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Mon Jan 16, 2012, 02:27 AM

Ter (4,179 posts)

22. International laws are the root of all evil

No New World Order, no globalism.

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46 replies	Author	Time	Post
Your iPhone Was Built, In Part, By 13 Year-Olds Working 16 Hours A Day For 70 Cents An Hour [View all]	joshcryer	Jan 2012	OP
They also built your:	Bonobo	Jan 2012	#1
That's exactly right, Bonobo.	cliffordu	Jan 2012	#2
The ROFL is in the signature line.	tabatha	Jan 2012	#4
It has always been my feeling that people that CLAIM to be laughing online...	Bonobo	Jan 2012	#5
Josh has a sense of humor.	tabatha	Jan 2012	#9
You have no idea how much laissez-faire claptrap amuses me.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#11
...	SidDithers	Jan 2012	#36
I built my own computer using an ASRock motherboard. My next will be US made Supermicro.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#7
All the SuperMicro gear around here says Made in China	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Jan 2012	#23
How about a Futijsu TS mainboard?	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#26
So many apple defenders here. It gets annoying.	Logical	Jan 2012	#37
So basically it's this:	Initech	Jan 2012	#3
For PC building you can use Futijsu TS mainboards in Germany, or Supermicro made in the US.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#10
Steve Jobs on Foxconn: 'We're all over this'	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#17
IMO.....	AverageJoe90	Jan 2012	#19
That's reasonable, from a purely capitalist business perspective, but it's against FCPA.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#20
Good post. Now, what are you prepared to do about it?	flvegan	Jan 2012	#6
I think Open Hardware is the eventual solution.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#8
Thankfully, I have avoided cell phones.	tabatha	Jan 2012	#13
Xilinx FPGA based Linux machine is my current idea.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#14
An idea for you sigline (OT)	Cerridwen	Jan 2012	#38
No, just kidding about the ROFL.	tabatha	Jan 2012	#39
Good idea! Open hardware and open software is power to the masses.	Zalatix	Jan 2012	#18
Until consumers in the U.S. boycott products made using unfair labor practices	think	Jan 2012	#40
Support minimum wage laws?	guyton	Jan 2012	#12
I think we, as a consumer oriented culture, just don't care that much. We want the "cheap stuff."	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#15
I dont see that as likely to happen with the trade agreements we have in place now.	cstanleytech	Jan 2012	#16
Nah, automation would end it. Just requires sophisticated AI.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#21
International laws are the root of all evil	Ter	Jan 2012	#22
poke, poke, poke....	Ellipsis	Jan 2012	#24
We'll see if they'll admit to the child labor practices or if they'll dismiss it.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#27
Own a flashlight do ya... portable phone, how 'bout that backup battery on your logic board	Ellipsis	Jan 2012	#30
Nope, I'm not, but they come like flies to honey for some reason.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#31
Not glossin'... just perspective. Own a cell phone? Then you've contributed 3.2 million deaths	Ellipsis	Jan 2012	#33
This sort of rhetoric is pointless. Merely using electricity, as you are doing now...	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#34
Exactly my point.	Ellipsis	Jan 2012	#35
What ISN'T Made in China?	DeathToTheOil	Jan 2012	#25
If you have a 401k this is how your bread is buttered.	raouldukelives	Jan 2012	#28
Don't have a 401k.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#29
Not at all. I was just making a general observation.	raouldukelives	Jan 2012	#43
Where do you think defined pension plans invest?	dmallind	Jan 2012	#44
Americans LINE up for this crap, and make a HERO out of that asshole Steve Jobs	Skittles	Jan 2012	#32
I have a HTC Touch Pro II. I'm one of those non-conformist types.	Edweird	Jan 2012	#41
But have you seen all the cool apps? nt	Snake Alchemist	Jan 2012	#42
Apple is reportedly holding ~ $55 Billion in cash. If they paid a living wage....	Scuba	Jan 2012	#45
Very simple calculation. 90 million iPhones. $8 per phone to manufacture.	joshcryer	Jan 2012	#46

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