the govt has limits on how much you can pay employees
Were you asking for more money than the president of your company was making?
Gov't doesn't say "No employee can earn more than $75k." They say: Contractors cannot charge more than $35/hr for an analyst. $45/hr for a scientist and $65/hr for a senior scientist.
Your company could have promoted you to one of these other titles and charged the govt at the new rate.
Are you saying McDonalds and Coke corporations don't benefit from TV advertising?
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You're absolutely correct and I completely agree that if you don't use something you should not pay for it.
I just can't go along with the poster's suggested response: "Why don't you use it? Is the service too slow?" "I dunno. I just don't use it." "Is it too expensive?" "I dunno. I just don't use it." "Do you use someone else's service?" "I dunno. I just don't use it."
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("was it the price? were you dissatisfied?"), respond, "I dunno, I just no longer use it."
I don't think i could say "I dunno, I just don't use it" because it sounds extremely lame and makes me look like an idiot. Granted, I have no reason to prove to them that I'm an idiot, but I still couldn't say that. Plus I'm sure it would just bring on further prodding by the rep.
One thing that works well is to tell them you have *two* accounts and you're cancelling one of them. This works great with credit cards as well ("Oh, I actually have two Discover cards!"). I had one person say to me "Well, I guess there's no arguing with that."
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Sounds interesting.
Who do you address the letter to? Did people do this while you worked at earthlink? Wouldn't it be a big hassle to take them to court because even small claims court (which is easy - I've done it) requires you to file in the neighborhood of the defendant. (which may be in a different state for an ISP)
Does this mean that minors - cannot be prosecuted for violating NDAs - can be prosecuting for using software they weren't granted rights to use under the EULA
On another note, has anyone ever tried returning their just opened copy of WindowsXP to CompUSA claiming that they don't agree to the EULA?
This editorial, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
America: The Good Neighbor.
Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a
remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian
television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant
remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most
generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out
of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars
and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today
paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who
propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the
streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries
in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by
tornadoes. Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into
discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about
the decadent, warmongering Americans.
I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the
erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other
country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the
Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10?
If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except
Russia fly American Planes? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you
get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles.
You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon - not
once, but several times - and safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store
window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued
and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they
are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at
home to spend here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through
age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the New York Central went broke, nobody Loaned them an old caboose.
Both are still broke.
I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other
people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced
to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even
during the San Francisco earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned
tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing
with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their
nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope
Canada is not one of those."
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Why is it cool to think that the United States Government is out to spy on everyone and in general fuck things up?
Slashdot views are so far to the left that they've wrapped around to those of the ultra right Montana Freemen.
Sloppy coding earns me approx. $31.75/hr!
Turn off Javascript and you won't see the links at the bottom of the page that take you to the admonishment.
the govt has limits on how much you can pay employees
Were you asking for more money than the president of your company was making?
Gov't doesn't say "No employee can earn more than $75k." They say:
Contractors cannot charge more than $35/hr for an analyst. $45/hr for a scientist and $65/hr for a senior scientist.
Your company could have promoted you to one of these other titles and charged the govt at the new rate.
Does that number include the bits required to process and store the computer itself?
Works for me.
Why do TV stations pay to attract "commercial skippers" to their shows?
buy.com had a tv add where they just dispayed the text "buy.com" (white on black) on the screen for 30 seconds.
Are you saying McDonalds and Coke corporations don't benefit from TV advertising?
You're absolutely correct and I completely agree that if you don't use something you should not pay for it.
I just can't go along with the poster's suggested response:
"Why don't you use it? Is the service too slow?"
"I dunno. I just don't use it."
"Is it too expensive?"
"I dunno. I just don't use it."
"Do you use someone else's service?"
"I dunno. I just don't use it."
("was it the price? were you dissatisfied?"), respond, "I dunno, I just no longer use it." I don't think i could say "I dunno, I just don't use it" because it sounds extremely lame and makes me look like an idiot. Granted, I have no reason to prove to them that I'm an idiot, but I still couldn't say that. Plus I'm sure it would just bring on further prodding by the rep. One thing that works well is to tell them you have *two* accounts and you're cancelling one of them. This works great with credit cards as well ("Oh, I actually have two Discover cards!"). I had one person say to me "Well, I guess there's no arguing with that."
Sounds interesting.
Who do you address the letter to? Did people do this while you worked at earthlink? Wouldn't it be a big hassle to take them to court because even small claims court (which is easy - I've done it) requires you to file in the neighborhood of the defendant. (which may be in a different state for an ISP)
Golds Gym charges you a monthly fee ($15 or so) if you do *not* use an auto-monthly form of payment.
> This is not a freedom or privacy issue, it's a public safety issue
Not necessarily true. If an intersection has problems and cameras were put up, then yes, it's a public safety issue.
If it's like Ventura, CA and they just put up cameras at all the intersections, it is not a public safety issue, it's a revenue issue.
That has to be BS. Adam lends Bob the car... Bob shoots someone from the car... Adam goes to prison.
Yahoo's not the only one: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/01/09/164825 7&mode=thread
Does this mean that minors
- cannot be prosecuted for violating NDAs
- can be prosecuting for using software they weren't granted rights to use under the EULA
On another note, has anyone ever tried returning their just opened copy of WindowsXP to CompUSA claiming that they don't agree to the EULA?
Yes, you can read all about it right here.
NEW.NET should be responsible for its clients actions (notifying users about the install process).
Napster should not be responsible for its clients actions (downloading copyrighted material).
What does 'SPAM' stand for? Or did keytoe mean to type 'spam'? Or is he just shouting the word 'spam' in the middle of his comment?
If this "new modulation technology" gets my @home cable modem running 10 times faster than it is now... I'll still be at 0 Mbs
I've been trying to get a refund for the past six days but nobody's answering the phone.
I sent my xbox for repair because I get that "dirty disc" error for every game, audio cd and movie dvd I own. CD lens cleaner did not fix it.
I called customer service on 12/30/01. They said I'd have my UPS shipping container (for the return) on 01/02/02 and I'm still waiting.
Tech support just won't help you if you tell them you're running Windows XP.
Heavy and dorky, but very cool. http://www.casio.com/gps/top.html
This editorial, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
America: The Good Neighbor.
Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a
remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian
television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant
remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most
generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth.
Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out
of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars
and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today
paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.
When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who
propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the
streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries
in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by
tornadoes. Nobody helped.
The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into
discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about
the decadent, warmongering Americans.
I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the
erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other
country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the
Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10?
If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except
Russia fly American Planes? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you
get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles.
You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon - not
once, but several times - and safely home again.
You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store
window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued
and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they
are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at
home to spend here.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through
age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the New York Central went broke, nobody Loaned them an old caboose.
Both are still broke.
I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other
people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced
to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even
during the San Francisco earthquake.
Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned
tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing
with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their
nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope
Canada is not one of those."
Stand proud, America! Wear it proudly!!