Comment Re:Sorry Motorola (Score 1) 353
You know, some of us actually create these "good jobs."
Then there are the entitled little shits like you that purport to tell us who gets those jobs.
Why do you hate America so much?
Comment Re:I think you are missing the point (Score 1) 248
So what percentage of their income do the Russians pay for their government-assigned housing and utilities?
Comment Re:I think you are missing the point (Score 1) 248
Government provided apartments for token rent, so when you moved to another city you had to go through official channel
I think that's exactly the parent's point: Russian citizens had (have?) no Freedom of movement. The fact that you see nothing wrong with that is what's scary.
Comment Re:My name is Barack Hussein Obama... (Score 1) 436
To me one of the biggest things invalidating the hypothesis of the "Truth" movement is that WE SAW IT COMING.
I think you have a problem with your logic. If I may:
1. The hypothesis: our government paid off the terr'sts to do 911.
2. A fact: WE SAW [the terror plot involving planes, etc.] COMING.
How does #2 invalidate #1, exactly?
Comment Re:They call this a success? (Score 1) 278
That math is correct, except you forgot that the aforementioned countermeasures generally reduce this kill probability by a factor of 100-1000.
And the whole point of this test was to see if the system is able to deal with countermeasures. Since this failed, it indeed does invalidate the test.
Comment Re:They call this a success? (Score 1) 278
Here you go: "missile failed to deploy its countermeasures."
Comment Re:I don't get all the hate (Score 1) 375
That's just classic:
The capitalist pigs want me to pay for the stuff they keep pushing on me.
The socialist assholes want me pay for the stuff they keep taking for themselves.
Comment Re:Works For Me (Score 1) 532
Just outlaw apathy.
I think we can fix our "broken" education system overnight if we started throwing irresponsible parents in jails.
Press Favored Obama Throughout Campaign 1601
narcberry writes "After complaints of one-sided reporting, the Washington Post checked their own articles and agreed. Obama was clearly favored, throughout his campaign, in terms of more favorable articles, less criticism, better page real-estate, more pictures, and total disregard for problems such as his drug use. 'Stories and photos about Obama in the news pages outnumbered those devoted to McCain. Reporters, photographers and editors found the candidacy of Obama, the first African American major-party nominee, more newsworthy and historic. Journalists love the new; McCain, 25 years older than Obama, was already well known and had more scars from his longer career in politics. The number of Obama stories since Nov. 11 was 946, compared with McCain's 786. Both had hard-fought primary campaigns, but Obama's battle with Hillary Rodham Clinton was longer, and the numbers reflect that. McCain clinched the GOP nomination on March 4, three months before Obama won his. From June 4 to Election Day, the tally was Obama, 626 stories, and McCain, 584. Obama was on the front page 176 times, McCain, 144 times; 41 stories featured both.'"
Norwegian Standards Body Members Resign Over OOXML 208
tsa writes "Ars Technica reports that 13 of the 23 members from the technical committee of the Norwegian standards body, the organization that manages technical standards for the country, have resigned because of the way the OOXML standardization was handled. We've previously discussed Norway's protest and ISO's rejection of other appeals. From the article: 'The standardization process for Microsoft's office format has been plagued with controversy. Critics have challenged the validity of its ISO approval and allege that procedural irregularities and outright misconduct marred the voting process in national standards bodies around the world. Norway has faced particularly close scrutiny because the country reversed its vote against approval despite strong opposition to the format by a majority of the members who participated in the technical committee.'"
How Do You Fix Education? 949
TaeKwonDood writes "Carl Wieman is the 2001 Nobel Prize winner in Physics but what he cares most about is fixing science education. The real issue is, can someone who went through 20 years of science education as a student, lived his life in academia since then and even got a Nobel prize get a fair shake from bureaucrats who like education the way it is — flawed and therefore always needing more money?"
Submission + - H1-B visa cap hit in one day (informationweek.com)
megaditto writes: USCIS has announced that it stopped accepting H1-B visa application for 2009 due to exceeding the current limit of 65,000. H1-B is a type of work visa issued to "highly skilled" foreign nationals, and commonly serves as a stepping stone to getting a permanent immigration permit (green card).
While reaching the H1-B cap within days is not unusual, this year USCIS has decided to alleviate the situation by extending all 12-month student work permits known as OPT to 29 months. This is done to allow current US-educated graduates another chance to apply for an H1-B in the future should the next Congress lift the H1-B limit.
While reaching the H1-B cap within days is not unusual, this year USCIS has decided to alleviate the situation by extending all 12-month student work permits known as OPT to 29 months. This is done to allow current US-educated graduates another chance to apply for an H1-B in the future should the next Congress lift the H1-B limit.
Submission + - New backdoor unlimited H1-B visas from DHS
berkeleydb writes: "DHS last week created unlimited defacto three year H1-B visas by changing some of the rules regarding these visas.
This comes after Congress is refusing to take up the issue during an election year. Apparently now
any agency of the US government can create it's own extralegal immigration policy. There are one million foreign
students in the US every year, and they don't study sociology or Sports Management. DHS calls it "Optional
Practical Training."
Read about it here: http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1207334008610.shtm
and here: http://techdirt.com/articles/20080407/110602777.shtml"
Submission + - IT job security in freefall compared to US average (networkworld.com) 3
jbrodkin writes: "Job security for IT professionals plummeted more than 10% from January to February of this year, a decline five times faster than the national average, according to a rigorous analysis of U.S. employment patterns.
The IT job security decline was the eighth in 13 months and largest drop in more than a year. Overall job security for IT professionals is now worse than the national average for all professions.
"This reduced demand for IT jobs, which has lowered job security level in the IT sector, can be attributed to outsourcing, offshoring, and relocation of production to cheaper, foreign locations," researchers say. "In addition, companies have reduced their investment in IT infrastructure because of lack of compelling, technologically superior upgrades — since existing infrastructure works just fine. Besides, the economy is weak and offers every incentive to cut costs and scale back non-essential, avoidable investments in technology related products and services."
The researchers are from ScoreLogix, which produces a "Job Security Index" based on a patent-pending unemployment risk scoring model that utilizes research conducted by ScoreLogix and analysis of economic data from government agencies and other sources. ScoreLogix does not predict any major gains for IT professionals in the next six months."
Would a National Biometric Authentication Scheme Work? 178
Ian Lamont writes "The chair of Yale's CS department and Connecticut's former consumer protection commissioner are calling for the creation of a robust biometric authentication system on a national scale. They say the system would safeguard privacy and people's personal data far more effectively than paper-based IDs. They also reference the troubled Real ID program, saying that the debate has centered around forms of ID rather than the central issue of authentication. The authors further suggest that the debate has led to confusion between anonymity and privacy: 'Outside our homes, we have always lived in a public space where our open acts are no longer private. Anonymity has not changed that, but has provided an illusion of privacy and security. ... In public space, we engage in open acts where we have no expectation of privacy, as well as private acts that cannot take place within our homes and therefore require authenticating identity to carve a sphere of privacy.' The authors do not provide any suggestions for specific biometric technologies, nor do they discuss the role of the government in such a system. What do you think of a national or international biometrics-based authentication scheme? Is it feasible? How would it work? What safeguards need to be put in place?"
