The reason we have a lack of rail options is mostly due to the fact that our government, or better yet our president is simply not interested in providing tax dollars to fund such a project. Every other rail system in the world (well, a majority of the great ones) are subsidized by the countrie's governments in which they reside. I recall not to long ago, Dubya (congress stopped him) was trying to eliminate ALL government funding to Amtrak. Amtrak NEEDS that funding to survive, even if that money they get is just going to making rail repairs.
I don't think most people realize how much upkeep the railroad takes, and modernizing our crumbling rail infrastructure will not only take time... but some serious investment from the government to make it possible.
Of course, I am biased... because I hate planes and think trains are sexxxy;)
One thing I have noticed from my adventures in techsupportland, is that not only are most people getting subpar phone service, but also an unexpected side effect of no internet. I suppose this could directly correlate with the lack of tech knowledge for some people, but with VONAGE in particular... I've had far to many instances where a customer will have great phone service, but the voip modem/router provided to them acts as a very effective web filter. NO internet whatsoever. From most of them that i've ended up talking to again, vonage actually had to ship a new unit to them to fix the issue. Now that could be partially due in part to their tech support, but whatever.
I'm not going to stick up for cable video support. Personally, I work in their advanced tech support so I know the people who fix your net connections at the upper and lower helpdesk levels. Depending on where you live depends on what those tech support guys can do (or in my case, girls). Cable video reps have very little to help you out with. We've got the tools and the power and ability to accurately diagnose your problems, they don't. I'm assuming you have cablenet with them... next time, just call net support with your video problems.
A. They don't block ports B. Your signal levels coming into your house are probably bad, or you have a bad split in the house somewhere. Keep in mind, every time you split that coax that your signal gets cut in half depending on what type of splitter you put on the line C. From what I understand, their VOIP service isn't like vonage, and it runs over their private network D. If you have an issue, don't complain about it here. Call them and tell them exactly what's happening. I let my lower channels stay fuzzy for three years without calling, blaming it on them. They came out an reran the line to my house and I haven't had any issues with cable or net since.
We exist, but maybe didn't actually get that CS degree. I made it about halfway through my school's program and then got tired of being stared at. I hold a helpdesk job now making a reasonable sum of money... but I work with about 250 guys, and maybe 20 chicks. Needless to say, that staring situation still exists. But I suppose my point here, is that maybe people shouldn't rely on grad statistics, and should rely on the actual amount of women holding IT positions:)
Kudos to you my good man. If I were a starving little girl with aids, I could care less about my computer or what's running on it. Or this guy who has a monopoly over the market... because he's helping me get better. Making life a little more bearable. Making life possible.
Just pause and think for a second, if you were that starving little boy or girl, would you care?
Why are women so quick to react and bitch about something like this? Maybe it's because it took YEARS for us to have the same "rights" as men. Maybe it's because we've been treated as the lesser of two human beings for centuries.
I'm not sparking a debate here, but you guys need to think for a second. You haven't been denied the right to vote, discriminated at the workplace, took lesser wages, get constanly objectified... all because you're a chick.
I have tons of guy friends (more than girls, believe it or not!) who take a little educating to understand why we're so different. I say you all need a little time with an atypical female:)
This is really too bad. You might thing employees activities outside of work wouldn't impact their work life, but alas... that isn't the case. If my company found out half the shit I did i'd probably get fired. Which would be hillarious because they keep promoting me because of the excellent job I do!
Being a whistleblower is fun... just have to be careful.
what are they going to do, fire me for telling the truth? I'm looking for a reason to leave anyway.
Some f-ed up things about blockbuster: 1.Store flooded 6 times, carpet never replaced. Various molds growing all over store making entire staff sick. Anonymous call to osha required to get it fixed after managed slips on floor and breaks his collarbone.
2. employee very sick with doctor's note. still required to come in to work with the threat of being written up if they didnt come in. turns out they got the illness from their manager who didn't stay home while they were sick
3. Told to keep hush hush about this whole late fees thing. Makes me feel super guilty LYING to all of my customers. Most of whom I know by first name and have received xmas gifts from!
To compensate for the people keeping the movies and quite possibly buying them... blockbuster has started sending us twice as many copies of every title. For example: instead of getting say 25 copies of "saw" we got 50. They are buying excess inventory, because few people are keeping these dvd's, which will all end up as previously viewed flicks.
I failed to mention that if you bring your movie back, you have to physically come in the store to get the refund.
As a matter of fact, I am in the northeat. Philly area to be exact. You're not getting more out of that from me. Box sets generally fun from 24.99 to 49.99 unless it's an hbo or cable series. then it's 69.99.
Unfortunately, most stores dont have that lovely little thing describing the policy. We were given brochures (which, we were only told to give out unless someone asked for them), and that was it. Maybe your store is a franchise, but none of the corporate stores in my area say this. You're lucky.
I work for Blockbuster as a manager. I think it's about damned time someone started complaining. They've been engaging in deceptive business practices for years now. I'll outline this new policy for you guys:
You have 7 days after the due date to get your movie back. This means, if it's due monday, get it back the following monday by NOON.
If you fail to do this, you will get charged the retail price (unless it's been out for awhile) of the dvd, game, or vhs.
Bring it back before 30 days (this is where they get really shady, because even I dont know if it's 30 days late or 30 dates after the 7 day thing), and you will get a full refund minus a $1.50 "restocking fee" This fee is supposedly charged to cover the cost of sending you a bajillion phone calls and postcards reminding you that your stuff is due. Mind you, there's a glitch in the system at the moment that will still call you even if your stuff has been returned. (I might also add that you should call us if you get that call and know you brought your stuff back. It may be on the shelf NOT checked in)
If you don't bring it back before the 30 days, you are STUCK with the movie. Come in and get your cover art, you're entitled to it. There is no way you can get your money back after this point.
So, ending this long reply. No matter what, unless you get your movie back within two weeks (most of the time), you're still getting charged.
I was running PR1.0 and upgraded a few days ago (yeah, way to jump on the bandwagon, girl!) and it's crashed at least twice a day. I never had any issues before. I seriously wonder what they did to mess up a good thing.
Is anyone having issues with plugins performing illegal operations? This has been the big problem.
He would be their first spokesperson. According to CNN, he wore these specialized oakleys during the tour de france. A lot of people were wondering if they'd make them available for everyone else... guess they did!
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The reason we have a lack of rail options is mostly due to the fact that our government, or better yet our president is simply not interested in providing tax dollars to fund such a project. Every other rail system in the world (well, a majority of the great ones) are subsidized by the countrie's governments in which they reside. I recall not to long ago, Dubya (congress stopped him) was trying to eliminate ALL government funding to Amtrak. Amtrak NEEDS that funding to survive, even if that money they get is just going to making rail repairs.
;)
I don't think most people realize how much upkeep the railroad takes, and modernizing our crumbling rail infrastructure will not only take time... but some serious investment from the government to make it possible.
Of course, I am biased... because I hate planes and think trains are sexxxy
One thing I have noticed from my adventures in techsupportland, is that not only are most people getting subpar phone service, but also an unexpected side effect of no internet. I suppose this could directly correlate with the lack of tech knowledge for some people, but with VONAGE in particular... I've had far to many instances where a customer will have great phone service, but the voip modem/router provided to them acts as a very effective web filter. NO internet whatsoever. From most of them that i've ended up talking to again, vonage actually had to ship a new unit to them to fix the issue. Now that could be partially due in part to their tech support, but whatever.
It all sucks imo.
OMG guys, this is so totally like OMG wow PINK!!!
:P April fools? I certainly hope so...
Gag me with a spork fellas. Pink is such a gross colour
Us girls need to stick together! Pink is so totally last year...
I'm not going to stick up for cable video support. Personally, I work in their advanced tech support so I know the people who fix your net connections at the upper and lower helpdesk levels. Depending on where you live depends on what those tech support guys can do (or in my case, girls). Cable video reps have very little to help you out with. We've got the tools and the power and ability to accurately diagnose your problems, they don't. I'm assuming you have cablenet with them... next time, just call net support with your video problems.
A. They don't block ports
B. Your signal levels coming into your house are probably bad, or you have a bad split in the house somewhere. Keep in mind, every time you split that coax that your signal gets cut in half depending on what type of splitter you put on the line
C. From what I understand, their VOIP service isn't like vonage, and it runs over their private network
D. If you have an issue, don't complain about it here. Call them and tell them exactly what's happening. I let my lower channels stay fuzzy for three years without calling, blaming it on them. They came out an reran the line to my house and I haven't had any issues with cable or net since.
We exist, but maybe didn't actually get that CS degree. I made it about halfway through my school's program and then got tired of being stared at. I hold a helpdesk job now making a reasonable sum of money... but I work with about 250 guys, and maybe 20 chicks. Needless to say, that staring situation still exists. But I suppose my point here, is that maybe people shouldn't rely on grad statistics, and should rely on the actual amount of women holding IT positions :)
Kudos to you my good man. If I were a starving little girl with aids, I could care less about my computer or what's running on it. Or this guy who has a monopoly over the market... because he's helping me get better. Making life a little more bearable. Making life possible.
Just pause and think for a second, if you were that starving little boy or girl, would you care?
Kind of ironic that the story before this is telling us how ineffective the EFF is...
The Spaghetti Monster made the universe.
I wish they'd pass these low costs on to us peons who pay out the ass for their processors.
Wishful thinking.
Why are women so quick to react and bitch about something like this? Maybe it's because it took YEARS for us to have the same "rights" as men. Maybe it's because we've been treated as the lesser of two human beings for centuries.
:)
I'm not sparking a debate here, but you guys need to think for a second. You haven't been denied the right to vote, discriminated at the workplace, took lesser wages, get constanly objectified... all because you're a chick.
I have tons of guy friends (more than girls, believe it or not!) who take a little educating to understand why we're so different. I say you all need a little time with an atypical female
We're not all crazy bitches.
Comcast is in trial stages with this right now. It's already pretty damned cool!
look out for it
This is really too bad. You might thing employees activities outside of work wouldn't impact their work life, but alas... that isn't the case. If my company found out half the shit I did i'd probably get fired. Which would be hillarious because they keep promoting me because of the excellent job I do!
Being a whistleblower is fun... just have to be careful.
Why, because I like my schedule. How many jobs will give me my 4 days a week, working 5-midnight, and giving me all the days off that I need?
Sure, the actual company itself sucks... but you have to deal with the bad to get the good. I dont mind all of the free rentals either.
what are they going to do, fire me for telling the truth? I'm looking for a reason to leave anyway.
Some f-ed up things about blockbuster:
1.Store flooded 6 times, carpet never replaced. Various molds growing all over store making entire staff sick. Anonymous call to osha required to get it fixed after managed slips on floor and breaks his collarbone.
2. employee very sick with doctor's note. still required to come in to work with the threat of being written up if they didnt come in. turns out they got the illness from their manager who didn't stay home while they were sick
3. Told to keep hush hush about this whole late fees thing. Makes me feel super guilty LYING to all of my customers. Most of whom I know by first name and have received xmas gifts from!
To compensate for the people keeping the movies and quite possibly buying them... blockbuster has started sending us twice as many copies of every title. For example: instead of getting say 25 copies of "saw" we got 50. They are buying excess inventory, because few people are keeping these dvd's, which will all end up as previously viewed flicks.
I failed to mention that if you bring your movie back, you have to physically come in the store to get the refund.
As a matter of fact, I am in the northeat. Philly area to be exact. You're not getting more out of that from me. Box sets generally fun from 24.99 to 49.99 unless it's an hbo or cable series. then it's 69.99.
It depends on the movie/game. Games will usually run you $49.99. Movies anywhere between $16-18.99 depending on how new/popular they are.
Stick with mom and pop. (god i hope i dont get fired)
Because I have a rather nasty case of insomnia, i'll just post all of this crap.
Blockbuster makes most of their revenue off of rentals themselves, and surprise, used dvd's.
late fees account for a very small percentage of revenue, which is why it was so easy for them to do away with them.
Unfortunately, most stores dont have that lovely little thing describing the policy. We were given brochures (which, we were only told to give out unless someone asked for them), and that was it. Maybe your store is a franchise, but none of the corporate stores in my area say this. You're lucky.
I completely forgot to add that blockbuster strongly discourages us to say this. That alone is shady enough to get us sued. I hope I don't get fired :x
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I work for Blockbuster as a manager. I think it's about damned time someone started complaining. They've been engaging in deceptive business practices for years now. I'll outline this new policy for you guys:
You have 7 days after the due date to get your movie back. This means, if it's due monday, get it back the following monday by NOON.
If you fail to do this, you will get charged the retail price (unless it's been out for awhile) of the dvd, game, or vhs.
Bring it back before 30 days (this is where they get really shady, because even I dont know if it's 30 days late or 30 dates after the 7 day thing), and you will get a full refund minus a $1.50 "restocking fee"
This fee is supposedly charged to cover the cost of sending you a bajillion phone calls and postcards reminding you that your stuff is due. Mind you, there's a glitch in the system at the moment that will still call you even if your stuff has been returned. (I might also add that you should call us if you get that call and know you brought your stuff back. It may be on the shelf NOT checked in)
If you don't bring it back before the 30 days, you are STUCK with the movie. Come in and get your cover art, you're entitled to it. There is no way you can get your money back after this point.
So, ending this long reply. No matter what, unless you get your movie back within two weeks (most of the time), you're still getting charged.
Hope this helped you out... I hate this company.
IT at school, go to school, the work at blockbuster as a manager part time for the free rentals. Woohoo :)
I was running PR1.0 and upgraded a few days ago (yeah, way to jump on the bandwagon, girl!) and it's crashed at least twice a day. I never had any issues before. I seriously wonder what they did to mess up a good thing.
Is anyone having issues with plugins performing illegal operations? This has been the big problem.
He would be their first spokesperson. According to CNN, he wore these specialized oakleys during the tour de france. A lot of people were wondering if they'd make them available for everyone else... guess they did!