Well, it doesn't matter if the US helps its friends and acts to defend against enemies (such as the BRIC countries and their allies).
It'll be more pleasant when people are penalized for aiding and abetting anti-US countries like China. Now if it only extended to guest worker programs as well.
The only solid (and court-tested) proof exists on the Chinese against the US (and about every First World country).
Snowden will only count when he and his case comes before a US court. Until then, any statements, materials, or positions held by him / his supporters are only conjecture.
The Chinese don't have solid proof to the level that the US has on the Chinese. The Chinese only can cite a person that handed over US secrets, while the US can cite private and public sector examples (much less Chinese history of stealing from their own).
That, and it doesn't look like the US wants much from the US aside from a compliant labor pool.
A different time, and for a different objection completely - but don't let that get in the way of your rant.
Then again, you're asking for an educational model that is not only less free, but also reduces opportunities for the rest of one's life based on that lack of freedom. If you want mandatory streaming in education, move to another country.
Given that most international academic testing doesn't control for admission criteria, the testing itself is defective. Countries that engage in mandatory streaming can look better academically(Europe, Asia) versus those that accept about everyone(US mostly).
Guest worker programs are the new company town. Between the restrictiveness of transferring between employers, the conditions usually encountered in "body-shop" agencies, and the nearly non-existent naturalization rate, you have all the same conditions experienced in the old company town.
No wonder employers will do everything to ensure that no citizen can take that spot, since it is the most business-friendly type of employment.
if you feel your work is morally wrong and is hurting the entire nation, you should ask to stop doing it and shut up
That was his judgment, not the proper judgments made by the set of people that asked for the information, developed the systems(for collection & classification), and collected the information. The former party makes theirs mostly on personal feelings, the latter makes it mostly on objectives.
If you feel that you cannot handle the work that is given to you, it is your duty to step away from that line of work and agree to keep secrets that you agreed to keep secret. If you want to throw away access to one of the last refuges of the technologically inclined US citizen, go right ahead; just don't try to tear apart the country by aiding its foreign enemies.
These H1-b's and the like are not becoming citizens, but (in the majority) returning to their home countries - despite claims to the contrary.
The only way to solve the fraud and anti-citizen nature in these programs is to kill them with fire, then nuke the remains from orbit. Legislatively, that means ripping out everything created from (and including) the 1965 Immigration Act, as well as every single guest worker program that remains. To take care of the other end of the skills continuum, enact a federal version of SB1070, complete with a prohibition on guest workers.
As for the OECD's claim about a skills problem - it doesn't hold up. What the US has is a lack of willingness of employers to train (courtesy of the adversarial nature between employer and employee that has developed over the last 30-40 years) and directly hire people, opting to ask for perfectly trained & disposable people that come through contractors.
Snowden's been the more opaque one so far compared to the NSA. Unlike the NSA, he's doing everything to avoid accountability, while the NSA has been more open about itself than ever.
But dont let that little detail get in the way of your rant.
If you and others were informed enough about the clearance/classification systems in place, you would correct yourselves for being wrong. If you cant take the heat in cleared work, you are not entitled to kill the country - you ask to be relieved of that responsibility.
Snowden is the kind of person that should be denied a clearance and kept far away from government employment.
Of course, everyone would rather do (-infinity, Disagrees with Snowden) than debate it.
The US would have been better(and will be) with a "handled" Snowden. Now, he's managed to pass on secrets to hostile countries, while crying the criminal's complaint about being afraid of prosecution.
Of course, that goes against the current lese majeste.
So, Snowden isn't due for jail-time if he were to return to the USA, Mr. Kerry?
Rhetorical question. It's an answer that only serves as a shibboleth - whether you want to see law enforced, or that you think that it's OK for a criminal to live amongst our enemies.
And why has the Obama administration brought charges against more whistleblowers than all other administrations combined? (Six by Obama, three by all previous administrations combined)
That signals an increased effectiveness of spotting and acting on unauthorized disclosures.
Of course, people would rather disappear this criticism like some would like to disappear Snowden. How ironic.
For what wrong he has caused, more than you think, a certain lese majeste effect has surrounded him. People will try to disappear criticism, something that they think would happen to their idol.
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He came in and left with the intent of betrayal.
Any glorified status left him when he decided to go about taking whatever he could, hoping that some of it had PR value.
Given how consoles have gone with China, I wouldn't be surprised to see a corresponding increase in piracy.
That, and it doesn't look like the US wants much from the Chinese aside from a compliant labor pool.
Bar members of the Chinese military from attending.
The problem is that it's more than just the military, it's practically everyone there with any competency in computers. The rest are accessories.
Oh, and it doesn't take cheap shots at the NSA to know that.
Well, it doesn't matter if the US helps its friends and acts to defend against enemies (such as the BRIC countries and their allies).
It'll be more pleasant when people are penalized for aiding and abetting anti-US countries like China. Now if it only extended to guest worker programs as well.
There's always the rest of the world(read: countries within the NATO-defined First World) that doesn't want the US's head on a plate.
The only solid (and court-tested) proof exists on the Chinese against the US (and about every First World country).
Snowden will only count when he and his case comes before a US court. Until then, any statements, materials, or positions held by him / his supporters are only conjecture.
The Chinese don't have solid proof to the level that the US has on the Chinese. The Chinese only can cite a person that handed over US secrets, while the US can cite private and public sector examples (much less Chinese history of stealing from their own).
That, and it doesn't look like the US wants much from the US aside from a compliant labor pool.
Given how much they've already stolen from us and other First World countries, it would be a good thing.
A different time, and for a different objection completely - but don't let that get in the way of your rant.
Then again, you're asking for an educational model that is not only less free, but also reduces opportunities for the rest of one's life based on that lack of freedom. If you want mandatory streaming in education, move to another country.
Given that most international academic testing doesn't control for admission criteria, the testing itself is defective. Countries that engage in mandatory streaming can look better academically(Europe, Asia) versus those that accept about everyone(US mostly).
Guest worker programs are the new company town. Between the restrictiveness of transferring between employers, the conditions usually encountered in "body-shop" agencies, and the nearly non-existent naturalization rate, you have all the same conditions experienced in the old company town.
No wonder employers will do everything to ensure that no citizen can take that spot, since it is the most business-friendly type of employment.
Does Your Job Need To Exist?
Only if it's in a country that maximizes business friendliness to the detriment of its own population.
if you feel your work is morally wrong and is hurting the entire nation, you should ask to stop doing it and shut up
That was his judgment, not the proper judgments made by the set of people that asked for the information, developed the systems(for collection & classification), and collected the information. The former party makes theirs mostly on personal feelings, the latter makes it mostly on objectives.
If you feel that you cannot handle the work that is given to you, it is your duty to step away from that line of work and agree to keep secrets that you agreed to keep secret. If you want to throw away access to one of the last refuges of the technologically inclined US citizen, go right ahead; just don't try to tear apart the country by aiding its foreign enemies.
These H1-b's and the like are not becoming citizens, but (in the majority) returning to their home countries - despite claims to the contrary.
The only way to solve the fraud and anti-citizen nature in these programs is to kill them with fire, then nuke the remains from orbit. Legislatively, that means ripping out everything created from (and including) the 1965 Immigration Act, as well as every single guest worker program that remains. To take care of the other end of the skills continuum, enact a federal version of SB1070, complete with a prohibition on guest workers.
As for the OECD's claim about a skills problem - it doesn't hold up. What the US has is a lack of willingness of employers to train (courtesy of the adversarial nature between employer and employee that has developed over the last 30-40 years) and directly hire people, opting to ask for perfectly trained & disposable people that come through contractors.
Snowden's been the more opaque one so far compared to the NSA. Unlike the NSA, he's doing everything to avoid accountability, while the NSA has been more open about itself than ever.
But dont let that little detail get in the way of your rant.
...Snowden did to our net detriment, lese majeste be damned.
If you and others were informed enough about the clearance/classification systems in place, you would correct yourselves for being wrong. If you cant take the heat in cleared work, you are not entitled to kill the country - you ask to be relieved of that responsibility.
Snowden is the kind of person that should be denied a clearance and kept far away from government employment.
Of course, everyone would rather do (-infinity, Disagrees with Snowden) than debate it.
The US would have been better(and will be) with a "handled" Snowden. Now, he's managed to pass on secrets to hostile countries, while crying the criminal's complaint about being afraid of prosecution.
Of course, that goes against the current lese majeste.
So, Snowden isn't due for jail-time if he were to return to the USA, Mr. Kerry?
Rhetorical question. It's an answer that only serves as a shibboleth - whether you want to see law enforced, or that you think that it's OK for a criminal to live amongst our enemies.
And why has the Obama administration brought charges against more whistleblowers than all other administrations combined? (Six by Obama, three by all previous administrations combined)
That signals an increased effectiveness of spotting and acting on unauthorized disclosures.
Of course, people would rather disappear this criticism like some would like to disappear Snowden. How ironic.
Giving up the lead on an intelligence service is not justified by the harmful actions of a former contractor turned against his country.
For what wrong he has caused, more than you think, a certain lese majeste effect has surrounded him. People will try to disappear criticism, something that they think would happen to their idol.
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The phones are plenty capable to pull light desktop loads, why not turn this effort into bringing a workable Ubuntu image to phones (read: doesn't require x11rdp/vnc) that works alongside the Android stack?
For those that take the better path and not care about their employer, they'll have a good life.
For those that don't, not so much.