Have another vote for insurance, particularly car insurance companies. I think asking for any change to your policy must be seen as an open invitation to be ripped off.
Moving directly across the street, still parking my car in exactly the same spot at night, causes my premium to increase by £100, but later moving from parking on the street in central London to keeping my car in a garage in a quiet suburban town results in a reduction of... £0.
Despite it seeming to be in vogue to rail against a perceived groupthink in the discussions, one of the reasons I enjoy reading slashdot is that it never goes unchallenged. There is *always* someone pointing out the fallacies in the arguments that are based more on loyalty than logic.
And how do you assess "the accuracy and value of the information present" that you're concerned with?
Knowing the source of the information can be be very valuable when assessing its value - this is where WikiScaner comes in. It's then up to you to judge whether (for example) Diebold were attempting to improve the factual accuracy of their own entry or to cover up some inconvenient truths.
> A properly located and mounted installed Satellite dish must always be better for another reason: cable companies use satellites themselves and re- distribute to you what yu get get directly from satellite TV
Using the same medium != receiving the same quality. Unless the cable offices are all grabbing the DirecTV feed then it's irrelevent that they both use satellite.
Heh, so they do.
And there was I thinking this was just a trick to make you stare at the icon for hours on end in the hope that it was going to move any time now.
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> You have the cure for cancer but refuse to give it to us because we don't have the time or desire to learn Perl
I think you've got that backwards. Exposure to Perl almost certainly causes ill health, not cures it.
Somehow 'elgal recourse' sounds a far more elegant option than merely suing them.
Have another vote for insurance, particularly car insurance companies. I think asking for any change to your policy must be seen as an open invitation to be ripped off.
Moving directly across the street, still parking my car in exactly the same spot at night, causes my premium to increase by £100, but later moving from parking on the street in central London to keeping my car in a garage in a quiet suburban town results in a reduction of... £0.
Despite it seeming to be in vogue to rail against a perceived groupthink in the discussions, one of the reasons I enjoy reading slashdot is that it never goes unchallenged. There is *always* someone pointing out the fallacies in the arguments that are based more on loyalty than logic.
:)
Keep up the good work, and the scepticism
But you had better hope that nobody is foolish enough to try the hand-in-warm-water trick while you sleep...
> then geeks should be chasing Vista with pitchforks and torches
/. twice daily with additional performances whenever Microsoft makes an announcement
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And how do you assess "the accuracy and value of the information present" that you're concerned with?
Knowing the source of the information can be be very valuable when assessing its value - this is where WikiScaner comes in. It's then up to you to judge whether (for example) Diebold were attempting to improve the factual accuracy of their own entry or to cover up some inconvenient truths.
> But for the anti-social types, it's just a waste of time.
Surely not.
What possible reason could a social networking site have for not appealing to the anti-social?
> A properly located and mounted installed Satellite dish must always be better for another reason: cable companies use satellites themselves and re- distribute to you what yu get get directly from satellite TV Using the same medium != receiving the same quality. Unless the cable offices are all grabbing the DirecTV feed then it's irrelevent that they both use satellite.
Heh, so they do. And there was I thinking this was just a trick to make you stare at the icon for hours on end in the hope that it was going to move any time now.