Well said. I currently work in the identical situation Charliemopps describes. Well, scaled down a bit. We had a huge order of machines that needed to be built IN ADDITION to our normal, busy floor schedule in 2011. Almost killed us. Temp salaries exceeded the "house" salary, and don't get me started on the overtime. Wouldn't happen many other places. Our 140 person shop became 210 for several months. Now, we're down to @100 FTE's. I agree, there are more ways to look at this problem. And I'm a liberal!

Oh, but for the lack of mod points! Upmod Insightful+1...

Yes, thoroughly de-rezed, Im afraid. Pity.

Never open an article submitted by "Slashdot Staff". Problem solved! Now, die in a fire, Dice...

Wow. What a total dick you are, fermion. Wish I had mod points today, I'd use them all to mod you to the 7th circle of hell...

OK, you're an ass! There is no such thing as an "Obama-Phone"! This is a pejorative term invented by the tea-baggers to imply the President or his policies provided these free of charge to minorities. In fact, this is a program that has been around since the 60's and is funded ENTIRELY by the telcos. It insured that low income families who couldn't afford phones would be able to summon help in emergencies or be notified of jobs or family emergencies. Think you can get a job with no phone, DUMBASS? And of course, God forbid people can watch ANY type of news programming and be informed on issues of the day! They have proven to be too stupid for that by being poor!

I call BS on your BS! Here, took all of 5 seconds to find: http://www.mcmaster.com/#pentalobe-screwdriver-bits/=je2gwq Troll...

Massive respect, PopeRatzo, for cluing in those interested about this "Third Position" group. I can't believe just how offensive what they represent is. And yes, I am white. Please, fellow Slashdotters, be aware of this group. Just look for yourself... http://american3rdposition.com/ I rarely post, but read every day. THIS issue is post-worthy...

Could it be... just MAYBE... these "torrenteers" (as I myself used to be..) have discovered NZB's? No seeding, faster downloads, supports encrypted streams... Overall, much better. Only down side, it's harder to provide files. Releasers need to have a brain. Erm... or so I'm told, of course...

There is a fourth way Costco fights this tactic. They put proprietary bar code labels over the manufacturers bar codes, so scanners come up empty. Just last week, I bought a 1.5 TB backup drive there. I tried using the app, but got no love. Fortunately, I looked online briefly at home before shopping and knew it was within reason vs. an online purchase. Unfortunately, I was unable to peel off the label enough to scan the true bar code at home. The Costco label destroyed the OEM bar code when I tried to remove it.

Yes, I'm sure everyone who worked at Solyndra agrees with you...

Obviously, we thought we were smarter than the Soviet Union...

Hey, why not? It worked on Jonny Quest, didn't it?

No. It's common knowledge that you would have to be bitten by a spider that lived at the reactor.

3K actual compensation for the libel, 50K to the bottom feeding lawyers... And we think we have it bad here in America...