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Cyberllama writes "Like many people on Slashdot, I've been wondering when all those transmeta-based products we were promised were finally coming out -- then I saw this. It claims to a be a fully functional laptop-like device with a 5.6 inch screen that can fit into the palm of your hand -- smaller than many laptop batteries. The specs are a bit last year (256 megs of ram, 1 gigahertz processor, 30 gig hard drive) -- but the size of the device is still pretty impressive. Unfortunately it looks like they won't be shipping until the end of the year."
My brain, my body, my stomach, my eyes, and my ears were under severe attacks this past day and night by Henry( Hank) Rumbarger( name called out from the high-tech machine), an employee of KBR (Kellogg, Brown & Root), a subsidiary of Halliburton. Hank Rumbarger,I did not renew my Professional Engineer license for the year of 2004 --the license which I believe that David M. Austgen, a project manager of The M. W. Kellogg Company helped me a lot to obtain that in 1991 -- and I have told you that I do not want to work for you,, so please end this kind of attacks or let me know that you were not the person who controlled the high-tech machine. Please read the following five letters, investigate the case, and/or response. Thank you.
Letter 1:
Charlie Wang
[ADDRESS DELETED]
December 16, 2003
To Whom it may concern:
The high-tech machine in my letter is a very general term, meaning a very complicated device which may combine different functions of machines, such as computer, satellites or radio stations, and some mechanical and electrical systems. The pain I endured most is my brain, my skin, my eyes, my ears. my throat, and my body. My short memory is very bad because my brain has been constant under attacks no matter when I read, when I played tennis and computer games, when I watched TV, and when I was sleeping. the most frustrating thing is, when I was reading, I was constantly disturbed by voices and images, which, I speculate, can be transmitted through satellite, radio station, and/or brain wave. My skin felt very sharp pain as cut by a knife when it was under attacks. My eyes were under severe attacks while I was playing computer games, which can cause very temporarily blurred vision and/or tears. My ears will fell loud ring sounds and/or voices when they were under attacks, and it could happen any time, especially at night while I was sleeping. There are more regarding how I felt about the pain I suffered through the brain, throat, and my body, and I will tell more details if I go to the courts.
Now, you know how dangerous this high-tech machine is. I tried my best to tolerate it to keep it as a secret and not to terrifying people, but whoever using that machine has no intention to stop but increasing it's power to damage my body. We all have responsibility to stop the person (persons) to abuse this high-tech machine, not just for myself, but also for the children and for this country. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Charlie Wang, P.E.
Letter 2:
Charlie C. Wang, P.E.
[ADDRESS AND PHONE DELETED]
January 19, 2003
To whom it may concern:
I would like to tell you something which I have kept in my mind for a long time. How long is it? It is about five months. You probably think it is not long. All I can say is that it is all relative. If you live happy, five months is really too short and too fast. If you suffer unpleasant attacks on your brain, ears, eyes, mouth, fingers, heart, stomach, liver, and feet for that period of time, you know time just passed so so slow. You must ask why I kept it in my mind for so long. I only can say there are so many reasons. but once I tell you that those attacks were done by a very high intelligent machine (or machines), you can understand how complex this issue is.
I was contract pipe stress engineer for Fluor Daniel from January, 2002 to May, 2002.
I believed I performed my job very well, but I got laid off anyway. In July, this high tech. machine started to approach me at night and day. I could not fall asleep for the first week, because it attacked my brain or my ears all the time. I could hear different voices, but most important of all, I heard the names, Hank(Henry) Rumbarger and M. W. Kellogg. Henry Rumbarger was my supervisor while I was working as a permanent pipe stress engineer from 1989 to 1991 at M.W.Kellogg. After the first week of attacks, I slept better, but the attacks on my brain, ears, eyes, heart, stomach, and liver continued. In a few days, the at
Warning, watch out for SpaceCowboy, he has plagarized one of my posts and he is trying to accuse the opposite! If you see him, mod him down! I also advise you to add him to your "foes" list so you can identify him better!
Posted by Mookore 2004, posting anonymously to protect my karma from the scumbag!
Only Hitler would ban someone for opinions he didn't like
While pouring hot grits down Natalie Portman's pants.
Only Hitler would ban someone for opinions he didn't like
Amazingly from the 'you get what you vote for' category, San Francisco Gate finally publishes an article on how California is driving jobs away. Feel unemployed, well blame your state rep, mayor, senator, city councelman, ....
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/200 4/ 02/24/BUGUN56L9L1.DTL
Jobs moving out of state - Cost, complex regulations cited by firms
Sam Zuckerman, Chronicle Economics Writer
Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Discouraged by high costs and strict regulations, just under 60 percent of California business leaders interviewed for a new study said they have policies to restrict job growth in the state or move jobs to other locations in the United States.
The study, conducted by the consulting firm Bain & Co. for the California Business Roundtable, marks one of the most ambitious efforts yet to analyze the political hot-button issue of the state's business climate. It is scheduled to be released Thursday.
The Roundtable, representing large corporations in the state, has been at the forefront of the argument that California is hostile to business, driving companies away and destroying jobs. Although it worked with the Roundtable, Bain said it wasn't paid for the study and reached its conclusions independently.
The consulting firm interviewed chief executives or senior managers of about 50 small, medium and large companies with extensive operations in the state.
About 40 percent said their companies have an explicit policy to move jobs elsewhere in the United States, with Texas cited as the most frequent destination. Not counting those companies that must stay in California, such as retailers or health care providers, the proportion of businesses that said their policy is to move jobs rose to 55 percent.
Another group of executives, just under 20 percent of those interviewed, said their policy is to avoid adding jobs in California, except when absolutely necessary.
Businesses are clamping down on California job growth because of high costs and a burdensome regulatory environment, Bain concluded.
The cost of doing business in California is about 30 percent higher than in the average Western state, largely because of higher wages and benefits, according to the study.
Bain also attempted to measure the cost, uncertainty and complexity of California's environmental, labor and other regulations. It constructed what it called a regulatory hassle index that took into account such factors as compliance costs, the threat of lawsuits and delays in obtaining permits that hamper operations.
The index showed that "California is far worse than any other state in the union, by a very significant margin," said Jeff Melton, a partner in Bain's San Francisco office.
Business-climate costs were masked during the Internet boom years, when the number of jobs grew rapidly. Now, though, California finds itself hard- pressed to compete with such states as Nevada and Arizona that are perceived as more business friendly, Bain concludes. The problem appears to have come to a head because such costs as workers' compensation, electricity and health care benefits jumped just as California fell into recession.
"California is going to lose jobs," Melton said.
UC Berkeley economist Michael Reich, who has been skeptical of the hostile-business-climate claim, said the Bain study overlooks the fact that employers have been moving jobs out of California for decades.
For example, high-tech manufacturers such as Intel and Hewlett-Packard put most of their U.S. production in such lower-cost states as Idaho, Arizona and Oregon years ago. As a result, California has become a center of highly productive and valuable activities, such as research and development.
"Our high costs are symptoms of success, not failures," Reich said.
For their part, labor representatives said they fear business groups will try to use the hostile-business-climate argument to ro