You know, i believe it does cost more to produce a low emissions vehicle. The reason we're told in california is because of the catalytic converters. those bastards aren't cheap and need to be replaced at least once during the lifetime of the vehicle, or else you can't pass the "smog test."
So i randomly guess that other states don't want the additional expense of "unnecessary" equipment passed on to the consumer. Maybe there was a lawsuit that caused this at some point in history?
"Caveat Emptor" applies to just about everything you see, read, or hear as well. Be (at least) skeptical of everything you hear, and you'll be just fine.
I agree that you should be skeptical, but not of everything you hear. The topic says "...regularly demonstrates how poor the mainstream media are at reporting science." I would say that being skeptical of what THEY say shouldn't be because of financial interests, but rather because of misinformation.
How many people really research anything they hear? We're on a technical site talking about things that interest us. But people who watch news or read news don't really care about learning more in depth what they are reading about. So, it's good enough for the ignorant masses.
But news isn't meant to go into depth anyways. I don't know how it is in other parts of the world, but in the US, no one cares! And if they explained too much people wouldn't watch the news. That's why they go something like this:
"... 8 people were killed. Today was the 11th annual teenage beauty pageant of compton. Lets take a look at the winners!"
Well, i actually lied earlier, Mexican news doesn't censor as much as american and actually shows too much sometimes. Too much = dead bodies and what the US was really doing during the "war on terror." Also interesting to note, they talked about american casualties, something that was unheard of in the US. But, i think i'm getting off topic.
Anyhow, news isn't meant to be accurate and biased. But many times it comes across that way. The fox news channel wouldn't be fun if people like bill o`rielly didn't have an opinion, right? But like my buddy says, if you're gonna offend someone, might as well offend everyone!
Most of the "arguments against private trackers" are wrong, and in counter-spirit of the proliferation of torrent technology. The entire idea of torrents is to share 1.0 of EACH torrent you run. Why is having a ratio limit a bad idea at all?
Human tendency is to be abusive! So, if i can leech 100 gigs and not upload anything, that is what i would do. Now, if i had to upload 100 gigs back, then i might think about downloading 100 gigs.
If you complain about having to seed a torrent for a week, then maybe the persons who seeded it for weeks/months should have stopped so you could have never got it.
Very few people give back a little, and the few who give anything, give a LOT. I keep seeding torrents i see are interesting to people and keep building ratios, not because i care about the ratio, but because i know people want them. Something in specific is some rare robotech/macross stuff. I know people want it, so i keep seeding it. I actually ended up signing up at the trackers site because i figured someday they might have something i want, can't find it anywhere else, and i'll have a bitchen ratio!
I'm all for banning people who don't give back! But only those.
And on a final note/rant, that is why we have gov't, to protect us from ourselves! And can you see how well that's worked out for us ]:P
"The book was to have been published late last year by Regan Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. But the book was shelved at the last minute. Murdoch apologized and all 400,00 copies were recalled and destroyed. Regan was later fired from HarperCollins."
At first i agreed with the OP's term limits. Then i switched over to term limits. And now i'm back at terms. The argument against terms is this: they will be thinking about their future employment. My argument is this: they are career politicians, and will be looking to move up, if not up then out.
I think that if you didn't make it, you didn't make it and it's time for something else. Sure it doesn't sound nice, but we could make it work.
Also, for those of you who think elections is the only way to go, let me tell you about a story of my state capital. Assistants to congressmen had "better" (closer) parking spots than newly elected congressmen. The reason is because their congressman was a SR. member, and thus had more power. And that is the real problem, people who have been entrenched for so long that they have a nice network that can deal with everything and anything.
Like NASA, until you get rid of all the people who've been there way too long who keep the bad traditions, you can never really get it to serv the people.
But that doesn't mean things will get better. When Arnold took over as Gov for california, he "changed/improved" workmans compensation. The problem with that, is that he saved companies tons of money, insurance companies tons of money, heck saved money all over the place! But the people who needed the money, like those who hurt their backs, legs or shoulders, had to lose everything because they only got 15%, when before Arnold they could have gotten 50-75%.
So i'm not so sure i want random people like in greek society (although their entire college wasn't random citizens), and i'm not sure i want open ended term limits. I want people who want to make it a career, and like in the corporate world, work a few years at one place and try to move up. If not, get them out of here because for them it's a dead end job that has a lot of benefits!
Thank you for the reply. The question was posed out of curiosity rather than any need to know. And I have heard that about credit vs. debit quite often. On the flip side, debit transactions are much cheaper for the merchant than credit transactions. I pay as credit whenever I can, unless it is a small business that looks trustworthy. The last time I payed as debit was an optometrist.
You know that's funny that you mention optometrist, I just got my new shades and i paid visa, credit! Although i learned that it is a burden on businesses, i don't feel so bad. I learned about their fee's for running credit when my mom had a salon. I was like "what a scam!" But, on the other hand, they do mark up their products at least TWICE as much as they pay for, so i don't feel so bad anymore. And besides, whats like,.35 cents to anyone now a days?
Well, since i picked up my shades today, the lens was loose. I was worried it could fall off while on my motorcycle. So after work i took them in. They "fixed" them and gave them back. The girl said "it might be a little loose, but not to worry about it." SO i asked, so can i wear these on my bike? She went to fix them again. 10 mins later, she stripped the screw. So, now they'll stay over night to see they can get them fixed. If not, what happens? DO they cover the loss of the frame because she stripped the threads in the oakley frame? Or do i eat it because they're already paid for?
Whatever the outcome, i'm not worried in the least! If they fix/repair/replace the frames then i'm happy. But if they say i have to pay some more, then i'll call my CC company and explain the situation. I agree with you 100% that you should take into consideration smaller businesses, but anyone can potentially put you in a bad spot. Basically, that's why i've been "safe" on the bike for so long, i don't trust ANY cars around me, even when they wave at me to give me the right away. eh, does that make sense? hahaha
i have a really nice high speed color copier in my office. It spits out toner like crazy! So much so, that i started getting headaches after working in this area. So, i ordered some fans through the company and placed them around this and another machine. But the color one is especially bad, since you can tell on the wall behind it where the toner comes out.
And the other posters are right, the tech's breath a lot of this crap in more than anyone else. Although i'm sure it plays some part in health problems, it shouldn't be the root of it. Although, this color machine does state that it releases ionized air. When i've asked tech's about this, they say "don't worry about it, it's not bad" hahaha
Very interesting post. I have one question though. You say that "If you accidentally sign up to pay your car insurance with automatic reoccurring payments, and the INS. company takes 2x payment 1 month, the bank will not help you." It was my understanding under Regulation E, specifically Sec. 205.6, that the bank is required to limit your liability for an "unauthorized electronic fund transfer", with certain (somewhat strict) limitations.
How does it actually work in practice?
Well, please remember that i worked in a bank many years ago, and lots of things have changed. Direct deposit was still fairly new then. That being said, i really don't know what that regulation is unless i read it, and even then i might understand it correctly. From friends experiences they have a card time getting credit back. Mostly because of fraud being pulled by customers. Sorry i couldn't help you out more.
but this is a good time to bring up paying with "credit" as opposed to debit. You see, when ever you pay with "credit," even if it's your checking/savings card (debit card) you are covered for fraud. If you pay "debit" you have no protection and slim chances of getting your money back.
I've always argued to friends and strangers the need of "The Dummy Law." In short, the dummy law would allow judges to get around existing laws in cases of extreme abuse. For example, this company suing ebay for "buy it now." For me, this is RIDICULOUS! Unlike Coke, Ford or even "rolleblades" who could actually sue others for using names that are easily and instantly recognizable, "buy it now" is not something someone should be able to patent, trademark or copy write. I included rollerblades because that is a company, not the actual name for "inline skates."
Anyhow, the dummy law would only be able to be used (abused) under certain restrictions. Any time the dummy law was used and approved in judgment -- regardless of in who's favor, it would go to an appeals committee to verify the authenticity of the judgment/matter and checking for abuse. Those using it for abuse are similarly punishable as for purgery.
Some say thats stupid! But i say it's great (could be). those bad guys who get off because the cops said something they shouldn't have, or did something, or forgot to say something no longer go free. For too long have bad guys gotten away. Right now we have a politician who gets a presidential parden and doesn't have to say anything else because of white house integrity and security matters. Bring in the dummy law! There is no executive power that can prohibit the testimony because it is a matter that requires the truth and nothing holding it back.
Like i said, this has great potential for abuse, which is why it has a built in appeals committee, or maybe it should be called a review board. Everyone is held responsible for the judgment and the punishment for any abuse harsh! But this also has great potential to save many people from inappropriate judgments. Like the old grandma's who don't know what MP3's are but are getting sued by They who must not be named.
Don't forget to write to your local congress person and senators!
I didn't come across a lot of posts from/.'s who've worked in financial institutions. So, let me clear some things up. Forgive me if the exact details are off but it's been almost 10 years since i worked on the customer service side.
- Any large cash transaction needs to be reported. I believe the amount is $10,000. You can deposit checks that are larger than this amount, and they do not need to be reported. There should be no way around this, even if you make 2 separate deposits at two different times on the same business day. A total $10,000/min limit exists for this report. And for those of you wondering, this isn't an uncommon event in a bank that works with businesses primarily.
- All money is accounted for, and double checked. So if you "deposit" more money than you were supposed to, its actually really easy to find out who's it is at the end of the day. Believe it or not, it is also easy when the CSR is short to find out who owes the money. Once the error is found, it is fixed immediately by debiting or crediting your account.
- There is nothing you can't do in a bank. If you have a check to deposit, and they want to put a 1 part or multiple part hold, don't be afraid to ask them to release more of the money right away or sooner. Oh wait that has nothing to do with this, but is still helpful. Always talk calmly and don't get upset!! The bank can almost always help you out.
- Accepting deposits has never been a problem, and even though bank of america sucks, and might require some form of ID, if i recall correctly, as long as they get "A" form of id, they'll take the deposit. I have done this for a friend many years ago, and they took my drivers license as the ID.
- Withdrawing money is a different story all together. When i worked on the CSR side, we were required to contact the customers home branch and request a fax of their signature card. That card is exactly what it sounds like, a card with their signature, but with a date and a bit of other useless info. The customer always has to sign a withdrawal slip or a check to cash on the spot, so you have proof of their signature. You compare that signature to the signature cards and if it's a match or close enough, they get their cash. When customers change their signature, and this is admitted on their behalf, then they are given a chance to write out their old signature. If the signature was close, then we'd look at the other info on the card to try to prove that it really is the account owner.
- With cards having magnetic stripes now, this is much safer, as long as no one has your PIN. But the signature above part is still important in case the ATM eats your card or it's lost/stolen. So make sure you take care when signing for a new bank account.
- ATMs are stocked with a LOT of cash at some point of the day, sometimes multiple times. Although i never really got to get a GOOD look at the machines, i was assured by everyone and the techs who went out to service them that "they don't make mistakes." Now, check my signature
- When an ATM dispenses money and it doesn't add up when the machines are checked, you pull up the records of it's transactions. And like i said before, and difference is easily found. In the cases that i've been aware of where large sums of money were paid out once or repeatedly, their cameras have come into play to help identify the end user. Regardless, the card holder is responsible. If the card was stolen, used and an extra $3,000 paid out, the account holder is responsible. That is why you MUST call and report your lost/stolen card immediately!
- If you are even short changed at an ATM, make sure to report it immediately to the branch if they are operating under normal business hours. If they are closed, call it in immediately and find out what you are required to do. Under normal circumstances you will get your money either through credit to your account or cash on the spot.
But given the choice, would you rather be subdued by:
a) rubber bullets
b) tear gas
c) water cannon
d) wall of shields and batons
e) bright lights
I know what I'd chose!:)
Eh, did you guys watch the May 1st march in los angeles? Did you see what happened with the LAPD "tried to control the crowd?" This of course, including the reporters they beat.
I REALLY don't know how any of you who have never been "controlled" would feel under any of those options, and neither do i. But being on the safe side, i think i'd rather get
c) washed, b) gassed, a) shot, d) beat and then e) blinded.
My reasoning for this is that before i get hosed down, they have to get close. At least my sense is to get away quick before i take a bath. When i see gas cans starting to rain guess what? I'm running away quickly! When they raise the rubber guns i won't be first in line for the firing squad -- i'll be running away. Now if i'm still around to get beat, well i'm just stupid hahaha -- for the most part anyways.
But what if i'm "temporarily blinded?" What if i can't get up and run away because i don't know which way is away? What if my instincts take over and my body starts running but runs into them? Now the law enforcement officers might think i'm trying to attack them, and now i get shot in the face!
That actually is the least of my concerns. My real concern with not being able to see is what other people around me will do. Surely people will panic, try to run and do it over anyone who has fallen. Haven't any of you seen video of people getting trampled? If on may 1st they had use these lights, imagine how many more people would have gotten shot and beaten simply because they couldn't get up and run away.
Just like anything else, this technology can be good or bad, it depends on the virtue of the user. I can see how some applications could be potentially great, and others horrible. And the whole idea of "use this on terrorists" or whatever is ridiculous! If the US Air Force doesn't like getting shot down with it's old stinger surface to air rockets, what makes you think the army and marines are going to like their own lights getting them shot and killed.
i'm not sure if it's been mentioned else where, but for those of you willing to take the risk of ordering one of these machines, make sure you pay with visa! Not master card. I don't know how good american express, discover or other branded CC's are about disputes, but VISA will credit you right away at the time you place your complaint. You will then proceed to fill out the complaint form, submit any proof you have and then that's pretty much it (as long as you have a legit complaint of fraud).
On the other hand you have Master Card. Their process goes like this: you call and make a complain of fraud, they send you a letter. You submit any proof of fraud you have. They "go over the details and verify them." Once they are satisfied, they will reimburse you. This could take months.
My experience has always been great with Visa and online merchants. Only twice in the last 7-8 years i've been buying a lot off of ebay and web stores have i needed to call fraud, both with visa and instant credit to my accounts.
Once have i had to claim fraud with my master card, when a town car didn't take me to the air port. I was picked up on my return flight, but i was still charged for pickup and delivery (2 trips). After a few weeks of trying to resolve it on my own because the "manager was never in," master card said that i signed for the bill, so i was liable. They never credited my account. The car didn't show up because the driver crashed on the way to my pad, it was raining that day. So i had a taxi take me to LAX. Although the company said this, master card refused to cover my charges.
Point of the story is, visa is better for fraud on your account, and master card is the worst. As you can imagine, i shortly after closed my account with MC.
I agree, Mr Naz. People get paid to teach kids things which they really don't understand, but they are getting paid. Yet, i can learn the same at worst, but likely much more from someone else for free!
Just because someone has a "title or label", such as PHD or teacher, doesn't mean they are deserving of it. We see this all the time in the CS fields with quick 2 day courses and instant certification.
Using my fav people as always, the Sophists were those with "respect and knowledge", and Socrates was the corrupter of youth! Damn, that corruption has lasted for over 2000 years! Damn him!
You know regardless of what anyone thinks, whether this is possible/useful/sane, people used to think bleeding was the best cure for a fever! Maybe the day will come that we'll have e-brains (as in Ghost in the Shell) and they'll be powered by these nano flow-generators.
I run torrent clients on a few OS', but it wasn't until someone recommended "peer guardian" that i checked it out, or even cared about incoming traffic related to it. I kinda freaked out at first when i started seeing gov't agencies, but since then don't care!
For those who don't run windows, torrents and or peer guardian, peer guardian basically blocks incoming connections from undesired sources. It is not only for P2P purposes, but for all network connections.
With 4 main options, something like government blocks, spyware, edu's and blacklisted P2P hosts, you can block out those who would likely trace you and find out your downloading the latest movie! You can also allow or deny new hosts on a needed basis.
It's pretty good for what it does, but is a hassle to use continually. My experience with it on an XP machine is that there are a lot of sites i want that are blocked. I can't really think of any off the top of my head but, there are a lot. I think hotmail might have been one that refused to come up, while gmail had no problems
I too also get boat loads of random "blocks" of hosts trying to connect, which i know is because of torrents. When i have no torrent activity, my connection is nice and idle with nothing out of the normal. Fire up a torrent and a client and BAM, so much traffic that i don't bother logging because it is mostly unimportant and i just don't care.
Finally, in this case, it doesn't matter what OS you run, if you run certain torrents then you will get this barrage of blocked hosts with PG. So vista, xp or even BSD/Linux, will get the same traffic with the same types of torrents.
Like i told people in some forums who say "you won't get caught with this stuff," i haven't been caught without it:P
Not just to the OP but the childs too, i agree!! See, my problem is that when i was in school, i was told "you can be anything you want!" And now, i know that is not true, have we had an "African-American" president? A Japanese-American Vice-President? what about a "Cuban-American" governor? All of these people could be great representatives of their country.
But what was different with me, was that i really believed i could be anything! And since i was fortunate to be in an elementary school who had minor projects with NASA i wanted to be an astronaut. Well, that didn't work out, but i did end up studying engineering.
Anyhow, the point is that i kept on believing "you can be anything" and still do believe it, knowing that only i am my own limitation. It's more complicated than that, but it is more or less how it goes. Most people would hear this, try it once or twice and give up when they fail.
That's why kids are retarded, because they don't try or care anymore. I know boat loads of people who are bikers and "ghetto" (self-titled) and from my point of view are very bright people, but have lowly or dead end jobs but are happy doing it, because they just don't think they could do or want to do better.
I think i'm going on too much but the point is, with everyone being shot down, less people actually caring, and the l44t texting format, on the most part some things are going to get worse, while few get better. Imagine Descartes corresponding with other philosophers in "txt type" omg 4sur
although you make an excellent case, it doesn't matter. You see, we're americans, we just don't care! No really! September what you say? 9/11? That was a movie, right?
We don't care about YOUR problems, we care about not being able to carry a gun on our hip. So what if your inconvenienced! I don't live there!
But seriously, many people, not just americans make these crazy assumptions so readily without knowing ANY facts. Security and anonymity are important, necessary and good/bad. This reminds me of Socrates and "virtue." Anyhow, it sucks that yet another great net asset is lost. The only other anon network that i remember having ended pretty bad was triangle boy. Supposedly it helped a lot in china, right?
And for that anonymous poster, dam, all i can say is i can't believe what you said/think.
although i don't think i know enough about this subject, i do know from experience that a lot of "US innovations" aren't really created here. They are largely created in other countries, refined in the US, and then sent out to the cheapest labor pool available.
I want to say that most of the technology we use now came from outside the US, but i'm almost sure thats false. What i am confident in though, is that the technology we use isn't from "americans" but from "foreigners, naturalized citizens" etc just like our resources:P
Although a reasonable solution is difficult, and i am a fan of BSD systems, i really would hate to see the world depend only on BSD. Let them start on mac's, and when they're ready, they can move on to straight BSD.
The point of view i speak of is tech support. If most can't figure out windows, imagine a BSD systems with console only! How many people new to BSD's can easily figure out what the command to start x is? It's easy for us, but because we already know it!
Now if something like PC-BSD picks up, then we might be in good shape! Otherwise, BSD's are easy to use, hard to master, good for everyone but aren't a windows replacement yet.
Although I agree that it is possible through software, 4.5GB doesn't cut it, unless you go to dual layer, which still isn't really enough. My servers backup would take several dvd's at this rate with that reliability!
I only disagree with the experts part, because experts never added the North, Central or South American "pyramids" to the list, even though they are "technologically superior." I've always wondered why, and i was told by several because "they weren't old enough." But, you can compare them to other "wonders" which really didn't qualify as wonders, just that they were really big!
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You know, i believe it does cost more to produce a low emissions vehicle. The reason we're told in california is because of the catalytic converters. those bastards aren't cheap and need to be replaced at least once during the lifetime of the vehicle, or else you can't pass the "smog test."
So i randomly guess that other states don't want the additional expense of "unnecessary" equipment passed on to the consumer. Maybe there was a lawsuit that caused this at some point in history?
I agree that you should be skeptical, but not of everything you hear. The topic says "...regularly demonstrates how poor the mainstream media are at reporting science." I would say that being skeptical of what THEY say shouldn't be because of financial interests, but rather because of misinformation.
How many people really research anything they hear? We're on a technical site talking about things that interest us. But people who watch news or read news don't really care about learning more in depth what they are reading about. So, it's good enough for the ignorant masses.
But news isn't meant to go into depth anyways. I don't know how it is in other parts of the world, but in the US, no one cares! And if they explained too much people wouldn't watch the news. That's why they go something like this:
"... 8 people were killed. Today was the 11th annual teenage beauty pageant of compton. Lets take a look at the winners!"
Well, i actually lied earlier, Mexican news doesn't censor as much as american and actually shows too much sometimes. Too much = dead bodies and what the US was really doing during the "war on terror." Also interesting to note, they talked about american casualties, something that was unheard of in the US. But, i think i'm getting off topic.
Anyhow, news isn't meant to be accurate and biased. But many times it comes across that way. The fox news channel wouldn't be fun if people like bill o`rielly didn't have an opinion, right? But like my buddy says, if you're gonna offend someone, might as well offend everyone!
Most of the "arguments against private trackers" are wrong, and in counter-spirit of the proliferation of torrent technology. The entire idea of torrents is to share 1.0 of EACH torrent you run. Why is having a ratio limit a bad idea at all?
Human tendency is to be abusive! So, if i can leech 100 gigs and not upload anything, that is what i would do. Now, if i had to upload 100 gigs back, then i might think about downloading 100 gigs.
If you complain about having to seed a torrent for a week, then maybe the persons who seeded it for weeks/months should have stopped so you could have never got it.
Very few people give back a little, and the few who give anything, give a LOT. I keep seeding torrents i see are interesting to people and keep building ratios, not because i care about the ratio, but because i know people want them. Something in specific is some rare robotech/macross stuff. I know people want it, so i keep seeding it. I actually ended up signing up at the trackers site because i figured someday they might have something i want, can't find it anywhere else, and i'll have a bitchen ratio!
I'm all for banning people who don't give back! But only those.
And on a final note/rant, that is why we have gov't, to protect us from ourselves! And can you see how well that's worked out for us ]:P
"Sun Smoke. Don't breath this."
http://openbsd.org/
"Only two remote holes in the default install, in more than 10 years!"
That's as close as you get to 100%, if you could ever say anything is truly 100%
]:P~
This is a a day late, a dollar short but i think it's close enough. Although this isn't a court order, it still shows what "could happen."
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From O.J. says ghost author wrote flawed murder account
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN31283
"The book was to have been published late last year by Regan Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. But the book was shelved at the last minute. Murdoch apologized and all 400,00 copies were recalled and destroyed. Regan was later fired from HarperCollins."
At first i agreed with the OP's term limits. Then i switched over to term limits. And now i'm back at terms. The argument against terms is this: they will be thinking about their future employment. My argument is this: they are career politicians, and will be looking to move up, if not up then out.
I think that if you didn't make it, you didn't make it and it's time for something else. Sure it doesn't sound nice, but we could make it work.
Also, for those of you who think elections is the only way to go, let me tell you about a story of my state capital. Assistants to congressmen had "better" (closer) parking spots than newly elected congressmen. The reason is because their congressman was a SR. member, and thus had more power. And that is the real problem, people who have been entrenched for so long that they have a nice network that can deal with everything and anything.
Like NASA, until you get rid of all the people who've been there way too long who keep the bad traditions, you can never really get it to serv the people.
But that doesn't mean things will get better. When Arnold took over as Gov for california, he "changed/improved" workmans compensation. The problem with that, is that he saved companies tons of money, insurance companies tons of money, heck saved money all over the place! But the people who needed the money, like those who hurt their backs, legs or shoulders, had to lose everything because they only got 15%, when before Arnold they could have gotten 50-75%.
So i'm not so sure i want random people like in greek society (although their entire college wasn't random citizens), and i'm not sure i want open ended term limits. I want people who want to make it a career, and like in the corporate world, work a few years at one place and try to move up. If not, get them out of here because for them it's a dead end job that has a lot of benefits!
Well, since i picked up my shades today, the lens was loose. I was worried it could fall off while on my motorcycle. So after work i took them in. They "fixed" them and gave them back. The girl said "it might be a little loose, but not to worry about it." SO i asked, so can i wear these on my bike? She went to fix them again. 10 mins later, she stripped the screw. So, now they'll stay over night to see they can get them fixed. If not, what happens? DO they cover the loss of the frame because she stripped the threads in the oakley frame? Or do i eat it because they're already paid for?
Whatever the outcome, i'm not worried in the least! If they fix/repair/replace the frames then i'm happy. But if they say i have to pay some more, then i'll call my CC company and explain the situation. I agree with you 100% that you should take into consideration smaller businesses, but anyone can potentially put you in a bad spot. Basically, that's why i've been "safe" on the bike for so long, i don't trust ANY cars around me, even when they wave at me to give me the right away. eh, does that make sense? hahaha
i have a really nice high speed color copier in my office. It spits out toner like crazy! So much so, that i started getting headaches after working in this area. So, i ordered some fans through the company and placed them around this and another machine. But the color one is especially bad, since you can tell on the wall behind it where the toner comes out.
And the other posters are right, the tech's breath a lot of this crap in more than anyone else. Although i'm sure it plays some part in health problems, it shouldn't be the root of it. Although, this color machine does state that it releases ionized air. When i've asked tech's about this, they say "don't worry about it, it's not bad" hahaha
but this is a good time to bring up paying with "credit" as opposed to debit. You see, when ever you pay with "credit," even if it's your checking/savings card (debit card) you are covered for fraud. If you pay "debit" you have no protection and slim chances of getting your money back.
OMG, Jason, is that you!?
I've always argued to friends and strangers the need of "The Dummy Law." In short, the dummy law would allow judges to get around existing laws in cases of extreme abuse. For example, this company suing ebay for "buy it now." For me, this is RIDICULOUS! Unlike Coke, Ford or even "rolleblades" who could actually sue others for using names that are easily and instantly recognizable, "buy it now" is not something someone should be able to patent, trademark or copy write. I included rollerblades because that is a company, not the actual name for "inline skates."
Anyhow, the dummy law would only be able to be used (abused) under certain restrictions. Any time the dummy law was used and approved in judgment -- regardless of in who's favor, it would go to an appeals committee to verify the authenticity of the judgment/matter and checking for abuse. Those using it for abuse are similarly punishable as for purgery.
Some say thats stupid! But i say it's great (could be). those bad guys who get off because the cops said something they shouldn't have, or did something, or forgot to say something no longer go free. For too long have bad guys gotten away. Right now we have a politician who gets a presidential parden and doesn't have to say anything else because of white house integrity and security matters. Bring in the dummy law! There is no executive power that can prohibit the testimony because it is a matter that requires the truth and nothing holding it back.
Like i said, this has great potential for abuse, which is why it has a built in appeals committee, or maybe it should be called a review board. Everyone is held responsible for the judgment and the punishment for any abuse harsh! But this also has great potential to save many people from inappropriate judgments. Like the old grandma's who don't know what MP3's are but are getting sued by They who must not be named.
Don't forget to write to your local congress person and senators!
I didn't come across a lot of posts from /.'s who've worked in financial institutions. So, let me clear some things up. Forgive me if the exact details are off but it's been almost 10 years since i worked on the customer service side.
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- Any large cash transaction needs to be reported. I believe the amount is $10,000. You can deposit checks that are larger than this amount, and they do not need to be reported. There should be no way around this, even if you make 2 separate deposits at two different times on the same business day. A total $10,000/min limit exists for this report. And for those of you wondering, this isn't an uncommon event in a bank that works with businesses primarily.
- All money is accounted for, and double checked. So if you "deposit" more money than you were supposed to, its actually really easy to find out who's it is at the end of the day. Believe it or not, it is also easy when the CSR is short to find out who owes the money. Once the error is found, it is fixed immediately by debiting or crediting your account.
- There is nothing you can't do in a bank. If you have a check to deposit, and they want to put a 1 part or multiple part hold, don't be afraid to ask them to release more of the money right away or sooner. Oh wait that has nothing to do with this, but is still helpful. Always talk calmly and don't get upset!! The bank can almost always help you out.
- Accepting deposits has never been a problem, and even though bank of america sucks, and might require some form of ID, if i recall correctly, as long as they get "A" form of id, they'll take the deposit. I have done this for a friend many years ago, and they took my drivers license as the ID.
- Withdrawing money is a different story all together. When i worked on the CSR side, we were required to contact the customers home branch and request a fax of their signature card. That card is exactly what it sounds like, a card with their signature, but with a date and a bit of other useless info. The customer always has to sign a withdrawal slip or a check to cash on the spot, so you have proof of their signature. You compare that signature to the signature cards and if it's a match or close enough, they get their cash. When customers change their signature, and this is admitted on their behalf, then they are given a chance to write out their old signature. If the signature was close, then we'd look at the other info on the card to try to prove that it really is the account owner.
- With cards having magnetic stripes now, this is much safer, as long as no one has your PIN. But the signature above part is still important in case the ATM eats your card or it's lost/stolen. So make sure you take care when signing for a new bank account.
- ATMs are stocked with a LOT of cash at some point of the day, sometimes multiple times. Although i never really got to get a GOOD look at the machines, i was assured by everyone and the techs who went out to service them that "they don't make mistakes." Now, check my signature
- When an ATM dispenses money and it doesn't add up when the machines are checked, you pull up the records of it's transactions. And like i said before, and difference is easily found. In the cases that i've been aware of where large sums of money were paid out once or repeatedly, their cameras have come into play to help identify the end user. Regardless, the card holder is responsible. If the card was stolen, used and an extra $3,000 paid out, the account holder is responsible. That is why you MUST call and report your lost/stolen card immediately!
- If you are even short changed at an ATM, make sure to report it immediately to the branch if they are operating under normal business hours. If they are closed, call it in immediately and find out what you are required to do. Under normal circumstances you will get your money either through credit to your account or cash on the spot.
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I REALLY don't know how any of you who have never been "controlled" would feel under any of those options, and neither do i. But being on the safe side, i think i'd rather get
c) washed, b) gassed, a) shot, d) beat and then e) blinded.
My reasoning for this is that before i get hosed down, they have to get close. At least my sense is to get away quick before i take a bath. When i see gas cans starting to rain guess what? I'm running away quickly! When they raise the rubber guns i won't be first in line for the firing squad -- i'll be running away. Now if i'm still around to get beat, well i'm just stupid hahaha -- for the most part anyways.
But what if i'm "temporarily blinded?" What if i can't get up and run away because i don't know which way is away? What if my instincts take over and my body starts running but runs into them? Now the law enforcement officers might think i'm trying to attack them, and now i get shot in the face!
That actually is the least of my concerns. My real concern with not being able to see is what other people around me will do. Surely people will panic, try to run and do it over anyone who has fallen. Haven't any of you seen video of people getting trampled? If on may 1st they had use these lights, imagine how many more people would have gotten shot and beaten simply because they couldn't get up and run away.
Just like anything else, this technology can be good or bad, it depends on the virtue of the user. I can see how some applications could be potentially great, and others horrible. And the whole idea of "use this on terrorists" or whatever is ridiculous! If the US Air Force doesn't like getting shot down with it's old stinger surface to air rockets, what makes you think the army and marines are going to like their own lights getting them shot and killed.
i'm not sure if it's been mentioned else where, but for those of you willing to take the risk of ordering one of these machines, make sure you pay with visa! Not master card. I don't know how good american express, discover or other branded CC's are about disputes, but VISA will credit you right away at the time you place your complaint. You will then proceed to fill out the complaint form, submit any proof you have and then that's pretty much it (as long as you have a legit complaint of fraud).
On the other hand you have Master Card. Their process goes like this: you call and make a complain of fraud, they send you a letter. You submit any proof of fraud you have. They "go over the details and verify them." Once they are satisfied, they will reimburse you. This could take months.
My experience has always been great with Visa and online merchants. Only twice in the last 7-8 years i've been buying a lot off of ebay and web stores have i needed to call fraud, both with visa and instant credit to my accounts.
Once have i had to claim fraud with my master card, when a town car didn't take me to the air port. I was picked up on my return flight, but i was still charged for pickup and delivery (2 trips). After a few weeks of trying to resolve it on my own because the "manager was never in," master card said that i signed for the bill, so i was liable. They never credited my account. The car didn't show up because the driver crashed on the way to my pad, it was raining that day. So i had a taxi take me to LAX. Although the company said this, master card refused to cover my charges.
Point of the story is, visa is better for fraud on your account, and master card is the worst. As you can imagine, i shortly after closed my account with MC.
I agree, Mr Naz. People get paid to teach kids things which they really don't understand, but they are getting paid. Yet, i can learn the same at worst, but likely much more from someone else for free!
Just because someone has a "title or label", such as PHD or teacher, doesn't mean they are deserving of it. We see this all the time in the CS fields with quick 2 day courses and instant certification.
Using my fav people as always, the Sophists were those with "respect and knowledge", and Socrates was the corrupter of youth! Damn, that corruption has lasted for over 2000 years! Damn him!
Don't forget that it includes a nice black shiny case too!
You know regardless of what anyone thinks, whether this is possible/useful/sane, people used to think bleeding was the best cure for a fever! Maybe the day will come that we'll have e-brains (as in Ghost in the Shell) and they'll be powered by these nano flow-generators.
I run torrent clients on a few OS', but it wasn't until someone recommended "peer guardian" that i checked it out, or even cared about incoming traffic related to it. I kinda freaked out at first when i started seeing gov't agencies, but since then don't care!
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For those who don't run windows, torrents and or peer guardian, peer guardian basically blocks incoming connections from undesired sources. It is not only for P2P purposes, but for all network connections.
With 4 main options, something like government blocks, spyware, edu's and blacklisted P2P hosts, you can block out those who would likely trace you and find out your downloading the latest movie! You can also allow or deny new hosts on a needed basis.
It's pretty good for what it does, but is a hassle to use continually. My experience with it on an XP machine is that there are a lot of sites i want that are blocked. I can't really think of any off the top of my head but, there are a lot. I think hotmail might have been one that refused to come up, while gmail had no problems
I too also get boat loads of random "blocks" of hosts trying to connect, which i know is because of torrents. When i have no torrent activity, my connection is nice and idle with nothing out of the normal. Fire up a torrent and a client and BAM, so much traffic that i don't bother logging because it is mostly unimportant and i just don't care.
Finally, in this case, it doesn't matter what OS you run, if you run certain torrents then you will get this barrage of blocked hosts with PG. So vista, xp or even BSD/Linux, will get the same traffic with the same types of torrents.
Like i told people in some forums who say "you won't get caught with this stuff," i haven't been caught without it
Not just to the OP but the childs too, i agree!! See, my problem is that when i was in school, i was told "you can be anything you want!" And now, i know that is not true, have we had an "African-American" president? A Japanese-American Vice-President? what about a "Cuban-American" governor? All of these people could be great representatives of their country.
But what was different with me, was that i really believed i could be anything! And since i was fortunate to be in an elementary school who had minor projects with NASA i wanted to be an astronaut. Well, that didn't work out, but i did end up studying engineering.
Anyhow, the point is that i kept on believing "you can be anything" and still do believe it, knowing that only i am my own limitation. It's more complicated than that, but it is more or less how it goes. Most people would hear this, try it once or twice and give up when they fail.
That's why kids are retarded, because they don't try or care anymore. I know boat loads of people who are bikers and "ghetto" (self-titled) and from my point of view are very bright people, but have lowly or dead end jobs but are happy doing it, because they just don't think they could do or want to do better.
I think i'm going on too much but the point is, with everyone being shot down, less people actually caring, and the l44t texting format, on the most part some things are going to get worse, while few get better. Imagine Descartes corresponding with other philosophers in "txt type" omg 4sur
although you make an excellent case, it doesn't matter. You see, we're americans, we just don't care! No really! September what you say? 9/11? That was a movie, right?
We don't care about YOUR problems, we care about not being able to carry a gun on our hip. So what if your inconvenienced! I don't live there!
But seriously, many people, not just americans make these crazy assumptions so readily without knowing ANY facts. Security and anonymity are important, necessary and good/bad. This reminds me of Socrates and "virtue." Anyhow, it sucks that yet another great net asset is lost. The only other anon network that i remember having ended pretty bad was triangle boy. Supposedly it helped a lot in china, right?
And for that anonymous poster, dam, all i can say is i can't believe what you said/think.
although i don't think i know enough about this subject, i do know from experience that a lot of "US innovations" aren't really created here. They are largely created in other countries, refined in the US, and then sent out to the cheapest labor pool available.
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I want to say that most of the technology we use now came from outside the US, but i'm almost sure thats false. What i am confident in though, is that the technology we use isn't from "americans" but from "foreigners, naturalized citizens" etc just like our resources
Although a reasonable solution is difficult, and i am a fan of BSD systems, i really would hate to see the world depend only on BSD. Let them start on mac's, and when they're ready, they can move on to straight BSD.
The point of view i speak of is tech support. If most can't figure out windows, imagine a BSD systems with console only! How many people new to BSD's can easily figure out what the command to start x is? It's easy for us, but because we already know it!
Now if something like PC-BSD picks up, then we might be in good shape! Otherwise, BSD's are easy to use, hard to master, good for everyone but aren't a windows replacement yet.
Although I agree that it is possible through software, 4.5GB doesn't cut it, unless you go to dual layer, which still isn't really enough. My servers backup would take several dvd's at this rate with that reliability!
bring on the 1TB! I'm ready for it nowwwww
I only disagree with the experts part, because experts never added the North, Central or South American "pyramids" to the list, even though they are "technologically superior." I've always wondered why, and i was told by several because "they weren't old enough." But, you can compare them to other "wonders" which really didn't qualify as wonders, just that they were really big!