Half the US population will pretend that scientific consensus does not exist as they drive automobiles created with the fruits of science, the Chinese will fudge their numbers, and nothing will change.

God forbid we raise revenue to even 1999 rates. The poor little rich people might cry. And we might cut the deficit, too.

Probably because their disregard for human life and sloppy, fast and loose mining practices inevitably leads to huge accidents with hundreds killed...just last month. You should see the totals since 2005.

No biggie though! Yay China! More cheap electronics, please!

China is also the largest provider of toxic adulterants in exports. They build factories where people are given 15-minute breaks twice a day to urinate and defecate, and four hours to sleep. Western companies make a show of trying to police these factories, but when it comes down to brass tacks, there are simply too many factories, too many bodies, and not enough oversight for any of it to make a lot of difference. The solution to factory suicides in China? Bars on the windows.

Because we're apparently now a nation that simply consumes things made elsewhere - mostly China, it seems at times - it's easiest to just trust them when it comes to things like baby formula (melamine), pet food (more melamine), drywall (formaldehyde and H2S), paint on toys (lead)....and when your relatives get sick because they can't breathe due to the toxic wallboard, well, there's no one to sue for recovery of lost money, time, and health. Oh, well!

The Chinese culture does not define trust the same way Western societies do. Most of their factories are owned by former military generals. The standards being developed will come with lots of access to LBNL's own methodologies, networks, people, and other trusted entities, which China will be happy to use for their own benefit.

Trust me on this.

Yes, and well, too bad for all the tainted-beef-eating dead people's families. They can, however, rest easy knowing that the ShitBeefCo will go out of business and its employees will be destitute as soon as ShitBeefCo's CEO's golden parachute inflates over the Caymans, where his bonuses for improving profitbility at SBC are protected from lawsuits.

See? The market corrected itself; it killed the stupid little people, and rewarded the superior Randian Overlords who worked so hard to get through an MBA program while playing rugby and fucking Muffy in the BMW convertible!

Thank god for the invisible hand pimp-slapping us all...again. Because the market will automagically correct itself...SUCKERS.

I have friends who tell me Randroids like you seem to be are sociopaths. I'm starting to think they're right.

Oh - and I just moved my domains off of GoDaddy AND I wrote to my congresscritters. Have you?

Luckily I am friends with some people who worked there (2/3 have left since) and I'm thankful I didn't pursue the job.

Anything constructive to add? I maintain that they're wildly self-entitled based on their own 'cultural' guidelines, which led to bad decisions like Qwikster. They're just like Apple in the 90s.

If anyone has ever seen the asinine PowerPoint on the "Netflix culture" (follow their careers link), you'd understand why this company has been screwed for a while.

A more self-entitled group of assholes is hard to find south of Menlo Park.

Women. Of course, this is slashdot, so a lack of familiarity with their habits is not surprising.

For the ten-thousandth time, it's not because your Funtendo or SmartFone will cause the airplane to suddenly explode on the runway. It's because the FAs want the smartphone addicts and social callers to _shut up and pay attention_ to the safety briefing.

Go on and on about how you've seen it before. I'd still wager that 80% of people on every flight in the US have no idea where the nearest exit is if they aren't allowed to turn their head.

In Denver a couple of years ago, people were jamming the asles with the airplane ON FIRE, off of a snowy runway in order to...get their laptops.

Given the ridiculous state of air travel and attention spans today, I'd say getting people to shut up and pay attention might be one of the toughest jobs in the world.

Good god, first post, and we're already in a Boeing/Airbus pissing war.

This article is about the Boeing. Can we discuss that aircraft's unique capabilities, or does EVERYTHING have to end up like the old Mac/DOS Warz?