PayPal has customer service!? I got the impression from my dealings with PayPal/Ebay that they will yank money from me without a second thought. When I had a regular merchant account and charge-backs were lodged all I had to do was throw away the stupid paper they sent me and forget about it. With PayPal the charge-back gets yanked from my account! Charge-backs are the credit card company's problem, not mine. They (card issuers) are supposed to insulate the merchants and users from risk, that IS THE ADVANTAGE of using those cards. Everyone pays fees to pad that risk and make a still very profitable business for the credit card companies. PayPal isn't a merchant account, it is a heist.
Criminals behind the counter are VERY common. My wife worked in banking for about ten years. She ran into all kinds of crooks and sham artists on both sides of the counter. The thing is, when an employee gets caught ripping someone off or "befriending" very old men who have tons of money (they can see your holdings...all of them), the bank covers it up--every time if they can help it. They don't want the story hitting the local paper--very embarrassing and tends to scare customers. I've seen this over and over again in several small banks. I've also talked with good people who had long running ties to small banks and they have related the same stories to me. I always figured this was taking place on a massive scale.
The fact is, there is no serious screening of bank tellers. It is a McJob and a half. On top of being a dead-end job, it is very stressful and draining. Realize that banks are like churches, they attract dubious people who seek to prey off the trusting people and resources available to those institutions. Bank tellers deal with a lot of people, they quickly surmise who is on top of things and who is not. The temptation and opportunity to exploit their power is always there. They may not target you because they will sense that you are smart and organized, but the 85 year old lady who takes a half hour to fill out a deposit slip is another story.
I'll always remember a young Steve Jobs who told the story of how he contacted the founder of HP on the phone when he was a young boy and asked him for spare parts--the dawn of the computer age in silicon valley when things were a bit different. At one point things weren't so commercial, although business has always been there spurring progress; the founders did what they did for reasons other than money--no matter what anyone says. Steve Jobs was one of those founders. With his death we see the last of the founders of that wondrous age fading away, the pioneers are no more. Though it now seems the industry is now mired in intellectual turmoil reflecting our overall decline of values in the country which spawned the once great silicon valley--we still have hope.
I remember as a young man working on Apple computers, on Commodores, on Tandy's, on whatever I could get my hands on. I was heartbroken when Windows took hold, so much so that I quit for a while--years. I loved the craft so much that I couldn't stand to see it all consumerized. Often I would sit and read old Byte magazines and OS manuals longing to control, and hack. I taught myself to program on TRS-80s, and old hand-me-down 286s coding into the wee hours of the morning and trouncing any BBS I could find. From the beginning I would release my programs for free--giving back to the community helping to replenish that which I had consumed from others.
I hope that everyone can someday experience what I have, they joy of a technological renaissance. As you can probably tell by now, I'm not an iPhone lover, mush less an owner, but now when I remember Steve, I remember those times.
" I've ended up using/recommending MSE nearly exclusively when it comes to Windwos AV-applications." MSE is not approved for installation in a business or on any Enterprise versions of windows. Home use only.
"It does bloat the code somewhat, "...that is putting it mildly. Building a super small single purpose utility for use by an end user, at least 75% of your time (and LOC) is spent checking methods return values and error handling.
I have found the same thing is true about math. If I can see how an equation or function performs in action I "get it" instantly. Staring at someone trying to "explain" it with practice stifled by numerous barriers often discourage many. Animated or life-like modeling will help any learning endeavor.
Here is what I found in researching a solution for a community college. Most are way out of range on the price scale, but some are quite attractive.
Companies and Products to provide solutions for "employee monitoring"
Spector CNE - $130 per seat
Interguard SONAR - $45000
IMonitor EAM Pro - $6500 for 500 PCs (20% discount for edu)
Work Examniner Standard - around $25 per seat
OS Monitor (Asia) 200 users $900 Basic Version $1800 full version
OfficeShield - $20 per seat at 100
Pearl Echo Suite - $?? Microsoft Gold Partner
NetVizor - 100 seats $1355 / 250 seats $2545
This is going to be a tough one. Google has already changed the game and Facebook is squirming. I see mainstream news stories about Facebook adding new features that copy Google+. Bankers have advisers who see this kind of thing happening. Frankly, any brokerages/banks willing to float the IPO are looking for an IMMEDIATE payoff (i.e. stripping new "investors" of their buy-in of common stock). Read the "Wall Street Jungle", its an old book the explains this stuff in a simple manner. It is not magic.
Plus, the MySpace fiasco is still fresh in everyone's mind. It was SOOO hot!
I second this comment....This whole commission thing is why the customer clams up when they get handed off to "sales." If you start paying commission to the engineers the customer will not trust them. This negates the whole purpose of an engineer and equals bad customer service--ultimately a weak relationship.
Why are they "lusers" if they brick a phone. I have successfully rooted an HTC Eris, and I have bricked the same phone. Hacking usually carries some type of risk when dealing with software that is intentionally broken or hardware that is walled off. My particular bricking incident came about from a lack of knowledge (and possibly a bad ROM/software) that can only be remedied by playing with it. I would never deride someone for hosing a system when they are hacking on it to gain more freedom or control.
What is it with the tech people and the monkey moniker? I mean, if I'm going to setup a new test box the first thing that comes to mind for a PC name is testmonkey, and I'm not the only one around here that does that. "Allright! Who has testmonkey!?" Discuss.
In some states there is a law that allows someone to lock their credit report. This means that whenever a new application for credit is processed they ARE ALL BLOCKED. Meaning that no new accounts can be opened with your credit information and therefore your identity cannot be stolen beyond trivial amounts. Most states do not have this law, therefor the system is broken. Suggestion: All states allow all people to lock their credit reports. But this means that credit reporting bureaus could no long sling your data around and charge people for access to it.
So, yes, the system IS fundamentally broken. Lack of basic security is a serious problem, therefor, broken. I'm sure others may have some other good suggestions for securing personal identities at the system level.
I have often wondered the practical reasoning behind such prohibitions on pork in ancient Mesopotamia. The Torah also contains such restrictions on pork consumption in addition to other hygienic considerations. That is assuming hygiene is the reason. Now , however, it is blended into an anomalous religious requirement handed down by God.
After using the XOOM for a month now, I crave Android on the desktop. The interface is much more productive and intuitive than Windows. Back, Home, and Running Apps "buttons" are straight to the point and make it very easy to navigate quickly between apps and be productive. I do find myself wanting a Forward "button" sometimes though. Honeycomb works so good that I take it for granted. It just works. The onscreen keyboard allows me to type faster and more accurately than on a desktop (my typing skills aren't the greatest). I envision a desktop system where my PC is the screen (giant 24" tablet) with another screen for the keyboard (same dimensions) that sits on my desk. The keyboard, being another screen, would allow you choose the keyboard style or allow you to have another view-port (for webcam?) on the "keyboard." Oh yeah, I want a mouse, gesture, and touchscreen functions running in conjunction.
I'm sick of hearing "such and such isn't going to benefit from learning...X"
Having never learned something, you are ignorant of what you don't know, not to mention your plain ignorance. Full blown math and science should be required for everyone. If not, you end up supporting them! Learning about everything possibly opens new horizons for people and allows them to make an educated decision about what they want to do with themselves. Not being particularly interested in Psychology, I'm glad I took the classes and learned about what I didn't know. It is now more interesting to me, and I understand a swath of paradigms I didn't even know were quantified. This knowledge now helps me make better decisions about everything.
I watched 10 minutes of Trig videos the other day that cured 2 hours of classroom torture. I don't know about any of you, but math class has always been useless to me. Maybe it is just the small bites (Khan videos) that are so easy to consume? Khan makes my math life so much easier. Now I just daydream in class, get my credit, then go home and learn it myself using Google and Khan Academy.
On top of that, I watched another 10 minutes and moved ahead of the class!
My boss came in one day and said "Where is your other monitor?", Reply "I'm done with two monitors, too much for me.", His reply "Where is it?" Me again "I gave it to...in..dept" WHAT!? #@%@#$*&(@#$ "Don't give anything to anyone!" My final reply, "OK, Sorry"
Coupled with the hell beam that sits four feet above my desk the radiation from the second monitor was frying my brain(not an exaggeration). So much so, that at my first chance, I removed it. I'm wondering what he is going to say when I pull a couple bulbs from the ballast of "hell beam".
Nonetheless, it is not worth going home in a zombie state accompanied by a pounding headache.
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PayPal has customer service!? I got the impression from my dealings with PayPal/Ebay that they will yank money from me without a second thought. When I had a regular merchant account and charge-backs were lodged all I had to do was throw away the stupid paper they sent me and forget about it. With PayPal the charge-back gets yanked from my account! Charge-backs are the credit card company's problem, not mine. They (card issuers) are supposed to insulate the merchants and users from risk, that IS THE ADVANTAGE of using those cards. Everyone pays fees to pad that risk and make a still very profitable business for the credit card companies. PayPal isn't a merchant account, it is a heist.
Criminals behind the counter are VERY common. My wife worked in banking for about ten years. She ran into all kinds of crooks and sham artists on both sides of the counter. The thing is, when an employee gets caught ripping someone off or "befriending" very old men who have tons of money (they can see your holdings...all of them), the bank covers it up--every time if they can help it. They don't want the story hitting the local paper--very embarrassing and tends to scare customers. I've seen this over and over again in several small banks. I've also talked with good people who had long running ties to small banks and they have related the same stories to me. I always figured this was taking place on a massive scale. The fact is, there is no serious screening of bank tellers. It is a McJob and a half. On top of being a dead-end job, it is very stressful and draining. Realize that banks are like churches, they attract dubious people who seek to prey off the trusting people and resources available to those institutions. Bank tellers deal with a lot of people, they quickly surmise who is on top of things and who is not. The temptation and opportunity to exploit their power is always there. They may not target you because they will sense that you are smart and organized, but the 85 year old lady who takes a half hour to fill out a deposit slip is another story.
besides, 7 hours a week is priceless. 7 * 52 = 364 mores hours per year for your family and life. Pretty much a no-brainer, pay aside.
I'll always remember a young Steve Jobs who told the story of how he contacted the founder of HP on the phone when he was a young boy and asked him for spare parts--the dawn of the computer age in silicon valley when things were a bit different. At one point things weren't so commercial, although business has always been there spurring progress; the founders did what they did for reasons other than money--no matter what anyone says. Steve Jobs was one of those founders. With his death we see the last of the founders of that wondrous age fading away, the pioneers are no more. Though it now seems the industry is now mired in intellectual turmoil reflecting our overall decline of values in the country which spawned the once great silicon valley--we still have hope. I remember as a young man working on Apple computers, on Commodores, on Tandy's, on whatever I could get my hands on. I was heartbroken when Windows took hold, so much so that I quit for a while--years. I loved the craft so much that I couldn't stand to see it all consumerized. Often I would sit and read old Byte magazines and OS manuals longing to control, and hack. I taught myself to program on TRS-80s, and old hand-me-down 286s coding into the wee hours of the morning and trouncing any BBS I could find. From the beginning I would release my programs for free--giving back to the community helping to replenish that which I had consumed from others. I hope that everyone can someday experience what I have, they joy of a technological renaissance. As you can probably tell by now, I'm not an iPhone lover, mush less an owner, but now when I remember Steve, I remember those times.
" I've ended up using/recommending MSE nearly exclusively when it comes to Windwos AV-applications." MSE is not approved for installation in a business or on any Enterprise versions of windows. Home use only.
"It does bloat the code somewhat, "...that is putting it mildly. Building a super small single purpose utility for use by an end user, at least 75% of your time (and LOC) is spent checking methods return values and error handling.
I have found the same thing is true about math. If I can see how an equation or function performs in action I "get it" instantly. Staring at someone trying to "explain" it with practice stifled by numerous barriers often discourage many. Animated or life-like modeling will help any learning endeavor.
"A Tyrant's dream"......no, a sociopath's dream.
Here is what I found in researching a solution for a community college. Most are way out of range on the price scale, but some are quite attractive. Companies and Products to provide solutions for "employee monitoring" Spector CNE - $130 per seat Interguard SONAR - $45000 IMonitor EAM Pro - $6500 for 500 PCs (20% discount for edu) Work Examniner Standard - around $25 per seat OS Monitor (Asia) 200 users $900 Basic Version $1800 full version OfficeShield - $20 per seat at 100 Pearl Echo Suite - $?? Microsoft Gold Partner NetVizor - 100 seats $1355 / 250 seats $2545
This is going to be a tough one. Google has already changed the game and Facebook is squirming. I see mainstream news stories about Facebook adding new features that copy Google+. Bankers have advisers who see this kind of thing happening. Frankly, any brokerages/banks willing to float the IPO are looking for an IMMEDIATE payoff (i.e. stripping new "investors" of their buy-in of common stock). Read the "Wall Street Jungle", its an old book the explains this stuff in a simple manner. It is not magic. Plus, the MySpace fiasco is still fresh in everyone's mind. It was SOOO hot!
I second this comment....This whole commission thing is why the customer clams up when they get handed off to "sales." If you start paying commission to the engineers the customer will not trust them. This negates the whole purpose of an engineer and equals bad customer service--ultimately a weak relationship.
Also thanks to Heidi Parmelee who gave me a Woody.... Got my attention!
Why are they "lusers" if they brick a phone. I have successfully rooted an HTC Eris, and I have bricked the same phone. Hacking usually carries some type of risk when dealing with software that is intentionally broken or hardware that is walled off. My particular bricking incident came about from a lack of knowledge (and possibly a bad ROM/software) that can only be remedied by playing with it. I would never deride someone for hosing a system when they are hacking on it to gain more freedom or control.
What is it with the tech people and the monkey moniker? I mean, if I'm going to setup a new test box the first thing that comes to mind for a PC name is testmonkey, and I'm not the only one around here that does that. "Allright! Who has testmonkey!?" Discuss.
Nevermind...I didn't check the address. Just phishing.
I received an email from Sony Online Entertainment this morning for some reason. I have never given them my information for anything. Now I'm nervous.
In some states there is a law that allows someone to lock their credit report. This means that whenever a new application for credit is processed they ARE ALL BLOCKED. Meaning that no new accounts can be opened with your credit information and therefore your identity cannot be stolen beyond trivial amounts. Most states do not have this law, therefor the system is broken. Suggestion: All states allow all people to lock their credit reports. But this means that credit reporting bureaus could no long sling your data around and charge people for access to it. So, yes, the system IS fundamentally broken. Lack of basic security is a serious problem, therefor, broken. I'm sure others may have some other good suggestions for securing personal identities at the system level.
I have often wondered the practical reasoning behind such prohibitions on pork in ancient Mesopotamia. The Torah also contains such restrictions on pork consumption in addition to other hygienic considerations. That is assuming hygiene is the reason. Now , however, it is blended into an anomalous religious requirement handed down by God.
Register..... Login..... Picture of Matthew McConaughey with his shirt off... never went back
Oh...that happens in your town too?
After using the XOOM for a month now, I crave Android on the desktop. The interface is much more productive and intuitive than Windows. Back, Home, and Running Apps "buttons" are straight to the point and make it very easy to navigate quickly between apps and be productive. I do find myself wanting a Forward "button" sometimes though. Honeycomb works so good that I take it for granted. It just works. The onscreen keyboard allows me to type faster and more accurately than on a desktop (my typing skills aren't the greatest). I envision a desktop system where my PC is the screen (giant 24" tablet) with another screen for the keyboard (same dimensions) that sits on my desk. The keyboard, being another screen, would allow you choose the keyboard style or allow you to have another view-port (for webcam?) on the "keyboard." Oh yeah, I want a mouse, gesture, and touchscreen functions running in conjunction.
Laddy dawddy we likes to party.... ...we're just a couple of washed up freaks-on-da-mic
I'm sick of hearing "such and such isn't going to benefit from learning...X" Having never learned something, you are ignorant of what you don't know, not to mention your plain ignorance. Full blown math and science should be required for everyone. If not, you end up supporting them! Learning about everything possibly opens new horizons for people and allows them to make an educated decision about what they want to do with themselves. Not being particularly interested in Psychology, I'm glad I took the classes and learned about what I didn't know. It is now more interesting to me, and I understand a swath of paradigms I didn't even know were quantified. This knowledge now helps me make better decisions about everything.
I watched 10 minutes of Trig videos the other day that cured 2 hours of classroom torture. I don't know about any of you, but math class has always been useless to me. Maybe it is just the small bites (Khan videos) that are so easy to consume? Khan makes my math life so much easier. Now I just daydream in class, get my credit, then go home and learn it myself using Google and Khan Academy. On top of that, I watched another 10 minutes and moved ahead of the class!
My boss came in one day and said "Where is your other monitor?", Reply "I'm done with two monitors, too much for me.", His reply "Where is it?" Me again "I gave it to...in..dept" WHAT!? #@%@#$*&(@#$ "Don't give anything to anyone!" My final reply, "OK, Sorry" Coupled with the hell beam that sits four feet above my desk the radiation from the second monitor was frying my brain(not an exaggeration). So much so, that at my first chance, I removed it. I'm wondering what he is going to say when I pull a couple bulbs from the ballast of "hell beam". Nonetheless, it is not worth going home in a zombie state accompanied by a pounding headache.