I live in Socal and used to do a 150 mile commute daily between house (north of glendale) to school (pomona) to work (tustin). LA, Orange County and Orange Crush Traffic daily (though granted I would sleep at work some nights to avoid the trip home). And I drive a stick. Most drivers who are used to automatics don't realize how subconcious the use of a stickshift becomes, and how little difference is ultimately makes.
As an aside, manual trans drivers are probably safer as they can't talk on the phone and drive quite at the same time quite as easily as a driver of an auto transmission.
The US maintains bases in Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan) as a means of containing China's influence in the Pacific. None of the past administrations have wanted China as a superpower.
Oil, is of course, a big reason to build bases in Iraq. But strategically, it gives the US a lot of leverage against Iran, Syria, and Central Asia.
weren't.50 cal firearms banned before arnold came to office? I'm trying to think about the last time the LA Times had a 2 page editorial in about the evils of a S&W 500 series.
Either way, it sucks. Gotta move to FL or something.
Excerpt: The true purpose of schooling, according to Gatto, is to produce an easily manageable workforce to serve employers in a mass-production economy
It's simple, call the police and have them sited for trespassing
doing a quick define: tresspassing on google I get: gradually intrusive without right or permission
I would say it depends on the "gradually intrusive" part. If the trespasser doesn't seem to be presenting an imminent danger, call the police. If the trespasser is presenting such a danger, there may not be enough time for the police.
The problem is, you can't pass a law stating at what point a trespasser presents an imminent danger. It all depends on the moment, the actions of the trespasser, the state of mind of the homeowner, etc. None of these can really be translated into any coherent law.
Maybe they are entering your property to ask permission, ever consider that?
If they do that, and if I have a gun, they become proud winners of the Darwin award.
he set out to defend his business, which he has every right to do
This should be an inalienable right of anyone in society. The government exists to keep the peace, but every citizen should have the right to defend their lives and their livelihood.
Society is best served by those who seek their own self-interest (in a legal manner) - this from Adam Smith on his discussion of "the Invisible Hand". It was in the shop-keeper's (and the interest of society in general) that the criminals were shot. It keeps the peace and discourages further crime.
Well, remember Rupert Murdoch also controls media in the UK (as well as FOX news in the US and other US media). The problem isn't just an American one. The Beeb just happens to be exceptional. By exceptional, I mean it's interesting that a public station would be less biased than "private industry" media.
And as far as I'm concerned, Brits who complain about the BBC make about as much sense to me as when they complain about the UK rail system. No doubt there are problems. But it's a beautiful system nonetheless.
It's a good thing. And an interesting one. With the ability to stream radio online, the tax dollars that are spent by the public of the UK potentially benefit more than just those in the UK. I listen to the BBC (not just radio 4) quite a bit off their website.
Indian and foreign screen readers ain't going to substitute for real Yankee ingenuity here - and we aren't talking race - we're talking real culture and cultural differences
This WILL come back to bite them hard in the arse.
Why? According to a recent study by the Institute for Policy Studies (here, and in my journal) CEO pay overall was 301 times higher than the $26,899 earned by the average production worker. Maybe we can assume the average I/T professional makes twice this much, and thus CEO pay overall is ~150 times higher. (Also, these measurements are for the U.S. only.)
But, CEO pay overall was 1,300 times higher than the average Indian Programmer or 3,300 times higher than the average Indian Call Center employee.
So, no matter how much the CEO reduces wages of I/T staff, they can save even more by going overseas. Our workload can be increased even more than this for the same wages or even less - and the corporations that have the ability to outsource don't need to fear a backlash.
Almost 40% of the IT departments around the country that I have contact with all feel the same way
I'm in a large company, and all my contacts in large companies feel the same way as well. Perhaps it's only the smaller companies where the salary disconnect between Employer/CEO and Employee is not so high that things are less dismal.
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire.
"Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burned women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears." - Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
Not trying to be funny, but there is some violence inherent in this system.
I appreciate your response. I was being rhetorical when discussing CEO salary. I had in mind Ricardo's view of "the iron law of wages". Put essentially, if an employer (according to Marx, Ricardo, Malthus, perhaps others) introduces new machinery that will double the output of the worker in a day. Does he then double the wages? Not at all; he keeps the surplus value for himself.
Subsitute cheaper labour for new machinery. Yes, the old-boy networks exist. They are a neccessity to justify this sort of behavior.
I also recommend the movie you referred to. Well worth watching.
IT support is viewed as a commodity [...] The product wasn't a commodity, so it couldn't be switched
2 Aspects of Commodity: 1. Quality - the ability an object to accomodate needs/wants 2. Quantity - the exchange relation of commodity; also an expression of labour time.
In the scenario you mentioned, the I/T Support was a "commodity" in both situations. The aspect of quality was the issue. And I agree with your conclusion: explain why it's better that you have it [the means of commodity production] than someone in another hemisphere
The point is that the people whose jobs are outsourced are not competitive
Right. And the home/village clothing and textile/other industries on the eve of the Industrial Revolution weren't competitive either. How could they be? The factories that employed (all but in name) slave labour could produce commodities at a much lower cost and put everyone else out of business.
Was "society" better off for the Industrial Revolution? Who you were made the difference - capitalist or worker. Same with globalization. Economists are trained to see things holistically; we (those of us whose jobs are affected) see this change from our perspective and we don't like it.
Yeah that's great, except you can't offshore outsource lawn mowing
You can't offshore it? Maybe not. But you can still lose it. There are a slew of "undocumented workers" in most states (at least western and mid-western) who have those jobs: the blue-collar, low-income and unksilled labour jobs.
Proponents (not perhaps without some justification, I suppose) argue that since no Americans want to pick strawberries or mow lawns for a living, without the illegal/legal migrant workers, the work will never get done.
But how soon will it be before proponents of white collar outsourcing start saying that no American would want to do low level I/T Work - eg., Call Centers, 1st Line Tech Support, basic coding? I think it's already being said.
Those with the "have" are in a position to call the shots here. Or put another way, capitalism being tied to the private ownership of the means of production allows the private appropriation of surplus value. Companies outsource more for marginal benefits at best it seems, and yet nobody things to cut the salaries of the top executives?
If anyone thinks I'm taking this too far, then why are the CEOs and top executives of some of the companies responsible for the most outsourcing making millions of dollars? (Carly Fiona and Sam Palmisano).
Right... Saying otherwise and coming up with the propaganda and the media to support the view that the president is always right comes dangerously close to Facism.
Funny how a couple hundred million can make someone change their minds
Lucas made a net of 400 million on the Phantom Menance alone. The movie grossed far more than this, but this is what Lucas took home personally. I'm guessing by the time the third one has come out, he'll be another (or close to a) billion dollars wealthier.
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I live in Socal and used to do a 150 mile commute daily between house (north of glendale) to school (pomona) to work (tustin). LA, Orange County and Orange Crush Traffic daily (though granted I would sleep at work some nights to avoid the trip home). And I drive a stick.
Most drivers who are used to automatics don't realize how subconcious the use of a stickshift becomes, and how little difference is ultimately makes.
As an aside, manual trans drivers are probably safer as they can't talk on the phone and drive quite at the same time quite as easily as a driver of an auto transmission.
The US maintains bases in Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan) as a means of containing China's influence in the Pacific. None of the past administrations have wanted China as a superpower.
Oil, is of course, a big reason to build bases in Iraq. But strategically, it gives the US a lot of leverage against Iran, Syria, and Central Asia.
weren't .50 cal firearms banned before arnold came to office? I'm trying to think about the last time the LA Times had a 2 page editorial in about the evils of a S&W 500 series.
Either way, it sucks. Gotta move to FL or something.
You remember this story from /., correct?
Excerpt:
The true purpose of schooling, according to Gatto, is to produce an easily manageable workforce to serve employers in a mass-production economy
obviously, some discretion is advised.
It's simple, call the police and have them sited for trespassing
doing a quick define: tresspassing on google I get: gradually intrusive without right or permission
I would say it depends on the "gradually intrusive" part. If the trespasser doesn't seem to be presenting an imminent danger, call the police. If the trespasser is presenting such a danger, there may not be enough time for the police.
The problem is, you can't pass a law stating at what point a trespasser presents an imminent danger. It all depends on the moment, the actions of the trespasser, the state of mind of the homeowner, etc. None of these can really be translated into any coherent law.
Maybe they are entering your property to ask permission, ever consider that?
If they do that, and if I have a gun, they become proud winners of the Darwin award.
he set out to defend his business, which he has every right to do
This should be an inalienable right of anyone in society. The government exists to keep the peace, but every citizen should have the right to defend their lives and their livelihood.
Society is best served by those who seek their own self-interest (in a legal manner) - this from Adam Smith on his discussion of "the Invisible Hand". It was in the shop-keeper's (and the interest of society in general) that the criminals were shot. It keeps the peace and discourages further crime.
Well, remember Rupert Murdoch also controls media in the UK (as well as FOX news in the US and other US media). The problem isn't just an American one. The Beeb just happens to be exceptional. By exceptional, I mean it's interesting that a public station would be less biased than "private industry" media.
And as far as I'm concerned, Brits who complain about the BBC make about as much sense to me as when they complain about the UK rail system. No doubt there are problems. But it's a beautiful system nonetheless.
It's a good thing. And an interesting one. With the ability to stream radio online, the tax dollars that are spent by the public of the UK potentially benefit more than just those in the UK.
I listen to the BBC (not just radio 4) quite a bit off their website.
It inspired a change of sig ...
seeing as how the politics.slash logo is an American flag, then yes, I suppose this section may be described as U.S. centric :)
at least the color scheme isn't as bad as it.slashdot.org
only reason the schools purchase it for their students is to get a reprieve from the flood of lawsuits.
well, maybe they majored in political economics
Indian and foreign screen readers ain't going to substitute for real Yankee ingenuity here - and we aren't talking race - we're talking real culture and cultural differences
Give me a break. You're not serious are you?
This WILL come back to bite them hard in the arse.
Why? According to a recent study by the Institute for Policy Studies (here, and in my journal) CEO pay overall was 301 times higher than the $26,899 earned by the average production worker. Maybe we can assume the average I/T professional makes twice this much, and thus CEO pay overall is ~150 times higher. (Also, these measurements are for the U.S. only.)
But, CEO pay overall was 1,300 times higher than the average Indian Programmer or 3,300 times higher than the average Indian Call Center employee.
So, no matter how much the CEO reduces wages of I/T staff, they can save even more by going overseas. Our workload can be increased even more than this for the same wages or even less - and the corporations that have the ability to outsource don't need to fear a backlash.
Almost 40% of the IT departments around the country that I have contact with all feel the same way
I'm in a large company, and all my contacts in large companies feel the same way as well. Perhaps it's only the smaller companies where the salary disconnect between Employer/CEO and Employee is not so high that things are less dismal.
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because I told, I told Bill that if they move my desk one more time, then, then I'm, I'm quitting, I'm going to quit. And, and I told Don too, because they've moved my desk four times already this year, and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire.
"Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burned women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears." - Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
Not trying to be funny, but there is some violence inherent in this system.
I appreciate your response.
I was being rhetorical when discussing CEO salary. I had in mind Ricardo's view of "the iron law of wages". Put essentially, if an employer (according to Marx, Ricardo, Malthus, perhaps others) introduces new machinery that will double the output of the worker in a day. Does he then double the wages? Not at all; he keeps the surplus value for himself.
Subsitute cheaper labour for new machinery. Yes, the old-boy networks exist. They are a neccessity to justify this sort of behavior.
I also recommend the movie you referred to. Well worth watching.
IT support is viewed as a commodity [...] The product wasn't a commodity, so it couldn't be switched
2 Aspects of Commodity:
1. Quality - the ability an object to accomodate needs/wants
2. Quantity - the exchange relation of commodity; also an expression of labour time.
In the scenario you mentioned, the I/T Support was a "commodity" in both situations. The aspect of quality was the issue. And I agree with your conclusion:
explain why it's better that you have it [the means of commodity production] than someone in another hemisphere
The point is that the people whose jobs are outsourced are not competitive
Right. And the home/village clothing and textile/other industries on the eve of the Industrial Revolution weren't competitive either. How could they be? The factories that employed (all but in name) slave labour could produce commodities at a much lower cost and put everyone else out of business.
Was "society" better off for the Industrial Revolution? Who you were made the difference - capitalist or worker. Same with globalization. Economists are trained to see things holistically; we (those of us whose jobs are affected) see this change from our perspective and we don't like it.
Yeah that's great, except you can't offshore outsource lawn mowing
You can't offshore it? Maybe not. But you can still lose it. There are a slew of "undocumented workers" in most states (at least western and mid-western) who have those jobs: the blue-collar, low-income and unksilled labour jobs.
Proponents (not perhaps without some justification, I suppose) argue that since no Americans want to pick strawberries or mow lawns for a living, without the illegal/legal migrant workers, the work will never get done.
But how soon will it be before proponents of white collar outsourcing start saying that no American would want to do low level I/T Work - eg., Call Centers, 1st Line Tech Support, basic coding? I think it's already being said.
Those with the "have" are in a position to call the shots here. Or put another way, capitalism being tied to the private ownership of the means of production allows the private appropriation of surplus value. Companies outsource more for marginal benefits at best it seems, and yet nobody things to cut the salaries of the top executives?
If anyone thinks I'm taking this too far, then why are the CEOs and top executives of some of the companies responsible for the most outsourcing making millions of dollars? (Carly Fiona and Sam Palmisano).
Right ... Saying otherwise and coming up with the propaganda and the media to support the view that the president is always right comes dangerously close to Facism.
at least it's not your %CLASSPATH%
Funny how a couple hundred million can make someone change their minds
Lucas made a net of 400 million on the Phantom Menance alone. The movie grossed far more than this, but this is what Lucas took home personally.
I'm guessing by the time the third one has come out, he'll be another (or close to a) billion dollars wealthier.
and lake baikal could take them all on ...
I know I'll get modded down for this, but I just had to reply to your sig.