"The unemployment figures do not take into account workers who are discouraged and stopped looking."
People don't get discouraged and stop looking for a job unless they are independently wealthy; people have to eat. The US government says a person is discouraged and has stopped looking when their unemployment benefits run out and they still don't have a job. US citizens are not counted as unemployed after their unemployment benefits run out (which is something like 9 months, IIRC).
Buying insurance would be cheap? How old are you? Besides, if you had insurance then the insurance company would sue the doctor instead of you. Would that be better? I don't think so, but the insurance company could probably get a better lawyer than you or I could.
Sure... If you consider getting a slice of pizza or a couple cookies after you give blood "selling for personal profit..." Have you ever donated blood?
"When you rely on free or low-cost products, you often get the shaft, and that, in my opinion, is exactly what governments are on track to get."
Bah! I've found that when you rely on expensive products you still often get the shaft. If you're going to get screwed anyway, you might as well save some money.
You had a Mac Plus when you were 7? You aren't old enough to get nostalgic yet!:)
I remember learning BASIC on a Commodore Pet, Logo on an Apple II, and assembly on a Commodore VIC-20. Around the time you were messing around with Hypercard on the Mac, ARexx was appearing on the Amiga scene, as I recall. It sticks in my memory because ARexx was often compared to Hypercard.
I wrote a program on the VIC-20 to keep track of subscribers on my paper route. I wonder if that's still on a cassette in my mom's attic? Did I ever get rid of that VIC-20, or is it collecting dust in a dark corner of mom's attic? You'll miss your memory when it goes!:)
Thunderbird 0.3 worked fine with the IMAP implementation of Sambar Server, but got broken in 0.4. It's not mentioned in the Release Notes, but 0.5 works great with Sambar's IMAP again. Woohoo! I can put LookOut back in the closet now!
I was under the impression that IP law already sucked in Australia. Is it possible that, as bad as US law is in that area, it's still an improvement over previous Australian rules?
I haven't tried satellite TV, but my Charter cable TV has gone out a couple times during inclement weather, and more often bad weather causes a deteriorated signal.
Doesn't cable TV get to regional offices via satellite and get sent from those offices to the customers by cable?
Hated or not, I think such "minor excitements" occur more often in countries other than the US. Think about Palestinian suicide bombers in Israel or IRA bombs in the UK (thankfully not so much in recent years).
I was surprised to see the Olds Delta 88 on the list, having never heard anyone b1tch about that particular vehicle. It turns out they just didn't like the 4-6-8 engine or the 5.7l diesel that were available in that car. Similarly, when they moan about the Vega it's because of the aluminum 4 bangers that came in it. Vegas were available with other engines, even small-block V8s. I once owned a Chevy Monza (Vega with different sheetmetal) with a V8 and have many fond memories of it. It *was* a piece of crap, but mostly because of modifications and mistreatment by the previous owner, not because of anything the factory did or didn't do.
speakeasy.net has never complained to me about being a bandwidth hog, but then again, my connection is only 608/128, so it'd probably be pretty hard for me to stress their network.
> What value to the country does an 'industry' have if they send all > the jobs away? Some tax bucks, sure, but a company with jobs is > much more valuable to the country.
It seems to me that most communities offer significant tax breaks in an attempt to attract industry that will create jobs. So, we give up tax revenue in return for jobs, but those jobs get outsourced. What do we get out of the deal?
This outsourcing game is one we can't win until we are the cheapest labor in the world. And who would consider that a victory?
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"The unemployment figures do not take into account workers who are discouraged and stopped looking."
People don't get discouraged and stop looking for a job unless they are independently wealthy; people have to eat. The US government says a person is discouraged and has stopped looking when their unemployment benefits run out and they still don't have a job. US citizens are not counted as unemployed after their unemployment benefits run out (which is something like 9 months, IIRC).
Buying insurance would be cheap? How old are you? Besides, if you had insurance then the insurance company would sue the doctor instead of you. Would that be better? I don't think so, but the insurance company could probably get a better lawyer than you or I could.
Sure... If you consider getting a slice of pizza or a couple cookies after you give blood "selling for personal profit..." Have you ever donated blood?
"When you rely on free or low-cost products, you often get the shaft, and that, in my opinion, is exactly what governments are on track to get."
Bah! I've found that when you rely on expensive products you still often get the shaft. If you're going to get screwed anyway, you might as well save some money.
...and I didn't like Sitefinder! Please, Verisign, don't bring it back!
You had a Mac Plus when you were 7? You aren't old enough to get nostalgic yet! :)
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I remember learning BASIC on a Commodore Pet, Logo on an Apple II, and assembly on a Commodore VIC-20. Around the time you were messing around with Hypercard on the Mac, ARexx was appearing on the Amiga scene, as I recall. It sticks in my memory because ARexx was often compared to Hypercard.
I wrote a program on the VIC-20 to keep track of subscribers on my paper route. I wonder if that's still on a cassette in my mom's attic? Did I ever get rid of that VIC-20, or is it collecting dust in a dark corner of mom's attic? You'll miss your memory when it goes!
Thunderbird 0.3 worked fine with the IMAP implementation of Sambar Server, but got broken in 0.4. It's not mentioned in the Release Notes, but 0.5 works great with Sambar's IMAP again. Woohoo! I can put LookOut back in the closet now!
I was under the impression that IP law already sucked in Australia. Is it possible that, as bad as US law is in that area, it's still an improvement over previous Australian rules?
I'm not paying more for a car that has yet more crap I don't need! Extra weight, extra complexity, extra cost... You (not /. I love /.) can keep it!
Counterfeiters get the coolest printers/scanners/image-editing software.
It'll all blow over in a year or two.
I haven't tried satellite TV, but my Charter cable TV has gone out a couple times during inclement weather, and more often bad weather causes a deteriorated signal.
Doesn't cable TV get to regional offices via satellite and get sent from those offices to the customers by cable?
I think you're talking about CoIntelPro here. It's certainly not a very noble piece of US history.
Hated or not, I think such "minor excitements" occur more often in countries other than the US. Think about Palestinian suicide bombers in Israel or IRA bombs in the UK (thankfully not so much in recent years).
I don't think it's been proven yet that the US can get away with that, either.
On the other hand, how would the world respond if China were the one to steamroll through Iraq? Could even the US stop them?
Yes, we all know that there are two different games in the world that are called football. Get over it.
I don't think I've seen that one before. Thanks for the link!
Well then, quit worrying; this film will have Mos Def!
Didn't Tina Turner sing "I'm your private distro?"
I was surprised to see the Olds Delta 88 on the list, having never heard anyone b1tch about that particular vehicle. It turns out they just didn't like the 4-6-8 engine or the 5.7l diesel that were available in that car. Similarly, when they moan about the Vega it's because of the aluminum 4 bangers that came in it. Vegas were available with other engines, even small-block V8s. I once owned a Chevy Monza (Vega with different sheetmetal) with a V8 and have many fond memories of it. It *was* a piece of crap, but mostly because of modifications and mistreatment by the previous owner, not because of anything the factory did or didn't do.
The Republicans also wrote the recent Bagle virus (trojan?). :)
Ah, HP/Compaq, champions of offshoring jobs...
speakeasy.net has never complained to me about being a bandwidth hog, but then again, my connection is only 608/128, so it'd probably be pretty hard for me to stress their network.
[quote]'There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore,' Carly Fiorina, chief executive for Hewlett-Packard Co., said Wednesday.[/quote]
There is no industry that is corporate America's $deity-given right anymore.
> What value to the country does an 'industry' have if they send all
> the jobs away? Some tax bucks, sure, but a company with jobs is
> much more valuable to the country.
It seems to me that most communities offer significant tax breaks in an attempt to attract industry that will create jobs. So, we give up tax revenue in return for jobs, but those jobs get outsourced. What do we get out of the deal?
This outsourcing game is one we can't win until we are the cheapest labor in the world. And who would consider that a victory?