Sure this is fine for the garage bands, but it will never catch on with the "mainstream" bands. This is for one reason. No money.
Just as mp3.com used to be a great resource for me to find bands, the bigger artists tried to get in on it, but would never allow songs for download. Especially with the widespread adoption of "legit" music stores, I doubt this will catch on outside of indie groups (which is where I will continue to get my music).
If you have relatively similar options, such as a GM car vs. a Toyota car, you buy American. Otherwise, don't bitch about jobs going overseas. Obviously, this is a generalization, and not the best one, but you get my point. I see the benefit of outsourcing in the US, but my problem is that consumers see nothing from it. One example of a big problem I see is call centers going to India, and for that reason, I will not support companies doing that whenever I can. However, my abilities as a civil protester are a smidge limited.:)
It is cyclical. We need to stop insisting on lower price goods from overseas companies if we expect to keep jobs in out home country. To "answer the question" - companies should hire here if they expect consumers HERE to buy their goods. Don't take away my job then try to sell me a product made by my replacement.
You are so fucking wrong. No matter how much you justify your pay, it will never be as cheap to keep you on as to pay someone in India or Mexico 1/10 as much to do your work. When labor is that cheap, it is expendable - a line item on a budget. Mod me down for flaming, but ignorant posts like this piss me off...
Not to troll, but it is funny how an MIT professor challenges it, and all of a sudden, it is newsworthy.
That's not my point, though, as a relevant story is happening in Galesburg, IL with Maytag closing down its plant there to outsource jobs to Mexico. Many speakers appeared there, including Barack Obama, to denounce outsourcing.
As Barbara Cochran, head of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, notes, the press relies on satellite pictures constantly, to track everything from weather to war to population shifts.
Good to know that they would want to take away technology access that allowed people to evacuate before the hurricanes in Florida. Un-fucking-real.
Microsoft might as well let SenderID go open source. It would make their jobs easier. Less spam = less viruses = less need for frequent updates and less load on Hotmail servers. Am I wrong?
Rural areas tend to have a lot cheaper cost of living. Rural broadband can make it possible for IT jobs that might otherwise go to India/China to instead move to rural USA.
The cost of living, no matter how low in parts of the US, will always be MUCH higher than that of India. There is no way that we can compete with that outsourcing wave w/o government intervention. To say that this is a viable option is just silly. Such a move might cut the costs of IT jobs in half, or so. Moving them to India cuts them by a factor of 10.
Also, where are they supposed to live in rural America? Just because there are not a lot of houses does not mean the land isnt being used. Are they just supposed to crash with farmers??
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Hate to see the registration NYT would propose for it, though. :)
Just as mp3.com used to be a great resource for me to find bands, the bigger artists tried to get in on it, but would never allow songs for download. Especially with the widespread adoption of "legit" music stores, I doubt this will catch on outside of indie groups (which is where I will continue to get my music).
My fault...thought you were saying Konami didnt make any xbx games. :)
TI-89 + solver/roots function = roots of polynomial
No Konami games? Like Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance?
Worker 2:You forgot to press Up, Down, Up Down, Left, Right...
It's called a boat.
If you have relatively similar options, such as a GM car vs. a Toyota car, you buy American. Otherwise, don't bitch about jobs going overseas. Obviously, this is a generalization, and not the best one, but you get my point. I see the benefit of outsourcing in the US, but my problem is that consumers see nothing from it. One example of a big problem I see is call centers going to India, and for that reason, I will not support companies doing that whenever I can. However, my abilities as a civil protester are a smidge limited. :)
It is cyclical. We need to stop insisting on lower price goods from overseas companies if we expect to keep jobs in out home country. To "answer the question" - companies should hire here if they expect consumers HERE to buy their goods. Don't take away my job then try to sell me a product made by my replacement.
You are so fucking wrong. No matter how much you justify your pay, it will never be as cheap to keep you on as to pay someone in India or Mexico 1/10 as much to do your work. When labor is that cheap, it is expendable - a line item on a budget. Mod me down for flaming, but ignorant posts like this piss me off...
That's not my point, though, as a relevant story is happening in Galesburg, IL with Maytag closing down its plant there to outsource jobs to Mexico. Many speakers appeared there, including Barack Obama, to denounce outsourcing.
Argh you got me! Damn Jeopardy fscked up my lame joke attempts!!!
...and NO it is NOT because he has them all in front of him. :)
"Heh. Turd Ferguson. Funny name...heh." :)
"I'll take 'The Rapists for 500, Trebek!"
MAYBE.
As Barbara Cochran, head of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, notes, the press relies on satellite pictures constantly, to track everything from weather to war to population shifts.
Good to know that they would want to take away technology access that allowed people to evacuate before the hurricanes in Florida. Un-fucking-real.
sent invite...enjoy!
With the help of small digital video cameras, Mr. Torrone is modifying the Segway to automatically follow a pink ball.
:)
Better make sure you don't walk around the house naked or the Segway will chase your nutsack.
PalmOS and PocketPC are non-entities in the smartphone market
Non-entities? I'll give you PocketPC on that one, but the Treo600 (PalmOS) is THE hybrid that has brought smartphones to the mainstream.
Microsoft might as well let SenderID go open source. It would make their jobs easier. Less spam = less viruses = less need for frequent updates and less load on Hotmail servers. Am I wrong?
How the f*ck is the thing $800 without a PalmOS or PocketPC license? Might as well just get a Treo with some big SD cards...
Building the housing will take capital that defeats the purpose of this move. BTW, need a gmail invite? Leave an email address to send it to...
Rural areas tend to have a lot cheaper cost of living. Rural broadband can make it possible for IT jobs that might otherwise go to India/China to instead move to rural USA.
The cost of living, no matter how low in parts of the US, will always be MUCH higher than that of India. There is no way that we can compete with that outsourcing wave w/o government intervention. To say that this is a viable option is just silly. Such a move might cut the costs of IT jobs in half, or so. Moving them to India cuts them by a factor of 10.
Also, where are they supposed to live in rural America? Just because there are not a lot of houses does not mean the land isnt being used. Are they just supposed to crash with farmers??
English skills: worse
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