Unless I am very familiar with the area, I only know:
- information from one of upwards of four directions I approached from. - lesser reliable information about the direction directly ahead. - the sides of the street I approached from prohibit me from seeing beyond many times. Therefore, I have not seen everything and unless I take a side street, this means I can't know everything on my own side of the map either. - General knowledge about how often gas stations are distributed, fast food places, etc. Commercial park, expect more office buildings.
Using Google to tell me that just the next side street over to my right and down a 1/4 mile is a Chili's. Information I had know way of knowing beforehand by observation. I would have otherwise been directed towards a far less preferable alternative the aforementioned Denny's.
So I think the squishy stuff between my ears is working just fine and got me a Triple Dipper for lunch instead of some sort of sad pathetic excuse for a sandwich and fries that make one pine for the old days, when they didn't wish they were dying and not old as fuck.
As well they should have. Stuff happens, and I bet NASA did try to make it safe, but they failed horribly in this case.
Richard Feynman ripped NASA a new butthole too. After listening to him it became readily apparent that there was a huge disconnect between the administrators and the engineers. In some cases the administrators decided to go with estimates that were several orders of magnitude different.
I can give NASA a pass when it's really difficult to engineer and design a controlled explosion to get you into space, *and* then how to work, survive, and come back.
However, everyone of those people that got fired deserved that and more for their "acceptable flight risk" mentality that was in hindsight unreasonably reckless.
It's so damn useful though. You locate yourself on a map from an intersection (or geolocation if you don't care about your privacy at all) and search nearby places.
Example: I'm at a tire store and it will take 45 minutes before my car is ready. I plug the address of the tire store into Google and search for nearby restaurants within a 10 minute walk. It tells me that up the street, which I did not come by from, has a Denny's.
That's fucking important. I need to know where those Denny's are to avoid them more than Battlestar Gallatica tried to avoid the Cylons, or a salad avoided Jabba the Hutt. I think most sane and rational people have used Google this way right?
As far the maybe is concerned, perhaps, it's that Google really did find a lot of people doing that and figured it was an additional commodity to sell. A local business would pay quite a bit actually to steer real time requests for businesses towards them. I know some businesses well enough to say they would test it out and shift funds away from other marketing budgets.
A half a dozen times in the last 3 years I've found myself in meetings with the local telephone book companies pitching SEO and their own web based directories as the primary product instead of their dead tree publishing. Those companies see the writing on the wall and are not trying to sue or regulate the Internet into compliance with their old business model, unlike some creeps we know. They would jump on that in a second to offer local foot traffic to a retail brick and mortar store as an added service they provide.
Google could make money doing that. Google doesn't service the Internet user except with a glove going you-know-where, they service their real customers and those are the advertising industry and Big Data consumers.
Got a funny feeling that it will play out just like that. A new NearMe(tm) feature with sponsored search results on a revamped directory page.
Google could knock off Eat24.com and Groupon in an afternoon with their search tech, map tech, and payment processing tech.
We're talking about youtube here, well known for mutilating 1080p content with a H.264 encoder until it fits in 4Mb/s. I'd be rather surprised if the 2160p stream is more than 10Mb/s average.
So basically, look horrible, look like it was streamed.
Kind of defeats the point of the 4k investment though. Only local content is going to be played. On demand will need one hell of a buffer for full quality. Piracy is going to be difficult (a plus for them) since it can only be larger than BluRay, and that can be upwards of 35 gigs. Most people can't be patient enough to max their connection for several hours to get a movie.
Now we have a whole other format for 4k that we can pay extra for to Netflix or Best Buy.
It seems like that's what I get for laying down cash in this economy for a 4k display system.
- Limited expensive options for content - Much lower quality if I do streaming. Not all that much better than 1080p with the compression.
Only way I see this working is if the cable companies get on board and start pushing out set top boxes that can process 4k content delivered across that bandwidth instead.
For somebody that cut the cord, 4k ain't good enough to make me plug back in:)
Doesn't matter about entering the consumer arena with display technology. I think this is very limited by bandwidth technology and realistic costs of deployment in the US. It's going to be amazeballs, but in South Korea, Japan, and several EU countries.
YouTube said it was demonstrating streaming of 4k. I would assume that to be true since YouTube is a website...
Doesn't that put the required bandwidth for streaming at 20-30Mpbs in ideal networking conditions with moderate compression? That's from a single source, not aggregate speed. It's less of a hassle with their CDN, but still is at the top end of what residential networks with consumer grade infrastructure does.
I know plenty of people now that don't have ethernet connections anymore, and have transferred to wireless. This may well be a non-free upgrade for consumers.
TL;DR -- I don't know how many people with meet the software requirements
It has value because the people using it believe it to be so.
Once that becomes enough for somebody to believe it AND give something else of value in return, you have a working crypto-currency.
Whatever the detractors of Bitcoin have to say are moot at this point. I can mine a Bitcoin. I can exchange it for cash. That's real. It makes me want to look at just what the cost is in USD to produce a single bitcoin. At the moment I'm not actually convinced the ROI on all the infrastructure is worth it, but that's an informed opinion, not snarky detraction.
I would accept Bitcoins today for my currency, but only to a locked in rate, and I would withdraw a healthy percentage immediately till I could gauge just how much if fluctuates.
CoinYe West is actually something interesting to me. I'm not going to discount it immediately because Bitcoin is operating right now in real world transactions, and millionaires have been made.
Once again, it's all about whether or not I can believe in ROI on the mining equipment.
And doing it while completely denying that they are ever doing anything like that.
They would be so compelled to do it because of how accurate their risk models would get, that I doubt that they don't. Even in the face of stiff federal laws.
Those risk models represent billions or perhaps trillions of dollars in premiums for the industry along with competitive advantages.
It's not just control over people that comes with violating privacy. Huge economic gains as well.
I'm inherently skeptical of science, only because of my extreme cynicism about corruption in science and government. People are people after all.
I'm not Christian, but I do have faith. Quite frankly, I don't believe much of what either side has to tell me.
That being said, it's one thing to have faith. It's another to be arguing about something that has such a huge amount of evidence and well tested models that work.
I'm about to find you and sue you from physically damaging my internal organs from laughing so hard.
"“Pull it together,” I hissed, violently grabbing him by the lapel. “Tell them about the joys of fucking moose! Tell them you were high on crack and you ran me over with your vintage Buick—I don’t care; just end it with a goddamn ‘Praise Jesus’ and we’ll be fine!”
I don't participate in any of those delusions that you have. I don't know a single white person that has ever took me aside and said, "Hey. Don't approve that person for a loan. They're black".
I've NEVER witnessed it, and there exists a huge amount of varied experiences across multiple countries in which I have completely failed to see racism in action.
You know the only racism that I know of? The genocide and bullshit happening in certain countries. Not in the USA.
Let's just say you are 100% correct
It's not fucking me. Why do I get to be grouped with all of the other assholes based on my skin color.
Try to engage your brain for one damn second and realize that the group you are fighting against ISN'T WHITE . All of what you think occurs is from the 1%. It's a conspiracy, from many ethnicity and colors, to grab power and wealth.
I'm not part of the 1% anyways, don't get those benefits, but in your eyes, I'm the devil.
That's nice. I get to go through life labeled as evil simply because I was born American, White, and Male.
What you have all made abundantly clear, is that the facts of my life are completely inconsequential and only my whiteness matters. I can't even defend myself.
What I suffer from is racism directed towards me no different than a black person before civil rights. The person doing it is you. The fact I have such a passionate response over it is not indicative of any mental illness, but only that I am victim who is fighting really hard to eliminate it.
You already gave a list of sources supporting your statement that I'm guilty of oppressing others based on their skin color. It's not true, but you hold it to be true. YOU published your feelings quite clearly.
Since it's clear you can't get past it, and wish to inflict suffering upon the children of racism, which is more than likely what we both are, with further racism, you need to make a decision.
Keep being racist and harming me because I happen to share a skin color with the persecutors of the past?
Get over it, and not see me only as the color of my skin?
It genuinely seems that at this point you can't. You NEED for some sort of justice to occur, and that justice involves me getting punished based on my skin color. Sounds like you fully support some kind of redistribution of wealth to compensate the victims of the past.
Since you do, that's why I call you out to war in a field. Apparently, meeting you out there for extreme violence (which I don't actually want to participate in) is the only solution.
So either come and kill me and take your pound of flesh, or let me live a life of peace where we don't judge each other based on such idiotic distinctions.
Review what you have said in your postings. You're very much the racist, and I will never back down for a second in fighting what you are and what you represent.
As a victim of racism I can't feel hurt to be associated with the evils you describe that don't even exist with no ability to ever defend myself and regain my dignity and honor?
Like I said you fucking moron, racism actually hurts TWO PEOPLE.
If you met me on the street and saw that I was white, you instantly assume that I have certain characteristics. One of those being that I "own and control everything". Not in a benign way, but that I am participating in a grand conspiracy to oppress a large number of people based on their skin color. Even unwittingly, which is idiotic and bullshit as well.
You've multiple times included me in a group of people that need to be fought, punished, and brought to justice in your eyes.
You can deny it all you want, you're a fucking racist. Nothing you can say will ever change that. It's your words that label you a racist, not something in my head.
As long as you continue to shove me into a group based on the color of my skin, especially for such negative reasons, you are a fucking racist.
All of the truly abhorrent and terrible effects of racism, you have inflicted upon me. You have called me out as being partly responsible for the pain of other people, when that is complete and utter fucking tripe.
You are no different than a white slave owner whipping a black man. You've caused pain, and you will justify in whatever way you can.... because your racism is somehow more acceptable and distinct from that of the past.
You're not just a fucking racist. You're deluded enough to actually think you aren't. All because your racism is better.
I think it's completely batshit insane to talk about a great person and then say, "See kids? This person had freckles and red hair, but created teleportation". Why call attention to a fact that doesn't affect the outcome at all? It makes no sense to do so. You are saying that their accomplishments were done in spite of a disability. You shouldn't say that when it's not really a disability at all.
Race is a fact. Why? We continue to group ourselves, and while that may be benign in of itself as there are so many of them, it's clear that certain groups have a lot of negativity associated with them. Black and White are equally negative at this point for different reasons.
The silence of society about the race of a President would speak volumes to children about the unspeakability of race
No. The silence speaks volumes about how it's a purely worthless distinction. If a child asks if it matters that the President was black, you just say no. It may have mattered in the past, but that was only due to mankind's ignorance and pettiness. We're getting better though.
Children really do pick up on your emotions and reactions towards stuff like that. That silence you disagree with is actually a strong message to the child that what they notice, really makes no difference at all.
Crazy as this sounds, it's kind of like a block of cheese. If you consistently had a negative reaction towards a specific color or smell, and denied the child access to it, that child is going to create negative associations. You see that in nature all the time. Silence, or the lack of a reaction, creates entirely different associations. It's not that children are stupid and can't see these groupings or patterns. As adults, we need to not acknowledge those grouping or patterns as anything but "mildly interesting".
When we notice it, and give it so much importance, those not-stupid children begin to wonder just why that group distinction is important. Once that happens, some of them begin to operate with those same concepts. Even if a child disagrees with it, it becomes a natural reaction to look at a black person and make certain assumptions:
- That person is black. Many of the generalities that have been associated with them could be true. - Their accomplishments are somehow more meaningful. If I do X it's just Tue. If a black person does X, we need to investigate further and possibly call Ripley's. - I may be in danger. Should I have a greater level of fear?
It's one thing to talk about a how a great person overcame difficulties, but those difficulties should not include things they had no control over like the color of their skin. It's far more meaningful actually to talk about a disability. Like a child born with no legs setting speed records for sprinting.
There are plenty examples of people overcoming adversity that don't involve racial characteristics like skin color.
Yes, history is chock full of the stupidity. Teach it in history class and just make damn sure you present it in a specific context, that being that such distinctions are pure idiocy.
Not just teachers need to do this. Parents need to be very careful about perpetuating such stereotypes as well.
The anonymity attribute only applies to online transactions. Not physical ones, even if you refuse the discount. You have to find a kid or teenager and pay them more to go get it for you.
For certain categories of online purchases those prepaid are just not working anymore. I have not seen a single purchase go through PayPal lately with a prepaid card. That's even if you "register" information against the prepaid card and lie about the info.
The government worked damn hard to close that loophole apparently and it shows.
You can still get money orders with cash though. It takes a lot of effort to get one anonymously.
Slashdot Mirror
Don't be a dick.
Unless I am very familiar with the area, I only know:
- information from one of upwards of four directions I approached from.
- lesser reliable information about the direction directly ahead.
- the sides of the street I approached from prohibit me from seeing beyond many times. Therefore, I have not seen everything and unless I take a side street, this means I can't know everything on my own side of the map either.
- General knowledge about how often gas stations are distributed, fast food places, etc. Commercial park, expect more office buildings.
Using Google to tell me that just the next side street over to my right and down a 1/4 mile is a Chili's. Information I had know way of knowing beforehand by observation. I would have otherwise been directed towards a far less preferable alternative the aforementioned Denny's.
So I think the squishy stuff between my ears is working just fine and got me a Triple Dipper for lunch instead of some sort of sad pathetic excuse for a sandwich and fries that make one pine for the old days, when they didn't wish they were dying and not old as fuck.
There but for the grace of God, go I...
If you wanted to kick it up a notch say, "wittle" instead of "little".
As well they should have. Stuff happens, and I bet NASA did try to make it safe, but they failed horribly in this case.
Richard Feynman ripped NASA a new butthole too. After listening to him it became readily apparent that there was a huge disconnect between the administrators and the engineers. In some cases the administrators decided to go with estimates that were several orders of magnitude different.
I can give NASA a pass when it's really difficult to engineer and design a controlled explosion to get you into space, *and* then how to work, survive, and come back.
However, everyone of those people that got fired deserved that and more for their "acceptable flight risk" mentality that was in hindsight unreasonably reckless.
It's so damn useful though. You locate yourself on a map from an intersection (or geolocation if you don't care about your privacy at all) and search nearby places.
Example: I'm at a tire store and it will take 45 minutes before my car is ready. I plug the address of the tire store into Google and search for nearby restaurants within a 10 minute walk. It tells me that up the street, which I did not come by from, has a Denny's.
That's fucking important. I need to know where those Denny's are to avoid them more than Battlestar Gallatica tried to avoid the Cylons, or a salad avoided Jabba the Hutt. I think most sane and rational people have used Google this way right?
As far the maybe is concerned, perhaps, it's that Google really did find a lot of people doing that and figured it was an additional commodity to sell. A local business would pay quite a bit actually to steer real time requests for businesses towards them. I know some businesses well enough to say they would test it out and shift funds away from other marketing budgets.
A half a dozen times in the last 3 years I've found myself in meetings with the local telephone book companies pitching SEO and their own web based directories as the primary product instead of their dead tree publishing. Those companies see the writing on the wall and are not trying to sue or regulate the Internet into compliance with their old business model, unlike some creeps we know. They would jump on that in a second to offer local foot traffic to a retail brick and mortar store as an added service they provide.
Google could make money doing that. Google doesn't service the Internet user except with a glove going you-know-where, they service their real customers and those are the advertising industry and Big Data consumers.
Got a funny feeling that it will play out just like that. A new NearMe(tm) feature with sponsored search results on a revamped directory page.
Google could knock off Eat24.com and Groupon in an afternoon with their search tech, map tech, and payment processing tech.
There's money in it. A lot of it.
Sorry for the double post, but I reconsidered it.
If it was a 150 inch screen, with like 8k, and I could get streamed porn, then yes, I would consider getting a cable subscription again.
Industry. Take Note.
We're talking about youtube here, well known for mutilating 1080p content with a H.264 encoder until it fits in 4Mb/s.
I'd be rather surprised if the 2160p stream is more than 10Mb/s average.
So basically, look horrible, look like it was streamed.
Kind of defeats the point of the 4k investment though. Only local content is going to be played. On demand will need one hell of a buffer for full quality. Piracy is going to be difficult (a plus for them) since it can only be larger than BluRay, and that can be upwards of 35 gigs. Most people can't be patient enough to max their connection for several hours to get a movie.
Now we have a whole other format for 4k that we can pay extra for to Netflix or Best Buy.
It seems like that's what I get for laying down cash in this economy for a 4k display system.
- Limited expensive options for content
- Much lower quality if I do streaming. Not all that much better than 1080p with the compression.
Only way I see this working is if the cable companies get on board and start pushing out set top boxes that can process 4k content delivered across that bandwidth instead.
For somebody that cut the cord, 4k ain't good enough to make me plug back in :)
Sometimes, you really don't want to see everything.
And yet... sometimes, in those special moments, you really really do want to see everything :)
I'm right, right?
see the full resolution without affect from scaling algorithms
Laserdisc baby :)
I really hate that waterfall effect amongst all others. It's a almost a deal breaker to me.
That's why the top of the line Laserdisc player and some titles just look awesome, even by today's standards. At least, IMHO.
Doesn't matter about entering the consumer arena with display technology. I think this is very limited by bandwidth technology and realistic costs of deployment in the US. It's going to be amazeballs, but in South Korea, Japan, and several EU countries.
YouTube said it was demonstrating streaming of 4k. I would assume that to be true since YouTube is a website...
Doesn't that put the required bandwidth for streaming at 20-30Mpbs in ideal networking conditions with moderate compression? That's from a single source, not aggregate speed. It's less of a hassle with their CDN, but still is at the top end of what residential networks with consumer grade infrastructure does.
I know plenty of people now that don't have ethernet connections anymore, and have transferred to wireless. This may well be a non-free upgrade for consumers.
TL;DR -- I don't know how many people with meet the software requirements
It has value because the people using it believe it to be so.
Once that becomes enough for somebody to believe it AND give something else of value in return, you have a working crypto-currency.
Whatever the detractors of Bitcoin have to say are moot at this point. I can mine a Bitcoin. I can exchange it for cash. That's real. It makes me want to look at just what the cost is in USD to produce a single bitcoin. At the moment I'm not actually convinced the ROI on all the infrastructure is worth it, but that's an informed opinion, not snarky detraction.
I would accept Bitcoins today for my currency, but only to a locked in rate, and I would withdraw a healthy percentage immediately till I could gauge just how much if fluctuates.
CoinYe West is actually something interesting to me. I'm not going to discount it immediately because Bitcoin is operating right now in real world transactions, and millionaires have been made.
Once again, it's all about whether or not I can believe in ROI on the mining equipment.
So then all I would have to look for is credit union ATMs?
Nice to know.
And doing it while completely denying that they are ever doing anything like that.
They would be so compelled to do it because of how accurate their risk models would get, that I doubt that they don't. Even in the face of stiff federal laws.
Those risk models represent billions or perhaps trillions of dollars in premiums for the industry along with competitive advantages.
It's not just control over people that comes with violating privacy. Huge economic gains as well.
Pooing in space has a well known direction:
Everywhere
Abuse and entertainment?
I'm inherently skeptical of science, only because of my extreme cynicism about corruption in science and government. People are people after all.
I'm not Christian, but I do have faith. Quite frankly, I don't believe much of what either side has to tell me.
That being said, it's one thing to have faith. It's another to be arguing about something that has such a huge amount of evidence and well tested models that work.
I'm about to find you and sue you from physically damaging my internal organs from laughing so hard.
"“Pull it together,” I hissed, violently grabbing him by the lapel. “Tell them about the joys of fucking moose! Tell them you were high on crack and you ran me over with your vintage Buick—I don’t care; just end it with a goddamn ‘Praise Jesus’ and we’ll be fine!”
Not at all. I copied you.
Racist makes baseless claims in a snarky statement that are easily refuted by the evidence.
Asshole racist interviewed. Film at 11.
You still don't get it.
I don't participate in any of those delusions that you have. I don't know a single white person that has ever took me aside and said, "Hey. Don't approve that person for a loan. They're black".
I've NEVER witnessed it, and there exists a huge amount of varied experiences across multiple countries in which I have completely failed to see racism in action.
You know the only racism that I know of? The genocide and bullshit happening in certain countries. Not in the USA.
Let's just say you are 100% correct
It's not fucking me. Why do I get to be grouped with all of the other assholes based on my skin color.
Try to engage your brain for one damn second and realize that the group you are fighting against ISN'T WHITE . All of what you think occurs is from the 1%. It's a conspiracy, from many ethnicity and colors, to grab power and wealth.
I'm not part of the 1% anyways, don't get those benefits, but in your eyes, I'm the devil.
That's nice. I get to go through life labeled as evil simply because I was born American, White, and Male.
What you have all made abundantly clear, is that the facts of my life are completely inconsequential and only my whiteness matters. I can't even defend myself.
No.
What I suffer from is racism directed towards me no different than a black person before civil rights. The person doing it is you. The fact I have such a passionate response over it is not indicative of any mental illness, but only that I am victim who is fighting really hard to eliminate it.
You already gave a list of sources supporting your statement that I'm guilty of oppressing others based on their skin color. It's not true, but you hold it to be true. YOU published your feelings quite clearly.
Since it's clear you can't get past it, and wish to inflict suffering upon the children of racism, which is more than likely what we both are, with further racism, you need to make a decision.
Keep being racist and harming me because I happen to share a skin color with the persecutors of the past?
Get over it, and not see me only as the color of my skin?
It genuinely seems that at this point you can't. You NEED for some sort of justice to occur, and that justice involves me getting punished based on my skin color. Sounds like you fully support some kind of redistribution of wealth to compensate the victims of the past.
Since you do, that's why I call you out to war in a field. Apparently, meeting you out there for extreme violence (which I don't actually want to participate in) is the only solution.
So either come and kill me and take your pound of flesh, or let me live a life of peace where we don't judge each other based on such idiotic distinctions.
Review what you have said in your postings. You're very much the racist, and I will never back down for a second in fighting what you are and what you represent.
Blaming the victim again are we?
As a victim of racism I can't feel hurt to be associated with the evils you describe that don't even exist with no ability to ever defend myself and regain my dignity and honor?
Like I said you fucking moron, racism actually hurts TWO PEOPLE.
You are indeed racist.
If you met me on the street and saw that I was white, you instantly assume that I have certain characteristics. One of those being that I "own and control everything". Not in a benign way, but that I am participating in a grand conspiracy to oppress a large number of people based on their skin color. Even unwittingly, which is idiotic and bullshit as well.
You've multiple times included me in a group of people that need to be fought, punished, and brought to justice in your eyes.
You can deny it all you want, you're a fucking racist. Nothing you can say will ever change that. It's your words that label you a racist, not something in my head.
As long as you continue to shove me into a group based on the color of my skin, especially for such negative reasons, you are a fucking racist.
All of the truly abhorrent and terrible effects of racism, you have inflicted upon me. You have called me out as being partly responsible for the pain of other people, when that is complete and utter fucking tripe.
You are no different than a white slave owner whipping a black man. You've caused pain, and you will justify in whatever way you can.... because your racism is somehow more acceptable and distinct from that of the past.
You're not just a fucking racist. You're deluded enough to actually think you aren't. All because your racism is better.
Insane?
I think it's completely batshit insane to talk about a great person and then say, "See kids? This person had freckles and red hair, but created teleportation". Why call attention to a fact that doesn't affect the outcome at all? It makes no sense to do so. You are saying that their accomplishments were done in spite of a disability. You shouldn't say that when it's not really a disability at all.
Race is a fact. Why? We continue to group ourselves, and while that may be benign in of itself as there are so many of them, it's clear that certain groups have a lot of negativity associated with them. Black and White are equally negative at this point for different reasons.
The silence of society about the race of a President would speak volumes to children about the unspeakability of race
No. The silence speaks volumes about how it's a purely worthless distinction. If a child asks if it matters that the President was black, you just say no. It may have mattered in the past, but that was only due to mankind's ignorance and pettiness. We're getting better though.
Children really do pick up on your emotions and reactions towards stuff like that. That silence you disagree with is actually a strong message to the child that what they notice, really makes no difference at all.
Crazy as this sounds, it's kind of like a block of cheese. If you consistently had a negative reaction towards a specific color or smell, and denied the child access to it, that child is going to create negative associations. You see that in nature all the time. Silence, or the lack of a reaction, creates entirely different associations. It's not that children are stupid and can't see these groupings or patterns. As adults, we need to not acknowledge those grouping or patterns as anything but "mildly interesting".
When we notice it, and give it so much importance, those not-stupid children begin to wonder just why that group distinction is important. Once that happens, some of them begin to operate with those same concepts. Even if a child disagrees with it, it becomes a natural reaction to look at a black person and make certain assumptions:
- That person is black. Many of the generalities that have been associated with them could be true.
- Their accomplishments are somehow more meaningful. If I do X it's just Tue. If a black person does X, we need to investigate further and possibly call Ripley's.
- I may be in danger. Should I have a greater level of fear?
It's one thing to talk about a how a great person overcame difficulties, but those difficulties should not include things they had no control over like the color of their skin. It's far more meaningful actually to talk about a disability. Like a child born with no legs setting speed records for sprinting.
There are plenty examples of people overcoming adversity that don't involve racial characteristics like skin color.
Yes, history is chock full of the stupidity. Teach it in history class and just make damn sure you present it in a specific context, that being that such distinctions are pure idiocy.
Not just teachers need to do this. Parents need to be very careful about perpetuating such stereotypes as well.
The anonymity attribute only applies to online transactions. Not physical ones, even if you refuse the discount. You have to find a kid or teenager and pay them more to go get it for you.
For certain categories of online purchases those prepaid are just not working anymore. I have not seen a single purchase go through PayPal lately with a prepaid card. That's even if you "register" information against the prepaid card and lie about the info.
The government worked damn hard to close that loophole apparently and it shows.
You can still get money orders with cash though. It takes a lot of effort to get one anonymously.
So I ask again, if I bust my ass and Initech saves a few units, I don't see another dime, so what's in it for me?
You get to work with Michael Bolton?