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All I could get were weak apologies from support but there is no intention to change from their position. They recommended that I buy some software from a 3rd party that costs twice what the scanner costs today in stores. (It is pretty weak that they actually display the MacOSX compatible logo on the package and it is no longer completely true...)
When I find myself in these types of situations, I am glad that I am a member of Pre-Paid Legal.
For $27/month (at least in my state, I think it varies), I can ask an attorney any legal question I have, at any time. And they'll make one phone call or write one letter for free, per issue, to help resolve it without having to go to court.
The times that I've used it have saved me thousands. Granted those were typically not computer-related issues, but the above sounds like a manufacturer asserting something false ("This runs on Mac OS"), which to me seems actionable -- but IMNAL, which is why I pay this "legal insurance" so I can quickly get answers.
This may sound like an ad and if so I apologize; I've had a great experience with them and having saved a lot of money over the years I can highly recommend them. (There are other "legal insurance" plans as well, others of which might be better; I've had PPL for close to a decade and haven't surveyed their competitors in a while; I know of at least one, ARAG.)
I remember fondly taping Dr. Demento in my teens (because I couldn't stay up that late), and Freddie Blassie was one of my favorite artists. Thanks for the memory. And to your other responder: "Pencil Neck Geek" was a song of his. I also recall Ogden Edsel's "Dead Puppies" (aren't much fun); and the good Doctor himself's "Shaving Cream".
I realize that people think it's cool to talk smack with respect to security officers, but realistically it's pretty much just jackassery.
Um, no: the jackassery is assuming the "security by (some measure of) obscurity" is a valid defense.
But they win anyway, so stop taking pictures. Stop taking "observable" pictures. The lens on your glasses that's constantly feeding the cloud, now, that they won't notice because you're not actively touching it! Thanks, Gordon Bell!
So, re: your sig: "Safety is a tyrant's tool; no one can oppose safety." The cops are there to "protect and serve"; protection is somewhat similar to safety, so are you saying that the cops are tyrants?
If they cross the line, I'll politely get their name and badge number and file a complaint afterwards (I won't tell them I'm filing a complaint, though, that might be impolite -- and it's pointless besides).
Without giving too many details, this fucker lied in his report after he pulled me over. However, I did not have access to weather reports (it was dry, not damp) nor traffic reports (how the fuck could I have been swerving in and out of traffic if there was heavy traffic), so I just took the CWOF.
So, it's on my record. Later I learned that fighting it would have most likely lost me my license and made it even more on my record.
I chose not to file a complaint. I do not need some random guy with a gun finding a burglary attempt in my home and shooting the perp, who unfortunately just happened to look like the homeowner.
Being polite != helping. And when they stop being polite to me, I have no further use for being polite to them.
Um, yeah, and they have no further use for not detaining you. Check... mate? At least, temporarily... And, do you make enough in 48 hours that detention for that period would present a hardship? (I.e., continuing to pay your bills, or otherwise meet your commitments?) Apparently, you've just figured out (one of) Heinlein's Law(s), "An armed society is a polite society." And, although it mostly goes without saying in the US, this "detention" may completely eliminate your ability (see the "mate" after the "check") to ever donate blood to the Red Cross again.
Sure thing! Keep up the good work. (Hmm, that wasn't supposed to be a "what have you done for me lately" but reading the Preview that's what I felt, so I'm disclaiming it.:)
I'm contemptuous of people who think they can use the property of others for free against the express wishes of the content creators.
I was contemptuous first, so you owe me some money.
Do you feel that you can freely use the Creator's animals for your food? If so, why, and if not, why is that Creator's accomplishments inferior to the creation of mere melodies?
Pretty much any firm that violates sensibilities is vulnerable. That's a lot fewer firms than your example...
To be clear: I would neither propose nor follow treating McDonald's, Burger King, or Wendy's in this manner, even though their products kill US citizens. But taking the public domain away from us through "lobbying" (i.e., bribing politicians)? That's a different story.
Can we get the comment count for each story back on the front page, please?
I've been tagging "howmanyposts" to every story on the front page, and will continue doing so until they're back. Removing information is never a "feature".
Hi Ray, I apologize if I was confusing. What I meant was, here at Slashdot, you had responded to HiThere's post, and included parts of that post in "blockquote" so that your comment would have some context to it.
Even though you copied the entire comment intact with line-breaks, when it was posted the original three paragraphs got combined into a single paragraph. (Click the first link above to see your response, and the quoted part at the top, which is a single paragraph; click the second link above to see HiThere's original post, which was three paragraphs.)
My HTML advice was to help you (and others), in future Slashdot posts, ensure that the original paragraphs would remain intact within the "blockquote" tags.
Also note that I post here using the "HTML Formatted" setting (in the drop-down box below the comment box that I'm typing this in), so if you use another setting then I might not know what I'm talking about.:)
Seriously, if I'm still confusing let me know as this is a sincere attempt at assistance.
And I love what you're doing for us; "us" in many senses -- the tech community first since that's mostly the people who frequent this site; Americans in general as you're defending our rights as they're being eroded more rapidly due to corporatism; and Davids everywhere who are treated unjustly by Goliaths can admire your contribution to the struggle. Thanks!
Hi Ray, some friendly HTML advice: you can use the tags <p> and </p> to surround the paragraphs within the <blockquote> tags, so they flow like the original.
And, to make the tags display rather than act, like in the above, use < for the "less than" and > for the "greater than". (And, in the previous sentence, I used & to make the ampersand, so it wouldn't just show the less than/greater than symbols.:)
Okay, and THE ENTIRE POINT OF COMPLAINING is because every iPhone is currently a "child's phone" until Apple gets around to adding the self-censorship module.
When bottles of whiskey talk about age they are referring to the [...]
[...] amount of said that I have had to drink. Generally. Perhaps they talk amongst themselves, I only hear them after a good bender. (Right, not the goateed kind.)
But such medical advances by themselves wouldn't actually increase our lifespan by much. To do that, we have to fix the zillions of (mostly unlikely) things that would keep killing us off at a low rate.
No, we just have to be able to make backups. Singularity, here we come!
In short, turn off the damn tv and pick up a book!
I got a fortune in my Chinese food the other day. I was very surprised; it was more a directive than a fortune: "Turn off the TV and the computer and exercise your mind with a good book."
Yeah. Juxtapose that with "Bush killed Superman". (Agreed that perhaps Christopher Reeve still would have died due to his injuries before a cure could be found, but Bush's policies helped put roadblocks in the way to finding that cure. His wife's comments were especially ironic, something like "It would take 10 years to find a cure, there are no miracle promises"; my response was "So we should get started now, so that in only a decade we'll have the cure, rather than a decade away from some competent administration.")
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When I find myself in these types of situations, I am glad that I am a member of Pre-Paid Legal.
For $27/month (at least in my state, I think it varies), I can ask an attorney any legal question I have, at any time. And they'll make one phone call or write one letter for free, per issue, to help resolve it without having to go to court.
The times that I've used it have saved me thousands. Granted those were typically not computer-related issues, but the above sounds like a manufacturer asserting something false ("This runs on Mac OS"), which to me seems actionable -- but IMNAL, which is why I pay this "legal insurance" so I can quickly get answers.
This may sound like an ad and if so I apologize; I've had a great experience with them and having saved a lot of money over the years I can highly recommend them. (There are other "legal insurance" plans as well, others of which might be better; I've had PPL for close to a decade and haven't surveyed their competitors in a while; I know of at least one, ARAG.)
I remember fondly taping Dr. Demento in my teens (because I couldn't stay up that late), and Freddie Blassie was one of my favorite artists. Thanks for the memory. And to your other responder: "Pencil Neck Geek" was a song of his. I also recall Ogden Edsel's "Dead Puppies" (aren't much fun); and the good Doctor himself's "Shaving Cream".
Um, no: the jackassery is assuming the "security by (some measure of) obscurity" is a valid defense.
But they win anyway, so stop taking pictures. Stop taking "observable" pictures. The lens on your glasses that's constantly feeding the cloud, now, that they won't notice because you're not actively touching it! Thanks, Gordon Bell!
So, re: your sig: "Safety is a tyrant's tool; no one can oppose safety." The cops are there to "protect and serve"; protection is somewhat similar to safety, so are you saying that the cops are tyrants?
Without giving too many details, this fucker lied in his report after he pulled me over. However, I did not have access to weather reports (it was dry, not damp) nor traffic reports (how the fuck could I have been swerving in and out of traffic if there was heavy traffic), so I just took the CWOF.
So, it's on my record. Later I learned that fighting it would have most likely lost me my license and made it even more on my record.
I chose not to file a complaint. I do not need some random guy with a gun finding a burglary attempt in my home and shooting the perp, who unfortunately just happened to look like the homeowner.
Um, yeah, and they have no further use for not detaining you. Check ... mate? At least, temporarily... And, do you make enough in 48 hours that detention for that period would present a hardship? (I.e., continuing to pay your bills, or otherwise meet your commitments?) Apparently, you've just figured out (one of) Heinlein's Law(s), "An armed society is a polite society." And, although it mostly goes without saying in the US, this "detention" may completely eliminate your ability (see the "mate" after the "check") to ever donate blood to the Red Cross again.
Does it matter?
Sure thing! Keep up the good work. (Hmm, that wasn't supposed to be a "what have you done for me lately" but reading the Preview that's what I felt, so I'm disclaiming it. :)
Also, don't drink and post.
or a couple of mirrors. Oh wait, your anus? That's visible to most anyone, mister playboy. :)
I was contemptuous first, so you owe me some money.
Do you feel that you can freely use the Creator's animals for your food? If so, why, and if not, why is that Creator's accomplishments inferior to the creation of mere melodies?
Well, not quite.
Pretty much any firm that violates sensibilities is vulnerable. That's a lot fewer firms than your example...
To be clear: I would neither propose nor follow treating McDonald's, Burger King, or Wendy's in this manner, even though their products kill US citizens. But taking the public domain away from us through "lobbying" (i.e., bribing politicians)? That's a different story.
I've been tagging "howmanyposts" to every story on the front page, and will continue doing so until they're back. Removing information is never a "feature".
Wow, first use of "I am a moron" I've seen in the field!
Hmm, or it is Mormon?
Yes, and that they stated they beat their wives in earnest doesn't mean that they went to camp, or jail...
(Or, good God I didn't know they made so many, school, or africa, or splash mountain, or the window...)
Hi Ray, I apologize if I was confusing. What I meant was, here at Slashdot, you had responded to HiThere's post, and included parts of that post in "blockquote" so that your comment would have some context to it.
Even though you copied the entire comment intact with line-breaks, when it was posted the original three paragraphs got combined into a single paragraph. (Click the first link above to see your response, and the quoted part at the top, which is a single paragraph; click the second link above to see HiThere's original post, which was three paragraphs.)
My HTML advice was to help you (and others), in future Slashdot posts, ensure that the original paragraphs would remain intact within the "blockquote" tags.
Also note that I post here using the "HTML Formatted" setting (in the drop-down box below the comment box that I'm typing this in), so if you use another setting then I might not know what I'm talking about. :)
Seriously, if I'm still confusing let me know as this is a sincere attempt at assistance.
And I love what you're doing for us; "us" in many senses -- the tech community first since that's mostly the people who frequent this site; Americans in general as you're defending our rights as they're being eroded more rapidly due to corporatism; and Davids everywhere who are treated unjustly by Goliaths can admire your contribution to the struggle. Thanks!
Please tell us more about the conversion process; I'm interested in doing this. Thanks!
Hi Ray, some friendly HTML advice: you can use the tags <p> and </p> to surround the paragraphs within the <blockquote> tags, so they flow like the original.
And, to make the tags display rather than act, like in the above, use < for the "less than" and > for the "greater than". (And, in the previous sentence, I used & to make the ampersand, so it wouldn't just show the less than/greater than symbols. :)
Okay, and THE ENTIRE POINT OF COMPLAINING is because every iPhone is currently a "child's phone" until Apple gets around to adding the self-censorship module.
My girlfriend is a burn victim, you insensitive clod!
(Mmmm, barbecue...)
And you, on it?
[...] amount of said that I have had to drink. Generally. Perhaps they talk amongst themselves, I only hear them after a good bender. (Right, not the goateed kind.)
"Dear God, please don't let those people cause a fuss or disrespect my a-thor-a-tay."
No, we just have to be able to make backups. Singularity, here we come!
I got a fortune in my Chinese food the other day. I was very surprised; it was more a directive than a fortune: "Turn off the TV and the computer and exercise your mind with a good book."
So: are you stuck in a fortune cookie factory? :)
I think he meant, "turn the soil into sand." People like him scare me. Well, people like me scare me. No, take that back, no people like me.
Yeah. Juxtapose that with "Bush killed Superman". (Agreed that perhaps Christopher Reeve still would have died due to his injuries before a cure could be found, but Bush's policies helped put roadblocks in the way to finding that cure. His wife's comments were especially ironic, something like "It would take 10 years to find a cure, there are no miracle promises"; my response was "So we should get started now, so that in only a decade we'll have the cure, rather than a decade away from some competent administration.")