User: mahadiga

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On: Are Silicon Valley's Glory Days Over?

If you meet anybody from India, ask him "What Is Your Caste?". And see the fun.

Re:What's in a name

On: Study Says OOXML Unsuitable For Norwegian Government

Pls ignore

Well

On: When Will AI Surpass Human Intelligence?

It is like asking, when will computer drive the car in busiest street in the town?

And

On: Italian Court Rules ISPs Must Block Access To Pirate Bay

"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." --Oscar Wilde

And

On: Iran Suspends Google's Email Service

"Religion was born when the first con man met the first fool." --Mark Twain

Fixed price

On: Game Development In a Post-Agile World

I'd recommend Agile to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_price projects.

Re:What's in a name

On: Study Says OOXML Unsuitable For Norwegian Government

I think Interoperability without Open source is Oxymoron.

Zoho

On: Google Docs Replaces OpenOffice In Ubuntu Netbook Edition

Why not Zoho? Anybody?

RFID

On: EU Committee Says No To Bank Data Sharing

What if currency notes are RFID enabled?

More from Joel Spolsky

On: How Infighting Hampers Innovation At Microsoft

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000072.html
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/TwoStories.html
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080901/how-hard-could-it-be-how-i-learned-to-love-middle-managers.html?partner=fogcreek

Hire straight from college

On: How Infighting Hampers Innovation At Microsoft

Many of the firm's 30 employees are not yet 25.
They were hired straight from college to ensure their thinking and work habits are untainted.
Now they're making Wall Street's latest fortune, a fraction of a penny at a time.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/printthread.php?threadid=184387

Re:Bad summary

On: Why the First Cowboy To Draw Always Gets Shot

I think the second shooter can act on a informed decision.

Re:Awareness of the world

On: Heavy Internet Use Linked To Depression

Exactly. I think God would've the most depressed soul.

fMRI

On: Studies Reveal Why Kids Get Bullied and Rejected

We can identify ASPD traits in Children with a simple fMRI test.

Re:google just does everything different

On: Google To Pay $500 For Bugs Found In Chromium

I think Google should employ all those who find clever bugs in Chromium

NetMBA

On: How To Spread Word About My FOSS Project?

Check http://www.netmba.com/marketing/ if you're a newbie.

Re:To summarize...

On: China Will Lead World Scientific Research By 2020

Clickable link

Re:Depends....

On: Is Programming a Lucrative Profession?

We prefer to hire highly skilled wage slaves

Re:Americans. explain how this is 'free market'.

On: Motorola Asks ITC To Ban BlackBerry Imports

Socialism is preventing race to the bottom.
Capitalism is promoting race to the top.
We need both (implicitly or indirectly) to build and sustain a Great Nation.

Re:maybe I'm missing something but...

On: PayPal Freezes the Assets of Wikileaks.org

why the fuck would you STILL be using Paypal?

Because donors find it easy to contribute with just few clicks using Paypal.

Re:The SS/Medicare comment is pointless

On: Larry & Sergey To Cash In $5.5B of Google Chips

I thinking depending on current economic conditions, Income Tax or Capital Gains Tax should be made 0%.

Re:How does this make you FEEL?

On: US Youth Have Serious Mental Health Issues

They don't know anything but they FEEL really good about it

As per research studies there is no such thing as intrinsic motivation.

NetMBA

On: Why Programmers Need To Learn Statistics

I suggest programmers to learn management also http://www.netmba.com/

Re:This has to be...

On: Ireland's Blasphemy Law Goes Into Effect

"Religion was born when the first con man met the first fool." -- Mark Twain

Re:Can we make Air Travel Secure?

On: Bruce Schneier On Airport Security

I think it is possible to make air travel safer by giving sedate to passengers till the flight reaches its destination.