Hi there,

You say Google is data driven? Then why not use the available data about a candidate's past?

I work for google, and interview on a regular basis. I am a huge fan of using data of a candidate's past: for open-source projects, I clone the repository and browse through patches, for example. I like this, because real work covers a depth that a 45 minute interview cannot.

Unfortunately, besides open-source work, the only source of data usually is hearsay from the candidate himself, a source which often is somewhat biased.

If the a test were to be applied, it should rather be to votees, so they actually have notions of economy, science, history, etc. That would keep people like G.W. Bush out of the office.

You can still buy the N1

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/08/nexus-one-developer-phone.html

It's $529 plus the (IIRC) $25 sign up as android developer.

What now happens is that the megarich hire lawyers to appeal court decisions ad-nauseum, staying unpunished until their crimes expire. Justice becomes class-justice. Punishment is only for those that cannot afford lawyers, and innocent will still suffer, it's just that the innocents are always poor.

Maybe it would be

    CALABOCAGALVÃO

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I just find it hard to believe that after the government tortures you that they are going to let you invoke any laws on your side. I think that the CIA has taught them different.

You are assuming that The Governments is an organ to work in a coordinated fashion: tens of thousands of people all working in perfect harmony to execute vile plans against the people; a borg of sorts.

The reality is that there are hundreds of different sub-organs each with their own agendas, that together form The Government. The law allows for many layers of appeal, and the judges in Brazil are independent to apply that law as they see fit. If a lawyer can show procedural faults, the suspect will be acquitted or at least can evade incarceration in freedom until the crime 'expires'.

Han-Wen
(not brazilian, but living there)

I am using the Linux version on a daily basis. It is usable, and the speed blows FF3 firmly out of the water, to the point that I don't want to go back to FF. Of course, it does crash every once in a while, and there are many rough edges.

There was a case of the Dutch internet provider Xs4all suing the government, to be reimbursed for the storage costs that resulted from this legislation. They lost.

you are confusing google and microsoft.

In addition, Google generally does not have project managers.

At google, we actually have promo stickers saying "My other computer is a Datacenter."