No, he means an electrician that does the installing and maintenance. I've already applied for an apprenticeship 'casue like the OP stated.....it can't be outsourced. Electricians are hands on. EE's and ME's work can be done over the web.
Until the robots replace us that is...
Honestly though, it's a good gig. IBEW apprentice are paid fairly well and it gets better as you accumulate time. There is a shortage of skilled trades forecasted as everyone immediately goes to college to get that BA. While India is cranking out 1 million MBA's a year. I plan on working on my journeyman's card.
I was a UPS man over the holidays and dropped off alot of Tivo's. People love them! I talked to people that we're ordering a second one.
I've also become a bittorrent junkie lately. Now watch as two events come to light. Transmeta talks about leaving the chip business sending their shares down- yet talks about hitting the tv appliance market sending their shares up the next day. People are about to make some money.
There is a shakeup going on involving bittorrent, TMTA and content distribution as Joe six pack knows it.
Seriously. I can see tv times starting a few seconds give or take according to seeds before all the kinks are worked out. Oh, content delivery will be one more Microsoft failed attempt. When TV's crash or become prone to viruses and trojans heads will roll. I don't want to see the reaction to the Barney turned into goatse.cx virus. There will be blood in the streets when that happens. People grow up with TV's behaving as an appliance, not a PC. It's got to be solid and have no fan noise.
Might wanna look at TMTA insider trading.
Agree. Putin has been pulling some serious moves over there. They are also building quite the oil and natural gas infrastructure.
This next cold war will have some trade as we jockey for rank. Moscow has more billionaires than any other city on Earth. Somehow, interestingly, money will change hands.
I'm replying to your sig! I've been talking about outsourcing retirement to India for a year now to my baby boomer friends(I'm 28). First they laugh, then they look serious.
I did mortgages for awhile. So many people in their fifties have less than 50k in retirement savings. The only way they will retire is overseas.
Build a suburb, a walgreens, golf course, and a walmart(extra cash for the retirees:) ) and they will never know they are in India until the holidays when the kids aren't there.
I met a couple that vacationed in India for six months on $2000.
It could be the best choice for alot of people...until that Pakistan-India conflict finally hits home.
Still, I'm ready to start printing the brochures.
Good point and big surprise, I didn't RTFA. I think I see where this could go...
Ubuntu is funded by a venture capitalist. I like the distro. Used to run Debian but I had a crash and wanted a quick setup with printer support in 20 minutes. After that I ran rpm based distros for two years. Now I have ubuntu to fill my niche. All the the perks without the hassles(java?) for the most part. It's developing fast.
Say some Michael Robertson(mp3.com and Lindows) type venture capitalist steps in to the hardware market?
Yeah, things can be redundant but that's the web.
We're all dorky info harvestors here. Go to several news sites and there will be the same shit. Big deal.
I like Slashdot because it consolidates alot of stuff and I hear about new things like bittorrent a few months back, for example.
I just think it's lame that so many people expect the editors to be Bob Woodward. Always crackin' some story.
One more thing. Know-it-alls come across as annoying or socially inept. Get over it and you will find a rich and rewarding life full of people asking for pc help. When you get to that point- play dumb.
I'm American and I agree with you. Our media is horrible. I've turned into a bittorrent junkie downloading CBC and other foreign news documentaries.
I'm convinced that Americans are more like cattle everyday. Keep 'em consuming. Keep their fatasses glued to the chair. Look around Americans. Alot of people are disabled 'cause they're too fat to move! I am in the worst of it though. Detroit.
I caught an article where a bankruptcy court had allowed an airline to eliminate health benefits to retired pilots so that the company could stay afloat. We're gonna see alot of this.
Here in Detroit, I see factory workers working 12 hours six days a week- for the past six years. They will pay overtime, but don't want the legacy costs of more workers.
There are so many people here counting on pensions and benefits upon retirement from the auto industry. Ford is in debt over 120 billion. With huge legacy costs around the corner. I expect many to lose their benefits when Ford finds it's way to a bankruptcy court.
Time to tighten up those belts boys! The days of a big house in the suburbs with a giant SUV are pretty much over.
Well said. I remember hearing panic about the possibility that this generation may not have a higher quality of life than the preceding. Are we measuring quality of life in consumption? How much energy does it take to heat your home and drive your flag stickered SUV 25 miles to work. This is not sustainable, yet we're fighting a war to see that it is.
Tax cuts now for these big owners? With the deficit, medicare and social security, I know what I am going to do. I'm not going to stick around and pay for this mess. Like the invisible hand of the market sending jobs offshore, I'm going with it. I'm moving overseas. Living and especially HEALTH CARE are affordable. Is it good you ask? That question is irrelevant if you can't afford it here. The way the FDA blocks the import of cheaper drugs and every pharmaceutical/ medical sales rep position I know of has a 50k base + car + phone + commission + expense account.....It's not too hard to see where the powers that be interests lie.
I write mortgages. I see personal finances. So few people aren't in big debt. So few people over 50 have more than 50K in retirement funds. I look at these people and really think they will have a better retirement, Walmart free- overseas. Instead of whining and wondering how we're "losing everything", it's time to work with the invisible hand. I'm saving up my cash, and going abroad. F**k this mess.
When I mention this to clients, quite often their ears perk up. It's a scary option initially, but then all the sudden it makes sense to them. Cash out the American assets that is big time elsewhere, and go.
People aren't ready for this yet. Give a few more years of rising energy and medical costs, with downward wage pressure, and I'll show you a new subdivision full of retired Americans south of Bangalore.
Seriously, this has to throw your head back. Especially in the regions suffering from hunger, AIDS, ethnic conflicts, civil wars, you name it.
Who's gonna care about about that little sticker on your box when you're an orphan suffering from dysentery with tsetse flies and mosquitoes flying around your head as you stare at a blue screen.
Open source- the greatest equalizer mankind has ever seen.
Is the saved advertising revenue gonna result in cheaper chips for me? Economies of scale saving me more if this is successful? My oh my! If they get cheap enough, I'm removing the fan.
It's been two years. Your younger brother seems more promising. Goodbye Duron.
I go with the man-made theory. I caught an article a month back that was about the Military's wish list that was made by surveying soldiers in Iraq. Darpa is looking at the list, seeing what's feasible, and putting the ideas into skunk works.
One of the wishes was to be able to block the remote detonation of the improvised explosive devices(IED's) lining the roads. The insurgents may regularly be using keyless entry hardware for detonation. Fits in the palm of your hand, decent range, plenty of them in the world...
A friend of a friend is over there right now as a contractor. He hates his commute to say the least. They actually hide some of these bombs in dead dogs. Crazy.
With the anti-trust suit always hanging over, I don't think Microsoft could_buy SCO without federal approval.
Just imagine the legal heavyweights of MS vs IBM slugging this out. MS claiming all the FUD and IBM holding their ground.
That's like Godzilla and Mothra.
I'm concerned as well. The huge rise in real estate can be attributed to the low rates. Suddenly people could afford more and the sellers asked for it. We're hitting a plateau, and a dip where the greatest appreciation occured.
I forget what big whig at Intel said "There will be downward pressure on wages for years." I agree. Jobs to support these higher end mortgages aren't being created
Anyways, there will always be cheaper widgets from overseas. The more they crank out, the cheaper they'll get. Until we get a blue sky over Mars and the moon there is only so much land. A real estate crunch is temporary. Foreclosures are an opportunity that will pay off in the long term. Those with the means can make out big in the long run...as long as they can float it in the mean time.
The military has thought about this. I'm sure they have a work around.
I once toured the Chrysler Tech Center. They have a lab where they bombard vehicles with radio waves. It's a big long insulated room. At the end is a fencing from floor to ceiling to ground the radio waves, and it really looked like your average joe suburban metal fence. I didn't get any details on it. Anyways, the guy in the lab told us that they have actually seen it glow red from heat because of the radio waves. THat's how hard they hit these vehicles. He said it is common to see the gas gauge and speedometer fluctuate while under bombardment. In fact, they can get everything to go off except the two devices designed specifically for safety.
Airbags and anti-lock brakes. Unless I am comparing apples to oranges, I betcha the military has the EMP licked.
I bet it's 40 Lbs including the backup power supply. Fanless CPU- low power. Robot's don't need a GUI:) Black Box included.
The real momentum to "advance the Linux cause" is coming from overseas. N. America is behind the curve when it comes to Linux adoption. I'm not sure about this, but I'll bet that most of the overseas call center employees are sitting on a linux box. The president of India is encouraging to develop for the linux platform.
The american companies that employ people abroad are going to notice that it's cheaper over there not only because of labor. They use cheaper tools.
I'm also going out on a limb to say that Americans are cut more slack when it comes to retraining. I think it's going to be a nice opportunity to weed out the dolts if people can't adopt a new browser and word processor.
Small businesses are going to adopt linux and you'll see momentum there. What's prohibiting it now is lack of need to upgrade, and.....bone head MCSE's that keep these little offices running. We have the Geeks for rent come in and reboot our file server twice a week. The last time they had to come in on an emergency, I mentioned Samba and they drew a blank and went onto a story about running Win 3.1 at home on a P4 1GZ at blazing speeds. The point is someone is going to displace these guys that don't know the options to MS, let alone speed vs stability.
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Until the robots replace us that is...
Honestly though, it's a good gig. IBEW apprentice are paid fairly well and it gets better as you accumulate time. There is a shortage of skilled trades forecasted as everyone immediately goes to college to get that BA. While India is cranking out 1 million MBA's a year. I plan on working on my journeyman's card.
I was a UPS man over the holidays and dropped off alot of Tivo's. People love them! I talked to people that we're ordering a second one.
I've also become a bittorrent junkie lately. Now watch as two events come to light. Transmeta talks about leaving the chip business sending their shares down- yet talks about hitting the tv appliance market sending their shares up the next day. People are about to make some money.
There is a shakeup going on involving bittorrent, TMTA and content distribution as Joe six pack knows it. Seriously. I can see tv times starting a few seconds give or take according to seeds before all the kinks are worked out. Oh, content delivery will be one more Microsoft failed attempt. When TV's crash or become prone to viruses and trojans heads will roll. I don't want to see the reaction to the Barney turned into goatse.cx virus. There will be blood in the streets when that happens. People grow up with TV's behaving as an appliance, not a PC. It's got to be solid and have no fan noise.
Might wanna look at TMTA insider trading.
The world is hot right now. That's New Zealand firing one over the bow.
Agree. Putin has been pulling some serious moves over there. They are also building quite the oil and natural gas infrastructure.
This next cold war will have some trade as we jockey for rank. Moscow has more billionaires than any other city on Earth. Somehow, interestingly, money will change hands.
I'm replying to your sig! I've been talking about outsourcing retirement to India for a year now to my baby boomer friends(I'm 28). First they laugh, then they look serious. I did mortgages for awhile. So many people in their fifties have less than 50k in retirement savings. The only way they will retire is overseas. Build a suburb, a walgreens, golf course, and a walmart(extra cash for the retirees:) ) and they will never know they are in India until the holidays when the kids aren't there. I met a couple that vacationed in India for six months on $2000. It could be the best choice for alot of people...until that Pakistan-India conflict finally hits home. Still, I'm ready to start printing the brochures.
Good point and big surprise, I didn't RTFA.
I think I see where this could go...
Ubuntu is funded by a venture capitalist. I like the distro. Used to run Debian but I had a crash and wanted a quick setup with printer support in 20 minutes. After that I ran rpm based distros for two years. Now I have ubuntu to fill my niche. All the the perks without the hassles(java?) for the most part. It's developing fast.
Say some Michael Robertson(mp3.com and Lindows) type venture capitalist steps in to the hardware market?
Yeah, things can be redundant but that's the web. We're all dorky info harvestors here. Go to several news sites and there will be the same shit. Big deal. I like Slashdot because it consolidates alot of stuff and I hear about new things like bittorrent a few months back, for example. I just think it's lame that so many people expect the editors to be Bob Woodward. Always crackin' some story. One more thing. Know-it-alls come across as annoying or socially inept. Get over it and you will find a rich and rewarding life full of people asking for pc help. When you get to that point- play dumb.
I'm American and I agree with you. Our media is horrible. I've turned into a bittorrent junkie downloading CBC and other foreign news documentaries.
I'm convinced that Americans are more like cattle everyday. Keep 'em consuming. Keep their fatasses glued to the chair. Look around Americans. Alot of people are disabled 'cause they're too fat to move!
I am in the worst of it though. Detroit.
If they are going to sell the hardware at a loss like the xbox, and people hack it....then that's a good thing.
I caught an article where a bankruptcy court had allowed an airline to eliminate health benefits to retired pilots so that the company could stay afloat. We're gonna see alot of this.
Here in Detroit, I see factory workers working 12 hours six days a week- for the past six years. They will pay overtime, but don't want the legacy costs of more workers.
There are so many people here counting on pensions and benefits upon retirement from the auto industry. Ford is in debt over 120 billion.
With huge legacy costs around the corner. I expect many to lose their benefits when Ford finds it's way to a bankruptcy court.
Well said. I remember hearing panic about the possibility that this generation may not have a higher quality of life than the preceding. Are we measuring quality of life in consumption? How much energy does it take to heat your home and drive your flag stickered SUV 25 miles to work.
This is not sustainable, yet we're fighting a war to see that it is.
Tax cuts now for these big owners? With the deficit, medicare and social security, I know what I am going to do. I'm not going to stick around and pay for this mess. Like the invisible hand of the market sending jobs offshore, I'm going with it. I'm moving overseas. Living and especially HEALTH CARE are affordable. Is it good you ask? That question is irrelevant if you can't afford it here. The way the FDA blocks the import of cheaper drugs and every pharmaceutical/ medical sales rep position I know of has a 50k base + car + phone + commission + expense account.....It's not too hard to see where the powers that be interests lie.
I write mortgages. I see personal finances. So few people aren't in big debt. So few people over 50 have more than 50K in retirement funds. I look at these people and really think they will have a better retirement, Walmart free- overseas. Instead of whining and wondering how we're "losing everything", it's time to work with the invisible hand. I'm saving up my cash, and going abroad. F**k this mess.
When I mention this to clients, quite often their ears perk up. It's a scary option initially, but then all the sudden it makes sense to them. Cash out the American assets that is big time elsewhere, and go.
People aren't ready for this yet. Give a few more years of rising energy and medical costs, with downward wage pressure, and I'll show you a new subdivision full of retired Americans south of Bangalore.
Seriously, this has to throw your head back. Especially in the regions suffering from hunger, AIDS, ethnic conflicts, civil wars, you name it.
Who's gonna care about about that little sticker on your box when you're an orphan suffering from dysentery with tsetse flies and mosquitoes flying around your head as you stare at a blue screen. Open source- the greatest equalizer mankind has ever seen.
Is the saved advertising revenue gonna result in cheaper chips for me? Economies of scale saving me more if this is successful? My oh my! If they get cheap enough, I'm removing the fan.
It's been two years. Your younger brother seems more promising. Goodbye Duron.
You're wrong. Every year, a drill is run. Pages are printed of people to be drafted. The facilities are there.
I downloaded Americas Army for Linux. Would that suggest I am technically proficient and like to kick ass?
Vancouver is supposed to be great!
1) Scan and remove vulgarities from kernel source
2) Create a "clean" distro 3) ??? 4) Profit!
Thats the best use of old-troll-post ever. Quite hilarious.
The Royal Oak MI address is conveniently located near the Oakland County courthouse where the suit against DaimlerChrysler was filed.
I might bring them a sack of bagels in the morning. See how everything is going. Be a dick for awhile.
It's a toxic waste dump. Not much more to see there. It stays top secret, or becomes a superfund site costing billions to clean up.
There's probably a few cool planes there too!
I go with the man-made theory. I caught an article a month back that was about the Military's wish list that was made by surveying soldiers in Iraq. Darpa is looking at the list, seeing what's feasible, and putting the ideas into skunk works.
One of the wishes was to be able to block the remote detonation of the improvised explosive devices(IED's) lining the roads. The insurgents may regularly be using keyless entry hardware for detonation. Fits in the palm of your hand, decent range, plenty of them in the world...
A friend of a friend is over there right now as a contractor. He hates his commute to say the least. They actually hide some of these bombs in dead dogs. Crazy.
With the anti-trust suit always hanging over, I don't think Microsoft could_buy SCO without federal approval. Just imagine the legal heavyweights of MS vs IBM slugging this out. MS claiming all the FUD and IBM holding their ground. That's like Godzilla and Mothra.
I forget what big whig at Intel said "There will be downward pressure on wages for years." I agree. Jobs to support these higher end mortgages aren't being created
Anyways, there will always be cheaper widgets from overseas. The more they crank out, the cheaper they'll get. Until we get a blue sky over Mars and the moon there is only so much land. A real estate crunch is temporary. Foreclosures are an opportunity that will pay off in the long term. Those with the means can make out big in the long run...as long as they can float it in the mean time.
I once toured the Chrysler Tech Center. They have a lab where they bombard vehicles with radio waves. It's a big long insulated room. At the end is a fencing from floor to ceiling to ground the radio waves, and it really looked like your average joe suburban metal fence. I didn't get any details on it. Anyways, the guy in the lab told us that they have actually seen it glow red from heat because of the radio waves. THat's how hard they hit these vehicles. He said it is common to see the gas gauge and speedometer fluctuate while under bombardment. In fact, they can get everything to go off except the two devices designed specifically for safety. Airbags and anti-lock brakes. Unless I am comparing apples to oranges, I betcha the military has the EMP licked. I bet it's 40 Lbs including the backup power supply. Fanless CPU- low power. Robot's don't need a GUI :) Black Box included.
Go back twelve years. 2-Live Crew was all the craze in Florida. This is just history repeating itself.
The real momentum to "advance the Linux cause" is coming from overseas. N. America is behind the curve when it comes to Linux adoption. I'm not sure about this, but I'll bet that most of the overseas call center employees are sitting on a linux box. The president of India is encouraging to develop for the linux platform. The american companies that employ people abroad are going to notice that it's cheaper over there not only because of labor. They use cheaper tools. I'm also going out on a limb to say that Americans are cut more slack when it comes to retraining. I think it's going to be a nice opportunity to weed out the dolts if people can't adopt a new browser and word processor. Small businesses are going to adopt linux and you'll see momentum there. What's prohibiting it now is lack of need to upgrade, and.....bone head MCSE's that keep these little offices running. We have the Geeks for rent come in and reboot our file server twice a week. The last time they had to come in on an emergency, I mentioned Samba and they drew a blank and went onto a story about running Win 3.1 at home on a P4 1GZ at blazing speeds. The point is someone is going to displace these guys that don't know the options to MS, let alone speed vs stability.