I'm amazed nobody has attacked you for using French in the subject of your post. I guess the "Freedom Fries" nonsense has finally lost its appeal. A la prochaine.
Me too as it happens bsDaemon -- back and forth to Scary Eire, took it to Paris over Xmas where it got banged around in my travel bag and manhandled and felt up by TSA staff and the French National Police, had it for two years now (G3/600 dual USB) and no problems with hinges or backlights. I did have the logic board go dead (warranty), external power supply (warranty) and external power supply a second time (out of warranty). All that said, I still love this laptop and am currently lusting after a 15" g4/1000 Powerbook. I am *never* going back to shitty Wintel technology.
One of those tax rulings bears my name, apparently. The accountant at my Munich employer (Molex GmbH, Dingolfingerstrasse 80) filed an appeal to return my taxes when I worked there for 4 months in 1991 or 1992 (can't remember which), won, and sent me a cheque for DM 3,000.-... I was a very happy young man as she hadn't even told me that she was doing this. I filed for myself years later when I returned and lived in Ruesselsheim, Hessen, using Turbotax. I agree; German tax law is inordinately complex but it does seem to be quite fair (in that everyone gets screwed).
So far, over 15 years of working; Ireland (Dublin, Cork, Shannon), France (Paris), Germany (Munich, Frankfurt a.M.), The Netherlands (Haarlem) and the USA (St. Louis). Starting out the only language I spoke was English, and I had no problem whatsoever finding well-paid employment in any of these places. I think your prof was correct.
From minimal exposure to STRUTS, decoupling of navigation logic from JSPs and Servlets, plenty of basic field validation / error message handling goodies, basic enforcement of MVC (of course, you can break that). Not a STRUTS expert though, so if I'm wrong don't be surprised.
I got the Nevada reference... I found it quite surprising too, but there you go. I doubt it's required for tourist visas, and don't know if H1Bs have to take one, but I was applying for permanent residency, so perhaps that's why. I also applied in Amsterdam, reknowned for its redlight district, so maybe that's why they picked on me!;-)
Jesus, you're quite a find. A classic "Ugly American", rarer than one would think -- you do the vast majority of your compatriots a great disservice with this kind of talk. Calm down and remember your manners.
The US is as funny as any. I married an American in 1997 after having cohabited for four years. At the time, we lived in The Netherlands, and I am an Irish national. It took over a year for me to get a visa to work in the US, a very gruelling year of interviews, forms, fees, AIDS tests, etc. My wife obtained a visa to work in Ireland in three weeks flat. Inform yourself before you make silly statements.
And this might seem redundant, but there is a Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish currency. It's the pound sterling, and is of course used in England too. It's issued by both the Bank of England and the Royal Bank of Scotland. The UK is a very interesting place from the point of view of politics, constitutional law, etc.
BTW, Northern Ireland is not Ulster. Of the nine counties in Ulster, only six are in Northern Ireland, the other three (Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal) are in the Republic of Ireland (not Southern Ireland, please).
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I'm amazed nobody has attacked you for using French in the subject of your post. I guess the "Freedom Fries" nonsense has finally lost its appeal. A la prochaine.
A make of car, obviously. Google for it.
Both my grandmothers are dead, you insensitive clod!
Given the incoherence of your original post, I would say we're in the same boat. There's no need to be so sensitive.
The pre-famine population was ~8 million. Today, the population of the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland) is ~5 million.
You are aware that Swift was Irish, and that "A Modest Proposal" was political satire?
Disclaimer: IAAAI (I am an Angry Irishman).
Ah go on now, let us have our fun. Always ruining everything for us. Bastards!
Even more accurately, an overabundance of English imperialists. Murdering bastards.
Me too as it happens bsDaemon -- back and forth to Scary Eire, took it to Paris over Xmas where it got banged around in my travel bag and manhandled and felt up by TSA staff and the French National Police, had it for two years now (G3/600 dual USB) and no problems with hinges or backlights. I did have the logic board go dead (warranty), external power supply (warranty) and external power supply a second time (out of warranty). All that said, I still love this laptop and am currently lusting after a 15" g4/1000 Powerbook. I am *never* going back to shitty Wintel technology.
One of those tax rulings bears my name, apparently. The accountant at my Munich employer (Molex GmbH, Dingolfingerstrasse 80) filed an appeal to return my taxes when I worked there for 4 months in 1991 or 1992 (can't remember which), won, and sent me a cheque for DM 3,000.- ... I was a very happy young man as she hadn't even told me that she was doing this. I filed for myself years later when I returned and lived in Ruesselsheim, Hessen, using Turbotax. I agree; German tax law is inordinately complex but it does seem to be quite fair (in that everyone gets screwed).
You're either *very* young or very stupid. Of course we remember the bubble, you twit.
So far, over 15 years of working; Ireland (Dublin, Cork, Shannon), France (Paris), Germany (Munich, Frankfurt a.M.), The Netherlands (Haarlem) and the USA (St. Louis). Starting out the only language I spoke was English, and I had no problem whatsoever finding well-paid employment in any of these places. I think your prof was correct.
John O'Groats, I think. Not Goats.
From minimal exposure to STRUTS, decoupling of navigation logic from JSPs and Servlets, plenty of basic field validation / error message handling goodies, basic enforcement of MVC (of course, you can break that). Not a STRUTS expert though, so if I'm wrong don't be surprised.
I rest my case.
I didn't say you spoke for them, I said you did them no favours with that kind of talk. Two different things.
Where did I say you spoke for the entire US? I said nothing of the sort.
I got the Nevada reference... I found it quite surprising too, but there you go. I doubt it's required for tourist visas, and don't know if H1Bs have to take one, but I was applying for permanent residency, so perhaps that's why. I also applied in Amsterdam, reknowned for its redlight district, so maybe that's why they picked on me! ;-)
No, it's part of the immigration process. General health, TB, and AIDS/HIV testing.
Jesus, you're quite a find. A classic "Ugly American", rarer than one would think -- you do the vast majority of your compatriots a great disservice with this kind of talk. Calm down and remember your manners.
The US is as funny as any. I married an American in 1997 after having cohabited for four years. At the time, we lived in The Netherlands, and I am an Irish national. It took over a year for me to get a visa to work in the US, a very gruelling year of interviews, forms, fees, AIDS tests, etc. My wife obtained a visa to work in Ireland in three weeks flat. Inform yourself before you make silly statements.
Hello, little racist.
And this might seem redundant, but there is a Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish currency. It's the pound sterling, and is of course used in England too. It's issued by both the Bank of England and the Royal Bank of Scotland. The UK is a very interesting place from the point of view of politics, constitutional law, etc.
BTW, Northern Ireland is not Ulster. Of the nine counties in Ulster, only six are in Northern Ireland, the other three (Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal) are in the Republic of Ireland (not Southern Ireland, please).