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Comment Re:and... (Score 1) 661

As I read it, the issue wasn't with him taking them on his plane so much as through the general airport population shared by both public and private passengers. He's not allowed an exemption to carry weapons through the terminal just because he owns a jet.

Comment Re:Liquid nitrogen? (Score 2, Insightful) 127

Yeah, and if there's even a slight problem with the coolant system -- the liquid turns to gas, expands 1,500x its original size... and is surrounded by ceramic, metal, plasma, and several thousand degree temperatures at a critical point on the airframe.

What could possibly go wrong?

Which would be why this is unmanned testing.

Submission + - US manufacturers can't find skilled workers (nytimes.com) 1

andy1307 writes: The New York Times has an article in the business section about the inability of US manufacturers to find workers with the right skills. During the recession, domestic manufacturers appear to have accelerated the long-term move toward greater automation, laying off more of their lowest-skilled workers and replacing them with cheaper labor abroad. Now they are looking to hire people who can operate sophisticated computerized machinery, follow complex blueprints and demonstrate higher math proficiency than was previously required of the typical assembly line worker.

Makers of innovative products like advanced medical devices and wind turbines are among those growing quickly and looking to hire, and they too need higher skills.

Supervisors at Ben Venue Laboratories, a contract drug maker for pharmaceutical companies, have reviewed 3,600 job applications this year and found only 47 people to hire at $13 to $15 an hour, or about $31,000 a year. All candidates at Ben Venue must pass a basic skills test showing they can read and understand math at a ninth-grade level. A significant portion of recent applicants failed. In a survey last year of 779 industrial companies by the National Association of Manufacturers, the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte, the accounting and consulting firm, 32 percent of companies reported “moderate to serious” skills shortages. Sixty-three percent of life science companies, and 45 percent of energy firms cited such shortages.

Comment Re:I don't get... (Score 1) 112

My understanding is that it isn't so much the cable operators as it is the broadcasters that insert advertisements. Yes, cablecos do, but basically the cable operator pays the broadcaster to show their content. The broadcaster sets aside x minutes of time for advertising. Cable company says "whoa, we're paying you to advertise? fuck that.". Broadcaster then offers a portion of the time they've set aside for advertising to the cable operator and all but the consumer is happy!

Comment Re:text (Score 5, Informative) 545

I believe the idea here is to make the payment for them and in the event that TPB was found to not be liable for the damages, everybody that paid will be able to retract their payment at the processing expense of the law firm. Not simply pay and ask for your money back. I could be wrong and it could be THAT exploitable, but that's how I understood it at least.

Comment Re:Obviously given to the wrong employees (Score 1) 286

I think it depends on the content of the message rather than the means of sending it.

I have to disagree. The only way to determine the content of the message is to acknowledge it through reading. The typically vague use of subject lines in the corporate workplace don't help this any. If you're compelled to check that mail for any reason other than personal dedication, I think it should be technically be billable. A few posts up made a good point in that hourly workers are paid to work within certain hours and that really should be where it stops. If the worker is felt necessary beyond their normal hours, on-call arrangements need to be established to compensate the employee for these situations.

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