According to the April 24, 2006 issue of InformationWeek:
"IT employment in the United States has reached a record high of 3.472 million in the 12 months ended March 31, surpassing the 3.455 million IT workers employed the previous quarter and at the end of the third quarter of 2001, the height of the dot-com employment boom, according to InformationWeek's analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data."
This also jibes with what I heard when I had lunch with my recruiter last week; he says the market is very strong at the moment. The automated query emails I get from dice.com and monster.com also show a decent job market, at least in the RTP area of NC.
Has globalisation affected jobs in the US? Possibly, but is the sky falling like these people are making out? No, not even close. And if it was, the answer isn't more protectionistic polices and government meddling, it's making the "free market" more free so more people have a chance to try and create wealth for themselves.
We didn't offer habeus corpus to German POWs during WWII, either. They didn't get lawyers, they got tossed into a cage for the duration.
So, you think this so-called "War on Terror" will ever end? If so, I can only say that I think you are being incredibly naive.
The Fascists have done something amazing... they've convinced the American people that we are "at war," not with a specific state, but with an abstract concept. As such, they can continue to maintain the illusion of being "at war" indefinitely, thereby maintaining the support of people like yourself. It's actually pretty close to brilliant.
They overlook the fact that dictatorship is not defined by whether or not they have come to take you away, but whether or not they have the legal authority to come take you away.
Yep.
Yes, I'm being "alarmist." That's the frickin' point.
Maybe a few of the big hosting company CEOs should get together and talk about contributing to jointly develop a CPanel replacement? Maybe see if there's anything even roughly equivelant out there in FLOSS land and if so, pay some developers to bring it up to CPanel level of functionality... If not, hell, start a project from scratch.
He committed a crime by illegaly entering the US and has not promptly reported himself to the INS
Fuck the INS, that agency should be disbanded yesterday. Free people should be able to live and work where they please.
We don't need borders, boundaries, fences and all sorts of other artificial impediments to people simply living, working, and travelling as they see fit. Anybody who wants to come here who can find a job and a place to live should be welcomed with open arms. And anybody who comes here expecting a freebie handout from the govt. should go home disappointed, as the government needs to stop with the freebie handouts.
When the government restricts the rights for citizens to gather in peaceful assembly (can't demonstrate without a permit or you get arrested), when is the time for civil disobedience?
It is always time for civil disobedience. Unjust laws should be held in contempt and ignored.
So let's take an approach (bomb) similar to the way spammers try (attack) to confuse bayesian (Hezbollah) filters... or maybe a better (Zionist pig) analogy would be the way RIAA companies (Jihad)try to "poison" p2p networks... let's (Allah)start sending so much bullshit (nuke) psuedo-terrorist looking (airplane) communication around the Internet, that (smuggle) they get so overwhelmed with (chemical) false positives (liquid bomb)that it renders (Semtex) the system unusable. I mean if (terrorist attack) everyone of us (terrorists) would (Israel) do this we could (Al Queda) really screw this (tube station attack) up.
Sure some things change, but - as another poster pointed out - many of that new "responsibilities" are voluntarily chosen and optional. Nobody forces you to get married, have children, buy a house, etc.
And as somebody else said (again) you can be responsible and still think of yourself as young, and enjoy life and have fun... it's all about finding the right balance that works for you.
And yes, I'm over 30 myself, but I'm still (mostly) the same guy I was when I was 18, 20, 25, 30, whatever. And I still refuse to refer to myself as an "adult" or a "grown up" but yet I still manage to have enough responsibility to pay bills, hold down a pretty good job, finish a 3rd college degree, etc.
enjoy your young years while you can. You have the rest of your life to be a grown-up...
Or you could simply refuse to "grow up" and have fun your entire life. The idea that you reach a certain age, or point in time and suddenly have to start behaving differently is B.S. You can be young as long as you choose to consider yourself young.
... A "Slashdot of Fortune" website, where you can buy/. comments which will be modded "informative," "insightful," "funny" or whatever moderation you're looking for? Maybe even some fresh trolls to replace the GNAA and "Stephen King found dead" trolls? Dupes for the/. editors to buy? Alternative CSS stylesheets for slashdot?
Somebody should jump all over this, you'll make a killing...
Speaking only for myself, I only intend to suggest that we are moving in the direction of Fascsim. It isn't my intention to say that we are there. I don't know if the respective authors of any of the works I cited would argue that we are "there yet," but I suspect not. I believe their point is largely the same as mine: to warn people of the dangers of continuing to follow a certain path.
Our "Freedom" has fuck all to do with people wanting to kill us. We are targets of terrorism not because of our freedom(fucking hell that sounds ridiculous!), but rather because of the actions of our government in foreign lands.
Exactly. If they were attacking us only because of our Freedom, then why don't they attack Canada or Sweden or any number of other countries which are approximately as free as - or more free than - the United States. Oh, it wouldn't be because those countries don't routinely meddle in the affairs of other nation-states, and don't try to play World Police, would it? Naah... what a nutty idea.
You are confusing fascism with theocracy. The terrorists who attacked us on Sept. 11th want to establish a global caliphate ruled by Islamic law, with the ultimate decisions made by Imams, or Islamic Clerics. Rule by religious figures and religous law is called 'theocracy'.
8.) Religion and Government are Intertwined: on the list.
That said, your point is probably still valid, that the Islamic radicals are not really Fascists. IMO, the real Fascists (Clerical or otherwise) are here in the United States. Going back to the line from the parent article:
Great way to devolve a democratic republic into a fascist theocracy. Me worried? Yea."
I think that hits the nail on the head. Towards a Fascist Theocracy is the direction the US is headed in.
So no, you have never been threatened or injured by an Islamofacists. Misunderstanding the enemy will not aid us in our fight.
Agreed. And I'm sure that's intentional on the part of the Neo-ConsFascists. Remember when Huey Long was asked "Will Fascism ever come to America?" He replied
Yes, but we will call it anti-fascism.
I think Mr. Long's prescience is being demonstrated by current events.
Terrorism IS a real threat, but if you look at the "big picture" it's hardly a significant one for any given individual. I expect most people need fear being struck by lightning more than they need fear terrorism.
War on Terror is hardly a war in the definition of the word. War on Drugs is the same way.
Yes.
Who and what are we at war with right now?
Nobody and Nothing. Congress has not issued a declaration of war since WWII. The "war on terror" is just a marketing gimmick used to keep the people afraid and give the govt. more control. It might be enlightening to examine what Hermann Göring had to say on the subject.
Afghanistan? Didn't we win and pull most of our troops to Iraq? Iraq? I thought Bush declared "Mission Accomplished"
We are at war with Eastasia, Eurasia is our Ally. We are at war with Eurasia, Eastasia is our Ally.
Definitely a bit knee jerk, but the solution is dead on. For those concerned enough to do a little research, you may want to check out the Libertarian Party (www.lp.org) - they fit the bill for civil liberties advocates pretty handily, and are on the ballot in 48 states (more than any other "third" party!).
Absolutely. Voting Libertarian is THE best way to fight this nonsense.
I can't go so far as to claim that the United States has become totally Fascist (yet), but I stand by my claim that the neo-con ideology is moving us in the direction of fascism. I'll even go so far as to say that "Neo-Con" is just a euphemism for "Fascist."
Maybe, but fascism is a good discription of what they, the Islamo-Fascist, want. A world wide totalitarian society with scrict information control, progroms, purges, and thought policing by a central Islamic government called the Caliphate.
Fascism is also a good description of the ideology of the Neo-Cons here in the US. It's almost funny how we have one group of fascists calling another group fascists. It brings to mind that old quote from Huey Long:
When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in an American flag
Or, Long's response to the question of whether or not Fascism would ever come to the US:
Stephen King only writes horror stories, made to scare, to play with angst and fears and to instill a sense of insecurity. Why would that be banned in today's USA?
Yeah, you would think that if any horror / suspense / thriller type author would be a candidate for banning, it would be Dean Koontz. Why? Because the many of his books present a very libertarian themed message, where the "bad guy" is the Government or a Corporation, and the "good guys" have to rely on themselves, their wits, ability, courage - and occasionally - guns, to fend off some evil and preserve their freedom Strangely enough, I started reading (and liked) Koontz' works far before I came to call myself a libertarian. In retrospect, I wonder how much Koontz' works actually influenced me in that direction?
Also, if a company hires only 800+ credit score employees, then they have just populated their entire company with people who tend to think a certain way. That might be ok for some businesses, or departments, but do you want your creative people to be robots?
Eventually it should sort itself out. Smaller independent companies without any such nonsense will begin to overtake large, structured businesses that are employing only accountant types.
Bingo. You just hit the nail on the head. This behavior is self-correcting in that it's harmful to those practicing it.
This is kind of a Slashdot permathread, but anyhow, static code analysis is not a replacement for smart people also looking at the code. Rather, it augments folks' efforts and provides a safety net to catch little problems that can slip through.
I have no mod points, but I give you a "virtual" +1 on that.
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A good manager should carry themself in a fashion that wouldn't shock or offend ANYONE they might be called upon to administer,
That's just not possible. No matter what you do or how you dress, I promise you that somebody finds it offensive.
Trying to cater to other people's desires, expectations, etc. is generally a waste of time and basically stupid.
According to the April 24, 2006 issue of InformationWeek:
"IT employment in the United States has reached a record high of 3.472 million in the 12 months ended March 31,
surpassing the 3.455 million IT workers employed the previous quarter and at the end of the third quarter of 2001, the height
of the dot-com employment boom, according to InformationWeek's analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data."
This also jibes with what I heard when I had lunch with my recruiter last week; he says the market is very strong at the
moment. The automated query emails I get from dice.com and monster.com also show a decent job market, at least in the
RTP area of NC.
Has globalisation affected jobs in the US? Possibly, but is the sky falling like these people are making out? No, not even close.
And if it was, the answer isn't more protectionistic polices and government meddling, it's making the "free market" more free
so more people have a chance to try and create wealth for themselves.
We didn't offer habeus corpus to German POWs during WWII, either. They didn't get lawyers, they got tossed into a cage for the duration.
So, you think this so-called "War on Terror" will ever end? If so, I can only say that I think you
are being incredibly naive.
The Fascists have done something amazing... they've convinced the
American people that we are "at war," not with a specific state, but with an abstract concept.
As such, they can continue to maintain the illusion of being "at war" indefinitely, thereby
maintaining the support of people like yourself. It's actually pretty close to brilliant.
They overlook the fact that dictatorship is not defined by whether or not they have come to take you away, but whether or not they have the legal authority to come take you away.
Yep.
Yes, I'm being "alarmist." That's the frickin' point.
Exactly.
Maybe a few of the big hosting company CEOs should get together and talk about contributing to jointly
develop a CPanel replacement? Maybe see if there's anything even roughly equivelant out there in FLOSS
land and if so, pay some developers to bring it up to CPanel level of functionality... If not, hell, start
a project from scratch.
For the worst language I have tried yet, I nominate PL/I.
I'll see your PL/I and raise you an RPG/III (or, really, anything in the RPG family except *maybe* the ILE flavor of RPG/400).
He committed a crime by illegaly entering the US and has not promptly reported himself to the INS
Fuck the INS, that agency should be disbanded yesterday. Free people should be able to live and work where they please.
We don't need borders, boundaries, fences and all sorts of other artificial impediments to people simply living, working, and travelling
as they see fit. Anybody who wants to come here who can find a job and a place to live should be welcomed with open arms. And anybody who
comes here expecting a freebie handout from the govt. should go home disappointed, as the government needs to stop with the
freebie handouts.
When the government restricts the rights for citizens to gather in peaceful assembly (can't demonstrate without a permit or you get arrested), when is the time for civil disobedience?
It is always time for civil disobedience. Unjust laws should be held in contempt and ignored.
So let's take an approach (bomb) similar to the way spammers try (attack) to confuse bayesian (Hezbollah) filters... or maybe a better (Zionist pig) analogy would be the way RIAA companies (Jihad)try to "poison" p2p networks... let's (Allah)start sending so much bullshit (nuke) psuedo-terrorist looking (airplane) communication around the Internet, that (smuggle) they get so overwhelmed with (chemical) false positives (liquid bomb)that it renders (Semtex) the system unusable. I mean if (terrorist attack) everyone of us (terrorists) would (Israel) do this we could (Al Queda) really
screw this (tube station attack) up.
Sure some things change, but - as another poster pointed out - many of that new "responsibilities" are voluntarily chosen and optional. Nobody forces
you to get married, have children, buy a house, etc.
And as somebody else said (again) you can be responsible and still think of yourself as young, and enjoy life and have fun... it's all about finding the right balance that works for you.
And yes, I'm over 30 myself, but I'm still (mostly) the same guy I was when I was 18, 20, 25, 30, whatever. And I still refuse to refer to
myself as an "adult" or a "grown up" but yet I still manage to have enough responsibility to pay bills, hold down a pretty good job, finish a 3rd college degree, etc.
enjoy your young years while you can. You have the rest of your life to be a grown-up ...
Or you could simply refuse to "grow up" and have fun your
entire life. The idea that you reach a certain age, or point in time and suddenly
have to start behaving differently is B.S. You can be young as long as you
choose to consider yourself young.
Now excuse me while I go put some Twisted Sister on....
... A "Slashdot of Fortune" website, where you can buy /. comments which will be modded "informative," "insightful," "funny" or whatever moderation /. editors to buy? Alternative CSS stylesheets for slashdot?
you're looking for? Maybe even some fresh trolls to replace the GNAA and "Stephen King found dead" trolls? Dupes for the
Somebody should jump all over this, you'll make a killing...
... maybe he'd code up a "dupe detector" for the /. editors to use?
Speaking only for myself, I only intend to suggest that we are moving in the direction of Fascsim. It isn't my
intention to say that we are there. I don't know if the respective authors of any of the works I cited
would argue that we are "there yet," but I suspect not. I believe their point is largely the same as mine: to warn
people of the dangers of continuing to follow a certain path.
Our "Freedom" has fuck all to do with people wanting to kill us. We are targets of terrorism not because of our freedom(fucking hell that sounds ridiculous!), but rather because of the actions of our government in foreign lands.
Exactly. If they were attacking us only because of our Freedom, then why don't they attack Canada or Sweden or any number of other countries which are approximately as free as - or more free than - the United States. Oh, it wouldn't be because those countries don't routinely meddle in the affairs of other nation-states, and don't try to play World Police, would it? Naah... what a nutty idea.
You are confusing fascism with theocracy. The terrorists who attacked us on Sept. 11th want to establish a global caliphate ruled by Islamic law, with the ultimate decisions made by Imams, or Islamic Clerics. Rule by religious figures and religous law is called 'theocracy'.
r eligion.
See Clerical Fascism. Yes, "Fascism ought to more properly be called corporatism since it is the merger of state and corporate power" is true, but historically Fascism does not exclude a blurring of theocracy into the mix. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Fascism_and_
And looking at the Fourteen defining characteristics of Fascism we see:
8.) Religion and Government are Intertwined: on the list.
That said, your point is probably still valid, that the Islamic radicals are not really Fascists. IMO, the real Fascists (Clerical or otherwise) are here in the United States. Going back to the line from the parent article:
Great way to devolve a democratic republic into a fascist theocracy. Me worried? Yea."
I think that hits the nail on the head. Towards a Fascist Theocracy is the direction the US is headed in.
So no, you have never been threatened or injured by an Islamofacists. Misunderstanding the enemy will not aid us in our fight.
Agreed. And I'm sure that's intentional on the part of the Neo-ConsFascists. Remember when Huey Long was asked "Will Fascism ever come to America?" He replied
Yes, but we will call it anti-fascism.
I think Mr. Long's prescience is being demonstrated by current events.
When is the last time you were directly threatened by a "islamofacist"?
Yup, me neither.
Gues we know the answer to that question, then.
Yes, exactly. Statistically speaking, you're more likely to be shot to death by a domestic police officer, than die as the result of a terrorist attack. And many times more likely to die in a car accident or as a result of a fall.
Terrorism IS a real threat, but if you look at the "big picture" it's hardly a significant one for any given individual. I expect most
people need fear being struck by lightning more than they need fear terrorism.
Can we declare war against an intangible target?
No.
War on Terror is hardly a war in the definition of the word. War on Drugs is the same way.
Yes.
Who and what are we at war with right now?
Nobody and Nothing. Congress has not issued a declaration of war since WWII. The "war on terror" is just
a marketing gimmick used to keep the people afraid and give the govt. more control. It might be enlightening
to examine what Hermann Göring had to say on the subject.
Afghanistan? Didn't we win and pull most of our troops to Iraq?
Iraq? I thought Bush declared "Mission Accomplished"
We are at war with Eastasia, Eurasia is our Ally.
We are at war with Eurasia, Eastasia is our Ally.
I (like you) assume they believe that labeling thier enemy fascists will help misdirect the publics attention from there fascist behavior.
You nailed it. See the Huey Long quote in this blog post.
Definitely a bit knee jerk, but the solution is dead on. For those concerned enough to do a little research, you may want to check out the Libertarian Party (www.lp.org) - they fit the bill for civil liberties advocates pretty handily, and are on the ballot in 48 states (more than any other "third" party!).
Absolutely. Voting Libertarian is THE best way to fight this nonsense.
Just read here, here and here.
I've also addressed this issue before.
I can't go so far as to claim that the United States has become totally Fascist (yet), but I stand by my claim that the neo-con ideology is
moving us in the direction of fascism. I'll even go so far as to say that "Neo-Con" is just a euphemism for "Fascist."
Maybe, but fascism is a good discription of what they, the Islamo-Fascist, want. A world wide totalitarian society with scrict information control, progroms, purges, and thought policing by a central Islamic government called the Caliphate.
Fascism is also a good description of the ideology of the Neo-Cons here in the US. It's almost funny how we have one group of fascists calling another group fascists. It brings to mind that old quote from Huey Long:
When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in an American flag
Or, Long's response to the question of whether or not Fascism would ever come to the US:
Yes, but in America, we'll call it anti-fascism.
Stephen King only writes horror stories, made to scare, to play with angst and fears and to instill a sense of insecurity. Why would that be banned in today's USA?
Yeah, you would think that if any horror / suspense / thriller type author would be a candidate for banning, it would be Dean Koontz. Why? Because the
many of his books present a very libertarian themed message, where the "bad guy" is the Government or a Corporation, and the "good guys" have to rely on themselves, their wits, ability, courage - and occasionally - guns, to fend off some evil and preserve their freedom Strangely enough, I started reading (and liked) Koontz' works far before I came to call myself a libertarian. In retrospect, I wonder how much Koontz' works actually influenced me in that direction?
Also, if a company hires only 800+ credit score employees, then they have just populated their entire company with people who tend to think a certain way. That might be ok for some businesses, or departments, but do you want your creative people to be robots?
Eventually it should sort itself out. Smaller independent companies without any such nonsense will begin to overtake large, structured businesses that are employing only accountant types.
Bingo. You just hit the nail on the head. This behavior is self-correcting in that it's harmful to those practicing it.
This is kind of a Slashdot permathread, but anyhow, static code analysis is not a replacement for smart people also looking at the code. Rather, it augments folks' efforts and provides a safety net to catch little problems that can slip through.
I have no mod points, but I give you a "virtual" +1 on that.