I really hate seeing American jobs going overseas, but from a business standpoint it only makes sense. It's not just tech jobs though. Americans have been losing their jobs to foreign workers for years now. What really bothers me is the fact that people think this is okay from a business standpoint. Where's the loyalty? Most Nike shoes are bought in the US, but they are made in plants overseas. If your customer base is in the US, why not give a little back to the people in the form of jobs and job security?
And of course people in the US don't want to work for minimum wage. I certainly can't afford to, and I doubt many other Slashdotters could either. With the price rent and other things going up and wages going down, it's getting harder and harder to make ends meet.
I don't work in too technical of a field (I'm a receptionist), but I still work with computers for at least 95% of my job. The other 5% is the customers that call me.
Anyway, compared to a lot of these comments, I feel quite lucky. My boss (her name is Kari), is very nice. She's not too nosy, trusts me to do my job correctly, and takes enough time off for her family that she doesn't mind when I take a "sick day" here or there. Others I've heard, aren't so lucky. I have a Worst Case Scenario Handbook for work (quite humorous), and it lists three different types of bosses in there. The Micromanager, The Workaholic, and The Buddy.
The Micromanager - I think everyone has had one, a boss that wants to be into absolutely everything you do, and is basically breathing down your neck 24/7. The advice the book gives is to flood this boss with information. Copy them on every e-mail, no matter how miniscule the subject matter.
The Workaholic - I've never had this type of boss, but this certainly seems like sound advice: put vacation pamphlets on their desk, tell them about your family, show them pictures of your kids, etc. This type of boss has lost touch with the real world, they say. Unless you bring him back to some degree, or show him you're not the same, and that you have a family (or computers) that need your love and attention, this boss will demand the same performance from you.
The Buddy - I've been accused of being this way in other positions. I like to get to know the people I work with, and I'm constantly giving them too much information about my personal life. I'm a bit nosy too, so I ask a lot about things that they did over the weekend. I'm a people-person, I can't help it!;) The book recommends that you either avoid this boss at all costs or you "make up" a hobby that you can safely tell them about without divulging any information that is of any consequence.
It's really unfortunate that because of what SCO, Microsoft and other such companies have done to the technology industry, companies like Dell have to resort to things like this. I mean, what is the world coming to when you are basically FORCED to accept something that initially we were given the choice to accept or not accept. What ever happened to shareware, where you could pay for it if you honestly wanted to support the company, or not? Or better still, freeware, where you had to make good software to get any sort of support from the computer industry at large? This is a sad day, indeed...
No, my brother stole my stuff a lot more than I stole his. But every time his stuff got blown around by the wind because he forgot to shut his window, or the cat got in and ate his fish (because he forgot to shut his door), it was immediately, "MOM! SHE'S BEEN IN MY ROOM AGAIN!"
I'm hoping he'll read this and realize that, what would I need to go into his room for? My stuff was much better than any of his! He proved it by taking my stuff all the time. *grin*
SCO reminds me of my brother and I fighting over something. My brother would say I had something of his, and I would say, "Prove it, fart-butt!" And he'd run off to his room and grab some miniscule carpet fiber (which he had been saving for months) that had an imprint on it which *might* have looked like a part of my shoe, which proved I was in his room. But he never could say what I took, why I took it, when I had the opportunity to take it, or even that he wanted it back! He just wanted me to pay for the "missing property" immediately, or he'd pound me into grape jelly.
My mother would tap her foot impatiently, say, "She doesn't have your stuff, stop being so mean to your sister," and promptly ground him for being a dork.
So, using this logic, IBM should say, "Linux doesn't have your code, stop being so mean to the open source community," and promptly sue them for being dorks.
I have to admit, when I first learned about nanotechnology, I thought it was cool, but I didn't truly understand it. I don't really think I understand it still, after doing a bit of research on the subject.
It's similar to a lot of technology that has really become commonplace in the media. Recently, a local TV news headline in my area had the audacity to say, "Food from Cloned Animals... IS IT SAFE?" Everyone in the room who knew a bit about cloning rolled their eyes. But later that evening, my grandmother called me, wanting to know if I was going to watch the broadcast.
"Recent studies indicate that nanoscale materials now being commercialized pose potential hazards for human health and the environment."
Yeah, and milk from cloned cows is going to make you grow three stomachs! Details at 10!
I don't have cable TV and I don't have air conditioning. Since the Midwest has been hit by a massive heat wave the past few days, I've been spending a lot of time at a friends' house who does. She watches a lot of reality tv shows, which disturb me greatly. However, she has told me the difference of watching these and getting pulled into the drama they spawn, and watching these and laughing is how seriously the participants take themselves.
Take Big Brother 4 for example, the participants acknowledge the show for what it is: a game. Therefore, they don't take it quite as seriously as The Amazing Race, which is also a game.
Now, you probably all are wondering where I'm going with this. Games are still that, games. No matter which way you play them, or how seriously you take them, they are still games. And the beautiful thing about them is they are designed to provide entertainment. Whether you find watching them and being pulled into the drama entertaining, or laughing at them, or debating the philosophy behind the strategy, you are still being entertained, which is allowing the game to do what it was designed to do.
This reminds me of when, from the movie The Fifth Element, Zorg's main lackey was using a remote-controlled cockroach to listen in on the President's "secret plan" to send Bruce Willis to meet the Diva Plavalaguna on Planet Fhloston to get the stones and save the world...anyway, the President grabs a shoe and squishes the cockroach, sending a squeal of feedback into the lackey's ears, and sending waves of giggles into the audience...
I wonder if, since these are so "secret", if it won't be the same type of situation. They'll be found, dismantled, and disposed of.
It was just a thought...
Umm... right. Except the GPL license is an agreement by the creator to FOREGO copyright restrictions. I mean, if the creator of something can't decide how their work can and can't be used..... WTF!?!?
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And of course people in the US don't want to work for minimum wage. I certainly can't afford to, and I doubt many other Slashdotters could either. With the price rent and other things going up and wages going down, it's getting harder and harder to make ends meet.
She's 12. How can she be sued anyway? I'd be surprised if that doesn't get laughed out of court.
or c) that the jerky camera and bad acting didn't make you sick enough to leave the movie and demand your ticket refund!
Blair Witch 1,2,3,42,etc...
Not that any of the Blair Witch movies deserved major cinema coverage...
Screen those downloads so you don't end up getting a renamed copy of Gigli.
Who's with me?
Anyone?
Here's a Press Release...
PORN!
How exactly does that work? Do you have a limited amount of space that you can record movies? How long can you keep them for?
Anyway, compared to a lot of these comments, I feel quite lucky. My boss (her name is Kari), is very nice. She's not too nosy, trusts me to do my job correctly, and takes enough time off for her family that she doesn't mind when I take a "sick day" here or there. Others I've heard, aren't so lucky. I have a Worst Case Scenario Handbook for work (quite humorous), and it lists three different types of bosses in there. The Micromanager, The Workaholic, and The Buddy.
The Micromanager - I think everyone has had one, a boss that wants to be into absolutely everything you do, and is basically breathing down your neck 24/7. The advice the book gives is to flood this boss with information. Copy them on every e-mail, no matter how miniscule the subject matter.
The Workaholic - I've never had this type of boss, but this certainly seems like sound advice: put vacation pamphlets on their desk, tell them about your family, show them pictures of your kids, etc. This type of boss has lost touch with the real world, they say. Unless you bring him back to some degree, or show him you're not the same, and that you have a family (or computers) that need your love and attention, this boss will demand the same performance from you.
The Buddy - I've been accused of being this way in other positions. I like to get to know the people I work with, and I'm constantly giving them too much information about my personal life. I'm a bit nosy too, so I ask a lot about things that they did over the weekend. I'm a people-person, I can't help it! ;) The book recommends that you either avoid this boss at all costs or you "make up" a hobby that you can safely tell them about without divulging any information that is of any consequence.
GNU is not Linux. :P
"Joey, you say 'Dude' one more time, and I'm gonna slap the sh*t out of you!"
It's really unfortunate that because of what SCO, Microsoft and other such companies have done to the technology industry, companies like Dell have to resort to things like this. I mean, what is the world coming to when you are basically FORCED to accept something that initially we were given the choice to accept or not accept. What ever happened to shareware, where you could pay for it if you honestly wanted to support the company, or not? Or better still, freeware, where you had to make good software to get any sort of support from the computer industry at large? This is a sad day, indeed...
No, my brother stole my stuff a lot more than I stole his. But every time his stuff got blown around by the wind because he forgot to shut his window, or the cat got in and ate his fish (because he forgot to shut his door), it was immediately, "MOM! SHE'S BEEN IN MY ROOM AGAIN!"
I'm hoping he'll read this and realize that, what would I need to go into his room for? My stuff was much better than any of his! He proved it by taking my stuff all the time. *grin*
My mother would tap her foot impatiently, say, "She doesn't have your stuff, stop being so mean to your sister," and promptly ground him for being a dork.
So, using this logic, IBM should say, "Linux doesn't have your code, stop being so mean to the open source community," and promptly sue them for being dorks.
"No Mum, I left with plenty of time to get home by curfew..."
"Really? Then why did I just get a bloody speeding ticket in the mail?"
Yeah, I can definitely see the upside to that... /sarcasm
It's similar to a lot of technology that has really become commonplace in the media. Recently, a local TV news headline in my area had the audacity to say, "Food from Cloned Animals... IS IT SAFE?" Everyone in the room who knew a bit about cloning rolled their eyes. But later that evening, my grandmother called me, wanting to know if I was going to watch the broadcast.
"Recent studies indicate that nanoscale materials now being commercialized pose potential hazards for human health and the environment."
Yeah, and milk from cloned cows is going to make you grow three stomachs! Details at 10!
That's exactly my point. Way to put it into a nutshell for me. :)
Take Big Brother 4 for example, the participants acknowledge the show for what it is: a game. Therefore, they don't take it quite as seriously as The Amazing Race, which is also a game.
Now, you probably all are wondering where I'm going with this. Games are still that, games. No matter which way you play them, or how seriously you take them, they are still games. And the beautiful thing about them is they are designed to provide entertainment. Whether you find watching them and being pulled into the drama entertaining, or laughing at them, or debating the philosophy behind the strategy, you are still being entertained, which is allowing the game to do what it was designed to do.
Sounds like God forgot to pay his electric bill. :P
I think the brightness in Boston is about the equivalent of all the light in North Dakota. And I'm sure just the area has more people, too.
Sounds a bit more like it should be from the "reinventing-the-wheel dept."
Nice! I don't think they ever say his name, and the IMDB link that I gave didn't give me any pictures, so I wasn't sure if that was him or not.
This reminds me of when, from the movie The Fifth Element, Zorg's main lackey was using a remote-controlled cockroach to listen in on the President's "secret plan" to send Bruce Willis to meet the Diva Plavalaguna on Planet Fhloston to get the stones and save the world...anyway, the President grabs a shoe and squishes the cockroach, sending a squeal of feedback into the lackey's ears, and sending waves of giggles into the audience... I wonder if, since these are so "secret", if it won't be the same type of situation. They'll be found, dismantled, and disposed of. It was just a thought...
Umm... right. Except the GPL license is an agreement by the creator to FOREGO copyright restrictions. I mean, if the creator of something can't decide how their work can and can't be used..... WTF!?!?