Not to mention it is mathematically impossible for him to get the required 8 hours of sleep a day - in fact - not more than 6 - adding in time to eat lowers it still (I am leaving out communting since he could be a telecommuter). No time to exercise either.
Lack of sleep and exercise can make any disease worse.
There aren't any decent jobs close to where I live.
What about people like us?
Should I give up my 12.5 mile away job in IT and go work at McD's around the corner?
Or move to the area near work, which is mostly commercial and doesn't have many houses?
Be serious!
And telecommuting isn't all its cracked up to be. If it was, it would be WAY more popular, because of companies wanting to save space and employees want to save time and money travelling.
Solar panels are made of toxic materials, which enter the environment over time, and when they are created or disposed of.
Hydroelectric needs dams. The dams flood areas, many of which were wetlands. Fish get killed or prevented from going to mating places by the dams and/or the turbines.
Walk? Good for short distances, but for someone like me who lives 12.5 miles away from work, it is not a complete solution. Walking to a train station is reasonable though.
Bus? Ha Ha Ha! Very funny! You weren't serious? Were you?
Train? YES! Make some of that surcharge go to building light rail in every city. Expensive to build, cheaper than busses to run, and enviornmentally benign.
Violating school policy when as you stated the knives were needed for class does not make sense.
It would be like if a CS dept prohibited all computer usage.
Small claims court is very cheap.
Chargebacks are trouble for a vendor - they often don't want to fight. I believe Visa has some stiff penalities for vendors who even have a 1% chargeback rate.
Resisting a guard is not illegal, and guards don't have many rights here in my state (Nevada, which does have some screwy laws and can't decide whether to be a nanny state or the Wild Wild West - but doesn't quite rise to the level of being another planet - that is our neighbor to the west - which is becoming like another country now).
And I had a $58 medical bill (it seems like they didn't even try to bill insurance or wait for it to pay) pull down my Experian FICO score until I dealt with it.
That's why when I had a $164 bill I knew insurance should pay I paid it - I got a refund months later.
It costs only pennies to put something on your credit report - its done with computers.
Yeah you can fight, and possibly win, but give the devil his due (know he can fight), or get burned.
ChexSystems is used by banks to report customers who the bank had to close their account because they had their account closed because it was left overdrawn. (they can instead or in addition use a collection agency or report to a credit bureau that fact).
Most banks use CheckSystems. Most of thoese will automatically deny a checking account (you can still often have a savings account) if you are listed in that, some others may let you have an account under certain circumstances, some banks don't use CheckSystems. There is also TeleCheck and possibly others.
CheckSystems (and TeleCheck, etc) are separate from the 3 credit bureaus (Equifax, Trans Union and Experian - I won't bother to list their websites, if you can't figure them out - you don't deserve credit;) ).
Bad credit very likely won't stop you from opening a bank account. They might ask for an untouchable by you $100 to open the account (which you may get back after a year).
Please, the both of you, know the system especially if you give out advice.
One of my ex-girlfriends was a debt collection, as was one of my friends.
They have teeth - even one deliquency pulls down your FICO score quite a bit, especially if it is the only one.
But know your rights. Know the FCRA and the FDCPA, Federal laws that protect you. Know the dispute procedures for 3 major credit bureaus. Know how to check them and your FICO scores (www.myfico.com). Know that if you dispute, the creditor MUST respond to the credit agency to validate the debt or it comes off by defaul. They can't hose you by being unreachable and delaying - they have to take action to keep stuff on your report.
Know that violatios of the FCRA and FDCPA carry possible $1000 penalties, payable to YOU, and likely you can collect in small claims court. If they don't bother to show you win (you get a default judgement in your favor).
Don't let them threaten you into paying an illegitimate debt.
Also, if you demand they stop calling they must - except they can call to say they will pursue legal action. If they make an illegal call - $1000 penalty.
Knowing your rights is well over half the battle.
I know, I've had bogus deliquencies and inquires and misreported accounts on my credit - I got them cleared off.
Of course this all doesn't apply if you are a bonafide deadbeat. In which case you are to blame for higher interest rates for all.
Yes, deliquencies lower your score quite a bit - even one. You can however fight back.
You can file a dispute. The credit agencies will take things off unless the creditor/debt collection agency validates the debt. Federal Law: Fair Credit Reporting Act
If they do - and it is invalid - they just violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. $1000 civil penalty, payable to you. Just putting it on your credit is likely an offense ($1000). 3 credit agencies, so if they play full hard ball, you can end up collecting $6000.
If you didn't renew - the issues that come to you are unsolicited. Federal law says you may not be billed for unsolicited mail.
Demand a refund of the tuition, striking the failures off the transcript (he didn't fail because of lack of knowledge, but because of being prevented from taking the final) - or at least have the grades coded as W (Withdrew during semester - UNLV does that - many other universities do - the Fs make it look like the person wasn't competant in their work - which is a misrepresentation and can be actionable) - and demand return of the knives or sue.
Pay tuition with a credit card - next time they pull that - do a chargeback.
Also, if the guard is unarmed, you can resist. In many cases guards are not allowed to use force, and you can't be convicted of resisting arrest or something similar (check your state laws to be sure). There is a risk of being hurt - but in that case you can often sue.
I know someone who was a guard in Nevada - and what they can and can't do was quite surprisingly limited.
Also, you get the "It's been x minutes since you last posted error" even if x > 2 minutes.
And the 503 bug this morning.
And the fact every subdomain.slashdot.org has it's own cookies.
And the stupid CAPTCHAs that make posting not logged in hard - someone will circumvent these I'm sure - then they'll just be an annoyance.
And the fact Funny doesn't raise karma.
Someone could get 20 Funnys and 20 Trolls, the post wouldn't necessarily hit the max or min score and lose 20 karma.
Someone could be at Karma 50 and get an Interesting and then a Troll mod on the same post and go down to 49 Karma.
Karma numbers are hidden even from yourself.
"Your Rights Online" is used for anything freedom based. Even if it has nothing to do with the Internet. Like if there was a new Patriot Act requirement that banks report more transactions to the Feds - might be legitimate news for Slashdot, but not YRO.
Apple lovers. Bashing Apple gets one modded down, even though they have sued many people.
Lameness filters. That's censorship - since they abort the post. Let the person post even at -1, but don't abort the post.
They can be circumvented too.
Not only that, they abort legitimate content.
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech is blocked by Slashdot's filters. FIX THIS!
Why is he considered the prototypical meglomaniac here?
Anyway, how about putting the Internet under the control of Saudi Arabia? The we wouldn't be accused of nationalism or religious bigotry or with allowing corrupt Western interests to control it.
They'd outlaw porn - which would reduce traffic by over 50% and speed things way up. And with no semblence of free speech we won't have all these disputes about intellectual property, free speech, etc. Undesirables will simply be beheaded - problem solved.
Yes I'm kidding.
And also, I believe Saudi Arabia forbids modems over 1200 baud since the censors can't keep up.
Also, pre-invasion Iraq would behead people for even owning an Internet capable computer. Bet there was a lot less of a spam problem over there back then.:)
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Not to mention it is mathematically impossible for him to get the required 8 hours of sleep a day - in fact - not more than 6 - adding in time to eat lowers it still (I am leaving out communting since he could be a telecommuter). No time to exercise either.
Lack of sleep and exercise can make any disease worse.
Well here in Las Vegas, we have 100+ degree summers and psychotic drivers year round.
Publishers care about the smaller bookstores?
Sounds nice, but is it true?
There aren't any decent jobs close to where I live.
What about people like us?
Should I give up my 12.5 mile away job in IT and go work at McD's around the corner?
Or move to the area near work, which is mostly commercial and doesn't have many houses?
Be serious!
And telecommuting isn't all its cracked up to be. If it was, it would be WAY more popular, because of companies wanting to save space and employees want to save time and money travelling.
Windmills kill birds.
Solar panels are made of toxic materials, which enter the environment over time, and when they are created or disposed of.
Hydroelectric needs dams. The dams flood areas, many of which were wetlands. Fish get killed or prevented from going to mating places by the dams and/or the turbines.
Nothing is perfect.
And how do you want people to get around?
Walk? Good for short distances, but for someone like me who lives 12.5 miles away from work, it is not a complete solution. Walking to a train station is reasonable though.
Bus? Ha Ha Ha! Very funny! You weren't serious? Were you?
Train? YES! Make some of that surcharge go to building light rail in every city. Expensive to build, cheaper than busses to run, and enviornmentally benign.
More info on security guards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Guard
In most cases, all they can make are citizen's arrests. Big limits on that - big liability if misused.
I've talked to people who have done security in this state. "Observe and report" is usually all they can or are expected to do.
Violating school policy when as you stated the knives were needed for class does not make sense.
It would be like if a CS dept prohibited all computer usage.
Small claims court is very cheap.
Chargebacks are trouble for a vendor - they often don't want to fight. I believe Visa has some stiff penalities for vendors who even have a 1% chargeback rate.
Resisting a guard is not illegal, and guards don't have many rights here in my state (Nevada, which does have some screwy laws and can't decide whether to be a nanny state or the Wild Wild West - but doesn't quite rise to the level of being another planet - that is our neighbor to the west - which is becoming like another country now).
Sounds like a certain website for nerds.
And I had a $58 medical bill (it seems like they didn't even try to bill insurance or wait for it to pay) pull down my Experian FICO score until I dealt with it.
That's why when I had a $164 bill I knew insurance should pay I paid it - I got a refund months later.
It costs only pennies to put something on your credit report - its done with computers.
Yeah you can fight, and possibly win, but give the devil his due (know he can fight), or get burned.
Umm, no.
;) ).
ChexSystems is used by banks to report customers who the bank had to close their account because they had their account closed because it was left overdrawn.
(they can instead or in addition use a collection agency or report to a credit bureau that fact).
Most banks use CheckSystems. Most of thoese will automatically deny a checking account (you can still often have a savings account) if you are listed in that, some others may let you have an account under certain circumstances, some banks don't use CheckSystems. There is also TeleCheck and possibly others.
CheckSystems (and TeleCheck, etc) are separate from the 3 credit bureaus (Equifax, Trans Union and Experian - I won't bother to list their websites, if you can't figure them out - you don't deserve credit
Bad credit very likely won't stop you from opening a bank account. They might ask for an untouchable by you $100 to open the account (which you may get back after a year).
Please, the both of you, know the system especially if you give out advice.
One of my ex-girlfriends was a debt collection, as was one of my friends.
They have teeth - even one deliquency pulls down your FICO score quite a bit, especially if it is the only one.
But know your rights. Know the FCRA and the FDCPA, Federal laws that protect you. Know the dispute procedures for 3 major credit bureaus. Know how to check them and your FICO scores (www.myfico.com). Know that if you dispute, the creditor MUST respond to the credit agency to validate the debt or it comes off by defaul. They can't hose you by being unreachable and delaying - they have to take action to keep stuff on your report.
Know that violatios of the FCRA and FDCPA carry possible $1000 penalties, payable to YOU, and likely you can collect in small claims court. If they don't bother to show you win (you get a default judgement in your favor).
Don't let them threaten you into paying an illegitimate debt.
Also, if you demand they stop calling they must - except they can call to say they will pursue legal action. If they make an illegal call - $1000 penalty.
Knowing your rights is well over half the battle.
I know, I've had bogus deliquencies and inquires and misreported accounts on my credit - I got them cleared off.
Of course this all doesn't apply if you are a bonafide deadbeat. In which case you are to blame for higher interest rates for all.
Yes, deliquencies lower your score quite a bit - even one. You can however fight back.
You can file a dispute. The credit agencies will take things off unless the creditor/debt collection agency validates the debt. Federal Law: Fair Credit Reporting Act
If they do - and it is invalid - they just violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. $1000 civil penalty, payable to you. Just putting it on your credit is likely an offense ($1000). 3 credit agencies, so if they play full hard ball, you can end up collecting $6000.
If you didn't renew - the issues that come to you are unsolicited. Federal law says you may not be billed for unsolicited mail.
KNOW THE LAW.
Demand a refund of the tuition, striking the failures off the transcript (he didn't fail because of lack of knowledge, but because of being prevented from taking the final) - or at least have the grades coded as W (Withdrew during semester - UNLV does that - many other universities do - the Fs make it look like the person wasn't competant in their work - which is a misrepresentation and can be actionable) - and demand return of the knives or sue.
Pay tuition with a credit card - next time they pull that - do a chargeback.
Also, if the guard is unarmed, you can resist. In many cases guards are not allowed to use force, and you can't be convicted of resisting arrest or something similar (check your state laws to be sure). There is a risk of being hurt - but in that case you can often sue.
I know someone who was a guard in Nevada - and what they can and can't do was quite surprisingly limited.
Use "Extrans (html tags to text)" and Slashdot automatically does the conversion to entities.
for (int i = 0; i < MAX_COUNT; i++)
Of course, you can't do any HTML that way, so if you need HTML tags, you need to use a different option and do the entities yourself, like this:
&
<
>
Don't forget the semicolon, people!
X is not a language, it is an windowing system.
... any chance of it staying secret will be gone.
They want use you get carpal tunnel syndrome using their network so you'll end up paying them to cure you.
Well they should've given her the tens of thousands her medical care cost plus compensation for time off work.
Not making her a lucky winner of the legal lottery.
Also, you get the "It's been x minutes since you last posted error" even if x > 2 minutes.
And the 503 bug this morning.
And the fact every subdomain.slashdot.org has it's own cookies.
And the stupid CAPTCHAs that make posting not logged in hard - someone will circumvent these I'm sure - then they'll just be an annoyance.
And the fact Funny doesn't raise karma.
Someone could get 20 Funnys and 20 Trolls, the post wouldn't necessarily hit the max or min score and lose 20 karma.
Someone could be at Karma 50 and get an Interesting and then a Troll mod on the same post and go down to 49 Karma.
Karma numbers are hidden even from yourself.
"Your Rights Online" is used for anything freedom based. Even if it has nothing to do with the Internet. Like if there was a new Patriot Act requirement that banks report more transactions to the Feds - might be legitimate news for Slashdot, but not YRO.
Apple lovers. Bashing Apple gets one modded down, even though they have sued many people.
Lameness filters. That's censorship - since they abort the post. Let the person post even at -1, but don't abort the post.
They can be circumvented too.
Not only that, they abort legitimate content.
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech is blocked by Slashdot's filters. FIX THIS!
I am in the USA, and we sure do have a strong ring voltage.
I know, I felt it (back in NYC), and it wasn't pleasant (admittedly it wasn't extremely painful, but it had a bite).
What's with all these posts talking about Mugabe?
:)
Why is he considered the prototypical meglomaniac here?
Anyway, how about putting the Internet under the control of Saudi Arabia? The we wouldn't be accused of nationalism or religious bigotry or with allowing corrupt Western interests to control it.
They'd outlaw porn - which would reduce traffic by over 50% and speed things way up. And with no semblence of free speech we won't have all these disputes about intellectual property, free speech, etc. Undesirables will simply be beheaded - problem solved.
Yes I'm kidding.
And also, I believe Saudi Arabia forbids modems over 1200 baud since the censors can't keep up.
Also, pre-invasion Iraq would behead people for even owning an Internet capable computer. Bet there was a lot less of a spam problem over there back then.
The UN is often outright anti-Christian.
Christians are persecuted in Nigeria too (sometimes burned and beheaded) - but the UN won't even publicize that either.
The UN is anti-Christian and anti-American in many ways.
If we complain about it - we are called bigots.
Richard Humphreys of Portland, Oregon
You don't have an RIAA, MPAA, BSA, or DMCA over there, now do you?
Of course, don't write any bad software and then come to the US (Sklyarov was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada).