Orkut Community Closing:
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Well I’ve done some thinking and I’ve come to this conclusion. I thought I could give some life to community
but then I realized something, I’ve barely put any effort into it lately and its going to take a LOT of work to put it back together. Not to mention most of the people in my community were students when it was started, but now a lot of them were busy with their personal lives, and I have to get ready for my own I’ll have even LESS time to work on it. So I’m going to shut it down. I’ll leave it open in case anyone ever wants to talk to me and I’ll come back to check up every now and then but otherwise, this is good-bye. Thanks for all the great memories and making the site fun. I hope you all enjoyed it and I’m terribly sorry its closing.
Top Rajnikant Facts known to man:
There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Rajnikant has allowed to live
Outer space exists because it’s afraid to be on the same planet with Rajnikant
Rajnikant counted to infinity – twice
When Rajnikant does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down
Rajnikant is so fast, he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head
Rajnikant’s hand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush in Poker
Rajnikant doesn’t wear a watch, HE decides what time it is
Rajnikant gave Mona Lisa that smile
Rajnikant can slam a revolving door
Rajnikant does not get frostbite. Rajnikant bites frost
Remember the Soviet Union? They decided to quit after watching a Padayappa on Satellite TV
There are no races, only countries of people Rajnikant has beaten to different shades of black and blue
Rajnikant’s house has no doors, only walls that he walks through
Rajnikant doesn’t actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear
Rajnikant can divide by zero
Newton’s Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Rajnikant turnaround kick
For some, the left testicle is larger than the right one. For Rajnikant, each testicle is larger than the other one
When taking the GRE, write “Rajnikant” for every answer. You will score over 1600
Rajnikant invented black. In fact, he invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. Tom Cruise invented pink
In the beginning there was nothing…then Rajnikant kicked that nothing in the face and said “Get a job”. That is the story of the universe
Rajnikant has 12 moons. One of those moons is the Earth
Rajnikant grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage
Archeologists unearthed an old English dictionary dating back to the year 1236. It defined “victim” as “one who has encountered Rajnikant”
Rajnikant ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got one
If you Google search “Rajnikant getting his ass kicked” you will generate zero results. It just doesn’t happen.
Rajnikant can drink an entire gallon of milk in thirty-seven seconds
Rajnikant doesn’t bowl strikes, he just knocks down one pin and the other nine faint
It takes Rajnikant 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes – no, he doesn’t have a TIVO
The Bermuda Triangle used to be the Bermuda Square, until Rajnikant kicked one of the corners off
There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Rajnikant lives in Chennai
Rajnikant once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink
Thousands of years ago Rajnikant came across a bear. It was so terrified that it fled north into the arctic. It was also so terrified that all of its decedents now have white hair.
Once up on a time:
@home town:
Cousins/relations/family frnds: enti babu weekend ani intiki vachava...s/w company lo Pani Chesthunav antaga....?? Baagane isthunattu vunaru ga.... inkenti settle ipoyavu kada... pelli sangathi enti...?? Entha lo vunnaru mi amma vaalu (katnam.)..? S/w engineer e kada bagane vundidi le Ni rate....
@hydbad:
Auto driver: Saab namaste sir....Randi sir kurchondi kurchondi...ekkadiki vellali... ekkadiki Ina min 50 rs/- meekenti sir...monthly oka 25,000 vastai kada... maku ichee 50 emi lekka le meeku...
House owner: enti s/w company lo Pani Chesthunava..?? ithe rent 7,000/- every three months ki meeku hikes (increments) vastai anta kada..so ade vidmaga ma intiki rent kuda 3 months ki okasari 750 increment anamaata.... ina ivi anni meeku oka lekka paada.... meeku 31st nite ki nite oka 30,000 vastai anta kada...
Shop owner: sir s/w employee ayyi vundi inka 25 rs/kg rice vaaduthunaru enti sir..... idigo s/w employees kosam 47 rs/kg rice sir.... asalu meeru atu itu thiriganavasaram ledu .....Thinna ventane ade digest ipothundi sir...asalike s/w vaalu oka chair lo ne kurchuntaru anta kada etu thiraga kunda....sir inka latest imported perfumes kuda vachai sir..okati theskoni velli try cheyyandi...taruvaatha meeku nachina flavours theskoni vellachu...ina mi daggara money ekkadiki poyyidi sir....
Now.........
@home town:
cousins/relations/family frnds: enti babu intiki vachavu....kompa theesi thesesara enti..?? aha ante emi ledu ee madya andarini thesesthunaru kada..andukani.. ina enduku ayya aa s/w job lu.. epudu thesestaro telidu,vunchutharo telidu... inka mi job ke security lenappudu inka meeru pelli chesukoni emi vuddaristharu... asalu meeku mundu ammai ni evaru istaru le...
auto driver: sir mari chi..chi veedini sir enti inka....idigo chudu thammudu ee auto velladu kani mundu ku poyyi bus stop lo nuncho.. nenu adiginantha iche situation lo nuvvu levu le kani..lite thesko......
House owner: babu memu illu families ki iddam anukuntunamu.... so meeru tvaraga kaali cheyyandi... ina batchelors ki intha pedda flat avasaram ledu anukunta....koncham chinna room lu vunte chuskoni...urgent ga emi kadu le..oka 5 or 6 days lo vacate cheyyandi...
shop owner: rey evaru akkada.... vachina vadiki enni kgs/rice(25 rs vi) kavalo chusi ichi pampandi..money isthene ivvandi....appu ledu ani clear ga cheppandi... idi neti s/w employee jeevitham...
S/w employees aa ..??? Meekenti keka ani maku leni pogaru theppinchedi meere... inka mi pani ipoindi ga ani chulakana chesi navvedi meere...s/w companies kuda ninnati daaka velaki velu ichi eroju nunchi inka raaku ani enduku cheptaro telidu...INDIA lo aa employee ni reason cheppakunda theseshte vaala employee unions vurkovu... kevalam s/w employees ki oka union lekapovatame oka karanama..??
Oh wah wah wah give me a fucking break. Heaven forbid someone not lie, and give their true answer. Carrie isn't trying to be a political figure, she dosen't have to lie. It's Miss USA for fuck's sake… she was asked a question and she answered it truthfully, the only reason she should have answered differently would be to save herself from the shit she's recieving for stating her OPINION.
Sweet GOD. Lets all get over this already. She's a person with an opinion. Each person is entitled to their own opinion. If I wasted my days making a "deal" out of every opinion I don't agree with I wouldn't get ANYTHING done. EVER. We get it, you don't agree but for fucks sake… MOVE ON! It doesn't make her the devil just b/c she doesn't share in your opinion. I do appreciate that she has the balls to be honest about her feelings and not stand up there and lie about world peace like all the other bimbos.
To Perez Hilton ( JUDGE ) and others who hate her:
You "sound" like a hypocrite/broken record! You would not have fame or fortune if you weren't able to say what you want 24/7. Now to profess that she could have answered it "better". "Better" in WHOSE opionon? Is answering "better" pandering and speaking untruthfully? I though honesty was the "best" policy. She is actually speaking with the "majority" of the state she is representing. I think you need to give a "better" explanation, a "better" response. Talk about taking away "human rights"! Free speech is not for beauty queens? Not so! Please let your public know that you are truly for human rights! Correct your non-PC attitude!
You had a opportunity with all your self made publicity to actual do something and be a good representative for the cause you say you stand for, but blew it so you could whine and take cheap shots at Miss California. You had several opportunity's to get a question right on all these interviews, but instead you got them and most Americans wrong.
The sad thing is you were not competing and feeling the pressure of running for miss AMERICA with a live Audience. I would think that you being gay you would understand that. I guess it goes back to the intelligence issue that you have. First impressions are everything and my first impression of you is that your a sociopath .You sir have a Parasitic Lifestyle . If those words are to big for you to understand, ask someone to help you look them up.
Would you have felt better if she lied Perez? Would you little brain tingled if she stood up there and made you proud? Or would you have done your best to expose her true feelings and call her a fraud…. how long until someone else comes along and pisses you off so you can post about them 5 times in one day to try to make people HATE her? Such a good job at spreading that HATE.
 | Category: | Computers & Electronics | | Product Type: | Cell-phones | | Manufacturer: | MOTOROLA |
The good:
The Motorola V360 has solid talk-time battery life and comes with Bluetooth, a music player, a speakerphone, a crystal-clear display, and an expandable memory slot.
The bad:
The Motorola V360 has a poor external display, a dull design, and average picture quality. Also, there's no flash for the camera, and applications can load slowly.
The bottom line:
The Motorola V360 abandons the flashy for the functional. Although the design is a step backward from the last model in the product line, it's outweighed by attractive features.
Specifications:
Carrier: T-Mobile ; Band / mode: GSM 900/1800/1900 (Tri-Band) ; Talk time: Up to 450 min
The Motorola V360 evokes little emotion. Of course, except for models such as the Razr V3, Motorola tends to be low on visual appeal and high on function. A less-patient person may disregard this phone because of its looks, but we stand by the old mantra of "Don't judge a book by its cover." T-Mobile's V360 is a solidly constructed, feature-rich handset that makes a quantum leap from theV330, the previous model in the product line. This lightweight handset is perfect for the consumer who is on the verge of discovering that cell phones are so much more than just a phone.We may be a bit nitpicky, but the design of the Motorola V360 falls short of the vision seen in Motorola's more fashionable cell phones, such as the Razr. The handset is a two-tone blue and silver with a matte finish. The front flip is mostly blue with a silver border around the LCD and a silver U-shaped design element on the outer edge. The U-shaped design continues inverted, in the interior of the phone, and even though we think we understand what Motorola was trying to accomplish, we just don't like it.
With nearly the same dimensions as the last-generation V330, the Motorola V360 measures 3.5 by 1.9 by 0.9 and weighs only 3.9 ounces, lighter than the V330's 4.2 ounces. We applaud Motorola for doing away with the external antenna, which helped the V360 fit nicely in our pocket. We also like how it felt in our hand when closed, but in the open position, it felt too flat against our ear. We applaud Motorola for increasing the size of the external display, but a grayscale screen is hardly an upgrade from the V330's two-tone blue. The backlight setting is not adjustable, and we weren't able to display pictures or wallpaper. We do like the addition of the date, which is added to the time, as well as the battery-life and reception bars, but we still don't get photo caller ID.
Motorola has added an expandable TransFlash memory-card slot at the top of the phone. Disappointingly, you have to take the battery cover off to access it, but we like having the extra memory. The side buttons on the Motorola V360 are the same as on the V330. There's a volume rocker and a button for changing ringer options on the left spine. When open, the latter key also controls the digital audio player, though not with much success. The side button on the right controls the voice-activation menu, which was rather difficult to use successfully. The camera lens is on the upper-left corner of the front flap, and the speaker has moved to the bottom of the back of the handset. The V360 also has a mini-USB port and a headset jack.
The Motorola V360's 176x220-pixel, 262,000-color internal TFT display measures 1.8 inches diagonally. It's vivid and clear, and it's even better than the V330's already attractive 65,000-color screen. It is easy to view images in the light or dark, indoors or outdoors. You can adjust the brightness and the backlighting time, and neither the contrast nor the font size can be adjusted.
Motorola has not changed the navigation buttons either. There are still dedicated buttons for the camera, as well as T-mobile's T-zones Internet service. You'll also find a five-way navigation toggle and two programmable soft keys. We love how easy it is to program the toggle as a shortcut, then use the phone while minimizing dedicated buttons to features we don't use. Kudos to Motorola for not being pressured into multiple permanent buttons that lead to purchased services. We are surprised by the changes in the keypad, which is now blue backlit instead of white. The change makes it harder to read in the dark, although the navigation keys show up much better. Compared with the V330, the keypad buttons are much flatter and don't have spaces in between keys. As a result, it's harder to dial by feel.
The 1,000-contact phone book on the Motorola V360 seems large, but the 5MB of integrated memory is shared with all applications and data on the handset. Each contact stores up to six separate phone numbers; a home address; an e-mail address; a picture ID, which is visible only on the internal display; and a ringer ID--you get a generous 50 polyphonic (24-chord) ring tones. Plus, you can set your own caller groups. The V360 features a vibrate mode, a voice recorder, a memo pad, a calculator, a date book, and an alarm clock with multiple settings. The phone also features full Bluetooth; PC syncing for contacts; text, enhanced, and multimedia messaging; AOL and Yahoo instant messaging; POP3, IMAP4, and SMTP e-mail; and a speakerphone. The V360 is equipped for push-to-talk networks and Motorola's Screen 3 technology, but T-Mobile supports neither feature. Also, be aware that the interface can be sluggish at times.
The VGA-resolution camera is a definite highlight of the Motorola V360, especially now that pictures can be uploaded directly to your computer. The camera includes three resolutions (640x480, 320x240, and 160x120), six lighting settings, a 4X zoom, and five shutter tones. After taking your shots, you can send them in a message, apply them as wallpaper or a screensaver, and move them to a PC via the TransFlash card. The phone will hold roughly 100 pictures, but once again, that uses shared memory and assumes no other data on the handset. We are disappointed that the V360 does not have a flash, as even the Night setting did not work as well as a flash would. You can also take videos with sound, at a resolution of 176x144, and for a maximum of 30 seconds. Since the V360 is a VGA camera, photo quality was nothing special, and videos were choppy and pixelated.
Except for one title (Pinball), the Java (J2ME) gaming applications on the phone are mostly demos that require you to download and pay for full versions of the games. We're used to such miserly behavior from Sprint and Verizon but not T-Mobile, so it was a shock to see such a skimpy selection. We are impressed with the audio player application, which allowed us to easily create playlists, change the order of songs, and play songs at random or on repeat.
We tested the triband (GSM 850/1800/1900; EDGE) Motorola V360 on the T-Mobile network in San Francisco. We encountered decent call quality with acceptable clarity and volume. We occasionally had trouble getting a signal but only when we were in older, concrete buildings. The phone did a good job in windy conditions, but callers could tell we were using a cell phone. We did have a substantial amount of interference with the car phone and the computer speakers.
Regarding the Motorola V360's digital audio player, the sound quality would benefit from treble and bass settings, and the speakerphone distorts the songs, but overall, the player is a step in the right direction and a nice addition to the phone.
The Motorola V360 has a rated talk time of 5 hours. In our tests, we got 4.75 hours on a single charge. Standby time was only 7 days, compared with the promised time of 10 days. According to FCC radiation tests, the Motorola V360 has a digital SAR rating of 1.51 watts per kilogram. 
Its not the things those are changed .. Its ourselves ..
How it changed from a maverick collage life to strict professional life…..
How tiny pocket money changed to huge monthly paychecks
but then why it always is a problem to meet expenses….
How a single plate of samosa changed to a full Pizza or burger
But then why there is less appetite…..
How a bike always in reserve changed to bike/car that is always full
but then why there are less places to go on……
How a small coffee shop changed to cafe coffee day
but then why its feels like shop is far away…..
How a limited prepaid card changed to postpaid package
but then why we feel like there are less calls and messages
How a old assembled desktop changed to new branded laptop
but then why there is less time to put it on……….
Don't put your career objectives ahead of your personal life -- it will not pay off. that isn't the right way to prioritize your time, and setting your own feelings aside is not going to pay off. You have needs that must be met, and you must put yourself first. Put yourself first. Don't live life to somebody else's terms.
.. almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your self.
Too often we are scared, scared of what we might not be able to do, scared of what people might think if we tried, we let our fears stand in the way of our hopes. Why? There's really no time to be afraid. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Everything!
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.
Cultural surrender is more than a matter of rejecting one's father and mother culture. It means that one accepts a new definition as a person. The culturally dependent person is a mere spectator, a receptacle for the creativities of others. To demand freedom from slavery only to use that freedom to commit one's self to a voluntary cultural servitude is to lose the chance to be human.
The erosion of many of our cultural traditions and foundations are most evidenced in our family and community life. Far too many people are getting away from the essence of family life. The cultural tradition of family life is that of the extended family that centers itself on the rearing of children and caring for the elders.
Family life is the basis for which a people maintain their cultural traditions that are important to the survival of a people. The way we raise our children in the context of extended family life for Indian people was always connected to the overall development of the larger community.
After Independence we found ourselves as people who have been both physically and mentally free. We have also had far too many of those who have yielded their bodies - and worse, their souls - to people and systems whose purpose was to exploit to take all and give nothing. Sharing has become a rare word but new concept of social moving came on to screen. What is social moving with out sharing ?
We have tended to equate sophisticated technology with culture, believing that such technology is exclusively foreign and that to affirm Indian culture is to reject technology.
We have tended to equate modern technology, and to value modern as if it were cultural progress. At the same time, we have seen the affirmation of Our own culture as a matter of retrogression. Further, we have seen Indian culture as static rather than dynamic and adaptive.
We have tended to equate foreign culture with wealth and our own culture with poverty.
We have tended to associate education with the acquisition of all the foreign cultural forms, and find it hard to conceive of educated persons who live in our own society.
We have tended to equate our traditions with particular forms of foreign interpretations.
Generally we have failed to study ourselves and to know our culture.
Happy Pongal to all.
Employees from Indian IT Sector, instead of concentrating their energy on real work, just keep on overrating themselves. The working environment in IT companies was being rated as one of the most stressful in the world. But still its productivity rating is no where closer to that of the United States. It was infact even lesser than that of Northern Ireland. Overrated practices and underrated ideas contribute to this mess. There are lot more hard times to come which may turn out to be hard in shortrun, but ultimately they will get a good change in IT Sector. The Chicken has come to roost. US or or the US bussiness models are not the ones that we should rely upon or adopt from. What Indian firms/management sector needs is an ideology that can build up a domestic base for their companies. There is not even one instance that a thing which was adopted from USofA was proven successful. The Indian IT industry is filled with overhyped practices and underappreciated ideas. Conventional wisdom, like there's an IT skills shortage, sometimes turns out not to be true. It's not always clear how these things are going to pan out in the long run. There doesn't seem to be a shortage of IT talent, only a shortage of cheap IT labor, and that's what has those companies in an uproar. Big vendors going offshore to India are finding that the unlimited supply of eager, talented, willing-to-work-for-grain computer-science graduates is a bit of myth. Yes, salaries are much lower than in the United States. But companies operating in India, spend a lot of time and energy time stealing each other's employees--and that's quickly driving up salaries. It's the dot-com boom all over again, Indian style.
The situations I am in this week has made clear a concept that I’ve long understood, but never been able to explain.
I am the best.
Simply put, this is the inner feeling of anyone who is secure with themselves. “You are the best … husband, writer, programmer, human?” Is a common reply. The answer is no. To place limits on the statement renders it completely invalid. I am the best, globally, not at any one aspect of anything quantifiable, just the best. Oddly enough this is a concept that can not be conceived of by someone who truly believes that they are the best in any given field, or position. It applies mostly to those who strive everyday to be the best, though there is no way to qualify. Insecurity certainly rules out the ability to consider oneself the best, to be in constant question of bestness removes ones ability to reach it.
And so, am I saying that there is no such thing as the best? It is certainly a quantum concept. The best, by human nature, is in constant motion, any measurement taken at a given time is likely to be in question in the very next moment. An unquantified claim of best can not be proven or disproven, and so I can say, “I am the best,” and sincerely believe that I am. Thats is why People say I am 'THE Best.
Children are so overrated.
There is an unspoken taboo in our society where if you admit that having kids wasn't quite what you thought it would be and that if you could do it all over again that you would have chosen NOT to have kids, that you are a monster, an evil, despicable monster.
The truth is a large percentage of parents HATE being parents. They will never say it out loud and they can't even admit that to themselves because "only an evil demon" would come to that conclusion, they think.
For every precious moment where the little brat does something special, there are 1,000 moments where they drive you crazy.
They literally tear your life upside down. Marriage,your social life, the list goes on and on and on.
Oh yeah, the worst part is yet to come - the teenage years.
The reason people have children is because of this unwritten societal norm where the standard is to get married and immediately begin to produce offspring because "that's the thing to do".
I think most people end up having kids because 1) They're too stupid to know how to use birth control properly and/or 2) They have an idealistic, completely unrealistic vision of what parenthood entails.
People imagine dressing their daughter in pretty clothes, or playing catch with their son. They don't think about being awoken at 2 a.m. by a sick, screaming kid who just threw up all over the bed, and who doesn't give a shit that you have to get up for work in four hours. They don't think about the mortgage company threatening to foreclose, or the electricity being shut off, because the husband can't pay all the bills on one income.
More people should think about these things, and fewer people should be having children. Parenthood should be left to those few couples who are willing to take the good with the bad.
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Think the $25 billion is to help save the Big Three automakers and preserve manufacturing facilities essential to national security? Think again.
Detroit automakers' best hope for Washington aid is a bipartisan plan to speed the release of $25 billion in already-approved loans under the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). But long-simmering hostilities between the California and Michigan delegations on auto issues threaten the deal. California legislators want that money to subsidize their own Silicon Valley-based auto industry, which they argue is the future of American transportation.
Once synonymous with Detroit, the "American auto industry" now depends on your geographical perspective. To Southerners, it's foreign transplants like BMW and Hyundai. To Midwesterners, it's General Motors, Ford and Chrysler but also Honda and Toyota. And to the West Coast, it's alternate-fuel startups like Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive.
The original intent of the $25 billion was about more than helping the Detroit Three cope with the costs of Washington's expensive new fuel-mileage mandate.
the Department of Energy should provide loans to new and existing automakers and suppliers to encourage development and speed delivery of next-generation cars.
The trouble with government subsidies, however, is that they shield emerging companies from market demands. A closer look at Tesla reveals a high-tech company in deep financial trouble.
Is its federal loan application seed money -- or bailout money? "If the market wants (electric cars) in the number Tesla is talking about," he told Business Week, "a larger auto company like GM or Ford will bury them on cost."
Taxpayers already may be on the hook for decades of bad decisions by U.S. automakers. Do they also want to throw money at California startups that have yet to prove their market viability?
To whom are we indebted: dollar Almighty or God almighty? We all Indians were too much used to follow America with no reasoning behind it. US of A is a mad monkey and India is a blind dog which all it does is just following that wild monkey. Americans don’t have a culture of savings .. that’s why they got all that so called developed life which demands more dollars for anything you might need. But that’s not the case. We used to have cheap coffee at Irani café which were replaced later by coffee days just for following so called developed western culture. The more we became western, the more we got the financial services [ which just do business with nothing, and create money in air ], the more we got a feel of development, the more we stopped using our common sense. Perhaps the challenge in the economic downturn lies not in our politicians, but in ourselves. During bear markets and bull markets, some on stock markets have been feeding at the trough in high style. Protected by golden parachute severance packages, their greed has put several well-known financial institutions on life support and threatened our economy. But as we resent some in the executive suites, and point our fingers at the pork-barrel politicians who build bridges to nowhere, it's important to remember they aren't much different than many of us who are fellow travelers on the road to bankruptcy. For most of the time, too many of us have lived beyond their means. Consumers buy items they can't afford and pile up debts they are unable to pay. The concept of sacrifice is largely ignored. In the ceaseless quest to acquire more toys, instant gratification trumps patience. As personal spending continues with wild abandon, we all think that so called intellectuals [ assuming they are all honest in goals and path ] with control to roots of economy will wave a magic wand and command our deficits to disappear. But still they must have an informed citizenry that understands restraint and believes in some ethical code. According to a theory, a person's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions. The real value is found in a person's soul. The day of reckoning has arrived, and all must ask: Does the almighty dollar merit worship, or is it in God that we trust?
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 Should Detroit's Big Three continue to suffer, the U.S. economy will, too. Whether the numbers prove that 1 out of every 10 or its just 1 out of 20 U.S. jobs is touched by Detroit automakers is irrelevant, The important thing is, it's a lot. I would say 100 jobs out of 100 are touched, It's an economy that's integrated, it's linked. What happens to your neighbor happens to you. The primary estimate by Ann Arbor's Center for Automotive Research, Detroit is that 3 million jobs would be lost if General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor Co. shut their doors. Which excludes a lot of figures included in ripples and spill overs. But the real question isn't whether the entire U.S. auto industry will collapse -- it's what happens if just a part of it collapses, such as the liquidation of Chrysler or the bankruptcy of GM. The problem in estimating the damage is how to measure the ripple effects. Those workers, in turn, are just part of the 2.3 million people indirectly employed by the Big Three, including auto suppliers. All told, the direct and indirect jobs add up to 2.5 percent of the total U.S. work force. 25 out of every 1000 people losing jobs. That’s really a huge figure.
Detroit 3 created about nine indirect jobs for every one direct job, That includes not just the supply chain for automakers but also the spending of the relatively well-paid autoworkers at a coffee shop near a factory or a lunch spot near corporate headquarters.
That figure doesn't include what's called "spillover" work at auto repair shops, parts stores, tire dealers and other car-related services that would not continue in business if an automaker fails. The idea is that even if your Buick is orphaned by a failed GM, you'll still need to get the oil changed. Even if you're still getting your oil changed, a laid-off GM worker is probably changing his own instead of hitting Quick Lube or Midas.
The actual indirect jobs for the entire auto industry are much larger than this 2.3 million,
The spillover is when the GM worker has less income and they are buying less coffee and fewer clothes and things like that, At best, job losses of 500,000 were estimated if GM alone was liquidated, still enough to risk sending the founderingU.S. economy from recession into depression -- partly because no one really knows just how deeply the roots of the U.S.automakers go into the rest of the national economy. At worst, she estimates, the failure of GM could lead to 1.5 million or even 2 million jobs lost. One problem is gauging how much damage would happen to suppliers who make parts for more than one automaker. GM, Chrysler or Ford could make up two-thirds of a supplier's business, but the loss of those orders is more than enough to doom the entire shop. The Big Three stand as emblems of the American Dream, Even though all Americans want this industry to succeed, I cannot support a plan to spend taxpayer money to bail them out. A bailout will just push the problem further into the future.
Ford Motor Co. shares fell 25 percent to $1.26, down 42 cents a share to its lowest point in 26 years, and its market capitalization fell to $3 billion. GM shares fell 30 cents, or nearly 10 percent, to $2.79, after touching their lowest point since 1942.
Officials who complain about the Detroit Three need to realize the industry is highly leveraged and capital intensive. The Detroit Three have been investing $19 billion annually in research and development for new products, enhanced fuel economy and better clean air performance. In recent years, the Big Three automakers have spent an additional $12 billion to $13 billion a year on new tools and technology. Then the companies spend tens of billions of dollars every month to buy parts and services from vendors. These investments support hundreds of thousands of jobs. That's why break-even points are astronomical. Even when an automaker is going at full capacity in a strong market, it works hard for 10 or 11 months of the year before it makes its first dime. It's fine to criticize and uphold the ideology of free-market capitalism. But manufacturing helped to create much of the wealth in America and most of its middle class. Japan, South Korea, China and Europe understand how critical manufacturing is to their economic futures. For heaven's sake, why can't Americans ( And in recent times, Indians )? The only real question, as all the economists point out, is just how bad things would get. Let's hope we don't find out. So that we remain as spend thrifts and assuming America is still the super power.
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