It does if they lower their wages 15%. IBM isn't stupid... They were paid that high because they were worth it. Now they are worth the same amount and get paid the same amount... Nothing has really changed except the enforced labor.
A cult -is- a religion, even the dictionary says so. It's on the 'connotations' that people have that make it any different than religion, and those vary according to who you talk to.
Also, you've neglected to mention the time when Christianity was also a 'cult' by your own definition. They read the bible in church in the original language, despite the fact that none of the lower members understood it. They definitely attacked all other beliefs, locked people up, used any possible means, etc.
Do you understand that nothing is free? That the money they now pay for overtime has to come from somewhere? It's not going to come from the customers, it's going to come from payroll. IBM has managed to make sure nothing has changed as far as everyone else in the world is concerned. Only those who are eligible for overtime, most of which are the people who brought this lawsuit, are affected.
Let me make this clear: Wages have not changed as far as IBM is concerned. It is paying exactly the same amount as always.
There is no reason for them to change their contract prices.
Where did they think that money was going to come from? That IBM would suddenly have that much extra money to throw around?
Personally, if it were me, I'd be happy about the change. Less guaranteed money, but for quite a while I've wished I could work -less- than 40 hours a week, even if it meant a pay cut. SO much other stuff I want to experiment with and no time to do it. So to have that overtime on the books instead of just being expected...
I'd guess many of these people will find newhires in their departments and 40hr/wk jobs again, too.
There are some who only lose in this story, though... The 1/3 of the affected workers who were -not- working overtime and were not involved in this lawsuit. They get paycuts anyhow. I can imagine how nice the workplace will be for the next year... Assuming any of those 1/3 stay. I sure wouldn't in their shoes.
But I have to ask: Why the hell do you continue to pay them if you are -so- unhappy with them? Seems to me your time and money might be better spent elsewhere while they wake up and realize they can't dick people around simply because they don't live in the US. Of course, they'd realize this a -lot- sooner if people would quit throwing money at them despite the bad service.
The company I work for deals directly with customers a lot. At least 1 person has been fired for their inability (I assume it was not unwillingness, after all the talks and customer complaints over a -year-) to communicate properly via email.
Intra-office communication is a little more lax, but the basic etiquette rules are always followed.
The problem is not the employees but the employers. If they don't want proper etiquette, there's nothing you can do about it. If they do, they have been very lax and may just not see the problem any more. In the end, it's in their hands, not yours.
You seem to have missed his "rape you for a land-line" comment. There aren't many situations left where a landline is cheaper than a cellphone. It's sad, but true.
Of course, were I in that situation, I'd just get a Skype phone instead, but that's a whole other story.
I agree, it's a -lot- closer to a copyright symbol than a phone. They seem to be so determined to make it look like something that they miss the obvious.
Even if you did calculate that, most of which will be pennies because we're talking about millions of pallets, not just hundreds, they're still way over-charging.
So you think it's fair to charge $2 to slap a $.20 RFID tag on a pallet? As far as I can tell, this is not 1 RFID per item, it's 1 per pallet. It is -only- used to track shipments, not individual products.
Also bear in mind that just because the RFID says there's 200 widgets on that pallet doesn't mean there actually is. Walmart still has to verify that.
Let's say a warehouse employee makes $18/hr. (They make less, I'm sure, but it makes the math easy.) $.20 goes to the cost of the tag, and $1.80 goes to the cost of putting the tag on. This means that it takes 6 minutes (1/10th of an hour) to tag a pallet? If it took 3 minutes, I'd be very surprised. That employee should be able to tag 1 pallet per minute, easily. Remember, he doesn't have to actually COUNT the product, since even the tagged ones still need to be counted. He just needs to read the manifest and enter it into the computer, and slap the RFID tag on.
And yes, this is only the 1 warehouse... For now. If you really think they won't do this to the others soon, and then the Walmart ones, you've got another think coming. TFA even says they've mandated it by 2010.
Last I checked, Unions aren't free. You have to pay to join one because it costs money to run. Let's not even get into the lawyers' fees to protect this 'intellectual property' via the Union.
It used to just annoy me until someone suggested I should actually go take a hike instead of playing games. Not like 'get lost, loser' but actually take a hike. Like that's somehow better for -anyone- if I do. That's when I realized that entertainment is entertainment, no matter what the form. (Assuming it doesn't actively hurt others, of course.) Why should some hiker feel special because he hikes instead of playing video games?
FWIW: I played D&D twice and found both groups to be complete morons. (I know there are non-moron D&D players out there, but I have yet to actually see them play.) I played WoW for about 2 months before I got bored of it. I'm a gamer, but I can't stand to sit in front of the same game for months at a time grinding. The game has to be interesting, not just a time-sink.
I'm just bloody sick of people getting all high and mighty because they don't play games, and then going and sitting in front of the TV and watching Friends or football.
To everyone saying "Get a Life": What have you done lately that's worth a shit? This doesn't apply to anyone who didn't say it, by the way. Only those who think they are so special that they can tell others to 'get a life'.
I'll give you a hint of things that aren't worth a shit: Playing video games, playing real life sports, drinking, partying, watching tv, watching sports, upgrading your car, buying new toys, buying a new car, hiking, camping, getting married, having a baby, buying a house, and much more..
In fact, anything that doesn't improve the life of the world in general, you can pretty much put in the 'not worth a shit' category.
That seems harsh at first, but playing WoW is how these people have fun, and everything listed above is how other people have fun. Unless you've donated significant money to charity, donated your time to charity, cured a disease, or otherwise improved the world in general, you have no business acting all high and mighty.
Do I claim to fit in the 'worth a shit' category? Not at all. But I don't go telling others how to have fun, either.
Despite what the dictionary says, I (and most people that I know) only consider it a 'lie' if there was deliberate intent to deceive and the statement was not true. Saying something that is false, but you believe to be true, is not deliberate.
These robots don't 'think', so it's very hard for me to believe they have intent -at all-. They are simply doing what they are programmed to, even if they are self-programmed via a genetic algorithm.
Read the whole thing again. They gave it 30 'genes' that determine what it does. The 4th colony apparently managed to end up with a combination of genes that 'lie'. This is not impossible, and can happen without external influence.
Notice that they are in the 50th generation. That's 49 dead generations of robot that had to compete or work together for 'food' and avoiding 'poison'. It doesn't surprise me at all that one of the 4 colonies ended up with extremely competitive genes.
For v3 versus v2, the only question is: Are you worried that someone will use your application on a piece of proprietary hardware and not let users upgrade it unofficially?
I'm a BSD-license person myself, but if I were worried about making companies give back improvements, I'd be going with GPL v3 with the 'any later version' clause. It really does protect the users as much as is currently possible.
It's never managed to connect for me and usually comes back as a read failure right away, so I figured it must be me. (Despite my private domain Google Talk accounts and all.)
I'll just let this go for now and maybe they'll realize people are interested and get serious about this.
I was trying to get this to work with Pidgin and my AIM account earlier today but never managed to. Has anyone made it work, or would you list the settings for it?
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No, you're missing the point.
IT WAS ALREADY CALCULATED INTO THE COST.
Nothing has changed for IBM.
If you think profits are 'extra money to throw around', I seriously hope you never get a management position.
It does if they lower their wages 15%. IBM isn't stupid... They were paid that high because they were worth it. Now they are worth the same amount and get paid the same amount... Nothing has really changed except the enforced labor.
So you get to make up your own definition now, eh?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cult
A cult -is- a religion, even the dictionary says so. It's on the 'connotations' that people have that make it any different than religion, and those vary according to who you talk to.
Also, you've neglected to mention the time when Christianity was also a 'cult' by your own definition. They read the bible in church in the original language, despite the fact that none of the lower members understood it. They definitely attacked all other beliefs, locked people up, used any possible means, etc.
Do you understand that nothing is free? That the money they now pay for overtime has to come from somewhere? It's not going to come from the customers, it's going to come from payroll. IBM has managed to make sure nothing has changed as far as everyone else in the world is concerned. Only those who are eligible for overtime, most of which are the people who brought this lawsuit, are affected.
Let me make this clear: Wages have not changed as far as IBM is concerned. It is paying exactly the same amount as always.
There is no reason for them to change their contract prices.
Where did they think that money was going to come from? That IBM would suddenly have that much extra money to throw around?
Personally, if it were me, I'd be happy about the change. Less guaranteed money, but for quite a while I've wished I could work -less- than 40 hours a week, even if it meant a pay cut. SO much other stuff I want to experiment with and no time to do it. So to have that overtime on the books instead of just being expected...
I'd guess many of these people will find newhires in their departments and 40hr/wk jobs again, too.
There are some who only lose in this story, though... The 1/3 of the affected workers who were -not- working overtime and were not involved in this lawsuit. They get paycuts anyhow. I can imagine how nice the workplace will be for the next year... Assuming any of those 1/3 stay. I sure wouldn't in their shoes.
That's crazy. Just crazy enough to work.
Actually, I think it sounds like a great idea... I wish I had the parts and time to try things like that.
Potential issue: Dust, fingerprints, etc... Wouldn't they also cause the same effect?
Maybe there's a material that causes IR light (or even all light) to reflect (or reflect differently) in an area where force is applied?
Correct. It was announced in 2001 and launched in 2004. TFA even says 2004.
You have no idea what he was talking about, obviously.
Setting the admin password has nothing at all to do with WEP, WPA, or anything else used to keep people off your private WiFi.
I like my 360 and I'm happy with it.
But I have to ask: Why the hell do you continue to pay them if you are -so- unhappy with them? Seems to me your time and money might be better spent elsewhere while they wake up and realize they can't dick people around simply because they don't live in the US. Of course, they'd realize this a -lot- sooner if people would quit throwing money at them despite the bad service.
The company I work for deals directly with customers a lot. At least 1 person has been fired for their inability (I assume it was not unwillingness, after all the talks and customer complaints over a -year-) to communicate properly via email.
Intra-office communication is a little more lax, but the basic etiquette rules are always followed.
The problem is not the employees but the employers. If they don't want proper etiquette, there's nothing you can do about it. If they do, they have been very lax and may just not see the problem any more. In the end, it's in their hands, not yours.
You seem to have missed his "rape you for a land-line" comment. There aren't many situations left where a landline is cheaper than a cellphone. It's sad, but true.
Of course, were I in that situation, I'd just get a Skype phone instead, but that's a whole other story.
"Properly written ASP.NET sites work properly in ALL browsers"
I think you had it right there. Their app -isn't- properly written. It's too late now, though... They can't magically make it right over night.
Of course, my first thought when I saw the post was "Well, guess you'll get around to fixing it now, huh?"
I agree, it's a -lot- closer to a copyright symbol than a phone. They seem to be so determined to make it look like something that they miss the obvious.
Even if you did calculate that, most of which will be pennies because we're talking about millions of pallets, not just hundreds, they're still way over-charging.
So you think it's fair to charge $2 to slap a $.20 RFID tag on a pallet? As far as I can tell, this is not 1 RFID per item, it's 1 per pallet. It is -only- used to track shipments, not individual products.
Also bear in mind that just because the RFID says there's 200 widgets on that pallet doesn't mean there actually is. Walmart still has to verify that.
Let's say a warehouse employee makes $18/hr. (They make less, I'm sure, but it makes the math easy.) $.20 goes to the cost of the tag, and $1.80 goes to the cost of putting the tag on. This means that it takes 6 minutes (1/10th of an hour) to tag a pallet? If it took 3 minutes, I'd be very surprised. That employee should be able to tag 1 pallet per minute, easily. Remember, he doesn't have to actually COUNT the product, since even the tagged ones still need to be counted. He just needs to read the manifest and enter it into the computer, and slap the RFID tag on.
And yes, this is only the 1 warehouse... For now. If you really think they won't do this to the others soon, and then the Walmart ones, you've got another think coming. TFA even says they've mandated it by 2010.
Last I checked, Unions aren't free. You have to pay to join one because it costs money to run. Let's not even get into the lawyers' fees to protect this 'intellectual property' via the Union.
It used to just annoy me until someone suggested I should actually go take a hike instead of playing games. Not like 'get lost, loser' but actually take a hike. Like that's somehow better for -anyone- if I do. That's when I realized that entertainment is entertainment, no matter what the form. (Assuming it doesn't actively hurt others, of course.) Why should some hiker feel special because he hikes instead of playing video games?
FWIW: I played D&D twice and found both groups to be complete morons. (I know there are non-moron D&D players out there, but I have yet to actually see them play.) I played WoW for about 2 months before I got bored of it. I'm a gamer, but I can't stand to sit in front of the same game for months at a time grinding. The game has to be interesting, not just a time-sink.
I'm just bloody sick of people getting all high and mighty because they don't play games, and then going and sitting in front of the TV and watching Friends or football.
And anything else on that list is better? Sorry, but it's not.
To everyone saying "Get a Life": What have you done lately that's worth a shit? This doesn't apply to anyone who didn't say it, by the way. Only those who think they are so special that they can tell others to 'get a life'.
I'll give you a hint of things that aren't worth a shit: Playing video games, playing real life sports, drinking, partying, watching tv, watching sports, upgrading your car, buying new toys, buying a new car, hiking, camping, getting married, having a baby, buying a house, and much more..
In fact, anything that doesn't improve the life of the world in general, you can pretty much put in the 'not worth a shit' category.
That seems harsh at first, but playing WoW is how these people have fun, and everything listed above is how other people have fun. Unless you've donated significant money to charity, donated your time to charity, cured a disease, or otherwise improved the world in general, you have no business acting all high and mighty.
Do I claim to fit in the 'worth a shit' category? Not at all. But I don't go telling others how to have fun, either.
Despite what the dictionary says, I (and most people that I know) only consider it a 'lie' if there was deliberate intent to deceive and the statement was not true. Saying something that is false, but you believe to be true, is not deliberate.
These robots don't 'think', so it's very hard for me to believe they have intent -at all-. They are simply doing what they are programmed to, even if they are self-programmed via a genetic algorithm.
Read the whole thing again. They gave it 30 'genes' that determine what it does. The 4th colony apparently managed to end up with a combination of genes that 'lie'. This is not impossible, and can happen without external influence.
Notice that they are in the 50th generation. That's 49 dead generations of robot that had to compete or work together for 'food' and avoiding 'poison'. It doesn't surprise me at all that one of the 4 colonies ended up with extremely competitive genes.
For v3 versus v2, the only question is: Are you worried that someone will use your application on a piece of proprietary hardware and not let users upgrade it unofficially?
I'm a BSD-license person myself, but if I were worried about making companies give back improvements, I'd be going with GPL v3 with the 'any later version' clause. It really does protect the users as much as is currently possible.
It's never managed to connect for me and usually comes back as a read failure right away, so I figured it must be me. (Despite my private domain Google Talk accounts and all.)
I'll just let this go for now and maybe they'll realize people are interested and get serious about this.
Thanks.
I was trying to get this to work with Pidgin and my AIM account earlier today but never managed to. Has anyone made it work, or would you list the settings for it?
Thanks