Do you have any statistics to back this up? Not really. I just drew a chain of arguments based on the fact that the airport checks just get worse and there seems to be no end to this orange/red security level stuff. I think you are right in the sense that the issue might be too minor to warrant a change in voting habits, but you could e-mail/snailmail your representative?
I can tell you that the only reason I tolerate it is because I have no other choice. Do I hear democracy crumbling in your head? Just kidding, but if you look at it closely, most Americans who travel supposedly feel safer with these ridiculous measures in place or there would be some action against it by the people. Which in turn implies that too many rednecks wanna get them Ay-Rabs good. Which means you won't be able to change the way airport security checks are done. This is regrettable. This might even be propaganda along the lines of "Look, if we need all them security to stop Al Qayda, surely them terrorists out to get us."
What you're saying is that if I invite you to my house you feel that it is OK for me to demand you will tell me everything about yourself, including but not limited to your sexual preferences, infectious diseases, how much money you make and what you did with that child two weeks ago. When issuing visas, the USA asks me to tell them how much money I make. They also ask me how much money my parents make. I have to tell them about infectious diseases. They do not care about sexual preferences, but they do ask you if you have a fiancee. These are standard things that all governments do to protect themselves against immigrants unless they do not care or cannot afford to care. All I am saying is the anti-Chinese sentiment is unwarranted since the US of A does the same thing and everyone seems OK with that since the States is somehow better/more trustworthy?
I seriously do not see a problem with these violations of privacy. By adding things about sexuality and pedophilia, you are trying to shock me into getting concerned about privacy which is weird. If the US has false information telling them I am a paedophile, I won't be allowed into the US of A. Not a big deal. If I were a US citizen and they had such information, I would be incarcerated. BIG Difference! Which is why I am not concerned with their violation of my privacy when I am in their home. They asked me to bring them a 'Yellow Megaman' and I sure as hell brought one to be able to go to the party!
While your point about ignorance causing the anti-Chinese sentiment is something I agree with, your disparaging comments about the US and Europe not changing/progressing rapidly and shrinking instead seems to be just as ill informed.
You tell the foreign side of story. I will tell you from the Chinese side. As a Chinese, I don't see any problem neither There you have it. Everyone's happy!
A lot of things that the occidentals assume is best for the world are things whose importance varies by culture. While I am a huge fan of freedom of speech, it is not something you necessarily take for granted in countries like Singapore, India and Indonesia (where I've lived). Propaganda on the other hand is something that I have been somewhat 'culture shocked' by in the US because in India where I grew up, urban dwellers with a good education are not targeted by propaganda other than is history classes. As we speak slashdot China is bitching about how appalling the 'media coffin' the US is trapped in is. Neither one is right about the other. The culture in both countries accept certain things and are relatively happy with their societies.
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I do not see why you would have a problem with this. As someone who entered the United States from a different country, when I paid to attend college, all my information is tracked by the government (through my college). Other privacy issues involve my phone calls being freely tapped into. In fact, something that inconveniences me (not a privacy issue) is people not being able to transfer money into my bank account online which marks me as a non-resident alien.
As an alien in this country, I am subjected to intrusion of privacy by a multitude of institutions that I do business with - The only way to avoid that is to "go under" and become an illegal immigrant.
I perfectly understand the need for this. I am an immigrant to the USA and if the society here (which has been nice enough to tolerate me) feels safer by having my life glimpsed at, I am OK with it. I strongly dislike it, but atleast they let me stay here eh?
What my college does with my privacy and what the Olympics committee of China does with a tourist's is not all that different.
I would however be mighty pissed if I were a Chinese citizen and subjected to this treatment. I truly feel sorry for them.
I am just pointing out that aliens in a country having their privacy violated is not unusual and as an alien I am not particularly bothered by China doing it to tourists.
Note: This is NOT an "I have nothing to hide" issue. It's more of "Thanks for letting me be in your house, you can watch me and I will be on my best behaviour"
"As Ja Rool climbed out of the skies CLAIRE IS T3H AWESOME of Planet 142, in the yellow smoke trails he caught the glint BUCH SUCKS of an enemy spacecraft. Maneuvering his nimble XPJ-134, JAMES LOVE CINDY."
towards getting the best people out there is to stop calling yourself an 'IT shop' and give it a name that doesn't sound so bad with a perpiratory prefix. e.g. sweat consulting firm...
Is it me or do F1 students from our school get most of the lucrative jobs around? I am from Georgia Tech (on an F1 visa myself - but decided to do a Masters after my undergrad) and most of the info sessions for any job seem packed with F1 students. They also get a disproportionately large number of jobs at any firm that hires them and often, get paid above the averages for their majors. In fact, all but 2-3 of the F1s I know (from about 30 odd) is working for under 60k a year and about half of them beat 70k.
Moreover, in the last year, McKinsey, Bain and other high paying consulting firms have also hired a large number of F1 students. To me, it does not seem like they are willing to work for less (most of them are from China/India), but are raising the barrier. In fact, Lehman does not recruit from Tech normally, but they did hire an F1 student I know. Others have incredible jobs that make you feel stupid as a grad student since they already make with a BS what you are expected to after an MS.
Real simple solution inspired by the parent,GP and GGP:
What is the problem? Your cubicle is unsafe.
What is the solution? Leave your personal computer at home and remote desktop into your Mac from work (using the office's property and your peripherals). Hopefully, your home is more secure than your cubicle:)
In spite of inpiring generations of programmers, Lady Ada Lovelace remains the last known female programmer. According to lore, Countess Lovelace developed a protocol for what is now known as instant messaging. When she armed the regular patrons of 'Ye Olde Slash of the Dot' with this technique, she found herself endlessly harassed by messages inexplicably containing the letters A, S and L separated by slashes. She purportedly proceeded to found a secret organization that trains female programmers but also strictly forbids them from identifying their professions to the male species. Patrons of the similarly community gathering location named Slashdot are still eagerly awaiting the first woman who is caught unawares so that they can ask her if she would like to cyber.
I wonder if this epidemic of accusing me of trolling is due to this. In any case, I meant no disrespect to anyone involved. Just thought it was funny to see 4 people in matching Apple shirts in a university that just dissed Vista
MIT and Caltech are two insanely hard places to get into. Not because their admissions standards are stringent (they are, but I am assuming you're capable), but they are also arbitrary. I know extremely brilliant kids who've been rejected and positively mediocre ones being accepted. No admissions process is perfect and assuming you've got what it takes, you still have about a 1 in 3 chance of being rejected both places.
More importantly, some other programs that I'd recommend for a CS major would be - CMU (great reputation - probably the best rep for CS) - Harvard, Berkeley, Princeton (good math program = good CS program) - Georgia Tech (allows specialization in your undergrad) - Stanford, Berkeley (California = cool internships)
My undergrad degree is from Georgia Tech and no college in the top 10 beats it for sheer value for money (this was important to me since I didn't qualify for financial aid at most places). It's easy to get into, but hard to get out of unscathed because most of the weeding out takes place in college not during the admissions process. If you do well in your undergrad here, you have an excellent shot at getting into the schools you mentioned for grad school since kids you play the violin with their left nut can't get into good grad programs while they definitely trump you during the undergrad admissions process.
If you are good enough, you are bound to go to one of the top 10 universities in your field. And you will not regret doing so even if it doesn't carry the brand value of MIT. Once you are in these universities, it becomes easy to get into your top choice school for grad school which is what really counts if you want a good education.
If, on the other hand, all you want is to make bucketloads of money and brag to your family and friends, you won't make it far at any of these top institutions.
Actually, no. Go there and contribute positively to the system they've built on their high taxes, because the locals ain't seem to be doin' much but bitch and whine about people 'leeching' on their education system.
The person clicking on the porn link happens to be a single dad? Would he be prosecuted as a sex offender and his rights to his child taken away from him? Although this seems HIGHLY likely thanks to TV, I choose to follow a different line of reasoning:
Who likes gay porn? A gay person Who likes child porn? A child, of course!!
Well, I will attempt to sleep at night tonight with the consolation that atleast the kid got what he deserved for promoting child porn. Separation from Dad who will proceed to be a registered sex offender for 15 years seems apt. But I still feel sorry for Dad as his only crime was to set his NetNanny passwords to 'I3teensluts'
Not that I agree with the bill, but given that Sprint's WiMax is hitting Baltimore and DC, maybe Sprint has a vested interest in this bill being passed?
Who says it's not exciting? When extreme numbers are involved (7 wins in a row, par example), even cycling becomes REALLY exciting:)
These guys may be the Lance Armstrongs of car racing... Except they are French, so they won't be as popular. And oh! the car doesn't have cancer although it has one less wheel that a 'regular' car does.
I often wonder, looking at the xray tech/guy/woman/thingy what they are thinking about when they look at those xrays. The guy is obviously thinking what Jessica Alba would look like if...
Slashdot Mirror
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I seriously do not see a problem with these violations of privacy. By adding things about sexuality and pedophilia, you are trying to shock me into getting concerned about privacy which is weird. If the US has false information telling them I am a paedophile, I won't be allowed into the US of A. Not a big deal. If I were a US citizen and they had such information, I would be incarcerated. BIG Difference! Which is why I am not concerned with their violation of my privacy when I am in their home. They asked me to bring them a 'Yellow Megaman' and I sure as hell brought one to be able to go to the party!
Cheers!
While your point about ignorance causing the anti-Chinese sentiment is something I agree with, your disparaging comments about the US and Europe not changing/progressing rapidly and shrinking instead seems to be just as ill informed.
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A lot of things that the occidentals assume is best for the world are things whose importance varies by culture. While I am a huge fan of freedom of speech, it is not something you necessarily take for granted in countries like Singapore, India and Indonesia (where I've lived). Propaganda on the other hand is something that I have been somewhat 'culture shocked' by in the US because in India where I grew up, urban dwellers with a good education are not targeted by propaganda other than is history classes. As we speak slashdot China is bitching about how appalling the 'media coffin' the US is trapped in is. Neither one is right about the other. The culture in both countries accept certain things and are relatively happy with their societies.
-end of rant-
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I do not see why you would have a problem with this. As someone who entered the United States from a different country, when I paid to attend college, all my information is tracked by the government (through my college). Other privacy issues involve my phone calls being freely tapped into. In fact, something that inconveniences me (not a privacy issue) is people not being able to transfer money into my bank account online which marks me as a non-resident alien.
As an alien in this country, I am subjected to intrusion of privacy by a multitude of institutions that I do business with - The only way to avoid that is to "go under" and become an illegal immigrant.
I perfectly understand the need for this. I am an immigrant to the USA and if the society here (which has been nice enough to tolerate me) feels safer by having my life glimpsed at, I am OK with it. I strongly dislike it, but atleast they let me stay here eh?
What my college does with my privacy and what the Olympics committee of China does with a tourist's is not all that different.
I would however be mighty pissed if I were a Chinese citizen and subjected to this treatment. I truly feel sorry for them.
I am just pointing out that aliens in a country having their privacy violated is not unusual and as an alien I am not particularly bothered by China doing it to tourists.
Note: This is NOT an "I have nothing to hide" issue. It's more of "Thanks for letting me be in your house, you can watch me and I will be on my best behaviour"
Cheers!
Sure that's such a good idea?
Pg. 147
"As Ja Rool climbed out of the skies CLAIRE IS T3H AWESOME of Planet 142, in the yellow smoke trails he caught the glint BUCH SUCKS of an enemy spacecraft. Maneuvering his nimble XPJ-134, JAMES LOVE CINDY."
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Naah... We're distinguished from blacks by being called brownies (which is alright by me - it's better than Apu or towelhead)
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towards getting the best people out there is to stop calling yourself an 'IT shop' and give it a name that doesn't sound so bad with a perpiratory prefix. e.g. sweat consulting firm...
Cheers!
Is it me or do F1 students from our school get most of the lucrative jobs around? I am from Georgia Tech (on an F1 visa myself - but decided to do a Masters after my undergrad) and most of the info sessions for any job seem packed with F1 students. They also get a disproportionately large number of jobs at any firm that hires them and often, get paid above the averages for their majors. In fact, all but 2-3 of the F1s I know (from about 30 odd) is working for under 60k a year and about half of them beat 70k.
Moreover, in the last year, McKinsey, Bain and other high paying consulting firms have also hired a large number of F1 students. To me, it does not seem like they are willing to work for less (most of them are from China/India), but are raising the barrier. In fact, Lehman does not recruit from Tech normally, but they did hire an F1 student I know. Others have incredible jobs that make you feel stupid as a grad student since they already make with a BS what you are expected to after an MS.
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is that the record companies can't find a decent license to distribute music for free...
... and maybe wine...
Or maybe it is their desire to eat 2 square meals a day... with some caviar
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Real simple solution inspired by the parent,GP and GGP:
What is the problem? Your cubicle is unsafe.
What is the solution?
Leave your personal computer at home and remote desktop into your Mac from work (using the office's property and your peripherals). Hopefully, your home is more secure than your cubicle:)
Cheers!
In spite of inpiring generations of programmers, Lady Ada Lovelace remains the last known female programmer. According to lore, Countess Lovelace developed a protocol for what is now known as instant messaging. When she armed the regular patrons of 'Ye Olde Slash of the Dot' with this technique, she found herself endlessly harassed by messages inexplicably containing the letters A, S and L separated by slashes. She purportedly proceeded to found a secret organization that trains female programmers but also strictly forbids them from identifying their professions to the male species. Patrons of the similarly community gathering location named Slashdot are still eagerly awaiting the first woman who is caught unawares so that they can ask her if she would like to cyber.
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I wonder if this epidemic of accusing me of trolling is due to this. In any case, I meant no disrespect to anyone involved. Just thought it was funny to see 4 people in matching Apple shirts in a university that just dissed Vista
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These guys pulled some strings?
http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/upenn/
The shirts make these guys look bought - not funded.
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MIT and Caltech are two insanely hard places to get into. Not because their admissions standards are stringent (they are, but I am assuming you're capable), but they are also arbitrary. I know extremely brilliant kids who've been rejected and positively mediocre ones being accepted. No admissions process is perfect and assuming you've got what it takes, you still have about a 1 in 3 chance of being rejected both places.
More importantly, some other programs that I'd recommend for a CS major would be
- CMU (great reputation - probably the best rep for CS)
- Harvard, Berkeley, Princeton (good math program = good CS program)
- Georgia Tech (allows specialization in your undergrad)
- Stanford, Berkeley (California = cool internships)
My undergrad degree is from Georgia Tech and no college in the top 10 beats it for sheer value for money (this was important to me since I didn't qualify for financial aid at most places). It's easy to get into, but hard to get out of unscathed because most of the weeding out takes place in college not during the admissions process. If you do well in your undergrad here, you have an excellent shot at getting into the schools you mentioned for grad school since kids you play the violin with their left nut can't get into good grad programs while they definitely trump you during the undergrad admissions process.
If you are good enough, you are bound to go to one of the top 10 universities in your field. And you will not regret doing so even if it doesn't carry the brand value of MIT. Once you are in these universities, it becomes easy to get into your top choice school for grad school which is what really counts if you want a good education.
If, on the other hand, all you want is to make bucketloads of money and brag to your family and friends, you won't make it far at any of these top institutions.
HTH
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Actually, no. Go there and contribute positively to the system they've built on their high taxes, because the locals ain't seem to be doin' much but bitch and whine about people 'leeching' on their education system.
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The person clicking on the porn link happens to be a single dad? Would he be prosecuted as a sex offender and his rights to his child taken away from him? Although this seems HIGHLY likely thanks to TV, I choose to follow a different line of reasoning:
Who likes gay porn? A gay person
Who likes child porn? A child, of course!!
Well, I will attempt to sleep at night tonight with the consolation that atleast the kid got what he deserved for promoting child porn. Separation from Dad who will proceed to be a registered sex offender for 15 years seems apt. But I still feel sorry for Dad as his only crime was to set his NetNanny passwords to 'I3teensluts'
Not that I agree with the bill, but given that Sprint's WiMax is hitting Baltimore and DC, maybe Sprint has a vested interest in this bill being passed?
http://www.xohm.com/
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Who says it's not exciting? When extreme numbers are involved (7 wins in a row, par example), even cycling becomes REALLY exciting :)
These guys may be the Lance Armstrongs of car racing... Except they are French, so they won't be as popular. And oh! the car doesn't have cancer although it has one less wheel that a 'regular' car does.
http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/03/eco-marathon-08.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microjoule
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Oh! And about sex once every 6 seconds...
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P.S. I know it's a myth