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Comment Re:Get rid of all these stupid useless keys (Score 1) 391

I use the HappyHacker keyboard and that has a LOT keys less. http://houghi.org/shots/hh.jpg So how come I am able to do the same things that other people are able to do with more keys? (Yes, even the KVM stuff)

KVM? Diamond-O. It's because you have an extra modifier key to hide the buttons, not because you're an amazing "hacker." Laptops have been doing the same thing for years. If we added a few more of those super-special modifier keys, I think we could get the keyboard down to about 35 keys total. How does that sound?

Comment Re:Freedom of speech... (Score 1) 340

OOh, I love picking your posts apart.

And the document begins with "We the People". Corporations are things not people, so the Bill of Rights applies to the People alone, and the Member States that made the original document.
Point 1: Read further: "We the People ... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." That sentence is stating that the people are establishing the constitution, not limits on who/what it applies to.
Point 2: Corporations are legal entities that have been ruled to have many of the same legal rights and protections as an individual. If you think otherwise, get yourself a seat on a court and change it.
Point 3: You state that it only applies to the "Member States" that made the original document. There were only twelve "Member States" when the Constitution was ratified in 1789. So sorry, the rest of you 38 states?

Corporations have no more rights than this Building I am sitting in
Yes they do. Go learn some corporate law. Here's a starting place, although you should probably delve into more authoritative sources

and are in fact an invention by government (via issuance of a Limited Liability) that do not exist in nature.
Yes, they are an invention of the government. So is criminal law. So is the Constitution. Neither of those exist in nature, do they? I haven't seen any Constitution trees in my parts.

Comment Re:Freedom of speech... (Score 1) 340

The summary is wrong. They haven't really ruled anything, the NLRB is taking it to court and fighting it. Also, the NLRB is contesting it on the basis of a violation of firing in retaliation to protected speech, not for a lack of cause. If the speech is disloyal or not a discussion between employees, they don't really have a case through the NLRA.

Comment Re:US Employment Rights (Score 1) 340

You're describing an at-will state, not a right to work state. Right to work means that you can't be forced to join a union as a condition of employment, with exceptions for some specific industries such as railroads. At-will means that the employer or employee can terminate a non-contracted employment relationship at any time, with or without cause.

Comment Re:US Employment Rights (Score 1) 340

There are 10 Federal holidays, of which most employers will observe at least 6. Depends on your industry and employer.
-- The United States has no law mandating minimum paid vacation hours or holidays. We are one of only a handful of nations in the world that don't.
FMLA. 6 weeks unpaid leave, guaranteed.
-- Most other countries mandate paid maternity and sick leave. Almost no Americans have it, except for the top 5% or so. (Charging vacation hours for sick time doesn't count!)
In theory yes, in practice not so much. Wrongful termination suits are exceptionally easy to file.
-- At-will states (most of them) have a very high rejection rate for wrongful termination suits. At-will = "I can fire you for anything or for no reason at all", barring Title VII and other obvious exceptions.
http://eeoc.gov/ [eeoc.gov] No, they can't.
-- You've never heard of affirmative action and quota systems?
Hyperbole much?
-- Well, the legal protections for employees present in the U.S. are not comparable with the other first-world countries. I'd say it's closer to second-world, excluding China maybe.

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