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  1. Re:Hire the unemployed on 2013 H-1B Visa Supply Nearly Exhausted · · Score: 1

    They're in touch. HR departments find excuses to skip over qualified American workers and sponsor as many H1Bs as they are allowed. I've seen it firsthand. Try to prove it, though. The game is rigged.

    We need some big new powerful unions in this country.

  2. Re:There's a Few More Factors at Work on 2013 H-1B Visa Supply Nearly Exhausted · · Score: 1

    And in addition to all that, the H1B people's residence in the U.S. depends on their employers sponsorship. They are indentured and we are forced to play at that level. They are scabs.

  3. Re:Thank God. on 2013 H-1B Visa Supply Nearly Exhausted · · Score: -1, Troll

    Go to hell, you damned traitor.

  4. Re:Pretty damn simple on Ask Slashdot: Why Aren't You Running KDE? · · Score: 1

    That's not true, at least not in my version of KDE. It just depends on how the program arguments are configured by the "desktop entry".

    %f - a single file name, even if multiple files are selected. The system reading the Desktop Entry should recognize that the program in question cannot handle multiple file arguments, and it should should probably spawn and execute multiple copies of a program for each selected file if the program is not able to handle additional file arguments. If files are not on the local file system (i.e. HTTP or FTP locations), the files will be copied to the local file system and %f will be expanded to point at the temporary file. Used for programs that do not understand URL syntax.

    %F - a list of files. Use for apps that can open several local files at once.

    %u - a single URL.

    %U - a list of URLs.

  5. Re:I don't do business with lowlife scum on A Day In the Life of a "Booth Babe" · · Score: 1

    Those women usually have nothing to do with the product and they're being at shows is simply to appeal to a low common denominator of the attendees but there's no misogyny about it. You don't have to hate women to appreciate their beauty. The only "booth babe" I've ever met is the very lovely wife of a former boss. They met at a new car show where she was modelling and they have been happily married for over 25 years. She now runs a successful clothing boutique.

    I know another woman who was working in the booth at a trade show where we had an exhibit. She came back to the office a bit upset, but more amused, that people assumed she was just eye candy when in fact she was one of the principle engineers of the product.

    By the way, If I were the one paying for your recommendations, and I found out what they were based on, I'd consider you to be the lowlife scum.

  6. Another Oracle patent on Oracle's Ellison Vows "Most Comprehensive Cloud On Earth" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A cloud with no silver lining.

  7. Stop calling them "booth babes" on A Day In the Life of a "Booth Babe" · · Score: 0

    The proper term is twart, as in "Get a load of the tits on that twart in the Asus booth."

  8. Technical instructor on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With a Math Degree? · · Score: 1

    She could develop and/or present courses for Mathworks or a similar company.

  9. Re:I recorded one on When Antivirus Scammers Call the Wrong Guy · · Score: 1

    Well done. There's nothing funnier than a pissed-off Indian.

  10. Re:Amps on Return of the Vacuum Tube · · Score: 1

    The same control theory that was developed in the tube era is applied to an even greater degree in transistor based amplifiers.

  11. Re:Amps on Return of the Vacuum Tube · · Score: 3, Informative

    You have that backwards. Tubes are inherently more linear than transistors. Transistors have small ranges of linear operation and require complex bias control and feedback for audio use. In addition, the harmonic distortion of tubes is primarily even-order which sounds smoother than the odd-order harmonic distortion of transistors.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_amplifier#Advantages

  12. Re:Justice was fairly served on Microsoft Wins US Import Ban On Motorola's Android Devices · · Score: -1, Redundant

    You are a damned liar.

  13. Re:Will it? Yes. And here's why. on Facebook Adds 96 Million Shares, Will Privacy Get Worse After IPO? · · Score: 2

    No, they have a fiduciary responsibility to act in the shareholders' best interests which is not necessarily maximizing profits. It's what they sell to shareholders in their prospectus that matters. Go read Google's prospectus to see what makes them different from most other companies, particularly the sections about "privacy", "evil", "long term" and "brand".

    I don't work for Google or own any part of them.

  14. Re:A Different Interpretation of the Tiers on Google Patents Using iPhones To Kill 'Free Bird' · · Score: 1
  15. Re:1979 was pre-PC era on Leave Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson Alone! · · Score: 1

    Actually, you're on to something. Stonehill College did not have a straight CS degree in 1979 although they did have a Math/CS degree somewhere around that time.

    I don't know why you think pre-PC CS is irrelevant. That's just stupid.

  16. Re:No surprise on Feds Seized Website For a Year Without Piracy Proof · · Score: 1
  17. Re:The Name on Gimp 2.8 Finally Released · · Score: 1

    You were modded up because you predicted that you would be modded down. I'll be modded down because the moderators are smarter than I am.

  18. Re:Not the first on MIT Tetris Hack: Source Code Released · · Score: 1

    MIT guys are Americans? 50% maybe. And many of them aren't guys.

  19. Re:What's up with the trolls? on 1 World Trade Center Becomes the Tallest Building In NYC · · Score: -1, Troll

    The loss of life was tragic. The destruction of buildings which were monuments to NYC and capitalism gone wrong was an event to celebrate. Fuck NYC.

  20. Re:Nationality of hackers? on VMware Confirms Source Code Leak · · Score: 1

    It doesn't really matter. China will gladly allow their country to profit from this theft while America will continue to bend over and take an ass-fucking by paying good money to them for chintz.

  21. Re:No longer impressed by things like this... on MIT Hack Turns the Green Building Into a Giant Game of Tetris · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, this is Cambridge. Boston sucks for entirely different reasons.

  22. Re:Seems partly justified on Judge Grudgingly Awards $3.6 Million In DRM Circumvention Case · · Score: 1

    The users bought the software and used it as they saw fit, on a competitors server. Why should anyone need permission from MapleStory to use a product they've already paid for.

    Judgement or not, I hope they never collect a dime.

  23. Re:Hey, China on North Korea Shows Off Space Center and Launches Missile · · Score: 1

    Nobody says they have to unify. North Korea needs a new constitution and new, elected leadership.

  24. Re:Hey, China on North Korea Shows Off Space Center and Launches Missile · · Score: 1

    Guess what. It's decision time.

  25. Re:Hey, China on North Korea Shows Off Space Center and Launches Missile · · Score: 1

    So, compared to the U.S., North Korea are good guys? You're out of your mind.