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Comment Re:Who is right? (Score 1) 606

logistics vs mail-order is irrelevant red-herring misdirection.

What's relevant is the fact that people voluntarily applied for jobs, were offered jobs and accepted them. Voluntarily. Salary, hours and all.
If they changed their minds and decided they don't like the job, quit.
but no, they want to have their cake and eat it.

Comment Re: (Score 1) 606

Yes, that was the good intention which together with other good intentions paved the road to the continued Depression which in turn was only "cured" by the World War and destruction or re-purposing of the industrial capacity of most of the rest of civilized world.

Comment Re:What purpose does HFT serve? (Score 1) 321

1st, I am not a wizard of "the wall street" (sic). Although I did work at FINRA for awhile.

2nd, whether or not an activity serves our economy makes no difference to me. If the activity serves the people who participate in it, that's good enough reason for the activity to exist. If I don't approve of the equities markets, it's trivial for me to avoid it. Just don't invest. That's it.

Comment Re:Just in time... (Score 1) 112

Not just "those on top"
I immigrated to the USA from the socialist paradise and I am not looking back. As far as RAM - I am quite happy that over the last 20 years the density has increased about 1000-fold, the speed has increased substantially, all at the same price-points. It's no coincidence that the improvement happen in the capitalist economy.

But keep demanding "bread and circuses" See how that works out.

Comment Re:Paying off a subsidy that's already paid off (Score 5, Interesting) 133

As an American I needed to unlock one of my phone about 2 weeks ago and my ATT contract was not up yet. I called ATT, gave them IMEI and within a minute they gave me an unlock code. I had the same experience previously. Not once was I denied an unlock request. Perhaps if you have the phone by a specific manufacturer, they don't allow unlocking. But it's not ATT's fault.

Comment Re:20,000+ people got a free lesson! (Score 4, Insightful) 79

I was born in a poor country and came to the USA with little more than a bag of clothes.

My thankfulness goes only to my drive to work full time and study full time in a community college at the same time. That's the only reason I am not poor.
But don't let me keep you from fatalistic, lazy belief that poverty or prosperity are results of mere luck.
The Internet

Submission + - TPB now hosted in North Korea (thepiratebay.se) 3

An anonymous reader writes: "The Pirate Bay has been hunted in many countries around the world. Not for illegal activities but being persecuted for beliefs of freedom of information. Today, a new chapter is written in the history of the movement, as well as the history of the internets.

A week ago we could reveal that The Pirate Bay was accessed via Norway and Catalonya. The move was to ensure that these countries and regions will get attention to the issues at hand. Today we can reveal that we have been invited by the leader of the republic of Korea, to fight our battles from their network..."

Earth

Submission + - Deluge: We are entering a new phase of fossil fuels (psmag.com) 1

Lasrick writes: Vince Beiser has a great piece explaining how, despite our concerns for climate change and the environmental degradation that comes from extracting fossil fuels, rapidly advancing technologies are opening up astonishing sources of oil and gas all over the world. We are entering a new era of fossil fuels that is reshaping global economics and politics—and the planet.
Government

Submission + - Stolen cellphone databases switched on in US (networkworld.com)

alphadogg writes: U.S. cellphone carriers took a major step on Wednesday toward curbing the rising number of smartphone thefts with the introduction of databases that will block stolen phones from being used on domestic networks. The initiative got its start earlier this year when the FCC and police chiefs from major cities asked the cellular carriers for assistance in battling the surging number of smartphone thefts. In New York, more than 40 percent of all robberies involve cellphones and in Washington, D.C., cellphone thefts accounted for 38 percent of all robberies in 2011. It's been a particularly ugly year for iPhone thefts. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/100812-iphone-ipad-thefts-263110.html

Comment Re:Yeah, no shit (Score 1) 114

Perhaps those with "half a functioning brain" do in fact treat their assumptions as facts. Especially when the assumptions agree with their prejudices.

The rest of us, i.e. those with a fully functioning brain, allow for multiple possible scenarios - at least until there's some proof to narrow them down.

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