We bike, but usually not to go shopping. I'd need a kid carrier that could also carry a few packages -- so far, I've not found anything that wouldn't squash the poor little guy under a dozen cans of bean in a roll-over.
I highly doubt that a union would find a bidding process like this acceptable - which means that nurses, pilots, car assembly workers, etc. wouldn't ever get to use the system, even if its clever. And its not like such a process would work in the IT field -- heck, get PAID to work more than 8 hours a day???:)
Most inner city neighbourhoods here are quite nice, but property costs are easily 2-3x what they are in the suburbs, which puts them completely out of my reach - the "average" suburbian cost is approaching $220K, so an extra 400K mortgage would be financial suicide. Check out http://www.carfree.com/ for a few great ideas about how cities should be built.:)
I went shopping this morning - spent my time shuttling my car between various big-box stores. WalMart, the grocery store, the bank. I've got a 2 year-old, so walking is out of the question (and, honestly, I wouldn't want to walk that distance anyway). The truly sad thing is that the shops are "next to each other" but separated by huge expanses of parking lot. What makes it truly sad is that there is an LRT line that runs through the shopping district, with a stop at 2km intervals. Too far for anything but waiting for the busses (which run on a 45 minute schedule on the weekend). My point? Its nearly impossible not to have a car, and each of the free-standing houses in the surburban neighbourhoods is approximately 2000 square feet. Most are at least 2km from shops, schools, and rec centres. I doubt many residents want to live in the area, but we cannot afford expensive "trendy" inner city homes. And the developers seem stuck in a rut -- they just churn out more sprawl each year. I wonder if its possible to make them change? Signed, Sad is Suburbia.
The Incredible Shrinking Profit Margin
Passion, anger, humor and realism are the order of the day at a lively NARIP panel on how major labels want more from artists and do less. One prediction: "Britney Spears is over."
Reported by Scott G
"Been there, done that, still doing it, but with new budget parameters."
That seemed likely to be the summary of the National Association of Record Industry Professionals' (NARIP) "Incredible Shrinking Profit Margin" program, a look into how major labels are providing fewer services while attempting to grab a piece of artists' publishing, merchandising, touring and more.
Boy, was I wrong.
The session was funny, lively, controversial, cynical, hopeful and exciting. Before the session, it seemed that this topic would lead to a gloomy recitation of low sales figures. But the three panelists mixed facts and a fantastic amount of passion into their presentations - so much, in fact, that they would have goosed an audience even if they'd been discussing the phone book.
Who's Who on the NARIP Panel:
Participating in the discussion were Darryl Franklin (Business & Legal Affairs for Interscope, A&M, Geffen and DreamWorks Records), entertainment attorney Dina LaPolt (LaPolt Law) and Carol Peters (Peters Management Syndicate). Each has an excellent track record (see bios at the end of this story) and each brought a unique perspective to the evening's presentation.
Negotiating a Record Deal:
A prime attraction for this event was a mock negotiation of a major label contract for an up-and- coming band. Each panelist played himself in a hypothetical conversation. While this elicited excellent information and insights (along with much humorous banter), the hoped-for effect of the audience being a fly on the wall didn't always work because all three panelists kept stepping out of their mock negotiation with asides to the audience. The information was great; no one complained.
In fact, NARIP President and panel moderator Tess Taylor rarely needed to ask follow-up questions, as the panel launched into responses in a freewheeling yet coherent onslaught of ideas, fee ranges and controversial deal points.
Some selected gems:
Franklin, on the ephemeral nature of the record industry: "Britney Spears as a pop artist is over."
LaPolt, on the next big area for artist/producer/publisher/record company profits: Mobile phone rights. "Know the four parts of mobile phone rights: master, sync, image, and Java games."
Peters, on the change from physical to digital sales: "Who is the traditional market for records? 14-24 year-olds. It's ironic, but the core record buyers are not buying records."
Franklin, on the profit-taking of phone corporations when their services offer downloads: "Phone companies take 50% of all downloads." Another observation raised a few eyebrows: "The phone could replace the iPod."
LaPolt, on fees that game companies pay to license songs: "They're tiny. Incredibly tiny. And it's inefficient. EA (Electronic Arts) will clear 60 masters, then use just 15 songs in a game, all at low rates. And they want to pay these low rates on a buyout basis, with no share of revenue, no points, and no step-deals."
Peters, on the current state of affairs in the recording industry: "The record business right now is like musical 'Survivor'."
Franklin, sending a warning to MTV: "There's a new video channel in town. Watch for Fuse TV."
LaPolt, on the future: "There is new music coming, real diversity of music, and it will be a rebirth of the record industry."
The Bottom Line:
The LaPolt Law handout on "Traditional Major Label Royalty Computation" was itself nearly worth the price of admission as it revealed the formula used by record companies to retain a much higher amount of money than might otherwise be expected from the way the artist contract is worded. There's a reason major label artist payments are known as a "penny rate."
In addition, the NARIP-supplied "iTunes Artist-Producer Royalty Calculation" sheet was fascinating because it answers the question all artists on iTunes keep as
I suspect that a decade of funding neglect is what's causing such heartache for the US and Russian space programs. I wonder how long before the Chinese surpass them and set up their own space station? Given the general living conditions in the former USSR (yes, I've spent months living there), I can't see a sustained effort from the Russians for much longer. And the Americans don't seem interested anymore - the space-race ended years ago, and it no longer makes headlines unless everyone dies. I guess I better enroll in Mandarin classes...:)
Once upon a time, specializing in railway engineering virtually assured you a fantastic job. Unfortunately, times change. To think that a new field like "software engineering" would remain uncommoditized is wishful thinking. Code is code, no matter where it is written. And the world is full of brillant coders. My solution was to start jump fields and start a niche company that (hopefully) will be enjoyable to run for years. Heck, any unemployed software engineers out there looking for a career in the film industry?;)
I vote for covering 3% of the US with windmill and then suddenly running them backwards. I've always wanted to make Earth wobble off into the void of space...
Wow. 1700 channels. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from changing the channel! The only problem is that there are relatively few good shows on at any one time, and none old the "classics" are HD. So the fancy 16:9 GasChromatographBlueLED flat-panel is going serve up 800+ channels of crummy-looking 4:3 interlaced NTSC or PAL "classics" like Mork & Mindy.
Sooner or later, the backlash against the USA will be enormous. And it will be unplesant to behold. After all, most of the world's manufacturing ain't done there... I certainly can't think of one DVD player, TV set, MP3 player (iPod included) that is made in the US. Their cars aren't the best (Dodge Neon, anyone). All that's left is a few billion dollars of entertainment industry (I'm ignoring their incredibly advanced arms industry for a sec...), and if that falls... whew. No Britney, no Ben Stiller, no ER, and no money to fund the next round of incredibly dangerous Plutonium Nyborg-tipped missiles. And, what do you know, the Chinese ones will be 10x more accurate, 100x cheaper, and available in a variety of pastels.
And it doesn't need a fan. of course, the incredibly long serial cord connecting to the 1541 floppy drive is a bummer, but nothing a few rolls of duct tape couldn't fix.
Given the enormous cost and dubious "real science" benefits of sending bald apes into outer space, perhaps the USA should spend the billions that the manned space program costs on more mundane things like, say, decreasing illiteracy, feeding inner city kids at school, and (golly) perhaps funding a worthwhile not-for-profit health system.
The latest mars missions have shown that exploration by machine is less expensive and generates meaningful data. And, at the end of the day, it will probably be far more useful to fund advanced autonomous robotics research than creating habitats so that humans can live in the the near vacuum of space in microgravity.
As a non-American who has travelled frequently to the USA for work since 9/11, I can say that things are getting to the point that my co-workers and friends are reluctant to travel to the States. I've suffered through the embarrassment of an extended search multiple times because I frequently have to book return flights at a moment's notice and often travel with no checked baggage. The last time I left Houston, the check-in personnel actually apologized for what I was about to be put through at security - having seen me multiple times that month.
My wife refuses to vacation in the US because she's reluctant to apply for a visa, go through the humiliation of fingerprinting, and then suffer the indignity of being photographed when she crosses the border. Its sad, because I want the opportunity to introduce her to some wonderful friends and places in the country -- but I understand her feelings. We don't subject Americans to such treatment when they visit Europe. I think its time for the US gov't to rationalize security -- no New Zelanders, Irish, or Icelandic people have ever committed acts or terrorism against the USA -- so don't try to tell them they're "increased risks"
No, seriously. If 80+% of spam originates in the USA, and the US congress is daft enough to pass laws like CAN-SPAM global ISPs should hold a "cut the link" week and block email traffic from the USA. Just imagine the chaos and media attention that would cause. And it would be media attention is something that makes politicians squirm.
A question, though. Can anyone explain to me what would make US lawmakers vote in favour of this bill? It seems like the kind of thing that any semi-sentient 14 year-old would be able to critically dissect as narf idea in about 12 seconds.
Even with amazingly inexpensive Chinese labour, you can't make a camera with LCD panel for $12 (the probably wholesale cost to the shop). Instead, they "refurb" and resell the camera to the next person - even if they replace the plastic case and battery, it'll probably only cost a couple of dollars to do. SO, they're amortizing the cost over a longer expected life-span. I wonder how many times these will get recycled. And I wonder how they work after being tossed around at a dozen or so frat parties...
Honestly, I suspect that the majority of mod chips are used to allow people to play pirated games. I suspect that there are a few who write games, but doubt that the average user is going to code up a game. This is a bit like the courts in the UK declaring Uzis sub-machine guns to be illegal because they're used to snuff folks, and people start to complain, "But I *need* one for duck hunting."
We've got a problem with open source products - they're hard to "market." A significant reason that Linux hasn't overtaken Windows is that its hard for a consumer to purchase (try going to your local Best Buy or Radio Shack to buy a Linux O/S machine). Compare to Windows, which is everywhere. Since my mom or sister are no more likely to re-format their hard drives than swap out their car's transmissions, they'll remain in the Windows camp by default. A second prob is that "Linux" doesn't exist as a single product line like Windows XP and XP Home - instead, we've got countless distros that confuse people. Brands are hard things to build, and I see this as a serious problem for mainstream adoption of open source.
While manufacturers may be releasing products on an accelerated schedule, the internal chipsets tend to have longer lives. For example, Canon's DIGIC chips have been used in a variety of consumer digital cams and camcorders - the trick is to create a roadmap of features to roll out over the given lifespan of the chips (say 18 months or two years). I do this in my job, too -- When I design a board, it includes jumpers and additional pads so that future enhancements such as a larger front panel or USB can be cheaply added at build time. This lets us amortize the R&D over a reasonable time, while ensuring a quality core.
I vividly remember being an eight year-old kid, screaming "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" into a large fan running full-blast in the living room. I thought it was the most brilliant special effect ever. Am I the only one??
And I mean this in all sincerity. It appears that they're not really sure what the next big thing is. Perhaps its Mars, or maybe RV moon bases.
Remember the space station? I thought not. The ISS seems to have become boring background noise to the American public. Until someone gets killed in that duct-taped tin can, it won't get more than a passing mention.
I suspect that the BIG problem is that we've just about hit the technical limit of what can be accomplished with big metal firecrackers blasting off from Earth every once in a while. The TRUE exploitation of space will have to wait for the next technological breakthrough. Perhaps a space elevator, or a plasma photo drive.:)
I admit that I always get confused at this point. A gallon is 3.79L is you're in the USA, 4.54L in the UK... I think there are about 3212 yards in for each furlong per fortnight, but I can't for the life of me remember how to convert from a furlong to a mile.
Since 92% of the world's population is metric, can we start again in base 10?
I was surprised to discover a couple of severe limitations to my GMail account.
1) Attachment size is limited to 10MB.
2) Email attachments such as.exe and other "suspicious" files are not transferred. This includes files placed in achives (.zip,.tar,.tgz,.taz,.z,.gz) formats.
In other words, I'm stuck storing a few pictures, a couple of mp3s per message, and a heck of a lot of source code.
Unfortunate, because I was hoping to use GMail as a very effective archive tool for stuff I want to keep.
A simple solution to offshore spam would be to give users the ability to filter the originating mail server by allowed countries. The vast majority of my messages come from Canada and the USA, followed by a small number from Europe and South America. If I could tell my mail server to reject all but mail from my "usual" countries, I could avoid the Chinese mail bombs and bizarro unicode virus messages.
The biggest prob I can see with this is offshoring - I recently started to get mail from an offshored IT unit belonging to Shell in Malaysia. That one I would have probably blocked accidentally.
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We bike, but usually not to go shopping. I'd need a kid carrier that could also carry a few packages -- so far, I've not found anything that wouldn't squash the poor little guy under a dozen cans of bean in a roll-over.
I highly doubt that a union would find a bidding process like this acceptable - which means that nurses, pilots, car assembly workers, etc. wouldn't ever get to use the system, even if its clever. And its not like such a process would work in the IT field -- heck, get PAID to work more than 8 hours a day??? :)
Most inner city neighbourhoods here are quite nice, but property costs are easily 2-3x what they are in the suburbs, which puts them completely out of my reach - the "average" suburbian cost is approaching $220K, so an extra 400K mortgage would be financial suicide. Check out http://www.carfree.com/ for a few great ideas about how cities should be built. :)
I went shopping this morning - spent my time shuttling my car between various big-box stores. WalMart, the grocery store, the bank. I've got a 2 year-old, so walking is out of the question (and, honestly, I wouldn't want to walk that distance anyway). The truly sad thing is that the shops are "next to each other" but separated by huge expanses of parking lot. What makes it truly sad is that there is an LRT line that runs through the shopping district, with a stop at 2km intervals. Too far for anything but waiting for the busses (which run on a 45 minute schedule on the weekend). My point? Its nearly impossible not to have a car, and each of the free-standing houses in the surburban neighbourhoods is approximately 2000 square feet. Most are at least 2km from shops, schools, and rec centres. I doubt many residents want to live in the area, but we cannot afford expensive "trendy" inner city homes. And the developers seem stuck in a rut -- they just churn out more sprawl each year. I wonder if its possible to make them change? Signed, Sad is Suburbia.
The Incredible Shrinking Profit Margin Passion, anger, humor and realism are the order of the day at a lively NARIP panel on how major labels want more from artists and do less. One prediction: "Britney Spears is over." Reported by Scott G "Been there, done that, still doing it, but with new budget parameters." That seemed likely to be the summary of the National Association of Record Industry Professionals' (NARIP) "Incredible Shrinking Profit Margin" program, a look into how major labels are providing fewer services while attempting to grab a piece of artists' publishing, merchandising, touring and more. Boy, was I wrong. The session was funny, lively, controversial, cynical, hopeful and exciting. Before the session, it seemed that this topic would lead to a gloomy recitation of low sales figures. But the three panelists mixed facts and a fantastic amount of passion into their presentations - so much, in fact, that they would have goosed an audience even if they'd been discussing the phone book. Who's Who on the NARIP Panel: Participating in the discussion were Darryl Franklin (Business & Legal Affairs for Interscope, A&M, Geffen and DreamWorks Records), entertainment attorney Dina LaPolt (LaPolt Law) and Carol Peters (Peters Management Syndicate). Each has an excellent track record (see bios at the end of this story) and each brought a unique perspective to the evening's presentation. Negotiating a Record Deal: A prime attraction for this event was a mock negotiation of a major label contract for an up-and- coming band. Each panelist played himself in a hypothetical conversation. While this elicited excellent information and insights (along with much humorous banter), the hoped-for effect of the audience being a fly on the wall didn't always work because all three panelists kept stepping out of their mock negotiation with asides to the audience. The information was great; no one complained. In fact, NARIP President and panel moderator Tess Taylor rarely needed to ask follow-up questions, as the panel launched into responses in a freewheeling yet coherent onslaught of ideas, fee ranges and controversial deal points. Some selected gems: Franklin, on the ephemeral nature of the record industry: "Britney Spears as a pop artist is over." LaPolt, on the next big area for artist/producer/publisher/record company profits: Mobile phone rights. "Know the four parts of mobile phone rights: master, sync, image, and Java games." Peters, on the change from physical to digital sales: "Who is the traditional market for records? 14-24 year-olds. It's ironic, but the core record buyers are not buying records." Franklin, on the profit-taking of phone corporations when their services offer downloads: "Phone companies take 50% of all downloads." Another observation raised a few eyebrows: "The phone could replace the iPod." LaPolt, on fees that game companies pay to license songs: "They're tiny. Incredibly tiny. And it's inefficient. EA (Electronic Arts) will clear 60 masters, then use just 15 songs in a game, all at low rates. And they want to pay these low rates on a buyout basis, with no share of revenue, no points, and no step-deals." Peters, on the current state of affairs in the recording industry: "The record business right now is like musical 'Survivor'." Franklin, sending a warning to MTV: "There's a new video channel in town. Watch for Fuse TV." LaPolt, on the future: "There is new music coming, real diversity of music, and it will be a rebirth of the record industry." The Bottom Line: The LaPolt Law handout on "Traditional Major Label Royalty Computation" was itself nearly worth the price of admission as it revealed the formula used by record companies to retain a much higher amount of money than might otherwise be expected from the way the artist contract is worded. There's a reason major label artist payments are known as a "penny rate." In addition, the NARIP-supplied "iTunes Artist-Producer Royalty Calculation" sheet was fascinating because it answers the question all artists on iTunes keep as
I suspect that a decade of funding neglect is what's causing such heartache for the US and Russian space programs. I wonder how long before the Chinese surpass them and set up their own space station? Given the general living conditions in the former USSR (yes, I've spent months living there), I can't see a sustained effort from the Russians for much longer. And the Americans don't seem interested anymore - the space-race ended years ago, and it no longer makes headlines unless everyone dies. I guess I better enroll in Mandarin classes... :)
Once upon a time, specializing in railway engineering virtually assured you a fantastic job. Unfortunately, times change. To think that a new field like "software engineering" would remain uncommoditized is wishful thinking. Code is code, no matter where it is written. And the world is full of brillant coders. My solution was to start jump fields and start a niche company that (hopefully) will be enjoyable to run for years. Heck, any unemployed software engineers out there looking for a career in the film industry? ;)
I vote for covering 3% of the US with windmill and then suddenly running them backwards. I've always wanted to make Earth wobble off into the void of space...
Wow. 1700 channels. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome from changing the channel! The only problem is that there are relatively few good shows on at any one time, and none old the "classics" are HD. So the fancy 16:9 GasChromatographBlueLED flat-panel is going serve up 800+ channels of crummy-looking 4:3 interlaced NTSC or PAL "classics" like Mork & Mindy.
Sooner or later, the backlash against the USA will be enormous. And it will be unplesant to behold. After all, most of the world's manufacturing ain't done there... I certainly can't think of one DVD player, TV set, MP3 player (iPod included) that is made in the US. Their cars aren't the best (Dodge Neon, anyone). All that's left is a few billion dollars of entertainment industry (I'm ignoring their incredibly advanced arms industry for a sec...), and if that falls... whew. No Britney, no Ben Stiller, no ER, and no money to fund the next round of incredibly dangerous Plutonium Nyborg-tipped missiles. And, what do you know, the Chinese ones will be 10x more accurate, 100x cheaper, and available in a variety of pastels.
And it doesn't need a fan. of course, the incredibly long serial cord connecting to the 1541 floppy drive is a bummer, but nothing a few rolls of duct tape couldn't fix.
It wasn't Friday evening in my time zone, but thanks for the jab. :)
Umm... You guys don't get many dates, do you? :)
Given the enormous cost and dubious "real science" benefits of sending bald apes into outer space, perhaps the USA should spend the billions that the manned space program costs on more mundane things like, say, decreasing illiteracy, feeding inner city kids at school, and (golly) perhaps funding a worthwhile not-for-profit health system. The latest mars missions have shown that exploration by machine is less expensive and generates meaningful data. And, at the end of the day, it will probably be far more useful to fund advanced autonomous robotics research than creating habitats so that humans can live in the the near vacuum of space in microgravity.
As a non-American who has travelled frequently to the USA for work since 9/11, I can say that things are getting to the point that my co-workers and friends are reluctant to travel to the States. I've suffered through the embarrassment of an extended search multiple times because I frequently have to book return flights at a moment's notice and often travel with no checked baggage. The last time I left Houston, the check-in personnel actually apologized for what I was about to be put through at security - having seen me multiple times that month. My wife refuses to vacation in the US because she's reluctant to apply for a visa, go through the humiliation of fingerprinting, and then suffer the indignity of being photographed when she crosses the border. Its sad, because I want the opportunity to introduce her to some wonderful friends and places in the country -- but I understand her feelings. We don't subject Americans to such treatment when they visit Europe. I think its time for the US gov't to rationalize security -- no New Zelanders, Irish, or Icelandic people have ever committed acts or terrorism against the USA -- so don't try to tell them they're "increased risks"
No, seriously. If 80+% of spam originates in the USA, and the US congress is daft enough to pass laws like CAN-SPAM global ISPs should hold a "cut the link" week and block email traffic from the USA. Just imagine the chaos and media attention that would cause. And it would be media attention is something that makes politicians squirm. A question, though. Can anyone explain to me what would make US lawmakers vote in favour of this bill? It seems like the kind of thing that any semi-sentient 14 year-old would be able to critically dissect as narf idea in about 12 seconds.
Even with amazingly inexpensive Chinese labour, you can't make a camera with LCD panel for $12 (the probably wholesale cost to the shop). Instead, they "refurb" and resell the camera to the next person - even if they replace the plastic case and battery, it'll probably only cost a couple of dollars to do. SO, they're amortizing the cost over a longer expected life-span. I wonder how many times these will get recycled. And I wonder how they work after being tossed around at a dozen or so frat parties...
Honestly, I suspect that the majority of mod chips are used to allow people to play pirated games. I suspect that there are a few who write games, but doubt that the average user is going to code up a game. This is a bit like the courts in the UK declaring Uzis sub-machine guns to be illegal because they're used to snuff folks, and people start to complain, "But I *need* one for duck hunting."
We've got a problem with open source products - they're hard to "market." A significant reason that Linux hasn't overtaken Windows is that its hard for a consumer to purchase (try going to your local Best Buy or Radio Shack to buy a Linux O/S machine). Compare to Windows, which is everywhere. Since my mom or sister are no more likely to re-format their hard drives than swap out their car's transmissions, they'll remain in the Windows camp by default. A second prob is that "Linux" doesn't exist as a single product line like Windows XP and XP Home - instead, we've got countless distros that confuse people. Brands are hard things to build, and I see this as a serious problem for mainstream adoption of open source.
While manufacturers may be releasing products on an accelerated schedule, the internal chipsets tend to have longer lives. For example, Canon's DIGIC chips have been used in a variety of consumer digital cams and camcorders - the trick is to create a roadmap of features to roll out over the given lifespan of the chips (say 18 months or two years). I do this in my job, too -- When I design a board, it includes jumpers and additional pads so that future enhancements such as a larger front panel or USB can be cheaply added at build time. This lets us amortize the R&D over a reasonable time, while ensuring a quality core.
I vividly remember being an eight year-old kid, screaming "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!" into a large fan running full-blast in the living room. I thought it was the most brilliant special effect ever. Am I the only one??
And I mean this in all sincerity. It appears that they're not really sure what the next big thing is. Perhaps its Mars, or maybe RV moon bases. Remember the space station? I thought not. The ISS seems to have become boring background noise to the American public. Until someone gets killed in that duct-taped tin can, it won't get more than a passing mention. I suspect that the BIG problem is that we've just about hit the technical limit of what can be accomplished with big metal firecrackers blasting off from Earth every once in a while. The TRUE exploitation of space will have to wait for the next technological breakthrough. Perhaps a space elevator, or a plasma photo drive. :)
I admit that I always get confused at this point. A gallon is 3.79L is you're in the USA, 4.54L in the UK... I think there are about 3212 yards in for each furlong per fortnight, but I can't for the life of me remember how to convert from a furlong to a mile. Since 92% of the world's population is metric, can we start again in base 10?
I was surprised to discover a couple of severe limitations to my GMail account. 1) Attachment size is limited to 10MB. 2) Email attachments such as .exe and other "suspicious" files are not transferred. This includes files placed in achives (.zip, .tar, .tgz, .taz, .z, .gz) formats.
In other words, I'm stuck storing a few pictures, a couple of mp3s per message, and a heck of a lot of source code.
Unfortunate, because I was hoping to use GMail as a very effective archive tool for stuff I want to keep.
A simple solution to offshore spam would be to give users the ability to filter the originating mail server by allowed countries. The vast majority of my messages come from Canada and the USA, followed by a small number from Europe and South America. If I could tell my mail server to reject all but mail from my "usual" countries, I could avoid the Chinese mail bombs and bizarro unicode virus messages. The biggest prob I can see with this is offshoring - I recently started to get mail from an offshored IT unit belonging to Shell in Malaysia. That one I would have probably blocked accidentally.