Please note that the union sees the work as a mail-order job, where wages are higher.
Amazon thinks of it as a logistics job.
The union demands that Amazon recognize that the workers are in the mail-order business and pay accordingly.

some/all "hacker" tools are illegal in Germany
http://nrrd.de/dasbuch/hadez/now_theyve_done_it_just_owning_hacker_tools_illegal_germany

I know I'd be really glad for my chunks of dead trees that have information about what plants are safe to eat, which ones are good for medicine, and so forth.

Granted, there will be an immediate scramble for survival, and I have no illusions that I'm in a good position to survive that, but in the long term there are lots of books that would be damn nice to have if you're lucky enough to survive.

I hate to say it, because I know that some smart, non-crackpot people just haven't bothered to update their HTML and UI style skills since the 90's, but I saw the big borders and pretty much immediately clicked the back button.

...or experience.

Shut up and take my money!

How appropriate that "Thiel" looks a lot like "Thief" if you're sitting far enough away from your monitor.

Microsoft's new slogan appears to be, "Be What's Next," which seems to fit pretty well, too.

Ah, I see, and agree completely. If I could pick and choose at maybe $3-5 per channel per month, it would be worth it for me to switch.

> I think its a great idea but its too expensive at $30 a month.

Damn, where do you live? $30/month is less than the cheapest basic cable subscription I can get without a long-term contract.

GO AWAY! BATIN'!

Excuse me, Mr. Boudreau, Mr. Wolf? You've got something white and gooey on your chin...no...on the other side. That's it.

Pirate leprechauns?

If I recall correctly, it only returned to yellow during the summer of election years, so that it could pop back up to orange shortly before election day and give us a good scary reason to not vote for Democrats. Amazingly, the terror threats always subsided after election day.

No worries, I think he works for Spishak now.