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by papersmith 17y ago
I'd be really cool if they support wildcard subdomains, as my current project relies on it.
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by papersmith 17y ago
In my experience flash under Linux was much worse than OS X. One of the main reasons I switched to OS X was to make flex development less painful.
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by papersmith 17y ago
One theory as to why China never underwent industrial revolution in the 1700s was the high efficiency of manual labour, which got them stuck in a local maximum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_level_equilibrium_trap
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by papersmith 17y ago
Some time later: http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2004/07/24/ho_jobs_1.jpg http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fortune/0911/gallery.ste... $3000 Eames lounge chair, hand-made carpet, etc.
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by papersmith 17y ago
Shhh...it works from google cache: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=http:/...
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by papersmith 17y ago
3000 years is about how long China existed as a state that passed from one dynasty to another in recorded history. 7000 years is how old the civilization is according to archeological digs, though for a long time they thought it's 5000 yea
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by papersmith 17y ago
I think it depends on the accent. Many speakers of non-Beijing dialects carry a regional accent that are usually flatter on the consonants. For example, if he learned Mandarin in Taiwan he could've picked up a southern accent.
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by papersmith 17y ago
I always wondered how well speakers of other tonal languages manage Mandarin, such as Swedish speakers.
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by papersmith 17y ago
"China" or "Middle Kingdom" as it's called in China, was historically a fairly vague concept. It was popularized in the 20th century by Sun Yat-sen to refer to the 56 ethnic groups the republic inherited from the Qing empire (Han, Manchuri
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by papersmith 17y ago
This actually sounds like China before the privatization of the service industry in the 90s, and I suspect it's similar in other communist countries. Back then store clerks were paid government wages with benefits, and most of time they wou
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by papersmith 17y ago
Seems fine with flash 10.1 beta 2, Safari on Mac.
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by papersmith 17y ago
Just installed flash 10.1 beta 2 on Mac, it does feel more responsive than 10.0. http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html
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by papersmith 17y ago
Assuming Comcast has a bandwidth cap, by spoofing real MAC addresses he's basically stealing other users' bandwidth. But then again, people steal wifi all the time.
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by papersmith 17y ago
A good portion of the top CCP leadership were promoted based on loyalty rather than meritocracy, so they are generally not the brightest of the bunch. That being said, I can understand how this would make sense for an audience in China. Ch
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by papersmith 17y ago
I don't think my neck can withstand that cruising position for very long. I always thought if it wasn't for Clark Kent's super strength, he would have developed neck problems. Maybe hang glider pilots could provide more insight.
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by papersmith 17y ago
"IIRC, it's illegal to be Muslim in China and all new Tibetan Buddhist monks are required to become Party members." Dude, the Muslim part is plain false. I lived in Xi'an, a city with a large population of Hui Muslims. http://en.wikipedia
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by papersmith 17y ago
That's actually my point. "the Chinese are fiercely nationalistic" being too big of a blanket statement, since you are including the baby-boomers who protested all over the country in 1989, and older generations who spent their adulthood u
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by papersmith 17y ago
Depends on how you define nationalistic. The hundreds of thousands of students who protested at the Tiananmen Square could also be considered nationalistic in some sense of the words.
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by papersmith 17y ago
Cameroon only had independence for 50 years, which is as much experience as they have in running two nation-states (later became one). When people look at the developing world, they see what is going on but rarely its history. Prosperity
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by papersmith 17y ago
Pros and cons of IP aside, the fact of the matter is that American companies have the money and talent to do high quality R&D. Most Chinese companies simply don't have the capital to do R&D to the standard of a developed country, a
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by papersmith 17y ago
While I agree that the criticism is well-deserved, industrial espionage is really nothing new. Google's move certainly deserves the spotlight, but I find the sudden shift of attention to industrial espionage a bit knee-jerking and sensation
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by papersmith 17y ago
Interesting that you brought it up, I actaully thought about this for quite a while before I wrote the original comment. I agree the forms and targets of oppression between ROC then and PRC today are quite similar in urban areas. However,
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by papersmith 17y ago
I've been thinking, with the bi-factional government coming in 2012, legislative reforms, and all the changes happening while the communist party insisting on its supremacy, perhaps the party will one day be reduced to a figurehead only, al
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by papersmith 17y ago
China may be oppressive compared to developed countries, but if you look at where it came from, at its current state it's probably the least oppressive government it's ever had. Historically revolts were fought by peasants over high taxes t
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by papersmith 17y ago
I just borrowed "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" by Tufte.
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by papersmith 17y ago
I don't know how practical the advice still is today, but traditionally those doing candid photography preferred equipments that are as less conspicuous as possible, that's why Leica has been so popular among photojournalists. Henry Cartier
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by papersmith 17y ago
LCD viewfinders have had some major disadvantages for demanding photographers including: * low resolution * low responsiveness * poor colour and lighting * drains battery I've tried some high-end LCD viewfinder cameras a few years back, but
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by papersmith 17y ago
I don't think the OP ever implied that the leaders know the best. It was meant to be read from the viewpoint that there aren't good or bad politicians, there are only politicians making good or bad decisions. In fact from what I've read, t
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by papersmith 17y ago
Last time I used Rapidshare the free account had a restriction of something like 1 file per day. I wonder if it's still the case.
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by papersmith 17y ago
I'm not sure what you meant by unavailable to tourists. Nobody forces you to stay with a tour or anything, it's not like North Korea. Of course, if you stick to a guided-tour, you probably won't see too much. If you leave the city, you ca

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