Thanks Vince, link to image

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By: Steven Golden
Will people pay real dollars for in-game virtual money to help their virtual
characters buy in-game goods?
One gamer, who goes by the screen name Haylo, said he spent $10 to $20 real
dollars a month on in-game platinum(all nonexistent, of course) to buy weapons
and other goods in Dark Age of Camelot
(DAOC), but would spend more if he could afford it. (Read More)
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"Ed Note:This is supposed to be humorous. I find it rather shallow and pathetic. But hey, it netted the guy a movie deal. Only in America...

Submitted by Anti-Outsourcing:
B'lore answers H'wood call: 'Teddy bear, I love you'
CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2005 08:31:55 PM ]

WASHINGTON: And now here comes Outsourcing, the movie. Don't forget the comma in that previous sentence.

Hollywood will take stab at the practice of outsourcing to India as seen through the eyes of an American writer. Universal Pictures has just bought the film rights to an Esquire article titled "My Outsourced Life" by A.J.Jacobs, a scribe whose off the wall feats include reading the 33-volume, 44-million word Encylopoedia Britannica end-to-end. (Read More)
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From The Onion: Chinese Factory Worker Can't Believe the Stupid Stuff He Makes For Americans (link).
Money quote:

"Why the demand for so many kitchen gadgets?" Chen said. "I can understand having a good wok, a rice cooker, a tea kettle, a hot plate, some utensils, good china, a teapot with a strainer, and maybe a thermos. But all these extra things—where do the Americans put them? How many times will you use a taco-shell holder? 'Oh, I really need this silverware-drawer sorter or I will have fits.' Shut up, stupid American."

Submitted by Anti-Outsourcing:

Crowded India Cities Face Conflict on Cows
By DAVID GUTTENFELDER, Associated Press WriterSat May 14, 8:35 PM ET

In largely Hindu India, where many animals are revered as sacred, the cow has always held a special place. (Read More)

Hat tip: The Pirate King:

Source: The Daily Telegraph (link to story)

"A 25-year-old waitress who turned down a job providing "sexual services'' at a brothel in Berlin faces possible cuts to her unemployment benefit under laws introduced this year.

Prostitution was legalised in Germany just over two years ago and brothel owners – who must pay tax and employee health insurance – were granted access to official databases of jobseekers.

The waitress, an unemployed information technology professional, had said that she was willing to work in a bar at night and had worked in a cafe."

Link to story here.

What the article failed to mention was that the cat was offered a job at HP to lead its offshore development unit.

Ed Note: The ITPAA, inc in no way endorses any candidate for the presidency of the United States. We believe that choosing a president is a complex and personal decision that goes beyond the scope of this organization.

The following "test" is meant to be a light-hearted diversion as we prepare to make an important decision on Nov. 2.

Who would you vote for if you voted on the issues? Find out now!

Just got this in the email:

Dear Ashish,
We at ISB offer the one year PGP in Management and have formal
partnerships with the Kellogg School of Management, The Wharton School,
and London Business School. Please visit ;
www.isb.edu/pgp for more information on us.

We are interested in evaluating strategic
partnerships/sponsorship/Advertising with your association. Please
advice on the options available.

Regards,

Manager-Admissions
Indian School of Business
Gachibowli, Hyderabad -500019, India
; www.isb.edu

Submitted by JT:
Ed Note: (Contains strong language):
(Link) to cartoon

Submitted by Ian Fletcher of AeA.org

This guy is probably the best political editorial cartoonist around.

Ed Note: This is supposed to be funny... or is it?
Link: How to Write Unmaintainable Code Thanks to Chad, the Pirate King

"Outsource this! BPOs fuel live-in relationships
LOPAMUDRA GHATAK
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In case you missed it, be sure to check out yesterday's Dilbert. One could argue it's a parody of the non-immigrant visa program. Link here.

"Subject: [....] Outsourcing Reaches President

OUTSOURCING OF JOBS REACHES THE PRESIDENT "

Man rolling self across India
Americans aren't the only oddballs on the planet...

"The Economic Times Online
Burnout blues hit Indian IT pros
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" The outsourcing move was Soden's second high-profile decision after his appointment as chief executive. His first was to update the acceptable use policy that prohibits staff from accessing porn using company equipment.... I guess that isn't "acceptable" use, huh?"

"The Economic Times Online
Printed from economictimes.indiatimes.com

BPO lifestyles raise priests' hackles

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Dilbert on outsourcing:

"The Economic Times Online
Mrs IT pro: caught between love and loneliness
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American Workers Coalition is mirroring Dave Barry's column from Sunday 5/2/04. It's a must read. Money quote: "Today, of course, we don't make anything. If you give iron ore to modern American workers, it will get into their Starbucks mocha latte, and they will sue you, and they will win."

"UK Union cries foul over religious services outsourcing
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"The Economic Times Online
After BPO, it's religious outsourcing
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"The Economic Times Online
Are the tech savvy wired for infidelity?
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This is offshoring that we can live with:

"JeffLindsay.com, through its partnership with Off the Top, Inc., is proud to be the first major US corporation to adopt "executive offshoring." This is bound to be the hottest new trend in business: exporting the jobs of upper management to low-cost developing nations to cut costs AND (in many cases) improve the quality of executive performance."

Be sure to bookmark the site.

"The Economic Times Online
IT pros: great salaries but no sex life
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"The Economic Times Online
US to outsource obesity to India
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