Basically: jails are a replacement for factories in many small towns in the USA. Now, instead of GM or Ford, you'll find a Super Max that can hold thousands of inmates. Now, while you might think, fine, people sit around in jails, this is absurd fun... prisons right now are using inmates as labor to do things such as: pack starbucks trinkets and microsoft boxes -- in some states they do a lot of telemarketing. You won't go to waste, you know something about programming, let the warden make a bid that will undersell India.
Don't be confused. We have more blacks in prison in the United States today than were here at the height of slavery. We have more blacks alone, in prisons today, than were a part of apartheid in South Africa.
The total number of prisoners in the US is upwards of 3 million (think about that number for a bit). Prisons have been privatized and are now part of our economy. You can't escape them, and the industry mags say as a trend the construction of prisons will only get bigger. Why? Because investors get the government to build the facilities, get the government to pay a certain amount per inmate, and then the investors take money from whatever avenue they want, including selling labor.
but I'd read about this in a small town (tribnet.com) newspaper... ooh... I'd say... months ago...
sooo, yes i'm that special. and no, I'm not sure if the paper was intended for PKD.
TIA announced the 169 million dollar budget will pay for exactly one laptop and a year of minimum wage pay to an employee who will search for keywords on google.
Maybe I'm alone, maybe I'm not, but I've never visited a blog on a regular basis, unless the blog is in front of something else that I want, I probably wouldn't ever see one. So, maybe you can help me out? Where do I even begin looking for useful/meaningful blogs?
To me, I hear all about blogs, but have never ever found an interesting or useful one. Come to think of it, I haven't even seen that many. So maybe there's an index I'm missing? Or maybe I need to get more saavy friends?! whatever.
It seems like blogs and their importance are all hype.
"I'd like to use it at video rental places and CD stores to get product reviews"
I don't understand. Most reviews on any website attached to such a service would be biased. Places like Amazon, its hard to get credible reviews since you don't know the history of the reviewer or have any idea what their motivation is for writing there. The reviewer could be a corporate shmo who's writing the review from an internal memo, never having seen/heard the movie/CD. They could be an incredibly articulate and pursuasive 9 year old with 9 year old taste. Or it could be HAL9000 (though some people here might like its taste).
I think music/movie reviews are worthless. Thumbs up or thumbs down are just as useless. The best way to discover a new movie or CD is to meet a person, get to know them, and find out what they like; try watching the movies they like, and try listening to the music they like. Why don't you go to shows?
You'll be happier. Have a friend. And a reference point for what you are going to fill your ears/eyes with.
What I don't like about this article: its really just about two people who, for probably legal reasons, won't admit to whats actually happening or could possibly happen.
Every statement by both sides is partially true.
Every statement by both sides is partially false.
This article is boring and insulting to people who aren't polarized by this debate.
This article is boring and insulting to anyone who isn't an altruistic p2p software developer or capitalistic intellectual property owner.
I've noticed this at work. I'll be trying to do fifteen things at once, with at least a dozen windows on my taskbar. Other people just have one or two.
At home, I don't feel comfortable watching TV or movies. I need to be reading, writing, or playing a game as well.
I know several friends (all nerds/geeks/dorks) who feel the same way. They are bored by simply "chilling".
I definitely think this topic should be explored more, especially in the mental health field, since, said friends and myself, are all in counseling for depression among other things. It could be a coincidence, but it's strange that all of us are in it. No other click I've been in has such a high rate of depression
I remember reading a really interesting essay about how T2 portrayed a conflict between gruff solid working class (Arnold) and the sleek shapeshifting, white collar middle middle class(T1000). Does anyone know who wrote it?
Get as many investors as you can. Buy up as much bandwidth as you can. Resell that bandwidth to desperate major corporations who want to use it for their products.
Is this another "public" project where they try to sell it as something that anyone can routinely use in the future -- then the project takes twice as long to make, and the only people who can fly on it are really really rich? I'm glad I help pay for all this, I really am.
Umm, wouldn't an Ayn Rand's buisness model be something like: Be brilliant, make brilliant things, make brilliant things happen; be mocked; let the culture catch up in the form of a fad, be brilliant and make a lot of money; once the fad wears off, be broke; be mocked; be brilliant and broke and die crazy.
the end.
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"So let me get this straight. The more you know, the less likely you are to get overtime?"
This will be inflate the lower and middle classes, while exaulting the upper-class. We won't need to be educated, we'll work at the saunas and clubs rich people go to. We'll just have to learn how to be pretty and nice. Didn't state college seem a little too liberal in admitting people?
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I'm going to respond to this because I can.
Basically: jails are a replacement for factories in many small towns in the USA. Now, instead of GM or Ford, you'll find a Super Max that can hold thousands of inmates. Now, while you might think, fine, people sit around in jails, this is absurd fun... prisons right now are using inmates as labor to do things such as: pack starbucks trinkets and microsoft boxes -- in some states they do a lot of telemarketing. You won't go to waste, you know something about programming, let the warden make a bid that will undersell India.
Don't be confused. We have more blacks in prison in the United States today than were here at the height of slavery. We have more blacks alone, in prisons today, than were a part of apartheid in South Africa.
The total number of prisoners in the US is upwards of 3 million (think about that number for a bit). Prisons have been privatized and are now part of our economy. You can't escape them, and the industry mags say as a trend the construction of prisons will only get bigger. Why? Because investors get the government to build the facilities, get the government to pay a certain amount per inmate, and then the investors take money from whatever avenue they want, including selling labor.
So, you raised an interesting point.
but I'd read about this in a small town (tribnet.com) newspaper ... ooh ... I'd say ... months ago...
sooo, yes i'm that special. and no, I'm not sure if the paper was intended for PKD.
but why aren't slashdot accounts for sale? you know... good accounts for ... good purposes?!
TIA announced the 169 million dollar budget will pay for exactly one laptop and a year of minimum wage pay to an employee who will search for keywords on google.
Maybe I'm alone, maybe I'm not, but I've never visited a blog on a regular basis, unless the blog is in front of something else that I want, I probably wouldn't ever see one. So, maybe you can help me out? Where do I even begin looking for useful/meaningful blogs?
To me, I hear all about blogs, but have never ever found an interesting or useful one. Come to think of it, I haven't even seen that many. So maybe there's an index I'm missing? Or maybe I need to get more saavy friends?! whatever.
It seems like blogs and their importance are all hype.
"I'd like to use it at video rental places and CD stores to get product reviews"
I don't understand. Most reviews on any website attached to such a service would be biased. Places like Amazon, its hard to get credible reviews since you don't know the history of the reviewer or have any idea what their motivation is for writing there. The reviewer could be a corporate shmo who's writing the review from an internal memo, never having seen/heard the movie/CD. They could be an incredibly articulate and pursuasive 9 year old with 9 year old taste. Or it could be HAL9000 (though some people here might like its taste).
I think music/movie reviews are worthless. Thumbs up or thumbs down are just as useless. The best way to discover a new movie or CD is to meet a person, get to know them, and find out what they like; try watching the movies they like, and try listening to the music they like. Why don't you go to shows?
You'll be happier. Have a friend. And a reference point for what you are going to fill your ears/eyes with.
Dealing with an inventory of several million items. Lazy people who don't want to check items in/out. RFID is a frickin god send.
hundreds of thousands of items in a box.
20 boxes throughout the wearhouse.
Inventory check at a moments notice...
Priceless.
What I don't like about this article: its really just about two people who, for probably legal reasons, won't admit to whats actually happening or could possibly happen.
Every statement by both sides is partially true.
Every statement by both sides is partially false.
This article is boring and insulting to people who aren't polarized by this debate.
This article is boring and insulting to anyone who isn't an altruistic p2p software developer or capitalistic intellectual property owner.
I've noticed this at work. I'll be trying to do fifteen things at once, with at least a dozen windows on my taskbar. Other people just have one or two.
At home, I don't feel comfortable watching TV or movies. I need to be reading, writing, or playing a game as well.
I know several friends (all nerds/geeks/dorks) who feel the same way. They are bored by simply "chilling".
I definitely think this topic should be explored more, especially in the mental health field, since, said friends and myself, are all in counseling for depression among other things. It could be a coincidence, but it's strange that all of us are in it. No other click I've been in has such a high rate of depression
I remember reading a really interesting essay about how T2 portrayed a conflict between gruff solid working class (Arnold) and the sleek shapeshifting, white collar middle middle class(T1000). Does anyone know who wrote it?
taking apart a keyboard? My first time was back in junior high. An old PCjr keyboard. 3/12/93.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
--Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
Get as many investors as you can. Buy up as much bandwidth as you can. Resell that bandwidth to desperate major corporations who want to use it for their products.
You'll make a killing.
Millionaires represent humanity.
Millionaires represent humanity!
Millionaires represent humanity!!
Millionaires represent humanity!!!
oh yeah! 2+2=3
Is this another "public" project where they try to sell it as something that anyone can routinely use in the future -- then the project takes twice as long to make, and the only people who can fly on it are really really rich? I'm glad I help pay for all this, I really am.
yay! for absolutely nothing.
Umm, wouldn't an Ayn Rand's buisness model be something like: Be brilliant, make brilliant things, make brilliant things happen; be mocked; let the culture catch up in the form of a fad, be brilliant and make a lot of money; once the fad wears off, be broke; be mocked; be brilliant and broke and die crazy.
the end.
"So let me get this straight. The more you know, the less likely you are to get overtime?"
This will be inflate the lower and middle classes, while exaulting the upper-class. We won't need to be educated, we'll work at the saunas and clubs rich people go to. We'll just have to learn how to be pretty and nice.
Didn't state college seem a little too liberal in admitting people?