I have a machine on which I installed XP Home Edition from original media, but I couldn't find the jewel case, so I had no idea what the serial number was.. Turns out you can just google for keys. One of them will work, and Microsoft never checks again.
It's all due to this crazy thing that the English do with their language.. they often shorten words to the right. My personal favourite is that "divided by" and "multiplied by" can both be shortened to "by". So when reading the equation a = b * c / 4, they may very well pronounce it as "a equals b by c by 4". That's not confusing!
If the US was to tax Nike's imports so much that Nike has to pull out of China, then China will not force Nike to pay fair wages or whatever your objection is.. because obviously the Chinese workers already think the wages are fair, otherwise they wouldn't be working there. Instead, what China will do is put a big freakin' tax on US imports. The result will be that prices will go up in both China *and* the US and we'll all go back to the 1970s when the total amount of trade between the US and China was a rounding error off zero and two wars in Asia had already been fought and lost.
The people coming up with these policies are not idiots. They're not malicious. They've actually done the research and have discovered that trade barriers make everything fucked up. So if you want to force China to force Nike to pay the Chinese workers what you think they deserve, then do your own research and come up with a plan that actually has a glimmering hope in hell of working. Don't just stomp your feet and demand a pony.
Let's put it this way. Email right? It's delivered between hosts completely unencrypted. Imagine you could sniff all the email passing into, say, the white house.. would that be worth something?
Note, I've also given you the hint to prevent this bullshit from being a problem.
You already changed your sig. Makes me look kind of silly.
Not intentional, I promise, I just like changing my sig.
I largely agree with you here, but I think the big problem with many anti-globalization protesters is they assume they have the moral high ground when its not entirely clear they do. Many people are against the WTO, for example, and will proudly tell you how evil their intentions are.. when most everyone who works with the WTO is trying to make the world a better place. Also, there are anti-globalization protesters who are simply not interested in making the world a better place. They claim the moral high ground by saying that their interests are all that matter and frame the debate as a "foreigners vs locals" issue. When protesting their own government they seem to make a lot of sense - that their government should be protecting their jobs, not giving them away to foreign countries - but to make that argument they have to completely ignore the affect on the national economy of protecting those jobs. They're very willing to talk about the damage to their family but unwilling to talk about the damage to all the other families. This, ironically, suggests that all they can do is complain because, if they thought rationally about the problem, they'd come to much the same conclusion that the statesmen already have.
But ya see, that's the problem. You're still talking about "trading with countries" and the world has moved on. Trade isn't between countries, it's between individuals and corporations. Nike doesn't go to China or where-ever and buy shoes.. they go there and build factories. China allows them to do it. The US government doesn't place any restrictions on them that make it unprofitable to do it. So what are you demanding? Are you demanding that China not allow foreign investment? Are you demanding that the US impose importation duties on goods that Nike manufacturers in countries you don't like? Be specific.
It's kind of convoluted logic when it comes to interfering with other countries and their political process. The CIA has gone into many countries and propped up sons of bitches for the benefit of the US people.. and received plenty of dismay from the world's commentators as a result. Many such commentators have called for an end to it, but maybe the problem is not sticking our collective nose into the affairs of other countries.. maybe it's just having the wrong goals in doing so. Of course, South Africa stands as the example that no matter how noble your goals are, it can still result in evil.
It's very confusing because the protest is so "multifaceted" but from the very few anti-globalization protesters who I've seen actually call for any action, rather than just whining, they seem to want things to be "how they used to be". That is, they want the genie back in the bottle. They want protectionism. Personally, I can't see the point of protesting unless you are making specific and reasonable demands.
Sigh. They're paying you to care. If you don't care, why should they pay you? Seriously.. if the job requires you to be there then you should either be there or get another job.
And that's the problem with a society that empowers police to "protect". There's no time for due process when you're so afraid that someone might get hurt. Cop shoots kid in an alley with a ray gun. That's the cliche we're talking about here. Do you really want police who shoot first and ask questions later?
Seriously, are you just stupid or what? Read the summary. Now read the entire thread. Do you understand yet?
What are you missing? Yes, Eliza came first. Yes, Eliza was the inspiration for Dr Sbaitso. That's irrelevant to this thread. This thread is about how piss funny Dr Sbaitso was at the time.. it's about nostalgia. You never heard of it? Guess what? You're not going to get much out of this thread.
How do you figure? Seriously man, you don't know shit about me. This is one thing that pisses me off about dickheads on Slashdot. You think you know fuckin' everything. You read one little comment and form an opinion you can't possibly justify without making wild and unreasonable assumptions.
Here, let me try:
When you signed your employee contract did it have a clause in it that said you would work any and all hours required? Did you think that was optional? If you were my employee I would have fired you the first time you said "no, I won't work late" because you lied. We're salaried employees. We get paid the rates we do because we are meant to be professionals who do the job that needs to be done. If you wanna dictate the hours you work, go start your own god-damn company or take contract work.. there's plenty of it.
"just asking to be shot" sounds like you're talking about the reality of the crazy world we live in.. and if that's the case, of course I completely agree with you. That's really not the world I want to live in though. People should receive due process, no matter what they appear to be doing.
As much as I agree with you, reality intrudes on my peaceful utopia of eternal life and a ban on breeding.
The USA has 300 million people. That's basically nothing. Australia has a measly 20 million. I don't live in Africa. I don't live in China. I might have a different opinion if I did, but I don't.
Umm.. no dude. The company is a-ok with people running off to pick up their kids and so am I. The problem is people who saying "I have to pick up my kids" even though they have been given weeks notice that they are going to have work late on night X. They use their kids as an excuse to break their agreement that they will work whatever hours are necessary to get the job done.
And, frankly, I'm speaking in the past tense because I hardly ever go to the office these days.
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I have a machine on which I installed XP Home Edition from original media, but I couldn't find the jewel case, so I had no idea what the serial number was.. Turns out you can just google for keys. One of them will work, and Microsoft never checks again.
Wow, so basically your world view is that there are people from the UK and there are people from the US and no-one else exists?
I guess that's almost better than the average American's grasp of geography.
Don't you love how dickheads on Slashdot assume I'm American all the time?
I know I do.
It's all due to this crazy thing that the English do with their language.. they often shorten words to the right. My personal favourite is that "divided by" and "multiplied by" can both be shortened to "by". So when reading the equation a = b * c / 4, they may very well pronounce it as "a equals b by c by 4". That's not confusing!
Yes, my voice password is "billy'; drop tables;", type it in muppet!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_prime
Fun.
RTFA.
No.. see, the problem is that you're naive.
If the US was to tax Nike's imports so much that Nike has to pull out of China, then China will not force Nike to pay fair wages or whatever your objection is.. because obviously the Chinese workers already think the wages are fair, otherwise they wouldn't be working there. Instead, what China will do is put a big freakin' tax on US imports. The result will be that prices will go up in both China *and* the US and we'll all go back to the 1970s when the total amount of trade between the US and China was a rounding error off zero and two wars in Asia had already been fought and lost.
The people coming up with these policies are not idiots. They're not malicious. They've actually done the research and have discovered that trade barriers make everything fucked up. So if you want to force China to force Nike to pay the Chinese workers what you think they deserve, then do your own research and come up with a plan that actually has a glimmering hope in hell of working. Don't just stomp your feet and demand a pony.
Let's put it this way. Email right? It's delivered between hosts completely unencrypted. Imagine you could sniff all the email passing into, say, the white house.. would that be worth something?
Note, I've also given you the hint to prevent this bullshit from being a problem.
You already changed your sig. Makes me look kind of silly.
Not intentional, I promise, I just like changing my sig.
I largely agree with you here, but I think the big problem with many anti-globalization protesters is they assume they have the moral high ground when its not entirely clear they do. Many people are against the WTO, for example, and will proudly tell you how evil their intentions are.. when most everyone who works with the WTO is trying to make the world a better place. Also, there are anti-globalization protesters who are simply not interested in making the world a better place. They claim the moral high ground by saying that their interests are all that matter and frame the debate as a "foreigners vs locals" issue. When protesting their own government they seem to make a lot of sense - that their government should be protecting their jobs, not giving them away to foreign countries - but to make that argument they have to completely ignore the affect on the national economy of protecting those jobs. They're very willing to talk about the damage to their family but unwilling to talk about the damage to all the other families. This, ironically, suggests that all they can do is complain because, if they thought rationally about the problem, they'd come to much the same conclusion that the statesmen already have.
But ya see, that's the problem. You're still talking about "trading with countries" and the world has moved on. Trade isn't between countries, it's between individuals and corporations. Nike doesn't go to China or where-ever and buy shoes.. they go there and build factories. China allows them to do it. The US government doesn't place any restrictions on them that make it unprofitable to do it. So what are you demanding? Are you demanding that China not allow foreign investment? Are you demanding that the US impose importation duties on goods that Nike manufacturers in countries you don't like? Be specific.
It's kind of convoluted logic when it comes to interfering with other countries and their political process. The CIA has gone into many countries and propped up sons of bitches for the benefit of the US people.. and received plenty of dismay from the world's commentators as a result. Many such commentators have called for an end to it, but maybe the problem is not sticking our collective nose into the affairs of other countries.. maybe it's just having the wrong goals in doing so. Of course, South Africa stands as the example that no matter how noble your goals are, it can still result in evil.
Did anyone else notice that many of the sound effects in Jumpgate appear to have been ripped from the first season of Babylon 5.
I wonder if they ever got in trouble for that.
I certainly hope not.
It's very confusing because the protest is so "multifaceted" but from the very few anti-globalization protesters who I've seen actually call for any action, rather than just whining, they seem to want things to be "how they used to be". That is, they want the genie back in the bottle. They want protectionism. Personally, I can't see the point of protesting unless you are making specific and reasonable demands.
Sigh. They're paying you to care. If you don't care, why should they pay you? Seriously.. if the job requires you to be there then you should either be there or get another job.
And that's the problem with a society that empowers police to "protect". There's no time for due process when you're so afraid that someone might get hurt. Cop shoots kid in an alley with a ray gun. That's the cliche we're talking about here. Do you really want police who shoot first and ask questions later?
Seriously, are you just stupid or what? Read the summary. Now read the entire thread. Do you understand yet?
What are you missing? Yes, Eliza came first. Yes, Eliza was the inspiration for Dr Sbaitso. That's irrelevant to this thread. This thread is about how piss funny Dr Sbaitso was at the time.. it's about nostalgia. You never heard of it? Guess what? You're not going to get much out of this thread.
How do you figure? Seriously man, you don't know shit about me. This is one thing that pisses me off about dickheads on Slashdot. You think you know fuckin' everything. You read one little comment and form an opinion you can't possibly justify without making wild and unreasonable assumptions.
Here, let me try:
When you signed your employee contract did it have a clause in it that said you would work any and all hours required? Did you think that was optional? If you were my employee I would have fired you the first time you said "no, I won't work late" because you lied. We're salaried employees. We get paid the rates we do because we are meant to be professionals who do the job that needs to be done. If you wanna dictate the hours you work, go start your own god-damn company or take contract work.. there's plenty of it.
The two are one and the same.
"just asking to be shot" sounds like you're talking about the reality of the crazy world we live in.. and if that's the case, of course I completely agree with you. That's really not the world I want to live in though. People should receive due process, no matter what they appear to be doing.
Umm.. that's the norm for software engineers. We have marketable skills.
Yeah, and Santa Claus brings presents for all the good children at Christmas.
The people who get promoted are the people who go fishing or play golf with the boss.
As much as I agree with you, reality intrudes on my peaceful utopia of eternal life and a ban on breeding.
The USA has 300 million people. That's basically nothing. Australia has a measly 20 million. I don't live in Africa. I don't live in China. I might have a different opinion if I did, but I don't.
Dude, it's called language. Go read some linguistics.
Umm.. no dude. The company is a-ok with people running off to pick up their kids and so am I. The problem is people who saying "I have to pick up my kids" even though they have been given weeks notice that they are going to have work late on night X. They use their kids as an excuse to break their agreement that they will work whatever hours are necessary to get the job done.
And, frankly, I'm speaking in the past tense because I hardly ever go to the office these days.