Lots of OMGWTF!!! responses here, but having looked over the information they're providing (balances, holds, cleared checks, etc) and noting that there's no transmission of account numbers, PINs or other identifying information, I'm not seeing a major problem.
Just because you can have a knee-jerk reaction doesn't mean you should.
I'm pretty sure IBM was licensing software long before Microsoft existed, probably before Bill Gates existed. They also got in trouble with the government for bundling hardware and software, and were subject to a consent decree until 2001. Current PC manufacturers probably can get away with bundling because they're not producing both the hardware and software.
That "our menu options have changed" message kills me. Changed when? From what? Sorry, Bank of XYZ, but I didn't memorize your options in the first place. Sorry.
If only there was a way to connect to another website - to make a link, if you will. Why, a person could read the summary and follow one of these "links" and get additional information, or see a picture . . .
For homework, please write an essay comparing and contrasting Seth McFarlane with Seth Green; be sure to compare and contrast their respective television productions.
Extra credit may be available for extended treatises on Greg the Bunny.
The linked recall notice says "After removing the recalled battery from their notebook computer, consumers may use the AC adapter to power the computer until a replacement battery arrives."
If I wanted a desktop computer, perhaps I'd have bought one?
If you think COBOL should have been invented, then I wonder what you think should have happened back in the late 50's, given the state of the art at the time? I don't think a lot of people were thinking about variable scope and memory allocation and such; the goal was to have a common business language. Write once, run anywhere? Where have we heard that idea before?
Also - Convergent, eh? CTOS was fun; I spent a few years installing and supporting the Burrough/Unisys B20-series. Also they invented one of the first laptops; I still have my Workslate somewhere...
Hmmm, submitter is john@sffmedia.com, TFA is at sffmedia.com . . . yep, it's an ad. And/or an attempt to pump up the ad impressions on the aforementioned site. Of course, that's just my believe.
The administrative fee is going from 75 cents to 99 cents. Because of this change, you can get out of the contract without paying the ETF, which is in the neighborhood of $200.
As they say on Wikipedia, "citation needed". I've bought a hundreds of things at BB, and even worked there for a spell when I was between real jobs; never once was I asked for my phone number during a purchase.
Yep. Photography. And since the camera I'm using was a gift, there wasn't even an initial cost. Oh, and sometimes I even make a little practicing my hobby.
How do you know that they haven't already been in contact with Intel or Asus? Perhaps when large corporations get a legal communication, they don't go running to their Wordpress installation, along with Twitter and Facebook, to post about how that other big bad company is being so mean to them.
I think a critical part of the purely text adventure is the narrator, i.e. the responses you get to any and all of your actions. In many cases, that omniscient voice is there not just to describe the environment, but to give (perhaps subtle) clues about what was possible and what was fruitless. A lot of the time, with just pointing and clicking, there's precious little feedback except success or failure; the mashed potato example in the parent post is (to my mind) much more rewarding. The recent game "Violet", winner of the 2008 Interactive Fiction Comp (playable via Parchment) has one of the best narrators I've ever encountered.
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Lots of OMGWTF!!! responses here, but having looked over the information they're providing (balances, holds, cleared checks, etc) and noting that there's no transmission of account numbers, PINs or other identifying information, I'm not seeing a major problem.
Just because you can have a knee-jerk reaction doesn't mean you should.
I'm pretty sure IBM was licensing software long before Microsoft existed, probably before Bill Gates existed. They also got in trouble with the government for bundling hardware and software, and were subject to a consent decree until 2001. Current PC manufacturers probably can get away with bundling because they're not producing both the hardware and software.
That "our menu options have changed" message kills me. Changed when? From what? Sorry, Bank of XYZ, but I didn't memorize your options in the first place. Sorry.
. . . until they start looking for the Kirk, the Creator, then start looking to find and sterilize imperfection.
If only there was a way to connect to another website - to make a link, if you will. Why, a person could read the summary and follow one of these "links" and get additional information, or see a picture . . .
Which "two"? The first two? The last two? Numbers 1 and 4?
For homework, please write an essay comparing and contrasting Seth McFarlane with Seth Green; be sure to compare and contrast their respective television productions.
Extra credit may be available for extended treatises on Greg the Bunny.
> 3000 A.D. Sha la la
Errr, that would be "Next Sunday, AD", actually.
The linked recall notice says "After removing the recalled battery from their notebook computer, consumers may use the AC adapter to power the computer until a replacement battery arrives."
If I wanted a desktop computer, perhaps I'd have bought one?
If you think COBOL should have been invented, then I wonder what you think should have happened back in the late 50's, given the state of the art at the time? I don't think a lot of people were thinking about variable scope and memory allocation and such; the goal was to have a common business language. Write once, run anywhere? Where have we heard that idea before?
Also - Convergent, eh? CTOS was fun; I spent a few years installing and supporting the Burrough/Unisys B20-series. Also they invented one of the first laptops; I still have my Workslate somewhere ...
So what you're saying is that Microsoft is giving us the finger?
... Fear of a Blue Penis.
Exactly. On the very rare occasions I need to use IE, it amuses me to see "Internet Explorer provider by Robot Aliens".
> evil?
Only if it has a goatee.
Yeah, can I have the corporate IT overlords here contact you about that?
The "ANS-9010 RAM disk" is the device with the shortcomings. SSDs are (in the author's opinion) more practical.
Hmmm, submitter is john@sffmedia.com, TFA is at sffmedia.com . . . yep, it's an ad. And/or an attempt to pump up the ad impressions on the aforementioned site. Of course, that's just my believe.
The administrative fee is going from 75 cents to 99 cents. Because of this change, you can get out of the contract without paying the ETF, which is in the neighborhood of $200.
Not to mention cartoon and live-action series.
> When I gave them my phone number they had my complete address on file!
Never heard of a Reverse telephone directory?
As they say on Wikipedia, "citation needed". I've bought a hundreds of things at BB, and even worked there for a spell when I was between real jobs; never once was I asked for my phone number during a purchase.
Yep. Photography. And since the camera I'm using was a gift, there wasn't even an initial cost. Oh, and sometimes I even make a little practicing my hobby.
How do you know that they haven't already been in contact with Intel or Asus? Perhaps when large corporations get a legal communication, they don't go running to their Wordpress installation, along with Twitter and Facebook, to post about how that other big bad company is being so mean to them.
In what way was AT&T "government owned"?
And to call it a complete failure? Hard to imagine Slashdot existing without Bell Labs in the past.
I think a critical part of the purely text adventure is the narrator, i.e. the responses you get to any and all of your actions. In many cases, that omniscient voice is there not just to describe the environment, but to give (perhaps subtle) clues about what was possible and what was fruitless. A lot of the time, with just pointing and clicking, there's precious little feedback except success or failure; the mashed potato example in the parent post is (to my mind) much more rewarding. The recent game "Violet", winner of the 2008 Interactive Fiction Comp (playable via Parchment) has one of the best narrators I've ever encountered.