Been to Shanghai more than I can count. Basically, the network is poorly maintained. Everything from double-NATing, poor routing, to offline DNS servers. The problem at least residential side are systemic.
I live in Shanghai half-time (out by Qibao town, in Minhang). My apartment had poor Internet service, until I complained to China Telecom and demanded they honor the contract I had with them. Ended up I was too far from the CO to get the 3 Mbps connection I was paying for, so they pulled fiber to my apartment block and now I get a solid 8-10 Mbps down/1 Mbps up without a hitch.
Use China's laws to your advantage. If a contract is offered, accepted and paid for, then legally they HAVE to give you what you want - there is no way for them to back out or refund the money. Service has been paid for, they must provide the service regardless of cost.
Having tried many free ones before I decided to pay, I can say that nearly all of them are slow, do not always work - and are not reliable at all (drop connection regularly). If you're actually developing and making money, spend a few bucks (32 RMB) and get a REAL VPN connection.
VPN.
VPNMakers.com - $5/month, works great from all over China (including Shanghai, where I live half-time). No problem getting into corporate networks, secured websites, or even streaming Hulu/Pandora/MOG/Netflix.
Open Word 2010. Left-to-right, top-to-bottom. Icon number 3. First is the Word icon. Second is File Save. Third? That is Undo. So AMAZINGLY difficult to find - literally the SECOND action shown in the window!
Try driving a Nissan pickup in Japan, Thailand, or Malaysia - push up on the left stalk and the wipers will go. Pedals are in the same order, but stalks off the steering column are reversed, for the right-hand driving position of the vehicles.
Just came back from a weekend in the Islamic nation Malaysia, where they prominently display at the airport that transporting drugs is punishable by death. Hmm, a few years in jail or death - yes, the US is just as bad as an Islamic theocracy!
The English, yes. Americans? Nope. No witch burnings since 1776... Now, hanging Christian pastors for refusing to convert to Islam, that seems to be a pretty modern thing in the "secular Islamic" state of Iran...
It's really kind of offensive when you refuse to acknowledge they're just as extremist as the rest of the middle East, like when they hang a pastor for not converting from Christianity. Turn to Islam or die, eh? Yeah - just like the US!/sarc
Now go to Saudi Arabia with a few Bibles and see what happens... We're not just talking an extra close screening, but arrest, jail - and potentially death. Seriously, if you think the US is a theocracy in the vein of those in the Middle East, then you've never really traveled to those places. In the US, you can walk into a bookstore and buy Qur'an, the Talmud, or even a book of Satanic rituals. Can you buy Bible in Saudi Arabia? Mere possession is grounds for life in prison - selling can earn you a death sentence.
Occupying Palestine? That was the UN that did that - not Israel (which didn't exist until the UN established it). And more and more? Check a few years ago - they gave away Gaza and a big chunk of the West Bank as well - two areas where Israel's enemies have traditionally launched their wars from.
That's the beauty of math - you can use different denominators in your fractions and STILL make valid comparisons! No need to make them all the same, say a 5...
The ability memorize basic facts and rules (such as those in grammar), however, allows a person to gain more knowledge in a much more efficient, effective manner. Try not using the memorized rules of language, or the memorized basic properties of mathematics and see how far you get in nearly any intellectual effort.
Iran has invaded exactly 0 neighbours. Israel has done it fairly consistently.
Seriously? When did Israel invade a neighbor? Other than fighting back after an attack AND invasion of its borders by its neighbors, and kicking their aggressor back a few dozen (or more) kilometers? Can you enlighten us when Israel offensively invaded another nation?
Can't remember the last time someone in the US was executed for converting religions, or arrested for carrying Bibles into the airport. Theocracy? Not sure you know what that word really means - nor have you really experienced it. Go to Saudi Arabia with a few Bibles in your luggage, sometime. Or try to enter Syria with an Israel stamp in your passport - you'll learn soon enough!
I have the same situation - a company-issued laptop. I carry it - and I carry a personal laptop as well. No big worries carrying two laptops with me, but then again - I'm not a 98 pound weakling who complains about carrying 12 pounds of laptop through an airport...
How many engines have you gone through to get to that point?
Probably as many as my 1999 Ford Ranger with 197K miles on it: 1. That little 2.5 liter 4 cylinder just keeps running - as does the manual 5 speed transmission behind it (original clutch). Heck, I didn't even replace the battery until last year (11 years old). Nothing mechanical has busted on it yet.
I've also been in 4 accidents (been sideswiped once, rear ended twice, and had a small head-on collision) - none of them my fault. Total was $4500 of body damage from all 4 accidents. Other cars were a Honda Accord (head-on, it was totaled), a Dodge Neon (side-swipe, it had $5500 in damage), a Toyota Corolla (rear-end number 1, it was totaled), and a Chevy S1500 truck (rear-end number 2, he got a $600 new bumper).
But then again, it's relatively new compared to my 1963 Mercury Comet Custom, with the original 260 cubic inch V8, and 315K miles on it. Had to rebuild the original Merc-O-Matic 2 speed automatic tranny in 2004, but other than that (and a Edelbrock Performer II intake and small 4 barrel carb switchover) it still runs great.
Bidets my anonymous friend! You haven't experienced high culture until you've had a warm jet of water shot between your ass-cheeks and a nice, gentle breeze across your recently wetted-and-washed rear end!
Nope. I do this with some specialized finite-element-magnetics software I created. About 70% of my customers paid full price; the othe 30% all said "I like it, but it's not worth the price". I cut them a deal, we're all happy. My experience is that I continue to sell 7 out of 10 new licenses at the full price.
Others will say that Christianity is the exact same as Islam, even though Christianity specifically forbids this type of killing.
Really..... care to explain the crusades and spanish inquisition?
You'll have a valid point just as soon as you can show the programmer slain for writing a photo upload program in modern day Spain... What happened 500 years ago isn't really valid justification for what's happening today, unless you NEED to find some sort of justification to ameliorate your own sense of guilt.
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No, no, no! Tell them it goes to 4, so you CAN'T turn it up louder, and you have to live with the dynamics present...
Cromulent? That's unpossible!
Been to Shanghai more than I can count. Basically, the network is poorly maintained. Everything from double-NATing, poor routing, to offline DNS servers. The problem at least residential side are systemic.
I live in Shanghai half-time (out by Qibao town, in Minhang). My apartment had poor Internet service, until I complained to China Telecom and demanded they honor the contract I had with them. Ended up I was too far from the CO to get the 3 Mbps connection I was paying for, so they pulled fiber to my apartment block and now I get a solid 8-10 Mbps down/1 Mbps up without a hitch.
Use China's laws to your advantage. If a contract is offered, accepted and paid for, then legally they HAVE to give you what you want - there is no way for them to back out or refund the money. Service has been paid for, they must provide the service regardless of cost.
Having tried many free ones before I decided to pay, I can say that nearly all of them are slow, do not always work - and are not reliable at all (drop connection regularly). If you're actually developing and making money, spend a few bucks (32 RMB) and get a REAL VPN connection.
VPN. VPNMakers.com - $5/month, works great from all over China (including Shanghai, where I live half-time). No problem getting into corporate networks, secured websites, or even streaming Hulu/Pandora/MOG/Netflix.
Open Word 2010. Left-to-right, top-to-bottom. Icon number 3. First is the Word icon. Second is File Save. Third? That is Undo. So AMAZINGLY difficult to find - literally the SECOND action shown in the window!
Try driving a Nissan pickup in Japan, Thailand, or Malaysia - push up on the left stalk and the wipers will go. Pedals are in the same order, but stalks off the steering column are reversed, for the right-hand driving position of the vehicles.
Prescient Monty Python, yet again: The machine that goes ping.
Just came back from a weekend in the Islamic nation Malaysia, where they prominently display at the airport that transporting drugs is punishable by death. Hmm, a few years in jail or death - yes, the US is just as bad as an Islamic theocracy!
The English, yes. Americans? Nope. No witch burnings since 1776... Now, hanging Christian pastors for refusing to convert to Islam, that seems to be a pretty modern thing in the "secular Islamic" state of Iran...
It's really kind of offensive when you refuse to acknowledge they're just as extremist as the rest of the middle East, like when they hang a pastor for not converting from Christianity. Turn to Islam or die, eh? Yeah - just like the US! /sarc
Now go to Saudi Arabia with a few Bibles and see what happens... We're not just talking an extra close screening, but arrest, jail - and potentially death. Seriously, if you think the US is a theocracy in the vein of those in the Middle East, then you've never really traveled to those places. In the US, you can walk into a bookstore and buy Qur'an, the Talmud, or even a book of Satanic rituals. Can you buy Bible in Saudi Arabia? Mere possession is grounds for life in prison - selling can earn you a death sentence.
Occupying Palestine? That was the UN that did that - not Israel (which didn't exist until the UN established it). And more and more? Check a few years ago - they gave away Gaza and a big chunk of the West Bank as well - two areas where Israel's enemies have traditionally launched their wars from.
That's the beauty of math - you can use different denominators in your fractions and STILL make valid comparisons! No need to make them all the same, say a 5...
The ability memorize basic facts and rules (such as those in grammar), however, allows a person to gain more knowledge in a much more efficient, effective manner. Try not using the memorized rules of language, or the memorized basic properties of mathematics and see how far you get in nearly any intellectual effort.
The more gadgets we surround ourselves, the dumber we will become
And that includes mastery of basic grammar and proper sentence structure as well!
Iran has invaded exactly 0 neighbours. Israel has done it fairly consistently.
Seriously? When did Israel invade a neighbor? Other than fighting back after an attack AND invasion of its borders by its neighbors, and kicking their aggressor back a few dozen (or more) kilometers? Can you enlighten us when Israel offensively invaded another nation?
Can't remember the last time someone in the US was executed for converting religions, or arrested for carrying Bibles into the airport. Theocracy? Not sure you know what that word really means - nor have you really experienced it. Go to Saudi Arabia with a few Bibles in your luggage, sometime. Or try to enter Syria with an Israel stamp in your passport - you'll learn soon enough!
I have the same situation - a company-issued laptop. I carry it - and I carry a personal laptop as well. No big worries carrying two laptops with me, but then again - I'm not a 98 pound weakling who complains about carrying 12 pounds of laptop through an airport...
Depends upon the V12! The Jag V12 was quite reliable, and there are plenty of marine and airplane V12 engines that last and last...
How many engines have you gone through to get to that point?
Probably as many as my 1999 Ford Ranger with 197K miles on it: 1. That little 2.5 liter 4 cylinder just keeps running - as does the manual 5 speed transmission behind it (original clutch). Heck, I didn't even replace the battery until last year (11 years old). Nothing mechanical has busted on it yet.
I've also been in 4 accidents (been sideswiped once, rear ended twice, and had a small head-on collision) - none of them my fault. Total was $4500 of body damage from all 4 accidents. Other cars were a Honda Accord (head-on, it was totaled), a Dodge Neon (side-swipe, it had $5500 in damage), a Toyota Corolla (rear-end number 1, it was totaled), and a Chevy S1500 truck (rear-end number 2, he got a $600 new bumper).
But then again, it's relatively new compared to my 1963 Mercury Comet Custom, with the original 260 cubic inch V8, and 315K miles on it. Had to rebuild the original Merc-O-Matic 2 speed automatic tranny in 2004, but other than that (and a Edelbrock Performer II intake and small 4 barrel carb switchover) it still runs great.
Bidets my anonymous friend! You haven't experienced high culture until you've had a warm jet of water shot between your ass-cheeks and a nice, gentle breeze across your recently wetted-and-washed rear end!
For a small/single-prop shop, supporting 2 clients is possible, supporting 200 clients will leave you zero time to develop.
Nope. I do this with some specialized finite-element-magnetics software I created. About 70% of my customers paid full price; the othe 30% all said "I like it, but it's not worth the price". I cut them a deal, we're all happy. My experience is that I continue to sell 7 out of 10 new licenses at the full price.
Others will say that Christianity is the exact same as Islam, even though Christianity specifically forbids this type of killing.
Really..... care to explain the crusades and spanish inquisition?
You'll have a valid point just as soon as you can show the programmer slain for writing a photo upload program in modern day Spain... What happened 500 years ago isn't really valid justification for what's happening today, unless you NEED to find some sort of justification to ameliorate your own sense of guilt.