I am a recent immigrant to Australia from Silicon Valley. At the risk starting a flame war, most of the IT gurus I've met here are pretty weak compared to what I'm used to. I think that's mostly because of the unique area of the world I come from.
In any case, since I've been here, I may have "taken someone's job" because I had better skills and experience, however, I have become an active member of the community. I volunteer some of my time doing free IT work for a couple of non-profits, and I have also been training up a few new Aussie contacts so they will be able to go out and take a better job for themselves.
So.. I may be taking one job, but I am also upping the standards here.
Further, Australia is experiencing a major IT 'brain drain' as students go to study abroad and end up staying there permanently. Because of this, there are incentives for foreign IT professionals to immigrate. Namely, we get major extra points during our immigration assessments if we have IT qualifications or experience.
I think that unlike Silicon Valley, Australia is not very integrated and there is a big fear of this country being overtaken by non whites. It wasn't until the 70's that even eastern Europeans were able to immigrate here, and only recently has it been easier for Asians. No.. I don't think it's about Australians getting their jobs stolen.. I think it's more likely xenophobia.
Yep. That's how Isreal became a state. When it was under British mandate, Jewish Zionists collaborated with British Christian Zionists to bring about the end times. Stupid Humans.
Read the book: "One Palestine Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate".
To all of you out there that are whining about our loss of freedoms/privacy.. what are you doing to help stop it? Have you at least written a letter to your senator?
You can't believe that brain size has anything to do with intelligence. Einstein was a pretty smart guy (200 IQ) and had a smaller than average brain (http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ein.html).
If you do decide to write your senators, it is a good idea to write the letter properly if you want it to be effective. Amnesty Intl. has a some good guidelines:
http://www.amnesty.org.au/helpingai/letters
Once everyone indifferently accepts this, you'll start seeing stories in the media about murderers, terrorists, etc. stripping off their finger prints with acid. The idea of something more 'secure' such as subcutaneous rfid will seem acceptable to the masses eventually.
Here's a photo of me enjoying the reliability of the
NY subway's computer system..
http://evillair.netdojo.com/NYbsod.jpg
Looks like everyone may have to get out of the train while the engineer reboots it.
Sorry I don't have my references at hand, but in Australia there was a famous law suit against a software product and it was decided that you cannot patent or copywrite the 'look and feel' of software.. only the code underneath.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Hmm.. I dont' think it's fair to say that people are idiots just becuase they get scammed.. just a bit too trusting is all.
An easy way to put a stop to phishing scams is for internet banking to require something physical for authentication as well such as a usb token or smartcard. Although a bit difficult to implement, I think it's well worth the effort.
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I am a recent immigrant to Australia from Silicon Valley. At the risk starting a flame war, most of the IT gurus I've met here are pretty weak compared to what I'm used to. I think that's mostly because of the unique area of the world I come from. In any case, since I've been here, I may have "taken someone's job" because I had better skills and experience, however, I have become an active member of the community. I volunteer some of my time doing free IT work for a couple of non-profits, and I have also been training up a few new Aussie contacts so they will be able to go out and take a better job for themselves. So.. I may be taking one job, but I am also upping the standards here. Further, Australia is experiencing a major IT 'brain drain' as students go to study abroad and end up staying there permanently. Because of this, there are incentives for foreign IT professionals to immigrate. Namely, we get major extra points during our immigration assessments if we have IT qualifications or experience. I think that unlike Silicon Valley, Australia is not very integrated and there is a big fear of this country being overtaken by non whites. It wasn't until the 70's that even eastern Europeans were able to immigrate here, and only recently has it been easier for Asians. No.. I don't think it's about Australians getting their jobs stolen.. I think it's more likely xenophobia.
Good.. let's get George W. Bush into his spacesuit before Saturday! Don't forget the oxygen tanks.. no.. nevermind.. forget the oxygyen.
Dude, you're getting a jail.. sentence that is.
Yep. That's how Isreal became a state. When it was under British mandate, Jewish Zionists collaborated with British Christian Zionists to bring about the end times. Stupid Humans.
Read the book: "One Palestine Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate".
Anything made of carbon can be vaporised with a blue flame.
To all of you out there that are whining about our loss of freedoms/privacy.. what are you doing to help stop it? Have you at least written a letter to your senator?
People in the front holding up a huge plate glass mirror. Or.. Glue a bunch of cockroaches to yourself. They never seem to be bothered by microwaves.
You can't believe that brain size has anything to do with intelligence. Einstein was a pretty smart guy (200 IQ) and had a smaller than average brain (http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ein.html).
Umm.. I have an X30 as well. How is it that you have 2003SE on it? As far as I know, Dell never released the SE upgrade for the X30.
If you do decide to write your senators, it is a good idea to write the letter properly if you want it to be effective. Amnesty Intl. has a some good guidelines: http://www.amnesty.org.au/helpingai/letters
Once everyone indifferently accepts this, you'll start seeing stories in the media about murderers, terrorists, etc. stripping off their finger prints with acid.
The idea of something more 'secure' such as subcutaneous rfid will seem acceptable to the masses eventually.
Here's a photo of me enjoying the reliability of the NY subway's computer system.. http://evillair.netdojo.com/NYbsod.jpg Looks like everyone may have to get out of the train while the engineer reboots it.
Sorry I don't have my references at hand, but in Australia there was a famous law suit against a software product and it was decided that you cannot patent or copywrite the 'look and feel' of software.. only the code underneath. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
In other related news an two abacuses have been set up in a dual cluster by using one in each hand.
It is merely a weather balloon. Now look at this light for a sec.
According to my ruler, we'd need to beat them to within 2.54 centimeters of their lives.
Hmm.. I dont' think it's fair to say that people are idiots just becuase they get scammed.. just a bit too trusting is all. An easy way to put a stop to phishing scams is for internet banking to require something physical for authentication as well such as a usb token or smartcard. Although a bit difficult to implement, I think it's well worth the effort.