muriithi

On the Reddit post they were repeatedly asked to get a lawyer or go to ACLU.

I am not sure whether they did that or if it would have made a difference.

http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/dmh5s/does_this_...

Which is because of the horrible limitation of the speed of light, which we are constantly working to exceed ;)

Is there also an expedited path to citizenship for "exceptional alien" ?

I was reading an article today about an Indian nanny who saved the life of a 2 year old Israeli boy during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Israel honored her by granting her honorary citizenship and temporary residency in Israel.

Link : http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/09/14/israel.mumbai....

The article has too little meat around it.

A quick Google search revealed that Chezi K. Ganesan is the President of VinChip Systems Inc

http://www.vinchip.com/

You may be right. More info in this reddit comment; http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/d4lhp/protein_that_...

I wish you could tell us what "fixing" costs 4 grand?

I respectfully disagree. The same prophesies of doom were advanced when in 1984 New Zealand's Labor government took the dramatic step of ending all farm subsidies.

Productivity and efficiency have increased much faster than when subsidies were in place.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspon...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/business/worldbusiness/02f...

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3411

Here in Kenya there was such a program in the 60's and was known as the "Kennedy Airlift".One of the earliest beneficiaries was Barrack Obama's dad. The other notable beneficiary was the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Wangari Maathai. The program seems to have petered out after the end of the cold war.

Many of those whose studied under the program came back to Kenya when the country needed them most.

As a Kenyan who falls under the OP's definition of "a bunch of Africans" I do not want American philanthropy to "feed or cloth" Africa.

Most African economies are agricultural and it is therefore alarming that the EU uses 40% of it's budget(about 48B Euros annually) on agricultural subsidies. The US uses about $20B every year on the same.Ending these subsidies would enable Africa to export more, buy more products from the US and Europe as well as form the basis for industrialization.

We need more trade and less aid. Is that asking for too much?

More info;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy

http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/agriculture/subsidies

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1978963,00.ht...

Kenya.

I doubt getting a H1B will be an option in this case. If companies could sponsor their co-owners for H1B I bet that is what everyone would be doing.

IANAL so I could be wrong.

Our neighbors Uganda discovered oil just an year ago. Estimated size of the reserves 6-8 billion barrels.

"Sorry, the Nexus One phone is not available in your country."

One month ago; http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=980465

The terrorists have won.You don't have to bring down an aircraft to make flying a nightmare.

I know this sounds insane and the Terminally Stupid Administration will not allow it, but if someone came up with a "low security" airline, where screening was done by the airline itself using their own guidelines, I would be an enthusiastic customer.

We only need two things, an airline that values it's customers but is not willing to lose any planes and passengers who are alert and ready to take on any threats in the air. The latter attitude has been there since United Airlines Flight 93, the former is a mirage.

And how do you suggest that we go about identifying muslims?

I know Bill Gates is in no position to do this but the best way to help farmers in third world countries is to stop paying out the stupendous subsidies that the developed world pays to keep their farmers "in business".

Why would you rather not talk about the "overwhelmingly political" problems? As a Kenyan I believe they would apply in my country and I would love to learn more.

The problem of population growth is complex and multi faceted. From religions that oppose contraceptives(Catholic), lack of basic education, lack of health facilities that offer affordable family planning etc etc. I live in Kenya and I have seen many women who want to plan their families and did not know how or cannot afford it.

The name sounds scary though. Reminds me of Whackos belonging to the "Earth Liberation Front" who toppled several AM radio towers in Washington a few weeks ago. Reason; "AM radio waves cause adverse health effects including a higher rate of cancer, harm to wildlife, and that the signals have been interfering with home phone and intercom lines."

EBay wants $2B for a company they bought at $3.1B four years ago? They might as well have taken the "billions" that the NSA was rumored to have offered in return for being able to eavesdrop on skype calls ;)

See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=522092

What I can gather from his Wikipedia page is that Kennedy, like Clinton was a good politician but a consummate womaniser.

I have always wondered why citizens expect politicians to be 'moral' and whether 'immoral' politicians are necessarily bad leaders?

I am not an expert in infosec but plausible deniability looks like a better strategy here.See http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/?s=plausible-deniability

Thank you!

Nairobi, Kenya.

afri-silicon you need to update your profile to include at least an e-mail.

They have posted this twice on GAF and on both occassions have cancelled the ad after a few days. This ad was cancelled on the 18th.

This must be the work of one of those bipolar lisp coders uhhhm sorry programmers(http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=78739).

This article debunks the myth that us humans are a "unique" species far removed from "other" animals. Plus now I know who a myrmecologist is! Thanks Google.

Wish he could include some diagrams or pics!

Thank God(or YC) that Jessica left the Investment Banking Industry way back in 2005.