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  1. Re:So? on Want To Record Xbox One Gameplay? Get Ready To Pay · · Score: 1

    And PS4 decided to _make_ it available - for free.

  2. Re:Not just recording gameplay on Want To Record Xbox One Gameplay? Get Ready To Pay · · Score: 1

    Except you missed the part where he said the Xbone. Unless you got an early console for some reason you are not yet using the Xbone so your situation is not relevant to what he said. Not saying he is correct, just that you are not in the right league atm.

  3. Re:Disgusting how passive people are... on Want To Record Xbox One Gameplay? Get Ready To Pay · · Score: 1

    So we only address the most important problems facing our society? We as a people are not equipped to handle taking on multiple issues?

  4. Re:IF ONLY ... !! on Encrypted Email Provider Lavabit Shuts Down, Blames US Gov't · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It would probably be worst. Remember who actually enacted these laws.

  5. Re:Why does anyone like this show? on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    I believe it is something you have to go into knowing it is not as good graphically or plot based as something like Eureka or Stargate. Once you do that it becomes a fairly good show.

  6. and how do you resolve the paradox on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    The Dr had a wife and child. Unless you are going to make the time lords all capable of changing sex, and boy could that get confusing with some times straight some times gay families, he cannot we a woman.

  7. Re:What's funny about Under the Dome on TV Show Piracy Soars After CBS Blackout · · Score: 1

    No you dont, you can buy your own box, such as Tivo. You will have to rent a $5 card, but you dont have to use their DVR

  8. Re: "prevailing wage" v. local market compensation on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 2
    Actually no:

    Federal rates are calculated based on regulations established by the Department of Labor. According to Code of Federal Regulations, "The prevailing wage shall be the wage paid to the majority (more than 50 percent) of the laborers or mechanics in the classification on similar projects in the area during the period in question. If the same wage is not paid to a majority of those employed in the classification, the prevailing wage shall be the average of the wages paid, weighted by the total employed in the classification."[4] State level rates are calculated using various methods including an average of all wage rates paid, the mode, or based on collectively bargained rates.

  9. Re:Basis for discrimination on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    The discussion was about discrimination. In the case of race, discrimination requires racism.

    No it was about determining if there was racism. If we have already assumed there is racism there is nothing to determine.

  10. Re:This is trouble on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    I think you could if there was no real basis for that requirement, since to be in the US they have to be able to speak English, requiring a Hindi speaker would be absurd.

  11. Re:Basis for discrimination on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    Part of the problem is here in NC the cost of living is somewhat low so they think they can pay pennies on the dollar when it is really 80 cents on the dollar.

  12. Re:This is trouble on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    But it would still be better than the current situation where no one knows and we are just trusting their word, which seems to amount to nothing. In addition that type of practice could invoke a change where if your job is solely in the US they cannot have that type of requirement.

  13. Re:Master's degree in information systems on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    Just because someone sues to defend their civil rights does not make them "sue happy", so in otherwords your argument is a fallacy. In addition a standard background check is not going to give civil actions that someone is party to.

  14. Re:Basis for discrimination on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    That's a dishonest way of saying we're all equal. Even communists don't say that: Communism says individuals must sacrifice their advantage to benefit others, which individuals don't want to do so the result is a race to the bottom. People get better jobs because they've got better education/experience/talent/parents/sex appeal/psychopathic traits.

    There is nothing dishonest about it, and it does not even say we are all equal, but we must all be treated as though we are equal on the grounds of certian classes (race, religion, origin). Your argument is the dishonest one trying to redefine a term.

    Oh, yes there is: Discrimination is treating someone differently because they're a minority. Treating someone differently because she's not in the minority group is not mere discrimination: It's reverse discrimination.

    No, no there is not. Here is the definition of discrimination http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discriminate. Where in this does it mention "minority" or "majority"

    a : the act of discriminating

    b : the process by which two stimuli differing in some aspect are responded to differently

    2 : the quality or power of finely distinguishing

    3 a : the act, practice, or an instance of discriminating categorically rather than individually

    b : prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment

    Discrimination is about a group, not just minorities, but any group, that you discriminate against solely because of a group.

    And the definition of discriminate, since you obviously are trying to twist it as well, still no minority/majority, only groups:

    a : to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of

    b : distinguish, differentiate

    2 : to distinguish by discerning or exposing differences; especially : to distinguish from another like object

    intransitive verb

    1 a : to make a distinction

    b : to use good judgment

    2: to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit

  15. Re:Basis for discrimination on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    And it is used as a way to mock, and deny those people for making those claims

  16. Re:Basis for discrimination on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    But now you are changing the discussion. It was how many white males, not how many white male racists.

  17. Re:She would not be granted an Indian work visa on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1
    You are not making any since. The job was for a position in the US, as you state, so stating that she needs an Indian visa makes no sense. She would either need to be a US citizen, permanent resident or be able to get a US visa. Since she meet the requirements on the first, being a US citizen, she did not need a Visa.

    Even still, on the fallacy that it may be required, section one satisfied for the Indian visa the moment she is hired.

  18. Re:Basis for discrimination on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 2

    Does not matter. It, according to the law, has to be US market pay.

  19. Re:Basis for discrimination on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    And you would be using your own bias directly against the law. Pay is not something you can consider when going for H1Bs, in fact you are required to pay them the USA market rate.

  20. Re:Basis for discrimination on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1
    In what way is a web page not a :

    a sequence of coded instructions that can be inserted into a mechanism (as a computer)? http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/program

    That is one of the definitions of a program

    But using programs already written, creating and distributing documents and images and data files of all sorts in particular, is not programming.

    That is not web programming, that is copying and pasting, and every level of programming has it..Writing complex javascript, vbscript and other languages are still programming whether you believe it is below you or not, because it falls squarely within the definition of creating a program

  21. Re:Master's degree in information systems on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1
    The law clearly states minimally qualified, therefore you cant be overqualified.

    Remember it is not about who can *do* the job, but rather to the employer one who can *do* the job *cost effectively* in order to *raise revenue*.

    Not if you want an H1B it is not.

  22. Re:Master's degree in information systems on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    know I made enemies with my post with these stories but from the management side of things we can't find qualified applicants! The average wage of a programmer is only $45,000 a year and yet these guys expect to make $60k a year!!

    Those are 2 mutually exclusive things. You can find qualified applicants, you are just not willing to pay them their US market value, you want to pay them the Indian market value, but H1B does not work that way, and in fact is illegal under H1B, you are supposed to pay them the 60k US market value.

  23. Re:I dunno but... on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 2

    This is different. Off shoring is sending jobs to India, where as this is paying people to come here to work instead of hiring people who can do the work who are here already. That the government can prevent, by stopping the visas

  24. Re:The US needs H1-B programmers on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    err then...bah, shame on me for hitting submit without actually proofing.

  25. Re:The US needs H1-B programmers on US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed · · Score: 1

    Many filled the qualifications, but they weren't actually good enough to do the work.

    Than your qualifications were not what you wanted for the job.