[Coronita]

Dukehorn,

What do you attribute racism in the Asian community to? Is it because your race feels superior to blacks or is it because you feel an obligation to deal with your own race in an effort to better the economic conditions of your community?

Being the intellectual snob that you are I thought you might enjoy reading about grade inflation at Ivy League schools.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2002/02/08/edtwof2.htm

"Evidence of grade inflation at Ivy League schools:
In 1966, 22% of Harvard undergraduate students earned A's. By 1996, that figure rose to 46%. That same year, 82% of Harvard seniors graduated with honors.
In 1973, 31% of all grades at Princeton were A's. By 1997 that rose to 43%. In 1997, only 12% of all grades given at Princeton were below the B range."

Here is another article.

http://www.faola.ca/harvard%20grade%20inflation.htm

"An investigation by The Boston Globe last month found Harvard also has an unprecedented large number of honours 'graduates compared to other elite universities. In what the newspaper called "Harvard's dirty little secret,@ it found 91% of students graduated with honours, compared with 51 % at Yale University, 44% at Princeton University, 40% at Dartmouth College and 25% at Columbia University."

How much is an A worth now at Harvard when 50% receive them?? While I admire the Asian intellect and work ethic I doubt many of your friends would have made the same grades had they gone through when Bush did.

I would rather deal with someone who made a C in the early 60's while having a real life at Harvard then someone who got an A studying 12-14 hours a day the way grades were given out when they were there. 91% honors??

Its no small wonder why Lawyers and Researchers vote Democratic. Lawyers get to sue more and Researchers get money with no accountablity relative to results.

John

 

jficquette ,

I would say a grade inflated grad from Harvard says a lot more than a 4.0 grad student from the University of Phoenix. (though I hate Harvard from a rivalry perspective, no offense Dukehorn).

 

Didn't you say you were a headhunter? Um, ok…Mr Used Car Salesman. It all makes sense now.

 

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[Coronita]

Dukehorn,

What do you attribute racism in the Asian community to? Is it because your race feels superior to blacks or is it because you feel an obligation to deal with your own race in an effort to better the economic conditions of your community?

Being the intellectual snob that you are I thought you might enjoy reading about grade inflation at Ivy League schools.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2002/02/08/edtwof2.htm

"Evidence of grade inflation at Ivy League schools:
In 1966, 22% of Harvard undergraduate students earned A's. By 1996, that figure rose to 46%. That same year, 82% of Harvard seniors graduated with honors.
In 1973, 31% of all grades at Princeton were A's. By 1997 that rose to 43%. In 1997, only 12% of all grades given at Princeton were below the B range."

Here is another article.

http://www.faola.ca/harvard%20grade%20inflation.htm

"An investigation by The Boston Globe last month found Harvard also has an unprecedented large number of honours 'graduates compared to other elite universities. In what the newspaper called "Harvard's dirty little secret,@ it found 91% of students graduated with honours, compared with 51 % at Yale University, 44% at Princeton University, 40% at Dartmouth College and 25% at Columbia University."

How much is an A worth now at Harvard when 50% receive them?? While I admire the Asian intellect and work ethic I doubt many of your friends would have made the same grades had they gone through when Bush did.

I would rather deal with someone who made a C in the early 60's while having a real life at Harvard then someone who got an A studying 12-14 hours a day the way grades were given out when they were there. 91% honors??

Its no small wonder why Lawyers and Researchers vote Democratic. Lawyers get to sue more and Researchers get money with no accountablity relative to results.

John

 

jficquette ,

I would say a grade inflated grad from Harvard says a lot more than a 4.0 grad student from the University of Phoenix. (though I hate Harvard from a rivalry perspective, no offense Dukehorn).

 

Didn't you say you were a headhunter? Um, ok…Mr Used Car Salesman. It all makes sense now.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Dukehorn,

What do you attribute racism in the Asian community to? Is it because your race feels superior to blacks or is it because you feel an obligation to deal with your own race in an effort to better the economic conditions of your community?

Being the intellectual snob that you are I thought you might enjoy reading about grade inflation at Ivy League schools.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2002/02/08/edtwof2.htm

"Evidence of grade inflation at Ivy League schools:
In 1966, 22% of Harvard undergraduate students earned A's. By 1996, that figure rose to 46%. That same year, 82% of Harvard seniors graduated with honors.
In 1973, 31% of all grades at Princeton were A's. By 1997 that rose to 43%. In 1997, only 12% of all grades given at Princeton were below the B range."

Here is another article.

http://www.faola.ca/harvard%20grade%20inflation.htm

"An investigation by The Boston Globe last month found Harvard also has an unprecedented large number of honours 'graduates compared to other elite universities. In what the newspaper called "Harvard's dirty little secret,@ it found 91% of students graduated with honours, compared with 51 % at Yale University, 44% at Princeton University, 40% at Dartmouth College and 25% at Columbia University."

How much is an A worth now at Harvard when 50% receive them?? While I admire the Asian intellect and work ethic I doubt many of your friends would have made the same grades had they gone through when Bush did.

I would rather deal with someone who made a C in the early 60's while having a real life at Harvard then someone who got an A studying 12-14 hours a day the way grades were given out when they were there. 91% honors??

Its no small wonder why Lawyers and Researchers vote Democratic. Lawyers get to sue more and Researchers get money with no accountablity relative to results.

John

 

jficquette ,

I would say a grade inflated grad from Harvard says a lot more than a 4.0 grad student from the University of Phoenix. (though I hate Harvard from a rivalry perspective, no offense Dukehorn).

 

Didn't you say you were a headhunter? Um, ok…Mr Used Car Salesman. It all makes sense now.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Dukehorn,

What do you attribute racism in the Asian community to? Is it because your race feels superior to blacks or is it because you feel an obligation to deal with your own race in an effort to better the economic conditions of your community?

Being the intellectual snob that you are I thought you might enjoy reading about grade inflation at Ivy League schools.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2002/02/08/edtwof2.htm

"Evidence of grade inflation at Ivy League schools:
In 1966, 22% of Harvard undergraduate students earned A's. By 1996, that figure rose to 46%. That same year, 82% of Harvard seniors graduated with honors.
In 1973, 31% of all grades at Princeton were A's. By 1997 that rose to 43%. In 1997, only 12% of all grades given at Princeton were below the B range."

Here is another article.

http://www.faola.ca/harvard%20grade%20inflation.htm

"An investigation by The Boston Globe last month found Harvard also has an unprecedented large number of honours 'graduates compared to other elite universities. In what the newspaper called "Harvard's dirty little secret,@ it found 91% of students graduated with honours, compared with 51 % at Yale University, 44% at Princeton University, 40% at Dartmouth College and 25% at Columbia University."

How much is an A worth now at Harvard when 50% receive them?? While I admire the Asian intellect and work ethic I doubt many of your friends would have made the same grades had they gone through when Bush did.

I would rather deal with someone who made a C in the early 60's while having a real life at Harvard then someone who got an A studying 12-14 hours a day the way grades were given out when they were there. 91% honors??

Its no small wonder why Lawyers and Researchers vote Democratic. Lawyers get to sue more and Researchers get money with no accountablity relative to results.

John

 

jficquette ,

I would say a grade inflated grad from Harvard says a lot more than a 4.0 grad student from the University of Phoenix. (though I hate Harvard from a rivalry perspective, no offense Dukehorn).

 

Didn't you say you were a headhunter? Um, ok…Mr Used Car Salesman. It all makes sense now.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Drunkle, I need to get off this board. I think I'm addicted. BUT, to answer your question.

There is a huge difference between mobile developers and enterprise software developers. Different knowledge, different experience, and probably different skillsets.

Mobile developers: designs with the mobile constraints: power consumption, memory footprint, lousy network,etc.

Enterprise developers: deal with designing for scalability Y, response time X, 99.999% availability,etc, an enterprise data model that will last over time,etc… The software business has changed alot for enterprise software developers. You use to only do DB work if your were the DB guy, or only write code that fits in an app server or only do the scalability stuff. These days, most people who are in this business and are the top guys can really do it all top to bottom, or at least tell others how to do it top to bottom from frontend all the way to the data layer. The flip side is, most enterprise developers would end up blowing all memory and storage resources if you let them develop mobile software, because they wouldn't be use to those constraints on the mobile.

It's quite funny. When I look at someone's code, I can usually tell if they were ex-mobile developers or ex-enterprise developers. The former's hello world program is complete unreadable. The latter's hello world program contains 15 objects to do it.

 

Microsofts mobile platform is primarily business focused, and as such will never have the same bite as platforms that are consumer oriented frankly. Pocket pc's don't have connectivity unless you're in a wifi area and do not have location based capabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Drunkle, I need to get off this board. I think I'm addicted. BUT, to answer your question.

There is a huge difference between mobile developers and enterprise software developers. Different knowledge, different experience, and probably different skillsets.

Mobile developers: designs with the mobile constraints: power consumption, memory footprint, lousy network,etc.

Enterprise developers: deal with designing for scalability Y, response time X, 99.999% availability,etc, an enterprise data model that will last over time,etc… The software business has changed alot for enterprise software developers. You use to only do DB work if your were the DB guy, or only write code that fits in an app server or only do the scalability stuff. These days, most people who are in this business and are the top guys can really do it all top to bottom, or at least tell others how to do it top to bottom from frontend all the way to the data layer. The flip side is, most enterprise developers would end up blowing all memory and storage resources if you let them develop mobile software, because they wouldn't be use to those constraints on the mobile.

It's quite funny. When I look at someone's code, I can usually tell if they were ex-mobile developers or ex-enterprise developers. The former's hello world program is complete unreadable. The latter's hello world program contains 15 objects to do it.

 

Microsofts mobile platform is primarily business focused, and as such will never have the same bite as platforms that are consumer oriented frankly. Pocket pc's don't have connectivity unless you're in a wifi area and do not have location based capabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Drunkle, I need to get off this board. I think I'm addicted. BUT, to answer your question.

There is a huge difference between mobile developers and enterprise software developers. Different knowledge, different experience, and probably different skillsets.

Mobile developers: designs with the mobile constraints: power consumption, memory footprint, lousy network,etc.

Enterprise developers: deal with designing for scalability Y, response time X, 99.999% availability,etc, an enterprise data model that will last over time,etc… The software business has changed alot for enterprise software developers. You use to only do DB work if your were the DB guy, or only write code that fits in an app server or only do the scalability stuff. These days, most people who are in this business and are the top guys can really do it all top to bottom, or at least tell others how to do it top to bottom from frontend all the way to the data layer. The flip side is, most enterprise developers would end up blowing all memory and storage resources if you let them develop mobile software, because they wouldn't be use to those constraints on the mobile.

It's quite funny. When I look at someone's code, I can usually tell if they were ex-mobile developers or ex-enterprise developers. The former's hello world program is complete unreadable. The latter's hello world program contains 15 objects to do it.

 

Microsofts mobile platform is primarily business focused, and as such will never have the same bite as platforms that are consumer oriented frankly. Pocket pc's don't have connectivity unless you're in a wifi area and do not have location based capabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Drunkle, I need to get off this board. I think I'm addicted. BUT, to answer your question.

There is a huge difference between mobile developers and enterprise software developers. Different knowledge, different experience, and probably different skillsets.

Mobile developers: designs with the mobile constraints: power consumption, memory footprint, lousy network,etc.

Enterprise developers: deal with designing for scalability Y, response time X, 99.999% availability,etc, an enterprise data model that will last over time,etc… The software business has changed alot for enterprise software developers. You use to only do DB work if your were the DB guy, or only write code that fits in an app server or only do the scalability stuff. These days, most people who are in this business and are the top guys can really do it all top to bottom, or at least tell others how to do it top to bottom from frontend all the way to the data layer. The flip side is, most enterprise developers would end up blowing all memory and storage resources if you let them develop mobile software, because they wouldn't be use to those constraints on the mobile.

It's quite funny. When I look at someone's code, I can usually tell if they were ex-mobile developers or ex-enterprise developers. The former's hello world program is complete unreadable. The latter's hello world program contains 15 objects to do it.

 

Microsofts mobile platform is primarily business focused, and as such will never have the same bite as platforms that are consumer oriented frankly. Pocket pc's don't have connectivity unless you're in a wifi area and do not have location based capabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

Drunkle, I need to get off this board. I think I'm addicted. BUT, to answer your question.

There is a huge difference between mobile developers and enterprise software developers. Different knowledge, different experience, and probably different skillsets.

Mobile developers: designs with the mobile constraints: power consumption, memory footprint, lousy network,etc.

Enterprise developers: deal with designing for scalability Y, response time X, 99.999% availability,etc, an enterprise data model that will last over time,etc… The software business has changed alot for enterprise software developers. You use to only do DB work if your were the DB guy, or only write code that fits in an app server or only do the scalability stuff. These days, most people who are in this business and are the top guys can really do it all top to bottom, or at least tell others how to do it top to bottom from frontend all the way to the data layer. The flip side is, most enterprise developers would end up blowing all memory and storage resources if you let them develop mobile software, because they wouldn't be use to those constraints on the mobile.

It's quite funny. When I look at someone's code, I can usually tell if they were ex-mobile developers or ex-enterprise developers. The former's hello world program is complete unreadable. The latter's hello world program contains 15 objects to do it.

 

Microsofts mobile platform is primarily business focused, and as such will never have the same bite as platforms that are consumer oriented frankly. Pocket pc's don't have connectivity unless you're in a wifi area and do not have location based capabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

I'd agree with LA_Renter here. Again, I'm not against Obama. (Though my discloser is that I'm predicting a landslide House/Senate toward democrats, so I'm voting for McCain in hopes that a Democrat congress + republican executive = no wild ass extreme government policies we've seen the past 8 years with a dominated party on both sides). Obama probably is a unifier. BUT, reality is any association to some of these other public figures (direct or not) is going to hurt him.

He's going to be in a tough bind. On one hand, he needs votes from whites and other minorities, and thus race can't be an issue. At the same time, he's going to have to be careful that he doesn't enrage african american focus groups that will call him a "sell out". That said, Hillary has her own issues. I don't know if you folks caught that she fired her campaign manager because her campaign manager uttered a sleuth of disparage remarks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/14/wuspols214.xml

McCain's camp is probably laughing their asses off right now,because both Obama and Hillary's campaigns are doing a pretty good job ripping each other apart. The big wildcard question is, who will be McCain's mate. Just speculation, if he picks Colin Powell,

I'd say a McCain/Powell ticket might give the Democrats a run for the money, especially if Obama doesn't win. Because in this particular ticket, race would be in their favor. You have your white elder man, you have  a well respected African American "moderate".. And Ironically, if that happens, Powell probably will be president eventually, because McCain probably will croak while in office.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-cooper/mccainpowell_b_84271.html

 

 

Gosh, I hate myself. I normally hate talking about politics. But this definitely will be an interesting election, regardless of how it turns out. It's better than watching any reality show for sure.

 

[Coronita]

I'd agree with LA_Renter here. Again, I'm not against Obama. (Though my discloser is that I'm predicting a landslide House/Senate toward democrats, so I'm voting for McCain in hopes that a Democrat congress + republican executive = no wild ass extreme government policies we've seen the past 8 years with a dominated party on both sides). Obama probably is a unifier. BUT, reality is any association to some of these other public figures (direct or not) is going to hurt him.

He's going to be in a tough bind. On one hand, he needs votes from whites and other minorities, and thus race can't be an issue. At the same time, he's going to have to be careful that he doesn't enrage african american focus groups that will call him a "sell out". That said, Hillary has her own issues. I don't know if you folks caught that she fired her campaign manager because her campaign manager uttered a sleuth of disparage remarks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/14/wuspols214.xml

McCain's camp is probably laughing their asses off right now,because both Obama and Hillary's campaigns are doing a pretty good job ripping each other apart. The big wildcard question is, who will be McCain's mate. Just speculation, if he picks Colin Powell,

I'd say a McCain/Powell ticket might give the Democrats a run for the money, especially if Obama doesn't win. Because in this particular ticket, race would be in their favor. You have your white elder man, you have  a well respected African American "moderate".. And Ironically, if that happens, Powell probably will be president eventually, because McCain probably will croak while in office.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-cooper/mccainpowell_b_84271.html

 

 

Gosh, I hate myself. I normally hate talking about politics. But this definitely will be an interesting election, regardless of how it turns out. It's better than watching any reality show for sure.

 

[Coronita]

I'd agree with LA_Renter here. Again, I'm not against Obama. (Though my discloser is that I'm predicting a landslide House/Senate toward democrats, so I'm voting for McCain in hopes that a Democrat congress + republican executive = no wild ass extreme government policies we've seen the past 8 years with a dominated party on both sides). Obama probably is a unifier. BUT, reality is any association to some of these other public figures (direct or not) is going to hurt him.

He's going to be in a tough bind. On one hand, he needs votes from whites and other minorities, and thus race can't be an issue. At the same time, he's going to have to be careful that he doesn't enrage african american focus groups that will call him a "sell out". That said, Hillary has her own issues. I don't know if you folks caught that she fired her campaign manager because her campaign manager uttered a sleuth of disparage remarks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/14/wuspols214.xml

McCain's camp is probably laughing their asses off right now,because both Obama and Hillary's campaigns are doing a pretty good job ripping each other apart. The big wildcard question is, who will be McCain's mate. Just speculation, if he picks Colin Powell,

I'd say a McCain/Powell ticket might give the Democrats a run for the money, especially if Obama doesn't win. Because in this particular ticket, race would be in their favor. You have your white elder man, you have  a well respected African American "moderate".. And Ironically, if that happens, Powell probably will be president eventually, because McCain probably will croak while in office.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-cooper/mccainpowell_b_84271.html

 

 

Gosh, I hate myself. I normally hate talking about politics. But this definitely will be an interesting election, regardless of how it turns out. It's better than watching any reality show for sure.

 

[Coronita]

I'd agree with LA_Renter here. Again, I'm not against Obama. (Though my discloser is that I'm predicting a landslide House/Senate toward democrats, so I'm voting for McCain in hopes that a Democrat congress + republican executive = no wild ass extreme government policies we've seen the past 8 years with a dominated party on both sides). Obama probably is a unifier. BUT, reality is any association to some of these other public figures (direct or not) is going to hurt him.

He's going to be in a tough bind. On one hand, he needs votes from whites and other minorities, and thus race can't be an issue. At the same time, he's going to have to be careful that he doesn't enrage african american focus groups that will call him a "sell out". That said, Hillary has her own issues. I don't know if you folks caught that she fired her campaign manager because her campaign manager uttered a sleuth of disparage remarks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/14/wuspols214.xml

McCain's camp is probably laughing their asses off right now,because both Obama and Hillary's campaigns are doing a pretty good job ripping each other apart. The big wildcard question is, who will be McCain's mate. Just speculation, if he picks Colin Powell,

I'd say a McCain/Powell ticket might give the Democrats a run for the money, especially if Obama doesn't win. Because in this particular ticket, race would be in their favor. You have your white elder man, you have  a well respected African American "moderate".. And Ironically, if that happens, Powell probably will be president eventually, because McCain probably will croak while in office.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-cooper/mccainpowell_b_84271.html

 

 

Gosh, I hate myself. I normally hate talking about politics. But this definitely will be an interesting election, regardless of how it turns out. It's better than watching any reality show for sure.

 

[Coronita]

I'd agree with LA_Renter here. Again, I'm not against Obama. (Though my discloser is that I'm predicting a landslide House/Senate toward democrats, so I'm voting for McCain in hopes that a Democrat congress + republican executive = no wild ass extreme government policies we've seen the past 8 years with a dominated party on both sides). Obama probably is a unifier. BUT, reality is any association to some of these other public figures (direct or not) is going to hurt him.

He's going to be in a tough bind. On one hand, he needs votes from whites and other minorities, and thus race can't be an issue. At the same time, he's going to have to be careful that he doesn't enrage african american focus groups that will call him a "sell out". That said, Hillary has her own issues. I don't know if you folks caught that she fired her campaign manager because her campaign manager uttered a sleuth of disparage remarks.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/14/wuspols214.xml

McCain's camp is probably laughing their asses off right now,because both Obama and Hillary's campaigns are doing a pretty good job ripping each other apart. The big wildcard question is, who will be McCain's mate. Just speculation, if he picks Colin Powell,

I'd say a McCain/Powell ticket might give the Democrats a run for the money, especially if Obama doesn't win. Because in this particular ticket, race would be in their favor. You have your white elder man, you have  a well respected African American "moderate".. And Ironically, if that happens, Powell probably will be president eventually, because McCain probably will croak while in office.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-cooper/mccainpowell_b_84271.html

 

 

Gosh, I hate myself. I normally hate talking about politics. But this definitely will be an interesting election, regardless of how it turns out. It's better than watching any reality show for sure.

 

[Coronita]

grats on getting funded. didn't i suggest to you about finding the right investor…

the palm pilot's dead. why do you want to go down that route? is there something you're doing that absolutely cannot be done with web technologies or that are absolutely required (and cannot be done via browser) as part of the initial project? the black berry is still the dominant handheld, samsung/lg have their low cost units, why marry into a platform?

why do you need a bunch of guys doing "server side stuff"? what could they all possibly be doing?

if you're working on the application development, why not scour the local colleges for a junior programmer intern for cheap? you supervise, ensure organization, coding standards, timelines, testing, etc, and let junior come in with his new fangled book learned technologies?

 
We decided to skip web 2.0 and go directly to mobile/web 3.0 🙂 Actually, Palm is dead. But the connected world of mobile apps just got started. And what's going to be interesting with android and iphone is that your mobile phone (if things work out) won't be tied down to software your cell carrier forces onto you. It will be the next computing/communication platform that should be truely "open."

That's where we're headed. The server side is needed to do all the data indexing/aggregation of what can't be done on the mobile side. The android platform won't be a single phone, if it plans out. The only reason why we're considering iphone is that just in it's recent release, Apple has been able to gain 28% market share in the mobile space, which trumps any other competitor combined. That number is astonishing…Not to mention that Apple just partnered with a bunch of VC's and created iFund. So, we won't be locking exclusively to one platform. The reason why we're picking these two platforms, is that both platforms are being pushed heavily by their creators AND no carrier has really a say. Which is good if you're a small company that's going to put a bunch of apps on the mobile phone.

And no, our idea isn't iPorn or Porn-to-Go, though I'm sure someone who creates something equivalent to PornTube for the mobile will make a fortune. Purely from a financial perspective, that would be extremely lucrative. But being that I'm married with a daughter, I sort of can't bring myself to do this and neither can they other folks on the team.

 

 

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