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  1. Dental care on India Woos Medical Tourists · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Beleive me, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine and other East Europeans countries have much better dentinst then States. The quality of work is excellent (once American materials became available). Don't forget that these dentists are trained as full MD first and then spend three years specializing in dentistry.

  2. HOW TO GET H1B FOR INDIA? on India Becoming a Major Hub for Western Job Seekers · · Score: 2

    What needs to be done to get job visa in India? Should I post my resume in Indian newspaper? Will my 10 years of experience in US count? Should I speak any Indian languages?

  3. Healthcare and ss taxes make us expensive on 235,000 Fewer Programmers by 2015 · · Score: 1

    If you subtract healthcare benefits and social security taxes company pays to every employee and every project will be 30% cheeper see: http://deanforamerica.com

  4. You don't understand Ukrainian on Ukrainian Computer Destruction Championship · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You really don't All of these destroyed hardware was obsolete. Probably, 386s, 486s, burned monitors, clogged mice, ruined keyboards, etc. Ukrainians are most frugal nation in the world! They would never thru away anything they can sell. Believe me, if you'd had Ukrainian girlfriend you'd learnt it.

  5. Ding, anyone? on Self-Parking Car Available In Japan · · Score: 1

    I leave in Boston and parallel parking in MIT area almost always includes pushing cars at front and back of your vehicle. Does anybody tested self-parking system to push other cars precise enough to get away with bumper scratches only (i.e. witout breaking plastic)?

  6. Re:Yes but... on MIT Robot Walks On Water · · Score: 0

    Dating a couple girls from MIT it's not a surprise :-)

  7. Icon is back on Time For A Cray Comeback? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Many scientists are very concern about state of supercomputing in US. Hopefully new generation of supercomputers improve this situation.

  8. Mic is on on Ricor PVRs To Hit Russia · · Score: 1

    Twenty years ago every russian family had wired "radio" i.e. speaker plugged into "radio" outlet. The twist was that KGB could use these speakers as a microphones when they need to what people are talking about in their kitchens. Now the story continues

  9. Re:Cheaper != Better on The IT Market: Cyclical Downturn or New World Order? · · Score: 1

    Chinese are extremely frugal people. They make as they paid for. Chinese goods are so bad quality because they have to keep good margin. They don't have a history of quality good. American was always top quality. What surprises me that in market-driven economy Americans keep buying this Chinese crap to reinforce its production.

  10. Expences vs. Salaries on The IT Market: Cyclical Downturn or New World Order? · · Score: 1

    There are a few problems in getting half the salary: 1. Medical care is ridiculously expensive and one of the worst in the civilized countries. Insurance, lawsuits, lawyers drives it high enough. The rest of the world has universal medical insurance. 2. Housing in the last years grew 100% in price 3. Due to stupid car safety regulations we cannot drive cheap, light 4-cylinders without airbags, automatic transmissions, etc. how it's done in Europe 4. Public transportation is rudimentary and exists only in large cities 5. Labor (and services) is expensive because cost of living 6. A lot of money is wasted by bad management and people. Also, why should I have six pairs of sneakers, anyway? So, Americans are in situation of inequity with the rest of the world. Thus it either should be corrected here or we need some protection from the outsourcing, say, tariffs for products or services.

  11. Foreign companies must pay caustom fees on IP on Sun Sued Over H1-B Workers · · Score: 1

    Two new laws are required: 1. US companies who give contracts to India/China/whatever for SW/HW/HDL development must pay custom fees as automotive industry pays for every car imported. Nowdays IP is a product. 2. H1-B workers must have a protection plan. If company misused them they should be able to go to INS and inform about it without threat of beign deported. The best way is to give permanent residence to every H1-B worker who reports visa fraud. Most H1-Bs are sick and tired of their own countries and wants to become Americans.