Manufacturing in the US would have added $40 to the cost of Apple stuff. My neighbours' youngest (13) has an i-Phone and teases our dog with its dog whistle app - its main use as far as I can see.
On Feb 3, 12:51 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > Apple and its sweatshops? Do you realize most of our exports to China > has been scrap? Probably the soles on your slippers are recycled > electric cords. Of course, Apple is so cool- who cares? Tra-la... > > On Jan 26, 3:47 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The problem with competing is cheating bastards Don. Even a level > > playing field is a handicap to those of us who play every week on the > > side of a wind-blown mud heap on the side of a hill. I think the sods > > who exported our manufacturing are traitors and about as moral as > > someone selling whiskey and guns to the Indians. The economics touted > > by our politicians reminds me of talking to mad people before you > > realise they are out of it. > > > On Jan 24, 1:55 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Me neither Kenny, me neither. Thing about jobs is they don't exist to > > > keep > > > us all making money. They exist to provide a service or build a product. > > > In > > > the case of the Iphone China gets the jobs of making the product. As a > > > direct result of our economic policies it's simply impossible for the U.S. > > > to manufacture these nifty devices here in the States. Innovation and > > > progress would stall if the focus changed from providing services to > > > keeping alive outdated jobs. We need a regulation revolution in this > > > country to compete. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. > > > > dj > > > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:19 PM, kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > problem is, is that the people entrusted to see that this, or any new, > > > > technology won't negativaly effect us, are probably not oing their > > > > jobs right, and get paid way too much money which is y they ain't > > > > doing their jobs right. just a thought. idk much about nething > > > > > On Jan 23, 9:57 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > We all claimed to come in Wendy's in days of tales from behind the > > > > > bike sheds Kenny. I'm all for technology taking over work - the > > > > > problem being income distribution. Eye candy is as fictional as any > > > > > hologram and no doubt produces sexual diabetes. > > > > > > On Jan 23, 2:42 am, kenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > that this i phone holographic technology stuff will whiz up > > > > > > everywhere > > > > > > soon. the fast food billboards will soo be images coming up from a > > > > > > projector implanted in the ground. changing, moving images. and > > > > > > hell. > > > > > > add some speakers too. "come to wendy's" says a voice behind the > > > > > > wendy's girl image that you can walk through. i said something of > > > > > > this > > > > > > nature to my friend and all he said was something about how it's > > > > > > gonna > > > > > > just take our jobs.... i don't need that fancy shit. i'll keep my > > > > > > job > > > > > > for a lil bit of eye candy.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
