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  1. Something Related on Facebook Denies Accessing Users' Text Messages · · Score: 1

    In my trip to India last month, I was using a crappy phone to surf the Internet. I thought google used SSL or some obfuscation but I was surprised when I started getting emails from Indian sites.The problem is not just limited to Apps but on a broader scale ISP's snoop on you.

  2. Dumbos at ICICI Bank on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Other People's Email? · · Score: 1

    I keep getting these emails from ICICI about DEMAT accounts. Whenever I respond and ask to correct the problem. I get a canned response asking about my particulars including amongst other things my cell phone and date of Birth ( Sighh...) I once had a daily back and forth for a week with a guy starting with a standard line " I beg your pardon... Anyway what worked for me was a custom filter taking all messages from ICICI straight into Trash.

  3. There is a prior art to this on IBM's Patent-Pending Traffic Lights Stop Car Engines · · Score: 1

    I remember an enthusiast Electronics buff in Eastern part of India who came with a device in 1992, nothing new here. Tata Steel which holds board member status in IIT Kharagpur later sponsored this student for an undergraduate in Engineering.

  4. Re:Currency arbitrate works well.. on India Suspended From PayPal For "At Least a Few Months" · · Score: 0, Troll

    A Hair Cut in India is 20Rs and I pay the same in US. Going by that the currency exchange should be 1:1. Haha, you are building a long winded response without real merits.

  5. Re:My solution: "sandbox" bank account for PayPal on Paypal Reverses Payments Made To Indians · · Score: 1

    I used my bank account from Grad school days as a sandbox for PayPal. Paypal on purpose deducted money from my bank account and not my credit card. And they freaking tried 3 times to withdraw the same amount. Anyway for a 25$ charge I ended up paying 150$'s in overdraft and other fees.

  6. Aww shoot, he is on H1B on New Most Precise Clock Based On Aluminum Ion · · Score: 0, Troll

    "NIST postdoctoral researcher James Chin-wen Chou" How come no one is bitching about American jobs and H1B.

  7. I am surprised on India Moves To Put Its First Man In Space By 2016 · · Score: 1

    Rao Yi, a 47-year-old biologist who left Northwestern University in 2007 to become dean of the School of Life Sciences at Peking University in Beijing, contrasts China’s “soul-searching” with America’s self-satisfaction. When the United States Embassy in Beijing asked him to explain why he wanted to renounce his American citizenship, he wrote that the United States had lost its moral leadership after the 9/11 attacks. But “the American people are still reveling in the greatness of the country and themselves,” he said in a draft letter. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/world/asia/07scholar.html?pagewanted=all

  8. H1B's bashing again on Did the US Take the Back Seat In Science In 2009? · · Score: 1

    For folks who get a kick out of bashing the H1B policy pls go to http://www.guestworkerfraud.com/ . Here is my 2 cents; America was built by immigrants, so it is useless to complain about new immigrants. With the current legal immigration process, the only way for anyone to get citizenship, is either family based or employment based. Employment based means getting through the process of H1 or L1. I do understand most of the ./'s are in the IT field, where H1B has been abused the most. But most people I know are not in IT, they are Engineers or Doctors. Being involved in the hiring process, I can confidently say that no one was willing to come to WNY. The company I worked, had the jobs open for as long as 8 months. Finally deciding to tap the immigrant pool from top US colleges.

  9. Waste of time on AbiCollab Takes On Google Docs and Zoho Writer · · Score: 1

    WTF, I tried creating a document"BAM" I get blank. I tried again BAM blank. Frantically hit backspace to go to slashdot. Woohoo Both the documents there. I tried to view the document. WTF is a collabnet document. Nice try but a lame attempt.

  10. Lame ass attempt to be Lou Dobbs on US Colleges Say Hiring US Students a Bad Deal · · Score: 1

    Why should an international student come to US over a bunch of other countries for their education. What do the universities use to pitch their Universities over the competition. And how do you think most of the Universities make money.

  11. Re:Where's India's domestic economy? on Indian CEO Says Most US Tech Grads "Unemployable" · · Score: 1

    Could not agree with you more on this. India has done nothing with the $'s other that build up it foreign reserves.

  12. Re:Nail on the head... on Smart Immigrants Going Home · · Score: 1

    RTFA, that's precisely what's happening.

  13. I saw the video and it is inaccurate at best on WarCloning, the New WarDriving? · · Score: 3, Informative

    The XR400 used in the drive through was a UHF reader. Reading a UHF tag is not as easy as the author described. All you have to do is put it against your body, and the salt water attenuates the signal, thus making the tag unreadable. Making such broad statements as scrap the whole real ID or national id, will be valid, if the author showed some substance.

  14. Re H1B should go first on Microsoft Says H-1B Workers Among Those Losing Jobs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I agree and disagree with this. You have to be in an H1B shoes to appreciate this. I have seen folks laid off as H1B with unsold houses and cars. They had to just get a ticket, and leave the country. Barring the Native Indians, I think it is a hypocrisy on most Americans. Would you be here commenting, if the same was done to your forefathers. Being an Asian with H1B is taking jobs, but being from Europe, it is heritage.

  15. US immigration sucks big time on Judge Rejects H-1B Visa Injunction · · Score: 1

    I can attest as an immigrant myself. Long wait for getting appointment at consular offices. Being treated like shit on port of entry. 5-6 years for permanent residence. And even for small things like getting you passport stamped you have to go through hell. A bunch of my close friends have abandoned the US green card system, & moved to Canada. I have some news for you, Indians are no longer vying for jobs in US anymore. Rather US companies are going to India in hordes.

  16. Stop copying DEFECTS on RedOffice 4.0 Beta Updates OpenOffice UI · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The reason I have still not switched with Office 2003 is the ribbon.

  17. Whatavar on Linux Desktop Distro Shootout · · Score: 1

    There used to be Microsoft vs Linux or Microsoft vs. OSX. These days it's Ubuntu vs rest of Linux. I draw an analogy with supporting Ron Paul for president. I have been using Linux from Red Hat 6 days. I drifted towards Gentoo & centOS for a couple of years my distro of choice these days, OpenSuse. I tried Ubuntu twice with frustrating results. Once about 2 years back on a 64 bit AMD, It was a joke, I don't know why there was even a version out. I tried 7.04 recently, again it lasted for 1 1/2 day on my dual core laptop. To get it to level - where it was usable was taking too long. In addition Ubuntu ws insisting on using Non-smp kernel. Bottom line, I don't think I will easily give up on Opensuse unless I see polish.

  18. Please your Daddy on Users Know Advertisers Watch Them, and Hate It · · Score: 1

    I smell something funny in this article. It is written to do one thing very badly; Show the article to an advertiser and tell him, yes web advertising makes sense.

  19. Don't Care on Ubuntu 8.04 Beta Released · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am happy with OpenSUSE 10.3

  20. Wha a fucked up name on Ubuntu Dev Summit Lays Out Plans For Hardy Heron · · Score: 1

    C'mon Ubuntu team, why do you have to come up with weird names.

  21. Shame on Parallels on SWSoft Out of Compliance With the GPL · · Score: 1

    It takes time and effort on part of OSS to start a project and keep on developing it. These corporate entities probably have illiterate developers who think they can STEAL code and make modifications. All I can say is we should have a RIAAA type organization protecting OSS projects, to sue these companies to bankruptcy.

  22. Re IPhone on Apple and AT&T Announce iPhone Service Plans · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Last phone I bought was a Treo 650, thnking that I will be using the applications. A year later I use my phone for " Making phone calls".

  23. Re:I firmly believe that on U.S. Puts 12 Nations On Watch For Piracy · · Score: 1

    And you deserve to go to hell you retard.

  24. Give me a break on U.S. Puts 12 Nations On Watch For Piracy · · Score: 1

    It has been widely known that US copyright and patent system needs reform. In my point of view the USPTO does nothing but stops growth and fosters monopoly. Developing countries like India, in the name of being a trade partner, will come on board with IP protection. However, expecting them to follow US laws is foolish. Who gives a rat's behind if lobbyists were able to get this bill going.

  25. Re:Its too late to be April-1st :-) on India To Offer Free Broadband by 2009 · · Score: 1

    Yeah RIGHT, the policymakers are on crack. I am from India so I know this is a pipe dream. I live in eastern India where in the name of electricity there is 6 hours or less per day during summer and 8 hours or less during day time. Phone systems sucks realtime, Even a breeze knocks the service off. You have to bribe the repairman for restoring it back. Even when it works you hear a static. There is no water service running to our house, We had to drill underground and install our own water supply. The roads have not been paved in last 20 years. I guess the title should have been parts of New Delhi getting Broadband, but as a whole India, OMG how can someone even think of coming with such a statement.