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  1. Re:No, it shouldn't on Should the Start of Chinese New Year Be a Federal Holiday? · · Score: 1

    Except of course if the employee wants to rest during the holiday, for some petty reason like the fact that all his family is free this day. The whole point of these holidays is to remove the choice from the employer.

  2. Re:Changed Orbit on Details of Chinese Spacecraft's Asteroid Encounter · · Score: 1

    And when launching the probe, they changed the orbit of the Earth ! Why is it that no one showed us the calculations proving it is safe ?!

  3. Re:Excellent fact-checking as usual on Android Botnet Infects 1 Million Plus Phones · · Score: 3, Informative

    Chinese users often have no choice, as Google Play is often not present in the phone. Manually installing it is quite complicated.

  4. Re:Another attack on anonyminity on All New Homes In China Must Have Fiber Optic Internet Connections · · Score: 1

    And you need to show an ID to go to an internet cafe, so no difference here...

  5. Re:Would that not be protected information? on Newspaper That Published Gun-Owners List Hires Armed Guards · · Score: 1

    Read more about the way World War II set in motion. Hitler had the people's support, an armed citizenry would have changed nothing.

  6. Re:Apartheid on Saudi Arabia Implements Electronic Tracking System For Women · · Score: 1

    That's not true, except maybe for some government officials and other activities "involving the national security" (which can be pretty vast and arbitrary in China). Regular citizens do not need this exit visa and can leave the country whenever they want (it is the entry visa to any other country which can be hard to get).

  7. Re:Nobody plays fair on DuckDuckGo - Is Google Playing Fair? · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, when you are on www.duckduckgo.com, you show the list of search engines by clicking the small arrow, you see "Add DuckDuckGo" at the bottom, you click it and you are done. Admittedly, that's two clicks.

  8. Re:Damn it, Torvolds! on Linus Torvalds Advocates For 2560x1600 Standard Laptop Displays · · Score: 1

    I think you should think about this again, a little bit harder this time ...

  9. Where is it advertised ? on Shanghai Hosts Its First Maker Carnival · · Score: 2

    I live in Shanghai. Where should I go to know about this kind of event (if possible before they happen, not like this one) ? What are the good local websites or resources ? English and Chinese both OK.

  10. Re:Water/Sewer Utilities on Prime Minister to French Government: Favor FOSS Wherever Possible · · Score: 1

    Let me guess, WaterGems and co ?

  11. Re:Strange on Riot Breaks Out At Foxconn · · Score: 1

    What a coincidence ! The plant we are talking about is in China.

  12. Re:Life is supposed to get Better, not worse! on Scientists Speak Out Against Wasting Helium In Balloons · · Score: 1

    That's right, because at the end, they still have the house.

  13. Re:No redundancy on Three Mile Island Shuts Down After Pump Failure · · Score: 1

    You are right and I sure hope they are running like GP says they are. If you have backup pumps, of course you do not run them like the others. You shouldn't forget about them for twenty years hoping they will just wake up when needed, but running them full-time would be nuts.

  14. Re:Expect more of the same on No Opt-Out For Ads On New Kindle Fires · · Score: 1

    So because it is worse elsewhere we shouldn't say anything ? An ad on a bus may be bigger and more distracting than an ad on a Kindle, but I have much less power over the bus company than over the device I bought myself.

    And to answer your question: I can't drive or walk without seeing ads. And it does bother me.

  15. Re:It's an internship. on Chinese Students Say They Are Being Forced To Build Your Next iPhone · · Score: 1

    That's the reason half the population lives in towns, because most of them were forcibly moved to be become a ready source of labor.

    You got it backward. People want to go to cities for any kind of job because life in the countryside sucks so much. The Chinese government is very careful about this and has basically set up an internal passport to control movement from countryside to city and province to province. People still move but they have less rights than real urban residents.

    The democratic alternative is India, where people also go to the cities and also don't have much rights ...

  16. I found this kind of mistake is mostly made by native speaker. People who learn English later make a lot of mistakes but rarely like accept/except, would of, their/they're.

  17. Re:Join the army on Ask Slashdot: What Would Your 'I've Got To Disappear' Plan Look Like? · · Score: 1

    Actually, to speak French is not a requirement to enter the French Foreign Legion. A lot of the soldiers learn French during their training.

  18. Re:speaking of which on For Much of the World, Demand For Water Outstrips Supply · · Score: 1

    50% losses is much too high. A normal network in a developed country would be around 20%, and that is including all water losses (i.e., undermetering, illegal water use, etc.). Only physical losses represent a real waste of resource and these should not be more than 10-15%.

    I do not know the situation in the US, but if you really have 50% physical losses, you are worse than places like Indonesia or India.

  19. Re:National Enquirer website on Former Pentagon Analyst: China Has Backdoors To 80% of Telecoms · · Score: 1

    And in China ...

  20. Re:Punched Cards on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Securely Store Private Information For Posterity? · · Score: 1

    I sure hope all the guys than can do that will die before me!

  21. Re:Has nothing to do with "trumping" anything on Fires Sparked By Utah Target Shooters Prompt Evacuations · · Score: 1

    I am quite sure it is possible to predict when the next one will be won, yes. Who asked which piece of rock will cause the fire?

  22. I have never met anyone who couldn't manage it in a few days, but if you think it is too hard, just bring your own utensils, what's the big deal ?

    And GP is trolling, in China there are spoons available everywhere you can have soup ...

  23. Re:sure... on China Plans To End Executed Prisoner Organ Donations Within 5 Years · · Score: 1

    Cremation was introduced by the communists and is now prevalent in modern China.

    I am not sure whether they cared about preservation. The important part is to be buried whole.

  24. Re:Five years?! on China Plans To End Executed Prisoner Organ Donations Within 5 Years · · Score: 1

    In China, most of the organs for transplantation are harvested on such condemned. It will take time to develop other means of obtaining them (considering the cultural reluctance, I do not think 5 years will be enough).

  25. Re:sure... on China Plans To End Executed Prisoner Organ Donations Within 5 Years · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nobody in China wants to donate, because of cultural reasons (they are selfish? they think it's "icky"? they don't trust doctors? it's not really Buddhist? no idea).

    In traditional Chinese culture, it is important to preserve the body whole for the afterlife. I think the belief is that any deficiency is passed over to the afterlife.