Comment Re:the bottom dregs for the cloistered elite. (Score 1) 284

by hemp on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @12:18PM (#48261695) Attached to: Skilled Foreign Workers Treated as Indentured Servants

I bet he is talking about Cox Communications.

Comment threAD (Score -1, Flamebait) 79

by hemp on Friday March 28, 2014 @05:48PM (#46606591) Attached to: Used IT Equipment Can Be Worth a Fortune (Video)

Its a threAD.

Comment Re: Going to miss them (Score 1) 187

by hemp on Saturday August 03, 2013 @02:55PM (#44466297) Attached to: Geeks.com Online Shop Has Closed

Geek also sold on Amazon.com. In fact, their shopping cart allowed you to login with your Amazon account.

Comment Re: waste of money (Score 1) 155

by hemp on Saturday May 04, 2013 @10:46AM (#43629103) Attached to: In Sandy-Struck NJ Town, Verizon Goes All Wireless, No Copper

+1

Comment Re: Um...any TECHNICAL explanation? (Score 1) 91

by hemp on Tuesday April 16, 2013 @08:31PM (#43468117) Attached to: American Airlines Grounds Flights

Actually, it is a very well documented system with strict change control and change management.

Comment Re: A classic case of a kettle calling the pot bla (Score 2) 170

by hemp on Sunday April 14, 2013 @06:31PM (#43447873) Attached to: Guantanamo Hearings Delayed as Legal Files Vanish

Pakistan has repeatedly offered to take the prisoners.

Comment Re: They're not who you think (Score 1) 512

by hemp on Friday April 05, 2013 @08:38PM (#43374711) Attached to: H-1B Cap Reached Today; Didn't Get In? Too Bad

Look up your H1-b visa co-workers and see what they make:

http://salaryquest.com/

Comment Re:Seriously? (Score 2) 187

by hemp on Sunday March 31, 2013 @07:53PM (#43327361) Attached to: NetWare 3.12 Server Taken Down After 16 Years of Continuous Duty

On Fark you get pictures.

Comment Re:Congress gunning for 300,000 plus H1Bs (Score 2) 176

by hemp on Saturday March 09, 2013 @10:33PM (#43128749) Attached to: US CompSci Enrollment Leaps For 5th Straight Year

By "qualified" they mean willing to work for the low wages they are offering.

There is a reason why the biggest users of H1-B visas are contacting shops from India.

Top 5 H1-B users for 2012:

Infosys Limited 18844
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 8461
Wipro Limited 8086
Deloitte Consulting Lp 5628
Ibm India Private Limited

Comment Re:No bias at all... (Score 0) 484

by hemp on Saturday February 23, 2013 @01:31PM (#42990003) Attached to: There Is Plenty To Cut At the Pentagon

Drones are the future.

The F-35 is already obsolete.

Comment How do you (Score 1) 93

by hemp on Saturday February 23, 2013 @12:07AM (#42987451) Attached to: Google Releases Chrome 25 With Voice Recognition Support

How do you pronounce "Goatse" anyhow?

Comment Re:No, it shouldn't (Score 1) 307

by hemp on Sunday February 10, 2013 @10:10PM (#42854901) Attached to: Should the Start of Chinese New Year Be a Federal Holiday?

The USis the only nation in the world with no holidays (or sick leave) mandated by law.

I tell my group in India this and they think I am making up stories.

Comment Re:perception of ease-of-use (Score 1) 587

by hemp on Saturday February 09, 2013 @01:12PM (#42844037) Attached to: Woz Says iPhone Features Are 'Behind'

Unwashed masses?

Really?

Comment Excel has been around since 1985 (Score 3, Informative) 270

by hemp on Sunday February 03, 2013 @02:07PM (#42778835) Attached to: Why Microsoft Office For iOS Will Likely Never See the Light of Day

Microsoft shipped Excel for Apple OS in 1985, a few years before shipping a version for Windows.

Comment How can you shoot innocent women... (Score 1) 170

by hemp on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @11:06PM (#42112885) Attached to: What's It Like To Pilot a Drone? a Bit Like <em>Call of Duty</em>

Pvt. Joker: How can you shoot innocent women and children like that?
Helicopter gunner: It's easy. You just don't lead them as much. You see, anyone that runs, is V.C. Anyone that stands still is well disciplined V.C. Ain't war hell?