I suppose I should have secified which jobs I was talking about. I was talking about call centers not factories. US companys' products being built outside the US has been going on for several decades and I'm not going to disagree that that is the best way to build products as far as expenses go. My comment was focusing on the outsourcing of call center jobs AND, now that I think of it, software companies.
I deal with a lot of 3rd party software companies and theres nothing fun about trying to troubleshoot when you're talking to a guy that doesn't speak very good English.
The point is if you're dealing with a US company and you need to speak with customer service, you should be able to talk to someone in the US or atleast someone that natively speaks English.
Hey, I'm not going to complain. U.S. companies like Dell should keep their jobs within the country so they can provide more US citizens with jobs and in turn those people can buy their products - improving the economy (as much as they can).
Is this a hint towards whats to come with the Network Neutrality bill?
If they pass a bill like this with that type of majority, I'm willing to bet the ignorant, computer illiterate, WEALTHY politicians are willing to screw the US.
Would you buy a Ferrari and put regular gas into it? I don't think so. So why are most of us buying expensive digital cameras and using cheap memory cards?
Thats just a bad analogy, of course you're not going to put regular gas in a Ferrari - that could impose physical problems where a cheap memory card will NOT do the same thing in an expensive digital camera. That is unless the card is homemade or something.
Okay, first of all I didn't say she did something wrong as far as beliefs - yes she did the right thing but they have the right to discontinue her being employed. I'm not saying she should be thrown in jail for the rest of her life, I'm just agreeing that the CIA had good reason to do what they did.
Secondly, I agree - the US has taken a turn for the worse but starting this November, the American people will be doing something about the previous 6 years.
Waterboarding is due to become a banned practice by U.S. personnel (including CIA officials) pending the release of a revised manual on interrogation procedures.
Although I don't have much to say about this quote, other than its good to know that this horrible practice is being banned; I can not argue with the fact that she should have been doing the job they paid her to do and not be expressing her opinion on a system that was developed for business use only. A question I have is, can contractors even be "fired" or does the employer just have to stop giving them work to do?
I can only hope Google begins to develop an OS that will compete with Windows, a media player that will compete with Windows Media Player and provide donations to Open Office all out of spite.
You're spot on. Although I would probably never buy a prebuilt computer from Dell, HP, Sony, etc. it might come down to it one day with the amazing prizes and payment plans they offer - especially when it comes to laptops. Shouldn't you be able to add a comment to your order requesting that they do NOT preload all of the software and just provide it to you to use at your descretion on a CD as you said? I'm not sure because I have no experience with ordering from any of the previously listed companies.
The point is, they are not lamely ripping off the idea. If they were doing it before Google, maybe Google ripped the idea off of them. It doesn't matter WHO made it popular.
Will the moral acceptance to construct a new body from scratch be available at the time? If not, I hope those heads don't mind waking up when the rest of the world does.
What do they mean closing? I mean, wouldn't someone else buy the hardware that the current place is using for purposes such as this? Or are they melting the hardware down?
You would think tapes such as these would already be converted to a more current media or atleast be in a secure location. How can you lose something as important as the first walk on the moon?
Things like this don't help support the claims that we walked on the moon now do they?
I still can't believe the LAST place the play these very tapes is CLOSING in October, what is it a movie theatre?
Pointless? No. Horribly designed? In a programmer's point of view.
If you read the stats again you'd realize that it isn't pointless to many people because its ranked #1 in the US and apparently all of the features that have been "designed" into the website draw a lot of attention. Good AND bad attention, but attention is attention and attention is $$$.
As much as I despise the website with its all around immaturity and sloppiness, I wish I was a part of it because I could use some money right about now.
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I suppose I should have secified which jobs I was talking about. I was talking about call centers not factories. US companys' products being built outside the US has been going on for several decades and I'm not going to disagree that that is the best way to build products as far as expenses go. My comment was focusing on the outsourcing of call center jobs AND, now that I think of it, software companies.
I deal with a lot of 3rd party software companies and theres nothing fun about trying to troubleshoot when you're talking to a guy that doesn't speak very good English.
The point is if you're dealing with a US company and you need to speak with customer service, you should be able to talk to someone in the US or atleast someone that natively speaks English.
Heres an interesting article.
Hey, I'm not going to complain. U.S. companies like Dell should keep their jobs within the country so they can provide more US citizens with jobs and in turn those people can buy their products - improving the economy (as much as they can).
I was wondering ;).
Is this a hint towards whats to come with the Network Neutrality bill?
If they pass a bill like this with that type of majority, I'm willing to bet the ignorant, computer illiterate, WEALTHY politicians are willing to screw the US.
Sure, if you're willing to stick around for 6-12 minutes.
"Windows Acessible Search Live.Net Beta XP Pro Edition SP 2"
They are the Shakespeares of yesterday's technology and today's exploits aren't they?
Actually, its "Windows Accessible Search Live Beta".
You must be a designer because most, if not all, of those exist.
Heres a link you may find interesting for video games. Procedural Generation.
Okay, first of all I didn't say she did something wrong as far as beliefs - yes she did the right thing but they have the right to discontinue her being employed. I'm not saying she should be thrown in jail for the rest of her life, I'm just agreeing that the CIA had good reason to do what they did.
Secondly, I agree - the US has taken a turn for the worse but starting this November, the American people will be doing something about the previous 6 years.
Although I don't have much to say about this quote, other than its good to know that this horrible practice is being banned; I can not argue with the fact that she should have been doing the job they paid her to do and not be expressing her opinion on a system that was developed for business use only. A question I have is, can contractors even be "fired" or does the employer just have to stop giving them work to do?
I can only hope Google begins to develop an OS that will compete with Windows, a media player that will compete with Windows Media Player and provide donations to Open Office all out of spite.
Wasn't there recently an article about Microsoft telling Google to not compete with them?
Or just type "porn/".
You're spot on. Although I would probably never buy a prebuilt computer from Dell, HP, Sony, etc. it might come down to it one day with the amazing prizes and payment plans they offer - especially when it comes to laptops. Shouldn't you be able to add a comment to your order requesting that they do NOT preload all of the software and just provide it to you to use at your descretion on a CD as you said? I'm not sure because I have no experience with ordering from any of the previously listed companies.
The point is, they are not lamely ripping off the idea. If they were doing it before Google, maybe Google ripped the idea off of them. It doesn't matter WHO made it popular.
God help us if they make Real the default player.
Flamebait anyone?
Will the moral acceptance to construct a new body from scratch be available at the time? If not, I hope those heads don't mind waking up when the rest of the world does.
And will these heads receive the recently abandoned bodies of the current soon-to-be cryonics? The bodies are probably recycled, right?
What do they mean closing? I mean, wouldn't someone else buy the hardware that the current place is using for purposes such as this? Or are they melting the hardware down?
You would think tapes such as these would already be converted to a more current media or atleast be in a secure location. How can you lose something as important as the first walk on the moon?
Things like this don't help support the claims that we walked on the moon now do they?
I still can't believe the LAST place the play these very tapes is CLOSING in October, what is it a movie theatre?
This reminds me of the coffee maker that uses SMS technology to turn on.
This is a bit off-topic but I just wanted to let you know...
;).
Its spelled "tomorrow" not "tomarrow" and if you can't spell "tomorrow" right than I won't be calling you sir ever
BTW: I agree with your statement.
Its actually a good media for local bands more than anything - if you were in a local band, you might agree.
Pointless? No. Horribly designed? In a programmer's point of view.
If you read the stats again you'd realize that it isn't pointless to many people because its ranked #1 in the US and apparently all of the features that have been "designed" into the website draw a lot of attention. Good AND bad attention, but attention is attention and attention is $$$.
As much as I despise the website with its all around immaturity and sloppiness, I wish I was a part of it because I could use some money right about now.