The trick is to have people move $ into their paypal account, before sending it to you, and not use a credit/debit card to send $ to your paypal account.
If you send paypal to paypal you're still free. I have a bank account tied to my paypal, and move money to and from Paypal via that account. I have that account tied to another account, so I can move money to and from it as needed. At any given time, there is nothing in that bank account tied to Paypal.
Yeah, it takes a little more effort, but I have some piece of mind knowing that Paypal can't take anything from me if my PP account and the Bank Account tied to it are empty.
Transfering $ to and from Paypal via bank account doesn't cost PP anything. There are all sorts of costs associated with credit cards and debit cards as well as dispute resolution processes that ding vendors who accept Credit/Debit cards.
I could tell you story after story about lawyers. They're logic sucks. I think it is a requirement of the legal system that logic need not apply to anything.
no different than putting "SOCIALIST" on Obama's picture.
Unless you're a leftwing loon, in which case those that call Obama (PBHN) Socialist are "Racists" as they try to promote the idea that "Socialist" is just a code word for "THE NEW N WORD".
Yes, because the only reason to criticized Obama (PBHN) is because he is black, and not because his policies are stupid ignorant socialist garbage.
That sounds like a law office I spec'd a job for. The law office manager knew me from her previous place where I was the "IT" guy. So this law office is having ALL sorts of network, computer and server problems, and asks me for a bid to fix it.
I scope the joint, prepare a bid, and I figure it is (using numbers from memory) it was $25,000 for everything installed setup and running: new HW, Server, computers and wiring (small office). EVERYTHING was BRAND NEW.
Their existing guy (I won't even call him IT) under bid me by $10K. They asked me to requote, and I told them no thanks. Obviously I didn't get the job.
Well, a few months later they called me back to try to fix what was done by this other guy. I look, and his wiring was flat phone cable (cat 2???) stapled to the wall in pretty "rows". Recycled home grown computers and I didn't even bother to look at the "server". I was too afraid.
I said to the Manager, "Network is flakey and nothing works right, huh?". Anyway, they ask me to requote them, and I hand them a copy of my original quote for $25,0000 and say "here".
About this time, I notice all the file cabinets are covered in blue tarps, and see the roof is leaking from the rain. The office manager tells me that they do this every winter when it rains. I ask why they don't get it fixed.
"Because when it is raining, they can't fix it, and when it isn't raining, it isn't a problem".
The funny thing is, they spent the $15K of the original quote the guy quoted, and another $20K in service fees to the same guy trying to fix the new system he just put in... in A FEW MONTHS!!!
I came to the conclusion that many lawyers aren't that bright. They pinch pennies while pissing away C notes.
I have no idea if that law firm's network ever ran right. The office manager quit shortly afterwards.
SO, it doesn't surprise me that what you saw was in a law office.
they deny the need for rules which only protect people from themselves
Are you serious? Liberals have LOTS of rules designed to "protect" us from the evils of all sorts of things, real AND imaginary.
Global Warming, Universal Health care, Fast Food Labling laws, Anti Smoking Ordinances, Fairness Doctrine, Homosexual Marriage....
A conservative on the other hand wishes to use rules to enforce his moral stance on everyone regardless of whether or not anyone else agrees with that stance.
You're just blind. One man's morals is another man's insanity. And just who's morals are we supposed to side with? I don't want your morals anywhere near my kids, just as I'm sure you don't want mine anywhere near your kids, so who gets to decide???
Drugs are a CASH business. It is one of the last CASH ONLY businesses out there. Most other people are taking Checks, Visa, and Debit Cards as primary sources of transactions, leaving Cash a fourth level barely used.
I would not suprise me to see this trend go upwards, and eventually some idiot politician will suggest that we get rid of cash. Which will be followed up by some Christian suggesting that is the Mark of the Beast....
Someone else I know was convinced she was stupid. She was told so for too many years. She decided to prove them wrong, and is a better programmer than I am now, fluent in several programming languages. I don't know her IQ score, but I'm confident in seeing her ability in fields that she has the skills in that she's brilliant.
I get that a lot myself. I know that I have a HIGH level IQ (150+), but I get a lot of "are you stupid" type looks from people all the time. Most of the time, those giving me the look are clearly without the facts or reasoning ability to be rational about a certain topic/subject, and are giving me that "look" because my views are 180 degrees opposite what their "gut feeling" tells them. Luckily for me, my sense of worth is not dependent upon what some random stranger thinks of me.
The way I tell who is intelligent and who isn't, is by their desire and ability to learn something new that they have never seen before. Stupid people don't learn, unless it actually hurts them (and sometimes not even then). Just because someone appears "stupid" to you doesn't necessarily mean they are. Ignorance is not stupidity. I know a few "retarded" (Down's Syndrome) people who are "smarter" than some "normal" people, because even when they don't understand something, they have the full desire to learn, while those normal people can't be bothered.
One cannot guarantee anything, so what you need is insurance against data loss / theft. Make sure your outsourced shop carries enough Liability Insurance to handle a claim by you for the damage of data loss / theft. You will probably pay a premium for that service from the vendor, but security / safety isn't free. You might find that you can hire in-house help for less than properly trained, bonded and insured vendor.
Even if you go with outsourced vendor, ask questions on how they handle private data, what things their Admins can and cannot do to access data, logging things like access, changes and so on.
Often times, businesses don't think about such things, don't ask, and vendors are assumed to have policies and procedures in place to handle these things. Don't assume, ask.
Lets take your example of 15 and 20 year old. What is okay about that to you? Is it the 5 year difference? So, what would you say about a 27 year old and 15 year old? What about 45 and 15?
If it is 5 years difference, then that 18 year old (High School Senior) can screw a 13 (7th grade) year old, and that is okay with you?
Where do you draw the line, and why should society go by YOUR arbitrary line? And if you leave it up to judges, then what do you do with a judge who thinks it is okay for Old Men to marry young girls in those polygamy cults?
The law is ALSO supposed to protect those who can't protect themselves. We've defined that with our laws, and if you don't like the result, keep your dick in your pants. If you can't manage that, then you should be in jail.
Google is not blocked, because the filter automatically selects "Use strict filtering", for all searches. It has issues with some legit content for some of the High School classes, however those teachers are armed with override accounts that get audited.
That is an argument to start building more powerplants.
Good Luck with that. Many (most??) of the people promoting Hybrid Cars, and plug in cars like the Volt, are the very same NIMBYs that protest big business that is needed to build out the grid.
Just ask them if they are for "Safe Nuclear Energy", and see what they say. How about HydroElectric? How about any other mass produced energy source (not solar).
We can't win against idiots like that, because there are more of them than us.
Of course with Obamacare the government will pay for it at the going rate of hammers (govt/norm) where a normal $20 hammer costs the govt $2000 (or more).
First of all, conservatives want government interference in people's lives more than liberals do.
I disagree. I'd take Bush 1 & 2 over what I've seen from BHO and the libs in congress in six months. Maybe you haven't read the news, but there are some very scary things appearing on Government Websites; from the Tell Us about Fishy people email address on the White House website to "all your computers belong to us" notice on the Cash for Clunkers website (for dealers).
Yes, I know there is no way to distinguish the difference between malfeasance and incompetence. I would probabloy agree with you, but one (evil) requires the other(idiocy).
I didn't like Bush, and I don't like Obama. Clinton is starting to look incredibly good these days.
Actually, not all speech is protected. The cop arrested the guy for "disturbing the peace" (IIRC)which was clearly defined in the statutes, and Gate was within the parameters of that statute. Yes Gates should have been arrested, he was causing a scene for no reason other than he had his panties in a wad over the "white cop/black man" racist crap he teaches.
Granted, left wing nut jobs thinks that those kinds of laws are for everyone else but themselves, and they get a pass because they are making a "political statement".
Then you see what they say about Tea Parties and what is going on in Town Halls and you realize that they aren't for free speech, they are for free speech for them, and everyone else can fuck off.
People are now seeing the dirtbag left for what it really is, a bunch of hypocrites and ass wipes. They are no better than the people they are railing against.
I love how they change the contract after you have agreed to it.
Send in a notice with your next payment of your bill, that you've revised the contract additionally, and include provisions that the next time they change the contract, they owe you all payments previously remitted on your part, or something equally absurd. Make sure that you include that acceptance of payment constitutes agreement to the new terms and conditions. If they would like to cancel your account that they have 15 days to notify you of that cancelation of the account, and you are not liable for the terms of the previous contract, since they started renegotiations of the terms of the contract.
ALL it takes is being able to play the same stupid games they play, only play them better.
According to the reports, the cop was walking away from it, and Gates continued his Racist diatribe.
The sad thing is, that Gates did NOTHING to improve race relations, and probably gave more fodder for the white racists in this country to play with.
Gates is an asshole. Assholes get arrested for no reason all the time. I have personal experience in this, and it has NOTHING to do with race.
If you really want to make a statement to an asshole cop, just comply with them, but everything they ask of you simply state "I'm complying under duress and protest, and I will file a formal complaint at my earliest convenience"
Basically it says that they had best be going by the book, and anything they say and do will be held against them. Think of it as a Reverse Miranda.
This is what the cop did wrong in the case of the black professor: - He should have never crossed the threshold of the house - He had no right to demand ID of an owner standing inside the house
What the cop did was wrong. What the black guy did was wrong and racist. - Yes, he should have checked the house (crossed the threshold) because a report of a break in was made. At least enough to secure the premises, and make sure the people inside weren't held hostage. -How did he know he was the owner? Was he supposed to take the word of an unknown individual in a house that was reported to be broken into?
Cops have a hard enough job, they don't need asshats provoking them in manufactured rage.
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The trick is to have people move $ into their paypal account, before sending it to you, and not use a credit/debit card to send $ to your paypal account.
If you send paypal to paypal you're still free. I have a bank account tied to my paypal, and move money to and from Paypal via that account. I have that account tied to another account, so I can move money to and from it as needed. At any given time, there is nothing in that bank account tied to Paypal.
Yeah, it takes a little more effort, but I have some piece of mind knowing that Paypal can't take anything from me if my PP account and the Bank Account tied to it are empty.
Transfering $ to and from Paypal via bank account doesn't cost PP anything. There are all sorts of costs associated with credit cards and debit cards as well as dispute resolution processes that ding vendors who accept Credit/Debit cards.
This is a NON-ISSUE.
He was
BTW, I didn't know this before I googled "Bush as Joker", I just figured SOMEONE would have done it by now.
I could tell you story after story about lawyers. They're logic sucks. I think it is a requirement of the legal system that logic need not apply to anything.
Unless you're a leftwing loon, in which case those that call Obama (PBHN) Socialist are "Racists" as they try to promote the idea that "Socialist" is just a code word for "THE NEW N WORD".
Yes, because the only reason to criticized Obama (PBHN) is because he is black, and not because his policies are stupid ignorant socialist garbage.
That sounds like a law office I spec'd a job for. The law office manager knew me from her previous place where I was the "IT" guy. So this law office is having ALL sorts of network, computer and server problems, and asks me for a bid to fix it.
I scope the joint, prepare a bid, and I figure it is (using numbers from memory) it was $25,000 for everything installed setup and running: new HW, Server, computers and wiring (small office). EVERYTHING was BRAND NEW.
Their existing guy (I won't even call him IT) under bid me by $10K. They asked me to requote, and I told them no thanks. Obviously I didn't get the job.
Well, a few months later they called me back to try to fix what was done by this other guy. I look, and his wiring was flat phone cable (cat 2???) stapled to the wall in pretty "rows". Recycled home grown computers and I didn't even bother to look at the "server". I was too afraid.
I said to the Manager, "Network is flakey and nothing works right, huh?". Anyway, they ask me to requote them, and I hand them a copy of my original quote for $25,0000 and say "here".
About this time, I notice all the file cabinets are covered in blue tarps, and see the roof is leaking from the rain. The office manager tells me that they do this every winter when it rains. I ask why they don't get it fixed.
"Because when it is raining, they can't fix it, and when it isn't raining, it isn't a problem".
The funny thing is, they spent the $15K of the original quote the guy quoted, and another $20K in service fees to the same guy trying to fix the new system he just put in ... in A FEW MONTHS!!!
I came to the conclusion that many lawyers aren't that bright. They pinch pennies while pissing away C notes.
I have no idea if that law firm's network ever ran right. The office manager quit shortly afterwards.
SO, it doesn't surprise me that what you saw was in a law office.
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Are you serious? Liberals have LOTS of rules designed to "protect" us from the evils of all sorts of things, real AND imaginary.
Global Warming, Universal Health care, Fast Food Labling laws, Anti Smoking Ordinances, Fairness Doctrine, Homosexual Marriage ....
You're just blind. One man's morals is another man's insanity. And just who's morals are we supposed to side with? I don't want your morals anywhere near my kids, just as I'm sure you don't want mine anywhere near your kids, so who gets to decide???
The left is just as hypcritical as the right.
Drugs are a CASH business. It is one of the last CASH ONLY businesses out there. Most other people are taking Checks, Visa, and Debit Cards as primary sources of transactions, leaving Cash a fourth level barely used.
I would not suprise me to see this trend go upwards, and eventually some idiot politician will suggest that we get rid of cash. Which will be followed up by some Christian suggesting that is the Mark of the Beast ....
One cannot simultaneously claim "the law is wrong" while claiming the very same law is right.
Microsoft is trying to claim XOR and AND at the same time.
Is killing people evil? Are you sure?
I get that a lot myself. I know that I have a HIGH level IQ (150+), but I get a lot of "are you stupid" type looks from people all the time. Most of the time, those giving me the look are clearly without the facts or reasoning ability to be rational about a certain topic/subject, and are giving me that "look" because my views are 180 degrees opposite what their "gut feeling" tells them. Luckily for me, my sense of worth is not dependent upon what some random stranger thinks of me.
The way I tell who is intelligent and who isn't, is by their desire and ability to learn something new that they have never seen before. Stupid people don't learn, unless it actually hurts them (and sometimes not even then). Just because someone appears "stupid" to you doesn't necessarily mean they are. Ignorance is not stupidity. I know a few "retarded" (Down's Syndrome) people who are "smarter" than some "normal" people, because even when they don't understand something, they have the full desire to learn, while those normal people can't be bothered.
Competing interests .... cost vs security.
What is your data worth?
One cannot guarantee anything, so what you need is insurance against data loss / theft. Make sure your outsourced shop carries enough Liability Insurance to handle a claim by you for the damage of data loss / theft. You will probably pay a premium for that service from the vendor, but security / safety isn't free. You might find that you can hire in-house help for less than properly trained, bonded and insured vendor.
Even if you go with outsourced vendor, ask questions on how they handle private data, what things their Admins can and cannot do to access data, logging things like access, changes and so on.
Often times, businesses don't think about such things, don't ask, and vendors are assumed to have policies and procedures in place to handle these things. Don't assume, ask.
The difference between Liberals and Conservatives ....
Liberals pretend there are no rules, but make lots of rules to cover shit they don't like.
Conservatives makes lots of rules, and pretend to not have any rules.
See, they are different!
.. can now double as still for my homemade vodka
Lets take your example of 15 and 20 year old. What is okay about that to you? Is it the 5 year difference? So, what would you say about a 27 year old and 15 year old? What about 45 and 15?
If it is 5 years difference, then that 18 year old (High School Senior) can screw a 13 (7th grade) year old, and that is okay with you?
Where do you draw the line, and why should society go by YOUR arbitrary line? And if you leave it up to judges, then what do you do with a judge who thinks it is okay for Old Men to marry young girls in those polygamy cults?
The law is ALSO supposed to protect those who can't protect themselves. We've defined that with our laws, and if you don't like the result, keep your dick in your pants. If you can't manage that, then you should be in jail.
Google is not blocked, because the filter automatically selects "Use strict filtering", for all searches. It has issues with some legit content for some of the High School classes, however those teachers are armed with override accounts that get audited.
IE 6 and 8 (don't use 7 anywhere). Both redirected to BING ....
The funniest thing we have ... our filter (k-12 schools) blocks BING LOL. ... here is the report ...
Category: Image Servers & Image Search Engines
Blocked URL: http://www.bing.com/search?FORM=DNSAS&q=www.DoNotHijackMe.com&adlt=strict
Good Luck with that. Many (most??) of the people promoting Hybrid Cars, and plug in cars like the Volt, are the very same NIMBYs that protest big business that is needed to build out the grid.
Just ask them if they are for "Safe Nuclear Energy", and see what they say. How about HydroElectric? How about any other mass produced energy source (not solar).
We can't win against idiots like that, because there are more of them than us.
Of course with Obamacare the government will pay for it at the going rate of hammers (govt/norm) where a normal $20 hammer costs the govt $2000 (or more).
I disagree. I'd take Bush 1 & 2 over what I've seen from BHO and the libs in congress in six months. Maybe you haven't read the news, but there are some very scary things appearing on Government Websites; from the Tell Us about Fishy people email address on the White House website to "all your computers belong to us" notice on the Cash for Clunkers website (for dealers).
Yes, I know there is no way to distinguish the difference between malfeasance and incompetence. I would probabloy agree with you, but one (evil) requires the other(idiocy).
I didn't like Bush, and I don't like Obama. Clinton is starting to look incredibly good these days.
Actually, not all speech is protected. The cop arrested the guy for "disturbing the peace" (IIRC)which was clearly defined in the statutes, and Gate was within the parameters of that statute. Yes Gates should have been arrested, he was causing a scene for no reason other than he had his panties in a wad over the "white cop/black man" racist crap he teaches.
Granted, left wing nut jobs thinks that those kinds of laws are for everyone else but themselves, and they get a pass because they are making a "political statement".
Then you see what they say about Tea Parties and what is going on in Town Halls and you realize that they aren't for free speech, they are for free speech for them, and everyone else can fuck off.
People are now seeing the dirtbag left for what it really is, a bunch of hypocrites and ass wipes. They are no better than the people they are railing against.
New boss = Old Boss
Send in a notice with your next payment of your bill, that you've revised the contract additionally, and include provisions that the next time they change the contract, they owe you all payments previously remitted on your part, or something equally absurd. Make sure that you include that acceptance of payment constitutes agreement to the new terms and conditions. If they would like to cancel your account that they have 15 days to notify you of that cancelation of the account, and you are not liable for the terms of the previous contract, since they started renegotiations of the terms of the contract.
ALL it takes is being able to play the same stupid games they play, only play them better.
According to the reports, the cop was walking away from it, and Gates continued his Racist diatribe.
The sad thing is, that Gates did NOTHING to improve race relations, and probably gave more fodder for the white racists in this country to play with.
Gates is an asshole. Assholes get arrested for no reason all the time. I have personal experience in this, and it has NOTHING to do with race.
If you really want to make a statement to an asshole cop, just comply with them, but everything they ask of you simply state "I'm complying under duress and protest, and I will file a formal complaint at my earliest convenience"
Basically it says that they had best be going by the book, and anything they say and do will be held against them. Think of it as a Reverse Miranda.
What the cop did was wrong. What the black guy did was wrong and racist.
- Yes, he should have checked the house (crossed the threshold) because a report of a break in was made. At least enough to secure the premises, and make sure the people inside weren't held hostage.
-How did he know he was the owner? Was he supposed to take the word of an unknown individual in a house that was reported to be broken into?
Cops have a hard enough job, they don't need asshats provoking them in manufactured rage.