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  1. Re:Well duh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Former Infosys Recruiter Says He Was Told Not To Hire US Workers

    This exactly describes the situation in our company. The Indians have no initiative, no desire to learn things off the clock. They ignore production alerts until they pile up and then look for somebody else to blame. They ignore everything. They are uncreative and cannot come up with any solution to save their lives. I have had to deal with this in various companies over the last 15 years. They are just stupid and useless. They all want us to believe that Indians are smart but where is the evidence? If you research it, you discover that Indians universities are rife with cheating and when they come to universities in the US, they are terrible cheaters.
    In short, that is the Indian way and that is one reason that India itself is such a total shithole.

    In NYC, we had a terrible problem with Indians in that they never flushed their own toilets and often pissed on the toilet seats, as if they were high caste and expected someone else to do it. Their code was just as sloppy and slapdash. Every company I have worked for eventually gets the picture that they are terrible workers, stupid and not worth even the piddling money they earn. I have been gratified to see them driven out of every company I work for. It's a damned relief.

  2. Re:Just like London by drinkypoo · · Score: 1 · on A Surveillance Camera On Every Chicago Street Corner?

    I just have to point out that the obscene amount of video footage available didn't help Tupac. (I'm not having much luck finding out what's happened since that bill was passed.)

  3. Free? by oneiros27 · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Students Skip College Music Services

    It's even less free than the 'voluntary library gift' (the $50 charge that GW puts on your bill each semester, that you have to request be removed).

    It may be free in that you don't have to directly pay Napster, but the money has to come from somewhere -- it's probably covered under the 'Student Activities Fee' or one of the other many fees that you get hit with each semester.

    (yes, I'm cynical -- I'm both an alum, and an ex-ISS employee. I've seen how much GW wastes on bad IT implementation. Hell, I even reported Nabih Bedewi to the engineering school for misappropriation of equipment almost a decade ago.)

  4. And yet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Indiana Tries to Pass Game Law Again

    Military enrollment is down.

    Kinda punches a hole in that argument, doesn't it?

  5. College papers by andrewman327 · · Score: 1 · on DNA and Online Search Finds Birth Parent

    I am a reporter for the George Washington University Hatchet. In every issue we run several ads for sperm banks and egg donations. a recent article by a fellow writer addressed this. I know that some people may not want to meet their offspring in 15 years, after they've settled down with a spuse and started a family of their own.

  6. This is college we're talking about. by oneiros27 · · Score: 2, Insightful · on Why Students Are Leaving Engineering
    For those who read the article, the discussion was undergraduate engineering courses. It is significantly different from teaching middle school or high school, to which your comments might apply.
    1. Pay teachers very well so they are in say the top 5% of all wage earners. This will attract the highly skilled and educated back into teaching.
    Universities don't work like that. Money == Grants. Money != Students. There is little incentive for tenured professors to teach students, as it takes time away from they can write grant proposals, to get multimillion dollar grants. Think about it -- if you have someone doing consulting, they might make $200/hr. Is a college going to pay anywhere near that scale, and not charge rates where students are in debt for the rest of their life?
    2. Send teachers to school during school holidays to further their own knowledge. Pay them for this. This ensures teachers are constantly updating their knowledge instead of driving taxi's during the school breaks.
    College teachers sure as hell aren't driving taxis. They're writing grant proposals if they're tenured, or they're doing their other job (which may be that $200+/hr consulting, if they're an adjunct).
    3. Don't let your local community decide what should be taught in schools. Curriculum should be decided by a national panel made up of leaders in each field of study. Education should be a national issue, not one decided based on local beliefs no matter how "intelligent" those beliefs are.
    They don't decide. ABET certifies engineering curriculum. (I'd personally like to see a way for students to file grievences to ABET, but I doubt that will ever happen). Colleges in general are certified by large regions. In the case of where I live, it's handled by Middle States
    4. Provide options for traineeships in traditional trades (e.g. electrical, plumbing etc) for the non-academic students. This will help remove disruptive elements from classes allowing those who want to study or have the aptitude to study to do so in peace. (not that you don't need to study to become a plumber and such, but I'm sure you all know what I mean)
    Schools don't get to set their curriculum however they want ... they have to get approved by Middle States or the like. There are some universities that focus on internships in engineering. Drexel and U of L come to mind.
    5. Properly fund the schools and get rid of the Coke/Chip machines. I know the sugary drinks and food taste great, but they don't help you sit still and concentrate. (A new slogan perhaps? :)
    Universities have money. At least enough for the amount of waste I've seen.
    6. Ban the teaching of religion on any and all school grounds. AND ENFORCE IT!!! Religion has it's place in society, but not in schools!
    Again -- that should only apply to public middle school/high schools. It has nothing to do with universities, where you can elect which classes you're taking. (even state schools might have a Jewish Studies program or the like. And let's not forget schools like CUA or BYU.

    Oh -- and for the record, I'm currently in graduate school at a public university, and I got my undergrad from a private university (or more accurately, a real estate company who was obligated to teach classes), where I also worked for 7 years, and saw an amazing amount of graft. (and before someone claims this is libel, the fed agreed)
  7. Re:VOIP is as the future... just like dial-up by Total_Wimp · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Is VoIP Google's Next Frontier?

    Cell phones are great, and they fill an important gap, but they do not (in most demographics) compete with landline.

    For now. But this article speaks of the future. A whole generation of college students is now seeing the landline as mostly irrelevant. They'll continue to see it that way as they enter the workforce, have kids, and buy those kids their own cell phones.

    Landlines, as you point out, are not irrelevant _now_. But their the trend is definately moving in that direction.

    Put another way, would you have invested much money in a buggy whip company if you could go back in time to 1900? Or typwriters if you stepped in the time machine to 1980? Or consumer landlines if you stepped in the time machine to.. well, no need to step. You'd take your short term profit, not invest for the long haul.

    TW