Assuming you're in the States, send a polite but firm letter explaining the issue and ask that they no longer contact you and that if they contact you again you will forward correspondence to your state's AG and the collection company's state's AG.
Heck, if it's already such an issue, it might be worth talking to your state's AG - they may be able to work to prevent the debt from being sold again.
But before that happens they'll implement the 'Known Traveler Number' aka CLEAR v2.0 and you can buy your way through security (although somewhat less expensive than chartered flights).
Enough people with money are bitching, in time there will be two classes of flying public (or 3 if you find the 'first class' security line to be one already). And the people who provide much of the money to airlines (business travelers) will have signed up for the KTN and then they'll only be feeling up Grandma and your kids when they want to go to Disney World because they didn't pay the protection money.
How this will be effected by another terrorist attack will be interesting (and likely to correlate with whether the terrorist was a KT or not).
I flew the first day these were implemented and damn, but that TSA agent was thorough. I have never been so relaxed for a flight before or since.
Since then I've had variations from a full ball-count (more 'thorough' than before, but not very relaxing/massaging) to 'I touched the dude boss, can I let him go now?'
It sucks, but when I can't escape the nudie scanner line, I'll take the transient patdown than the risk someone left the BSX/mm wave scanner in 'test' mode to save images (not that I actually care if you want a naked picture of me, but that I think it's a more severe violation of the 4th amendment).
I seem to remember a time when this happened - I think it was back around the time Half Life (1) came out. Actually, the entire timeline of the Half Life series seems to go the way you suggest (right up to the Orange Box).
I find DVDs tend to move this way as well - any movie that's 24+ months old seems to be <$10 and often <$7.
Granted, I haven't bought a game in close to 2.5 years, so things might have changed quite a bit.
So you say you want a composting toilet? Only about 20x the initial cost of a traditional commode, but I'm sure you're OK with that: http://www.envirolet.com/enwatsel.html (first search link).
Where does 'spectra (UHMWPE, as I understand it)' fiber fall in these? I have often heard of it referred to as artificial spider's silk and could potentially be used as a thin bullet resistant lining (i.e. you will probably have broken bones and a wound, but would still be alive). I presume you would be able to provide more information on this fiber and the validity of that claim.
Typically you are instructed not to seek any information about the case at hand and if you hear anything about the case unintentionally to inform the judge. Ignoring this is (often) a contempt of court. If the case is serious (or high-profile) enough, you will be sequestered (look for the OJ Simpson trial to see how far that went, though probably never again) so that you don't have access to those items.
A jury decides a case based on the evidence presented and their judgment, not additional evidence that would (may) have been otherwise excluded from the case (and likely was, otherwise you would have seen it as one side or the other would see it as beneficial to bring it up).
It's often the remote monitoring equipment in ICUs that they ask you to turn off the phones for (no idea what frequencies they run on, but when it comes to monitoring in the ICU, I don't care if it's totally unfounded, people can turn off their phones' transmitters).
Radiology/Imaging is often for if you're in for a scan you don't want any metal near the magnet-based devices (see: http://www.simplyphysics.com/flying_objects.html ). I know the percentages of particles that are detected in an MRI and a phone might just be able to disrupt that from a hallway, although I doubt it given the usual placement of the machines.
Why does it take large dump trucks (and pretty new ones at that)? Those things guzzle diesel. Couldn't the same purpose be served by a pickup truck with an arrow sign and flashing lights following the paint truck?
Because they'd have to buy things like these 'traffic attentuators' to safeguard their employees in the paint truck. The flashing signs don't save you from some idiot tearing down the breakdown lane because s/he's late for work and doesn't know what the holdup is.
Or, clearly the dump truck is cheaper </sarcasm>.
*Although the dump truck actually may be cheaper because it can be used for other things as well, like doing tar snakes/pothole repair/other hauling. Three is excessive.
Please do whatever you can to stop the AT&T buyout of T-Mobile USA, it is bad for consumers and will hurt consumer choice. I do not want the buyout to go through and neither do you other constituents. [Optional: This is an important issue for me and if you do not take action, I will be forced to vote for a representative/senator who will better represent my interests in the future.]
The difference is that the fab guys went with electron beams and, in some applications, x-rays. Neither of which I typically consider light, although part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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And the smart musicians sing about it. :)
Assuming you're in the States, send a polite but firm letter explaining the issue and ask that they no longer contact you and that if they contact you again you will forward correspondence to your state's AG and the collection company's state's AG.
Heck, if it's already such an issue, it might be worth talking to your state's AG - they may be able to work to prevent the debt from being sold again.
But before that happens they'll implement the 'Known Traveler Number' aka CLEAR v2.0 and you can buy your way through security (although somewhat less expensive than chartered flights).
Enough people with money are bitching, in time there will be two classes of flying public (or 3 if you find the 'first class' security line to be one already). And the people who provide much of the money to airlines (business travelers) will have signed up for the KTN and then they'll only be feeling up Grandma and your kids when they want to go to Disney World because they didn't pay the protection money.
How this will be effected by another terrorist attack will be interesting (and likely to correlate with whether the terrorist was a KT or not).
Well, Jesse Ventura is on the case!
I flew the first day these were implemented and damn, but that TSA agent was thorough. I have never been so relaxed for a flight before or since.
Since then I've had variations from a full ball-count (more 'thorough' than before, but not very relaxing/massaging) to 'I touched the dude boss, can I let him go now?'
It sucks, but when I can't escape the nudie scanner line, I'll take the transient patdown than the risk someone left the BSX/mm wave scanner in 'test' mode to save images (not that I actually care if you want a naked picture of me, but that I think it's a more severe violation of the 4th amendment).
Yet he decided to extend the cuts longer, and even threw in a SS tax cut (for some unknown reason).
It's because someone(s) told him that it was the fastest way to stimulate the economy.
I seem to remember a time when this happened - I think it was back around the time Half Life (1) came out. Actually, the entire timeline of the Half Life series seems to go the way you suggest (right up to the Orange Box).
I find DVDs tend to move this way as well - any movie that's 24+ months old seems to be <$10 and often <$7.
Granted, I haven't bought a game in close to 2.5 years, so things might have changed quite a bit.
Man... I just came back here with the same link in my clipboard. Thank you for finding it too.
So you say you want a composting toilet? Only about 20x the initial cost of a traditional commode, but I'm sure you're OK with that: http://www.envirolet.com/enwatsel.html (first search link).
If you don't want to use PDFCreator, or the built-in Save As PDF... feature - you can use:
http://www.cutepdf.com/
http://www.nitropdf.com/
http://www.primopdf.com/
haha. and you can't spell "their".
There's just something about correcting someone's grammar/spelling/diction/etc. that guarantees that you'll screw up something in the process.
Thank you both for the information!
That does not work.
Except for XP when you adjust the setup.ini file on the CD.
Presuming you're referring to XP, there's a .ini file you can edit in the root of the CD to tell it it is whatever you want it to be. A quick googling gives: http://windows-tips-trick.blogspot.com/2007/01/unlocking-winxps-setupini.html .
Where does 'spectra (UHMWPE, as I understand it)' fiber fall in these? I have often heard of it referred to as artificial spider's silk and could potentially be used as a thin bullet resistant lining (i.e. you will probably have broken bones and a wound, but would still be alive). I presume you would be able to provide more information on this fiber and the validity of that claim.
Typically you are instructed not to seek any information about the case at hand and if you hear anything about the case unintentionally to inform the judge. Ignoring this is (often) a contempt of court. If the case is serious (or high-profile) enough, you will be sequestered (look for the OJ Simpson trial to see how far that went, though probably never again) so that you don't have access to those items.
A jury decides a case based on the evidence presented and their judgment, not additional evidence that would (may) have been otherwise excluded from the case (and likely was, otherwise you would have seen it as one side or the other would see it as beneficial to bring it up).
It's often the remote monitoring equipment in ICUs that they ask you to turn off the phones for (no idea what frequencies they run on, but when it comes to monitoring in the ICU, I don't care if it's totally unfounded, people can turn off their phones' transmitters).
Radiology/Imaging is often for if you're in for a scan you don't want any metal near the magnet-based devices (see: http://www.simplyphysics.com/flying_objects.html ). I know the percentages of particles that are detected in an MRI and a phone might just be able to disrupt that from a hallway, although I doubt it given the usual placement of the machines.
Or it may be that there are segments of the market that truly need the older ports to support hardware that has an extremely long refresh cycle.
That reminds me of this one time in college....
Why does it take large dump trucks (and pretty new ones at that)? Those things guzzle diesel. Couldn't the same purpose be served by a pickup truck with an arrow sign and flashing lights following the paint truck?
Because they'd have to buy things like these 'traffic attentuators' to safeguard their employees in the paint truck. The flashing signs don't save you from some idiot tearing down the breakdown lane because s/he's late for work and doesn't know what the holdup is.
Or, clearly the dump truck is cheaper </sarcasm>.
*Although the dump truck actually may be cheaper because it can be used for other things as well, like doing tar snakes/pothole repair/other hauling. Three is excessive.
A bit offtopic, but I believe that is what they do for radio still, is it not?
Also, I don't believe the 'Nielsen box' has gone away.
To be a touch US-centric, why not the Honda Civic NGV?
Here, no excuse: Representative and Senator.
Copy and Paste if you really can't be bothered:
Senator / Congress(wo)man [name here],
Please do whatever you can to stop the AT&T buyout of T-Mobile USA, it is bad for consumers and will hurt consumer choice. I do not want the buyout to go through and neither do you other constituents. [Optional: This is an important issue for me and if you do not take action, I will be forced to vote for a representative/senator who will better represent my interests in the future.]
Sincerely,
[Your real name]
It was a godsend for sasser/mydoom/dcom IIRC.
The difference is that the fab guys went with electron beams and, in some applications, x-rays. Neither of which I typically consider light, although part of the electromagnetic spectrum.