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  1. Re:Outsourcing to a foreign entity = security risk on Offshore Outsourcing Threatens Offshore Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    That is false. I am on a project now for the Department of Defense and we have numerous foreign nationals on board. It is more of a hassle to bring them on, and they aren't allowed to do sysadmin type roles, but they can code, design, manage, and even look at production data.

  2. Re:thank you! on Virtual Machine Design and Implementation in C/C++ · · Score: 1

    Have you thought about asking one of your professors about a good resource, or are you no longer in school?

  3. Re:MSFT will produce something secure on Security Community Reacts to Microsoft Announcement · · Score: 1

    AOL uses IE because it is contractually obligated to do so.

  4. Re:Suprise, suprise on You May Not Link This Web Site · · Score: 1, Troll

    What, pray tell, should companies use? A high GPA after all, is a measure of dedication and perseverance. In particular, it shows one can be dedicated to tasks one might not particularly enjoy. Work and success in the business world, I'm sorry to say, isn't always fun nor a function of how interesting one's ideas are.

    This may be a sad truth, but it is a truth none the less.

  5. Re:How taxes really work. on Internet Tax Ban Extended · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the facile examples of taxation without representation.

    The point of objecting to taxation without representation, with reference to the Declaration of Independence and associated events, it was that the colonists were nominally English citizens, without the full benefit of citizenship.

    1. As a resident alien, in contrast to the colonists, you are not a citizen of the US, although presumably welcome to attempt to become one.

    2. Let her homestead, then, in Battle Lake.

    This is really ridiculous.

  6. Re:May help stem further collapse on Internet Tax Ban Extended · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I thought it was the lack of a costly 'brick-and-mortar' presence that was to offset the shipping costs associated with their business model. They would then change lower per item, both to compensate the consumer for her extra wait for the item and to offset the shipping costs. Of course, this presupposes these people have a business model that was anything more than let's take other people's money, spend it, and hope for the best.

  7. Re:May help stem further collapse on Internet Tax Ban Extended · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Good idea: we as taxpayers should subsidize companies with a shaky business model at the expense of those which have already seen some measure of success. That's our free market at work!

  8. Re:Hardware reviews from Salon!?? on XBox Released · · Score: 1

    This is not a hardware review. Although hardware is discussed, there is no real comparison of the relatieve merits of each console's innards.

    Instead, this is a discussion of the cultural context in which game consoles live, and whether or not Microsoft has the right strategy for penetrating it. Whether or not you agree with the author, that is a reasonable topic for 'the online version of The Nation' (which, incidentally, has a website).

  9. Re:the razor of logic says... on Another Plane Down in New York · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually, Ockham says we shouldn't mulitply entities unnecessarily. So if there is a non-metaphysical explanation (i.e. no spooky forces) for an event, then that is to be preferred. He certainly does not say that we prefer the simplest physical explanation.

  10. Why almost all the posts are off topic. on Can Software Schedules Be Estimated? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As silly as this paper is, most responses to it are off-topic. What he is trying to show is that there is a good case for saying there is no general, algorithmic way to estimate how long it will take to do a given software project. What he isn't saying is that you can not make reasonable estimates on a given project.

  11. Re:XML !=HTML on XML in a Nutshell · · Score: 1

    if you have trouble dealing with nested lists in EDI, you're using the wrong tools to parse the data.

    Honestly, is the solution to exchanging business data making up new standards to convey the very same information for which there exist internationally recognized standards? (I know XML can be plenty useful in situations in which standards don't yet exist).

  12. Re:there's an argument to be made.... on More On Tragedy · · Score: 1

    Actually, Bush was Vice President in the 80s. He was head of the CIA in the early 70s.

    I concur with the thrust of the point.

  13. Re:Please parse this sentance for me on Napster Going Legit · · Score: 1

    You might wish to make sure all words in all of your sentEnces are spelled correctly.

  14. Re:Yes But... on Review Of Small Business Suite for Linux · · Score: 1

    Well, the one seat license is $499, so it's hardly as if they're giving it away--not that that isn't a fair price.

  15. Re:provably unbreakable? on Professor Describes Unbreakable Cryptosystem? · · Score: 1

    You obviously need to learn to understand sarcasam.

  16. Re:Jesus Christ on Does Age Really Matter? · · Score: 1

    third oldest. i'm in the middle at 31.

  17. Re:Poorly researched on Making Linux Beautiful · · Score: 1

    Uh, I read the article, and it reads as follows:

    Although Linux already has a pair of evolving GUIs -- KDE and Gnome -- neither is anywhere near as easy to set up and use as the Mac OS or Windows. Indeed, users must occasionally resort to typing commands into a command-line interface.

    I don't know if it has been changed, or someone is misrepresenting what was said.

    I think the quoted claim above, however, is inaccurate. KDE seems no harder to learn that Windows or the Mac interface. And in Mandrake 6.0, at least, it is very easy to set up.

  18. Re:Good!! on Blind Sue AOL for ADA Non-Compliance · · Score: 1

    Hmm, so I suppose those using a text only browser like lynx are not using the web since it "IS visual media". With an alt tag behind an image that is also a link, a reading application could read the tag describing the link, letting the blind user know whether or not she would like to follow it. Without any textual information, the link isn't too useful, unless the reader looks at the underlying html source.

    I agree that using a graphical browser like NN or Opera makes for a more rewarding web experience. But it isn't the only to way to surf.