I know I have. Bought one thing off uBid a while ago (a TV input card), won it after a couple hours of late minute bidding wore off, and paid for it and got standard shipping. Two days later I had it, just as promised.
I don't shop much on online auctions for computer parts, but they were a good deal. I regularly check out uBid for deals for the place I work at just in case.
The article states that even with proper proof that power sellers were defrauding people, eBay at most just suspended their accounts for a day and a half at most, and without warning anyone else of the problems.
Don't forget that eBay is also the company which decided that Microsoft could have its ratings changed to neutral or positive when it kept ending all those auctions for legit Windows copies because people were upset they were ending them early.
Hey, if you have money, or make eBay lots of money, they'll bend the rules for you. And that's what is wrong about this.
To boot, recently, the Parma, Ohio, police department was chided by the State for hiring a white officer over a black officer, because the black officer ranked second on his exam, and the white in the teens.
However, the black officer failed his psyche exam, while the white officer went clean through. So what happened? The state told the PPD to throw out their psyche evaluations because they *obviously* discriminate.
If only we could just go to a hiring process where the decision maker has no idea of gender or race, then these little arguments of discrimination will cease. Hopefully.
"Will PayPal continue to offer live telephone support?"
"PayPal will continue to offer the same Customer Support services now available. We are committed to offering quality customer support to all of our members, and are always looking for ways to expand and improve our services."
So no, they don't plan on improving it from the sounds of it (how can you keep it the same but always looking to improve it?), just keeping it the same.
Yes, one thing that still boggles me on Slashdot, is how much people will be in an uproar when the MPAA or RIAA or whateverAA is trying to reduce what they feel are their rights, or actually are their rights, but when it comes to OTHERS rights when certain people want to get something from it (free music, free commercial software, etc.), they make excuses while doing so.
If the MPAA/RIAA/ETCAA are all evil for stomping on your rights, aren't people just as evil for stomping on software makers/musicians' rights to get these for free, even if they weren't going to buy them?
First off, the Academic Versions are made for COLLEGE students, not high school students.
Secondly, Adoble has an LE version for those who need it to do less, or just learning it, that's way cheaper.
Thirdly, there are other graphic suites out there. Try iGrafx, The Gimp, etc. Plenty to go around.
It's stupid to justify that piracy is necessary because one can't afford the TOP of the line, when there are free versions of nearly any type of software out there.
Fwink ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/fwink ) is great, open source, and for the general mainstream audience of Windows users. Upload video and images from your webcam to the web. And hardly anyone knows of this that I've seen.
Yeah, I feel like a complete sucker for getting nearly all of George Carlin's CDs at less than the cost of one of his CDs I bought before emusic.com started out.
Really, the $10/mo. for unlimited downloads *IS* simply that. You download all you want for $10/mo. Period. End of story. If that's too much for you, perhaps you should listen to the Clear Channel controlled radio systems?
Console gamers also miss the mark that many gaming companies to make console games are either restricted by clauses which only allow that game to be ported to that console (not all, but more than half probably these days are for one console only). Game comes out for PCs, these days, the bigger studios have an OSX, Win and Linux game ready to go. Most of the smaller studios still have at least Win and one other OS, if they can.
When people state that a PS2 is $200 or an XBox is $200, that's for THOSE lines of games. Get a PS2, XBox, GameCube and a GBA just to be sure when that kickass game comes out, you have the system it'll play on. Or just get a $400 Windows machine that you can upgrade over time (unlike the consoles which are disposable when the next gen is out).
Fairly easy to see why PC gaming will probably never die at this point.
There was very little uproar over the price and licensing of the Yaroze when Sony brought this out, to be able to program and test out software that would eventually be submitted to Sony by independent publishers.
So why would selling a higher priced modified XBox be any different?
Maybe what MS should do is release at-a-profit box that is already hacked to be a pseudo PC that can play XBox games? Install whatever OS you'd want on it, etc., and MS still recupes a small profit.
Sure, they'd not get money on the games, but then again, those who want an XBox solely for the games will probably want the cheaper XBox anyways.
Yes, they keep the filing fee even if it is rejected, however, they lose filing fee revenue if people know they can't file patents based on a certain structure.
Take away software patents, you lose software patent filing fees.
I'd like to point out that the government's nic is still available, only Verisign, a non-government corporation, removed their database of.gov from public view.
Yes, it is insignificant, but the physical addresses of government facilities are available elsewhere, and simple lookups can get you the nameservers, etc.
So just Verisign taking it offline isn't a problem, for whatever reason. We shouldn't be noting it as newsworthy, really.
I see no problem with this since there are proper steps in place to ensure that only US Government facilities and institutions can get.gov addresses. The databases of normal.com/.net/.org and such are available as public info mainly to ensure you know what company or entity is behind the domain (at least, that's what we assume).
So if they take them down, even to say it's for protection, are we losing a facility, really?
In yours, you're stating that people who pay extra without waiting as long as you have in line get better seats for the concert.
In UO, these people aren't getting assigned seating. They're just skipping a small wait. If the concert were completely general seating, and large enough to hold everyone who wanted tickets, then it wouldn't matter whether you waited in line or bought your way to the front.
In the end, it's who arrives at the gate for the concert first who gets the best seat.
As someone who's used OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, ClarisWorks and WordPerfect, I can say from a writer and printer standpoint, WordPerfect is the best choice.
The ability to have nearly full DTP style justification and control, as well as being a great word processor, grammar-checker and thesaurus, WordPerfect for the price is just the best choice for most people who would use Microsoft Word anyways.
Apart from shows like Monk on ABC and on the USA Network, and CSI, really, why should we pay for the crap on US television?
If I had to pay $150/yr. and see another stupid UPN/Fox comedy show that was just a bunch of in-jokes or racial put-downs, or another prettier-than-anyone NBC comedy, then I'd demand my money back.
However, an entire network showing nothing but L&Os, I'd pay for that, indeed.
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Don't forget:
The Little Mermaid (Anderson)
The Lion King (Kimba the White Lion)
Atlantis (bears a STRIKING resemblance to Dinotopia)
Alice in Wonderland (Carroll)
Probably many more that I can't name right now. But so far, Disney has made most its money off titles based on or too similar to others' works.
And they want control over their derivative works for as long as possible to ensure no one can profit off them.
Too bad people are crying for them about this who don't know WHY the CTEA truly is bad.
Don't mean to burst your bubble, but how often do you read MSNBC.com? There are often stories blasting Microsoft or alerting to its problems.
MSNBC is a joint venture between NBC and MS, but it's mainly just a news site with ties to both, but independent.
There are also many derogatory stories about GE on there, the parent company of NBC.
It's still a respectable news site until they start ignoring GE and MS problems.
I know I have. Bought one thing off uBid a while ago (a TV input card), won it after a couple hours of late minute bidding wore off, and paid for it and got standard shipping. Two days later I had it, just as promised.
I don't shop much on online auctions for computer parts, but they were a good deal. I regularly check out uBid for deals for the place I work at just in case.
The article states that even with proper proof that power sellers were defrauding people, eBay at most just suspended their accounts for a day and a half at most, and without warning anyone else of the problems.
Don't forget that eBay is also the company which decided that Microsoft could have its ratings changed to neutral or positive when it kept ending all those auctions for legit Windows copies because people were upset they were ending them early.
Hey, if you have money, or make eBay lots of money, they'll bend the rules for you. And that's what is wrong about this.
To boot, recently, the Parma, Ohio, police department was chided by the State for hiring a white officer over a black officer, because the black officer ranked second on his exam, and the white in the teens.
However, the black officer failed his psyche exam, while the white officer went clean through. So what happened? The state told the PPD to throw out their psyche evaluations because they *obviously* discriminate.
If only we could just go to a hiring process where the decision maker has no idea of gender or race, then these little arguments of discrimination will cease. Hopefully.
"Will PayPal continue to offer live telephone support?"
"PayPal will continue to offer the same Customer Support services now available. We are committed to offering quality customer support to all of our members, and are always looking for ways to expand and improve our services."
So no, they don't plan on improving it from the sounds of it (how can you keep it the same but always looking to improve it?), just keeping it the same.
Yes, one thing that still boggles me on Slashdot, is how much people will be in an uproar when the MPAA or RIAA or whateverAA is trying to reduce what they feel are their rights, or actually are their rights, but when it comes to OTHERS rights when certain people want to get something from it (free music, free commercial software, etc.), they make excuses while doing so.
If the MPAA/RIAA/ETCAA are all evil for stomping on your rights, aren't people just as evil for stomping on software makers/musicians' rights to get these for free, even if they weren't going to buy them?
Just asking, not trolling.
First off, the Academic Versions are made for COLLEGE students, not high school students.
Secondly, Adoble has an LE version for those who need it to do less, or just learning it, that's way cheaper.
Thirdly, there are other graphic suites out there. Try iGrafx, The Gimp, etc. Plenty to go around.
It's stupid to justify that piracy is necessary because one can't afford the TOP of the line, when there are free versions of nearly any type of software out there.
Mod this one up. Sound reasoning that most everyone can understand!
These have been in Japan for a while, namely the brand "DigiQ" pocket RC cars.
/ www.takaratoys.co.jp/digiq/a .com/
Some links:
http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~muro/
http:/
http://digiq.s12.xre
They're about 600-900 yen each, or about $5-$8 US for the basic cars.
Fwink ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/fwink ) is great, open source, and for the general mainstream audience of Windows users. Upload video and images from your webcam to the web. And hardly anyone knows of this that I've seen.
Yeah, I feel like a complete sucker for getting nearly all of George Carlin's CDs at less than the cost of one of his CDs I bought before emusic.com started out.
Really, the $10/mo. for unlimited downloads *IS* simply that. You download all you want for $10/mo. Period. End of story. If that's too much for you, perhaps you should listen to the Clear Channel controlled radio systems?
Okay, play Gran Turismo 3, Super Mario Sunshine, or Halo on your PC, and then we'll talk.
If Super Mario Sunshine were on PCs, people would see all their filth and porn collections sucked up by the mustachioed plumber.
Console gamers also miss the mark that many gaming companies to make console games are either restricted by clauses which only allow that game to be ported to that console (not all, but more than half probably these days are for one console only). Game comes out for PCs, these days, the bigger studios have an OSX, Win and Linux game ready to go. Most of the smaller studios still have at least Win and one other OS, if they can.
When people state that a PS2 is $200 or an XBox is $200, that's for THOSE lines of games. Get a PS2, XBox, GameCube and a GBA just to be sure when that kickass game comes out, you have the system it'll play on. Or just get a $400 Windows machine that you can upgrade over time (unlike the consoles which are disposable when the next gen is out).
Fairly easy to see why PC gaming will probably never die at this point.
There was very little uproar over the price and licensing of the Yaroze when Sony brought this out, to be able to program and test out software that would eventually be submitted to Sony by independent publishers.
So why would selling a higher priced modified XBox be any different?
Maybe what MS should do is release at-a-profit box that is already hacked to be a pseudo PC that can play XBox games? Install whatever OS you'd want on it, etc., and MS still recupes a small profit.
Sure, they'd not get money on the games, but then again, those who want an XBox solely for the games will probably want the cheaper XBox anyways.
Yes, they keep the filing fee even if it is rejected, however, they lose filing fee revenue if people know they can't file patents based on a certain structure.
Take away software patents, you lose software patent filing fees.
I'd like to point out that the government's nic is still available, only Verisign, a non-government corporation, removed their database of .gov from public view.
Yes, it is insignificant, but the physical addresses of government facilities are available elsewhere, and simple lookups can get you the nameservers, etc.
So just Verisign taking it offline isn't a problem, for whatever reason. We shouldn't be noting it as newsworthy, really.
I see no problem with this since there are proper steps in place to ensure that only US Government facilities and institutions can get .gov addresses. The databases of normal .com/.net/.org and such are available as public info mainly to ensure you know what company or entity is behind the domain (at least, that's what we assume).
So if they take them down, even to say it's for protection, are we losing a facility, really?
Bad analogy.
In yours, you're stating that people who pay extra without waiting as long as you have in line get better seats for the concert.
In UO, these people aren't getting assigned seating. They're just skipping a small wait. If the concert were completely general seating, and large enough to hold everyone who wanted tickets, then it wouldn't matter whether you waited in line or bought your way to the front.
In the end, it's who arrives at the gate for the concert first who gets the best seat.
"Chase the Chuckwagon" for the Atari 2600.
Bland game where you are a dog chasing the mini chuckwagon around, from the old commercials of the 80s.
If you counterfeit a CleanFlick movie, then CleanFlick, not the original owner of the movie, can confiscate it, destroy it, and fine you...
Uh, wait a minute, I didn't think that CleanFlick owned the movie at all?
As someone who's used OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, ClarisWorks and WordPerfect, I can say from a writer and printer standpoint, WordPerfect is the best choice.
The ability to have nearly full DTP style justification and control, as well as being a great word processor, grammar-checker and thesaurus, WordPerfect for the price is just the best choice for most people who would use Microsoft Word anyways.
Apart from shows like Monk on ABC and on the USA Network, and CSI, really, why should we pay for the crap on US television?
If I had to pay $150/yr. and see another stupid UPN/Fox comedy show that was just a bunch of in-jokes or racial put-downs, or another prettier-than-anyone NBC comedy, then I'd demand my money back.
However, an entire network showing nothing but L&Os, I'd pay for that, indeed.