The bitches will get all up in your grill if you call them that.

Males only become elementary school teachers because they are perverts. Fact.

But it would have been just a small power-up. He's be able to rampage across Japan, but it wouldn't be enough for him to make it to the US.

Of course, this is the best kind of project.

Where private enterprise is paid by the gov't to determine if a project is profitable.

If it is, great, they'll do it, preferably with some kind of startup grant from the gov't to make sure they can make a go of it.
If it isn't, great, didn't cost them anything and they can spend the last of the money for thinking of some new idea the gov't can pay them to investigate.

Yes.

If it could be done profitably, private enterprise must do it instead
If it is done for a loss, it must be terminated
It it breaks even, mess with it until one of the above rules can be applied.

Well, at least not at these prices.

So, you pay them to not sneeze on you?

ugh. 0 for 2 [me].

From the wiki article:

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
        The employer must, prior to filing the H-1B petition, take good-faith steps to recruit U.S. workers for the position for which the H-1B worker is sought, offering a wage at least as high as what the law requires for the H-1B worker. The employer must also attest that, in connection with this recruitment, it has offered the job to any U.S. worker who applies who is equally or better qualified for the position.
        The employer must not have laid off, and will not lay off, any U.S. worker in a job essentially equivalent to the H-1B position in the area of intended employment of the H-1B worker within the period beginning 90 days prior to the filing of the H-1B petition and ending 90 days after its filing.[34]

Glad that wasn't me(tm).

Remember, for all those H1B's, they diligently posted ads advertising each job locally and couldn't find any qualified applicants. Otherwise, it would be illegal.

"costs of operating in Australia"...apparently they get more gov't handouts elsewhere. Except perhaps in Rhode Island (thanks for screwing up that source of funds, Curt).

Really? Just reset the drive and it goes fast again?

Do you want to keep the Samsung SSD that's in this drawer?
Yes, it's the fastest SSD I own.
Why isn't it in one of your computers?
Because once I use it, it goes slower than all the other SSDs I have.

Everywhere I go...it smells like toast.

Good. Fast. Cheap.

You bought Samsung, so you picked cheap.