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  1. Re:As soon as you have anything to take on Ask Slashdot: When Is It a Good Idea To Incorporate? · · Score: 1

    Honestly that is the creditors fault. If a lender lent money to a business with no credit history without having the owner(s) personally guarantee them (co-sign) then they can't be surprised by this outcome.

  2. Re:Another reason... on Windows 8 Changes Host File Blocking · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Malware can easily change the hosts file ...

    Seems like they fixed the wrong problem.

  3. Re:why another office suite? on Calligra 2.5 Office and Creativity Suite Released · · Score: 1

    With that kind of attitude we wouldn't have gotten WebKit. I mean why bother when Gecko exists, wasted effort clearly.

  4. Re:Citizenship is not just where you were born ... on Let the Campaign Edit Wars Begin · · Score: 1
    Incorrect. A 'natural born' citizen is any US Citizen who's status as a citizen is derived from birth. Meaning any US Citizen who was born that way is a 'natural born' citizen regardless of where or who he was born to as long as any of the requirements for being a citizen at birth or met (Jus sanguinis or Jus soli)

    To reinforce this point, here is a quote from the Congressional Research Service.

    The weight of legal and historical authority indicates that the term "natural born" citizen would mean a person who is entitled to U.S. citizenship "by birth" or "at birth", either by being born "in" the United States and under its jurisdiction, even those born to alien parents; by being born abroad to U.S. citizen-parents; or by being born in other situations meeting legal requirements for U.S. citizenship "at birth". Such term, however, would not include a person who was not a U.S. citizen by birth or at birth, and who was thus born an "alien" required to go through the legal process of "naturalization" to become a U.S. citizen.

    http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42097.pdf

  5. Re:Riiight... on Best Buy Founder Makes $8.5 Billion Bid To Take Company Private · · Score: 1

    Just build two computers a couple months ago and used the case linked below for both of em. Probably the best case I've ever used for building computers.

    I was upgrading from a Cooler Master Stacker 830 to this and at first I thought I would miss the huge case but never gave it a second thought after I put the PCs together.

    Fractal Design Arc Mini http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352008

  6. Re:"Safes" are mostly a placebo. on How a 3-Year-Old Can Open a Gun Safe · · Score: 1

    I'm amazed at fire-chests and safes that are rated for fire proofing and not water proof as well. It is kinda dumb that the container will survive the fire only to be destroyed by the fire department putting out the fire.

  7. Re:Standard connectors? LOL you wish! on Reports Say Apple Is Shrinking Its Docking Connector With iPhone 5 · · Score: 1

    It's been like that for at least 4 years. My BlackBerry Storm used Micro-USB, then I had a Motorola DroidX that used Micro-USB, and now I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 which also use for Micro-USB. That is 3 generations of smartphones from 3 different manufactures that all use the same charging equipment. I still use my BlackBerry chargers (wall and car) to this day. The phone I had before I got in to smartphones was a Motorola RAZR V3c which had Mini-USB and I had that phone for 3 years.

  8. Re:Lawful my ass on EFF Challenges National Security Letter · · Score: 1

    Just to clarify "as was mine" was intended to indicate that my statement was also absurd not that it was backed up.

  9. Re:Lawful my ass on EFF Challenges National Security Letter · · Score: 1

    No I was pointing out the statement is absurd on its face without at least a minimal effort to back it up, as was mine. Without that it just "some dude saying something on the internet".

  10. Re:Lawful my ass on EFF Challenges National Security Letter · · Score: 1

    Why don't you ask the Koch Brothers? You know them, they collapse economies for fun and want a "new world order" of corporate governance, and they spend far, far more supporting radical Conservative groups and causes than George Soros ever dreamed of spending.

    Fixed that for you...er or wait. No the take away from this response is that people say shit on the internet all the time.

  11. Re:Let me get this straight... on Intel Officially Lifts the Veil On Ivy Bridge · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Where is the (-5 Wrong) moderation when you need it. You can verify that Ivy Bridge is, in fact, a tick by looking at any of the linked reviews, Intel's own marketing, or wikipedia.

    Hopefully meta mods are paying attention to this one.

  12. Re:ICANN is corrupt on US Government Withdraws IANA Contract From ICANN · · Score: 1

    Wrong, .com and .net are operated by Verisign under contract by the US Department of Commerce. The US Dept of Commerce assumed control of generic top level domains in 1997. So there ideal purpose might be international domains, make no mistake that they are under the control of the US government.

  13. Re:I miss GOTO...there I said it on Visual Studio Gets Achievements, Badges, Leaderboards · · Score: 1

    You can use break and continue with labels in Java to esacape out of more than one level.

  14. Re:I wonder if mailing a payment in is cheaper on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    My apologies for not defining terms. Please allow me to explain. ACH is indeed automated clearing house. ACH transactions is how money is transferred electronically (other than wires, which use a different system) between banks. If you get direct deposit from your employer that is an ACH deposit transaction to your account from your employers bank. When you use bill pay services at your bank, the bank will withdraw money from your account and ACH deposit it to the payees account. If you use the bill pay service on the payee's website (Verizon for example) they will issue an ACH debit against your account.

    From a customer stand point doing it from your bank bill pay system means you don't give Verizon your account info and they are never authorized to debit your account the bank instead pushes the money in to Verizon's account after they withdraw it from yours. ACH transactions are usually settled at the end of the business day they are issued (or next business day if they were issued on a non business day).

    Verizon probably can't charge a fee for accepting ACH deposits because that transaction is made with whatever bank or payment processor they do business with and your bank. If Verizon decides they no longer want to accept ACH deposit transactions your bank will simply mail them a check instead on your behalf.

  15. Re:I wonder if mailing a payment in is cheaper on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    The fine article says ACH payments are exempt. It would not matter if Verizon charged a convenience fee for ACH anyway as if they did your bank would mail the check instead.

  16. Re:Verizon does ACH bill pay on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    Incorrect. Your financial institution will issue an ACH deposit to Verizon (as opposed to Verizon issuing an ACH debit against your account), they do not get your account info in the process.

    Note that you do not set this process up through Verizon or on Verizon's website, you set it up with your financial institution. If you do set up with Verizon on Verizon's website then you do have to give them your account info so they can issue an ACH debit, but that's not the only way to pay them via ACH as I just mentioned above.

  17. Re:Verizon does ACH bill pay on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    As I mentioned here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2595992&cid=38529324 as well as several other places attached to this story. Verizon still accepts ACH payments for free. So you can still pay them electronically through your bank on your own schedule(as long as you meet the due date of course) for free. This method does not allow them direct access to any of your accounts.

  18. Re:Verizon does ACH bill pay on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    Yes and you can still do an ACH transaction via bill pay services at your bank. You will get an ebill from Verizon which you can review for accuracy, and then tell your bank to send the required amount to Verizon electronically. At no point does Verizon have authorization to take money from your account you retain total control and this method of payment is *FREE*.

    Non-story

  19. Re:Ah, America! on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    Using bill payment services at your bank solves this problem and yes Verizion does send eBills if you request them.

  20. Re:REALLY SLASHDOTTERS??? RTFM!!! on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    If you use a bill pay service through your bank and have verizion send you an ebill (which they will if your bank requests it for you), then you will be able to review it each month, approve the bill, and have your bank send them funds. At no point does Verizion have the ability to debit your account and Verizion is not able to store any information other than they got paid.

  21. Re:Fee is waived for certain cases. on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 2

    I've been posting this a lot in this article

    If you don't like giving that power to Verizion then don't. Use a bill paying service through you bank. Verizion will send you eBills and you can review them, approve the bill and have your bank send the funds electronically to Verizion. At no point does Verizion have any authority to debit your account.

    I do all my bills like this every month and the best part is the bank will keep the records so you can see things like the bill going up from month to month.

    If a payee does not accept an electronic payment from the bank, the bank will draft a check and mail it on your behalf. I paid my rent with a bank mailed physical check for years.

  22. Re:I wonder if mailing a payment in is cheaper on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    You should use the bill pay services at your bank. Many banks will draft and mail a check for you if the payee does not accept electronic transfers from the bank.

    I paid my rent for several years like this.

  23. Re:Ah, America! on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    You can still do direct ACH transactions through your bank. You get a nice electronic statement from Verizion (an eBill) and then I can approve the bill and have my bank send Verizon the funds. At no point does Verizon have the capability to debit my account without my permission. This isn't a new service this has been around for at least 5 years. People need to learn to use the tools they are given.

  24. Re:Verizon does ACH bill pay on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you read the fine article you'd know ACH transactions are exempt. So are all payments that are set up as recurring in Verizion's system, including credit cards. The only thing that gets charged as far as I can tell (and I could be wrong about this) is one off credit card payments. This is really a non-story.

  25. Re:Ah, America! on Verizon Adds $2 Charge For Paying Your Bill Online · · Score: 1

    Hate to pick nits here, but Paypal only uses an ACH transaction when debiting or crediting your bank account and it still takes a bussiness day to clear. Paypal to paypal transactions are not ACH, they are proprietary and internal which is why they are instant.

    ACH is a perfectly fine means of transferring money (I don't think one business day clearing is to much) the only problem ACH has is it requires one party to know the other parties (depending on whether the action is an ACH debit or ACH deposit) ABA and account number which is not information I like giving out (which is why I don't like writing checks).

    What we need here in the US is a good aliasing system for covering the account info. Paypal, Serve, Venmo, and Dwolla all try to offer this service but it is disjointed and requires a middleman holding account (i.e. your paypal account) at the very least on the receiving end. The banks should just get together and come up with a system that lets you alias your checking account with your email address so people can send you an ACH deposit or *REQUEST* ACH Debits for you to approve. (currently ACH debits are not requests they just happen because the bank assumes if the requester has your bank info they must be authorized, see my point in paragraph two)