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Comment Re:Hopefully It'll Just Go Away (Score 1) 317

If you think that's bad, teenagers don't even need to take the driving test in order to get a license in Texas. From http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/driver_licensing_control/parenttaught.htm

The student must take a written and vision examination prior to receiving the Texas Driver License Instruction permit. However, the skills (driving) test will be waived for teenagers who complete both classroom and behind-the-wheel portions of a Texas driver education course. The instructor participating in the Parent Taught Driver Education Program has the option to waive the skills (driving) test or require the student to pass the skills (driving) test administered by DPS prior to issuing a Class C driver license.

So: adults must take the test, teenagers don't need to. Why are my insurance rates so high again?

Comment Re:Side effect (Score 3, Informative) 740

Then the greedy-ass city council wanted more revenue, so they shortened the yellow-light timing. They now have yellow-light times that are around 2 seconds on most of the camera-watched intersections.

Do you have anything to back that up?

This report suggests that rumour isn't true, and the Texas Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices defines 3 to 6 seconds for the yellow light. ftp://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/trf/final_report_rlc_1008.pdf (last page).

Comment WPF Support (Score 4, Interesting) 570

Until Mono gets WPF support there isn't going to be much cross-compatibility. Any Windows .NET developer with any sense is writing in WPF already. WinForms is dead.

But Mono seems quite content to ignore WPF for now. One can't help but think it was part of that Novell/Microsoft deal.

The subset of WPF in Moonlight is useless for non-web development. It's great way for MS to pretend their Flash-killer format is multi-platform though.

Comment Re:Know what disgusts me ? (Score 1) 612

Uhh dude, you have your facts wrong on so many counts here.

H-1B workers do live here. That's the whole point of the non-immigration visa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1B_visa

They also pay all the same taxes that US citizens do. However, they are not able to claim many of the benefits of those taxes, such as unemployment.

I don't know where you get that "contractual obligation" crap from. If you have an H-1B visa, you have to have a return ticket home before they'll even let you into the country. The employer has no extra expenses when laying off an H-1B worker.

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