by Vingold on September 2, 2005
“No Man’s Land” is a very popular year-long story arc in the Batman comic book series. Gotham City is first hit with an outbreak of a disease and then by an Earthquake. The federal government orders an immediate evacuation of the city. Those that can leave, do. Those that can’t – or choose not to [...]
by Vingold on August 10, 2005
This is from a newsletter that I got in the mail from Experts-Exchange An 85-year-old grandmother who bought the Grand Theft Auto-San Andreas video game (which was rated M for over-17-year-olds) for her 14-year-old grandson has sued the game’s manufacturer for “false, misleading and deceptive practices”, asking unspecified damages on behalf of herself and all [...]
by Vingold on October 10, 2004
A few different articles on outsourcing (both domestic and offshore) from a few different sources today. First off, we start with a segment on NPR’s Marketplace: Marketplace.org (links to page – then click on audio-stream) Essentially, the Japanese are in a conundrum. They need to do some reverse offshoring and actually import labor (600K immigrants) [...]