One of my friend who lived at the 20th floor of a condo building in a nice neighborhood saw an intruder in the middle of one night while he was sleeping.
I suppose in Shenzhen, everyone sleeps with their eyes open. Or maybe, he saw the intruder in a telepathic dream! With nocturnal vigilance like this, what more security do you need! I actually realized my writing mistake after I posted it. I meant he was awaken from sleep. According to him, the intruder descended from the window and he just pretended sleeping until the intruder leave in fear of getting hurt.
Shenzhen has had a bad reputation for crimes.... well... comparable to Oakland, California.
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So USSR never built one. After Reagan announced his SDI USSR just sent more money to shipyards and built a bunch more of nuclear submarines, that's it. After Bush's démarche Putin also did the same - ordered a bunch of warheads that make zigs and zags at reentry speed. We tried to build it not because it was possible or useful but because the contractors got tons of money. I'm not saying that the now-a-day Russia or Chinese governments were/are cleaner. Most of their state-sponsored military projects are not there to be useful or even threatening the world. They are there to enrich the officials and the contractors, ripping off tax payer money. The US is not much better.
Have they forgot how Chinese invaded Tibet and displaced the Buddhists?
Has anybody forgot Tiananmen Square? They hunted down amateur and professional footage alike so they could go and assassinate the dissidents. For these, nobody cares anymore.
Or in recent times, have they forgot about the forced abortions that the Chinese government puts women through for violating "Birth Law"? For these, people do either (1) illegally ultrasound the fetus to identify the gender and abort girls; (2) pay up the penalty (which is tiny for rich people); (3) fret away and give birth anyway.
If you don't exist, so what? If I don't exist, so what?
The fact is that countless fertilized eggs, blastocyst, and even fetuses are destoryed by nature, God, chance, or whoever. Even killing people is wrong and unlawful *now* (not in ancient times or in society inside jungles in Africa) because we human think it is so and must be punished, not because the nature disallow such acts.
Nope... in China, gasoline costs roughly the same level as in the US, except there is no gasoline tax still and price is set by the national government and adjusted based on the last 30 (?) days or so of the international market price.
If those farmers know what keyboards are for and mouses can mean something other the rats they are trying to kill with dangerous baits, they likely need not to work in that trashy environment... Even in China, there are more comfortable jobs.
I guess you haven't met real poor and illiterate people before... and just speaking out from your own little virtual world.
Wouldn't you agree that China is more open in general than pre-1840 era? People (especially those in the cities) are a lot more open-minded? And in fact, the people do have a lot more freedom in speech, marriage, choosing jobs and doing business, than before (in the PRC era or before).
I'm not saying the barriers are eradicated, they are not; but they are for sure lowered quite a lot over time and I would attribute these progress to nothing but open trades and heightening of living standards.
I would be surprise if you had actually visited Shenzhen and still made the above comment.
In theory, what you said is true. But one can file a patent (even a provisional one) quickly, FEDEX it to USPTO and get the filing date in stone. Then the original vendor or whoever release a patch (unknowingly) infringing this pending patent. Obviously this patch must have values like keeping the customer switching to competing products and the values can be easily monetized by the lawyers. Years later, long after the patch is relevant anymore, the patent is granted and the holder can then file a lawsuit to retrofit the damages. Then the vendor either pay lawyers millions to invalidate this patent which no longer has any value or just pay up to the plaintiff. They will likely choose the later route.
When computers are built with this technology, their prices will no longer tumble every 18 months! In fact, they will eventually become precious collectibles.
On the streets of Hong Kong, you can buy tour guide booklets on where to find (affordable) prostitutes in Shenzhen, the city across the border in mainland China.
I've never heard anyone selling those got arrest. and I recommend you get one next you visit there.
In the US, we never pirate your copyrighted works. We just dig out a patent from our piles of trivial and obvious patents and sue you for patent violation whether or not you have actually done it.
I once worked for a Chinese website and years we do need to place a black list of keywords. As a measure to both comply and protest this, I create this (simplified) list:
Notice the last few entries, they are "communist party", and the names of the current and former presidents. Hack... if people are not allowed to discuss Zhao Ziyang and Dalai Lama, then the communist party and its leaders should be banned from our websites.
I actually told people that this is my invention. and I encourage other websites to do so.
Well... Inductrack is an American invention. it is unimaginable for it to be used in Japan where they take great prides in their high-speed train technologoes including their design of the superconducting maglev trains.
It is unfortunate that there is not even a short commercially operating Inductrack in the US. Maybe the car companies should be blamed.
This may sound like a big trouble to you who are not in China.
But nowaday in China, no ordinary people pay any attention to these kind of useless propaganda any more. (Students may have to memorize this thing so they can pass the exams, but I can ensure you it has zero impact on their mental state otherwise, as it hasn't had any on mine when I was a student there in 1980's.)
that depends on who receives this case. better not someone who make exaggerated claims of having strong links to some powerful officials but really having none. it is only a success if the suitcase reaches the hands of the powerful official or better of his son/wife/relatives.
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I suppose in Shenzhen, everyone sleeps with their eyes open. Or maybe, he saw the intruder in a telepathic dream! With nocturnal vigilance like this, what more security do you need! I actually realized my writing mistake after I posted it. I meant he was awaken from sleep. According to him, the intruder descended from the window and he just pretended sleeping until the intruder leave in fear of getting hurt.
Shenzhen has had a bad reputation for crimes.... well... comparable to Oakland, California.
This is your g-Phone. You have just dialed 911. While we are connecting you, we are happy to tell you that the Convenient Coffin Depot is offering FREE deliveries on all coffins purchased today! So stop paying the huge medical bill incurred by your upcoming ER visit, press the pound sign now for a convenient ride to the heaven!
Then you should prepare your resume now in German... and good luck finding a job in Western Europe amid the high unemployment rate there.
The fact is that countless fertilized eggs, blastocyst, and even fetuses are destoryed by nature, God, chance, or whoever. Even killing people is wrong and unlawful *now* (not in ancient times or in society inside jungles in Africa) because we human think it is so and must be punished, not because the nature disallow such acts.
Nope... in China, gasoline costs roughly the same level as in the US, except there is no gasoline tax still and price is set by the national government and adjusted based on the last 30 (?) days or so of the international market price.
If those farmers know what keyboards are for and mouses can mean something other the rats they are trying to kill with dangerous baits, they likely need not to work in that trashy environment... Even in China, there are more comfortable jobs.
I guess you haven't met real poor and illiterate people before... and just speaking out from your own little virtual world.
Who in th world would consider a Corolla sexy?
Wouldn't you agree that China is more open in general than pre-1840 era? People (especially those in the cities) are a lot more open-minded? And in fact, the people do have a lot more freedom in speech, marriage, choosing jobs and doing business, than before (in the PRC era or before). I'm not saying the barriers are eradicated, they are not; but they are for sure lowered quite a lot over time and I would attribute these progress to nothing but open trades and heightening of living standards. I would be surprise if you had actually visited Shenzhen and still made the above comment.
The photos are likely posted by Flickr's competiting sites in China.
In theory, what you said is true. But one can file a patent (even a provisional one) quickly, FEDEX it to USPTO and get the filing date in stone. Then the original vendor or whoever release a patch (unknowingly) infringing this pending patent. Obviously this patch must have values like keeping the customer switching to competing products and the values can be easily monetized by the lawyers. Years later, long after the patch is relevant anymore, the patent is granted and the holder can then file a lawsuit to retrofit the damages. Then the vendor either pay lawyers millions to invalidate this patent which no longer has any value or just pay up to the plaintiff. They will likely choose the later route.
When computers are built with this technology, their prices will no longer tumble every 18 months! In fact, they will eventually become precious collectibles.
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law suit? Read the fine print of your EULA. If you can sue so easily over software quality, there will be no software company left in the world.
On the streets of Hong Kong, you can buy tour guide booklets on where to find (affordable) prostitutes in Shenzhen, the city across the border in mainland China. I've never heard anyone selling those got arrest. and I recommend you get one next you visit there.
Birth rate relates to porn? What a ridiculous new theory!
High birth rate is the result of poverty, low education, and, in China, the must-have-male-offsprings-or-damned-by-ancestors traditions.
In fact, in modern Chinese cities, the birth rate has been dropping; in Shanghai, it is about below 1.
Let's start by erasing this Harvard professor's comments from the computers!
In the US, we never pirate your copyrighted works. We just dig out a patent from our piles of trivial and obvious patents and sue you for patent violation whether or not you have actually done it.
All it means is that patent applicants need to write a bigger check to the lawyers. Nothing else changed. Move on.
Notice the last few entries, they are "communist party", and the names of the current and former presidents. Hack... if people are not allowed to discuss Zhao Ziyang and Dalai Lama, then the communist party and its leaders should be banned from our websites.
I actually told people that this is my invention. and I encourage other websites to do so.
It is unfortunate that there is not even a short commercially operating Inductrack in the US. Maybe the car companies should be blamed.
But nowaday in China, no ordinary people pay any attention to these kind of useless propaganda any more. (Students may have to memorize this thing so they can pass the exams, but I can ensure you it has zero impact on their mental state otherwise, as it hasn't had any on mine when I was a student there in 1980's.)
that's what china really is.
If you confuse between Outsourcing and R&D, you must be working for the marketing department.