Screw just compiling. Far more realistic criteria are that it has to actually work, be reasonably bug-free, well-designed and easily supportable by others.
I've worked many years as a software developer, frequently alongside Indians, and after 35 years I've still never met one that is capable of producing code to even that basic minimum standard.
> they just do what they are told without argument, even if they are incompetent.
a) Generalising here, but they're mostly one (or zero) trick ponies, so no they really don't. If their single ability doesn't happen to fit what you're asking them to do today, you might as well be talking to a brick wall.
b) Your implication that non-indians argue when told what to do is frankly ridiculous, but even if it was true, its clearly better to have the work product of someone competent than polite but incompetent.
Dude wake up. No government has ever been open or told the truth. The only thing that's new is that they aren't even really bothering to hide it anymore, because they know there's nothing that most people will actually do about it.
So you just went on a whole rant about why people join the military which has exactly didlly-squat to do with anything, least of all my point you were responding to, then made several ridiculous and badly spelled (and BTW very incorrect) assumptions about me just because your world view is clearly so tiny it only allows for 2 types of people. Well done dude. please give your single brain cell a rest now.
Why do Americans apparently feel such a massive debt of gratitude is appropriate for ALL military vets? Apart from anything else, they chose the job. Where's the recognition for the police or firefighters or others who clearly face far more danger in 1 day than the average so-called vet who spent their entire enlistment (which could be as small as 2 years) in some stateside base nowhere near any actual danger?
All the evidence indicates that its actually down to the relative quality of their work, yet here we are somehow still "speculating" that it actually _must_ be gender bias.
In other news... Indian software contract houses today announced new billion dollar contract with Boeing,
Staying with aviation news: The FAA today announced a new initiative to "update" engineering standards covering aircraft manufacture. a spokes person was quoted as saying "certain FAA standards, especially those covering software quality/safety in aircraft have been unnecessarily complex and burdensome to the aircraft industry for years".
>> Wait, what? You can have a kid without having sex? My gene lineage isn't necessarily destined to die out! Yay!"
Even such a miracle is not really a saving throw for most cliche nerds because I think it requires you to at least know the girl, which would also mean venturing out of your parent's basement at least sometimes.
I found what you wrote very insughtful until I came to the part about Computers have no positive or negative moral aspect per se, which I agree with. It seems like you're making an analogy between computers and religion in that respect, and there I have to disagree, since all religions start out fundamentally telling you to give up at least some part your freedom/free will. No computer I've ever used requires that. (Well, except for Microsoft products).
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Screw just compiling. Far more realistic criteria are that it has to actually work, be reasonably bug-free, well-designed and easily supportable by others.
I've worked many years as a software developer, frequently alongside Indians, and after 35 years I've still never met one that is capable of producing code to even that basic minimum standard.
> they just do what they are told without argument, even if they are incompetent.
a) Generalising here, but they're mostly one (or zero) trick ponies, so no they really don't. If their single ability doesn't happen to fit what you're asking them to do today, you might as well be talking to a brick wall.
b) Your implication that non-indians argue when told what to do is frankly ridiculous, but even if it was true, its clearly better to have the work product of someone competent than polite but incompetent.
>> because we now live in a fact-free country.
Dude wake up. No government has ever been open or told the truth. The only thing that's new is that they aren't even really bothering to hide it anymore, because they know there's nothing that most people will actually do about it.
>> soldiers get paid crap salaries and don't have a union to provide protections
Nobody forced them to join up.
>> in exchange we'll give them schooling and healthcare when they get back.
Show me where thats oficially stated and I'll believe you.
A stitch in time saves nine
> Over a 30 year career, this is the number of times that most police officers fire their weapon in action: 0.
I bet thats also true of nearly all navy/airforce and maybe even most army vets.
So you just went on a whole rant about why people join the military which has exactly didlly-squat to do with anything, least of all my point you were responding to, then made several ridiculous and badly spelled (and BTW very incorrect) assumptions about me just because your world view is clearly so tiny it only allows for 2 types of people. Well done dude. please give your single brain cell a rest now.
Why do Americans apparently feel such a massive debt of gratitude is appropriate for ALL military vets?
Apart from anything else, they chose the job.
Where's the recognition for the police or firefighters or others who clearly face far more danger in 1 day than the average so-called vet who spent their entire enlistment (which could be as small as 2 years) in some stateside base nowhere near any actual danger?
Its bad to assume that most TVs in fact use LVDS internally.
All the evidence indicates that its actually down to the relative quality of their work, yet here we are somehow still "speculating" that it actually _must_ be gender bias.
>> ... by police.
I doubt that. Very much.
I mean the chances of the filesystem being corrupted without the file itself also being corrupted seem small to none to me.
Thats nothing. I'm rolling out 6G. Its really RS-232 but the marketing department LOVE me.
Why is this even on Slashdot?
Neither of them are actually CS problems.
sigh.
In other news... Indian software contract houses today announced new billion dollar contract with Boeing,
Staying with aviation news: The FAA today announced a new initiative to "update" engineering standards covering aircraft manufacture. a spokes person was quoted as saying "certain FAA standards, especially those covering software quality/safety in aircraft have been unnecessarily complex and burdensome to the aircraft industry for years".
I liked Ghost but if you're talking Sci Fi anime, then Akira is the daddy.
Yeah I totally wish I'd never given my S3 to my sister.
You need to purchase a cubietruck then that only gives you a single sata2. I need 4 SATA3s for a 4 bay nas.
No, its Sata is only one channel (no good for say a 4channel NAS). Also its connected via the USB bus so performance is VERY slow.
>> citing God as the basic element of the universe.
Maybe that was just his shorthand for hydrogen.
>> Wait, what? You can have a kid without having sex? My gene lineage isn't necessarily destined to die out! Yay!"
Even such a miracle is not really a saving throw for most cliche nerds because I think it requires you to at least know the girl, which would also mean venturing out of your parent's basement at least sometimes.
Disruptive, yes, but apparently unintentionally.
I think its quite a stretch to call Clippy intelligent though (on any level).
I found what you wrote very insughtful until I came to the part about Computers have no positive or negative moral aspect per se, which I agree with.
It seems like you're making an analogy between computers and religion in that respect, and there I have to disagree, since all religions start out fundamentally telling you to give up at least some part your freedom/free will. No computer I've ever used requires that. (Well, except for Microsoft products).