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Foreign Workers Coming to a Cruise Ship Near You
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| Ap 28 05
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Posted on 04/28/2005 4:41:23 PM PDT by churchillbuff
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To: churchillbuff
What a brilliant idea. Why didnt I think of that?
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posted on
04/28/2005 4:44:55 PM PDT
by
econ_grad
To: churchillbuff
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posted on
04/28/2005 4:45:58 PM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(Jimmy Carter allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
To: churchillbuff
Doubt it will come off...
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posted on
04/28/2005 4:47:43 PM PDT
by
TFine80
To: churchillbuff
Hmmm...target practice for the USS Jim Carter shake down cruise? /sar.
Actually, sounds like fun on the boat. Be sure to find some girl programmers too.
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:00:54 PM PDT
by
Wiseghy
("Sometimes you're windshield, sometimes you' re the bug")
To: churchillbuff
"Try to get American software engineers to work at night," SeaCode co-founder David Cook told Forbes magazine, explaining his delight in the outsourcing scheme. And mabe you can beat them on Friday's too! Slave labor for everyone!
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:06:10 PM PDT
by
KC_Conspirator
(This space outsourced to India)
To: churchillbuff
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:07:06 PM PDT
by
dennisw
(2ยข plain)
To: churchillbuff
Confuscious say:3 mile swim in the ocean is far better than 100 meter wade in the Rio Grande
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:10:27 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(The MRS wanted to go to an expensive place to eat so I took her to the gas station.)
To: A. Pole
Get your bump list out. It no longer just about selling America down the Ganges anymore.
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:11:26 PM PDT
by
KC_Conspirator
(This space outsourced to India)
To: econ_grad
SeaCode, will seek to classify the workers as "seamen," avoiding U.S. payroll taxes Sign me up (except I want more pay).
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:14:07 PM PDT
by
narby
To: churchillbuff
In an outrageous affront to U.S. labor laws, a California company plans to anchor a 600-cabin cruise ship just beyond the three-mile limit The US claims 200 miles off their shores. Ooops.
This sounds like the 21st century equivalent of a slaving ship.
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:24:03 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
(Nations do not survive by setting examples for others. Nations survive by making examples of others)
To: w1andsodidwe
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:24:15 PM PDT
by
A. Pole
(The Law of Comparative Advantage: "Americans should not have children and should not go to college")
To: KC_Conspirator; Willie Green; Wolfie; ex-snook; Jhoffa_; FITZ; arete; FreedomPoster; Red Jones; ...
Get your bump list out. It no longer just about selling America down the Ganges anymore. Sweat boat bump!
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:26:00 PM PDT
by
A. Pole
(The Law of Comparative Advantage: "Americans should not have children and should not go to college")
To: churchillbuff
Why not? No law against it--further demonstrating our laws are now being written to protect foreign companies from competing against American companies, instead of allowing American companies to compete on a level playing field by ending ridiculous labor regulations and taxation.
Of course, Bush and the RINO Senators will probably try to fully pass LOST to "stop commercial exploitation of the U.S. EEZ 'just like this.'"
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:26:36 PM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
(The South will rise again? Hell, we ever get states' rights firmly back in place, the CSA has risen!)
To: Centurion2000
Under the "Lost treaty" it will be three.
To: churchillbuff
Really, really dumb idea. All they need is a high speed line and the workers can work from home.
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:28:36 PM PDT
by
durasell
(Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
To: hedgetrimmer
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:29:06 PM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
(The South will rise again? Hell, we ever get states' rights firmly back in place, the CSA has risen!)
To: churchillbuff
It's a dumb idea if you stop and think about it. Ships aren't inexpensive to run with fuel, food, crew, catering, housekeeping, maintenance all needed to keep the programmers in business. Outsourced IT talent in India or China don't have that expense. What advantage is involved with having them just offshore over on land in Asia? I don't see the big attraction.
To: econ_grad
I simply don't buy it, after a reread.
"Try to get American software engineers to work at night."
Yeah, because coders NEVER work at night. They're not known for all-nighters at all. /sarc
In hindsight, I have to believe this is a ploy to get publicity on the issue of outsourcing. Where do they get the boat? Are there simply cruise ships just lying around? I don't think there's even that much demand for coding that it'd be worth running a boat which would HAVE to have gas generators of its own and satlinks to the net to work.
I heavily doubt the veracity of this.
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:33:09 PM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
(The South will rise again? Hell, we ever get states' rights firmly back in place, the CSA has risen!)
To: Non-Sequitur
Great minds think alike. Ping to 19.
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posted on
04/28/2005 5:33:39 PM PDT
by
LibertarianInExile
(The South will rise again? Hell, we ever get states' rights firmly back in place, the CSA has risen!)
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