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Ugh, you're probably not a good developer if you can't spell 'software'. Also, I assume 'mediocracy' is supposed to be 'mediocrity'.
The best developers I know have excellent written language skills, because they care about precision in everything.
The new convention for happy co-existence with the pared-down font engines packaged in devices like the iPhone is to use two 't' characters after all, but add a slanting accent underneath the first 't' (or whatever letter it is) to indicate that it should only be 'pronounced half'.
It's like Nastaliq's (the Urdu script) jazm character: http://users.skynet.be/hugocoolens/newurdu/specials.html
I think it's a sane move.
It still seems unfair to extrapolate from one anecdotal instance to the broad assertion that the smarter 'water' must flow west.
Very condescending.
Edit: My objection is this.
You're saying: A := is-smart => B := must-go-west Therefore, ~B => ~A, or not-in-the-west => not-smart.
Isn't this an over-generalization? It's not fair to stereotype all government officials in India like that, is it?
What's all this about wanting more money?
http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/04000017/Scientist-fired-fro...
http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/nov/06/scientist-vs-estab...