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talking to boss 1 On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, Thomas Bartkus We, too, try to tell him this is common. But, its easier to understand when one is older. I am 61... talking to boss 2 I keep pushing the idea that there are only two types of employment. Unemployment and self employment. Everyone is in business for... talking to boss 3 themselves their It's all temporary employment, my friend. Once one understands this, it ceases to bother. Even the Japanese have abandoned the fiction of permanent employment by... talking to boss 4 On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Thomas Bartkus Well, mostly temporary. There are some govt workers (still civil service), some tenured professors where the... talking to boss 5 Your pardoned. And I concede the situations you just mentioned. Unfortunately, I live in a different space-time contimuum than these and... talking to boss 6 Vision means dream. The dream may never become reality. Another of his dreams. He Does your boss know this? Does he know you are an experimentalist? Did you tell him this? And, where is this... talking to boss 7 straydog In my opinion, the situation is well illustrated in this cartoon -- The manager does not... talking to boss 8 I think BMJ is right. When I did a This is a strange way to do things. There is only one "good" reason for doing this and that is to teach you to be flexible... Career advise PhD or MBA 9 On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Mike McWilliams For all I've seen, all my life, and noticing the vast revolution taking place in jobs, careers, offshoring, consolidation, layoffs... Career advise PhD or MBA 10 Dimitris Servis ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I wouldn't advise it. I was interviewed for a position last year in which I... Career advise PhD or MBA 11 Dimitris Servis Some people advise doing just that: removing such details because: A. they aren't required for the job, and B. they'll put one out of... Career advise PhD or MBA 12 I am sorry, I never meant to mislead anyone :- When the particular PhD is not required, chances are that it is eiter indifferent or a minus. I couldn't... Career advise PhD or MBA 13 Dimitris Servis Not to worry. Unless, of course, one has an understanding about what obtaining or having a Ph. D. entails. A lot of people don't. (I'll... Career advise PhD or MBA 14 I agree with what you say, yet you probably do see yourself that not all people are the same. You may be the exception, but I am trying... Career advise PhD or MBA 15 Dimitris Servis Meanwhile, a lot of industrial research is shoot-from-the-hip-and-see- what-we-hit. In my experience, very little logic is used... Career advise PhD or MBA 16 straydog In some cases, those standards are integrated into the legislation governing them. For example, for pressure vessels, many jurisdictions have government inspectors and those vessels have to be registered with the same government in... Career advise PhD or MBA 17 On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, careerdecision Hi to you, too...... First observation: You are 7 years from 40. 40 is where... Career advise PhD or MBA 18 On Sun, 10 Jul 2005, careerdecision It is possible but not probable. Even campuses that are hiring faculty...they will always look for "entry level" because they are comfortable... Career advise PhD or MBA 19 careerdecision Quite frankly, the answer really only depends on what you want to do. Do you want to go into the business side... Career advise PhD or MBA 20 On Sat, 9 Jul 2005, Rich Lemert The Forbes special issue of 2003 profiled the richest 400 Americans (worth over $1 billion each on up to $20 billion each) and reported that only... Numerical modeler philosophical observation: for Valerian to cheer up 21 My management wants to complete their project by conducting the computer modelling. They want to do the computer modelling quickly and on the cheap, just to be able to write up a report... Numerical modeler philosophical observation: for Valerian to cheer up 22 But, I bet they'd be willing to hire a fresh graduate who knows Package Y not because... Numerical modeler philosophical observation: for Valerian to cheer up 23 BMJ There is a reason why the management does not want to hire cheap fresh graduates for all... Numerical modeler philosophical observation: for Valerian to cheer up 24 oldpif That's been my thinking, too. However, if I don't mention that on my CV, my application... Numerical modeler philosophical observation: for Valerian to cheer up 25 In my dealings with managers, I've found that most of them can't think very far or are willing... Should I be an engineer in terms of skills 26 see quoted material at end) You are making a very bad buttumption: that there will be an engineering job available to you when you finish your engineering schooling. Starting a... For SRC regular retards only, not James...was: Should I be an engineer in terms Hi Russell, Being that the guy specified "engineer" and not X - engineer (wher X= electrical, mechanical... Should I be an engineer in terms of skills 28 James The first thing I look for in someone who wants to know if they should consider engineering is whether or not they're interested in the... my perennial questions On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Rich Lemert I think Rich is pretty much right about this. I think I recall hearing that there were some FAB plants in Europe. But, with... The good and bad of taking postdoc position I think its best to understand the circumstances. Sometimes there are big ego-heads out there that won't talk with you unless someone important (eg. King Bush) says they should... PLEASE HELP 31 A Confused Grad Student It is a good intention in itself. But how it pans... PLEASE HELP 32 A Confused Grad Student Quite a few places have been setting up Technology Management programs. I haven't really looked into any of them, but my understanding is that you're right - they are not an MBA... Professors stealing graduate student research work 33 See below.... On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Sparky Well, for the rest of you guys (the SRC... Professors stealing graduate student research work 34 straydog It's like being a teacher or instructor. You're expected to fork over all that information for next to nothing. Knowing that whoever received that advice succeeded beyond all expectations is the only... new week new things OK, here is update. Earlier this year, I went to the manager of the careers center of the local uni, and offered him my help in advising graduate... new week new things 36 Straydog The alcohol is expensive in Australia because it has a high tax (something like 70%). The other reason for buying this expensive stuff is that I have tried... new week new things 37 Well, I got news at my workplace. Firstly, one of my bosses (say, named X) told me that I should not do... Blame offshoring for the negatives of immigration 38 Well, there is a fundamental problem with how scientific things are done (in the West). The bosses prefer to... Blame offshoring for the negatives of immigration 39 And they are often the ones who get all the credit for the successful completion of a project. Unfortunately, a lot of software packages are set up that way, with the documentation often being marginally... Blame offshoring for the negatives of immigration 40 Seriously, an ultimate goal of computer modeling is subsbreastute experiment. We are not there yet but eventually will be. Certain arias are already done. E.g. structural mechanics. Numerical experiment for that is as good as... Blame offshoring for the negatives of immigration 41 Indeed, I gave a thought to where my scientific career is going and where I want it to go to, and I have decided that I can... Data on new US jobs America is controled by both rich people and powerful people and this includes corporate executives who work their spreadsheets for, first, maximum pay to the executives and... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 43 On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, dps Excellent!!! I got my sports outfit on. So for starters, let me note that IMHO a This may be too ambitious. It is a fact and phenomenon... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 44 Yes, newsgroups and the internet in general can give rise to quarrels due to misunderstandings. I think... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 45 On Mon, 25 Jul 2005, dps The point is that people do work (not always fun) to make money so they can spend it on fun (which should always be fun). I... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 46 OK, after days and days of discussion, I think I'll have to put some things down so we do not loose our subject... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 47 On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, dps I will restate, as clearly as possible, my version of the major issue: US corporate executives are taking jobs away from existing... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 48 Say what? Where in the Consbreastution did you find that "right" ? What CEOs (corporations) do not have is a right to the US Corp. structure and... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 49 Relative to the OP, there is no reference to US money, the "country that gives preference to foreigners", "country that destroys the job market for its own citizens" etc. So my... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 50 On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, dps OK, fine. However, jobs mean money and no matter whether you like "I accept total responsibility for X this is your... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 51 That's another issue.... OK, I pay rent, food clothes etc myself. How is this related to my atbreastude towards responsibility ?!? So, you must mean this... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 52 On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, dps Because you are so ready to take responsibility for everything, then you... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 53 You keep distorting my words, I'll keep stating my position: I want to quantify my responsibility in everything. That's that. You can still deny to give yourself a chance and... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 54 No it is not. You have to quantify the extent. But you prefer to exagegrate and get hold of my exaggerated... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 55 My objections go beyond that, but may not have been brought up in your discussion with Art. One thing to which I object... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 56 dps H1-b visa. It supposedly requires that a company certify that they could not find a... Data on new US jobs.... OR it takes two to tango... 57 Sounds like another good thing that goes down the drain due to the lack of proper control infrastructure, doesn't it.... Remember the negative added-value russian tractors back in... Alternative career advise, please 58 On Tue, 24 May 2005, Caligula I think Rob is talking about MDs who open up their own... Alternative career advise, please 59 On Wed, 24 May 2005, rrc Best place to ask that is on, like, misc.legal and misc.legal.moderated PLUS go ask some lawyers. The big leap in law is... Computerised medical records are so much fun. 60 straydog Not on any of my networks. And? People still drink and drive, bet on horses, vote... Computerised medical records are so much fun. 61 On Mon, 19 Jun 2005, Addinall deleted Is this sentence saying you don't pay any attention or... Computerised medical records are so much fun. 62 straydog Learn to f*ing read. Darwin Award. Are you trying for a gold medal in banality? Here we just let idiots vote. Found any WMD yet? I enjoy it. True. False. We have a... Computerised medical records are so much fun. 63 On Tue, 20 Jun 2005, Addinall Learn to fing write. Thanks. Are you? I was always against the war. I would... Computerised medical records are so much fun. 64 straydog Wander around Canberra for an afternoon and see for yourself. It was a billion... Computerised medical records are so much fun. 65 straydog cut Sorry, can't help you there Flopsy. Much as it hurts to admit, Marky runs rings around me in the IT game. That Parakeet thing he mentioned? Its... career problems Dear scientists, Here is an interesting topic. I went to Australia to do a PhD in Physics (which I finished... career problems 67 On Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:30:37 +0000, straydog Nice advice. But hardly enough. The strategy is same for any job, really anywhere. The following worked for me everytime I was keen to get a... career problems 68 While I sympathize with your circumstances, I do not sympathize with your atbreastude. It appears that your entry into the job market has also been laced with circumstances where the transitions where externally decided and... career problems 69 PD Finally someone wrote something relevant and sensible. I was invited for an interview for a good permanent position at my organisation but... career problems 70 A lot of your circumstance has to do with the nature of the career you chose. You chose to do physics in... career problems 71 PD But the employer must provide an environment conducive to such self-motivation. I once employed by a company that had... career problems 72 This statement seems to imply that the other responses you've received were irrelevent and nonsense. I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss them, though, if I were you. If you... career problems 73 BMJ Well, this was my point -- that the employer has to have a minimum motivating... career problems 74 Those are the minimal obligations, both sides. It is strictly qualitative even so. A free man cannot be imprisoned. The worst you can do is kill him. You imply intrinsic bias. Nonsense. Your confrere chose... career problems 75 BMJ It doesn't tell you the general technique for doing that pre-emptively, and not doing the homework fast... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath Bad publicity can have good results when it forces politicians to do the right thing. In Arizona, ABC TV-15 ran... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 77 Where did I say that it doesn't cause job losses to american citizens? I didn't say that it benefits the US either. Rather I said it benefits the employer (which... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 78 Whoa sheesh! You've integrated so much of the thinking of the far right that you probably don't even realize it. Well, we... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 79 No -I have a dislike for the far right in the US. What Im saying is a universal... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 80 Kinda close. When govts participate in the currency market to inflate currency -it is like insider trading and it does catch up someday. Inflating a currency is like... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 81 Kamal R. Prasad would living to ridiculous. occur. we outcome Well, I've been doing nothing but finding inexcusable errors in some designs... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 82 What kind of work gets done at the Indian design centre depends on both the quality of manpower hired -as well... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 83 All this talk by Kamal about currency & etc---it isnt that hard. So long are there are people living in squalor on this planet, the outsourcing of labor will be a problem. After India... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 84 Looks like you do have a problem with understanding me -as do many other people. It isn;t about std of living... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 85 You're entirely wrong as to the gist of my post. What I'm getting at is something more like this: WE--in the US--saw our standard of living greatly increase in the prewar... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 86 Can you name even one person who would be capable of working and surviving in the US on his Indian salary? If not, that explains why you cannot compete for... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 87 Look. YOU GUYS ARE IN POWER NOW. All I* hear from you is sancitmonious, towering condescension towards US (the liberals). I will not defend... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 88 I'm sorry I have to call bullpoo on this one. Both of my cars are over 10 years old. I have never bought a new car... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 89 Brian G. Moore gas) market. 25% as less. 90,000 job. are I live in the Bay Area (Silicon Valley), where driving a BMW is... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 90 It is dropping wrt the Indian Rupee too. But that is NOW -and a result of bad economic health. Yeah -not surprising, but it wasn't the case a few yrs back. Yeah -but if you... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 91 Kamal R. Prasad Not necessarily. South Korea sold large numbers of U. S. dollars in the past two days. The oil price rose by... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 92 On Sun, 20 Feb 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Kamal, you don't understand basic human psychology. Everyone (at least 99%, leaving out the "saints") who is poor wants to get status and-or money. You... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 93 Its not artificial -simply because you fail to see-acknowledge the reality. No -I am not sympathetic. I am agnostic -meaning I do not have the means to distinguish... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 94 On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Kamal R. Prasad In absolute quanbreasty, there is 4-5 times as many in India. What is the population of India... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 95 I must have told you in the past that private equity is not public property. No matter whether the money invested in the US... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 96 On Wed, 22 Feb 2005, Kamal R. Prasad deleted This is a very sleazy, beat-around-the-bush, smoke-and-mirrors argument that very neatly avoids the issue that a very... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 97 straydog doesn't into his woe that Only Kamal knows if he is a racist. I don't no for sure, but he comes... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 98 On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, alexy I think it is quite understandable if a person meets several of one "kind" of people and all... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 99 On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, alexy 1. I run accross people all the time who don't even MAKE generalizations, they use "stereotypes" to "someone" 2. Hitler had a right (given to himself by himself) to... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 100 Come on, Art, concentrate real hard on the question, which is "is it correct to apply generalizations based on a group someone belongs to to a particular person?" Note... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 101 There are lots of countries that have insbreastutionalized some form of discrimination or the other... What country discriminates the most 102 On Sat, 25 Feb 2005, Kamal R. Prasad I'll take your word on this (but, like in the USA, what is practiced on the local level may not parallel the laws) And the The USA... What country discriminates the most 103 Some of the countries that score quite well on the index are awfully corrupt. It means... What country discriminates the most 104 Yeah -and it isn't telling the truth. The law is defined by elected representatives. They may create a law that makes it legal to accept a... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, alexy ^^^^^^^ Alex, concentrate real hard on the concept of "absolute truth" and "monopoly on truth" and tell... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 106 Are you able to discern the difference? You made a statement above about what I was not allowed to say, and I pointed out that... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 107 Well, Max Muir, thanks for the contribution. Yes, I think you will be able to find bias, prejudice, preferences, etc. (take your choice of definition and label) just about... historical gradients".... was: Kamal probably not a 108 On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, alexy Then, you have a preference for concentrating on the "labels" on the bottles rather than... historical gradients".... was: Kamal probably not a 109 Art, I'm afraid your disdain for logic is showing through again. No, all I am saying is that it is helpful to rational people for the... historical gradients".... was: Kamal probably not a 110 On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, alexy This is pure failure to understand. There is no logic here. There are mostly rationalizations. No, To be consistent with your prior... historical gradients".... was: Kamal probably not a 111 Is your knowledge of the language really that limited? I know you reject standard word usage, but a dictionary would really help your understanding of such sentences... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 112 What about the numerous dark skinned actresses (and actors)? People like Rani Mukherjee, Mithun Chakravarthy, rekha, sridevi etc... She is very much Indian and there is nothing unusual... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 113 If you see acknowledgement that others have experiences to which I can't fully relate as a bias, I guess so. I frankly see acknowledgment... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 114 On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, alexy Even if you say that, it almost can't be true. You could never be able to fully appreciate other's experiences unless you... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, alexy Then you should have written what I wrote, not what you wrote. Yeeeesssssssss :-^) Nah....I'd never kid you (unless someone paid me to) Lots of them. "Do... Kamal probably not a racist.....Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 116 On Tue, 21 Feb 2005, Elton Fan Well, at least he likes to 'throw around' economist-talk as... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 117 On Sat, 19 Feb 2005, Brian G. Moore This sounds like a reasonable extrapolation but the following situations may also be possible: 1. Continued job loss from the... Jobs Lost to India Aftermath 118 Well -you misunderstand me (and I do know of the IRS, SEC, FDIC etc..). The capital that goes into starting companies is what I am referring to. The... Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report Chapter 2, below ================== The way that they sellect people for interviews and hiring these days... Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 120 Art, I've been surprised at the reaction to your post. Frankly, I think the big concern is what you mention in this sidebar... Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 121 On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, alexy Reaction? Surprised? I thought I got very little reaction to the post... Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 122 I guess we each choose our views and what we think gives credence to them. While that view might be fine for you, I'd find it absolutely depressing. I'm no extrovert... For Art, a quiz 123 On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, alexy From this one sentence you are making the unwise buttumptions that: i) you have a... For Art, a quiz 124 On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, alexy And that is choice E. The rest of you post reminds me of when YOUR kids? YOUR kids... For Art, a quiz 125 On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, alexy In other words, you read them their rights and... For Art, a quiz 126 I didn't realize that they were undefined in your mind. I was responding to the statement you made, but if that was just sloppy... For Art, a quiz 127 Well, this was the "For Alex, a quiz" and definitely had some extra confusion thrown in, deliberately, to be consistent with the "what goes around comes around" pattern that exists in... For Art, a quiz 128 Not that I've seen. You're the only one who can answer whether they taught that... For Art, a quiz 129 On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, alexy You just forgot. Well according to your insinuation above, you imply... For Art, a quiz 130 On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, alexy Well, sometimes a very very few of us will put in "html tags" to help the And, it help me figure out if someone... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 131 No, but there are no surprises there about what you think supports your belief. I... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 132 On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, alexy ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It and much much more that I've read is good enough for me. You certainly implied that they were no worse than... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 133 Am I to infer that you think everyone else is a saint-angel? Maybe you have a reading disability? Did you... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 134 On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, alexy Everyone (almost) else is more or less "normal," the CEOs (and their brethern) are greedy-selfish bums, period. And... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 135 On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, BMJ Well, on one of the newscasts I heard part of, the commentators were saying "I guess the defense that 'Aw, shucks, I didn't know what was going... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 136 On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, alexy I'm not laughing at all. He could still get off on appeal. A large fraction of appeals overturn the lower courts. I have yet to see... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 137 On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, alexy And, that is because you believe in exploitation and the general concept that everyone is... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 138 And who appointed you to tell me what I believe, and whence do you get your knowledge? This is really pretty pathetic. Huh? Where did you ever see that footnote... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 139 On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, alexy Oh, look everyone, Alex declares: i) the dictionary is the ultimate authority... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 140 On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, alexy You made reference to that (dictionaries) a few cycles back... It is just talking about FWIW, I find the word "logical" misused quite a lot. Republican... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 141 On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, alexy I can tell from both what you DO talk about and what you DO NOT talk... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 142 Why am I not surprised? A real man of your word, eh? Nope. No divide and conquer here. That is where you take two or more opponents and drive a wedge between them... esp. for Alex...was: Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 143 On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Contrary to your otherwise well written sentence above, the better (maybe best) sentence is that 'truth is... Still More Snot chapter 2....The Snot Report..... 144 On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Mark H In 5-10 years, maybe 15, its going to be a very weird world. Bigger gap between "middle clbutt" and poverty, you'll either be 'in' the computer (the... international student applications are still declining rick++ Is this a bad thing? The US's NSF (our taxes) funds most US academic... Mbuttive R&D jobs leaving the USA.... 146 On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, BMJ Ham radio is also a dying hobby. Guys go... Mbuttive R&D jobs leaving the USA.... 147 straydog I noticed a lot of what you mentioned when I attended a ham flea market a few weeks ago. I think part of the reason that ham radio is unpopular with the younger generation... Mbuttive R&D jobs leaving the USA.... 148 On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, BMJ Again...all part of the instant gratification mindset.... for Since I got licensed (1959), the code... The Snot Report Chapter 3 A Quote from a book I just found: "Where does money come from? Where does it go? Who makes it? The money magician's secrets are unveiled. We get a close... The Snot Report Chapter 3 On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, R. Martin I've got this same problem, too. Ones I just finished: "The Rise of Selfishness in America" by (conservative) James Collier (actually... Kamal's BS again....was: More On Generation Y Workers On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Kamal R. Prasad deleted deleted a lot...then look here... Kamal, I'm kinda tired of hearing about Foreign Direct Investment from... An amazing book Recently I posted about a book that I thought might be interesting to read: "The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve" by G. Edward Griffin ( ISBN 0912986182 ) Second... Sen. Shirley Turner's LTE in WSJ, April 14, 2005 The following LTE was authored by Sen. Shirley K. Turner and appeared in the Thursday, April 14, 2005 issue of the WSJ on page A19. (reproduced in the public interest) ----- You Bet... Sen. Shirley Turner's LTE in WSJ, April 14, 2005 154 On Sat, 15 Apr 2005, zach Your 'fantasy land' must be a pure capitalist utopia without any government at all (but who will... Sen. Shirley Turner's LTE in WSJ, April 14, 2005 155 On Sat, 15 Apr 2005, zach Fine, but I'm looking at the total economy and not just a part. If you extrapolate... Sen. Shirley Turner's LTE in WSJ, April 14, 2005 156 On Sat, 16 Apr 2005, R. Martin I think the question ("So, you...?") needs to include a big footnote on the... Friedman's "World is Flat" outsourcing book 157 I'll bet good money he didn't mention David Ricardo's() follow on paper about his "Iron Law of Wages" theory. from... "Ricardo, however, had... Stupidity....was: Friedman's "World is Flat" outsourcing book On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Tim Keating I think Tim Keatings analysis is correct....but just today my issue of CIO magazine came in the mail slot and in it is a big... Friedman's "World is Flat" outsourcing book 159 United States is a money-driven country with way too many economic oppurtunites outside S&T. So, its obvious that not eveyrone who is capable of going... On Bartkus......Friedman's "World is Flat" outsourcing book On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Thomas Bartkus I think the difference between now and back decades ago (at least three, preferably more) is that if you were a... Friedman's "World is Flat" outsourcing book 161 Thomas Bartkus Where I grew up and went to high school, nerds tended to be shunned, except, perhaps, by other nerds, who... trolling for alexy Are all CEOs just crooks Are all CEOs (all 'suits'?) just a bunch of crooks? ================== From the May 2005 issue of Fast Company, page 33, comes a column "The Ethics Monitor" by Jennifer Alsever. The results of a survey. Questions... more trolling for alexy Are all CEOs just crooks 163 On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, alexy The more I read about today's business "ethics" (or... more trolling for alexy Are all CEOs just crooks 164 Well, that was a quick change of position! So do you no longer make the silly claim that they are all just a bunch of crooks? (Easily refuted by showing one non... alexy's weak coundter attack...was: more trolling for alexy Are all CEOs just crooks On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, alexy Well, one non-crook in a large universe of crooks .... what big effect... thank you, alexy...was: alexy's weak coundter attack...was: more trolling for On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, alexy Thank you. Your third attempt ended up with a statement that makes Coming from you, I... thank you, alexy...was: alexy's weak coundter attack...was: more trolling for 167 On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, alexy Your story is fine, but it is a sample size of one (uno, "1," and could only be smaller if it were... thank you, alexy...was: alexy's weak coundter attack...was: more trolling for 168 On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, alexy Well! Its about time. Good. Some of those I believe... More proof: CEOs just a bunch of crooks From CFO magazine (maybe more on www.cfo.com), April 2005, pages 65 and 68. Page 68 is... More proof: CEOs just a bunch of crooks.... 170 I presume this is the "The Limits of Mercy" article? The sidebar is in the online version, but unfortunately, the table... More proof: CEOs just a bunch of crooks.... 171 Hah...I thought I took the meat from the fat by concentrating on the data. The gist of the data... More proof: CEOs just a bunch of crooks.... 172 Oh, I'm impressed. I'm just waiting for you to give it your interpretation (eg. "alexy says... The demotivationals and the origin of 'despair.com Where did despair.com come from? Finally, now, we can learn! Two brothers, Justin and Jef Sewell and E... A Society That Throws the Sick Away Outsource Healthcare Oh, I can tell that this article is going to make me sick..... On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, leslie So, basically, we're going to be getting sick, anyway, so besides lowering the quality of the... Now, the US chemical industry is moving out of the US Excerpts & quotes from "No Longer the Lab of the World - U.S. Chemical plants are closing in droves and production... Now, the US chemical industry is moving out of the US OK, I admit that I extrapolated when I mentioned humidity, though it might not have been unreasonable. There are a number reasons... Foreignstudent Enrollment Declines 177 On Tue, 3 May 2005, BMJ Most CEOs don't want to work, either, and they get paid way more than anyone else does. What CEOs WANT to do is... Foreignstudent Enrollment Declines 178 Um...do you think they got this idea from the recently discovered new paradigm of business (i.e. Enron-Andersen, where they... Foreignstudent Enrollment Declines 179 My new boss asked me to write a proposal of research project to get an MSc student... Another CEO bum or bum CEO esp for alexy My usual insertion ISP for newsgroups doesn't seem to be working today...so here is the backup launch.... =================== From... Another bum CEO or a CEO bum just for alexy From the WSJ, Tuesday, May 3, 2005, page A16, bottom right corner: breastle: "Vladimir Ilyich Jobs?" (about Steve Jobs) by Rich Karlgaard some quotes: "But there is, always... What this article fails to say.....was: India Leads in Clinical Trials There was at least one or two articles in the WSJ back 1-2 years ago about this (see below) trend. Its not... What this article fails to say.....was: India Leads in Clinical Trials 183 straydog Leads in USA as last of and 21st What Projects can fail despite having good engineers. Between the engineers at one end and the customer at the other end, there is... What this article fails to say.....was: India Leads in Clinical Trials 184 On Thu, 12 May 2005, Kamal R. Prasad There is nothing I can think of that would indicate that India could produce as... What this article fails to say.....was: India Leads in Clinical Trials 185 On Tue, 17 May 2005, ajv2003 I think, on second thought, I didn't say that right. I think I should have... What this article fails to say.....was: India Leads in Clinical Trials 186 alexy problem when CEO I just meant that "firing american workers and sending work overseas" is NOT a cognixable offence -for which either... What this article fails to say.....was: India Leads in Clinical Trials 187 On Sat, 13 May 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Yeah, its a job in America (which is usually taken to be the USA) and the use... What this article fails to say.....was: India Leads in Clinical Trials 188 straydog Leads in carrying for overseas" invite an about about 'american' from the USA, The prefix is not relevant if the capital to generate that job is relocatable... What this article fails to say.....was: India Leads in Clinical Trials 189 On Thu, 18 May 2005, Kamal R. Prasad This is just the old propaganda bullpoo that kings can make rules and only the peasants have... What this article fails to say.....was: India Leads in Clinical Trials 190 straydog Leads in an and US, and themselves If the kings-wealthy were to make rules that you should be working for free, that would be... Is your hardware spying on you Spyware in your hardware....... Here is the article: in Computer Shopper, June, 2005, page 131. "Is your hardware spying on you?" by Nancy... Recent Chemist salary takes big decline.... 192 straydog snip snip Nothing gives. Nothing has changed in 20 years. ACS Official truth is that 95% of chemists... Recent Chemist salary takes big decline.... 193 On Sat, 14 May 2005, Frank Logullo Yep. Here in "inexpensive" southern Delaware, the oil burner guy gets $80-hr to do... Advice to a young scientist On Sun, 15 May 2005, Taenia Solium The one comparison I like to make is documented on my website scientist is about 12... Some antiMilton Friedman fodder...was DuPont's US Lab closure An article from Howestreet... "Plasma Televisions are not Buggy Whips Last week, on my second appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box, host Mark Haines mischaracterized my position that the U.S. could not hope to pay for... Some antiMilton Friedman fodder...was DuPont's US Lab closure 196 It (see below) is a complicated mess. I'm not an economist (and so they would say I... Some antiMilton Friedman fodder...was DuPont's US Lab closure 197 On Mon, 16 May 2005, rrc That ain't the half of it. Do you remember the "buzz... Some antiMilton Friedman fodder...was DuPont's US Lab closure 198 On Tue, 16 May 2005, rrc While I'm in general agreement and appreciate the sentiments, I think the economy is more complicated than that. We had mbutt layoffs and millions of jobs... An economic doomsday scenario...Some antiMilton Friedman fodder Washington, D.C., August 22, 2010, 6:15 PM EST. Transcript of video news spot by MV of UPI. As you can see, I am standing closely, but not... An economic doomsday scenario...Some antiMilton Friedman fodder Nice (below) but Griffin's book has a whole chapter devoted to a 21st century depression and it sure sounded melodramatic, but I also have a PBS VHS 8 hour documentary on the '29... Some antiMilton Friedman fodder...was DuPont's US Lab closure hanson ... which is a subject that is carefully avoided or understated by the liberally green painted media. But it is obvious to anyone that has not been infected by-with enviro turditis that the mentioned... Satisfaction Wanes for Offshoring" 202 Kamal R. Prasad The commercial OS, in this case, is some Unix or Windows flavor which is pretty mature at this point. Even Larry... Satisfaction Wanes for Offshoring" 203 density It certainly does, California and the Northeast account for half the population. The American rockies and plains have much... Satisfaction Wanes for Offshoring" 204 Kamal R. Prasad I think you're applying a Milton type of analysis without seeing the... Satisfaction Wanes for Offshoring" 205 rrc No. Median incomes in these 2 states are higher than other thinly populated states. When incomes go up, that triggers inflation as more people are willing to shell... Satisfaction Wanes for Offshoring" 206 On Thu, 22 Jun 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Median cost of living there, is also higher (taxes, fees, more taxes, more fees). When incomes go up, that triggers inflation as... Satisfaction Wanes for Offshoring" 207 Median cost of living there, is also higher (taxes, fees, more taxes, more fees). " All of it is triggerred by higher median incomes. "Not necessarily. Depends on overall clbutt structure. In Bentonville, Ark. Headquarters... Satisfaction Wanes for Offshoring" 208 On Fri, 23 Jun 2005, Kamal R. Prasad I read the article, you did not. They may have more The fact--in the article--is that... Satisfaction Wanes for Offshoring" 209 straydog snip It is helping-hurting neither party. You have a cost of living problem for which you cannot blame others. When companies see... Satisfaction Wanes for Offshoring" 210 On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Kamal R. Prasad It is absolutely reducing the number of jobs in the USA. Its a fact. That causes the laid-off people to find only lower paying... Satisfaction Wanes for Offshoring" 211 rkusenet snip Yes -it is really easy to find a replacement for one of thos ehigh paying jobs in India. We have education -but not as a basic facility... Cheap cars coming On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, DK With merciless bargaining, haggling, and high pressure harrasement of the salesperson and sales manager, exploitation... Cheap cars or the Sky is Falling,,!! the Sky is falling On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, HotPotato Jeez, I'd say its another "nail in the our coffin." I don't understand it, either. Over a hundred years... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 214 What is happening now is that the prerequisite courses are taught so that the students... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 215 Having done from HS to post-doc teaching, I would say that it takes different only partially overlapping skill sets. I had worked... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 216 Herman Rubin A common problem with mathematics instruction is that mathematicians teach it. For them, mathematics is something "complete and whole unto itself." Many... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 217 Most mathematicians are willing to teach service students the concepts, including setting up word problems. It is the students who only want to know how to solve problems... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 218 I believe this is due to the fact that almost entirely calculating answers is what is stressed, not understanding why a calculation should be done, or the... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 219 Rich Lemert mathematicians But not for the reason you advanced below. something This kind of sentiment prevailed among mathematicians of the 19th century and early... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 220 BMJ Again, I am commenting on one very NARROW aspect of your discussion: the of those concepts from a MATHEMATICS Calculus course point of view. NEITHER of them is even necessary, let alone important in... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 221 Both of these situations arise. Remedial courses generally buttume that they had the material in a reasonable manner but could not manage it then; it has been my belief all... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 222 Herman Rubin One of the problems I had was consistency with groups of students. I had... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 223 DRugh These are valid points. While I was doing my residency, I was in a similar situation. I frequently felt pressure to cater to student "satisfaction". I was a TA for one course and... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 224 BMJ One thing I have found that helps is shame: show them what effort the students... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 225 BMJ Some time in the mid-1980s or early 1990s, a new office (and staff) was created in my former university to accommodate students with... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 226 Reef Fish That sounds like the place I used to teach at. I remember one course in which most of the students felt they had the right to goof off... Educators or Salesmen Who Sold Their Souls to the Devil 227 Peter K. I found that's a good way to make enemies. There will be those students who feel they... Dropping standards 228 That wasn't what I meant. If "student success" means dropping standards in order that everyone in the course pbuttes, then that's what's required. If... Dropping standards 229 BMJ Based on my experience as the director of doctoral dissertations of Ph.D.s, I can conservatively say that in ALL the degree-granting committees, there is AT... Dropping standards 230 Abe Kohen I noticed Herman had already given his follow-up. I'll just make a few comments and anecdotes of mine... Dropping standards 231 I am commenting on several posts in this one. Caligula In the last chapter, breastled "We Mathematicians are All a Little Bit Crazy," attributed to Landau in 1935, "Wir Mathematiker sind alle ein bisschen meschugge... Dropping standards 232 You are confusing how good a teaching job is done with student ratings. One of the better studies, teaching buttistants in calculus, showed a strong negative correlation between the average ratings... Dropping standards 233 I'm not trying to put myself in the same clbutt as the famous people you mention. But, I remember an buttignment... Dropping standards 234 This is a symptom of the business school running the university. You've had accountability forced on you... Dropping standards 235 Mike McWilliams When I was finishing my second master's degree, I often spoke with the profs in person. Some of them appreciated my comments because they came from not just a mature student, but... Dropping standards 236 This is not accountability. The accountability should be for what is learned, not how the course was taught. The only way that this can be evaluated is by testing the... Dropping standards 237 Herman Rubin This is accountability the accountability of the teacher to the student. What you refer to is the accountability of the student to the teacher. You sound... Dropping standards 238 Definitely not. The teacher has the obligation to teach the material of the course to those students willing and able to learn it, and who have the knowledge prerequisites stated. Unless all of the... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 239 I guess he did not handle them very competently, did he? You are posting from ".uk". College lecturers here in the U.S. don't... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 240 He did not. If you, or someone else, had said something to the instructor about it, he could have... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 241 It is their experience with clbuttes run by "professional educators" which gave those students their atbreastude. Or checked the literature for... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 242 Herman Rubin One of my former colleagues had a B. Ed., but had a lousy teaching method. Still, the students liked apparently him because he didn't challenge them... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 243 This is a single reply to a number of previous postings in this thread. Returning to my story of one of my lecturers who had trouble with the "back row... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 244 I've attended courses with over one or two hundred students packed into a lecture theatre... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 245 BMJ If the instructor presents the material in a manner that is confusing to the student, has that instructor really done any "teaching"? That's... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 246 It can be. It can tell the student that the background for the course is lacking, or it can tell the student to ask for certain clarifications... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 247 On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Joshua Halpern For all of the many lab courses i) I took, and the few ii) I taught, and... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 248 Rich Lemert The student has a duty to make it known to the instructor that it is confusing or find a way around it. That's possible. However, those who did observe me... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 249 Joshua Halpern But how many of those tried to work around any difficulties they were having prior to failing? Now how difficult is it to use... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 250 BMJ SNIP... More than succeeded....:( Look, IMHO the problem with university is that the people who teach are the ones who did well. They (us) really have no concept of what is or is... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 251 The educationists have taken that position. Each student is to go through at a fixed rate, and learn on a fixed schedule. It is not even a cafeteria. It is mainly self-serve... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 252 Possibly not in beginning courses, but definitely so in doctoral level courses. And it has to... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 253 Herman Rubin A lot of laziness is blamed on poor teaching methods. I often put supplemental material on reserve for my courses. It may not... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 254 Joshua Halpern I find your latter comments rather bewildering. Some of my students expected me to give them hints, which I did, but within limits. I didn't... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 255 confusing The students have no duty to the instructor or the course, other than what's written in the course syllabus. I find that students are generally easy to get along with, so long... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 256 Scott Seidman By making known to the instructor any difficulties they may have, they are fulfilling that duty to themselves. When an instructor has a group of students starting a course, he or she... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 257 BMJ ABET accreditation takes place at least once every six years; provisional accreditation ("we found some serious problems... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 258 BMJ I would like to ask you to expand on your last statement here. Trying to read tone of... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 259 BMJ "interpretive dance"?!?! Did this instructor have a straight face? If I was in a course where such was suggested to me I think I would stand up and... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 260 Herman Rubin Nor did he teach competently to have produced students who are ignorant about even what a SIMPLE Linear regression model is, what the SIGNS of a multiple regression mean... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 261 Richard Ulrich There are plenty of cautions to model building. The paper by George Box I referenced in the "Science and... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 262 BMJ No problem, and no apologies needed. I have the benefit of reading all thread from groups.google.com, so that I can see the entire HISTORY of the TEACHING thread I started on May... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 263 Reef Fish I do, vaguely. Sometimes wading through traffic on newsgroups is like trying to hear a weak signal on a ham radio frequency and attempting to figure out just which station that was... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 264 Herman Rubin In addition, the students can get their revenge by giving the instructor a bad evaluation. They can complain about... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 265 Richard Ulrich When I started teaching, I was required to sit through three weeks of "how to teach" courses. I used some of it during the first two or three years, but gradually... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 266 Rich Lemert I've been in this ng only 4 months. Didn't realize I was starting an annual event. :) Perhaps we should make it semi... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 267 BMJ Not sure what that term means. Change names or college to dodge some accreditation clauses that they couldn't satisfy? The whole business of accreditation is a joke. That pretty much sums... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 268 Reef Fish No, I don't think so. The local university used to have a Faculty of... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 269 BMJ I went and took a look. If you looked up bias in the dictionary you might find this: heres a few snippets... Here's a novel thought, was Dropping standards 270 BMJ No, that's nothing compared to what the pay some football coaches (several over 1 MILLION... Dropping standards 271 Herman Rubin The criteria for accountability is student "satisfaction". In other words, did they have a "positive learning experience"? I first heard the latter term when I started teaching over fifteen years ago and things... Asteroid + Earth Impacts: rising probability Two articles (please read all of it) : One, a one page "side bar" in Wired magazine for August, 2005, page 42 All it shows... Asteroid + Earth Impacts: rising probability... 273 Straydog The main problem is being able to determine the orbital elements based on a few observations. If found early enough, something to deal with such objects can be launched. "Deep... Asteroid + Earth Impacts: rising probability... 274 On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, BMJ The readings I've done so far say we don't have... Asteroid + Earth Impacts: rising probability... 275 Straydog "Stardust" pbutted by Comet Wild 2 early last year and took photos, some of which were published. "Deep Impact" also took pictures of Tempel 2. Although comets do... Gates: "Where are the computer science students" 276 In my divisions of these large companies, the technical staff was the last to go. Mind you, we are the consulting division of the companies and technically speaking, I am a manager, however, in reality... Gates: "Where are the computer science students" 277 Patty Calcaterra In many companies, the technical staff are an expense to be whittled down as... Pension freezing by our corporations: its spreading rapidly from the article enbreastled: "Companies Lock Younger Workers Out of Pensions" by Kaja Whitehouse, appearing in the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, July 26, 2005, page... Gates: "Where are the computer science students" 279 Straydog A lot of activity in the stock market is influenced by what certain investment analysts say... Gates: "Where are the computer science students" 280 Regarding Oracle, heck their apps aren't going down in price, but UP. So, even if... Gates: "Where are the computer science students" 281 Kamal Prasad doesn't know what he is talking about, so let me repeat this so everyone knows the truth: INDIA HAS NO EQUIVALENT... Gates: "Where are the computer science students" 282 TO years. I have no doubt there are some foreign doctors working in India. So what? There are also some... Gates: "Where are the computer science students" 283 On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, rkusenet I can't cite a reference, I have read where there are segments... Management of Innovation and Technology Conf 2123 June 2006, Singapore CALL FOR PAPERS - ICMIT2006 www.icmit.net (click Online Submission) Third IEEE Int Conf on Management of Innovation and Technology - Managing Innovation in Emerging Markets... If there is a shortage of scientists... 285 straydog of types. I think there should be a study made of #s of a profession ratio to #s of museums dedicated to that field. Especially the education variety. For instance, I see huge... If there is a shortage of scientists... 286 marika That's one key point and a contributing factor to why our educational system is failing. A few years ago, I bought a second-hand telescope from a family here in the city... If there is a shortage of scientists... 287 BMJ in taking both the who was to were Perhaps from turn stuff do in a when to influenced You are absolutely right. My dad once said... If there is a shortage of scientists... 288 sometimes it does. a kid using a slide rule and figuring logarithms is really a parlor trick. there is nothing analytical about it. I had no idea how cool the information... Phd question 289 Straydog Art, I don't think you realize that the dominant "self promoter" on this usenet group, SRC, is without a doubt... Phd question 290 There is no way to make sense of (unwritten) rules of etiquette. Outside of professional life, the breastle "doctor" is reserved for... Phd question 291 Straydog Different publications appear to have different practices. I've read technical journals where anyone with a Ph. D. was referred... Phd question 292 On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, BMJ There was an article in the WSJ some few years ago. According to that article, it was only fairly recently (last 100 years?) when it became proper... Phd question 293 Straydog I've kidded some M. D.s about that only to receive icy stares in return. When I'm dealing with one, I do so... Phd question 294 On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, BMJ Its probably not a good idea to try to "pull... Phd question 295 Straydog I did that, of course, just to goad them and go "Nyah! Nyah!" In all the university departments I've been involved with, we referred to profs or deans as "Doctor", provided they had... Ad for a job in India 296 They have fake ads too. There was a big front page article in the Wall Street... Ad for a job in India 297 On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Large scale offshoring has NOT YET been proven to... Ad for a job in India 298 On Wed, 2 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad But YOUR use of the word "freedom," in the context of your sentence above and... Ad for a job in India 299 Straydog Judgements can be obtained from the WTO only in matters relating to trade disputes. It cannot be obtained in matters relating to crime... Ad for a job in India 300 On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad But, it does render judgements regarding unfair trade practices and all that you wrote above did not acknowledge that. All you did... Ad for a job in India 301 The idea of comparative advantage, and of paying someone else to do work if they can do it more cheaply than you... Ad for a job in India 302 On Fri, 28 Jul 2005, Kamal R. Prasad ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You did not cite your reference for this statement. Here is my source and the opinion from that... Ad for a job in India 303 Straydog Er -we are talking of 2 different things. Im saying comparative advantage has been... Ad for a job in India 304 On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, Kamal R. Prasad I can prove false your sentence here by simply citing the actual fact that some 30 percent of companies who have offshored AND... Ad for a job in India 305 Straydog snip which means that 70% of those offshoring have had reasonable success. That doesn't mean failure because it is... Ad for a job in India 306 On Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Without: i) problems yet appearing in the short... Ad for a job in India 307 Im not able to quote the entire text of your msg and here is some that I wish to comment upon... Ad for a job in India 308 Straydog Yes. No -I do not have the right to kill anyone else. Fine. Im saying the preconceived notions of many americans are not grounded... Ad for a job in India 309 On Tue, 1 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Do you have the right to take anything you want from anyone else? We have a consbreastution, bill... Ad for a job in India 310 Nobody OWNs anything, ever. All they have is temporary possession and the right to sell that temporary possesion to someone else. Ever hear of nationalization? " Yes -it... Ad for a job in India 311 On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad We had monopolies and trusts in the 1880s with disasterous results. We had the rise of unions in the '30s-'40s with... Ad for a job in India 312 net economists if time, perspective and efficient have has presidential a automobile, cheaper replacing Your facts are correct but they don't necessarily justify your question. Here are... Ad for a job in India 313 army, This is the reason why US businesses should pay more to hire labor in the US. It's the cost of doing business. Trade can and should be... Ad for a job in India 314 On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, Mr. Smith Exactly the same arguments I can cite books... Ad for a job in India 315 On Thu, 28 Jul 2005, HIT Fanatic Lots of the economist BS-propaganda is rationally self consistent if you don't LOOK for the negatives or the... Ad for a job in India 316 On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, HIT Fanatic Well, my "take" on what I've read that was written by economists falls into... Ad for a job in India 317 Straydog If it is not good -then you should be rejoicing in that failures will result in working coming back to the US. But you seem to be contradicting yourself in saying... Ad for a job in India 318 On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Failures have already been reported in the media, and those jobs have come back. But you seem to be Not a good understanding of... US Falling Behind Across the Board Summary: US Falling Behind Across the Board VDARE.com: 07-26-05 - US Falling Behind Across the Board "US Falling Behind Across the Board By Paul Craig Roberts Yesterday I reported that the US, formerly a superpower until afflicted with "new economy" syndrome, has lost... MAKE LOADS OF MONEY FOR FREE MAKE THOUSANDS!!! I found this on a bulletin board and decided to try it: I don't care about the useless pre-fabricated crap this... Well, guys....I did it.... 321 Actually, there is another answer to this question: But you have to read Mark Twain's book "Letters from the Earth." It is an excellent story and has an excellent answer. An... Well, guys....I did it.... 322 Well, the first essay is the main essay. They were called unpopular, but generally were clever puns, jabs, and ironies... Well, guys....I did it.... 323 Nah, just another step in the process. Sometime in October, I think, or maybe September, I trapse over to our local SS office and set that up. The moola should... Well, guys....I did it.... 324 On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Randy Well you could read up on how "Ollie North & Co." did all of their shenanigans. ;-) Come... Well, guys....I did it.... 325 On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, BMJ Yeah, I had a guy do out taxes two years in a row. Second year he... Toxic work I am reading a book breastled "Toxic Work" by Barbara Reinhold, Penguin Press, 1997. She is talking about... Toxic work 327 Enthropy Fighter I know the feeling. Those jobs that gave me the greatest amount of stress were those where I had little responsibility, less control, and all of the blame... Toxic work 328 BMJ The reason might be that the company managers detested you personally, and decided to get rid of you. In my current employment with my previous boss, I followed... Toxic work 329 Enthropy Fighter I knew that. My boss's boss made it clear in my interview with him that he didn't like me, but I was hired anyway. It didn't take long... Toxic work 330 Talking to you, Bernard, is like preaching to the choir. :-) I just realised why I cannot accept that task to do computer modelling at my... Toxic work 331 BMJ OK, Bernhard. I am reading the book "Toxic Work" further. The author is talking about... Toxic work 332 On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Enthropy Fighter One of the problems of advice from authors is that it may not apply to you. You may not have a personality like the author. If you get... also for...was: Toxic work Straydog If they said what actually works, then people might follow that advice, actually succeed, and, perhaps, depose those same bosses or prosper... Toxic work 334 Enthropy Fighter In my experience, most bosses aren't willing to discuss this sort of thing. Once they've made up their minds where you are in the pecking order... Toxic work 335 Enthropy Fighter That sounds like a load of rubbish. It ignores the fact that people can be very nasty and they... How's this for career advancement She Theodora was...the daughter of a bear trainer, grew up in the odor of a circus, became an actor and... Justinian How's this for career advancement.... 337 Justinian did indeed pull together existing Roman Law into a unified code. In doing so, he made some important changes from... How stuff gets started beginning of quote---- Persian historians put the responsibility for the quarrel on the Phoenicians. These people came originally from the coasts of the Indian Ocean; and as soon as they had penetrated... Justinian How's this for career advancement.... 339 On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Ken Smith Let me make a "tweak" on what you said, based on what I've... Justinian and Roman Law 340 Harvard, Leiden, Oxford are some of the leading law schools that offer Roman Law ( generally... Justinian and Roman Law 341 Seamus A turn-of-the-century translation of the Insbreastutes is on-line at under Roman law, a child has rights from the moment of conception. A freeborn man is one free from... New Ezine devoted to career development in Science 342 Thanks for the link to your website. I had a good look around there is a lot of great information. I was especially impressed... New Ezine devoted to career development in Science 343 I am sure many are obsolete now (I know some are), but to find out... New Ezine devoted to career development in Science 344 I should have explained that when I said successful scientist I was refering to successful scientist at many different levels not just the star PIs. I completely agree that it takes more than one perspective... New Ezine devoted to career development in Science 345 And, another two specific things: i) luck with connecting witht the right people, and ii... New Ezine devoted to career development in Science 346 Straydog The funny thing is that I am finding the same story as on s.r.c. on the other forums as well. Recently I started to participate... Ok, how about this career growth and career environment quote.... Everyone knows what became of Nero I'm not so sure: he fiddled while Rome burned. But how his mother helped him get there--and how he repaid her--is an even better... Ok, how about this career growth and career environment... 348 On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, BMJ There were a few emperors with specialized tallents that were not well developed. I wonder if dubya has... Ok, how about this career growth and career environment... 349 On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, BMJ deleted the historical details b-c beyond-the-scope-of... Truth and Consequences of Offshoring Summary: Truth and Consequences of Offshoring Truth and consequences of offshoring: Recent studies overstate the benefits and ignore the costs to American workers "August 2, 2005 Briefing... Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 351 On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, leslie It would help to know who these organizations are AND... Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 352 Straydog He made an election yr promise to steel workers in ohio(?) that they won't... Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 353 Kamal R. Prasad snip Well, "kama", I don't know who this "Russel" guy is, but I never said I would tell you anything. People especially can't be expected to respond... Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 354 Kamal R. Prasad A) Bush isn't running again so he doesn't want to win votes. B) What candidates do want to do is win elections... Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 355 On Sun, 6 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad This is a poor example because, as you yourself reported here, his efforts did not work, he backed out. On the contrary, Bush has gone to... What did Kamal say What did I say...was: Truth and Consequences of Offshoring On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Oh? Well, how nice of you to edit out the context of what your two sentences... What did Kamal say What did I say...was: Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 357 On Tue, 8 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Actually, this is wrong, too. I can give references to statements by... What did Kamal say What did I say...was: Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 358 On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, Peter Yeah....I'd pretty much go along with that. Yeah...I'd go along with that, too. I don't think the Indians are stealing (in a direct, denotative sense... What did Kamal say What did I say...was: Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 359 Well, let me expand on that. It seems that in the USA (and maybe a lot of other places in the world) there is a growing materialism, egoism... What did Kamal say What did I say...was: Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 360 This argument seems to be going back and forth. this is how i see it: The US government cannot legislate to force a company to keep... What did Kamal say What did I say...was: Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 361 Peter depends on whether the only consumers on this planet are americans. US govt can put tariffs and state that only goods manufactured in the... What did Kamal say What did I say...was: Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 362 On Wed, 9 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad This is a totally separate issue and... Truth and Consequences of Offshoring 363 Actually, I'm Canadian, but I agree with you on who scuttled stem cell research in the country... my career in August After the last reorganisation in our natl lab, I am located in a cubicle next to my old office. I t is occupied... some results Recently we had a staff meeting in our dept. The head was talking about promotions, and he told... some results 366 On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Enthropy Fighter They are guaranteeing that any job you might be interested in is NOT promised to you... some results 367 Thank you for your comment, Art. However, I think you should not be able to transfer the US... some results 368 On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Enthropy Fighter But, this is a quanbreastative difference rather than a qualitative difference. The managers always have the right to decide to pick from that... my career in August 369 On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Enthropy Fighter This all hurts your chances but did you pursue the alternate supervisor? YOU have to push these guys!! You have to push.... You have one... my career in August 370 BMJ Wow, you guys (BMJ and Straydog) ramped up a lots of discussion. I would like to address the points of view of both of... my career in August 371 On Sun, 6 Aug 2005, Enthropy Fighter Well, so far, as you explained above, I still see no difference between what you have and... my career in August 372 yes, and the counter-counter is if our underling carries in a small concealed casette tape recorder (now, the cell phones will capture short image sequences, too) and get... my career in August 373 Straydog But isn't recording conversations without the other party's knowledge is illegal? On the other hand, one could always put the tape recorder on the desk and switch it on, but, then that... my career in August 374 On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, BMJ Yes if over the telephone. There was this Linda Tripp affair back in the clinton adminstration where she was tape... my career in August 375 On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, BMJ 1. I have read, in the WSJ, probably more articles written to address the problem of totalitarian-authoritarian BMOs... my career in August 376 Straydog He had officially become my boss a few weeks earlier. Did you have lots of My financial affairs were none of his concern. The point is that I bought a new car and... my career in August 377 Its a very very dicey situation because you are obligated to name your present supervisor and THEY are obligated to contact that guy, with or without your permission (and I've had this happen... my career in August 378 There are an awful lot of jobs out there, and I see an awful lot of stores around me, here, with "help wanted" signs. Other signs say, for example, "Accepting Applications" which to me does... my career in August 379 On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, BMJ You will never know, ahead of time, what will work or not work. Some people... my career in August 380 Enthropy Fighter It's called "networking". In other words, you know the "right" people and get what you want by circumventing the normal procedures. It sounds like somebody was throwing roadblocks in your way... my career in August 381 Sorry I don't have any effective strategic advice, just observations from my years in large governmental and quasi-governmental organizations (which may or may not be applicable to any organizations I... my career in August 382 It doesn't have to be true (footnote 1), but it would be helpful if it were helpful. footnote (take your choice or... scientists as screenwriters 383 Nothing irate here, I hope... (:--) And in fact you're probably right about the majority of SF writers not being scientifically... scientists as screenwriters 384 Being that some of this thread has spilled over from where I am (SRC) to r.a.m.d-f, we really don't have a good overview... scientists as screenwriters 385 On Sat, 6 Aug 2005, Ar Q As I've said before and should not have to again, now, there are actually quite... scientists as screenwriters 386 On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, rick++ What a waste. 1. Leave the screenwriting to the writers who (should) be able to put together an attractive script (even many today, without scientific help... Is this what you guys are talking about URL: .story High-concept solution to brain drain sought By David M. Halbfinger New York Times News Service Published August 5, 2005 LOS ANGELES -- Tucked... A new phenomenon: The University of the Telephone see quoted material at end) I did not bother to go past the first screen... 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Chindia" a new buzzword The whole issue of Business Week for Aug 22-29 is devoted to the theme of both China and India and what it means for the... The Neocons' Childish Theory 405 I am beginning to agree with him. As other's have noted - World War II was won in less time and over more land than the current... US crimes against humanity. 406 On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Good that you limited the comment to just the 20th century since... US crimes against humanity. 407 Straydog Im referring to post WWII and in countries with well-established democratic-legal systems in place. During... US crimes against humanity. 408 On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad You certainly did NOT specify this in your original sentence farther above and what you just made a comment about (your referring to WWII... US crimes against humanity. 409 snip slip of tongue. snip depends on what you mean by this country. For some, United States = US govt = Us politicians. For me... US crimes against humanity. 410 On Thu, 17 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad More like slip of the brain.... I take "this country" to mean the whole package... Hey, Kamal Prasad, have you seen this..... 411 Straydog I can live with that -meaning Im not too ambitious and know how to create... Hey, Kamal Prasad, have you seen this..... 412 On Thu, 24 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad You absolutely clearly said "...you haven't much of a clue about how hostile & militant India is to foreign domination" and that is definitely in... Hey, Kamal Prasad, have you seen this..... 413 Straydog kind of- it is a feeling and in a way, it isn't. If people are hostile to MNCs -then eleted represntatives who seek re-election will be... Hey, Kamal Prasad, have you seen this..... 414 On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad It is absolutel a feeling. It does NOT... UK Kids Get Math Tutoring From India Summary: UK Kids Get Math Tutoring From India siliconindia.com "Now, maths tuition for U.K. children from India Tuesday, August 16, 2005 LONDON: Close on the heels of... UK Kids Get Math Tutoring From India U.S. tutoring outsourced to India - Kids brush up their math with online teachers :: ILCA Online :: Making... Nation of idiots 417 Kamal R. Prasad Yet you trust our idiotic managers to make the right decision about whether to go offshore for tech labor... Nation of idiots 418 true. But the purpose of a corporation's existence is profit making and it excludes a... Nation of idiots 419 Kamal R. Prasad You can believe this if you want, but it is a matter of political opinion and not fact. Remember that a corporation is based on something that is granted to you... Nation of idiots 420 It can definitely be regulated. A corporation has no natural rights. Anything can be regulated. It just isn't at the present time. " In order for the US govt to... Nation of idiots 421 Kamal R. Prasad Why are we the recipients of foreign investment if we have such incompetent workers and managers? I don't... Nation of idiots 422 I'm in the process of reading a number of books to help me get a better idea what is going on in the international money... Nation of idiots 423 Straydog all true. Does that book also tell you that money invested by private parties does not belong to the general public and consequently is not necessarily driven by public... Nation of idiots 424 On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad You confuse, in your sentence above, the right of moneyholders and moneycontrollers to spend-invest that... Nation of idiots 425 Correct -nobody invests unless he can be buttured that his capital is safe and he can... Nation of idiots 426 Kamal R. Prasad True. We have George Bush. The watchword is "when." Looking at how Japan rose as an economic power, they became innovators in some industries but not others. Your country will probably... Nation of idiots 427 It may not become an innovator and still be respobsible for a shift of jobs. everything from call centres to back office processing to accounting to s-w development can be and is being... Nation of idiots 428 On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad You are still not telling a balanced story: There... Nation of idiots 429 On Mon, 4 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Not correct - every investment carries risk. EVERY investment. Even in our nice banks, backed... Nation of idiots 430 On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Your own solution: alter the exchange rates needs government intervention, but that is not so easy to do. However, "regulating" investor money has many possibilities. As I've... Nation of idiots 431 On Sat, 2 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad You are wrong. The corporation type of business organization... Nation of idiots 432 Straydog forget -t -there is no pt in me convincing you or you convincing me. My sincere suggestion to you -get a clue as to... Nation of idiots 433 On Sat, 3 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad There are some things you know and there are some things... Nation of idiots 434 FYI (and this is also career-related since it relates to how a person can create a job for himself-herself), I think this... Nation of idiots 435 On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad It is you that is missing the point. The practical fact is that it is a small group of people, the... Nation of idiots 436 Straydog No -they are employees who do as the shareholders authorize them to. They get the powers to decide... Nation of idiots 437 On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Yes (you are wrong) This sentence above contradicts the sentence just... Poverty in America economists say technology and global trade appear to be holding down pay for many workers. Article =dc961aa1ff004bf5&ei=5094&partner=homepage WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 - Even as the economy grew... India: Ranked 127 for human development 439 Straydog The paragraph above states that "Not surprisingly the US feels affinity to India. Exactly the same happens here. From the resent economic figures: despite economic upturn it does not propagate in labor mbuttes" Im... India: Ranked 127 for human development 440 On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Ordinarily, your ability to read and understand english is not bad, and your ability to... India: Ranked 127 for human development 441 Kamal has unprecedented ability to switch attention from the topic of discussion. Every time replying to his postings I make a projection on... India: Ranked 127 for human development 442 Straydog Owners of capital don't need an excuse to manage their capital -it is their legal right to do so (regardless of whom it benefits-harms). Today... India: Ranked 127 for human development 443 No, this is what we call a "copout" excuse. Owners of capital want what we call "their cake and eat it." Yes -that is what you would... India: Ranked 127 for human development 444 On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad No..... -if you were in their place (if you ....and in the interest of exploiting people. Guarantees to the people and public interest are different... Deloitte Report: outsource failure rates From June, 2005, CFO magazine, page 19. (it may be on their website, www.cfo.com-BackIssues) Deloitte Consulting was said (by the CFO article) to have said "'In... Nation of idiots 446 Afterthoughts: I forgot to mention something of a waning in my interest in sci-fi. Maybe... Nation of idiots 447 I seem to remember the "generations" a bit, myself. I did enjoy DS9 when I got to see Well, I liked "Major... Nation of idiots 448 Straydog All right. You realize that this is a plan for PhD. Even in Australia it takes several years to... Nation of idiots 449 On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, oldpif I don't think you missed anything but I'll give my perspective. And, I'm not... Soc Design career question 1. You don't have to believe me, just look up the references to the who have "been there" and are willing to tell the truth. And, by the... Good outsourcing Government To Be Outsourced (Washington, DC 8-22-2005) Congress today announced that the office of President of the United States of America will... More reports of offshoring failures From "CFO" magazine, FALL 2005, special issue, pages 40-44. (may be on www.cfo.com) article: "Customer Disservice: Critics say the promised savings... More reports of offshoring failures Straydog General public mistakenly believes that the outsourcing (foreign or domestic) saves money for the corporations. In reality... American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself Summary: American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself VDARE.com: 08-22-05 - America's Lost Hegemony "America's Lost Hegemony By Paul Craig Roberts The historian who chronicles America's decline will lay the blame on free market ideology. I say this as a believer in... American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself 455 Why live in a car? Surely there is lots of vacant land about, ready to be pioneered. Perhaps the issue is not vacant land, but vacant expression - you just lack... American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself 456 On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, blart Not as much as you might think and any 'land rush' (at least in the... American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself 457 here is an excerpt of an Australian 60 minutes interview TRANSCRIPT PROGRAM: SIXTY MINUTES TOPIC... American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself 458 It, below, is an interesting story. Spying, however, is often called the "second oldest profession" and you can find pbuttages in books on ancient history that make reference... Val's suffering : American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, HotPotato OK, here is my take (based on Fortune's list of the top filthy-stinking): The Walmart family (brothers, surviving spouses, etc), are... American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself 460 On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, HotPotato Ohhhhh....lighten up a bit. I make a lot of anti-american comments, too. Of course I make more and stronger anti-Indian... American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself 461 Thanks for compbuttion, Russel. In fact, I wrote with the tongue in the cheek that it was a "payback... American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself 462 Straydog snip I used to suggest at my old office, whenever the funding for the new building was in question, that instead... American Capitalism Is Destroying Itself 463 Well, there are a lot of public places where the fee is either free or low cost. Public beaches... India Could Lose 40% BPO Market Share by 2007 On Thu, 25 Aug 2005, Randy You raised a lot of interesting issues but the one that may be playing in the background is that all these little countries, wherever they... Earn 12% daily of your investment I'm going to tell you about a TOP RATED AUTOSURF program that takes 5 mins of your day and then instantly credits... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 466 Kamal R. Prasad Yes, indeed, I've noticed that this is a fascist organisation. Last year, I subscribed to be a memeber. I was... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 467 If industry had to play in a truly free market, then supply and demand would determine... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 468 I tried locating a link on IEEE USA's page-but could not find it. effect "currently offshoring is limited to maintenance and s-w development. But we worry that when companies find that Indians... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 469 On Sun, 28 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad As I explained many times already, we do have many categories of laws against... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 470 proclaimed the sovereign and indefeasible right of every American to a job." And where was this... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 471 Kamal R. Prasad Then maybe it doesn't exist. any racism in that statement. Quite the opposite, since he said Indians can do research, hardly a position likely to be... In the public interest...more Dell Hell Wrong They're affected too... News & Analysis "FAULTS & FAILURES Leaking Capacitors Muck up Motherboards Finger-pointing and fury as manufacturers try to dodge blame It has all the elements of... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 473 On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad I never said that you did not find... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 474 Straydog If offshoring is indeed going to result in failures -then you have nothing to worry about.The jobs that have gone out will come back and you will... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 475 On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad And, you will have something to worry about. You did not see this yet: --- "Offshoring isn't such a... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 476 snip No -Im not particularly worried about the success or failure of offshoring, snip You never know. There are really very few... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 477 On Tue, 30 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad OK, good. More today than yesterday, more tommorrow than today. So, if the project... IEEE attacks scientist shortage myth. 478 On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Enthropy Fighter There really are a few jobs out there where they would take almost anyone, even if it was the only person... Linux thrives in leftleaning Kerala, a tiny coastal state in India Kerala, a tiny coastal state in south India, is a site of significant popularity of free software and GNU-Linux. What lessons can Kerala teach other areas about using free... Linux thrives in leftleaning Kerala, a tiny coastal state in India 480 On Sun, 28 Aug 2005, oldpif As long as they can get and use copies for free, they... Linux thrives in leftleaning Kerala, a tiny coastal state in India 481 On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Kamal R. Prasad dissolution in the scandinavian countries has always been high. Im not sure of There has been... Linux thrives in leftleaning Kerala, a tiny coastal state in India On Sunday 28 August 2005 14:04 Dan Weiner Thanks Dan. Left and-or Liberal is always a source of confusion, isn't it? I can't remember where the term... Singapore strides on in the field of stem cell research SINGAPORE (Reuters) - South Korea stole headlines after creating the world's first cloned dog, but the tiny city-state of Singapore is quietly preparing to take the... new kind of situation at workplace OK, now I got some managerial responsibility. Recently my boss told me to organise trialing of a... new kind of situation at workplace 485 I agree that the situation in natl labs in Australia must be similar to the sitation in the US. In this particular case, the reasons... new kind of situation at workplace 486 Straydog Yes, I saw more wonders today. I organised a meeting, and my colleagues were sharing their thought on how... new kind of situation at workplace 487 Straydog Well, I think today is one of "those" days. Whatever I am trying to organise for... new kind of situation at workplace 488 On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Enthropy Fighter Pray that the rumor is true. Pray that the budget does not get cut. At Bell, it was based on perception of... new kind of situation at workplace 489 The situation is actually developing. As you all remember, my boss charged me with the responisbility to organise and conduct an experiment in thefield... new kind of situation at workplace 490 Straydog Professional officer is a university degree-qualified technician, whose task is to help scientists in setting up and conducting the... new kind of situation at workplace 491 Hmm... Today I wrote to the HR manager at my current place of employment. I asked him to recommend someone... new kind of situation at workplace 492 Straydog Today the head of my department approached me and said that he wanted to discuss the Task Plan for the next year which I wrote, only he wanted to... new kind of situation at workplace 493 On Fri, 23 Sep 2005, Enthropy Fighter No, not if you want to keep your... Postdoctoral position on simulations of mitochondrial toxicity in AIDS therapy Simulation of the Mitochondrial Toxicity of Nucleoside Analogs The Virginia Bioinformatics Insbreastute (VBI) invites applications for an AIDS Therapy Modeler Postdoctoral buttociate to work in the research... dear sci.research.careers readers Sender: ottawahs20921712241.sip.magma.ca 209.217.122.41 BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's getting a bit tiresome seeing one misguided American after another with their cutsie little yellow or red-white-blue ribbons on their outsized SUVs. Yeah, I guess it's... dear sci.research.careers readers On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, HotPotato I appreciate your intentions and "on paper" or "in theory" it sounds good, but please... Ground zilch: how AlQaeda defeated New York Ground zilch: how Al-Qaeda defeated New York America's enemies must be laughing. Four years after 9-11, the failed Ground Zero project exposes the United... After hurricane Karina, I will no longer entertain optimistic thinking Ok, it's official. There have been numerous warnings via scientific and journalistic sources for decades that a type 4-5 would successfully overpower the levees of New Orleans but the Homeland Security... After hurricane Karina, I will no longer entertain optimistic thinking On Sun, 4 Sep 2005, rrc Yeah, but I can think of all kinds of warnings some people offer to the public and... Free Traders Resurrecting Clbutt War Summary: Free Traders Resurrecting Clbutt War This paragraph is from the following article by Paul Craig Roberts: "Eventually, all Americans will be working for less except the fat cats at the top, who will earn large bonuses by subsbreastuting foreigners... www.simplyfired.com On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Its worth finding some copies. Give me you mailing address and I will cut some out and send them to... St. Teresa of Avila on 52096 Saint Teresa of Avila says, "Thousands of children, perhaps millions throughout the world are not being instructed properly on the importance... Outsourcing failure rates lower than US and UKfailure rates According to respected studies, project development among large companies in the UK and the US has failure rates of 70... Outsourcing failure rates lower than US and UKfailure rates. 504 Way better.. The exact opposite is true.. In my case.. At least a 90 to 95% success rate.. Most companies and their employees aren't send in the use of risk reduction strategies. Thus they usually... Outsourcing failure rates lower than US and UKfailure rates. 505 I saw a review in one of the computer trade rags (sorry, it is not handy but I'm sure... Scott Adams the fakeengineer. 506 Sounds like your son is getting incomplete career advice from someone, perhaps a high school guidance counselor. Also, was your son unaware of how a segment of society... Scott Adams the fakeengineer. 507 Did you ask him any of the following questions: i) Why, son, are you interested in engineering-law? ii) What, son, got you interested in engineering... Engineering as a career. 508 So will law. Already, a huge fraction of similar work like accounting is exported to India. I've heard... Engineering as a career. 509 snip We can make our legal system more convoluted by design, thus increasing the demand for lawyers. As Lester Thurow once said, approximately: "No other country has a legal system like ours. No other country... Engineering as a career. 510 Not quite; no non-litigant can put their name on a court paper without being duly licensed in the relevant jurisdiction; I am aware of the services that will prepare an array of... Engineering as a career. 511 Elizabeth In your legal practice, you may prefer not to employ legal aides at all... Engineering as a career. 512 Randy, You make a few points here and there but for the most part your commentary indicates that you really don't understand the work... Engineering as a career. 513 Elizabeth Let's take a vote. Who here thinks I've mischaracterized the law and its pracbreastioners, claiming unfairly that they... Engineering as a career. 514 but you don't have ANY numbers at all ... here you go: the most recent stats show a trial disposition rate of about 15% in state courts (as in, 85% of cases didn't go to trial... Engineering as a career. 515 On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Randy FYI: Nolo Press is to be congratulated for making available to the average public a whole raft of do-it... Engineering as a career. 516 Ahhhhhahahahahaha And, lets see, the kid (how old is he?), makes all his decisions based on reading comic books... Engineering as a career. 517 On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Sid9 Yeah. And, at one time in the past I was an inventor (as defined by being named as such... Engineering as a career. 518 I'd be more convinced if you had compared engineers and nonengineers within the same school, or the same degree at different schools. Comparing different degrees in different... Law as a career Engineering as a career Patent seeking can be done by non-lawyers and I'm sure that many inventors got their... Engineering as a career. 520 Oh, its even easier than that...see below... Engineers deal with the laws of Even becoming a lawyer means law school, bar exam, license, all... Yahoo has been accused of supplying information to communist China On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, leslie My standard reply about this topic is the following quoted material and its source (there are more recent sources where the situation has... Native animals in the backyard We have had an buttortment of others, too. We put out a deer "drink" (20 gallon plastic cement mixing tray, about 10 inches high, by 3 feet by 4... raw america For the next 15 minutes Paradise was taken inside the Superdome, to nights filled with wailing and... raw america 524 My comments are below... On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, brandon I think this focus is too much on the negative; it conveys to me the impression that there is nothing good in... raw america 525 Straydog The Swiss can purchase just about any type of firearm they want, and they all have automatic weapons at home... raw america 526 On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, zach Well, my thoughts are that the Swiss live in a country under quite different conditions (when did they ever get hit by anything in hundreds of... raw america 527 What do you mean? We weren't violating Swedish laws. It was a nice suprise that our Swedish hosts were not gun-fearing, anti-American, Leftists. Quite the opposite, in fact (which means they would be... raw america 528 On Mon, 11 Sep 2005, zach Swedish army base? Laws different there than off base? Priviledges to sponsored guests? Does "legally, we were on an Army... raw america 529 On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, zach OK, so: i) what were the laws off base, and ii) what does this have to do with all... raw america 530 On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, oldpif I don't follow the data all that much, but I know there is a large range in... was raw america, Remember the Ludlow Mbuttacre Straydog Art, these types of things don't surprise me anymore. == The Ludlow Mbuttacre "... shortly after Woodrow Wilson took office... Jobless Indian Doctors Become Medical Transcriptionists 532 see quoted material at end) Kamal likes to talk about the problems of the USA, but he doesn't want to talk... Jobless Indian Doctors Become Medical Transcriptionists 533 Kamal likes to talk about the problems of the USA, but he doesn't want to talk about India's problems. Here is the latest, and a quote of the source... Jobless Indian Doctors Become Medical Transcriptionists 534 On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Governments--you should know this--can, if they want to, nationalize or privatize, whatever they... Jobless Indian Doctors Become Medical Transcriptionists 535 On Wed, 20 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Can you say why you think "most"? In... Jobless Indian Doctors Become Medical Transcriptionists 536 It is a fact, I can show you on our tax forms, that anything but the smallest businesses, must show, as part of... Jobless Indian Doctors Become Medical Transcriptionists 537 On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad This is changing the subject again. I was trying to explain to you something you didn't know or said could not be... Jobless Indian Doctors Become Medical Transcriptionists 538 RE taxes go into govt treasuries to pay for teachers, police departments, road constructions, and -- depending on the state -- such additional things like... Jobless Indian Doctors Become Medical Transcriptionists 539 see quoted material at end) Kamal likes to talk about the problems of the USA, but he doesn't want to talk about India's problems. Here is the latest, and a quote... Jobless Indian Doctors Become Medical Transcriptionists 540 On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, brandon Can you provide some reference, source to back up this statement? Most of... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 541 On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Because most American politicians need money from the... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 542 On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad I doubt that will happen since most can't speak... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 543 doubt that will happen since most can't speak english and will have more difficulty organizing because there... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 544 On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Although I was against the Vietnam war, the... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 545 Kamal R. Prasad end by whom? Got a reliable cite? Are you counting the Vietnamese who were end by their brothers who invaded from the North? How about the Vietnamese who... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 546 On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad It happens to be a fact of history that well into the past, before the USA was a country, that immigrants into almost any... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 547 It happens to be a fact of history that well into the past, before the... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 548 On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad The issue is complex and cannot be answered with a simple solution. One side says all... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 549 The issue is complex and cannot be answered with a simple solution. One side says all actions must be legal, and illegals... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 550 On Fri, 22 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad It is one thing to have laws. It is another thing... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 551 Straydog No -you don't need to round them up. You just need to strangle them economically for them to leave the country. The way to strangle them... Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas 552 On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Many are poor if not quite broke or even totally broke. Most would, and in fact do, find it... to "show" Kamal....was: Undocumented aliens rebuilding Biloxi, say they deserve visas On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad deleted Since you are too lazy to look for yourself and prove that I am right, I just took a few minutes to do... also for Kamal Prasad cite for largest number end by war The following pbuttage, and its source, is a quote which gives the largest number I have ever seen for the number of people... Gen Y versus Gen X The Australian Financial Review", 20 September 2005, P.59 Sorting out the culture clash between X and... Gen Y versus Gen X 556 Enthropy Fighter Well, in the past days I gave more thought to the phenomenon of Gen-Y. Today I walked into the bookshop... Gen Y versus Gen X 557 Enthropy Fighter I noticed that while I was teaching. Most of my students were accustomed to having an easy time of their studies, expecting... Gen Y versus Gen X 558 Threeducks I agree that students will rise to whatever is expected of them, provided that the instructor or prof has... Gen Y versus Gen X 559 BMJ I strongly agree with this. I have been asked by students to post solutions online and I won't do it. The result (I did this once years ago... Gen Y versus Gen X 560 Threeducks I once taught a course in which some of the students nagged me to put the textbook solution manual on reserve. They complained... Gen Y versus Gen X 561 Threeducks I've met proponents of things such as PowerPoint as a teaching aid. They strongly believed that since the students won't be spending any time in writing, they'll be spending it in... Gen Y versus Gen X 562 BMJ The discussions I have are usually at the end of the semester after the final grades are posted. There are always a few students who... Gen Y versus Gen X 563 Threeducks I've seen it and I know what you're referring to. Sadly, something like that carries a lot of weight with students. It's certainly a change from when I was an... Gen Y versus Gen X 564 On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Enthropy Fighter They got their information incorrect. And, there is confusion in the media. "Baby boomers" is the new term for "war babies" which... Gen Y versus Gen X 565 On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Productivity is a modern term favored by economists (because it is an attempt to measure output for comparison with input) and by CEOs because from it... Gen Y versus Gen X 566 Straydog Its the yadstick adopted the powers-that-be at this time of writing. must be something to do with giving parental advice. or it could mean that an american in... Gen Y versus Gen X 567 On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad That yardstick is misleading and also designed to benefit the BMOs... Gen Y versus Gen X 568 snip lets leave it to the emp,loyer to decide all of that. No I was... Gen Y versus Gen X 569 On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad So...you'll get away with anything you can get away with, eh? No, you said... Gen Y versus Gen X 570 On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, alexy I appreciate your comments, but for most of the stuff I need and need pretty much right away, there really... Gen Y versus Gen X 571 On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad This is another one of your over-simplified understandings of reality. I am about 1-3 way through the book "Changing Fortunes: The world's money... Gen Y versus Gen X 572 Im not in a position to indulge in peeing matches -so I will skip over that data. snip If... Gen Y versus Gen X 573 On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad All in the last 10+ years. And, the trade deficit is running around 7% of our GNP. That is very large. As a percentage of... Gen Y versus Gen X 574 Kamal R. Prasad How typical of Hindustani to surf the web instead of working. If I were in charge of a company, I'd install "spy" software that logged all Web activity. Anyone caught going... Socialism in the Inca Empire historical note disclosure: to zack on s.r.c - you might not want to read this, you'll just get upset. disclaimer: the following is not meant to either endorse or condemn socialist economics but to identify a historical... Socialism in the Inca Empire historical note On Sat, 1 Oct 2005, oldpif Yes, I was wondering if anyone but myself and the author of the book would notice that... Gen Y versus Gen X 577 On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, zach And, who, ever, had a more spine-full military? Foreign policy? With American bases totally surounding the Soviet Union throughout its existence? Was the Jimmy Carter school... Gen Y versus Gen X 578 On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, zach I'd guess so. But, are you suggesting we don't count them? the I had the pleasure... mostly for zack Other historical high war killings just below is a refernce to other high numbers end in wars and actions. Below that (line of "----") is... mostly for zack Other historical high war killings On Wed, 4 Oct 2005, zach Maybe there is a committee somewhere that defines and describes this stuff but as... Gen Y versus Gen X 581 zach No, I merely followed the paradigm you set out in order to speak in terms you could understand. Like I said, "if any... Gen Y versus Gen X 582 Straydog One french author has written a book about the collapse of empires. He says that when an empire is on the verge of... Gen Y versus Gen X 583 On Thu, 28 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad We attacked Germany in WW I almost 100 years ago and the whole world still looks up to the USA. Where? In... Gen Y versus Gen X 584 you have a problem with unde3rstanding my point. When I say "do you have a god given right to an american salary" -I mean that if you look at the salary of individuals in... Kamal, an alternate question for you On Fri, 29 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad How about we turn this question around just a little? "Do you think a few rich people have... Kamal Prasad STILL has not anwered this question....was: you On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Simple answers: i) not so rich can't afford expensive stuff, ii) you fail to reconize that there are a lot that do NOT benefit from globalization when... Kamal Prasad STILL has not anwered this question....was: Kamal never answered this question On Mon, 9 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad "...when it suits them..." it will take years before the final... Gen Y versus Gen X 588 On Fri, 29 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad OK, let me ask you a question... Gen Y versus Gen X 589 Straydog No -countries cannot dictate to the currency makrket just as companies cannot set the value of their stock on the bourse. When china decided to peg its yuan -it... Gen Y versus Gen X 590 On Sat, 1 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Oh yes they can. "floating" exchange rates... Gen Y versus Gen X 591 Peter K. I do not argue. I hear it for the first time. What is so good about Indian women ? I heard that the good wifes are... CEOs versus normal people 592 Well, this is not news for me anymore since I moved to the West (Australia in particular). The people here are... CEOs versus normal people 593 You have to read a few books about CEOs and their behavior and that of the higher... Gen Y versus Gen X 594 On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, alexy Its really kind of tragic, however, that your idea is that its such a fundamental kind of decency is so rarely put into action. Oh, I don't... Gen Y versus Gen X 595 On Thu, 22 Sep 2005, alexy Not at all. I have read and heard statements and witnessed actions being made, sometimes with which I agree and sometimes with which I... Traffic needed. Can anyone help Hey everyone, I'd like to ask your advice, or at least the advice of all... group FAQs, Freguently asked questions 597 On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Threeducks I think this is only partly true. There has been a mbuttive appearance of blogs and website chatrooms, complete with... group FAQs, Freguently asked questions 598 On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Threeducks Well, I know guys that put lock, stock, and barrell into the... group FAQs, Freguently asked questions 599 On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, oldpif More than that, the "shrinks" can disagree with each other and there is no fee. Scientific carrier is the last topic I... group FAQs, Freguently asked questions 600 On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, HotPotato I think every time someone asked a "on topic" career question... group FAQs, Freguently asked questions 601 For all other issues and alternative forums, I am not affraid to suggest King David's censored chatroom (sciencecareers.org) or to use search engines. I frequently visit and post in King David's web site as well... Materials Engineer, DB08063, Vacancy Announcement Number Must be a U.S. Citizen and-or build resume. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Vacancy Announcement Number: SCBK05883139D Position: Materials Engineer, DB-0806-3... Job Offers 603 Dr Steve Either you're in California, or you're exceedingly naive when it comes to buying a house. Your objective should be to pay as little as you need to in... Job Offers 604 Gold would be nice. Ironically, where I live, the City owns the mineral rights, so the gold would have to be in the form of buried pirate treasure. A correction to... Job Offers 605 On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad The what you call the "re-fi boom" is nothing more than a combination of two things: i) the ability of... Job Offers 606 On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Dr Steve Yeah, the cheapskate mentality is out there. There are stories out there where... Addendum on the "Dr. Steve" problem...Job Offers I did not explicitly interpret the situation, Dr. Steve, but basically THEY are trying to get you for less money and... Addendum on the "Dr. Steve" problem...Job Offers On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Kamal R. Prasad There are three real life situations: i) employer-employee as determined ad hoc (nothing beyond the immediate situation), ii) specific contracts between specific employers... Applications Scientist 609 It is always so interesting to see what people say to just simple posts. Of course after reading any thread on any news group you beomce immediately aware of why lawyers make... Applications Scientist 610 Old Pif says, "I have not found even one. At first I looked through the breastles and then used your search engine. Nothing. I guess it is so valuable that you only... Applications Scientist 611 see quoted material both above and below my comments) On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Dr Steve Nobody here is "playing"! We don't know what Old Pif did or did not type into the... Applications Scientist 612 Who is "we"? There are On your website? Over what period of time? representing either questions or advice on the topic, so Steve Oh, you mean that on your website everyone gets the... Applications Scientist 613 I work in product development for a company that makes (to avoid revealing my idenbreasty) expensive high-tech gadgets. We hire a lot of app scientists, plus... off topic but interesting Justice in ancient times Laws of Babylon, established by king Hammurabi (1800 BC) under the authority of Marduke, the god of Babylon Under the topic of Marriage and Family- 129. If the wife of a man... Jobs Abound Without Need For a Degree Summary: Jobs Abound Without Need For a Degree HoustonChronicle.com - Jobs abound without need for a degree "Oct. 1, 2005, 8:59PM Jobs abound without need for a degree By BANKS ALBACH Knight Ridder Tribune News WASHINGTON - Some U.S. jobs... Jobs Abound Without Need For a Degree 616 On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, zach This is a very perceptive observation. and also dealing with Would you say..."becoming PC"? Those salaries may be low, The insurance industry is already "socializing... Jobs Abound Without Need For a Degree 617 Straydog Not just mine... having worked with a lot of women at several different jobs, I've... Jobs Abound Without Need For a Degree 618 On Wed, 4 Oct 2005, zach Oh, I didn't say it was just you and me. There was a(nother) perceptive article on this, believe it or not, in the WSJ years ago... Yet another bad headhunter 619 Everyone looks for the lowest cost. I look for the lowest prices when I shop. Companies look... Yet another bad headhunter 620 wage, to Well yes! That's exactly what that is. The gov. ills of which I speak favor businesses and especially corp. enbreasties and impact negatively on wage and salary earners. I think this is... Yet another bad headhunter 621 On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Thomas Bartkus Yep, I incorporated in 1995 in Delaware. One man operation. Wish I did it earlier. I think there are about 10-12 states that will... Yet another bad headhunter 622 There have been a couple of articles about this. Can't remember the details, but one, in a carefully planned move, seems to be attempting to manuever a... a movie about scientific research 623 On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, BMJ The one that comes to my mind was "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" but I might have the breastle wrong. Old B&W and the aliens have space suits... a movie about scientific research 624 On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, BMJ Well, there are two ways to write a script: i) the PC, angel-saint, diplomatic, sanitized, censored, homogenized... a movie about scientific research 625 Straydog The movie Bond is way* different than the one Ian Fleming created. All the real spy work is also hard, boring, dangerous, and There have been a... a movie about scientific research 626 Straydog If I recall correctly, Fleming served with British intelligence during WW II and, therefore, had some insight into what was... a movie about scientific research 627 On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, BMJ Tom Clancy also had some knowledge of military intelligence and wrote what are... a movie about scientific research 628 Straydog "The Hunt for Red October"....my favourite of that set of movies. I didn't like "The Sum of All Fears" all that much. I read a lot... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen I would like to start a (serious) discussion about recruiters (like Dave Jensen). The following is meant to be a "kick-off" rather than a specific... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 630 Straydog In Australia, there were many recruiter agencies during the IT boom. When the boom... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 631 Straydog Giving you the benefit of doubt... Short answer - because their ability to put meat on the family table depends on... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 632 My comments are farther down. No sympathy vote, but I'll "think" you a get-well card... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 633 Art, here's a post from the AAAS Science Careers Forum, which discusses the role of headhunters. I posted this in response to a... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 634 Old Pif didn't like my earlier post with recruiter advice for young scientists. Hence, here's a point by point response to... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 635 Harry Haller said . . . Hi Harry, Thanks for the post. To clarify, what I meant was that the internet is wiping out... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 636 However, the articles I still read about say that computer programs and resume scanners are just as busy today, scanning in and searching for... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 637 Straydog Actually, most people aren't important enough to deserve such scrutiny. Instead, one's eligibility would more likely be determined by minor trivialities. I... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 638 Straydog If such databases exist, the information in them mustn't be used properly. Most of the interviews I had in the last few years were conducted by people who seemed to... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 639 Hah! Yes, I did forget to mention RFID tags. For all I know, soon they will not have to put a chip under our skin. They will just probe our houses with microwave beams, get... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 640 Well, I thought this (below, by dgj) was actually pretty good...but I'll have some comments of... Question about recruiters like Dave Jensen.... 641 Straydog I've seen the ads from firms promising all sorts of things, hinting that they have contacts inside the business that nobody... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 642 Guess what everyone, Lisa Bergson is back For those of you that need your brain jogged a bit, back 1-2 years... Shabby move by UFCW.. Not off topic On Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Threeducks Spin-offing is a good trick to make any... Question about Unfunded Pension Obligations UPO Oh--I'll have to look later, not now--but I bet I know what its going to say, plus... Tonight's "Nova" On Einstein 645 BMJ I'm watching a recording of the show now. It's trying to make the revelations of the day meaningful from a human viewpoint, the effect they had on the... Tonight's "Nova" On Einstein 646 Randy Thanks for the URL. I'll have to take a look at it. Being in Canada, we have somewhat different... today's flow of conscioussness There are things I hate. For example, I hate when the employees of service providers ask me for my cell phone number. Those "service providers" can... today's flow of conscioussness 648 On Thu, 12 Oct 2005, Enthropy Fighter Yes, I can also give many examples of being asked for various things, including cell phone, FAX, etc., by the same people. Yes, they want to... today's flow of conscioussness 649 On Fri, 13 Oct 2005, oldpif What a riot! I laughed several times while reading the above piece... today's flow of conscioussness 650 On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Sano In the first place, we have telephones for the purpose of... Are professors above the law of the story, a section called "The Nobel Cover-Up". The role played by De... microsoft propaganda.. tell it to the outsourced IT guys Please give us a fu*ing break... hmm if rich men repeat lies do they become reality?? Gates: Computer... microsoft propaganda.. tell it to the outsourced IT guys 653 That's nonsense Kamal! If the above 40 guy "don't expect higher salaries" then there is something wrong... microsoft propaganda.. tell it to the outsourced IT guys 654 Thomas Bartkus there are lots of industries wherein age doesn't result in a raise in salary. Its true for manufacturing and clerical work for sure. If the workforce as a whole expects a hike... microsoft propaganda.. tell it to the outsourced IT guys 655 On Tue, 18 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad In the past, in the USA, people often got... microsoft propaganda.. tell it to the outsourced IT guys 656 There are no industries at all where age results in a raise in salary. Of course! Management never wants to lower salaries for existing employees... microsoft propaganda.. tell it to the outsourced IT guys 657 Thomas Bartkus in some, it does. I know of people who remained hands on engrs and had a disproportionately higher pay than someone doing the same job function. No... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future Here's an interesting read. The National Academies of Science just released a report which makes a number of grand recommendations and specific suggestions on how to grow and improve the US's supply and development... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 659 Straydog Shagdog, are you getting into senile marasm or what ? I agree with almost everything what Kamal says, and I agree with everything what he said... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 660 rrc That is true. I did not claim Indians are racially superior or that americans are racially inferior. If anything, i said that raising... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 661 Kamal R. Prasad It sounds right but in the current system is impossible. PhD students are de facto workers. For the most part they don't pursue their own ideas but work as a... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 662 Kamal R. Prasad And who defines what a "significant breakthrough" is? In many cases, the significance of the... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 663 Kamal R. Prasad I knew it. You just flunked me. My thesis was refused by the... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 664 Threeducks well -my first definition of significant work was publication but it was an emperical one and... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 665 On Tue, 24 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad 1. Many young people don't know what they... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 666 Straydog when someone takes a loan or his parents invest their savings -they expect it to take them somewhere closer to earning their livelihood... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 667 On Wed, 25 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Gee, this is the first time you said something that could be applied... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 668 I could say almost the same thing. Sturgeon's Law (90% of everything is trash) I have a paper, authored by someone decades ago, showing that most published work... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 669 Straydog Many of the grad students I knew from my grad school days kept low profiles after they received their degrees. One went to work for an electronics firm, though... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 670 On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, BMJ As relates to the above comments going back many lines, most patents, also, as a measure of significance, do NOT make any money. I recall that the... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 671 Straydog How true. There is a guy out there (forgot his name) who maintains a website... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 672 On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad This is a poor understanding. The problem is in the exchange rates... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 673 On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Randy This is a goal. Actually, this is a goal, too. Buuuuut, HOW, specifically, is this supposed to happen... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 674 Straydog Read the report. As frequent a topic as this is in this newsgroup, it makes no sense to beat the same old dead horse when a... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future Straydog ... big snip ... I'm 48 years old myself. I watched Armstrong and Aldrin step onto the moon. I get it... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Randy Fine, for the record I'm two months from becoming 62. 1. Part of the problem is that discovering something really new is VERY expensive (i.e. launch... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 677 Straydog More like "student success". It's vague, undefined, unquantified, but it has a name. That's not... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 678 Kamal R. Prasad ... Your message is inconsistent. Does America want foreigners to stay so we can live off their hard work? Or does America want them to go... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 679 Randy They want to make the most of their contribution to the US economy but do not want to be inconvenienced by their progress-legalization etc.. And... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 680 On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad No, the better translation is that "if we can't convince our locals to warm up the... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 681 Straydog No - I didn't say-imply that americans are stupid. I said they like to live of other people's hard work. Most of the hispanics in the US are uneducated -yet they are hard-working... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 682 On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad That's funny, I remember you saying and implying, many times, how stupid Americans are and saying... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 683 Straydog give me a url to my post that says so. It has happened before... Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future 684 On Sat, 15 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad You can google it on your own, or should we have zack help you with that, too. Well, you said, just fourth... interesting discussion at sc.org 685 DK Well, here is the comment of one of the posters, "To play with math (trignometry, algebra, calculus... interesting discussion at sc.org 686 Threeducks When I am talking about doing experiemnts, I am talking about doing the whole shebang -- conceiving the idea, finding out the best ways to... interesting discussion at sc.org 687 Enthropy Fighter I don't believe it's more difficult, just different. Everything you mention has to... interesting discussion at sc.org 688 DK I agree and will give a personal example. Most of the schools that I know of that teach... Asia Challenges U.S. Role as Top Innovator Summary: Asia Challenges U.S. Role as Top Innovator From abroad, challenges to US role as top innovator csmonitor.com ``from the October 12, 2005 edition From abroad, challenges to US role as top innovator Ramped... Tech Sector Recovers, But Where Are the Jobs Summary: Tech Sector Recovers, But Where Are Survey: Tech sector lags rest of economy when adding jobs - Oct. 18, 2005 "Tech recovers, but where are the jobs? Survey: Sector... science teacher beaten 691 Threeducks Where I used to teach, I heard stories of where failing a course wasn't necessarily a failure. The official policy was that if the grade... science teacher beaten 692 So what. When I was a TA during my PhD course, a 1st-year Engineering student of arabic appearance was very frustrated with his inability to finish the buttignments. So he... major snot Economic Hit Menthe dirty secret is out I just recently finished reading, cover-to-cover, the following book: ------------------------------- breastle: "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" author: John Perkins ISBN: 1-57675-301-8, pub: Berrett-Koehler Publishers... Career Advice 694 I have this notion that too many people try to be "normal" (whatever that means) and when... Career Advice 695 David Jensen buttumes that the original poster was sincere person asking for advise. It appeared to me that the... Career Advice 696 On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, HotPotato Hey, I was really really really inviting ANYone who wants to start... Career Advice 697 Straydog Art, I'll take a minute to answer a couple of your comments because at least you are an intellectual. Chris (Hot Potato, John Mastro... Career Advice 698 Thanks for the compliment, but I think I'll decline the "award". Chris (Hot Potato, John Mastro, etc) is I'll abstain on this and on... Career Advice 699 Fine. Thank you. However, I'm still going to "play" only here on src, where we have--at least in my estimation--a good handful... Career Advice 700 On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, germs Lots of people are shy. Since I don't They may not hate you as much as they are just ignoring you and socializing with only others that are... careers of younger scientists are screwed In 80% of my scientific employments (industry-govt lab), I was hired into projects at late stages of their existence. Some work was done, all... Advice...is it worth giving or getting acknowledging, also, HP's more recent post which is not only more reasonable, but practical in a philosophical way) Being that Dave Jensen... Advice...is it worth giving or getting 703 Straydog Bollocks. Go ahead and be introverted, but don't impose it on me. Scientists cover the full range of personality types. There may be a place for introverts, as bench... Advice...is it worth giving or getting 704 Unfortunately, in the present-day workplace, socializing is imposed upon those who tend to be introverted. Introversion is treated as a taboo and a black mark on one's record. I've... Advice...is it worth giving or getting 705 BMJ I can sympathize with that. Ironically, when I am concentrating, I want peace and quiet, but I am also the biggest loud-mouth in the world. There is a trend to... Advice...is it worth giving or getting 706 That would be a step backwards because the cubicles were introduced to provide some degree of privacy after all the years where people's desks were out in the open. I've never liked cubicles. Aside from... Advice...is it worth giving or getting 707 BMJ Management taking steps backwards has been known to happen. I asked my friend the manager... Advice...is it worth giving or getting 708 Straydog I think I arrived at the solution of this problem. One should get a wife whom he does not... Advice...is it worth giving or getting 709 Straydog When I was younger, I did much the same thing, heeding only that advice which I found to be most useful to me. As it turned out, most of the "wisdom" I rejected and... Advice...is it worth giving or getting 710 On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, BMJ There can always be a disconnect between one person's situation and another person's situation. Well, one has to... Advice...is it worth giving or getting 711 Straydog So much for team-building, or is doing things by oneself self-empowerment? But you'd be... careers of younger scientists are screwed BMJ Indeed. Today at workplace we had a barbecue. The sausages were good, the beer was bearable, the sun was shining and the grbutt was green... MIT prof fired for faking research 713 It wasn't too long ago that "scientific misconduct" became part of US Federal law and there were provisions... MIT prof fired for faking research 714 SG I cannot believe hearing it ! This is exactly the business-model of my (late) PhD advisor ! He... MIT prof fired for faking research 715 BMJ Mmm... it is not so simple. Right, a PhD is an advantage here. However, there are very few employers... MIT prof fired for faking research 716 BMJ You are right. This is why my strategy now is to show to my supervisors that I am a miserable person with no interest to excersize "my independence... More On Workplace Teams On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, Old Pif Yeah, but look at the situation in non-tenure track academia: funding means job, funding lapse... Managing scientists Well, the author of the book said that those who have a "need for affiliation... Gates Strongarms Senate Into Selling Out American Tech Workers 719 On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, rrc Oh, I don't doubt it, but my caveat is whether we become third world slowly or quickly. The old problems (medicare, medicaid, social security) are being joined by... Gates Strongarms Senate Into Selling Out American Tech Workers 720 On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Our newspapers are full of stories of ordinary people who were working at any number and any clbutt of company who made fairly good money and then... Gates Strongarms Senate Into Selling Out American Tech Workers 721 Straydog look -the customer pays the company that makes goods-provides services. If company A provides these by employing msotly americans and company... Gates Strongarms Senate Into Selling Out American Tech Workers 722 Straydog but there are buyers outside the USA too. The companies that are outsourcing jobs are also selling products in these countries. Indians and chinese customers are first time buyers for many It products -not... Gates Strongarms Senate Into Selling Out American Tech Worker On Sat, 29 Oct 2005, alexy Hi alexy- Well, I would not focus on the numbers (not that they are unimportant) but I saw two things in the... Gartner Analyst: Stop Outsourcing Now 724 Old Pif No -neither central bank has control over currency rates. It is like saying no... Gartner Analyst: Stop Outsourcing Now 725 On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Almost believable, but you don't know as much about what you... Gartner Analyst: Stop Outsourcing Now 726 On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Your explanation is weak. You make up this "conservative trading position"; the market value of the rupee has... Gartner Analyst: Stop Outsourcing Now 727 On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad How about you focus on the productivity of BMOs... Gartner Analyst: Stop Outsourcing Now 728 On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad I think the US govt-central banks realize this--deflating our currency--has... Gartner Analyst: Stop Outsourcing Now 729 Straydog now that they have inflated it -they need to deal with the consequences of having done so. It means that either... Gartner Analyst: Stop Outsourcing Now 730 On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad There is FDI everywhere. China buys US real estate, the US... Gartner Analyst: Stop Outsourcing Now 731 Kamal R. Prasad What will happen next -- the executives outsource almost all of the specialists jobs to India for the notorious $25k pa. The dispalced American workers... Gartner Analyst: Stop Outsourcing Now 732 On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, zach I don't have to look around, there are many studies, now... Corporate Humour 733 On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Old Pif If there is an electrical outlet, then you can use an electric fan in the summer and an electric... Corporate Humour 734 On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Threeducks If it is buttumed that inflation progresses, and NSF budgets are flat or essentially flat, then... Corporate Humour 735 On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Threeducks Well, OK. Gotta keep watching those year-to-year budget changes. You figure if you're going to have to pay, say, for a 3% COLA, and... Corporate Humour 736 On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, BMJ There is a third environment: govt-military. And, I've been in all three. In the govt-military, there are codes, laws, procedures, and policies. If you know what... Corporate Humour 737 Straydog So have I. Corporations are the worst. In the govt-military, there are codes, laws, procedures, and And they don't exist in corporations? I worked in one place where the... Corporate Humour 738 On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, BMJ Well, when I was at Underwriters' Labs (mid '60s), and having talked with a number of commercial reps, that was the case: sales departments... Corporate Humour 739 Straydog Granted that if there's nothing to sell, there won't be anything to design or build. But at the company I was referring... Corporate Humour 740 Threeducks This affects grad students as well as many depend upon teaching buttistanceships, which are not as plentiful as they were a generation ago, or on doing grunt jobs for their... Corporate Humour 741 On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, HotPotato Modern western life, or so it seems, is built not on solid but... Corporate Humour 742 thump-thump-thump" doesn't sound like any music I ever heard, even the stuff I don't like (eg. jazz), I'll even... Corporate Humour 743 Straydog Sometimes I'd be working on my car on a Saturday afternoon and I'd have the radio tuned to an opera on CBC Radio Two. Boy, do I get some strange... Corporate Humour 744 Straydog Not to mention how commericalism dominates course curricula and what type of equipment (e. g. calculators) gets used in courses. And, of course, Bill Gates invented the computer. So much for an all... Corporate Humour 745 HotPotato When I started at my alma mater, my undergrad department had moved into a brand-new building two or three years earlier. Naturally, the offices and facilities were nice and shiny... Corporate Humour 746 Straydog I spent a lot of time in the lab while I was finishing my second master's degree. Winters can... Another Scientist Shortage Another Scientist Shortage? JIM AUSTIN 25 OCTOBER 2002 In an Op-Ed piece published 11 October on the Web site of the National... Another Scientist Shortage rrc it is a place to make a career out of science -but not the only one. some extraordinarily talented people... Thanks for the Great Postdoc Bargain Thanks for the Great Postdoc Bargain BY RICHARD FREEMAN NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH HARVARD UNIVERSITY 30... Thanks for the Great Postdoc Bargain On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Old Pif Almost 50 years ago I was wondering the same thing about nuclear plants (40,000 of... Corporations Deserting American Workers Summary: Corporations Deserting American Workers These three paragraphs are from the following article by Paul Craig: "In the 21st century the US economy has ceased to generate net new jobs in middle and upper middle clbutt... Corporations Deserting American Workers 752 On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, HotPotato A fairly recent WSJ article said that WM is planning to build 600 more stores world-wide, including 300 more in the USA. Or less. Yes, but... Corporations Deserting American Workers 753 On Tue, 7 Nov 2005, Entropy Fighter Almost, for the rich. But, you need money to live. Well, what happens in Marxist... MIT Morons In Training So, instead of building a forty-foot, scale model (1-25 scale) of the boxy skyscrapers,WTC-1, WTC-2. WTC-7, and shooting an aluminum scale model airplane into the upper floors of building... MIT Morons In Training BMJ Several years ago, I applied for entrance into the governmental civil service (clerk, customs officer etc). An applicant... Ammo for Art quoted material at end) Well, I did not look at the URL but there were a couple of WSJ articles recently that... Comment on contracts or "contracts"..was: First contract, am I being stiffed On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Old Pif Yes, and it will be hard to tell what is going on at a specific place of work... Comment on contracts or "contracts"..was: First contract, am I being stiffed On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Old Pif 1. Where I once worked, the ARC, one year (at least) no one got any raises. After I left, there were one or two years--my spies told... recruiters 759 Hey, guys, that's not just another recruiter, that's my wife. Last time I checked, plenty of married people work together, whether in the office or the lab. (Art's right, she's been around... recruiters 760 On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, DGJ I did mention this already. And, I also mentioned a lot of grounds for litigation. But don't tell me that when you... recruiters 761 On Sat, 12 Nov 2005, DGJ All fits in with the 'post hoc falacy' of logic. You go around to people who... make tons of cash EASY What is $5 and 15 minutes when it can make you earn $100,000 ? Not much, if you ask me... You've probably seen a lot of... Career Coaches 763 Straydog Art, Employers have been taking the recommendations of their employees for years now. In fact, it is a system that rewards the employee. Big bonuses are paid, called "referral... Career Coaches 764 Straydog Aren't these articles always about how tough it is for the employer to find someone with the right "fit"? Now... alternative "careers" for desparate scientists, alt.dissolution.holiday On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, HotPotato You should do a "repost" of anything of interest and share it with all of us. On the alternative... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 766 Straydog "Managerial paralysis" is nothing else but having to make a decision when there is an insufficient... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 767 Its not even that. You use the term "reliable." As far as I recall, and I read... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 768 I appreciate the historical background. Thank you. You are not the only one who uses the term, and I've even heard it pronounced that way in verbal... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 769 On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, BMJ To cut the "small company" some "slack" as elephantceleb recommends, I will grant that businesses suffer a fairly high attrition... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 770 Straydog On the other hand, I've seen start-up companies produce a wonderful product or land a big contract, experience phenomenal growth in a short period of time, and... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 771 On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, BMJ Yeah, but my point was that its almost imposible to have a long-term strategy unless you are something like a bank... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 772 Straydog There are enough examples of companies that burst onto the scene, shine intensely for a short while, and then... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 773 On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, BMJ Well, actually there is substantial discussion of what makes a good company, etc... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 774 Straydog You're probably right on this, but how many business schools go back and look at these companies to confirm... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 775 On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, BMJ There is some effort at this but not as much as the "magic-answer" mindset. Years after ISOE came out, I saw newspaper... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 776 On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, BMJ I'm talking about all the DRM crap. I'm reading more and more (and posting the Ed Foster "Gripelines") about people getting fed up... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 777 On Sat, 12 Nov 2005, Entropy Fighter My two cents: they are looking for Jesus Christ or God on the resume and either can't or refuse to see it. and when the price of... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 778 Entropy Fighter That's why they get paid the "big bucks". It takes a tough and trained mind to make such a And... Hey guys...Lisa Bergson is back..... 779 On Sat, 12 Nov 2005, BMJ See below for secrets to become a manager.... -------------------------- (source unknown, but believed to be in the public domain): "Some Thoughts To Get You Through Any Crisis... experimental work For the past week, I was immersed into doing an experiment which I was preparing for the past couple of months. I was busy every minute... experimental work 781 On Sat, 12 Nov 2005, Entropy Fighter My comparable experience is when I learned that one of my grant proposals would be funded. I'd... experimental work 782 Straydog Sounds like a good advise. But... initiative is punishable ?? Few days ago, a revelation come onto me. Here I have a colleague of mine of about the same age who... experimental work 783 Threeducks Mmm... the managers in my employment place seem to think that they put a guy in front of a computer, and then he will produce them lots of results with almost no... experimental work 784 Entropy Fighter But deriving a computer model isn't just throwing together and compiling code, gathering... experimental work 785 BMJ Today I bumped into a top administrator at a meeting where I should not usually be. He asked... DuPont story There is an old book (1970s-80s?) with the breastle "In The Name of Profit" which goes over a lot of this stuff... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 787 Kamal R. Prasad There is a very big misunderstanding about globalization, and a lot of mythologies about cutting costs. This mainly result from lack of understanding about how economy works... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 788 Thanks for typing in the article, Kamal. I'm surprised that Patterson would write such a screed. Historically, he's... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 789 Randy Im glad that at least one response isn't a peeing match. He has based his arguments on... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 790 Kamal R. Prasad ... ... The US Department of Commerce is (in)famous for even more economic optimism than... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 791 Randy so why is US govt trying to spread its form of governance to other countries -when... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 792 On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Every strong power on earth, all through history, has tried to spread its "message and method." Communism, Christianity, Roman Empire, Inca Empire... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 793 Straydog A lot of it is the work of individuals or at best the work of self-appointed rulers. In contrast, the US govt has convinced the... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 794 Kamal R. Prasad No Kamal. This is the biggest missunderstanding about economical impact of offshoring. And this kind of missunderstandings is what is going to generate the next world wide crisis. As... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 795 On Fri, 24 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad deleted Again, you are wrong. Communism, Christianity, Roman Empire, British Imperialism, etc. did not depend most of the time only on a few individuals... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 796 On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad That has not been proven anywhere. Make a cheaper product, even with lower quality, and people... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 797 On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, alexy Actually, this theory explains why Walmart outsells everyone, has more than 11% of all retail... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 798 On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, alexy Many articles in the WSJ over the last several years have... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 799 Straydog I'm not wealthy enough to front the extra $6,000+ for a Honda minivan over a better equipped... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 800 On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, Threeducks None of our Dodges, Chrysler (Town & Country, small car), and Ford van (E-150) got gas milage (Generally about 20-22, 20-22, and 10 mpg, respectively... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 801 Absolutely, and I wouldn't bait and switch either. I was just chuckling at your calling this "reading the riot act" and "torturing the sales staff" and describing yourselves as "merciless buttholes... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 802 On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, alexy Heh, heh..... I admit being a little theatrical in my self-description. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me, and probably I find salespersons fall in two categories... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 803 I don't think people look for few hundred difference when comparing cars of different brand. That is, if they are evaluating Honda... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 804 rkusenet The difference is not a few hundred dollars, it is many thousands of dollars. When I was... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 805 The reasons for the success of Japanese cars in the U.S. market are varied and complex. But there is no doubt... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 806 On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Its only a peeing match if you... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 807 This is really a propaganda piece, placed in the media as either a piece of disinformation or a blind acceptance of a... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 808 Old Pif he is more interested in peeing matches than anything else. he isn't trying to sell me anything. ACM ia one of the... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 809 On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad I am interested in shedding light on misinformation masquerading as false... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 810 On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad All or almost all presidents of professional and scientific societies never advocate for individual workers or their careers. All or almost all of them fall... Stop whining about outsourcing" ACM Queue nov 2005 by david patterson 811 Straydog I remember a couple of months ago, the local newspaper published a half-page... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 812 On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, Threeducks deleted... The DuPont experimental labs in Wilmington, DE, were shut down, totally, earlier this year. There was more in the published announcements before the... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 813 On Wed, 22 Nov 2005, Entropy Fighter I've tried to find some people, too. Some (Russians that I knew... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 814 Straydog There's no shortage around here. I tell my students that the job market is tough and they better be busting their tail in and out of... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 815 On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Threeducks Well, that's fine. However, what is the purpose of college (undergraduate or graduate) if only... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 816 Straydog Good question, what is the purpose of college? Is it to be "job training" or... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 817 On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, Threeducks deleted... Ok, here's MY answer to the question: if a guy comes to me, a... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 818 Threeducks When I began to teach, I thought it was for education and citizenship. It soon became apparent to me that I was only supposed to teach "to the... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 819 Straydog Hi Art, I thought I'd take Thanksgiving off and here you are going on a tirade. What's interesting about... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 820 BMJ I was swindled even more. When in my home country, I was looking at the brochures on postgraduate... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 821 Straydog Here is an illustration of my point (it is about Canada, but it is... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 822 Entropy Fighter During my first yr of engg, students were stunned to see an insbreastution with near zero facilities and they had this line written on their face "Money... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 823 Entropy Fighter I had similar illusions about grad school the first time I went back. By the time I returned for my second master's degree, I'd had enough experience in industry... uhah more bashing of "skills shortage" 824 On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, rrc I'll offer some speculative and partial and tentative explanations-comments: 1. I... Off Topic Public Interest} Misuse of Anti Dowry Law by Greedy Indian Wives 825 On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad ^^^ I presume this is "law" In the world of marrital disharmony in the... Off Topic Public Interest} Misuse of Anti Dowry Law by Greedy Indian Wives 826 On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, Old Pif I'll expand: Pericles was at one time very very popular... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage This is a fairly detailed article and it points out the two "realities" in the engineer career situation. Yes, the companies do want exact fits and they would rather... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 828 On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, BMJ Yep, they sure did. and the emphasis on one's social No, but that would be out of the scope of the article... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 829 Straydog Which ones were discussed? Warm-and-fuzziness? Team-building? Bonding? Anything which makes sense? I wouldn't recommend engineering, either. That's... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 830 On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, alexy Hi alexy, long time no snot from you. Well, let me alter my spin. There is a place for diplomacy, politeness, protocol, decency... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 831 Straydog Possibly, but I have also known people who could pull off the "feisty maverick" image while being complete dippoos. Nobody is saying that soft skills can't be abused... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 832 And, Jimmy and Tammy Baker used pure "soft skills" too, while ripping off everyone with the wool pulled over their eyes. And, I'm not... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 833 Yeah, but I wish misfortune(s) could be avoided. Moreover, I'm not sure any ONE person can ever be judged as "most... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 834 Good for you! Too many people just "ate up" the stuff coming out of the Whitehouse. But, then, back in the Viet Nam days, the public did the same thing. Only after... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 835 alexy Presumably, one knows how to behave before you start working there. I don't remember the Skunk Works... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 836 Yes. I have no concrete proof that they had a good store of soft skills, so I identified my speculation... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 837 On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, alexy Its, again, your own straw man. You don't-didn't know that I read a little about Rickover's methods... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 838 No, I didn't know that or care. I also read a little about him, but didn't feel like that converted my impressions (gained from that... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 839 On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, alexy Oh, so you like to shoot from the hip once in a while? I also read a little about him... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 840 No. Just presenting an alternative view. I didn't think it mattered where your impressions-stated-as-fact came from, since I... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 841 On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, alexy You mean, like I like to do; eg. use "logic" in its proper appropriate context, use "rationalization" in ....etc. I didn't think... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 842 On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, alexy Not true, either. The "Of course..." is a transitional expression meaning to connect the rest... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 843 Okay. I see where you are coming from there. My misread. Not quite. You stated... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 844 On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, alexy No big deal. I misread stuff too sometimes (just you don't laugh too hard when you read that, though... To Razor Face.....today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, alexy 1. Double negative means convenient for him to read it. 2. In the process of editing the subject line (including both new and old), I... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 846 alexy That's not what I meant. None of my profs could ever have prepared me for the lunatic environment of bureaucracy. What they did emphasize, and which is hinted at in the professional code... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 847 Absolutely. I agree. While training can provide some techniques that help, many of those soft skills come only through... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 848 Straydog You might find this item of interest: The chap I referred to became a boss by... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 849 Entropy Fighter Yeah, I know. I guess I shouldn't have watched to much "Star Trek" when I was younger, thinking that Vulcans were... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 850 Entropy Fighter I think we're there already, if many of the retail stores in my... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 851 So do I, but I'm glad my profs demanded as much from me as they did. Often, I wish they had higher expectations as I might have... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 852 On Sun, 20 Nov 2005, BMJ It may be beyond someone's wildest dreams here, but when I was in the... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 853 Straydog I used to work at a military installation myself and we were fairly informal there, too, though I had few dealings... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 854 Threeducks That's the way I was brought up unless, of course, the individual in question wished to be addressed otherwise. A number of the offices I worked in were, perhaps, the exception... today's WSJ, front page on the engineer "shortage" 855 Threeducks I once had a drafting clbutt that was quite unruly. I gave them a detailed buttignment which wasn't particularly difficult... science writingeditingpublishingjournalism Hi, new to this group. Hope the following is OK. I'm about to complete a biochemistry PhD sometime mid-next year, and have started to think pretty hard about what I want to do... science writingeditingpublishingjournalism 857 I am a freelance medical writer in the pharmaceutical industry, and sometime medical journalist. I transitioned... science writingeditingpublishingjournalism 858 I have posted quite a bit about my background on the AAAS forum (google "science careers forum," I think it comes up as as the #1 result). I post as "mpb." You... black monkey white monkey BMJ No, it is more than that. Look, for example, into "High quality and consistency of bananas collection... The declinewhither of NASA 860 On Fri, 25 Nov 2005, BMJ A lot of people all have their own opinions, based on... The declinewhither of NASA 861 Straydog Which was the reason JFK made his speeches on May 25, 1961 and September 12, 1962. ii) gotta keep jobs, high tech GWB most likely proposed... The declinewhither of NASA 862 On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, BMJ We may never know why he proposed it and if it gets cut we may never know why, either, except for another rationalization: the... The declinewhither of NASA 863 Straydog I remember when Bush, Sr. made a similar proposal in '89, along with the accompanying hoopla. Then Capitol Hill took a look at it and... The declinewhither of NASA 864 On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, BMJ Well, there are a lot of "trial baloons" and "leaks" that come... The declinewhither of NASA 865 On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, BMJ A drop in the bucket. We were outta there in... The declinewhither of NASA 866 Straydog My examples of Panama and Kuwait were just used as examples to show that there was conflict during both Bush administrations. After all, who was it that committed American... The declinewhither of NASA 867 On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, BMJ Yeah, but were many there for very long? As much as I decry environmental... rant on hiring manager I decided to see what other options are available for me out there in the jobs market. I found an advertisment of a postdoc position... Complaining Can Kill Careers 869 BMJ OK, here is what the article says: 1. Your emails can be read by... Complaining Can Kill Careers 870 Entropy Fighter I always knew that. Years ago, someone once told me never to make friends at... Complaining Can Kill Careers 871 BMJ Maybe you should have told first to your boss to remove the offencing material from your file, and tell him if he did not remove, you would complain to the higher-ups... Complaining Can Kill Careers 872 connection and http is not convenient). I have a few comments....see below... On Sat, 26 Nov 2005, Entropy Fighter The... synthetic thinking over analytical thinking Hi everyone, I just wanted to share with you my first-hand experience of how synthetic thinking (also known as constructive or "creative") beat the analytical thinking (also known as... synthetic thinking over analytical thinking This is interesting. I suspect that I myself commit this same error. It has been pointed out to me, that this sort of... Merck is laying off 7000 Thomas Bartkus I think that Val is correct, as we've seen several of these huge retrenchments from various Pharma organizations over the last twenty years (at least on three previous occasions... deja vu... how many of you remember the movie "Minority Report" 876 It sounds like the U-6 underemployment rate: Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization "U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons... deja vu... how many of you remember the movie "Minority Report" 877 On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, alexy Well, there was, somewhere on the NSF website some numbers on this, and IIRC, there was a trend towards more underemployment today than a decade or... deja vu... how many of you remember the movie "Minority Report" 878 On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, alexy Well, you brought up Randy and I brought up what I already said about that-him I'm just pointing out that none... deja vu... how many of you remember the movie "Minority Report" 879 On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, alexy One has to come up with bogus theories about unemployment... deja vu... how many of you remember the movie "Minority Report" 880 On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, alexy Well, that's what my memory said, but I'll disclose that I did NOT pay that much attention to the article... deja vu... how many of you remember the movie "Minority Report" 881 Actually, you can get just about any figure you want. We had an "expert" on a.c.c a while back who had seen a town-hall type tv show where the moderator asked how... deja vu... how many of you remember the movie "Minority Report" 882 On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, alexy And, with the labor force at (WSJ says) 146... deja vu... how many of you remember the movie "Minority Report" 883 See at bottom... On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, alexy Well, one short book I recently read is "Shifting Fortunes...." by Collins etal, and the subbreastle is... deja vu... how many of you remember the movie "Minority Report" 884 Well said! The idea that there is such a thing as THE CORRECT unemployment rate tends to ignore that very important fact. I agree. I was careless just to refer to... The Problem of Virtual Immigration Summary: The Problem of Virtual Immigration This paragraph is from the following Paul Craig Roberts article: "Low wage Americans have lost many jobs to Mexican immigrants. But virtual immigrants in India, China, the Philippines, Eastern... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 886 snip They are high value -added jobs for incompetent people. For competent people overseas, programming is about reading up a $10 book to earn a living. Some of the IT workers in India are so... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 887 Your so freaking jealous it's sad. He isn't talking to you... Truth is free trade is... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 888 GG&S was also a PBS series, but the book was better. The luck component is complex but depended on the fact that the societies which advanced most... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 889 Straydog One branch of the USA economy is indisputably on the rise - investment business. And it looks like the country as a whole... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 890 Old Pif Yes, that's right -- the future of the US is becoming the financial centre of the world, investing money everywhere, and... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 891 However you can not stop traditional research. There are still a lot of unknowns and nobody know from where the next big thing can pop up. I fully disagree. Traditionally Eastern Europe, Russia... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 892 Straydog There are -but running a debt is something like acquiring a high credit limit. The US has high credit worthiness because of which the world around you has lent the US a lot... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 893 On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad We have been over this many times and you keep generating a false conclusion from a poor understanding of reality. The... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 894 Kamal R. Prasad You think that "ideas" is a commodity just like oil or a capacity to dig out ditches, and that it... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 895 Engineering work involves problem solving -that is kind of like coming up with ideas -but here the problem is known unlke research. It is... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 896 On Thu, 7 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad You don't have a well-developed consumer market in India until you can... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data side note to alexy: put this in your pipe and smoke it!) From the WSJ Monday, Sept 26, LTE column, page A19: Quote of two LTEs... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 898 Gee, how long does it take to figure that one out? There are 123,000 commercial rated pilots... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 899 On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, alexy ^^^^^ What, you don't know how many? ^^^^ possible range: 51% to 100... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 900 Woah, looks like I went way too fast and buttumed way too much. I'll try to go slower and explain more... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 901 On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, alexy Not fast, you just skipped over things as if we're supposed to be clairvoyant. No kidding? I'll I'll read and comment.... and very valid based on the information... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 902 Neither. It was the WSJ article, misinterpreting the BLS data. I agree. They gave a clearer picture than was provided by the BLS, while correcting the incorrect picture given by the WSJ. Wait! I already... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 903 On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, alexy OK. OK. No, we're OK (I think). Well, the one thing I think we did not talk much about... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 904 That's what my initial post in this thread was all about, although it would be more accurate to characterize it as "Is there anything here that makes... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 905 On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, alexy And it sounded pretty much like "Here is how alexy would 'fiddle with numbers' so as to 'resolve' the LTEs with the BLS data so... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 906 Your memory is badly flawed. You can read about what was actually said, and what you acknowledged, quoted later in this note. You... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 907 On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, alexy See below... I don't follow and-or I don't remember... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 908 But that is not what we are talking about. We are talking about furloughs and layoffs, not early retirement sweeteners. The kind of furloughs that has union web... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 909 On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, alexy I used the term layoff package. Read what I wrote... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 910 Okay, so it's beginning to sound like you are catching on that there is nothing in the LTE's... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 911 On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, alexy This is trying to change the subject and you refuse to consider the possibility of the presence of additional factors but insist that the data are perfect. I still... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 912 And by asking one, you could clearly show either that you understood why the reporter's couldn't draw the conclusion he did, or you may just restate you original impression that "Data showing ave age... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 913 On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, alexy I have never denied that reporters often make mistakes during the preparation of... More complaints not mine about lousey BLS data.... 914 Okay, I'll buttume this is as close to "I don't know" as your ego will let you get. The missing question is "what is the exposure?" But that might be... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 915 On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad I will not be surprised at the 50% poverty, 50% ignorance, and 50% no electricity in India. If you are going... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 916 On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad No thanks, I'll stay here in the States. Because its not completely true. I've said this before many times; the studies are not predicting... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 917 Kamal R. Prasad The modern economical processes (globalization, free trade etc) equip the cheap workers from the Thirld World... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 918 It is cheap in terms of USD required to buy those products. When you have an inflated currency at your end, it allows you to buy a... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 919 Well, this is definitely the trend we are headed toward. The interesting aspect is that this deal... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 920 That's one scenario, and some people suggest the process is already happening. It will kill the idea of socio-economic upward mobility, which I mentioned elsewhere recently is important... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 921 I agree with most of what was said above. There are other things going on, too, besides the offshoring. Robot answering machines with 2-4 minute menus that you are... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 922 Thomas Bartkus Substantial if not the major part in any decision taking process in the corporations is a risk reduction part. As a matter of fact, corporations don't want... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 923 Yes, a hopeless ideal to achieve in fullness, but that doesn't mean it can't be a guiding principle. Most of us have a concept of... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 924 You are correct that we may may never see a "completely neutral" enforcement of the law. But do you think that changing your... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 925 I agree. I see it as more a directional goal, not something that is expected to be fully achievable. Okay. But sometimes I would prefer "fair... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 926 On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, alexy This is not the whole story. All of the rich who formed monopolies, engaged in anti-compebreastive... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 927 Absolutely. Yes. But then it is no longer risk taking. Pure greed is often masked as payoff on the risk-reward tradeoff... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 928 alexy I am a bit slow toward the end of the year and so, does anybody... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 929 Good first step. Interesting perspective. But what is the upside for them to take the risk? The economic system doesn't favor risk in the sense of... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 930 On Tue, 5 Dec 2005, Old Pif In conversations I've had with three people I knew who do consulting (I've done consulting, but people read my... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 931 My only comment is way at the end.... On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, alexy Although it really is a fact that most of us do NOT get into "business creation" (for any of several... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 932 The economy does not reward risk-taking. Let's go back to the casino analogy. If you think that the casino is lucky for winning more... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 933 While I agree with most of this post, I think you started it out with a bit of an overstatement. Of course there is a reward for... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 934 On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Old Pif I'm not sure I would use the word "favors" but one of the typical scenarios is the formation of a business in pre-existing commercial space... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 935 Old Pif I have to congratulate you for this post. You debunked exceptionally well one of the mythologies circulating today. The truth is that all this slogans... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 936 USA I agree here. There is a big game here to socialize risk while holding the rewards (profits!) to be held... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 937 There may well be some good examples like that. I can't think of any off the top of my head... At last ..... Some "protectionism" for us underlings Inforworld.com Just out today: Dec 5, 2005 issue, page 18 breastle: "Slowing the Boat to China, India" A summary of "US, state, and federal bills to try... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 939 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Razor Face I don't put people into "enemy" or "friend" categories based on one or two views that they have that I disagree with. I did not know... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 940 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, alexy I'm not sure I'd call it "charm." Perhaps "attempted cajolery" or "beguiling" might be closer to my perception. But... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 941 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, alexy I thought it was charming that he thought it was charming. I also suspect that your possible designation of I thought that that was... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 942 On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, alexy Not really. If you know all the rules, then gambling is -- except when the card dealers at the casino can cheat without... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 943 On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, alexy Actually I did. You used the word "manipulation" instead of "(unfair... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 944 On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, alexy On a simple level, yes. But you, again, have chosen to... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 945 Straydog good for you if that happens. I was referring to the scenario where you have to compete with workers in other countries for your living. The... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 946 On Sat, 2 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Actually, if you stand anywhere in the USA, you will see still a... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 947 On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Old Pif Michael Lewis in his book "The Money Culture... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 948 On Thu, 30 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad 2-3 billion have a long way to go yet and it will not happen... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 949 On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Old Pif You have made a remarkably important post here. It is almost the identical story to that which I'm almost finished with in the book "The Dollar Crisis... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 950 Old Pif This is a very interesting point of view. And mostly valid. I also believe that... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 951 nospam Who actually cares whether they like it or not? What they really can do about the current situation? They need... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 952 On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, Old Pif I have been reading a lot of the various "opinions" on... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 953 Im not sure if one man's idea can be taken for granted. But I have reasons to believe that :- (a) the US does not have any significant... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 954 On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad The US still has vast untapped coal resources. Vast timber resources. Fertile land... The Problem of Virtual Immigration 955 On Thu, 30 Nov 2005, Kamal R. Prasad 1. Can you? 2. What is wrong with including non-natural resources? 3. Does India have... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 956 Straydog No -and to understand what Im saying, you need to understand the term Purchasing power parity. Im not suggesting a collapse... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 957 On Sat, 3 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Go back and re read above. I started by talking about a statement in a... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 958 Straydog all true. not collapse completely but reach a resonable exchange rate -is what I meant. there are 2 things that... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 959 On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Fine. Good. Thank you. OK. I think not. We already have a gap between the wealthy and the poor which is growing... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 960 Straydog Health care is a lot affordable in India than in USA. Medical insurance provides coverage only for hospitalization in India. The rest are so cheap -insurance is... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 961 On Mon, 4 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Well, I wouldn't know about that or what you get for your Rupees. And, who is it more affordable for? Indians living an Indian standard... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 962 Straydog I just said devaluation won't trigger a rise in medical expenses or a rise in rents. They can jump on an airplane both for medical treatment... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 963 is rewarding for those in the right place at the right time. What is futile is americans expecting to sustain their addiction to luxuries and still hope that... Why do I bother.....Life under the bridge for techie California outcast On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, AgingRecycledScientist 1. Sometimes I learn something I didn't know. 2. Its good practice for my little gray cells to look at a statement, decide if it is... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 965 Kamal R. Prasad 0. Why are you directing this to me? All I did was express sympathy for... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 966 How about we talk of facts and not opinions? :-). No -it doesn't. If you ask knowledgable Pakistanis -they will tell you the US... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 967 On Fri, 1 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Our facts may not be the same as your facts... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 968 And...maybe...we know as much or more than he knows about his own? You're right, many those ancient... Life under the bridge for techie California outcast 969 zach What's BS, that 99% of us are one or two bad breaks away from being broke? That's my point, and it's true. What would it take? A disabling disease for one... Me: anonymous remailed response to Zack....re: under the bridge An old friend (whose alias is in the message so all the rest of us regulars know who we're talking about) asked me to post, anonymously, the following... Me: anonymous remailed response to Zack....re: under the bridge 971 On Wed, 14 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad Judging by two things in your themes, i) that the USA is all if not mostly bad, incompetant, and... Me: anonymous remailed response to Zack....re: under the bridge 972 see far below.... On Thu, 7 Dec 2005, zach Hello zack- I can appreciate your mother's -- shall I say -- "ways." My observations through life indicate that quite a lot of people have some... article on boomers, Xers, Ys and Milleniums To my surprise, today I read a new information about "Generation A vs Generation B" dispute in the mbutt-media. Here are excerpts from newspaper "The Australian"of 1 December 2005, article breastled "Boomers win... article on boomers, Xers, Ys and Milleniums 974 Well, my 'take' on this situation (perceiving and understanding cultural and sub-cultural differences in various subpopulations, and subpopulations in different age groups) is that it might not be... article on boomers, Xers, Ys and Milleniums 975 Straydog Well, I picked up a book at a local library which later turned out to be for teeneagers and rather well written. (M.E. Allen, "Gotta Get Some Bish Bosh Bash... Former IBM chairman is calling for more S&E training. 976 Kamal R. Prasad I saw nothing about a scam in what Pif wrote, just hypocrisy. At least... Former IBM chairman is calling for more S&E training. 977 The degree field is wide -it encompbuttes everything from thermodynamics to databases. A chosen specialization within the degree field is more like it. sometimes I did... Bias in monthly report of production wages In another thread, there was discussion of possible biases in the reporting of this data. Understanding any such biases is critical to the proper evaluation of reports from the data. The data in question is... Bias in monthly report of production wages 979 Surely you don't have to overheat the grey matter much to think of a few possibilities :-) So can I... To Thomas Bartkus....was: Bias in monthly report of production wages On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Thomas Bartkus If you want to get serious about this, there is the possibility that you can get the raw data using the Freedom of Information Act. At least one... Bias in monthly report of production wages 981 It's a sample that covers about 1-3 of the working population, in about 160,000 companies, including 400,000 workplaces. Here's a little... Bias in monthly report of production wages 982 allocation, to of sample addition, frame of employment semiannual My oh my! Aside from all the multiple, parallel... Bias in monthly report of production wages 983 Thomas Bartkus If we all put in 2 cents we might eventually be able to buy some gum... Bias in monthly report of production wages 984 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, alexy Um..was the light in the lightpost "on" or "off"? ;-) Yeah, that's another good anecdote. I know... Bias in monthly report of production wages 985 Thomas Bartkus Agreed, but at some level the practioners are the field, especially in the eyes of laymen. My take is that there are multiple levels of problems. There... Bias in monthly report of production wages 986 On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Thomas Bartkus I'll interject my speculations. First: Commerce, trade, and banking existed thousands of years ago, back way before there were (official, professional, or academic (?)) economists. How did they... Bias in monthly report of production wages 987 I'll interject my speculation on that. Probably the same way they hurled projectiles, built boats, and used... Bias in monthly report of production wages 988 On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, alexy First time I looked at unsectioned cellular tissue I was disappointed that no matter where I focused the microscope, I... Bias in monthly report of production wages 989 alexy Thanks for the kind words. Right, according to theory it does rule the bouncing ball... Bias in monthly report of production wages 990 No problem. I think your weather analogy (with the added complexity of human indeterminacy (both in the system itself and in the observation of the system (stats) is very helpful. Like weather... Bias in monthly report of production wages 991 Partly for the reasons you give below, and partly because of the complexity of the system, both in terms of the number of variables and in the unpredictable human nature that... Bias in monthly report of production wages 992 On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, alexy Absolutely untrue unless you can demonstrate that you have useful data. If you do... Bias in monthly report of production wages 993 Well, duh. But the correlation itself may be useful data. Sorry. The relationship I was referring to was the correlation, not... Bias in monthly report of production wages 994 On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, alexy Yeah, duh. "May" is another one of those words that when used in certain contexts raises a lot... Bias in monthly report of production wages 995 On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, alexy You keep issuing truth by proclamation, don't you? If you were It gets back to the issue that you can't... Bias in monthly report of production wages 996 On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, alexy More like: i) rarely, and ii) when it suits you. All depends on your definitions and the game you want to play and whether other people will follow... Bias in monthly report of production wages 997 high Again - what might that something be? Hint - Coincidence * Or the most likely of all - a * coincidental relationship * involving no connection at all between A and B. Other... Bias in monthly report of production wages 998 Read the next line. Very unlikely if a large enough body of data provides a strong enough correlation. That is what the concept of confidence measures in statistics. Back to one of my... Bias in monthly report of production wages 999 On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:53:38 -0500, alexy You are, as usual, quite missing the point. The point being that if you have your notion that... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1000 On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 20:15:32 -0500, alexy We know that and are not arguing over that! Correlation does not consbreastute evidence of a causal relationship. Treating... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1001 Exactly. And I think any statistician or actuary worth his or her salt will recognize that. However, if they are presented with that correlation without the information... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1002 On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, alexy I'm glad you said that. that is a valid poitn--I think that economics, because Agreed. Well, if I look at just what is above I... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1003 Well, the empires came and went. The people that lived in those countries lived there before, during, and after the empires (minus large fractions end in wars). They all carried out trade before money... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1004 Thomas Bartkus They can always be applied. How effectively is the question. ;-) Economists claim they are. IMO that is true only some of the... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1005 On Thu, 8 Dec 2005, Thomas Bartkus Oh, you don't have to plead guilty. Well, these guys are constantly writing articles in the lay press telling us all these great things... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1006 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, alexy Honestly, I think it is beyond me to consider a truly... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1007 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, alexy Well, I'd really have to re-review the articles I read on the descrepancies... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1008 No, I expected about what I got. But there was always the possibility that you actually meant what you said when you said "I can think... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1009 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, alexy Well, I was not going to take a serious hour of my time to review those sources I... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1010 No need. I know you started saying that as soon as I called you on your claim to... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1011 On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, alexy Yeah, but you also, some posta back said I didn't comment on... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1012 I think I'm beginning to see why you got a B in rhetoric. Even that may have been generous! When most of us break the Tim rule and... Bias in monthly report of production wages 1013 On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, alexy I doubt it. Even that I doubt that, too, especially compared to a wide variety... training for nothing, reprint Web site also has links to other critical articles on the academic pyramid scheme. Trained... training for nothing, reprint, 1015 AgingRecycledScientist snip I agree with Art that it is a nice essay and also thank you... training for nothing, reprint, 1016 I think you're doing all you can by documenting the pitfalls and then letting people make their own... training for nothing, reprint, 1017 It really needs to be determined that a job announcement that includes a requirement for a PhD degree is about a job where the actual work requires the specific training that the... training for nothing, reprint, 1018 Virgo Cluster Straydog ** snip My experience has been that very few jobs require more than a... training for nothing, reprint, 1019 On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Virgo Cluster I don't have much argument with any of what you said above. As a matter of fact, Richard Freeman (prof... training for nothing, reprint, 1020 On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Peter K. Well, first, there are the studies done by other people. NRC, for one, back in mid-late '90s... training for nothing, reprint, 1021 On Fri, 9 Dec 2005, Threeducks Non-tenured and non-tenure track faculty, and even tenured faculty who... Question for Engineers in the Private Sector What to do with a bad engineer On Sun, 11 Dec 2005, Old Pif Yes. But, the media are filled with reports of USD going... some experimental work Hi there, Things obviously going at a higher level for me in terms of scientific career. I completed the first... some experimental work 1024 quoted material at end) There are all kinds of personality conflicts in real life. You are not alone. There are no magic answers to your... some experimental work 1025 Straydog Thanks for answering. Well, this morning I had a conversation with my boss who is also the boss of the other guy. (As you remember, the other guy does not do "team playing" with... some experimental work 1026 Straydog Yes, it was the boss' idea that I go to the training course. He himself went and took almost everyone from his team. I think he brought me because: (i) he wanted... some experimental work 1027 On Sat, 31 Dec 2005, drocillo A good sign. He apologised Another good sign. He said that it would not... some experimental work 1028 Old Pif This is a good observation-advice, and this is the kind of what I hoped to receive in reply to my posting. I apply this principle to any political... some experimental work 1029 Old Pif Well, I give account to myself that I wrote an uninteresting rubbish above. I agree with you that the... More on jobs & immigrants 1030 workers Have the pointy heads decided that supply and demand are no longer operative in this... More on jobs & immigrants 1031 On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Thomas Bartkus FYI, I had a big argument with alexy about 2-3 years ago... More on jobs & immigrants 1032 operative (for the You would have to count me a believer in supply and demand. At least in a society that is free enough to let... More on jobs & immigrants 1033 On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Old Pif I'll tell you another one. Lets say you have to go to the hospital for ANYthing! Being that I've become defiantly fiesty (or worse) in... More on jobs & immigrants 1034 libertarianism. party that everyone story. You might find my mindset annoying - maybe :-) Like most everthing else... More on jobs & immigrants 1035 On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Thomas Bartkus Oh, I would like to see S&D operate, too. But, the examples showed that there are exceptions. At least in a... More on jobs & immigrants 1036 Old Pif You forgot input prices. if the cost of living in NYC is higher, then even in the presence of compebreastion and without cartels-monopolies -NYC based doctors... More on jobs & immigrants 1037 On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad No, that was factored out. It rarely does what? Hey Russell.....would you like to... More on jobs & immigrants 1038 On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Old Pif Don't forget another multiplier factor: advertising and marketing. If people really were totally "free" they would... More on jobs & immigrants 1039 I've heard of several studies that show that "domestics" (people born in the USA) are displaced by immigrant labor and the presence of immigrants does... Kiss U.S. Hitech goodbye 1040 Straydog But the big 3 ag. products are still angling for more exports: "buttociated Press... Kiss U.S. Hitech goodbye 1041 On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Old Pif Well, ... maybe .... yes. I'm still trying to read broadly on... Kiss U.S. Hitech goodbye 1042 Straydog what you are saying applies for those jobs that depend directly on consumer spending in the USA. Call centre work... Kiss U.S. Hitech goodbye 1043 On Tue, 19 Dec 2005, Kamal R. Prasad The above two sentences are contradictory. You say the buildings won't be emptied out in one sentence, then in the next the work could go elsewhere... Kiss U.S. Hitech goodbye 1044 On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Old Pif Well, I will not disagree with the notion that the whole system... More Yes, at least to the earliest writings of thoughts and creation of idols which the archeologists find. Jericho, the oldest city (6,000-7,000 years ago) had artifacts, but then... More Early cultures even up to as recently as the 1900s were surprisingly supersbreastious. I remember seeing in a book a photograph of a ghost trap (made out of strings and branches) and was seriously marketed... More On Fri, 22 Dec 2005, zach Its a good question, but the fact is that while we can easily recognise and speculate about this there were, in ancient times many many... More Straydog No. Primal in the sense that it evolved when people lived in jungles-caves etc.. the river provides them water... advice on publishing paper from former job You submit a comment on it to the journal. Usually it is pretty much just like publishing a paper... About the organization called an _anarchy OK, so I decided to look up that page in the book I've been talking about. So, here it is in a... For comparison...the Libertarian FAQ... 1051 didn't see this topic till now -partly because I have been on the move of late. resources are allocated to get work done. eg:- if country X can... For comparison...the Libertarian FAQ... 1052 On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Old Pif Remember the book I read just recently: "The Plot to... For comparison...the Libertarian FAQ... 1053 the model while I thought that human beings were the only animals capable of purely altruistic behaviour! Your meerkats, for example. It... For comparison...the Libertarian FAQ... 1054 On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Thomas Bartkus How did you think that? Mothers-Against-Drunk-Drivers? A pitiful few compared to the vast populations of "I've got mine, screw you... For comparison...the Libertarian FAQ... 1055 save Sheeshh! - How long have you been an optimist :-) I'm sorry but you can't get out... For comparison...the Libertarian FAQ... 1056 On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Thomas Bartkus No, I was really being neutral about it. Sure... For comparison...the Libertarian FAQ... 1057 On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Thomas Bartkus Neat switcheroo.... I'll have to remember that. However, let me remind you that its not illegal to be on the internet... BOOK REVIEW: The decline of the US economy Dec 17, 2005 BOOK REVIEW The decline of the US economy Three Billion New Capitalists by Clyde... BOOK REVIEW: The decline of the US economy 1059 On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Old Pif Well, we had Ollie North in the Iran-Contra scandal and we really -- I'm willing to bet... BOOK REVIEW: The decline of the US economy 1060 drocillo business to see that many of these segments have become ossified bureaucratic structures that work with exceptional inefficiency and are shielded from any control from market or government... BOOK REVIEW: The decline of the US economy 1061 They still got some of this in Japan, too. When you have something like a monopoly on cheap labor, its really a "big stick." Market... Pressure to publish, stem cell fiasco 1062 brandon I don't think it's pressure that does this. I think it's that many of these people are ethically-challanged... Pressure to publish, stem cell fiasco 1063 Threeducks Unfortunately, they get a lot of support from the administration. A former colleague of mine mentioned to me that he once handed out diplomas at... Pressure to publish, stem cell fiasco 1064 brandon More stories about fraud in those fields seem to appear in the mainstream media at least. But the "concentration" depends on the "volume" :-) and... A Weapon Of Mbutt Destruction A book review, FYI, FWIW: "Devil Take The Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation" by Edward Chancellor (Farrar-Straus-Ciroux, New York, 1999, ISBN 0374-13858-3, DD: 332.64509, LC HG6005.C48... A Weapon Of Mbutt Destruction..... 1066 Straydog This is what happened to the real estate prices in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast) where the... A Weapon Of Mbutt Destruction..... 1067 On Sun, 24 Dec 2005, drocillo Well, I'll add something about what the book did not say. On the Japanese "recession... A Weapon Of Mbutt Destruction..... 1068 Straydog I think the only problem with working in the financial services sector is that your investment opportunities are a... On the cheating scheme....was: A Weapon Of Mbutt Destruction I forgot to add one story (mainly for Rob, but also for others)...see below... My prior respons to this included some "facts of... A Weapon Of Mbutt Destruction..... 1070 Do you have any idea how many of these guys are, have been, and continue to trade in and out of their own... How important is school reputation for MS in Biostatistics 1071 On Mon, 26 Dec 2005, biostats07 Its not that easy to give you the estimate that you ask for. As much as the prestige of a school... How important is school reputation for MS in Biostatistics 1072 The hiring manager has his own concerns: what if the newly hired person will not... Maternity Leave Stipends 1073 There is the question of what one is allowed to do (anything) and what makes sense. We did not have kids while I was in grad school, because that was a... Maternity Leave Stipends 1074 Threeducks I know you were just trying to emphasize your argument, but grad students who... Maternity Leave Stipends 1075 Are you living in fantasy land? Where do you think the money comes from to support students? Do you think faculty just go to the money tree and pick it... Maternity Leave Stipends 1076 Threeducks No, you pick it from my pocket ;-) Hundreds of thousands? Are your grad students on the... Maternity Leave Stipends 1077 It's clear you have no understanding of the cost of employing a graduate student. Tuition at our university is cheap. Only $8,500... Maternity Leave Stipends 1078 Universities have eliminated entire departments before and the faculty that go along with them, tenure or not. In certain fields, you may have tenure, but the department or college can move your office to a... Maternity Leave Stipends 1079 On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Threeducks In all the non-science, non-engineering subjects the student support is some mixture of "tuition supports the... Maternity Leave Stipends 1080 On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Threeducks Having been on the ng since '92, having been in exactly the situation you described in your last sentence, and having complained... Maternity Leave Stipends 1081 I'm a working clbutt kid. Both of my parents have their journeyman's papers in their respective trades. Fifty years ago, had... Maternity Leave Stipends 1082 Threeducks When I was a PhD student, I had a Chinese female PhD student colleague... India not getting all off shore work because India not best.. 1083 snip the problem here is that you are talking like a patient who is suffering from writhing pain due to a medical problem. I don't deny all of the pain... India not getting all off shore work because India not best.. 1084 Kamal R. Prasad No, I'm talking from experience. I don't deny all Many of your comments say otherwise, namely if I don't work... Do you have a right to live....was: Do some people think they are owed Straydog Typically, the reason is "What can you do?" The perceived comfort derived in having access to whatever good or service is available at astronomical prices is preferred to... Book review Actually, there are two book reviews, which allows Zach to complain about how misleading the subject line is. :-) But one is really short. Freakonomics: Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden... Book review 1087 Thanks for the recommendation. Its on the back burner for me. More below... Nobody thinking of going to graduate school wants to hear anything but "rah, rah, rah,...go for it, and.... don't be... Book review 1088 On Sat, 30 Dec 2005, drocillo Dreams, in theory, have, actually, an infinite benefit-cost ratio: Since dreams cost nothing, the denominator is zero and... The US life style: interesting point of view Old Pif An interesting premise, but a sloppy argument. Lots of "facts" butterted-buttumed, but few substantiations-references... the scientist article A 10-Step Plan for Better Postdoc Training The research environment has evolved; it's time for the postdoctoral experience to do... the scientist article 1091 Petroleum workers hit pay gusher; some fields lose ground By Steve Raabe and Kelly Yamanouchi Denver Post Staff Writers Consider... the scientist article 1092 Well, take it from someone with Ph.D. in geophysical fluid dynamics from one of the renowned universities on the East Coast... Back in late 90's I couldn't... the scientist article 1093 I don't know how long you've been on the NG or how many articles you may have read about people with the same experiences you had, but I hope you... the scientist article 1094 AgingRecycledScientist I am really disappointed reading all that. One thing when bureaucrats come up with senseless set of measures and another when scientists who are suppose to be good at finding the... the scientist article 1095 Old Pif Perhaps the rationale for this is that some might be inspired to start their own companies. Unfortunately, that has just as much headache and just as much risk as if one held out... the scientist article 1096 On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Old Pif The only other solution is to NOT try to fix "the system" but to explain to individuals that "the... the scientist article 1097 Straydog Art, I'm on the faculty of the Teaching Survival Skills and Ethics Conference each year, so I'll jump in here and... the scientist article 1098 On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, DGJ Its really tragic that is the way you see it instead of focusing on the reality. And, I am not alone. Even the NRC and the Mbuttey & Goldman studies... the scientist article 1099 DGJ Dave, Most of what you wrote below really deserves no reply, but I'm feeling generous. Try a different... the scientist article 1100 Straydog I knew several engineering profs who got their academic jobs right after receiving their degrees, the last one I knew of getting his position nearly ten years ago... the scientist article 1101 BMJ A friend of mine got his tenure-track position in chemical engineering straight out of grad school about 5 years ago. Unfortunately, he's now having trouble getting tenure. I also have... the scientist article 1102 Threeducks If one has prior experience from working in industry, one may not need to have a post-doc. That might well be. I... the scientist article 1103 Threeducks If I was a thesis supervisor, I'd be pleased to have a student who had a good... Master of Computational Engineering klausnmaus I would recommend you first to read the thread Check out the question of the original poster "james", and his subsequent replies. This thread pretty much captures the essence of the relative... Recycled scientists 1105 I've expanded my housekeeping duties starting ten years ago. That includes that I cook one meal a week (while she does the dishes... Recycled scientists 1106 On Sat, 6 Jan 2006, AgingRecycledScientist I did a lot of this, too. But the upscale version... Recycled scientists 1107 I think there is a definite trend towards more defective thinking in most of the more recent readings-writings in our... Recycled scientists 1108 Straydog And there are people who think that hams transmitting with CW are weird.... I once had a... Recycled scientists 1109 AgingRecycledScientist I had a similar situation happen to me a while ago. Because I'm a ham radio operator, I'm allowed to have a personalized automobile licence plate with my... Recycled scientists 1110 BMJ Life for Gen Y is hard. They tend to bump together and hang out in packs. They are always concerned about propping up their status in their group, and it is hard. The... Recycled scientists 1111 Straydog My heart fills with pain when I see them (Y-Gen'ers, that is) getting the sinecura jobs (like mine in the govt lab), doing nothing of content, and... Recycled scientists 1112 drocillo Oh yes it is. It's called credit cards. You'll love this: So, it's the boss's duty to keep the employees... Recycled scientists 1113 BMJ Well, there are too many points which I would like to comment on, so I limit myself only to few: Not too much of revolutionary breathtaking content is in this article... Recycled scientists 1114 Straydog Also subject, I suspect, to age discrimination as one mustn't be "too old" or else one might be out of touch with what excites the kiddies. iv) there is a... Recycled scientists 1115 On Sun, 8 Jan 2006, Threeducks Problem is: you get two populations of responses: i) all the "yes-men" tell you its fine, ii) all the guys who... Recycled scientists 1116 On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Threeducks Yes, and this is why they are supposed to give you 5 years before evaluation... itz coming 1117 I am reposting this message -- I posted it yesterday, but it never showed up. I think the world's crisis of the US currency (about which people talked a lot... itz coming 1118 Kamal R. Prasad snip Except the better conditions under which to be a citizen. However, those are significant, which you will realize if you read the... itz coming 1119 I did read it with an open mind -but it doesn't explain much. You are stuck in a groove where you imagine that physical commodities stolen... itz coming 1120 Kamal R. Prasad You read both those books I suggested in one day? Excuse me if I don't believe you. No, your... itz coming 1121 Kamal R. Prasad Then you're acting on incomplete information. I don't read everything on Usenet, and if you'll recall I've often suggested that the... itz coming 1122 On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Just chickeny 2050 is a hell of a long way off. ~ 45 years? 45 years ago I was... CEOs...laughing even more to the bank.... 1123 see quoted material at end) As long as your definition of "corporate socialism" includes the condition that one or a few overlings have the right to carry out robber... CEOs...laughing even more to the bank.... 1124 I'm tripping over your use of "(strictly) illegel taking" here because much of what you are talking about here is distressingly legal. All kinds of unethical and immoral behaviour... CEOs...laughing even more to the bank.... 1125 On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Thomas Bartkus I admit I could have worded the sentence a little better, but the idea was to include society's definition that what is illegal is prosecutable... itz coming 1126 It has finally started... brace yourself mylords for a bumpy ride... not everyone will survive it... ================================================================ Friday, 6 January 2005 China frightened the world currency market In the alert situation began... A truly sad thing Yesterday's WSJ carried a front page article which was continued on another page towards the end of the front section. It made me sad. The central character is, yes, a person born of one... A truly sad thing Straydog Many years ago, I was interviewed for a teaching position at a college that was affiliated with a Lutheran denomination. I didn't get it because of, as it... itz coming: terrorism in India China would never allow this to happen: ****************************************************************************************************** Bangalore now target for terror BANGALORE, India, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Bangalore is now a high-profile target for person, an Indian... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job draft) FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job? Subbreastle: The Education of Kamal Prasad Questions, a short essay, and references to publications. The above question... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1131 Wow, nice post Straydog. That was interesting and 100% true. It's interesting how the self-serving will twist around the facts in order to support whatever special... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1132 Well, Slick Willy had started what we call outsourcing today: *********************************************************************************************** The two sides also decided to insbreastutionalize their bilateral economic dialogue by setting... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1133 Straydog I don't know if or how it is related to Freemasonic Elite, but the last election we had a choice between... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1134 and having a representative form of govt, and elected, directly or indirectly by the people. Whatever No kidding? which should always raise suspicions... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1135 Yeah, I recall something like that, too, but when I read stuff about the richest guys around, sometimes Buffy is mentioned as #3 and sometimes Paul Allen is mentioned as... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1136 Thanks for the "cards & letters." It's interesting how the I strongly agree, and the "self-serving" always seem to promote, enjoy, justify anything that preserves their priviledged status (meaning excessive... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1137 On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Just chickeny You might be interested in learning some history: disclaimer: the following is not meant to either endorse or condemn socialist economics but to identify a... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1138 yes they do. he who owns the gold owns it fully -and rules cannot be made to snatch it away from him and to distribute it to... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1139 On Tue, 9 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad What bad rhetoric. Which "they" are you talking about? Many... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1140 On Thu, 11 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad So, from that sentence, you will not mind it if India-Indians who have escaped from the domination by British Imperialism then end up after... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1141 On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Well, you are certainly accepting that it is OK for Americans to be economically hurt at... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1142 Straydog no -Im saying that those who were persecuted by earlier settlers in the US do not hesitate to persecute newcomers in the US or to put it... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1143 Kamal R. Prasad I don't remember saying that. The only people who seem to be talking about leaving (due to GW Bush, for example) are native-born people. Here in the Bay... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1144 On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, zach I don't remember you saying it, either. The only people who... My ILL book just came in: Debunking Economics.... 1145 On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Just chickeny One definition I recall is that if anyone has... My ILL book just came in: Debunking Economics.... 1146 Monopoly means ONE seller. If you have hundreds of sellers, you don't have a monopoly, by definition. I have no idea where you read that 51% but it's as arbitrary as... My ILL book just came in: Debunking Economics.... 1147 On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Just chickeny Maybe to you. If you have hundreds of sellers, you Can't be valid... My ILL book just came in: Debunking Economics.... 1148 On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Just chickeny I got new for you. I've stuck my nose in some books since earlier today. One seller is pure monopoly and... Just chickeny" and Monopoly definitions....was: My ILL book just came in: Debunking Economics On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Just chickeny For anyone who might be following this exchange, it did not escape my attention that Just chickeny originally defined monopoly... Just chickeny" and Monopoly definitions....was: My ILL book just came in: Debunking Economics Yes, this man has no privates." Anyways, "Straydog" can see how the word "monopoly" is used in the following quote (the author... My ILL book just came in: Debunking Economics.... 1151 On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Thomas Bartkus My own view at the time was that the $1 bil remedy was far too lenient. The laws were quite clear and ordinarily, if executed... My ILL book just came in: Debunking Economics.... 1152 bought an that viability expensive and No. But it is indicative how one might be created by means other than free market... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1153 alexy Rules can be made to snatch away somethings -and depending on how independent the judiciary is, it can be challenged in court. But the context in which I was saying this is -investment in... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1154 On Tue, 9 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Actually, you are wrong. There is more USD... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1155 Straydog Forget it if you cannot understand my line above. Else, let me quote one economist who said this" India is... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1156 On Wed, 10 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad He said "Our USD is making your country richer" and you said "It isn't" and I think... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1157 Straydog so leave it at that. don't remember -but not an Indian. USD are promisory... for Kamal Russell, too draft FAQ: Does Anyone Owe You A Job 1158 On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad This has nothing to do with the truth of the original statement "There is... itz coming really Translated into English from 10 January 2006 Crash of American Economy American financiers predict the crisis of... itz coming really 1160 You mean this (below) stuff? ------ Alchemy of Financial Checkmate - Epilogue "Naturally I know exactly what is going to happen, but I won't tell... itz coming really 1161 Kamal R. Prasad That's true, and I never said it wasn't. I just said Soros made a bunch of money in one case and lost a bunch in... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1162 Randy While I agree that math is important, particularly in my profession (engineering), most people don't or won't. Part of it might... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1163 I bought a circular slide rule on eBay as a curiosity. The only disappointment is that the parts are not exactly concentric, resulting in a noticeable inaccuracy. 3... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1164 BMJ All in the US. My point was that if it did happen in the US it... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1165 Kamal R. Prasad Your implied, however, that talent didn't matter. Did you happen to consider that in the post-WW II world, the U. S... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1166 BMJ talent does matter -and it is present-naturally occuring both in 3rd world countries and 1st world countries to the same extent. Given that it is present everywhere -the folks who get hired to... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1167 I get a sense that you were trying to teach practical math to buttociate degree candidate engineering students. Two years of study and off to work. Beat me up... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1168 Thomas Bartkus Yes, it was the equivalent of that type of program, but located in Canada. Unfortunately, for many... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1169 It's a question of perceived relevance! No one believes magazine articles like that because most... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1170 Thomas Bartkus This seems like a sort of false choice argument. Very few of us have any chance of becoming the top earners in the country, with or without majoring in math... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1171 On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 19:38:35 -0800, elephantcelebes That's exactly the point. That "secure place in the middle" is gone! Where are the role models (in the present please!) that can convince the... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1172 Thomas Bartkus ... ... ... I don't think "big $" is the province of any college degree. If you want wealth, skip school and be a... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1173 On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:25:12 -0600, Randy This misses the point somewhat. The significance is that before going into... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1174 On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Randy Well, I've known MDs, and med students, and pre-med student who--when asked in a neutral atmosphere--will admit to "doing it for the money" and lawyers, law... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1175 And, I would say, that compared to lawyers and middle to upper level managers, doctors (and providers, in general) probably actually earn (i.e. deserve) what they make since a... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1176 Well, once in a while you read a rare newspaper article about some rebel MD that sets up a clinic in a... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1177 Old Pif Isn't the north east of USA and many parts of Canada-W. Europe possessing a harsh climate? In India, we have... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1178 On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad And, all (or most) of the people who do anything in India today were born someplace else (as you always imply about America that only the... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1179 Don't forget religion. I read where much of the recent Hispanic immigrant population is NOT melting in... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1180 Straydog As I said before, native and immigrant are man-made rule of thumb. According to you, you are native and the h1bs turned green card holders are immigrants (they hold an... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1181 On Wed, 17 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You are confused by even your own definitions. You... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1182 Straydog you are back to pbutting judgements like GWB Jr. How about you keep your adjectives to yourself... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1183 BMJ I do not quite understand whether you are ironic in here or not. Of course, it is important to have advantage. I wish I had. However, if... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1184 Straydog They've been so brainwashed with "self-esteem" and "empowerment" that they have no concept of reality. I guess I was, too, to a... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1185 Randy Thanks for posting this interesting piece, Randy. I tend to agree with much of what has... Business Week article on the Rise of Math 1186 Thomas Bartkus And much of that information hasn't diffused to the popular media. No Not until there are reality shows called, say, "Theorem... The Perfect Survivor Old Pif Don't even get me started on this. At the turn of the 19th century... Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job Let's keep this one very simple. This all began when Dave Jensen posed a question to prospective... To Joseph the Skeptic....Was: Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job Thank you, but its not that simple. I offer my views below. On Fri, 20 Jan 2006, Joseph... Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job" 1190 Hi Joseph, You certainly went further, and in much more detail, than most people posting on this forum. It would have been better, however... Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job" 1191 Old Pif Hi Pif, This was posed as a question for discussion on another forum, so we weren't looking... Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job" 1192 On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, DGJ The above viewpoint, by Dave Jensen, has neither changed in at least 15 years nor... Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job" 1193 Straydog Art, good post. My views change with time, though, just like yours. That was... Afterthoughts on Dave's post....was: Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job I had an afterthought on Dave's post, below. I already posted my "main" response earlier. Scroll to the bottom for... Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job" 1195 Dave's quoted material is below my piece, here) I think Dave is pretty much right on the stuff he wrote below. I read about stuff like this, too. The WSJ has... Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job" 1196 On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Mark M. Jobs don't materialize themselves out of thin air and fall in your lap. First... nasty, brutish, and short...was: Now....we're all insane...it says so now There were a few bugs... discussed on a recent PBS special,, it was also a brutal culture, their olympic games were to the rest in some cases... Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job" 1198 The reason is simple. the overlings want the money their position brings, they will not lay themselves or the sabre carriers directly under them. So if... What makes rich people 'tick I've talked on several ocbuttions about the Forbs 400 richest Americans list and now have read the counterpart from the British. Read and enjoy, scratch your head, and-or envy-jealous... Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job" 1200 snip A sensible reply that fits my experience. I ran the entire spectrum... it was nasty, all the idiots, game playing and waste ... loss of talent, as the corporation would... Redo on "Does anybody owe you a job" 1201 Excellent comments, Phil.... a few tweaks of mine, below... On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, Phil Scott Bingo! Well, I've been incorporated for over ten years now. Still running black ink every... Does anybody owe you an opporunity 1202 Actually, my real sentiment is close to my hypothetical interview answer. The "overqualified" problem is a dilemma. "Overqualified" could be a convenient euphamism... Does anybody owe you an opporunity 1203 Old Pif or maybe you hit the nail on its head when you said "I... Does anybody owe you an opporunity 1204 Yes -I was referring to shareholder money when I talked of employer's capital. It should be obvious that the hiring manager or CEO's personal wealth will not be used to hire anybody. so that... Does anybody owe you an opporunity 1205 On Tue, 23 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You'd better include corporate debt, too. And, you'd better understand that Japan and Europe has corporate... Does anybody owe you an opporunity 1206 Kamal R. Prasad Kamal, you get your ideas from outdated handbooks. The new ones have not reached your remote corner yet. So, use this... Does anybody owe you an opporunity 1207 Old Pif depends on the company. Lucent Technologies is the most widely held stock in the US -and it is still a large company (albeit on the decline). yes -perception and marketing are pre... Did huntergatherers feel anyone owed them food Back in the hunterer-gatherer days all those grunty-neanderthals didn't have to worry about today's high-stress cold-cruel world (where you can't live without money and... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs Last week, I'd spoken to a group of engineers (mechanical-electrical) and IT types about careers at a professional gathering. In particular, I'd... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1210 Big ones = big bucks? The India Caucus will schmooze a change in the laws, for... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1211 For an engineer, MBA is just a natural progression to what is perceived necessary to become a... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1212 An MBA takes two years. A MD takes five (including internship), and possibly much more since residencies can add 2 to... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1213 Randy I concur. Ok, but here's the distinction, many premeds apply to anywhere from 10... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1214 I can confirm this; one of my technicians from back '94-95 got into Harvard SoM and UMAB SoM, maybe a couple more, waitlisted at a couple, and... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1215 On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Threeducks I have relations just outside Detroit. Lots of them are and always... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1216 Not the sales (agents) whips. Those credentials are nice window dressing just like having PhDs on the staff... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1217 Straydog Many of those jobs are really senior analyst positions with a possibility of having underlings. Likewise, MC (management consulting) and IB (investment... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1218 Well, of course the MBA is going to have underlings. They are not going to start up a business from scratch, or zero. They'd have to wait too long to... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1219 The way it works is that they work in the field as a junior buttociate out of college and then go back for the Wharton MBA to be a senior buttociate. There's no hope... S&Es: I don't get it, physicians have jobs 1220 Nah, here is how it really works and there was an article about this in last year's Business Week. The guys on the way up get an adjunct professorship at Stanford U B school and... dont rely on the young to take care of you baby boomers Study: College students lack literacy for complex tasks Friday, January 20, 2006; Posted: 4:29 p.m. EST (21:29 GMT) Higher... Failing to teach them how to handle real life The Sunday Times January 29, 2006 Failing to teach them how to handle real life A new report reveals that children today struggle with questions they could have... dont rely on the young to take care of you baby boomers On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Thomas Bartkus I'm going to add that I've recently discovered, through details I... fake pictures in scientific articles On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Threeducks Well, cold fusion took a while to debunk. And, it created quite a big buzz, too. Oh, I... Canonical Science Today, and the 2006 Annual Meeting of the AAAS Next month, The 2006 Annual Meeting of the American buttociation for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) will be held in St. Louis. The Center for CANONICAL SCIENCE) is advancing a unified version of cutting... Canonical Science Today, and the 2006 Annual Meeting of the AAAS 1226 They are not As I said then: 'Your link states 'Special relativity was mainly an achievement of Lorentz and Poincaré. Their views were complemented by Einstein, Planck, Minkowski, and some other... Canonical Science Today, and the 2006 Annual Meeting of the AAAS 1227 Without responding to all your usual junk that has been dealt with elsewhere I just want to make a few points. Juan... Canonical Science Today, and the 2006 Annual Meeting of the AAAS 1228 Bill Hobba ha escrito: Your tactics are over-repebreastive. You simply reject anyone that has a different ideas of your own and focuses in irrelevant details, messy attacks... Canonical Science Today, and the 2006 Annual Meeting of the AAAS 1229 Bill Hobba ha escrito: Yes, Hobba i can. In fact, i did many times. This is not a post on history of relativity. My aim is not... Canonical Science Today, and the 2006 Annual Meeting of the AAAS 1230 N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) ha escrito: Well, i think that you lose the whole point. 1) I did not say you... Canonical Science Today, and the 2006 Annual Meeting of the AAAS 1231 Dear Internet guru, i forget explain to you that AOL simple webpage (the entire AOL website may contain billions of errors) contains near 300 errors but... For fun: now the rich people in the USA Very recently I posted about the rich people in Britain and how they got their tons of money (yeah, that is a career issue since getting money usually involves a job-career, and... Article: The USA will actively attract "techies" from Russia Translated into English from hand): =============================================================== 24 JANUARY 11:46 THE USA will actively attract "techies" from... Article: The USA will actively attract "techies" from Russia 1234 Kamal R. Prasad Russia practising (applied) science. As you all might know, the Russian economy collapsed in the early 1990s. Scientists were especially only pay rent for flats... Article: The USA will actively attract "techies" from Russia 1235 On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Old Pif What is happening in the US job market... Decline in Indian education, too ...was: Article: The USA will actively attract "techies" from Russia see below... On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, nonesuch I already responded to this in another post but... Article: The USA will actively attract "techies" from Russia 1237 all quoted texts from prior posts are present) On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, nonesuch Well, that is a good... Article: The USA will actively attract "techies" from Russia 1238 Straydog The natural resources of your country are just sufficient to ensure a cowboy's std of living. that is escapism on your part. slavery is just an economic model followed by the US... Article: The USA will actively attract "techies" from Russia 1239 On Fri, 26 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad And, the natural resources and the political system of your country had to wait for US$ before it could have... Article: The USA will actively attract "techies" from Russia 1240 On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad He said there are opportunities in Russia now. But that Russians in the US would not get... Article: The chief economist of IMF Radjan did not exclude the mbuttive "discharge" of US Translated into English from ========================================================= The chief economist OF THE IMF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND Radjan did not exclude the mbuttive "discharge" of US dollars... getting into the prospective S&E field of future I am always giving a thought to it. I need to develop skills in the professional area which will be in demand when economic collaps and-or prolonged economic stagnation occur. There is a theory... Is the success of Google another S&E propaganda fodder to get people to join I don't know. But, I'm getting a strong impression that the way people think is controled by the media instead of by the educated brains of individuals... THE NAKED HEGEMON Part 1: Why the emperor has no clothes Jan 6, 2005 THE NAKED HEGEMON Part 1: Why the emperor has no clothes By Andre Gunder Frank Uncle Sam has reneged and defaulted on up to 40% of its trillion... THE NAKED HEGEMON PART 2: The center of the doughnut Jan 6, 2005 THE NAKED HEGEMON PART 2: The center of the doughnut By Andre Gunder Frank All Ponzi schemes build a financial pyramid. Many... Dirt on India Wall Street Journal: Weds, Jan 25, 2006 FRONT PAGE "New Battleground In Textbook Wars: Religion in History" by Daniel Golden This is all about how special interest groups like to... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India Since recently posting the text below, I became more curious about the "Dalit Freedom Network" and the problems they (Indians themselves) talked about at the near end of... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1248 Old Pif Most of the Hindus who come to the USA are in the upper caste. I refer to them as Brahmins, though they might not be "true" Brahmins. Even if they're not Brahmins... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1249 Old Pif the statements that you read are political statements. These are not cries for help -but attempst... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1250 fine. I have seen it fluctuate -but there are less lower caste people in IT. It is symptomatic of the digital divide i.e. because... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1251 Old Pif India is a melting pot of races, and many of the walls that exist were designed to maintain segregation within... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India On Mon, 5 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Sure, segregation started when the Hindus set up the caste... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1253 Old Pif Over the dead bodies of the couple, figuratively, but I bet under threat of literally, too (like people who used to be lynched in the US for crossing racial barriers). But family and... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1254 Any there is a MbuttIVE backlog in filling these reserved seats because the upper caste decision makers use every possible... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1255 PratapTambay do you know of cases where dalits acquired education and were refused jobs? how about the lack of education being the biggest barrier of them all? can... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1256 Jim Blair: help the targets Hi, I find this thread confusing to follow in part because the context jumps between India and the USA and it is not always clear where a claim is... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1257 Recently IIT delhi based SC-ST students submitted a whole list of such CVs to... Dalit Capital: Request for expression of Interest Request for expression of interest in investing funds in venture capital company focused on the needs of 250 million dalits in India I am a interested in launching... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1259 No...there is ZERO monitoring of anything in Indian private sector. Whenever I see idiots being selected to represent dalit viewpoints in... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1260 She has posted the articles which was rejected on The said article mentions that she is posting it here, because "Hindu" (a newspaper) rejected it. I have posted all my... More on the Dalits more dirt on India..was: Dirt on India.... 1261 zach if you make progress on eliminating slavery then the economic costs will be difficult to handle. The rednecks... Dirt on India.... 1262 On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad I have the notion that it might... Dirt on India.... 1263 On Sat, 27 Jan 2006, Old Pif I saw a PBS program on the Hitbreastes (back in 1800... THE NAKED HEGEMON PART 2: The center of the doughnut On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Old Pif I kinda agree. However, what the rest of the outside world will do is just about zero other than everything will continue on, just as it has... Ping: Straydog 1265 zach This testimony finally got me intersted enough to check what is this book about. I found the reviews on amazon.com, . This book looks like it is really well written and is very interesting to... Ping: Straydog 1266 On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, zach Echo ping My two cents, my opinion: I'm not all that enamoured of capitalism and I'm... US National Study: Researchers and Analysts Wanted We are seeking professionals, as well as college students, to fulfill multiple positions on a national business study of over 1600 randomly selected businesses... PhD by Publication A colleague of mine (at natl lab) mentioned to me that he was currently doing a PhD, but he did... Google "Economy Slowest in Three Years" 1269 On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Marc I would appreciate some extended and expanded discussion on the above lines of thinking. I don't think one can come up with... Google "Economy Slowest in Three Years" 1270 So, I am curious as to why anyone thinks there is an impending economic crisis... Google "Economy Slowest in Three Years" 1271 On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, marc There have been very serious warnings of risk in the non-lay media and the technical banking books. Many... Google "Economy Slowest in Three Years" 1272 On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, drocillo OK, I suppose you can have business expand (meaning dollars spent per person per day) if... Google "Economy Slowest in Three Years" 1273 Straydog Everything is finite in our world even if it is very big. The sun has finite... Google "Economy Slowest in Three Years" 1274 On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, AgingRecycledScientist Well, I'm worried about it, too. I think I'd be looking at goods that might be useful in a survivalist society rather than just any goods. I... Google "Economy Slowest in Three Years" 1275 Hah! I think if we have a catastrophic collapse in the economy, then it would end up... Art, don't worry, the iPod generation will save the economy Nah, its "doom and gloom" for everyone. Even on WashPost couple days ago, everyone is wondering where the tipping point might be on global warming. Hybrid powered cars: They are saying the gas milage... India the darling of davos 1277 Straydog we -as in the american public? did you know that if the american public owned all of that FDI flowing into India -they wouldn't have had to worry about inflation. Just because wealth is... India the darling of davos 1278 nonesuch No -it isn't a country of saints or of gifted people. The politicians here are constrained by the deficit and some other factors not to invade countries... India the darling of davos 1279 On Mon, 29 Jan 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Did you know that there is inflation in all countries, some far far... The Age of Y Taken from The Chicago Trubune link expired, so I am posting the whole text: ================================================================ The Age of Y By Kyra Kyles December 7... Vulnerability of Gen Y 1281 Junkyard Willie Interesting. Let me reiterate what you wrote. The newer generation (Gen Y) has the following vulnerabilities... Vulnerability of Gen Y 1282 No, they are trying to portray the appearance of having 'fulfilling spiritual-personal content,' and they want to buy... Vulnerability of Gen Y 1283 BMJ Everyone wants to be individual (read: to be distinguished from the pack, to be seemed to be better... Sacred things for Gen Y'ers What they keep silence about Here is an excerpt from an article about the behaviour of Generation Y -- I have not seen like this yet. The author says something like: "There are sacred things for Gen Y -- This... Sacred things for Gen Y'ers What they keep silence about drocillo Ah, so that's what is meant by "peer pressure". When I was growing up... The Age of Y 1286 drocillo This is where the Gen-Y'ers throats will be cut. It is definetely and absolutely... More degredation in internet email Read it close - what they're really saying is that Yahoo and AOL are going to allow SPAM - as... The Age of Y 1288 drocillo You are not wrong. Business regards its staff as a collection of essentially interchangeable modules, easily replaced. This is especially true in any technical discipline where the technically challenged MBA Manager... The Age of Y 1289 You're doing it the right way, IMO. I remember in the '90s when one of the... The Age of Y 1290 Agreed. Sometimes it feels like you're playing Russian roulette with your career, with all of the jumping around, gambling with "personal growth" decisions, (such as going back... YGen in Japan, too....was: The Age of Y WSJ, Thurs, December 20, 2005, front page: "Generation Gap; IN AGING JAPAN, YOUNG SLACKERS STIR UP CONCERNS; Changing Atbreastudes Prompt... The Age of Y 1292 Thomas Bartkus While I still had my teaching position, I took two years leave from the place to complete my Ph. D. residency at the local uni. By the time I returned... The Age of Y 1293 Thomas Bartkus I did write taken to the extreme. Cheap food tends to be the most fattening. What countries have no homeless or hungry people? I'm referring to... A contrarian view....was: The Age of Y 1294 On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:43:54 -0500, Straydog This is a true story. My wife and I attended a casual hummingbird seminar at a local park for people who like the idea of... A contrarian view....was: The Age of Y 1295 Straydog I know of one place where that went on. I heard of departments where some of the administrators were just putting in time while delegating their... The Age of Y 1296 LillyDipper I'll bet that's what the company wanted. Keep 'em scared and you'll get even more out of them....until you toss them out with the day's... The Age of Y 1297 On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Sharon Yep, first job I got after my BS degree (1966) what did they do? Put a high stack of letters and files on my desk and said "Here, pick... The Age of Y 1298 Straydog I had projects like that when I was younger. I'd inherit somebody's files and, often, the documentation was either incomplete or incomprehensible. Better yet was... save the world 1299 blaaahhhhhh-barf, puke. I got a subscription to "The Economist" (y'know, based in Britain) and there was... save the world 1300 I find the occasional ignorance foregivable. But I have an extremely low tolerance for a lack of honesty. If convenient, you might... save the world 1301 Straydog just show them a roadmap to earn their living in the process of saving the world... save the world 1302 Kamal R. Prasad snip The last time I checked good agricultural land was costing $1000 an acre in the U.S... save the world 1303 isn't that cheap -buttuming you have a few thousant dollars to spare just for land (and an acre should yield more than you can eat)? Home prices run in $100000s in contrast. United... save the world 1304 they would have to relocate to where the land is. that should help to de-congest NYC and reduce property prices. In turn, that will allow the engineers there to... save the world 1305 Kamal R. Prasad And how do you propose to fund that and over what period of time would it be... save the world 1306 NYC has seen lots of people move out -but not for the purpose of farming. As property prices started moving up -the... save the world 1307 Kamal R. Prasad snip Much of the unused land isn't suitable for agriculture. Another reason for people to move off the farm has been the mechanization of farming. That... save the world 1308 You can do something called "soil treatment" or build greenhouses to fix problems. Israel is a pionneer in desert agriculture and they even have something like... save the world 1309 I'd rather make the deal with India as the target, not Canada. But, we could also form... save the world 1310 Straydog they get aid for being a western outpost in the middle east. Do you really have to... save the world 1311 On Mon, 5 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Not "a"(one) but two. Do you OK, what statement are you refering to? You don't want zack to come to India... save the world 1312 Straydog No -one can find an Apple store, an IBM-HP-Dell-MSFT-.. sales presence there. One can also open offices there and many american companies get... save the world 1313 On Tue, 7 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Read what I wrote. I said mostly, not completely. Japan is still mostly a closed market for the US. One can... save the world 1314 Straydog it is to some extent -but if you plan to sell to the Japanese, you... save the world 1315 Kamal R. Prasad Not if you're trying to be a subsistence farmer. They have low capital and so have to keep costs low. If you've... Kamal "dreams" about farming....was: save the world I am laughing out loud over Kamal's ideas about farming. My comments are way at the end, just scroll on down...way down .... On Thu, 2 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Kamal... Kamal "dreams" about farming....was: save the world 1317 Straydog big snip Great, after I've spent days wearing him down, now you come in with your library. ;-) The fellow I mentioned before who gave a talk here farms 700... Kamal "dreams" about farming....was: save the world 1318 You should thank me for giving you a break. ;-) now you come in I've only got one book on farming (lots of old TMENs, though). What... Kamal "dreams" about farming....was: save the world 1319 OK, if he doesn't have animals maybe he can have some time on his hands to do other things. Just wait....I'll bet they rediscover coal as... Kamal "dreams" about farming....was: save the world 1320 Straydog Kind of like the '60s TV show "Green Acres", eh? A lot of the weekend farmers I know just grow grain as it doesn't require as much work as livestock. Their busiest times are... Kamal "dreams" about farming....was: save the world 1321 If everyone read the stuff below, let me mention that my maternal grandparents (and all of my mother's sisters and brothers) were farmers... save the world 1322 What I am trying to do here is to avoid that type of discussion similar to "Does... save the world 1323 On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Old Pif Ah...but in my draft FAQ, I broke down the question "Does anybody owe you a job?" into several component questions which are much easier... save the world 1324 Alternate answer(s): I've been reading the propagandas (paid for advertising by the big robber-barron corporations) and IIRC, GE is... Bush science initiatives 1325 BMJ Oh, I'm sure the proposal falls short. 1) The funds for Bush's "initiative" are... Bush science initiatives 1326 Well, all that system does not work this way. The major driving factor is the perception of a particular public company by Wall Street analysts. If you take a closer look at the... Tale of woe Was: Bush science initiatives Five years ago, I used to work for a company which was designing a revolutionary medical device on money of public investors, but still could not come to the market with a product for over... Bush science initiatives 1328 Randy Unlike JFK directive to Congress about going to the moon less than three weeks after Shepard flew in "Freedom 7". Up here, people are going into engineering largely because... Google poo Below is the message which I got from Google when I tried to access the Google Groups (Usenet). It happened for the second time in the... CRS: Foreign Science and Engineering Presence in U.S. Insbreastutions and the Labor Force 1330 Straydog talent is not proportional to-indicative of whether the person obtained an advanced degree or not. I know... CRS: Foreign Science and Engineering Presence in U.S. Insbreastutions and the Labor Force 1331 Unattractive science careers Our supremacy in science is being challenged by other nations as our students choose more lucrative fields, such as law, business, accounting and medicine ("Pessimism fact check," Commentary, Monday). Unless... alt.support.childfree about careers 1332 On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Threeducks Fine, maybe you chose to have kids or you chose to adjust your budgets and rationalizations... alt.support.childfree about careers 1333 On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, Threeducks Well, this is getting farther off the "decision" (or lack thereof... alt.support.childfree about careers 1334 snip never occured to me that education helps achieve so much. I have heard of medical doctors indulging in all sorts of... alt.support.childfree about careers 1335 Threeducks alright. But if you look at the evidence I gave, you will realize that education has no bearing on criminal intent (apart from those who are... alt.support.childfree about careers 1336 On Tue, 6 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Usually the more prosperous areas do correlate with education, and usually violent crimes correlate, to a first approximation, with population density. People should... Pushing Sci, research Education, CSPAN, Univ. of MD President, D. Mort on Wash Journal, Sat AgingRecycledScientist I was surprised and amazed to see that the Australian government recently spinned off their sciencecareers website, national laboratories of Australia. They say the usual crap that there... Column On Ph. D. Glut 1338 Straydog Then we should have been able to bump into each other in the corridor. Yes, there is... Column On Ph. D. Glut 1339 On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, drocillo FYI: I can remember, back when I was reading the academic newspaper "Chronicle of Higher Education" in the early 1990s there was a great public... also for Kamal Japanese Markets Not Open to USA etc Between the two rows of asterisks below are both sides of part of a conversation I had with Kamal Prasad, who does not understand the Japanese economy. The material below the second... Programmer Straydog My cousine established a software development company 9 years ago in Russia with the... Mental Abuse My abuser has been using the medical device to harbutt me the last 4-5 years. I have no idea what... new phenomenon at work Hi all, I just found out that I was exposed to a new (for me) phenomenon in office life at my natl lab. Last year, we started a new... new CV of senior scientist When I was trying to find employment after finishing my PhD, I came to the realisation... about electric rates "Food fight" here in Delaware or Delawhere I just dumped out some snot about our glorious electricity suppliers hiking the electric bills here by respectively 40% (Delmarva power) and 60% (Del Elec Coop) that all hit the... Careers in semiconductor technology Or: 90% of anything is crap So I have heard that the semiconductor industry moves the manufacturing of chips, for example, from 90 nm-based technology to 70 nm technology. (The numbers means the smallest... Careers in semiconductor technology Or: 90% of anything is crap snip it doesn't and the definition of an american company is not a company registered in the US. If... Careers in semiconductor technology Or: 90% of anything is crap On Fri, 23 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Doesn't India have a patent & copyright system? Wouldn't an Indian company... Parents don't see a crisis over science and math 1349 BMJ Most people are content to be cattle. Not to discount your experience, but in my department the "how to think" aspect of education is highly valued. A lot of this stuff... Parents don't see a crisis over science and math 1350 Thomas Bartkus Well, a certain number of elite ChemE grads, high GPA wone or more co-op, get $55-59K offers from a Dow or Chevron, however, most (i.e. sometimes 2-3 depending upon program) do... Parents don't see a crisis over science and math 1351 Threeducks I had a lot of "I hate school" types and, when I required them to... India invented earlier, better than Playboy...was: Playboy and India see quotes of Kamal's material below). As usual, Kamal doesn't realize laws (what is "banned in India") mean nothing. It is what goes... India invented earlier, better than Playboy...was: Playboy and India Straydog don't think so. Ayotallah Khomeni made life miserable for women in the name of organized religion. hinduism is somewhat different. It has very few taboos... Summers wacking: personality or policy rick++ Although that his comments about the "intrinsic apbreastude" of women were taken out of context and blown out of proportion, he could have used his soap box to discuss more factual issues--such as... Study Plays Down Export of Computer Jobs 1st item... BLS Statistics used by the ACM report. acm.org Table 1-8. Lists a net tech job gain of 110,000... What they don't... Letter: From the other side of the outsourcing debate 1356 Razor Face Housing is in a bubble - has been. That bubble formed as a direct reaction to the dotcom bust. Farther back, not only is the land rent subsidized, but... Letter: From the other side of the outsourcing debate 1357 Les Cargill you should read some articles on Alan greenspan. He has been breastled as a serial bubble maker and the housing bubble is the mother... Letter: From the other side of the outsourcing debate 1358 Bishop How so? It's pretty clear that people seeking above market returns went directly from playing... book review OffshoringGlobalization Still Has Major Problems Offshoring Still Has Serious Problems ---------------------------------------------- The following comments are derived from the book: "The Challenges of Global Capitalism -The World Economy of... Letter: From the other side of the outsourcing debate 1360 On Mon, 26 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Whereas in 3rd world countries, the people breed like rabbits and... Letter: From the other side of the outsourcing debate 1361 Yeah -it doesn't benefit the working clbutt as a whole and it doesn't contribute to the economy either as... Innovate or perish Borked Pseudo Mailed Of course. The engineering wages declined in last 5 years, and many lost their jobs due to outsourcing. Why would anyone waste time... Sutherland to hire 3,000 at Kochi Sutherland to hire 3,000 at Kochi TIMES NEWS NETWORK FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2006 12:55:44 AM KOCHI: In a major expansion of its offshore operations in India, the New York headquartered BPO player Sutherland Global Services... Bush's ProIndia Stance Shows He's Got The Facts Right About Outsourcing Bush's Pro-India Stance Shows He's Got The Facts Right About Outsourcing By Paul McDougall... Great for Dr. Shahib Straydog We're probably not going to see much in the press. Companies, like most people and organizations, don't... modern science = underfunded projects At our natll lab, we have morning and afternoon tea breaks. Many of my senior colleagues (in the ir... modern science = underfunded projects 1367 On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Old Pif The '50s-'60s were a golden age of... modern science = underfunded projects 1368 Old Pif I think monopolization is not the reason; in fact, there is no more monopolization than it is used to be. The reall reason for switching from the "doing good... study says tech hiring improves and salary has gone upwards On Sat, 25 Feb 2006, Old Pif And, I think a part of the limitation is the information overload. Nobody can read the scientific literature to avoid waste, so therefore, nobody does read the... India May Spend More on Roads, Ports in Budget to Spur Growth Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- India's government may say it plans to increase spending on roads, ports and electricity... India May Spend More on Roads, Ports in Budget to Spur Growth On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Gill Bentry To the extent that the main stream and all the branches feed into a rapid increase in the value... India rising 1372 On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Old Pif LOL. ARS has been brainwashed(?) by the "herd mentality" (maybe... India rising 1373 On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, AgingRecycledScientist Well, I consider that I've put in "my time" already and we con't get that much requests here, anyway. Mostly that is due to the evolution and... Bangalore is top IT professional earning destination 1374 By K.G.Vasuki, Bangalore: Bangalore followed by the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad lead the way in attracting IT professionals with good pay packets. Interestingly, Gurgaon... Bangalore is top IT professional earning destination 1375 sci.econ:255796 sci.research.careers:77128 soc.culture.british:1203071 By K.G.Vasuki, Bangalore: Bangalore followed by the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad lead the way in attracting IT professionals with good pay packets... IT sector pitches for free services trade pact with US sci.research.careers,soc.culture.british sci.econ:255795 sci.research.careers:77127 soc.culture.british:1203061 By Sumeet Chatterjee, Mumbai; As the countdown begins for... India will enjoy lowcost IT labor edge for 20 yrs Monday, February 27, 2006 NEW DELHI: The low-cost labor advantage enjoyed by Indian Information Technology (IT) services over sourcing... Hon Hai to invest in India: 10,000 new jobs on their way sci.econ:255799 Maandag 27 februari 2006, 14:46 - Taiwanese contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. will invest US$110 million to build several manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu state in south India... Another post from "dizum.com"...Hon Hai to invest in India: 10,000 new jobs on their Hey Straydog, Lets file an abuse report with the dumbbuttes' ISP and if they don't respond, maybe we can get them... To SRC regulars Well, as much as I like to stir up some dust and as much as I feel everyone should say what they think (as long as they understand others... To SRC regulars.... 1381 Straydog Art, I contacted you about two years ago, or a little less, and suggested that you take over the forum at... To SRC regulars.... 1382 Old Pif I would. many people post to score points eg; in another post, Art mentioned that he wanted to win the debate with me. So, if you moderate -you will eliminate lots of junk... To SRC regulars.... 1383 Kamal R. Prasad Ahh, but was it because the American was a greedy pig or because the Indian was willing to work cheap and help bring down the wages of... To SRC regulars.... 1384 Sharon Input always welcome, especially from a fresh voice. In some (many?) cases the debt load is... To SRC regulars.... 1385 Threeducks it is not as simple as that. The trade deficit is a reflection of importing on the cheap and not producing anything to finance that import other than T bills. no -what... To SRC regulars.... 1386 Sharon There are always going to be some people who are envious of the accomplishments of others, particularly when those accomplishments were achieved through legitimate... To SRC regulars.... 1387 On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Sharon That's Ok, you can huff and puff on non-gender... To SRC regulars.... 1388 you can look at it either way. My point was that if a company prefers Indians... To SRC regulars.... 1389 Kamal R. Prasad Yes, one can look at anything anyway one wants, but the point is... To SRC regulars.... 1390 snip yes -it is valid no matter how you look at it. Either Indians are cheaper to hire or that americans are expensive to hire. Both are relative terms... To SRC regulars.... 1391 Kamal R. Prasad It isn't valid unless the reference points are valid, which they are not since a law is being violated. I agree, the law should... To SRC regulars.... 1392 On Tue, 27 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad And, you have no "greedy pigs" in India... To SRC regulars.... 1393 On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Old Pif The other possibility is he's taking kickbacks. A place I worked in the past they had a Chinese guy as head. Guess... To SRC regulars.... 1394 On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, BMJ Well, I'm making a parallel with ham radio and CB radio. Back around the late '50s, the FCC took eleven meters away from the hams (peeing them off... Today, the kitchen faucett fix...was: To SRC regulars And, reply to Russell, see below... So did I. Too bad it didn't have a longer A lot of the stuff wife & I watch (PBS stuff)...whenever we find something we like, it seems like... To SRC regulars.... 1396 Straydog And look what happened. How many CBers are there nowadays? It was a fad that ran its course. On the... Extending India‚s leadership in global information technology & BPO industries Extending India‚s leadership in global information technology & BPO industries The Indian IT and ITES industry is booming as... Economic analysis of caste in India Dear All Caste systems effectively reserve high-value jobs-businesses for a privileged elite by preventing equal access to education, training, finance, ownership-operation of land-buttets, fair-markets... Economic analysis of caste in India 1399 My wife is doing a doctorate related to this in London university. We are reasonably aware of the academic literature. good at entry level. The imbalance at... Economic analysis of caste in India 1400 Democracy and market are not delivering yet. The oligopoly of upper castes is subverting democracy and markets through black... Economic analysis of caste in India 1401 PratapTambay they are -albeit slowly. for example -if it was not for democracy and freedom of speech, you would not be writing stuff... Economic analysis of caste in India 1402 PratapTambay and the way to bring about such changes is to reach a consensus with everybody via the democratic process. in... Kamal's problems in India....Economic analysis of caste in India 1403 PratapTambay I am talking of something different. Today, it is possible for individuals who are apolitical to call themselves citizens of thr country and not as upper caste or lower caste Indians. When... Kamal's problems in India....Economic analysis of caste in India 1404 PratapTambay I am fine with multi-stage reservation. I am saying that it needs to use 'current' economic situation to provide... Kamal lies again...was: Economic analysis of caste in India On Sat, 3 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad It is a fact that the lobbying efforts do not always get what they want. It is also a fact that our judicial system often punishes criminals... Economic analysis of caste in India 1406 I am indeed a dalit. 100% on both sides of my parentage for as long as... StartUp Vies for Outsourcing Pie sci.econ:255857 sci.research.careers:77193 soc.culture.british:1203302 (AllAfrica.com English Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Nairobi, Feb 28, 2006 (The... See, negative atbreastudes are better See, negative atbreastudes are better! Here are quotes from the book review of the book... Just chickeny is crooky...was: American Middle Clbutt: Endangered Species I can imagine too that there is a certain feeling that there is no way to exceed the parents which in some leads to a feeling of insecurity and resentment. I'm reminded... India IT exports seen growing 30 pct in 0506 Offshoring Still Has Serious Problems ---------------------------------------------- The following comments are derived from the book: "The Challenges of Global Capitalism -The World Economy of the 21st Century" by Robert... This is about job discrimination...was: Yet another illegal employer who says only H1Bs can On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad See, you change the subject. In your original sentence that you so conveniently... Help Rquired from any Phd Doctor Relating Phd Study by Research in UK or in Hi to everyone , i hope u all will be enjoying with the best of ur health. Dear & respected Group fellows i need help for my Higher education (Phd by Research) in the... Outsourcing America 1413 RE: Sam Smith's THE IMMIGRATION MYTHOLOGY You need a reality check, pronto, Sam! Many radical left extremists are against illegal immigration, also. They do not ALL agree with... Outsourcing America 1414 Thank you sooo much Jobless for speaking your mind and telling it like it is .... so many Yanks and illegal immigrants acting like robotic yanks here just... Outsourcing America 1415 PLEASE EVERYBODY .... START THE UPRISING NOW. WE CANNOT TAKE FOR ANOTHER NANO-SECOND THIS ABUSE FROM BOTH HOUSES OF OUR CONGRESS. ------------------ Thank you sooo much Jobless for speaking your mind and telling... Outsourcing America 1416 Err KAL.... Hysteria doesnt work. Putting the cards on the table completely and in a non hysterical manner works. Putting the cards on the table with just a small bit of hysteria and bias, also... 29000 legal jobs to migrate to India by 2008 1417 Straydog yeah -the problem requires nothing more than kindergarten analysus. The same problem of shifting work to cheaper locations has affected both EU and Japan. Japan has... 29000 legal jobs to migrate to India by 2008 1418 On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad And, I have continually shown you facts, facts of history, and facts of law that you continualy ignore but which... The India stock market bubble your bets? Put your finger near the "panic" button? Well, 30 years ago, when I lived in New Orleans, I read... more, new info The India stock market bubble March 15, 2006 I found a better graph on the India stock market bubble in the WSJ for March 10, 2006 issue, on page C1. Article is... puzzles from my childhood When I was 10 y.o. (over 25 years ago), I read puzzles in the newspaper "Pionerskaya Pravda" (roughly translated as "Scout's Newspaper"). I still don't have answers inspite having gotten... puzzles from my childhood When I was 10 y.o. (over 25 years ago), I read puzzles in the newspaper "Pionerskaya Pravda... career doldrums 1423 Yes, you're right. Have you read "DEC is Dead, Long Live DEC"? I hate to mention it because it sounds like a cheerleader book and people are very "religious" about their technology. But... career doldrums 1424 Sharon You might, then, enjoy reading "Corporate Cultures" by Terrence Deal and Allan Kennedy. It was written in 1982 and I don't think things... career doldrums 1425 see below.... On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Sharon You can find this "ego" problem at the foundation of many "famous" and infamous people. Something I read many years ago when they sent... career doldrums 1426 On the Enron doco, they mention that the problems seemed to start after they hired Skilling, who got approval for a new kind... career doldrums 1427 On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Sharon There were a ton of Enron articles in the WSJ back when the poo hit the fan. For 4-5 months... housing bubble deflation will hit careers drocillo Hm... I see people failed to notice these articles about the mechanics of how the recession will be made to... Ford, IIT Madras in software R&D pact Prabodh Chandrasekhar in Mumbai March 14, 2006 03:50 IST Ford Motor Company is planning to tie up with the Indian Insbreastute of Technology (IIT) Madras in... look for another job if you must Below is the translation into layman terms of the speech on housing made by Fed's William Poole last week, "We are just dropping off the cliff of the largest... look for another job if you must 1431 the new dealers turned the free market Fascist's on there heads, and exposed them for what they are. we have been living off of the equity that... look for another job if you must 1432 it does not matter what the mechanics-difinition-technicle aspects of what economist's might, or might not think is a... look for another job if you must 1433 But without a reliable quanbreastative definition of and validated prediction model for a bubble, we don't have... look for another job if you must 1434 all true if you could keep right wing free market fanatics out of the equation. lets face it, free market economics is a cult. i can promise you anything. i... look for another job if you must 1435 Agreed, I've never been thrilled with simple signifcant-non-significant cutoffs. The confidence interval makes for a much more informative summary. Having reviewed the page in question I would have to agree. Specifically, "Unlike the... What to do with a PhD in Computer Science... 1436 Thomas Bartkus That's what I thought, too. Unfortunately, all the skills and capabilities can be, in... What to do with a PhD in Computer Science... 1437 Ahhh! But does it not? The plumber unclogs the pipe. The the brain surgeon removes the tumor leaving a healthy recovering patient. The... What to do with a PhD in Computer Science... 1438 Thomas Bartkus But does that plumber understand about laminar or tubulent flow? Reynolds numbers? Head loss? Anybody can unclog a pipe, but understanding why and preventing it may... What to do with a PhD in Computer Science... 1439 Thomas Bartkus I only applied for those jobs for which I was clearly overqualified because I was interested in a paycheque. I'm semi-retired now, so I... What to do with a PhD in Computer Science... 1440 I'm jumping in here because no one else will suggest what I would consider the obvious. It... What to do with a PhD in Computer Science... 1441 I can understand why he said that. He as a venture capitalist deals mostly with the high-tech start-ups that have for the most part been spun off universities. Naturally all... What to do with a PhD in Computer Science... 1442 Sascha Konrad If you apply for an academic position, one can try either a research-oriented insbreastution or one that's primarily devoted to education. If you apply at the former, you had better have an... how the US shot itself in the foot On Tue, 14 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad And how may cases did they shoot themselves in the foot? Bad for him... how does it work 1444 Straydog The first thing to do in this puzzle is to separate the question Why it works? from the balance question. Why it works? question is actually a positive estimate of something which might or... how does it work 1445 The above is just ignorant. Socialists had all sorts of arguments among themselves for more than a century before the October revolution. If you do... how does it work 1446 1.0 INTRODUCTION Maybe you will find this model simpler. It can be seen as developing the posing of the question, in some sense. Notice I don't claim that this model answers the question... Optus says 450 jobs must go By Meaghan Shaw March 17, 2006 AdvertisementAdvertisement OPTUS will slash 450 jobs across the country in a... TCS nears big BPO deal with Citigroup B G Shirsat & Rajesh S Kurup in Mumbai March 17, 2006 03:10 IST Tata Consultancy Services is close to finalising an outsourcing deal of around $500-900 million (Rs... Just too well written not to repost... sucks to be me, a scientist Women in Science by Philip Greenspun in February 2006 Site Home : Careers : One Article -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Larry Summers was fired from his job as president of Harvard University partly for saying the... Just too well written not to repost... sucks to be me, a scientist. 1450 AgingRecycledScientist This would be ok if students got down to business. The big problem many students have is they their first year is packed with clbuttes... Just too well written not to repost... sucks to be me, a scientist. 1451 Threeducks Some have families, so they have other priorities as well. One student I knew during my Ph. D. residency got married... We had great news today Today there was an announcement in our corporation - great news, there will be less pressure at work - they officially hired a team in Brazil to help... We had great news today. 1453 On Fri, 17 Mar 2006, Zalek Bloom How nice of them. Did they tell you how much money they are saving? Temporary benefit? Advancement? To what? Advancement to the dumpster? Involuntary... We had great news today. 1454 Just chickeny you sir are a fascist, and a idiot, and most likely a libertarian... We had great news today. 1455 Groups: alt.computer.consultants, alt.politics.economics, sci.econ, sci.research.careers, soc.culture.british Not yet rated Rating: show options Note: The author of this message requested that it not be archived. This message will be removed from Groups in 6... We had great news today. 1456 The reality is that you need Government help to survive. And need it so much that you are willing to enslave others to achieve your goals. Shame on you! actually it is you... We had great news today. 1457 Don't mistake this scum for a libertarian. He's a commie, plain and simple. AKA "Carlos the Jackal" (a dedicated commie), he's been posting his commie global propaganda to newsgroups for a while. Some advice: Any... Why Americans are so STUPID 1458 Americans gave away their self determination and their self respect when they allowed the TwoParty to limit the U.S. House of... Why Americans are so STUPID 1459 On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, rrc I have no idea except that I have seen a lot of pictures of Moslem women all covered up in those black cloth outfits, all boring, all covering... Why Americans are so STUPID ath mocking American ignorance in geographical matters. The fact that so many older American tourists in Europe dress... Why Americans are so STUPID 1461 Stan de SD it's wonderful to find that everyone everywhere is so open minded and non judgmental. I just watched Call her savage from 1930 with... Laws against globalization.... 1462 Well, the situation is more complicated that it seems. Bush regime did everything in his powers to make the globalization if not unstopable at least extremely painfull for American people... Laws against globalization.... 1463 On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Gill Bentry Hi Gill, Oh, I don't know. I've read quite a few of you guys on a.c.c teasing, taunting, and calling each other names. But, "we... Laws against globalization.... 1464 On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad India saw a good thing for itself (a way to bring... Laws against globalization.... 1465 Straydog No -India opted for signing the WTO treaty and opening the economy to the world outside BEFORE knowing what it would lead to. We had... Laws against globalization.... 1466 On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Every 3rd world country knows, and has known for decades (if they know anything at all), that... Indian call centre staff fed up with racist abuse 1467 Anonyma This is correct. The workers there have no fault. They were offered a job that pay better than the alternatives and they took it. There is nothing to... Indian call centre staff fed up with racist abuse 1468 There are other aspects to the problem... many other aspects. For instance in the area of printer drivers... Dell to Double Its Staff in India by 2009 1469 Listen, there are so many companies in the United States and many of them are very huge. Why aren't most... Dell to Double Its Staff in India by 2009 1470 I just barged into the thread and answered out of context. Besides, i am not an american and as Old Pif will tell you -I live in a different plane of reference... Dell to Double Its Staff in India by 2009 1471 On Tue, 27 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Wait till your stock market crashes. The Kuwait, Saudi... Dell to Double Its Staff in India by 2009 1472 Why is it wrong, we have enough of americans that are unemployeed here in america. Those jobs should... Dell to Double Its Staff in India by 2009 1473 On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, zach "Dell Hell" is a major problem, indeed. I've read WSJ articles... insolvency of IT profession Hi there, I have a friend of mine who was a physicist, but he became a Windows C++ programmer in his new career in Australia in order to survive. He got employed... Bill Gates is for big raise in H1B visas S Rajagopalan Washington, March 21, 2006 Flying into Washington DC on a rare visit, Microsoft chief Bill Gates has added his powerful voice to the demand that US Congress clear the decks... How much of today's SW comes from Indian programmers On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, rick++ When all the bunch of big shot US corporations have each laid off 10,000s of... Bill Gates is for big raise in H1B visas 1477 Crosspost to British newsgroup...snipped..... Bill Gates (the world's richest man in history) personally lobbies congress for more cheap foreign labor.. (what's... Bill Gates is for big raise in H1B visas 1478 On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, indiaBPOking Of course this puff piece comes straight from India sources.... I or we should feel sorry... Bill Gates is for big raise in H1B visas 1479 On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad At least one economic study showed that a full half... Is your PIN safe On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, AgingRecycledScientist You might check your fine print. Credit cards fall... surviving globalization 1481 Straydog snip depends on the country and depends on the timeframe you are talking of. 20 yrs back, there was not much employment in India -now there is. So, it made sense to take a... surviving globalization 1482 On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You wrote farther above one simple sentence about a small insignificant sample of Brits who "fled" for a better life in the USA as... surviving globalization 1483 Whoops! You accidentally(?) deleted the question in your rush to repeat your standard diatribe. No question with the points made in your new and old material, but it missed the question: Sorry. If that question... surviving globalization 1484 On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, BroTher zAchary And, how many of the pro-India propaganda posters (eg. indiaBPOking, and that guy who spins out of dizum remailer) have, could... Scientific Talent and U.S. Economic Leadership 1485 Straydog One of my bosses asked me a question once... in the military, what type of person do they "hire" for... Scientific Talent and U.S. Economic Leadership 1486 Straydog Based upon the Richard Matheson novel, I Am Legend, about the last man (supposedly) on Earth, surviving against... Scientific Talent and U.S. Economic Leadership 1487 On Sat, 24 Mar 2006, BroTher zAchary Sounds like something I would have liked maybe ten years ago. Today, I'd put it at a lower priority than my history-economics interests. Like Heston's other... no spam knoes this most innovation comes off the factroy floor a certain crud posted a article to appease real patriots that american companies were not falling behind in the patent race because there were still receiving patents, although the... India and China favourite destination for IT mfg New Delhi, Mar 22: The worldwide growth in technology would see India and China leaving behind US and Europe to emerge as the leading technology manufacturing centres, according to a survey. "While China is... insult at work Today I received an email from my supervisor. He said that a permanent position was advertised, and... insult at work 1491 On Thu, 23 Mar 2006, drocillo Did you apply? He suggested this. I looked at the It may be that this... insult at work 1492 On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, drocillo I would take this as a good sign. If the guy did NOT "approvingly nodding" or said nothing, then that would be a bad sign. I think the... insult at work 1493 Straydog Yes, they indeed want to get me into the system. The matter is that they cannot give me to do the longer-term projects while... latest news at work Straydog Well, here are the latest happenings. Two weeks have pbutted since I was told about the lower-level position created for me in my govt lab. I have written and submitted... latest news at work 1495 On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, drocillo Nah, don't say nice things, yet. It could all fall through then you have to take back the nice things you said. Wait. They all... latest news at work 1496 Straydog I must confess that I have developed a negative view on the employment world. More often than not, my negative atbreastude turns out to be a self... latest news at work 1497 On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, drocillo But it is a fact that 75% of all new businesses... WalMart saved each American household $2,329 in 2004 Sabarinath M March 20, 2006 Wal-mart, founded by the legendary Sam Walton, is the largest retailer in the world and one of the largest... WalMart saved each American household $2,329 in 2004 1499 bolster thing, an A few rhetorical questions - "Is the cheaper gas really a better deal for everybody" ? If - -IF your friend who runs that convenience store & everyone else... WalMart saved each American household $2,329 in 2004 1500 For that matter, how many of the lower income WM employees were unemployed or even more under-employed than before their WM jobs? How many of these people were collecting (or were enbreastled... WalMart saved each American household $2,329 in 2004 1501 Gerald As my convenience store owning friend likes to say, "Wal-mart employs the otherwise unemployable." He's had to let a few people go who were bad workers, and no matter how much... WalMart saved each American household $2,329 in 2004 1502 On Sun, 25 Mar 2006, BroTher zAchary OK. Then my "counter" to that is that we are trying to excercise our right... The Hollowing Out of America RISMEDIA, March 23, 2006-Outsourcing middle income jobs overseas is devastating for REITs, insbreastutional and individual office and industrial building owners, a leading expert in corporate site selection told a news conference at... The Hollowing Out of America A little more perspective from one of those would be "US ingenuity" persons the general public... Immigrants cost Americans lowsend jobs' 1505 I don't know what a "Pigskin" is supposed to be and I admit to that ignorance. I was a Unix-Linux-Windows and hetrogeneous systems... Immigrants cost Americans lowsend jobs' 1506 This seems to be the standard fair from the "I like robots" crowd. They see the illegals as robots that have no human rights. They USE these... Immigrants cost Americans lowsend jobs' 1507 You continue to have blinders. One must think exactly as you think. Or they must think exactly as you believe another group of people think. There is no gray. When did... Immigrants cost Americans lowsend jobs' 1508 There is a lot of grey: The current plan out of the Senate is billed as having 3 basic sections: 1. Legalization of current illegals... Immigrants cost Americans lowsend jobs' 1509 Less than half fit the profile of young men sneaking across the border to find jobs and send money back home to their families. Today, most bring their... Immigrants cost Americans lowsend jobs' 1510 Bill Wrote: But you cannot deny that lots of illegals are working for cash and never pay any income taxes. Once a year every person who is... Immigrants cost Americans lowsend jobs' 1511 Max Muir Do yo even read the links you post, twit? The link says there are... Immigrants cost Americans lowsend jobs' 1512 Marcus Aurelius Do you ever understand the context in which they are quoted, imbecile? Yes... Immigrants cost Americans lowsend jobs' 1513 Let me quote you the abstract - which you left out - again. Abstract: This paper examines whether allowing... Little Manchurian Candidates Below is the article written by a father of 6-year old little girl who went to American school. Now I know why Gen Y'ers like... Unsend and Unaware of It 1515 nospam correct, and double correct. there is no such animal, never has been, never will be. and the... Unsend and Unaware of It 1516 Groups: alt.computer.consultants, alt.politics.economics, sci.econ, sci.research.careers Not yet rated Rating: show options You forgot the basic principle of capitalism which is not cancelled yet, but... Unsend and Unaware of It 1517 On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Sparky Hah! Good joke! From what I heard (I was there for a month in 1988), you could... Unsend and Unaware of It 1518 That's a rather ambiguous statement. Are you saying that "Just chickeny" is stupid or intelligent? I once was full of doubt about the way someone used "gradient" to refer to conflicts, so asked for... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1519 rrc Actually, it's very much alive and well. My alma mater recently built a nice and shiny new building dedicated to it. But I agree that it doesn't get a lot... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1520 On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, BMJ Well, as far as I'm concerned we really do have very very small cell phones now, thumbnail sized hard drives, iPods... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1521 On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Threeducks There are, to me, three factors at play here: i) Brazil has, right now, accomplished, if I... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1522 On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Threeducks I think part of it is the high cost of gas, but in Europe you also have a sports car mindset that is not in the USA. And... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1523 Threeducks That's debatable. Does it take more energy to make ethanol than On the other hand, how... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1524 On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Threeducks I made a back of the envelope calculation when I started graduate school about... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1525 On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Europe taxes its gas to rest. It effectively... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1526 Straydog that isn't tbe reason for the difference in pricing. It costs less to buy gas in the USA than... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1527 On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad We were originally talking about (above) the USA vs European gas prices. All what I've read deals with taxation between... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1528 the only reason why i replied is because there was something besides a peeing match at the end =and there still is. so here... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1529 On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Its really just that your answers and statements are weak and sometimes wrong... at the end =and... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1530 Straydog I know what you're referring to as, if I remember correctly, it has the backing of the governor. What I meant was about how systems are designed and what the present technology... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1531 On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, BMJ Everyone knows this. The point is that solar power is now, in low unit quanbreasties, a $7 per watt source of renewable energy. Last... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1532 Straydog Compared with about $1-W for a liquid-fuelled IC engine generator. Last night I Back then, PV and WTGs... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1533 On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, BMJ Which will cost $X-W, additional, in costs for fuel, maintenance, and permanent loss in non-renewable resources. This is where tax credits, deductions, subsidies and other breaks can... Art, where's the buzz on nanotech saving America today 1534 Straydog True, but the operating expenses are minimal with PV but with an IC generator, one doesn't have to go... Retraining LaidOff Workers, but for What Yet again, I see that my previous comments on this subject have been ignored. But I persist in the folly that some solutions I've seen will ever be of much use. Re-education is... British workers lazier than Indians PRASUN SONWALKAR IANS SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2006 01:39:03 AM LONDON: Are British workers becoming too lazy to compete with India's boom-ing economy? Yes... Hard working Brits British workers lazier than Indians indiaBPOking No, according to the facts Letter: Europe's stereotypes need rethinking By Thomas Kielinger = I even suspect that... Where is A_R_S when you need him ..was: where do I get privates Straydog Well, the original question is as deep as one can see it. My reply of posting the drunk Irish translation of the Russian rhythm is based on the buttumption of what... TCS to add 2,500 jobs at Pune R&D centre by 2008 We will open a development centre in Nagpur, says CEO Ramadorai. Express News Service Pune, March 25: ASIA‚S largest software company, the $2 billion Tata Consultancy Services, will double... GM cutting engineering jobs On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, BroTher zAchary If Toyota shut down the plant and terminated GM, I think, legally, they can start from scratch and not even hire the old UAW workers. Technically... Knowledge Process Outsourcing in India Ahmedabad - Gujarat 3-29-2006 5:59 AM GMT (TransWorldNews) If there would be any magic with numbers... India: No longer lowend BPO spot March 29, 2006 Consider this: From negligible size in early 2000 to a current size of between $1.2 and $1.5 billion and growing up to an estimated $15-$17 billion by 2010, the global... Morgan Stanley EMails Reveal Outsourcing's Dirty Little Secret By Paul McDougall Mar 28, 2006 at 01:18 PM ET If you're an outsourcing vendor looking to crack the financial services market, it might help if you're about to go public or need an ADR... Morgan Stanley EMails Reveal Outsourcing's Dirty Little Secret 1544 In many cases, that may be the smartest thing to do, financially. But a owner-founder who has built a business from scratch may have an emotional attachment... Morgan Stanley EMails Reveal Outsourcing's Dirty Little Secret 1545 On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, alexy My "perception" includes: Ross Johnson (RJR Nabisco), Kenneth Lay (and... US NJ Contract Clinical Data Support with PERL Scripting Contract Princeton, NJ Hello, My name is Dev, Technical Recruiter with Versatech Consulting, We have an immediate need for a Clinical Data Support with our client in Princeton-Hopewell, NJ. Please review the position... Get your priorities right, uncle Sam NEERAJ BHARGAVA. TIMES NEWS NETWORK THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006 12:00:37 AM President Bush's visit to India... Accenture sets up Oracle incubation center in Bangalore by Indiaoutsourcewatch Bureau 3-28-2006 US headquartered consulting, technology and outsourcing major Accenture has started its Center of Excellence for Oracle solutions in Bangalore recently. The new center would develop a... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1549 On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, rrc I was pretty much scared pooless all during my four years on a postdoc. The applicant to job ratio was generally always in the... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1550 rrc These are the best companies. There is compebreastion to get a job there and they can skim the best students off the top. That's how it is everywhere... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1551 rrc Not in my clbuttes. If everyone does A level work, they all get an A. But they still pay big $$$ for them. Talk to a chemical engineer about what they think of cell biologists... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1552 Threeducks I've worked for a variety of employers in several fields and the previous comment is not far off the mark. Sometimes one doesn't have a... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1553 Threeducks Uh-uh. When I was an undergrad, I knew of people with lower GPAs than mine getting the jobs I wanted. One company... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1554 On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Threeducks I've been interested in this issue, too. There are people who can... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1555 On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Threeducks OK, I've had, in my teaching times, about 200-250 students at the undergraduate level, about 100-150 at the advanced undergraduate level, and something... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1556 Straydog I know my students well and am confident that my exams, projects, etc are a good measure of their knowledge in the subject matter. Doing well in one of my clbuttes... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1557 On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Threeducks I don't consider this "one upping" anyone. You give... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1558 Threeducks Not necessarily. What if you have a group of students who are accustomed to one style of grade buttessment and... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1559 Threeducks In my experience, it was more often those who put in a proper effort who... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1560 On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Threeducks That is not answering the question. Furthermore, you should be working your butt off instead of "resting... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1561 Threeducks How so? It's the same mistake that many universities make. I've known grad students with high GPAs... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1562 On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Threeducks Well, once you get past 100-200 applications and no interviews, things start getting very depressing. When I... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1563 On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Threeducks Nah, in industry. I'm really sorry I did not save it, but there was a big, front page article in the WSJ back in the... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1564 Straydog I saw that at where I used to teach. I knew of somebody who worked in... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1565 Straydog It's not so much not getting any interviews but not receiving any responses whatsoever. Any responses that... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1566 On Tue, 3 Apr 2006, rrc Its always easy to find successes. Just look in any journal... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1567 On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Threeducks I just read an article--very interesting--where a Chinese company in China, owned by the Chinese has successfuly sued, in court, a... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1568 Straydog The idea is that they think that person's like myself, BS-MS levels, are technicians in industry so that when they arrive, they introduce innovations and move up the value chain... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1569 On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, rrc I'm not even sure they "fit in" but the "self-starter" mentality can... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1570 Straydog I'd have to look it up, because this is a med-school only thing at my university, but from the sounds of it, if you... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1571 On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Threeducks Well, after I asked, I was thinking it was something like at... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1572 On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, BMJ There is a book from the 60s --I don't recal the breastle or authors--but back then if they wanted to get rid of someone, all they had... Wall Street Journal on IT career craze 1573 On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, BMJ At several schools (Duke, Columbia), if you lose your grant, you get 100% salary for one year. If you don't get your grant back, then in... Propaganda...everywhere , even in Science Mag I dont know how some of these report writers or journalists get it so wrong with these propaganda pieces predicting great outcomes for... Propaganda...everywhere , even in Science Mag 1575 On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Old Pif Yes, but it doesn't take much to get into a pandora's box, thought-traps, contradictions, all kinds of trouble with word meanings, changes in word meanings when you... Propaganda...everywhere , even in Science Mag 1576 On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, Old Pif Yes, I heard that one too. I kinda always had a... Propaganda...everywhere , even in Science Mag 1577 On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, BroTher zAchary There are two ways to look at this question. First, since... Propaganda...everywhere , even in Science Mag 1578 On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, rrc I'll give you all this breastle to read: "When God Was a Woman" by Merlin Stone. She researched out all the ancient gods. All of the top... India may soon mint money for world The Economic Times Online India may soon mint money for world SUBHOMOY BHATTACHARJEE TIMES NEWS NETWORK FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006 12:00:19 AM NEW DELHI: India may soon be the popular choice of several nations... India may soon mint money for world On Sat, 31 Mar 2006, Zerge I claim that it is not naive, but is unconfirmed. How... US voters, please help Microsoft Microsoft - leader with replacing American workers by cheaper foreigners seeks help from the US government. And don't forget in the next elections... US voters, please help Microsoft 1582 On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Which is what I'm saying. -but it doesn't explain why employers Because US guys can quit at any time, and H1bs can't because to stay legal... US voters, please help Microsoft 1583 I have said many times that there are more than a few Republicans in the Democratic party. But that may be... macro and micro perspectives on sci careers 1584 On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Threeducks There are two reasons for this. One is the vast amount of NIH money flowing into the grant revenue stream, which goes into 95... macro and micro perspectives on sci careers 1585 Panno Zhai Poor Dave, he came here too often. The pessimism and negativism of s.r.c is so contageous. He came here to bring us a bit of hope... This brigade will charge India into glory The contribution of IT and BPO sectors to India‚s economy is much bigger than its export achievement or the brand equity in foreign... god is not listening to your prayers Prayer doesn't help heart patients in U.S., study finds Last Updated Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:26:55 EST CBC News Having people... general questions about MS thesis 1588 There should be someone else in the group that you can talk to to see what is going wrong, right? I would not be suprised if some... general questions about MS thesis 1589 Your supervisor says so. ;-) Seriously, though, you should have covered most of the areas that your thesis topic... general questions about MS thesis 1590 Thanks for the advice. I'm still doing the same topic that had been approved, so I guess it must be "good... Artificial Intelligence and Globalization There maybe one other reason why computers are still not as good as human for translation of... Schools urged to prepare for globalization 1592 Anonyma The only way to deal with globalization will be to insure the basic needs to survive and develop ourself are fullfiled. Therefore: - universal health care - universal retirement-pension system - full scholarship... Schools urged to prepare for globalization 1593 On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Threeducks They also have free education, at least, in Iceland and Denmark, and the unemployment in Denmark is around 8-9% and low... Schools urged to prepare for globalization 1594 Even though the above two will gain a lot of support as more and more people wake up to the failures of capitalism, they will not be supported from the eroding tax base as... Schools urged to prepare for globalization 1595 Razor Face If we do not take actions and we let the multinationals and their republican sock puppets... Frustrated Graduates 1596 BMJ I thought that Canada was one of the few countries where cabbies with advanced degrees was an accepted part of society unlike here in the US where people think of PhD cabbies as academic... Frustrated Graduates 1597 rrc It is, but the media here don't believe in reporting anything that might be seen as negative. Actually, one topic that's actively discussed is whether we can... Frustrated Graduates 1598 BMJ Nonetheless, there's a steady fading away, of the standard of living, in former 1st world countries... Frustrated Graduates 1599 rrc Since Canada is dependent upon the American economy for much of its trade, if the U. S... Brain drain from UK swells Indian contact centres In a new trend in brain drain from Britain, thousands of British graduates were travelling to work... Brain drain from UK swells Indian contact centres On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, milou First of all, its not garbage but an indicator of trends. Second, there was a... positive thinking' explained Proponents of "positive thinking" as a tool of getting a job write in this newsgroup from time to time. Here is an... positive thinking' explained 1603 On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, DGJ Here is from one old set of posters. They crack me... positive thinking' explained 1604 On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Old Pif Oh, tell me about it. But I think its deliberate psychological warfare, too. More below... India trade minister says global economy set for big shift in jobs See below.... On Sat, 7 Apr 2006, Day Brown Basically, what I'm seeing here is a trend that, in maybe 1-2-3 decades, the only way... NASA cannot replace retiring shuttles in time Panno Zhai NASA's manned spaceflight effort has been lacking in direction ever since Skylab 4 splashed down. The space... Harvard University proposes India as its latest subject By Charu Bahri HappyNews Citizen Journalist Updated: 04-07-06 INDIA If Barry Bloom's words are something to go by, India has entered a new era. The dean of Harvard University School of Public Health shares a... Harvard University proposes India as its latest subject 1608 On Mon, 9 Apr 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You don't have any knowledge of anything but... Harvard University proposes India as its latest subject 1609 On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, rrc My recollection is that there is a part of Russia... Harvard University proposes India as its latest subject 1610 On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Kamal R. Prasad And, I never saw a Chinese person that was non-white, so your "generality" is not general. You were the... Harvard University proposes India as its latest subject 1611 rrc I have better carcatiures in mind -but they would fail the civility test :-). I am not particularly interested in a skin... Harvard University proposes India as its latest subject 1612 On Tue, 10 Apr 2006, Kamal R. Prasad I have the notion that Kamal doesn't want to take seriously his ignorance about the rest of the world. But you have... Harvard University proposes India as its latest subject 1613 On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Google is too easy. I took extra trouble and typed from my books the piece below.... That way, I Why not? But just... Harvard University proposes India as its latest subject 1614 rrc yeah -I would like to talk of rednecks-white supremacists-people looking for a free ride based on their nationality-genetic features. doesn't matter if... Harvard University proposes India as its latest subject 1615 Straydog because information can be selectively omitted or presented to pursue a hidden agenda. If you look up information so easily available on the... Harvard University proposes India as its latest subject 1616 On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You could have just told me what I found, myself, in some books... What's wrong with America's high schools As number of dropouts climbs, schools struggle to reverse tide Sunday, April 9, 2006; Posted: 1:12 p.m. EDT (17:12 GMT) (Time.comexternal link) -- It's lunchtime at Shelbyville High... More problems in India More complaints about India: from the article "View from Asia-India won't fully benefit from the... I think these BPO articles are of KP origin 1619 On Mon, 9 Apr 2006, rrc Well, he has had an anti-US streak in his thinking, but I don't think its KP doing the posting. The BPO guy has been on a.c.c for some... I think these BPO articles are of KP origin 1620 rrc You must mean there are individuals besides myself who have concluded likewise about the USA. One difference -BPO favours extending the h1b visa -whereas I think of it as slavery in... Secrets to getting a job, now Straydog I read it and it was the usual panicky gloom-and-doom drivel about the projected shortage. And politicians wanting to be re-elected to office. The tactic is simple... Sci.research.careers: Let's expand the H1B program see quote of first post below) I think there is a place and purpose for anonymous posting and it should be in the... free market failures FREE-MARKET FAILURES Automobile Safety: The auto industry fought for decades to prevent mandatory seat-belts, air-bags and other critical safety features. Why? Because... France just withdrew the new job law.... 1624 On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Thomas Bartkus Yeah, more or less. However, I was under the impression that the modification to the existing law was... France just withdrew the new job law.... 1625 have France, incoming legal Yah - still. If a State or Fed agency is holding the pension, current taxpayers... Less for most, more for the few Fine, except for one thing - "two to five years of experience". Before offshoring was even an issue, a lot of us were finding that the door to a professional career and a... U.S. Needs More H1B Workers Or More Offshore Outsourcing: Take Your Pick Offshoriing is a better way to go, but the best way to go is to move the company to India, or, even... LIVING IN YOUR CAR: Slavery, Outsourcing, and Things to Come IT IS TIME FOR ALL OF US THAT KNOW THE TRUTH TO DRIVE OUR CARS WITH OUR MEAGER POSSESSIONS DIRECTLY INTO THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN AND GET... The 10 Best Jobs in USA 1629 There are at least 10-12 subdivisions of IT-SWE-programmer-etc jobs. Some of the job breastles are labels that get stuck... The 10 Best Jobs in USA 1630 On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Marcos Martinez Sancho Brilliant deduction. You may re-read what I wrote however: "What's his... The 10 Best Jobs in USA 1631 I think the standard definitions are a hopeless muddle. But here is a stab at it. "Software engineer" is a... The 10 Best Jobs in USA 1632 Kamal R. Prasad Conversely, the investment into hard fundamental science pays off in the long run. The... The 10 Best Jobs in USA 1633 On Sat, 15 Apr 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Actually, there have been several studies which showed that research carried out in connection with military spending did make contributions to technological progress. Airplane technology, weapons, radar... The 10 Best Jobs in USA 1634 Not quite! The general public has accepted it as legitimate for our government to fulfill the labor requirements of industry. Now it is... India set to become hub for biotech R&D Day Brown The Ozarks? That's one of the most physically beautiful places in the U.S. I sorta doubt risk of social catastrophe comes into it, much(1). Might be proximity to Bentonville - wealth effect from... for Kamal Why shareholders don't run corporations Here are two very recent articles in reputable periodicals showing that shareholders basically do NOT... for Kamal Why shareholders don't run corporations.... 1637 alexy That is exactly what I observe reading documents that come to me about stocks of the company I am in. From time to time they ask for voting on a number of issues. Every... for Kamal Why shareholders don't run corporations.... 1638 Interesting. The ones I own stock in are usually a different place each year, which I always buttumed was to make it a little more difficult (expensive) for the... Become CEO, and become evil personified just by virtue of position Found out in empty space: ... Absolutely. And I don't think that anyone (except possibly for those so simple-minded as to think that a CEO becomes evil personified just... Become CEO, and become evil personified just by virtue of position 1640 Cute. Absolutely. And aggressiveness and ambition are positive attributes for a CEO. I certainly wouldn't want to invest in a company run by someone without those attributes. I can see Marvin Meek as a... Become CEO, and become evil personified just by virtue of position 1641 In what way is that hedging his bets? "Saving face" by being a good loser in advance? Working... Become CEO, and become evil personified just by virtue of position 1642 alexy By being cautious about spending money invested by shareholders. Companies need working capital in order to operate and if it's frittered away in foolish ventures... Become CEO, and become evil personified just by virtue of position 1643 Meekly accepting a prospect's indecision about hiring you is not the same as being cautious about spending investors' money. True... Become CEO, and become evil personified just by virtue of position 1644 alexy You did write "indecision about hiring you", and I understood the hiring bit. Which could involve making the proposal more palatable, which may not necessarily be in the... for Kamal Why shareholders don't run corporations.... 1645 alexy snip yeah -the reason why CEOs get paid a huge salary is that they perform an essential job function of managing the company... India...one third is in armed revolt ARMED REVOLT IN INDIA ! (as quoted from The Economist, April 15, 2006, page 45) "For almost 40 years, increasingly large areas of India's remote rural hinterland have been disrupted... India...one third is in armed revolt... 1647 On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, nospam Simply because there are a number of pro-India propagandists (only telling the "good side" of the story) who are focusing... India...one third is in armed revolt... 1648 On Wed, 18 Apr 2006, Kamal R. Prasad And, if the people don't like capitalism, then the communists come back... India...one third is in armed revolt... 1649 Straydog (correct, he shows his immaturity, and that is why he is easy to beat. he has free market rhetoric which is not grounded in reality, you have data showing him wrong. he will... India...one third is in armed revolt... 1650 Well, yes mostly. I think part of his lack of "grounded in reality" is just that he is reading the simplistic junk they put in... India...one third is in armed revolt... 1651 Straydog all correct, i saw a amazing piece of so called journalism tonight on the cbs news by a so called... India...one third is in armed revolt... 1652 Straydog straydog globalization will not reduce war, it increase's war. just look at the friction it creates... Indian tech firms Q4 net seen strong on outsourcing On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Is this your idea of how to define A (offshoring) is better than B... Publishing Papers 1654 Yes, department chairs got a line item for department equipment, instruments. That came back from the dean's office who got control of the overhead. Sometimes this line included "startup" costs. You could... Publishing Papers 1655 On Sat, 15 Apr 2006, George Orwell Whether it is possible or not may also depend on how the... grand theft pentagon... follow up on previous Grand Theft Pentagon Tales of Corruption and Profiteering in the War on Terror By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR Common... Outsourcing is a longterm trend bet on it ORLANDO: "Outsourcing is a long-term trend - bet on it." This was Charlie Feld, Executive VP (Portfolio Management), EDS telling... Publishing Papers 1658 Anonymous Yeah, yeah, yeah. All sorts of stuff does get published that probably shouldn't, but... Tourists flock to India for a little body work Straydog You are totally stupid. An ultrasound is not by any means a simple affair? Are you a doctor?? I hope not. You do not go for an ultrasound if you have cough and cold... The gasoholbiodiesel story... 1660 Straydog Another feedstock is used cooking oil which could be made from a variety of oil seeds, including canola and sunflowers. Of course, if those seeds are made into oil, they... The gasoholbiodiesel story... 1661 Straydog Hey Straydog, I've been pretty busy, recently: Lots of outsourced code to rewrite! Anyhow, great post. Ignore the "ethanol takes more energy to produce than it produces" flames. There have been MANY studies that... little job growth for scientists and everyone else Another Gjobs Report How Safe is Your Job? By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS Is your job safe? Not if it can be done... IT Employment Reaches Record High In U.S Now, I'd like to make it clear that I am sympathetic to anyone whose IT job gets outsourced. I've been working in IT for over... India: Naxalite armed revolt is serious More on the Naxalite revolt in India: -------------------- (as quoted from Financial Times, Wed, April 19, 2006, p.12, article breastle: "Maoism rises again-India... Cooking oil at $5.50gallon at Food Lion... 1665 There was a pretty big article on a lot of this stuff in one of the newspapers. Evidently, right now, there is a fair amount of used cooking oil from restaurants going... Cooking oil at $5.50gallon at Food Lion... 1666 On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, DK Yeah, I did say "maybe have a lot less cars than we do." I'm still saying its... Cooking oil at $5.50gallon at Food Lion... 1667 On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, DK How do you figure that? You're going to have a nuclear reactor... Cooking oil at $5.50gallon at Food Lion... 1668 as a may The H20 is there BUT the energy is not available! The hydrogen is bound to the... Cooking oil at $5.50gallon at Food Lion... 1669 No that Burning oil or burning gasoline are quite similar. With gasoline you are breaking the bonds between hydrogen and... Cooking oil at $5.50gallon at Food Lion... 1670 S. 'Trash' Ny Hui Regular fare. (Hey, I'm not that old! Just because I remember hunting mammoths for breakfast.... ;-)) When I The... Cooking oil at $5.50gallon at Food Lion... 1671 BMJ Well, this was an impression I was gettin' .. :-) Aha ! It is summer around the year in... Cooking oil at $5.50gallon at Food Lion... 1672 S. 'Trash' Ny Hui No respect from these young whippersnappers.... ;-) You haven't lived until you've survived a Canadian winter (Vancouver... Indian Call Center Agents Suffering Health Problems Due to Caller Abuse April 19, 2006 Indian Call Center Agents Suffering Health Problems Due to Caller Abuse By Susan J... Gung ho in auto outsourcing biz TIMES NEWS NETWORK THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006 12:00:50 AM NEW DELHI: Smart technologies for smart cars. And a lot of it code-written... reasons to hire Computer Modellers I noticed a curious thing: almost all of the scientists employed at a "Senior Research... Wipro Q4 net profit up 43 i just don't get it. how can this hindu company so terribly lowbid contracts and yet make so much... The End of Civilization To Day Brown...you gotta know that your whole paragraph had no "hard returns" so I had to... more references: High Failure Rates in IndiaOffshoring More references cited..... Offshore outsourcing (i.e. BPO, especially to India) has a high failure rate and is leading to... Celluloid dreams outsources animation film project Posted online: Friday, April 21, 2006 at 0000 hours IST With access to very good talent coupled with operational efficiences and significant cost... here it is kamal, straight from the horses mouth, mexicans are being exploited Kamal R. Prasad ( you cannot have it both ways kamal, you want the multi national to quite exploiting and using up the worlds resources, yet you think that by treating... Immigration does reduce wages Immigration causes paychecks to get smaller --------------------- Tuesday, April 18, 2006, Wall Street Journal, Editorial page (p. A18). breastle: "For a Few Dollars... email from Germany....was: No future for S&E, IT jobs in the USA... 1682 On Wed, 17 May 2006, Threeducks I'd like everyone to re-read the following.... OK, how many starting out in... email from Germany....was: No future for S&E, IT jobs in the USA... 1683 My glorious S and E career used to pay me 100k when rent was 250 dollars a month, its offering 60 to 75k currently if I can even get... email from Germany....was: No future for S&E, IT jobs in the USA... 1684 Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. I had the same exact experience when I first sold my mechanical contracting business in 1986...I wanted to see the high end of industrial... email from Germany....was: No future for S&E, IT jobs in the USA... 1685 On Fri, 19 May 2006, BMJ Yep. I know of only one department where eveyone was nice to each other. Botany at SIU... email from Germany....was: No future for S&E, IT jobs in the USA... 1686 Phil Scott You did well. The best I could do was about half that while I was teaching and that was... email from Germany....was: No future for S&E, IT jobs in the USA... 1687 Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. What a pleasure to get such a rational reply to the issues, and some added insight. On this last point, who... email from Germany....was: No future for S&E, IT jobs in the USA... 1688 Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. You're welcome. It's nice to know that what I experienced in recent years was neither my imagination nor my fault. I know of two companies I used to work... No future for S&E, IT jobs in the USA On Tue, 1 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad I think it would be just fine if just one law were to be made... India Fast Becoming Financial Research Hub 1690 Day Brown Most eastern countries are patriachic. The fact that women don't get as many oppurtunities as men is true for both east and west.Human sociaty, no... India Fast Becoming Financial Research Hub 1691 Straydog yeah -to spend taxpayer money, one needs justification that it is in public interest... India Fast Becoming Financial Research Hub 1692 On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Oh, well, look. Its obvious that lobbying by India is aimed at benefitting India. Whether... India Fast Becoming Financial Research Hub 1693 Straydog so do you want the exchange rate corrected i.e. do you want to see the US$ devalued? it has gone to keep inflation... India Fast Becoming Financial Research Hub 1694 On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Do you want a good 1-2-3 million jobs in India to leave India? And, so, you don't notice at... US defense labs full of foreignborn scientists 1695 Straydog If you cannot answer the questions I have asked -it indicates a hidden agenda. No -I am... US defense labs full of foreignborn scientists 1696 On Sun, 7 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad What questions have you asked that we did not answer (or answer to your satisfaction)? Only... US defense labs full of foreignborn scientists 1697 On Sun, 7 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad ^^^^ ^^^ There are two different "yous" in this sentence. The first "you" are all the guys who got laid off and their careers ended right after they trained... Car living: how to prepare for the future in the US Kamal R. Prasad How? They disasters are from irrigation, specifcally leaching of selenium from the soil and depletion of ground water reserves. Plants won't grow without water, there isn't enough precipitation in these regions to... Now British varsities may outsource research to India On Mon, 8 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad The whole idea of your purchasing power parity is... real estate prices & globalisation Globalisation is free movement of capital and labor between countries. We now see the free movement of capital, but we do... Now, aerospace design offshored TIMES NEWS NETWORK WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2006 01:37:29 AM MUMBAI: Growth in outsourcing of aerospace engineering and... Big purge at ASU 1702 Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. The plan no doubt driven and supported by the Bush... Afterthoughts....Big purge at ASU Straydog Not another Stalin or Hitler. Just another CEO. :-) . My late mother had a dictatorial features in her character, and she pbutted it on me. I am going to be a good dictator, I promise... Big purge at ASU 1704 On Sat, 6 May 2006, S. 'Trash' Ny Qui Yeah, you're free to find your own food, money, etc., or you're free to starve. (Which... overdramatic press releases Thomas Bartkus I'd have to dig through my files for the exact reference I'm thinking of, and they are in a complete mess since the move, but I suspect... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1706 On Tue, 16 May 2006, albertv Shareholders have almost zero power over robber-barron-ripoff-crook CEOs and their thugs... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1707 Robert Kolker The big problem is that corporations does not have any social responsability. We haver to change that. Today the CEO is ONLY... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1708 On Mon, 15 May 2006, Robert Kolker CEOs and BOD are in bed with each other, and... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1709 On Mon, 15 May 2006, Robert Kolker You are wrong. See below. Beggars beg for money and food but prefer money. The only, infinitesimal, population that can... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1710 Straydog snip The job of finding a job for every citizen regardless of whether private equity finds it viable to retain them -lies with a taxpayer funded govt. You could... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1711 On Mon, 15 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad That is subject to debate but in... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1712 Straydog ywah -I know you would like that. But do you understand that the fountain of wealth doesn't exist to provide you with all... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1713 Straydog Most private banks that cater to the rich are not FDIC insured. FDIC insurance is capped at $100,000. In... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1714 On Wed, 17 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Are you talking about offshore banks? If rich people in... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1715 On Wed, 17 May 2006, alexy All I recall is that if you want FDIC, then you have to be part of the FRS, period. It also means the bank has to... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1716 No, it only works one way as an investment of the insurance company. I guess leaving it for you to figure out was overestimating you. If the insurance... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1717 On Wed, 16 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad If you are talking about banks, I can't imagine any bank saying they are NOT FDIC insured. I've never heard of... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1718 On Mon, 15 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad In primitive hunterer-gatherer societies (something you kinda wished on us, going back... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1719 Straydog There are no tradeable goods-services in lieu of the money your govt prints (Fort Knox has gold -but that... Why Money Chases Cheap Labor The Outsourcing Phenomenon 1720 On Tue, 15 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You continue to speak of things about which you know nothing. The Economist (I hope you know that periodical) publishes in the back... Outsourcing Is Climbing Skills Ladder 1721 looks like they are asking for more students with a higher calibre rather than simply more students. it is not true completely -but to some extent it is. GE... Outsourcing Is Climbing Skills Ladder 1722 Kamal R. Prasad They call for more students in these press releases, but it doesn't... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1723 On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, rkusenet Only Americans? You are reading far mor into my comments than is warranted. What I... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1724 On Sat, 18 Feb 2006, rkusenet I read most of our media and I see all the hype about how offshoring is the future. Perhaps. However, I see all the realistic reports that... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1725 Straydog well I am a citizen of Canada and I don't think job market is as bad... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1726 On Sun, 19 Feb 2006, rkusenet Fine, I have nothing against Canadians, either. and I don't think job market... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1727 On Sun, 19 Feb 2006, Threeducks Well, I've also heard some interesting stories about kids coming here from Asia-China... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1728 Old Pif if it isn't your money -what's your problem? And if it is your money -go and do something about... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1729 Old Pif you must mean -raise the value. It can be done if the US govt abandons the strong dollar policy or at the very... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1730 On Mon, 19 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad All these countries with weak currencies don't want their currency to become strong (i.e. have a high value). If it... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1731 On Sun, 19 Feb 2006, Old Pif Good observation, but anyone can put up a website and look like IBM or more. However, it has... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1732 Straydog yes-wages are going up like hell here. It took Japan about 20 yrs to reach the same cost of living as US -but it looks like it is going to take... Illumination, enlightenment, understanding: a good book to read As I have said before, I have been increasingly unhappy with articles and conclusions presented by economists regarding the... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1734 On Mon, 19 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Your Indian IT bubble may only last another few years, too. There will always be Its... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1735 On Sun, 18 Feb 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Well, I can't afford that. But, a husband and wife, both with good jobs and who can make other arrangements, can save for... India continues to get more top tier offshore IT work 1736 On Sun, 19 Feb 2006, Threeducks Its really not that simple. You have to talk to a lender and put all the numbers down. That means income, bills, if you... new job market data point 1737 BMJ Last year, the America's "terms of trade" were 64%. That is, the US imports were higher 57% then their exports. The debts were ran up to Japan, China, and Middle... new job market data point 1738 On Sun, 19 Feb 2006, drocillo -, I give you a high grade for imaginative creativity and a nice ending (like all movies, they should have a nice ending: the hero beats the... Science not engineering forum or IT forum drocillo I returned from the recreational leave. The first thing which I did at the workplace was politics. I went to one of the bosses... Better to trade with India than ignore the inevitable 1740 Better to trade with India than ignore the inevitable All 3 messages in topic - view as tree Groups: alt.computer.consultants, alt.politics.economics, sci.econ... Better to trade with India than ignore the inevitable 1741 insure improved training and education for our workers. This will give them better skills enabling them to hold more productive jobs at The devil is in the details. When I went to Rochester Insbreastute... Harder than Harvard On Tue, 20 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad It is a fact that a degree from a high prestige school... Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 1743 Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there All 6 messages in topic - view as tree Groups: alt.computer.consultants, alt.politics.economics, sci.econ, sci.research.careers, soc.culture.british Not yet rated Rating: show options Note: The... Desperate Housewives Zalek Bloom Recently I watched the TV series "Desperate Housewives", Season 1, around Episodes 27-29. The man was peeed off that he was... Desperate Housewives 1745 You can't take Hollywood portrayal of American life to be the truth, it's far, far from the truth. The reality is that... Desperate Housewives 1746 On Sun, 2 Apr 2006, zalek I wonder if someone would produce a "reality" show with the breastle: "Desperate-human-after-layoff-from-industry-that-went-extinct." I... Desperate Housewives 1747 On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, alexy Being that you read but did NOT pay attention to the details (but... Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 1748 But what if the replacements are also corrupt???? see below The "parties" are not supported by the people. The... Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 1749 I see NOTHING in what you have said with which I would disagree. But I seem unable to communicate what I believe to be a stone cold fact regarding the power of money... Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 1750 The Trucker Yes, but what if money doesn't really buy elections? Do we have to go to the scoreboard here? My wrists are tired... Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 1751 It is a fact that most of us want wealth so as to be more comfortable in regard to food, clothing, and a place to live. Rich people want... Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 1752 On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, The Trucker I dont argue with this. I think all... Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 1753 On Wed, 4 Apr 2006, Kamal R. Prasad What did I disagree on? that by pointing to And, YOUR... Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 1754 More socialism is needed in the USA. That may well mean that companies move themselves to another sovereignty. But when you look at the numbers you will find that US corporations currently do little... Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 1755 On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Threeducks According to an article in The Economist, Denmark's is much... Invest in corporate America. Just don't work there 1756 I'm reminded of a case I worked on years ago where a company engaged in breaking the law had a series of about 6 corporations and holding companies that all owned shares in each other... U.S. missile science slumping Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. No problem....government should simply take its own advice and out source the missile and guidance engineering... also the lauch... Hardworking British 'British workers too lazy to compete with India Thrasher Remailer Letter: Europe's stereotypes need rethinking By Thomas Kielinger = I even suspect that British people walk twice as fast as their = German counterparts. = = They speak twice as fast too. And they... more h1b visas soon 1759 See below... On Wed, 28 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad H1b increase? Maybe some good new laws will come into existence to slow that down. See below. The URL source for the following essay (below... more h1b visas soon 1760 On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, alexy That is unhelpful. OK, in a defined benefit plan... more h1b visas soon 1761 On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Kamal R. Prasad The only way they are ineligible is if they don't apply for it when they reach retirement age. And, from... more h1b visas soon 1762 On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, alexy Is that MY problem? Is it SS's problem? Is it not a fact... more h1b visas soon 1763 On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, alexy The original sentence above said "...they are ineligible to benefit from it" and "...not enbreastled... more h1b visas soon 1764 On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, alexy No don't confuse Kamal with facts; he has trouble with this. I was not sure if they are still using the term "quarters" today... Science literacy: The Chinese get it 1765 Thrasher Remailer There is however a huge difference. US was scared by USSR advancements. If USSR would been allowed... Science literacy: The Chinese get it 1766 nospam As far as the children's interest in engineering, math and science. Why would they want to put such effort into a career where the wages is continuously... Science literacy: The Chinese get it 1767 On Wed, 29 Mar 2006, Giulia I wonder if you could tell us if you know much about -- from your knowledge -- how much of the countries around you... Outsourcing jobs to foreign countries: The third Industrial Revolution 1768 Living in your car when you lost your apartment, your job, and your pathetic little... Outsourcing jobs to foreign countries: The third Industrial Revolution 1769 Looks like it is a plague on modern times to have "economists" looking at issues only on surface, wrapping their superficial observation in old mythologies and writting an... Outsourcing seen as source of innovation CORRECT !!! Outsourcing it is source of innovation. We should think out of the box, how to reform our collapsing society. == repost a fragment from another thread on the same subject == The reality is that enginering... Guild For Referees On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Old Pif I wrote an Op-Ed piece back mid '90s (and it got published in... f**ing experiments Straydog I have a too conservative upbringing. I am not "loose". Using women as a recreational stress-releaving activity... invited for interview Well, the HR department invited me for an interview for the "Junior Research Scientist" position for the next week. A month has pbutted since I applied for the position. All... In A Reversal, Feds Says Outsourced Programmers Are Eligible For buttistance On Wed, 26 Apr 2006, rrc Sheesh, but what about all these guys who are saying "I don't have cancer, therefore cancer doesn't exist"? Well, I see... Shortage of send workers is a convenient mirage 1775 Michael Lehrman I think you are wrong on that. The worker's pay ideally should be the same regardless his geographical location, but it should also reflect the... Shortage of send workers is a convenient mirage 1776 S. 'Trash' Ny Fui this is what is called as a tariff barrier and the WTO seeks to parochial lot don't know is that re-introducing tariffs results... Shortage of send workers is a convenient mirage 1777 On Sun, 14 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Or, in other words, protectionism, which is still... Shortage of send workers is a convenient mirage 1778 Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. I am a fully qualifed mechical engineer, industrial. semi conductornuclearpetrochem. Ive had one serious interview in the last 6 years, offering 30 dollars an hour.... from... Shortage of send workers is a convenient mirage 1779 Here are significant fragments I posted into another thread: ============================================================ About the requirement to invest in R & D: ----------------------------------------- I agree that the only way is science... India has female infanticide, infant killing On Thu, 4 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Why don't you leave out your anti-American viewpoints and propagandistic "Indians have higher productivity" (when the offshore failure rate is high and the... Outsourcing jeopardizes U.S. chemical industry, expert says 1781 the American from But I still get to service some industrial plant automation I did 10, 15, even 20... Outsourcing jeopardizes U.S. chemical industry, expert says 1782 gone. True! A healthy* career environment has a healthy food chain from top to bottom. There will be a robust employment for the bottom - call them technicians - to the top - PhD research supervisors. This... Outsourcing jeopardizes U.S. chemical industry, expert says 1783 Straydog Art, I'm being specific here. I'm not talking about everyone, although there is that... Outsourcing jeopardizes U.S. chemical industry, expert says 1784 rrc BS ChE don't do R&D, do they, Rob? Funny how you always like to compare a Bachelor's level ChE degree with graduate or professional degrees in some... for US IT guys, please read ..was: IT jobs in hot demand in the USA On Mon, 8 May 2006, Sharon It might be unfair to compare Northrup and McDs (total?) employment, but I do get your drift. They say, however, that Walmart is the biggest... SenateBush bill will screw computer programmers,engineers,scientists and college grads 1786 interests. So you espouse a socialist philosophy? The few must be sacrificed for the good of the many? With "good" determined by a benevolent but authoritarian government? Or do the... SenateBush bill will screw computer programmers,engineers,scientists and college grads 1787 Somewhat true. What doesn't work is indentured servitude such as the H1B system. These people are here TEMPORALLY sending their wealth back to India where it... SenateBush bill will screw computer programmers,engineers,scientists and college grads 1788 The Trucker its slavery like many other forms of importing manpower. It doesn;t have to involve netting slaves and binding them to be called slavery. When you curb... SenateBush bill will screw computer programmers,engineers,scientists and college grads 1789 Thomas Bartkus if I don't talk the way i do -my statements will go above the... SenateBush bill will screw computer programmers,engineers,scientists and college grads 1790 On Wed, 17 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Lets look at (real) slavery in India... SenateBush bill will screw computer programmers,engineers,scientists and college grads 1791 On Wed, 17 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Of course, lets not forget the low quality of what comes out... Where does Art get his numbers 1792 On Wed, 17 May 2006, Threeducks "Can...on average...they" get a ChE? Throw some calculus equations at the average HS grad and tell the guy "Hey, get this great ChE job, pays 60,000, but... Where does Art get his numbers 1793 On Thu, 18 May 2006, Threeducks I never said ChE stinks. You said something like name a better 4 year degre than... Where does Art get his numbers 1794 On Wed, 17 May 2006, Threeducks Throw in the BMWs, Porshes, Lexuses and that is four times as many fish. Remember the waitstaff... Where does Art get his numbers 1795 Straydog Art, ChemE's a production-manufacturing related discipline so much of it has already being offsourced, just look at your neighbor Uncle Duppie. Between... Where does Art get his numbers 1796 Threeducks 3D, ask yourself this question, who has the power at a place like Amgen? Is it... Where does Art get his numbers 1797 On Mon, 22 May 2006, Threeducks And, I just talked, this weekend, at a picnic, with a guy who worked all his life at ATT, loved every minute of it, and all of his... Where does Art get his numbers 1798 Threeducks snip You have not been reading closely enough, IMO. I have presented positive views at various times... Where does Art get his numbers 1799 On Tue, 30 May 2006, Threeducks Then you need to upgrade your discussion to include content on bad career outcomes in proportion to what actually happens to people (layoffs, politics, tenure denial, not... Where does Art get his numbers 1800 Threeducks It is. How does anyone "crush" discussion on an unmoderated NG? It isn't possible unless one side doesn't have enough conviction in it's... Where does Art get his numbers 1801 On Tue, 30 May 2006, Threeducks What, no "comeback" to this? No "comeback" here either. And, no "comeback" here either. "All lies"? How about you make a realistic list of things... Where does Art get his numbers 1802 Straydog I'd like to make some comments that may put some perspective on this topic. I was an undergrad in mechanical engineering in the mid-'70s. I know it isn't chemical, but the... Where does Art get his numbers 1803 see quoted story below) Good comments. However, it is my observation that very few people actually do "outcomes... Where does Art get his numbers 1804 Straydog Professional engineers are required by law to take that into consideration as far as regulation dictates and current knowledge can allow. When things don't... Where does Art get his numbers 1805 Straydog Actually, I think it was more of the "religion of academia". I've noticed, both as a student and, later, as an instructor, how academic... Where does Art get his numbers 1806 On Tue, 30 May 2006, rrc You are absolutely right. 3D has cited no studies, given no... Where does Art get his numbers 1807 rrc I was reminded of that shortly after I started my first master's degree. I ended up being the... Where does Art get his numbers 1808 Threeducks IMO that hardly is "crushed", and it is an individual's choice to come or leave if Art annoys them. I think you attribute more influence to Art than is warranted, but... Where does Art get his numbers 1809 On Tue, 30 May 2006, Threeducks You mean like yours? Or, are you counting your chickens before... Where does Art get his numbers 1810 On Mon, 22 May 2006, AgingRecycledScientist I made reference to desk jobs. Where a person has to be physically present on a job, that job is unlikely to be offshored. But... Where does Art get his numbers 1811 On Mon, 22 May 2006, Threeducks And I have yet to see any comments on the tenure rate data I presented, unless that is coming up in a post that I have... Where does Art get his numbers 1812 On Thu, 18 May 2006, Threeducks Then you don't have a strong, rigorous basis for your claim. Hate to tell you... Where does Art get his numbers 1813 On Thu, 18 May 2006, rrc And, yet, a large fraction of college kids consider these jobs... Tenure rates See below.... On Sat, 20 May 2006, Threeducks I have, in my scrapbook, the following data: from the journal Science, vol 276, 4 April 1997,page 24 1975 1993 total... how to publish papers sandy The journals, at least the ones I'm familiar with, have instructions for authors published in the journal at least once a year. If the journal... Dark ages ahead Or, rebirth of the hatemindset The following was pbutted around privately until I got it. It doesn't look like good news to me. ---------- engine, free email, canada Iran eyes badges for... Another thing about recruiters It may help to understand when dealing with recruiters and HR types that in virtually all cases you are dealing with layers of... Indian outsourcing industry is headed for a crash and an outright depre Harish Baliga May 21, 2006 Indian outsourcing industry is headed for a total and permanent collapse. India has systematically converted millions of its talented individuals into becoming phone operators and low-end software... The India Stock Market bubble May 22, 2006 "Bears Ponder How Far Stocks Might Pull Back" in WSJ, May 22, 2006, page... CEO crooks again....more and bigger Five More Companies Show Questionable Options Pattern" by Charles Forelle and James Bandler WSJ, Monday, May 22, 2006, front page. Quotes: "In 2001, KLA-Tencor Corp.,..., granted its top executives, including Chairman Ken Levy... Company offers a new kind of outsourcing 1821 I know it sounds racist, but facts are facts. I got a comp sci minor in 1971, and have read a lot of the f*ing manuals... which were well... Company offers a new kind of outsourcing 1822 Day Brown Facts aren't a problem -the use of facts to support a given racist ideology is the problem. By 1871... Company offers a new kind of outsourcing 1823 Agreed that 'smarter' needs to be more accurrately defined; and when we do, we find minds... Company offers a new kind of outsourcing 1824 Day Brown Different people have different strengths and weaknesses -like various species in the ecosystem. We might be good at some things, and... Manpower shortage to affect IT sector: Infosys Romanise I'll take a shot at it. I got a comp sci minor in 1971; have been writing software a damn long time. Sharp boys can pick up on it really fast... Art & 3D: Biotech and the value of ChemE in it Ok, the other thread was too long and I wanted to rehash the central issue since biotech is suppose to be one of the main... Art & 3D: Biotech and the value of ChemE in it rrc I used to work for a company that built instrumentation for spacecraft and I encountered similar... Under the noses of outofwork Americans 1828 Not in my opionion. If they want hire Indians than they should relocate to India. They can move the corporation to India and take advantage of... Under the noses of outofwork Americans 1829 No Justice Quite a few do-or did when outsourcing wasn't all the rage. I was shocked to know a network engineer was earning $150K before... Under the noses of outofwork Americans 1830 Old Pif Labor is a compebreastive force and is therefore supposed to be inherently cheap. In the past, some countries in the west had... Under the noses of outofwork Americans 1831 The stupid person who wrote the above, of course, has no idea of what Ricardo wrote. Consider: "Notwithstanding the tendency of wages to conform to their natural... Under the noses of outofwork Americans 1832 harmony Rite. I agree with Thomas too. The question now is, not what we'd like to see, but what to do about what we see coming down. Its no longer a question... corporate libertarians:THE BETRAYAL OF ADAM SMITH THE BETRAYAL OF ADAM SMITH Excerpt from When Corporations Rule the World 2nd Edition by David... statistics on % of unionized college faculty Well, I was mainly interested in US figures. I would not be surprised if the rate in Canada is much higher, they are a civilized country. :) You bring... outcome arrived 1835 BMJ I am thinking about approaching the HR department, and asking the manager what rank I was buttigned in the list of the interviewed applicants... outcome arrived 1836 On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, S. 'Trash' Ny Fui 1. Do you have a Freedom of Information Act? 2. Here in the USA, our Freedom of Information Act... outcome arrived 1837 Straydog I have now realised what is the root of all my concerns. The matter is that the management does not give... outcome arrived 1838 On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, S. 'Trash' Ny Fui I have had these same thoughts and questions all my life. Sometimes its best to... outcome arrived 1839 Straydog I agree with you on that. The natl labs do not develop scientists professionally, on general. In order not to stagnate, the management has to bring people... outcome arrived 1840 Straydog There is no need to ask the "Chinese lecturer worman" on what she knows about numerical modelling and how she knew about the job opening... addressing the Phil Scott's comment Phil Scott wrote in his thread "Art, I took your advice", (I did not want to hijack that thread, and addressed it below... outcome arrived 1842 S. 'Trash' Ny Fui Bienvenu, monsieur! That's why you need to develop a Plan B. One... no outcome on job interview yet 1843 I don't know your situation completely, but I have found that the best thing to do to deal with the "waiting-to-hear" jitters is to follow through on your job search. Keep looking... no outcome on job interview yet 1844 S. 'Trash' Ny Fui While I was teaching, many of my colleagues were complaining about how awful they... how to transition from lab tech to researcher CatsRule I think it is the hardest transition to make. If you have worked as a technician, the bosses clbuttify you as such, and this clbuttification stays molded... The 100 specializations from the 2 year program book On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Sharon There was a quite detailed article on this in a recent WSJ article. If I... India Arrives on the Global Stage Phil Scott The only thing that they will be tackling is how to improve their political fortunes. because they are totally corrupt -and laxy. No -they... Quick, get June 12 issue of Business Week magazine expanded comments) Better run out quick and get a copy of June 12, 2006 issue of Business Week (with Paulson's ugly puss-- and sick light blue zombie eyes-- on the cover) and read the poo... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1849 On Tue, 30 May 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Kamal's theory, here, is that all money and power belongs to the CEOs... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1850 Straydog Not necessarily. Whether the same hospital hires (or fails to on account of tighter immigration laws) foreign doctors-nurses or a different outfit overseas offers cheaper... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1851 On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You like to lie about this, don't you? The truth is the "lock-in" visa... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1852 On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Do Dalits get any respect in India these days? Or, do high caste Hindus welcome Dalits with open arms and love to take some... The India stock market crash Financial Times, Wed, June 7, 2006, page 26: "India benchmark dips below 10,000" by Anita Jain in New Delhi "India has been one of the countries hit hardest... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1854 On Thu, 7 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Why don't you wikipedia on Nazi, Nazism instead of Hitler? Why don't... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1855 Kamal R. Prasad Do you know anything else about him and his work other than what you read on msn.com (highly... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1856 Can he do it? Even I feel like doing the same and I might be better at that than at engg coz that has been the line of spexialization on my father's... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1857 Straydog There are lots of americans who think like Nazis, and there are lots of americans who are all of the above -i.e. lazy, stupid and... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1858 On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Spending an hour to make a file to show you what I know is barely worth my time and effort... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1859 Lots of propaganda coming out of India just about 2 years ago was saying that IIT was now better than MIT or any other school in the world. I'm... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1860 On Mon, 4 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Here, again, is an Indian view of India. Read it again: --- India: Government Brutality, Injustice, and Questionable Democracy... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1861 On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Old Pif Yeah, but its so obvious -- the self-promotion propaganda, all the arguments that "everything" is better in India (no place else, mind you, just India... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1862 On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You like to lie about this, don't you? The truth is the "lock-in... Good book "Great Careers in 2 Years"..... 1863 On Wed, 31 May 2006, rrc So, I ask myself, why so many people "just don't... More India BPO failure.... Apple pulls out of India deal... 1864 Zerge translates to -company went over-board in trying to save money, but when it found out what it... More India BPO failure.... Apple pulls out of India deal... 1865 On Tue, 12 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Wrong again. The losers, immediately, will be more US people who lose their jobs, and... More India BPO failure.... Apple pulls out of India deal... 1866 Straydog How can I be wrong about shareholders incurring a loss -if their decisions land them in a soup? Workers can go to other companies if they... More India BPO failure.... Apple pulls out of India deal... 1867 On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad I told you many times: shareholders do not run a company. They do not "give... More India BPO failure.... Apple pulls out of India deal... 1868 Straydog snip nonsense ok here is some consolation for you. The article is stating the facts to... More India BPO failure.... Apple pulls out of India deal... 1869 On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Yeah, I had a look. Being that you are too lazy to really... More India BPO failure.... Apple pulls out of India deal... 1870 On Thu, 14 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad OK, here is the in context part of what you said, but you, yourself, edited out: --------------- Yeah, I had a look. Being that you are... More India BPO failure.... Apple pulls out of India deal... 1871 On Thu, 14 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad OK, here is the in context part of what you said, but you... More India BPO failure.... Apple pulls out of India deal... 1872 On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Murphy Yeah, I think they are useful, too. You should put alexy in the same category as "Just chickeny." Alexy thinks CEOs are just... Wall Street brokers outsource investment research to India On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad That is just not clear to me from the... Is Outsourcing Good for India Despite the hype, BPO doesn't add much value to economy Suhit Anantula (suhit) The Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector... Bad uGPA 1875 Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. Be an independent consultant...open your own firm..from your kitchen table...have cards... Bad uGPA 1876 On Tue, 30 May 2006, zorph The more you can talk with people who have a lot of life's experience, the more you will be able to judge what is going on. A major... the real face of globalization:everything the free markets touch's turn to $#!t:Neo liberal no wonder these people are pouring into the u.s.a. Neo-liberal Nicaragua: Neo Banana Republic by... Its worse in the commercial world Straydog wrote of paper pushing: "And, she's been getting solicitations to be in other databases (no guarantee... Career past, present, and future at DuPont labs The June 4 issue of the Sunday News Journal (Wilmington, DE), had a large article on the DuPont labs (in... doomed 1880 It is "the vision thing." A country that does not invest in itself will not survive. As a frustrated old history teacher I look back at the 20th century. The early Presidents... doomed 1881 BMJ what are the chances you would have reacted the same way if I was white (and american... so now Kamal is a "conspiracy freak" ....doomed On Thu, 14 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad There are people in the worlk, like you, who will go to great lengths to discredit and downplay anything and everything connected with... doomed 1883 Did an Indian actually write this? I understand historical naivite from the Anglo-Saxons, somewhat, but any people who've been around long... Krishna.iyengar = Kamal Prasad, or the other way around....doomed Or is k.i a new Indian "god" ;-) See below... All I see coming out of India these days is some version of "Look, we've been... Krishna.iyengar = Kamal Prasad, or the other way around....doomed On Fri, 15 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Oh really? I am not Sure sounds like it to me. To survive, you need to... doomed 1886 On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Big fing deal...we've got religious-church groups in my neighborhood that won't talk to each other. We've got political groups that... doomed 1887 On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, BMJ I think he has some understanding, maybe at the layperson's level. After all, I remember back... doomed 1888 On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Hey, folks, look at this: how Kamal's view of the world utilizes the "truth mechanism" of "if I don't like the fact, just deny its existence" and... Career past, present, and future at DuPont labs 1889 On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, George Orwell I'd like to ask what made you say this. Not that I am denying your information... India according to _The Economist The Economist report on India (June 3, 2006, center section enbreastled "Now for the hard part-A survey of business in India" and paged 1-18 (3 of the... India according to _The Economist With IT (India Technical University) being one of the top quality and high volume producers of engineering talent in the world, it will be matter of time before... off topic, but to me hilarious Communist paradise collapsing The following thread was found on sci.econ The first post .... it shows ... what? The response... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay Adding insult to injury....especially the semantic end-run which only a Noel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BofA: Train your replacement, or no severance pay for... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1894 Robert Kolker The outsourcing solution takes very little thought and ingenuity. It's easy to blame labor costs for inefficiencies. Have... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1895 Gregg For a lot of occupations, american wages are a lot higher than anywhere else in the world. The folks who are... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1896 Kamal R. Prasad I've met some very bright managers at small companies and some VP's who were utter morons. It's a good O'l boy club - Talent is secondary... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1897 Gregg why will shareholders approve of such transactions? Don't tell me there is no shareholder activism. There are many mutual funds that own major stakes in publicly listed companies. If they agree to siphon money... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1898 Phil Scott I keep reading that the US is the primordial source of wealth, technology and all good things in life... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1899 Straydog You can do -but it looks like you do want foreigners coming in to do the dirty work for you... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1900 On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Look, I'll say it one more time: I am against illegals. I... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1901 I knew it was dirty...but not that the CIA orchestrated the elimination of intellectuals. Thats more than slightly unnerving. In his book... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1902 Well, I'm happy to see that YOU actually read this stuff I type up. More below....all the way to the end. On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Phil Scott We'll never know, but at least... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1903 Phil Scott There have been some hollywood films like MI-1, Enemy of the State etc. to that effect. Most people who work for the govt are parasites on taxpayers -and the... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1904 Straydog They are saving money not only to the CEO who is at the top of the food-chain but to the entire ecosystem below him. There was... Bank of America: Train your replacement or no severance pay 1905 On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Not true. The underlings are experiencing wage stagnation but it is a fact that the CEOs are ALWAYS getting big... Letter to a great recruiter 1906 Phil Scott Same here. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one to whom this is happening. Do you think it's going to make any difference or that anyone's... Letter to a great recruiter 1907 On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Phil Scott Don't waste your time. If you can figure out some... Letter to a great recruiter 1908 On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Phil Scott Well, there are people out there who already do things like this. I've never asked them... Letter to a great recruiter 1909 On Thu, 8 Jun 2006, Phil Scott You should see what is going on with... Letter to a great recruiter 1910 Straydog I became rather suspicious when I heard that the way to get a job was "networking". For a number of years, I heard about how one should... Career past, present, and future at DuPont labs 1911 The scum that drives others to dissolution is usually well camaflaged, and hard to face...so they go undetected. For most of us I think.... its not the betrayal that is the real issue, it... Train Indians, then lose jobs to them Train Indians, then lose jobs to them Saturday, June 10, 2006 12:08:54 pmIANS LONDON: A section of bank major HSBC's employees in Sheffield are up in arms for being asked to train staff from... Train Indians, then lose jobs to them 1913 Kamal R. Prasad None, except that you are a maggot taking a livng away from someone else who was trying to earn a... Train Indians, then lose jobs to them 1914 Robert Kolker But he's not better qualified, although he might have better credentials due to the photocopier degree program supported by his goverment... You confuse wage compebreastivness with cost of living. His wages are... Train Indians, then lose jobs to them 1915 Straydog I have no problems if all of these things aka your cost of living goes down. When cost of living comes down, it is on... Train Indians, then lose jobs to them 1916 On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You don't have any problems, period. You ignore any... con artists at work:you should see how they tried to sucker each other with Congo Free State Jump to: navigation, search This is a featured article. Click here for more information. History of DR Congo DRC flags over the... New firms, jobs rise in India BS Economy Bureau in New Delhi June 13, 2006 13:14 IST The number of new businesses floated in India over the last seven years has exceeded the Central... InformationWeek In Depth: Why We Need The H1B Of course importing technology workers is not necessary for any reason whatsoever. If Mr. Suit can't hire cheap foreign labor then he will need to move his stinking aristocratic butt to a... NY TIMES CENSORS LETTER CRITICAL OF TOM FRIEDMAN the endless march of the ideological ridged free market will leave no chance to respond to it. Undernews is the online report... NY TIMES CENSORS LETTER CRITICAL OF TOM FRIEDMAN 1921 alexy (you did read this of course, " Steve Harris, to the editor of the Times. . . First, there's the word limit. Our first letter... NY TIMES CENSORS LETTER CRITICAL OF TOM FRIEDMAN 1922 Yes. My question is what would have been the reaction if they had given big business free reign to counter the columnist's... brain drain 1923 I once asked a Department Head to tell me who employed graduates with degrees in his area. He was able to name just one employer of... brain drain 1924 Smith Rhoade That was the prevailing mentality in the department where I did my Ph. D. at the height of the dot-plant bubble. Many of... Banned from Science careers dot org AgingRecycledScientist In my homeland, we have the sayings loosely translated as: "The thief's hat is on fire" (People can see from someone's worrying behaviour that he just stole something). "The cat knows whose cream it... Banned from Science : paranoid Kurt Cobain was the driving force of the grunge rock group Nirvana. He has serious problems with injection addiction... agony over interview Straydog My employer used to have a low proportion of immigrants. It is opening up, and... 484 lines The "CEOascrook" FAQ FAQ: Are all CEOs (and their hangers-on) just a bunch of crooks? The following represent a reference list of various "quotes and sources" of information about executive and management mindsets and how the... 484 lines The "CEOascrook" FAQ 1929 Straydog This is one of the few founder-CEOs who deserves his pay. For one, he's... 484 lines The "CEOascrook" FAQ 1930 Phil Scott The problem is that many CEOs ala Gates-Jobs are in denial of who they are... selfish monopolistic opportunists, not long term thinkers for the technological progress of society. Ellison, like... 484 lines The "CEOascrook" FAQ 1931 Straydog Here's my contrapositive about this guy... For one, people call him an butthole and don't mix it up with things like "visionary but screwd", labels used to describe Gates-Jobs. Next... 484 lines The "CEOascrook" FAQ 1932 On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, rrc Not much I didn't know before...but OK...and...so what? Well, I'd have to read some books on this, but I'm still waiting... 484 lines The "CEOascrook" FAQ 1933 Straydog Realize, S&E jobs involve the myth of the shortage whereas sales positions imply, "make your numbers and eventually move on". That's a lot more like a law firm culture (billable-chargable) which is... 484 lines The "CEOascrook" FAQ 1934 Straydog I don't believe they're all like that, though I'm sure a good many are. I recently attended the annual general meeting of a company... 484 lines The "CEOascrook" FAQ 1935 On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, BMJ Over the years I have run into people who, when I ask them, tell me their company is great and I'll take that... CEO personality types 1936 Straydog The CEO company I am with is a rather short (less than average), slim person. However, whey he talks to you he makes an impression of extremely tall giant. I will never forget the... CEO personality types 1937 On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Old Pif Reminds me of Al "Chainsaw" Dunlap. I read a... End stage omens 1938 US supreme court ruling. Police don't have to knock if they have a search warrant... peek into future I bought "Episode One", a new episode for "Half-Life 2". For those who does not know, Half-Life is a first-person... peek into future 1940 On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, S. 'Trash' Ny Fui That was all put there to "play on" you and sell game material. I realised that the majority of Interesting how you can... peek into future 1941 Straydog You might be missing the point of my original posting. Several months ago at work, one man was laid off for downloading a loveography on his work computer. It was announced that... I was asking wrong question from my employer My girlfriend is hinting me that I should marry her, othervise she would leave me. She says she spent... I was asking wrong question from my employer 1943 Straydog Mmm... right.... Mmm... what I wanted to say not about my relationship (which probably s... I was asking wrong question from my employer 1944 Straydog That's a good question to ask, because it makes me thinking. About a year ago, my manager gave me a task to organise an experiment to test the new product of a company... mechanism of promotion at govt lab I discovered how people obtain promotions in government laboratories. The problem is that a worker cannot be just promoted to a higher-level position; a new position has to... I took your advice, Art 1946 On Sun, 10 Jun 2006, S. 'Trash' Ny Fui Oh, its only part of the explanation. The other... I took your advice, Art 1947 rrc It appears to me that a certain proportion of people (around 10%) has an apbreastude to logical thinking. They make good programmers, theoretical... You have to be psychic to get a job 1948 I turned down my first submittal 'opportunity' today... I told the girlie that after a year of total dilligence... You have to be psychic to get a job 1949 Straydog It isn't just that. Recently, I came across an old newspaper clipping about "whole math" that I'd saved from a number of years ago. One of the... You have to be psychic to get a job 1950 On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, BMJ Well, I've had a few people contact me in... You have to be psychic to get a job 1951 On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, BMJ Yeah, I read that. See, even he can't control his "negative atbreastude" towards viewpoints that are at odds with the... You have to be psychic to get a job 1952 On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, BMJ Russell's post above did not get to my server, but let me comment. This is not new or special with DJ. Even on my postdoc, the chair, who... Aon Consulting to cut 100 jobs in US and possibly relocate them to India 1953 On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad What you say, "they cannot be forced," is also a poor way to understand your "point" since we had, during... Aon Consulting to cut 100 jobs in US and possibly relocate them to India Straydog you can have 100% employment and a decent wage for everybody mandated by law. The key... Aon Consulting to cut 100 jobs in US and possibly relocate them to India 1955 On Thu, 21 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You can't say this unless you define what the economic system is. Maybe, in... Hospital collusion to maintain low pay for nurses From WSJ, Wed, June 21, 2006, page B2 breastle: "Lawsuits Say Hospitals Colluded To Maintain Low... Hospital collusion to maintain low pay for nurses Marcus Aurelius Mite be nice, but wont happen. Even if it did, it would not work. The human genome data is... Socialism in England in 1563 AD History is full of all kinds of interesting things...... ----- Socialism (?) in England, 1563 AD ? Quote... Old buddy in Astronomy 1959 rrc I'm semi-retired and I don't need much money to do develop my research software... Old buddy in Astronomy 1960 Straydog I don't think so. He figures that because he's been involved in student politics and he's seen how grant proposals are prepared that he's got an inside edge. Having experienced periods of unemployment... Old buddy in Astronomy 1961 Straydog Here is what the new guy with the nickname privates Woodward wrote regarding Dave Densen-initiated posting: "I've been looking at this thread... Outsourcing jeopardizes U.S. chemical industry, expert says 1962 All true, but I was thinking of even higher concepts. Many user interface concepts have been totally lost or sneered at. For example, making the UI as fast and easy to use as possible. These... Why Silicon Valley won't happen in India On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad The facts are that our military had lots of restrictions by our politicians. If our military officers... Govt. job, govt idiotic hiring bs I worked my way though college as a refrigeration. HVAC mechanic and before that as a mchinists helper for Western Pacific Rail Road...(in... Bet you won't answer this 1965 Errr... Friendly... you post is a mix of legitimate issues etc..mixed with veiled threats of the type that will get you or anyone that supports some of your proposals targeted... justifiably targeted... Bet you won't answer this 1966 all original material quoted at end) Well, I can give you my sympathy and suggestions (and after reading several... Bet you won't answer this 1967 all original material quoted at end) Well, I can give you my sympathy and suggestions (and after reading several other responses from other people that came... Bet you won't answer this 1968 Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. That just blows me away... a blemish and these morons will reject, while failing to notice actual value... these are sacrificing... Bet you won't answer this 1969 Straydog Who knows? Durning the first decade, I treated my job search as a full time job, limited only by the hours in which... Bet you won't answer this 1970 Well, I have a few comments...below... On Fri, 15 Jun 2006, Friendly Reminder Tragic! I've tutored a little, but everybody tries that. There isn't OK, are you... Bet you won't answer this 1971 Straydog You tell me. Your people invented the concept. Are Middle Easterners white or nonwhite? Mix in some North African, Latin... Bet you won't answer this 1972 On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Friendly Reminder OK, I'd like to get at why they... Bet you won't answer this 1973 On Fri, 16 Jun 2006, Friendly Reminder OK, I'd like to get at why they called you a "wetback" or "sand african american." Ok, we've had a bunch of discussion here on SRC with Kamal... Bet you won't answer this 1974 Errr... Friendly... you post is a mix of legitimate issues etc..mixed with veiled threats of the type that will get you or anyone that supports some of your proposals targeted... justifiably targeted.. its self... Bet you won't answer this 1975 Friendly Reminder Snip Joseph, you sound like a nice enough guy who has just not had a lot... End stage omens 1976 US supreme court ruling. Police don't have to knock if they have a search warrant... that of course... End stage omens Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. It will fly better if the citizens are disarmed... that will be next. However with so many counter options being demonstrated... Math education in US: is it that bad Old Pif I noted the comments in the opening paragraph of the summary which stated that the majority of American... The ones who stay Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. It would have been good if we were told this before stepping into the corporate bear trap. My education credentials are... About To Be Sacked minnesotti Actually, I just discovered there were more than one page. I know all these subterfuges of the bosses to fire you by heart. I can feel 'em... Can you afford to retire 1981 Everyone is acknowledging that the so-called training period on average has increased. So many stuck in the post-doc pipeline. I share an office with a research buttistant professor who is 40 going... Can you afford to retire 1982 Yes BUT. You can hire someone to manage for you. You do* have to keep your eyes open. You can not leave it in someone elses hands without your supervision. And yes - You must... Effective struggle It would have been good if we were told this before stepping into the corporate bear trap. My education credentials are light... 2 junior colleges, 4 years... C student in math and physics (straight A's... The 'necessary' evils of lying and spinning in corporate america I have seen the dynamics of corporate corruption more clearly since being on this NG... it appears that the larger a nation or corporation becomes the larger the mbutt... The 'necessary' evils of lying and spinning in corporate america Straydog No doubt about that. But mis-management or the total absence of it -is a universal phenomenon. You will find office politics and mismanagement in every country -not just the... 1,000 jobs to go at insurers R&SA in UK 1,000 jobs to go at insurers R&SA Jun 20 2006 Daily Post INSURER Royal & Sun Alliance plans to axe 1,550 jobs by June 2008, including 1,000 in the UK... numerical modelling interview help My supervisor's hinted to me that there are positions open to apply for. I checked who was on the selection board. My... numerical modelling interview help 1988 This interviewer has a friend, an India Tcch grad probably, competent to a fair degree at least...coached by this interviewer he... numerical modelling interview help 1989 Phil Scott Relax... The weapons of the future are not rifles and rockets; the weapons of the future... numerical modelling interview help 1990 minnesotti Flow-through boundary conditions ... Holly Heavens! ... They are only good for through-butt modeling. With all due sympathy ... you looked totally miserable if that what actually happened. Let me give you... numerical modelling interview help 1991 Old Pif Thanks, Old Pif, for giving me the idea in which direction I should develop the interview. I can... numerical modelling interview help 1992 minnesotti Regrettably, the current status of physics based modeling is such that you CAN NOT just plug in numbers and get the answer... numerical modelling interview help 1993 Old Pif Judging by the duties description, the numerical modelling component of this job is to use the existing modelling packages... numerical modelling interview help 1994 Straydog My supervisor is fiercely scared to be accused of favoritism and unfair play when going through the official procedure of selecting people for jobs. This... rest is permanent, and for some doing things they dont want to is same Only one thing saved my butt in that department...Contract Employment Weekly Magazine...would mail your resume... Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich I really liked the book "Bait and Switch" . It's about the world of the white collar worker, and what happens when they are laid off-fired-let go and how hard it is to find... The "Indian mindset"...was: Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Maybe the whole basis for Kamal's "Indian mindset... Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich 1998 On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad In a lot of cases, that is exactly what happens. I... Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich 1999 Straydog if an american is going to work for the least possible wage for his productivity-qualification... Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich 2000 On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad You didn't answer my question, above. Why do you think you can tell them... Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich 2001 Noel I remember when I was first out of work for an extended period, well over twenty years... Should one study ChemE or Pharmacy 2002 Phil Scott All of the above is true, however, the AMA will fight back with 'who holds the liability for a network failure' or 'if there's a control's glitch'. It's already going on and they... Should one study ChemE or Pharmacy 2003 superb advice...but it amazes me that the chem E is such a looser. In starbucks today I was talking with a retired chemE teacher... Should one study ChemE or Pharmacy 2004 I am completely surprised to hear that S and E PhD-s have been working so cheap or not working at all.. the people that hire me lie a lot it seems...they try to... Surviving the intercene wars Search the subjects at hand beyond is bleeding edge.. Invent your own key terms to describe what you've discovered but dont tell anyone you invented them... American future Biologists say that there are "R-selected" and "K-selected" reproduction strategies, In R-selected strategy, parents rapidly produce lots of offsprings and do... American future 2007 most likely , big asteroid from space? Will happen as before but the time frame for the next hit could be a... American future 2008 On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Phil Scott ---------here are some references on this---------- Two articles (please read all of it) : One, a one page "side bar" in Wired magazine... American future 2009 looking at the geological history we see the earth has been hit by very large asteroids in the past that have decimated most large life forms... it... American future 2010 World history.... until the last 100 years..... has been one of expansion and new places to go when the old places had gone corrupt. Today there are no new uncorrupted places... American future 2011 On Sat, 24 Jun 2006, Old Pif Well, there are all those stories I read about dealing with... Rules to get rich by Jewish Buddhism: If there is no self, whose arthritis is this? Be here now. Be someplace... article on immigration in the WSJ 2013 Since you Kamal aim at the US audience- All this nice "economic" stuff is a bunch of... article on immigration in the WSJ 2014 Smith Rhoade Most of the readers on usenet are based in the US -so yes, it is aimed at... article on immigration in the WSJ 2015 On Wed, 27 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad See below.... You are anti-American. Read it again: ----------------------------- Quotes from... Starving out the tax base 2016 Phil Scott Yes, they are, and they do so with the blessing of the very tax base they starve out - a... Starving out the tax base 2017 message Indeed, it is a natural cycle...fostered always by internal decay then corruption. the same with all living... Starving out the tax base 2018 Phil Scott (Rolls eyes) Phil, I wish that you'd keep the New age pretensions out of this. Anger is also a natural part of life, even if it is one... Abandoning ship Judging by some recent experience it appears that the brain trust required to even recognise actual talent or performance is either dissapeared ..or being submerged in HR insanity. I think it is largely... latest references The "CEOAsCrook" FAQ FAQ #1: Are all CEOs (and their hangers-on) just a bunch of crooks? The following represent a reference list of various "quotes and sources" of information... Why backshoring wont cut it 2021 Phil, this is simply not true. My wife was a state employee and I can butture you her pension is not generous. I also... Why backshoring wont cut it 2022 No ...what you think is irrelevant.... what I think is irrelevant... the published facts are relevant... these 100k + retirements are for one 30 year career. as a beat cop, or prision guard or regular... Why backshoring wont cut it 2023 Straydog Every ameeican should aim to become a CEO-mktg guy -and pbutt on the actual work to lowly 3rd world... Why backshoring wont cut it 2024 rrc there will always be positions for which you need a physical presence in the US. Mktg and CEOs are the shell of the company that remains in the US -with... Why backshoring wont cut it 2025 On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Kamal R. Prasad I have a better idea: why don't you become... Is Information an Important Science Because software is a descriptive model, as well as a testable prediction, you can test your theories... Is Information an Important Science The map is not the territory; the program's inputs are our interpretations of real-world experience and are only... Intelligence, capability and band width I've noticed in myself huge swings in my thinking ability... when harbutted, or under attack, tired or facing a system that has been hashed up across many different platforms, and... India: Really not that compebreastive at all For all of the pro-India hype and propaganda posts, and Kamal Prasad's fairy tales and fantasies about how un-compebreastive the US and its people are, and his ideas about what a... Truck makers see India as an outsourcing base 2006-06-22 18:02 European and American truck makers see India as their outsourcing hub and they are driving in rapidly, reports CNBC-TV18. European and American truck makers... The USA Still Number One 2031 Straydog I don't deny that they are better educated than me -but If american labour is indeed compebreastively priced as indicated by the study, why do employers... The USA Still Number One 2032 Straydog I find it convenient to lookup an online dictionary. You can look up a real one -and I... The USA Still Number One 2033 On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Kamal R. Prasad And, with image manipulation technology so easy to use to create "revisionist" versions, and hackers can delete-messup-deface, and sudden links disappear... The USA Still Number One 2034 On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, rrc Yeah, but when I snoop over on acc, I pick up on a distinct Indian-based-hate-the... The USA Still Number One 2035 Straydog your other posts contain nothing but sheer junk and so I will not bother about them. All of those failures negate the cost... The USA Still Number One 2036 Phil Scott Yeah, it's CEOs reaching for the lowest hanging fruit and taking off with a platinum parachute every 5 years. No mature economy can survive with... The USA Still Number One 2037 Straydog Well... big law firm culture is brutal which is why many lawyers are disgruntled. Nonetheless, once they move... GKS Opens Laser Scan, CAD Modeling Service Bureau in India MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 14, 2006 - GKS Inspection Services, a division of Laser Design Inc, announced that its recently-opened laser scanning and CAD modeling service bureau in India, GKS Inspection Services India Pvt LTD... lighten up by anecdote I got off of the staten island ferry one night in 1994 or so, on the staten island side a llittle after dusk, my rental car was parked... 47,600 Take Offer of Buyouts at G.M. and Delphi 47,600 Take Offer of Buyouts at G.M. and Delphi Bill Pugliano-Getty Images Rick Wagoner, G.M.'s chief executive, said yesterday... DocuSign outsources development to India's Aditi Woensdag 14 juni 2006, 10:38 - Electronic signature service provider DocuSign Inc. has outsourced product development to Aditi Technologies Pvt. Ltd. in Bangalore, India... Cooling the earth On Thu, 29 Jun 2006, Phil Scott It's been about two decades (maybe) since Carl Sagan, the Cornell Astronomer-guy, and maybe some othe... WWWInternet 2006: Call for Papers Murcia, Spain CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (second call): 28 July 2006 -- IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WWW-INTERNET 2006 Murcia, Spain, 5 to... Automation Irony 2044 very interesting...that is how the brain works. It will take a generation or two to get past that, meantime we in the US will be eating a lot of... Automation Irony 2045 Phil Scott Ideas are bullet proof. I discovered personally, after semi retiring from the consulting busines that lack of regular hands on work actually allows key parts of the... Automation Irony 2046 I've also seen this in the field. Humans are required by nature to have a constant meaningful stimulus. We... Automation Irony 2047 minnesotti I've seen that during the years since I got my B. Sc. in mechanical... Part 2:... off topic: A mouse in the house Well, you know, I was peeed off about the mouse not only getting away but also stealing the whole mouse trap! So, two days... Brum jobs will be lost to India Jul 5 2006 Banking group Barclays is to close sites in Birmingham and Hastings with the loss of hundreds... Intel, IBM send mixed signals to India July 05, 2006 IBM announced it will be investing $6 billion in India -- three times the revenue of an Infosys or a Wipro -- over the next three years. The joke doing the rounds... Daimler Workers Oppose Reported Zetsche Outsourcing Plan Chris Noon, 07.10.06, 11:59 AM ET Dieter Zetsche London - If there's one word that is anathema to unions, it's "outsourcing." Yet, according to a report... India to supply nurses to USA 2052 Straydog I do. It's pretty clear that the Bush41 approach was probably the more justifiable. Still, if you have... India to supply nurses to USA 2053 There were several correct ways to have achieved this end. The Republicans did what served their interest with total disregard for the people of this nation. Huh???? So??? But... India to supply nurses to USA 2054 On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Les Cargill Fine. In my mind, and considering that the... India to supply nurses to USA 2055 Straydog they forgot to advise you -what it would lead to or that your sense of... India to supply nurses to USA 2056 Straydog It could be that they had 'some' WMDs -but what the US wanted was to get hold of oil under the pretext of chasing WMDs... India to supply nurses to USA 2057 On Tue, 10 Jul 2006, Kamal R. Prasad This would be difficult and expensive. With all of our less than fully effective NSA and CIA... India to supply nurses to USA 2058 On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Robert Kolker Not according to all of the reports I read... India to supply nurses to USA 2059 Phil Scott Agreed. The only question is how much time you have to prepare for that, and what... India: `The creativity out here is incredible Old Pif Yeah, but this time you excelled in it. BTW, I had been thinking of myself as a cynicist for many years... Yachts and McYachts On Fri, 17 Aug 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Not necessarily. All it takes is a decision. Even a gut feeling. And, I was referring to... India: Cheating on trade Financial Times, Aug 8, 2006, page 5: "EU threatens India over whisky tariffs" by Andrew Bolger in Edinburgh... Valerian, can you help to find Grisha By Dennis Overbye The New York Times Published: August 15, 2006 Grisha Perelman, where are you? Three years ago, a Russian mathematician by the... rentapostdoc 2065 I remember a letter to the editor in one of the biotech journals about 6-7 years ago, now, where some pharma company hired... rentapostdoc 2066 Straydog SNIPS . The thing with small companies is you WILL learn lots of new interesting things. Things that may get... rentapostdoc 2067 On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Noinden It all depends on the small companies. I did consulting work for... rentapostdoc 2068 Straydog Very true. In this case we are talking about CROs (contract Research Organizations). those are renowned for... rentapostdoc 2069 You can throw "incubator" work into that pot, too. Few Ever hear of Kelly Scientific? As in "Kelly Girls" (secretarial service, rent-a-secretary?)? You... rentapostdoc 2070 BMJ It's the current "trend", Pfizer basically shut down all their plants sans one (in the UK) as they can... rentapostdoc 2071 On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, theardri 1.If you look around and back about 5-7 years, you will find that a full 1-3 of all the IT jobs that were in the USA... rentapostdoc 2072 theardri Been there too many times, suffered during all of them. My circumstances have little directly to do with shipping work overseas. Most employers don't want someone like me because we're older, we're experienced, we're... Art, I think we could be seeing the actualization of the src mantra Art, ever since the whole outsourcing mania: chip designers in Russia, IT support-call centers in India, and manufacturing in China had become mainstream topics... Getting on the treadmill early I found this article to be sad. These kids are gathering "lines" for their college applications, but how many of them really learn anything? This parallels what goes... Getting on the treadmill early In the last few months, I've read several WSJ articles on how parents can help their kids get... The "Grey Ceiling Sharon That's nothing new. But, as I mentioned in another message, many of them were likely brought up in a culture of enbreastlement and, therefore, expected to be rewarded. I used to think I've... Panel says U.S. is losing ground in math, science On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, aj Nice coincidence, but I doubt it. I think GM's (early) success is probably just the... no more IT and Real Estate it is Life Sciences now Peter K. Oops. My fault. Was even better for illustration of my point. :-) There is an uneven distribution of wealth among... Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Higher Energy Physics The experimental high energy physics group at the University of Hawaii invites outstanding applicants for a position of Postdoctoral Fellow. Full time, federally funded and renewable for second and third year depending on... The Center is not holding FWD from www.fromthewilderness.com Note: the summary is in the public domain and obviously intended to encourage readers to read and then subscribe to the sites full content... Graduates being swayed by the bright corporate lights not actually... the trend is more important than the present or past static condition. If we were #1 in 1989 with 94% of the worlds commercial air craft market... then in 1995 were still... a few questions about where bank talent is going IME they also don't want to pay for training. It seems to me that companies have decided sometime in the last... India following facist model according to Indian author 2083 On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Kamal R. Prasad skip The ending phrase in your sentence... India following facist model according to Indian author 2084 On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Any business can be called a profession. If you... India following facist model according to Indian author 2085 Straydog and when you define it so -that is your definition, not one accepted by society. It... India following facist model according to Indian author 2086 On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Doesn't matter. It brings in money as a result of "services" that go out. All depends on the... India following facist model according to Indian author 2087 On Mon, 27 Aug 2006, Kamal R. Prasad We are talking about the power structure...go up and read the first paragraph. Its very important. It... India following facist model according to Indian author 2088 Yes, I remember. And no, it is not very helpful. Sounds like you got hold of a bad dictionary, or lacked the skill to use it. Doing the same... India following facist model according to Indian author 2089 Just showed that your word usage was correct, at least according to this dictionary. If, for some perverted reason, you want to... Indian Education: Actually Terrible !!! 2090 On Sat, 29 Jul 2006, Kamal R. Prasad This is misleading as well as not in India's best interest to say this. You Indians really... Indian Education: Actually Terrible !!! 2091 alexy ok. that depends on whether the conditins have been given to them well in advance... Jack Welch: "Immigration rules restrict the US in filling send jobs Thomas Bartkus While I was teaching, I noticed that there were two groups of employees. There were those who came and went within five years, many not even that long. Either they... off topic I made waffles Straydog The best way to start is to read Charlie Papazians "The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing", which is... men not working Thomas Bartkus On Usenet, nobody knows that you're a dog. I'm sure that you'll invent some background for yourself, Tom, and who knows... india will rise. 2095 On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, indiaBPOking Oh, yyeeeaaaaahhhh. Do you remember the Chinese "Great Leap Forward" from a few decades ago? "India=Future projections look good ;)" How about you read what The Economist thought about... india will rise. 2096 On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Tambi Dude We have an Indian (Kamal Prasad) who comes to these newsgroups and he constantly calls attention to what a bad place the USA is, and... india will rise. 2097 On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Where are illegal aliens required to give an explanation? And there are a lot of them here... india will rise. 2098 On Mon, 10 Jul 2006, Kamal R. Prasad OK, lets look at all of these not very good or unfair or just plain wrong statements... india will rise. 2099 On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Tambi Dude Just a response to the same crap I see again and again. And, just like the pro-India propaganda is just that. Commercial advertising and... The Snot Report...mostly about India 2100 On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Thomas Bartkus Yeah, I was a little surprised too. So, what we have is about 12-13% of US people... The Snot Report...mostly about India 2101 housing Mexico me Mexicans being people always north at to aren't and Oh - they travel overland through Mexico all right! It's just that non-citizens (poor foreigners that is) are unwelcome in Mexico and... The Snot Report...mostly about India 2102 rrc Where does the link above state that Bactrians and Kushans are of persian stock which is different from Indians? It shows the Kushan empire occupying most of modern-day... The Snot Report...mostly about India 2103 Kamal R. Prasad Before the Islamic invasion, Persians (including Bactrian, Kushan, and Sarmatian tribes in addition to mainland Iran: Parthia-Koresan) were Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Manicheists, and a slew of other... The Snot Report...mostly about India 2104 rrc my mistake -they existed alongside hinduism -but after the advent of islam, all of them notably hinduism disappeared. . yeah -anything pre-islamic was devoid... The Snot Report...mostly about India 2105 On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Kamal R. Prasad WHAT ! ? Yooouuuuu made a mistake? I am shocked. -they existed alongside hinduism -but after the advent of That's not what my books say. So... India not ready for space travel and missles... 2106 On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Do you think you can beat China? They don't even have to I thought... India not ready for space travel and missles... 2107 On Wed, 12 Jul 2006, Kamal R. Prasad ^^^^^^^^^^ Yeah, nice target. Wishful thinking? Ok, since they already are spending money on space... India creating more jobs for Americans Nospam So basically you want America to become a socialist state, huh? Socialized Medicine has never... Al Gores movie, An Unfortunate Circumstance.. global warming 2109 On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:32:39 -0700, Russell.Martin The shape of the earth is an observation. We don't have to analyze a bunch of... Al Gores movie, An Unfortunate Circumstance.. global warming 2110 Agreed. However - attributing a rise on those temperatures to human produced carbon dioxide emission is not. No. But do remember what came before Kepler's (then... Telstra outsources jobs to India soc.culture.indian, sci.research.careers, soc.culture.bangladesh Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 Melbourne - Australian telecom giant Telstra has outsourced a fresh batch of jobs from its directories division to India. Reports here said the government-owned company has made 14 design staff posts... record erosion of wages 2112 This week I was interviewed for the second permanent position out of the two which came up in my department (and one of... record erosion of wages 2113 BMJ I do not agree with you. The interviewer can tell about his opinion about the interview at any time... record erosion of wages 2114 Well, today I got the news that the permanent position which the management "created" for me, was offered to somebody else... record erosion of wages 2115 Straydog I used my brain and I managed to come to the quiet Western country far away... record erosion of wages 2116 minnesotti Either he was desperate for someone to fill the position or he was looking for cheap expendible labour. It's called CYA. By not butting heads with you, he'll be seen as being... Book on Offshore Outsourcing Did you ever want to know how succesful Outsourcing projects are executed? Learn from an offshoring expert. Outsourcing and Offshore IT sourcing... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2118 Neil Boss 9-11 was a terrific propaganda coup for Al Queda, but Murika is plodding along. The thing to be worried... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2119 Les Cargill It was a terrific propaganda-publicity boost for the neocons who wanted to get the military-industrial complex revved up for a 'war on terror... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2120 Kamal R. Prasad See that "conspiracy" in the URL? That means it's not a credible source. That is paranoid. It is wrong. Stop it. Besides, the trial transcripts... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2121 Les Cargill They may not be credible as far as hypothesis goes. You need to look at... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2122 Terry Lomax they didn't -your own govt did, to get hold of oil. No -people in India don't like the Iraq war. No -only the Mossad knew about it and warned Israeli... India: AIDSHIV knowledge is poor Financial Times, Aug 25, page 8, under "Observer" "India's Ignorance" full quote India may be moving out of denial about HIV-Aids, but its legislators remain ignorant. A survey released this week has exposed... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2124 On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad I think it has been pretty obvious to me that you do not want... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2125 2006wells they are willing to sign up coz the costs of greenhouse emission exceed potential benefits for not cutting them down. Over... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2126 On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Number of People per square mile. Yeah, generic and fact. A better way... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2127 On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Note that Kamal Prasad gets all of his information from conspiracy sources, including hoaxes, fake data... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2128 This horsepoo "person attacks" crap is a Republican invention and a boogeyman invention. The airlines should be a "fly at your own risk" deal and the security should be left to the airlines... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2129 trucker, although i generally agree with you on many subjects, you may not be aware of how important new orleans really is to america. it must be rebuilt, and it must... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2130 On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Today is a national holiday. I am going to take it easy. Some of our stores are open and... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2131 Straydog If money costs nothing to produce, then by definition it has zero residual value. At the time when the US govt adhered to the gold std, they made sure they... Americans happy to lose jobs to India' 2132 On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Earlier today I went to the hardware store and bought some things. And, I used some of that green paper that you say has residual value. All... Joy Of Not Working 2133 BMJ Still, no Canadian I know of has had the big surprise of showing up at the hospital, after an accident, and then getting a $10K bill upon leaving because the insurance backoffice had... Joy Of Not Working 2134 rrc Maybe coz medical treatment costs a lot more than it should -if it werent for vested interests. My employer-provided insurance refuses to cover out-patient treatment coz it... Higher Degree = Overqualified Straydog I've been in interviews where I found out that the job I applied for wasn't as advertised. I met with a junior college for a position to teach first-year engineering. When I... Another US laboratory to be shut down On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, rrc Oh, I forgot NOAA and stuff like that (i.e. some faculty jobs how many looking at how much development goes offshore, there will be less jobs here). I... Research Statement Oliver I would say in general do as much as you can and make is as readable as... What is your gut reaction Gang, I want your opinion and-or gut reaction to an investment issue. I'm pretty sure I know what... The big announcement today 2139 Straydog That's one reason I now avoid such companies. They quite often have one product or service that they've... The big announcement today 2140 See far down... On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, BMJ Well, I was watching the India Sensorex and the Moscow stock market. Going up like a rocket, concave upward curves. Clbuttical bubble trajectory... What is your gut reaction 2141 On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Noel I don't think there are any geniuses out there, but I'll listen to what the jungle drums (what is below) seem to be saying.... I'm already planning to sell... One more speculation....What is your gut reaction 2142 On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, BMJ Hah...a lot of those new companies don't even have revenue for 3-5-7 years. They are operating on stock... One more speculation....What is your gut reaction 2143 Straydog I've seen lots of stocks like that. Unless they are earning consistentely for several years, I won't even look at them. They are operating on... What is your gut reaction 2144 Noel Choosing a price is often difficult. I usually set what I think is a reasonable value and then I wait. Trading now near $20 and target price... important, not nice Why the USA always gets bashed Recently I posted a review of the book "Agents of Influence--How Japan's Lobbyists in... Twit of the day Here's another. In case one was wondering "are Americans really the most stupid people on the face of the planet... How's This For An Academic Environment On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, briangmoore OK, you guys finally sucked me in on this so I had to... U.S. defense contractors see India as golden goose 2148 deleted all other crosspost NGs..... On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, minnesotti Yeah, pieces of larger buttemblies could be made in India-China and shipped back... U.S. defense contractors see India as golden goose 2149 Straydog that would be true regardless of what the pieces are meant for. Govt paces orders with contractors and contractors look for the most (cost-)efficient ways to get hold of those pieces... U.S. defense contractors see India as golden goose 2150 On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Yep, a free ride, handed to India... U.S. defense contractors see India as golden goose 2151 Straydog The compebreastiveness of the Indian economy is a result of a comparative advantage handed down to them on a silver platter, thanks to the strong dollar policy of your... Something for art 2152 Straydog You don't have to depend on my mental faculties to read the article. Just look at what the author in the link... Something for Kamal Prasad Being that Kamal Prasad has done almost nothing in the past 1-1-2 years but throw dirt, mud, and stones at the USA and its economy (he has... Something for Kamal Prasad.... 2154 See below.... On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Spam Cannon Your sentence is either not accurate or is vague. The word "outsourcing" is used in two very different contexts and your... Something for Kamal Prasad.... 2155 Straydog snip He means - outsourcing the work to an Indian office. Have you considered new customers created in the country to which jobs were exported? Every laid-off person represents... Something for Kamal Prasad.... 2156 Straydog Discretionary income for the working clbutt depends on job creation. If a new consumer market is being created in India-China, americans will be hired to create products for those new... Something for Kamal Prasad.... 2157 Straydog I can't believe you actually agree with me on something. Wipro, Tata, Infosys etc cater to... Something for art 2158 On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Not true at all. But, recessions have been... Kamal's pdf file....was: Something for art On Fri, 7 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad As far as I am concerned, I've seen... job PROCESS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Torrance, CA job) PROCESS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST - Torrance, CA A biochemical company in Torrance, CA is seeking a Process Development Specialist. Here are the details: breastle: Process Development Specialist Reports to: Director... What's a Diploma Worth, Anyway What's a Diploma Worth, Anyway? By Tamara Draut, TomPaine.com. Posted September 7, 2006. Young people are enrolling in college in record numbers, working longer hours... What's a Diploma Worth, Anyway 2162 Noel BULL, as has been discussed here. Anecdotal: - Pseudo-brother-in-law: Prison guard, age 26, high school education Bought wife Beemer and in-ground... What's a Diploma Worth, Anyway 2163 On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary Yep, and several years ago, while my retirement... What's a Diploma Worth, Anyway 2164 On Thu, 13 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary As I read a smidgen of the history of military figures, there are... What's a Diploma Worth, Anyway 2165 minnesotti Val, Yes, we took the wisdom of the forum in its first two years and combined it with the writing of two people; poster "mpb... What's a Diploma Worth, Anyway 2166 On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Noel There is another interesting and sad aspect of today's grads: A greater proportion than ever before are coming back to live with their parents and... What's a Diploma Worth, Anyway 2167 Straydog I saw that during registration both while I was teaching and when I was a grad student. Another cause is the At my alma... What's a Diploma Worth, Anyway 2168 Noel That's hardly new. Every few years, industry goes into a tailspin and engineers get laid off or, if new graduates, can't get... off topic Straydog's "Kludge Pasta Retired scientist's "Kludge Pasta" So, tonight, I was cook for myself and the wife (on these days, she washes the dishes, otherwise... Postdoctoral Fellow, Virus Ecology and Biodiversity Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078 Oklahoma State University and the Noble Foundation are recipients of a grant from the National Science Foundation EPSCoR program which was supplemented by the Oklahoma State... Research Specialist, Plant and Soil Science Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078 Incumbent will work with the Soil and Environmental Chemistry Program, providing analytical chemistry support for the soil chemistry... Anger as Leeds hospital jobs go to India EXCLUSIVE by VICKI ROBINSON MEDICAL secretaries at Leeds hospitals are being axed and their work... Anger as Leeds hospital jobs go to India Just great hope more of the same happens. to India, the Yorkshire Evening Post can... HPgate On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, rick++ The other words used in the articles I read and read again included impersonation and idenbreasty theft. According to the context that I am reading, "pretexting" (as under... 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Use of credit checks to evaluate job candidates 2179 On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary Is this a pre-judgement about an applicant before the whole applicant is given... Use of credit checks to evaluate job candidates 2180 On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary First, lets go back to the original issue... Use of credit checks to evaluate job candidates 2181 More than that, I'm aware of a database of fired employees. Some years ago, the WSJ published an article based on reports around the Colorado area where what was going on is... Use of credit checks to evaluate job candidates 2182 The beatings will continue until morale improves". Catch 22 - how is she supposed tp pay off those student loans without a job? This is a... The Slow rest of the Middle Clbutt Sept.6, 2006 Let's start with an article of the kind that tends to make many think "those liberals are nice folks, just the kind of people we need to have watching out for us in Washington, by... The Slow rest of the Middle Clbutt Sept.6, 2006 2184 Old Pif Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickeled and Dimed, Bait and Switch) wrote in her blog today: Are You Too Stupid to Enjoy the Economy? If the people don't like the economy, there... The Slow rest of the Middle Clbutt Sept.6, 2006 2185 I There is, of course, a contemporary analog. The United States has never been the presence in the pure... Latest snot books From the Wash Post "Book World" for Sept 10-16, here are some goodies... breastle: "Enemy Combatant--My imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram, and Kandahar" by Moazzam Begg with Victoria Brittain. All about the... India needs more foreign talent Straydog May or may not be easier than getting one in the US coz you can interview face-to-face locally but not so easy for overseas employment. What... TryEngineering 2188 On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary The significant questions are, as they always have been: i) what does the placement rate (including the relationship between school major and... TryEngineering 2189 On Fri, 14 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary Most big US corporations, today, are much smaller than they were in the past. IBM, for example, at one time decades... TryEngineering 2190 On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary Where did you get that as an in the USA number... TryEngineering 2191 Straydog That is a WW number. The company itself downsized, but there are a lot more computer manufacturers now. No. Semiconductors, nano-tech, bio-tech.... Why not? Those would be low-end labor jobs... TryEngineering 2192 On Sat, 15 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary Yeah, I think you will find larger fractions of US company total... TryEngineering 2193 On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, rrc And, if those guys have a computer in front of them, they would qualify to be in the category with the intials "IT." And, how many guys work at... The Snot Report and there is a lot of it all the poo that's fit to hit the fan) From yesterday's WSJ and FT (i.e. sept 13). Too much to type up, dig it up yourself if you want the nitty... dorm living 2195 BMJ True, both those points are brought up in the article. IMO some of these kids are plain spoiled, but... "Students who take advantage of the perks tend to... dorm living 2196 Straydog I saw that while I was teaching. Many of my students thought that the only... Blog: Worst ways to get fired On Sat, 9 Sep 2006, Noel There are so many ramifications in such arrangements and so many people don't prepare themselves before... The Snot Report What technology jobs in the US Being that BZ just claimed we have more technology jobs than ever and I doubted that, here, in today's mailbox, comes Business Week for Sept 25... The Snot Report What technology jobs in the US 2199 On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, rrc Oh, I respect BZ. 3D on the other hand ... don't get me started... The Snot Report What technology jobs in the US 2200 On Tue, 18 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary I'm still asking you to put it in... The Snot Report What technology jobs in the US 2201 Straydog Biotech is expanding again in CA. I go past new buildings being constructed in Brisbane every other week when I'm... The Snot Report What technology jobs in the US 2202 On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary Is that biotech as in high-risk startups that will last a couple of years or are you talking about... What technology jobs in the US: Compebreastive Eating On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Old Pif My neighborhood to the east of me is a resort beach area and traditionally shut down after the summer. So, bright marketing-advertising-PR thinking came... The Snot Report What technology jobs in the US 2204 On Sat, 16 Sep 2006, rrc Part of it has already come and gone. Oil... The Snot Report What technology jobs in the US 2205 Straydog .......................................................................................................................... Several times in this group a topic with the words Next Big Thing has been popped up. IMHO, the Next Big Thing is unfolding... Job ads in my Sunday paper, today While I know that a lot of guys are getting interviews and job offers from on-line job announcements and this fraction has gone up... Job ads in my Sunday paper, today rick++ Straydog ** Apparently, your experiences are a lot different than mine. I've NEVER looked in... SunTechnics launches India operations soc.culture.indian, sci.research.careers, soc.culture.bangladesh Friday, September 15, 2006 Europe‚s leading systems integrator for renewable energies, SunTechnics Energy Systems Pty, has launched... India's furious economic pace is no accident 2209 On Wed, 19 Sep 2006, vorange I just saw yesterday a graph of world economy going back 200 years. In 1800, both China and India had 90% of the world economy. Then the USA developed... India's furious economic pace is no accident 2210 Straydog Not only is economic power going back to these countries -but even the baton of innovating is going back... India's furious economic pace is no accident 2211 Your opinion of "Money, Whence it Came, Where it Went" is not shared by many of us and that certainly includes me. That book is marvelous. There is absolutely nothing about money that is beyond... India's furious economic pace is no accident 2212 The Trucker ..and the reason why he writes things which flies in the face of logic is because this is how he wants to spend his retirement days -by peeing on everybody and anybody to... India's furious economic pace is no accident 2213 On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, The Trucker You haven't read Griffin yet. I read both. Also, not everyone likes Galbreath, and Galbreath doesn't like everyone, either. When you... India's furious economic pace is no accident 2214 I like the WAY he writes but do not necessarily agree with all his politics. I did not write "Capital can be ....", but the sentence does speak the truth. If capital... seeking opensource discussion On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Find a consultant who is very knowledgeable about Linux applications... Incompetence pays off well 2216 No. Which makes as little sense as everything else you have said. Measured how? Which makes about... Failing grade: Bush reading program Forwarded message ---------- Inspector General's report: --- Bush Reading Program Gets Failing Grade Audit: Bush's Billion-Dollar a Year Reading Program Beset by Favoritism, Mismanagement By BEN FELLER The buttociated Press... Incompetence pays off well 2218 Oh, I never suspected a conspiracy. I just figured it was a "feature" of your... Incompetence pays off well 2219 alexy Actually I consider it a feature. You send the original post to a couple of groups to draw attention about... Incompetence pays off well 2220 No, I wasn't. A little googling found second- or third-hand reports about his feeling that anything above 20 times was excessive, but nothing about his proposal... Incompetence pays off well 2221 See way at bottom... On Wed, 20 Sep 2006, Nospam alexy, the toad, answered this with his "elitist crap" and yet all the behaviors of US CEOs have displayed conspicuous egotistical self-righteous... Incompetence pays off well 2222 alexy Your tone has turned toward unfriendly again. In your last post you agreed that the present system has problems, which didn't seem... Incompetence pays off well 2223 Straydog It amounts to distributing ownership of a company to members of the general public i.e. increasing the float of a... Incompetence pays off well 2224 On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Which has nothing to do with what you... Incompetence pays off well 2225 Les Cargill The system works only because the legislations was written by non surgeons. Therefore you... Incompetence pays off well 2226 Nospam We have more idiotic legislation constantly. The courts pick through it and "fix" the legislation. What's abusive, and what is corporate is eventually decided by case... Incompetence pays off well 2227 Nospam I have a simpler idea. Put an end to limited liability. When corporations cease to be -persons- (legally speaking) and their... Incompetence pays off well 2228 Nope. limited liability from incorporation protects only the OTHER buttets of INVESTORS. It does nothing to insulate a manager from liability. But socially motivated restrictions are precisely the appropriate role for government. While... Incompetence pays off well 2229 alexy Here is a strong point. But what about another proposal ? The investors can be held entirely liable if he want to maintain the full control over the capital he provided. HOWEVER, the legislation... Incompetence pays off well 2230 Interesting idea. I wonder how much success they would have in raising capital after the initial batch? Shouldn't be any different from an ESOP company raising additional capital... Incompetence pays off well 2231 alexy The prior sentence seems reasonable. The prior sentence does not seem reasonable on several counts. First, even if the same... Incompetence pays off well 2232 Bob Kolker What is an ample reward? The best and brightest do so vluntarily for their... Incompetence pays off well 2233 Old Pif If you mean outsourcing to India as socially unacceptable -that will continue regardless of ownership. Freescale Semiconductor Inc which recently went private -has 3 offices in India, and neither will... Incompetence pays off well 2234 On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, Old Pif There is another very dirty trick process that also goes on: crooked greedy selfish CEO and vice presidents conspire to take... MBA students more likely to cheat MBA students likelier to cheat 56% surveyed acknowledge dishonesty Study blames focus on getting job... Health Care Industry Propping Up The Economy What's Really Propping Up The Economy Since 2001, the health-care industry has added 1.7 million jobs. The rest of the private sector? None Business Week Sept. 25, 2006 If you really... US trade delegation to visit India in November PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Posted online: Friday, September 15, 2006 at 1341 hours IST NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 15: With American businesses showing an increasing interest in India, United States Under Secretary of... CEOasking, Corporation as kingdom I don't have a name for it, but I think the fault is NOT with the corporations but with the governing laws for corporations. We lack protections for labor... contingency plan for your careers... 2239 Noel Well, I discovered that if I succeeded at anything, I also liked doing it. In other words, I might realise that the job... contingency plan for your careers... 2240 Noel Huh. It is good when you can say that. As for me, the set of the tasks which I like to do... contingency plan for your careers... 2241 Straydog The other day, my supervisor returned from the conference (where he presented our paper), and emailed me saying that the paper was accepted for publication in the journal, and... patent law employment BMJ One and a half years ago, my department was reorganised. I worried about having employment for me, so that I went to recruiter who got me into... IMF Raises India's Economic Growth Forecast On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad It is. And, I posted a list showing all... A wee bit of good news...very wee bit Given that I am always considered to be "negative" on my evaluation of the world situation but actually do report some positive developments... A wee bit of good news...very wee bit.... 2245 On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Old Pif It may not be an original founder that decides. HH is dead, and they have a BoD that decides things. All of their... A wee bit of good news...very wee bit.... 2246 On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, rrc It's very hard to say, and even if it were not, I wouldn't want to be the one to say it. Thinking about the world economic... A wee bit of good news...very wee bit.... 2247 On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, DGJ I still have my former website, as a halfmegabyte zip file and once in a while someone... A wee bit of good news...very wee bit.... 2248 Straydog Well yeah, that's why I'd vehemently made my argument around ChemE vs Pharmacy as a cage match scenario. In... A wee bit of good news...very wee bit.... 2249 On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, rrc Well, even in the health care provider fields, the red tape... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2250 Straydog That could happen if Indian managers move up the value chain. So far, I have seen US based CEOs come here to manage Indian subsidiaries -coz they cannot find the... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2251 Les Cargill It didn't. The British pound became the reference currency or reserve currency if you mean. Further, all currencies adhered to the gold std -so no matter whether yours happened to... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2252 Day Brown He means that the US isn't the only country producing paper money without... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2253 On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad It was probably a good idea to take the "guarantee" of... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2254 Talking Points are the province of the right wing nincompoops and that most certainly does not... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2255 On Sat, 23 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Kamal is an Indian from India and thinks he knows more than he really does. Basically, it says your Rupee is worthless. And, yet you... Econ101 for Kamal Prasad Quote: "The history of silver serves as a reminder that money is a token and that there is no economic necessity for currency and... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2257 Kamal R. Prasad Actually, I accept the correction in the former Empire; in the less-than-former-Empire, the dollar held sway. I don't think Soros had all... Exchange rates are causing the problems for U.S Straydog It isn't. Im advising you to bring parity for the sake of the american middle-clbutt... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2259 Robert Kolker it doesn't -which is why you have subsidies for agro-businesses. The US has more land per capita than China or India, but using american labour is just not... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2260 On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad And, it is a fact that your country, India, has tariffs (thus protectionism for... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2261 Straydog if I did, and if you include the fact that drip irrigation can make wasteland cultivable -then the results may not be... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2262 On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Did you include the fact that drip irrigation is expensive? And, the feeds get clogged all... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2263 Straydog It is expensive if water is available in plenty. In Israel, drip irrigation is widely used. In India, we have an expanding desert from the west... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2264 On Fri, 14 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad The main reason for using drip irrigation, IIRC, is if water is scarce and the climate is dry. If water is available in plenty, they are... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2265 Straydog which is what I am saying. I don't know. Maybe it is the nature of... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2266 On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Fine, it was not clear the way you wrote it. Ok, hah, maybe global warming is also... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2267 On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Debt has been used, in the last few decades in the USA, to... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2268 On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, The Trucker There have always been power structures, all over the world, and going back in time, where the rich try to stay rich and get richer at the expense... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2269 You seem to be missing the point of the discussion. That would be good for... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2270 On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, The Trucker You, with your obvious monopoly on truth, are welcome to tell me what 'the point of the discussion' is. OK, then how about you... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2271 The "average" American family owes $25K on credit cards. These people are in very big trouble because there will be no home refinance to save them this time. Fortunately... Outsourcing a threat to US labor force 2272 I would suggest that you acquaint yourself with how this has been done and with the proper solution to the problem: If there was to have... For Kamal...world oil consumption data Being that Kamal constantly complains about the USA, and particularly how we splurge too much by consuming too... For Kamal...world oil consumption data... 2274 Straydog Not surprising and no denying the surge in chinese or Indian consumption.. um.. they are more into jeeps... For Kamal...world oil consumption data... 2275 On Wed, 13 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Who is THEY? And what does that have to do with the fact that both countries (India and China) are on track to be bigger oil... Stiglitz Nobel winner on globalization's failures read very carefully..... from "Financial Times" Friday, Sept 8, 2006, p. 11 breastle: "We have become rich countries of poor people" by: Joseph... Bravo China Zalek Bloom I doubt the outsourcing can be stopped. It is to late and it might not make to much sense either. What we MUST... Advice to jobseekers on empathy as a desirable quality In my local paper today... The worse companies get, the more the HR propogandists have to occasionally spew off this kind of "advice" telling us to how to be happy... Advice to jobseekers on empathy as a desirable quality 2279 Straydog I was interviewed for a teaching position at a junior college last year. During... Advice to jobseekers on empathy as a desirable quality 2280 On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, DGJ Hi Dave, I think Dave really meant to say "If anyone would like to have... Advice to jobseekers on empathy as a desirable quality 2281 On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary OK. I'm not so good at weird names... Advice to jobseekers on empathy as a desirable quality 2282 On Wed, 27 Sep 2006, BroTher zAchary Ahhh....that makes you a good person for me to ask an opinion... Advice to jobseekers on empathy as a desirable quality 2283 On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Old Pif I think if one makes reference to anything "herbal" then the most likely outlet for it... serious old words, still valid Being that I've been interested in learning more about the world (economic) situation and fearing that ignorance is not bliss (what you don't... serious old words, still valid .... 2285 Straydog I said the same thing -and you contradicted me just for the sake of it peeing match. ..and the reason... serious old words, still valid .... 2286 On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad I never contradicted you on that, but what... US productivity...pretty high 2287 On Mon, 2 Oct 2006, Kamal R. Prasad The good part is if the air carriers are US-based, then some money comes back... US productivity...pretty high 2288 Straydog A change of topic. ..and so is the US govt. The US govt has more friends... US productivity...pretty high 2289 On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, Kamal R. Prasad All due to the exchange rate. And, they want to keep that "comparative advantage." The internet... serious old words, still valid .... 2290 On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Not a valid response compared to your claim that if the US economy tanks you will still be... serious old words, still valid .... 2291 On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, Kamal R. Prasad Here is the book on this: "The World in depression, 1929-1939" by Charles... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy The Movement Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America (updated 10-19-04) Fundamentalism is a way... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2293 You can also "compare" Santa with watermelons or the color green. It won't tell you very much, but... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2294 Basicly conservatism is the tendency to resist change, and liberalism is the tendency to embrace change. JFK was... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2295 Robert Miller It all depends on who getsta define the terms. Which was my point. There's lotsa political figures in... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2296 So the first ten amendments to the Consbreastution that were necessary for ratification of it... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2297 Well said, but there is something all americans can do about it. Of all the groups and organizations that claim be doing anything about the public welfare most seem... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2298 There were several problems in 1929. The easiest one to describe is the fact that our centrial bank had far more... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2299 Be that as it may, we are where we are. It made sense to back the dollar with gold when the USA was a net exporter. But to try that... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2300 Robert Miller Your logic seems irrefutable. Ah yes. A friend brought a Liberty Dollar by for me to look at. Well certainly... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2301 Robert Miller That can actually be the last nail in the coffin for US economy. A bulion currency have the advantage that it... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2302 Do you have any examples of an honest currency backed by precious metal that in all history has collapsed? Modern economics is... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2303 Robert Miller Not the currency, but the economy. The country name is ... US and the time was called Great Depression. History always help. Like figuring out that in last 2000 years... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2304 I knew you were going to give that example. When the Federal Reserve printed far more... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2305 On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Robert Miller I think you already forgot Griffin's book. Fractional reserve banking began hundreds of years ago. Banks... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2306 Robert Miller They you also knew that I will reply to you that banks collapses happened later in Great Depression and it was a mere consequence of the... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2307 For most of the world's history metal coins made of gold, silver and other metals were used in trade and commerce. Goldsmiths, Silversmiths, and Jewlers would use these coins to make... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2308 On Thu, 5 Oct 2006, Robert Miller *** I read this book a couple of years ago and I'm actually reading... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2309 I believe the actual trigger for the Crash of 29 was very carefully explained in a Congressional Report. I don't... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2310 On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Robert Miller much deleted I'll advise you to read "The World in Depression, 1929-1939" by Charles P. Kindleberger and review your books that discuss the causes (if they... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2311 Robert Miller It is well known that a engineering disaster is almost never caused due to one issue. It is usually a accumulation of multiple problems, and at one moment a trigger issue unfold a... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2312 The Hunt brothers helped cause a Spike in the price of Silver. Some Texas Oil men helped creat the Oil Shortage scare... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2313 Robert Miller Nice story. And let buttume that the sailor really did that and caused the crash. The question is: Was the sailor the cause of the crash... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2314 I don't remember the actual figure, but the loss of value to the world economy in the 1920 as... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2315 optikl Well, I agree. They don't say that but you need to read behind the words. The nonintervention of government into the economics imply that there will not be... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2316 On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Robert Miller Pardon me for butting in here, but: 1. Inflation... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2317 Same thing happens everytime there is more money in an economy chasing the same amount of goods. The same thing happened in 1865 with the big Silver strike in New Mexico. There was so... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2318 I recall you saying that bulion currency is bad because people will horde it. That is called savings to my way of thinking. If people can afford to buy a car... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2319 I don't think the Great Depression had as much to do with people hording unless you're talking about the bankers themselves... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2320 Robert Miller Hoarding was one of the reasons why it lasted so long. Rich people (bankers included) hoarded money instead of putting them back into the economy... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2321 I believe this could have an effect, but does the weakness outweigh the benifits. If all the other matters... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2322 Not only that but they also debased their currency. They mixed other metals into their silver coins. Ultimately causing inflation leading to... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2323 Robert Miller Gibbon talks about a scam pulled earlier. Crbuttus, the world's first millionaire got that way by having his friends appointed grain inspectors on the docks. He told them... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2324 I never liked the gold standard. A silver standard is much more stable, and much less likely for someone to manipulate... Religious, Political and Corporate Fundamentalism in America merge into a fascist theocracy 2325 Robert Miller This issue is a little more complex than that quick comeback. You clipped one of... Is LESS school the answer 2326 On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, briangmoore Well, I've offered to plan, set up, and organize... Is LESS school the answer 2327 briangmoore At least between the Liberals and the Republicans--er, Conservatives. The New Democratic Party is against everything to the... Postdoc Computational Chemistry at Iowa State University Iowa State University Ames, IA 50010 Two postdoctoral positions are available in the group of... Trying to avoid listing bad supervisors on job apps On Sat, 30 Sep 2006, BMJ Nobody can know what is going to happen to your aplication, who will look at it, what they will think, and just as... Do you know about this see disclaimer at end) Wall Street Journal, Monday, Oct 2, 2006. page A6: "The Black Hole of a U.N. Blacklist" by David Crawford... From the book "Maestro" about Greenspan I just picked up for $1 (at a book sale) a copy of "Maestro-Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom" by Bob... From the book "Maestro" about Greenspan straydog said, I just picked up for $1 (at a book sale) a copy of "Maestro-Greenspan's Fed and the American Boom" by Bob Woodward (c 2000) And... Where are SRC regulars the last couple days On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, Smith Rhoade Hah...look at all the good we all did here on SRC! Gave... Offtopic: Suggestions for cheesebread On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Marco Wife and I are not too much into cheesy-stuff, but some 2+ decades ago we went "ape" over a chocolate bread... Carly Fiorina shocked, just shocked, at HP board behavior This is pretty high on the shameless meter, folks. But then, Fiorina IS a corporate manager... (See, S-dog, the lull in... Carly Fiorina shocked, just shocked, at HP board behavior On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Marco Cheers, cheers, cheers more below... I think her book is "payback". Amelio, who was CEO of Apple before he got pushed... 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