I may have not been clear. It isn't just tech companies that are hiring H1B workers. Any company does. Also, there have been cases of individuals suing companies that laid off American workers before H1B workers.
My Dad was a H1B worker until he got his greencard. The reason companies pay less, is because if they pay the same, they can get sued from the unions. Think of it this way, the unions believe it isn't fair to pay a man that isn't even an American citizen the same wages because that deprives a "real" American of a working job. Hence, companies must pay lower under the risk of a civil suit from the Union.
However, eventually, the company benefits the H1B worker with a Green Card, the first step to citizenship... (I'm getting my US citizenship in December...)
My little fascists? I'm not saying the freedom of expression is wrong... I am saying that type of behavior completely messes up the Google search results. RTFP and STFU. People like you is what is wrong with Slashdot today.
Google has recently announced an idea that would benefit bloggers. The idea is to have a separate blog search similar to sites like "Technorati". At first glance, this benefits bloggers. However, it benefits Google even more. By having Blog searches separate, they can significantly cut down on Google-Bombing. Google-Bombing really screws with their search algorithms.
I think this may be the beginning of a wholehearted launch of "Google Blog". This issue has also been reported on the "TWiT Podcast" hosted by Leo Laporte. I can't remember which episode number it is, but if you search iTunes podcasts database, you should be able to find it.
Example of Google-Bombing. Go to Google and search "Miserable Failure" and hit "I Feel Lucky". Regardless of what your opinions are. That type of behavior is still wrong.
Don't be ridiculous. China will have absolutely no control of the Internet. As for China being the "next" empire. That is dubious, according to the CIA 15 year report, it will be the EU that will become the next superpower, economically, and militarily.
This is why this is issue is so significant. The US does not want to the EU to have anymore power than it does now. This classic showdown highlights US foreign policy. The US will win because of simple facts. The sheer amount of Tier 1 ISP's as US companies, Akamai is a US company, the ICANN is still in the US. And many major websites are US owned.
The EU can poison all the DNS servers they want. It will hurt them more than the US because the simple fact is that more Europeans do business with US companies than American's doing business with European companies.
My parents have often asked if I needed a Pocket PC. Invariably, my answer is always "no." I thought about it for 5 minutes of why I said "no" upon reading this article. I have come up with reasons (BTW, I have an iPod):
1. No use. I have a laptop, a desktop, a cellphone, and iPod. The laptop and desktop are meant to be ubquitous devices. They handle anything I throw at it. The iPod is for use for my huge music library (50 Gigabytes). No PocketPC could handle that. And my cell-phone is my phonebook.
2. Price. A PocketPC is around the price of an iPod. However, why didn't I buy a PocketPC instead of an iPod? Simple. Refer back to reason 1. I have no use for a PocketPC. I have no need to addictively log on to Technorati, Digg, or Slashdot. Also, checking e-mail every 5 minutes gets old. To me, the PocketPC doesn't do any one factor well. The iPod does music extremely well. What does the PocketPC do well? Organization? Well, between the back of my hand, my memory, and my pen and paper, I do got that base covered.
3. Price of Internet. Lets assume I'm not near any unsecured WiFi hotspot. To utilize the expensive brick I just bought to the max, I would have to get online. Well... T-Mobile Internet is $20 a month for abysmally slow Internet. Also, why would I connect using a PocketPC when my cellphone connects to the Internet just as fast and just as well?
4. Lack of Apps. Lets face it, PocketPC's lack Apps. I put everything I need on my laptop. I owned a PocketPC before, it died, I didn't need a new one. But lack of apps really hounded it.
My views on improving the PocketPC.
1. Bigger hard-drive. Between my 80 Gig Laptop, my 73.4 + 2x250 HD's on my laptop, and my 60Gig iPod, the PocketPC suffers from suitable space.
2. Lack of Apps. With not enough users, developers are loathe to code for it.
3. Price. Clocking in at the price of my iPod and considering how little I would never considering dropping the cash.
You accidentally break your leg... so much for the cell-phone. These technologies rely too much on individual habits that may change. Samsung recently released a cell-phone protected by fingerprint technology. That type is protection is much stronger than protection based on walking habit. The holy grail, would of course have a cell-phone protected by eye biometrics.
Gait codes are simply too dependent on individual habits too be of any use. Plus, given enough time and a good enough heart, anybody can figure out your gait.
There is a pygmy like species in parts of Asia and Africa. Although they are off the species Homo Sapien, they are much shorter because they do not have a growth spurt. Scientists are really interested in them because they wonder what genes cause growth and if they can be influenced. I went to a bio conference in Atlanta with my AP Biology class to listen to one. Extremely interesting. Linkage here
But seriously, the new release of MSN Hotmail is meant to compete with Google's Gmail. It probably won't succeed either. The reason? Branding. Hotmail is already known as a cheap e-mail account with little storage space and restrictive rules of how often you must check your e-mail. With lack of archiving features and searchable features in the current Hotmail, many people have a bad taste.
Microsoft may try to make a new Hotmail, but the corporate branding simple isn't there. My prediction is that they will launch into an expensive advertisment campaign to push Hotmail or even force users to use Hotmail more than they do now by integrating Hotmail with other Microsoft software.
Although Firefox is meant to be liteweight, there are some people on this planet that don't use it because it is too lightweight. Enter my grandparents. Old Chinese folk with no knowledge of computers. They don't know how to download extentions, definitely don't know how to download and install Thunderbird. Suites like this make their life easier. My life will be eased as well because I won't have to tell them how to download everything over the phone.
Many people do not use the GIMP because of the interface issues. It is useless for people to learn another interface. The reason many people do not use GIMP, the reason I do not use GIMP is sheer laziness, I do not feel like learning another interface.
So, Scott Moschella made this modification. He isn't a programmer, he just is a GIMP user. It's called GIMPShop. A conversion that just rearranges the menu's to Photoshop style. Linkage for your pleasure... Gimpshop is available for Windows, Solaris/Sparc, Linux (detailed instructions), Debian, and RPM's. GIMPShop runs native under Mac.
I just went to the DELL website after reading the article from The Register. Apparently, they fixed it. You do not need to hover your mouse or anything now. The saying in Hollywood doesn't apply to tech companies "Any Publicity is Good Publicity."
Its called the iPod-Linux. If you install Linux on your iPod Photo, it will play video. It takes 24 bit uncompressed AVI files and splits up the sound. It takes each frame separately and stores it as a slideshow. Next, it goes to the slideshow and accelerates the frames to 30 frames a second while playing audio in the background. Voila! Although the screen is small, no screen is too small for the Boondock Saints.
5 CD's of over 700 megabytes each. This is what I'm talking about. Software bloatedness. They should streamline their system to Debian where you download the packages you need later rather than forcing the user to install all that at one time.
I hope Microsoft will not strike further deals with Spyware companies. The regular Microsoft Anti-Spyware actually excludes a certains spyware (I cannot remember the name) because the spyware company struck a deal with Microsoft to not include the software in the scan.
Microsoft will probably not be so brazen as to sign deals with Malware companies in their corporate software.
Your right, nobody is forcing me to install everything. But the download takes forever. Not to mention it has to be burned to DVD rather than CD. The 9.2 Pro Version came on 7 CD's or 1 DVD. However, my older computer didn't have a DVD Drive.
With SUSE releasing one suite after another. I sometimes wonder about stability. When was 9.3 released? Wasn't it only a few months ago? I wish SUSE should find a way to follow Slackware's model of stable releases without sacrificing too much market share.
Also, the software is getting way to bloated. Why all the software packages SUSE?
With more and more devices being connected via the Internet. There will be a sufficent increase in worms and viruses that plague handhelds and other non-PC's. Think about how many other devices are connected to the Internet now. Cell-Phones, PSP's, XBOX's, PS2's, XBOX 360's, PS3's, Revolution's, etc. When these all are connected to the internet, users demand more functionality. With that, they get the darker side of the Internet. This PSP trojan is just the tip of the iceberg.
Lol, ironically, there is a PSP banner ad at the top my page.
I wonder if in the future Blizzard will create special sections for just researchers to use. There, they can model any disease by attributing the disease with real-life characteristics such as contagiousness and deadliness. This, way, researchers will not need to create their own virtual world while WoW players will be immune from the next cyber-Ebola pandemic.
Slashdot Mirror
I would also maybe think that number 16 on the list could be Mr. Lodge from Archie, Veronica Lodge's father.
I may have not been clear. It isn't just tech companies that are hiring H1B workers. Any company does. Also, there have been cases of individuals suing companies that laid off American workers before H1B workers.
My Dad was a H1B worker until he got his greencard. The reason companies pay less, is because if they pay the same, they can get sued from the unions. Think of it this way, the unions believe it isn't fair to pay a man that isn't even an American citizen the same wages because that deprives a "real" American of a working job. Hence, companies must pay lower under the risk of a civil suit from the Union.
However, eventually, the company benefits the H1B worker with a Green Card, the first step to citizenship... (I'm getting my US citizenship in December...)
Thanks... I really don't like to be called a fascist and I'm definitely not one to blindly support any president with a thin veil of false patriotism.
My little fascists? I'm not saying the freedom of expression is wrong... I am saying that type of behavior completely messes up the Google search results. RTFP and STFU. People like you is what is wrong with Slashdot today.
Google has recently announced an idea that would benefit bloggers. The idea is to have a separate blog search similar to sites like "Technorati". At first glance, this benefits bloggers. However, it benefits Google even more. By having Blog searches separate, they can significantly cut down on Google-Bombing. Google-Bombing really screws with their search algorithms.
I think this may be the beginning of a wholehearted launch of "Google Blog". This issue has also been reported on the "TWiT Podcast" hosted by Leo Laporte. I can't remember which episode number it is, but if you search iTunes podcasts database, you should be able to find it.
Example of Google-Bombing. Go to Google and search "Miserable Failure" and hit "I Feel Lucky". Regardless of what your opinions are. That type of behavior is still wrong.
Don't be ridiculous. China will have absolutely no control of the Internet. As for China being the "next" empire. That is dubious, according to the CIA 15 year report, it will be the EU that will become the next superpower, economically, and militarily.
This is why this is issue is so significant. The US does not want to the EU to have anymore power than it does now. This classic showdown highlights US foreign policy. The US will win because of simple facts. The sheer amount of Tier 1 ISP's as US companies, Akamai is a US company, the ICANN is still in the US. And many major websites are US owned.
The EU can poison all the DNS servers they want. It will hurt them more than the US because the simple fact is that more Europeans do business with US companies than American's doing business with European companies.
My parents have often asked if I needed a Pocket PC. Invariably, my answer is always "no." I thought about it for 5 minutes of why I said "no" upon reading this article. I have come up with reasons (BTW, I have an iPod):
1. No use. I have a laptop, a desktop, a cellphone, and iPod. The laptop and desktop are meant to be ubquitous devices. They handle anything I throw at it. The iPod is for use for my huge music library (50 Gigabytes). No PocketPC could handle that. And my cell-phone is my phonebook.
2. Price. A PocketPC is around the price of an iPod. However, why didn't I buy a PocketPC instead of an iPod? Simple. Refer back to reason 1. I have no use for a PocketPC. I have no need to addictively log on to Technorati, Digg, or Slashdot. Also, checking e-mail every 5 minutes gets old. To me, the PocketPC doesn't do any one factor well. The iPod does music extremely well. What does the PocketPC do well? Organization? Well, between the back of my hand, my memory, and my pen and paper, I do got that base covered.
3. Price of Internet. Lets assume I'm not near any unsecured WiFi hotspot. To utilize the expensive brick I just bought to the max, I would have to get online. Well... T-Mobile Internet is $20 a month for abysmally slow Internet. Also, why would I connect using a PocketPC when my cellphone connects to the Internet just as fast and just as well?
4. Lack of Apps. Lets face it, PocketPC's lack Apps. I put everything I need on my laptop. I owned a PocketPC before, it died, I didn't need a new one. But lack of apps really hounded it.
My views on improving the PocketPC.
1. Bigger hard-drive. Between my 80 Gig Laptop, my 73.4 + 2x250 HD's on my laptop, and my 60Gig iPod, the PocketPC suffers from suitable space.
2. Lack of Apps. With not enough users, developers are loathe to code for it.
3. Price. Clocking in at the price of my iPod and considering how little I would never considering dropping the cash.
With all the genetic engineering in our food nowadays... an apple will probably look something like this when traced by RFID
1 Apple= 75% Apple, 10% Orange, 5% Pear, 10% Random Genetic Code
You accidentally break your leg... so much for the cell-phone. These technologies rely too much on individual habits that may change. Samsung recently released a cell-phone protected by fingerprint technology. That type is protection is much stronger than protection based on walking habit. The holy grail, would of course have a cell-phone protected by eye biometrics.
Gait codes are simply too dependent on individual habits too be of any use. Plus, given enough time and a good enough heart, anybody can figure out your gait.
Damn you... once again correcting others insignificant mistakes...
Very interesting Wikipedia article. They species name is their location.
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Even a picture of the skull
Thank you. You are totally correct. I used bad word choice. They are not a species by themselves. You are totally correct. Thank you...
There is a pygmy like species in parts of Asia and Africa. Although they are off the species Homo Sapien, they are much shorter because they do not have a growth spurt. Scientists are really interested in them because they wonder what genes cause growth and if they can be influenced. I went to a bio conference in Atlanta with my AP Biology class to listen to one. Extremely interesting. Linkage here
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More disposable spam accounts!
But seriously, the new release of MSN Hotmail is meant to compete with Google's Gmail. It probably won't succeed either. The reason? Branding. Hotmail is already known as a cheap e-mail account with little storage space and restrictive rules of how often you must check your e-mail. With lack of archiving features and searchable features in the current Hotmail, many people have a bad taste.
Microsoft may try to make a new Hotmail, but the corporate branding simple isn't there. My prediction is that they will launch into an expensive advertisment campaign to push Hotmail or even force users to use Hotmail more than they do now by integrating Hotmail with other Microsoft software.
Although Firefox is meant to be liteweight, there are some people on this planet that don't use it because it is too lightweight. Enter my grandparents. Old Chinese folk with no knowledge of computers. They don't know how to download extentions, definitely don't know how to download and install Thunderbird. Suites like this make their life easier. My life will be eased as well because I won't have to tell them how to download everything over the phone.
This is a great piece of software.
Many people do not use the GIMP because of the interface issues. It is useless for people to learn another interface. The reason many people do not use GIMP, the reason I do not use GIMP is sheer laziness, I do not feel like learning another interface.
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So, Scott Moschella made this modification. He isn't a programmer, he just is a GIMP user. It's called GIMPShop. A conversion that just rearranges the menu's to Photoshop style. Linkage for your pleasure... Gimpshop is available for Windows, Solaris/Sparc, Linux (detailed instructions), Debian, and RPM's. GIMPShop runs native under Mac.
ahref=http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294rel=url2
I just went to the DELL website after reading the article from The Register. Apparently, they fixed it. You do not need to hover your mouse or anything now. The saying in Hollywood doesn't apply to tech companies "Any Publicity is Good Publicity."
Its called the iPod-Linux. If you install Linux on your iPod Photo, it will play video. It takes 24 bit uncompressed AVI files and splits up the sound. It takes each frame separately and stores it as a slideshow. Next, it goes to the slideshow and accelerates the frames to 30 frames a second while playing audio in the background. Voila! Although the screen is small, no screen is too small for the Boondock Saints.
5 CD's of over 700 megabytes each. This is what I'm talking about. Software bloatedness. They should streamline their system to Debian where you download the packages you need later rather than forcing the user to install all that at one time.
I hope Microsoft will not strike further deals with Spyware companies. The regular Microsoft Anti-Spyware actually excludes a certains spyware (I cannot remember the name) because the spyware company struck a deal with Microsoft to not include the software in the scan.
Microsoft will probably not be so brazen as to sign deals with Malware companies in their corporate software.
Your right, nobody is forcing me to install everything. But the download takes forever. Not to mention it has to be burned to DVD rather than CD. The 9.2 Pro Version came on 7 CD's or 1 DVD. However, my older computer didn't have a DVD Drive.
With SUSE releasing one suite after another. I sometimes wonder about stability. When was 9.3 released? Wasn't it only a few months ago? I wish SUSE should find a way to follow Slackware's model of stable releases without sacrificing too much market share.
Also, the software is getting way to bloated. Why all the software packages SUSE?
With more and more devices being connected via the Internet. There will be a sufficent increase in worms and viruses that plague handhelds and other non-PC's. Think about how many other devices are connected to the Internet now. Cell-Phones, PSP's, XBOX's, PS2's, XBOX 360's, PS3's, Revolution's, etc. When these all are connected to the internet, users demand more functionality. With that, they get the darker side of the Internet. This PSP trojan is just the tip of the iceberg.
Lol, ironically, there is a PSP banner ad at the top my page.
I wonder if in the future Blizzard will create special sections for just researchers to use. There, they can model any disease by attributing the disease with real-life characteristics such as contagiousness and deadliness. This, way, researchers will not need to create their own virtual world while WoW players will be immune from the next cyber-Ebola pandemic.