Are you sure it isn't reconstructing the missing finger on the photos that don't contain it? That seems more likely to be desirable based on a recent survey of Instragram photos...
This is anecdotal, but in my experience customer service at Amazon has been far superior for lost packages/misrepresented items than eBay when something is Shipped and Sold By Amazon.com or Fulfilled By Amazon.
A) At Amazon, when the item in the package was not what was advertised, they have either refunded my money (without a product return required) and let me order it again, given me a prepaid label for return and cross shipped me a replacement, or offered me a discount on the item to make up for the difference.
B) On eBay, When the item in the package was not what was ordered (clearly used instead of new), the seller confirmed the deception and offered no solution, while ebay (and my bank) insisted I should return the item at my expense, and then they would refund my original purchase price.
One of those solutions is acceptable, the other costs me money for someone else's deliberate deception. It should be noted though, when an item is completely third party at Amazon (neither shipped nor sold by Amazon.com), all bets are off and you are about as likely to find help as at eBay.
Different username, same story. I never realized how much I would care (and then finally not care again) that I didn't register an account on slashdot for a couple of years. I lurked for a really long time.
Still - the more things change, the more they stay the same... and now the only time six digits isn't cool is when the four digit folks come out to play and remind us they're still here and haven't all left for reddit (yet).
This is a pretty well thought out post, and on the most part I would agree - to the extent that you are dealing with rational people.
I would point out though that it does fall apart completely once sociopaths come into the picture - and a single sociopath can lead and convince normally rational to do abnormal and entirely irrational things - which most definitely include doing violence where there is no chance of success, and where the price paid is superior to what is gained.
First they came for the tacos, and I did not speak out -- because we had a CmDrTaCo. Then they came for the tequila drinks, and I did not speak out -- because I was more a fan of Wine. Then they came for the chips 'n dips, and I did not speak out -- because everyone had moved on to Slashdot Then they came for Slashdot, -- there was no one left to speak for it...
... because beta had already driven everyone away.
Yeah, that right there, that's the reason why the TSA still exists. You're unwilling to inconvenience yourself. None of you are.
I haven't flown in 11 years, and I routinely encourage others not to. Not for personal, not for business. Not at all.
I routinely drive 200-500 mile round trips because I won't advocate a pat down or a naked picture. Not of my wife, my children, or even myself. It is an unacceptable term of flying.
Don't tell me that I'm not willing to inconvenience myself sir, I find it repugnant, and offensive - and I have put my money where my mouth is.
If you're a user of The Old Reader wondering if you really have to go back to Feedly - the answer is no, you don't. Head on over to http://www.inoreader.com/ and feel welcomed by the superb developers/support crew that are more than happy to take your feedback to create a better product.
Nobody should have to stay through a series of "We're quitting! Wait... Maybe... No... If only... Probably... Flip a coin" announcements about whether or not they can continue to use their RSS reader.
Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with InoReader other than being a happy user.
I was on The Old Reader around the same time period as you, but didn't stick through it.
The main reason though was that I wasn't really a fan of the "Old" Google Reader. I liked the "New" Google Reader better, so when I found InoReader http://www.inoreader.com/ - I was thrilled.
InoReader is also kind of a hobby project for someone, but has far fewer downtime issues than TOR, open sign up all the time, has issued a Google Reader-compatible API, and has a very responsive and helpful development/support crew.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated at all with InoReader, other than being a happy user. You might like to give it a try and see if it is for you too.
Fully realizing that someone will trump this with something akin to a 300baud modem...
CR-ROM???
You're not old unless you had to go to the store to buy 100 3.5" floppies so that you could download the 76 1.44MB individual disk images over your 14.4k modem connection, rawrite them one at a time, and then spend the afternoon swapping disks as you waited apprehensively for the # prompt of your new slackware installation. Only to have to start again after disk x26 because disk x26 had a bad sector and failed a CRC check, and gosh darn it but you only had one computer so you need to boot back into windows to create a new disk x26. And start the disk swapping again.
Unfortunately a lot of the time insurance claims don't work this way. I had a lightning strike recently that took out 90% of my electronics.
My policy was "new for old", but until I bought the "new", I received only the depreciated value of the "old".
If it were only this, I would still advocate your strategy, however there was also a 6 month time limit to purchase the "new", send receipts in, and get reimbursed for the depreciation.
Long story short - you may lose out on a lot of money if you don't replace that stuff now.
If you think "bite my shiny ass" is the worst Watson could have gotten up to, and you aren't weak of stomach... I suggest* that you should visit UrbanDictionary.com and start with a few choice** selections such as:
1. The Alabama Hotpocket 2. The Chili Dog 3. Space Docking 4. The Alaskan Snowdragon
A few hours wiki walk later, and you will almost certainly be asking for the same treatment Watson got.
You're proposing to plug the mouse and keyboard into the TV.... instead of the stick? It sounds like you want to have the TV act as a KVM switch, which seems a bit odd unless you plan on having multiple sticks installed... I'm guessing you're in the very far minority that would want that.
Aside from that, TVs really do need a new connector. HDMI already supports full HD, 7.1 audio, ethernet, and CEC. There's enough there to let the stick control the TV, and get network service from the TV.
The power want is pretty reasonable in the general case, and I've wondered about it in the past... but do take a closer look at this stick in particular. It wants power from a 5V micro-usb. If your TV has a USB port for firmware updates, it can probably already power the thing. For TV's manufactured in the last 5 years, the odds are pretty likely.
Step 1. Buy a Chromebook Step 2. Use ChromeOS for half a day. Step 3. Follows instructions you got from SOMEONE ELSE (a Google-employed developer, at that) on how to load openSUSE onto a Chromebook. Step 4. Enjoy being on slashdot front page getting credit for what someone else told you how to do.
Slashdot Mirror
Are you sure it isn't reconstructing the missing finger on the photos that don't contain it? That seems more likely to be desirable based on a recent survey of Instragram photos...
This is anecdotal, but in my experience customer service at Amazon has been far superior for lost packages/misrepresented items than eBay when something is Shipped and Sold By Amazon.com or Fulfilled By Amazon.
One of those solutions is acceptable, the other costs me money for someone else's deliberate deception. It should be noted though, when an item is completely third party at Amazon (neither shipped nor sold by Amazon.com), all bets are off and you are about as likely to find help as at eBay.
Different username, same story. I never realized how much I would care (and then finally not care again) that I didn't register an account on slashdot for a couple of years. I lurked for a really long time.
Still - the more things change, the more they stay the same... and now the only time six digits isn't cool is when the four digit folks come out to play and remind us they're still here and haven't all left for reddit (yet).
No, but you can get an Obihai OBI202 and have it ring a desk phone connected to that... http://www.obihai.com/tutorial...
No, that would be Apple every time someone pays to have this repaired.
Geez, can you keep this kind of National Enquirer junk off Slashdot please?
It's plain for EVERYONE to see that both:
a) a baboon would be smarter than this politician, and
b) a poodle would have better looking fur
This is a pretty well thought out post, and on the most part I would agree - to the extent that you are dealing with rational people.
I would point out though that it does fall apart completely once sociopaths come into the picture - and a single sociopath can lead and convince normally rational to do abnormal and entirely irrational things - which most definitely include doing violence where there is no chance of success, and where the price paid is superior to what is gained.
Food for thought.
I became scared the day someone thought my UID was low.
I also then immediately lamented the 3+ years I lurked without registering :)
Now be quiet, before you wake the four digi... damn. They're already rising.
What a day to not have mod points ... one thousand internets to you sir.
Obligatory "Your Mom" joke:
Ask you're mom - she seems to be doing it right by everyone else's account! ;)
Gang bangers play The Sims, eh? Learn something new every day.
First they came for the tacos, and I did not speak out -- because we had a CmDrTaCo.
Then they came for the tequila drinks, and I did not speak out -- because I was more a fan of Wine.
Then they came for the chips 'n dips, and I did not speak out -- because everyone had moved on to Slashdot
Then they came for Slashdot, -- there was no one left to speak for it...
I haven't flown in 11 years, and I routinely encourage others not to. Not for personal, not for business. Not at all.
I routinely drive 200-500 mile round trips because I won't advocate a pat down or a naked picture. Not of my wife, my children, or even myself. It is an unacceptable term of flying.
Don't tell me that I'm not willing to inconvenience myself sir, I find it repugnant, and offensive - and I have put my money where my mouth is.
Of all the days not to have mod-points. One of the clearest, most concise explanations of "Begs The Question" that has ever been written. Bravo, sir.
If you're a user of The Old Reader wondering if you really have to go back to Feedly - the answer is no, you don't. Head on over to http://www.inoreader.com/ and feel welcomed by the superb developers/support crew that are more than happy to take your feedback to create a better product.
Nobody should have to stay through a series of "We're quitting! Wait... Maybe ... No ... If only... Probably... Flip a coin" announcements about whether or not they can continue to use their RSS reader.
Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with InoReader other than being a happy user.
I was on The Old Reader around the same time period as you, but didn't stick through it.
The main reason though was that I wasn't really a fan of the "Old" Google Reader. I liked the "New" Google Reader better, so when I found InoReader http://www.inoreader.com/ - I was thrilled.
InoReader is also kind of a hobby project for someone, but has far fewer downtime issues than TOR, open sign up all the time, has issued a Google Reader-compatible API, and has a very responsive and helpful development/support crew.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated at all with InoReader, other than being a happy user. You might like to give it a try and see if it is for you too.
Fully realizing that someone will trump this with something akin to a 300baud modem ...
CR-ROM???
You're not old unless you had to go to the store to buy 100 3.5" floppies so that you could download the 76 1.44MB individual disk images over your 14.4k modem connection, rawrite them one at a time, and then spend the afternoon swapping disks as you waited apprehensively for the # prompt of your new slackware installation. Only to have to start again after disk x26 because disk x26 had a bad sector and failed a CRC check, and gosh darn it but you only had one computer so you need to boot back into windows to create a new disk x26. And start the disk swapping again.
Yeah... those were the days.
The last lines were:
DuckTales.
Woo-oooh.
You're welcome.
I don't ... know ....
AAAAAaaaAAAaaAAaAhhhh!!!
Unfortunately a lot of the time insurance claims don't work this way. I had a lightning strike recently that took out 90% of my electronics.
My policy was "new for old", but until I bought the "new", I received only the depreciated value of the "old".
If it were only this, I would still advocate your strategy, however there was also a 6 month time limit to purchase the "new", send receipts in, and get reimbursed for the depreciation.
Long story short - you may lose out on a lot of money if you don't replace that stuff now.
If you think "bite my shiny ass" is the worst Watson could have gotten up to, and you aren't weak of stomach ... I suggest* that you should visit UrbanDictionary.com and start with a few choice** selections such as:
1. The Alabama Hotpocket
2. The Chili Dog
3. Space Docking
4. The Alaskan Snowdragon
A few hours wiki walk later, and you will almost certainly be asking for the same treatment Watson got.
* violently oppose
** Gut-wrenching, vomit-inducing, etc
Aside from that, TVs really do NOT need a new connector.
FTFM.
Epic fail completely changes post intent.
You're proposing to plug the mouse and keyboard into the TV .... instead of the stick? It sounds like you want to have the TV act as a KVM switch, which seems a bit odd unless you plan on having multiple sticks installed... I'm guessing you're in the very far minority that would want that.
Aside from that, TVs really do need a new connector. HDMI already supports full HD, 7.1 audio, ethernet, and CEC. There's enough there to let the stick control the TV, and get network service from the TV.
The power want is pretty reasonable in the general case, and I've wondered about it in the past... but do take a closer look at this stick in particular. It wants power from a 5V micro-usb. If your TV has a USB port for firmware updates, it can probably already power the thing. For TV's manufactured in the last 5 years, the odds are pretty likely.
Cheers!
I'm reminded somewhat of two pertinent XKCD comics:
TornadoGuard/937
Star Ratings/1098
Interesting how they're kind of at odds with each other, but both true.
Step 1. Buy a Chromebook
Step 2. Use ChromeOS for half a day.
Step 3. Follows instructions you got from SOMEONE ELSE (a Google-employed developer, at that) on how to load openSUSE onto a Chromebook.
Step 4. Enjoy being on slashdot front page getting credit for what someone else told you how to do.
Geez.