User: NewYork

Re:Avoid Unity

On: Ask Slashdot: the Best Linux Setup To Transition Windows Users?

I'd recommend http://lxde.org/

Get real

On: Are Indian High Schoolers Manning Your IBM Help Desk?

Globalization is zero-sum since US dollar is pegged to OPEC oil.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffin_dilemma

Re:trickle down

On: Economists: US Poverty On Track To Hit Highest Level Since 1960s

Globalization is "Zero-Sum".

Re:Classic Marx

On: Economists: US Poverty On Track To Hit Highest Level Since 1960s

How can American middle class can cope if every country follows China's economic/export/currency tricks?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renminbi#Value

Rigged

On: Digg.com Sold To Betaworks For $500,000

I stopped reading digg when I learned that their staff were rigging the votes.

Monopolies versus Entrepreneurs

On: Why Amazon Wants To Pay Sales Tax

Govt in the pretext of patriotism protects monopolies instead of entrepreneurs because they get big taxes and politicians get funds from them

Much bigger problem is

On: Why Amazon Wants To Pay Sales Tax

What will happen to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_middle_class if every country follows CHINDIA economic/export/currency tricks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renminbi#Value

Dunning Kruger

On: Steve Ballmer: We Won't Be Out-Innovated By Apple Anymore

I think Steve Ballmer is suffering from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning-Kruger

Church No Longer Swears by Truth of the Bible

On: Nobel Laureate Wiped From Pakistan's Textbooks As Heretic

http://sueliz1.wordpress.com/2012/01/08/catholic-church-no-longer-swears-by-truth-of-the-bible/

File sharing

On: UN Declares Internet Freedom a Basic Right

Hope UN declares file sharing a basic right

Voting system doesn't matter since

On: US Election Year, Still No Voting Reform

Voters are suffering from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

Focus on how your company makes money

On: Ask Slashdot: Old Dogs vs. New Technology?

Writing software(GNU) != Selling software(Microsoft) != Selling support(RedHat) != Selling solutions(IBM) != Selling gadgets(Apple) != Selling advertisements(Google) != Selling consulting(Accenture) != Body shopping(TCS/Infosys/Wipro)

India and Pakistan

On: Nukes Are "The Only Peacekeeping Weapons the World Has Ever Known," Says Waltz

I agree with Kenneth Waltz.
Because India and Pakistan are not using nuclear weapons inspite of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_dispute#Reasons_behind_the_dispute and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mumbai_attacks

Get real.

On: A Critical Examination of Bill Gates' Philanthropic Record

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominant_minority prefer you to be poor/subservient/defenseless so that they can promote their hegemony in the pretext of patriotism/democracy.

Tool/Trick

On: Ask Slashdot: How Does Your Company Evaluate Your Performance?

Performance review is trick used by HR to keep the flock together

In globalization, sell first and build later

On: Ask Slashdot: How Do I Stay Employable?

And with CHINDIA prowling, you need to sell first and build later.

Sounds like

On: Ask Slashdot: How Do I Stay Employable?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlife_crisis

Re:How is this an issue?

On: The Leap Second Is Here! Are Your Systems Ready?

Sleep second?

Triffin dilemma

On: A Cashless, High-Value, Anonymous Currency: How?

Does Bitcoin solve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffin_dilemma

Roman Polanski

On: Julian Assange Served With Extradition Notice By British Police

Can Assange get any clues from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Polanski_sexual_abuse_case

Social mobility

On: Senator Pushes For Tougher H-1B Enforcement

US/EU work visa and outsourced IT/BPO projects/exports must be pegged to Human rights/Caste system/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility in CHINDIA/rest of the world.
Otherwise your middle class will be destroyed.
http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-tech-apple-workers-forced-to-sign-no-suicide-pledge/20110504.htm
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/sep/29/un-says-indias-caste-system-a-human-rights-abuse.htm

Triffin dilemma

On: Senator Pushes For Tougher H-1B Enforcement

If https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triffin_dilemma is fixed the demand for H1Bs will be reduced.

Regulate so that

On: High-Frequency Traders Are the Ultimate Hackers, Says Mark Cuban

HFTers should compete with HFTers.
Investors should compete with Investors.

Social mobility

On: Immigrants Crucial To Innovation

Many migrants lack https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Social_mobility in their native countries and hence move to USA.
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/respect-from-friends-matters-more-than-money-for-happiness-in-life.html

Houston, we've a problem

On: Are Open-Source Desktops Losing Competitiveness?

Users -> MBA -> Developers in Proprietary software
Users -> Developers in FOSS