Honestly, I really don't like the idea of someone coming over here on a student visa, and then wanting to stay after graduation. If I'm not mistaken, the whole purpose of the student visa was give foreign students who couldn't attend college in their home country a place to learn. This equips them to return to their home, and build a better life, community, state, nation.
But wow,... the idea that these students, who were so fortunate to be given a chance to better themselves,... to become the leaders of their home nations, suddenly want to stay. Is there an ulterior motive here? Perhaps an economic one?
Look people, Student Visas are part of a foreign affairs agenda which believes that by helping other countries become better, that we become a better global society. I fully support this, and have no problem with that.
BUT, H1B visas are only to provide temporary labor, when such a demand cannot be provided by citizens. Honestly, I think the system has been twisted into letting corporations obtain (for lack of better words) slave labor.
So for a person on a student visa to suddenly want to continue working in the United States is completely undermining the purpose of their original stay.
Well, I figured since we're on the subject of what to buy as a gift for someone else, I figured I'd hint as to some things you may want to avoid putting in a gift box.
First of all, if you're going to buy someone a new set of tires for christmas, don't buy Firestones. I think that goes without saying.
Secondly, a free membership to Bally's or Weight Watchers may have you sleeping in the basement until New Year's
Cleaning tools are likely to be thrown back at you (or exchanged for expensive perfume). Never buy someone vacuum cleaner or a mop.
Although we're very tempted to. I'd advice you NOT to buy him/her something that you want yourself. Explaining how much she needs a new 3HP cordless drill will leave your relationship on a tightrope.
No name perfume which costs you $1.99, such as Eu de Toilet, which actually smells like the bathroom, a $10 whore, or your dirty socks. If you are going to buy her perfume, spring for the brand names.
NO CLOTHES! I repeat, NO CLOTHES! Oh, and let me reiterate,... NO CLOTHES! If they're too big, you'll be in trouble,... and if they're too small, you'll be in even MORE trouble. Just trust me,... don't buy her clothes!
First of all, The IBM Netvista X-40 is awesome. Just got mine, and I have to say, this is where PC computing is going. I have so much more desk space, I can actually fit a real book on it now.
I know this is redundant, but Palm still makes out with the best gifts. I personally own an m100, and am getting a V-series this December (found that out during a secret spy mission into the gift closet).
Of course, anything from ThinkGeek will show your loved ones that you care.
The sharing of information has been around for a while. In the automobile industry, open standards, and the absence (to a degree) of secrecy, has made the industry.
but that once they are hired they are often poorly managed
No kidding. This is a flaw with current executive management thinking. It's the old "if it ain't broke don't fix it" that causes us to work for piss poor managers. They see an IT worker doing a good job, and figure that he's fine where he's at, and that they shouldn't touch him.
Then you have Steph sitting around the corner, who simply doesn't have a clue. He keeps fouling things up, and costs the company way too much money.
So what happens? Steph gets promoted. Why is it, that in the IT field, the clueless are promoted faster then the insightfull? I can tell you why,... it's the old "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
many IT jobs are ill-designed and boring, leading many employees to become dissatisfied and leave
No shit! And it's not that they're simply ill-designed. They're designed EXACTLY how the designers want them. Do they want an experienced IT worker who's been around the block, and can provide solutions? No,... because it would be a direct threat on management's credibility. And as I've pointed out, management is composed of people who were too dumb to be passed up for promotion.
The IT field is in a flux. Nobody knows how to find competent workers (college degrees, nor certifications gurantee competency), let alone know how much to pay them.
Want a serious approach to labor shortages? Free the radical limitations that our corporate executives have placed upon us. Refuse to require college degrees and certifications. Hire people, not resumes. And for god sakes, if somebody doesn't know what the hell they are doing, don't promote them, can their ass!
Well, I think you're mistaken that the European Union supercedes the FCC, where each have distinct yet seperate duties.
The FCC really isn't supposed to look after the welfare of the consumer. It's basically supposed to ensure that the communications resources are managed properly.
On the other hand the article you linked says, "The snag adds to worries expressed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which is prepared to block the proposed $125 billion deal unless the companies agree to let competing services use their high-speed cable lines.".
Which would suggest that not just the European Union is interested in blocking the deal.
What this all boils down to, is I agree with you, it doesn't matter what the FCC thinks, but for different reasons.
You see, it would be like the EPA approving a merger between BP and Amoco (a recent oil industry merger for those wondering). It's immaterial, and isn't up to them.
I own a Palm m100. It's design is plastic, but it's very ergonomic, and it looks really nice. I didn't say that the visor had to be metal, just that it needed to look less like a ST:TOS tricorder, and more like a communicator.:P
Am I the only one who didn't opt for a Visor because they are uglier than snake shit? Ok, I'm not trolling, but these things are still the big bulky boxes they've always been.
If handpsring were to fit their PDA into a smaller box, wouldn't it be a HELL of a lot more appealing?
I mean, Handspring is doing a lot of really cool things with PDAs. Their technology ability is great, but I think they lack in artistic appeal.
Honestly, they could claim a lot of market share by making their devices look 21st century.
Interesting point. If you intend to steal something, but instead, you receive something which is normally free, is it really stealing?
If BNL give me part of a song, (ie as in the advertisemnt), that I didn't ask for,... and I use it,... am I violating their IP rights? I don't think so, since they did GIVE it to me.
Also, what if it isn't stealing? What if I already own rights to the song?
Tapes are portable. We can backup our system twice, on two tapes,.. keep one, and send one to an off-site location. With this system we could eliminate one tape,... but not the other.
Is there anyone here who is as sadistic as I am, that would find it extremely hilarious, if BNL were taken to court over their use of a computer for unsolicited commercial email? *grin*
Seriously though,... what if all of the sudden we see a huge Spam outbreak on Napster,... my opinion is that it'll die like Usenet did. Same cause, same effect.
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It basically means that you work at the will of your employer. Essentially what it boils down to, is they can fire you for anything that doesn't violate your civil rights. For example, they can fire you for have the wrong color car.
I'm not sure if it's exclusive to Michigan, but it is a reflection of corporate america's stranglehold on government policy.
Is what an excuse? Is the fact that a company will stab any employee in the back an excuse for the employee to be rude on the way out?... Yes!
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...if for nothing more than a stock price increase.
I'm of the opinion that nobody is reponsible for your happiness then yourself. And if you don't like your job, find your ass another one.
Personally, I don't give 2 week notices, or any of that bullshit. If I got fired, do you really think they'd give me 2 weeks to find a new job? No. And who cares about references anymore? Most places will give you a BAD reference in order to keep you working there.
I've only quit a total of two jobs, the first I gave 2 weeks notice, and was told to leave 4 days later (after telling my new employer it would be 2 weeks before I could start). Once the company found someone new, there was no need for me.
So I pretty much promised myself it wouldn't happen again. And the second time, when I got the phone call that I was hired, the very next day I brought a cardboard box, packed my things, and said good-bye on the way out.
But maybe that's just because in Michigan everybody is an at-will employee (except if you're contracted). And you can quit/be fired any time and for just about any reason (exclusions would be Fair Employment Act, etc.).
If I were to give any advice to someone coming out of school looking for work, is that you need to take a mercenary approach to things. You are there to do a job, and you expect to get paid for the work you do. You're police to coworkers, not to companies.
For anyone interested, here is the law straight from the horse's mouth.
But the strange thing is, the laws were effective March of 1980. And Michigan finds the use of a computer as a way to enhance the sentence through this law.
I'm also a community member of Grex (finger nharmon@grex.cyberspace.org), and used to frequent M-Net quite a bit. These are UNIX-based community systems, and I find it extremely disturbing that someone would take advantage of free system like this.
The people at M-Net are pretty reasonable people, and will probably not overstate damages (unless one of their parent companies or sponsors makes them).
I think the most important thing to remember, is that these kids were malicious and weren't just "exploring the system". Personally, I think "exploring the system" should also be illegal, because accidents can happen,... but that's not the case here. These kids are criminals, and should not be made into heros like Mitnick.
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What's the difference?
Tuition colleges receive from teaching lawyers to become the people they are. Which some of that is fished off to the bar associations in order to be an approved school (case in point, bar associations are unions,... you pay dues, and you can't work without being members,... so as you can see, even highly intelligent lawyers are union workers, (relates to a previous/. article and comment)).
Dude, you couldn't have put it any better. Bar testing is enough, no other requirements should be imposed.
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...and lawyers never lie?
I have a strong belief that juries are intelligent people, and can distinguish what is true and what isn't. That ability is what makes them capable of determining a person's guilt, and further should let them take in the whole picture and then decide what is true.
If juries read everything about a case that was on CNN, Slashdot, plus heard the evidence in court, I'm sure they'd find that the truth lies somewhere in the middle, and they'd be correct.
BTW, nobody cares about your stupid mod points. Honestly,... I don't want them, nor do I need them.
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Don't forget that a few years ago, 75% of adults thought that Microsoft owned the internet. And that the perception of reality is what drives the legal system.
The legal system is also closed minded. We see this, since you can't even become a lawyer without going to college (relates to an earlier/. story).
So what happens when something o closed minded relies on just the perception of reality? It tends to sway for whoever has the biggest buck.
And why? Well, juries are told they can't read newspapers, or watch TV when they sit in on big cases. Juries are also told on many occasions they can't talk about the case. Why? What is the legal system afraid of? Are they scared that a newspaper may alter that perceived reality, and reveal the truth?
If it were #1, then there would many people who received the snailmail by mistake, or late with an apology, but that isn't the case, so those things aren't happening.
Perhaps they lost part of their database, and aren't sweating it. The fact that the servers were too busy for many to register is evidence enough of their irresponsibility torwards the entire election.
As much as I would hate for it to be true, #2 is seeming more and more possible by the day. I think regardless of what happens, there needs to be an investigation, an we need to find out whether or not ICANN is "throwing" the election.
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In a lecture in Edinburgh explained Hawking, either a " accident or the ground electrode warming " would extinguish the life on earth.
Ahh! End of Life on Earth according to Hawking involves a short in an electrical circuit heating up and...
the atmosphere becomes ever hotter, and that it becomes, meant like Venus bubbling sulfuric acid
turns the earth into bubbling sulfuric acid!
Honestly, I really don't like the idea of someone coming over here on a student visa, and then wanting to stay after graduation. If I'm not mistaken, the whole purpose of the student visa was give foreign students who couldn't attend college in their home country a place to learn. This equips them to return to their home, and build a better life, community, state, nation.
But wow,... the idea that these students, who were so fortunate to be given a chance to better themselves,... to become the leaders of their home nations, suddenly want to stay. Is there an ulterior motive here? Perhaps an economic one?
Look people, Student Visas are part of a foreign affairs agenda which believes that by helping other countries become better, that we become a better global society. I fully support this, and have no problem with that.
BUT, H1B visas are only to provide temporary labor, when such a demand cannot be provided by citizens. Honestly, I think the system has been twisted into letting corporations obtain (for lack of better words) slave labor.
So for a person on a student visa to suddenly want to continue working in the United States is completely undermining the purpose of their original stay.
Well, I figured since we're on the subject of what to buy as a gift for someone else, I figured I'd hint as to some things you may want to avoid putting in a gift box.
First of all, if you're going to buy someone a new set of tires for christmas, don't buy Firestones. I think that goes without saying.
Secondly, a free membership to Bally's or Weight Watchers may have you sleeping in the basement until New Year's
Cleaning tools are likely to be thrown back at you (or exchanged for expensive perfume). Never buy someone vacuum cleaner or a mop.
Although we're very tempted to. I'd advice you NOT to buy him/her something that you want yourself. Explaining how much she needs a new 3HP cordless drill will leave your relationship on a tightrope.
No name perfume which costs you $1.99, such as Eu de Toilet, which actually smells like the bathroom, a $10 whore, or your dirty socks. If you are going to buy her perfume, spring for the brand names.
NO CLOTHES! I repeat, NO CLOTHES! Oh, and let me reiterate,... NO CLOTHES! If they're too big, you'll be in trouble,... and if they're too small, you'll be in even MORE trouble. Just trust me,... don't buy her clothes!
And people,... no more Chia Pets.
First of all, The IBM Netvista X-40 is awesome. Just got mine, and I have to say, this is where PC computing is going. I have so much more desk space, I can actually fit a real book on it now.
I know this is redundant, but Palm still makes out with the best gifts. I personally own an m100, and am getting a V-series this December (found that out during a secret spy mission into the gift closet).
Of course, anything from ThinkGeek will show your loved ones that you care.
The sharing of information has been around for a while. In the automobile industry, open standards, and the absence (to a degree) of secrecy, has made the industry.
Perhaps these people were running profit-making sites?
Using rumor to build anticipation?
Probably the let down that occurs afterwards. Pehaps he fears that many of the story lines are going to be better then the actual one?
but that once they are hired they are often poorly managed
No kidding. This is a flaw with current executive management thinking. It's the old "if it ain't broke don't fix it" that causes us to work for piss poor managers. They see an IT worker doing a good job, and figure that he's fine where he's at, and that they shouldn't touch him.
Then you have Steph sitting around the corner, who simply doesn't have a clue. He keeps fouling things up, and costs the company way too much money.
So what happens? Steph gets promoted. Why is it, that in the IT field, the clueless are promoted faster then the insightfull? I can tell you why,... it's the old "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
many IT jobs are ill-designed and boring, leading many employees to become dissatisfied and leave
No shit! And it's not that they're simply ill-designed. They're designed EXACTLY how the designers want them. Do they want an experienced IT worker who's been around the block, and can provide solutions? No,... because it would be a direct threat on management's credibility. And as I've pointed out, management is composed of people who were too dumb to be passed up for promotion.
The IT field is in a flux. Nobody knows how to find competent workers (college degrees, nor certifications gurantee competency), let alone know how much to pay them.
Want a serious approach to labor shortages? Free the radical limitations that our corporate executives have placed upon us. Refuse to require college degrees and certifications. Hire people, not resumes. And for god sakes, if somebody doesn't know what the hell they are doing, don't promote them, can their ass!
Well, I think you're mistaken that the European Union supercedes the FCC, where each have distinct yet seperate duties.
The FCC really isn't supposed to look after the welfare of the consumer. It's basically supposed to ensure that the communications resources are managed properly.
On the other hand the article you linked says, "The snag adds to worries expressed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which is prepared to block the proposed $125 billion deal unless the companies agree to let competing services use their high-speed cable lines.".
Which would suggest that not just the European Union is interested in blocking the deal.
What this all boils down to, is I agree with you, it doesn't matter what the FCC thinks, but for different reasons.
You see, it would be like the EPA approving a merger between BP and Amoco (a recent oil industry merger for those wondering). It's immaterial, and isn't up to them.
I own a Palm m100. It's design is plastic, but it's very ergonomic, and it looks really nice. I didn't say that the visor had to be metal, just that it needed to look less like a ST:TOS tricorder, and more like a communicator. :P
It's like health insurance. You pay a premium, and in return you get benefits. Usually free advisory services, trial defense... etc.
Legal insurance is an option. You can get a lot of good benefits for a low price. There are a few companies in America who offer it.
Am I the only one who didn't opt for a Visor because they are uglier than snake shit? Ok, I'm not trolling, but these things are still the big bulky boxes they've always been.
If handpsring were to fit their PDA into a smaller box, wouldn't it be a HELL of a lot more appealing?
I mean, Handspring is doing a lot of really cool things with PDAs. Their technology ability is great, but I think they lack in artistic appeal.
Honestly, they could claim a lot of market share by making their devices look 21st century.
Interesting point. If you intend to steal something, but instead, you receive something which is normally free, is it really stealing?
If BNL give me part of a song, (ie as in the advertisemnt), that I didn't ask for,... and I use it,... am I violating their IP rights? I don't think so, since they did GIVE it to me.
Also, what if it isn't stealing? What if I already own rights to the song?
...coming from somebody with a nick like that? *grin*
Case in point, Usenet is nor shall ever be "like it used to".
Tapes are portable. We can backup our system twice, on two tapes,.. keep one, and send one to an off-site location. With this system we could eliminate one tape,... but not the other.
Is there anyone here who is as sadistic as I am, that would find it extremely hilarious, if BNL were taken to court over their use of a computer for unsolicited commercial email? *grin*
Seriously though,... what if all of the sudden we see a huge Spam outbreak on Napster,... my opinion is that it'll die like Usenet did. Same cause, same effect.
It basically means that you work at the will of your employer. Essentially what it boils down to, is they can fire you for anything that doesn't violate your civil rights. For example, they can fire you for have the wrong color car.
I'm not sure if it's exclusive to Michigan, but it is a reflection of corporate america's stranglehold on government policy.
Is what an excuse? Is the fact that a company will stab any employee in the back an excuse for the employee to be rude on the way out?... Yes!
...if for nothing more than a stock price increase.
I'm of the opinion that nobody is reponsible for your happiness then yourself. And if you don't like your job, find your ass another one.
Personally, I don't give 2 week notices, or any of that bullshit. If I got fired, do you really think they'd give me 2 weeks to find a new job? No. And who cares about references anymore? Most places will give you a BAD reference in order to keep you working there.
I've only quit a total of two jobs, the first I gave 2 weeks notice, and was told to leave 4 days later (after telling my new employer it would be 2 weeks before I could start). Once the company found someone new, there was no need for me.
So I pretty much promised myself it wouldn't happen again. And the second time, when I got the phone call that I was hired, the very next day I brought a cardboard box, packed my things, and said good-bye on the way out.
But maybe that's just because in Michigan everybody is an at-will employee (except if you're contracted). And you can quit/be fired any time and for just about any reason (exclusions would be Fair Employment Act, etc.).
If I were to give any advice to someone coming out of school looking for work, is that you need to take a mercenary approach to things. You are there to do a job, and you expect to get paid for the work you do. You're police to coworkers, not to companies.
For anyone interested, here is the law straight from the horse's mouth.
But the strange thing is, the laws were effective March of 1980. And Michigan finds the use of a computer as a way to enhance the sentence through this law.
I'm also a community member of Grex (finger nharmon@grex.cyberspace.org), and used to frequent M-Net quite a bit. These are UNIX-based community systems, and I find it extremely disturbing that someone would take advantage of free system like this.
The people at M-Net are pretty reasonable people, and will probably not overstate damages (unless one of their parent companies or sponsors makes them).
I think the most important thing to remember, is that these kids were malicious and weren't just "exploring the system". Personally, I think "exploring the system" should also be illegal, because accidents can happen,... but that's not the case here. These kids are criminals, and should not be made into heros like Mitnick.
What's the difference?
Tuition colleges receive from teaching lawyers to become the people they are. Which some of that is fished off to the bar associations in order to be an approved school (case in point, bar associations are unions,... you pay dues, and you can't work without being members,... so as you can see, even highly intelligent lawyers are union workers, (relates to a previous /. article and comment)).
Dude, you couldn't have put it any better. Bar testing is enough, no other requirements should be imposed.
...and lawyers never lie?
I have a strong belief that juries are intelligent people, and can distinguish what is true and what isn't. That ability is what makes them capable of determining a person's guilt, and further should let them take in the whole picture and then decide what is true.
If juries read everything about a case that was on CNN, Slashdot, plus heard the evidence in court, I'm sure they'd find that the truth lies somewhere in the middle, and they'd be correct.
BTW, nobody cares about your stupid mod points. Honestly,... I don't want them, nor do I need them.
Don't forget that a few years ago, 75% of adults thought that Microsoft owned the internet. And that the perception of reality is what drives the legal system.
The legal system is also closed minded. We see this, since you can't even become a lawyer without going to college (relates to an earlier /. story).
So what happens when something o closed minded relies on just the perception of reality? It tends to sway for whoever has the biggest buck.
And why? Well, juries are told they can't read newspapers, or watch TV when they sit in on big cases. Juries are also told on many occasions they can't talk about the case. Why? What is the legal system afraid of? Are they scared that a newspaper may alter that perceived reality, and reveal the truth?
If it were #1, then there would many people who received the snailmail by mistake, or late with an apology, but that isn't the case, so those things aren't happening.
Perhaps they lost part of their database, and aren't sweating it. The fact that the servers were too busy for many to register is evidence enough of their irresponsibility torwards the entire election.
As much as I would hate for it to be true, #2 is seeming more and more possible by the day. I think regardless of what happens, there needs to be an investigation, an we need to find out whether or not ICANN is "throwing" the election.