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Unemployment Claims Crash State Web Sites

Posted by samzenpus on from the sell-your-computer dept.

1sockchuck writes "A sign of the times: a surge in filings for unemployment benefits has crashed online application systems in four states this week. Web sites in Ohio, New York, Kentucky and North Carolina have been knocked offline by unusually high volumes of jobless claims. Phone applications systems appearing to be faring even worse in many states. The thin silver lining: states are hiring workers for phone banks and buying new servers to prop up their web sites."

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  1. HUH?? by Drumforyourlife · · Score: -1, Troll

    Seriously? People are too lazy to go to the unemployment office? Why am I paying taxes again?

    1. Re:HUH?? by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 0, Troll

      Because if you are unemployed you shouldn't have the internet. If you can't afford the Gas to drive to the unemployment office. You take bus or the subway or you get off your lazy ass and walk or bike. When I was poor I went to the library. I couldn't afford the $40/month for internet.

      Nothing is more disgusting than watching Best Buy drop off a Plasma screen TV to Government subsidized housing and I know full well they all have the $150/month HDTV Cable plan.

      My parents raised 4 kids on about half of what I make now (and no, inflation doesn't come close to counting for the difference, Born in '82). I hope we hit another depression. Grandma and Grandpa knew how to live frugally. Before she passed away I had the opportunity to talk to my grandma about the great depression and what life was really like.

      Frugal is not having the internet. It is not having to downgrade to the basic cable or even have a TV. It is not having $90/month Cell phone plans.

      When these people have to start cutting their flour with cardboard to make it last longer, call me.

    2. Re:HUH?? by 0100010001010011 · · Score: -1, Troll

      I missed the part where those forums and your e-mail wouldn't work at the Library.

    3. Re:HUH?? by danking · · Score: 0, Troll

      Fucking racist. Who the fuck are you? Can this IP be banned somehow!

    4. Re:HUH?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      If (hypothetical) you came home and found a black guy bareback fucking your wife, would you eat the creampie?

    5. Re:HUH?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Right. We can't have an open forum for the free exchange of ideas, because somebody might make a post containing the word "nigger." Just filter out low-rated comments. Let the moderation system do its job and get on with your life, it's much easier than bitching about it. Though if you insist on bitching about it, I more than support your right to do so.

      Captcha: theses

    6. Re:HUH?? by sesshomaru · · Score: -1, Troll
      Hah, hah..

      .

      You claim to be frugal, and let's see. You drive a car that's a road hazard and will probably kill yourself and other people when it gives out suddenly, you mooch off of the gym's water bill by using their shower for a purpose other than is intended for it, and you buy designer junk, the Mac Book Pro, and think it's a "nice thing."

      Oh, and if you are buying second hand clothes and you are making $78k then that means that you are either mentally ill, or else you are spending money on something not indicated in your comments.

      (Perhaps your "bit nicer" house was purchased at a ridiculously overpriced level and you are worse than the people who live in a cheap rental and indulge in iPhones and pricier (but road worthy) cars? Did your ARM reset? Were you thinking that prices couldn't stop going up and you'd refinance before the piper came along, and find yourself stuck with a white elephant with an impossible monthly bill? Hmmm... or maybe you are spending the excess on drugs and hookers... hopefully lithium or some other anti-psychotic drugs, Mr. Collyer.)

      And my company has never had an engineering layoff in the entire 85+ year history of the company. I think I'm doing pretty good.

      That's nice, Lehman Brother's survived the American Civil War and it just closed recently.

      You probably aren't saving enough. You need to think about whether you are going to the cheapest second hand place you can find for clothes. In fact, maybe you need to exclusively buy your clothes at garage sales, those are usually cheaper. Also, you are certainly wasting money keeping your house at 45 degrees, don't you think 35 would be wiser? (By some blankets at your next garage sale, or perhaps raid the neighborhood recycling bins for some warm, cozy newspaper.)

      Seriously, if you are indeed hoping for a Depression, you really need to think about whether your past thriftyness will be enough. Are you stretching the soup you eat by cutting it with tapwater (from the gym)? When was the last time you got food out of a trash can or dumpster? A lot of that is perfectly edible.

      Sure you are trying, but are you trying hard enough? There should be some little doubt in the back of your mind, a little voice that says, "A penny saved is a penny earned." Can you afford not to listen to it? Can you?

      --
      "MIT betrayed all of its basic principles."
    7. Re:HUH?? by hesaigo999ca · · Score: 0, Troll

      Never heard of hotmail, genius?