TJX owns Winners and HomeSense up here in Canada... no possible way I'll be shopping in those stores after an event like this. (For two reasons, how this guy was treated, and how they handle sensitive data)
Although I've been hearing rumours of HomeSense being closed down anyhow.
I have Vista on my home PC and it works just fine for me. I too disabled UAC and since then it has been excellent. I go back and forth between Vista and XP every day and I really don't notice any major differences between them.
I've never had any compatibility problems with any of my software, and I've never had any issues with drivers either.
Where does our electricity for our homes come from? Fossil fuels?
Electric cars are a great idea but unless the electricity to recharge their batteries is coming from a renewable resource I don't quite see how this really helps.
Instead of filling your car with gas, you're using coal/oil power plants instead. I don't see what the true benefit really is.
Call me crazy but I still use windows. I have dual monitors so tabs don't really help me when I want to display one web page on monitor A and another web page at the same time on monitor B.
Because shipping isn't free. Free shipping plus whatever discount they're offering on a book must be equalling more than 5% off the list price, which would be illegal in France.
It may be a stupid law, but if that's how things are done in France, then that's how things are done. They can either comply or pull out of that market.
It's unfair to all of the other bookstores there that do follow the rules.
I just flew out of LAX (the worst airport I've ever had the "pleasure" of flying out of) and it took maybe 5 minutes for the security screening process.
It took more time to disembark my cruise ship earlier that morning. Being Canadian, I lined up in the "Non US-Citizens" line, and it seemed like every single person in that line (aside from other Canadians) was being finger printed, quizzed, etc. Must have taken almost an hour to get thru that line.
What exactly do you mean by a system that "works"? I have HDMI on most of my components (TV, PS3, Denon AVR-3806, HD DVR), and it works exactly the way it's supposed to.
Spend the extra 5-10 minutes to compare options and plans and you can get more value.
Everyone is so hard on the Canadian cell industry, but personally I have no real big complaints. I've been with Fido for 4 years now, still paying less than $40 a month and I have every calling feature, unlimited text, etc. My girlfriend is with Bell, she's under $50 a month and has unlimited data transfer, satellite radio, unlimited local calling...
(and when I say under $40 or under $50, I mean, including all of the BS charges like the system access fee).
Take this for what it's worth, but a good friend of mine that works at Rogers said they're introducing it before Christmas.
Personally I think it's BS, but maybe it'll happen.
See, you're speaking from the standpoint of someone that is educated. You and I both know when they say the phone is normally $400, its obviously not worth anything near that. But the typical person doesn't know they can go buy an unlocked phone online for substantially less. They might truly believe buying a phone from the service provider is their only option. I remember when I got an unlocked phone a few years back that wasn't even on the Canadian market. No one understood how I was using it with Fido. The average person really has no idea options like these exist.
And you're right, hardly anyone justifies a $400 phone purchase, I said this in my original post, look closely.
I'm just really curious to see how this plays out for you Americans. Will be interesting to see what would actually happen to phone prices if contracts were no longer allowed by law.
Here is the problem. If contracts are no longer allowed, or can be broken at any time, phones will of course cease to be discounted so heavily. The effect that'll have on a lot of consumers could be pretty substantial. A lot of people only have a cell phone because they were able to get it for $0 with a 3 year contract. A lot of people would have a hard time justifying a $400 phone purchase.
What ends up happening is that the retailers and cell phone companies win in this situation, because their margins on equipment sales will increase by an order of magnitude.
Consumers should have a choice between a discounted phone with a contract, or paying full price with no contract. That's the way it is currently, and it makes sense for the majority.
I do feel they need to streamline everything and be more transparent about how people are charged and what sort of coverage they actually get. And that's what this bill is designed to address.
...in the entire world that is happy with my move to Windows Vista?
Sure, there were some annoyances early on (all video card related), but these issues have all gone away. Once AMD released mature video drivers for my x1950pro, my machine has been running the way I expect it to (with no issues).
Microsoft deserves a lot of the things people say about them, but I can't believe the number of people who don't have any real experience with Vista that chime in saying "ha, ha, Vista is crap."
Admittedely I was nervous about going to Vista when I did (March of this year), but I was building a new computer at the time, and figured I may as well try it out. I could always go back to XP if Vista really was as bad as people were claiming.
I don't follow the video game industry much at all, yet still find their comics quite entertaining. Humourous enough to warrant visiting their site Mon-Wed-Fri.
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TJX owns Winners and HomeSense up here in Canada... no possible way I'll be shopping in those stores after an event like this. (For two reasons, how this guy was treated, and how they handle sensitive data)
Although I've been hearing rumours of HomeSense being closed down anyhow.
I have Vista on my home PC and it works just fine for me. I too disabled UAC and since then it has been excellent. I go back and forth between Vista and XP every day and I really don't notice any major differences between them.
I've never had any compatibility problems with any of my software, and I've never had any issues with drivers either.
Canadian. And like I said, was just curious as to how much of a benefit an electric car really would be.
I was just curious to see how much of an actual impact this could have, considering all of the variables.
All valid points. I wasn't posting to be negative, I'm truly wondering if this is actually better than what we're already doing. If it is, wonderful.
Where does our electricity for our homes come from? Fossil fuels?
Electric cars are a great idea but unless the electricity to recharge their batteries is coming from a renewable resource I don't quite see how this really helps.
Instead of filling your car with gas, you're using coal/oil power plants instead. I don't see what the true benefit really is.
Well I suppose eBay can just throw up a no reserve auction and get it done, eh?
Call me crazy but I still use windows. I have dual monitors so tabs don't really help me when I want to display one web page on monitor A and another web page at the same time on monitor B.
I wear a titanium watch... I never take it off when I go through security because it never sets off the metal detectors.
What if someone had a titanium knife? Pretty scary really.
Because shipping isn't free. Free shipping plus whatever discount they're offering on a book must be equalling more than 5% off the list price, which would be illegal in France.
It may be a stupid law, but if that's how things are done in France, then that's how things are done. They can either comply or pull out of that market.
It's unfair to all of the other bookstores there that do follow the rules.
I just flew out of LAX (the worst airport I've ever had the "pleasure" of flying out of) and it took maybe 5 minutes for the security screening process. It took more time to disembark my cruise ship earlier that morning. Being Canadian, I lined up in the "Non US-Citizens" line, and it seemed like every single person in that line (aside from other Canadians) was being finger printed, quizzed, etc. Must have taken almost an hour to get thru that line.
What exactly do you mean by a system that "works"? I have HDMI on most of my components (TV, PS3, Denon AVR-3806, HD DVR), and it works exactly the way it's supposed to.
I might need to buy it for this reason alone!
Spend the extra 5-10 minutes to compare options and plans and you can get more value. Everyone is so hard on the Canadian cell industry, but personally I have no real big complaints. I've been with Fido for 4 years now, still paying less than $40 a month and I have every calling feature, unlimited text, etc. My girlfriend is with Bell, she's under $50 a month and has unlimited data transfer, satellite radio, unlimited local calling... (and when I say under $40 or under $50, I mean, including all of the BS charges like the system access fee).
Take this for what it's worth, but a good friend of mine that works at Rogers said they're introducing it before Christmas. Personally I think it's BS, but maybe it'll happen.
See, you're speaking from the standpoint of someone that is educated. You and I both know when they say the phone is normally $400, its obviously not worth anything near that. But the typical person doesn't know they can go buy an unlocked phone online for substantially less. They might truly believe buying a phone from the service provider is their only option. I remember when I got an unlocked phone a few years back that wasn't even on the Canadian market. No one understood how I was using it with Fido. The average person really has no idea options like these exist. And you're right, hardly anyone justifies a $400 phone purchase, I said this in my original post, look closely. I'm just really curious to see how this plays out for you Americans. Will be interesting to see what would actually happen to phone prices if contracts were no longer allowed by law.
Here is the problem. If contracts are no longer allowed, or can be broken at any time, phones will of course cease to be discounted so heavily. The effect that'll have on a lot of consumers could be pretty substantial. A lot of people only have a cell phone because they were able to get it for $0 with a 3 year contract. A lot of people would have a hard time justifying a $400 phone purchase. What ends up happening is that the retailers and cell phone companies win in this situation, because their margins on equipment sales will increase by an order of magnitude. Consumers should have a choice between a discounted phone with a contract, or paying full price with no contract. That's the way it is currently, and it makes sense for the majority. I do feel they need to streamline everything and be more transparent about how people are charged and what sort of coverage they actually get. And that's what this bill is designed to address.
Works fine for me in both Firefox and Internet Explorer.
...in the entire world that is happy with my move to Windows Vista?
Sure, there were some annoyances early on (all video card related), but these issues have all gone away. Once AMD released mature video drivers for my x1950pro, my machine has been running the way I expect it to (with no issues).
Microsoft deserves a lot of the things people say about them, but I can't believe the number of people who don't have any real experience with Vista that chime in saying "ha, ha, Vista is crap."
Admittedely I was nervous about going to Vista when I did (March of this year), but I was building a new computer at the time, and figured I may as well try it out. I could always go back to XP if Vista really was as bad as people were claiming.
I don't follow the video game industry much at all, yet still find their comics quite entertaining. Humourous enough to warrant visiting their site Mon-Wed-Fri.