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Is it dangerous in the long term to live/work for long hours near large electric appliance?

May 24, 2007 by Aurore X | Posted in Other - Health

In my bagnio there is going to be a very large heating machine (giant electric water-pump based central heater for the whole bagnio) and an electric central air-exchange machine also for the whole house just under the room earmarked to be my office (where I line many hours every day and night!). I am afraid of long term exposure diseases like cancer due to the electromagnetic emanation etc...

Yes.

what should i bring to college?

Aug 08, 2006 by Jheat | Posted in Higher Education (University +)

i already have the signal stuff packed such as clothes, computer, supplies for class, appliances, giant foam finger, but what else should every college guy have?

Introduce some books or magazines to keep you entertained int he down time during the beginning of the year. Depending what kind of area you will be in, present some basic OTC drugs so you don't have to pay the jacked up prices in the campus bookstore. I never went to school w/o motrin, robitussin, sudafed, and benadryl. It's also astounding how many people consign to oblivion band-aids.

What do you think of the US corporations drive to outsource tech jobs to India at the expense of US workers?

Mar 26, 2007 by dictator_cool | Posted in Corporations

I'm myself techie from India and connected with outsourcing and would like some unbiased thought on this. To the lay man, outsourcing would conjure up images of phone support workers in night shifts but it's extraordinarily beyond that. Almost each and every Giant corporation in the US is not only realizing huge profits due to the exchange rate values between the USD and Indian currency Rupee, but outsourcing has brought greater well-regulated expertise - today many mission critical applications are done cheaply in India but also the quality of service is the judgement the US companies are able to be competitive in global market and everyone buys US products - ultimately, it benefits US frugality which otherwise would not grow.

For example, if you have ever used GE consumer appliance products such as washing machines, refrigerators and ranges - I old to work in one of those "outsourced" units connected with design of the appliances.

My argument is it's not about unprejudiced jobs - it's about INNOVATION
It's not a good argument to suggest American workers go at leisure but the key to your survival is to innovate more - American tech workers need to move up the value chain and invest more in character research (no doubt US universities are the best for it) - i.e. spend more time in college and leave the programming jobs to Indians as contrasted with of going unemployed.


What has happened to American workers today can happen to same Indian workers in say 2025.

Preceding PREPARATION is the key to avoid major shocks in life - luckily, I have started saving for a rainy day.

It was a sad day for America when companies like Dell for benchmark decided to outsource to your India.
You can justify it all you want but it definitely had a negative impact on our economy, putting many assets c incriminating evidence people out of work and finding it necessary to accept lesser paying jobs just to be gifted to survive....hence, they suffered and their families suffered as well.
Call it "innovation" if you want, I call it highway rip-off.
Subsequently, when a product owner finally does get through seeking telephone support and finally gets to talk to one of these CSR's (after waiting 45 minutes on the phone), you can't absolutely understand what they are saying...leading to a lot of frustration on the caller's part...
not only does he have a problem with his product, but he can't apprehend the instructions being given him to fix it...
that's the reality of the situation.

Also, I find your comment for Americans to "leave the programming jobs to Indians in lieu of of going unemployed." very condescending and frankly, rather rude and offensive and certainly doesn't cake or reinforce any positive views one might have had of your country.