Work Experience: If you are qualifying with work experience, you must have two years of experience in the last five years, in an occupation which, by U.S. Department of Labor definitions, requires at least two years of training or experience that is designated as Job Zone 4 or 5, classified in a Specific Vocational Preparation (SVP) rating of 7.0 or higher. The U.S. Department of Labor provides information on job duties, knowledge and skills, education and training, and other occupational characteristics at their website http://online.onetcenter.org/. The O*Net online database groups work experience into five "job zones." While many occupations are listed, only certain specified occupations qualify for the Diversity Visa Program.
Not sure who's coming off as stupid, espcially after admitting you were xenophobic and thowing a bunch of stereotypes.
In my field and in many hard sciences there are no qualified americans to do the job. The Department of State actually has a webpage where they list the type of skills that are scarce in the country and the types that aren't. Here is the page for computer and mathematical types of jobs. The outlook doesn't look bad. On the other hand, if you're a skilled auto-industry worker, I don't think the outlook is the same. And believe it or not, I have a pretty good idea of what skills set most H1Bs have...
If you have old-ish disks around, you can build a RAID array (0, 5, whatever). It will increase the performance of your machine.
For some reason I always liked how 5"1/4 bays provided a lot of space in between 3"1/2 disks, which is probably better in terms of heat management. I remember putting up to 10 disks in a medium tower, using all 5"1/4 bays for disks (who needs a CD when you can install your OS on USB?).
Will you know it's a keylogger when instead Firefox prompts you "we have 5 security updates for your browser, would you like to install them now?".
I agree the silent thing is maybe not the best, but having the ability to turn it off is enough IMHO (unlike IE's privacy setting which MS supposedly restores to "share my info" when the browser is restarted).
I disagree. Non cooperation can still strain your relationship with your employer. It's much safer to actually open the archive and say "see, here is my grocery list and some personal budget spreadsheets" than "no, I won't give you my password".
And for the former to work, you need plausible deniability, and it's not that easy to prove. Even without having a formal proof, it would definitely look better if your Word/Excel recent documents were pointing to that grocery list / budget spreadsheet your pretend is the sole content of your encrypted archive.
Let's say that Alice and Bob want to buy and sell something. Alice is willing to buy at $25, and Bob is willing to sell at $23.
What you describe is a crossed market. That's NOT supposed to happen under normal circumstances (it happened during the flash crash on May 6th though).
HFT may not be the greatest way to occupy the brains of the very bright people that do it. However, let me state that:
It's legal and I have yet to be convinced it's harmful (remember in the early 20th century, people wanted to ban the trading of future contracts with similar arguments, but no one would dare saying they're useless or harmful now now)
The markets are extremely regulated and monitored. If not to protect main street, just to protect Wall Street. No one wants the markets to be dysfunctional when trillons of $ exchanged every day are at stake (although nothing is perfect, as the flash crash proved).
Liquidity, even though not the ultimate goal for mankind to attain, is essential to the proper functioning of the economy
Now what disturbs me is that some investors (traders) have an edge over others because of simple stuff like latency with the exchange. The principle of having the same quantity of information available to all participants at all times is not really respected. Part of me also thinks "that's life".
I suggest you re-read the article. Those are orders that are never fulfilled. Also, price manipulation is absolutely illegal. And this is not at all what the article describes.
I could argue that the person doing day trading also performs the service of moving around a good that some people need to buy and some others need to sell (even if minutes/hours later).
Anyway, the bottom line is that doing business is a right, even when the service has doubtful uses (and I personally would rather see Facebook or Twitter go down before HFT).
Nope, the practice you describe is absolutely illegal (and can be easily detected). Also, it would need to involve matching sell and buy orders at prices far from "the market", but this article just mentions (buy or sell) orders that will never be fulfilled. This is just electronic (maybe algorithmic, maybe even HF) guys probing the market for something.
Unfortunately for you they are not harming anyone. You could argue that they don't bring much to society. And maybe you'd be right. But they have the right to do that. Not to mention they're conceptually very close to the guy who buys water bottles in one spot and tries to sell them dearer in another spot.
IANAL but a general concept is that whatever is not harmful, the law shall not forbid.
I had a $29.95 standard internet (and only internet) from Time Warner.
My bill rose from $29.95 to $36.95 and then to $39.95 in 3 months. Customer service told me my initial price encompassed a discount (which was never mentioned to me neither by the sales department nor on the bill). I was also told my next bill would be $45.99.
Then I asked them to terminate my service. At which point they offered an extended discount bringing back the service to $33 for a year. Not $29.95, but better than $45.99. It's worth a try anyway.
I said "indirectly", assuming that Apple and AT&T have a shared interest in making revenue on their iPhones. If iPhone users were calling through Facebook or Skype, AT&T would be less enthusiastic about selling iPhones, thus hurting Apple.
Then again, I could be totally wrong. It just seems logical.
As much as I hate to say it, it's true. The US simply doesn't have the same geographical constraints as Europe, Korea, or Scandinavia.
If we want decent broadband coverage, the government has to help. And PLEASE, PLEASE STOP THOSE GEOGRAPHICAL MONOPOLIES.
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Work Experience: If you are qualifying with work experience, you must have two years of experience in the last five years, in an occupation which, by U.S. Department of Labor definitions, requires at least two years of training or experience that is designated as Job Zone 4 or 5, classified in a Specific Vocational Preparation (SVP) rating of 7.0 or higher. The U.S. Department of Labor provides information on job duties, knowledge and skills, education and training, and other occupational characteristics at their website http://online.onetcenter.org/. The O*Net online database groups work experience into five "job zones." While many occupations are listed, only certain specified occupations qualify for the Diversity Visa Program.
Not sure who's coming off as stupid, espcially after admitting you were xenophobic and thowing a bunch of stereotypes.
I still pull girls hair and play with my wiener.
How is that a fiction?
In my field and in many hard sciences there are no qualified americans to do the job. The Department of State actually has a webpage where they list the type of skills that are scarce in the country and the types that aren't. Here is the page for computer and mathematical types of jobs. The outlook doesn't look bad. On the other hand, if you're a skilled auto-industry worker, I don't think the outlook is the same. And believe it or not, I have a pretty good idea of what skills set most H1Bs have...
Signed: proud H1B, soon Green Card holder
That's a coincidence! I happen to be testing homemade Patriots in my backyard.
What does physical interaction teach?
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If you have old-ish disks around, you can build a RAID array (0, 5, whatever). It will increase the performance of your machine.
For some reason I always liked how 5"1/4 bays provided a lot of space in between 3"1/2 disks, which is probably better in terms of heat management. I remember putting up to 10 disks in a medium tower, using all 5"1/4 bays for disks (who needs a CD when you can install your OS on USB?).
Will you know it's a keylogger when instead Firefox prompts you "we have 5 security updates for your browser, would you like to install them now?".
I agree the silent thing is maybe not the best, but having the ability to turn it off is enough IMHO (unlike IE's privacy setting which MS supposedly restores to "share my info" when the browser is restarted).
I disagree. Non cooperation can still strain your relationship with your employer. It's much safer to actually open the archive and say "see, here is my grocery list and some personal budget spreadsheets" than "no, I won't give you my password".
And for the former to work, you need plausible deniability, and it's not that easy to prove. Even without having a formal proof, it would definitely look better if your Word/Excel recent documents were pointing to that grocery list / budget spreadsheet your pretend is the sole content of your encrypted archive.
Things have to be a little more subtle than "information wants to be free".
There are several articles on the topic, but I'll just link Schneier: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/07/truecrypts_deni.html
Why does it have to be web based? If the only requirement is absolute privacy, TrueCrypt will suffice.
Let's say that Alice and Bob want to buy and sell something. Alice is willing to buy at $25, and Bob is willing to sell at $23.
What you describe is a crossed market. That's NOT supposed to happen under normal circumstances (it happened during the flash crash on May 6th though).
HFT may not be the greatest way to occupy the brains of the very bright people that do it. However, let me state that:
Now what disturbs me is that some investors (traders) have an edge over others because of simple stuff like latency with the exchange. The principle of having the same quantity of information available to all participants at all times is not really respected. Part of me also thinks "that's life".
I wonder...
Maybe that would be a bad argument. Maybe. I'm not sure.
Allow me to retort you missed the bottom line: what those guys do is legal and does not hurt anyone.
I suggest you re-read the article. Those are orders that are never fulfilled. Also, price manipulation is absolutely illegal. And this is not at all what the article describes.
I could argue that the person doing day trading also performs the service of moving around a good that some people need to buy and some others need to sell (even if minutes/hours later).
Anyway, the bottom line is that doing business is a right, even when the service has doubtful uses (and I personally would rather see Facebook or Twitter go down before HFT).
Nope, the practice you describe is absolutely illegal (and can be easily detected). Also, it would need to involve matching sell and buy orders at prices far from "the market", but this article just mentions (buy or sell) orders that will never be fulfilled. This is just electronic (maybe algorithmic, maybe even HF) guys probing the market for something.
Lending/borrowing (businesses, individuals, governments) has never been as cheap (low rates) as during the last 25 years, what are you talking about?
Unfortunately for you they are not harming anyone. You could argue that they don't bring much to society. And maybe you'd be right. But they have the right to do that. Not to mention they're conceptually very close to the guy who buys water bottles in one spot and tries to sell them dearer in another spot.
IANAL but a general concept is that whatever is not harmful, the law shall not forbid.
I had a $29.95 standard internet (and only internet) from Time Warner.
My bill rose from $29.95 to $36.95 and then to $39.95 in 3 months. Customer service told me my initial price encompassed a discount (which was never mentioned to me neither by the sales department nor on the bill). I was also told my next bill would be $45.99.
Then I asked them to terminate my service. At which point they offered an extended discount bringing back the service to $33 for a year. Not $29.95, but better than $45.99. It's worth a try anyway.
I said "indirectly", assuming that Apple and AT&T have a shared interest in making revenue on their iPhones. If iPhone users were calling through Facebook or Skype, AT&T would be less enthusiastic about selling iPhones, thus hurting Apple.
Then again, I could be totally wrong. It just seems logical.
Indirectly through their agreement with AT&T?
Isn't that the reason why Skype is limited to WiFi?
Skype is limited to WiFi. But this would work on 3G? Wouldn't that be cannibalizing revenue from minutes for them?
As much as I hate to say it, it's true. The US simply doesn't have the same geographical constraints as Europe, Korea, or Scandinavia.
If we want decent broadband coverage, the government has to help. And PLEASE, PLEASE STOP THOSE GEOGRAPHICAL MONOPOLIES.