That reminds me of the old problem I saw on Slashdot a while ago... If you wrote a program to randomly generate an 800x800 image, you'd eventually see a picture of yourself, or a picture of yourself shooting JFK, or a picture of your future children shooting JFK... etc.
Imagine starting a company with two of your best geek friends. Now imagine being forced to not work more than 35 hours a week. Or having to take a break every two hours even if you are in the middle of debugging that threaded program. Or not being able to get rid of that deadwood non-performer you hired last year. Or having to give everybody a pay rise according to the contract even when the company is going into the red.
You know how big companies can squash little ones? It isn't necessarily because they're that much more efficient (ever seen overhead at a large company? Stupid decisions, overpriced purchases...) It's because large companies can exploit workers in other nations.
I don't see how anyone is being exploited. If working at a Nike factory in Malaysia is such a horrible way to live, then why do people do it? It must be better than the alternative ways for those people to make a living, or they wouldn't be working there.
So people on here are bitching about how "the American worker *deserves* more". Don't make me laugh. You're living large off the fruits of other countries, friends. Your complaint is that you don't have the latest model car, or a fucking high-definition TV? The people that your comforts are coming from have issues like *starving*.
I don't really know if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me. I was being sarcastic in my original post. I agree that Americans would probably be worse off if there wasn't cheap foreign labor. But how much worse off would those workers be if there weren't jobs for them?
Doesn't the school have a volume licensing program? We got Windows 98 CDs with our last Volume Licensing binder (along with unlimited licenses to install it).
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So what would you say if the study concluded that Microsoft had more security vulnerabilities than Linux?
That reminds me of the old problem I saw on Slashdot a while ago... If you wrote a program to randomly generate an 800x800 image, you'd eventually see a picture of yourself, or a picture of yourself shooting JFK, or a picture of your future children shooting JFK... etc.
You're right, they don'd.
Doesn't magnesium tend to explode/catch fire rather easily?
Imagine what would happen when I plowed into a moose at 45 mph in that little toy...
Think of the porn possibilities.
For those deeply involved in politics, this is a good idea
Wait, what? I for one am deeply involved in politics, and this is obviously a horrible idea.
Imagine starting a company with two of your best geek friends. Now imagine being forced to not work more than 35 hours a week. Or having to take a break every two hours even if you are in the middle of debugging that threaded program. Or not being able to get rid of that deadwood non-performer you hired last year. Or having to give everybody a pay rise according to the contract even when the company is going into the red.
Let me guess, France?
That must be a pretty comforting thought. Too bad you're wrong.
You know how big companies can squash little ones? It isn't necessarily because they're that much more efficient (ever seen overhead at a large company? Stupid decisions, overpriced purchases...) It's because large companies can exploit workers in other nations.
I don't see how anyone is being exploited. If working at a Nike factory in Malaysia is such a horrible way to live, then why do people do it? It must be better than the alternative ways for those people to make a living, or they wouldn't be working there.
So people on here are bitching about how "the American worker *deserves* more". Don't make me laugh. You're living large off the fruits of other countries, friends. Your complaint is that you don't have the latest model car, or a fucking high-definition TV? The people that your comforts are coming from have issues like *starving*.
I don't really know if you're agreeing or disagreeing with me. I was being sarcastic in my original post. I agree that Americans would probably be worse off if there wasn't cheap foreign labor. But how much worse off would those workers be if there weren't jobs for them?
In Soviet Slashdot, everyone deserves to be paid whatever they think they deserve, regardless of what they are actually worth.
Exactly. Just so we're clear, that doesn't mean the employees deserve to be paid the same as the employers.
Beautiful, just beautiful.
Doesn't the school have a volume licensing program? We got Windows 98 CDs with our last Volume Licensing binder (along with unlimited licenses to install it).
It also takes about 5 seconds to disable all those things that "get in the way."
My TV (which is about 6 years old, actually) doesn't have an RCA input. It has a pretty good picture, too.
Do you actually think that you're entitled to a perfect Linux port of .NET?
Like, whatever man! Music wants to be free. Artists don't want money!
So if competition between Linux distributions is bad, why is competition between Linux distributions and Microsoft good?
Indeed, the Cuckoo's Egg was a great book. Not only technically interesting, it's an exciting read.
They're not "locking you in" to anything. Just don't buy the fucking cards.
Well, sure, it doesn't make any sense for a country to ban its own most prominent political party.
Ironically enough, a hundred years ago (or so) a "liberal" was an advocate of a free-market economy.
(assuming that the user wasn't already familiar with having to press the "save" button.)
Which millions of people already are. It's automatic for me to press Ctrl+S every few minutes.
extreme bias in the media against palestinians
Hahahahhahahahahhahahahah!
+5, Funny