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Principal Photography on Star Wars III Complete
An anonymous reader writes "Principal photography for Star Wars III ended yesterday, and they're starting up on the 18 month post-production. Although denied by ILM, here is a quick taste of what the story for episode III might be like (either taken from Lucas' journal in 1983, or just a fake from an insider way back then)."
This was the kick in the pants I needed to finally call up Senator Clinton's office (+1 (716) 854-9725) in Buffalo and ask what the fuck they were thinking when they invited Tata to set up shop in Buffalo in March (http://www.tata.com/tcs/releases/20030310.htm)...
What a chilling experience. The guy that answered is the director of the Buffalo office, Jim Kane. I thought he'd just spew some platitudes and hustle me off the phone, instead he came out swinging. I'm guessing he thought I was a shill from some opposing political party, 'cause his stance softened somewhat (but not much) when he found out I have voted mostly Democrat in the past and that I really am an unemployed software engineer...
I couldn't get a straight answer as to why Senator Clinton actively sought out an Indian offshoring services firm in to New York State instead of working with one or more domestically owned and run ones in Western New York.
In the past, I've thought the "beholden to the corporate interests" stories we've seen in the news have been a little overwrought--I'm reconsidering my opinion in light of my conversation with Jim Kane.
Among the more fantastic comments Jim made:
- There are University of Buffalo graduates making $100K in Binghamton working for defense contractors.
- Tata Consultancy Services is a bigger company than General Motors. I could not get him to state whether this is as a measure of revenues or in terms of headcount.
- TCS is creating IT jobs in Buffalo, not outsourcing them back to back to India.
BTW, if anyone is looking for a job, you may have to pay your own airfare to India for the interview, but here are some leads: http://www.tata.com/0_careers/vacancies/index.htmBy Mr. Jingy (IP: acadia-1-00139) - Posted on 2002-05-30 17:46:08
haha! jingy can open on bad bad pages at work. no more police?!?? we hope
Mr. Jingy
That's my opinion and I'm stickin to it!
Here's a google cache of the txt file http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:EjlFNploWcoJ: www.geocities.com/area51/Vault/2371/episodeIII.txt +episodeIII.txt&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
face it, the latest star wars basically suck. high tech wizardry and moronic scripts and pathetic acting. except for natalie portman, yum yum. anywyas, the originals were classics. great stories, space age westerns. great acting. nobody, nobody, beats harry ford's han solo. i blew 8 bucks on the first one, then rented the second. what a POS. but, the vid game is cool on the game cube!!
My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.
150 years ago, probably 90% of the population was farmers. Today, it's less than 5%. Therefore, the unemployment rate is 85% right?
What unions, democrats, and idiots fail to realize is that jobs aren't lost to overseas competitors, they're lost to improvements in productivity. A car manufactured today is more reliable, and requires less man-hours to produce, than one created 20 years ago. Obviously, there are less people needed to assemble cars! If the cost of goods can be reduced, through technology, paying a 3rd world kid to do it, or more efficient production, we all benefit. You and me by lower priced, higher wuality goods. The fired factory workers (and those whom would have otherwise been employed at the factory) are now free to work in other industries.
I'm only 13 you insensitive clod!
(That'll get 2 points.)
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.