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I'm gona take a wild stab in the dark and say megaupload has freed a lot of servers lol.

Awesome work, I'll be keeping this in mind for my next video player needs :)

Your argument is void because the buyer never finds out what conditions the products are made in unless the factory workers protest such as in this case. Social responsibility is n…

A prime example of why money needs to be taken out of politics. It takes all this shouting from the 99% but nothing speaks to the congress members like the sweet dollars of the 1%.…

Pay is certainly a good thing. But perhaps the companies need a heavy touch of social responsibility as part of their manifesto. Unfortunately social responsibility does not fly in…

I'll assume you're bringing up those 2 countries as a direct comparison to North Korea and China? Correct? China seems to be doing alright for now. As for NK? Well when the country…

I'm not just talking about China. It really doesn't matter which country the factories are in. The poor will always get exploited. Be it child labour in India or Indonesia, or clos…

It's called the choice of capitalism for the poor. Basically get exploited or don't eat.

"Instead of the raise they requested, these workers were given the following ultimatum: quit with compensation, or keep their jobs with no pay increase. Most quit and never got the…

Well there's only so many dictators we can knockout at any one time. We've been targeting those oil rich countries in the past decade where the ROI will be worth our while. The min…

hong kong baby

Hmmm... It's rather convincing when you put it that way.

Yes but shouldn't the demand for stock be translated into the stock price going up? And not a backdoor to dilute the cake?

It's a joke that stocks can be diluted afterwards by insider offerings. Thats almost a license to print money. Surely theres a law for this scam?

Truthed. My friends company struck a deal with groupon in a strategic attempt to get more exposure, even though they sold their products at a loss. Yes their website got a large tr…

$3B profit or revenue? Theres a big difference. Revenue is just song and dance to look good in reports for investors.

I've been in HK for the past 2.5 years. The air isn't too bad. For example today, sunny and clear skies. I think it would only have a measurable effect on health if you were to liv…

How the hell can u work like that for a number of hours at a time? The weight of the laptop on your legs, not to mention the heat from the fan must make it bearable for only a shor…

Did you ever consider Hong Kong as one of your possible locations to migrate to? And what made you decide against it?

The thinness is definitely cool! But controlling the device through bending gestures doesn't seem all that intuitive. I would rather have a thicker easy-to-use phone. Next step is …

"The Chinese treasury uses $1T in USD reserves to stop the run on the bank." How does it do that? Do you mean the whole money is an illusion thing? And people only work when they h…

Ok, so your overall point is that "Chinese now have dollars that buy 1/2 as much as the dollars they used to buy the treasuries". But isn't this due to inflation and the dollar bec…

"the way China subsides its own banking system in such a way that $3 Trillion in reserves is somewhat illusionary" Care to expand on this a little bit? I don't quite understand

Holding $3 Trillion in boring American gov securities seems like a safe way to shelter itself from price fluctuations if the FED decides to play with the interest rates.