You're right, the Church initially, did protect some of the rights of women, but under Peter's foundation, the Church did not treat women as equals to men. However, later on, after Constantine, it became much worse.
The church is pissed because it kind of negates Jesus' divinity.
Also, in order to have kids, you need a wife. And for the past 2000 years, the Catholic Church has tried to keep women in a subordinate role.
I will be an H1-B. I have mnay family members on H1-Bs. You know what? I know for a fact that I will be making slightly higher than average salary for an entry level position in the company I'm heading for.
My cousins on H1-B's are making established-surgeon level salaries, without the associated medical malpractice insurance costs.
I don't think someone making > 150K (not me, but many people I know) in their mid or late 20s is being "exploited".
My anecdotal evidence does not prove anything, but guess what? Neither does yours.
Let's put it this way. Ranking does not matter in terms of the quality of education you get. Unfortunately, it does matter to recruiters, which sucks, because there are lots of good students in lower ranked schools.
I am an international student from a middle class background. Middle class in my home country. Which means that my dad cannot afford to pay for tuition etc. I got an academic scholarship because I worked my ass off in high school, instead of trying to score touchdowns and pretending to be "cool".
I applied to 12 schools. I got a scholarship at 3. Note that need based aid is not open to international students (which is fair, I admit). So some colleges have academic scholarships to attract students from other countries, otherwise there would be no way we could afford it. However, such colleges are far and few between. I ended up going to a no-name place, but got a good education. I did not find ajob, (no recruiters from ANYWHERE came to my school) but got into a good masters program, with funding (graduate school is hard; we do research, even in a masters. we fucking better get funded).
Anyways, so my American friends had so many sources of funding; loans, federal grants and loans, funds from the college itself. They had so many opportunities in high school that we dont have abroad, for making a solid application to college. Frankly, I was always envious that I did not have such opportunities in high school.
If people spend more time in high school trying to impress the head cheerleader, than trying to build a solid record, and then don't get into college, then they have only themselves to blame.
If people spend 4 years of college getting drunk, and then cant find a job or get into graduate school, then that's their own fault.
Amongst international students, I noticed a very interesting divide. There were some middle class students who came to America to make something of themselves. They would work hard, whatever their major. And would try to succeed. There was another class who were rich, and able to pay for college themselves. They came to the US to party, and then return home.
If you take your education for granted, at any level, then unless you have family connections or money, you are going to get fucked over. I wonder if people who come to college and are unable to succeed have a similar attitude to some of the rich internaational students who go to college.
Disclaimer: I am making some obvious generalizations here. The above does not apply to 100% of the population, obviously. They are just trends that I observed in college.
Another thing. I mentioned somewhere else that I went to a no-name college with a very low chance of getting a job. Some of my friends ended up going to local startups. Not very glamorous, not very exciting, and uncertain future.
Maybe I was stupid by not applying to lower end companies. Anyways, I had a good academic record, and got into a very good CS department for a masters, with full funding. After that, I had several recruiters calling me after going through my website on my new department's server. Ended up with an internship at a nice company, followed by a full time offer with a salary that I am very satisfied with.
If your grades and all were so good, why did you not apply for more education, as opposed to working at McDonalds? I don't imagine that you can save much or support a family at 6 dollars an hour, so I don't understnad why you chose to work at McDees instead of applying for graduate school if you did not find a job?
You seem to have a very high opinion of yourself, but your current situation does not seem to collaborate your achievements.
Good point. I went to college at a no-name place. No recruiters, nothing. Obviously, I did not get a job. But I had a good academic record, and got into a nice masters program. I know that ranking does not really matter, but it's a top 10 school. All of a sudden, I would get call-backs for interviews. I did a few, and the interviews were MUCH Easier than actually GETTING the interviews when I was in college.
Million lines of code?
Copy pasting int i; one million times does not count.
Man. Million lines of code! That's hilarious. No wonder you don't have a job. Like someone else said, delivering pizza pays better than McDonalds, so you might want to switch. If you can't figure that out, then maybe the "million lines" that you have written are all crap as well.
Dean's list? Who gives a shit. When I was in college, all the econ majors had 4.0s. Does not make them smart in my opinion (it was a non-mathematical econ major).
The fact that you are working at McDonald's is YOUR FAULT. Not outsourcing. Not the Indians. Not the Chinese. Not the corporations. It's YOUR FAULT. Get over it.
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I'm not doubting your statement or anything; I'm actually asking non-rhetorically, because as far as I know, legal F-1 visa students do *not* qualify for in-state tuition anywhere, except Texas. I knew people from high school who went to UT Austin. They paid their way for the first year, and then qualified for in-state from their sophomore year onwards.
I ended up going to an unknown university beacuse I got an academic scholarship from them. I am currently finishing up my Master's, and have a nice job lined up. In my view, I hope to be able to help out other kids from my university, American or International, because almost no tech company recruits there, since it's such a small place in the mid-west.
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How the hell do they do that? LEGAL immigrants don't qualify for in-state. I know from personal experience 6 years ago when I was applying for college in the US, and from second-hand experience when friends/relatives are applying for college in the past year or so.
Outside of the US, MSN messenger is THE most popular messenging program. ICQ and Yahoo used to be, but MSN is simply much better these days. Within the US, I've noticed that everyone uses AIM.
Typical knee-jerk reaction. What does the desktop have to do with mobile phone OS? They have the same name? Windows XP and Windows Mobile?
They do not have a monopoly in mobile operating systems. So how are they leveraging a monopoly that they don't have? How is the desktop OS going to affect what is happening on the mobile front? PalmOS and Symbian can sync with Windows XP based computers, so it's not as if you are forced to use Windows Mobile if you want to sync your mobile device with a desktop device.
Why don't you think before posting?
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I know of plenty of very SMART americans in graduate school who came from average middle class families and are doing well. So you know what? In my experience, the ones who are shut out of an education chose to be shut out. Because they think high school is about making touchdowns, not about making grades. No other country in the world places more emphasis on athletics than on academics. Athletics are IMPORTANT. I'm not saying they are not. But if you want "domestics" to be able to compete, then revise your own high school system, and your own cultural emphasis on treating the quarterback as a hero and the geeky guy as a loser. And stop blaming us "internationals". God, people like you make me sick. Did you even get an education yourself? Why don't you go back to your little farm and drive your potatoes to the local market to sell them. AFter all, the federal government is subsidizing your ass off anyways.
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Idiot. Tuition rates in public universities are already roughtly ten times lower for instate students. Us "Internationals" cannot quality for instate tuition. Or maybe you did not know that?
Or maybe you "domestics" are "shut out" because the ones who are shut out are fucking idiots who dont fucking deserve a college educaiton because they would spend four years with a 2.0 GPA and hung over half the time.
You mention how people don't want to immigrate legally anymore; well, currently, the most legal way to immigrate to the US is via an F1 visa for college or graduate school, and then go onto an H1 visa, followed by permanent residency. Are you against that route as well? Keep in mind that when your grandparents came to America, it was much easier to immigrate. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to immigrate to the United States these days (legally)?
There is this view on Slashdot that H1 visa people get paid less than Americans. Let me assure you that that's utter bullshit. I know for a fact that my salary is on par with my American colleagues. I have several cousins in the US, all of whom are getting paid relatively high salaries (> 150K) and they are in their mid-20s and early 30s.
You also mentioned about the economic "unfairness" when other countries put up trade barriers. Do you know how much pressure the United States puts on other countries to reduce trade barriers, but then does not do the same? Do you know how much subsidies are given to American agricultire? How the American steel industry is protected by the US governement? But then when other countries do the same, the US starts mounting political and economic pressure?
Some of your points are definitely legitimate; it seems that modern day immigrants don't want to integrate into the rest of American society as much as they used to. However, mamy of your points seem to be more emotional than logical.
Do you know that at least half of the PhD candidates in technical fields in top universities are foreign students? Furthermore, *most* of them wish to stay on in the US and contribute back to society. They do not just "go back to their own country after completing their PhD". They usually go back only if they are forced to, by not being granted a work visa or something. So is that their fault? You don't seem to be aware of the reality of the situation for these people, and then you are critisizing them. That must be easy from your perch as a legal American citizen.
Yes, people should try to integrate into American society if they want to immigrate to America, but that does not meen that they forget their roots. You seem to be proud of the fact that you cannot speak Polish. Frankly, that is nothing to be proud of. I have a friend whose parents immigrated from Belgium; but he can speak French and English equally fluently. He is as American as you, but he has not forgotton his roots.
I think that people who immigrate to the US should certainly learn to speak the language, but I don't think they should forget where they came from and who they are. One's cultural background and that of their ancestors is an important part of who you are. And integrating into a new society is not mutually exclusive with forgetting your heritage. When I was younger, I used to think "Screw that, I want to be an American. My cultural background is an impediment to that and I will do whatever I can to get rid of it". Frankly speaking, I'm ashamed to have that view now. I wish to integrate into American society, but I will never forget where I came from and who I am.
Why are you so proud of not being able to speak Polish? Are you embarrassed to be descended from immigrants or something? Are you afraid that people will stereotype you, or not consider you to be a "true" American?
By the way, where do immigrants get free medical aid? Do you know that there is almost *NO* financial aid available for students who wish to study in college in the America? Most foreign undergraduates in American universities are paying their own way, or have bank loans, or have loans from relatives or friends. VERY FEW universities give grants or loans to foreign students for an undergraduate education. Personally, I received a scholarship for tuition, but I eventually want to become part of this melting pot and intend to invest in this country. The college I went to, tried to attract foreign students because their GPAs were generally higher, and they
Time dilation has been experimentally verified in several ways. Two experiments that I know of are roughly as follows:
1) Physicists know the half-life of sub-atomic particles (how long it takes a particular particle to decay into a shower of other, less heavy particles). When a particle with a half life of say x is acceleraated to a high fraction (> 90%) of the speed of light, it is observed that it's half life is MUCH higher than the usual value. Furthermore, the dilated half life EXACTLY coincides with what special relativity predicts.
2) Another experiment that has been performed is as follows: two cesium atomic clocks are synchronized. Note that cesium clocks are so fantastically accurate, that many physical values are now defined in terms of time. For insance, the meter is now defined as the distance that light travels in a certain amount of time. Anyways, so one of the clocks is placed on a jet plane and the other is left at ground level. The plane than flies for several hours at a constant speed. When the clocks are then later compared, the one on the plane is found to be a tiny bit slower. Note that the velocity of a jet plane is microscopic compared to light speed, but the relativistic effect is sufficiently large to be measured by a cesium clock. Again, the discrepency exactly agrees with special relativity. Finally, it's not as if the discrepency was just a coincidence; the experiment has been repeated many times.
So time dilation has been experimentally observed, many times, and is not considered some "esoteric, werid, hypothesis". It is more or less an artifact of our universe.
I would love it if we could travel at super-luminal velocities, and explore the universe, etc etc. Unfortunately, conventional travel based on trying to figure out how to move fast is probably not going to be the way we explore the universe.
I usually make myself feel better by reading about worm holes and warp metrics (like the Alcubierre warp drive) but they are merely theoretical fancies, and even if they were possible, they would not be practical (infinite energies, "negative" energies, etc start coming into play).
You are stereotyping. That's what got me ticked. I agree that there are a certain category of Indians who do everything via "contacts" and "strings". But there are also a large number who believe in meritocracy.
If you think about it, top executive jobs in the US are filled in a similar way. CEO positions are usually filled by networking with former MBA classmates and so forth.
The problem is more accurately defined as this: many Indians only socialize with other Indians. Hence their network usually consists other Indians, so when it comes to filling positions, they find other Indians to fill them, because those are the people in their network.
In fact, most jobs in the US are a result of a "friend" or contact. Agreed, after that an interview is usually required, but in my experience, the interview is the easy part; getting a foot in the door is harder and more critical.
No, I think they are just better than you. You probably can't measure up to them, hence your childish, racist, and bitter response.
You are quite an asshole.
It would be really, really hard to make movies on the Foundation series. The idea has arisen several times over the decades right? You would need to cast different actors for each one (except Forward and Prelude), maintain continuity, avoid focus on technology, and keep the story the same. Now that Asimov is dead, an indy might be the only way to go. Who knows. I'm not holing my breadth, but will continue to re-read the novels.
Unfortunately, Kerela is a communist state and I would never want to live there. Also, South Indian food sucks. Finally, the smug sense of self-satisfaction of some people in the south, such as yourself, have is very annoying.
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You're right, the Church initially, did protect some of the rights of women, but under Peter's foundation, the Church did not treat women as equals to men. However, later on, after Constantine, it became much worse.
The church is pissed because it kind of negates Jesus' divinity. Also, in order to have kids, you need a wife. And for the past 2000 years, the Catholic Church has tried to keep women in a subordinate role.
I prefer the interface to the Google interface; Zooming with the mouse wheel is much more convenient.
Blankets laced with smallpox used against Native Americans come to mind.
I will be an H1-B. I have mnay family members on H1-Bs. You know what? I know for a fact that I will be making slightly higher than average salary for an entry level position in the company I'm heading for. My cousins on H1-B's are making established-surgeon level salaries, without the associated medical malpractice insurance costs. I don't think someone making > 150K (not me, but many people I know) in their mid or late 20s is being "exploited". My anecdotal evidence does not prove anything, but guess what? Neither does yours.
Let's put it this way. Ranking does not matter in terms of the quality of education you get. Unfortunately, it does matter to recruiters, which sucks, because there are lots of good students in lower ranked schools.
MOD PARENT UP.
I am an international student from a middle class background. Middle class in my home country. Which means that my dad cannot afford to pay for tuition etc. I got an academic scholarship because I worked my ass off in high school, instead of trying to score touchdowns and pretending to be "cool".
I applied to 12 schools. I got a scholarship at 3. Note that need based aid is not open to international students (which is fair, I admit). So some colleges have academic scholarships to attract students from other countries, otherwise there would be no way we could afford it. However, such colleges are far and few between. I ended up going to a no-name place, but got a good education. I did not find ajob, (no recruiters from ANYWHERE came to my school) but got into a good masters program, with funding (graduate school is hard; we do research, even in a masters. we fucking better get funded).
Anyways, so my American friends had so many sources of funding; loans, federal grants and loans, funds from the college itself. They had so many opportunities in high school that we dont have abroad, for making a solid application to college. Frankly, I was always envious that I did not have such opportunities in high school.
If people spend more time in high school trying to impress the head cheerleader, than trying to build a solid record, and then don't get into college, then they have only themselves to blame.
If people spend 4 years of college getting drunk, and then cant find a job or get into graduate school, then that's their own fault.
Amongst international students, I noticed a very interesting divide. There were some middle class students who came to America to make something of themselves. They would work hard, whatever their major. And would try to succeed. There was another class who were rich, and able to pay for college themselves. They came to the US to party, and then return home.
If you take your education for granted, at any level, then unless you have family connections or money, you are going to get fucked over. I wonder if people who come to college and are unable to succeed have a similar attitude to some of the rich internaational students who go to college.
Disclaimer: I am making some obvious generalizations here. The above does not apply to 100% of the population, obviously. They are just trends that I observed in college.
Another thing. I mentioned somewhere else that I went to a no-name college with a very low chance of getting a job. Some of my friends ended up going to local startups. Not very glamorous, not very exciting, and uncertain future. Maybe I was stupid by not applying to lower end companies. Anyways, I had a good academic record, and got into a very good CS department for a masters, with full funding. After that, I had several recruiters calling me after going through my website on my new department's server. Ended up with an internship at a nice company, followed by a full time offer with a salary that I am very satisfied with. If your grades and all were so good, why did you not apply for more education, as opposed to working at McDonalds? I don't imagine that you can save much or support a family at 6 dollars an hour, so I don't understnad why you chose to work at McDees instead of applying for graduate school if you did not find a job? You seem to have a very high opinion of yourself, but your current situation does not seem to collaborate your achievements.
Good point. I went to college at a no-name place. No recruiters, nothing. Obviously, I did not get a job. But I had a good academic record, and got into a nice masters program. I know that ranking does not really matter, but it's a top 10 school. All of a sudden, I would get call-backs for interviews. I did a few, and the interviews were MUCH Easier than actually GETTING the interviews when I was in college.
Million lines of code? Copy pasting int i; one million times does not count. Man. Million lines of code! That's hilarious. No wonder you don't have a job. Like someone else said, delivering pizza pays better than McDonalds, so you might want to switch. If you can't figure that out, then maybe the "million lines" that you have written are all crap as well. Dean's list? Who gives a shit. When I was in college, all the econ majors had 4.0s. Does not make them smart in my opinion (it was a non-mathematical econ major). The fact that you are working at McDonald's is YOUR FAULT. Not outsourcing. Not the Indians. Not the Chinese. Not the corporations. It's YOUR FAULT. Get over it.
I'm not doubting your statement or anything; I'm actually asking non-rhetorically, because as far as I know, legal F-1 visa students do *not* qualify for in-state tuition anywhere, except Texas. I knew people from high school who went to UT Austin. They paid their way for the first year, and then qualified for in-state from their sophomore year onwards. I ended up going to an unknown university beacuse I got an academic scholarship from them. I am currently finishing up my Master's, and have a nice job lined up. In my view, I hope to be able to help out other kids from my university, American or International, because almost no tech company recruits there, since it's such a small place in the mid-west.
How the hell do they do that? LEGAL immigrants don't qualify for in-state. I know from personal experience 6 years ago when I was applying for college in the US, and from second-hand experience when friends/relatives are applying for college in the past year or so.
I guess *I* was the one who didn't think before posting. Informative post. Wish I had mod points.
Outside of the US, MSN messenger is THE most popular messenging program. ICQ and Yahoo used to be, but MSN is simply much better these days. Within the US, I've noticed that everyone uses AIM.
Typical knee-jerk reaction. What does the desktop have to do with mobile phone OS? They have the same name? Windows XP and Windows Mobile?
They do not have a monopoly in mobile operating systems. So how are they leveraging a monopoly that they don't have? How is the desktop OS going to affect what is happening on the mobile front? PalmOS and Symbian can sync with Windows XP based computers, so it's not as if you are forced to use Windows Mobile if you want to sync your mobile device with a desktop device.
Why don't you think before posting?
I know of plenty of very SMART americans in graduate school who came from average middle class families and are doing well. So you know what? In my experience, the ones who are shut out of an education chose to be shut out. Because they think high school is about making touchdowns, not about making grades. No other country in the world places more emphasis on athletics than on academics. Athletics are IMPORTANT. I'm not saying they are not. But if you want "domestics" to be able to compete, then revise your own high school system, and your own cultural emphasis on treating the quarterback as a hero and the geeky guy as a loser. And stop blaming us "internationals". God, people like you make me sick. Did you even get an education yourself? Why don't you go back to your little farm and drive your potatoes to the local market to sell them. AFter all, the federal government is subsidizing your ass off anyways.
Idiot. Tuition rates in public universities are already roughtly ten times lower for instate students. Us "Internationals" cannot quality for instate tuition. Or maybe you did not know that? Or maybe you "domestics" are "shut out" because the ones who are shut out are fucking idiots who dont fucking deserve a college educaiton because they would spend four years with a 2.0 GPA and hung over half the time.
You mention how people don't want to immigrate legally anymore; well, currently, the most legal way to immigrate to the US is via an F1 visa for college or graduate school, and then go onto an H1 visa, followed by permanent residency. Are you against that route as well? Keep in mind that when your grandparents came to America, it was much easier to immigrate. Do you have any idea how difficult it is to immigrate to the United States these days (legally)?
There is this view on Slashdot that H1 visa people get paid less than Americans. Let me assure you that that's utter bullshit. I know for a fact that my salary is on par with my American colleagues. I have several cousins in the US, all of whom are getting paid relatively high salaries (> 150K) and they are in their mid-20s and early 30s.
You also mentioned about the economic "unfairness" when other countries put up trade barriers. Do you know how much pressure the United States puts on other countries to reduce trade barriers, but then does not do the same? Do you know how much subsidies are given to American agricultire? How the American steel industry is protected by the US governement? But then when other countries do the same, the US starts mounting political and economic pressure?
Some of your points are definitely legitimate; it seems that modern day immigrants don't want to integrate into the rest of American society as much as they used to. However, mamy of your points seem to be more emotional than logical.
Do you know that at least half of the PhD candidates in technical fields in top universities are foreign students? Furthermore, *most* of them wish to stay on in the US and contribute back to society. They do not just "go back to their own country after completing their PhD". They usually go back only if they are forced to, by not being granted a work visa or something. So is that their fault? You don't seem to be aware of the reality of the situation for these people, and then you are critisizing them. That must be easy from your perch as a legal American citizen.
Yes, people should try to integrate into American society if they want to immigrate to America, but that does not meen that they forget their roots. You seem to be proud of the fact that you cannot speak Polish. Frankly, that is nothing to be proud of. I have a friend whose parents immigrated from Belgium; but he can speak French and English equally fluently. He is as American as you, but he has not forgotton his roots.
I think that people who immigrate to the US should certainly learn to speak the language, but I don't think they should forget where they came from and who they are. One's cultural background and that of their ancestors is an important part of who you are. And integrating into a new society is not mutually exclusive with forgetting your heritage. When I was younger, I used to think "Screw that, I want to be an American. My cultural background is an impediment to that and I will do whatever I can to get rid of it". Frankly speaking, I'm ashamed to have that view now. I wish to integrate into American society, but I will never forget where I came from and who I am.
Why are you so proud of not being able to speak Polish? Are you embarrassed to be descended from immigrants or something? Are you afraid that people will stereotype you, or not consider you to be a "true" American?
By the way, where do immigrants get free medical aid? Do you know that there is almost *NO* financial aid available for students who wish to study in college in the America? Most foreign undergraduates in American universities are paying their own way, or have bank loans, or have loans from relatives or friends. VERY FEW universities give grants or loans to foreign students for an undergraduate education. Personally, I received a scholarship for tuition, but I eventually want to become part of this melting pot and intend to invest in this country. The college I went to, tried to attract foreign students because their GPAs were generally higher, and they
Time dilation has been experimentally verified in several ways. Two experiments that I know of are roughly as follows:
1) Physicists know the half-life of sub-atomic particles (how long it takes a particular particle to decay into a shower of other, less heavy particles). When a particle with a half life of say x is acceleraated to a high fraction (> 90%) of the speed of light, it is observed that it's half life is MUCH higher than the usual value. Furthermore, the dilated half life EXACTLY coincides with what special relativity predicts.
2) Another experiment that has been performed is as follows: two cesium atomic clocks are synchronized. Note that cesium clocks are so fantastically accurate, that many physical values are now defined in terms of time. For insance, the meter is now defined as the distance that light travels in a certain amount of time. Anyways, so one of the clocks is placed on a jet plane and the other is left at ground level. The plane than flies for several hours at a constant speed. When the clocks are then later compared, the one on the plane is found to be a tiny bit slower. Note that the velocity of a jet plane is microscopic compared to light speed, but the relativistic effect is sufficiently large to be measured by a cesium clock. Again, the discrepency exactly agrees with special relativity. Finally, it's not as if the discrepency was just a coincidence; the experiment has been repeated many times.
So time dilation has been experimentally observed, many times, and is not considered some "esoteric, werid, hypothesis". It is more or less an artifact of our universe.
I would love it if we could travel at super-luminal velocities, and explore the universe, etc etc. Unfortunately, conventional travel based on trying to figure out how to move fast is probably not going to be the way we explore the universe.
I usually make myself feel better by reading about worm holes and warp metrics (like the Alcubierre warp drive) but they are merely theoretical fancies, and even if they were possible, they would not be practical (infinite energies, "negative" energies, etc start coming into play).
You are stereotyping. That's what got me ticked. I agree that there are a certain category of Indians who do everything via "contacts" and "strings". But there are also a large number who believe in meritocracy. If you think about it, top executive jobs in the US are filled in a similar way. CEO positions are usually filled by networking with former MBA classmates and so forth. The problem is more accurately defined as this: many Indians only socialize with other Indians. Hence their network usually consists other Indians, so when it comes to filling positions, they find other Indians to fill them, because those are the people in their network. In fact, most jobs in the US are a result of a "friend" or contact. Agreed, after that an interview is usually required, but in my experience, the interview is the easy part; getting a foot in the door is harder and more critical.
Are any of the girls hot? I'm thinking possibly the Iranian.
No, I think they are just better than you. You probably can't measure up to them, hence your childish, racist, and bitter response. You are quite an asshole.
It would be really, really hard to make movies on the Foundation series. The idea has arisen several times over the decades right? You would need to cast different actors for each one (except Forward and Prelude), maintain continuity, avoid focus on technology, and keep the story the same. Now that Asimov is dead, an indy might be the only way to go. Who knows. I'm not holing my breadth, but will continue to re-read the novels.
Unfortunately, Kerela is a communist state and I would never want to live there. Also, South Indian food sucks. Finally, the smug sense of self-satisfaction of some people in the south, such as yourself, have is very annoying.
He does not have an answer. After all, he does not want to refer to the so-called "creator" in such irreverent terms.