30 Mar 2009
IBM Tries To Patent Offshoring

I wonder if I could get a patent on scum-sucking bottom feeders and then sue Big Blue?

IBM has filed a patent application that covers offshoring employees. Application 20090083107, dated March 26, 2009, is a 'method and system for strategic global resource sourcing.' Figure 2 gives a pretty good idea of what's involved — it shows boxes labelled 'Engineer,' 'HR,' and 'Programmer' with crossing arrows pointing to cylinders labelled 'India,' 'China,' and 'Hungary.' The article speculates that IBM may apply the methodology to its own staff — it reportedly plans to lay off thousands of employees and has even started a program to have IBM workers transfer to other countries at local wages.

(link) [Slashdot]

20:55 /Copywrongs | 0 comments | permanent link

Irish boffins tackle cow-fart ecopocalypse with fish oil

I want a job as a headline writer for these guys ...

Irish boffins believe they may be able to save us all from the scourge of cowfart-induced ecological catastrophe, according to reports. It seems that adding fish oil to the parping bovine planet-wreckers' diet can reduce their methane emissions.

(link) [The Register]

20:48 /Humor | 0 comments | permanent link

Man fires at McDonald's window over breakfast menu

I wonder if he was Falling Down?

AP - Police said a customer fired one or two shots into a Salt Lake City McDonald's after the driver of the car he was in was told the restaurant was not serving lunch yet. Police said the female driver of a white Dodge Intrepid pulled up to the drive-thru and ordered from the lunch menu early Sunday but was told only breakfast was available.

(link) [Yahoo! News: Top Stories]

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