I recall when A&T Wireless moved their payment center from Los Angeles to somewhere in Arizona. And didn't update their billing software to put the new address on the payment coupons in the statements. For so long that payments started being returned as undeliverable (forwarding addresses are only good for a year). Got three months of free service, after the Public Utilities Commission got involved.
I mean, really, are we afraid of fat, lazy, anti-social islamic facists who live in the basement of their parents' tent? I guess their next tactic will be to bring down our economy by downloading MP3s instead of buying the CDs.
It has been a long, long time since automobiles have been a major source of pollution in California. Our air is cleaner than it has been since the government started keeping records. This can't possibly have anything to do with pollution or global warming. It's nothing but another political stunt.
I mean, you can't simply tax or sue the owners of SUVs who actually buy and use those climate castrastrophies. After all, they just might vote.
Oh, how right you are. Vehicle taxes are the third rail in California these last few years. Raising DMV fees was the specific reason "Red" Davis got recalled as governor.
Given the number of assholes who write web pages with annoying music that auto-plays, and the number of retarded programmers who think that every mouse click, every keyboard click, every tick of the system clock should make some kind of sound, are there really people out there who don't keep their speakers off by default?
The only time mine are one is when I am intentionally playing something I need the sound for.
Having the correct key makes it easier, because it fits in more snugly. A wire would generally move too much, sideways, up and down, at an angle. Plus, more expensive locks have keyways designed to keep wire from moving in just the right way.
Not that it can't be done, mind you, but it's easier to learn with the bump key method.
At which point he can challenge it with the credit reporting agency. If they don't remove it, he has a legitimate case against them under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The bottom line is, according to his account, he sued PayPal and the guy who bought the laptop for money he already had.
I can't help but wonder what would have happened if the defendant had showed up and pointed that out to the judge.
Since I transferred the funds to my bank account, my PayPal account was empty,
Then:
On March 23, 2006 I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau against PayPal. I told them I was down $600 and that PayPal made no effort to get my laptop back.
and:
My PayPal account is frozen with a -$615 balance
So they didn't ding his bank account for the $615.
In other words, he deliberately lied in the complaint to the BBB. And he wonders why PayPal locked the account. He's lucky they don't sue his ass for libel, if he's giving an accurate account.
...or the police may over-react to information given and you could ruin someone's life based on a vague suspicion.
While I agree with you in general, the above isn't a problem with the police. It's a problem of idiots reporting "vague suspicions" to the police. If it is possible for the police to overreact, then you shouldn't be reporting it.
But that still makes this current idiocy a bad idea.
It's rather more complicated than that in "the heartland," which is to say, rural America. First of all, most of the population of the US lives in urban and suburban areas, which are far, far less subject to that sort of nonsense.
But rural America is Walmart's core market, and always has been. But . . . their normal tactics are to drive all local competition out of business as quickly as possible. So within a few years of a Walmart opening, no matter how much they hack you off, if you want to boycott them, for the goods most people buy there, you'll have to drive 50 miles or more to find another store with everything you need. And that may well be another Walmart.
Regardless of whether or not the games will "hurt" the children, however, they have been rated for adults.
Rated by whom? Hint: Not who you think, but rather, by people with a vested financial interest in the outcome of the ratings. People who charge fees to game manufacturers for the rating, and take suggestions from those same manufacturers as to what the ratings should be.
However, I would agree that they can, somewhat, de-sensitize them.
There is zero evidence whatsoever to support this FUD.
And, I would agree that certain children may be negatively influenced by some games.
There is zero evidence whatsoever to support this FUD.
Granted, those children generally have a host of other behavioural issues that should have been red flagged long before video games really get into the picture.
So how is trashing the first amendment going to fix the utterly broken social services we have in the US? How is it going to make incompetent, abusive parents competent? It's not. It's simply going to punish people who have done nothing wrong, and who there is no reason to think ever will do something wrong. INSTEAD OF THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PUNISHED. What you advocate will, in every sense, make the problem worse, not better.
I've long believed that we need a law that requires - under penalty of life in prison if they don't - all members of the board of directors, and all exectutive staff to watch every single commercial, every single time it plays for any product or service their company sells. You want me to watch your screeching, fuzzy turds singing racially offensive crap (yeah, you Quiznos) 800 times a day, you watch it the same number of times.
If we had such a law, and it were rigorously enforced, commercials wouldn't make me want to murder every single person involved in making them any more. In fact, I'll bet they'd be quite entertaining.
Does ABC really think that if only they could get us to watch more SPAM, they'd somehow make more money?
Actually, ABC would make more money if they could force you to watch ads. Because, just like spammers, the consumer isn't ABC's customer, the advertising company is. ABC doesn't care if you ever buy anything from a TV ad, or even if you never buy anything you see in an ad. It doesn't matter to them. All that matters to them is that you see the ad, because that's what determines how much they make for showing it. And the marketing morons at the companies that buy the ad time are convinced that you'll buy their product, if only they can force you to watch the ad. Because if that's not so, then they - the marketing morons - aren't nearly as smart as they've told their bosses.
As for me, I wouldn't miss television at all if it disappeared, and it will, from my home, if I lose the fast forward button.
Or perhaps we could send you copies of the various Supreme Court rulings that say that A) the 1st amendment does not apply to threats of violence, and B) children do not have rights in the US anyway.
I recall AT&T Wireless. They moved their payment center from LA to somewhere in Arizona. And didn't update their billing computer to print the new address on the payment coupon. For so long the forwarding address expired, and I got a payment returned as undeliverable.
Fortunately, in California, the Public Utilities Comission actually does their job, and a couple days after the complaint, I got a credit for three months service.
A&T Wireless got borged because they were too stupid to remember how to breath.
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I think you are thinking of "Companion"
Er, no. I'm thinking of "whore".
. . . there's no reason it couldn't happen. It just isn't happening now, and is less likely as time goes by.
Most Valuable Professional? Isn't "Professional" a euphamism for prostitute? Of course an adwaer spammer is Microsoft's most valuable prostitute.
Minimize the liability: If they insist on 'pull' transactions
Then take your business elsewhere. I have never allowed someone to pull an automated payment, and not been ripped off. Not once.
I recall when A&T Wireless moved their payment center from Los Angeles to somewhere in Arizona. And didn't update their billing software to put the new address on the payment coupons in the statements. For so long that payments started being returned as undeliverable (forwarding addresses are only good for a year). Got three months of free service, after the Public Utilities Commission got involved.
I mean, really, are we afraid of fat, lazy, anti-social islamic facists who live in the basement of their parents' tent? I guess their next tactic will be to bring down our economy by downloading MP3s instead of buying the CDs.
It has been a long, long time since automobiles have been a major source of pollution in California. Our air is cleaner than it has been since the government started keeping records. This can't possibly have anything to do with pollution or global warming. It's nothing but another political stunt.
I mean, you can't simply tax or sue the owners of SUVs who actually buy and use those climate castrastrophies. After all, they just might vote.
Oh, how right you are. Vehicle taxes are the third rail in California these last few years. Raising DMV fees was the specific reason "Red" Davis got recalled as governor.
Been reading David Brin, eh?
Given the number of assholes who write web pages with annoying music that auto-plays, and the number of retarded programmers who think that every mouse click, every keyboard click, every tick of the system clock should make some kind of sound, are there really people out there who don't keep their speakers off by default?
The only time mine are one is when I am intentionally playing something I need the sound for.
Hot robberies are more common in Europe than in the US, at least in part because gun ownership is rather more common in the US.
Having the correct key makes it easier, because it fits in more snugly. A wire would generally move too much, sideways, up and down, at an angle. Plus, more expensive locks have keyways designed to keep wire from moving in just the right way.
Not that it can't be done, mind you, but it's easier to learn with the bump key method.
At which point he can challenge it with the credit reporting agency. If they don't remove it, he has a legitimate case against them under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
The bottom line is, according to his account, he sued PayPal and the guy who bought the laptop for money he already had.
I can't help but wonder what would have happened if the defendant had showed up and pointed that out to the judge.
No. They sent a collection agency after him. Who, according to his own account, accepted his account that he owed PayPal no money.
First:
Since I transferred the funds to my bank account, my PayPal account was empty,
Then:
On March 23, 2006 I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau against PayPal. I told them I was down $600 and that PayPal made no effort to get my laptop back.
and:
My PayPal account is frozen with a -$615 balance
So they didn't ding his bank account for the $615.
In other words, he deliberately lied in the complaint to the BBB. And he wonders why PayPal locked the account. He's lucky they don't sue his ass for libel, if he's giving an accurate account.
WTF am I missing here?
...or the police may over-react to information given and you could ruin someone's life based on a vague suspicion.
While I agree with you in general, the above isn't a problem with the police. It's a problem of idiots reporting "vague suspicions" to the police. If it is possible for the police to overreact, then you shouldn't be reporting it.
But that still makes this current idiocy a bad idea.
It's rather more complicated than that in "the heartland," which is to say, rural America. First of all, most of the population of the US lives in urban and suburban areas, which are far, far less subject to that sort of nonsense.
But rural America is Walmart's core market, and always has been. But . . . their normal tactics are to drive all local competition out of business as quickly as possible. So within a few years of a Walmart opening, no matter how much they hack you off, if you want to boycott them, for the goods most people buy there, you'll have to drive 50 miles or more to find another store with everything you need. And that may well be another Walmart.
"They tend to be less emotionally stable."
But is that because they are in IT, or are they in IT because of that?
When you pay for my network, you can tell me what to do with it. In the meantime, you know just what orifice to stuff that RJ-45 plug in to.
Regardless of whether or not the games will "hurt" the children, however, they have been rated for adults.
Rated by whom? Hint: Not who you think, but rather, by people with a vested financial interest in the outcome of the ratings. People who charge fees to game manufacturers for the rating, and take suggestions from those same manufacturers as to what the ratings should be.
However, I would agree that they can, somewhat, de-sensitize them.
There is zero evidence whatsoever to support this FUD.
And, I would agree that certain children may be negatively influenced by some games.
There is zero evidence whatsoever to support this FUD.
Granted, those children generally have a host of other behavioural issues that should have been red flagged long before video games really get into the picture.
So how is trashing the first amendment going to fix the utterly broken social services we have in the US? How is it going to make incompetent, abusive parents competent? It's not. It's simply going to punish people who have done nothing wrong, and who there is no reason to think ever will do something wrong. INSTEAD OF THOSE WHO SHOULD BE PUNISHED. What you advocate will, in every sense, make the problem worse, not better.
When you pay for my network, you can tell me what to do with it. In the meantime, you already know exactly what orifice to plug that RJ-45 in to.
I've long believed that we need a law that requires - under penalty of life in prison if they don't - all members of the board of directors, and all exectutive staff to watch every single commercial, every single time it plays for any product or service their company sells. You want me to watch your screeching, fuzzy turds singing racially offensive crap (yeah, you Quiznos) 800 times a day, you watch it the same number of times.
If we had such a law, and it were rigorously enforced, commercials wouldn't make me want to murder every single person involved in making them any more. In fact, I'll bet they'd be quite entertaining.
Does ABC really think that if only they could get us to watch more SPAM, they'd somehow make more money?
Actually, ABC would make more money if they could force you to watch ads. Because, just like spammers, the consumer isn't ABC's customer, the advertising company is. ABC doesn't care if you ever buy anything from a TV ad, or even if you never buy anything you see in an ad. It doesn't matter to them. All that matters to them is that you see the ad, because that's what determines how much they make for showing it. And the marketing morons at the companies that buy the ad time are convinced that you'll buy their product, if only they can force you to watch the ad. Because if that's not so, then they - the marketing morons - aren't nearly as smart as they've told their bosses.
As for me, I wouldn't miss television at all if it disappeared, and it will, from my home, if I lose the fast forward button.
Or perhaps we could send you copies of the various Supreme Court rulings that say that A) the 1st amendment does not apply to threats of violence, and B) children do not have rights in the US anyway.
I recall AT&T Wireless. They moved their payment center from LA to somewhere in Arizona. And didn't update their billing computer to print the new address on the payment coupon. For so long the forwarding address expired, and I got a payment returned as undeliverable.
Fortunately, in California, the Public Utilities Comission actually does their job, and a couple days after the complaint, I got a credit for three months service.
A&T Wireless got borged because they were too stupid to remember how to breath.