For the sake of discussion, how many different places can you use your Speedpass?
For certain values of "you", Mobile Stations, McDonalds, and Stop and Shop supermarkets.
For values of "you" equal to "me", Mobile Stations.
How many of these also accept debit or check cards?
All of them.
With the Speedpass, you don't have to dig out your wallet and type in a PIN. This is at worst a minor convenience, but it rules if you're wearing gloves because it's cold (not so much an issue here in Florida, but often so in Boston) or if you're holding a toddler in one arm.
If it had cost even a dollar, I wouldn't have it. Since it's free, costing only a little bit of my time to activate. A little more in my case since I linked it to a debit card; they make you sign something showing you understand that this could be a PITA for you if it gets stolen.
Do you sign anything when you pay at the pump with your credit card?
McDonalds doesn't even make people sign for using credit cards at the register.
Personally, I don't use a Speedpass because I don't always go to Mobil. If I had one, I would probably always go to them, and I refuse to be controlled by their clever, evil marketing ideas.:-)
I thought this too at first, but I have found since then that it doesn't really factor into my decisions as much as I thought it would. During certain parts of my daily routine, Mobil is more convenient, so if I need to go to a gas station or convenience store I will go there, but when they aren't, the added convenience of the Speedpass is heavily outweighed by the inconvenience of going out of my way, so I don't.
The main exception is when I need a quicky carwash, because I don't want a "whirling brushes" wash to snap my non-retractable antenna off, so I always go to Mobil for that, and the Speedpass comes in handy.
Does anyone match the signature on the credit card witDoes anyone match the signature on the credit card with the signature you provide anyway? I've seen it done in some cities, but here in the West people normally give you the card back before you even sign.
I spent the last six months using a debit card that had the signature block completely worn off. Not only was no signature visible, but in place of it was "VOID" in fairly large type.
I'd estimate 1 time in 10 somebody asked me for my driver's license. Certain stores tend to do it consistently. Sci-Fi City, a local game store, checks my ID for every credit/debit card purchase, no matter what. Albertsons and Publix supermarkets have NEVER asked to see my ID, no matter what condition the card is in. The majority of restaurants never ask, either.
I make a point of thanking the person who asks to see my ID, so they don't get discouraged from the practice by all the people who curse at them.
Considering how much trouble I have getting the terminal inside the store to accept my Speedpass, I seriously doubt the orbital mind control satellites are going to be able to read it.
They'll have more luck with the tags in my clothing and new currency, anyway.
Once upon a time, the entire internet was shut down for a day or so to switch over to IPV4.
The cutover from NCP to TCP took two years, and the average Fortune 500 company owns more routers today than existed on the entire ARPANET at the time.
Given the choice between dying of the four things, I'll take the heart attack. 5 seconds of "WTF", 10 seconds of "Yep, I'm boned", 30 seconds of "Oh, man, this sucks", but then the lights go out and the words "GAME OVER" flash on the big screen. Beats the hell out of a slow lingering painful death, especially in states that don't permit euthanasia.
You should perhaps do a little more research there, ace. Sometimes a heart attack means "severe, burning pain for half an hour, followed by hours of surgery, followed by days of constant lingering agony, followed by some more burning pain and finally the blessed relief of death."
I don't think that "fuck it", in this context, means that you will be getting laid.
If you coordinate a massive criminal activity via Slashdot, targetted against tech-savvy companies with lots of money at their disposal, I think the odds are very good that you are going to get laid.
And ISPs are doing NOTHING to reduce the number of zombies on their networks.
Nothing? You seem adamant about this, but it's demonstrably not true.
To pick one example out of a hat, Road Runner in many places blocked port 80 for certain IP ranges, scanned people for Code Red/Nimda vulnerability, and then kept the people who show up vulnerable in the IP range that's blocked.
I'd buy "many have done nothing", or "few have done enough", but your blanket statement that none of them has done a single thing is either uniformed or ill-stated.
So what is the point? If the poster is having a difficult time withdrawing and really wishes to, then I suggest taking about 1 week off from work, avoid old habits, and sleep it off.
Oh for God's sake, grow a pair. I was drinking coffee, Jolt, and Diet Coke every day when it became necessary to quit. I would go through at least 40 ounces of Diet Coke by breakfast.
The day I decided to quit, here's what I did; I didn't drink any more caffeine. Ever. We're not talking Heroin here, it's friggin' CAFFEINE. My willpower is not much, if at all, above average.
I went to work, and I drank Caffeine-Free Diet Coke and water. If I'd been laying around the house for a week, I'd have ended up being so bored I'd have had nothing to concentrate on but how much I missed caffeine.
What are the things that I can't do on a cable modem that I can with an ISP:
1) Run a server 2) Get a block of IP addresses 3) Run a VPN 4) Run a business
Get a different broadband ISP, then, because for instance Road Runner lets you do ALL of those things. Some of them require that you pay a little more, but it's still a fraction of the cost of a T1.
Except in places such as Central Florida where they charge $300 a month for a static IP.
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Anything that reduces the amount of TV watched, including using the Internet, is likely to improve how social that person is.
Replacing four hours of TV with four hours of pr0n isn't socialization.
For the sake of discussion, how many different places can you use your Speedpass?
For certain values of "you", Mobile Stations, McDonalds, and Stop and Shop supermarkets.
For values of "you" equal to "me", Mobile Stations.
How many of these also accept debit or check cards?
All of them.
With the Speedpass, you don't have to dig out your wallet and type in a PIN. This is at worst a minor convenience, but it rules if you're wearing gloves because it's cold (not so much an issue here in Florida, but often so in Boston) or if you're holding a toddler in one arm.
If it had cost even a dollar, I wouldn't have it. Since it's free, costing only a little bit of my time to activate. A little more in my case since I linked it to a debit card; they make you sign something showing you understand that this could be a PITA for you if it gets stolen.
All I had to pay was shipping, and that was weeks ago.
Do you sign anything when you pay at the pump with your credit card?
:-)
McDonalds doesn't even make people sign for using credit cards at the register.
Personally, I don't use a Speedpass because I don't always go to Mobil. If I had one, I would probably always go to them, and I refuse to be controlled by their clever, evil marketing ideas.
I thought this too at first, but I have found since then that it doesn't really factor into my decisions as much as I thought it would. During certain parts of my daily routine, Mobil is more convenient, so if I need to go to a gas station or convenience store I will go there, but when they aren't, the added convenience of the Speedpass is heavily outweighed by the inconvenience of going out of my way, so I don't.
The main exception is when I need a quicky carwash, because I don't want a "whirling brushes" wash to snap my non-retractable antenna off, so I always go to Mobil for that, and the Speedpass comes in handy.
Does anyone match the signature on the credit card witDoes anyone match the signature on the credit card with the signature you provide anyway? I've seen it done in some cities, but here in the West people normally give you the card back before you even sign.
I spent the last six months using a debit card that had the signature block completely worn off. Not only was no signature visible, but in place of it was "VOID" in fairly large type.
I'd estimate 1 time in 10 somebody asked me for my driver's license. Certain stores tend to do it consistently. Sci-Fi City, a local game store, checks my ID for every credit/debit card purchase, no matter what. Albertsons and Publix supermarkets have NEVER asked to see my ID, no matter what condition the card is in. The majority of restaurants never ask, either.
I make a point of thanking the person who asks to see my ID, so they don't get discouraged from the practice by all the people who curse at them.
I think the central problem in this one example is that nobody wants to hand 10 bucks to a holding company to buy burgers on 49-cent Wednesday.
We want to use our debit cards like we do almost everywhere else.
This is why Speedpass does work. You don't pay them a nickel, and you can link it to your debit card. You swipe and go.
It looks like the downward spiral has already started.
Downward spiral? The stock is still way up from where it fell during the recession, and it's within $7 of its 52-week high.
I'm not supporting their actions, but the stock is still doing great. It's going to take actual legal outcomes to affect this, not secret filings.
First iteration of software feature doesn't fix problem 100%. Therefore, we must abandon all attempts at the feature.
Does that mean the Linux kernel will be removing virtual memory and the ext2 filesystem?
Considering how much trouble I have getting the terminal inside the store to accept my Speedpass, I seriously doubt the orbital mind control satellites are going to be able to read it.
They'll have more luck with the tags in my clothing and new currency, anyway.
Once upon a time, the entire internet was shut down for a day or so to switch over to IPV4.
The cutover from NCP to TCP took two years, and the average Fortune 500 company owns more routers today than existed on the entire ARPANET at the time.
Cut me off and I'll take you to court.
And several thousand dollars later, you might even win. Most likely not, but it's possible.
Unlimited access != unlimited maximum bandwidth usage.
I don't by any CDs now because most new music sucks,
That's what your parents said about your music.
Given the choice between dying of the four things, I'll take the heart attack. 5 seconds of "WTF", 10 seconds of "Yep, I'm boned", 30 seconds of "Oh, man, this sucks", but then the lights go out and the words "GAME OVER" flash on the big screen. Beats the hell out of a slow lingering painful death, especially in states that don't permit euthanasia.
You should perhaps do a little more research there, ace. Sometimes a heart attack means "severe, burning pain for half an hour, followed by hours of surgery, followed by days of constant lingering agony, followed by some more burning pain and finally the blessed relief of death."
It is difficult to conceive of a literate person in this day and age who would not know that "aster" and "asterOID" are two very different things.
In Second Grade I got in trouble because my teacher didn't know what "asteroid" meant, and thought because it had "ass" in it, it must be profanity.
She had a college degree.
I don't think that "fuck it", in this context, means that you will be getting laid.
If you coordinate a massive criminal activity via Slashdot, targetted against tech-savvy companies with lots of money at their disposal, I think the odds are very good that you are going to get laid.
And ISPs are doing NOTHING to reduce the number of zombies on their networks.
Nothing? You seem adamant about this, but it's demonstrably not true.
To pick one example out of a hat, Road Runner in many places blocked port 80 for certain IP ranges, scanned people for Code Red/Nimda vulnerability, and then kept the people who show up vulnerable in the IP range that's blocked.
I'd buy "many have done nothing", or "few have done enough", but your blanket statement that none of them has done a single thing is either uniformed or ill-stated.
So what is the point? If the poster is having a difficult time withdrawing and really wishes to, then I suggest taking about 1 week off from work, avoid old habits, and sleep it off.
Oh for God's sake, grow a pair. I was drinking coffee, Jolt, and Diet Coke every day when it became necessary to quit. I would go through at least 40 ounces of Diet Coke by breakfast.
The day I decided to quit, here's what I did; I didn't drink any more caffeine. Ever. We're not talking Heroin here, it's friggin' CAFFEINE. My willpower is not much, if at all, above average.
I went to work, and I drank Caffeine-Free Diet Coke and water. If I'd been laying around the house for a week, I'd have ended up being so bored I'd have had nothing to concentrate on but how much I missed caffeine.
Where onStar can lock you out of your car because your late on your payment.
Show some evidence of this. It would be illegal to do so in the US.
How about insurance companies viewing the information to see how you drive to determine whether they should jack up your insurance rates.
Translation; making the people who drive dangerously bear their fair share of the cost of fixing the damage they do.
Apocalypse, hell; this, along with the Mad Cow, is proof Canadia is trying to kill us.
Of course, the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction dictates that we must send them more of our beer immediately.
What? Ford and Chrysler don't get to bid?
It's the Halliburton contracts all over again!
I hope after making that post you found out why cell phones are named that way.
Sadly, no; I found out why they're named that way 20 years BEFORE making that post.
I hope after making that post you found out what "humor" means.
Now if only Toshiba managed to come up with a version of the software that runs on 802.11 WiFi handhelds like the e800/e805 .
They could call it a "cell phone".
It would have alerted him to that after he got home from the movie.
Just like bash did, only bash would have done so without the error-prone SWAG at what he really meant to type.
What are the things that I can't do on a cable modem that I can with an ISP:
1) Run a server
2) Get a block of IP addresses
3) Run a VPN
4) Run a business
Get a different broadband ISP, then, because for instance Road Runner lets you do ALL of those things. Some of them require that you pay a little more, but it's still a fraction of the cost of a T1.
Except in places such as Central Florida where they charge $300 a month for a static IP.
I was once told that regional coding also helps enforce countries' laws concerning what can be shown on film, etc.
Another excellent reason to get rid of the codes.