I knew I'd regret buying an Intel CPU

Why a US jail? adobe and sony movies etc all have local offices, and if it's an international crime why not do a local charge and trial?

Oh yeah, I forgot, we all live in bush's grand empire as slaves of america, excuse my momentary confusion.

W

Subject: FBI guidelines

Sorry but the skepticism is misplaced. Fundamentally on US campuses with engineering and science R&D there is a problem as there is just about anywhere that chinese / asian student Foreign Nationals participate in technical R&D of a potentially strategic commercial or defense applications(directly or indirectly). This is of much lesser concern for students of western nationality, but still remains somewhat an issue.

My guess is that without being specific in naming which countries, this is the likely intent of the policy. Many schools are against this, and partly wrongly so.

There is little point training folks in technologies who in fact will likely either end up competing directly or supporting business or military competitors, aided via education or other means from stateside studies funded largely by US taxpayers.

The proper (strict) policy would draw an uproar, barring foreign nationals from partaking in academic work stateside in a number of critical disciplines. But it in fact might be needed, even if academia does not get it.

DO NOT PUBLISH MY NAME.

Subject: IBM breaks the petaflop barrier

Do you think they'll let me rip some cds on it?

Aolden

Subject: hmm..PC

While I dont expect the Inquirer to be politically correct, the article "How US tech firms place job ads no-one will apply for" I think was probably not even reviewed by an editor. The following sentence " You can get three or four of most of these for what you might have to pay an American." alsmost refers to workers of foreign origin as commodities. While this might be the view of the author, the inquirer must realize that it does have a following among people of non-american origin!

Vaderfanatic

Subject: Car gets rid of axle of evil

You mentioned about the Toyota "Follow my leader" system, interestingly Mercedes has already used this type of system in one of there recent Models, whereby you can set the cruise control and it will monitor the car in front, even down to stopping at a round about when the car in front does (Obviously not something you'd do if they jump out in front of a lorry though!). The same Mercedes also featured an light intensifier display in the heads up allowing you to see much further while driving at night

RattyocasteR

Subject: The real Americans

I am an American. I find your description both rude and misleading to those who don't know any Americans (or only the fat snobbish ones). The vast majority of us (at least in the midwest) are NOT "hamburger munchers." Frankly I detest fast food (not because of the lack of quality -though the general lack thereof should be a cause for concern; even for the McDonalds' in Europe) and I prefer to fix my own food.

Long story short:

You are misleading yourself to think an American "always costs more." I happen to be an Engineer and I can say that hiring three foreign Engineers to replace one domestic is the same stupidity that has brought HP to its knees several times. Please don't take this as a rude response as I have to intention of "flaming" you. I simply felt I had a few points that you should at least hear regardless of how many times you have heard something similar.

BTW...you should also run your articles through a grammar checker...just a thought.

Cheerio mate.

Nonya

Subject: AMD's Ruiz has "felt the pain of Chipzilla running amok"

If there ever was a shining example of a man behaving like a whining, cry baby bitch, here it is. WTF is he looking for sympathy, perhaps a government bailout? Poor, Poor, Hector; from failure to failure," the perfect storm", Dell disaster, ATI, dumping 939 that everyone wanted for AM2 no one could sell, screwing the channel, delays on ANYTHING NEW, and he blames INTEL for doing business? Wreckter Ruinz, is not man enough to admit huge mistakes on his part. But, he still collected his 27 million bucks. What an embarrassment to the corporate community.

Now that Intel is kicking his ass up and down Wall Street, in the channel, and in the market, with FAR BETTER PRODUCT and better execution, he cries foul? What the hell is competition and a free open market? Now, if Intel competes fairly and wins, or anyone for that mater, he cries cry monopoly? Let's just stop Intel from doing any business at all, let the government intervene, and give him a free pass. Why, because of the 'Hector' entitlement? This guy BLEEDS PANIC! READ: BUSINESS 101: FAIR MARKET ECONONOMY!!!!

You had your shot, and you BLEW IT. Just get the hell out and retire with your millions, sit in the Country Club, surround yourself with paid yes men, (as you do now) and blame Intel for the rest of your dreary existence. WRECKTER (THE TERRIBLE) RUINZ: You are the man who put AMD $5.4 billion in debt in one year with extremely BAD judgment, BAD decisions, bad deals, and bad product execution. And, as we shall see, in the following year, perhaps BANKRUPTCY! You will never, ever be in the same league with Jerry Sanders, Wrecktor. YOU are a HUGE walking failure and deep down inside YOU KNOW IT.

SPARKS

Subject: How US tech firms place job ads no-one will apply for

This practice exists in the UK too. A couple of years back I applied for a job with a local IT company and heard nothing back - par for the course with agency scumbags, not quite as much with direct applications. But a few weeks later they approached me, and I assumed it was a belated response to my application, but it was in fact a cold call. Indeed they very nearly rejected me at interview for arguing that I had applied for an ad no-one on the panel had any knowledge of! Some time later, they openly admitted the original ad was a scam (OK, perhaps not their precise word) for just the kind of purpose described, and the person I had applied to didn't even exist.

David G

Subject: parralel processor

Nick;

You do realise that this is disruptive technology!

This is the IT version of Cold Fusion. Now I know where Fleischman and Pons have been hanging out. This is the end of the need to upgrade to a faster computer every three to five years.

This is akin to the carbuerater that could achieve 100 miles per gallon. Yes that was a myth but it was a way to blame the oil companies for stifling tecnological advancements.

Do you really think that Intel will allow this concept to enter the market place?

This essentially becomes a lifetime computer and is the end of the semi conductor cyclical boom and bust that is roughly equivalent to the life of operating systems and CPU generations.

But then Bill Gates will want 64 licenses for Windows right?

I would be very surprised if this ever saw the light of day.

regards;

Bob Vesely

Subject: ehh, Even CPUs need hotfix

I knew i'll regret buying an intel CPU, but its all because of AMD, delaying their K10 architecture.

I hope the news will spread all over :D

Haqman

Subject: How US tech firms place job ads no-one will apply for

. that's been SOP for years. When you're here on an H1-B and need to get it renewed for instance so you can stay another 3 years then yes, the ads are placed. However, 99% of the time the ads are used to keep hold of specific individuals because of what they do at the company, and to avoid having to take on someone new and teach them everything from scratch. They don't so much use it to bring over people for lower wages, simply because as soon as those people realise they're being paid 1/4 of what an american gets they just leave and go work for another company that offers them the same. Crafting specific ads to hold onto key people is merely a sensible reaction to excessiv restrictions on the number of visas issued each year.

I benefited from exactly such advertising, and I'm paid pretty much the same as anyone else in this company of similar experience.

STE

Subject: FBI wants students to stop travelling

Hello Nick:

Will this ever stop? Many of the "bad behaviors" such as working odd hours, immaturity, and going against the rules are staus quo for college students. One might say they even go hand in hand with people who are creative and inspirational. Not that means those are good behaviors, but hard to avoid, especially among young people who are just getting out in the world.

I can't see any reason why they include drug and alcohol abuse other than it's probably a requirement that anything which might be detrimental in any way to anything in the known universe is somehow related to drug and alcohol abuse.

Lastly, this checklist of probable-espionage behavior reads more like a manual for an imcompetent boss wanting to get rid of an employee.

The employee keeps to himself? Spy!
The employee gets mad because you didn't pay him overtime? Spy!
The employee is bitter because he got passed over for promotion? Spy!

So now, in addition to facing bad work environments, anyone expressing even the slightest dissatisfaction is a SPY!

And really, all these guidelines show is how to root out people who are unhappy and likely to be recruited just to stick it in the eye of the their employer. It does nothing about real espionage agents who would know better than to attract suspicion.

It's good to know our tax dollars are well spent on building the collective paranoia.

Sincerely,

Scott Peterson

Subject: You are a moron

Hey dumb fock why don't get your facts straight before blasting off with your mouth about the US citizens being fat hamburger eaters. Also retard, when you say Americans then you mean North and South Americans. America is a continent you moron not a specific country. So that means people in Canada, USA, Mexico, and Brazil are fat hamburger eaters. Maybe you need to go back to school and take a few more Geography classes. If you want to direct insults at the US, then say "USians" which means people in the USA.

J McAbee