As it is, Vista cries wolf so often that when the real wolves show up, I'd be surprised if any user, newbie or guru, listens.
The fact is, all the modal dialog boxes are there to shift the burden to the users. 'You clicked on the OK button ten times to install the trojan program, so you knew the risk and still wanted to install it! It's your fault and we warned you! You can't sue me anymore! Ha ha!'
Seriously, if H1-B salary is high, they take away our well-paid jobs, and we shouldn't let them. If H1-B salary is low, they take away our lowly jobs, and we shouldn't let them too.
And the article tries to criticize Bill Gate's H1-B comment by green card data. Come on, there are at least a dozen - How many H1-B's are in Microsoft? What is the time period of study? And there are only 1202 green card applications? - Not every H1-B holders want a green card. Honestly, I believe the higher salaries they are, the less inclined they would apply for a green card. - If you want to have a "cheap, controllable" labor source, you will not apply green card for them. Simple. - Green card takes a few years to process. $71k in 2002 worths a lot more now.
I believe 'threats' only apply to lives on earth. Anything about afterlife belongs to the domains of religion/philosophy, and has nothing to do with laws. After all, if you do not believe in the Christian God, why would you be afraid of the Christian 'threats'?
If I buy some "MADE IN THE UNITED STATES" stuff from Amazon, do I help killing civilians in Iraq or keeping "terrorists" in Guantanamo Bay without trial? Please, this kind of non sequitur to push your agenda is no better than the propaganda from the Chinese government.
BTW, who mod this informative? What "information" is there in this statement?
What the hell is "fraudulent[ly] report that an authorized charge... is unauthorized"? Can I even *suspect* an unauthorized charge? I mean, if you call your credit card company to dispute a transaction, it is assumed you suspect the transaction is unauthorized, right? 'Dispute authorized charges' is an oxymoron to me.
BTW, here (PDF warning) is a sample form to dispute unauthorized charges which listed some valid dispute reasons. It is for BoA government cards, but AFAIK the conditions are the same for all cards from all companies.
Fundamentally, the problem is that we have a very poor science education curriculum in many schools in the US and internationally and we get individuals who are high school dropouts become actors and are now capable of garnering much attention towards their issue of the moment. That is not intended to be insulting nor does it minimize their position or status, it is simply asking them to refrain from doing a job they are not qualified for.
Did you go to Yale and go through a challenging politics curriculum, plus a minor in international relations? If not, I would ask you to refrain from saying anything here on Slashdot about politics, since you are not qualified for it.
Seriously, the question I have is why people listen to celebrities but not scientists on scientific issues. My guess is people feel about it the same way they listen to theologians on questions about religion. Yes, I know science is objective and should never be compared to religion, but to the general public, on some heated issues, some scientists sound as radical (if not more) as religious fundamentalists.
Well, I'm not sure if there can be a mixed system of Christianity, Buddhism and atheism... however, for political reasons, people have bought into the 'capitalism good, communism bad' attitude, and they got confused and didn't know what to do when mono/oligopolies and other deficiencies of capitalism developed.
I think you have a point there: most people believe religiously in capitalism and accept the shortcomings for what it is, and reject any notion of socialistic practice right out of hand, unless it is in the name of welfare.
It is also interesting to see how the leading capitalist economies moving from laissez-faire to mono/oligopolistic capitalism, and then also a large increase in government legislation and expenditure since the Depression.
Maybe neither pure socialism or pure capitalism is the answer?
Contrary to most people's opinions, I think Microsoft is happy with Apple dominating the portable music market with their ipods. In fact, they would even put in resources to create mock competition, to make sure Apple will continue to focus their effort on ipods and little else. In the consumer market, Apple is more and more recognized as the leading player in portable music market, and less and less in OS market. Seems quite a clever and effective strategy to me.
The decline of the Baiji and the critical situation of the finless porpoise appears to not be directly influenced by the water quality of the Yangtze. Within the framework of the Expedition, scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology did simultaneously investigate the chemical composition of the Yangtze river water and its particulate load. Scientists took both water and sediment samples from 30 different locations all along 1750 kilometers of the river. Although the Yangtze does have an altogether high degree of pollutant build-up, at this time, as Beat Mueller from Eawag pointed out, there are no indications of toxic pollutants in high concentrations.
(Emphasis mine.)
Here is some information on the staff at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology.
Not to discount your source, but I'd hope that they have a bit more knowledge about the issue than your associate professor.
And please,/.ers, stop knee-jerking. That's not what geeks do.
Incidentally, your points about speed and decisiveness are key tenets of basic military philosophy as well - but group think in the US is a serious handcuff to that prospect.
I'm guessing by "groupthink" you mean democracy... and we could've all admired the Bush administration's "speed and decisiveness" to send troops over to Iraq in the first place, if in the end there were WMDs in Iraq and the war was won with the same number of troops (and other resources) we committed at first.
To correct your statement: Democracy in the US are the necessary checks and balances to declaring wars. So far, in this war, democracy failed.
Ask yourself honestly: will you make any purchase decision based on whether the call centers are in India or in the US? How many times does it come up in your head when you are picking a VOIP carrier? Shopping for a digital camera? Deciding between a Amex or a Visa card?
Now ask yourself the next question: will you make any purchase decision based on the price? If one VOIP costs $19.99/month and has call centers in India, and another costs $39.99/month and employs only American citizen call agents, which one will you choose?
To businesses, call centers are "cost centers", and accordingly should be as cheap as possible. If they can make the same amount of money with cheaper call centers, they will. If customers don't care, they won't care.
It is boring to see the same kind of comments coming up when India is mentioned on/.. Despite the fact that your string of arguments have no logical connection whatsoever, here are a few points for you to take home:
- it is easier to generate higher ROA by investing in developing countries than in developed countries (partly because of the risk). It is no coincidence that you always hear about more and more investments going to China and India, but not so much about going to the US, because they're where the money is these days.
- India is not a "third-world country". In fact, the Economist claims that their economy is showing signs of overheating.
- the not-so-backwater US government is actually better known at taxing "outsiders" in their own "provincial" way. Protectionism is usually practiced in first-world countries, for reasons that I think should be obvious to most.
Man, I hope you aren't going back to college anytime soon. You seriously need to brush up on your multiple choice skills.
The fact is, the terrorist himself DID NOT attempt to bomb the plane. "A pregnant Irishwoman named Anne Murphy" did. So how does profiling work again? Do we need to know all people within six degrees of separation from you?
Probably nitpicking... but what about the media created in these 20 years (probably including all the videos from youtube and future youtubes)? Can anyone do a rough calculation to see if we can ever catch up with the speed of media production?
BTW, IMDB is obviously missing a lot of stuff from other countries, and I am very sure that number isn't even close to the actual number for the whole world.
I would argue that the qualities desirable of the Secretary of Defense are very different from those of a president of a university or a company. Rumsfeld had been a very successful CEO at a few companies and heledp them turn around, but this has no correlation whatsoever with his leading capability at DoD.
When you watch the staggering pro-Republican bullshit on Fox News every day, do you blame Bush for it? I blame TV stations for not taking a stand and reporting the truth as it is, but instead doing things "in the interest of shareholders". Google did exactly this. I'm not defending the Chinese government here, but Google censored Google images, and we should place the blame where it belongs.
It's not hard to understand. China did not censor the images. Google, a US company, did..cn does not mean it belongs to the Chinese government. You can say Google gave in to pressure from the government, but ultimately it is Google's decision.
Do you get it now? The Chinese government "don't have software blocking Internet sites." Companies who want to do business in China do.
Yeah, and also let the idiots have their newspapers/radio programs/TV programs.
The great thing about newspaper/radio/TV is that, to be offended by something on the newspaper/radio/TV you actually have to intentionally read/hear/watch it.
It is interesting to see the same post of yours a few days ago got +2 insightful... let's see what your new "mod me down" line will do for you.
Seriously, I don't understand why people copy & paste his own comments. Karma whoring? Or you just hate RMS so much you want the world to know how "irrelevant" he is? Apparently he's still very relevant in your world...
First of all, the tone of your post, which I believe to be representative of the mindset of many Americans, is what alienates the US from the rest of the world. It is belligerent, ignorant, and self-centered. It is hard to make friends this way.
Space is different from land, sea or air, because you can easily attack anywhere on earth from space. I agree the US should preserve the right to launch space weapons, but if the weapons are used to "further U.S. national security, homeland security and foreign policy objectives", given the track record of the US in recent years, it is understandable that most countries would be alarmed. Honestly, a lot can be done on earth now for a much lower pirce tag, and going to the space will only initiate an arms race and benefit defense contractors.
On another note, it seems that Americans have an addiction for physical dominance, reflected by the popularity in SUVs, football and weapons, and the ostracism of geeks and intellectuals. From an anthropological point of view, this does not sound very advanced to me.
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The fact is, all the modal dialog boxes are there to shift the burden to the users. 'You clicked on the OK button ten times to install the trojan program, so you knew the risk and still wanted to install it! It's your fault and we warned you! You can't sue me anymore! Ha ha!'
Seriously, if H1-B salary is high, they take away our well-paid jobs, and we shouldn't let them. If H1-B salary is low, they take away our lowly jobs, and we shouldn't let them too.
And the article tries to criticize Bill Gate's H1-B comment by green card data. Come on, there are at least a dozen
- How many H1-B's are in Microsoft? What is the time period of study? And there are only 1202 green card applications?
- Not every H1-B holders want a green card. Honestly, I believe the higher salaries they are, the less inclined they would apply for a green card.
- If you want to have a "cheap, controllable" labor source, you will not apply green card for them. Simple.
- Green card takes a few years to process. $71k in 2002 worths a lot more now.
I believe 'threats' only apply to lives on earth. Anything about afterlife belongs to the domains of religion/philosophy, and has nothing to do with laws. After all, if you do not believe in the Christian God, why would you be afraid of the Christian 'threats'?
and I've only seen one last year! Where can I find the others? :)
If I buy some "MADE IN THE UNITED STATES" stuff from Amazon, do I help killing civilians in Iraq or keeping "terrorists" in Guantanamo Bay without trial? Please, this kind of non sequitur to push your agenda is no better than the propaganda from the Chinese government.
BTW, who mod this informative? What "information" is there in this statement?
How did you look him up in newsgroups? Using his REAL name and REAL email address?
If he really posted his REAL name and REAL email address on public newsgroups, he should never be a programmer anyway.
This is a very good point, given that in Germany only 5 percent of goods sold are bought with the cards, compared with 13 percent globally.
What the hell is "fraudulent[ly] report that an authorized charge... is unauthorized"? Can I even *suspect* an unauthorized charge? I mean, if you call your credit card company to dispute a transaction, it is assumed you suspect the transaction is unauthorized, right? 'Dispute authorized charges' is an oxymoron to me.
BTW, here (PDF warning) is a sample form to dispute unauthorized charges which listed some valid dispute reasons. It is for BoA government cards, but AFAIK the conditions are the same for all cards from all companies.
Did you go to Yale and go through a challenging politics curriculum, plus a minor in international relations? If not, I would ask you to refrain from saying anything here on Slashdot about politics, since you are not qualified for it.
Seriously, the question I have is why people listen to celebrities but not scientists on scientific issues. My guess is people feel about it the same way they listen to theologians on questions about religion. Yes, I know science is objective and should never be compared to religion, but to the general public, on some heated issues, some scientists sound as radical (if not more) as religious fundamentalists.
Well, I'm not sure if there can be a mixed system of Christianity, Buddhism and atheism... however, for political reasons, people have bought into the 'capitalism good, communism bad' attitude, and they got confused and didn't know what to do when mono/oligopolies and other deficiencies of capitalism developed.
I think you have a point there: most people believe religiously in capitalism and accept the shortcomings for what it is, and reject any notion of socialistic practice right out of hand, unless it is in the name of welfare.
It is also interesting to see how the leading capitalist economies moving from laissez-faire to mono/oligopolistic capitalism, and then also a large increase in government legislation and expenditure since the Depression.
Maybe neither pure socialism or pure capitalism is the answer?
Contrary to most people's opinions, I think Microsoft is happy with Apple dominating the portable music market with their ipods. In fact, they would even put in resources to create mock competition, to make sure Apple will continue to focus their effort on ipods and little else. In the consumer market, Apple is more and more recognized as the leading player in portable music market, and less and less in OS market. Seems quite a clever and effective strategy to me.
From their website:
(Emphasis mine.)
Here is some information on the staff at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology.
Not to discount your source, but I'd hope that they have a bit more knowledge about the issue than your associate professor.
And please, /.ers, stop knee-jerking. That's not what geeks do.
I'm guessing by "groupthink" you mean democracy... and we could've all admired the Bush administration's "speed and decisiveness" to send troops over to Iraq in the first place, if in the end there were WMDs in Iraq and the war was won with the same number of troops (and other resources) we committed at first.
To correct your statement: Democracy in the US are the necessary checks and balances to declaring wars. So far, in this war, democracy failed.
Why should it be otherwise?
Ask yourself honestly: will you make any purchase decision based on whether the call centers are in India or in the US? How many times does it come up in your head when you are picking a VOIP carrier? Shopping for a digital camera? Deciding between a Amex or a Visa card?
Now ask yourself the next question: will you make any purchase decision based on the price? If one VOIP costs $19.99/month and has call centers in India, and another costs $39.99/month and employs only American citizen call agents, which one will you choose?
To businesses, call centers are "cost centers", and accordingly should be as cheap as possible. If they can make the same amount of money with cheaper call centers, they will. If customers don't care, they won't care.
It is boring to see the same kind of comments coming up when India is mentioned on /.. Despite the fact that your string of arguments have no logical connection whatsoever, here are a few points for you to take home:
- it is easier to generate higher ROA by investing in developing countries than in developed countries (partly because of the risk). It is no coincidence that you always hear about more and more investments going to China and India, but not so much about going to the US, because they're where the money is these days.
- India is not a "third-world country". In fact, the Economist claims that their economy is showing signs of overheating.
- the not-so-backwater US government is actually better known at taxing "outsiders" in their own "provincial" way. Protectionism is usually practiced in first-world countries, for reasons that I think should be obvious to most.
Man, I hope you aren't going back to college anytime soon. You seriously need to brush up on your multiple choice skills.
The fact is, the terrorist himself DID NOT attempt to bomb the plane. "A pregnant Irishwoman named Anne Murphy" did. So how does profiling work again? Do we need to know all people within six degrees of separation from you?
Probably nitpicking... but what about the media created in these 20 years (probably including all the videos from youtube and future youtubes)? Can anyone do a rough calculation to see if we can ever catch up with the speed of media production?
BTW, IMDB is obviously missing a lot of stuff from other countries, and I am very sure that number isn't even close to the actual number for the whole world.
What's your job? Is that something that an "H-1B (Foreign-born worker)" could not do?
I would argue that the qualities desirable of the Secretary of Defense are very different from those of a president of a university or a company. Rumsfeld had been a very successful CEO at a few companies and heledp them turn around, but this has no correlation whatsoever with his leading capability at DoD.
When you watch the staggering pro-Republican bullshit on Fox News every day, do you blame Bush for it? I blame TV stations for not taking a stand and reporting the truth as it is, but instead doing things "in the interest of shareholders". Google did exactly this. I'm not defending the Chinese government here, but Google censored Google images, and we should place the blame where it belongs.
It's not hard to understand. China did not censor the images. Google, a US company, did. .cn does not mean it belongs to the Chinese government. You can say Google gave in to pressure from the government, but ultimately it is Google's decision.
Do you get it now? The Chinese government "don't have software blocking Internet sites." Companies who want to do business in China do.
Yeah, and also let the idiots have their newspapers/radio programs/TV programs.
The great thing about newspaper/radio/TV is that, to be offended by something on the newspaper/radio/TV you actually have to intentionally read/hear/watch it.
It is interesting to see the same post of yours a few days ago got +2 insightful... let's see what your new "mod me down" line will do for you.
Seriously, I don't understand why people copy & paste his own comments. Karma whoring? Or you just hate RMS so much you want the world to know how "irrelevant" he is? Apparently he's still very relevant in your world...
First of all, the tone of your post, which I believe to be representative of the mindset of many Americans, is what alienates the US from the rest of the world. It is belligerent, ignorant, and self-centered. It is hard to make friends this way.
Space is different from land, sea or air, because you can easily attack anywhere on earth from space. I agree the US should preserve the right to launch space weapons, but if the weapons are used to "further U.S. national security, homeland security and foreign policy objectives", given the track record of the US in recent years, it is understandable that most countries would be alarmed. Honestly, a lot can be done on earth now for a much lower pirce tag, and going to the space will only initiate an arms race and benefit defense contractors.
On another note, it seems that Americans have an addiction for physical dominance, reflected by the popularity in SUVs, football and weapons, and the ostracism of geeks and intellectuals. From an anthropological point of view, this does not sound very advanced to me.