Well yeah, but the problem here is that H1B is pretty much your only option if you need to hire a foreigner.
If you are a large multinational or your employee is a Canadian, you can use TN and L visas. For all the others, H1B is the only way since green cards take way too long.
What Germans are doing is penalizing children born to illegal immigrants.
These kids become criminals from birth, but you Enlightened Europeans probably see no problem with that either (since the kids should have chosen better parents, right?)
Actually, it IS better to have no standards at all instead of picking and chosing.
Selective law enforcement is what the corrupt and oppressive governments do to dissidents, political opponents, and other undesireables all the while claming to uphold the law.
Nobody reasonable would advocate that the public goes completely uneducated. But nobody reasonable would expect the public to understand modern day science either.
Yet defining the sexual solicitation broadly might not be a bad thing. But of course it IS a bad thing if it leads to more government regulation and intrusion into internet. Remember those nice laws that required you to have two copies of ID for every picture you take of a person? Or the mandatory age verification on just about any website out there that might host "offensive" content (would include slashdot)?
I am not talking about basic rational understanding here. That clearly should be given to everyone.
However it's quite unreasonable to expect most normal people to understand all/any aspects of modern science. The only way you could get them to pay attention is by rubbing their noses in their intellectual inferority. I'll do this to you now to illustrate:
Sketch an IR spectrum of HCl. Draw a circuit diagram for a current-to-voltage converter using a stock OpAmp. Write down a Euler-Lagrange equation for the shortest path between two points on an n-dimentional surface of your choice (you pick n). Describe an active site of acetylcholine esterase and how it interacts with a nerve agent of your choice. What is a holomorphic manifold? How do you cite a sound recording in MLA format? Name four European heads of state contemporary to Bismark. Why is mercury liquid at room temp while thallium isn't? What is Kalidasa famous for? How is ICP-AE different from a normal AA?
See, you probably are quite a smart person able to make a living and take care of yourself. Most probably you succeeded in life without knowing a single answer to these freshman-level scince intro questions. Should we fault you for not being interested in any of this? Conversely, there is no reason to expect that most people will care or understand these basics either, much less "real" modern science.
The only thing we can do is teach the scientific method - in schools, at home, in conversations. It's the only weapon we've got, however small. That won't help. Scientific research is so in-depth and focused that it's basically boring for all but the very few individuals directly involved. To generate interest, people now overstate their goals and results (this can cure Cancer, stop AIDS, make you Immortal, fly your car, etc.) which just pisses people off.
I say you should accept that trying to educate the public about your research is a lost cause, and just let it be. Most people are not even aware of the basics of centuries-old fields like electromagnetism, thermodynamics, or number theory. How in the hell can you convince the very same people that knowing about TGF-beta interaction with ERK (whatever that means) is more important than about how often Brittaney shaves her crotch?
Science is not for everyone, and you are just going to make a lot of good people feel stupid, inferior, or worse if you push too hard and make them aware of things they can't and won't understand. Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Well, I too am worried that EU (or our next Democrat president) will try to do something to "fix" things.
I agree it would be better for me as a consumer if Microsoft went all-open, but what right do I have to force them to do it? If I don't like it, I don't buy from them. What I shouldn't do is try to send in the Feds or other jackbooted thugs to take them down.
Look people, that's how our current capitalist/free market system works: each company has responsibility to its shareholders to maximize the business and profits. Why you think Microsoft ownes it to any of you to give away their computer code is beyond me.
Face it, it's true. Either you are a geek not likely to get laid, or you are a hot trash stud that could use the kids to get a bigger welfare check. In neither of these cases you actually need to know how to operate a condom.
You know, most of those 6 billion were students at some point of their life.
More to the point, about 2.5 billion people are currently under the age of 25*, so actively targeting those might give Microsoft about 1 billion students over 10 years
If they don't want people to think the connection is unlimited, maybe they should tell people about it up front. They DO tell you upfront in the fine print of the contract you sign.
I view this situation in the same light as the iPhone early abopter whining. If someone is a dumbass that doesn't understand how marketing and hype works, there's nothing (legally) wrong with plucking him clean.
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Let me inject a little optimism into this thread by saying that IE8 can indeed be standards-complaint because it will be the standard.
You DO realize your drive times will always be shorter than your recharge times, right?
Well yeah, but the problem here is that H1B is pretty much your only option if you need to hire a foreigner.
If you are a large multinational or your employee is a Canadian, you can use TN and L visas. For all the others, H1B is the only way since green cards take way too long.
Plus don't forget that Border Patrol/DHS cannot make political contributions while outside companies can.
It'd be interesting to see which Congressman pushed on this project, and how much he/she got back from Boeing
"Lived legally for 8 years" is the key part here.
What Germans are doing is penalizing children born to illegal immigrants.
These kids become criminals from birth, but you Enlightened Europeans probably see no problem with that either (since the kids should have chosen better parents, right?)
Actually, it IS better to have no standards at all instead of picking and chosing.
Selective law enforcement is what the corrupt and oppressive governments do to dissidents, political opponents, and other undesireables all the while claming to uphold the law.
One recent example of this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Khodorkovsky
It's only wrong when other people do it.
Applying double standards is business as usual for the Enlightened Europeans. They literally do that every day.
Sure you can, you just got to look in the right place.
Nothing wrong with hiring a female or a foreigner. Looking at these two groups would give you x200 more candidates to chose from.
You don't like being punished for your success? Guess that makes you a conservative now ;)
Reagan said it best about our government's attitude: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Nobody reasonable would advocate that the public goes completely uneducated.
But nobody reasonable would expect the public to understand modern day science either.
Or maybe free as in your first heroin hit. Or free as in boose for single females at frat socials. Or free as in Trade Agreements.
Watch out when someone offers you free stuff, folks. More often than not, you are about to get F*cked.
I am not talking about basic rational understanding here. That clearly should be given to everyone.
However it's quite unreasonable to expect most normal people to understand all/any aspects of modern science. The only way you could get them to pay attention is by rubbing their noses in their intellectual inferority. I'll do this to you now to illustrate:
Sketch an IR spectrum of HCl.
Draw a circuit diagram for a current-to-voltage converter using a stock OpAmp.
Write down a Euler-Lagrange equation for the shortest path between two points on an n-dimentional surface of your choice (you pick n).
Describe an active site of acetylcholine esterase and how it interacts with a nerve agent of your choice.
What is a holomorphic manifold?
How do you cite a sound recording in MLA format?
Name four European heads of state contemporary to Bismark.
Why is mercury liquid at room temp while thallium isn't?
What is Kalidasa famous for?
How is ICP-AE different from a normal AA?
See, you probably are quite a smart person able to make a living and take care of yourself. Most probably you succeeded in life without knowing a single answer to these freshman-level scince intro questions. Should we fault you for not being interested in any of this?
Conversely, there is no reason to expect that most people will care or understand these basics either, much less "real" modern science.
I say you should accept that trying to educate the public about your research is a lost cause, and just let it be. Most people are not even aware of the basics of centuries-old fields like electromagnetism, thermodynamics, or number theory. How in the hell can you convince the very same people that knowing about TGF-beta interaction with ERK (whatever that means) is more important than about how often Brittaney shaves her crotch?
Science is not for everyone, and you are just going to make a lot of good people feel stupid, inferior, or worse if you push too hard and make them aware of things they can't and won't understand. Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Does reverse engineering type shit.
No wonder he hates copyrights and license agreements so much, I guess.
You think you can save the world by giving away MY money? Guess it's a good thing we got generous folks like you around...
The cynic in me says that the CEOs only get paid when the company gets fucked (see HP (re Carly Fiorina), Citigroup, Enron, WorldCom).
Well, I too am worried that EU (or our next Democrat president) will try to do something to "fix" things.
I agree it would be better for me as a consumer if Microsoft went all-open, but what right do I have to force them to do it? If I don't like it, I don't buy from them. What I shouldn't do is try to send in the Feds or other jackbooted thugs to take them down.
Look people, that's how our current capitalist/free market system works: each company has responsibility to its shareholders to maximize the business and profits. Why you think Microsoft ownes it to any of you to give away their computer code is beyond me.
Not posting as AC for obvious reasons.
One tells time, the other emits light. I thought that was fairly obvious. It's the other way around, you dumbass.
Putting on a condom.
Face it, it's true. Either you are a geek not likely to get laid, or you are a hot trash stud that could use the kids to get a bigger welfare check. In neither of these cases you actually need to know how to operate a condom.
Actually they already did. If you check out the FAQs you will see that their keys require 12-month student re-verification.
You know, most of those 6 billion were students at some point of their life.
More to the point, about 2.5 billion people are currently under the age of 25*, so actively targeting those might give Microsoft about 1 billion students over 10 years
* (at the bottom of the page hit Submit for pop pyramid: http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpopinfo.html )
They keep saying something over and over in Chinese.
I am not sure it's Chinese though since I can't actually speak it.
I view this situation in the same light as the iPhone early abopter whining. If someone is a dumbass that doesn't understand how marketing and hype works, there's nothing (legally) wrong with plucking him clean.