Posts by vinea

Quote: Originally Posted by tonton Americans and most Europeans don't need a visa to go to HK. The reason the visa for the PRC is so expensive now is that they adopted something called "reciprocal fees" which means they...

Quote: Originally Posted by tonton I doubt Wal•Mart in Shenzhen sells media. Even so, thanks to GeeDub, it now costs me US$130 for a visa to Shenzhen (vs. $15 during the Clinton Administration), so I don't go any more. Really? Didn't...

Quote: Originally Posted by TECHSTUD What's that old saying- "There's a sucker born every minute." Steve Jobs is the PT Barnum of the 21st century. iPad hasn't even been tested yet - what fools. Good lord...has he been...

You know the interesting statistics regarding Win7 is in the white paper. It took me a rereading it to find it again: On page 12 look at the Windows 32-bit versions: Win XP SP2 45% infected Win XP SP3 34% infected Win Vista...

Quote: Originally Posted by kotatsu You need to (re)join the real world and stop watching those comedy fact free I'm a Mac/I'm a PC ads. PC's only have virii if you are cluess. Harsh but true. I guess you still need to board the clue...

Quote: Originally Posted by kotatsu I have a Mac AND a PC, so I feel quite qualified to comment. I have no virii on either, no issues on either, and no complaints with either. A lot of folks say this. I wonder how many have been...

Quote: Originally Posted by kotatsu That the iMac is an all in one is totally irrelevant to me, I just want a computer. So get a dell tower and not an iMac. Simple, no? I guess the hard part is not complaining about it. Quote: I...

Quote: Originally Posted by GrnXnham Wow! I see Blu-rays all the time for less than $20. Our local Walmart has a section of $10 Blu-rays. As far as I know, there are no Walmarts in Hong Kong. There's several in Shenzhen though, not...

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveGee Perhaps D.C. has seen what the French citizens let happen to the louvre... Certainly makes the teardown of this shack pale in comparison... Talk about vandalizing a work of ART ... that place...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss As I have already said, the "style of the house" is not the source of its significance. The article states this wrongly. It is the owner of the house when it was built, and the architect...