Companies like IBM and HP should not be allowed to bid on government contracts when they have a large number of their workforce in IT sweatshops overseas.
And companies like Accenture should not be allowed to bid on government contracts because they place their headquarters in Tax-Sheltered islands like the Bahamas.
The reality is that almost every decent-sized company in the US (inside and outside of IT) has a "sweatshop" operation overseas (call centers, software development, credit card processors, etc). If you tried to prevent these firms from bidding on government contracts, you wouldn't have any company left to do the bidding.
Dear AC: If there is one thing that pisses me off more than all of the usual idiotic comments on Slashdot, it is poor grammar. Your usage of the English Language is so bad, you should not have been permitted to leave Grade School.
learn hindi.
Learn to Capitalize.
Get to like curry.
You make Jethro Clampett of the Beverly Hillbillies sound like a Rhodes Scholar. Maybe you meant to say, "Learn to Enjoy Curry."
Convert to Hindu.
You have accomlished a great feat. Three lines. Three grammatical mistakes. "Convert to Hinduism". No wonder all of our programming jobs are being shipped to India. Guess what? Most Indian natives I work with understand English Grammar better than you. You are a moron. You deserve a job where you ask "Do you want fries with that?"
From someone who has been in the industry for 10 years: the answer is...don't.
I totally agree. I have had eight years in the IT field. Thankfully I am still working. It's only a matter of time before I am "outsourced". While I wait for the inevitable, I am forced to spend four days a week, every week, away from my wife and son.
IT careers are like a fan. On one hand, they suck. On the other hand, they blow.
If you are an MD now, choose a new career with a future. Something like "Theology" or "Philosophy" or "Art History".
city of Erie is an important port along the Great Lakes.
shadowcabbit, it seems that everyone has torn your post apart. State College, not Harrisburg. Four commonwealths, not two.
Now it's my turn.:)
Erie is an important port? Puhleeze. Erie is about as far down the list in everything as you can get. Important ports along the great lakes include: Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalo. Note that Erie is not in that list.
They are also stereotyped as being a "degree mill" for those who were not qualified to attend a non-state school --- flooding the market the mediocre masses.
Oh, please....Now you are dragging us off topic. Must we bring this into the disucssion? Let's discuss the degree mills that private schools are. Think of all the idiot "Legacies" that were admitted to Ivy League schools. If their Daddy hadn't already graduated from that school, that Legacy wouldn't have been accepted. In fact, that Legacy, in many cases, isn't even smart enough to get out of high school. Because of the "Legacy" admission, many more qualified students are rejected and sent to state schools, instead.
Don't you dare refer to State Schools as "Degree Mills". In most cases, the education is better than in private schools. Think of the following quality public schools. University of Michigan, University of Texas, the SUNY system in New York.
In case you think I am just grumbing because I was rejected from private school, I want to state that for the record, I went to a private school for my undergraduate degree, Case Western Reserve University. For my graduate degree, I went to a public school, the University of Pittsburgh.
If you're from out of the country, then perhaps it would help to clarify that all schools are very different from one another.
And, it may help for non-U.S. natives to understand that, here in the United States, students are expected to pay a tuition to attend college (there are some exceptions). University level educations in other countries tend to be free (paid for by the government).
The fact we US citizens pay for school may help the original poster understand why the administration of Penn State is free to decide how it wants to spend it's money.
But, you and all the corporate bashers just don't get it.
I'm not a corporate basher. I do work for a Fortune 100 company, and, for the most part, I am proud of it. The Big Record companies, on the other hand, are filled greedy bastards that steal from both the music listener and the music creator. They are filled with Publicists, Publishers, Lawyers, Administrative Assistants, Makeup Artists, Video Producers, Marketing Assistants, and various, useless people that don't have anything to do with creating music.
There is nothing wrong with Record Companies making a profit, but they should give MOST of the profit to the songwriter that created ths song. Instead, the money ends up in the hands of the hacks I describe above.
Of course I was talking about passengers. They are using a system of "color codes" to refer to the threat level of passengers. And, based on my past two years of travelling, every week, by air under ANOTHER fucking color coded system, I think it will be yet another complete waste of my tax money.
Color Coded, eh? Now I can sleep easier at night, knowing I am protectected by a color coded system. I wonder if this will be about as useless as our fabled Homeland Security "Orange Alerts"?
I wonder if this means the lyrics writers and all the other "little people" behind the scenes will get paid twice
Are you insinuating that the "little people" in the record business don't get paid their fare share? That the lawyers and record executives, have, for decades, kept all the money themselves and screwed over the songwriters? That record companies are huge, bloated bureacracies that add little value to the creative process? That....
Just remember, science cannot and does not prove or disprove the existence of God. If it did, there wouldn't be a debate.
Just remember, the existence of The Bible cannot and does not prove nor disprove the existence of God. If it did there wouldn't be a debate.
As for Evolution, I incorrectly referred to it as a Theory. As this link refers to it, Evolution is a Theory in much the same way as Gravity is a Theory.
FYI - My Governor is a Democrat. I live in Pennsylvania. If you couldn't guess by my post, I am a Free Trade Advocate. IMHO, there are no benefits to Steel Tariffs (or protectionism of any kind). Only higher prices to consumers. Oh, and my family used to work in the Steel mills, at least until that industry went into the same sort of overseas job-transfers that we see in IT today.
his party and his political views support free trade
Then explain why he imposed huge Steel Tariffs? Or why his party passed the largest government-subsidized Farm Bill ever seen in the history of industrial society. Or why it imposed tariffs on imported Candian Lumber?
This adminstration is about as Free Trade as the AFL-CIO is.
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And companies like Accenture should not be allowed to bid on government contracts because they place their headquarters in Tax-Sheltered islands like the Bahamas.
The reality is that almost every decent-sized company in the US (inside and outside of IT) has a "sweatshop" operation overseas (call centers, software development, credit card processors, etc). If you tried to prevent these firms from bidding on government contracts, you wouldn't have any company left to do the bidding.
Dear AC: If there is one thing that pisses me off more than all of the usual idiotic comments on Slashdot, it is poor grammar. Your usage of the English Language is so bad, you should not have been permitted to leave Grade School.
learn hindi.
Learn to Capitalize.
Get to like curry.
You make Jethro Clampett of the Beverly Hillbillies sound like a Rhodes Scholar. Maybe you meant to say, "Learn to Enjoy Curry."
Convert to Hindu.
You have accomlished a great feat. Three lines. Three grammatical mistakes. "Convert to Hinduism". No wonder all of our programming jobs are being shipped to India. Guess what? Most Indian natives I work with understand English Grammar better than you. You are a moron. You deserve a job where you ask "Do you want fries with that?"
I totally agree. I have had eight years in the IT field. Thankfully I am still working. It's only a matter of time before I am "outsourced". While I wait for the inevitable, I am forced to spend four days a week, every week, away from my wife and son.
IT careers are like a fan. On one hand, they suck. On the other hand, they blow.
If you are an MD now, choose a new career with a future. Something like "Theology" or "Philosophy" or "Art History".
shadowcabbit, it seems that everyone has torn your post apart. State College, not Harrisburg. Four commonwealths, not two.
Now it's my turn. :)
Erie is an important port? Puhleeze. Erie is about as far down the list in everything as you can get. Important ports along the great lakes include: Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalo. Note that Erie is not in that list.
Chris Miller, who was a co-writer of Animal House, is a Dartmouth Grad. See the link.
Not to get into a pissing match. :)
Oh, please....Now you are dragging us off topic. Must we bring this into the disucssion? Let's discuss the degree mills that private schools are. Think of all the idiot "Legacies" that were admitted to Ivy League schools. If their Daddy hadn't already graduated from that school, that Legacy wouldn't have been accepted. In fact, that Legacy, in many cases, isn't even smart enough to get out of high school. Because of the "Legacy" admission, many more qualified students are rejected and sent to state schools, instead.
Don't you dare refer to State Schools as "Degree Mills". In most cases, the education is better than in private schools. Think of the following quality public schools. University of Michigan, University of Texas, the SUNY system in New York.
In case you think I am just grumbing because I was rejected from private school, I want to state that for the record, I went to a private school for my undergraduate degree, Case Western Reserve University. For my graduate degree, I went to a public school, the University of Pittsburgh.
And, it may help for non-U.S. natives to understand that, here in the United States, students are expected to pay a tuition to attend college (there are some exceptions). University level educations in other countries tend to be free (paid for by the government).
The fact we US citizens pay for school may help the original poster understand why the administration of Penn State is free to decide how it wants to spend it's money.
I'll probably be rated off-topic, but the writer's of Animal House used the Ivy League school Dartmouth College as their inspiration.
I'm not a corporate basher. I do work for a Fortune 100 company, and, for the most part, I am proud of it. The Big Record companies, on the other hand, are filled greedy bastards that steal from both the music listener and the music creator. They are filled with Publicists, Publishers, Lawyers, Administrative Assistants, Makeup Artists, Video Producers, Marketing Assistants, and various, useless people that don't have anything to do with creating music.
There is nothing wrong with Record Companies making a profit, but they should give MOST of the profit to the songwriter that created ths song. Instead, the money ends up in the hands of the hacks I describe above.
True. I didn't think it through. Humbled, I now bow in your general direction.
Err that should be
RED: fat people
BLUE: bad service/delays
GREEN: poorly regulated hvac control
YELLOW: don't like hanging out in airports
FUSCIA: don't like taking off shoes (just don't like it!)
To that list I'd like to add
GRAY: Idiotic tourists that get in my way when I am late for my flight
PURPLE: TSA Employees on a Power Trip
ORANGE: Atlanta's Airport (if you have to ask, you won't understand)
Really? You mean I should have RTFA?
Of course I was talking about passengers. They are using a system of "color codes" to refer to the threat level of passengers. And, based on my past two years of travelling, every week, by air under ANOTHER fucking color coded system, I think it will be yet another complete waste of my tax money.
Color Coded, eh? Now I can sleep easier at night, knowing I am protectected by a color coded system. I wonder if this will be about as useless as our fabled Homeland Security "Orange Alerts"?
Sounds like bad news for the Canucks. Does anyone know how it's going in Soviet Russia?
Are you insinuating that the "little people" in the record business don't get paid their fare share? That the lawyers and record executives, have, for decades, kept all the money themselves and screwed over the songwriters? That record companies are huge, bloated bureacracies that add little value to the creative process? That....
OK, you sold me.
"We aren't doing this for the money, we are doing this for a SHITLOAD of money!"
Just remember, the existence of The Bible cannot and does not prove nor disprove the existence of God. If it did there wouldn't be a debate.
As for Evolution, I incorrectly referred to it as a Theory. As this link refers to it, Evolution is a Theory in much the same way as Gravity is a Theory.
OK, AC, I'll bite.
My problem with religious freaks is the ignore the obvious evidence that exists for theories like Evolution and they throw Creationism in our faces.
I found a universe at the bottom of my last glass of Jack Daniel's.
"So what you are saying is that an atom inside our fingernail..."
"That atom could contain a teeny, tiny universe."
"Woah!.................Can you sell me some pot?"
Questioning the wisom of the all-powerful moderators will result in more negative karma.
I oughta know, it happened to me two weeks ago.
Of course, by Left-Pondian, I actually meant, Right-Pondian. The Brits are on the right-handed side of the Atlantic.
"What is your favorite colour?"
"BLUE.......No, RED!!.........AHHHHH!!!!!!
Of course, what makes it so funny is the use of the Left-Pondian spelling of the word "color".
FYI - My Governor is a Democrat. I live in Pennsylvania. If you couldn't guess by my post, I am a Free Trade Advocate. IMHO, there are no benefits to Steel Tariffs (or protectionism of any kind). Only higher prices to consumers. Oh, and my family used to work in the Steel mills, at least until that industry went into the same sort of overseas job-transfers that we see in IT today.
Then explain why he imposed huge Steel Tariffs? Or why his party passed the largest government-subsidized Farm Bill ever seen in the history of industrial society. Or why it imposed tariffs on imported Candian Lumber?
This adminstration is about as Free Trade as the AFL-CIO is.