I agree. I have talked to many graduate students here from china, and many do not have much exposure to linux. Remember, the chinese like games too just as much as anyone else. So, unless there's evidence that PC gaming is not a pastime among the chinese youth, I'm going to have a hard time believing the article.
while some games are horribly rigged (Slot machines for example)...
I'm not sure if you said that to illustrate your point, but Nevada state law requires that each slot machine pay out 75% of the total amount of cash is put into it.
Is any organization/government/corporation researching the development of real mecha? Im sure it would be awesome for warehouse or construction work (Aliens =P ), and with tanks being so slow and bulky for transport, wouldn't it be time to start working on this sorta stuff?
I descend from a country that eats rice and beans, and my first ancestors here had a hard time coming here, but they did work hard and now here I am in the USA, getting pissed off about this stuff. First it used to be "they do the work none of us want to do". Now, it's "they do the work we can and want to do".
Great. You get a short term solution because these workers help us complete the technical gap. Let's say this is true for the moment, which I am quite sure many will say it is.
So Mr Patel gets a nice job with some tech firm and has a few kids in the US. What happens when Patel Jr is graduating from college and it's time to get a job?
Most likely he will not have the same technical skill know-how that his father had because he wasn't well educated here.
I am against H1-B's not because they supposedly take my job, but because it's short sighted. WHatever happened in investing into your own? In this case, for you smart asses, "your own" means fellow Americans. I want my tax dollars to go to good education programs. I want my tax dollars to go to teachers who work their asses off day and night to make sure their students get a great education.
Call it Nationalism. Call it jingoism. Call it Racism. I'm the great-grandchild of migrant Mexican workers, and if one thing is certain, we must work on long term solutions to ensure OUR OWN can have the potential for a great future.
Foreigners have made considerable contributions to technology in the US. The Manhattan project team had large numbers of refugees in it. Important parts of the team that put man on the moon came from the German rocket program. Andy Grove and a number of other high tech pioneers came from outside the US. Bringing in foreigners is smart.
Interesting you point out the Manhattan project, which would not be the best example for your case. First off, a few of these foreigners were later discovered to be the ones who leaked out information to the good ol' USSR. As for using the V-rocket designers, they had three choices:
1) Go to the US and live your entire life under surveilance and never be able to leave the continential US. 2) Remain in Germany and hope to God the Soviets would find use in that scientist. 3) Get killed by whoever you said "no" to.
Keep in mind these were well seasoned men (and a few women too) who had degrees based on many years in the academic world. Many of these H1-B's don't even amount to that. Sure, they have degrees, but these are degrees for short programs as compared to the american or european counterparts.
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I agree with you about your views on total war. If the technology is there, we should use it. The things that we have to keep in mind are the long term effects of using such technology in a certain place (eg, we don't use nukes everyday to solve all our issues on the battlefield). Then again, as stated previously, technology can make our enemies think twice before deciding to battle the US.
One thing that I do want to point out especially is an interview I read a couple weeks ago in the New Yorker. There was an interview with the Chief of the US Army. Among the numerous logistical issues he discussed, one comment he made stuck out in my mind--no matter how far we advance in technology, we will never be able to avoid hand to hand ground combat.
It works and has stood the test of time. Why not just etch the most important stuff in some sorta hall of records? I remember there was a huge debate about this though back when Mount Rushmore was being built years ago. The designer wanted a timeline etched beside the figures of the four presidents as well as a hall of records, but that was heavily debated over, and thus was not able to be made. Looks to me it'll be some private firm or org that'll do it. Perhaps coat etched stone with some special solution to help reduce erosion?
Funny how Haruki Murakami is mentioned on/. of all places. I would have never considered him to be a sci fi author.
Recently, I have read two stories by Murakami--"Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" which was translated and published in last month's issue of GQ, and "Airplane" which was translated and published in last week's New Yorker. Airplane was definitely not a science fiction book, but I could see some would consider Super Frog to be a sci fi short story. I would consider it a modern fantasy though.
Whereas Phillip K. Dick usually would tell us wary stories as to how we should be careful with our use of tech, Murakami is more about telling us how we should be considerate to others. In "Airplane", it is about how a man who has weird "moments"(can't think of a better word right now) and his woman, and in Super Frog, it is about a man who is considered brave not because of brute strength, but the selfless determination of an ordinary man to help others.
I definitely recommend "Super Frog Saves Tokyo" to everyone who is interested in Haruki Murakami. It was only a few pages long, but in light of Sept. 11, I'd say Super Frog is an interesting and fantastic read. =)
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I would imagine this would come in pretty handy for anyone in the "cleaning business".
hehe =) Just felt compelled to say something Gibsonian.
I agree. I have talked to many graduate students here from china, and many do not have much exposure to linux. Remember, the chinese like games too just as much as anyone else. So, unless there's evidence that PC gaming is not a pastime among the chinese youth, I'm going to have a hard time believing the article.
while some games are horribly rigged (Slot machines for example)...
I'm not sure if you said that to illustrate your point, but Nevada state law requires that each slot machine pay out 75% of the total amount of cash is put into it.
if i may add to this...
4. 99.6% of these slashdotters don't even have a gf, so who cares what they have to say!
seriously man, get the diamond and just make sure you get some good head for it. Im sure it would make a great kodak moment.
The topic speaks for itself, so do it!!!
I was referring to a ring with a pearl on it. So yeah, why not try that out.
PS--why the fuck are you even asking on slashdot?
They come from Arab/Persian markets for the most part, and the divers get paid fairly well.
PS Diamonds will get a gal to give you head though =)
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Heck, they work for real cheap! H1-B!!!!
They work for dirt cheap, and that's cool!
I posted this topic first! Let's not forget though that Dijkstra helped rid the world of GOTOs =P
I like Don Bluth. Good american animator that's been forced to only make kids cartoons. Good movies though. Secret of Nymh rocked.
Perfect Blue - sucks
Kenshin, OAVs (Known in this country as Samurai X) - has the same sorta lazy hero that has some eating issue.
Princess Mononoke - It's a good, interesting work. I've seen nausicca and the crimson pig too, and they are okay...nothing special though.
Grave of the Fireflies. - stupid movie. it's only good if you're watching it with a gal who will put out.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - I mustn't run away...from watching the remaining half of the OAV's!
Escaflowne - Good, but the soundtrack uses the same damn chick for the soundtrack....blah!
Is any organization/government/corporation researching the development of real mecha? Im sure it would be awesome for warehouse or construction work (Aliens =P ), and with tanks being so slow and bulky for transport, wouldn't it be time to start working on this sorta stuff?
I descend from a country that eats rice and beans, and my first ancestors here had a hard time coming here, but they did work hard and now here I am in the USA, getting pissed off about this stuff. First it used to be "they do the work none of us want to do". Now, it's "they do the work we can and want to do".
Great. You get a short term solution because these workers help us complete the technical gap. Let's say this is true for the moment, which I am quite sure many will say it is.
So Mr Patel gets a nice job with some tech firm and has a few kids in the US. What happens when Patel Jr is graduating from college and it's time to get a job?
Most likely he will not have the same technical skill know-how that his father had because he wasn't well educated here.
I am against H1-B's not because they supposedly take my job, but because it's short sighted. WHatever happened in investing into your own? In this case, for you smart asses, "your own" means fellow Americans. I want my tax dollars to go to good education programs. I want my tax dollars to go to teachers who work their asses off day and night to make sure their students get a great education.
Call it Nationalism. Call it jingoism. Call it Racism. I'm the great-grandchild of migrant Mexican workers, and if one thing is certain, we must work on long term solutions to ensure OUR OWN can have the potential for a great future.
Don't the people get mad and riot whenever a batch of foreigners are hired to work in their country for any profession?
Foreigners have made considerable contributions to technology in the US. The Manhattan project team had large numbers of refugees in it. Important parts of the team that put man on the moon came from the German rocket program. Andy Grove and a number of other high tech pioneers came from outside the US. Bringing in foreigners is smart.
Interesting you point out the Manhattan project, which would not be the best example for your case. First off, a few of these foreigners were later discovered to be the ones who leaked out information to the good ol' USSR. As for using the V-rocket designers, they had three choices:
1) Go to the US and live your entire life under surveilance and never be able to leave the continential US.
2) Remain in Germany and hope to God the Soviets would find use in that scientist.
3) Get killed by whoever you said "no" to.
Keep in mind these were well seasoned men (and a few women too) who had degrees based on many years in the academic world. Many of these H1-B's don't even amount to that. Sure, they have degrees, but these are degrees for short programs as compared to the american or european counterparts.
I agree with you about your views on total war. If the technology is there, we should use it. The things that we have to keep in mind are the long term effects of using such technology in a certain place (eg, we don't use nukes everyday to solve all our issues on the battlefield). Then again, as stated previously, technology can make our enemies think twice before deciding to battle the US.
One thing that I do want to point out especially is an interview I read a couple weeks ago in the New Yorker. There was an interview with the Chief of the US Army. Among the numerous logistical issues he discussed, one comment he made stuck out in my mind--no matter how far we advance in technology, we will never be able to avoid hand to hand ground combat.
It works and has stood the test of time. Why not just etch the most important stuff in some sorta hall of records? I remember there was a huge debate about this though back when Mount Rushmore was being built years ago. The designer wanted a timeline etched beside the figures of the four presidents as well as a hall of records, but that was heavily debated over, and thus was not able to be made. Looks to me it'll be some private firm or org that'll do it. Perhaps coat etched stone with some special solution to help reduce erosion?
Funny how Haruki Murakami is mentioned on /. of all places. I would have never considered him to be a sci fi author.
Recently, I have read two stories by Murakami--"Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" which was translated and published in last month's issue of GQ, and "Airplane" which was translated and published in last week's New Yorker. Airplane was definitely not a science fiction book, but I could see some would consider Super Frog to be a sci fi short story. I would consider it a modern fantasy though.
Whereas Phillip K. Dick usually would tell us wary stories as to how we should be careful with our use of tech, Murakami is more about telling us how we should be considerate to others. In "Airplane", it is about how a man who has weird "moments"(can't think of a better word right now) and his woman, and in Super Frog, it is about a man who is considered brave not because of brute strength, but the selfless determination of an ordinary man to help others.
I definitely recommend "Super Frog Saves Tokyo" to everyone who is interested in Haruki Murakami. It was only a few pages long, but in light of Sept. 11, I'd say Super Frog is an interesting and fantastic read. =)