I had a similar experience. I tried to unzip a file with about 200 or so relatively small files in it. I was able to go downstairs, make a sandwich, eat it and have a coke. I came back upstairs just as it was finishing. As a test, I downloaded winzip... it unzipped the whole thing in a few seconds.
These days, I think there should be similar tests, albeit with different questions, for potential parenting. The number of idiotic parents that I'm seeing these days greatly disheartens me. Let's just not be responsible for anything anymore. It's the video games, or the movies, or someone else's fault!
Your employment contract says what my last one said. Well, when it was first passed out, we had already been working there for a year. THEY pointed out that there was a line that said "anything we invent is theirs" and that they wanted us to read the contract, but not sign it, to let them know if there was anything else we thought they should change. Their lawyer put the wrong line in there. Everything else seemed suitable. They also removed the line about required drug screening, because they felt what we did in our own spare time, as long as it didn't negatively affect work, was none of their business.
I stayed there for quite some time and only quit because I wanted to start working on my own with a friend.
I do miss the other job sometimes, though. The income was steady. Now I get to worry about whether or not my clients will stick around... that's not nearly as nice when you're trying to save for a house.
Oh, I've heard of a security label. But this didn't have anything like that. It was just a pack of socks. I realized that I had bought the wrong kind. If no one is working the front door, then I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do.
Actually, I guess I was being a bit too nice to Wal-Mart in my post.
I had to return something to them tonight. I went to customer service, told them I needed to return the item, and handed them the receipt. The following conversation took place:
Girl: Did they not put a sticker on this at the door? Me: No. Girl: Well, you need to make sure they do that next time. Me: No one told me that. And besides, when I came in there was no one at the door. It is not MY responsibility to make sure that the employees of this company do their job. It is the company's responsibility. Girl: You're right... *processes refund*
It just seems ridiculous to me that I'm expected to know to get some kind of something from a magical return fairy before I go to the customer service desk (or were they supposed to put something on it when I actually purchased the item?)
You just said pretty much what I wanted to say. There's also this policy that Wal-Mart has that lets you return items that you have purchased. I think you even have 90 days to do so. If it takes you more than 90 days to realize that you bought something that's not a Wii-mote then you definitely have other problems.
As far as the design of the product, yes, it is definitely designed to look like one -- but I have to agree with the people above about packaging. Does it say "Wee mote" on it or something?
I posted about this a few posts up, but I thought I'd reply to you as well.
The same thing happened to me, only, they lost the movie I returned and charged me for it. Sent collections after me, etc. After I argued with them for some time, they "found it" and refunded my money.
I got hit with the 'no late fee' thing a few years ago. I haven't been back. I rented a movie and returned it a DAY late. They misplaced the movie. A week or so later, they called me, telling me that the movie was late. I told them that I had already returned it. They told me they'd correct the issue. A month or so later, I received a letter from their collections department threatening me because I didn't pay the price of the movie. (They had my card on file, why didn't they just charge that?).
Anyway, I had to go through hell to prove to them that I didn't HAVE the movie, that I DID return it, and I didn't return it late.
It took a month or so, but I got them to refund my money and apologize. I promptly canceled my service with them and have been with Netflix ever since.
That's something I really like about NewEgg. Oh, this Hard Drive is only $70.00. Oh, neat, it also comes with a $30.00 rebate! I don't buy for the rebate, if I like the $70.00 price then I knew right up front that's what I'll be paying. If the manufacturer actually pays out the $30.00, then that's a bonus.
She had about half a beer, got angry, and left a bar. She ended up cutting off a cop in frustration (unmarked) and got pulled over. She refused all the tests and went to jail. She called her attorney and some how still got hit with the DUI charge even though she'd only had 1/2 a glass of beer. They said that her refusal to take the tests were an admission of guilt.
I did manage to get this problem to happen on a system, but it was only when the system had a lot of applications in its original XP form and was upgraded to Vista. Most of the applications could be removed. There were a few, however, that couldn't. In fact, running the installer for those programs would either crash or would simply re-install it.
I killed the install, reinstalled only vista and haven't seen it happen since.
I can understand 2 and 3 more than 1. If I were to use 'robflynn' as a name, I'd be really pissed if I had to change it because it was a 'celebrity' name.
I think the article would be a hilarious read. Unless, of course, the Teen Beat editors placed these two photos randomly throughout the magazine to frighten young girls across America.
That's why I'm poor, ha. Actually, I was just young and wasteful with money. I wish I could go back and do it over again and save instead of spending it on everything.
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I had a similar experience. I tried to unzip a file with about 200 or so relatively small files in it. I was able to go downstairs, make a sandwich, eat it and have a coke. I came back upstairs just as it was finishing. As a test, I downloaded winzip... it unzipped the whole thing in a few seconds.
Newegg has 1TB drives for ~$270ish. I just saw a 2TB for $600-something last night... Me thinks this article lacks research.
These days, I think there should be similar tests, albeit with different questions, for potential parenting. The number of idiotic parents that I'm seeing these days greatly disheartens me. Let's just not be responsible for anything anymore. It's the video games, or the movies, or someone else's fault!
Your employment contract says what my last one said. Well, when it was first passed out, we had already been working there for a year. THEY pointed out that there was a line that said "anything we invent is theirs" and that they wanted us to read the contract, but not sign it, to let them know if there was anything else we thought they should change. Their lawyer put the wrong line in there. Everything else seemed suitable. They also removed the line about required drug screening, because they felt what we did in our own spare time, as long as it didn't negatively affect work, was none of their business.
I stayed there for quite some time and only quit because I wanted to start working on my own with a friend.
I do miss the other job sometimes, though. The income was steady. Now I get to worry about whether or not my clients will stick around... that's not nearly as nice when you're trying to save for a house.
It doesn't seem to play the sound every time. I used GOOG-411 today and heard the sound, but the time before that it responded almost immediately.
Oh, I've heard of a security label. But this didn't have anything like that. It was just a pack of socks. I realized that I had bought the wrong kind. If no one is working the front door, then I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do.
Nope, which is a huge frustration of mine.
Actually, I guess I was being a bit too nice to Wal-Mart in my post.
I had to return something to them tonight. I went to customer service, told them I needed to return the item, and handed them the receipt. The following conversation took place:
Girl: Did they not put a sticker on this at the door?
Me: No.
Girl: Well, you need to make sure they do that next time.
Me: No one told me that. And besides, when I came in there was no one at the door. It is not MY responsibility to make sure that the employees of this company do their job. It is the company's responsibility.
Girl: You're right... *processes refund*
It just seems ridiculous to me that I'm expected to know to get some kind of something from a magical return fairy before I go to the customer service desk (or were they supposed to put something on it when I actually purchased the item?)
You just said pretty much what I wanted to say. There's also this policy that Wal-Mart has that lets you return items that you have purchased. I think you even have 90 days to do so. If it takes you more than 90 days to realize that you bought something that's not a Wii-mote then you definitely have other problems.
As far as the design of the product, yes, it is definitely designed to look like one -- but I have to agree with the people above about packaging. Does it say "Wee mote" on it or something?
I posted about this a few posts up, but I thought I'd reply to you as well.
The same thing happened to me, only, they lost the movie I returned and charged me for it. Sent collections after me, etc. After I argued with them for some time, they "found it" and refunded my money.
I loathe them.
I got hit with the 'no late fee' thing a few years ago. I haven't been back. I rented a movie and returned it a DAY late. They misplaced the movie. A week or so later, they called me, telling me that the movie was late. I told them that I had already returned it. They told me they'd correct the issue. A month or so later, I received a letter from their collections department threatening me because I didn't pay the price of the movie. (They had my card on file, why didn't they just charge that?).
Anyway, I had to go through hell to prove to them that I didn't HAVE the movie, that I DID return it, and I didn't return it late.
It took a month or so, but I got them to refund my money and apologize. I promptly canceled my service with them and have been with Netflix ever since.
That's something I really like about NewEgg. Oh, this Hard Drive is only $70.00. Oh, neat, it also comes with a $30.00 rebate! I don't buy for the rebate, if I like the $70.00 price then I knew right up front that's what I'll be paying. If the manufacturer actually pays out the $30.00, then that's a bonus.
The following happened to a friend of mine.
She had about half a beer, got angry, and left a bar. She ended up cutting off a cop in frustration (unmarked) and got pulled over. She refused all the tests and went to jail. She called her attorney and some how still got hit with the DUI charge even though she'd only had 1/2 a glass of beer. They said that her refusal to take the tests were an admission of guilt.
I always thought it was a load of B.S.
I did manage to get this problem to happen on a system, but it was only when the system had a lot of applications in its original XP form and was upgraded to Vista. Most of the applications could be removed. There were a few, however, that couldn't. In fact, running the installer for those programs would either crash or would simply re-install it.
I killed the install, reinstalled only vista and haven't seen it happen since.
Yeah, that's true. I dug up a list of the naming requirements ... a lot of them make sense, but some of them seem a bit overkill.
I can understand 2 and 3 more than 1. If I were to use 'robflynn' as a name, I'd be really pissed if I had to change it because it was a 'celebrity' name.
I think the article would be a hilarious read. Unless, of course, the Teen Beat editors placed these two photos randomly throughout the magazine to frighten young girls across America.
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It is very highly unlikely that it will ever be added to the gaim cvs tree. I'm not about it at all.
I turned 13 in April of 93. Thinking back, I maybe been 13 at the age I installed Linux, it was so long ago that I can't clearly remember.
Either way, it fit on just a few floppies back then.
"... don't mess around with Jim."
Did you submit that patch, because I think I remember that! Hahaha.
I'm well known on the corner of Peachtree and Ponce de Leon in Atlanta.
I don't approve of his behavior with interacting with the gentoo users.
That's why I'm poor, ha. Actually, I was just young and wasteful with money. I wish I could go back and do it over again and save instead of spending it on everything.
19yrs old + good job = bad idea.
Receiving international text works properly in Gaim in the CVS version. Support for sending internationalized text is currently being added.