were given to keep a strong central gov't from redistributing wealth. The wealthy landowners wanted a weak central gov't that couldn't challenge their power and authority. Say what you will about strong central gov'ts, but there isn't really an alternative that can stand up to an aristocracy. The trick is keeping it from becoming crony style fascism. But it's worth the risk. The only difference between corporate fueled aristocracy and fascism is the color of the jack boot at your neck. Might as well roll the dice with a strong central gov't and try to hang on to it. The only thing you really have to do is not let the bastards divide and conquer. All you need is worker solidarity.

corporations don't pick a venue by accident. I don't know enough about the case to say why but I'm sure the venue was chosen to put him at a disadvantage.

It's DOD work, but you might check L3, up by the 5/805 junction -- I don't know if they're hiring, though...

This asshole cold-called me... AT THE OFFICE.... When I don't have a direct line, and he had to go through the front desk to get to me.

I told him to never call me again.

Apparently, the asshole was scraping LinkedIn, because the next day, he called about 90% of the office. You'd have thought he'd have got a clue when the secretary started hanging up on him.

any app simple enough to run on both mobile & desktop is probably a web app. I guess there's games, but I've played ports of mobile games and they don't work. The design choices you make with mobile are completely different, and you usually end up with something that plays poorly on both. Ground Pounders was like that. Tons of control features were missing from the desktop port because they didn't work in mobile, and the game suffered for it...

If you're accelerating, you're not in an inertial frame.

Have you looked at cacert.org?

Are you managing people, or projects?

I think the problem is, modern managers are expected to herd cats.

The problem isn't the managers, it's the cats.

There's already several programs for the genius of the world to immigrate if they want to so H1-B was never necessary. But how will you get popular support? There's just too many issues that divide the American Workforce. No one votes with their wallets. Whether it's Guns, Gay Marriage, Abortion, Drug Legalization, whatever. There's always something to split the electorate. And with our winner take all 2 party system that means all anyone has to do is get a majority of the vote. Add in Gerrymandering and it's basically a done deal.

To get rid of this crap Americans would have to give up on every other issue they think matters and vote on money and only money. I just don't see that happening. If we could switch to a parliamentary system, but that pretty much means scraping our Constitution; and to hear Americans talk about that damnable piece of scrap paper you'd think it was their bible. To be fair I remember as a kid having it droned into me that it was a sacred document. Every teacher I've ever had sung it's praise. When I was older I found out why we have a Senate (hint: it our version of the House of Lords) and why we had so much States rights. It wasn't for Freedom's sake, that's for sure...

Companies have been working for years to eliminate essential personnel. You find complex tasks and break them down into simpler and simpler tasks. If they were paying middle class wages this wouldn't be feasible. But at slave wages it works perfectly. If you're not doing incredible complex math that requires near genius level intellect that only a few genetic freaks have then your job can be broken down into processes and then your livelihood replaced.

And after 30 years of declining wages who the hell can save anything? 60% of Americans are paycheck to paycheck. And before you trot out that nonsense about buying iPhones every 2 years my generation doesn't smoke. That more than makes up for the cost of a phone every few years. So shove off.

Maybe companies _shouldn't_ be able to drop me anytime. You know, there's a downside to my desperation for you too. That's what unemployment is for. It's not to protect me if I'm unemployed. It's to protect _you_ from competing with me when I'm desperate and I'll take _anything_. See, when that happens they'll fire you with your benefits and your high salary and hire me for minimum wage. The unemployed are coming for you. Welcome to the race to the bottom. It's a long way down.

Regulations are only half the story. The other half is enforcement. I'm fed up with knee jerk reactions from a peanut gallery too lazy to spend five minutes on Google reading up on what life was like before rules that govern a civilized society. Yes, people speed. Usually ten over. They also get ticketed and then drive extra safely for a few months years until the sting wears off from paying the ticket

It will be interesting to see the Heartland Institute's reaction to someone who is immune to suitcases filled with money.

It was his Scottish eccentricity. He was supposed to be from the University of Edinborough.

And besides, going back to TFS... How could it be patented in 1980? We all know that it wasn't "discovered" until 1986.

Surprised nobody posted this yet.

If someone has a BAC of 1.0, they're probably dead, so I'd be very surprised to see them driving...

On the other hand, I would agree with your argument for .10 BAC