Ok, never mind, it only works with gps phones. I thought it was something clever to do with the changes in signal strength between cell towers or something.
How does it know that a car is moving at car speed? If it was hardware, I would think it has some kind of sensors for acceleration and works out the speed from that, but the summary says it's software.
This is not meant to be mandatory, ok. So quit crying about what happens when you're a passenger in a car, or on a train, bus etc. What happens is you turn the feature off.
You try supporting a family on the piddly bullshit you pay your H1Bs.
First of all read the subject, I was (semi) joking.
Secondly, when is this BS propaganda about H1Bs being paid less than US workers going to go away? Read the actual report, the subject of this entire conversation and then we can talk.
Go to the page 9, section 2. Beneficiary not receiving the prevailing wage...
Total of 14 out of 246 cases surveyed received less than the prevailing wage. Out of those, 5 were procedural errors so only 9 were deemed as fraud. It doesn't mention how many were receiving a wage above the prevailing wage so it is perfectly possible (I would say probable) that the average wage received by H1Bs is actually higher than the prevailing wage paid to US workers.
Most of those articles are outdated as these days h-1b workers can change jobs (for another job of the same type) and still keep their status, so an employer doesn't have the power to mistreat someone just because they don't have any options but stick with that particular employer. Yes, if they get fired and cannot find another job they will be deported, as their employment is the whole basis for their status in the USA. This is a temporary work visa, and if you're not working guess what happens. The same thing happens if someone on a student visa drops out or is expelled from college etc. I wouldn't call that abuse.
I'm not sure that is such a large percentage. As someone pointed out this is indeed a complex procedure that changed several times in recent years and even immigration officials have trouble with it. It wouldn't surprise me if those 7.3% were mostly honest mistakes. I guess whether 13.4% indicates a "widespread fraud" depends on your definition of widespread.
Enough with this protectionist bullshit. Why shouldn't I as an employer be able to hire the best candidate who fits my requirements at the lowest cost available, whatever the fuck they are from? If there wasn't a shortage of skilled US IT workers at the given price of labor the employers wouldn't bother with the hassle and cost of bringing someone from India. Nothing stopping USA IT workers from working for the same wage, or finding another profession.
With the provision that anyone hired must be paid 110% of the prevailing US wage for the work.
Currently, the provision is that they must be paid the prevailing wage, i.e. 100% of US worker. The problem is that the "prevailing wage" is a vague term given the variety of skills and experience candidate might have for a given position. Why do you think that extra 10% would make a difference?
Won't somebody think of the children! The quality of australian teenagers' myspace pages takes turn for even more bizarre as they switch from pirated Photoshop to government issued official image editor: Gimp
Seriously, though I know people will defend it here but last time I tried it it did have the worst user interface I have ever seen in a serious application
It's easy to give something that isn't yours. Now wouldn't it be better if students buy their own laptops and choose which particular model or OS they like. I am not opposed to schools requiring students to have a laptop, in the same way they are required to have certain books, and perhaps offering assistance to those who can't afford it. But giving each child, even those who already have it, and those who are not interested in it and will simply sell it on ebay, a government approved computer seems like an idea that sounds good as a soundbite but terrible waste of taxpayer money in practice.
When I am on Youtube I typically perform several searches and stay on Youtube the whole time. On the other hand when I go to a search engine I typically perform one search and click on one of the results and leave the search site. As somebody else pointed out the media company bots must be constantly searching Youtube for certain keywords to identify copyright violations. The whole comparison is nonsense.
Last I heard Yahoo still beats both Google and Youtube in total number of unique visitors and that is the stat that matters to advertisers.
Postet this before and got heat for the turning off down-hill. I am doing it where possible and I feel like - you can do what you want, not my business.
There is no question that coasting with engine off uses less fuel (zero) but there are other legitimate questions:
Is it necessary? - in many modern cars the fuel is cut off while engine breaking, so in that case you are using zero or thereabouts fuel anyway. On the other hand any savings on fuel (if any) can be easily offset by the extra wear on the brakes. You could also cause major damage to your transmission if you shift into a low gear or even into reverse by accident while moving at high speed.
Is it safe? - No. It's a bad idea to drive in neutral as you cannot quickly accelerate should the need arise, and also increased strain on the brakes makes it more likely that they will fail at the wrong moment.
Is it legal? - Depends where you live, in California and probably some other states it is actually illegal - look up California Vehicle Code 21710
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Might wanna cut down on bitching about the government. You never know when you can find yourself in some database as a "terrorist" with your every move tracked, because "the software offered limited options for classifying entries": http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/08/2056245 (yes, USA example, not sure if UK is as bad yet but sure sounds like it)
So can these things be hacked, say to increase the response speed by a factor of 10? It would either kill your granny in the most hilarious way or else it would make her into a superhero. Either way a great video on youtube.
in the civilized parts of the world where the government takes care of their elderly
Government doesn't take care of the elderly, taxpayers do. If you are going to take my money and pass it on to the elderly then at least give credit where it's due.
So the classification options in the database were 'terrorism-anti-government' and 'terrorism-anti-war protesters' and they couldn't find any other that would fit? Did someone just go through all the options and stick terrorism- prefix to them. Are there terrorism-music-piracy, terrorism-illegal-parking etc. I guess if everybody is a terrorist it's easier to catch one.
the quote from wikipedia is just a convenient summary of a straightforward fact that such a statement exists and was indeed endorsed by just about ALL significant scientific organizations. this can be easily checked from other sources. a search for the first part of that sentence "very likely due to the observed increase" in top 10 results shows the same quote on sites such as national geographic, UN, US congress etc
Mention of this split WILL show up in someone's eco-speech.
Not sure why people warning of global warming are such a popular target for snide comments, even if they do occasionally exaggerate or misunderstand the science involved. After all, the global warming is a reality and to quote a statement endorsed by "all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries" it is "is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (man-made) greenhouse gas concentrations" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming). This is controversial in the same sense that the theory of evolution is, in that people are free to disagree even with established scientific facts when it is in their interest to do so. In both cases the interest is part religious and part financial.
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Ok, never mind, it only works with gps phones. I thought it was something clever to do with the changes in signal strength between cell towers or something.
How does it know that a car is moving at car speed? If it was hardware, I would think it has some kind of sensors for acceleration and works out the speed from that, but the summary says it's software.
This is not meant to be mandatory, ok. So quit crying about what happens when you're a passenger in a car, or on a train, bus etc. What happens is you turn the feature off.
You try supporting a family on the piddly bullshit you pay your H1Bs.
First of all read the subject, I was (semi) joking.
Secondly, when is this BS propaganda about H1Bs being paid less than US workers going to go away? Read the actual report, the subject of this entire conversation and then we can talk.
Here is the link for you: http://grassley.senate.gov/private/upload/100820081-3.pdf
Go to the page 9, section 2. Beneficiary not receiving the prevailing wage...
Total of 14 out of 246 cases surveyed received less than the prevailing wage. Out of those, 5 were procedural errors so only 9 were deemed as fraud. It doesn't mention how many were receiving a wage above the prevailing wage so it is perfectly possible (I would say probable) that the average wage received by H1Bs is actually higher than the prevailing wage paid to US workers.
How is that for piddly bullshit?
Most of those articles are outdated as these days h-1b workers can change jobs (for another job of the same type) and still keep their status, so an employer doesn't have the power to mistreat someone just because they don't have any options but stick with that particular employer. Yes, if they get fired and cannot find another job they will be deported, as their employment is the whole basis for their status in the USA. This is a temporary work visa, and if you're not working guess what happens. The same thing happens if someone on a student visa drops out or is expelled from college etc. I wouldn't call that abuse.
I'm not sure that is such a large percentage. As someone pointed out this is indeed a complex procedure that changed several times in recent years and even immigration officials have trouble with it. It wouldn't surprise me if those 7.3% were mostly honest mistakes. I guess whether 13.4% indicates a "widespread fraud" depends on your definition of widespread.
Enough with this protectionist bullshit. Why shouldn't I as an employer be able to hire the best candidate who fits my requirements at the lowest cost available, whatever the fuck they are from? If there wasn't a shortage of skilled US IT workers at the given price of labor the employers wouldn't bother with the hassle and cost of bringing someone from India. Nothing stopping USA IT workers from working for the same wage, or finding another profession.
With the provision that anyone hired must be paid 110% of the prevailing US wage for the work.
Currently, the provision is that they must be paid the prevailing wage, i.e. 100% of US worker. The problem is that the "prevailing wage" is a vague term given the variety of skills and experience candidate might have for a given position. Why do you think that extra 10% would make a difference?
Won't somebody think of the children! The quality of australian teenagers' myspace pages takes turn for even more bizarre as they switch from pirated Photoshop to government issued official image editor: Gimp
Seriously, though I know people will defend it here but last time I tried it it did have the worst user interface I have ever seen in a serious application
It's easy to give something that isn't yours. Now wouldn't it be better if students buy their own laptops and choose which particular model or OS they like. I am not opposed to schools requiring students to have a laptop, in the same way they are required to have certain books, and perhaps offering assistance to those who can't afford it. But giving each child, even those who already have it, and those who are not interested in it and will simply sell it on ebay, a government approved computer seems like an idea that sounds good as a soundbite but terrible waste of taxpayer money in practice.
Not really similar. On youtube anyone can post. On those two sites only paid advertisers post.
How did all these people end up on YouTube in the first place? What search engines feed the most people onto the site?
That's a good point. For most google searches these days I tend to get something like this:
1. Wikipedia entry
2,3 youtube videos
4. google news
5.... everything else, still sprinkled with videos, mostly youtube
If google owned Wikipedia then most of their top search results would be leading back to google sites.
When I am on Youtube I typically perform several searches and stay on Youtube the whole time. On the other hand when I go to a search engine I typically perform one search and click on one of the results and leave the search site. As somebody else pointed out the media company bots must be constantly searching Youtube for certain keywords to identify copyright violations. The whole comparison is nonsense.
Last I heard Yahoo still beats both Google and Youtube in total number of unique visitors and that is the stat that matters to advertisers.
Postet this before and got heat for the turning off down-hill. I am doing it where possible and I feel like - you can do what you want, not my business.
There is no question that coasting with engine off uses less fuel (zero) but there are other legitimate questions:
Is it necessary? - in many modern cars the fuel is cut off while engine breaking, so in that case you are using zero or thereabouts fuel anyway. On the other hand any savings on fuel (if any) can be easily offset by the extra wear on the brakes. You could also cause major damage to your transmission if you shift into a low gear or even into reverse by accident while moving at high speed.
Is it safe? - No. It's a bad idea to drive in neutral as you cannot quickly accelerate should the need arise, and also increased strain on the brakes makes it more likely that they will fail at the wrong moment.
Is it legal? - Depends where you live, in California and probably some other states it is actually illegal - look up California Vehicle Code 21710
So where is this "fascinating interview" that "shows what an interesting and colourful character Loebner is"?
Bitching about the weather, the government, the television, cars, public transport,...
Might wanna cut down on bitching about the government. You never know when you can find yourself in some database as a "terrorist" with your every move tracked, because "the software offered limited options for classifying entries": http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/08/2056245 (yes, USA example, not sure if UK is as bad yet but sure sounds like it)
So can these things be hacked, say to increase the response speed by a factor of 10? It would either kill your granny in the most hilarious way or else it would make her into a superhero. Either way a great video on youtube.
We are waiting for the T-X model to come out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-X
in the civilized parts of the world where the government takes care of their elderly
Government doesn't take care of the elderly, taxpayers do. If you are going to take my money and pass it on to the elderly then at least give credit where it's due.
Ok, I'll take a wild guess. The second picture is Kutztown University, little bit to the left of the first one.
So the classification options in the database were 'terrorism-anti-government' and 'terrorism-anti-war protesters' and they couldn't find any other that would fit? Did someone just go through all the options and stick terrorism- prefix to them. Are there terrorism-music-piracy, terrorism-illegal-parking etc. I guess if everybody is a terrorist it's easier to catch one.
the quote from wikipedia is just a convenient summary of a straightforward fact that such a statement exists and was indeed endorsed by just about ALL significant scientific organizations. this can be easily checked from other sources. a search for the first part of that sentence "very likely due to the observed increase" in top 10 results shows the same quote on sites such as national geographic, UN, US congress etc
Whew, thanks for pointing that out. Most of my encrypted porn is jpgs
Mention of this split WILL show up in someone's eco-speech.
Not sure why people warning of global warming are such a popular target for snide comments, even if they do occasionally exaggerate or misunderstand the science involved. After all, the global warming is a reality and to quote a statement endorsed by "all of the national academies of science of the major industrialized countries" it is "is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (man-made) greenhouse gas concentrations" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming). This is controversial in the same sense that the theory of evolution is, in that people are free to disagree even with established scientific facts when it is in their interest to do so. In both cases the interest is part religious and part financial.