International mail is more likely to be opened going across the border than the probability you have of having the computer searched.
The #1 thing is, remove the computer from its bag before they tell you to. They're getting increasingly angry at people for not doing that.
A low tech way to discourage searches is to not bring the battery (buy a new one when you get there) and not clean the keyboard and/or screen.
I travel outside the United States all the time and I've never had a problem (other than the single time I did not take the computer out of the bag), nor have I seen someone undergoing a computer search.
I've been following that since 2000. If the US was really concerned about preserving liberty and Doing The Right Thing, we would have intervened there long ago. The breadbasket of southern Africa is now yet another basket case in Africa and dependent on foreign aid not to starve. Sigh.
The basic and fundamental problem is that, the free market doesn't work.
Nope. Free markets work everywhere they are used.
In a free market, you do not get a home loan unless you qualify for it. In an unfree market, the government via the Community Reinvestment Act, first passed by the Carter Administration encourages loans to unqualified people. The Clinton administration gave teeth to the act.
Government "regulation" caused the problem.
When people including President Bush and Senator McCain attempted to add regulation they were shouted down by the Democratic Party of the US.
I smoke cigarettes and normally I would respond to something like this with "give me whatever it is you are smoking", your thinking is so skewed that it scares me.
Consider also a comparison between the US and Japan. When there is an economic scandal in Japan the executive resigns and jumps out of a window. In the US, he gets a bailout, golden parachute and an advisory position with the latest rising star.
After doing a prudent amount of research, I declined mainly because of two showstopper reasons:
(I don't like Dallas for reasons having nothing to do with this discussion).
Your story reminds me of someone I knew in college who was hired by an oil company and paid a huge bonus to relocate into Alaska and he was born in Alaska and his family still lived there.
And then more along your lines, the only time I ever bothered to attend one of those targeted-marketing "FREE" give-away thingies was when they were selling a week per year in timeshare units that were within jogging distance of my parent's home (and my FREE gift for attending was a weekend's stay in a hotel a few blocks away from where my brother had an apartment).
I would love to fire up eclipse from my thatch roof hut overlooking sandy beaches and crystal blue water.
I got the opportunity late in the summer to work from home for the large company I work for based in San Jose (my home is on a tropical island, tyvm). I'm going to try to score up some more brownie points or shift jobs within the company because it really rocked working from home.
I'll dodge the occasional typhoon, the rest of you all dodge mortgage payments (I paid cash for my home), gas prices and rush hour traffic. Deal?
I'm young, and single, and the idea of traveling frequently definitely appeals to me
"Young" and a 4 digit userid? Hmmm.
My suggestion, try Asia. Only problem is the trip across the Pacific. It kicks my ass.
I've been interested in work in Singapore and my last remaining doubt has been removed by the recent descent of the US to a 3rd world style governing system with the ill-considered bailout passed last week. Singapore's government has issues, but not quite like the US's.
If, however, I go to a country where I don't speak the language, I don't get offended that they expect me to make the effort to learn their language...It's a far far greater hassle for their whole country to pick up my language, than it is for me to pick up enough to get around.
The only thing that bothers me is that sometimes where I live if English speaking Americans get vocal about wanting others to speak English they get pilloried.
It's not like it's similar anywhere else in the world. Even in a friendly place like Japan, there are some things you cannot do if you do not have any basic command of the language. Screaming "US pwns u! English rules! Japanese is for losers, speak my language!" will get you a blank stare.
That is as it should be. The double standard is irritating and most unfair. The language of the US is English, if you cannot speak it, pay for your own interpreter. It's what you do anywhere else.
I do believe you have been trolled. Just "reverse" the nationalities and you get exactly the situation I see every day in San Jose, California.
Consider also the Rush Limbaugh[1] quote describing prevailing conditions in Mexico being misattributed in a similar way.
An open question: For those of you who think the US is racist, just how many different entry stamps are there on your passport? There are many possible reasons to dislike the US, but racism just isn't one of them.
[1] ZOMG! Did I mention Rush Limbaugh in anything other than a derogatory way? Queue karma meltdown in 5 . 4 . 3 . 2 . 1...
And you defintely don't want to work for a Japanese company. Though if you are a Chrysanthemum Club member, then you might be OK.
May I ask why? I did fine with NEC in Kobe and not seeing any (other) foreigners for months at a time. Made me understand the momentary shock you see on some faces too.
Perhaps you consider me a member of the CC. I recall one weekend in Kobe as I was headed to the Shin Kobe station to return home to Tokyo, I saw the first (and only) white faces I had ever seen in the Kobe subway and answered somewhat haughtily to the question, "Are you going to the World Cup game?" with "Nope. I'm a local, just doing a normal commute." But that's because I despise soccer, not love Japan beyond all else.
The key to a successful experience abroad is not adopting a fatalistic attitude about things. There's almost always an upside, and in the end, your experience abroad is what you make of it anyway. For example, anywhere in the world, if you look the same as the local population, it gives you more opportunities to learn and use the language.
Yeah. I had many good experiences working in Japan, I had some bad ones. I still wouldn't trade it for anything.
The most memorable experience was when I worked for NEC in Kobe. As people entered the building the security guard would look at the badges and say "Ohayo gozaimasu", so it was Ohayo gozaimasu, ohayo gozaimasu, ohayo gozaimasu [see me] Good Morning sir!, ohayo gozaimasu. I always answered back in Japanese when they did that, but...
Well-timed "gyoi kashikomarishita"s[1] were fun too.
[1] Now obsolete Japanese that means "Yes, sir!" in the context of a samurai to his feudal liege lord.
Now if you're Caucasian - you can get away with working less than your Japanese counterparts and getting paid more than double their salary. Plus the women there worship the average Slashdotter like a rockstar if they happen to be Caucasian.
The first part is probably true. The second part works both ways. When I was working in Kobe, I often went to a small local drinking bar and did experience Japanese women leaving the dates who brought them there to sit besides me. Sadly, it was not me they went home with.
The secret is to learn how to sing a few songs in Japanese. A pale face in a Japanese karaoke bar who sings songs in Japanese *does* get vast appreciation.
the only places in Asia i'd be interested in working at are Japan, because it's such an interesting culture and a technological leader
The Japanese domestic electronics market is the most advanced in the world and Akihabara is like Slashdot heaven. I've heard your second choice, South Korea is not so far behind, but I find it difficult to believe. But then, I lived and worked in Japan for over four years and I've never been to South Korea, so I have no first hand experience there.
How about simply having an I'm-going-drinking mode that you can't turn off for x many hours, that keeps your outgoing mails in an outbox for review for y hours.
The effects of something like that would end Web 2.0. The End Of The World As We Know It. *shudders*
Slashdot Mirror
Quoting TFA:
According to Symantec, the malware is likely to be the W32/Usbalex worm, which creates an autorun.inf file to trigger recycled.exe from D:
The real bug is any O/S stupid enough to be designed to automatically execute things on media when loaded. That's a remarkably stupid design.
Fine. Disable it. I'm just sick and tired of people making misleading comments and outright LIES about it.
You are on the wrong forum. There's no horse dead enough we can't keep beating on.
I suppose you could think that, but also remember that the stabilizing "SP1" and "SP2", etc. releases come out in a matter of weeks rather than years.
Amazon is only available in the USA.
They changed? The only time I've ever purchased stuff from Amazon, they delivered it straight to my front door - in Tokyo.
International mail is more likely to be opened going across the border than the probability you have of having the computer searched.
The #1 thing is, remove the computer from its bag before they tell you to. They're getting increasingly angry at people for not doing that.
A low tech way to discourage searches is to not bring the battery (buy a new one when you get there) and not clean the keyboard and/or screen.
I travel outside the United States all the time and I've never had a problem (other than the single time I did not take the computer out of the bag), nor have I seen someone undergoing a computer search.
Firstly, Americans don't speak English. They speak American. Big differnece.
Has "differnece" become accepted Queen's spelling?
I actually agree with your statement, but would never myself deign to present it as misspelled flamebait, like you did.
Egad. Where have you been?
That's my 10^100 Zimbabwean dollars...
I've been following that since 2000. If the US was really concerned about preserving liberty and Doing The Right Thing, we would have intervened there long ago. The breadbasket of southern Africa is now yet another basket case in Africa and dependent on foreign aid not to starve. Sigh.
The basic and fundamental problem is that, the free market doesn't work.
Nope. Free markets work everywhere they are used.
In a free market, you do not get a home loan unless you qualify for it. In an unfree market, the government via the Community Reinvestment Act, first passed by the Carter Administration encourages loans to unqualified people. The Clinton administration gave teeth to the act.
Government "regulation" caused the problem.
When people including President Bush and Senator McCain attempted to add regulation they were shouted down by the Democratic Party of the US.
I smoke cigarettes and normally I would respond to something like this with "give me whatever it is you are smoking", your thinking is so skewed that it scares me.
Consider also a comparison between the US and Japan. When there is an economic scandal in Japan the executive resigns and jumps out of a window. In the US, he gets a bailout, golden parachute and an advisory position with the latest rising star.
When US workers must seek jobs outside of their country, something is fundamentally and woefully wrong.
Nope, invalid premise from the start. None of your conclusions make sense. GIGO.
It's a "good idea", but by no means "required". Big difference.
I thought the reason that so called "guest workers" were flooding into the USA was because the wages in those world sweat shops were so horrid.
You get what you pay for. People in 3rd world countries are not stupid, just poor. Their governments on the other hand ...
After doing a prudent amount of research, I declined mainly because of two showstopper reasons:
(I don't like Dallas for reasons having nothing to do with this discussion).
Your story reminds me of someone I knew in college who was hired by an oil company and paid a huge bonus to relocate into Alaska and he was born in Alaska and his family still lived there.
And then more along your lines, the only time I ever bothered to attend one of those targeted-marketing "FREE" give-away thingies was when they were selling a week per year in timeshare units that were within jogging distance of my parent's home (and my FREE gift for attending was a weekend's stay in a hotel a few blocks away from where my brother had an apartment).
I would love to fire up eclipse from my thatch roof hut overlooking sandy beaches and crystal blue water.
I got the opportunity late in the summer to work from home for the large company I work for based in San Jose (my home is on a tropical island, tyvm). I'm going to try to score up some more brownie points or shift jobs within the company because it really rocked working from home.
I'll dodge the occasional typhoon, the rest of you all dodge mortgage payments (I paid cash for my home), gas prices and rush hour traffic. Deal?
I'm young, and single, and the idea of traveling frequently definitely appeals to me
"Young" and a 4 digit userid? Hmmm.
My suggestion, try Asia. Only problem is the trip across the Pacific. It kicks my ass.
I've been interested in work in Singapore and my last remaining doubt has been removed by the recent descent of the US to a 3rd world style governing system with the ill-considered bailout passed last week. Singapore's government has issues, but not quite like the US's.
I thought slashdot's main purpose was to criticize the guys on top (MS)!
You must not have logged in for a long time.
OH THE IRONING!!! Keep taking cheap shots at Americans
You insensitive clod! I LIKE wrinkled clothes!
While you're at it persuade the media and public at large to accept that 'the web' != 'the internet' ('the web' 'the internet')
Like Richard Stallman's campaign to reclaim the word "hacking" to be restored to its original meaning of tinkering with computer programs? Check.
Can I have $500 million and a government guarantee of a bailout if it doesn't work?
If, however, I go to a country where I don't speak the language, I don't get offended that they expect me to make the effort to learn their language...It's a far far greater hassle for their whole country to pick up my language, than it is for me to pick up enough to get around.
Amen! brother Slashdotter. Amen! My attitude too.
The only thing that bothers me is that sometimes where I live if English speaking Americans get vocal about wanting others to speak English they get pilloried.
It's not like it's similar anywhere else in the world. Even in a friendly place like Japan, there are some things you cannot do if you do not have any basic command of the language. Screaming "US pwns u! English rules! Japanese is for losers, speak my language!" will get you a blank stare.
That is as it should be. The double standard is irritating and most unfair. The language of the US is English, if you cannot speak it, pay for your own interpreter. It's what you do anywhere else.
I do believe you have been trolled. Just "reverse" the nationalities and you get exactly the situation I see every day in San Jose, California.
Consider also the Rush Limbaugh[1] quote describing prevailing conditions in Mexico being misattributed in a similar way.
An open question: For those of you who think the US is racist, just how many different entry stamps are there on your passport? There are many possible reasons to dislike the US, but racism just isn't one of them.
[1] ZOMG! Did I mention Rush Limbaugh in anything other than a derogatory way? Queue karma meltdown in 5 . 4 . 3 . 2 . 1 ...
And you defintely don't want to work for a Japanese company. Though if you are a Chrysanthemum Club member, then you might be OK.
May I ask why? I did fine with NEC in Kobe and not seeing any (other) foreigners for months at a time. Made me understand the momentary shock you see on some faces too.
Perhaps you consider me a member of the CC. I recall one weekend in Kobe as I was headed to the Shin Kobe station to return home to Tokyo, I saw the first (and only) white faces I had ever seen in the Kobe subway and answered somewhat haughtily to the question, "Are you going to the World Cup game?" with "Nope. I'm a local, just doing a normal commute." But that's because I despise soccer, not love Japan beyond all else.
Non-Japanese Asian working in Japan here.
May I ask from where?
The key to a successful experience abroad is not adopting a fatalistic attitude about things. There's almost always an upside, and in the end, your experience abroad is what you make of it anyway. For example, anywhere in the world, if you look the same as the local population, it gives you more opportunities to learn and use the language.
Yeah. I had many good experiences working in Japan, I had some bad ones. I still wouldn't trade it for anything.
The most memorable experience was when I worked for NEC in Kobe. As people entered the building the security guard would look at the badges and say "Ohayo gozaimasu", so it was Ohayo gozaimasu, ohayo gozaimasu, ohayo gozaimasu [see me] Good Morning sir!, ohayo gozaimasu. I always answered back in Japanese when they did that, but ...
Well-timed "gyoi kashikomarishita"s[1] were fun too.
[1] Now obsolete Japanese that means "Yes, sir!" in the context of a samurai to his feudal liege lord.
Now if you're Caucasian - you can get away with working less than your Japanese counterparts and getting paid more than double their salary. Plus the women there worship the average Slashdotter like a rockstar if they happen to be Caucasian.
The first part is probably true. The second part works both ways. When I was working in Kobe, I often went to a small local drinking bar and did experience Japanese women leaving the dates who brought them there to sit besides me. Sadly, it was not me they went home with.
The secret is to learn how to sing a few songs in Japanese. A pale face in a Japanese karaoke bar who sings songs in Japanese *does* get vast appreciation.
the only places in Asia i'd be interested in working at are Japan, because it's such an interesting culture and a technological leader
The Japanese domestic electronics market is the most advanced in the world and Akihabara is like Slashdot heaven. I've heard your second choice, South Korea is not so far behind, but I find it difficult to believe. But then, I lived and worked in Japan for over four years and I've never been to South Korea, so I have no first hand experience there.
Singapore is nice though.
How about simply having an I'm-going-drinking mode that you can't turn off for x many hours, that keeps your outgoing mails in an outbox for review for y hours.
The effects of something like that would end Web 2.0. The End Of The World As We Know It. *shudders*
24+3? That's approximately 24, I guess.
Actually, it's 10 as an order of magnitude calculation. Of course I'm drunk right now, so I could be off a bit.