I'm probably the same way. Got to milk my 3 digit UID for all its worth. :)

I've never gone to a meetup. I'd be self-conscious, feel out of place, and so on. Add travel, and forget it. If there was one here in Detroit, i'd at least consider it.

I did meet one slashdotter though. He got me an interview in Toledo. Though i don't remember who it was, i remember his smile when i came through the door and feeling good about meeting someone else.

Touche!

I feel the same ways about JEs.

Whoa! You're getting aggressive and want to shoot four people?

Thanx.

Now why don't you post something. We haven;t read any JEs from you in a year and a half! :)

At some point, having a server (like Linode) becomes well worth it. As long as you have a network connection, you can connect to your one development box.

I ride my bike almost every day, to work, to the city center and for doing shoppings. I try to bike as much as possible. I am too lazy to do sports, and biking is my way of doing exercises, which I find important having a job where I sit quiet most of the time. I am proud to live in the country with the (probably) best biking facilities in the world.

So, are you just going to tease us, or do we get to see some of your fanciful creations? :)

I figured. :) I tried tipping a barber in Israel and got a funny look.

Nice.

Um, so how much didja tip the delivery man?

One of these days i might just get me an android. One of these days...

Thanx for the note! :)

In fact in Chinese many words (characters) are pronounced in the same way and same tone, just like there are words in English that are pronounced in the same way, but written differently. Which meaning is intended is usually clear from the context. Tones often differ between dialect, and usually this is not a problem, not any more when English speakers from different dialects speak with each other. Furthermore, tones are restricted to the vowels, not to the sentences, as otherwise it would not be possible to sing in Chinese. The use of tones do not restrict you with respect to expressing emotions and there are just as many ways of saying hello in Chinese than there are in English.