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2008-09-07 Arabia

Saudi man hacks Ministry of Labor website

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 hahahahahahaha

Jack Russell?
If not should be

Posted by .5MT 2008-09-07 10:24|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-09-07 10:24|| Front Page Top

#2 "positions are not commensurate with the expectations of university graduates"

Awwww - ain't that just too bad. Tell 'em to get off their dead asses and work. Don't they teach "university graduates" how to say "Do you want ~~fries~~ falafel with that?"

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-07 11:02|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-07 11:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Ordinarily I'd agree with you, Barb. But it's not that simple in the Kingdom. Starting a business is difficult and requires both sponsorship and permissions that are constrained by family and other ties. Moreover the extended royal family alone has thousands of college grads who have no way to use those skills at home and no perceived way to leave the Kingdom and start anew elsewhere. It's even worse for non-royals.

The unemployment issue is the single greatest threat to political stability there. And if that stability falls apart, there will be significant impacts on the world economy - we're not ready yet to absorb the crash of the bedouin bandits quite yet.

Posted by lotp 2008-09-07 11:22|| 2008-09-07 11:22|| Front Page Top

#4 I do realize that, lotp, and thought about adding a comment about the "royals" and their entire house of cards built on ~~sand~~ oil, backward regulations, and a 7th Century religious mindset (but I repeat myself).

But it would have interfered with the snark. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-07 11:53|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-07 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Also reminds me of .com's old comment, about how he and his fellow ex-pat coworkers in the Magic Kingdom had put money into a pot, the pot going to the first person who witnessed a Saudi male lifting anything heavier than his purse.

Posted by Steve White 2008-09-07 12:06|| 2008-09-07 12:06|| Front Page Top

#6 True, Steve. (Lordy, I miss .com!)

I don't think "work" means the same thing to them that it means to us.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-07 12:10|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-07 12:10|| Front Page Top

#7 But it would have interfered with the snark

It will be a sad day when we let facts and logic get in the way of a good rant!

Personally, I was impressed that the Saudi kid did the hacking himself rather than relying on his Filipino servants.

Posted by SteveS 2008-09-07 14:18|| 2008-09-07 14:18|| Front Page Top

#8 The ones he has probably don't know how; the IT-savvy ones are back in PI working for the multinationals.

Posted by Pappy 2008-09-07 15:43|| 2008-09-07 15:43|| Front Page Top

#9 Saudis have worse problems that the US does. Their government has permitted so many foreigners in to work the low paying jobs that it has driven down wages for better jobs into the basement. Unemployment for Saudis is sky high.

Add to that only the rich being able to pay a really expensive dowry to buy a wife they can't even look at until they're married.

The typical Saudi youth are going bonkers. They want jobs and they want to get married, but they aren't permitted to date, can't get work, have no future. No wonder they become terrorists--at least they can get the hell out of Arabia.

Even middle class parents send their kids out of the country to anywhere else.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-09-07 19:07|| 2008-09-07 19:07|| Front Page Top

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