I have nothing against social sciences per se, but when an index like this is referred to, it's rarely accompanied by something that feels like real scientific process. What is this based on? From a little perusing of http://transparency.org it looks like a lot of their data is based on web polls of site visitors. Does this really pass for science now?!
Alexey ________________________________ From: phil swenson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 10:17:48 AM Subject: Re: [The Java Posse] Re: No, Joe, Oracle/Google is *NOT* the same as Sun/Microsoft. Casper, as pointed out in the article you linked to: For the first time, America has slipped out of the ranks of the 20 least corrupt countries, falling below Qatar and ranking just above Uruguay to take the not-so-coveted 22nd spot. Obviously, anyone's who's been to either of those two countries will recognize the absurdity of the ranking (after all, the government Qatar is basically run by one family that also owns or controls a huge swath of the economy -- nepotism is not a dirty word here, it's how you get things done)... On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:51 AM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to say I'm amazed at how irrational people become on this subject. I >don't mind if people dis-like the US but at least take the position based on >credible information. > >Wow. This went from being about what you can get away with when you >have money (in the US, where the Oracle-Google case is deemed to play >out), to anti-americanism and "but they are worse" defenses. I feel >like I kicked the hornet's nest so will shut up and attribute this to >cultural differences and the fact that I live in a country that's >officially least corrupt [http://goo.gl/T5jl]. > > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The >Java Posse" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
