India actually exports more to Europe than to USA. It actually imports more from USA than from China. The only country whose development US is funding through consumerism is China. On Indian goods there are a thousand different non tariff barriers. It is perfectly OK to import Chinese goods made by slave labour in prisons but Indian goods made with the help of children working in family workshops is blocked on Child Labour grounds. What would happen if India started saying we have complete free trade but we have to ban American goods as they are made by people who eat beef and cows are sacred in India. You think that is ridiculous but it is no more ridiculous than Americans trying to force their belief system on other countries like not importing cosmetics tested on animals. All this talk of free trade is just meant to force the poor countries to play according to rules benefiting rich countries. And why do you think America is able to sustain its huge trade deficit. Its because the rest of the world admires America and invests their profits in US treasury bonds. Given the way Bush is going and will go over the next 4 years that popularity may soon be a thing of the past and you may see 4 to 5 times drop in the value of the dollar
Yes I am of Indian Origin. And you must be of English origin? Maybe a little French or Irish blood. Dont tell me you are American unless you are writing from one of those modern concentration camps called a Reservation.
But more to the point if other countries stop importing American goods like software,hollywood movies and weapons(3 of the biggest american export) how long will you have a job? Mcdonalds?
It really pisses me off when people from America which is the most protectionist of all the nations in the world talk of free trade. Any production has two inputs capital and labour and one output goods. Now Americans want free movement of capital and goods but not of labour. Thats just hypocritical. I would say if you want free trade remove all visa requirements. If you want your companies to be able to go and invest in any country and sell goods from any country than people from any country should be able to come and sell their services in your country. If you cant handle that then shut the fuck up about free trade
This article does raise a valid point that unlike outsourcing to India which is a temporary problem(eventually wages in India will be comparable) outsourcing to technology is an ongoing process and the bigger threat. The only option is to keep upgrading yourself if you choose to stay in the tech field or else become a manager/sales professional of some kind (It will take a long long time for computers to learn to lie as effectively as humans)
P.S. For those who are going to take up issue with the outsourcing to India being temporary comment , I am an Indian working for an Israeli company in Cyprus and already the Indians are being replaced with Romanians who work for half the pay. This is bound to happen and change form country to country until all countries are at the same wage level . Of course this means in real terms the US lifestyle for techies wont be that great but then again it is your choice - work that doesnt suck your soul but doesnt let you afford your personal plane or vice versa)
I think your point about money spent on social programmes hurting competitiveness is valid. However these programs are worth it despite the cost. Perhaps to regain its competitiveness the US should force India to have a social welfare programme too.(China already has universal welfare Its called Communism)
Actually in todays service oriented world what matters is more the no of skilled people you have to do the work than the amount of land. For example Japan is much more densely populated than India and is a rival to a United States 50 times larger. Till now Indias population was that while it had the population the population was not skilled which made it a liability instead of a resource but now the trickle down effect of the nuclear and space programs is being felt in higher levels of education and competency at all levels
I dont think America would be irrelevant unless they go and lose a world war. They woul probably be more like Britain and France. Still relevant but not the 800 Pound Gorilla
There are only so many ways you can go back and forth between the realm of flesh and the realm of magic and hump elven chicks(Though I must say elven chicks might use their magic to make positions impossible due to gravity possible;))
I think the problem is the authors are more concerned abt creating series which thay can then sell to make a show;than abt telling a story. e.g Asimovs Foundation series started out as a series of short stories each one powerfull in itself. Only later did it become one series.
On the other hand authors like David Webber try from the start to make each story a universe in which they(or their assistants) can keep writing endless series (serii?). (On the positive side Weber does write abt the Future though all his futures have the US as the victor;))
This problem is common to both novels written with an aim at the television market as well as those serialized on websites like Webscriptions
As a B.E. in Comp Engg I am planning on applying for further studies. However the authors question brings a question to my mind. Should I app for MS or PhD. It is generally considered more difficult to get a PhD admit but easier to get aid in PhD than MS. Of course the point raised by the author of the post seems to add another facet to these questions. Would some of you post-grads out there have any advice?(Note I have 2 yrs of Job experience and am also seriously thinking of going for an MBA but selling my soul for money is turning out to be a bit of a drag:))
Well while it is true the Galileo system is meant to make Europe independent but what is worrying is that somehow to cut costs or maybe under political pressure US firms might be given a share of the pie thus giving the US control of the system . Also it is very imporatant that Britain is kept out of this project as they are more a part of the United States than the EU. Note how in the English media the coverage of the Mars Express focuses on British built Beagle 2. The British always try to show they are not part of Europe. I think its time Europe wakes up and says to Britain Fine if you want to be part of the US be there and dont waste the EUs time
One of the cleverest things the Galileo designers have come up with is to put their signal right in the middle of the US military GPS signal with an encrypted overlay. This means if in times of war the US tries to jam Galileo they jam their own military GPS and everyone is back to square one with civilian grade GPS which in any case everyone upto a Taxi driver has
Does anybody know how dependent the Galileo system will be on the US. I mean how many components will be manufactured in the states and will the states have export veto powers like it currently has on military equipment. For example when Israel wanted to sell radars to China they could not as some components were from US companies. Will the same apply to Galileo as in if the US decides some state like North Korea doesnt deserve GPS then will the Europeans be prevented from selling it ? Do note these decisions are a lot of times economic rather than related to national security. For example the states is pissed abt the russians selling Nuclear reactors to Iran not because these reactors can be used for weapons but because the contracts did not go to American companies and under current sanctions American companies cannot even subcontract for the Russians. Or maybe Galileo is Europes way of getting out of exactly such a situation. On a related note recently when India was evaluating Advanced Jet Trainers the two options were the British and the French but the French were favoured as they use no American components and are thus not hostage to American policy. India has suffered on this count earlier. India used to have a lot of Sea King helicopters produced by the British with American components but after the Nuclear tests the American prevented the British from supplying spare parts
Does anybody realise what a pain this numbering scheme is going to be when Number Portability gets implemented? And be sure despite all of Reliances bribing of the Govt consumers WILL demand Number Portability soon
or are u just trying to be flamebait? Nobody says that terrorism is supportable but the fact of the matter is the United States as well as Israel have used it when it suits them.(Remember Britain agreed to the partition of Palestine only after a serious of bomb attacks in London and what the US has done in Latin America is pretty shamefull).
I dont support terrorism of any kind but history shows it works.
The truth of the matter be said it doesnt matter who is right or wrong. It only matters who wins. If Germany had won WW2 a lot more attention would have been paid to the internment of Japanese Americans than German Jews.
The intelligent thing to do is to support whoever wins. Right now the USA is winning so they have my wholehearted support.
If I wake up tomorrow to find out that Osama is winning he will have my wholehearted support.
See it really doent matter. I still have to get up tomorrow and go to office and work my ass off!
We recently had an article about commercial companies having marketeers posing as posters online to influence the discussion in their direction. This sounds like the army is doing the same.
While I do agree the army is a good option if its a army recruiter they shouldn't post pretending to be someone from the ranks.
Are times really that bad that people are actually leaving IT? Of Course I am not in the States but I would have thought after working in IT noone would want to go to some other field. Where else can u get decent wages even at the lowest levels for work in a nice office environment with coffee breaks whenever u want (Just say the comp is rebooting after a crash)
But if u really have IT experience and dont mind doing anything why dont you teach? Kids are still willing to learn IT as by the time they are looking for jobs IT will be back and about.
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The basic business model of Microsoft and friends is to sell software for a cost with lousy documentation and support so they are only too happy if there are a lot of 3rd party texts like XP for dummies (actually that title could mean a lot of things).
On the other hand the business model of Linux distributing companies is to give the software for free and earn on support so it doesnt really make sense for them to support 3rd party textboks which make the user self sufficient
Mind you here I am talking about lay users not programmers . Programmers would in any case get their support from usergroups not Red Hat
The only language computers is taught in in India is English. If the programmer u speak to in India doesnt know English its probably a wrong connection and u r speaking to someone in China.
As far as I know besides the NOX emissions at high altitude the problem was also that high speeds create Ozone due to heat which leads to ground level Smog (Note Ozone very High Up-Good; Ozone Ground Level/Stratosphere -Bad)
The problem of high speeds creating ozone would remain even if we used Hydrogen jets
Speaking of batteries why dont the manufacturers come up with a standardised interface and build it into a jacket with a power source and we could plug all our devices into it. That would be cool. Maybe we could even program it to set priorities- The organizer has top priority , next cell phone and next MP3 Player
Actually I agree with you on the use of different addresses for filtering but I wonder if the manufacturers could give the same functionality in one device. Maybe have different ringer tones for pager and cell and no tone at all for email . Email should be passive i.e. we check it when we want to.
Granted Air travel probably has some effect on he environment but do we really have an alternative?
I recall a similar debate about Supersonic passenger planes with the idea that jet engines especially supersonic jets damage the troposphere with the result that the Concorde flies on limited routes (Not that it stops the military from making hundreds of supersonic jet flights every day)
Even if we thought maybe the commuter flights could be replaced with high sped trains what about long distance flights? I recently flew from Cyprus to Toronto and God how I wished they had a faster plane. With a 10 hour stopover at Frankfurt and trips to and from the airport I was travelling for over 30 hrs! (In coach !!!)
Faced with that most people dont give a damn if the aircrafts damage the atmosphere as long as they get them there FAST!
Coming back to the trains option though it works very well in Europe and Japan ; I dont know how well it would work in the States where people are used to doing things there own way and not handing over control. I say this because with trains it really is not economical to have competition- trains are feasible if u have only one set of tracks in a route and everyone uses it. In order to avoid a monopoly it would have to be run by the Fed Govt. and I dont know how many people will like that.
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India actually exports more to Europe than to USA. It actually imports more from USA than from China. The only country whose development US is funding through consumerism is China. On Indian goods there are a thousand different non tariff barriers. It is perfectly OK to import Chinese goods made by slave labour in prisons but Indian goods made with the help of children working in family workshops is blocked on Child Labour grounds.
What would happen if India started saying we have complete free trade but we have to ban American goods as they are made by people who eat beef and cows are sacred in India.
You think that is ridiculous but it is no more ridiculous than Americans trying to force their belief system on other countries like not importing cosmetics tested on animals.
All this talk of free trade is just meant to force the poor countries to play according to rules benefiting rich countries. And why do you think America is able to sustain its huge trade deficit. Its because the rest of the world admires America and invests their profits in US treasury bonds. Given the way Bush is going and will go over the next 4 years that popularity may soon be a thing of the past and you may see 4 to 5 times drop in the value of the dollar
Yes I am of Indian Origin. And you must be of English origin? Maybe a little French or Irish blood. Dont tell me you are American unless you are writing from one of those modern concentration camps called a Reservation.
,hollywood movies and weapons(3 of the biggest american export) how long will you have a job? Mcdonalds?
But more to the point if other countries stop importing American goods like software
It really pisses me off when people from America which is the most protectionist of all the nations in the world talk of free trade.
Any production has two inputs capital and labour and one output goods. Now Americans want free movement of capital and goods but not of labour. Thats just hypocritical. I would say if you want free trade remove all visa requirements. If you want your companies to be able to go and invest in any country and sell goods from any country than people from any country should be able to come and sell their services in your country. If you cant handle that then shut the fuck up about free trade
This article does raise a valid point that unlike outsourcing to India which is a temporary problem(eventually wages in India will be comparable) outsourcing to technology is an ongoing process and the bigger threat. The only option is to keep upgrading yourself if you choose to stay in the tech field or else become a manager/sales professional of some kind (It will take a long long time for computers to learn to lie as effectively as humans)
P.S. For those who are going to take up issue with the outsourcing to India being temporary comment , I am an Indian working for an Israeli company in Cyprus and already the Indians are being replaced with Romanians who work for half the pay. This is bound to happen and change form country to country until all countries are at the same wage level . Of course this means in real terms the US lifestyle for techies wont be that great but then again it is your choice - work that doesnt suck your soul but doesnt let you afford your personal plane or vice versa)
I think your point about money spent on social programmes hurting competitiveness is valid. However these programs are worth it despite the cost. Perhaps to regain its competitiveness the US should force India to have a social welfare programme too.(China already has universal welfare Its called Communism)
Actually in todays service oriented world what matters is more the no of skilled people you have to do the work than the amount of land. For example Japan is much more densely populated than India and is a rival to a United States 50 times larger.
Till now Indias population was that while it had the population the population was not skilled which made it a liability instead of a resource but now the trickle down effect of the nuclear and space programs is being felt in higher levels of education and competency at all levels
I dont think America would be irrelevant unless they go and lose a world war. They woul probably be more like Britain and France. Still relevant but not the 800 Pound Gorilla
....I will post when I stop laughing
There are only so many ways you can go back and forth between the realm of flesh and the realm of magic and hump elven chicks(Though I must say elven chicks might use their magic to make positions impossible due to gravity possible ;))
I think the problem is the authors are more concerned abt creating series which thay can then sell to make a show ;than abt telling a story. e.g Asimovs Foundation series started out as a series of short stories each one powerfull in itself. Only later did it become one series.
;))
On the other hand authors like David Webber try from the start to make each story a universe in which they(or their assistants) can keep writing endless series (serii?). (On the positive side Weber does write abt the Future though all his futures have the US as the victor
This problem is common to both novels written with an aim at the television market as well as those serialized on websites like Webscriptions
As a B.E. in Comp Engg I am planning on applying for further studies. However the authors question brings a question to my mind. Should I app for MS or PhD. It is generally considered more difficult to get a PhD admit but easier to get aid in PhD than MS. Of course the point raised by the author of the post seems to add another facet to these questions. Would some of you post-grads out there have any advice?(Note I have 2 yrs of Job experience and am also seriously thinking of going for an MBA but selling my soul for money is turning out to be a bit of a drag:))
Well while it is true the Galileo system is meant to make Europe independent but what is worrying is that somehow to cut costs or maybe under political pressure US firms might be given a share of the pie thus giving the US control of the system . Also it is very imporatant that Britain is kept out of this project as they are more a part of the United States than the EU. Note how in the English media the coverage of the Mars Express focuses on British built Beagle 2. The British always try to show they are not part of Europe. I think its time Europe wakes up and says to Britain Fine if you want to be part of the US be there and dont waste the EUs time
One of the cleverest things the Galileo designers have come up with is to put their signal right in the middle of the US military GPS signal with an encrypted overlay. This means if in times of war the US tries to jam Galileo they jam their own military GPS and everyone is back to square one with civilian grade GPS which in any case everyone upto a Taxi driver has
Does anybody know how dependent the Galileo system will be on the US. I mean how many components will be manufactured in the states and will the states have export veto powers like it currently has on military equipment. For example when Israel wanted to sell radars to China they could not as some components were from US companies. Will the same apply to Galileo as in if the US decides some state like North Korea doesnt deserve GPS then will the Europeans be prevented from selling it ? Do note these decisions are a lot of times economic rather than related to national security. For example the states is pissed abt the russians selling Nuclear reactors to Iran not because these reactors can be used for weapons but because the contracts did not go to American companies and under current sanctions American companies cannot even subcontract for the Russians.
Or maybe Galileo is Europes way of getting out of exactly such a situation.
On a related note recently when India was evaluating Advanced Jet Trainers the two options were the British and the French but the French were favoured as they use no American components and are thus not hostage to American policy. India has suffered on this count earlier. India used to have a lot of Sea King helicopters produced by the British with American components but after the Nuclear tests the American prevented the British from supplying spare parts
Does anybody realise what a pain this numbering scheme is going to be when Number Portability gets implemented? And be sure despite all of Reliances bribing of the Govt consumers WILL demand Number Portability soon
or are u just trying to be flamebait? Nobody says that terrorism is supportable but the fact of the matter is the United States as well as Israel have used it when it suits them.(Remember Britain agreed to the partition of Palestine only after a serious of bomb attacks in London and what the US has done in Latin America is pretty shamefull).
I dont support terrorism of any kind but history shows it works.
The truth of the matter be said it doesnt matter who is right or wrong. It only matters who wins. If Germany had won WW2 a lot more attention would have been paid to the internment of Japanese Americans than German Jews.
The intelligent thing to do is to support whoever wins. Right now the USA is winning so they have my wholehearted support.
If I wake up tomorrow to find out that Osama is winning he will have my wholehearted support.
See it really doent matter. I still have to get up tomorrow and go to office and work my ass off!
What abt teaching in Schools?
Or have u considered overseas jobs?
We recently had an article about commercial companies having marketeers posing as posters online to influence the discussion in their direction. This sounds like the army is doing the same.
While I do agree the army is a good option if its a army recruiter they shouldn't post pretending to be someone from the ranks.
On the other hand if I am wrong my apologies
Are times really that bad that people are actually leaving IT? Of Course I am not in the States but I would have thought after working in IT noone would want to go to some other field. Where else can u get decent wages even at the lowest levels for work in a nice office environment with coffee breaks whenever u want (Just say the comp is rebooting after a crash)
But if u really have IT experience and dont mind doing anything why dont you teach? Kids are still willing to learn IT as by the time they are looking for jobs IT will be back and about.
The basic business model of Microsoft and friends is to sell software for a cost with lousy documentation and support so they are only too happy if there are a lot of 3rd party texts like XP for dummies (actually that title could mean a lot of things).
On the other hand the business model of Linux distributing companies is to give the software for free and earn on support so it doesnt really make sense for them to support 3rd party textboks which make the user self sufficient
Mind you here I am talking about lay users not programmers . Programmers would in any case get their support from usergroups not Red Hat
The only language computers is taught in in India is English. If the programmer u speak to in India doesnt know English its probably a wrong connection and u r speaking to someone in China.
As far as I know besides the NOX emissions at high altitude the problem was also that high speeds create Ozone due to heat which leads to ground level Smog (Note Ozone very High Up-Good; Ozone Ground Level/Stratosphere -Bad)
The problem of high speeds creating ozone would remain even if we used Hydrogen jets
Speaking of batteries why dont the manufacturers come up with a standardised interface and build it into a jacket with a power source and we could plug all our devices into it. That would be cool.
Maybe we could even program it to set priorities- The organizer has top priority , next cell phone and next MP3 Player
Actually I agree with you on the use of different addresses for filtering but I wonder if the manufacturers could give the same functionality in one device. Maybe have different ringer tones for pager and cell and no tone at all for email . Email should be passive i.e. we check it when we want to.
Granted Air travel probably has some effect on he environment but do we really have an alternative?
I recall a similar debate about Supersonic passenger planes with the idea that jet engines especially supersonic jets damage the troposphere with the result that the Concorde flies on limited routes (Not that it stops the military from making hundreds of supersonic jet flights every day)
Even if we thought maybe the commuter flights could be replaced with high sped trains what about long distance flights? I recently flew from Cyprus to Toronto and God how I wished they had a faster plane. With a 10 hour stopover at Frankfurt and trips to and from the airport I was travelling for over 30 hrs! (In coach !!!)
Faced with that most people dont give a damn if the aircrafts damage the atmosphere as long as they get them there FAST!
Coming back to the trains option though it works very well in Europe and Japan ; I dont know how well it would work in the States where people are used to doing things there own way and not handing over control. I say this because with trains it really is not economical to have competition- trains are feasible if u have only one set of tracks in a route and everyone uses it. In order to avoid a monopoly it would have to be run by the Fed Govt. and I dont know how many people will like that.
Just a few thoughts....