I disagree. American doctors have to take standardized board exams before they specialize. The exams are significantly more rigorous, and better-designed, than the job interviews that I run.

Specifically, in the American medical system, specialization happens with on-the-job training after taking a standard exam. Students seeking to be pediatricians, heart surgeons, and dermatologists all take the same standardized exam. The score is then presented when students apply to programs to specialize.

Dammit, you beat me to it. Oh well, I'll have to wait until this conversation comes up again, and we're talking about Internet3.0a.

I find it very hard to judge skill when I interview candidates. I can easily filter out incompetent people. Someone I work with says, "when you interview people, all you find out is if the person interviews well."

Many professional fields have long professional exams. Civil engineers need to be certified, as well as doctors. Frankly, I wish I could look at some kind of a score, and spend most of the interview on "soft" topics.

More likely, they tried to install their backdoor and found the space already ocupied on some devices by the Chinese backdoor. This may be how the other backdoor was discovered. The firmware on some devices didn't match the manufactures binary and filled space the NSA was going to use.

I hit Goodwill (thrift store) and picked up a home Clear branded WiMax modem/wireless router. The thing runs on 12 volts, so a DC cord instead of the wall wart makes it very mobile on a home dataplan. Clear supports bring your own device at $20 Month to Month. I keep it in the motorhome and use it on summer trips. I check for coverage before departing, as not all destinations are covered.

It just happens to be one of the many options. When using it, I can plug in my VOIP phone adapter too. My mobile office has an office phone. I recharge batteries any time the sun shines.

In my market, this is getting shaken up. Qwest is expanding and doing quite well. When they did my street, I dumped Comcast, tripled my speed, and reduced my cost. I found no throttling, or blocked ports. I did test Comcast for the torrent throttling. 1st minute fine, 2nd minute about 1/2 speed, etc to where a file was totally stalled on a Linux ISO by the end of the day. FTP of the same file from a mirror was a 20 minute download.

Same test on Qwest is functional. I am running SIP phone service for 2 additional lines from another provider. Qwest is not interfearing.

I get calls from time to time from Comcast salesmen pusing their high speed Xfinity branded product. I give them the info of how they treated me and I have zero interest in a repeat serving. Their reputation preceeds them. Customer retention may become a priority for them soon... I hope.

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He probably go caught by having a money liik to him through his paypal account. He would have been much harder to find without it.

Ah.. My passport was old. It had a real photograph on it. I need to get a new one, so I guess it will be a printed one.

It's a really long list. You're probably asking about a number for a specific identity. But, I don't really need you keeping it safe for me, I can always get new ones.

I don't mind being a number. I have several. :) You're never really free, unless you can be sure you can *always* travel unmolested. ... unless you want to get molested, but that's another conversation entirely.