User: h4rr4r

Re:Genius judge

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

Volunteering at a for profit business is not generally speaking legal.

Free labor is illegal, for many reasons think a little. Without consideration a contract is not valid. There must be quid pro quo.

Re:Another freedom gone

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

Note I stated "Slashdot Libertarian".

I have plenty of experience with those nuts.

Re:Genius judge

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

The kid can go work at a gas station, or burger king or whatever.

Your situation is bullshit and clearly there is a huge middle ground between your ideology and greece.

Re:some schools make you pay for the credits

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

It was an IT degree. My internships had to be paid and it had to be an acceptable wage to my dept head. Anything below $10/hour they would normally refuse. If it was a charity they might let it go that low. I also had to document what I did and if it did not meet some standard it would not have counted.

Re:Genius judge

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

Volunteering at for profit businesses is generally speaking illegal. Calling it something else does not fool the law. I would imagine they have trouble finding paid internships and outside pressure like college credits requires them to do this work.

Re:Genius judge

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

But what if they sprout wings and begin to fly?

Then the employer should hire a more qualified person. The dumb kid can go get another job in a more profitable field.

Re:Another freedom gone

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

You used to be free to die in the gutter. You used to be free to breathe asbestos on the job. You used to be free to be raped by the sweat shop owner.

These regulations exist for good reason. I am offering a free one way trip to Somalia so you can check out the alternative. As part of my education for slashdot libertarians program I do require a refund if you ever leave Somalia.

Re:Genius judge

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

Apprentices normally get paid. Go ask a local electrician. No one is saying pay these folks top dollar, just minimum wage or more.

Re:Genius judge

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

Same here, in USA, about $30k if I had been employed a whole year. Mine was on the low end.

Re:Uranium means it is not a silver bullet

On: Pandora's Promise and the Problem of "Solutionism"

I am not bullish on nuclear.

Markets hate nuclear because of the high investment and long payoff. It also is highly government subsidized both directly and with the insurance the government provides.

I was only correcting the parents incorrect statements.

Re:Genius judge

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

In most societies it would have been illegal to have them working without pay. What to expect does not make that legal. The judge is correct.

Re:some schools make you pay for the credits

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

When I did mine?
I had to do 9 months worth. It was a requirement for graduation. Had to be paid and had to be in the field of my degree.

Re:Genius judge

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

Not at all.
I did 9 months of paid internships during college. It will just eliminate coffee fetching jobs which is a good thing for the interns.

Re:Genius judge

On: Federal Judge Says Interns Should Be Paid

I did 9 months of paid internships to get my degree. Unpaid internships would not have counted.

They are not coffee fetching jobs.

Re:Concerns

On: Pandora's Promise and the Problem of "Solutionism"

Percent of sunlight turned into useable electricity.
Most likely watts/dollar as well. Wood is expensive to collect, process and to turn into electricity.
So does solar, look into solar thermal as I asked.

Re:Why TPB?

On: Irish SOPA Used To Block Pirate Bay Access

Yes, for the same reason SuperNova is no more and many others before that.

The lawyers only ever find out about the most popular ones. When that one is shutdown or is abandoned by users two more spring up to take its place.

Re:Concerns

On: Pandora's Promise and the Problem of "Solutionism"

Solar already beats wood in efficiency. Solar also does not have a particulate emissions issue. Before any night time silliness comments please look into solar thermal systems.

Re:Disasters

On: Pandora's Promise and the Problem of "Solutionism"

How is fukushima a mega disaster?

Chernobyl was not an accident, they did everything they could to destroy that reactor. Negligence sure, but no way accidental.

High level waste is not that hot after 10 years, much less 10,0000. Things would those kind of half lives are not that radioactive.

Re:i bet they all make money from it

On: Pandora's Promise and the Problem of "Solutionism"

Then they are stupid.

Gas is cleaner than oil or coal. It burns more completely and is cleaner to drill for than oil or coal is to mine.

Re:Uranium means it is not a silver bullet

On: Pandora's Promise and the Problem of "Solutionism"

Very limited?
You can recover it from seawater.

Mines will open before the shortage occurs. Markets are pretty going at this.

Re:What a lame ass piece of junk!

On: New Company Set To Resurrect the Aptera

You mean nationalism, not patriotism.

I love my country and know we can do better than a leaky POS. If I continue to act this way it is my hope they will reform their ways.

Re:Eating insects?

On: The Lepsis Is a Terrarium For Growing Edible Insects At Home

Most Americans like peanuts.
Ask europeans about peanuts or peanut butter and you will probably find most do not like peanuts.

I am not sure I can agree with that latter part either, but it seems more believable.

OK,here it is good luck with the encryption

On: Proposed NJ Law Allows Cops To Search Phones At Crash Scenes

So what do they do with my locked and encrypted device?

I surely cannot be compelled to remember the password after being in an accident. The trauma could easily explain why I can't remember.

Re:It's funny

On: Sony's PS4 To Have Less Stringent DRM Than Microsoft's Xbox One

That was the issue.
I want to be able to use netflix and amazon prime without tithing to gatekeeper.

Re:why not garden and have chickens instead?

On: The Lepsis Is a Terrarium For Growing Edible Insects At Home

Please show me these clean and nice chickens. I have seen them in other locations. They shit everywhere, eating feces is commonly reported online as well.