I wonder how many grad students and academics of this study are on visas themselves, and how it might lead to an interesting paradox.
(did not read TFA, this is ./ afterall)

I might be missing something, but how is it significantly different from the work on languages such as WSDL used to describe Web Services? Is this just a JavaScript/REST version of the same?

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I am teaching a friend the basics of programming, and Python is what I have chosen. Books such as Learn Python the Hard Way [found its ref on StackOverflow, and liked it] are very good for someone who wants to learn programming on their own time.

That said, I think a lesson in the basics of flowcharting (inputs, outputs, conditionals, loops using counters and conditionals) goes a long way to prepare the student for programming languages.

HTML/CSS+JS is relevant given

• how many apps are web apps now, and the developer will likely need to work on it anyway
• Writing short snippets of markup + code can give some very instant gratification

The above is from feedback from my friend. YMMV.

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For those who are getting a slashdotted server, here is the video.

... from the US govt. having laws in place for (warranted) interception of communication.

The article does not say that the govt. is asking for warrantless wiretaps (at least not according to the BBC article that the USA Today article cites). I have friends in the Indian govt. eavesdropping community, and they talk about how oversight is very strong there, and access to such data needs a warrant and is logged.

So, what exactly is the problem here? Or are we demanding different standards for companies in US and India?

Thanks.

Navigating Search Results
After Google Accessible Search was launched, many of our users sent us feedback about the results page (both Google Accessible and regular search) being difficult to navigate with screenreaders. In response, we have updated the results page in both cases to have section headers that can be used in conjunction with screenreader hotkeys to quickly skim through the page. Thus, once Google has responded to your search query, use your access technology's "move by section" keys to move between the section that displays sponsored ads and the individual results.

Maybe she can switch to using that page?

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Agreed. And why can't they use the Google AJAX search API?