Sadly, it's true that these sweatship jobs are often a good option compared to what else is available in those countries. It is most definitely a high violation by Western standards, true. But, do we really need to psuh to Westenr standards? And can we?
TFA did point out that these people are being paid even less than what *Chinese* labor law requires. That at least needs tob e fixed
Trouble is, these placed would probably clean house tem[porarily when inspectors show up.
In post-soviet Russia, you build space station. Now that State Communism got kicked out, 2 decades later, things are finally starting to change back to normal
Join the club. And I still manage to pull a B+ or A- average each quarter; sometimes I'm not sure exactly how I manage to get my a$$ in gear at the last minute.
my university is on an Exchange mailserver, so I know this from personal experience. It's quite fine for what I'm doing; the IE-available Premium client seems to be too cluttered even on a widescreen monitor
If communications stay on Office formats for whatever reason, at least use the 2003 file formats...not sure how good OO.org 3 is with the OOXML file formats
PDFs are all well and good, but maybe you shouldn't use 'em when a simple word processor document or text-on-the-webpage would suffice
Have no idea how you'd get through the thick collective skull of faculty, but you could at least do these kinds of things form the level of the university administration.
Start installing OSS apps alongside their closed-source counterparts. At least for awhile, give the users access to both, and advertise that the option is out there.
For student computers, try making an install CD or DVD with several OSS apps, maybe the same mix of programs you deploy on the university's computers.
Existing Windows ports of OSS apps seem to be a great way to ease people into the system of OSS.
3. Send in the LPTs (Linux Proselytization Teams) to spread the [Abi]Word amongst all those who didn't get the message the first time around. After all, there are always some for whom the deprogramming process doesn't work perfectly, or who managed to [Ctrl+Alt+Delete] the initial roundup. It's necessary to [take away their] root[-like Windows admin accounts] [strike] them out [/strike] so they can be given proper guidance. Really, it's for their own good. -- Fixed that for you.
Bad economy ==> more military recruiting. Coincidence? Is it just smart marketing (how disturbing that sounds); or are some recruiters acting like vultures?
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"I'd rather have my son watch a video of two people making love than two people trying to kill one another..."
Actually, the US government have huge land grants to railroads, at least the Transcontinental rails
...The trouble is that "small government" is usually taken to mean "smaller government social services for the lower and middle classes"
You forgot "keyboards"... "No Quarter" was also pretty kickass.
Thing is, shit rolls downhill, and the "little guy" may end up even worse off.
Also, we've become so entwined with Chinese manufacturing that we can't really get out right away.
Kind of like how we've been so thoroughly entwined in the Iraq & Afghanistan quagmires, even though part of this was our own causing.
...street begging, prostitution, et cetera.
Sadly, it's true that these sweatship jobs are often a good option compared to what else is available in those countries.
It is most definitely a high violation by Western standards, true. But, do we really need to psuh to Westenr standards? And can we?
TFA did point out that these people are being paid even less than what *Chinese* labor law requires. That at least needs tob e fixed
Trouble is, these placed would probably clean house tem[porarily when inspectors show up.
Horrible working conditions in China, film at 11.
Sad that this stuff is so common; let's see if it changes over time as the country develops
In post-soviet Russia, you build space station.
Now that State Communism got kicked out, 2 decades later, things are finally starting to change back to normal
WHOOSH!
Yeah, a lot's been made of Hillebrand's (Hillary's replacement) NRA-friendly record.
Join the club.
And I still manage to pull a B+ or A- average each quarter; sometimes I'm not sure exactly how I manage to get my a$$ in gear at the last minute.
Yeah, I like it for your average re-sizing (shrink/skew) and cropping. Pretty straightforward for the basics.
Have never mucked around with Photoshop or even the GIMP, though.
my university is on an Exchange mailserver, so I know this from personal experience. It's quite fine for what I'm doing; the IE-available Premium client seems to be too cluttered even on a widescreen monitor
pretty much what I did for Grandma's computer...told her it did the same thing, but better.
Firefox 3 on WinXP, with simple ol' Adblock Plus, and it's working fine. :P
But I probably should go to bed, rather than watch TV...or read Slashdot.
come on, can't you people be *somewhat* pragmatic? :)
At least they didn't Silverlight it.
If you want/need to keep Windows and/or Mac, would it be feasible to turn the university's computers into dual-boot machines?
If communications stay on Office formats for whatever reason, at least use the 2003 file formats...not sure how good OO.org 3 is with the OOXML file formats
PDFs are all well and good, but maybe you shouldn't use 'em when a simple word processor document or text-on-the-webpage would suffice
Have no idea how you'd get through the thick collective skull of faculty, but you could at least do these kinds of things form the level of the university administration.
Start installing OSS apps alongside their closed-source counterparts.
At least for awhile, give the users access to both, and advertise that the option is out there.
For student computers, try making an install CD or DVD with several OSS apps, maybe the same mix of programs you deploy on the university's computers.
Existing Windows ports of OSS apps seem to be a great way to ease people into the system of OSS.
3. Send in the LPTs (Linux Proselytization Teams) to spread the [Abi]Word amongst all those who didn't get the message the first time around. After all, there are always some for whom the deprogramming process doesn't work perfectly, or who managed to [Ctrl+Alt+Delete] the initial roundup. It's necessary to [take away their] root[-like Windows admin accounts] [strike] them out [/strike] so they can be given proper guidance. Really, it's for their own good.
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Fixed that for you.
Seconded. Interesting narrative, quite readable.
Bad economy ==> more military recruiting.
Coincidence?
Is it just smart marketing (how disturbing that sounds); or are some recruiters acting like vultures?
if all one's computer stuff is on a power strip, why not put your other gadgets on a power strip too? :)
Or, go the low-tech way and simply unplug the thing.
Yeah, that's one of the many things that annoyed me about Battle.net
Screwed up team games in particular.
I think what he referring to is that it would be illegal to load a pirated Windows copy into a VM, or something