Files, you know, like what you put in cabinets. And there were folders too, and it made sense. Then Macintosh came along and, in order to make their mark in the world, we stopped talking about files and started talking about Resources.
Don't you have this a little backwards? It wasn't until the Macintosh that we started calling them "folders." Before that, they were "directories."
If your company is so weak that it can be "driven into the ground" by a union, then you have much bigger problems than the union. And, by the way, the teacher's union and autoworker's unions are red herrings. Neither is responsible for the the failure of the car industry or education. The problems those industries are facing are a result of the failure of administration and management.
Unionized workers, of course. Haven't you heard about the troubles of American auto makers?
Yes, I have, and it has nothing to do with unionized workers. It has to do with mismanagement and less than compelling products.
As for your original question, the cost of American-produced goods involves many more factors than the cost of labor. So, even if you "got rid of the unions", American goods would still cost significantly more than Chinese.
Here's a thought: we get rid of the union
So, you propose to eliminate freedom of assembly?
and let's see if America looks like a good place to build a productive workforce.
Yes, how a display feels is critically important because I'm touching it all the time. Except that I never touch it, as I have a strict "don't put your greasy fingers anywhere near my display, you mouth breathing moron" policy.
One of the things he critiques is the notion of files that need to read and written. That is not how people expect things to happen.
So, how do people "expect things to happen" when it comes to computers? The whole statement seems bizarre to me, because people never expected computers to happen in the first place.
The unions that preach the BS are driving companies into the ground. It's no wonder they outsource.
The unions are driving companies into the ground? What utter nonsense. The management is responsible for a company. Unions don't run companies or have anything to do with the management of them.
Last time I checked, there are plenty of companies that are failing that are not unionized at all. Is it the union's fault that those companies are failing?
To be fair countries that have lower wages also have lower costs of living so it balances out.
No it doesn't. When you come back home, you'll be totally broke, because the money you earned overseas is almost worthless.
This is why Polish people can come to the UK and live and send what would be considered a decent amount of cash back home.
You've just described the opposite situation! Of course it makes sense for people from poorer countries to go work in wealthier countries. But that's not the situation being discussed here.
Actually, left and right wings are used in today's American politics to describe opposing sides of ideology.
GOSH really!? My point is that it's used in a completely meaningless way. Can you tell me exactly and succinctly what the terms mean?
Political ideologies are much more complex than a simple left/right split, and many of today's "right wing" have things in common with what is traditionally the "left wing" and vice versa.
I've since started purchasing disc copies of the games I've already had the misfortune of getting from Steam when I can find them cheap and I don't bother with seeing anything else that is available.
So, you've rewarded companies for including DRM. If they didn't put DRM in, they would have only sold one copy to you. Why didn't you just contact Steam technical support?
Because it's not obsolete. Any more than the Right Wing is considered obsolete by the Left.
But they are both obsolete. "left wing" and "right wing" are terms based on the seating of the French parliament, and have no relevance to today's politics.
Your comment above shows the uselessness. The terms only matter to people who embrace those terms for themselves. And very few people do that. politics is a lot more complicated than two factions.
Nice change of parameters. First it was "evil". Suddenly, it's "evil or incompetent". I've never met anyone who wasn't fairly far out on the Left who thought Bush was evil. I've met a few others who thought he was incompetent, but I've never actually heard any real evidence.
Well, I've met people from both sides of the spectrum who think he's evil. Again, your false dichotomy of left and right is showing.
Again, why do you use these terms? What do you mean by them?
Some of them are just incredible works of comic art. Monty Python, Black Adder, the original HHGG, Fry & Laurie, The Office, and Spaced come to mind.
Which were all... a bit campy, a bit odd, and not for everyone.
For example, Absolutely Fabulous, and Are You Being Served?. Red Dwarf to me, lies somewhere in the middle.
Ab Fab had some hilarious episodes, the chemistry between Saunders and Lumley was great. It was very much of its time though, the little bubbles and echoes of social change in 1990s Britain.
For all you dupes who thought Obama was the Messiah who was going to sweep in and heal the federal government with one touch of his blessed hand, get over it.
And who would it be that believes that? Artie McStrawman?
I don't think Bush was as evil as the left made him out to be.
"The left"? Seriously? Why do you use that term, when it's been obsolete for decades? Also, it's not just "the left" who think Bush was evil or incompetent, it is people of all political persuasions.
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I was really looking forward to charging my electric SUV via USB. Now my hopes are dashed!
Files, you know, like what you put in cabinets. And there were folders too, and it made sense. Then Macintosh came along and, in order to make their mark in the world, we stopped talking about files and started talking about Resources.
Don't you have this a little backwards? It wasn't until the Macintosh that we started calling them "folders." Before that, they were "directories."
If your company is so weak that it can be "driven into the ground" by a union, then you have much bigger problems than the union. And, by the way, the teacher's union and autoworker's unions are red herrings. Neither is responsible for the the failure of the car industry or education. The problems those industries are facing are a result of the failure of administration and management.
Unionized workers, of course. Haven't you heard about the troubles of American auto makers?
Yes, I have, and it has nothing to do with unionized workers. It has to do with mismanagement and less than compelling products.
As for your original question, the cost of American-produced goods involves many more factors than the cost of labor. So, even if you "got rid of the unions", American goods would still cost significantly more than Chinese.
Here's a thought: we get rid of the union
So, you propose to eliminate freedom of assembly?
and let's see if America looks like a good place to build a productive workforce.
It would certainly look a lot more like fascism.
What matters is how the display looks and feel
Yes, how a display feels is critically important because I'm touching it all the time. Except that I never touch it, as I have a strict "don't put your greasy fingers anywhere near my display, you mouth breathing moron" policy.
And for that, here is the obligatory link to 100fps.com [100fps.com]
My god, that was painful. I hope that whoever wrote that wakes up to find that his house has been invaded by 100 Grammar Nazis per second.
One of the things he critiques is the notion of files that need to read and written. That is not how people expect things to happen.
So, how do people "expect things to happen" when it comes to computers? The whole statement seems bizarre to me, because people never expected computers to happen in the first place.
The unions that preach the BS are driving companies into the ground. It's no wonder they outsource.
The unions are driving companies into the ground? What utter nonsense. The management is responsible for a company. Unions don't run companies or have anything to do with the management of them.
Last time I checked, there are plenty of companies that are failing that are not unionized at all. Is it the union's fault that those companies are failing?
This is the FREE MARKET doing what it does best.
Yes. Fuck people over. If this is what the free market is best at, then maybe we should rethink the idea?
If certain employees' salaries weren't so outrageously high, would American-made products really be that much more expensive ?
Yes, they would. And who are these "certain employees"?
To be fair countries that have lower wages also have lower costs of living so it balances out.
No it doesn't. When you come back home, you'll be totally broke, because the money you earned overseas is almost worthless.
This is why Polish people can come to the UK and live and send what would be considered a decent amount of cash back home.
You've just described the opposite situation! Of course it makes sense for people from poorer countries to go work in wealthier countries. But that's not the situation being discussed here.
I dream a day when all my furniture is computers....
Well, good news then. Ballmer has a prototype big-ass chair to go with the big-ass table.
Actually, left and right wings are used in today's American politics to describe opposing sides of ideology.
GOSH really!? My point is that it's used in a completely meaningless way. Can you tell me exactly and succinctly what the terms mean?
Political ideologies are much more complex than a simple left/right split, and many of today's "right wing" have things in common with what is traditionally the "left wing" and vice versa.
And then we're back at where we are now with CD's and DVD's.
Exactly.
Well, the money has the king's picture on it, and the caddies were horrified that his image had been placed on the ground.
But they're just fine with him being in your pants?
Now the interesting question is: How many of those mistakes ago, did people start refusing to buy anything with DRM?
Errrrr, what? People are still buying DRMed material in droves.
With a plug-n-play dongle: you don't need to install;
You want to run a game from a slow, cheap-ass flash drive? I don't think so.
I've since started purchasing disc copies of the games I've already had the misfortune of getting from Steam when I can find them cheap and I don't bother with seeing anything else that is available.
So, you've rewarded companies for including DRM. If they didn't put DRM in, they would have only sold one copy to you. Why didn't you just contact Steam technical support?
Because it's not obsolete. Any more than the Right Wing is considered obsolete by the Left.
But they are both obsolete. "left wing" and "right wing" are terms based on the seating of the French parliament, and have no relevance to today's politics.
Your comment above shows the uselessness. The terms only matter to people who embrace those terms for themselves. And very few people do that. politics is a lot more complicated than two factions.
Nice change of parameters. First it was "evil". Suddenly, it's "evil or incompetent". I've never met anyone who wasn't fairly far out on the Left who thought Bush was evil. I've met a few others who thought he was incompetent, but I've never actually heard any real evidence.
Well, I've met people from both sides of the spectrum who think he's evil. Again, your false dichotomy of left and right is showing.
Again, why do you use these terms? What do you mean by them?
Ahhh, no problem. I often play the role of dick. And I also think low-budget productions are great, but it's a relative term.
In an NBC promo for Red Dwarf USA, the Cat was recast as a tall, blonde white woman.
Some of them are just incredible works of comic art. Monty Python, Black Adder, the original HHGG, Fry & Laurie, The Office, and Spaced come to mind.
Which were all... a bit campy, a bit odd, and not for everyone.
For example, Absolutely Fabulous, and Are You Being Served?. Red Dwarf to me, lies somewhere in the middle.
Ab Fab had some hilarious episodes, the chemistry between Saunders and Lumley was great. It was very much of its time though, the little bubbles and echoes of social change in 1990s Britain.
That's easy. Just wait until you get dementia. Maybe there's some way you can encourage it along.
For all you dupes who thought Obama was the Messiah who was going to sweep in and heal the federal government with one touch of his blessed hand, get over it.
And who would it be that believes that? Artie McStrawman?
I don't think Bush was as evil as the left made him out to be.
"The left"? Seriously? Why do you use that term, when it's been obsolete for decades? Also, it's not just "the left" who think Bush was evil or incompetent, it is people of all political persuasions.