make a short video about the 'facts' of the case and you too can own the distribution rights to this newsy event before someone else makes a movie about this with Pierce Brosnan or Wesley Snipes Fuck the MPAA!
I work in the financial services industry and it's not the 'dumb jobs' (i.e. manufacturing) jobs that go overseas.
India has a billion people, many of whom speak English. Many call center jobs are going over there (in my division, 1/2 of the jobs in my field are going over there and other countries in the Far East in the next 6 months). These are not menial jobs. They are complex jobs that require good English and awareness of America's financial industry laws and practices.
Whether they are union for us is irrelevant.
What is relevant is the ability to staff phone lines and processing workloads for major corporations on a 24 hour basis. Technology helps make this happen. They will process scanned in account applications, take instructions from clients, and research archives that are based on scanned paperwork. The workers there are not robots, they are intelligent human beings that are operating under wage circumstances that are so far below the United States/rest of Western World that a global economic reality regression to the mean will mean empowerment for those workers and a declining work climate for us.
I do not have advanced work skills. I am a very intelligent person who made some occupational and educational choices (music) that do not benefit my current or future employement. I am not at an entry level job in the financial industry, although it is not very far from it; it is somewhere in between. I stand to lose my job to these very talented people and it is empowering for them to do this work; it is hard to argue that they are being exploited. That is my view from the inside although it is very much a view that I would like not to have because it obviously is a detriment to my personal future.
RE: "Umm.. Ted Turner hasn't had any power with Time-Warner in a long time - he was relieved last spring of his duties managing the part of the company that he used to own."
That is irrelevant. He is still the biggest gadfly.
Don't forget that the Hewlett family no longer works for HP.
slander
1. Law. Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.
2. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
v. tr.
To utter a slander about.
v. intr.
To utter or spread slander.
1.
a. A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation.
b. The act of presenting such material to the public.
2. The written claims presented by a plaintiff in an action at admiralty law or to an ecclesiastical court.
RE: " 10. Finally, I think last year's prediction for Cisco Systems will come true this year. I wrote "The answer to every problem with the Internet will continue to be 'pay more money to Cisco.' At current prices the stock is a bargain."
No, I don't own any Cisco stock."
All his predictions are XML, Microsoft and Cisco related. Here's what's really gonna happen as far as business computing:
1) Broadband for the masses will continue to tread water due to bankruptcies, less competition, rising prices and little to no progress on the main technological barriers. Economies of scale due to consolidation will not happen and everyone who writes for PC World and online media will wonder why.
2) The ASP market will no longer be dynamic. After the release of Windows XP, every IT department and individual consumer will be able to realize that virtually no operating system innovations have occurred and that will force people to keep their doors open. Long term commitments will become apparent and begin to happen. Software (even game) manufacturers will realize that PC computing consumers' purchasing power and awareness/savvy has hit a critical mass where the risk/reward ratio for software development will become worth it for product development even if the revenue produced is not a home run.
Just my opinion.....
Fair disclosure: I do own and have owned Cisco stock and call options.
"Don't Buy Yet. Coming from an HDTV owner spending 5K for a TV isnt worth it yet."
Fuck you. It's always the early adopters who pave the way for the rest of us. Just because you are obviously too stupid to make a decision that's right for YOU, don't tell other people to make a decision that is right for you too to try to make up for said stupidity.
If you want one, buy one. Period.
If you don't want one, don't buy one. And stop bitching.
"Defining entropy as disorder's not complete,
'cause disorder as a definition doesn't cover heat.
So my first definition I would now like to withdraw,
and offer one that fits thermodynamics second law.
First we need to understand that entropy is energy,
energy that can't be used to state it more specifically.
In a closed system entropy always goes up,
that's the second law, now you know what's up.
You can't win, you can't break even, you can't leave the game,
'cause entropy will take it all 'though it seems a shame.
The second law, as we now know, is quite clear to state,
that entropy must increase and not dissipate.
Creationists always try to use the second law,
to disprove evolution, but their theory has a flaw.
The second law is quite precise about where it applies,
only in a closed system must the entropy count rise.
The earth's not a closed system' it's powered by the sun,
so fuck the damn creationists, Doomsday get my gun!
That, in a nutshell, is what entropy's about,
you're now down with a discount."
and the computer I ordered from Gateway didn't post because it lacked a video card, memory and that Pentium 4 processor. In addition, the print screen key no longer works on your keyboard.
Not so much a movement, but every trend needs to get a spokesperson for coverage to get to mainstream media.
P2P's success will not be if we all 'quiet down' as one poster has said, but when REAL DAMAGE has been done to the record companies.
I believe it is time for the individuals or (preferably) individual responsible for the gnutella 'leak' from AOL to step forward and gain credit for starting this whole thing. After Cringely and ZDNET and the rest of the tech press have a person with 'tech cred' to quote for their articles, their coverage and complicit advocacy of p2p will lead to the REAL DAMAGE previously alluded to.
Then and only then will cd prices retail at reasonable prices.
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How come great toys are so expensive??????????
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How come toys that foster creativity are so expensive? It's too bad that someone can't create a look and feel of these products that becomes widely known and sold as a generic toy of this nature.
I remember growing up and wanting to play with legos, construx, etc, but the toys were too f'n expensive for my parents to purchase for me. Our family was lower middle class, so it wasn't like I was living in poverty?
Their business model reminds me of that Saturday Night Live skit with the commercial for that bank that takes pride in how many ways they were making change.
When asked, "How can you make money making change?"
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Our schools should do this to answer the courts
Have our schools e-mail each student from their distribution list a link to the pledge of allegiance everyday.
But make sure the originating email server is in China, just to be on the safe side.
AND NO DEEP LINKING TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE!
and made it ... to the parking lot.
"The boy shows tremendous potential."
Maybe that's why they cancelled that series.
If you discover something, you can name it, right?
What about comet Slashdot?
or Microsoftsux
or....
or...
He's (not) dead, Jim.
Because I sure did.
To avoid having this fall into the hands of Westinghouse or GE, do not create a company and go public.
...or get an identifiable tatoo on your ass.
It's the only way to save the world.
make a short video about the 'facts' of the case
and you too can own the distribution rights to this newsy event before someone else makes a movie about this with Pierce Brosnan or Wesley Snipes
Fuck the MPAA!
Astros
Rockets
The Germans made their Zepplins out of this stuff sixty years ago.
that have red hair.
"The truth is IN there."
I work in the financial services industry and it's not the 'dumb jobs' (i.e. manufacturing) jobs that go overseas.
India has a billion people, many of whom speak English. Many call center jobs are going over there (in my division, 1/2 of the jobs in my field are going over there and other countries in the Far East in the next 6 months). These are not menial jobs. They are complex jobs that require good English and awareness of America's financial industry laws and practices.
Whether they are union for us is irrelevant.
What is relevant is the ability to staff phone lines and processing workloads for major corporations on a 24 hour basis. Technology helps make this happen. They will process scanned in account applications, take instructions from clients, and research archives that are based on scanned paperwork. The workers there are not robots, they are intelligent human beings that are operating under wage circumstances that are so far below the United States/rest of Western World that a global economic reality regression to the mean will mean empowerment for those workers and a declining work climate for us.
I do not have advanced work skills. I am a very intelligent person who made some occupational and educational choices (music) that do not benefit my current or future employement. I am not at an entry level job in the financial industry, although it is not very far from it; it is somewhere in between. I stand to lose my job to these very talented people and it is empowering for them to do this work; it is hard to argue that they are being exploited. That is my view from the inside although it is very much a view that I would like not to have because it obviously is a detriment to my personal future.
RE: "Umm.. Ted Turner hasn't had any power with Time-Warner in a long time - he was relieved last spring of his duties managing the part of the company that he used to own."
That is irrelevant. He is still the biggest gadfly.
Don't forget that the Hewlett family no longer works for HP.
that's all...award Karma accordingly.
"The IMAC is just so cool!"
Fuck you Ted Turner and go back to making money on the Afghan 'war'!
To:
Subject: Dude, you are famous.
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 10:53:21 -0600
Your voicemails rule!
Are you hiring?
Where can I submit my resume?
I am 3733t network admin, believe me.
slander
1. Law. Oral communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation.
2. A false and malicious statement or report about someone.
v. tr.
To utter a slander about.
v. intr.
To utter or spread slander.
1.
a. A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation.
b. The act of presenting such material to the public.
2. The written claims presented by a plaintiff in an action at admiralty law or to an ecclesiastical court.
RE: " 10. Finally, I think last year's prediction for Cisco Systems will come true this year. I wrote "The answer to every problem with the Internet will continue to be 'pay more money to Cisco.' At current prices the stock is a bargain."
No, I don't own any Cisco stock."
All his predictions are XML, Microsoft and Cisco related. Here's what's really gonna happen as far as business computing:
1) Broadband for the masses will continue to tread water due to bankruptcies, less competition, rising prices and little to no progress on the main technological barriers. Economies of scale due to consolidation will not happen and everyone who writes for PC World and online media will wonder why.
2) The ASP market will no longer be dynamic. After the release of Windows XP, every IT department and individual consumer will be able to realize that virtually no operating system innovations have occurred and that will force people to keep their doors open. Long term commitments will become apparent and begin to happen. Software (even game) manufacturers will realize that PC computing consumers' purchasing power and awareness/savvy has hit a critical mass where the risk/reward ratio for software development will become worth it for product development even if the revenue produced is not a home run.
Just my opinion.....
Fair disclosure: I do own and have owned Cisco stock and call options.
Instead of say, the Hubble, they should call it "The Floyd"
"Don't Buy Yet. Coming from an HDTV owner spending 5K for a TV isnt worth it yet."
Fuck you. It's always the early adopters who pave the way for the rest of us. Just because you are obviously too stupid to make a decision that's right for YOU, don't tell other people to make a decision that is right for you too to try to make up for said stupidity.
If you want one, buy one. Period.
If you don't want one, don't buy one. And stop bitching.
see
http://www.mchawking.com/songs/Entropy.mp3
"Defining entropy as disorder's not complete,
'cause disorder as a definition doesn't cover heat.
So my first definition I would now like to withdraw,
and offer one that fits thermodynamics second law.
First we need to understand that entropy is energy,
energy that can't be used to state it more specifically.
In a closed system entropy always goes up,
that's the second law, now you know what's up.
You can't win, you can't break even, you can't leave the game,
'cause entropy will take it all 'though it seems a shame.
The second law, as we now know, is quite clear to state,
that entropy must increase and not dissipate.
Creationists always try to use the second law,
to disprove evolution, but their theory has a flaw.
The second law is quite precise about where it applies,
only in a closed system must the entropy count rise.
The earth's not a closed system' it's powered by the sun,
so fuck the damn creationists, Doomsday get my gun!
That, in a nutshell, is what entropy's about,
you're now down with a discount."
and the computer I ordered from Gateway didn't post because it lacked a video card, memory and that Pentium 4 processor. In addition, the print screen key no longer works on your keyboard.
P2P's success will not be if we all 'quiet down' as one poster has said, but when REAL DAMAGE has been done to the record companies.
I believe it is time for the individuals or (preferably) individual responsible for the gnutella 'leak' from AOL to step forward and gain credit for starting this whole thing. After Cringely and ZDNET and the rest of the tech press have a person with 'tech cred' to quote for their articles, their coverage and complicit advocacy of p2p will lead to the REAL DAMAGE previously alluded to.
Then and only then will cd prices retail at reasonable prices.
Share on.
How come toys that foster creativity are so expensive? It's too bad that someone can't create a look and feel of these products that becomes widely known and sold as a generic toy of this nature.
I remember growing up and wanting to play with legos, construx, etc, but the toys were too f'n expensive for my parents to purchase for me. Our family was lower middle class, so it wasn't like I was living in poverty?
Have you seen the price of Legos?
Their business model reminds me of that Saturday Night Live skit with the commercial for that bank that takes pride in how many ways they were making change.
When asked, "How can you make money making change?"
The answer (and intended as humor): "Volume."
Ok, you've convinced me.
I have two resolutions:
1)-Convince my apartment owner to switch to fuel cells.
2)-Get off the smack.
Not sure which is harder.
With proper respects to John Madden, I guess it's settled.
Less filling!