First, corporations outsource, and locals loss jobs/move to poorly salaried jobs.
They will have less spending power, and hence only able to afford cheap china branded imports etc.
Local businesses still employing expensive americans in manufacturing etc feels the heat since they just can't compete, so either they will go bust or outsource too.
More jobless.
The cycle continues.
Finally, one fine day China can just openly declare "we are going to take over Taiwan, be it by peaceful means or by force!" and when the US president then tries to say something out of his ass, every equipment in the military fails! OMG! Apparently all the military stuff is made in China too!
And USA got PWNED!
Ok ok, seriously that wouldn't really happen, but if outsourcing goes on, a lot of social unrest can arrise in the states..
"Even in this kind of technological Utopia (or more likely Distopia), the 'haves' (those who own and control the robots) will call the shots and the 'have nots' will suffer as ever."
But the have nots will always outnumber the haves by a huge margin right?
When too few people have too much, it is time for a riovolution!
" Any given piece of spam doesn't add a penny to my bill."
So are you trying to use mathematical induction on this?
1 piece of spam doesn't add a penny to my bill. So assume k pieces of spam doesn't add a penny to my bill.
Now I've got k+1 pieces of spam, since k pieces of spam costs me less than a penny, and so does that extra 1 piece of spam, it costs me nothing.
Anyway that's the dumbest argument I've ever heard. Spam costs time to process and deal with. Because of spam we still need to sieve through our spam folders to look for legit mail. So what if it doesn't add a penny? Your time is priceless!
Unless before entering the mall they made you sign a contract whereby you have to acknowledge to a list of prohibited items (including a laser pointer)...
Well, I'm doing this course for 'consumer's behaviour' this semester, and it seems like they believe that somewhere in the consumer's mind, there is a set of brands that they know about.. the awareness set.
Needless to say, before a customer can even consider their brand, they must get themselves into the awareness set of their target consumer's mind first. Usually through flashy advertisements and stuff, hopefully to get a place in the evoked set when the buying decision comes.. and bingo! Profit!
Of course, it may also backfire and land the product in the inept set as well, like the parent was saying.
Anyway, the more I learn... the more freaked out I am!
A corporation does not hope. It does not have a soul. If a corporation were made flesh and has a body, he'd be locked away as a psychopath!
Have said that, well, it is probably an calculated gamble, and why not? Just because a few losers lost doesn't mean they will all bend over and die.
Licensing = zero recurring cost price + unlimited profits.
Wonder why USA is producing nothing much nowadays? They've discovered da bomb and is trying to slug the rest of the world with it by trying to create 'compatible' laws everywhere!
Ok, what I'd really like to see is...... a VoIP phone that works with wifi! That would be the future as wireless network coverage gets better and better!
But it is probably unlikely to happen, with the current stranglehold on the mobile industry, they will do everything they can to protect their cash cow.
Before someone mod me down as -1 OT (well, my karma is already pretty bad, so who cares!), I'd like to share some extra Gmail invites that I've got, without getting my mailbox getting bombed, so just get the links from here:
With the bad economy, war on "terror", rising job demands, credit cards, debts.. well, you name it, America got it! It is really no wonder why life is getting more and more stressful!
On the bright side it is easier to get porn nowadays than anytime in history =)
"One place I worked made it policy that we could not have more that $50 in the till between midnight and 5 A.m."
Just curious, what's the point of operating through those hours anyway then?
You can make no more than 50 bux (not minusing the cost of your goods), plus you have to pay the clerk for 5 hours. Might as well just close the shop and save the trouble!
"If they do it publicly they can be sued for libel. I don't see what's wrong with falsely accusing somebody of something. And they certainly aren't perjuring themselves."
Is it ok to false accuse someone of something? What about loss of income/psychological anguish/stomach ulcers (resulting from the "lawsuit"/and what have yous?
Someone should take all these committers of perjury to court and shove their declaration made in good faith up their a$$, and dig out all that $$$ from their a$$e$!
Imagine the possibilities...
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What if they make a AAA sized version of the Portanuke?
Wow.. I can see it now, PDAs, tiny laptops, digital cameras, mp3 players.. all running for YEARS..... and the govt would probably have to increase funding on the sperm bank! Too many men fried their preciousessss when they keep their cellphone/PDA/iPod/whatever in their pants pocket!
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" I'm sure in 50 years time we'll still have enough nuclear weapons to turn all the important bits of China into glass if they should try anything."
I doubt china made nukes would work against china =)
I think this would spark off a downward trend.
First, corporations outsource, and locals loss jobs/move to poorly salaried jobs.
They will have less spending power, and hence only able to afford cheap china branded imports etc.
Local businesses still employing expensive americans in manufacturing etc feels the heat since they just can't compete, so either they will go bust or outsource too.
More jobless.
The cycle continues.
Finally, one fine day China can just openly declare "we are going to take over Taiwan, be it by peaceful means or by force!" and when the US president then tries to say something out of his ass, every equipment in the military fails! OMG! Apparently all the military stuff is made in China too!
And USA got PWNED!
Ok ok, seriously that wouldn't really happen, but if outsourcing goes on, a lot of social unrest can arrise in the states..
"...most of the jobs are helpdesk and programming so on 2nd thoughts..."
Well, I won't be so picky!
It is pretty hard to find jobs in SA you know?!
"How can he promise this while his administration is supporting the outsourcing of jobs to other countries?"
Well, a big govt needs to have a big secret service and plenty of FBI agents too!
After all who is going to arrest all those mp3 downloaders?!!
*ducks*
"Even in this kind of technological Utopia (or more likely Distopia), the 'haves' (those who own and control the robots) will call the shots and the 'have nots' will suffer as ever."
But the have nots will always outnumber the haves by a huge margin right?
When too few people have too much, it is time for a riovolution!
" Any given piece of spam doesn't add a penny to my bill."
So are you trying to use mathematical induction on this?
1 piece of spam doesn't add a penny to my bill.
So assume k pieces of spam doesn't add a penny to my bill.
Now I've got k+1 pieces of spam, since k pieces of spam costs me less than a penny, and so does that extra 1 piece of spam, it costs me nothing.
Anyway that's the dumbest argument I've ever heard. Spam costs time to process and deal with. Because of spam we still need to sieve through our spam folders to look for legit mail. So what if it doesn't add a penny? Your time is priceless!
" So IT workers in India are wearing shoes made in Indonesia. How is this good for the US economy, again?"
Ah, the ironies' of globalisation!
But Nike is an American company, no?
The buyer in India spend money on the Nike shoes, Nike pays the labourers in Indonesia, and pockets the difference.
Some share traded on the American stock market incrases in value, and Americans are happy.
I think that's because the request is submitted to the java communities responsible for java specifications?
If java would do it, it will probably become adapted by other languages too.
"Any technology that will prevent me from ever having to see or hear a tampon or yeast infection commercial ever again is fine by my book."
What? You are willing to sit before a telescreen naked?
**Telescreen® is a registered trademark in the book 1984 =)
"It's probably illegal"
:)
I don't see why it is illegal
Unless before entering the mall they made you sign a contract whereby you have to acknowledge to a list of prohibited items (including a laser pointer)...
"(see: RIAA member companies), then you'll find yourself in a bit of long term trouble."
You are being too idealistic. I don't see RIAA member corporations getting into trouble anytime in the forseeable future.
By the time they probably all "die" off, America would have been renamed "Oceania" for all I know.
Well, I'm doing this course for 'consumer's behaviour' this semester, and it seems like they believe that somewhere in the consumer's mind, there is a set of brands that they know about.. the awareness set.
Needless to say, before a customer can even consider their brand, they must get themselves into the awareness set of their target consumer's mind first. Usually through flashy advertisements and stuff, hopefully to get a place in the evoked set when the buying decision comes.. and bingo! Profit!
Of course, it may also backfire and land the product in the inept set as well, like the parent was saying.
Anyway, the more I learn... the more freaked out I am!
"move to female/male recognition (to better target ads)"
What about girls with small boobs and fat guys with male boobs?
*ducks*
"Next thing you know I'll have to change my eyes."
Can't you just wear sunglasses?
With UV protection and all, I'm pretty sure they can stop those pesky ads!
" It's about time they got a bittorrent server in space."
That's insane!
Do you have any idea how long it will take for traffic to go up to the space station and back down again?
*whistles*
"Why do companies even hope that it will?"
A corporation does not hope.
It does not have a soul.
If a corporation were made flesh and has a body, he'd be locked away as a psychopath!
Have said that, well, it is probably an calculated gamble, and why not? Just because a few losers lost doesn't mean they will all bend over and die.
Licensing = zero recurring cost price + unlimited profits.
Wonder why USA is producing nothing much nowadays? They've discovered da bomb and is trying to slug the rest of the world with it by trying to create 'compatible' laws everywhere!
Added another 4.. look at my sig for details.
Ok, what I'd really like to see is...... a VoIP phone that works with wifi! That would be the future as wireless network coverage gets better and better!
But it is probably unlikely to happen, with the current stranglehold on the mobile industry, they will do everything they can to protect their cash cow.
"Want to watch that Seinfeld episode with the toothbrush? You can pull it up only if you have all 100 or so hours of Seinfeld stored."
Not to be a flamebait, but isn't that what DVDs are for?
What makes the tivo any more legal than downloading divx files from kazaa, if that is the way it is going to be used?
Having said that, I don't support any XXAA at all. I don't watch TV nowadays, nor buy CDs.
I think gnome looks like macOS.
I like macOS.
My next machine will be a mac.
Before someone mod me down as -1 OT (well, my karma is already pretty bad, so who cares!), I'd like to share some extra Gmail invites that I've got, without getting my mailbox getting bombed, so just get the links from here:
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http://blah.infosynaptics.com/
Anyway back on topic, is it any surprise the stress levels are rising all the time? Wasn't it just hours ago when we had the other news article http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/04/12442
With the bad economy, war on "terror", rising job demands, credit cards, debts.. well, you name it, America got it! It is really no wonder why life is getting more and more stressful!
On the bright side it is easier to get porn nowadays than anytime in history =)
"One place I worked made it policy that we could not have more that $50 in the till between midnight and 5 A.m."
Just curious, what's the point of operating through those hours anyway then?
You can make no more than 50 bux (not minusing the cost of your goods), plus you have to pay the clerk for 5 hours. Might as well just close the shop and save the trouble!
"If they do it publicly they can be sued for libel. I don't see what's wrong with falsely accusing somebody of something. And they certainly aren't perjuring themselves."
Is it ok to false accuse someone of something? What about loss of income/psychological anguish/stomach ulcers (resulting from the "lawsuit"/and what have yous?
Someone should take all these committers of perjury to court and shove their declaration made in good faith up their a$$, and dig out all that $$$ from their a$$e$!
What if they make a AAA sized version of the Portanuke?
... and the govt would probably have to increase funding on the sperm bank! Too many men fried their preciousessss when they keep their cellphone/PDA/iPod/whatever in their pants pocket!
Wow.. I can see it now, PDAs, tiny laptops, digital cameras, mp3 players.. all running for YEARS..
So that's it??
:)
Any chance that "Wong", "Weng" and possibly "Wang" and many others are all really one person?
The department just create new names to make themselves look big
Then again, I seriously doubt it is meant to fix anything, it is just to create a new intermediatary so that we will have to end up paying them.
Constantly paying and paying, can't run away from it in Corporate Amerika!!
Hmmm... I'd see massive competition!
Every yahoo can now travel for cheap!