Inflation is not "over 3%". The government doesn't include things like gas, food, health care premiums, and housing in inflation calculations - so it's definitely much higher than 3%.
Let's say (for hypothetical purposes...) that I work in a company that makes a product that can (hypothetically, again...) kill people. And then let's just add that certain teams across the pond was caught red-handed faking test results in order to run them through the testing mill. And then let's just add that the management must unconditionally use 20%+ "globalized resources" in order to meet their annual goals...sigh...I'm on a plane next week to sort it out...
Blame the lawyers for this one. From I know, the reason companies are less likely to relocate candidates is liability issues. There have been several lawsuits where people sued the company that just hired them when they either got hurt/lost property/other bad stuff happen to them during their relocation.
1.) Have tech lead of past-deadline project pose as "professor." 2.) Have said "professor" teach a class where the students' academic performance depends on the number of bugs they find. 3.) ?? 4.) PROFIT!
Last I checked, the annual per capita spending for this current military excursion was in the ballpark of about $1,300 per person in the US. Every man, woman, and child - $1,300.
And this figure was from half a year ago.
Imagine how many more bright shiny objects we can buy if everyone had an annual $1,300 tax rebate (temporarily disregarding the benefits of paying down the national debt with this money instead).
People in China are not blind and stupid. It's just that for many, the priority of making the big bucks and making it big in the cities trumps martyring for "democracy." Really, China has been un-democratic for the last 5,000 years. It's widely recognized that progress is underway, albeit slowly. But it is agreed that slow progress will be better off in the long run than revolutionary giant-steps (i.e. Russia)
On the threads here, I see that many US (or at least first-worlders) assume that Chinese are completely oblivious to things like Tiananmen, Tibet, or Taiwan. But all my H1-B colleagues from Beijing are knowledgeable about these topics. They know about the government dishonesty, but they're just not about to put their necks on the line for things that are just not a priority for most Chinese. They, like us in the US, recognize that politicians will always hold power over the masses and there isn't much you can do about it. People in the US, like in China, participate in local elections (before the flames ensue, think about the electoral college). Citizens of both countries really have no say in government unless you have business or political clout. Sure, we can say whatever the hell we want and get away with it, but is that really what matters anymore? Can speech alone dictate governmental policies?
For US readers - would you risk traveling to Cuba and protesting in front of the Guantanamo base for humane treatment of prisoners? Can you?
was similar to what you saw in the US in the 19th century. It tends to result (over time) in child labor, 7 day work weeks for the lower class, and the rise of fewer and fewer companies.
Hmm...not very much different than where we're at these days, is it? But all kidding aside - we do have a 16-year-old intern who slaves for 70-80 hours a week for us. Go figure. (At least he gets OT while the rest of us don't)
Asian kids are in school from 6 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon (typical, may vary). On top of that, a number of them get sent off to private tutors for an addition couple of hours of instruction to reinforce concepts they just learned in the last 10 hours of the day. The other kids perhaps get to study music or other non-athletic activities.
And you wonder why the US is behind in math and other assorted subjects?
Yep. How many times have I seen "honors" students whose parents come into the school to loudly contest B's and B+'s on their children's report cards...there was no way the teacher was going to risk "administrative action" over a few points here and there.
Sadly, most of these people I knew ended up in Harvard or MIT.
I lived in a predominantly Mormon neighborhood. One of my neighbors rents R-rated movies and watches it with them. I remember watching Robocop or Predator with them one time. The parent would yell out "I hate that word!" every time an "objectionable" word was spoken. However, when the cop gets his hand blown off in Robocop, it's just a plain "eeww."
I seriously doubt it's only 2 million a day.
When I was a newspaper reporter in college, I interviewed some people who had been in the military for some time. They have torpedoes that are 2 million each. Some mornings, they said, they fire nearly 50 of them in just a training exercise.
Here, you're talking about a situation where you pay Halliburton truck drivers $10,000+/month to drive fuel for 2 miles every day. It can't possibly be just 2 million a day.
I thought they would have something on their site too, but I guess they don't. I got my information from a student there whom I had dinner with last night.
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My dad used to own one. Easy and cheap to fix is one thing. Having a fire extinguisher always handy is another!
Well, the quicker you invade and pillage the rest of the world, the faster you'll win the game and the less corruption will matter.
Oh wait...
Looks like Take-Two and Sid Meier will be personally responsible for decreasing America's GDP for the 3rd and 4th fiscal quarters of 2005...
Can the corporate contributions to this event be tax-deductable? Are menial wage earners like myself paying for any of this?
Or am I asking something I already know the answer to?
That's funny.
But seriously, considering the Euro shot up from 45/$1USD to 0.9/$1USD, I'm kicking myself for not buying any.
Inflation is not "over 3%". The government doesn't include things like gas, food, health care premiums, and housing in inflation calculations - so it's definitely much higher than 3%.
Mod parent up. That pretty much sums it up.
Let's say (for hypothetical purposes...) that I work in a company that makes a product that can (hypothetically, again...) kill people. And then let's just add that certain teams across the pond was caught red-handed faking test results in order to run them through the testing mill. And then let's just add that the management must unconditionally use 20%+ "globalized resources" in order to meet their annual goals...sigh...I'm on a plane next week to sort it out...
Interestingly, the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington now has a 50/50 male/female ratio in the graduate school.
The online CNN poll, albeit very unscientific, shows that 33% of respondents think the Huygens Probe was a waste of money.
How many people would hire a convicted burglar to watch over their property because "he knows the type of suspicious activity to look out for"???
Apparently, most Vegas casinos hire ex-cheats to watch over the tables in the security monitor rooms.
Come on! Someone had to say that...
So will broadband use drop by 30% after 4 months?
Blame the lawyers for this one. From I know, the reason companies are less likely to relocate candidates is liability issues. There have been several lawsuits where people sued the company that just hired them when they either got hurt/lost property/other bad stuff happen to them during their relocation.
1.) Have tech lead of past-deadline project pose as "professor."
2.) Have said "professor" teach a class where the students' academic performance depends on the number of bugs they find.
3.) ??
4.) PROFIT!
"We don't run Linux....we run GNU/Linux"
And now on my way to the kitchen to grab a kleenex for that hot beverage on my monitor...
Why is this modded funny?
Last I checked, the annual per capita spending for this current military excursion was in the ballpark of about $1,300 per person in the US. Every man, woman, and child - $1,300.
And this figure was from half a year ago.
Imagine how many more bright shiny objects we can buy if everyone had an annual $1,300 tax rebate (temporarily disregarding the benefits of paying down the national debt with this money instead).
People in China are not blind and stupid. It's just that for many, the priority of making the big bucks and making it big in the cities trumps martyring for "democracy." Really, China has been un-democratic for the last 5,000 years. It's widely recognized that progress is underway, albeit slowly. But it is agreed that slow progress will be better off in the long run than revolutionary giant-steps (i.e. Russia)
On the threads here, I see that many US (or at least first-worlders) assume that Chinese are completely oblivious to things like Tiananmen, Tibet, or Taiwan. But all my H1-B colleagues from Beijing are knowledgeable about these topics. They know about the government dishonesty, but they're just not about to put their necks on the line for things that are just not a priority for most Chinese. They, like us in the US, recognize that politicians will always hold power over the masses and there isn't much you can do about it. People in the US, like in China, participate in local elections (before the flames ensue, think about the electoral college). Citizens of both countries really have no say in government unless you have business or political clout. Sure, we can say whatever the hell we want and get away with it, but is that really what matters anymore? Can speech alone dictate governmental policies?
For US readers - would you risk traveling to Cuba and protesting in front of the Guantanamo base for humane treatment of prisoners? Can you?
was similar to what you saw in the US in the 19th century. It tends to result (over time) in child labor, 7 day work weeks for the lower class, and the rise of fewer and fewer companies.
Hmm...not very much different than where we're at these days, is it? But all kidding aside - we do have a 16-year-old intern who slaves for 70-80 hours a week for us. Go figure. (At least he gets OT while the rest of us don't)
Well, it would be certainly nice if American math education could be good at at least one of the two.
Asian kids are in school from 6 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon (typical, may vary). On top of that, a number of them get sent off to private tutors for an addition couple of hours of instruction to reinforce concepts they just learned in the last 10 hours of the day. The other kids perhaps get to study music or other non-athletic activities.
And you wonder why the US is behind in math and other assorted subjects?
Yep. How many times have I seen "honors" students whose parents come into the school to loudly contest B's and B+'s on their children's report cards...there was no way the teacher was going to risk "administrative action" over a few points here and there.
Sadly, most of these people I knew ended up in Harvard or MIT.
I lived in a predominantly Mormon neighborhood. One of my neighbors rents R-rated movies and watches it with them. I remember watching Robocop or Predator with them one time. The parent would yell out "I hate that word!" every time an "objectionable" word was spoken. However, when the cop gets his hand blown off in Robocop, it's just a plain "eeww."
I seriously doubt it's only 2 million a day. When I was a newspaper reporter in college, I interviewed some people who had been in the military for some time. They have torpedoes that are 2 million each. Some mornings, they said, they fire nearly 50 of them in just a training exercise. Here, you're talking about a situation where you pay Halliburton truck drivers $10,000+/month to drive fuel for 2 miles every day. It can't possibly be just 2 million a day.
I thought they would have something on their site too, but I guess they don't. I got my information from a student there whom I had dinner with last night.