a better comparison would be how many students died in school due to lightning strikes, shark attacks, or terrorism compared to school shootings. I assume they're all very close to zero. So no, you shouldn't be worried about lightning strikes yet.
If what you say is true then a large part of history and literature is hate speech (e.g. historical texts on slavery and Nazi Germany). Should we censor Mein Kampf because it is hate speech? You see how ridiculous this is going to be?
I have no idea how your post got modded insightful either.
If the hidden-camera videos on youtube are accurate, the companies DON'T want to find U.S. workers, but instead collect resumes (per requirements of U.S. law) simply to throw them in the trash afterwards. Their real mission is to claim "we can't find any locals" to the Congress, so they can apply for temporary visas to import cheaper workers from overseas.
I've heard this over and over again on this website and while I know it feels good to shift the blame to others, it might be a good idea to look at some real hard data. The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says the number of unemployed persons was 12.5 million in April. Compared that to 76,627 new H1B visas issued in 2010, I tend to believe that temporary visa workers are not a primary factor of U.S. unemployment.
Do you mean domestic flights are not dangerous? Then just limit the enhanced security to international flights. Problem solved. People traveling during Thanksgiving will be happy.
Actually, considering that some terrorists in the past originated from the US, I don't agree that domestic flights are completely safe, but it might be a good trade-off.
Affinnova's survey methods doesn't use the typical polling method of asking respondents to pick a name from a list. Instead, it gives respondents larger concepts, including photos, biographical information and possible first-term priorities.
Seems like the only attribute that differentiates one candidate from another is their name.
1) evolution 2) inherent right to habeas corpus 3) right to decide what to do with your legally purchased mp3s 4) rights inherent to human beings (privacy, not subject to torture, etc)
The US also says there's... 1) WMD in Iraq 2) evidence that earth was created 2,000 years ago 3) rights by content provider to manage your legally purchased mp3s 4) rights by Disney to extend copyright terms for 20 years
I don't think I'm going to trust the US on what it says does or does not exist.
Imagine your Chinese friend asking for chopsticks to eat spaghetti in an Italian restaurant, or sweet and sour sauce for chicken nuggets in a McDonald's. I think you'll say 'you can't do that' too. It is surprising you go to another country and complain about local customs. I suggest you try to be more open and less prejudiced while you're in other countries, and life will be much more enjoyable.
To be intellectually honest, the examples you cited are at least a few hundred years old (Sun Tzu lived around 500 BC!), and none of them would claim their countries 'land of the free, home of the brave'.
Come on... Kingdom of Prussia? Spring and Autumn period? Tokugawa shogunate? Republic of Florence? I hope you were not comparing them with the United States.
- FPGA is NOT a type of CPU. That is as ridiculous as saying breadboard is a type of motherboard. An FPGA is basically a bunch of programmable logic components, and you can make it to do anything you want. It can also be programmed as a CPU, but it would be rather slow. - Programming language does NOT have to be Turing complete. Almost all useful languages are, but that is not the definition. - You can add in gate delays in Verilog/VHDL which describes more realistic components.
I still remember using only NAND gates to design a 16-bit pipelined RISC CPU in college. That was fun.
"I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God."
- Glimpses of the Great (1930) by G. S. Viereck
"The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer."
-- Albert Einstein in Goldman, Robert N., Einstein's God--Albert Einstein's Quest as a Scientist and as a Jew to Replace a Forsaken God , p. vii
"I was barked at by numerous dogs who are earning their food guarding ignorance and superstition for the benefit of those who profit from it. Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is of the same kind as the intolerance of the religious fanatics and comes from the same source. They are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who--in their grudge against the traditional "opium of the people"--cannot bear the music of the spheres. The Wonder of nature does not become smaller because one cannot measure it by the standards of human moral and human aims."
-- Einstein to an unidentified addressee, Aug.7, 1941. Einstein Archive, reel 54-927, quoted in Jammer, Max, Einstein and Religion (Princeton University Press, 1999), p. 97
In case you don't know, you can watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report online. They may not be of highest video quality, but it doesn't really bother me. And I am a happy non-owner of TV and cable, believe it or not:)
Get back to me when a majority of Muslims realize that freedom is just as important to us as their freedom to practice their religion is to them... If we are willing to give up our freedom of speech to appease a handful of loud Muslims that offend easily then we truly are doomed.
So is it a majority of a handful? Make up your mind!
Your description about Chinese would be right if it's still 30-40 years ago. Now no one still believes the propaganda. In fact, the reason so many Chinese want to go to college in the US is because they think they can get a better education here. The way you put it sounds like they're sent here on a mission, like the terrorists; they're not.
You know English is an official language in India and Pakistan, but most people in China do not learn English before college, right? I'm not condoning their behavior, but Chinese has a much higher hurdle when it comes to talking to Americans (or British for that matter).
I think it depends on who you are and where you live. For example, if you're a good American living in New York, and you go out and buy a 2008 Ford F-250, you'll spend about $46,000 in 5 years. That gives you ~$9,000 each year (forget time value and all that for the moment). Compare that with getting the 30-day unlimited ride MetroCard for $76 ($38 for reduced fare), it costs only ~$900 a year. You have ~$8,000 left to take a plane or taxi or rent a car to go wherever subway or buses don't go.
What's up with kdawson today? Did some Chinese or Indian punch him in the face, kick him in the nuts, steal his girl and take his job? It has been 3 posts since yesterday that blatantly target foreigners. And he so skilfully pushed/.ers' three hot buttons: Education, offshoring and
human rights.
Seriously, he is doing a great job in pushing up the number of/. comments, which is probably one of the metrics of his performance as an editor.
Because engineering speaks the universal language - Mathematics. Medicine and law requires much more English and culture-specific communication skills, and it is very difficult for foreign students to break into these professions (except British students perhaps).
It is also one of the reasons your medical and legal bills are going through the roof, but your laptops keep dropping in price.
If I disapprove of the war in Iraq, should I go out to buy PS3 instead of xbox? How will this change the course of the government in the United States? You're being delusional if you base your purchases on some imaginary ethical decisions.
BTW, a Chinese-Canadian to me has no more authority on issues about China than any other Canadian, especially when you (or your father) came from Hong Kong (which I am assuming from the name of your website).
I'm sure if there is anything seriously wrong with the kid, the school will be sure to bring it up when talking to the media, and the 'journalists' will be sure to include those viewpoints to make a 'balanced' story.
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a better comparison would be how many students died in school due to lightning strikes, shark attacks, or terrorism compared to school shootings. I assume they're all very close to zero. So no, you shouldn't be worried about lightning strikes yet.
If what you say is true then a large part of history and literature is hate speech (e.g. historical texts on slavery and Nazi Germany). Should we censor Mein Kampf because it is hate speech? You see how ridiculous this is going to be?
I have no idea how your post got modded insightful either.
If the hidden-camera videos on youtube are accurate, the companies DON'T want to find U.S. workers, but instead collect resumes (per requirements of U.S. law) simply to throw them in the trash afterwards. Their real mission is to claim "we can't find any locals" to the Congress, so they can apply for temporary visas to import cheaper workers from overseas.
I've heard this over and over again on this website and while I know it feels good to shift the blame to others, it might be a good idea to look at some real hard data. The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says the number of unemployed persons was 12.5 million in April. Compared that to 76,627 new H1B visas issued in 2010, I tend to believe that temporary visa workers are not a primary factor of U.S. unemployment.
Do you mean domestic flights are not dangerous? Then just limit the enhanced security to international flights. Problem solved. People traveling during Thanksgiving will be happy. Actually, considering that some terrorists in the past originated from the US, I don't agree that domestic flights are completely safe, but it might be a good trade-off.
Those who don't know what Bill Gates looks like are probably not the target audience of the ad.
Affinnova's survey methods doesn't use the typical polling method of asking respondents to pick a name from a list. Instead, it gives respondents larger concepts, including photos, biographical information and possible first-term priorities.
Seems like the only attribute that differentiates one candidate from another is their name.
1) evolution
2) inherent right to habeas corpus
3) right to decide what to do with your legally purchased mp3s
4) rights inherent to human beings (privacy, not subject to torture, etc)
The US also says there's...
1) WMD in Iraq
2) evidence that earth was created 2,000 years ago
3) rights by content provider to manage your legally purchased mp3s
4) rights by Disney to extend copyright terms for 20 years
I don't think I'm going to trust the US on what it says does or does not exist.
The only right ensured in the US: Digital Rights!
Yes. Human rights doesn't mean a damn thing to dead people.
Even the British Foreign Secretary said "the Chinese government are to be commended for their quick and efficient response". Shouldn't we give credit where it's due, instead of beating a dead horse?
Imagine your Chinese friend asking for chopsticks to eat spaghetti in an Italian restaurant, or sweet and sour sauce for chicken nuggets in a McDonald's. I think you'll say 'you can't do that' too. It is surprising you go to another country and complain about local customs. I suggest you try to be more open and less prejudiced while you're in other countries, and life will be much more enjoyable.
To be intellectually honest, the examples you cited are at least a few hundred years old (Sun Tzu lived around 500 BC!), and none of them would claim their countries 'land of the free, home of the brave'.
Come on... Kingdom of Prussia? Spring and Autumn period? Tokugawa shogunate? Republic of Florence? I hope you were not comparing them with the United States.
But PRC make the t-shirts and pants inside which your nerdly body stinks.
- FPGA is NOT a type of CPU. That is as ridiculous as saying breadboard is a type of motherboard. An FPGA is basically a bunch of programmable logic components, and you can make it to do anything you want. It can also be programmed as a CPU, but it would be rather slow.
- Programming language does NOT have to be Turing complete. Almost all useful languages are, but that is not the definition.
- You can add in gate delays in Verilog/VHDL which describes more realistic components.
I still remember using only NAND gates to design a 16-bit pipelined RISC CPU in college. That was fun.
"I'm not an atheist and I don't think I can call myself a pantheist. We are in the position of a little child entering a huge library filled with books in many different languages. The child knows someone must have written those books. It does not know how. The child dimly suspects a mysterious order in the arrangement of the books but doesn't know what it is. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even the most intelligent human being toward God."
- Glimpses of the Great (1930) by G. S. Viereck
"The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer."
-- Albert Einstein in Goldman, Robert N., Einstein's God--Albert Einstein's Quest as a Scientist and as a Jew to Replace a Forsaken God , p. vii
"I was barked at by numerous dogs who are earning their food guarding ignorance and superstition for the benefit of those who profit from it. Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is of the same kind as the intolerance of the religious fanatics and comes from the same source. They are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who--in their grudge against the traditional "opium of the people"--cannot bear the music of the spheres. The Wonder of nature does not become smaller because one cannot measure it by the standards of human moral and human aims."
-- Einstein to an unidentified addressee, Aug.7, 1941. Einstein Archive, reel 54-927, quoted in Jammer, Max, Einstein and Religion (Princeton University Press, 1999), p. 97
In case you don't know, you can watch the Daily Show and the Colbert Report online. They may not be of highest video quality, but it doesn't really bother me. And I am a happy non-owner of TV and cable, believe it or not :)
Your description about Chinese would be right if it's still 30-40 years ago. Now no one still believes the propaganda. In fact, the reason so many Chinese want to go to college in the US is because they think they can get a better education here. The way you put it sounds like they're sent here on a mission, like the terrorists; they're not.
China doesn't have a monopoly on propaganda.
You know English is an official language in India and Pakistan, but most people in China do not learn English before college, right? I'm not condoning their behavior, but Chinese has a much higher hurdle when it comes to talking to Americans (or British for that matter).
Children growth outpacing adults. We're doomed!
I think it depends on who you are and where you live. For example, if you're a good American living in New York, and you go out and buy a 2008 Ford F-250, you'll spend about $46,000 in 5 years. That gives you ~$9,000 each year (forget time value and all that for the moment). Compare that with getting the 30-day unlimited ride MetroCard for $76 ($38 for reduced fare), it costs only ~$900 a year. You have ~$8,000 left to take a plane or taxi or rent a car to go wherever subway or buses don't go.
What's up with kdawson today? Did some Chinese or Indian punch him in the face, kick him in the nuts, steal his girl and take his job? It has been 3 posts since yesterday that blatantly target foreigners. And he so skilfully pushed /.ers' three hot buttons: Education, offshoring and
human rights.
Seriously, he is doing a great job in pushing up the number of /. comments, which is probably one of the metrics of his performance as an editor.
Longer answer:
Because engineering speaks the universal language - Mathematics. Medicine and law requires much more English and culture-specific communication skills, and it is very difficult for foreign students to break into these professions (except British students perhaps).
It is also one of the reasons your medical and legal bills are going through the roof, but your laptops keep dropping in price.
If I disapprove of the war in Iraq, should I go out to buy PS3 instead of xbox? How will this change the course of the government in the United States? You're being delusional if you base your purchases on some imaginary ethical decisions.
BTW, a Chinese-Canadian to me has no more authority on issues about China than any other Canadian, especially when you (or your father) came from Hong Kong (which I am assuming from the name of your website).
I'm sure if there is anything seriously wrong with the kid, the school will be sure to bring it up when talking to the media, and the 'journalists' will be sure to include those viewpoints to make a 'balanced' story.
Just a thought.
Perhaps because all of these are not Hindu/Islamic holidays? They do not celebrate Gregorian new years because they have different calendars.