There is no telling what kind of a sick twisted deception scheme the CIA/MI5 are cooking up next. I mean, they already had a woman pose as a 42 year old bolding fat male administrator:
Wikipedia administrator named SlimVirgin is actually Linda Mack, a woman [...]
Censorship is not bad per se. There are already laws against child porn, bomb-making instructions and nuclear launch codes being shared with the world.
So censorship can indeed me good, as long as we save it for only the absolutely-worst things.
I suspect the good Senator is only (rightly) concerned about colleges. It's hard to imagine how much all those illicit mp3s, pornographic pictorials and linux CDs appeal to the young minds, luring them away from their classrooms and peers.
You'd be amazed how many 'geeks' are passing up the good old partying (with free drinks, pot, and orgies!) in favor of leveling up their Grand Dragon in WoW or something. We are losing an entire generation of future political elite right there.
He probably paid some property taxes (I hear these can get pretty high in some states). I agree that the kinds of numbers quoted 10k off 30k are unlikely otherwise.
They aren't talking about code monkeys here, Doc Ruby. What Laszlo Bock said during his testimony to Congress is that they could not hire some 70 absolute-best applicants simply because all the visa numbers were up. I am sure if they could pay a little less, they wouldn't mind, but at that level saving a few $$ just isn't a concern.
Cheapness is only an issue for about 10% of H1-Bs, the other 90% cost more than Americans to hire. In total numbers, 25% of H1-Bs work with computers, about 40% of those 25% (10% of total) are code-monkeys.
Europe is not a good example of how to manage immigration. Economically, only Germany and Ireland and one more country (that I forgot the name of) are doing OK, but all three are letting in the skilled foreigners lately
I do think it's good for America to welcome the best and the brightest. Beyond certain security and medical concerns, why would I care which country you were born in or what the spectral absorption of your epidermis is? I only care what kind of a person you are and how you will treat others.
It's also good for Humanity if America imported the best and the brightest (as opposed to China or the Soviet Union). It's better that some genius African kid came to the US to do biotech research instead of farming dirt back home and getting shot by the rebels. It really is better for everybody, since already there are no more global wars, global hunger, of global pandemics because of the advances made in the Western countries.
Finally, invoking Patriotism (as you did) is a cheap way to win an argument. Hitler used Patriotism, Stalin, Mao, the both the South AND the North during the Civil War (who was wrong there?). It doesn't move me since I would rather be looking out for the entire human race than for an arbitrary part of it. To George Bernard Shaw said, Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
...quality of worker's intelligence and experience are more important than having 10,000 interchangable drones as Google seems to want.
Then why do you object to them hiring the best and the brightest, no matter where they were born?
To illustrate: Google's founder used to be a Russian citizen; should he have stayed at home instead of stealing the American jobs (from search.msn.com ?)
You might want to reconsider given that the President is the one that gets to decide who is actually citizen, without ANY appeal or review (which might make holding and executing a citizen possible, without review: "you say you are a 20 year old black female, but you look like Bin Laden to me, so we better shoot you now").
I do trust President Bush, but sure as hell not the future President Hillary or President Joe Blow.
1) Life needs a few conditions that are pretty rare in the Universe (things like availability of chemical eliments from a dead star (C, N, S, P, O), large water bodies, strong magnetic field & reasonable gravity, a lack of strong ionizing radiation, reducing atmosphere, comfortable temperature (water-based forms need a constant T between 273 and 373 K). All these are extremely hard to come by all at once! Even though the earth had all these, it still took at least a billion years to bootstrap 'life' and a few more billions to get something reasonable out of it.
2) You confuse superiority (whatever the hell that means) and competition. Humans don't really compete with bacteria, they compete with each-other. One million years humans competed with other ape species and hunter-gatherer-type animals. Today, 'we' compete with no other species, we only have intra-specific competition (with other horny males, with other job applicants, with the Russians and the Mexicans, etc.)
Since these machines were also used in the concurrent Presidential election of 2004, this pot lawsuit is nothing but a clever ploy by the Republicans to invalidate 2004-2008 presidential term and put George W. Bush candidacy up for re-election in 2008! Either that, or I am running out of tinfoil.
Thanks for the reply. The 'define:script-kiddie' part was a joke that assumed one would actually try it in google and one did not speak German... I do not know whether or not the boy is a script-kiddie, just that I botched a joke
Though you would have to agree with me about him being dumb (calling in about his own school, not using a disposable email address, etc. etc.)
You don't have a clue WTF you are talking about, it seems.
1. Antivirus programs only spot common viruses. They will not catch a virus you just finished writing by yourself, or the one an FBI tech just came up with.
2. Kid is retarded by definition (google define:script-kiddie). Were he even a tiny bit smarter, he would select an object in a different city or a different country, not his own damn school!
3. 'Nothing to hide' usually means nothing to hide from authorities or law enforcement officers on official business. I personally would not mind giving them my credit card number or bills since I do not buy illegal drugs or child porn. They can also come into my house all they want but I sure as hell want a warrant if they decide to collect any evidence.
4. As a consumer you do not need to report your purchases to the IRS unless you are trying to get a credit or a refund for them somehow.
5. No, the gov't is not 'overstepping their boundaries.' They followed the legal procedure including getting a warrant.
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Lots of people like Nixon. You probably would too if you took the time to learn about his presidency.
While not the most moral, Nixon was probably the most brilliant president in the last 50 years. He certainly did a lot of good for this country.
Where's the goatse troll when you need one?
I think the parent makes a good point.
What are the linux/windows alternatives to this 'product' anyways?
Censorship is not bad per se. There are already laws against child porn, bomb-making instructions and nuclear launch codes being shared with the world.
So censorship can indeed me good, as long as we save it for only the absolutely-worst things.
Why stop there, why not connect the 'guardian' circuit to a crowbar thyristor across a Sony Li-ion battery?
You DO know the activity you describe is most likely illegal and is bound to get you jailed for up to ten years (+$500,000 fine)?
Repeat after me: I do not have the right to steal media content
But having the extra 32 bits would take you a step closer to 1337!
I suspect the good Senator is only (rightly) concerned about colleges. It's hard to imagine how much all those illicit mp3s, pornographic pictorials and linux CDs appeal to the young minds, luring them away from their classrooms and peers.
You'd be amazed how many 'geeks' are passing up the good old partying (with free drinks, pot, and orgies!) in favor of leveling up their Grand Dragon in WoW or something. We are losing an entire generation of future political elite right there.
He probably paid some property taxes (I hear these can get pretty high in some states). I agree that the kinds of numbers quoted 10k off 30k are unlikely otherwise.
They aren't talking about code monkeys here, Doc Ruby. What Laszlo Bock said during his testimony to Congress is that they could not hire some 70 absolute-best applicants simply because all the visa numbers were up. I am sure if they could pay a little less, they wouldn't mind, but at that level saving a few $$ just isn't a concern.
Cheapness is only an issue for about 10% of H1-Bs, the other 90% cost more than Americans to hire. In total numbers, 25% of H1-Bs work with computers, about 40% of those 25% (10% of total) are code-monkeys.
Europe is not a good example of how to manage immigration. Economically, only Germany and Ireland and one more country (that I forgot the name of) are doing OK, but all three are letting in the skilled foreigners lately
Most H1Bs (about 75%) do not come here for a computer job. Most do things such as biotech research, teaching, architecture, etc.
I do think it's good for America to welcome the best and the brightest. Beyond certain security and medical concerns, why would I care which country you were born in or what the spectral absorption of your epidermis is? I only care what kind of a person you are and how you will treat others.
It's also good for Humanity if America imported the best and the brightest (as opposed to China or the Soviet Union). It's better that some genius African kid came to the US to do biotech research instead of farming dirt back home and getting shot by the rebels. It really is better for everybody, since already there are no more global wars, global hunger, of global pandemics because of the advances made in the Western countries.
Finally, invoking Patriotism (as you did) is a cheap way to win an argument. Hitler used Patriotism, Stalin, Mao, the both the South AND the North during the Civil War (who was wrong there?). It doesn't move me since I would rather be looking out for the entire human race than for an arbitrary part of it. To George Bernard Shaw said, Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
I am confused, are you somehow implying that as a citizen, you have a right to be employed at Google? Some kind of a job patent perhaps?
The only country where citizens had such work rights was Soviet Union. You'd like all that here in America?
To illustrate: Google's founder used to be a Russian citizen; should he have stayed at home instead of stealing the American jobs (from search.msn.com ?)
Einstein and von Neumann never touched a computer before coming to the United States, either.
You might want to reconsider given that the President is the one that gets to decide who is actually citizen, without ANY appeal or review (which might make holding and executing a citizen possible, without review: "you say you are a 20 year old black female, but you look like Bin Laden to me, so we better shoot you now").
I do trust President Bush, but sure as hell not the future President Hillary or President Joe Blow.
1) Life needs a few conditions that are pretty rare in the Universe (things like availability of chemical eliments from a dead star (C, N, S, P, O), large water bodies, strong magnetic field & reasonable gravity, a lack of strong ionizing radiation, reducing atmosphere, comfortable temperature (water-based forms need a constant T between 273 and 373 K). All these are extremely hard to come by all at once! Even though the earth had all these, it still took at least a billion years to bootstrap 'life' and a few more billions to get something reasonable out of it.
2) You confuse superiority (whatever the hell that means) and competition. Humans don't really compete with bacteria, they compete with each-other. One million years humans competed with other ape species and hunter-gatherer-type animals. Today, 'we' compete with no other species, we only have intra-specific competition (with other horny males, with other job applicants, with the Russians and the Mexicans, etc.)
Your logic, my dear Freak, is impeccable.
Mayhap you are interested in this great piece of land for no money down? Kindly send your credit card billing info to NoScam@HonestLandSeller.com
This depends on the encryption algorithm. If you can brute-force it, then it doesn't matter how random your key is.
Since these machines were also used in the concurrent Presidential election of 2004, this pot lawsuit is nothing but a clever ploy by the Republicans to invalidate 2004-2008 presidential term and put George W. Bush candidacy up for re-election in 2008! Either that, or I am running out of tinfoil.
FOUR MORE YEARS!!! yeah baby
Thanks for the reply. The 'define:script-kiddie' part was a joke that assumed one would actually try it in google and one did not speak German... I do not know whether or not the boy is a script-kiddie, just that I botched a joke
Though you would have to agree with me about him being dumb (calling in about his own school, not using a disposable email address, etc. etc.)
What about DX2:The Invisible War?
The programming is great and it doesn't crash, yet you never stop laughing, beginning with the loading screen ["The Future War on Terror"]
You don't have a clue WTF you are talking about, it seems.
1. Antivirus programs only spot common viruses. They will not catch a virus you just finished writing by yourself, or the one an FBI tech just came up with.
2. Kid is retarded by definition (google define:script-kiddie). Were he even a tiny bit smarter, he would select an object in a different city or a different country, not his own damn school!
3. 'Nothing to hide' usually means nothing to hide from authorities or law enforcement officers on official business. I personally would not mind giving them my credit card number or bills since I do not buy illegal drugs or child porn. They can also come into my house all they want but I sure as hell want a warrant if they decide to collect any evidence.
4. As a consumer you do not need to report your purchases to the IRS unless you are trying to get a credit or a refund for them somehow.
5. No, the gov't is not 'overstepping their boundaries.' They followed the legal procedure including getting a warrant.
That's about 100 x 100 miles' worth of swamp, which is not a lot. I would gladly turn half of Florida into a swamp for a good cause.