"No country should have veto powers on the Internet. This includes the US."
Um, that's the problem. The ITU and many other nations think that the US has veto powers over the Internet. Which it does, and has used so sparingly (if at all) that it is a moot point, even now.
1, If control is transferred to ITU, pricing will become the new censorship.
2. Most legislatures put the lie to the concept of the wisdom of the masses. Leave this alone. The U.S. is not perfect, but I'm having a hard time choosing even three other nations that would be trustworthy enough for me. UK, France, Netherlands? No, wait... UK, Netherlands, israel? No, wait... OK, Netherlands, Japan? No, wait... UK, Japan, South Africa? Sorry, a third nation eludes me right now. All others are either too willing to go along with truly socialist options, or are corrupted by dictatorships/religious law/centralized government, or are just even more corrupt than the others.
Leave it alone. Pricing fixes itself when you realize the complainers have customers who will pay for the access. Pricing as censorship needs to be kept out of governance. Oversight masquerading as benevolence is neither. It is tyranny. And besides, the Internet will recognize it as damage and route around it.
Since most of my family is up in that part of the nation, thru are getting the for measure of fright. but for the NY and Maryland regions, this is more about the water. Manhattan will be in a position similar to NO, except no river, just storm surge, and not as many pumps.
I disagree. It's not at all unusual for someone to be unable to find work at all once displaced from their field of expertise. And Cringe is not alone in this assessment.
I'm looking at a posting right now. Skills listed are creating testing and deploying shell scripts, troubleshoit hardware ans software, O/S, WebSphere, http server, ibm server, nwtwork, routing. Hours are 9-6, 40hrs/wk.
5years exp. Additional skills include J2EE, SOAP, REST, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, ReatEasy, Mavens, Oauth, Google AppEngine, Python, MEMCached, Web Services Gateway. That's all.
Bachelor in comp sci or related, prevailing wage >$105k.
This doesn't really seem like a uniquely special set of skills unavailable in the US southwest.
H1-Bs were intended to prevent wage depression along with providing skills not available. And what would you do differently?
You can't defeat the corporations on this, short of establishing the prevailing wage and then 'surcharging' them the difference. Good luck getting that through congress.
The problem is that we also get these visa holders taking the place of citizens, so saddling us with educated candidates that can't pay for that education.
But no matter, the schools were paid. The government fronted them the money, the loans go unpaid because the borrowers cant afford their education, and taxpayers pay for it all.
You forgot Seinfeld. A show about nothing. The apex. Curb Your Enthusiasm is all the worst of Seinfeld with none of the best, and the single most comprehensive and honest rebuttal of American Progressive Leftist Thought yet produced. It should be required viewing.
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Well, then ,based on that list, let me try to find three countries that would offer a better alternative to US fiat control:
I can't choose any Scandinavian countries - too socialist.
Ditto most South American nations
Austrailia's IT policies bother me.
Not many in Europe I trust. Maybe Germany. No, wait. No.
Uruguay. Ok, we have UK and Uruguay.
Taiwan? Good foil to the Chinese, for a while anyways. Switzerland? Actualy, historically an option, but I dunno.
I guess I could pick three nations to operate as a committee after all.
"No country should have veto powers on the Internet. This includes the US."
Um, that's the problem. The ITU and many other nations think that the US has veto powers over the Internet. Which it does, and has used so sparingly (if at all) that it is a moot point, even now.
1, If control is transferred to ITU, pricing will become the new censorship.
2. Most legislatures put the lie to the concept of the wisdom of the masses. Leave this alone. The U.S. is not perfect, but I'm having a hard time choosing even three other nations that would be trustworthy enough for me. UK, France, Netherlands? No, wait... UK, Netherlands, israel? No, wait... OK, Netherlands, Japan? No, wait... UK, Japan, South Africa? Sorry, a third nation eludes me right now. All others are either too willing to go along with truly socialist options, or are corrupted by dictatorships/religious law/centralized government, or are just even more corrupt than the others.
Leave it alone. Pricing fixes itself when you realize the complainers have customers who will pay for the access. Pricing as censorship needs to be kept out of governance. Oversight masquerading as benevolence is neither. It is tyranny. And besides, the Internet will recognize it as damage and route around it.
Since most of my family is up in that part of the nation, thru are getting the for measure of fright. but for the NY and Maryland regions, this is more about the water. Manhattan will be in a position similar to NO, except no river, just storm surge, and not as many pumps.
And sustained wind.
A lot of Chicago's violence occurs in public.
Clearly you haven't been paying attention.
As opposed to government violence.
In Chicago (pardon my spelling) street violence seems to be mostly by the gangs, etc. The police don't even seem able to answer it in kind, so much.
Technically, it may be North Minnesota. or North Seattle. But the,article makes it seem like North Cjcago, without the civil violence.
I disagree. It's not at all unusual for someone to be unable to find work at all once displaced from their field of expertise. And Cringe is not alone in this assessment.
That much travel is a niche. It sounds like overnight/extended stay travel also. I woudl do it, but my wife is against it.
I used to do field service work, 60-100k miles/yr, regional car travel. I can fly fine, but it's in my past now.
Anonymous suits you well.
That's what they say. I know too many colleagues who are unable to find work in the field to believe that statistic.
So why are we importing taxpayers under the guise of lack of skills in the domestic workforce?
It's not about paying taxes. US grads could pay their loans fine if they were getting a fair shot
I'm looking at a posting right now. Skills listed are creating testing and deploying shell scripts, troubleshoit hardware ans software, O/S, WebSphere, http server, ibm server, nwtwork, routing. Hours are 9-6, 40hrs/wk.
5years exp. Additional skills include J2EE, SOAP, REST, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, ReatEasy, Mavens, Oauth, Google AppEngine, Python, MEMCached, Web Services Gateway. That's all.
Bachelor in comp sci or related, prevailing wage >$105k.
This doesn't really seem like a uniquely special set of skills unavailable in the US southwest.
H1-Bs were intended to prevent wage depression along with providing skills not available. And what would you do differently?
You can't defeat the corporations on this, short of establishing the prevailing wage and then 'surcharging' them the difference. Good luck getting that through congress.
The problem is that we also get these visa holders taking the place of citizens, so saddling us with educated candidates that can't pay for that education.
But no matter, the schools were paid. The government fronted them the money, the loans go unpaid because the borrowers cant afford their education, and taxpayers pay for it all.
Sound familiar? It SHOULD.
Read the article. there are about 700k H1-Bs in the US today
That is the "Doctor Who" theory, my friend. Loosely based on American soap operas, except you will NEVER see a vacuum cleaner in a recent soap opera.
It's reading Slashdot. Posting is just confirming the diagnosis.
So, the second time, you only got *part* of the IQ test?
I took three of them over a span of two weeks. Turns out it wasn't me after all. It was my parents' divorce. Who knew?
Battlestar Galactica devolved into a morass of indecipherable self-examination and morality play, lost in its whirlpool of ambiguity and despair.
The ending of The Sopranos, on the other hand, is unrecognized genius.
You forgot Seinfeld. A show about nothing. The apex. Curb Your Enthusiasm is all the worst of Seinfeld with none of the best, and the single most comprehensive and honest rebuttal of American Progressive Leftist Thought yet produced. It should be required viewing.
"His religion shouldn't have any bearing on his political stance."
Huh? It should inform his political stance, but probably not be the only influence. Again, moderation in all things.
"How can he represent non-Christian people in his constituency?"
With care and respect. This is not incompatible with his faith, or at least should not be.
A danger lies in trying to discern how God 'did it'. As if we can comprehend the processes of an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent being.
Given God's place for an hour, we would rend the Universe beyond recognition. And He would put it back.
Remember that little sentence 'He also made the stars'. Genesis 1:16.
"Besides, fundamentalist christians should have no problem with a seperation of church and state"
You are correct. Romans 13. I am commanded to pray for my leaders, even if I disagree with them.