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Biggest corporate lay-off in history is expected within days, with IBM believed to be scrapping 110K
Daily Mail ^
| 1/26/15
| Thomas Burrows
Posted on 01/26/2015 3:41:54 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Texicanus
In this era of crystal clear (usually) voice communications from nearly one end of the earth to the other, why just about every drive through intercom sounds like bad drive in movie audio?
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posted on
01/26/2015 4:47:51 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: Libloather
That’s a lot of software engineers and call centers support going overseas.
To: justlurking
Bingo. Still gets the job done, it has never crashed on me. I have a workaround for the later Windows when dos interferes with its running. Let me know if you need that. Freep on!
To: Oliviaforever
Is that the PS2?
I had one of those in 1989. It retailed for $4100, but I got a university discount. Paid $2500, software included and an extra large 40MB hard disk. I also upgraded to 1 MB RAM, the most you could get. It had one wait cycle.
It was a WWII tank. Incredibly slow, quickly outdated, but indestructible.
To: wally_bert
In this era of crystal clear (usually) voice communications from nearly one end of the earth to the other, why just about every drive through intercom sounds like bad drive in movie audio? That's a good question. Let me know when you get the answer ;-)
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posted on
01/26/2015 4:54:33 PM PST
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: wally_bert
If you’re old enough to remember drive-in movies you’ll know that all those cheap tinny speakers had to go somewhere.
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posted on
01/26/2015 4:55:16 PM PST
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: mylife
Oh, Praise the Lord, and thank you, my dearest for telling me!
I’m so happy for you, mylife.
YOU are most deserving!
God bless and keep you, my dear, sweet pal.
XOXOXO
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posted on
01/26/2015 4:55:18 PM PST
by
onyx
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To: Covenantor
The last drive in movie I remember going to was Blues Brothers.
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posted on
01/26/2015 4:56:58 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: Covenantor
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posted on
01/26/2015 4:58:15 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: wally_bert
Ouch! All those great Blues Brothers tunes pumped through a drive-in speaker.
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posted on
01/26/2015 4:59:52 PM PST
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Libloather
This is a terrible thing for those 100,000 people and their many family who depend on that income. :-(
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posted on
01/26/2015 5:01:03 PM PST
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: Covenantor
I was only 8 or 9 when it came out, it was cold and the Monte Carlo my parents had heater was weak or out. I remember the cold to this day.
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posted on
01/26/2015 5:02:41 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: eyedigress
Same here and they are slowly being migrated to something else. Glad it isn’t my job.
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posted on
01/26/2015 5:05:37 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: VanDeKoik
IBM = India Business Machines...
40% plus of IBMers are now in India.
Anyone want to take a wager where the bulk of the layoffs will occur?
To: silverleaf
This is terrible news for everybody.
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posted on
01/26/2015 5:12:06 PM PST
by
txhurl
(They claim conservatives aren't electable yet they disguise themselves as conservatives to win.)
To: onyx
Thank you, I hope you have weathered your transition well.
I may miss yall this June, I have several commitments in short turn.
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posted on
01/26/2015 5:12:50 PM PST
by
mylife
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
01/26/2015 5:17:17 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Dubh_Ghlase
Anyone want to take a wager where the bulk of the layoffs will occur? The country obama just visited and praised?
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posted on
01/26/2015 5:21:03 PM PST
by
null and void
(The aggregate effect of competitive capitalism is indistinguishable from magic)
To: mylife
My wife works with pivot tables all the time.
Me? I can sum a column of numbers.
:)
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posted on
01/26/2015 5:24:27 PM PST
by
2111USMC
(Aim Small Miss Small)
To: wally_bert
... why just about every drive through intercom sounds like bad drive in movie audio?Blame it on Global Warming or Bush maybe?
Seriesly (sp), the CEO of Mickey D's is living in the twentieth century. He needs to go Undercover Boss and discover the real world out there. The equipment sucks, English challenged employees suck, food quality and ingredients suck, sanitation sucks, employee loyalty sucks, and oh, and did I mention Mickey D's sucks.
Same for IBM and it's foreign under qualified H-1B cheaper by the dozen employees.
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posted on
01/26/2015 5:24:56 PM PST
by
Texicanus
(Texas, it's like a whole 'nother country.)
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