Curious, is this /. post and its subject, http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/18/china-google-cyber-attack, searchable within China? "I do hope if this doesn't result in hiring discrimination against Chinese candidates" "A trojan is a hidden program allowing unauthorized access to a computer." A Trojan may also be an ethnic Chinese employee in US or China working for Google. Things are not always what they appear to be. What if Chinese students or employees still have family ties to China? A good number of those ties either have Communist Party roots, coercive pressure. national loyalty, or subtle influence. Some Chinese students were in the position to go to school, get visas, or come to the US inadvertently based on their family and political ties. A background check will never uncover Party history or relationships that might make an employee a risk.

You guys. Me woman. I've been reading /. regularly for several years, and this is my first post (to the sausage fest). I can't recall seeing a post in a woman's perspective. Most /. posts have a decidedly male tone. Don't you think? (no pun intended) I had my boys in private boys schools, until I ran short of money. Separate-gender schooling was the best investment ever. No regrets, even if I couldn't afford to have them graduate. Raising men's or lowering women's ego and self-esteem to meet expectations of "perceptions" may apply to other areas besides intelligence. For example, perceptions about body image (weight, age, & beauty), or when you go outside traditional maie-female roles. Double standards are found many places.