5/10    "Tech researcher Gartner recently forecast that by December more than
        80 percent of multinationals will use IT outsourcing to save money,
        overcome skills shortages or increase flexibility.

        Without a doubt, much of that work is headed to India."
        \_ http://asia.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/05/10/india.telecoms.reut/index.html
        \_ Americans are fat, lazy, and stupid.
           \_ Agreed.  I came to this country 13 years ago.  While I haven't
              gotten any fatter, I sure have become lazier and more stupid than
              before.
        \_ Uh, dude this the Gartner group.  They'll make a study that says
           anything if you pay them $$.

5/10    Looking for basic Swing/Big Apple routines on the web. URL?

5/10    I've noticed that i've been getting a max 60KB/sec download on my
        cable modem (charter pipeline).  Compared do you other people,
        does this download suck? - person not in bay area.
        \_ I get 150 KB on my pacbell DSL.
        \_ 99% of the 1.5mbs promised on dl.  16KB/sec up cap.  AT&Tbi @home
           \_ 1.1mbs dl, 110kbs up. Sunnyvale At Home.

5/11    Dish Network or DirecTV?
        \_ What features do you want?  I think they both have built-in Tivo if
           you want.  What channels do you want?
           \_ tech tv.  So i can record/watch max headroom.  Btw, do you get
              that channel on normal cable?  What channel is it?

5/11    "Refreshments Served" or "ASUC/something wheelchair accessible."
        Which is the deputy tagline of CSUA. (CSUA tagline: "If you have
        to ask, you don't know." For those who don't know.)

5/10    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=3499732&sid=32423 proving that
        open source = racist.
        \_ I'm pretty sure that guy thinks himself funny.  This is a common
           delusion.  Youi, however, have no excuse.
           \_ I'm not Youi!
           \_ It wasn't a humor piece.  It's all true.  Why the blinders?

5/11    New CS grads, what are your plans?
        \_ join the unemployment crowd to cool down the economy
           \_ thanks! -economy
        \_ move to NYC. if anyone has any advice or leads, mail me.  - rory
              \_ if i meet you in a dark alley i'm going to beat the shit
                 out of you.
        \_ stalk chialea, alexf, and twohey
           \_ which one of these is not like the other.
        \_ move to NYC
           \_ just came back from there... need any info?
              \_ hi aspo.
              \_ definately! I am passing on a couple offers here, but have
                 none out there, and have quite a bit of anxiety about
                 the whole situation. any info/advice would be much
                 appreciated.                           - rory
                 \_ do you know how to deal drugs?
                    \_ do you have a hook-up in NYC?
        \_ get a jobin india
           \_ are you serious? what type of job? where?
              \_ being an oppressive capitalist fuck.
        \_ kill PhD candidates, move up on the waiting list, wait.
           \_ this isn't connected to the stalkng, is it? -chialea
              \_ it's connected to your breasts.
           \_ you forgot "repeat if necessary"
           \_ Publish or perish, indeed. -geordan
        \_ working for NSA (off to the east coast)
                \_ where on the east coast?
        \_ Togo's in Santa Clara pays $8/hour plus free food
           \_ hope you have a good gpa (spoke with subway, that's all they
              wanted to know)
        \- still looking for a job. maybe aerospace. they are hiring at least.
           \_ hope you have a good gpa (spoke with raytheon, that's all they
              wanted to know)

5/11    Netrek featured on Slashdot?
        \_ yes?
        \_ what is the differences between Netrek and the xtrek?
          \_ netrek used X protocol to display as an X client from the
          \_ xtrek used X protocol to display as an X client from the
             server to your display (workstation).  Needless to say since X
             protocol uses TCP and is pretty bandwidth hungry, it doesn't
             perform as well.  Netrek overcame this by doing all the X protocol
             graphics in a 'local' client program, and optimized all the
             network traffic in a really efficient combination of UDP packets
             and TCP sessions.  This enabled netrek to be played over great
             distances, and with fairly large network lag levels. -ERic
             \_ Thanks!  I remember eons ago I used to *HATE* people who
                play xtrek because they taken up all the resources while
                I was trying to do homework :)  --non-CS major geek
                \_ It is unlikely you're talking about xtrek.  No one's
                   played xtrek since 1988.  -tom
                   \_ oh right.  noone has been around longer or done
                      anything around here earlier than tom has.  all
                      bow to tom's 10cm ego.
                      \_ You're mad because he's right.  And tom's ego is huge.
                         \_ did tom ever graduate?