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Microsoft has been promoting Azure for about 4 years. I believe its adoption is far from desirable. For me there are two reasons that make me hesitate to adopt Azure:

S corporations are corporations that elect to pass corporate income, losses, deductions and credit through to their shareholders for federal tax purposes. It is supposed to make tax filing easier. It does indeed. One should bear in mind the biggest catch of S-Corp - paying…

Unlike democratic societies that are inherently stable, China under the CCP's totalitarian regime is inherently unstable. To maintain its power, the CCP has to spend a tremendous amount of resource on stability maintenance. It is impossible to calculate the total cost of the stability accurately…

It is well known that China does not have freedom of speech. China ranks 174th out 179 countries in terms of free press. It is also well known that Chinese people do not have the freedom of association, of procession or of demonstration. If anyone…

Totalitarian regimes censor websites out of fear of the truth. They effectively imprison the people under their rules in the online world. The most notorious virtual prison is the Great Firewall (GP) in China. This website has finally accumulated enough truth to get on the "honor roll" of the…

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For reference, Ipswich's crime index is 75.

Qualified new EV Federal: Tax credit: up to $7,500. Modified adjusted gross income (AGI) limits: Massachusetts: Rebate: $3,500 Federal: Tax credit: 30% percent of the sale price up to a maximum credit of $4,000 Tax credit: up to $4,000. Modified adjusted gross income (AGI) limits:…

Plan A 0:00 120 km 1:15 Bertera Nissan 2:00 90 km 3:00 Dunkin 3:30 110 km 4:30 Stewart's Shops 5:15 90 km 6:15 Mohawk Valley Welcome Center - Westbound 7:00 155 km 8:30 Holiday Inns and Suites Syracuse Airport 9:30 90 km 10:30 Romulus ​…

Professor Fang passed away on 2012-04-06. A shining star that inspired and guided a large number of my generation has fallen, but his spirit will live on forever. I entered the University of Science and Technology of China as my first choice with the determination…

Reinventing the wheel is usually undesirable. However, when it comes to creating application icons, it may be an option better than reusing what is out there. Application icons that are as tiny as 32x32 pixels are usually, and should be simple. Some platforms have special…

A while ago, I had a post titled "Webclient and HttpWebRequest - two "time-saving" classes can kill more time than they save". That is about Microsoft's platform (.Net). Apparently Android is no exception. Classes such as AndroidHttpClient, URLConnection together with HttpGet and HttpPost look so…

I have lived in the US for 20 years, I still keep learning various cultural aspects of this country. Since the country is so diverse, I have never been able to construct the image of "the typical American". It seems there are always two opposite…

It was 11 °C around noon on 2012-02-23. The winter has been exceptionally mild this year. It was very pleasant to enjoy a meal with Freddie accompanied by a flock of turkeys.

Google's Android Design is a very good resource intended to target Android apps. The site is designed with the principles preached by itself. Its application can be expanded far beyond Android apps. Any software application design can draw useful tips from this resouce.

The COO of Facebook seems to indicate that they want to create jobs by going public. I wonder how big a factor the desire to create job is for their filing for IPO. Facebook was created by college kidsfor college kids, and initially driven to…

(updated 2012-05-17) This winter has been exceptionally warm. The ground has been free of snow most of the time. I have been able to ski only twice by now (2012-02-17). The warm days have been surprising, but nothing has surprised more than the scene of…

FreeDNS is a noble endeavor to offer free Domain Name Service. It is free, though users are encouraged to become paid premium members whose fees are used to pay for the hardware and bandwidth used by FreeDNS. Generally speaking, it works quite well. It is probably sufficient for non-critical personal use.

Chengdu -> Beijing (CA1426: 21:15 - 12:05) Beijing -> Newark (CA819: 9:20 - 10:20) Newark -> Boston(CA7419 /UA2045: 12:17 - 13:28 or United 1202: 15:23 - 16:30) 

Auto body rust is preventable and manageable. Wire sheet, then 120 grit sanding tool (sandpaper or sand sponge) to remove rust. Use chemical rust converter(e.g. Loctite Extend Rust Neutralizer) or dissolver to convert or remove rust residues in pits, let it dry 10+ hours. Apply…