ex pats, constantly enticing people to defect and all.The Cuban population of Florida is not devoid of their own problems either. I can honestly say that when I worked there I met many people who believed that life was meaningful and that the future would be better. These people were not planning on leaving, but hoping to find a solution to their problems.
For me the exception in this list is the Xerox PARC work on Content-Centric Networking. I have been following this for some time and feel that it is good research. Xerox has always been at the edge and many people never realise the fruits of their research as the projects are often spun off as separate entities. This seems to incorporate many of the ideas behind Cougaar, Jini and Jxta but using the discovery process in a different way.
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Good overview http://www.parc.com/research/projects/networking/
Also Van Jacobson, the man behind the project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Jacobson was responsible, in part, for traceroute and other goodies, so there is probably quite a bit of traction there.
Especially when the hackers are state sponsored, abundent and determined for ideological or monetary reasons.
He always produces some pretty good songs to accompany the releases as well http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html
Well, initially it was the upper and middle classes that stood to loose their wealth due to redistribution and probably some due to their assistance to the people who were at the receiving end of the revolution. Now, after 30+ years of sanctions there are people who wish for more money and the things that accompany it, the same as immigrants from other countries.
I have spent some time in Cuba and have had many interesting conversations regarding the revolution. The funny thing is that many seem to think the embargo is funny. A cigar that sells for 5 Euros in Europe sells for 5 times than on the US market. It is always fun to watch US tourist queue up to purchase them wherever they are available.
Not everyone in the world is dying to leave their country and move to the US, no matter what the boys at Fox say. Rupert is not even there most of the time.
Not to mention the arms to Iraq (10 years ago), Syria (Not so long ago), Osama et al (all during Soviet Afganistan) and ever so many others.
Why ? Have you been there ? They have a much better society than they would have had the American Mafia continued running it. They have good education, reasonable health care and while not so much stuff, they do not have foreclosures and bankruptcies the likes that you have been experiencing. Not to mention the next round coming on about now. Even after all these years of embargo by their ever so caring neighbors to the North, they still smile much more than anywhere I have ever seen in the US. I think sir it is you who ought to read a book.
Until you run out of the stuff you used to make it to begin with, re engineering and outfitting production to use new materials et al. Plus the space factor around major urban areas.....
Deaf people are an excellent example. It is in many cases helped by operations and devices. However many deaf people feel that it would be wrong to provide this to their children. They somehow feel that it is an affront to their lifestyle. I worked in a building which housed a deaf club and this was a major topic discussed between many of the members.
If you confess to having wiped peoples lives out for your own ego, fun, religious efforts etc when they are still alive, or at least reasonably young it could cause a lot of trouble. Especially in a country with so many weapons. Wait until they are old and require your social payments or better yet dead.
Well, since their present business model is shot to hell, maybe they saw how much the Lads from Lagos were making and decided to give it a try. Not much different really.
Especially Mac's. I bought the Powerbook when it was first released as the large screen made it great to demo our stuff at customer sites or during internal presentations with no projector. It had so many problems and was out for maint 4 times. Never worked 100% and I was then told that the warranty was up and they would not make it right as I had never purchased an extended warranty. These were problems that were there from day 1. I also had similar problems with our first G5. Never again.
How about Proctologist or as they are currently known (in the PC world) colorectal surgeons.
Just wait until all of those sub prime mortgages that are dropping the share prices of the investment firms go into default. Thousands of jobs will go as well as many corporate bankruptcies (default rates 5% now will go much higher). The sheep may no longer be so happy then. When they finally see that the true terrorists are from within their own government. That is when they will need homeland security.
Actually Michael Moore's latest is here http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/1494761/Michael_ Moore_Sicko_LIMITED_DVDSCR_XviD_iMBT
but has now been blocked (as you so rightly pointed out). Although I am sure that it is available elsewhere , this was just first scroogle result.
In addition to licensing content to other markets, internally they pocket a rather tidy sum from the sale of DVD's. This market would probably be effected in a negative fashion if the content was always available.
Not to mention blind people who presently get 5 quid off the license fee if they get a note from the doctor/council.
And this is by far the most active thread I have seen in a long time. News for ... ?
Been to Shanghai, Hong Kong ? They are no longer a backward agrarian culture but have become a competitive culture. The problems everyone seems intent to harp on about were also indicative of the UK and the US but a few years ago years ago. They will also be about 1/3 of the worlds population soon.....
Well, just saw this
EuroSpaceward was just awarded funding by The National Research Fund of Luxembourg to hold a workshop on space elevator climber and tether design primarily focusing on systems for entry in the US and German competitions. The tentative dates are Nov. 14-16, 2007 and the workshop will be held in a yet to be announced venue in Luxembourg.
found at http://www.spaceelevator.com/
So it does seem there is still some interest outside US, albeit for entering a NASA based competition. I think that the immigration problems in the US for foreign students will quickly have some negative effect on innovation in the US in the long term. Innovation in the US has always been due to it's courting of students world wide to study and then contribute.