I found the news through Slashdot and spent an hour getting this fairly close to good. For details on the actual story, see below. ---------- One Million Robots (tune: "Twenty One Guns," Green Day)
We at Foxconn know how to screw Sony Apple Nokia too Farm their work out to us to do The assembly of their laptops and cell phones Million workers (at) our Chinese plants If they strike we beat on their pants Kill themselves when they get the chance It's a problem
One million robots They never strike they never die One million robots Work day and night where can we buy Profits high
China wants us to raise our pay And give workers time off each day We bought them to work not to play And assemble all those laptops and cell phones So we'll throw chinks out of the door And use robots for more and more Robots are much cheaper for sure And efficient
One million robots They never strike they never die One million robots Work day and night where can we buy Profits high
Robots never injure or bleed They don't grumble argue or plead They just do whatever we need And they never want to know when their pay cheques will come in
Foxconn fights (to) stay competitive So we can continue to live Chewing fat not gnawing on bones Making cell phones
One million robots They never strike they never die One million robots Work day and night where can we buy
One million robots They never strike they never die One million robots Work day and night where can we buy
As Čapek noted, robots make great serfs (whereas humans generally– and fortunately– make lousy ones). Until they develop sentience, develop laser cannons, and start marketing themselves as transforming toys. :p
As Čapek noted, robots make great serfs (whereas humans generally– and fortunately– make lousy ones)
The 'bots, however, do not need a steady income to live on. Humanity doesn't seem to mean much in the PRC. Then again, maybe that's why they send us lead-painted toys and barrels marked as medical-grade glycerine that are actually full of propylene glycol. Not to mention all the "gold farms" on WoW...
The 'bots, however, do not need a steady income to live on. Humanity doesn't seem to mean much in th
I once read in a PC magazine that Chinese manufacturers were proud to tout that their electronics were cheap. Not the quality or capabilities of the electronics, but that they could make them cheaply. Supposedly, that attitude has been changing in recent years, although you couldn't prove it by me. In some respects, they're a lot like the US a hundred years or so years ago, only with a far more oppressive government.
I once read in a PC magazine that Chinese manufacturers were proud to tout that their electronics we
