Right. China's recent action is at least as stupid as the US's past action - I say 'at least' because China hasn't bothered to learn from the US's mistakes.
I think most people point out that the US has conveniently ignored it's own past, as a reason to defend China's current/recent behaviour. That's understandable, IMO, but somewhat irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
The way I see it, a university education is supposed to teach you theory and provide a "well rounded education." It irritates me when I hear the classic "why do I have to take social science/english/art, I came here to learn how to program." I don't see why they can't do both.
I mean, it doesn't seem to allow for the case where IT investments don't provide strategic advantages because they have no advantage - ie they're crap or otherwise a waste of money.
In fact, an IT investment might actually provide a *dis*advantage, in which case the advantage is to those who don't make the investment - or perhaps it's not an investment if it doesn't provide an advantage?
Nowadays you cannot get on a plane carrying any kind of gel or liquid. Not correct (unless things have changed in the past week). There are restrictions, but you can carry them on. From memory, liquids/gels have to be in containers of less than 100ml, and be placed in a clear plastic bag (I forget the volume of the bag, but they're not big and give them out at the security check point).
I see that post has received some positive moderations so I guess people might be interested in more info, which can be had here : http://labix.org/smart
I first started using it because apt or rpm (apt, I think) didn't handle dual architectures. I run on x86_64 and it's sometimes useful to have packages installed for x386 too - Android, for example. The smart package manager has no trouble with multiple architectures. Actually, I think it was a little while ago now and IINM, apt does now handle multi-arch ok.
I prefer apt, but yum isn't so bad. ...and the smart package manager works on both, iinm. I prefer using it, but that's probably because I don't have to switch when I'm using one or the other.
> > (on very good roads -- we have the best roads of any country in the world) > This isn't my experience. In fact, my opinion is that, although the road *system* is good, the > roads themselves are, at worst, pretty darned aweful, and at best, 'variable' (ie depends on > the city you happen to be driving through). [...] This opinion is based on roads in the SF bay area
Oh, city streets. I was talking about the freeways, eg 101 and 280, up through the SF bay area. Some parts are nice and others not so. I thought it depended on which city you were driving through at the time. Perhaps that's not correct.
As a rule, Americans have very little in the way of nationalistic feelings. Nationalism? We barely even know what that is. If what you say is true, it's not very apparent. On a one-to-one basis, I suppose it is more apparent, but the general impression is, er, otherwise.
(on very good roads -- we have the best roads of any country in the world) This isn't my experience. In fact, my opinion is that, although the road *system* is good, the roads themselves are, at worst, pretty darned aweful, and at best, 'variable' (ie depends on the city you happen to be driving through).
In fact, I've found the roads in China to be in better condition, though I don't drive here, so it's not a particularly fair comparison.
This opinion is based on roads in the SF bay area (I used to live there, and hope to move back soon). Perhaps they've improved over the last few years, but I can't say I noticed when I was last there. I'll be there next week, so I'll try to pay attention.
I certainly wouldn't consider speeding much on US roads (on a motorcycle). In the UK - no problem. Perhaps it's a good thing:)
well, I was talking about Beijing, actually (I live in Beijing); but, yeah, I wouldn't call it a habit as such, but I have certainly seen it....but like you say, it's certainly more common in the outskirts of BJ, and less common in the city.
wrt restrooms...yup, they're bad. This is the only redeeming 'feature' of places like McDonalds, KFC and Starbucks - sometimes I thank God for them (seriously). On the other hand, even they can be pretty bad sometimes.
Almost all the toilets are the squat type, but more and more places will have at least one western style one. I don't know how they manage it - the few times I've been desperate enough to squat, I find it's next to impossible; I'd just fall over backwards, and if there's one place you *don't* want to fall over backwards, it into one of those squat style toilets.
FWIW, the only other place I've seen those squat toilets is in France (though that was quite a while ago), so it's nothing to do with being primitive or anything like that; as if you'd be tempted to come to that conclusion.
I know you were joking, but actually, as a non-American, I think the posters on/. are much more balanced than I expect judging from my opinion formed from other sources, which is mostly movies/tv shows/news, I guess.
Almost all American individuals I've known are really nice people that I get on well with[1]. When confronted with various controversial issues, they seem to be somewhat more apologetic than I would have expected judging from the blind nationalistic pride exhibited on TV shows, for example.
For example, I was chatting with an American couple and they admitted that all *they* know about China and it's government is what they've read/seen/listened to in their country, and they have no real evidence that said material is any more reliable than the material they assume is propaganda fed to the Chinese people by the Chinese government.
I see that on/. too. Some of the people here are as much 'anti-American' as some non-Americans. They'd probably object with me using that term, since they probably equate 'America' with the ideal on which the nation was founded, rather than the current state and, for example, the foreign policy and anything else that might be objectionable; but I can't think of an alternative term.
I don't think many people could disagree with the ideals on which the USA is based - they're quite exciting, full of hope, and almost romantic.
No it's just some aspects of it's the current state that people object to, mostly foreign policy and nationalistic pride.
Of course, I've never met anyone who works for Fox news. I'm suspecting I wouldn't get on with some of them...
I'm a Chinese It's off topic, but can anyone tell me why this is poor English?
I hear it a lot in China, and it's obvious to my ear that it's wrong, but I have no idea why. Perhaps it's just 'my ear' that's the problem.
IMO, hearing "I'm a Chinese" has me begging..."a Chinese what?".
Usually, what is meant is, "I'm Chinese" just like, "I'm English"; or "I'm a Chinaman" just like "I'm an Englishman".
However, it's perfectly acceptable (grammarwise) to say, "I'm an American", or "I'm an Australian"; and there's automatic inference that you mean 'person'.
It can't be that it starts with a vowel{,sound} (my first thought) since "English" starts with a vowel, and "I'm an English" doesn't make sense.
Yeah, I'm kind of amazed how most non-Chinese think that Chinese nationals would topple the government if given half a chance. If that's true, then they're doing a good job of hiding it. Most people I've listened to say they are very happy with the Chinese government and their ideals in general. Of course, they might actually be doing a good job of hiding it...
Actually, I suspect Chinese look at the US (and other western) government and conclude that the Chinese government is doing a better job and 'the system' is working and getting better.
There's probably a reaction to the whole US-pride thing too, which is generally pretty distasteful to anyone not from the US (and some who are from the US too, I suspect). I suppose their attitude could also be described as nationalistic pride and is equally distasteful...seems that way some times.
This reminds me of a tax in the UK, way back when, on cars. It was based on the diameter of the engine's cylinder, and so manufacturers started building engines with narrow, but long, cylinders.
This policy will just increase the number of Dachshunds kept as pets; or perhaps not since Dachshunds are also known as 'sausage dogs'...
Good job they didn't limit the length of the dog; that'd make for some very odd looking animals in the long run.
>> It's "okay" for a dog to piss on the street because no one has figured out a good alternative yet.
Sounds like the Chinese government have made a good start to me. Now they just need to ban all dogs. Well, if that's the reason, then they might start by banning humans.
It is common practice for young children to pee or poop on the street in China. All the young children have special trousers/pants with a split between the legs that reaches all the way from back to front, such that it is almost like the trousers are actually two pieces joined at the belt. It looks relatively normal while walking, but opens up conveniently when squatting. If the child is too young to squat on their own, the parent can hold them up while they're in the squatting position, and just hold them near the ground.
You thought you were careful to avoid poop on the pavement(sidewalk). You're absolutely certain to in China.
In my experience Frys is bar none the best techie store I have ever been in. I have never been somewhere with as wide a selection. They carry apple products and a ton of other stuff too. I don't know how big the largest apple store is but you could probably drop it into the average frys. I wouldn't agree more... however, despite their wide selection, they almost never have what I want. It's kind of amazing how consistent it is. They have other things that I suddenly find I can't live without, and that's what I end up buying.
I wonder if there any statistics for people who find (and buy) what they came for.
Ironically, anyone who ever worked at Fry's needless to say is going to post anonymous, because of the ridicule one would get if they knew who you were... There, I fixed that for you.
well, I recall some linux (ubuntu, I think) person in our lug saying that it was great that apple's now had intel. her reasoning was that now we had a stable platform from the point of view of h/w configurations and could sort of standardise on that.
I can see the logic, but it seems it seems not to have worked out that way.
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> The new product is said to reach 99% accuracy after 5 minutes of training.
According to MacSpeech, I suppose?
I'll bet what was said was something 99% different to what MacSpeech thought.
Right. China's recent action is at least as stupid as the US's past action - I say 'at least' because China hasn't bothered to learn from the US's mistakes.
I think most people point out that the US has conveniently ignored it's own past, as a reason to defend China's current/recent behaviour. That's understandable, IMO, but somewhat irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
I just publish it's availability with it's SSID an not putting a password on it. Surely it's obvious that I don't mind other people using it.
If I didn't want people to use it, I would take measures to make it obvious, like putting a password on it, and not advertising the SSID.
Is that logically correct?
I mean, it doesn't seem to allow for the case where IT investments don't provide strategic advantages because they have no advantage - ie they're crap or otherwise a waste of money.
In fact, an IT investment might actually provide a *dis*advantage, in which case the advantage is to those who don't make the investment - or perhaps it's not an investment if it doesn't provide an advantage?
I see that post has received some positive moderations so I guess people might be interested in more info, which can be had here : http://labix.org/smart
I first started using it because apt or rpm (apt, I think) didn't handle dual architectures. I run on x86_64 and it's sometimes useful to have packages installed for x386 too - Android, for example. The smart package manager has no trouble with multiple architectures. Actually, I think it was a little while ago now and IINM, apt does now handle multi-arch ok.
Anyway, FWIW, I've been very happy using smart.
> This isn't my experience. In fact, my opinion is that, although the road *system* is good, the
> roads themselves are, at worst, pretty darned aweful, and at best, 'variable' (ie depends on
> the city you happen to be driving through). [...] This opinion is based on roads in the SF bay area
Oh, city streets. I was talking about the freeways, eg 101 and 280, up through the SF bay area. Some parts are nice and others not so. I thought it depended on which city you were driving through at the time. Perhaps that's not correct.
Nationalism? We barely even know what that is. If what you say is true, it's not very apparent. On a one-to-one basis, I suppose it is more apparent, but the general impression is, er, otherwise. (on very good roads -- we have the best roads of any country in the world) This isn't my experience. In fact, my opinion is that, although the road *system* is good, the roads themselves are, at worst, pretty darned aweful, and at best, 'variable' (ie depends on the city you happen to be driving through).
In fact, I've found the roads in China to be in better condition, though I don't drive here, so it's not a particularly fair comparison.
This opinion is based on roads in the SF bay area (I used to live there, and hope to move back soon). Perhaps they've improved over the last few years, but I can't say I noticed when I was last there. I'll be there next week, so I'll try to pay attention.
I certainly wouldn't consider speeding much on US roads (on a motorcycle). In the UK - no problem. Perhaps it's a good thing
well, I was talking about Beijing, actually (I live in Beijing); but, yeah, I wouldn't call it a habit as such, but I have certainly seen it. ...but like you say, it's certainly more common in the outskirts of BJ, and less common in the city.
wrt restrooms...yup, they're bad. This is the only redeeming 'feature' of places like McDonalds, KFC and Starbucks - sometimes I thank God for them (seriously). On the other hand, even they can be pretty bad sometimes.
Almost all the toilets are the squat type, but more and more places will have at least one western style one. I don't know how they manage it - the few times I've been desperate enough to squat, I find it's next to impossible; I'd just fall over backwards, and if there's one place you *don't* want to fall over backwards, it into one of those squat style toilets.
FWIW, the only other place I've seen those squat toilets is in France (though that was quite a while ago), so it's nothing to do with being primitive or anything like that; as if you'd be tempted to come to that conclusion.
http://www.answers.com/yap&r=67
> I don't love you either
I think he was saying that he *does* love you, actually.
I know you were joking, but actually, as a non-American, I think the posters on /. are much more balanced than I expect judging from my opinion formed from other sources, which is mostly movies/tv shows/news, I guess.
/. too. Some of the people here are as much 'anti-American' as some non-Americans. They'd probably object with me using that term, since they probably equate 'America' with the ideal on which the nation was founded, rather than the current state and, for example, the foreign policy and anything else that might be objectionable; but I can't think of an alternative term.
Almost all American individuals I've known are really nice people that I get on well with[1]. When confronted with various controversial issues, they seem to be somewhat more apologetic than I would have expected judging from the blind nationalistic pride exhibited on TV shows, for example.
For example, I was chatting with an American couple and they admitted that all *they* know about China and it's government is what they've read/seen/listened to in their country, and they have no real evidence that said material is any more reliable than the material they assume is propaganda fed to the Chinese people by the Chinese government.
I see that on
I don't think many people could disagree with the ideals on which the USA is based - they're quite exciting, full of hope, and almost romantic.
No it's just some aspects of it's the current state that people object to, mostly foreign policy and nationalistic pride.
Of course, I've never met anyone who works for Fox news. I'm suspecting I wouldn't get on with some of them...
I hear it a lot in China, and it's obvious to my ear that it's wrong, but I have no idea why. Perhaps it's just 'my ear' that's the problem.
IMO, hearing "I'm a Chinese" has me begging..."a Chinese what?".
Usually, what is meant is, "I'm Chinese" just like, "I'm English"; or "I'm a Chinaman" just like "I'm an Englishman".
However, it's perfectly acceptable (grammarwise) to say, "I'm an American", or "I'm an Australian"; and there's automatic inference that you mean 'person'.
It can't be that it starts with a vowel{,sound} (my first thought) since "English" starts with a vowel, and "I'm an English" doesn't make sense.
Is there some rule for this?
Yeah, I'm kind of amazed how most non-Chinese think that Chinese nationals would topple the government if given half a chance. If that's true, then they're doing a good job of hiding it. Most people I've listened to say they are very happy with the Chinese government and their ideals in general. Of course, they might actually be doing a good job of hiding it...
Actually, I suspect Chinese look at the US (and other western) government and conclude that the Chinese government is doing a better job and 'the system' is working and getting better.
There's probably a reaction to the whole US-pride thing too, which is generally pretty distasteful to anyone not from the US (and some who are from the US too, I suspect). I suppose their attitude could also be described as nationalistic pride and is equally distasteful...seems that way some times.
I thought 'ankle biter' was a synonym for a young child of some sort...google confirms it, though it also confirms the small dog usage.
Given the ambiguity, I'd've thought use of the term, in the context of being coyote food, is...'unadvised' or something.
This reminds me of a tax in the UK, way back when, on cars. It was based on the diameter of the engine's cylinder, and so manufacturers started building engines with narrow, but long, cylinders.
This policy will just increase the number of Dachshunds kept as pets; or perhaps not since Dachshunds are also known as 'sausage dogs'...
Good job they didn't limit the length of the dog; that'd make for some very odd looking animals in the long run.
Sounds like the Chinese government have made a good start to me. Now they just need to ban all dogs. Well, if that's the reason, then they might start by banning humans.
It is common practice for young children to pee or poop on the street in China. All the young children have special trousers/pants with a split between the legs that reaches all the way from back to front, such that it is almost like the trousers are actually two pieces joined at the belt. It looks relatively normal while walking, but opens up conveniently when squatting. If the child is too young to squat on their own, the parent can hold them up while they're in the squatting position, and just hold them near the ground.
You thought you were careful to avoid poop on the pavement(sidewalk). You're absolutely certain to in China.
Sorry, I should have been more explicit. By 'bike', I meant the Susuki, *not* the woman.
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That's pretty funny too
Isn't that the best looking bike ever? I *so* want one.
Max.
I wonder if there any statistics for people who find (and buy) what they came for.
well, I recall some linux (ubuntu, I think) person in our lug saying that it was great that apple's now had intel. her reasoning was that now we had a stable platform from the point of view of h/w configurations and could sort of standardise on that.
I can see the logic, but it seems it seems not to have worked out that way.