I don't understand why they don't start doing what I have seen on DVDs now and again. Where they give you the digital copy free for buying the disk. They should give me the e-book when I buy the paper one.
I agree that doing research in paper is much harder. Full text searchable volumes are great for finding exactly what you want quickly. However, when I read for pleasure, I prefer paper. The paper is so much easier on my eyes. Also, I spend the day reading stuff on a computer so when I get home reading on paper is a nice way to change up.
I find it interesting the different rules in different countries. When going from London to the US I was specifically told to leave my laptop in the bag (a few years ago) and flying from China to the US you have to take computers out but can leave your shoes on (a few months ago).
Just a couple of thoughts being an expat resident of China.
1. They treat foreigners special. Since I have been here I have felt like they make special effort to ensure we don't get a bad impression.
2. I have to have my passport and have it recorded on their police computer system each time I check into a hotel and buy a train ticket. I think they try to make it appear like it isn't a police state. At the same time I will tell people as an expat you can basically do what you want in china.
3. Compare PRC proper to Hong Kong SAR and you will see a world of difference.
(I apologize if my assumption is incorrect that you are not a Chinese national)
Exactly, and they won't change until enough people cut the cord. When there are enough of us, they will be forced to change their behavior. As I see it, they can get nothing from me or they can offer me the product I want for a reasonable price. For me that product is A-La-Carte programming for around $1 per channel per month (except ESPN which I would probably pay several times that).
About the only thing I am willing to pay for is the sports. But no one will sell me just the sports. I am not willing to pay the extortion fee all year to get a couple games a week for 5 months a year.
Whether it is sports or something else, most people aren't interested in any more than a small percentage of what is provided on cable TV. They have just been convinced that it is worth paying for. For example, my parents have about 200 channels. There are only 168 hours in a week. Even if all they did was watch TV 24-7 they couldn't even watch one hour per week on each channel. They also sleep and have jobs so they have cable TV on a couple hours a day max.
My wife and I gave up cable over six years ago. Once you go through the "de-tox" you really don't miss it that much. The only thing that still gets me is there isn't a good alternative for is sports. Mostly I miss college basketball (football is on broadcast TV).
I would love an A-La-Carte cable option. I would pay $20 per month for the 5-10 channels I want most (ESPN 1...n and some stuff for the kids). I just won't pay north of $100-200 a month for the whole package.
I hate what TSA has done to the airport/airplane experience. So much so that I am on personal boycott of all commercial flying (unless forced to for work). I know it won't do anything but I do it on principle.
If British airways is still flying here, there is still money to be made. If the profit margin gets to small on flights here they will stop.
I usually keep my phone in my pocket. The article was about the cell phone it self giving you cancer. You would be right when the article "blue tooth may give you cancer" comes out.
My TV (32 inch) is about 50 times bigger than my iphone and my eyes are about 96 inches from the screen. My phone is about 6 inches from my eyes when I look at it in bed. So...if you assume the screens are the same brightness and that they can be approximated as a point source my iphone is about 5 times more intense to my eyes than my TV ((96*96/36)/50). Lots of guessing here, if I had a light meter I would just measure it.
I feel like my iphone is stronger, but that could just be because there is less ambient light just before I go to sleep (all the other lights are out). I don't feel like my iphone is any worse than my TV when I look at during the day.
The article claims that the light intensity is less from the other source. It is about distance and intensity. You usually don't sit 6 inches from your TV or lamp like you might with an iPad. The intensity of light (from a point source) is a function of r^2.
This would be very hard to prove. Even if it is real, how is this really different than other arbitrary hiring practices like "google only hires kids that have degrees from MIT and Stanford" or whatever they do. You could say that just about anything that limits who you will hire in any way unfairly limits someone's potential to get higher pay and benefits. This may be helpful for start-up companies because they know if they want to get a googler or IBMer they only have to beat out one company.
I like to call Comcast, Fraudcast. When I had service with them I took me six months to get a bill that was for the service that I originally ordered. Each month I would explain that I didn't order/want/get/use the extra services they were charging me for (like digital cable). Each month they would assure me that they had fixed the billing problems and my next bill would be correct. Rinse and repeat for six months. To top it off, when I moved and switched to DSL (no problems with verizon billing in over a year) they send my account to a collection agency when they owed me money.
I also seemed to have very frequent network outages too. Don't know if that was a first generation attempt to reduce peoples bandwidth usage.
My own experience using Fraudcast is that they throttled anything I did that required any bandwidth what so ever. I would start with a very high download rate and about 30 sec in always get cut back to something stupid like 8 kbs. I wasn't even on Bit torrent when that happened.
Just my 2 cents.
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I don't understand why they don't start doing what I have seen on DVDs now and again. Where they give you the digital copy free for buying the disk. They should give me the e-book when I buy the paper one.
I agree that doing research in paper is much harder. Full text searchable volumes are great for finding exactly what you want quickly. However, when I read for pleasure, I prefer paper. The paper is so much easier on my eyes. Also, I spend the day reading stuff on a computer so when I get home reading on paper is a nice way to change up.
I find it interesting the different rules in different countries. When going from London to the US I was specifically told to leave my laptop in the bag (a few years ago) and flying from China to the US you have to take computers out but can leave your shoes on (a few months ago).
Just a couple of thoughts being an expat resident of China. 1. They treat foreigners special. Since I have been here I have felt like they make special effort to ensure we don't get a bad impression. 2. I have to have my passport and have it recorded on their police computer system each time I check into a hotel and buy a train ticket. I think they try to make it appear like it isn't a police state. At the same time I will tell people as an expat you can basically do what you want in china. 3. Compare PRC proper to Hong Kong SAR and you will see a world of difference. (I apologize if my assumption is incorrect that you are not a Chinese national)
Exactly, and they won't change until enough people cut the cord. When there are enough of us, they will be forced to change their behavior. As I see it, they can get nothing from me or they can offer me the product I want for a reasonable price. For me that product is A-La-Carte programming for around $1 per channel per month (except ESPN which I would probably pay several times that).
About the only thing I am willing to pay for is the sports. But no one will sell me just the sports. I am not willing to pay the extortion fee all year to get a couple games a week for 5 months a year. Whether it is sports or something else, most people aren't interested in any more than a small percentage of what is provided on cable TV. They have just been convinced that it is worth paying for. For example, my parents have about 200 channels. There are only 168 hours in a week. Even if all they did was watch TV 24-7 they couldn't even watch one hour per week on each channel. They also sleep and have jobs so they have cable TV on a couple hours a day max.
My wife and I gave up cable over six years ago. Once you go through the "de-tox" you really don't miss it that much. The only thing that still gets me is there isn't a good alternative for is sports. Mostly I miss college basketball (football is on broadcast TV). I would love an A-La-Carte cable option. I would pay $20 per month for the 5-10 channels I want most (ESPN 1...n and some stuff for the kids). I just won't pay north of $100-200 a month for the whole package.
Sorry for the late reply. I use Astrill. I know people who use Strong and HMA with the same type of success.
I use VPN full time in china and my internet has gotten faster than usual the last couple of days. Maybe it will be worse next week.
...1984.
Well, I am not willing to give up my job to avoid it. Just vacation.
I hate what TSA has done to the airport/airplane experience. So much so that I am on personal boycott of all commercial flying (unless forced to for work). I know it won't do anything but I do it on principle.
If British airways is still flying here, there is still money to be made. If the profit margin gets to small on flights here they will stop.
Because what we all need is more news from independent bloggers. Then we can be sure that what is in the news is true.
Just turn the power off when you aren't using the printer. That is what I do with my printer now.
I usually keep my phone in my pocket. The article was about the cell phone it self giving you cancer. You would be right when the article "blue tooth may give you cancer" comes out.
I was hoping that all those tools using blue tooth headsets were going to get prostate cancer as punishment.
My TV (32 inch) is about 50 times bigger than my iphone and my eyes are about 96 inches from the screen. My phone is about 6 inches from my eyes when I look at it in bed. So...if you assume the screens are the same brightness and that they can be approximated as a point source my iphone is about 5 times more intense to my eyes than my TV ((96*96/36)/50). Lots of guessing here, if I had a light meter I would just measure it. I feel like my iphone is stronger, but that could just be because there is less ambient light just before I go to sleep (all the other lights are out). I don't feel like my iphone is any worse than my TV when I look at during the day.
The article claims that the light intensity is less from the other source. It is about distance and intensity. You usually don't sit 6 inches from your TV or lamp like you might with an iPad. The intensity of light (from a point source) is a function of r^2.
My iPhone disrupts my sleep every day. It's my alarm clock.
I worked for the government. They lost my PII 3 times in 5 years. Pathetic.
One of the most sublime photos ever taken. I am amazed every time I look at it.
This would be very hard to prove. Even if it is real, how is this really different than other arbitrary hiring practices like "google only hires kids that have degrees from MIT and Stanford" or whatever they do. You could say that just about anything that limits who you will hire in any way unfairly limits someone's potential to get higher pay and benefits. This may be helpful for start-up companies because they know if they want to get a googler or IBMer they only have to beat out one company.
Dang, I thought it was a promotion when they told me I would run my own business unit.
The only get rich quick scheme that works is selling get rich quick schemes to idiots.
I like to call Comcast, Fraudcast. When I had service with them I took me six months to get a bill that was for the service that I originally ordered. Each month I would explain that I didn't order/want/get/use the extra services they were charging me for (like digital cable). Each month they would assure me that they had fixed the billing problems and my next bill would be correct. Rinse and repeat for six months. To top it off, when I moved and switched to DSL (no problems with verizon billing in over a year) they send my account to a collection agency when they owed me money. I also seemed to have very frequent network outages too. Don't know if that was a first generation attempt to reduce peoples bandwidth usage. My own experience using Fraudcast is that they throttled anything I did that required any bandwidth what so ever. I would start with a very high download rate and about 30 sec in always get cut back to something stupid like 8 kbs. I wasn't even on Bit torrent when that happened. Just my 2 cents.