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  1. Which is it? on Ask Slashdot: What Would It Take For Developers To Start Their Own Union? · · Score: 2

    It seems there are two camps of people that are anti-union:
    1) Those who currently make a lot of money and have other jobs lined up for them
    2) Those who work for companies that would immediately outsource at the sign of unionization

    If I was working at workplace 2, I would defiantly be looking for a job offered to the people at workplace 1, because its only a matter of time before the job outsourced. Union wages aren't what's driving outsourcing, its American wages.

  2. Union Talk on Cringley: H-1B Visa Abuse Limits Wages and Steals US Jobs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This sounds like union talk as they are against H-1B visas. Unions are bad therefore H-1B visas must be good. Remember, if you don't want to get paid the same wage as an H-1B then get another job as there is somebody else in line!!

  3. Re:Lost Revenues on WW2 Vet Sent 300,000 Pirated DVDs To Troops In Iraq, Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    Sir, you are obviously using that science math.

  4. Apples and Oranges on Does Higher Health Care Spending Lead To Better Patient Outcomes? · · Score: 1

    The Province of Ontario is rather large and mostly rural. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the higher spending hospitals are located on University Avenue aka Hospital Alley in the largest city in the country, Toronto. It also wouldn't surprise me if it's also the highest spending area in medical research for the country. Most hospitals in the area have also have affiliate ties with the University of Toronto (hence University Avenue) which brings in more research money.

  5. Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action on Counterterrorism Agents Were Told They Could Suspend the Law · · Score: 4, Funny

    The group "Asians" include a heck of a lot of cultures and countries. The only two that will typically bow are Koreans and Japanese. Good luck getting somebody from China to bow. Its like thinking all Canadians live in igloos.

  6. Re:Oblig: FTP on SFPD Breathalyzer Mistake Puts Hundreds of DUI Convictions In Doubt · · Score: 1

    Here It is exactly the same penalty as a DUI over legal limit.

    Consequences of Drinking and Driving

  7. Re:Oblig: FTP on SFPD Breathalyzer Mistake Puts Hundreds of DUI Convictions In Doubt · · Score: 0

    Not where I live:
    Other Ways to Loose Your License
    "If you fail or refuse to provide a breath sample or to perform the physical co-ordination tests, you will be charged under the Criminal Code.
    If you cannot give a breath sample or it is impracticable to obtain a sample of breath, the police officer can require you to provide a blood sample instead. "

  8. Re:Cyber Cafe on Is Onlive Pirating Windows and Will It Cost Them? · · Score: 1

    On a desktop, such as an internet cafe, you can license per user or per device, whichever suits your needs. With virtual desktop environments, like OnLive, you would license per device or talk with Microsoft and come up with an agreement beforehand.

    Licensing Windows for VDI Environments

  9. They knew what they were doing. on Is Onlive Pirating Windows and Will It Cost Them? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft licensing can be complex, but a service that offers office for free for end users? How long did these guys think they would get away with this? They are lucky that Microsoft is lenient with true-up licensing. However, how much are they going to have to fork out for all the current users of the product who haven't given them a dime. There is no way this service will continue without costing end users the same as it would for any other service. That's if they don't go bankrupt first.

    The same thing would be happen if somebody setup a service hosting OS X and iLife.

  10. Re:What's much more important is... on One In Eight Chance of a Financially Catastrophic Solar Storm By 2020 · · Score: 1

    Its as easy as printing out all the 1's and 0's then just scanning them back in!!

  11. Jaywalker Freindly on Nevada Approves Rules For Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    I've said this before, but it will be great as a pedestrian to just walk across the street mid-block and have all the cars stop as they are programmed to do.

  12. Re:Standards? on In-Car Video Chat and 4G Streaming From OnStar · · Score: 1

    You will be able to chat with the other Onstar subscriber.

  13. Re:State Of Mind on Nokia Exec: Young People Fed Up With iPhone and Android · · Score: 1

    And in my household it's 50/50, which is just as relevant as looking at a Nielson telephone survey of the US market. Worldwide the picture is slightly different for the smartphone/dumphone market: http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1848514

    Smartphones will outpace dumbphones in a matter of time. Interesting to see that Nokia accounts for 23.9% of the total market with Apple at 3.9% in 3Q of 2011.

  14. Re:For non US-filtered search results on Judge Orders Hundreds of Websites Delisted From Search Engines, Social Networks · · Score: 5, Insightful

    People keep using these words but do not seem to understand what they mean.

    A judge ruling in favor of a company seeking to protect their trademarks is not government censorship.

    A judge ruling that search engines must de-index sites offering counterfeit wares is stupid and practically unenforceable, but not censorship.

    From Mirriam-Webster
    Judge: a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court
    Censor: to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable
    Law: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority

    If the judge isn't applying the rules made by the government then whose rules are they? Seems pretty clear cut to me.

  15. Re:democracy on 15 Years In Jail For Clicking 'Like' · · Score: 1

    Your English makes it clear that you aren't an American

    Im not sure what English has to do with being American. Isn't Ebonics another American language?

  16. Re:And the problem with this plan: on Rethinking Rail Travel: Boarding a Moving Train · · Score: 1

    The TTC is great. They typically give 15 seconds for passengers to get off and on. It could be an empty train and they see you trying to get on, but they will not re-open the doors for you. Makes for frequent trains.

  17. Re:God no! on Rethinking Rail Travel: Boarding a Moving Train · · Score: 1

    Sounds great unless you are the owner of the company. Now I have to rent out 50 offices instead of 1.

    Think of it like this. Would it be cheaper to rent/lease all the units in a building or to purchase the building yourself? Would it be cheaper to purchase 50 of these office spaces or purchase a building yourself?

  18. Alternatives on Worldwide Support For Nuclear Power Drops · · Score: 2

    The alternatives will be there in the future, but until then we need power and a lot of it. When the oil runs out we will need more power for electric vehicles (if it goes that way). Im an environmentalist and understand the risks. The footprint of a nuke plant compared to the alternatives is huge (with the exception of nuclear fallout).

  19. Drivers don't need noise, why do pedestrians? on Hybrids Safer In Crashes — Except For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    When driving a car, I rarely need to hear other cars. The only exceptions I can think of are when driving around blind corners in the parking garage and emergency vehicles.

    When walking around, why would I need to hear any more than what a car driver hears? Is the responsibility not in the hands of those who have been granted a license to drive large vehicles around our earth?

  20. Re:Some Pedestrians Aren't Heling Themselves... on Hybrids Safer In Crashes — Except For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    I really don't get this one. This is not limited to pedestrians. What do the pedestrians need to hear that a radio blasting car driver with windows up doesn't? The real issue is people with blinders on not paying attention to whats going on around them.

  21. Re:Tariff the B@stards! on China Using Net Censorship As a Trade Weapon? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Back in 1998, Bob, head of the US company ACME, outsourced manufacturing to China. Bob loved this as his costs went down and his profits went up. He's now living the American dream.

    Tablizer, says lets tariff them and Obama agrees.

    Bob now has to pay a tax (tariff) on the goods he manufactures in China. Bob really likes living the American dream. In fact he's currently on an expedition to the North Pole. Moving production back to the US sounds like work for no gain. "Raise the prices" he says. "I'm too busy right now."

    The End.

  22. Busy. on Rosette Wins Loebner Prize 2011 · · Score: 1

    Rosette: I'm a little busy at the moment. Could you wait a bit?

    Rosette is really busy telling me that she is busy over and over.

  23. Jaywalking on How Google's Autonomous Vehicles Work · · Score: 1

    This will help my commute to work, I walk, knowing that cars will stop if I walk out in front of them!!

  24. Re:Those that don't do well should be embarassed on High School Kills Color-Coded ID Program · · Score: 1

    Where does the money come to pay for this point system? Especially in a poverty stricken area. Studies on school fundraising here show that poverty stricken areas just don't have that kind of money. I don't think taxing the poor will result in that money either. I'm curious how the money flow's there as there must be some sort of redistribution going on.

  25. Re:Getting a cell phone on Ask Slashdot: Advice For Using a Cell Phone In China? · · Score: 1

    DO NOT TAKE YOUR OWN AMERICAN CELL PHONE. I've had 3 colleagues have theirs either confiscated or taken to be "searched"

    What the hell are your colleagues doing to get their phones confiscated?

    He didn't say who or when it was confiscated. It may have been on the way back into the US by the friendly TSA employees??