A Frenchwoman, a Nigerian and an Aussie walk into a court...
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Your powers of detection are sadly inaccurate with respect to my interest in the case I'm afraid.vladimir wrote:I detect a slightly unnatural interest in the verdict in this case.
What skin colour and fear can do...sad.
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It's nothing to do with there being a Nigerian involved, and everything to do with the fact that one of defendants is the 19 year old daughter of a decent guy several posters likely know.
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The Nigerians father might be a decent guy too.scobienz wrote:It's nothing to do with there being a Nigerian involved, and everything to do with the fact that one of defendants is the 19 year old daughter of a decent guy several posters likely know.
Lucky Seven wrote:The Nigerians father might be a decent guy too.scobienz wrote:It's nothing to do with there being a Nigerian involved, and everything to do with the fact that one of defendants is the 19 year old daughter of a decent guy several posters likely know.
I'm sure he is. But I doubt his pizzas are up to much.
I hate to resurrect such an old thread, but I just saw the discussion between Jacked Camry and Orange Dragon a few posts back. I actually do know one engineer without a college degree, a friend from high school, but he is very much a special case. When he was in the U.S. Air Force, he had a technician's job that involved working with the nose cone instrumentation on spy planes. That's all I know, because the details were classified. As luck would have it, the training (and there were several months of specialized training) and work he had been doing applied directly to the very new field of cellular communications. He left the Air Force for a job as a a "cellular engineer" at Ericsson at a time when the very first students majoring in that particular discipline were still getting their Bachelor's degrees. He is still employed as an engineer 30 years later, but his lack of a degree did prove a hindrance into his advancement into management positions. He tried twice for a degree but could not get through calculus.
Other than rare cases such as this, however, where a discipline is still in its infancy and engineers are created the same way they were a few centuries ago, I completely agree that nobody could do the job required of an engineer without a degree, because they could never get the on-the-job training required--and hanging out with your dad would not cut it, unless you were being actively taught. I certainly would not want to be in a vehicle or large building that was based on plans developed by someone who couldn't pass a calculus course, but I'll happily use a phone that he designed.
As for programming, I know many programmers who have no degree. Many of them are quite good at what they do, but they are also limited in some ways when it comes to what might be considered core coding--developing operating systems or complicated algorithms or data structures, for instance. It is not impossible to acquire that knowledge without going to university, but it is very rare and it requires actively studying the same sources the person would have studied if they had attended university.
Other than rare cases such as this, however, where a discipline is still in its infancy and engineers are created the same way they were a few centuries ago, I completely agree that nobody could do the job required of an engineer without a degree, because they could never get the on-the-job training required--and hanging out with your dad would not cut it, unless you were being actively taught. I certainly would not want to be in a vehicle or large building that was based on plans developed by someone who couldn't pass a calculus course, but I'll happily use a phone that he designed.
As for programming, I know many programmers who have no degree. Many of them are quite good at what they do, but they are also limited in some ways when it comes to what might be considered core coding--developing operating systems or complicated algorithms or data structures, for instance. It is not impossible to acquire that knowledge without going to university, but it is very rare and it requires actively studying the same sources the person would have studied if they had attended university.
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Very interesting update on this from the Australian press. They say the 41 year old Australian lady was duped into carrying drugs in a "love scam" perpetrated by the Nigerian guy. Apparently, he is still running the scam (from behind bars?) directed at naive, lonely Australian women and getting them to carry drugs.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/inves ... srp9d.html
http://www.theage.com.au/national/inves ... srp9d.html
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gavinmac wrote:Very interesting update on this from the Australian press. They say the 41 year old Australian lady was duped into carrying drugs in a "love scam" perpetrated by the Nigerian guy. Apparently, he is still running the scam (from behind bars?) directed at naive, lonely Australian women and getting them to carry drugs.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/inves ... srp9d.html
phew. thankfully I'm not Australian.
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Yeah, picked you more as the type to fall for white con artists like Michael Blake, rather than the swarthy types, whom we all know are clearly less choosy.violet wrote:gavinmac wrote:Very interesting update on this from the Australian press. They say the 41 year old Australian lady was duped into carrying drugs in a "love scam" perpetrated by the Nigerian guy. Apparently, he is still running the scam (from behind bars?) directed at naive, lonely Australian women and getting them to carry drugs.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/inves ... srp9d.html
phew. thankfully I'm not Australian.
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you are probably right (not that he need be white)Starving Pelican wrote:Yeah, picked you more as the type to fall for white con artists like Michael Blake, rather than the swarthy types, whom we all know are clearly less choosy.violet wrote:gavinmac wrote:Very interesting update on this from the Australian press. They say the 41 year old Australian lady was duped into carrying drugs in a "love scam" perpetrated by the Nigerian guy. Apparently, he is still running the scam (from behind bars?) directed at naive, lonely Australian women and getting them to carry drugs.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/inves ... srp9d.html
phew. thankfully I'm not Australian.
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The idea that she was somehow duped is ridiculous. OK, she may have fallen for the guy but to claim that she thought she was carrying art supplies is palpable nonsense and an insult to people's intelligence. She was arrested on her third trip backwards and forwards between Australia and Cambodia. She knew what she was doing.
It's also curious that The Age article makes no reference to the fact she was arrested travelling with Luigi's 19 year old daughter. What did the Aussie think this young girl was doing travelling with her after her love holiday?
The Australian press never seems to be able to accept that the various Aussie women who get done for drug smuggling can be guilty, especially when the case involves pesky black or brown people. It has a history of making saints out of the likes of this woman and Corby in Indonesia.
It's also curious that The Age article makes no reference to the fact she was arrested travelling with Luigi's 19 year old daughter. What did the Aussie think this young girl was doing travelling with her after her love holiday?
The Australian press never seems to be able to accept that the various Aussie women who get done for drug smuggling can be guilty, especially when the case involves pesky black or brown people. It has a history of making saints out of the likes of this woman and Corby in Indonesia.
What happened to the French girl involved? Were her and the Australian lady really travelling together? Were they not both in relationships with the same guy?
Whateveryou may think of her, and whether or not she is guilty or just naive, the story is pretty tragic and I do hope she is released soon.
Whateveryou may think of her, and whether or not she is guilty or just naive, the story is pretty tragic and I do hope she is released soon.
Jessb52 wrote:What happened to the French girl involved? Were her and the Australian lady really travelling together? Were they not both in relationships with the same guy?
Whateveryou may think of her, and whether or not she is guilty or just naive, the story is pretty tragic and I do hope she is released soon.
Both women were sentenced to around 23 years in prison. They were travelling together. The young girl was certainly in a relationship with the Nigerian dude. I have no idea about the Aussie woman.
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Not everyone is as cynical and intelligent as you. Some people are duped into carrying drugs. Stupid, naive people, but it happens.scobienz wrote:The idea that she was somehow duped is ridiculous. OK, she may have fallen for the guy but to claim that she thought she was carrying art supplies is palpable nonsense and an insult to people's intelligence.
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