Yep, when you encapsulate the human into the robot, it is much easier to take over.

Actually, looking at the photo, I wonder if it was just the workers covering their faces instead of taking naps.

Myself, I've been over here for about 10 years doing stuff related to manufacturing, and I agree with the above post. There are good things and bad things about all of it, but in general it is improving. Since I've been coming here, I've seen the general living and working conditions improve, wages go up, and factories having to relocate further from the border to be able to get a sufficient supply of workers because the workers have new opportunities closer to home.

Now, we are considering Vietnam and other places for manufacturing since China is now too expensive for many products. Want to guess what the conditions will be like there?

I'm surprised that no one mentioned Titanium, which is an Open Source alternative to AIR that lets you package up native apps for all of the mentioned platforms.

http://www.appcelerator.com/

The UI is CSS based, and you can combine several scripting languages (Python, Ruby, PHP) along with compiled modules to handle most general application development.

Next, they will say that it guarantees his taxes as well.

Are you actually married, or are you just saying what sounds like might happen?

If you have a good relationship, the opposite can also be true.

Let me rephrase that for ya: Sex stops because you both got fat and can't be bothered.

My wife is in better shape than when I first met her because we've worked together to get her out of jobs that have excessive hours so that she can go to Yoga and other things to take care of herself more.

Sex is a two way street, if you are appealing to her, she will be just as interested as before. It takes work, you have to keep things fresh, everyone gets tired of eating the same thing all the time (puns intended).

Money should be clear and open, otherwise there will be doubts or disputes or just unspoken stress. However, yes, there are a lot of expenses that you might not have had when you were living in your mom's basement. Take some time to help with budgeting and understand where the money is going.

I rarely see her relatives, even though we are in the same city as her parents. But, I get along just great with her family, either way, and I see just enough of them to keep it that way. If you are a good sport about this, it will generally help to keep her happy (if she likes to see family frequently). Just have a reasonable discussion if it becomes too much.

If driving the old car makes any difference to you, then find an old car that you like.

Just be clear about your priorities and make compromises that are acceptable to both people. Living together before getting married can help a lot in this area.

If she is fat, then figure out how to inspire her to get back into shape. It may involve you needing to get into shape, changing your diet, or doing things that she should be doing. Moobs may be par for course, but loosing them would be healthy for you in the long run.

If you know how to cook, then teach her. If neither of you know how to cook (because your mom did it for you each day), then learn together. It is OK to grow together and do things together when you are married. My wife barely knew how to burn eggs when I first met her, now she can generally make most anything and not burn, over-salt, or generally bung it up. It was an opportunity for us to spend time together and I was able to teach her something I enjoy.

Tit for tat, boys night out, no problem.

This gets back to establishing priorities, a relationship is a two-way give and take. You should still be able to do what is important to you. Again, I would highly recommend living together before hand to really get this sort of thing established.

The good things about marriage are that it gives you a partner in life. Someone that you can rely on to get your back. When things don't work out, you know that there is someone that will understand.

If you don't feel like getting married will actually benefit both of you, then think twice about doing it.

I second this. I've got one and use it all the time. It is really excellent for taking your library with you, and it doubles as a notebook (a book to take notes in, not a notebook computer). The wifi works OK, but can be finicky. This is one of the only e-ink devices with a Wacom digitizer for taking notes and annotating documents. The software has been opened up and there is some community development Open Iliad, but you will find most of the active discussions and news on the forums.

It is hackable to extend the battery life to several days, and it supports CF flash, SD, and USB memory. The USB port can also be used for running a USB light or hooking up an external keyboard. For updating, it is possible to use SSH to connect to it, and then just rsync or whatever you want.

Since I've gotten this, I've started being able to read many books that are available for free as a CC licensed digital download. Cory Doctorow is a good example.

The cost is higher than similar readers due to the digitizer and wifi and *most importantly* the fact that it is a full A5 sized screen (8" diagonal). I've compared this to the smaller Sony reader, and the additional screen space is particularly valuable for reading PDFs since they do not re-flow the text to fit the screen.

If you are running on windows already, you can use the free VM that MS provides for this exact purpose: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en

For testing a single site, I've found that I can use as little as 200MB of RAM for the image to run with. Which is pretty good, since that is still 1/5 of what I have available.