The original topic was about American films portraying terrorists as Muslims and/or Arab. So, naturally, I was speaking only about Americans being targeted, both here and abroad.
As far as my 99% statement, well, it looks like it might be slightly off, according to this website-- http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001454.html
It's actually about 97% of all terrorist attacks against Americans in the last 40 years were committed by Muslims and/or Arabs. Note that I wasn't referring to actual deaths caused, but terrorist events (don't forget, though, that the 9/11 hijackers were hoping to kill at least 20,000 in one day, and easily could have). Since you like math, I encourage to add the attacks up. Be sure to count each 9/11 hijacking as a separate attacks.
Do the math, then face reality.
I, myself, however, think it's fair to also count every car bombing in Iraq that has targeted American soldiers as individual terrorist attacks as well. These cowardly attacks don't have achieve any true military objection and purposely kill hundreds of Iraqi non-combatants as well. Add these to the attacks to the list, and the number of terrorist attacks against Americans committed by Muslims/Arabs easily rises to more than 99%.
So actually, I stand by my original 99% statement. It's probably closer to 99.9%.
I guess we're suppposed to ignore the fact that 99% of all terrorists acts such as hijackings and bombings over the last 40 years have been committed by Muslims mostly of Arab origin.
These films were simply reflecting reality. Unfortunately, the PC police have forced filmmakers to have to invent fictitious countries for today's movies, making them far less believeable.
Maybe not all Muslims are terrorists, but nearly all terrorists have been Muslim. I miss the days when Marty McFly had to fight against Libyans!
I'd look carefully before you leap. And I mean VERY carefully.
First of all, there's no way of knowing exactly what a new job holds in store. What may sound great on the surface, might be your worst nightmare come true. Unless you personally know someone who's willing to give you an honest assessment of what goes on in the day-to-day operations of the new company, there's always risk, especially in App Dev.
This risk isn't that big of deal when you're already in a very bad situation (however, I've actually jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire before). But if you're already in a comfortable position, be careful choosing a new job.
I'm actually in a similar situation myself (my job is becoming a tedious bore), but I turned down an recent opportunity because after asking a lot of questions about the work environment, I decided to stay put. When it comes to App Dev, you could very easily walk into a sweatshop (regular 60+ hour workweeks), ridiculous deadlines, clueless managers, and over-promising salesmen. In fact, you could almost say this sort of stuff "goes with the territory."
There's things that are FAR worse than a tech job that's boring. You, being a recent grad, have probably been shielded from these things. Your tech life, though boring and non-challenging, so far sounds like a bed of roses. I'm not saying don't leave, but choose CAREFULLY. Ask lots of questions about the new job and their expectations. The ball's in your court...don't blow it. Also, look for more coding opportunities in your current job. Volunteer to help out on teams, etc.
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As I remember, Bush made millions from the sale of the Texas Rangers after managing it several years. I wouldn't exactly call that unsuccessful.
As far as my 99% statement, well, it looks like it might be slightly off, according to this website-- http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001454.html It's actually about 97% of all terrorist attacks against Americans in the last 40 years were committed by Muslims and/or Arabs. Note that I wasn't referring to actual deaths caused, but terrorist events (don't forget, though, that the 9/11 hijackers were hoping to kill at least 20,000 in one day, and easily could have). Since you like math, I encourage to add the attacks up. Be sure to count each 9/11 hijacking as a separate attacks.
Do the math, then face reality.
I, myself, however, think it's fair to also count every car bombing in Iraq that has targeted American soldiers as individual terrorist attacks as well. These cowardly attacks don't have achieve any true military objection and purposely kill hundreds of Iraqi non-combatants as well. Add these to the attacks to the list, and the number of terrorist attacks against Americans committed by Muslims/Arabs easily rises to more than 99%.
So actually, I stand by my original 99% statement. It's probably closer to 99.9%.
I guess we're suppposed to ignore the fact that 99% of all terrorists acts such as hijackings and bombings over the last 40 years have been committed by Muslims mostly of Arab origin. These films were simply reflecting reality. Unfortunately, the PC police have forced filmmakers to have to invent fictitious countries for today's movies, making them far less believeable. Maybe not all Muslims are terrorists, but nearly all terrorists have been Muslim. I miss the days when Marty McFly had to fight against Libyans!
I'd look carefully before you leap. And I mean VERY carefully. First of all, there's no way of knowing exactly what a new job holds in store. What may sound great on the surface, might be your worst nightmare come true. Unless you personally know someone who's willing to give you an honest assessment of what goes on in the day-to-day operations of the new company, there's always risk, especially in App Dev. This risk isn't that big of deal when you're already in a very bad situation (however, I've actually jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire before). But if you're already in a comfortable position, be careful choosing a new job. I'm actually in a similar situation myself (my job is becoming a tedious bore), but I turned down an recent opportunity because after asking a lot of questions about the work environment, I decided to stay put. When it comes to App Dev, you could very easily walk into a sweatshop (regular 60+ hour workweeks), ridiculous deadlines, clueless managers, and over-promising salesmen. In fact, you could almost say this sort of stuff "goes with the territory." There's things that are FAR worse than a tech job that's boring. You, being a recent grad, have probably been shielded from these things. Your tech life, though boring and non-challenging, so far sounds like a bed of roses. I'm not saying don't leave, but choose CAREFULLY. Ask lots of questions about the new job and their expectations. The ball's in your court...don't blow it. Also, look for more coding opportunities in your current job. Volunteer to help out on teams, etc.