Just two more examples of what happens when hippies get political power. San Fran just clicked up a notch higher on the "cities I never want to visit for any reason" list.
You've been brainwashed, sir.
There are no hippies in city government - they are pretty pragmatical politicos..
And you have to visit SF to understand safety concerns - downtown often crowded enough to bump occasionally into someone while walking.
Ha! I imagine somebody on Segway in Chinatown. People swarm there.
So if I say I have Nissan car and put a logo on my website might I be sued?
Even if I not sell or produce cars, nor anything related to Nissan? Just because some lawer "might confuse" my photo with a car as Nissan's official website, right?
5. Not as good hardware support on FreeBSD as Linux, or games.
I don't agree with this.
I also have more hardware problems with Linux. Anybody tried to install it onto IDE RAID? The kernel could not see controller...
Basically you have to install it on regular device, recompile kernel, then install it to RAID.. Bleh!
I would worry about it's compatibility with a lot of all-in-one computer desks I've seen.
And I would worry about compatibility with furniture in general. If you put it uder the desk - you could hit it with leg because back side of case sticks out. If you put it between two desks it takes too much space. If you put two cases together - oh no you can't - cables and fan exhausts could mess up. And how do they suppose to transport them after original box thrown out? One by one?
A 'real' Unix admin wants to get work done and learn somthing usefull. Managing Sendmail is just memorising a bunch of trivia about it and hoping it works as you think it should. Managing Postfix or Qmail is like managing any other decent Unix server - and by learning one of them you can take that knowlage and use it somewhere else.
Wrongo here!
I know both qmail and sendmail. With sendmail I can do almost everything I need. With qmail I have to search Internet for bits of information, patches and them write my own patches because of simple-minded approach of qmail author. A lot of corners were cut to make qmail faster - it made it very inconvenient to have it in production environment.
You can also give them crazy deadlines and have them work 80hour or more weeks for as long as you want.
It's an absurd. You are making up arguments. Well, MAYBE somewhere in indian bodyshops it may happen, but not in NORMAL american company. And what kind of performance you could get from people who hate you?
It's 12 hours away. Changes take at least a day to request, and probably a week.
Sometimes it's convenient to leave a problem at night and find it solved next morning. Well, you need to be pretty good organized out there, which costs a lot...
Most HDTVs are coming with a 1280x720 (aka 720p) "native" resolution (or something a tad higher to allow for overscanning).
Maybe there is a confusion between different technologies HDTVs..
Almost all of CRT and projection HDTVs have 1080i resolution. And completely different story with plasma or LCDs ones. Especially with affordable (cheap) plasma/LCDs.
Basically it's just technologically easier to make CRT and projection TVs with 1080i resolution and drop 720p. And plasma/LCDs have no problem with progressive scan but limited in pixel's quantity which lead to something like 720p for them.
As the author points out, and as others of us have stated repeatedly: the GPL isn't viral, it's recursive. I've got lots of non-GPL software on my home system, and none of it has ever "caught" the GPL.
Well , it's a hereditary virus - all offsprings are viral too;))
.com is a short way of referring to.com.us ,.com is expanded by DNS to.com.us . Read the history of the DNS. It was intended primarly COMmercial use, and because it was a US arpanet development, they didnt want to type.us all the time so they just shortened it to.com . simple.
Wow, are you serious? Do you have a computer to check your claim?
Like type in yahoo.com.us etc?
There is NO relation between.com and.com.us.
From RFC1480: There are no current plans of putting all of the organizational
domains EDU, GOV, COM, etc., under US. These name tokens are not
used in the US Domain to avoid confusion.
My job is not in any way threatened by any H1B holder but this is america and I spent 10 years in our navy and earned my right to call this place mine. The thought of imported workers taking american jobs disgusts me. Send them all back...
Right-o!
Send them back - let them do their work out there.
We could pay less them this way, right?
That's not true also. You couldn't process "employment based immigration" papers. Only company could. And they could start it when you are outside US. And it's not relevant to H1-B at all.
Technically company could process green card papers for anybody and hire individual after green card is ready. It's just not feasible to spent from $5000 to $10000 on lawyer, wait at least couple years and only then get worker...
The 5 years mentioned in parent comment was actually amount of time green card holder have to wait to obtain US citizenship.
Infact go read this [com.com]article here on how sun is under investigation for firing half of its staff and replacing them with Indians. Its disgusting and this really pisses me off!
Have you really read this article?
There is nothing in article about replacing staff with Indians. They (Sun) fired people and this guy's concern was that Sun should fire H1-B workers first and only then US citizens. But there is no such law. They should not hire H1-B workers in case of layoffs and I belive they didn't do that.
The missing part of the evaluation is consideration of what people are willing to work for. Given two (or more) programmers with equal aptitude, the one willing to work for less money is the "best" choice from the perspective of management. If management has the option of picking staff from all over the world, the chances are that programmers from poor countries will be willing to work for lower wages (even if emigrating to the US) than programmers from rich countries.
What really happened in late 90s ?
Company hired consultant and payed regular contract amount to consultant's company. And that company payed minimum (engineers minimum) wage to consultant. After some time consultant might get hired directly and get regular pay (depending on abilities). And his bodyshop get a new fresh engineer from abroad.
As you can see people who came to US might get lower wages initially, but after settling a bit they usually drop lower-wages company. For normal company there is no sense to hire somebody who will go in a year (or earlier). Only consultant company could allow this..
There is no equilibrium. Experienced workers have tendency to work for money they could earn.
Well, a lot of things changed. It is easy to hire H1-B worker who's already in US, but you have to wait for visa transfer anyway and there are a lot of local people who could start to work right away. If one wants to hire talent from abroad - there are additional hurdles - more time to process and possibility of American Consulate rejecting a visa..
Before this time standards and interchangeable parts were almost impossible, because craftsman made parts 'to fit'.
Well, read on about Eli Whitney, who made 25000 rifles from interchangeable parts and also invented milling machine:
http://www.eliwhitney.org/ew.htm#three
I hate to be a pedant, buy he did not steal. The dictionary definition of stealing involves depriving the victim of the stolen item. obtaining and disclosing information, whether legal or not, is not stealing.
That's too narrow meaning. From Merriam-Webster:
"to take or appropriate without right or leave and with intent to keep or make use of wrongfully"
And here FBI mention "intellectual property theft" and "trade secrets theft"
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/fc/fifu/about/about_ipc. htm
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You've been brainwashed, sir.
There are no hippies in city government - they are pretty pragmatical politicos..
And you have to visit SF to understand safety concerns - downtown often crowded enough to bump occasionally into someone while walking.
Ha! I imagine somebody on Segway in Chinatown. People swarm there.
I wonder where energy goes - it's nice it stopped immediately but if person riding it does not pay attention he/she may go overboard.
May I call it unidentified flying critter (UFC) then?
Even if I not sell or produce cars, nor anything related to Nissan? Just because some lawer "might confuse" my photo with a car as Nissan's official website, right?
"We will not tolerate your dog in existing form"
I don't agree with this.
I also have more hardware problems with Linux. Anybody tried to install it onto IDE RAID? The kernel could not see controller...
Basically you have to install it on regular device, recompile kernel, then install it to RAID.. Bleh!
Troll, go away!
And I would worry about compatibility with furniture in general. If you put it uder the desk - you could hit it with leg because back side of case sticks out. If you put it between two desks it takes too much space. If you put two cases together - oh no you can't - cables and fan exhausts could mess up. And how do they suppose to transport them after original box thrown out? One by one?
FUGLY.
Wrongo here!
I know both qmail and sendmail. With sendmail I can do almost everything I need. With qmail I have to search Internet for bits of information, patches and them write my own patches because of simple-minded approach of qmail author. A lot of corners were cut to make qmail faster - it made it very inconvenient to have it in production environment.
Qmail just lacks flexibility...
www.sendmail.com ;)))
It's an absurd. You are making up arguments. Well, MAYBE somewhere in indian bodyshops it may happen, but not in NORMAL american company. And what kind of performance you could get from people who hate you?
Sometimes it's convenient to leave a problem at night and find it solved next morning. Well, you need to be pretty good organized out there, which costs a lot...
Maybe there is a confusion between different technologies HDTVs..
Almost all of CRT and projection HDTVs have 1080i resolution. And completely different story with plasma or LCDs ones. Especially with affordable (cheap) plasma/LCDs.
Basically it's just technologically easier to make CRT and projection TVs with 1080i resolution and drop 720p. And plasma/LCDs have no problem with progressive scan but limited in pixel's quantity which lead to something like 720p for them.
Hmm, interesting experiment, but there is already Linux - you don't need to add "GNU" before it ;))
Well , it's a hereditary virus - all offsprings are viral too ;))
Wow, are you serious? Do you have a computer to check your claim?
Like type in yahoo.com.us etc?
There is NO relation between .com and .com.us.
From RFC1480 :
There are no current plans of putting all of the organizational
domains EDU, GOV, COM, etc., under US. These name tokens are not
used in the US Domain to avoid confusion.
Right-o!
Send them back - let them do their work out there. We could pay less them this way, right?
Yes,
I'm native engrish speaker -
http://www.engrish.com
I do not understant it at all - if person not qualified - you do not need that person - any other concerns are not relevant.
Technically company could process green card papers for anybody and hire individual after green card is ready. It's just not feasible to spent from $5000 to $10000 on lawyer, wait at least couple years and only then get worker...
The 5 years mentioned in parent comment was actually amount of time green card holder have to wait to obtain US citizenship.
Have you really read this article?
There is nothing in article about replacing staff with Indians. They (Sun) fired people and this guy's concern was that Sun should fire H1-B workers first and only then US citizens. But there is no such law. They should not hire H1-B workers in case of layoffs and I belive they didn't do that.
What really happened in late 90s ?
Company hired consultant and payed regular contract amount to consultant's company. And that company payed minimum (engineers minimum) wage to consultant. After some time consultant might get hired directly and get regular pay (depending on abilities). And his bodyshop get a new fresh engineer from abroad.
As you can see people who came to US might get lower wages initially, but after settling a bit they usually drop lower-wages company. For normal company there is no sense to hire somebody who will go in a year (or earlier). Only consultant company could allow this..
There is no equilibrium. Experienced workers have tendency to work for money they could earn.
Well, a lot of things changed. It is easy to hire H1-B worker who's already in US, but you have to wait for visa transfer anyway and there are a lot of local people who could start to work right away. If one wants to hire talent from abroad - there are additional hurdles - more time to process and possibility of American Consulate rejecting a visa..
Well, read on about Eli Whitney, who made 25000 rifles from interchangeable parts and also invented milling machine :
http://www.eliwhitney.org/ew.htm#three
http://www.eliwhitney.org/ew.htm#three
That's too narrow meaning. From Merriam-Webster:
"to take or appropriate without right or leave and with intent to keep or make use of wrongfully"
And here FBI mention "intellectual property theft" and "trade secrets theft". htm
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/fc/fifu/about/about_ipc