Statistics can be manipulated in all sorts of ways
If you're going to talk about per capita figures then yea, Malaysia is 'richer' than India, but does that mean that every malaysian is making that much per year? India's absolute GDP is way HIGHER than Malaysia's, which means that the TOTAL goods & services produced and income earnwed is way beyond anything Malaysia can accomplish. Furthermore, Indian's middle class consists of 300 MILLION people. That means that the entire popluation of Malaysia or America is just the Middle Class. That leave about 50 Million - 70 Million Upper Middle Class to Rich people and the rest are hopeless anyway. The bottom line is, GDP is a load of bull when it comes to giving an indication about wealth (but the only statistic out there, I'll admit). Any country which raises government spending, can boost its GDP Growth rate(i.e. like say hardcore military expenditure). So what does that prove?
Dude, where can I get toothpaste like that...imagine, after having sex (ok I can pretend like I have life can't I?) you need to get yer fix so u whip out your toothbrush...
SAYS YOU! If we all screwed hot women and were legally allowed to blow things up:
1) Terrorism wouldn't be such a big deal because all those Jihadi bastards would be out tossing grenades at their neighbours instead having to find a pair of tall buildings
2) We'd all be a lot less frustrated (and better coders) if we had a hot woman stashed away waiting to be screwed (and since I'm trying to be a PC anarchist, I'll add that the women coders can feel free to have a hot guy stashed away too)...
Not that u care but BJP stands for Bharatiya Janata Party = The Indian People's Party....
I guess BlowJobParty does sound better. Question: Do the candidates receive or give? If it's give..I'll vote...
Why the heck is this article even getting any eyeballs? It seems like an excuse for slashdot to get non-Indians to flame India/Indians one more time,....
(i.e. if they can't handle their space program, should we be letting write our code, and other hair-brained comments...
In terms of mobile phone services, yes, the USA is backwards for a variety of reasons:
Cheap Net Access (means it's easy to IM someone)
Blackberry pagers, which do a good job of substituting SMS
Too many phone companies with their competing standards, plus American ego. Americans cannot accept the fact that GSM is THE superior standard for the same reasons that Open Source and the IBM 'Compatible' PCs worked...it's an open standard. 90% of GSM phones will work anywhere in the world (except America) all u need is a SIM card from the phone co....Though there is GSM in USA now, it is on the frikkin 1900 MHz frequency instead of 900/1800 like the rest of the universe...there must be some good reason for this so that means that they basically get the coolest nokia phones last of all (or not at all)...anyway, the rest of the country is CDMA or even Analog in some parts...
The good thing about the American cellphone service is that they don't differentiate between local calls and long-distance, it's all on one rate...but yes, the fact they still have to pay for incoming calls is pretty backward....
Well being an Indian, I disagree with u - there are just so many more Asians than Europeans/Americans, so the probablities are in our favour...
I have a different theory. I think Indians and Chinese ppl are better than Americans at Math/Science becoz they use the frikking metric system.
If u ask an American what the boiling/freezing poitn of water is, a non-science student is probably likely to tell u to go ask the slit-eyed yellow skinned kid in his/her science class. Ask the slit-eyed yellow-skinned kid and s/he will instantly respond with 0 and 100 degrees Celcius insted frickin' 32 and 252?? deg fahreinheit.
Plus 1 km = 1000 m = 1000,000 mm
instead of 3 ft to yard or something....
Just a personal theory.
So the next time a tourist comes to USA, he should help out a homeless person? I mean I guess he should also 'spread his wealth' to help your country right?
Hey Man,
I was in USA before 9/11, and also after, and I saw the change in attitude in Americans. It was pretty dramatic...and even after their two tallest buildings get knocked down by a bunch of jihadi scum, they still haven't figured out why the rest of world hates America so much....U think they would finally wake up to the fact that they fucking preach democracy and freedom and blah blah blah and practise the absolute opposite. They praise China, a communist country who mows down its citizens when they ask for freedom. They kiss Pakistan's ass, when it's clear that all the WMDs and Al-Qaeda connections which were meant to be in Iraq are actually in Pakistan.....It would still be ok, if this was just government policy, and the regular joe would disassociate themselves from this...but no...the avergae American is raised on a diet of sensationalist shit media, and thus believe every word of what their newspapers and media say just like in the USSR. CNN is just a frikkin' propaganda channel....forget freedom of speech. Before 9/11, at least the software industry used to be colour-blind and a shining example of the fact the world can be a better place where everyone can live together, with tolerance and propserity for all....but now the American Software community (at least based on the Slashdot posts, I can't speak for the rest) seems to have given into the same xenophobic mis-informed shit that their media and their government spreads.
You know, outside America, EVERYBODY KNEW there were no WMDs in Iraq, and no links to Al Qaeda. It was fucking obvious. THIS is why we were all reluctant to go to war. There are worse terrors in the world than some dumbass dictator who abuses his own people....Pakistan and Afghanistan are the MAIN DANGERS to the world, Osama's outsourcing of terrorism to these two countries is a little more threatening than Indian software outsourcing, take my word. Afghanistan you guys took care of, good on you. Now fucking finish the job off. Bush, may the bastard get butt-fucked by the Taliban, said "Either you're with us, or against us". Is Pakistan for or against u? Does a country that sells nuclear secrets to all of the members of your Axis of Evil qualify as an Ally? Has the definition of ally changed? I'm sorry I can't find a grey area here...but then what do I know, I'm just someone from the land of towel-heads...although I've never put a towel on my head except to dry my hair....
To the poster I've replied to, thanks for showing some solidarity, we Indians are in need of that these days. Fucking Americans will never understand that we could be good friends to them, and it would benefit both our countries... their loss. Instead they choose to ebe jealous and racist about it. A real shame to see the "Greatest Nation on Earth" stopp down to the level of those same prejudicial countries whom they mock.
1)No Indian was involved in 9/11
2)We wouldn't need to fly the airliners coz we'd have written the crappy software required to get it to crash into the building in the first place.
This represents the fundamental difference between India and those Jihadi-Fundamentalist goat-fucking Middle-Eastern countries including that shithole Pakistan.
We use our brains to fuck goats (and penises to fuck women), and they do it the other way round.
GET IT STRAIGHT - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INDIAN SHITBAG AND A MIDDLE-EASTERN SHITBAG (INCLUDES PAKIS) IS THE SAME AS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CAUCASIAN AMERICAN AND A NAZI.
If u don't see any difference between Americans and Nazis..well then I guess you're right in comparing Indians and Pakistanis
Well I'm a software programmer in India working for a company that outsources. Most people working over here are pretty similar to you guys (which is the point that Wired was trying to make)...all college educated people happy to get a 'stable' job which pays really well and allows us all to be able to pay a decent rent and buy cars and stuff. We do feel awful about the fact that ppl in USA are going to lose jobs...but the fact is it's not our fault American companies are coming here to scout for work. We need jobs, and they are offering, so naturally we're gonna take them. And they are paying us MORE than what we would be making otherwise. It is cheaper than America, but HIGH and COMFORTABLE by Indian standards. That being said... most of the work we get here is "Grunt Work". I'm responsible for 'maintenance' i.e. fixing bugs between release 4.1 and 4.1.1. That kind of stuff. It's a rare day we get to sit down and design an operating system, say, or a piece of software which actually can do something worthwhile. Most of us here feel that those kinds of fun things are given to the Americans to do in America, and to only call us if things break(or if they get bored with their product)....Many of us actually want to go to America and live there...failing that, having America come to us was the next best option...and many people like these jobs because it gives them an opportunity to go aborad (necessary for technology transfer)...
That is the Software perspective...
The call-centre perspective is totally different. Call-centre people have to work all kinds of awful hours (8 pm to 6am) they have no social life and all kinds of health problems. On top of that, they have to deal with unruly, irate customers, among other things. Not a SINGLE person working in a call-centre here loves his/her job. They are just doing it for the Money. To make ends meet. Most people working in call-centres are people with reasonable college degrees but no scope of getting employment elsewhere. Everyone who works in a call-centre knows s/he will quit in a year and do something else with their life - the churn rate is VERY HIGH.
Anyway - THAT is the Indian Perspective and the ground reality.
Guys there's nothing constructive we can say to you - We are truly sorry that your jobs are being taken, but we didn't do the stealing - your CEOs did. I've been fired, I know what that's like.
And the truth is, many of us feel it is a good thing because it is putting more money in our pockets, and giving us a better life...but unlike you guys, we have no social security benefits if we lose our jobs..
I don't expect any pleasant replies to this, just giving a point of view from the land of Kama Sutra, Cow-Worshippers, Towel Heads, Sand-Niggers, Curry Munchers....
This is a valid point. I think they were outsourcing to citizens of that armed-and-dangerous neighbour...and those citizens were masquerading as Indians, to give Indians a bad name... speaking of fucking Pakis... can I ask all of you Americans a question (OFFTOPIC):
1) Pakistan definitely has WMDs
2) Pakistan is full of Jihadis, and no sign of anything remotely close to freedom of speech or democracy
3) Pakistan supported the Taliban, and they support Bin Laden...
4) Pakistan has been selling the nuclear 'secrets' it got from China (and America) to the countries belonging to the 'Axis of Evil'
5) And finally, they keep sending suicide bombers into India...
So the question I want to ask is - Shouldn't Pakistan be declared a terrorist nation?
Why does your country support those sons of bitches over India - India never has and never will threaten you in any violent way...so we took some jobs, we didn't fucking ram a plane into a building...
Please, stop selling F-16s to those Paki bastards, so that we can move on with our lives...
Just an appeal to the average American.
Nothing so complex...we have McDonald's in India....and India's the only country not affected by Bird Flu so far... guess what else is gonna b outsourced....
Hey this is an interesting topic...I actually kind of agree with u with you 'Leave America to the Americans' policy...however (I'm sure u could feel a 'however coming along) the truth is that the diversity and wave of immigrants helps to renew the country, provide u with a new way of looking at things, and eventually results in the betterment of your country. My home country (India...yes I am somebody who stole an American's job..but hey, first I got kicked out of Amazon.com.. so I've balanced it out) has also been afflicted by waves of migrants (over period of 5000 years..) and the end rseult has been that it's been beneficial.. well 'cept for the fact that we're stuck with 170 million Muslims...
That's caste system. Second, the outsourcing and globalisation in general has help reduce the caste system to almost nothing in India, 'cept out in lower ArseholeVille... and I guess not allowing black ppl to drink from the same fountain is the best of example of American freedom. Oh what am I talking about. that was 100 years ago...oh no wait..it was only 40 years ago...whoops. So you don't know squat about what you're talking about you short sighted greedy little American
Yes. Chinese may be good at Manufacturing, but they SUCK at marketing.... do u think China could convince the world that there are WMDs in Tibet and they should be attacked? Doubtful. But Have an American do the branding and the Marketing, but stamp a Made in China label on the back, the good is sold as American and bought in India as "High Quality Imported American"...
So your answer is yes - an American Middleman is required.
You're wrong about the Handouts. India does not ask for handouts at all anymore, in fact, we've REPAID 95% of the foreign debt we had...
As for the statistics on TVs there are 1 Billion people in India, and 60% are defined as poor (600 Million). But that leaves another 400 Million people who are Middle Class, Upper Middle Class, Rich, Filthy Rich. Last count I think the US Population was some ballpark 270 Million people....That means there are enough people there who can AFFORD to BUY TVs and the LIKE and feed there children...it's just that there are a lot more poor people too, and naturally, poor people hanging around street corners are going to be a lot more visible than rich people sitting at home watching TVs..SO just coz lots of Indians own TVs doesn't fucking mean they aren't fucking feeding their kids.
That's the whole point. I've seen both sides of this thing, I got fired, but luckily I'm from the country that's now responsible for the firings. I WON'T be crying when it goes to Botswana because by then my country will have reached a slightly better stage of development and will find other opportunities, just as YOURS WILL ALSO. If you told the average joe in 1990 that they'll be buying used pantyhose off of something called a 'web site' by 1995, and that a whole bunch of 20-30 somethings will make it rich real quick(and lose it oo I guess), he would've probably told you that Elvis would also make his come back in 1995 too. We can't see it, maybe it's bio-tech maybe it ain't but there will be a 'next-big-thing'. The woman in the article said "what's next" after the knowledge economy. It doesn't have to be a different economy, but a different kind of knowledge. A different idea, which, if America is that place where ideas are fostered as my American peers say it is, then it's a matter time. Yes, if you've got 4 mouths to feed yada yada times are tough...but what's new in that story?
I see... and the rest of you American workers who have jobs... you're going broke working for your company? Last time I checked most people get jobs so that they can 'get rich' off their company.... oh I see you're doing it for the greater good of mankind. Oh well then, let's kill those greedy capitalist Indians with their free-market philosophies....
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Statistics can be manipulated in all sorts of ways If you're going to talk about per capita figures then yea, Malaysia is 'richer' than India, but does that mean that every malaysian is making that much per year? India's absolute GDP is way HIGHER than Malaysia's, which means that the TOTAL goods & services produced and income earnwed is way beyond anything Malaysia can accomplish. Furthermore, Indian's middle class consists of 300 MILLION people. That means that the entire popluation of Malaysia or America is just the Middle Class. That leave about 50 Million - 70 Million Upper Middle Class to Rich people and the rest are hopeless anyway. The bottom line is, GDP is a load of bull when it comes to giving an indication about wealth (but the only statistic out there, I'll admit). Any country which raises government spending, can boost its GDP Growth rate(i.e. like say hardcore military expenditure). So what does that prove?
Dude, where can I get toothpaste like that...imagine, after having sex (ok I can pretend like I have life can't I?) you need to get yer fix so u whip out your toothbrush...
SAYS YOU! If we all screwed hot women and were legally allowed to blow things up: 1) Terrorism wouldn't be such a big deal because all those Jihadi bastards would be out tossing grenades at their neighbours instead having to find a pair of tall buildings 2) We'd all be a lot less frustrated (and better coders) if we had a hot woman stashed away waiting to be screwed (and since I'm trying to be a PC anarchist, I'll add that the women coders can feel free to have a hot guy stashed away too)...
Not that u care but BJP stands for Bharatiya Janata Party = The Indian People's Party.... I guess BlowJobParty does sound better. Question: Do the candidates receive or give? If it's give..I'll vote...
Jabhi tu ready hai behenchod (i.e. Whenever you're ready sisterfucker)...
Why the heck is this article even getting any eyeballs? It seems like an excuse for slashdot to get non-Indians to flame India/Indians one more time, ....
(i.e. if they can't handle their space program, should we be letting write our code, and other hair-brained comments...
In terms of mobile phone services, yes, the USA is backwards for a variety of reasons:
Cheap Net Access (means it's easy to IM someone)
Blackberry pagers, which do a good job of substituting SMS
Too many phone companies with their competing standards, plus American ego. Americans cannot accept the fact that GSM is THE superior standard for the same reasons that Open Source and the IBM 'Compatible' PCs worked...it's an open standard. 90% of GSM phones will work anywhere in the world (except America) all u need is a SIM card from the phone co....Though there is GSM in USA now, it is on the frikkin 1900 MHz frequency instead of 900/1800 like the rest of the universe...there must be some good reason for this so that means that they basically get the coolest nokia phones last of all (or not at all)...anyway, the rest of the country is CDMA or even Analog in some parts...
The good thing about the American cellphone service is that they don't differentiate between local calls and long-distance, it's all on one rate...but yes, the fact they still have to pay for incoming calls is pretty backward....
The answer to your question is: Abey Mujhe chodhle, maderchod (Why don't u fuck me, motherfucker) I suggest this post be mod-ed informative
Well being an Indian, I disagree with u - there are just so many more Asians than Europeans/Americans, so the probablities are in our favour...
I have a different theory. I think Indians and Chinese ppl are better than Americans at Math/Science becoz they use the frikking metric system.
If u ask an American what the boiling/freezing poitn of water is, a non-science student is probably likely to tell u to go ask the slit-eyed yellow skinned kid in his/her science class. Ask the slit-eyed yellow-skinned kid and s/he will instantly respond with 0 and 100 degrees Celcius insted frickin' 32 and 252?? deg fahreinheit.
Plus 1 km = 1000 m = 1000,000 mm
instead of 3 ft to yard or something.... Just a personal theory.
So the next time a tourist comes to USA, he should help out a homeless person? I mean I guess he should also 'spread his wealth' to help your country right?
Hey Man, I was in USA before 9/11, and also after, and I saw the change in attitude in Americans. It was pretty dramatic...and even after their two tallest buildings get knocked down by a bunch of jihadi scum, they still haven't figured out why the rest of world hates America so much....U think they would finally wake up to the fact that they fucking preach democracy and freedom and blah blah blah and practise the absolute opposite. They praise China, a communist country who mows down its citizens when they ask for freedom. They kiss Pakistan's ass, when it's clear that all the WMDs and Al-Qaeda connections which were meant to be in Iraq are actually in Pakistan.....It would still be ok, if this was just government policy, and the regular joe would disassociate themselves from this...but no...the avergae American is raised on a diet of sensationalist shit media, and thus believe every word of what their newspapers and media say just like in the USSR. CNN is just a frikkin' propaganda channel....forget freedom of speech. Before 9/11, at least the software industry used to be colour-blind and a shining example of the fact the world can be a better place where everyone can live together, with tolerance and propserity for all....but now the American Software community (at least based on the Slashdot posts, I can't speak for the rest) seems to have given into the same xenophobic mis-informed shit that their media and their government spreads. You know, outside America, EVERYBODY KNEW there were no WMDs in Iraq, and no links to Al Qaeda. It was fucking obvious. THIS is why we were all reluctant to go to war. There are worse terrors in the world than some dumbass dictator who abuses his own people....Pakistan and Afghanistan are the MAIN DANGERS to the world, Osama's outsourcing of terrorism to these two countries is a little more threatening than Indian software outsourcing, take my word. Afghanistan you guys took care of, good on you. Now fucking finish the job off. Bush, may the bastard get butt-fucked by the Taliban, said "Either you're with us, or against us". Is Pakistan for or against u? Does a country that sells nuclear secrets to all of the members of your Axis of Evil qualify as an Ally? Has the definition of ally changed? I'm sorry I can't find a grey area here...but then what do I know, I'm just someone from the land of towel-heads...although I've never put a towel on my head except to dry my hair....
To the poster I've replied to, thanks for showing some solidarity, we Indians are in need of that these days. Fucking Americans will never understand that we could be good friends to them, and it would benefit both our countries... their loss. Instead they choose to ebe jealous and racist about it. A real shame to see the "Greatest Nation on Earth" stopp down to the level of those same prejudicial countries whom they mock.
1)No Indian was involved in 9/11
2)We wouldn't need to fly the airliners coz we'd have written the crappy software required to get it to crash into the building in the first place.
This represents the fundamental difference between India and those Jihadi-Fundamentalist goat-fucking Middle-Eastern countries including that shithole Pakistan. We use our brains to fuck goats (and penises to fuck women), and they do it the other way round.
GET IT STRAIGHT - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN INDIAN SHITBAG AND A MIDDLE-EASTERN SHITBAG (INCLUDES PAKIS) IS THE SAME AS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CAUCASIAN AMERICAN AND A NAZI.
If u don't see any difference between Americans and Nazis..well then I guess you're right in comparing Indians and Pakistanis
Hey waking up at 7 pm and going to bed at 7 am can totally screw up your system...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3472491.stm
Well I'm a software programmer in India working for a company that outsources. Most people working over here are pretty similar to you guys (which is the point that Wired was trying to make)...all college educated people happy to get a 'stable' job which pays really well and allows us all to be able to pay a decent rent and buy cars and stuff. We do feel awful about the fact that ppl in USA are going to lose jobs...but the fact is it's not our fault American companies are coming here to scout for work. We need jobs, and they are offering, so naturally we're gonna take them. And they are paying us MORE than what we would be making otherwise. It is cheaper than America, but HIGH and COMFORTABLE by Indian standards. That being said... most of the work we get here is "Grunt Work". I'm responsible for 'maintenance' i.e. fixing bugs between release 4.1 and 4.1.1. That kind of stuff. It's a rare day we get to sit down and design an operating system, say, or a piece of software which actually can do something worthwhile. Most of us here feel that those kinds of fun things are given to the Americans to do in America, and to only call us if things break(or if they get bored with their product)....Many of us actually want to go to America and live there...failing that, having America come to us was the next best option...and many people like these jobs because it gives them an opportunity to go aborad (necessary for technology transfer)...
That is the Software perspective... The call-centre perspective is totally different. Call-centre people have to work all kinds of awful hours (8 pm to 6am) they have no social life and all kinds of health problems. On top of that, they have to deal with unruly, irate customers, among other things. Not a SINGLE person working in a call-centre here loves his/her job. They are just doing it for the Money. To make ends meet. Most people working in call-centres are people with reasonable college degrees but no scope of getting employment elsewhere. Everyone who works in a call-centre knows s/he will quit in a year and do something else with their life - the churn rate is VERY HIGH. Anyway - THAT is the Indian Perspective and the ground reality. Guys there's nothing constructive we can say to you - We are truly sorry that your jobs are being taken, but we didn't do the stealing - your CEOs did. I've been fired, I know what that's like.
And the truth is, many of us feel it is a good thing because it is putting more money in our pockets, and giving us a better life...but unlike you guys, we have no social security benefits if we lose our jobs.. I don't expect any pleasant replies to this, just giving a point of view from the land of Kama Sutra, Cow-Worshippers, Towel Heads, Sand-Niggers, Curry Munchers....
This is a valid point. I think they were outsourcing to citizens of that armed-and-dangerous neighbour...and those citizens were masquerading as Indians, to give Indians a bad name... speaking of fucking Pakis... can I ask all of you Americans a question (OFFTOPIC): 1) Pakistan definitely has WMDs 2) Pakistan is full of Jihadis, and no sign of anything remotely close to freedom of speech or democracy 3) Pakistan supported the Taliban, and they support Bin Laden... 4) Pakistan has been selling the nuclear 'secrets' it got from China (and America) to the countries belonging to the 'Axis of Evil' 5) And finally, they keep sending suicide bombers into India... So the question I want to ask is - Shouldn't Pakistan be declared a terrorist nation? Why does your country support those sons of bitches over India - India never has and never will threaten you in any violent way...so we took some jobs, we didn't fucking ram a plane into a building... Please, stop selling F-16s to those Paki bastards, so that we can move on with our lives... Just an appeal to the average American.
Nothing so complex...we have McDonald's in India....and India's the only country not affected by Bird Flu so far... guess what else is gonna b outsourced....
Hey this is an interesting topic...I actually kind of agree with u with you 'Leave America to the Americans' policy...however (I'm sure u could feel a 'however coming along) the truth is that the diversity and wave of immigrants helps to renew the country, provide u with a new way of looking at things, and eventually results in the betterment of your country. My home country (India...yes I am somebody who stole an American's job..but hey, first I got kicked out of Amazon.com.. so I've balanced it out) has also been afflicted by waves of migrants (over period of 5000 years..) and the end rseult has been that it's been beneficial.. well 'cept for the fact that we're stuck with 170 million Muslims...
That's caste system. Second, the outsourcing and globalisation in general has help reduce the caste system to almost nothing in India, 'cept out in lower ArseholeVille... and I guess not allowing black ppl to drink from the same fountain is the best of example of American freedom. Oh what am I talking about. that was 100 years ago...oh no wait..it was only 40 years ago...whoops. So you don't know squat about what you're talking about you short sighted greedy little American
Yes. Chinese may be good at Manufacturing, but they SUCK at marketing.... do u think China could convince the world that there are WMDs in Tibet and they should be attacked? Doubtful. But Have an American do the branding and the Marketing, but stamp a Made in China label on the back, the good is sold as American and bought in India as "High Quality Imported American"... So your answer is yes - an American Middleman is required.
You're wrong about the Handouts. India does not ask for handouts at all anymore, in fact, we've REPAID 95% of the foreign debt we had... As for the statistics on TVs there are 1 Billion people in India, and 60% are defined as poor (600 Million). But that leaves another 400 Million people who are Middle Class, Upper Middle Class, Rich, Filthy Rich. Last count I think the US Population was some ballpark 270 Million people....That means there are enough people there who can AFFORD to BUY TVs and the LIKE and feed there children...it's just that there are a lot more poor people too, and naturally, poor people hanging around street corners are going to be a lot more visible than rich people sitting at home watching TVs..SO just coz lots of Indians own TVs doesn't fucking mean they aren't fucking feeding their kids.
That's the whole point. I've seen both sides of this thing, I got fired, but luckily I'm from the country that's now responsible for the firings. I WON'T be crying when it goes to Botswana because by then my country will have reached a slightly better stage of development and will find other opportunities, just as YOURS WILL ALSO. If you told the average joe in 1990 that they'll be buying used pantyhose off of something called a 'web site' by 1995, and that a whole bunch of 20-30 somethings will make it rich real quick(and lose it oo I guess), he would've probably told you that Elvis would also make his come back in 1995 too. We can't see it, maybe it's bio-tech maybe it ain't but there will be a 'next-big-thing'. The woman in the article said "what's next" after the knowledge economy. It doesn't have to be a different economy, but a different kind of knowledge. A different idea, which, if America is that place where ideas are fostered as my American peers say it is, then it's a matter time. Yes, if you've got 4 mouths to feed yada yada times are tough...but what's new in that story?
fair enough
There's a whole bunch of Indians as fair as you as are. No need to get a tan.
I see... and the rest of you American workers who have jobs... you're going broke working for your company? Last time I checked most people get jobs so that they can 'get rich' off their company.... oh I see you're doing it for the greater good of mankind. Oh well then, let's kill those greedy capitalist Indians with their free-market philosophies....