I'm Mexican. Whenever I fill out immigration forms to enter, say, the US or Japan, or when I asked for my Chinese tourist visa, they always ask you to write down said information.
Having said that, those were not airline forms, but Immigration Departments'. Of course, the way things are in the US right now, maybe this is a new govt' measure ?
Last I checked, nowhere is it stated that developing an architecture, solving an equation, disovering a new species, developing a vaccine or generating a nuclear reaction was a "male only" thing.
People, both male and female, should cut the crap and just act like engineers, chemists, biologists... like PROFESSIONALS.
The Software Industry that's composed of small, medium and big software companies. With software engineers that design and program with.Net, Java, web languages, Carbon, Cocoa. In Windows, OS X, Linux, Solaris. That develops software for banks, manufacturing companies, hospitals, schools, the goverment... You know: the Mexican Software Industry. It may not be full of Microsofts, Oracles, Apples nor Suns, but it's still there, employing millions of people, and generating millions of pesos.
What, you thought we were all farmers, that Mexico has no cities, no infrastructure, no telecommunications, no Internet access? That we all wear these big sombreros and ponchos?
Just because we are not a "First World" country, it doesn't mean that we live in mud-huts, as another poster, from Venezuela , already stated.
And if you, sir, are a Mexican... Shame on you for underestimating your own country. The old joke about the bucket full of crabs suits you perfectly.
You don't understand. This is good because it could help the software industry in Venezuela.
At the beginning of the Fox Administration in Mexico, they announced a big program to bring computers to more public schools, libraries and rural areas. The chosen software? Microsoft's. This was a stabb in the back for the software industry in our country: so instead of spending millions of dollars in promoting the in-house developement of software (which would, eventually, help the growth of ALL kind of software developement, not just educational programs or GUI localizations), which would have created more jobs in that sector, the government chose to give all that cash to a foreign company. The cash for all those MS licences goes to Bill's pockets, insted of going to the Mexican software and IT engineers, enterpreaneurs, and jobs derivated from those businesses.
And no, it's not a xenophobic, anti-American thing. It's a matter of a lost chance to help the Mexican economy, in an age where it's (again.. sigh) losing its place in the global map.
Just because it's spelled the same as in English don't expect to be understood when you pronounce it like in English.;) (at least not in Spain)
Penninsular Spanish (Spain's) has quite a bunch of differences from Latin American Spanish. Heck, even among Latin American countries, words and phrases differ.
I'm from Mexico. Here's some examples (English/Mexico/Spain:
File / Archivo / Fichero
Byte / Byte / Octeto
Click / Click / Pinchar
As you can see, we tend to keep the original English word for technical jargon... Except, of course, that we adapt the pronunctiation, sometimes creating words that are not recognized by the Real Academia de la Lengua.
To learn Japanese, you need books, a good teacher and a link to Japanese culture. No need for worthless software, PDAs, all that fancy stuff. Just have Japanese enabled computers connected to the Internet and a list of core links (read: Japanese news sites and such).
Your main concern would be to promote the cultural aspects of learning the language: arrange for some kind of e-mail exchange program with Japanese speakers, have som native guests once in a while come to the school, organize Bunka no Hi events (Culture Day)...
Oh, I like the idea of having a common media room for DVD movies and such... but don't restrain yourself to anime. Instead, show some live action movies (and I don't mean anime based live action!), "real" movies.
You try doing large integrals with pencil-and-paper and then come back and tell me that mathematics software isn't worth it for highschoolers.
When I was in high school, we never used programmable calculators in Calculus or Trig. These are complimentary disciplines: if you don't understand the basics of Trig, for example, you will never understand the derivatives and integrals of trig functions. Also, you can solve most integrals by modifying them into something closer to what you know (that's the basis of some integration methods).
During university, I solved hundreds of integrals, derivatives and diff. equations; Laplace, Fourier and Z tranforms, matrix algebra, "n" variable calculus... All with pencil-and-paper. We did use some software; alas, that was just for applied demonstration purposes. I won't lie to you: I did use a calculator for other subjects like Electrical Circuits, to solve eq. systems during a test... but if given the time, I could've done the hard work by hand, too.
So yeah, I'll tell you now: "math software is not worth it for higschoolers"
You know, you think DDR is for dorks, whereas youngsters there would think it's cool. On the other hand, Japanese may think some of the cool stuff you like is worthless or dorky.
It's all a matter of cultural differences, and these include the forces that drive the market in each country.
It does not surprise me to see the typical geek reaction: "Gee, digital media is the way to go", "scan and burn your documents to CD/flash media".
I will get modded as troll, but the truth is that the "Paperless Office" is still an unachievable dream: so many transactions and processes require an actual piece of paper as proof.
OK, so Saddam is gone. Shouldn't the Coallition armies go home, now? After all, the Iraqi people doesn't want them around, and the supposed goal was accomplished. Why stay?
Why stay and waste precious resources, which could be used to hunt down the real danger, a guy named Bin Laden? And how is it that the most powerful army in the world, with advanced technology and thousands of elements at its disposal, and who defeated the Iraq army within weeks, is unable to capture one single man?
... all cell phones make a "shutter" sound, precisely to prevent rouge snappers from taking underskirt shots.
This, of course, can go unnoticed in crowded, noisy areas.
(I should know... I took a DECENT picture of a schoolgirl group one day, they all gave me angry looks... Hey, I was just taking a picutre of a cultural icon!)
Lasseteer has said in a couple of interviews that at Pixar they use to watch some Ghibli films in their projection room when they hit inspiration block. They use Ghibli animation to get inspired again.
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Exactly! Just look at "Ender's Game" and "Xenocide".
I don't know about the US, but in other countries, the biggest threat to recording and film industries is not your average Joe Homeuser. The "losses" these groups have due to these users copying stuff are pennies, compared to the losses generated by REAL pirates: people who mass produce copies to sell on street stalls, flea markets and such.
And of course, criminals, being the innovative and clever people they are, will give a damn about Longhorn. They will switch to Linux, Mac OS X, older versions of DRM-less Windows or any other OS / device that allows them to stay on business.
Wouldn't that title imply that it's Steven Spielberg's story, stealing credit from Wells?
Keep it simple... but sell yourself with it.
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25 pages? A resume is supposed to give a glimpse of who you are (profesionally speaking), no to tell the story of your life since birth.
Keep it simple. And I don't mean cryptic. I mean, it must have a clean layout, nice itemized lists instead of clumsy paragraphs of post-modern crappy descriptions of your work. Of course, this doesn't mean you have to write a list like "tech support, programming in Java, computer mainteinance, bla1, bla2, bla3..." either.
Remember, you have to write something that can give the reader a grasp of who you are in 10 seconds. Otherwise, the whole thing will end up in the trash basket.
While we're on the subject of these "alternative" games from Japan, let me tell ya, beef bowl is nothing compared to the mighty power of The Way of Cocoichi Curry.
If all speed limits (and the corresponding speeding tickets) were based on safety issues, and not on revenue enhancement, I'd have no problems. Unfortunately, that not the way it is, at least in the USA.
I know what you mean *sigh*. There's way too many tickets for "administrative sanctions". But I'd really like to see a solution the my city's drivers' reckless driving. We (Monterrey, Mexico) hold the doubtful honor of being the city with most accidents in the country. The majority of those are caused by speeding... and don't get me started on drunk morons taking the wheel:(
I know I'm gonna get flamed for this, but here goes...
I don't understand why everybody in the US, UK and other powerfuel economies worries about this. Why not look at the good side of this tracking system? It could help law enforcement: got a ticket for speeding? Well, duh, that's written in traffic regulations. I find this good, coming from a city where everyone drives like crazy, causing fatal accidents (e.g. drunk drivers). Also, what about tracking stolen cars?
Some of those "power up" episodes are pure crap, I agree.
However, you must remember that all those so-loved Hanna-Barbera cartoons of old used (and the new ones still do) the same technique, with just the mouths moving, or just an arm, or just the feet and the background.
Nevertheless, there are some more "plot oriented" series where this 30-second long dialogues are necessary. "So why don't they use real actors instead?", you may ask? Well, some plots would look just to freakin' silly with live action.
Alot of aniem if not pretty much all of it has moved onto being done by PCs, it's much cheaper then cels and farfar easier
You are talking about inking and post-production. Last I heard, the actual frames still had to bw drawn by hand (which are later scanned into computers).
Where the hell can you live in Japan on 50K yen a month? When I lived in Okinawa, I think the cheapest rent on the island was about three times that.
Simple: with your parents.
It's pretty tough, considering that you need at least around 300 yen per day for lunch... and that for convinience-store food or a simple bowl of ramen. And the cheapest train ticket costs about 230 yen, IIRC. (cost increases with distance).
However, while they may not be getting a lot of money, some companies (don't know if this is the case, tho') give their employees a transportation allowance.
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Having said that, those were not airline forms, but Immigration Departments'. Of course, the way things are in the US right now, maybe this is a new govt' measure ?
People, both male and female, should cut the crap and just act like engineers, chemists, biologists... like PROFESSIONALS.
What, you thought we were all farmers, that Mexico has no cities, no infrastructure, no telecommunications, no Internet access? That we all wear these big sombreros and ponchos?
Just because we are not a "First World" country, it doesn't mean that we live in mud-huts, as another poster, from Venezuela , already stated.
And if you, sir, are a Mexican... Shame on you for underestimating your own country. The old joke about the bucket full of crabs suits you perfectly.
At the beginning of the Fox Administration in Mexico, they announced a big program to bring computers to more public schools, libraries and rural areas. The chosen software? Microsoft's. This was a stabb in the back for the software industry in our country: so instead of spending millions of dollars in promoting the in-house developement of software (which would, eventually, help the growth of ALL kind of software developement, not just educational programs or GUI localizations), which would have created more jobs in that sector, the government chose to give all that cash to a foreign company. The cash for all those MS licences goes to Bill's pockets, insted of going to the Mexican software and IT engineers, enterpreaneurs, and jobs derivated from those businesses.
And no, it's not a xenophobic, anti-American thing. It's a matter of a lost chance to help the Mexican economy, in an age where it's (again.. sigh) losing its place in the global map.
Penninsular Spanish (Spain's) has quite a bunch of differences from Latin American Spanish. Heck, even among Latin American countries, words and phrases differ.
I'm from Mexico. Here's some examples (English/Mexico/Spain:
- File / Archivo / Fichero
- Byte / Byte / Octeto
- Click / Click / Pinchar
As you can see, we tend to keep the original English word for technical jargon... Except, of course, that we adapt the pronunctiation, sometimes creating words that are not recognized by the Real Academia de la Lengua.The summary said "latest", not last.
Your main concern would be to promote the cultural aspects of learning the language: arrange for some kind of e-mail exchange program with Japanese speakers, have som native guests once in a while come to the school, organize Bunka no Hi events (Culture Day)...
Oh, I like the idea of having a common media room for DVD movies and such... but don't restrain yourself to anime. Instead, show some live action movies (and I don't mean anime based live action!), "real" movies.
When I was in high school, we never used programmable calculators in Calculus or Trig. These are complimentary disciplines: if you don't understand the basics of Trig, for example, you will never understand the derivatives and integrals of trig functions. Also, you can solve most integrals by modifying them into something closer to what you know (that's the basis of some integration methods).
During university, I solved hundreds of integrals, derivatives and diff. equations; Laplace, Fourier and Z tranforms, matrix algebra, "n" variable calculus... All with pencil-and-paper. We did use some software; alas, that was just for applied demonstration purposes. I won't lie to you: I did use a calculator for other subjects like Electrical Circuits, to solve eq. systems during a test... but if given the time, I could've done the hard work by hand, too.
So yeah, I'll tell you now: "math software is not worth it for higschoolers"
It's all a matter of cultural differences, and these include the forces that drive the market in each country.
It does not surprise me to see the typical geek reaction: "Gee, digital media is the way to go", "scan and burn your documents to CD/flash media".
I will get modded as troll, but the truth is that the "Paperless Office" is still an unachievable dream: so many transactions and processes require an actual piece of paper as proof.
I believe you're confusing Iraq with Afganisthan.
OK, so Saddam is gone. Shouldn't the Coallition armies go home, now? After all, the Iraqi people doesn't want them around, and the supposed goal was accomplished. Why stay?
Why stay and waste precious resources, which could be used to hunt down the real danger, a guy named Bin Laden? And how is it that the most powerful army in the world, with advanced technology and thousands of elements at its disposal, and who defeated the Iraq army within weeks, is unable to capture one single man?
... all cell phones make a "shutter" sound, precisely to prevent rouge snappers from taking underskirt shots.
This, of course, can go unnoticed in crowded, noisy areas.
(I should know... I took a DECENT picture of a schoolgirl group one day, they all gave me angry looks... Hey, I was just taking a picutre of a cultural icon!)
Not to mention that it's horribly harmful to download an indie movie. You're depriving indie filmmakers from their rightly deserved money.
Lasseteer has said in a couple of interviews that at Pixar they use to watch some Ghibli films in their projection room when they hit inspiration block. They use Ghibli animation to get inspired again.
Exactly! Just look at "Ender's Game" and "Xenocide".
I don't know about the US, but in other countries, the biggest threat to recording and film industries is not your average Joe Homeuser. The "losses" these groups have due to these users copying stuff are pennies, compared to the losses generated by REAL pirates: people who mass produce copies to sell on street stalls, flea markets and such.
And of course, criminals, being the innovative and clever people they are, will give a damn about Longhorn. They will switch to Linux, Mac OS X, older versions of DRM-less Windows or any other OS / device that allows them to stay on business.
Wouldn't that title imply that it's Steven Spielberg's story, stealing credit from Wells?
Keep it simple. And I don't mean cryptic. I mean, it must have a clean layout, nice itemized lists instead of clumsy paragraphs of post-modern crappy descriptions of your work. Of course, this doesn't mean you have to write a list like "tech support, programming in Java, computer mainteinance, bla1, bla2, bla3..." either.
Remember, you have to write something that can give the reader a grasp of who you are in 10 seconds. Otherwise, the whole thing will end up in the trash basket.
... does it run Linu...
Oh, it does! ^_^; Nevermind then!
I know what you mean *sigh*. There's way too many tickets for "administrative sanctions". But I'd really like to see a solution the my city's drivers' reckless driving. We (Monterrey, Mexico) hold the doubtful honor of being the city with most accidents in the country. The majority of those are caused by speeding... and don't get me started on drunk morons taking the wheel :(
I don't understand why everybody in the US, UK and other powerfuel economies worries about this. Why not look at the good side of this tracking system? It could help law enforcement: got a ticket for speeding? Well, duh, that's written in traffic regulations. I find this good, coming from a city where everyone drives like crazy, causing fatal accidents (e.g. drunk drivers). Also, what about tracking stolen cars?
However, you must remember that all those so-loved Hanna-Barbera cartoons of old used (and the new ones still do) the same technique, with just the mouths moving, or just an arm, or just the feet and the background.
Nevertheless, there are some more "plot oriented" series where this 30-second long dialogues are necessary. "So why don't they use real actors instead?", you may ask? Well, some plots would look just to freakin' silly with live action.
You are talking about inking and post-production. Last I heard, the actual frames still had to bw drawn by hand (which are later scanned into computers).
Simple: with your parents.
It's pretty tough, considering that you need at least around 300 yen per day for lunch... and that for convinience-store food or a simple bowl of ramen. And the cheapest train ticket costs about 230 yen, IIRC. (cost increases with distance).
However, while they may not be getting a lot of money, some companies (don't know if this is the case, tho') give their employees a transportation allowance.