It is ironic you can go in a store and see that almost every item is manufactured in China or Taiwan, and then you see this about how they feel that "google" shouldn't be allowed to do business in China because of how the Chinese have poor human rights issues.
Who do you think is making all those toys that stock our shelves? Chinese kids more than likely.
So why don't they block Mattel from having their toys manufactured in China?
It seems the USA just wants more jobs to go to different countries, that is the only solution for Google it would seem. If I had a multi-billion dollar business opportunity that required to move 1000-3000 workers across the sea, then so be it. The US is the only one who is going to lose by this idiotic move.
And since when has the US been so keen on human rights? Since Abu Ghraib? Oh wait.. Guantanamo is still doing far more horrible things such as forced feeding, to prevent prisoners on a hunger strike from dieing.
When the US talks about "human rights" its hard to take them seriously like an executive from Enron talking about ways to diffuse corporate corruption.
The biggest difference is golf is actually a sport, and you communicate face to face. WoW is a niche so small it makes lawn bowling look like a national sport.
As to say its the next way people are going to get together and hang out and schmooze it up is ridiculous, because nobody that is a real businessman wants to be dealing with people in a virtual game. If you cant look someone in the eye, why would you discuss anything serious with them?
I doubt anyone over the age of 20 even thinks this is an intelligent assumption.
WoW is the next everquest, not the next golf.
I'm sure a Diablo MMORPG will drop in 07-08 and we will all be like "Diablo is the next Golf" lolzz
Why is Sony being slapped on the wrist? They commited a crime, punish them! Just because a company CAN offer a service, doesn't mean it should be collateral for the punishment which they should have been handed. This is a joke.
A good precedent this sets is instead of actually being punished for a crime, you get some kind of deranged community service in which you still might profit from and gain unnecessary promotion from. It's good to know corporations won't be punished if they can offer to repay people. After all commiting a crime isn't about punishment it's about repaying the victims, right. So if I go and steal somebodys car, I won't have to go to jail, I can just pay off the car I stole.
Absolute bullshit, Sony should have to do one of these "plans" they made up, AND be punished AND be fined for purposely knowing the rootkit was capable of being used for exploits AND have to pay fines for all the computers they infected with their root-kit. Bar None.
They knew what they were doing, if Sony can't claim to be held responsible for their actions maybe there should be a review team to review all their public cd releases and create a waiting period for them before they are released to the open market to ensure they don't try these tactics on the public again.
The root kit was a total bullshit move, they knew it from the start and should be punished like any other pre-meditated crime, not just let off to perform community service.
It should be paying for the crime, repairing the damage and giving back to the community in response for betraying them with such a vile thing as the rootkit.
Every touts the benefit of having a closed system so that an entire spectrum of games will perform roughly the same for everyone. This is also the biggest downfall, because "everyone" is often a close to 50/50 mix in the case of Xbox/PS2, so you end up having to make two copies of the same game.
I expect now that xbox is even further from its original "pc in a box" inception, it will only increase greater hair pulling at developer studios (and not in a good way).
Law, Heavy Duty Vehicle Operator, Landscaping, Carpentry, Electrician, Mechanics.
All of these things can I suppose somehow be outsourced through immigrants, but most wouldn't last long in a trade that requires english skills to run the business as well as keep a steady clientele. I would like to see some Mexican who just jumped the fence become a district attorney, although with the kind of judges that are elected to the Supreme Court as of late, it wouldn't entirely surprise me.
If someone is going to do the same job as you for less money and arguably as well, or even better, not many people are going to keep you on the job just because of the fact you live in the same country as them.
In a capitalist country, how could you justify it as a citizen to keep your job when someone else is willing to do it for cheaper?
That's how the game is played, the harder you work and less you complain the more likely you will have a job. This whining about outsourcing is just a bunch of over-priviledged people who are used to having it easy.
If you want your job back, move to India and work for $5/hour, that's right you didn't just want "your" job (its a position, not a posession) you wanted the paycheck.
Get into a field of work that can't be outsourced if you want job security.
Perhaps you've never heard that radio is bought and sold to the highest bidder and only record labels with money to blow on marketing have their singles played 10+ times a day.
"Please just LISTEN to our music, we'll do anything, we'll even work for free."
It is nice that they are willing working for nothing. However, this seems more like an attempt to gain exposure rather than actually releasing 'good' music for free.
Now the debate of whether they suck or not can begin to even make this invitation worthy of merit.
Any time there is greed and power involved there will be conflict. It is inevitable, you can't really tell a whole bunch of 'kids' to share. Even if a majority, we agree things should be shared equally and everyone should benefit in the harmony of perfect equality, it is a fantasy world and will NEVER happen.
The collective time spent answering this stupid question is far greater than the cost of a motherboard and a quick query stating practical business whereas it's easier to cater to a general audience rather than multiple niche audiences. I am sure if you called ASUS and asked them to build you a custom board they would for a higher price.
This question exhibits a complete lack of research and could have been answered without a discussion.
I hope they make bacteria to selectively kill anyone. This world is overfilled with resource wasting humans that would better be fertilizer and more useful in the long run.
Gives the North Koreans a good 5 years to make robots of their own, or just make some good magnetic weaponry that can disable robots from a satellite or from a plane flying overhead.
North Korea is far crazier than South Korea, they are extreme about control, no doubt this "consideration" is either an attempt to bait them or a bad leak.
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It is ironic you can go in a store and see that almost every item is manufactured in China or Taiwan, and then you see this about how they feel that "google" shouldn't be allowed to do business in China because of how the Chinese have poor human rights issues.
Who do you think is making all those toys that stock our shelves? Chinese kids more than likely.
So why don't they block Mattel from having their toys manufactured in China?
It seems the USA just wants more jobs to go to different countries, that is the only solution for Google it would seem. If I had a multi-billion dollar business opportunity that required to move 1000-3000 workers across the sea, then so be it. The US is the only one who is going to lose by this idiotic move.
And since when has the US been so keen on human rights? Since Abu Ghraib? Oh wait.. Guantanamo is still doing far more horrible things such as forced feeding, to prevent prisoners on a hunger strike from dieing.
When the US talks about "human rights" its hard to take them seriously like an executive from Enron talking about ways to diffuse corporate corruption.
The biggest difference is golf is actually a sport, and you communicate face to face. WoW is a niche so small it makes lawn bowling look like a national sport.
As to say its the next way people are going to get together and hang out and schmooze it up is ridiculous, because nobody that is a real businessman wants to be dealing with people in a virtual game. If you cant look someone in the eye, why would you discuss anything serious with them?
I doubt anyone over the age of 20 even thinks this is an intelligent assumption.
WoW is the next everquest, not the next golf.
I'm sure a Diablo MMORPG will drop in 07-08 and we will all be like "Diablo is the next Golf" lolzz
Why is Sony being slapped on the wrist? They commited a crime, punish them! Just because a company CAN offer a service, doesn't mean it should be collateral for the punishment which they should have been handed. This is a joke.
A good precedent this sets is instead of actually being punished for a crime, you get some kind of deranged community service in which you still might profit from and gain unnecessary promotion from. It's good to know corporations won't be punished if they can offer to repay people. After all commiting a crime isn't about punishment it's about repaying the victims, right. So if I go and steal somebodys car, I won't have to go to jail, I can just pay off the car I stole.
Absolute bullshit, Sony should have to do one of these "plans" they made up, AND be punished AND be fined for purposely knowing the rootkit was capable of being used for exploits AND have to pay fines for all the computers they infected with their root-kit. Bar None.
They knew what they were doing, if Sony can't claim to be held responsible for their actions maybe there should be a review team to review all their public cd releases and create a waiting period for them before they are released to the open market to ensure they don't try these tactics on the public again.
The root kit was a total bullshit move, they knew it from the start and should be punished like any other pre-meditated crime, not just let off to perform community service.
It should be paying for the crime, repairing the damage and giving back to the community in response for betraying them with such a vile thing as the rootkit.
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OMG WALLHACK!!
Every touts the benefit of having a closed system so that an entire spectrum of games will perform roughly the same for everyone. This is also the biggest downfall, because "everyone" is often a close to 50/50 mix in the case of Xbox/PS2, so you end up having to make two copies of the same game.
I expect now that xbox is even further from its original "pc in a box" inception, it will only increase greater hair pulling at developer studios (and not in a good way).
[cx]
Can we have Tom Hanks and Leonardo DeCaprio star in this one?
Quit your bitching in some parts of Canada its up over $1.50 per Litre.
And even with the sloppy exchange rate it's still $1.26 * 4 which is $5.04 per gallon for the equivalent price.
It sucks.
$5.04/gallon in Halifax.
Law, Heavy Duty Vehicle Operator, Landscaping, Carpentry, Electrician, Mechanics.
All of these things can I suppose somehow be outsourced through immigrants, but most wouldn't last long in a trade that requires english skills to run the business as well as keep a steady clientele. I would like to see some Mexican who just jumped the fence become a district attorney, although with the kind of judges that are elected to the Supreme Court as of late, it wouldn't entirely surprise me.
If someone is going to do the same job as you for less money and arguably as well, or even better, not many people are going to keep you on the job just because of the fact you live in the same country as them.
In a capitalist country, how could you justify it as a citizen to keep your job when someone else is willing to do it for cheaper?
That's how the game is played, the harder you work and less you complain the more likely you will have a job. This whining about outsourcing is just a bunch of over-priviledged people who are used to having it easy.
If you want your job back, move to India and work for $5/hour, that's right you didn't just want "your" job (its a position, not a posession) you wanted the paycheck.
Get into a field of work that can't be outsourced if you want job security.
[cx]
The end of the world...caused by peat bog?
Almost anti-climatic. Farting, cows and peat bog destroyed this planet!
[cx]
Ogg Vorbis merely takes up 10% of the percentage that music takes up of P2P traffic.
its a percentage of percentage.
[cx]
Perhaps you've never heard that radio is bought and sold to the highest bidder and only record labels with money to blow on marketing have their singles played 10+ times a day.
Not everyone can afford that kind of exposure.
"Please just LISTEN to our music, we'll do anything, we'll even work for free."
It is nice that they are willing working for nothing. However, this seems more like an attempt to gain exposure rather than actually releasing 'good' music for free.
Now the debate of whether they suck or not can begin to even make this invitation worthy of merit.
[cx]
Any time there is greed and power involved there will be conflict. It is inevitable, you can't really tell a whole bunch of 'kids' to share. Even if a majority, we agree things should be shared equally and everyone should benefit in the harmony of perfect equality, it is a fantasy world and will NEVER happen.
Thanks for your time,
[cx]
How about Windows in general?
(/runsaway)
[cx]
Now I can finally see a movie on the big screen, lucky for me as there is no theatres where I live.
(/sarcasm)
Apparently Sinead O'Connor impersonations.
I would be sickened by any company that weighed the cultural impact of choosing certain colours to represent their product.
The Chinese steal the product anyways, so it's not like they have room to complain about color choices.
They will probably release longhorn for the super famicom later this year anyways( pirate cart).
[cx]
Whats more fun than nailing a dead baby to a tree?
Tearing it down.
The collective time spent answering this stupid question is far greater than the cost of a motherboard and a quick query stating practical business whereas it's easier to cater to a general audience rather than multiple niche audiences. I am sure if you called ASUS and asked them to build you a custom board they would for a higher price.
This question exhibits a complete lack of research and could have been answered without a discussion.
[cx]
I hope they make bacteria to selectively kill anyone. This world is overfilled with resource wasting humans that would better be fertilizer and more useful in the long run.
Get it right next time....ya jackass..
[cx]
Metric or Imperial? Who can you trust?
[cx]
Gives the North Koreans a good 5 years to make robots of their own, or just make some good magnetic weaponry that can disable robots from a satellite or from a plane flying overhead.
North Korea is far crazier than South Korea, they are extreme about control, no doubt this "consideration" is either an attempt to bait them or a bad leak.
[cx]
Chorus:
I believe in molecules
Where you from
You sexy thing
I believe in molecules
Since you came along
You sexy thing
Oh yaa.. dj spin that record