Think of it as an account representative. Similar service level of someone like your financial advisor, tax man, or sales rep for your business--but of course providing an IT support service. Like account reps, I'm sure they could have other reps fill in for vacations/emergencies

If they DO go this route, you could expect the positions to be filled with sales/customer service oriented mindsets as well as basic computer skills. You could have a personable rep who is genuinely interested in you, because its profitable for them. It could also be another avenue for cross selling--driving company profits up.

That is assuming they could do this correctly.

These anti-vax people won't be the ones dying unfortunately. They'll be the carriers and spreaders of disease. These people may get sick, but they'll recover.

It's their newborn children and elderly parents that will be doing the dying. Self-serving asses always seem to catch a break.

my vest had some pockets with some elastic bands that seemed to help keep pockets compressed. And it does that quite well considering the slimp profile of the vest itself, so don't let our comments deter you from giving it a try. Of course laws of physics sets performance boundaries here. A bulky rigid camera packed next to your George Costanza wallet will show through anything short of a winter parka.

I think the biggest gripe you should take from us is not how it performs, but what you end up doing with 23 pockets. You end up carrying unneccessary things just because you can. 20lb articles of clothing makes you an unwieldy mess, and no longer will you walk by your company board meeting without an awkward glare towards your rattling and clanking body.

Yes I'm exaggerating...but not by much.

And it's been sitting in my closet because I've realized how much of a raging nerd I looked like carrying 20lbs of gear on me.

They are fantastic for frequent travelleing. Keep all your personal items in the vest then drop the vest into the xray while you walk through the metal detector. No more digging for keys, phones/music players, loose change etc..
The worst part is you end up hoarding stupid stuff. Then your clothing becomes similar in weight to a soldier's full combat load. I had to quit that habit.

There is counterfeit medicine that is indeed FAKE (as in containing no real medicinal properties) medicine. U.S. Customs has intercepted FAKE, not generic, drugs like insulin, blood pressure meds, and even chemotherapy drugs. Guess where they come from? China; often in the same shipment as the knockoff FILA shoes and Gucci handbags.

Hijacking a brand name isn't the only problem with counterfeiting. Sometimes the knockoff products pose true safety hazards.

whats really odd is conservatives are fine with killing adults knowing sometimes they just might fry an innocent person, but the second you suggest an abortion of a non sentient cluster of tumor-like cells they scream like a stuck pig.

We could go so many routes with this conversation.

good point. thanks for clarifying

As I've heard from another /. user reply just yesterday... Maybe it's something they're already considering...Maybe they aren't doing it now because the current execs running the music industry are doing just fine running the companies into the ground.

Imagine a world where Google swoops in and buys up music companies on their death beds, then releases millions of copyrighted songs to public domain. They could deliver a huge blow to Apple's music business while simultaneously producing an image of philanthropy and do-no-evilness.
Not to mention a massive burst in new art creation. Or cheaply produced marketing and advertising products that drive more sales and less create less expense for businesses.

not intending to flame, but could this be then applied to alcohol, tobacco or import tariffs?
Taxation, or tax break incentives have been used quite often (and sometimes with success) to encourage business growth or advancement of technlogies, as well as curbing undesirable or unhealthy behaviors. Are you claiming tax proposals such as the ones I've given example of are all constitutionally problematic? If not, how are they different?

Note:
-Not implying that playing video games is an undesriable activity
-I am making the assumption that this tax proposal is similar to ones I've listed.

It's a problem with poor coping skills and conflict resolution abilities.

Fatherless children and nanny-state court systems that issue jail time to 12 year olds for school yard brawls are the problem...Money wasted.

We need parents that teach personal strength. And we need to let kids practice resolving their own problems. It sounds barbaric...but we've all known some kids that beat the living crap out of eachother, then became total bros after the fight.

...because the FBI can't be bothered to actually do the real police work.

There was a discussion on /. a while back regarding this....saying the entire music industry is worth rougthly $10bn US.

Google could pony up and buy Capitol Records completely, release all copyrights held, then break up and sell what worthless assets it has left in a fire sale. While they probably have the capability to purchase the entire industry, they only need to stop there with Capitol Records aquisition.

The rest of the industry will STFU and play nice.

...Or that terrorists aren't very smart.

(brainwashed religious nuts, underwear bomber booking a one-way flight to detroit in the middle of winter with no bags or even a jacket, shoe-bomber, virgins in afterlife...)

how about legit files of your own creation that you had complete ownership of and decided to put on a cloud service?

So let's say I'm God and present you with a game of heads or tails x 1000 and gives you a choice to play or not....

1000 heads up: 1/3 of the population will die.
Anything less than 1000 heads up: I grant you and all humankind access to the unending knowledge of the universe.... How to create life, build worlds or travel to distant planets.
What would you choose? Play or go home?

And how could you possibly live with yourself knowing one day you might be the one infected with the super flu virus that kills everyone? Don't think you'll get killer flu? how do you know? It's probable right?