The people in the HR "profession" actually have seminars in how to avoid hiring American workers.
You might be right about the program design itself, but the program is gamed in a HUGE way and the US Government knows it and turns a blind eye. If they would simply do some audits and enforce the law this could be partially curbed, but they don't. Corporatist administrations do not care.
The biggest problem here is that it wasn't even disclosed to the buyer as being a "signature series". I am against lock down, but lack of disclosure is an even bigger problem.
OEMs ought to be disclosing whether or not their hardware has proprietary Windows drivers, however they don't do it. It goes beyond "let the buyer beware," a lot of times the info isn't there.
I think the "in production" thing is something you see from silly writers right up until the day the shows premier. The next two series of Red Dwarf went into production last fall and 11 is probably fully out of production by now.
When I studied for a semester in London in the 90s I remember a comedy show on TV that literally had a sketch where someone was telling jokes while sitting on the toilet. I wish I could remember the name of it....
We had better drop the word "handout" or drop the connotation.
If these people and their families and ancestors helped create this society then why in the hell aren't they benefiting from it as much as the CEOs we worship? If corporate and business society are locking them out why do they give up their right to exist?
Again.. all people are not equal. Humans are not a commodity where you pour education in to their ear and you get an engineer or a researcher. Some people are not capable of analysis. This is reality.
There is a limit to this. Not every person is able to be an engineer or a PhD. General labor was an important place for those on the low end of the bell curve.
When you get rid of those jobs completely (which will happen) those people still have to have a way to live. Right now the politically correct thing is to ignore them or call them lazy. Sorry... that doesn't cut it.
I think that proves the point, though. You have rich kids who are slackers and rich kids who build empires on their own despite the money given to them. The money itself isn't the only factor in whether the rich kid makes a life of leisure for himself or not. Unless you want to argue that "rich kid" is a special class in the argument then why would you consider that normal folk would be any different.
I'd really rather do something ethically meaningful rather than my current engineering job which is probably gray at best. Sadly most alternatives are not improvements and I need a decent salary to meet expenses and be able to retire at some point. Would I slack some if money wasn't an issue? Probably for a bit, but after awhile I think I'd get bored. I'd rather be doing something.
The seems to be the point that opponents to basic income can never get through their heads. People that are slackers are going to slack no matter whether they have basic income or not. A basic income actually gives people with ideas a huge advantage. I wonder how many people out there with great ideas have never been able to peruse them because it would mean they would starve while they are developing their ideas.
I have been trying to promote that as idea for years. I see no reason corporations should be allowed to own copyrights. They shouldn't be allowed to force licensing in perpetuity either.
The US justice system is essentially a system where the group with the largest number of lawyers wins regardless of the actual law. If MS can't win the case on the merits they will drag it out until the other side goes bankrupt or the settlement is minuscule. If anyone goes after them in the court for bad faith then that party better have deep pockets.
We get stuck on the left vs right thing way too often. There should also be some words that indicates whether the pol is a corporate jackass or not. Bill and Hillary are definite corporatists. So is Trump, but he's also a dangerous idiot.
> Now, we have the DMCA - a law we must collectively have agreed to, as it is no long merely a bill but a law.
I call bullshit on this. If we did have representative democracy that time is past. Now it's a charade. I know that the rep for my Congressional district affectively is a representation for ALEC, the US Chamber of Commerce, and other entities that give him campaign cash. I wouldn't say that DMCA is something at this point in history that we collectively agreed to. Supreme Court cases like Citizen's United have affectively taken away our representation in government. You're opinion sent to your Congressperson does NOT hold nearly the weight it did before in the big money era as it did earlier in the history of the US.
The only way we can get any representation at all is to form our own groups like the EFF, but at least by my reading the Constitution didn't intend for that to be the case.
Skype ("original", or "not for business" or whatever) is also going backwards in similiar ways, at least for us Linux folks. There has been no development on the Linux client for two years.
Even though "Microsoft Loves Linux" it doesn't seem to extend to their properties like Skype.
How about copy machine manufactures since they there is still paper propaganda? How about sue video camera manufacturers? How about Adobe for building Premier?
How far does "facilitating" go?
The reason that only "social media" is being sued is because "social media" is currently the in thing.
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How is this cheaper? Can someone explain that? Are benefit payments really that large in US industry.
If benefit payments are that large, why aren't US corporations openly for single payer healthcare?
Corporate-think is destroying the US INHO.
Which brings us to this famous bit of evidence...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
The people in the HR "profession" actually have seminars in how to avoid hiring American workers.
You might be right about the program design itself, but the program is gamed in a HUGE way and the US Government knows it and turns a blind eye. If they would simply do some audits and enforce the law this could be partially curbed, but they don't. Corporatist administrations do not care.
It's NOT ADVERTISED, *you* moron.
That's the basic issue.
The biggest problem here is that it wasn't even disclosed to the buyer as being a "signature series". I am against lock down, but lack of disclosure is an even bigger problem.
OEMs ought to be disclosing whether or not their hardware has proprietary Windows drivers, however they don't do it. It goes beyond "let the buyer beware," a lot of times the info isn't there.
I think the "in production" thing is something you see from silly writers right up until the day the shows premier. The next two series of Red Dwarf went into production last fall and 11 is probably fully out of production by now.
When I studied for a semester in London in the 90s I remember a comedy show on TV that literally had a sketch where someone was telling jokes while sitting on the toilet. I wish I could remember the name of it....
This is one of those times I wish I saved my mod points...
Communism and socialism are two different things.
We had better drop the word "handout" or drop the connotation.
If these people and their families and ancestors helped create this society then why in the hell aren't they benefiting from it as much as the CEOs we worship? If corporate and business society are locking them out why do they give up their right to exist?
Again.. all people are not equal. Humans are not a commodity where you pour education in to their ear and you get an engineer or a researcher. Some people are not capable of analysis. This is reality.
Stuff will be manufactured at home, just not by labor.
There is a limit to this. Not every person is able to be an engineer or a PhD. General labor was an important place for those on the low end of the bell curve.
When you get rid of those jobs completely (which will happen) those people still have to have a way to live. Right now the politically correct thing is to ignore them or call them lazy. Sorry... that doesn't cut it.
I think that proves the point, though. You have rich kids who are slackers and rich kids who build empires on their own despite the money given to them. The money itself isn't the only factor in whether the rich kid makes a life of leisure for himself or not. Unless you want to argue that "rich kid" is a special class in the argument then why would you consider that normal folk would be any different.
I'd really rather do something ethically meaningful rather than my current engineering job which is probably gray at best. Sadly most alternatives are not improvements and I need a decent salary to meet expenses and be able to retire at some point. Would I slack some if money wasn't an issue? Probably for a bit, but after awhile I think I'd get bored. I'd rather be doing something.
The seems to be the point that opponents to basic income can never get through their heads. People that are slackers are going to slack no matter whether they have basic income or not. A basic income actually gives people with ideas a huge advantage. I wonder how many people out there with great ideas have never been able to peruse them because it would mean they would starve while they are developing their ideas.
Good thing you have a choice whether to give them business, or not.
But something tells me the typical Slashdotter will still have a knee-jerk complaint about it.
eh, not really. I am just interested to know if this is legal in the UK. It wouldn't be legal in the US.
I have been trying to promote that as idea for years. I see no reason corporations should be allowed to own copyrights. They shouldn't be allowed to force licensing in perpetuity either.
The US justice system is essentially a system where the group with the largest number of lawyers wins regardless of the actual law. If MS can't win the case on the merits they will drag it out until the other side goes bankrupt or the settlement is minuscule. If anyone goes after them in the court for bad faith then that party better have deep pockets.
We get stuck on the left vs right thing way too often. There should also be some words that indicates whether the pol is a corporate jackass or not. Bill and Hillary are definite corporatists. So is Trump, but he's also a dangerous idiot.
> Now, we have the DMCA - a law we must collectively have agreed to, as it is no long merely a bill but a law.
I call bullshit on this. If we did have representative democracy that time is past. Now it's a charade. I know that the rep for my Congressional district affectively is a representation for ALEC, the US Chamber of Commerce, and other entities that give him campaign cash. I wouldn't say that DMCA is something at this point in history that we collectively agreed to. Supreme Court cases like Citizen's United have affectively taken away our representation in government. You're opinion sent to your Congressperson does NOT hold nearly the weight it did before in the big money era as it did earlier in the history of the US.
The only way we can get any representation at all is to form our own groups like the EFF, but at least by my reading the Constitution didn't intend for that to be the case.
When you have a walking disaster up against her? Hopefully not.
We are going to have an awful president, but I really want to still have a country in 4 years, which is why I am voting against Trump.
Skype ("original", or "not for business" or whatever) is also going backwards in similiar ways, at least for us Linux folks. There has been no development on the Linux client for two years.
Even though "Microsoft Loves Linux" it doesn't seem to extend to their properties like Skype.
Why not put forth ANOTHER all or nothing argument? We all know there is NO variation of beliefs in a self-identified group of people? Right?
These arguments are making us dumber.
How about copy machine manufactures since they there is still paper propaganda?
How about sue video camera manufacturers?
How about Adobe for building Premier?
How far does "facilitating" go?
The reason that only "social media" is being sued is because "social media" is currently the in thing.
If you think we have a free market in employment you're either not paying attention or you're a shill.
That is still no explanation why the CEO's job is worth 560 $50k per year workers.