I heard that SDGE got special permission to allow for use of DRONES to field service any facilities in SD county. I had just written off the Amazon testing stuff as a bunch of nutters that will go nowhere. But this is Big Utilities with Gov't permission. We are now officially screwed.

Good post. Wish I had mod points today.

Common to most jobs etc., but as a read the attachments to TFA, I do feel that Amazon is really being heavy handed here with PT/Temp employees so shame on them. I buy A LOT of stuff on line, and Amazon, I will think twice before my next purchase from you.

A Final note to the "little guy" whom this may affect: these would be jury trials, and the jury would love to deny these BS antics from Amazon, and reward a counter suit for unfair practices with massive punitive awards. So take heart in that.

Except that left-right are swapped in the reflection.

They would have been so much smarter to work a back-door deal with a partner country like Germany, with public "outrage" statements. Once Snowden was in Germany, they would have instruction on how best to lock down the situation.

You would think that professional politicians would be smarter with this stuff, sheesh.

i will drive it, thank you very much.

Agree. I speak spanish and english - have family in Mexico. Whenever I go there, I find for the first couple of days that I'm thinking in english then translate to spanish in my head. After a couple of days I can think in spanish.

all others are pretenders to the throne ...

> Mighty post, sir.

We have generated your crime profile. Your arrest will be timed to 3 months prior to your crime.

Move along, citizen.

The comments say a lot about the site readership. Slashdot trends better on average, I think a reflection of that fact that many people on here have taken time to educate themselves about life in general, beyond just their careers. OTOH, I am always appalled at WSJ on how badly thought out the comments tend to be.

The other phenomenon I see is that for enthusiast sites for autos, watches, etc., the comments tend to all come from the same few people with thousands of posts.

^^^ too true.

Some people (like myself) use different transportation on different days. I'm pretty organized and careful, but there are plenty of times I show up to work without my fob because it's on my other key ring, or in my "bike gear" backpack and I drove today, etc.

I've said in the past that I would volunteer to get the chip if it were ever available, but that was easy talk when I knew that it was not. Now that I could actually do this, I have to admit I would think about it carefully. A lot of potential to go wrong here.

What in the name of god is a fecal transplant?

Many years ago (like late 70's, early 80's) Radio shack was a place you could walk into, browse electronic components, and talk to and meet knowledgeable people to help with home brew projects. Then they expanded like hell, employed stupid corporate business policies like charging people to pay for store catalogs, ridiculous "i need all your personal info" so I can sell you a resistor, etc.

Haven't been in one of their stores in probably 20 years, surprised that it took that long for them to fail. In retrospect, they were so poorly managed, they weren't even good at failure.

Good riddance (and yes, I'm still pissed about the time you assholes tried to charge me money to send me a catalog of your stuff!!)