Tablets are a Fad

Discussion in 'Technology' started by cmdrmonkey, Jul 19, 2011.

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  1. #181 alterego, Jan 17, 2012
    Are Tablets Just a Fad?

    The original topic was the working conditions of mass electronic manufacturing in the third world. Talking about personal philanthropy was an attempt at changing the subject by the same person that brought up the original topic. :lol:
     
  2. #182 knowname, Jan 17, 2012
    Are Tablets Just a Fad?

    If I started a charity I'd start a charity against alcohol poisoning.
     
  3. #183 cmdrmonkey, Jan 20, 2012
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    Foxconn CEO compares his employees to zoo animals.

    www.zdnet.com/blog/asia/foxconn-chairman-compares-his-workforce-to-animals/776
     
  4. #184 supersonic, Jan 24, 2012
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    I wish there was a way to avoid Foxconn products. It looks like my 7" Kindle Fire isn't built by them, but they will be building a 10" version coming soon. I guessing other Chinese manufacturers aren't any better either, so it's probably futile. I think I'll still try to make at-least an attempt at avoiding their stuff.

    Jon Stewart highlights the lunacy with what he does best:
    http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-16-2012/fear-factory
     
  5. #185 cmdrmonkey, Jan 24, 2012
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    Doesn't Samsung still make a lot of their stuff in Korea? That might be a way to avoid Foxconn.
     
  6. #186 alterego, Jan 24, 2012
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    The conditions and working hours really aren't significantly different...

     
  7. #187 knowname, Jan 24, 2012
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    How about Asus? I would make price a prerequisit... but... Apple...

    But I'm pretty sure Asus, at least their overpriced stuff, is all made in Japan. Kinda' hate to arse myself to overpay just for...
     
  8. #188 supersonic, Jan 24, 2012
    Are Tablets Just a Fad?

    It wouldn't really be overpaying, it would just be priced to reality. As it stands now our prices are subsidized by slave labor camps.
     
  9. #189 knowname, Jan 24, 2012
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    So I REALLY can't afford anything other than AMD :eek:
     
  10. #190 supersonic, Jan 24, 2012
    Are Tablets Just a Fad?

    Eh, by noon tomorrow my emo phase will have lapsed and I'm going to say fuck it.
     
  11. #191 cmdrmonkey, Jan 24, 2012
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    @alterego

    Samsung sounds like a crappy place to work in manufacturing, but nothing you posted there sounds like outright slave labor like Foxconn.

    Plenty of Americans work at jobs with 12 hour days and have to work holidays.
     
  12. #192 supersonic, Jan 24, 2012
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    Apparently, this stuff happened in Illinois 130 years ago. China's just playing catchup.

     
  13. #193 alterego, Jan 25, 2012
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    In the first example, the guy who committed suicide by jumping off the 13th floor was working 14-15 hour days and had health issues due to having to wear the bunny suit that long. In the second link, the guy was was working "more than 12 hours per day" and had serious health issues due to exposure to chemicals. If you click on the link, it's basically just a litany of worker issues with Samsung, including high rates of cancer/leukemia.

    You're fooling yourself if you think the Korean semiconductor jobs are significantly different in terms of worker rights or conditions.
     
  14. #194 alterego, Jan 25, 2012
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    Asus is a Foxconn client, just like Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, Dell, HP, Apple, Amazon, Nokia, Acer, Panasonic, Motorola etc.

    Guys: if you're into electronics, you've been buying things manufactured in these kinds of conditions. It's the same as clothing and produce. Low pay, few rights, crappy conditions.
     
  15. #195 khaid, Jan 25, 2012
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    Indeed. I find it odd some of you guys are getting so emo about it. Go turn into a hippie or something. Cuz if you eat fruits and vegetables, there's some poor mexican farmer suffering out there too.
     
  16. #196 knowname, Jan 25, 2012
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    But the higher end asus stuff I've heard was from Japan. Sony too. but that was a couple years ago.
     
  17. #197 khaid, Jan 25, 2012
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    You might be thinking of parts of Asus products. Not the whole entire product.
     
  18. #198 knowname, Jan 25, 2012
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    yep wasn't sure of that but hey! that's a start! lol doubt anybody got leukemia washing a dirty motherboard.
     
  19. #199 supersonic, Jan 25, 2012
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    This is bfun's fault. I was perfectly content in ignorance. With that said, my propensity to be a cheap bastard will probably overtake my emoness on the issue.
     
  20. #200 cmdrmonkey, Feb 22, 2012
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    Someone in a position to actually be heard has a chance to do a hard hitting expose on the horrendous working conditions at Foxconn, and what we get instead is a fluff piece with some douchebag talking about how much he loves Apple products and how the workers don't have it bad. Gotta love American news media which is bought and paid for by corporations. ABC is basically Disney, which is basically Apple.

    http://abcnews.go.com/International/trip-ifactory-nightline-unprecedented-glimpse-inside-apples-chinese/story?id=15748745#.T0UaB_WDqk9
     
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