Even Wal Mart tryies to pass themselves off as Canadian (anyone else out there think that maple leaf in Wal Mart's Canadian advertising is stupid?).
I could insert a huge rant now about how Canadians are smart enough to know what the "A" stands for and that it really ticks us off but I think I'll watch my Talking To Americans one hour special bootleg instead.:)
I think you're under the misconception that a gun is difficult to make. Any skilled machinist with access to a lathe can make fully automatic weapons. I could probably turnout several bolt action rifles a week once production ramped up.
Heck anyone can make a zip gun in an afternoon and gunpowder can be made by anyone who can bake bread. Something like a caseless H&K might take some exotic materails or proccesses but basic fire arms are easy.
I _love_ when websites, stores (radio shack), etc. ask for a phone number. I always give them 250.828.3000 which used to be my local police station. For you Americans out there how about 202.456.1414 or 202.324.3000 which are the whitehouse and the FBI.
Actually this isn't a problem. After all the purpose of direct mailings is to get people to show interest in your product. If these people call you Fed-Ex them a real CD. This is the kind of tech call I like:
ME:"Your CD isn't working? No Problem; Give me your address and I'll Fed-Ex you a convential CD with 100 bonus hours"
User:"Wow really? You are really helpful; thanks.[1]"
As a bonus you get a postal address of someone who is actually interested in your product.
[1]: OK, So maybe I was a little optimistic thinking they would actually thank you.
And how long does it take in the US if your one of the 16% of Americans who has no health care? Forever? In Canada it can take a little as an afternoon. I merely hop on a plane to anywhere in America and fork over the cash. People with money in Canada (contrary to popular belief) rarely wait for Health Care.
Is it a software problem? Yes, image software partition and return to student. No, image student's laptop to hot swap laptop on shelf; return defective laptop to OEM. Not sure? Perform yes branch and if problem persists perform no branch.
One thing to keep in mind is that if set up right the system will have only a few different hardware platforms. And you've got a captive group; afterall is a student going to switch schools because their video driver is flaky? And they can't even complain to their boss.
What I was getting at is that SMCs are generally just one 22 minute comercial for merchandising of the heros/villians of the show interspersed with comercials for breakfast cereal/other merchandising/toys. In other words the cynical only reason for say Pokemon to be on TV is to promote Pokemon lunch boxes; hats; boots; pencils; etc. etc.
I was going to insert some witty comment about X-Files action figures or something but I think they have those already:(.
Why do you need to catalogue your books if you already own them ?
I can see a private catalogue. I have a few thousand books. Sometimes it hard to remember whether I already own the 7th Lensman book or if I just read it from the library.
So true. There should be a word for inherently evil. Something like the progression small, medium, large. xtra-large, 2X large,... 6X large, garantuan. SMDI would be the last one.
Blindingly obvious probably isn't a strong enough statement. This is what cookies are designed to do. It is like if Ford marketed a pickup truck and Barnes and Noble comes along and gets a business process patent to deliver books with the pickup. <\choir-preach-rant>
One of the big advantages of the one time use Credit Card Number is to foil recurring billing. Right now it can be a real bitch to stop that health club/ISP/Record Club from billing the CC you gave them when you first signed up. I've seen people resort to reporting their card lost. With these one time use numbers the recurring charges won't work.
I don't even argue with these guys anymore. Instead I seed their database with false data. For giggles sake I usually use the mayor's name and address.
The scary thing is I've done this hundreds of times and never had any of the sales droids make the connection.
And if anyone just wants a phone number I give them the Police main switchboard number.
Remember that in Amazon's case their cookie enables One Click Shopping. Do you really want to sell something that results in dozens of items being charged to your credit card?
Napster didn't start this. RIAA and MPAA have always been parinoid about people making copies of copyrighted works. This same lawsuit dance has happened with every media that had a record button such as: cassette tape, cd-r, 8-tracks, VCRs, DAT.
Copyright laws seem to make content creators insane. A lot of professonal photographers are the same way; I've seen wedding photographers get livid at the idea that granny went down to Wal-mart and had them make a copy of a proof.
Illegal yes but hardly worth loosing sleep over in my way of thinking.
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Even Wal Mart tryies to pass themselves off as Canadian (anyone else out there think that maple leaf in Wal Mart's Canadian advertising is stupid?).
I could insert a huge rant now about how Canadians are smart enough to know what the "A" stands for and that it really ticks us off but I think I'll watch my Talking To Americans one hour special bootleg instead. :)
You mean like the US at Kent state?
No instead you bayonet, club and shoot student protesters.
The line should be a dot to you
Now that would be useful and something I'd pay for.
A little epoxy will fix this risk in a rather permanent way
Heck anyone can make a zip gun in an afternoon and gunpowder can be made by anyone who can bake bread. Something like a caseless H&K might take some exotic materails or proccesses but basic fire arms are easy.
I _love_ when websites, stores (radio shack), etc. ask for a phone number. I always give them 250.828.3000 which used to be my local police station. For you Americans out there how about 202.456.1414 or 202.324.3000 which are the whitehouse and the FBI.
ME:"Your CD isn't working? No Problem; Give me your address and I'll Fed-Ex you a convential CD with 100 bonus hours"
User:"Wow really? You are really helpful; thanks.[1]"
As a bonus you get a postal address of someone who is actually interested in your product.
[1]: OK, So maybe I was a little optimistic thinking they would actually thank you.
And how long does it take in the US if your one of the 16% of Americans who has no health care? Forever? In Canada it can take a little as an afternoon. I merely hop on a plane to anywhere in America and fork over the cash. People with money in Canada (contrary to popular belief) rarely wait for Health Care.
Whoa, Canada ends at the Manitoba border now. Guess I better start shopping for a ne passport :)
Is it a software problem?
Yes, image software partition and return to student.
No, image student's laptop to hot swap laptop on shelf; return defective laptop to OEM.
Not sure? Perform yes branch and if problem persists perform no branch.
One thing to keep in mind is that if set up right the system will have only a few different hardware platforms. And you've got a captive group; afterall is a student going to switch schools because their video driver is flaky? And they can't even complain to their boss.
There using Outlook and it is one of the choices that get pushed onto you if you want to do certain things.
I was going to insert some witty comment about X-Files action figures or something but I think they have those already :(.
Of course Macrovision is easily stripped or defeated though sale of such tools can be illegal under the DMCA .
And I thought TV couldn't get any worse.
And if Peguins'R'US has licenced "One-Click-Shopping" you can have the cute fuzzy guys delivered right to your door with out leaving the couch
I can see a private catalogue. I have a few thousand books. Sometimes it hard to remember whether I already own the 7th Lensman book or if I just read it from the library.
They are probably using the referer header or some similiar trick.
So true. There should be a word for inherently evil. Something like the progression small, medium, large. xtra-large, 2X large, ... 6X large, garantuan. SMDI would be the last one.
Blindingly obvious probably isn't a strong enough statement. This is what cookies are designed to do. It is like if Ford marketed a pickup truck and Barnes and Noble comes along and gets a business process patent to deliver books with the pickup. <\choir-preach-rant>
Man and does it iritate me.
One of the big advantages of the one time use Credit Card Number is to foil recurring billing. Right now it can be a real bitch to stop that health club/ISP/Record Club from billing the CC you gave them when you first signed up. I've seen people resort to reporting their card lost. With these one time use numbers the recurring charges won't work.
The scary thing is I've done this hundreds of times and never had any of the sales droids make the connection.
And if anyone just wants a phone number I give them the Police main switchboard number.
Remember that in Amazon's case their cookie enables One Click Shopping. Do you really want to sell something that results in dozens of items being charged to your credit card?
Copyright laws seem to make content creators insane. A lot of professonal photographers are the same way; I've seen wedding photographers get livid at the idea that granny went down to Wal-mart and had them make a copy of a proof.
Illegal yes but hardly worth loosing sleep over in my way of thinking.