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| 2007/8/6-22 [Politics/Domestic/Crime, Politics/Domestic/Immigration] UID:47538 Activity:nil |
8/5 How the HB1B Visa program really works:
http://www.youtube.com/user/programmersguild
\_ "H-1B"
\_ Common knowledge. So what are you gonna do?
\_ Is this a hoax?
\_ http://www.cohenlaw.com/attorneys-81.html
\_ If all these were true, why would an exployer go through all these
trouble and the associated expenses (attorney fees, HR expense, time
for managers to inverview those "very qualifed" candidates) just to
hire an H-1B worker? What's the upside for the employer?
hire an H-1B worker? What's the upside for the employer? (Unless
those employers are all trying to hire their friends and relatives.)
\_ (a) the H-1B is usually pretty qualified for the job
(b) it's difficult for the H-1B to leave - you obviously have not
seen firsthand the desperation of an H-1B trying to push the
green card process forward with their employer
(c) better leverage over the H-1B because of (b)
\_ Regarding (b), on the contrary I was under the H-1B visa
myself a decade ago. --- PP |
| 2007/8/6 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:47539 Activity:nil |
8/6 motd doctors, please |
| 2007/8/6 [Recreation/Humor] UID:47540 Activity:moderate |
8/6 motd doctors, please help. When I get 'backed up', I end
up passing a giant act of congress in the bathroom, and... bear
with me here, I don't know the names for the parts down there, but
the exposed portion of my anus, sort of the 'lips', get really
swollen and it feels funny down there. so funny that I get
really sexually excited all day and i need to masturbate
at least 9 times per day. what can i do? what should I tell
my docter? what is the name of the swollen portion? thanks. |
| 2007/8/6-22 [Computer/SW/Security] UID:47541 Activity:nil |
8/6 Another entry for the "no duh" department:
"WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government cannot account for more than half
of all small arms given to Iraqis in the hope of bolstering their
security forces, raising fears the weapons may have found their way to
insurgent groups, according to a new congressional probe." |
| 2007/8/6-22 [Computer/SW/Unix] UID:47542 Activity:nil |
8/6 http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wilburjr&search=Search Lies lies lies. \_ I can't view youtube from work. What is this? \_ boring. |
| 2007/8/6-22 [Uncategorized] UID:47543 Activity:nil |
8/6 Anyone go to DefCon this year in Vegas?
\_ bleh, went to Blizzcon instead. FOR THE HORDE!
\_ I know a guy who went to the Classic Gaming Expo. |
| 2007/8/6-22 [Reference/History/WW2/Japan] UID:47544 Activity:nil |
8/6 happy hiroshima day!
\_ HERE COMES THE BOOM
\_ they so deserve it. |
| 2007/8/6 [Computer/Companies/Apple, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:47545 Activity:kinda low 88%like:47550 |
8/6 Karl Rove + iPhone
http://www.time.com/time/politics/whitehouse/photos/0,27424,1650240,00.html
\_ Perhaps the Bush administration would like to know what most people
working at Apple (inluding their top executives) really think of the
Bush administration. Even Steve Jobs told his employees to vote
Democrat during a company-wide conference.
\_ Just because Steve told them to doesn't mean they did. Voting
is still anonymous in this country. |
| 2007/8/6-8 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA] UID:47546 Activity:low |
8/6 What happened to /csua/bin?
\_ NUKED! |
| 2007/8/6-8 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Korea] UID:47547 Activity:nil |
8/6 wtf?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Death
\_ Every so often I'm reminded why I keep reading the motd. Thank you
Motd.
\_ Figures. It's not unexpected from the South Koreans.
\_ I heard this a number of times in Korea, I've even heard a number
of the explaniations given in the article. -jrleek |
| 2007/8/6-9 [Finance/Banking] UID:47548 Activity:nil |
8/6 The Loan Comes Due
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/weekinreview/05norris.html
\_ I laugh long and heartily at everyone affected by this.
In other news, HRC proposes $1B in federal aid.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/07/ap3995204.html
Personal responsibility? What's that? |
| 2007/8/6-7 [Uncategorized] UID:47549 Activity:nil |
8/6 fine. my colon loses.
I'll war with you tomorrow. |
| 2007/8/6-8 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:47550 Activity:very high 88%like:47545 |
8/6 Karl Rove + iPhone
http://urltea.com/15ng (time.com)
\_ Perhaps the Bush administration would like to know what most people
working at Apple (inluding their top executives) really think of the
Bush administration. Even Steve Jobs told his employees to vote
Democrat during a company-wide conference.
\_ Just because Steve told them to doesn't mean they did. Voting
is still anonymous in this country.
\_ So what? Technology crosses political lines. Rush Limbaugh is
a huge apple fan boi who has been pitching apple gear for years.
\_ I could say the same thing about the flip side.
Republicans are always quick to point out that the
military is comprised primarily of Republicans and,
therefore, Republicans are entitled the protection
of the armed forces and not Democrats (e.g. Bill-O
soliciting terrorists to attack "liberal" SF and
military should not defend it). Of course, this is
entirely ludicrous because if you looked at policies
which Republicans like to promote so much, you would
actually think that Republicans hate our military.
The point I was originally trying to make was this:
Republicans like to portray Democrats (you know,
like the vast majority who work at Apple) as these
crazy, evil, godless, tree-hugging, pot-smoking,
terrorists-loving, anti-military, communist bums
who smell like garbage when, in reality, they're
just a bunch of smart and talented engineers and
entrepreneurs who believe in the free market and
love making cool products like the iPhone. Karl
Rove is using a product made by the same people
he ridicules so much.
\_ Oh. Well, I totally agree w/ that.
\_ So, can you post a link where Karl Rove makes fun of
Apple? 'Cause, I think you're just a paranoid nutcase.
\_ Sticks and stones. Paranoid nutcases believe that
if we don't attack them there (Iraq), they'll come swim
over and attack us here. I don't need to post a link.
You can google this all you want. "liberals saw the
savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare
indictments and offer therapy and understanding for
our attackers." Rove doesn't directly attack
Apple and I never said he did. But he does attack
the people who comprise the majority of the company.
\_ Who says the majority of Apple employees are
Democrats?
\_ So, you think it's ok to be a paranoid nutcase
because Karl Rove is? There's an odd justification.
\_ Take Reading Comprehension 101.
\_ Nice try, I'd say you need a writing class,
but but you need coherent thought more.
Your posts jump between multiple unconnected
topics and are full of bizarre over-
generalizations. They basically make no sense.
It's just plain old raving. Sorry.
\_ You can't even point out when I said it
was okay to be a paranoid nutcase.
\_ You're right, I just kind of assumed
you thought it was ok, since you do it
so well.
\_ Exec Summary: Republicans = evil, stupid, cranky, smearing,
hypocritical baby killers. Democrats = good, kind, smart,
all-knowing, loving, generous, tolerant victims of moronic
Republican abuse. All Apple Engineers = Democrats. Did I
miss anything in your bizarre rant?
\_ Did I say any of that? Boy, you must not know how to
read. Or do you only hear what you want to hear?
\_ It's standard motd noise, yes, you did. That is the
correct executive summary. So answer me this: do
you disagree with any of those statements? Which
ones, if any?
\_ Yes, I disagree with all of them. You put words
into other people mouths. I never said Republicans
were all of those things. There are some who are
but I never made that generalization. And there
are Demorcrats who are those things. And no,
being an Apple employee doesn't make you a Dem.
But from my personal experience (I'm no Gallup
Poll but I know way more Apple employees than
you do) most of them are Dems. So once again,
you're wrong. I never said any of those things
you claim I did.
\_ Is that good thing? A boss telling his employees how to vote
is jaw-droppingly inappropriate. If that's true I'm never buying
apple again.
\_ I've heard bosses (but not the CEO) tell people how they
should or shouldn't vote frequently. I'm guessing its
pretty common.
\_ No it's not. They're adults, they're not being coerced, and,
the whole premise of Democracy is that people can think for
themselves. -dans
\_ I didn't say the couldn't, or even that there's some way
for Jobs to verfiy what they did. It's still wrong to
order people how to vote. It's an attempt at misuse of
power. Attempted murder is a crime, and so is attempted
corruption. It's fine if he says "I'm voting for Ds,
and I think everyone should." "You must vote D" is not ok.
I'm sure if he said "You must vote R" you'd see why it's a
problem.
\_ He didn't order people to vote D. An employee had a
concern about how the unstable state of the world
was negatively impacting the Apple and Silicon
Valley environment and he responded by recommending
that (s)he vote D.
\_ Well, that's different then, isn't it?
\_ Apple needs some smarter employees. The world is
always in an 'unstable state'. Or at least some
more employees who have read some history.
\_ Troll was here |
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