In regards to the influx of Asian culture in the Pacific NW - it's mostly only in Seattle and Portland. Everywhere else in Washington/Oregon/Idaho is pretty damn whitebread.
There are definitely racial elements to this. In most Asian cultures, education is of foremost importance. For many people (speaking from the Chinese perspective, but this also definitely applies to almost all other Asian cultures), majoring in a "slacker" major simply is not an option from the parents' perspective (art, music performance, history). The only accepted areas of study are the ones that have been proven to provide both financial stability and prestige (doctor, engineer, etc.) Of course, this effect is compounded by the fact that many first-generation immigrants are intimidated by language and cultural barriers, and professions like engineering (a decent living where possibly only minimal language skills are needed) are especially attractive. Of course, this is starting to change as more Asians are more assimilated into American and Canadian societies, there is a shifting trend of Asians participating in "less traditional" fields like law and politics (and music performance) as something to do for a living. I myself almost started at Julliard for music performance until I got sick of the competitive bullshit and went for engineering instead.
At UW's intro C++ programming course, divide-and-conquer can be illustrated very well by the class size. There were 3 midterms, and the class size approximately shrunk by half after every midterm. Divide and conquer and Darwinism in one fell swoop!
Even rules like that can be skirted around quite a bit. Sweatshops in Guam, the Marianas, or Saipan employ thousands of illegal Chinese immigrants, but they certainly produce garments that have "Made in USA" on it because they're still US territorial possessions.
Portland was chosen probably because their transit system is famous for being on-time. When I lived there, most of the time you can set your clock by the buses. (Don't know if that's still true anymore)
we need Super Duper Double-Duty (tm) Daylight Saving Time. For every day of the year, turn the clock forward one hour at 3pm (since nothing gets done at work after 3pm anyway), and then turn the clock back one hour at 3am (since studies have shown that a significant percentage of Americans are sleep-deprived and thus the extra hour of sleep would give an instant boost to productivity!)
If we were stuck on a mountain together, and I get really hungry, and kill and eat one of our mountaineering group members out of necessity, would you still characterize my soul as pure? I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
Yes, it was very annoying at first. But it wasn't until later (like a year later) when I realized there was a button you can push to automate workers to clean up for you, instead of manually dragging people to the polluted tiles.
Well, the problem is that the extra money in India will feel like a king only as long as one purchases domestic goods and services (food, housing, clothing). But people in India pay the same as Americans (i.e. a higher percentage of their income) for imported goods by Mercedes, LV, or Microsoft. Since material luxury is often judged by high-end goods, people in India are still not necessarily better off given the higher ratio of programmer vs average salary.
At my company, even with exorbitant raises for our friends in Asia (they're making in the neighborhood of about $20k-$40k per person now), we're still under severe attrition as people over there jobhop to get even bigger raises. We lost 5 of our best people in Bangalore in the past month alone.
There was probably a high-level meeting somewhere in the Pentagon about this issue. Think about this - TV is probably a national security issue. Driving through some out-of-the-way suburban area today, I see that every single trailer and manufactured home had a satellite dish concoction of some sort. Face it - at some level of the federal government, TV is probably viewed as an urban pacification device. (Not to mention all the billions of advertising dollars down the drain).
When TV goes, and the populace starts having too much time to think, the stability of society becomes questionable.
Are Bart's polyester shorts certified Halal? And does it have an accompanying imam-issued certificate shown on screen while an invitation has been extended by Bart to orally consume his shorts?
Yeah, I heard that project was pretty FUBAR. We ended up picking up some APEX people onto our team, then they were laid off, collected severence, and started in another team on our site the very next Monday. So basically they all got a paid week off for free. Dumbass management.
Don't worry. After the 61st Amendment and the completion of the construction of the Schwarzenegger Presidential Library, Linus would surely be a shoo-in!
Wow. What product line did you work in? We had some attrition, but nowhere near 40%. Although, this week alone, we lost 4 of our best people in Bangalore. Attrition is definitely much higher over there because of all the happy giddy dotcom jobhopping over there.
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In regards to the influx of Asian culture in the Pacific NW - it's mostly only in Seattle and Portland. Everywhere else in Washington/Oregon/Idaho is pretty damn whitebread.
Don't forget Black People vs Niggas
There are definitely racial elements to this. In most Asian cultures, education is of foremost importance. For many people (speaking from the Chinese perspective, but this also definitely applies to almost all other Asian cultures), majoring in a "slacker" major simply is not an option from the parents' perspective (art, music performance, history). The only accepted areas of study are the ones that have been proven to provide both financial stability and prestige (doctor, engineer, etc.) Of course, this effect is compounded by the fact that many first-generation immigrants are intimidated by language and cultural barriers, and professions like engineering (a decent living where possibly only minimal language skills are needed) are especially attractive. Of course, this is starting to change as more Asians are more assimilated into American and Canadian societies, there is a shifting trend of Asians participating in "less traditional" fields like law and politics (and music performance) as something to do for a living. I myself almost started at Julliard for music performance until I got sick of the competitive bullshit and went for engineering instead.
Q: What do you call the person who graduated last in his class from the worst medical school in the U.S.?
A: Doctor.
It was 15% American
Did you personally ask everyone their nationality? Or did you just assume any non-whites or Engrish-speaking individuals were not American?
At UW's intro C++ programming course, divide-and-conquer can be illustrated very well by the class size. There were 3 midterms, and the class size approximately shrunk by half after every midterm. Divide and conquer and Darwinism in one fell swoop!
Even rules like that can be skirted around quite a bit. Sweatshops in Guam, the Marianas, or Saipan employ thousands of illegal Chinese immigrants, but they certainly produce garments that have "Made in USA" on it because they're still US territorial possessions.
Portland was chosen probably because their transit system is famous for being on-time. When I lived there, most of the time you can set your clock by the buses. (Don't know if that's still true anymore)
it was "common knowledge" that ticketmaster people could pick up a little extra on the side doing extra curicular work for match.com.
well, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for ticketmaster people to go on dates for money, I suppose...
Microsoft is providing free Wifi access in Marymoor Park in Redmond.
we need Super Duper Double-Duty (tm) Daylight Saving Time. For every day of the year, turn the clock forward one hour at 3pm (since nothing gets done at work after 3pm anyway), and then turn the clock back one hour at 3am (since studies have shown that a significant percentage of Americans are sleep-deprived and thus the extra hour of sleep would give an instant boost to productivity!)
China has always been a poor farming country until recently.
Poor farming countries tend not to be able to carry out voyages with a fleet of over 300 ships of which some are the size of a small aircraft carrier, halfway around the world (and some say all the way around the world) nearly 100 years before Columbus.
If we were stuck on a mountain together, and I get really hungry, and kill and eat one of our mountaineering group members out of necessity, would you still characterize my soul as pure? I'm not sure I understand what you mean.
Everything our parents say is good is bad for you. Sun. Milk. Red meat. College.
Yes, it was very annoying at first. But it wasn't until later (like a year later) when I realized there was a button you can push to automate workers to clean up for you, instead of manually dragging people to the polluted tiles.
Well, the problem is that the extra money in India will feel like a king only as long as one purchases domestic goods and services (food, housing, clothing). But people in India pay the same as Americans (i.e. a higher percentage of their income) for imported goods by Mercedes, LV, or Microsoft. Since material luxury is often judged by high-end goods, people in India are still not necessarily better off given the higher ratio of programmer vs average salary.
At my company, even with exorbitant raises for our friends in Asia (they're making in the neighborhood of about $20k-$40k per person now), we're still under severe attrition as people over there jobhop to get even bigger raises. We lost 5 of our best people in Bangalore in the past month alone.
There was probably a high-level meeting somewhere in the Pentagon about this issue. Think about this - TV is probably a national security issue. Driving through some out-of-the-way suburban area today, I see that every single trailer and manufactured home had a satellite dish concoction of some sort. Face it - at some level of the federal government, TV is probably viewed as an urban pacification device. (Not to mention all the billions of advertising dollars down the drain).
When TV goes, and the populace starts having too much time to think, the stability of society becomes questionable.
Well, if penile size is inversely proportionate to car horsepower / size, then, yes, I am very very humbled.
Are Bart's polyester shorts certified Halal? And does it have an accompanying imam-issued certificate shown on screen while an invitation has been extended by Bart to orally consume his shorts?
Yeah, I heard that project was pretty FUBAR. We ended up picking up some APEX people onto our team, then they were laid off, collected severence, and started in another team on our site the very next Monday. So basically they all got a paid week off for free. Dumbass management.
Don't worry. After the 61st Amendment and the completion of the construction of the Schwarzenegger Presidential Library, Linus would surely be a shoo-in!
Wow. What product line did you work in? We had some attrition, but nowhere near 40%. Although, this week alone, we lost 4 of our best people in Bangalore. Attrition is definitely much higher over there because of all the happy giddy dotcom jobhopping over there.
Why, the Hedgehog himself, of course!
Or another take is they are the languages spoken by the largest minority groups living in Britain today.