140Mandak262Jamuna : "Ph D in STEM can already do that. Science Tech Engg and Math grads can jus apply for green card based on their degree. No employer sponsorship is needed. No offer of employment is needed."
Your display name suggests that you attended IIT-Madras and you must be familiar with US immigration rules. The only conclusion I can draw is that the above sentence was employed to exhibit your skills at sarcasm. For other folks reading this, the OP is referring in particular to two categories of EB-1 green card application:
1. "Outstanding professor/researcher": I got my green card in this category and the whole process took a grand total of 1 year and 4 months. You need an employer to sponsor your green card in this category. Other people have correctly pointed out how painful it can be collecting all the reference letters. Ironically, a fucking cock-sucker..err.. I mean.. lawyer got paid while I went around doing the leg work.
2."national interest waiver": If "outstanding researcher" was hard, I can only imagine how much more difficult this can be. This category does not need a sponsor. Anyone who even suggests that this is a viable route for anyone with a STEM PhD is either smoking something really good or is a liberal-art major flipping burgers at MacDonalds.
I'm currently on T-Mobile's $2 per day plan. You pay $2 for unlimited talk, text and 2G browsing only on days you use the phone. It doesn't matter how much you talk, text or browse. For 3G, the same plan will cost you $3 per day. On an average, I spend about $10 per month. I bought the Samsung Galaxy Nexus directly from Google last summer for $400. The phone does support T-mobile's 3-G plan but my mobile data connection is almost always turned off (wifi at work and home). A couple of things to note:
1. I use Google Voice and forward calls to my work and home numbers along with my cell phone. Since most of my calls are answered at home or at work, it works out just fine for me. Even otherwise $2 per day = 20 minutes of talk time at 10cents/minute (T-Mobile's per minute rate for other pre-paid plans).
2. Regarding expiry, I think it is 90 days. I add $10-20 whenever I get their SMS about my plan expiring. Even if it does expire, I'll just throw away that SIM and get a new one. My cell phone number would change but no one would notice (I use GV for call forwarding).
3. At home I have a Voip.ms line with unlimited incoming minutes. I pay $7.50 a month for that. So overall (T-mobile + Voip.ms), it works out to about $17.50 ($10 + $7.50) per month. I use GV to place outgoing calls when I'm at home or work (Talkatone-over-wifi or callback to my home/work number). Thanks to Google for keeping that free so far.
I had been subscribing to Comcast's Digital Starter Package + Comcast's slowest and cheapest internet package and had been paying $92+fees+taxes every month. Once Verizon FIOS came to my apartment complex and after the following strongly worded email (reproduced in its entirety for your reading pleasure), that came down to $65+fees+taxes per month.
To,
Doreen Vigue,
Vice President, Public Relations,
Eastern Mass, New Hampshire and Maine.
Rick Germano,
Senior Vice President of Customer Operations.
CC:
Bob Sullivan,
Journalist and NY-Times best selling author,
Author of "Gotcha Capitalism"
(Bob, I was in the middle of reading your book yesterday)
CC:
press@cnet.com
Before I go into the details of why I'm sending out this email, please allow me get a few of the logistical things out of the way:
I have been a Comcast cable customer since Mar-2006 and a Comcast internet subscriber since Jan-2010. Apart from the perpetually lingering feeling of overpaying for the services that I subscribe to, I have not had any occasion to be seriously unhappy with the service. To be fair, the latter part could easily be attributed to the low expectations that I had to begin with.
It was against this backdrop that a few weeks back, I received the joyful news of my apartment complex getting wired up for Verizon FIOS. Even though Verizon took almost 8 months (from start to finish) to achieve that feat, it was truly a moment of great thanksgiving and rejoicing. Comcast finally had competition! Almost immediately, I started getting phone calls from Verizon touting the virtues of FIOS and why I should switch. Each time, I nonchalantly brushed off their overtures mainly due to my complete aversion to sales pitches. I believe that I'm intelligent enough to make a decision for myself without being prodded by sales people who have only their interest in mind.
This weekend I finally decided to find out for myself whether switching to FIOS was actually worth it and how much money I would save (or spend) in the process. I went to the FIOS availability webpage and entered my home address (mentioned at the beginning of this email). I had done that a few times last year and each time was disappointed to learn that the only option available was Verizon's "cutting-edge" DSL service. So this time, when the word "FIOS" flashed on the results screen, my joy knew no bounds. The cheapest option presented to me was this:
Verizon FIOS TV Prime HD (with 40+ HD channels)
-plus-
Verizon FIOS Internet up to 15Mbps(Download)/5Mbps(Upload)
with a two-year agreement plan,
Monthly charges:
Months 1-6 : $80.98 (excluding fees, taxes, etc)
Months 7-24: $90.98 (excluding fees, taxes, etc)
Monthly charge WITHOUT any lock-in contract : $100.98
It would only be fair to mention what I'm currently paying Comcast each month and what I'm getting (or rather, not getting) for my money's worth:
(Also see my most recent bill from Comcast attached to this email)
Comcast Digital Starter Package (Xfinity TV)
-plus-
Comcast Economy Internet (Xfinity internet) 1Mbps(Download)/350Kbps(Upload) -> The internet speeds are NOT typos.
Monthly charge (WITHOUT any contract): $92.05 (excluding fees, taxes, franchise-related cost, etc)
I decided that I really had to call Comcast and confront them with this new reality. Not doing so would only question my sanity, intelligence and financial prudence. My first step was the "online-chat" feature with Comcast's customer service department. The reason why I prefer this to calling them is that I actually have a complete transcript of the conversation (attached to this email). I do believe that the customer service representative tried his best but was most likely not authorized to make changes to my cable+internet service. He gave me a 1-800 number and asked me call their "Customer Loyalty Department".
They need to do way instain doner> who spilt thar libres. becaise these bibers cabt fight back it was on the news this mronign a boss in memps who had bight on his liber. They ar had him company for two month and back for new liber. Only just now the talm abiyt it! Probly even deed alraidy!
Indeed. The same sort of people gave us the "USA PATRIOT" acronym, the "Internet SAFETY" acronym, and some day soon, no doubt, the "PIRATES ARE EVIL" acronym
Prosecution and Incarceration by RIAA of A$$holes Torrenting Expensive Songs by employing Absolutely Reprehensible and Extremely Expensive, Vigilant and Intelligent Lawyers.
Translation: "I'm too cheap to pay for the music I enjoy, and am looking for validation on Slashdot".
That music has already been paid for (the state/local taxes that I pay funds the local libraries). I was looking for legal validation and not moral/ethical validation.
I have frequently borrowed audio CDs from my local public library and ripped them onto my home PC. (Often, those CDs are shipped from other libraries that are part of the local network). Am I infringing on any copyrights? I do not upload those mp3s using any file-sharing software. Its strictly for my personal use. If I'm not infringing on any copyrights, why doesn't everyone do the same thing - borrow CDs from your local public library and rip them.
I would argue that by ripping those CDs to my home computer, I can avoid requesting those CDs from other libraries in the neighborhood (every-time I want to hear the same CD) thereby saving the library (and hence the taxpayer) money on transportation costs. Additionally, it reduces the amount of processing the library has to do.
Getting a PhD in an intellectually challenging field like engineering or medical research is by no means an easy job and requires a lot of hard work and commitment.
You definitely sound like a sore loser.
Let me just reiterate what one of the replies to your posting said -> inflation is also related to the fact that we switched to a fiat system -> the government can basically print any amount of money and flood the banks. There have been times in history (the Byzantine empire) when inflation remained under check for *hundreds of years* when money was linked to precious metal.
Once upon a time, the US dollar was linked to the price of gold/silver, but that's no longer true. In fact, one of the first experiences with inflation was during the American revolution when money was printed to fund the war and buy supplies.
Suggested reading: The Creature from Jekyll Island by Edward Griffin
Sorry to burst your bubble, but school isn't the real world...
You forget the fact that these students enter the corporate world in a few years. By "school", I assume you meant university/grad-school.
I still stand by the statement I made in my earlier comment that switching to an unix-based OS (OS-X) was a game changing event for Apple (even more than their switch to Intel).
The only people who buy Apple anything are the unwashed me-too masses...
I hate to break your bubble. Of late, have you been to an engineering graduate school in pretty much any university (worth its name) and looked around for Macs? I was in (engineering) grad school from 2001 to 2005 (was doing my MS/PhD) and saw an exponential increase in the number of Macs over that period, both among students and faculty. Certainly, these are not dumb twits who buy a Mac because it is "ooh-so-shiny". One of the biggest reasons was Apple's switch to OS-X.
Just something to dwell on.
I've been using mine for GPS-assisted hypermiling (i.e. take your foot off the gas when the display says you're 0.4 miles away from the next stop sign or intersection. I can eek out another 5-7 mpg doing this....
Thank you asshole for slowing everyone else down! Now get out of my way before I run you over with my Hummer.
If everyone has enough to eat and shelter, which I think they would if they made 10x as much as Donald Trump, no one would be poor Bzzzzzzzzz..... Wrong! If everyone tomorrow started making 10X of what they are making today, the price of everything on this planet would go up 10X within a couple of days. The only ppl who'll actually benefit a little bit in those couple of days are the ones who do not save and actually go out and burn all the cash they make.
Suggested reading -> The Creature from Jekyll Island by Edward Griffin
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140Mandak262Jamuna : "Ph D in STEM can already do that. Science Tech Engg and Math grads can jus apply for green card based on their degree. No employer sponsorship is needed. No offer of employment is needed."
Your display name suggests that you attended IIT-Madras and you must be familiar with US immigration rules. The only conclusion I can draw is that the above sentence was employed to exhibit your skills at sarcasm. For other folks reading this, the OP is referring in particular to two categories of EB-1 green card application: ..err.. I mean .. lawyer got paid while I went around doing the leg work.
1. "Outstanding professor/researcher": I got my green card in this category and the whole process took a grand total of 1 year and 4 months. You need an employer to sponsor your green card in this category. Other people have correctly pointed out how painful it can be collecting all the reference letters. Ironically, a fucking cock-sucker
2."national interest waiver": If "outstanding researcher" was hard, I can only imagine how much more difficult this can be. This category does not need a sponsor. Anyone who even suggests that this is a viable route for anyone with a STEM PhD is either smoking something really good or is a liberal-art major flipping burgers at MacDonalds.
I'm currently on T-Mobile's $2 per day plan. You pay $2 for unlimited talk, text and 2G browsing only on days you use the phone. It doesn't matter how much you talk, text or browse. For 3G, the same plan will cost you $3 per day. On an average, I spend about $10 per month. I bought the Samsung Galaxy Nexus directly from Google last summer for $400. The phone does support T-mobile's 3-G plan but my mobile data connection is almost always turned off (wifi at work and home). A couple of things to note:
1. I use Google Voice and forward calls to my work and home numbers along with my cell phone. Since most of my calls are answered at home or at work, it works out just fine for me. Even otherwise $2 per day = 20 minutes of talk time at 10cents/minute (T-Mobile's per minute rate for other pre-paid plans).
2. Regarding expiry, I think it is 90 days. I add $10-20 whenever I get their SMS about my plan expiring. Even if it does expire, I'll just throw away that SIM and get a new one. My cell phone number would change but no one would notice (I use GV for call forwarding).
3. At home I have a Voip.ms line with unlimited incoming minutes. I pay $7.50 a month for that. So overall (T-mobile + Voip.ms), it works out to about $17.50 ($10 + $7.50) per month. I use GV to place outgoing calls when I'm at home or work (Talkatone-over-wifi or callback to my home/work number). Thanks to Google for keeping that free so far.
I had been subscribing to Comcast's Digital Starter Package + Comcast's slowest and cheapest internet package and had been paying $92+fees+taxes every month. Once Verizon FIOS came to my apartment complex and after the following strongly worded email (reproduced in its entirety for your reading pleasure), that came down to $65+fees+taxes per month.
To,
Doreen Vigue,
Vice President, Public Relations,
Eastern Mass, New Hampshire and Maine.
Rick Germano,
Senior Vice President of Customer Operations.
CC:
Bob Sullivan,
Journalist and NY-Times best selling author,
Author of "Gotcha Capitalism"
(Bob, I was in the middle of reading your book yesterday)
CC:
press@cnet.com
Before I go into the details of why I'm sending out this email, please allow me get a few of the logistical things out of the way:
Comcast Account number: ***
Home/Service/Billing address: ***
I have been a Comcast cable customer since Mar-2006 and a Comcast internet subscriber since Jan-2010. Apart from the perpetually lingering feeling of overpaying for the services that I subscribe to, I have not had any occasion to be seriously unhappy with the service. To be fair, the latter part could easily be attributed to the low expectations that I had to begin with.
It was against this backdrop that a few weeks back, I received the joyful news of my apartment complex getting wired up for Verizon FIOS. Even though Verizon took almost 8 months (from start to finish) to achieve that feat, it was truly a moment of great thanksgiving and rejoicing. Comcast finally had competition! Almost immediately, I started getting phone calls from Verizon touting the virtues of FIOS and why I should switch. Each time, I nonchalantly brushed off their overtures mainly due to my complete aversion to sales pitches. I believe that I'm intelligent enough to make a decision for myself without being prodded by sales people who have only their interest in mind.
This weekend I finally decided to find out for myself whether switching to FIOS was actually worth it and how much money I would save (or spend) in the process. I went to the FIOS availability webpage and entered my home address (mentioned at the beginning of this email). I had done that a few times last year and each time was disappointed to learn that the only option available was Verizon's "cutting-edge" DSL service. So this time, when the word "FIOS" flashed on the results screen, my joy knew no bounds. The cheapest option presented to me was this:
Verizon FIOS TV Prime HD (with 40+ HD channels)
-plus-
Verizon FIOS Internet up to 15Mbps(Download)/5Mbps(Upload)
with a two-year agreement plan,
Monthly charges:
Months 1-6 : $80.98 (excluding fees, taxes, etc)
Months 7-24: $90.98 (excluding fees, taxes, etc)
Monthly charge WITHOUT any lock-in contract : $100.98
It would only be fair to mention what I'm currently paying Comcast each month and what I'm getting (or rather, not getting) for my money's worth:
(Also see my most recent bill from Comcast attached to this email)
Comcast Digital Starter Package (Xfinity TV)
-plus-
Comcast Economy Internet (Xfinity internet) 1Mbps(Download)/350Kbps(Upload) -> The internet speeds are NOT typos.
Monthly charge (WITHOUT any contract): $92.05 (excluding fees, taxes, franchise-related cost, etc)
I decided that I really had to call Comcast and confront them with this new reality. Not doing so would only question my sanity, intelligence and financial prudence. My first step was the "online-chat" feature with Comcast's customer service department. The reason why I prefer this to calling them is that I actually have a complete transcript of the conversation (attached to this email). I do believe that the customer service representative tried his best but was most likely not authorized to make changes to my cable+internet service. He gave me a 1-800 number and asked me call their "Customer Loyalty Department".
while my prude neighbor is watching Glen Beck in 3D
That's also porn.
Yet many people hear better imaging, depth and transparency at higher sample rates
Now, I may not have gold-plated Monster cables, but how do you hear better imaging?
AT&T : A$$holes Through & Through
Now that CNN's news reports are almost entirely dependent on twitter postings, I wonder that they would be doing? Oh the humanity !!!
They need to do way instain doner> who spilt thar libres. becaise these bibers cabt fight back it was on the news this mronign a boss in memps who had bight on his liber. They ar had him company for two month and back for new liber. Only just now the talm abiyt it! Probly even deed alraidy!
Did you use an iPhone to send that?
Indeed. The same sort of people gave us the "USA PATRIOT" acronym, the "Internet SAFETY" acronym, and some day soon, no doubt, the "PIRATES ARE EVIL" acronym
Prosecution and Incarceration by RIAA of A$$holes Torrenting Expensive Songs by employing Absolutely Reprehensible and Extremely Expensive, Vigilant and Intelligent Lawyers.
... there you go. You asked for it.
Can you explain this a little more for a non-electrical engineer?
Assuming you have basic math skills, the "real" power consumed by a device (what you are billed for every month) = V*I*cos(theta), where
V -> voltage across the device
I -> current drawn by the device
theta -> phase difference between voltage and current
cos(theta) -> power factor
For an ideal resistor, "theta" is zero. Hence power-consumed = V*I.
Utilities are required to maintain a minimum power-factor and hence the bitching.
I could feed myself and three Thai hookers at a nice restaraunt for a dollar
Is the food in exchange for services rendered or is that going to cost me more? I'm intrigued. >br>
Translation: "I'm too cheap to pay for the music I enjoy, and am looking for validation on Slashdot".
That music has already been paid for (the state/local taxes that I pay funds the local libraries). I was looking for legal validation and not moral/ethical validation.
I have frequently borrowed audio CDs from my local public library and ripped them onto my home PC. (Often, those CDs are shipped from other libraries that are part of the local network). Am I infringing on any copyrights? I do not upload those mp3s using any file-sharing software. Its strictly for my personal use. If I'm not infringing on any copyrights, why doesn't everyone do the same thing - borrow CDs from your local public library and rip them.
I would argue that by ripping those CDs to my home computer, I can avoid requesting those CDs from other libraries in the neighborhood (every-time I want to hear the same CD) thereby saving the library (and hence the taxpayer) money on transportation costs. Additionally, it reduces the amount of processing the library has to do.
PhD. == Tool.
Getting a PhD in an intellectually challenging field like engineering or medical research is by no means an easy job and requires a lot of hard work and commitment. You definitely sound like a sore loser.
But in the end, I find John's carrecter more likeable
Wow! I did not know the No-Child-Left-Behind act would make a difference so soon.
Didn't this come out days ago?
You must be new here.
Why do I always see Flori-DUH being part of a major fuck-up? The 2000 elections are still fresh in my mind :(
Let me just reiterate what one of the replies to your posting said -> inflation is also related to the fact that we switched to a fiat system -> the government can basically print any amount of money and flood the banks. There have been times in history (the Byzantine empire) when inflation remained under check for *hundreds of years* when money was linked to precious metal.
Once upon a time, the US dollar was linked to the price of gold/silver, but that's no longer true. In fact, one of the first experiences with inflation was during the American revolution when money was printed to fund the war and buy supplies.
Suggested reading: The Creature from Jekyll Island by Edward Griffin
Now, am I the only one who keeps reading it as "Large Hard-on" and end up with vivid memories of some of the pr0n I've seen?
Links/references please ....
Sorry to burst your bubble, but school isn't the real world...
You forget the fact that these students enter the corporate world in a few years. By "school", I assume you meant university/grad-school.
I still stand by the statement I made in my earlier comment that switching to an unix-based OS (OS-X) was a game changing event for Apple (even more than their switch to Intel).
The only people who buy Apple anything are the unwashed me-too masses...
I hate to break your bubble. Of late, have you been to an engineering graduate school in pretty much any university (worth its name) and looked around for Macs? I was in (engineering) grad school from 2001 to 2005 (was doing my MS/PhD) and saw an exponential increase in the number of Macs over that period, both among students and faculty. Certainly, these are not dumb twits who buy a Mac because it is "ooh-so-shiny". One of the biggest reasons was Apple's switch to OS-X.
Just something to dwell on.
I've been using mine for GPS-assisted hypermiling (i.e. take your foot off the gas when the display says you're 0.4 miles away from the next stop sign or intersection. I can eek out another 5-7 mpg doing this ....
Thank you asshole for slowing everyone else down! Now get out of my way before I run you over with my Hummer.
Suggested reading -> The Creature from Jekyll Island by Edward Griffin