UK BOINC Team Forum

This is unreal ..... but its gone viral.  Foxconn the main Manufacturer of things like IPhone etc for Western Companies, have installed ...........  safety nets around the buildings to catch jumpers, as suicides are now prevelant, eleven in the last month  :shock:

Here's a taster, but Google "Foxconn suicide jumpers nets" and you'll drown in references, its gone viral. .... its not a hoax or photoshop job, it really is happening ..... its unreal ....  :?

Tech Republic Article - Foxconn Suicide Jumpers

Tom's Hardware Article on Foxconn Suicides

Regards
Zy

Things just seem to be going from bad to worse for the workers at Foxconn at the moment.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13476800

It is unclear whether production of the iPad will be disrupted.

This just about sums up the materialistic Western attitude  :(