They hired Infosys to write the firmware, obviously.

As this is a discrimination suit, they would ostensibly be punished in accordance with any other suit of the same nature; damages awarded directly to the victim(s), and possibly additional measures such as requiring "diversity training," and such, assuming the plaintiffs win.

Do you consider Affirmative Action discriminatory as well? It's one thing to have a preference for a particular group of people when all other considerations (such as qualifications, experience, etc.) are equal, it's very different to purposely hire a less qualified, poorer fit for a position simply because of their nationality.

By your logic, a person choosing a contractor to work in their home who picks one over the other simply because they are the same [ race / ethnicity / nationality ] should have their house confiscated by the government and banned from the city.

I would probably agree, given that the Indian government had to release a PSA music video called "Take the poo to the loo" in an effort to combat the epidemic of its citizens defecating in the streets. They definitely know their shit.

Linux isn't tied to systemd, and you don't even know how to spell systemd (hint: it's not SystemD). Still, you're modded up by the muppets who know less.

The hatred is mostly due to internet communities creating circle-jerks where some really retarded opinions get reinforced due to their mere popularity. People who have no idea what you're talking about think your comment is "insightful" just because it's marked as such, and adopt them as their own.

Unlikely. I've got a Windows 7 install myself, running in dual boot for gaming. I believe it's from 2010, and since then moved first to an SSD and then from AMD to Intel (which takes a bit of time and magic, but is possible). It still runs just fine, but I almost only install software I need (i.e. games).

Come to think of it, I actually did end up with some garbage that took over my IE start page and search engine at one time. The problem with Windows is that it encourages bad usage, and that crapware is so much more readily available than good free software tools.

My parents both use Windows 7, and both computers have slowed to beyond frustration. Perhaps the reason why yours still works is that you learnt how to use Windows. Most people never do.

Sounds to me like that had this ready to go, even before the protests. I'd imagine that the percentage of jailbroken iOS devices in China markedly outstrips those in the western world, given the political climate and sandboxed internet there. It seems that the government was both aware of the devices and had the gun cocked and ready to fire.

Slashbots seem to contradict this with pretty much every comment. Example: a circle-jerk of narcissist STEM-guys who believe they're better than everyone else because of their infatuation of IT.

Yo dawg... I heard you like shining. So I put a star inside your star, so you can shine while you shine.

Unless you've used the same password for gmail as for whichever site has been hacked, it shouldn't matter. I found my gmail address, but the password had never been used at Google. The problem is if you've reused the password on a bunch of sites where your email address can be used as login.