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Comment So Women Aren't Equal? (Score 0) 776

By the virtue of having different reproductive organs they should be regarded as inferior?
And they call this "Men's Rights"? Sounds more like Politically Correct Sexism to me. Women are every bit as smart, strong and capable as men in just about anything they apply themselves to.

However I do share their indignation that Mad Max has a reduced role in this movie -- which seems to center on some character played by Charleze Theron.
Based on that alone, I will pass on this and wait for it to show up on Netflix or HBO Now. That's like making a Batman movie and having some random Mary Sue character be the central character

Comment Gates and Zuckerbergs Vision for America (Score 5, Interesting) 249

If Gates and Zuckerberg have their way -- all US tech workers will compete directly with foreigners for their jobs. In the words of FWD.us "Major Contributor" Lars Dalgaard:

"Nobody's going to hold you up and carry you around...If you're not going to work hard enough to be qualified to get the job...well then, you don't deserve the job."

And part of WORKING HARD ENOUGH is WORKING CHEAP ENOUGH.

Remember kids -- you got give us MORE FOR LESS if you want to make it in today's Globalized Economy. Just being a US Citizen doesn't mean you deserve to work in the US. Why should we "Carry You Around" if we can import workers willing to work for the equivalent wage they'd get in Bangalore while working in San Jose and will even offer to CARRY US AROUND the corporate campus in Rickshaws and Litters in their off hours?

This is why we need to revamp the educational system in America -- to train young thralls how to compete in the workplace of the future

Comment "Sinners" calling others "Immoral" (Score 4, Insightful) 618

"For all their sins, ads fuel much of the Web. Cut them out and you're strangling the diversity of online voices and publishers – and I don't think consumers really want that."

So for all their sins, which include abuses such as embedding malware, unlawful tracking and spying as well as browse hijacking, plus the sheer annoyance of embedded video and flashing content -- the users who have opted out by installing Ad Blockers are the immoral ones. Then again -- rapists often blame their victims.

Comment Re:Interesting. (Score 1) 190

The only true unknowns are how many freshman US legislators will become outraged and demand a congressional hearing.

Hopefully enough to get these hearings to focus on something big like building a Long Term Space Habitat stationed at a lagrange point rather than sticking to what we know.

Comment Why Do We Carry On Pretending? (Score 5, Insightful) 118

We all know Western Civilization has fallen to Fascism, so why not just come out and announce it? Why bother with these pieces of meaningless paper such as "Laws" and "Constitutions"? It's clear the rule of Law only applies to the Subjects, not the Wealthy or the Government. How about Marshall law? How about jackboots and arm bands and "show me your papers" and "up against the wall"? We're pretty much there anyway, but we all seem so intent on playing this bullshit game and pretending we still live in a free society.

When will someone just fucking go ahead and blink already????

Comment Re:Thank God for Gov't Oversight (Score 1) 66

Now, I'm pissed as anyone else that I'd get years in prison if I stole this much, and let's not mince words here.... The phone companies STOLE, and someone should be in prison. But don't go blaming this on the !@#$ing government. That's just your own little petty hatred.

You agree that they are COMMITING CRIMES -- yet you call me petty and hateful and to shut the fuck up when these CORPORATE PERSONS face no ciminal charges, pay a fine they can just as well pass on the customer and GET TO KEEP the ill got gains? Do you realize this is standard operating procedure in the US? That time and time again the Corporate Persons commit crimes that NET THEM HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IF NOT BILLIONS IN PROFITS and pay only a Percentage in fines? It's clear you have missed the point that Corporations have to only estimate the amount of fines they will have to pay vs the amount of profit to gauge wether or not to engage in Ciminal Behavior and that the current Government all but codifies the Criminal behavior of Corporate Persons. Wake up dipshit -- we live in a Fascist Police State where you and I are the only ones who live under the "RULE OF LAW" and the Elite and Corporate Persons can do as they please as longs as they can pony up cash when they go too far.

Comment What a Load of Crap (Score 1) 152

If you are a Decision Maker you are the sole person with any ethical responsibility regarding the decisions you make. You, as a user are the sole party responsible for ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the Data Sets provided and to ensure that you understand how the software you use for your job works. Anyone who does not act on their own to proof their Data Sets and to completely understand how their Software works is acting negligently and is the sole party responsible for any issues that arise. It is not up to the Developer to do anything more than provide Software that produces output that is as accurate as possible. To demand they somehow be psychic, to know what the user thinks or do anything more than simply provide a tool for people to use is disingenuous and smacks as an attempt to allow incompetent managers to shed personal responsibility and blame others for their own failings.

Comment Re:NASA (Score 2) 278

If California bottled it and called it "Astronaut Water" poeple would pay a premium for it.

Ohh FFS -- Astronaut Water? That would sell about as good as Astronaut Ice Cream -- remember that crap? Who buys that anymore? Whens the last time you saw anything "astronaut" related being "cool" or trendy?

Nrg2O, PowerWater, UltraDrizzle -- those are the names todays market requires -- names that evoke health, fitness and POWER, names that will get your average fat-fuck moron to scoot on over to their nearest Walmart and buy a case.

Comment Re:Privacy? (Score 3, Insightful) 776

Fuck off. It means exactly what I and others think it means. What you and the other fascists who run around ridiculing others for is for objecting to the blatant over reach and Police State tactics employed by the FORMERLY FREE United States of America by implying that we should have no expectations of "privacy", nor any "rights" at all for that matter. So while you and I both know that America is nothing short of a Fascist Police State, on Paper it's supposed to be a Free Society and though the Interests of a Corporate Personhood outweighs the rights of a "citizen" -- In this case, the "citizen" is correct and shall be awarded damages for this intrusion into her "privacy" and violation of Labor Code.

Comment Simple Solution (Score 5, Insightful) 612

Require all employers who hire an H1-B to pay TOP MARKET RATE for their region for the position they hire that person for.Additionally, require the employer initiate and cover all costs of Naturalization of the H1-B employee after 1 year or rescind H1-B status and send them home. A per worker fee that is large enough to cover teh cost of oversight should be required for each H1-B worker hired. This could be handled through ICE -- the same as they handle Green Card Applicants -- just perform random interviews and checks on the H1-B workers to ensure they are indeed working in the job capacity they were documented as and are indeed receiving the appropriate level of pay. Deviation should result in hefty fines the first time ($100,000 or more per incident) with severe penalties after repeated incidents ($1,000,000+ fines and revocation of all H1-B permits and inability to obtain future permits)

This way, we can be sure H1-Bs will indeed be a highly skilled and specialized worker hired because there is no local equivalent and that the H1-B worker is not exploited as a cheap labor source and given all employee accommodations as required under law.

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