Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: News : ARM Trying to Buy AmperComputing Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:28:25 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <7a1af3ab-8959-ceab-0388-700a91aefefe@example.net> References: <_hycnQxlN5kAphr6nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <14a614d4-fc6d-2a68-6128-c465a49a73c3@example.net> <-BidndiUDpnKQQ_6nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <2055b2fd-570d-6159-dd88-82aab8101d23@example.net> <7efc79f6-74b9-62c5-8dbb-5595451c7453@example.net> <8b4a7585-c1ee-49d9-38fb-ca310cfbae0b@example.net> <0500cf7c-0e47-050b-018e-84ed866241b4@example.net> <912e5cec-804c-379a-678e-f13d4fb6bddc@example.net> <984c3138-0355-cdbf-a71c-00111331ade9@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1450029"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:64909 On Mon, 27 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:01:22 +0100, D wrote: > >> Haha.. nice joke. Is it actually working during normal circumstances? >> I've heard rumours that in some US prisons prisoners make license plates >> or stuff. I heard about a prisoner suing a prison for slavery. I hope it >> was dismissed. > > There are some prison industries but it's a low percentage. I don't know > if it still applies but the Forest Service was using prison made signs and > some states were using prison labor for road signs and license plates. > > I've seen chain gangs like in Cool Hand Luke in the south in the '50s and > '60s but I don't know if they still exist. Ah... maybe Trump will reinstate chain gangs? Seems like a good idea that just disappeared somehow. > There are also internal jobs like cooking, laundry, and maintenance that > have a very minimal wage but it's better than nothing. Hmm, maybe he will use prisoners as border guards to guard the border? You chain them to a pole, leave food and water and tell them to shoot anything that approaches (from the _right_ direction). ;)