Ah...have you seen any Indian cybercafe...I am yet to see one in India running any of the games you mentioned.
Microsoft doesnt raid Indian software blackmarket as they do in Taiwan and Malaysia because they need the next generation of Indian techies to practice and understand its products. And this means a wide availability of all the Windows flavors in most of the towns.
Plus a computer you can get for Rs.30000 and upwards and if you are asking for Rs.10000 (around US$200) for an OS no one is going to buy that.
This is the reason cybercafes are running XP/2000, not because of games.
The proportion of lies in H1B resumes and the non H1B resumes are going to be the same. Both the parties do that to varying degrees. But for the H1B non-immigrant it would be much more riskier as the resumes and the candidate backgrounds are checked prior to issuing of visa.
Your attitude comes from misunderstanding or xenophobia.
I can't wait until someone writes a unicode handwriting recognition tool that lets me input greek letters and funky math symbols and also lets me input equations.
I can't wait until someone gives me a job that lets me input greek letters and funky math symbols and also lets me input equations.
You yourself say that Chile was lucky with Pinochet but paid a huge price. And luckily for you, though you were living in Chile, you or someone you knew did not pay part of that price.
Are you looking for a friendly neighborhood dictator who stamps out corruption and has decent human rights record?
I understand what you were meaning by the Pinochet treatment...but you have to note that this particular treatment has very bad side effects. And if we believe in humanity, we cannot account for those side effects as collateral damage.
You are forgetting the human cost of a dictatorial regime. What you are worried over is the economic cost.
When you worry over only economic cost (this happens till you or someone of your family 'disappears'), Pinochets of the world are entirely palatable.
Corruption is not crime on the streets, glad you know that...in a developing nation it happens in your daily life for mundane activities. Take an example of India - you probably give baksheesh for getting a drivers license, a telephone connection etc. You probably wont encounter these issues in Saudi Arabia.
If we have to follow your advice, what India needs to get out of the developing nation/third world status is a Pinochet or a group of Mullahs who will stamp out corruption.
It would be much better if Western Democracies supported that. But hey, they were doing that all along. It was not corruption they were after, but oil or bananas.
It is virtually impossible to parade infront of you the Chilean family living next door to my apartment. What I know about Chile under Pinochet is from their experience...a Chilean nationals experience, not a westerner living in Chile during that period.
Also please dont assume that corruption is the root cause for the ills of many developing nations. Look at Saudi Arabia...though it is not one of the developing countries, it is largely immune from corruption due to its barbaric justice system. The examples you give supporting dictatorial regimes and lack of corruption are best comparable to the present environment of Saudi Arabia.
I also hope you are not one of those oil company executives who lived in Saudi Arabia who knows the "ground reality" and is not an armchair analyst.
...is like saying Stalin was successful in Soviet Union. Ask any Chilean what he feels about Pinochet. He would probably kick your ass for making that comment.
It is very comfortable for being an armchair analyst in the United States suburbia making policy decisions on places and people whom you dont even know.
And how can you forget the tragedy of the millions who had to suffer the consequences of the so-called wrong policy decisions you yourself admit to. You may have a convienient word for it...Collateral Damage.
As someone that has lived in several third world countries, I can tell you that the problems in the third world do not stem from lack of money, but rather from rampant corruption.
True.
When someone in Africa starves, it is only because some tinpot dictator wants them to starve, for whatever reason.
True. But you are convieniently forgetting the fact that the said dictator was financed and armed by one of the first world countries in pretext of fighting communism or capitalism.
The sad part about the debts to most developing nations is that most of the monies were squandered or diverted into private accounts. However, in most cases forgiving those debts would just allow the current leaders to do the same thing all over again.
Hmm...probably true to some extent when the regime was backed by developed countries...Ferdinand Marcos and Mobuto Sese Seko comes to mind.
Besides, no matter how much we gave other countries they would always suspect that we were holding out.
First it was colonialism, now it is opening up the market for the global economy. It is also incredibly convienient to keep someone a debtor and charge interest. They may call it the genius of capitalism. They just dont have any choice when they are forced to hold out.
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A cluster of Alan Coxes. What about a cluster of kernels.
Bashi Bazouks, Kleptomaniacs, filibusters!
I understand that there are some priorities in life...
I am hungry.
Ah...have you seen any Indian cybercafe...I am yet to see one in India running any of the games you mentioned.
Microsoft doesnt raid Indian software blackmarket as they do in Taiwan and Malaysia because they need the next generation of Indian techies to practice and understand its products. And this means a wide availability of all the Windows flavors in most of the towns.
Plus a computer you can get for Rs.30000 and upwards and if you are asking for Rs.10000 (around US$200) for an OS no one is going to buy that.
This is the reason cybercafes are running XP/2000, not because of games.
The proportion of lies in H1B resumes and the non H1B resumes are going to be the same. Both the parties do that to varying degrees. But for the H1B non-immigrant it would be much more riskier as the resumes and the candidate backgrounds are checked prior to issuing of visa.
Your attitude comes from misunderstanding or xenophobia.
Send one of those Hollywood heroes who has saved the planet a million times from asteroids, volcanoes, typhoons, bad people, communists etc.
You can tie couple of them to a powerful rocket, point the rocket to the asteroid and press the button.
Try to mix something biotechnology with your regular CS.
That is the question you need to answer.
Your company might be getting a cut on every hour you work...but if they find you gigs then it is worth that cut.
Unless you have solid contacts with corporations, previous employers etc. who can give you temporary gigs it is not worth the risk.
And dont believe in monster or dice to become independent.
I am a professional programmer with 198 years of experience.
// proprietary code follows
// end of proprietary code
Finding proprietary code is easy, the key is not to search with "Proprietary Code Go!"...it will be marked with comments like this:
I am proprietary
As if Stan Lee were just some burger flipper...
How dare you demote and degrade burger flippers...the cornerstone of American economy. I will personally wipe my ass on your next burger.
Illegal piraters have done it again.
This is very bad...before all the films were stolen by legal piraters.
We as a community should do something about illegal pirater. We should always support legal piraters.
When one of those Slashdotted victims go to court things will change fast.
My wife emailed me today with a link (yes Geeks can get married)...
Thanks for the clarification. I thought for a moment geeks cannot get married.
I can't wait until someone writes a unicode handwriting recognition tool that lets me input greek letters and funky math symbols and also lets me input equations.
I can't wait until someone gives me a job that lets me input greek letters and funky math symbols and also lets me input equations.
I can't wait until someone gives me a job.
You yourself say that Chile was lucky with Pinochet but paid a huge price. And luckily for you, though you were living in Chile, you or someone you knew did not pay part of that price.
Are you looking for a friendly neighborhood dictator who stamps out corruption and has decent human rights record?
I understand what you were meaning by the Pinochet treatment...but you have to note that this particular treatment has very bad side effects. And if we believe in humanity, we cannot account for those side effects as collateral damage.
You are forgetting the human cost of a dictatorial regime. What you are worried over is the economic cost.
When you worry over only economic cost (this happens till you or someone of your family 'disappears'), Pinochets of the world are entirely palatable.
Corruption is not crime on the streets, glad you know that...in a developing nation it happens in your daily life for mundane activities. Take an example of India - you probably give baksheesh for getting a drivers license, a telephone connection etc. You probably wont encounter these issues in Saudi Arabia.
If we have to follow your advice, what India needs to get out of the developing nation/third world status is a Pinochet or a group of Mullahs who will stamp out corruption.
It would be much better if Western Democracies supported that. But hey, they were doing that all along. It was not corruption they were after, but oil or bananas.
It is virtually impossible to parade infront of you the Chilean family living next door to my apartment. What I know about Chile under Pinochet is from their experience...a Chilean nationals experience, not a westerner living in Chile during that period.
But your comment of the righteous Pinochet who is revered by Chileans is laughable to say the least.
Why dont you just google on Pinochet and look at the results?
Also please dont assume that corruption is the root cause for the ills of many developing nations. Look at Saudi Arabia...though it is not one of the developing countries, it is largely immune from corruption due to its barbaric justice system. The examples you give supporting dictatorial regimes and lack of corruption are best comparable to the present environment of Saudi Arabia.
I also hope you are not one of those oil company executives who lived in Saudi Arabia who knows the "ground reality" and is not an armchair analyst.
...is like saying Stalin was successful in Soviet Union. Ask any Chilean what he feels about Pinochet. He would probably kick your ass for making that comment.
It is very comfortable for being an armchair analyst in the United States suburbia making policy decisions on places and people whom you dont even know.
And how can you forget the tragedy of the millions who had to suffer the consequences of the so-called wrong policy decisions you yourself admit to. You may have a convienient word for it...Collateral Damage.
As someone that has lived in several third world countries, I can tell you that the problems in the third world do not stem from lack of money, but rather from rampant corruption.
True.
When someone in Africa starves, it is only because some tinpot dictator wants them to starve, for whatever reason.
True. But you are convieniently forgetting the fact that the said dictator was financed and armed by one of the first world countries in pretext of fighting communism or capitalism.
The sad part about the debts to most developing nations is that most of the monies were squandered or diverted into private accounts. However, in most cases forgiving those debts would just allow the current leaders to do the same thing all over again.
Hmm...probably true to some extent when the regime was backed by developed countries...Ferdinand Marcos and Mobuto Sese Seko comes to mind.
Besides, no matter how much we gave other countries they would always suspect that we were holding out.
First it was colonialism, now it is opening up the market for the global economy. It is also incredibly convienient to keep someone a debtor and charge interest. They may call it the genius of capitalism. They just dont have any choice when they are forced to hold out.
I need to go to library. Can someone give me a list of safe books?
If you're a farmer, build it in the pig pen. If you're not a farmer, find a farmer.
What if you are a pig? How can a pig build a satellite?
At last one story that doesnt blame recession or H1Bs.
This news item was co-sponsored by Pixar and Crossover.
This is probably the work of some suit in charge of Microsoft Africa trying to get a fat bonus. Dont think Mr Gates would have known this.
Yes, an Opera to accompany the dead is nice.