Another factor to take into consideration is that not all airline pilots are experienced. I don't like to dichotomize (like the poor summary of the article, dammit KDawson) but a pilot's first storm could bring hardening experience or crushing defeat.
58-year-old flight captain Marc Dubois, who joined Air France in 1988, had approximately 11,000 flight hours, with 1,700 hours on an Airbus A330
I bet there is someone in China or India who will do the CEOs job for 40K - is management hoping on that train? Management isn't hoping on that train, but shareholders are hopping onto that train. Companies from India and China run by competent managers are doing very well in the global economy and their share prices are indicative of it. These companies are expanding organically and inorganically into markets that were previously dominated by American Companies. You only hear the big stuff (Lenovo/IBM, Tata/Jaguar, Arcelor/Mittal), but there's tons of small stuff happening under the radar.
So yes, those overpaid managers that you're talking about are looking at pink slips too.
How about a sticker template. Print them out by the thousands, distribute them with the laptops. The kids can attach the stickers to the keys themselves based on what the key types out when you press it. Would be a nice game - I know my kids would enjoy it:)
The Enterprise from Star Trek was named after the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CVN-65. In 1966, when the ST:TOS came out, CVN-65 was the most powerful warship in the world and flagship of the fleet. So the space shuttle Enterprise, though named after the ship from ST:TOS, was indirectly named after the previous ship in the USN.
Which currency are you calculating in?
In most of SE Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, India), you can get a Nokia starting at US$45. This is a basic GSM cellphone (1100, 1110, 2100) with warranty but no contract, no SIM and completely unlocked.
- Introduce a new visa category for short term (1-2 months) business visits that you can get on short notice. This will make InfoSys happy. There is such a visa. Its a called a B1 - Business visa. You get it in 5 days and can spend up to 3 months in the USA for a business trip. It doesn't allow you to work or get paid an American salary.
Its not new and is commonly used, not only by IT companies, but also by banks, manufacturers, management consulting companies - in short, any company that does business with America.
- Make only US companies eligible for H1-B's so Microsoft or Google can get their skilled programmers. Yes, something like these companies - INFY and WIT
Mr. Coward, my post has nothing to do with pride. It has to do with they way a Project Manager would look at various options and venues for outsourcing.
And when you're making that outsourcing decision, the presence of cows on streets or lack of civic sense does not figure in the equation. What is important is taxes, connectivity and the manpower base.
For the factors that figure in the equation, Bangalore usually comes out on top of other outsourcing venues, globally. And I say that as someone who has been intimately involved in several such decisions.
If management were tired of high taxes and high costs in San Jose, they would perhaps look at Princeton or Raleigh (as many companies have done). In the same way, if you wanted to move out of Bangalore because of infrastructure and resource issues, you could think of Pune or Hyderabad. That was the point of my comparison.
India is a large country. The problems that the article describes hold true for Bangalore, but not for other parts of India.
Bangalore is like San Jose or Fremont, the center of the IT industry. Its a good place for setting up companies because there is a huge pool of talented, well educated and experienced IT folk. This leads to growth, then excessive opportunities for those with experience. It also leads to the problems described in the article (attrition, rising pay).
There are other cities (comparable American cities given in brackets) in India that also have a sizable IT economy - Pune (Princeton, NJ), which is close to Bombay (New York) and has a good university. - Chennai (Atlanta/Austin), which is a major port and business hub. - Hyderabad (Raleigh, NC) which has had past governments supporting and encouraging IT growth. Microsoft India has its office here. - Gurgaon/Noida (Maryland/Virgina), satellite towns of the capital, Delhi (Washington DC).
Note that I'm not talking about these places starting out from scratch - they have a well established IT base and have been players for at least the past 5-6 years. All are good places to live, have well educated, experienced, English speaking work forces.
Large companies like Wipro, Infosys and TCS (Honda, Nissan, Toyota) have huge setups in each of these cities, and there are numerous smaller companies.
So when you speak of Bangalore becoming too demanding, its only part of the story.
I found Nooka watches (www.nooka.com) to be a perfect combination of cool (unique looks), geeky (linear time) and stylish (beautiful finishes and straps).
I've lived in (i.e had a home in) 4 countries. Three of them required a national ID card.
These countries have had the ID card system for decades, are democracies, and to my personal experience (limited as that may be), are free and fair countries.
Finland has a card system with an SSN. Everyone has a card, its necessary to have it to open a bank account, rent an apartment or get a bus pass.
Belgium has it. Everyone carries it. Want a new mobile phone connection - card please.
Singapore has it. Your I/C number is on every transaction you do. My video library has it on record. Car dealer, employer, IRS, hospital, daughter's school (has her's and mine on record) and so on.
Does it make things easy for me? Yes. Loan approval is a snap, landlord doesn't look at you suspiciously (if you have a card, then you're legit, so he has no worries).
Am I worried about loss of privacy? Not sure. But I sure as hell am getting used to it.
What about the fourth country? That would be India. You need some form of identification to do various things, like open a bank account - an introduction letter by an existing account holder (or your employer) is enough. There is a voter ID card, but it isn't mandatory. You can vote without it, as long as your name is on the census list. And the lists are prepared and displayed in advance, so you can ask to be added. You need a proof of residence - your lease agreement or property tax document is enough. For a phone connection, you need some form of photo identification - your student ID card, driving licence, company ID card, passport, anything with your name and photo will do. Need to file your taxes - use your PAN (permanent account number). Don't have one? File your taxes anyway, though do apply for a PAN to use next time.
India has a terrorism problem. We've had bombs going off for more than twenty years now. A large part of the problem is the porous borders and terrorists coming in with the rest of the illegal immigrants.
But at no time has a national ID card or greater surveillance been touted as a solution. India is still the freeest country in the world, with no ID required to travel anywhere. As an Indian I can take a flight within India without showing any ID other than the ticket. Since the ticket is not transferrable, they may ask to see some form of ID (e.g. a credit card with my photo on it) if I don't look like M55. But thats it.
Bottomline - an ID card can make things easier, my personal experience hasn't shown it being abused. But the reasons that the American and British governments are giving for greater surveillance don't hold water.
We've been using microwaves to heat food for years now. How come no one came up with this idea before? Is there a technical limitation that has been overcome?
Scenario 1: My company has a website, built in-house with GPLv3 tools and components. It is serving data to customers with web browsers. Is it required to make the code for its website software public?
Scenario 2: My company has an internal software application built in-house with GPLv3 tools and components. This software generates research data. A summary of this data is made available to its customers as, say, PDF files. How is this different from scenario 1?
Scenario 3: My company makes a business out of supplying critical stock trading services to its customers. The backend messaging servers are built on Linux, or use other GPLv3 tools. The application opens interfaces, be they proprietary, to paying customers, so that they can interact with this messaging server. How is this different from scenario 1?
This could also be used for energy savings - you don't need to supply power to the lamp continuously. Power off the lamp and still get the illumination for a while. When it gets dim, turn on the power again. Put in a timer circuit and it happens automatically. Assuming you could do a 50% on 50% off cycle, you've automatically doubled the efficiency of the lamp (by reusing UV energy that was otherwise lost).
The lamp pays for itself. Your energy sources last longer. The world is a better place.
In Singapore, they already do this with cars - you have to bid at an auction for the right to own a car.
Its called a "Certificate of Entitlement" (I'm not making this up). You typically shell out USD 10,000 for this, taxes and insurance extra. With taxes and everything, a Toyota Camry costs about USD 50K on the road. Even if you win a free car as a grand prize in some contest, you still have to pay for the CoE.
It only lasts 10 years. After 10 years you have to bid and buy it again, or scrap your car.
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The second line overwrites the first line. It should append, no?
Missed by a minute.
I made First Post!! ... I think.
Another factor to take into consideration is that not all airline pilots are experienced. I don't like to dichotomize (like the poor summary of the article, dammit KDawson) but a pilot's first storm could bring hardening experience or crushing defeat.
58-year-old flight captain Marc Dubois, who joined Air France in 1988, had approximately 11,000 flight hours, with 1,700 hours on an Airbus A330
Whoosh!
How about a sticker template. Print them out by the thousands, distribute them with the laptops. The kids can attach the stickers to the keys themselves based on what the key types out when you press it. Would be a nice game - I know my kids would enjoy it :)
The Enterprise from Star Trek was named after the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CVN-65. In 1966, when the ST:TOS came out, CVN-65 was the most powerful warship in the world and flagship of the fleet.
So the space shuttle Enterprise, though named after the ship from ST:TOS, was indirectly named after the previous ship in the USN.
Which currency are you calculating in? In most of SE Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, India), you can get a Nokia starting at US$45. This is a basic GSM cellphone (1100, 1110, 2100) with warranty but no contract, no SIM and completely unlocked.
Just to add to the mix - Suharto, the longtime president/dictator of Indonesia, was supported economically and militarily by the US and UK.
Get a Mac.
Mr. Coward, my post has nothing to do with pride. It has to do with they way a Project Manager would look at various options and venues for outsourcing.
And when you're making that outsourcing decision, the presence of cows on streets or lack of civic sense does not figure in the equation. What is important is taxes, connectivity and the manpower base.
For the factors that figure in the equation, Bangalore usually comes out on top of other outsourcing venues, globally. And I say that as someone who has been intimately involved in several such decisions.
If management were tired of high taxes and high costs in San Jose, they would perhaps look at Princeton or Raleigh (as many companies have done). In the same way, if you wanted to move out of Bangalore because of infrastructure and resource issues, you could think of Pune or Hyderabad. That was the point of my comparison.
India is a large country. The problems that the article describes hold true for Bangalore, but not for other parts of India.
Bangalore is like San Jose or Fremont, the center of the IT industry. Its a good place for setting up companies because there is a huge pool of talented, well educated and experienced IT folk. This leads to growth, then excessive opportunities for those with experience. It also leads to the problems described in the article (attrition, rising pay).
There are other cities (comparable American cities given in brackets) in India that also have a sizable IT economy
- Pune (Princeton, NJ), which is close to Bombay (New York) and has a good university.
- Chennai (Atlanta/Austin), which is a major port and business hub.
- Hyderabad (Raleigh, NC) which has had past governments supporting and encouraging IT growth. Microsoft India has its office here.
- Gurgaon/Noida (Maryland/Virgina), satellite towns of the capital, Delhi (Washington DC).
Note that I'm not talking about these places starting out from scratch - they have a well established IT base and have been players for at least the past 5-6 years. All are good places to live, have well educated, experienced, English speaking work forces.
Large companies like Wipro, Infosys and TCS (Honda, Nissan, Toyota) have huge setups in each of these cities, and there are numerous smaller companies.
So when you speak of Bangalore becoming too demanding, its only part of the story.
During the iTV demo, The Incredibles was previed in HDTV.
So it can already do HD, presumably through its HDMI/Component outputs.
I found Nooka watches (www.nooka.com) to be a perfect combination of cool (unique looks), geeky (linear time) and stylish (beautiful finishes and straps).
I've lived in (i.e had a home in) 4 countries. Three of them required a national ID card.
These countries have had the ID card system for decades, are democracies, and to my personal experience (limited as that may be), are free and fair countries.
Finland has a card system with an SSN. Everyone has a card, its necessary to have it to open a bank account, rent an apartment or get a bus pass.
Belgium has it. Everyone carries it. Want a new mobile phone connection - card please.
Singapore has it. Your I/C number is on every transaction you do. My video library has it on record. Car dealer, employer, IRS, hospital, daughter's school (has her's and mine on record) and so on.
Does it make things easy for me? Yes. Loan approval is a snap, landlord doesn't look at you suspiciously (if you have a card, then you're legit, so he has no worries).
Am I worried about loss of privacy? Not sure. But I sure as hell am getting used to it.
What about the fourth country? That would be India. You need some form of identification to do various things, like open a bank account - an introduction letter by an existing account holder (or your employer) is enough. There is a voter ID card, but it isn't mandatory. You can vote without it, as long as your name is on the census list. And the lists are prepared and displayed in advance, so you can ask to be added. You need a proof of residence - your lease agreement or property tax document is enough. For a phone connection, you need some form of photo identification - your student ID card, driving licence, company ID card, passport, anything with your name and photo will do. Need to file your taxes - use your PAN (permanent account number). Don't have one? File your taxes anyway, though do apply for a PAN to use next time.
India has a terrorism problem. We've had bombs going off for more than twenty years now. A large part of the problem is the porous borders and terrorists coming in with the rest of the illegal immigrants.
But at no time has a national ID card or greater surveillance been touted as a solution. India is still the freeest country in the world, with no ID required to travel anywhere. As an Indian I can take a flight within India without showing any ID other than the ticket. Since the ticket is not transferrable, they may ask to see some form of ID (e.g. a credit card with my photo on it) if I don't look like M55. But thats it.
Bottomline - an ID card can make things easier, my personal experience hasn't shown it being abused.
But the reasons that the American and British governments are giving for greater surveillance don't hold water.
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About SQL Server 2000...
How about MySQL: http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/os
or better still, Oracle: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/macos/index
A lot of stuff that you can do on Linux, you can do on Mac.
All the reasons that I had to use Linux on by beigebox went out the window when I got my Mac.
What are yours, other than what you've stated above?
You can now take pictures of atoms with a scanning tunneling microscope.
Researchers at IBM even move individual atoms around to create artwork.
More here: http://www.almaden.ibm.com/vis/stm/corral.html
PowerBook : MacBook :: PowerMac : MacMac
We've been using microwaves to heat food for years now. How come no one came up with this idea before? Is there a technical limitation that has been overcome?
Scenario 1: My company has a website, built in-house with GPLv3 tools and components. It is serving data to customers with web browsers. Is it required to make the code for its website software public?
Scenario 2: My company has an internal software application built in-house with GPLv3 tools and components. This software generates research data. A summary of this data is made available to its customers as, say, PDF files. How is this different from scenario 1?
Scenario 3: My company makes a business out of supplying critical stock trading services to its customers. The backend messaging servers are built on Linux, or use other GPLv3 tools. The application opens interfaces, be they proprietary, to paying customers, so that they can interact with this messaging server.
How is this different from scenario 1?
This could also be used for energy savings - you don't need to supply power to the lamp continuously. Power off the lamp and still get the illumination for a while. When it gets dim, turn on the power again. Put in a timer circuit and it happens automatically. Assuming you could do a 50% on 50% off cycle, you've automatically doubled the efficiency of the lamp (by reusing UV energy that was otherwise lost).
The lamp pays for itself. Your energy sources last longer. The world is a better place.
In Singapore, they already do this with cars - you have to bid at an auction for the right to own a car.
Its called a "Certificate of Entitlement" (I'm not making this up). You typically shell out USD 10,000 for this, taxes and insurance extra. With taxes and everything, a Toyota Camry costs about USD 50K on the road. Even if you win a free car as a grand prize in some contest, you still have to pay for the CoE.
It only lasts 10 years. After 10 years you have to bid and buy it again, or scrap your car.