First they said we didn't want or need the manufacturing jobs in the '80s. We were becoming a "service" economy, giving us more and better jobs. Then in the '90s they said we didn't want or need the service jobs and we were becoming a "research" economy, giving us more and better jobs. Now the research jobs are leaving the US. What's left, selling off more US real estate to foreign interests?
Simply put: the US needs to export more goods and services (and not jobs) than it imports. Clearly we're failing at this. Check out
Lou Dobb's reporting about this whole mess.
This whole thing is wildly inaccurate. Rounding errors, ballot stuffers, dynamic IPs, firewalls. If you're using these numbers to do anything important, you're insane.
While this advice is for just/. polls it's sound advice for anything here.
MERLIN, the DEA's intelligence database has been around for a long time (I know the '70s and maybe the '60s). I don't know if it's running under all new code but it's always been a beast.
Would I really want to pay someone tolls to use a dark tunnel to drive to work everyday on a road that I paid for in taxes?
Could be worse: think about all those people that take the Mass Pike in Central Mass. Their paying tolls on a road that has been paid for many years. And now Romney is hinted he would sign into law a bill that would reinstate the toll booths Bill Weld took down.
For the DNC convention, right? It seems that the SS/DOJ/whatever has a problem with it being a couple hundred feet away from the convention site (Fleet Center). Terrorism yada, yada, yada. On the bright side 128 should be able to handle the extra traffic in usual style (good time to start that new Harry Potter book).
Not me and not for a second. I lived on the east side of the North End (Thacher St.) and my place constantly shook from the trucks and smelled of diesel fumes. Man, the North End is going to be even better now with the CA gone. I see property prices going up to something near the lower end of Beacon Hill ($$$).
Yeah, the Big Dig was pretty pricy but the ultra fast in and out of Logan almost makes it worth while.
When meat cutters at a Jacksonville, Tex., Wal-Mart voted for UFCW Local 540 representation in February 2000, the company refused to recognize the union--and suddenly changed the job functions of the meat cutters with a change to case-ready meat. Wal-Mart believed it had successfully circumvented the UFCW's first victory at one of its stores--until a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge ordered the company to recognize and bargain with Local 540 over the effects of the change to prepackaged meat. This order comes more than three years after the original union election. Case-ready beef and pork is cut, processed and packaged in the meat slaughterhouses, then transported to the retail outlets already packaged and ready for sale.
Or
watch the video and hear directly from workers and former managers at Wal-Mart.
Long hair, sandles, old clothes and all knowing? Could be Mac but more likely a BSD guy. Depends, does he have an iPod on him? It's a hard one to nail down.
Ummm... What planet are you from? The economy is doing fine, and on its way up. Despite what the nine dweebs running for the office say, We actually have about 1.5 million more jobs now than when Bush took office.
BWAWAWAWAWA! Yeah, Bush created 1.5M new jobs in India, China, etc. Hey AC, I got news for you: Bush lies!. What jobs have been created (which in no way makes up for what has been lost because of the dot bomb) in the US have mostly been "McJobs" (part time, no benefits and really shitty pay).
BTW, Bush's own web site doesn't say he "created" 1.5M new jobs but "Without the President's tax cuts, as many as 1.5 million additional Americans could have lost their jobs.". This, of course, is total fiction.
Bush sucks. He whores for the big corporations and Jesus freaks, and doesn't give a fuck about anyone else. As Zappa said:
"Whats they do in Washington
they just takes care of number one.
And number one ain't you
you ain't even number two."
Try reading a newspaper outside the US like the Toronto Sun or the Guardian and find out what's really going on in the US and the world.
Fucking coppertop.
How to share files and avoid the RIAA, MPAA, etc.
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Long story short: Get off the Internet and on your own wireless network (kinda like the old days of BBSs). It's a decent solution considering the low cost of 802.11b cards (both PCMCIA and PCI) and routers. The great difficulty for the "powers that be" to track you down makes this a much better choice than over the 'net. Unless the RIAA/MPAA starts sending out trucks with RF detectors you should be safe. Here's the quick step-by-step:
1. Build yourself a XPC or something that size.
2. Toss in the needed parts including a 200G HD and a PCI 802.11b card.
3. Post notices around the dorm/building/whatever with the SSID and quick instuctions.
4. Enjoy.
While the selection of files in the beginning will be low I'm sure it would take little time for it to become quite varied.
The other solution is to buy a cheap 802.11b router, hook up to the LAN and bury it behind some sheetrock. The campus IT dept could spend years looking for it (if done correctly).
Of course this information is for educational purposes only yada yada yada...
2000 Race:
$180,432 ( 4th top industry contributor)
Total contributions from TV/Movies/Music: $914,118
Now ask yourself this: Do you think this industry would like something in return for giving Hatch almost a million dollars? Reminds me of the ADC's line "Jack and Jill went up the hill each with a buck and a quarter. Jill can down with two-fifty. That fucking whore."
Hatch is a whore. Until the US limits campaign contributions to $100 per person, per election and bans all other contributions he'll keep plying his whorist ways until he's Strom Thurmond's age. To the good people of Utah: Just because he's a Mormon doesn't make him right. Pick another horse.
(g) $21 for each gigabyte of memory in each non-removable hard drive incorporated into each MP3 player or into each similar device with an internal hard drive that is intended for use primarily to record and play music.
So that means if this proposed tax goes through an iPod would cost:
I can't compare directly to your experience, but with their laptops, the repair turnaround is extremely fast.
I've got a friend that has had two different powerbooks in for five trips to the repair shop. Everytime they were returned within a week. Powerbook service (and mail in service for that matter) is extremely fast. Part of my problem was Apple insisted I take it to a local repair shop and not mail it back.
Every time I've dealt with Apple in person or over the phone, they've taken good care of me, and stuff gets done in a hurry.
Apple's telephone service is either great or really shitty. When things go well they go well. If something goes wrong you're totally screwed. This really isn't an Apple "exclusive". Everyone's sales/support sucks for desktop machines (ok, maybe IBM is still good).
Jeeze, how could he forget NeXT? Display PS so what you had on the screen was what really printed out, an application development environment that is still one of the best +10 years later, excellent speed thanks to the DSP chip and an user interface to die for. I think they were also the first to ship with ethernet as standard equipment. Yes, no FD, the optical HD and price were a problem but still IMO it belong's in the top five.
"A Silicon Valley computer programmer has been arrested for threatening to torture and kill employees... of an unnamed Canadian company.... Booker, of Sunnyvale, California, now faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine"
Is that five years in a Canadian or US prison? I mean the way the economy is in California a short stay in Canada (even in one of their prisons) might be preferred. Atleast you'll get three meals a day and some poutine if you're good.
If the fine is in CAD then I suggest paying it quickly. This time next year the CAD might be equal to the USD...
That being said, I've set my parents up with the most parent-safe setup I can imagine. Yes it cost a bit more than $500, but I know that they won't have to find someone who knows KDE or Gnome, or how to re-compile a kernel when they want to plug in a new digital camera. I got them an iMac, and I never have to deal with administration of their machine. It cost a bit more, but I don't loose sleep over worrying if it is working or not.
Yes, Macs are much easier to use, have an excellent GUI, simple to admin and simply never crash (the last OS X crash I had was with an early beta and even then had to unplug a FW drive during a write). But they have their flaws:
Repairs can take forver. Three years ago I bought an iMac DV. After a month of use the monitor died. In the repair shop for three weeks, brought it home and the monitor was toast (heavy magenta hue). Back to the shop. An additional four weeks later my iMac was still waiting for a new CRT. Bitched at Apple everyday for another three weeks when they finally sent me a new machine. If your mac has a hardware failure (which is uncommon but does happen) you are totally fscked.
Adding software [running Gentoo] and easier and cheaper than a Mac. Gentoo's portage system is wild stuff. An one line command can install most applications while you do other stuff. There seems to be a greater overall selection of Linux apps than Mac. I know about fink but it's not the same. IMO if you use mostly apps from fink you might as well switch to Gentoo.
I run an eMac (a very nice machine) which is used for video work and kid's games right next to my PIII NetVista running Gentoo. Where's all my data saved: on the PIII. Macs are great but if my big blue has any kind of hardware failure I can be back up in hours and not weeks.
Considering cost, usability (for basic web surfing, email, etc.) and remote access my vote goes to Linux. Now if his parents wanted to do video work or photoshop stuff then my vote goes to Mac (you've got to pay more for that stuff).
BTW, an eMac similar to the grandparent's specs would be twice the price and, IMO, not "a bit more". To some people $500 is a lot of money.
This isn't Mac "bashing" but more like being a Mac "realist".
From the article:
"... agents obtained a court order compelling a telematics company to secretly activate the stolen vehicle recovery feature in a customer's car. The feature, designed to listen-in on car thieves as they cruise around in a stolen auto, turns on a dashboard microphone and pipes conversations out over a cellphone connection -- normally to the company's response center, but in this case to an FBI listening post."
Honey, what's this $3000.00 phone call to Quantico, Virginia?
Jeeze, I hope they didn't activate the LoJack at the same time.
So your employer can read your email, listen to your calls, stick a camera in your cubicle, tell you at what time you can eat and crap, and now they can own anything you produce regardless if you were being compensated for your time?
Cricket doesn't work for Apple, his their bitch. My advice is to escape to a better place.
My local BJ's warehouse has a cheapo-depot 1m pixel camera, CF slot, flash and no LCD screen for $40. BTW, you're not renting the camera, you buy it and return it (if you want) for processing. They might use the word "rental" but no rental contract is offered, verbally or written. No rental means that you're not stealing it if it's not returned.
if you try and abuse this, this will stop!
I suspect that the camera is paid for after the first or second customer use cycle. 99.9% of the people out there will buy, shoot and return it back to Ritz. Fighting this will only make them look greedy (like RIAA greedy).
Ritz Camera has never had a problem charging more than most other places and getting it.
BTW, the DMCA is a bad law and using it to enforce a business plan that would fail without it is bad for everyone.
My thought is that we should all vote on those bubble sheets
I always thought the "bubble sheet" method, which is used where I live, was a great bridge between the need for the low cost electronic calculation of votes, the ability to easily audit, for almost anyone could use and see who they voted for before submitting their ballot. Is there an active patent that's keeping the US from standardizing on it? Does any know of any problems with the "bubble sheet" method except, of course, the inability to vote from home (say over the net)?
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Simply put: the US needs to export more goods and services (and not jobs) than it imports. Clearly we're failing at this. Check out Lou Dobb's reporting about this whole mess.
While this advice is for just /. polls it's sound advice for anything here.
MERLIN, the DEA's intelligence database has been around for a long time (I know the '70s and maybe the '60s). I don't know if it's running under all new code but it's always been a beast.
For the DNC convention, right? It seems that the SS/DOJ/whatever has a problem with it being a couple hundred feet away from the convention site (Fleet Center). Terrorism yada, yada, yada. On the bright side 128 should be able to handle the extra traffic in usual style (good time to start that new Harry Potter book).
Not me and not for a second. I lived on the east side of the North End (Thacher St.) and my place constantly shook from the trucks and smelled of diesel fumes. Man, the North End is going to be even better now with the CA gone. I see property prices going up to something near the lower end of Beacon Hill ($$$).
Yeah, the Big Dig was pretty pricy but the ultra fast in and out of Logan almost makes it worth while.
From Wal-Mart's War on Unions:
Or watch the video and hear directly from workers and former managers at Wal-Mart.There was a story in the NY Times sotry "The Wal-Martization of America."
Dude, Walmart sucks big time for their workers. A picture is worth a thousand words ...
No, there isn't. Depending on what the Supremes say next week might I recommend Vansterdam? Visiting purely for weather of course.
That must be one hell of a pringle can..
Actually they used something more native to the area.
Sweet zombie jesus! What the hell was I smoking this morning? I meant the Toronto Star .
"Sir, I find your ideas interesting and would like to subscribe to your newsletter". - Homer
Bush sucks. He whores for the big corporations and Jesus freaks, and doesn't give a fuck about anyone else. As Zappa said:
"Whats they do in Washington
they just takes care of number one.
And number one ain't you
you ain't even number two."
Try reading a newspaper outside the US like the Toronto Sun or the Guardian and find out what's really going on in the US and the world.
Fucking coppertop.
1. Build yourself a XPC or something that size.
2. Toss in the needed parts including a 200G HD and a PCI 802.11b card.
3. Post notices around the dorm/building/whatever with the SSID and quick instuctions.
4. Enjoy.
While the selection of files in the beginning will be low I'm sure it would take little time for it to become quite varied.
The other solution is to buy a cheap 802.11b router, hook up to the LAN and bury it behind some sheetrock. The campus IT dept could spend years looking for it (if done correctly).
Of course this information is for educational purposes only yada yada yada ...
Campaign Finance Profiles
2004: $152,360 ( 7th top industry contributor)
2002: $175,322 ( 4th top industry contributor)
2000: $180,432 ( 4th top industry contributor)
1998: $ 89,072 ( 6th top industry contributor)
1996: $ 68,500 (10th top industry contributor)
1994: $ 68,000
Race Profiles
2000 Race: $180,432 ( 4th top industry contributor)
Total contributions from TV/Movies/Music: $914,118
Now ask yourself this: Do you think this industry would like something in return for giving Hatch almost a million dollars? Reminds me of the ADC's line "Jack and Jill went up the hill each with a buck and a quarter. Jill can down with two-fifty. That fucking whore."
Hatch is a whore. Until the US limits campaign contributions to $100 per person, per election and bans all other contributions he'll keep plying his whorist ways until he's Strom Thurmond's age. To the good people of Utah: Just because he's a Mormon doesn't make him right. Pick another horse.
10GB iPod: $439.00 + $210 tax = $ 649.00CAD
20GB iPod: $579.00 + $420 tax = $ 999.00CAD
40GB iPod: $729.00 + $840 tax = $1569.00CAD
BTW, you can buy the 12" iBook for 1500.00CAD. I love Canada but this tax is nuts.
I've got a friend that has had two different powerbooks in for five trips to the repair shop. Everytime they were returned within a week. Powerbook service (and mail in service for that matter) is extremely fast. Part of my problem was Apple insisted I take it to a local repair shop and not mail it back.
Every time I've dealt with Apple in person or over the phone, they've taken good care of me, and stuff gets done in a hurry.
Apple's telephone service is either great or really shitty. When things go well they go well. If something goes wrong you're totally screwed. This really isn't an Apple "exclusive". Everyone's sales/support sucks for desktop machines (ok, maybe IBM is still good).
Jeeze, how could he forget NeXT? Display PS so what you had on the screen was what really printed out, an application development environment that is still one of the best +10 years later, excellent speed thanks to the DSP chip and an user interface to die for. I think they were also the first to ship with ethernet as standard equipment. Yes, no FD, the optical HD and price were a problem but still IMO it belong's in the top five.
Is that five years in a Canadian or US prison? I mean the way the economy is in California a short stay in Canada (even in one of their prisons) might be preferred. Atleast you'll get three meals a day and some poutine if you're good.
If the fine is in CAD then I suggest paying it quickly. This time next year the CAD might be equal to the USD ...
Bonne Chance
Yes, Macs are much easier to use, have an excellent GUI, simple to admin and simply never crash (the last OS X crash I had was with an early beta and even then had to unplug a FW drive during a write). But they have their flaws:
Repairs can take forver. Three years ago I bought an iMac DV. After a month of use the monitor died. In the repair shop for three weeks, brought it home and the monitor was toast (heavy magenta hue). Back to the shop. An additional four weeks later my iMac was still waiting for a new CRT. Bitched at Apple everyday for another three weeks when they finally sent me a new machine. If your mac has a hardware failure (which is uncommon but does happen) you are totally fscked.
Adding software [running Gentoo] and easier and cheaper than a Mac. Gentoo's portage system is wild stuff. An one line command can install most applications while you do other stuff. There seems to be a greater overall selection of Linux apps than Mac. I know about fink but it's not the same. IMO if you use mostly apps from fink you might as well switch to Gentoo.
I run an eMac (a very nice machine) which is used for video work and kid's games right next to my PIII NetVista running Gentoo. Where's all my data saved: on the PIII. Macs are great but if my big blue has any kind of hardware failure I can be back up in hours and not weeks.
Considering cost, usability (for basic web surfing, email, etc.) and remote access my vote goes to Linux. Now if his parents wanted to do video work or photoshop stuff then my vote goes to Mac (you've got to pay more for that stuff).
BTW, an eMac similar to the grandparent's specs would be twice the price and, IMO, not "a bit more". To some people $500 is a lot of money.
This isn't Mac "bashing" but more like being a Mac "realist".
"... agents obtained a court order compelling a telematics company to secretly activate the stolen vehicle recovery feature in a customer's car. The feature, designed to listen-in on car thieves as they cruise around in a stolen auto, turns on a dashboard microphone and pipes conversations out over a cellphone connection -- normally to the company's response center, but in this case to an FBI listening post."
Honey, what's this $3000.00 phone call to Quantico, Virginia?
Jeeze, I hope they didn't activate the LoJack at the same time.
Cricket doesn't work for Apple, his their bitch. My advice is to escape to a better place.
"I've said it before and I'll say it: democracy just doesn't work." - Kent Brockman
if you try and abuse this, this will stop!
I suspect that the camera is paid for after the first or second customer use cycle. 99.9% of the people out there will buy, shoot and return it back to Ritz. Fighting this will only make them look greedy (like RIAA greedy).
Ritz Camera has never had a problem charging more than most other places and getting it.
BTW, the DMCA is a bad law and using it to enforce a business plan that would fail without it is bad for everyone.
I always thought the "bubble sheet" method, which is used where I live, was a great bridge between the need for the low cost electronic calculation of votes, the ability to easily audit, for almost anyone could use and see who they voted for before submitting their ballot. Is there an active patent that's keeping the US from standardizing on it? Does any know of any problems with the "bubble sheet" method except, of course, the inability to vote from home (say over the net)?