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  1. Re:Harming the local economy... on MIT Students Get an Education in Software Development · · Score: 0

    You sir are completely clueless,

    You must remember 1 American life is worth more then 10 million Indian lives.

    What is good for America is what is important.

    Our livlihood should never be undercut for those of India.

    Outsourcing to India does not equate to global equality, as they do not have the same fair labor laws that we do nor do they export anywhere near the same amount of work back.

    It's called the "race to the bottom", some companies are undercutting India now even in an attempt to find the most destitute people willing to work for the least amount to raise the difference between the Rich & Poor, while eliminating the Middle Class making the general lives of most citizens worse.

    I've seen the effects of this first hand, and very much have gained a hatred for these unfair trade practices where we give to them and they do not rescind, it's demolishing our economy.
    There was some hope that India & Pakistan would bomb each other into oblivion, but no such luck.

  2. Re:Not surprising really on Dell Moves Call Center Back to US · · Score: 0

    What area of the country are you hiring in?

    I'm looking currently.

  3. Re:Yuh Huh, Except on Congress Expands FBI Powers · · Score: 0

    Come now, all we have to do is say he's a terrorist and looks kind of muslimish and has a great uncle from Iraq named Sa' Damn

  4. Re:What you can do about it on Congress Expands FBI Powers · · Score: 0

    Hoorah!

    Pass me mine, I prefer something with a scope if you have it and a M1 tactical shotty for the closeness you occasionally need.

    Nothing like some buckshot down a congressional hallway to make room for the new guys.

    How about we call it the confederate states of America and introduce the true values that were once in this country primarily in the south?

    This time round Canada can play the role of the north so we can win :)

  5. Re:Four Boxes. Use them in the order specified. on Congress Expands FBI Powers · · Score: 0

    Our society can be changed (for better or for worse) through the use of four boxes. Soap, ballot, jury, and ammo.

    I like this idea, but take it a step further:
    1. Ballot & Jury to decide what groups to eliminate
    2. Ammo to load the tools for the job
    3. Soap to clean the blood off your hands

    A system that truly works together for maximum effeciency, and since we have to color in the boxes on the ballot I vote we chose the colored group to eliminate first.

  6. Re:What you can do about it on Congress Expands FBI Powers · · Score: 0

    v) If all else fails, vote with your feet. Canada is close by.

    Mind you getting a work permit there is not easy for americans, I'm voting more for Mexico... you can get "services" for fairly decent prices, think you need a medicine.. well you can buy the prescription and the bottle in the same place! Don't forget there's always tons of work for those of you who can shoot straight or know how to chrome things.

  7. Re:who can stop this? on Congress Expands FBI Powers · · Score: 0

    Amen to that, lincoln was a bastard of a president.

    If only the south had won....

  8. Re:fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you. on What's the Worst Job Posting You've Seen? · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have an accomplished resume and would like to seek a new opportunity, with experience in many sectors, willing to relocate... do you have an address I could send a copy of my resume to for consideration?

    PS: I salute your efforts of training new people in the US, I have 5+ years of business experience which I'm thankful for.

  9. Re:One essential bit... on Bombardier's Hot Wheel · · Score: 0

    I see this as more of a commuter lane only item, much as we have car pool lanes now.

    I for one would definately drive this to work daily in the summer, as to work all I need to carry is my lunch, and it'd be fuel efficient, especially if it was part of a commuter only lane that I could avoid most traffic headaches with to get home.

    It does look somewhat like a motorcycle but I for one majorly f'd up when I tried to ride a bike for the first time, something like this would make it easier as the computer is doing a lot of the balancing act for me.

  10. Re:Dammit we could use that money in better places on MPAA School Propaganda Program Examined · · Score: 0

    That math only works because she eats 1 out of every 3 children per year, thus giving more money to the remaining kids to fatten them up for next year.

  11. Re:Only a step from on MPAA School Propaganda Program Examined · · Score: 1, Interesting

    1950s Communist hunts become 2ks Filetrader hunts, ironic isn't it?

  12. Is this america? I think we should rename the USA on MPAA School Propaganda Program Examined · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The USA post facto of Sept. 11th has become a sespool of violating civil liberties, social programming, socialistic activities, mind control by corporations, and a general degredation of society.

    This is the next step in taking our ill educated children and brain washing them with corporate dribble.

    Our corporations plans:
    "Don't teach them their rights! Teach them what we think their rights should be then buy a few politicians, and show them our students who believe our message and they'll make it law.... yes.... excellent... excelllent..."

    If only I had tons of money to blow on huge campaigns to teach them about freedom, self expression, and their rights... oh wait I can't find a job hardly anymore in this economy... guess I'll lose in the end till this country comes burning down.

    Quick stock up on guns before you're programmed that they're bad... oh wait too late... quick before they make you register... oh shit they did that too... oh well I'll just wait to retire on social security... hrmm shit they robbed that too.

    Maybe I'll run to canada... nope can't work their either as can't get a work permit...
    Oh well there's alway suicide... shit thats illegal too.

    Back to work for the corporations who run our lives and our country. Remember smoking is bad ... here have a pack... when you get cancer we'll sell you insurance then deny your claim... we told you it was bad remember???

  13. Re:Capped fun on ISPs Experiment With Broadband Download Capping · · Score: 0

    Must be nice, for my digital cable / hbo & cinemax / cable internet, it's $120/mo here in cincinnati, oh

  14. Re:"...a top speed of 215MPH." on Microsoft Money Leads To Street-Legal Porsche 959s · · Score: 0

    Bah....

    Have you EVER ACTUALLY RACED AT SPEEDS OVER 130MPH???

    It's a huge adrenaline rush, like when I hit 142mph on the way to work racing some ass* on a motorcycle. Mind you I was in a Red 99 BMW M3 thats built to do those speeds, built to brake at those speeds, and is designed for those speeds.

    Real racers drive cars built for racing, not camrys.

    I agree the typical soccer mom has no need for a car that goes over 85mph. But I should have the right to a lane of the highway that I can go as fast as I like because I put the money to have a car that is safe for those speeds and the experience to drive at those speeds safely.

    My m3 handles 142mph just like it does 70mph... stable, solid, and adept.

    My gf's 2000 cougar (used to drive this pos), hit 135 like it was a major challenge and the whole car was inadequate and unsafe at those speeds.

    The m3 hits 142 like it's a cake walk.

  15. Re:Duh... on No Americans Need Apply · · Score: 0

    So why would we want workers to have "similar worker right as in the western world" when these benfits hurts american businesses and makes it impossible to compete with other countries?


    Maybe you would like your workers to have LIVES? Or be allowed to live as human beings and not slaves?

    I'm sorry but 40 hrs / week is too much time as is, then they want you working at least another 5 / wk for free when you're on salary for the priveledge of this job when the company has no responsibility to keep you in a job.

    It's everyone for themselves, I get no severance if I lose my job, hell getting unemployment is difficult. At my last job we wrongly fired a guy and it took over a year for him to get a dime of money from unemployment.

    The day a corporation treats me like a member of the family and a community is the day I'll bust my ass without question, but when they're going to try to ass rape me I gotta watch my own.

  16. Re:Balanced decisions anyone? on Why VoIP Makes Telecom Regulations Irrelevant · · Score: 0

    Problem is when you and all your neighbors use VOIP and the network goes out, you're all f'd.

    Lets just get fiber to everyones homes and put it all on one network so the terrorists can knock it all down and watch the eagles cry in HD TV... (sarcasim).

    I like the idea of fiber to everyones house and data just being packets but I see a problem of bandwith over time when everything hits the same network, talk about a real issue when you need real time systems, I definately think we need data seperated out into different networks, preferably 1 line into my house but the local provider splits the data off appropriately.

  17. Re:Video On Demand on The End of Physical Media · · Score: 0

    I would guess it loads the full mpeg into ram?

    Seems like the only easy way to do it, put it on boxes with massive amounts of ram, as you can read any section of the ram with 0 problems.

    It is impressive, but I'd rather have it saving the data to my tv recorder first so that as I watch it gets better for the forward / rewind.

  18. Re:Video On Demand on The End of Physical Media · · Score: 0

    I have to do it....

    "a perfectly clean/organized TV area is the sign of a sick, sick mind ;)"

    Monty Burns - "excellent.... excelllent...."

    muhahahahaha :)

  19. Re:Video On Demand on The End of Physical Media · · Score: 0

    Because if it was lifetime on demand then I wouldn't have to keep that huge collection of dvds, I could select them from a menu and fast forward / rewind with 0 issues :)

    No mess, no clutter, easy to sort / access, no more lost discs.

  20. Video On Demand on The End of Physical Media · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've used the on demand viewing for at home, but haven't been 100% happy with it.

    The whole pause, fast forward, etc... is laggy and inaccurate. I don't like it.

    I don't like only being able to watch it for 24 hours, give me lifetime viewing for 15$ then we're talking.

    As of right now it's just a waste of money as always.

  21. Re:how great an idea that would be. on Self-Parking Car Available In Japan · · Score: 0

    The real benefit would be to tie in the sensor of when it expires and the car that is parked there, thus causing a citation to bill them.

  22. Re:Sad, sad day... on 41 Million Sign Up for National Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 0

    It costs money here to NOT get listed in the friggin phone book.

    This pissed me off to no extent, it's extortion, buy a phone line from us... but if you don't give us more money people will call you constantly to annoy you... *evil grin on face of phone company*

  23. Protectionate / Isolation Schemes on Chinese Government to Use Only Local Software · · Score: 0

    This is why the USA needs to protect it's own as everyone else is preparing for WW3 and we're not protecting whats left of our economy at all.

    Throw out all H1B visas, put a huge tarriff / ban on importation of CS works from outside countries, etc...

    Point the nukes at China, last I checked we needed to cut back our numbers due to our treaties with Russia.

    Rebuild Russia to a huge superpower as it should be so that the world fears them and US Only.

  24. Re:ganecube needs the killer games on GameCube Production to Halt · · Score: 0

    Whats the link to frozen bubble? I want to see it :)

  25. Re:seriously screwed up action on Linking Dangerously · · Score: 0

    The definition of a terrorist will be invented on the fly by the US Gov at it's will, they can add your name to the list any time you like.

    We lost our rights to freedom... we lost our economy to WTO & Free Trade & Exploitation of minor countries, the only thing we have left is life itself... and life without liberty is death.

    "Give me liberty or give me death... right after you pry my gun from my cold dying hands... mother f'er"