I'll bet I could be really competitive in business if I underpaid all my workers. Maybe this whole thing wouldn't even show up as an issue had it not been for the historic abuse of the H1B program by big US companies? Remember the Disney fiasco of not too long ago?
I thought one of Trump's campaign promises to was to mandate a minimum wage for H1B workers, so they would only be used when REALLY needed, rather than just be used to undercut US tech salaries.
No, I didn't vote for Trump, but I don't see him as any worse than Clinton, where policy would be dictated by your contribution to the Clinton Foundation.
A different kind of bad, but I'm not feeling worse right now. In the Kook vs. Crook contest, the Kook won. We all lost, but we would have lost had it gone the other way.
Really, now that somewhere in excess of 30% of people refuse to participate, and they botched this one so bad, will the people who hire these jerks now just go away? Yes, it appears that Clinton won the popular vote, but she didn't get 50%. I was one of the crowd who voted 3rd party, since the Dumbocrats and the Repugnicans couldn't nominate someone who could come up with a better campaign slogan than "The other party sucks worse."
Yes, unfortunately, Trump gets his campaign merchandise manufactured in China, Clinton will probably stay the course on H1Bs, because the people who want the cheap labor paid her for a speech or gave to the Clinton Foundation (what does that thing do except employ Clintons?), Gary Johnson wants the market to take care of the H1B problem, so I guess Jill Stein is all that's left.
Absolutely. The shortage isn't in American IT personnel, it is in American IT personnel who will work for the pittance they want to pay. Setting a minimum salary for H1Bs would greatly help by getting rid of the use of the H1B program just as a source of cheap labor.
If we are going to outsource, why not save a ton by outsourcing a lot of the executive/empty suit level?
...I always thing THE TRUTH IS FINALLY COMING OUT! No, not really, of course. I think it has as much validity as those robo-calling polls that allow you to win a free cruise for participating.
Agreed. At the very least, there should be if not outright rejection, some logging to a permanent file for events like, say, the caller ID = called ID, or caller ID = 9876543210. If they would just force such things to be anonymous calls, I'm already blocking those.
Agreed. What company will keep an attorney that says "Our client screwed up, and we are trying to bail them out, and we're not optimistic about their chances."
Reminds me of an old MAD magazine joke. I think it was a businessmens hall of fame. There was one entry for a guy who made a fortune selling Studebaker stock after he started a rumor that they had only shut down for several years for "retooling". He then lost a fortune buying Studebaker stock because he had heard a rumor that they had only shut down for several years for "retooling".
In the case of a traffic accident, the driver would be responsible, I would think.
However, the property tax sounds like it should be the responsibility of John Deere. Are farm vehicles usually taxed, though? I had a friend of mine who found a Ford Pinto in a creek after a flood, and went through the trouble of fixing it up. When he tried to register it, he found it had been registered as a "farm use" vehicle, and couldn't be re-registered for road use until property taxes had been paid for all the years it was a farm use vehicle.
What happens if the tractor is parked illegally, impounded, never claimed, and auctioned? When does the buyer get informed that they are merely a licensee, not an owner?
When you register the vehicle, does the state have a checkbox so you can say you are only licensing it? Wouldn't John Deere have to be the registered owner? And wouldn't they be the ones to have to go through the hassle of registering it?
Agreed. If they had at least changed the name to "National Gun Association", or something similar, it would be
parody, and not impersonation. Now "The Onion" could get away with this, as everyone knows that their publication
is satire, but if they created a website without the Onion brand, that would be different.
Except that most of the time, the caller ID you see is fraudulent. I am going to try and report them more often, but on the 1st of the month when I get my phone bill, which will give me the ANI, except for some IP based calls. What does need to happen is that the FTC needs to stop settling with them for fines that let them still make a profit and start going after personal assets. Employees who violate the law by not telling you information they are legally required to should also be prosecuted. They are supposed to tell you the mailing address of the company, if asked. They know that their employer is violating the DNC list, but continue to aid and abet anyway. There is a youtube video of one who admitted that Card Services is a scam, but she needed the job.
Sorry for the rant, but I just got another home security telemarketer here at my office.
Even in regular magazines and media, they are slipping in adds subtly deemed as news, at the bottom you may spot the "advertisement" in a very small font.
It's worse than that. Sometimes, it doesn't say "advertisement", it uses the marketing-speak "sponsored content".
I suppose you could use a phrase not likely to be guessed or encountered in real life, like "MicrosoftIsEthical", or "Windows10IsPerfect!". That last one contains numbers and a special character, as well as being easy to remember.
I hope I'm wrong, but it seems that you are saying that the poster you were responding to was either making it all up for the sake of bashing Micro$oft, or that reporting problems one has with Windows 10 is bashing the reputation of a fine product which has to be crammed down users' throats. I'm not saying hardware issues don't exist, but isn't Windows 10 supposed to analyze your hardware to make sure you can upgrade? Of course, it's also supposed to do automatic updates when your PC is idle, but several examples from other "bashers" have shown it to fail at that, too.
I totally agree. I ran Never10 and haven't been bothered by the Windows 10 nagware (actually, they've probably reached the malware threshold by now) since. And if you decide you want to drink the Kool Aid after all, Never10 will allow you to turn the "upgrade" back on.
I propose a new term for the Microsoft line of products -- "suckware".
At which point the user can still cancel. The summary on this is really misleading, claiming it automatically upgrades, which would be much, much worse. MS was out of line, but a person would have to be an idiot or a child to accidentally upgrade.
I always thought that was the Microsoft target demographic. Yeah, I have a Windows PC, so I guess I have to admit to being an idiot.
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I'll bet I could be really competitive in business if I underpaid all my workers. Maybe this whole thing wouldn't even show up as an issue had it not been for the historic abuse of the H1B program by big US companies? Remember the Disney fiasco of not too long ago? I thought one of Trump's campaign promises to was to mandate a minimum wage for H1B workers, so they would only be used when REALLY needed, rather than just be used to undercut US tech salaries.
No, I didn't vote for Trump, but I don't see him as any worse than Clinton, where policy would be dictated by your contribution to the Clinton Foundation. A different kind of bad, but I'm not feeling worse right now. In the Kook vs. Crook contest, the Kook won. We all lost, but we would have lost had it gone the other way.
Really, now that somewhere in excess of 30% of people refuse to participate, and they botched this one so bad, will the people who hire these jerks now just go away? Yes, it appears that Clinton won the popular vote, but she didn't get 50%. I was one of the crowd who voted 3rd party, since the Dumbocrats and the Repugnicans couldn't nominate someone who could come up with a better campaign slogan than "The other party sucks worse."
If it's not the same guys, I would bet they at least share office space.
Yes, unfortunately, Trump gets his campaign merchandise manufactured in China, Clinton will probably stay the course on H1Bs, because the people who want the cheap labor paid her for a speech or gave to the Clinton Foundation (what does that thing do except employ Clintons?), Gary Johnson wants the market to take care of the H1B problem, so I guess Jill Stein is all that's left.
Absolutely. The shortage isn't in American IT personnel, it is in American IT personnel who will work for the pittance they want to pay. Setting a minimum salary for H1Bs would greatly help by getting rid of the use of the H1B program just as a source of cheap labor.
If we are going to outsource, why not save a ton by outsourcing a lot of the executive/empty suit level?
...I always thing THE TRUTH IS FINALLY COMING OUT! No, not really, of course. I think it has as much validity as those robo-calling polls that allow you to win a free cruise for participating.
Agreed. At the very least, there should be if not outright rejection, some logging to a permanent file for events like, say, the caller ID = called ID, or caller ID = 9876543210. If they would just force such things to be anonymous calls, I'm already blocking those.
Wouldn't it be funny to see a court order as part of the damages that Micro$oft must support Windows 7 in perpetuity?
Agreed. What company will keep an attorney that says "Our client screwed up, and we are trying to bail them out, and we're not optimistic about their chances."
Reminds me of an old MAD magazine joke. I think it was a businessmens hall of fame. There was one entry for a guy who made a fortune selling Studebaker stock after he started a rumor that they had only shut down for several years for "retooling". He then lost a fortune buying Studebaker stock because he had heard a rumor that they had only shut down for several years for "retooling".
Exactly what is ESSENTIAL FLASH CONTENT? Wouldn't that be an oxymoron, like decorative manure?
In the case of a traffic accident, the driver would be responsible, I would think.
However, the property tax sounds like it should be the responsibility of John Deere. Are farm vehicles usually taxed, though? I had a friend of mine who found a Ford Pinto in a creek after a flood, and went through the trouble of fixing it up. When he tried to register it, he found it had been registered as a "farm use" vehicle, and couldn't be re-registered for road use until property taxes had been paid for all the years it was a farm use vehicle.
What happens if the tractor is parked illegally, impounded, never claimed, and auctioned? When does the buyer get informed that they are merely a licensee, not an owner?
When you register the vehicle, does the state have a checkbox so you can say you are only licensing it? Wouldn't John Deere have to be the registered owner? And wouldn't they be the ones to have to go through the hassle of registering it?
Are ALL tractor manufacturers doing this?
-- Tom
Agreed. If they had at least changed the name to "National Gun Association", or something similar, it would be parody, and not impersonation. Now "The Onion" could get away with this, as everyone knows that their publication is satire, but if they created a website without the Onion brand, that would be different.
Is this the same U2 that shoved an album down everyone's throat wit the Apple iTunes debacle?
This guy should READ a book.
It sounds like they have a lot of the CENTRAL and AGENCY, but not INTELLIGENCE.
Except that most of the time, the caller ID you see is fraudulent. I am going to try and report them more often, but on the 1st of the month when I get my phone bill, which will give me the ANI, except for some IP based calls. What does need to happen is that the FTC needs to stop settling with them for fines that let them still make a profit and start going after personal assets. Employees who violate the law by not telling you information they are legally required to should also be prosecuted. They are supposed to tell you the mailing address of the company, if asked. They know that their employer is violating the DNC list, but continue to aid and abet anyway. There is a youtube video of one who admitted that Card Services is a scam, but she needed the job.
Sorry for the rant, but I just got another home security telemarketer here at my office.
Even in regular magazines and media, they are slipping in adds subtly deemed as news, at the bottom you may spot the "advertisement" in a very small font.
It's worse than that. Sometimes, it doesn't say "advertisement", it uses the marketing-speak "sponsored content".
This story reminds me of the Weird Al Yankovic song, "Midnight Star".
I suppose you could use a phrase not likely to be guessed or encountered in real life, like "MicrosoftIsEthical", or "Windows10IsPerfect!". That last one contains numbers and a special character, as well as being easy to remember.
I hope I'm wrong, but it seems that you are saying that the poster you were responding to was either making it all up for the sake of bashing Micro$oft, or that reporting problems one has with Windows 10 is bashing the reputation of a fine product which has to be crammed down users' throats. I'm not saying hardware issues don't exist, but isn't Windows 10 supposed to analyze your hardware to make sure you can upgrade? Of course, it's also supposed to do automatic updates when your PC is idle, but several examples from other "bashers" have shown it to fail at that, too.
I totally agree. I ran Never10 and haven't been bothered by the Windows 10 nagware (actually, they've probably reached the malware threshold by now) since. And if you decide you want to drink the Kool Aid after all, Never10 will allow you to turn the "upgrade" back on. I propose a new term for the Microsoft line of products -- "suckware".
...that my favorite password is "Micro$oftSux"?
At which point the user can still cancel. The summary on this is really misleading, claiming it automatically upgrades, which would be much, much worse. MS was out of line, but a person would have to be an idiot or a child to accidentally upgrade.
I always thought that was the Microsoft target demographic. Yeah, I have a Windows PC, so I guess I have to admit to being an idiot.