The bank can do whatever it wants - it has an unlimited supply of money and resources and the little guy ends up getting screwed.
Yeah, because they create the stuff out of thin air in the form of loans.
I do feel somewhat responsible since I'm the one who deposited the check. I'm the one who brought this situation on them. So I was willing to accept some responsibility for the situation.
Except that you acted on your doubt and asked them for verification that it was a legitimate check and transferred correctly. If their information were correct, nobody would have been out any money, not them and not you. In my opinion it's their burden because they gave you false information.
A (semi)-respected publisher puts out a book on how to shirk actual work?
Unfortunately the book's pages are blank because the author was applying the tactics when he was supposedly writing the book (and the editor the same, otherwise he would have noticed).
If you don't care, don't read and don't post. Very easy, very simple.
What a tired, incorrect response. I think the original poster cares about Slashdot's content. If one simply ignores what isn't interesting, the direction Slashdot takes will be decided by others.
The occupancy sensor module could include PIR sensors, temperature/humidity sensors, smoke detector, CO detector, intrusion detector and perhaps a CCD camera all linked to a GNU/Linux system capable of controlling energy usage as well as calling the Police or Fire Dept. in case of an emergency.
Be sure to factor in the cost and labor of of installing and maintaining all this equipment (including cost of false calls to emergency services).
In fairness to Microsoft, Windows now does have a pretty good resistance to spyware, IF you run as user.
With computer software, it's not a question of "resistance", it's a question of allowing something in the first place. Software is what allows any function on a computer, so spyware is always something that an OS (potentially) allows, not something it has to resist.
This is insane. The powder does not get converted to hydrogen, the water does. And still I'm afraid a unit error may be lurking.
Just to nitpick a bit more (especially on the summary), this is a method for extracting hydrogen, not producing it (that would involve fusion or fission).
Originally, there was POWER and PowerPC. These were two slightly different instruction sets with a large common subset. It was possible to compile code that would run on both, or that would only run on one. More recently, IBM dropped the POWER instruction set, and recent POWER-series chips have been server-grade PowerPC chips.
And remember that it's quite easy to install an illegal instruction exception handler on a PowerPC machine that emulates the unsupported user-mode POWER instructions. So it's basically just an issue of whether the POWER support is in hardware or software.
That's the system: the summary describes the news, and people reply with their opinions. The summary isn't a palce for the submitter to have his opinion shown more prominently than others.
Moderators, please do your usual job and also moderate this post as you see fit (rather than, say, moderating it as I tell you). And just a reminder, also moderate other posts how you see fit. Thank you.
DriveMeInsane.com was featured here a few years ago now.
Ugh, I just went to the site and saw a live webcam of someone staring at their computer screen. Several refreshes later, little change in expression. Then I realized that I probably would look the same if I had a webcam. I'm hanging my head in shame now.
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The content of your post overflows with irony.
And if so, could I get one of those drinking birds to click refresh on the Slashdot homepage for me? It'd really boost my productivity.
The bank can do whatever it wants - it has an unlimited supply of money and resources and the little guy ends up getting screwed.
Yeah, because they create the stuff out of thin air in the form of loans.
I do feel somewhat responsible since I'm the one who deposited the check. I'm the one who brought this situation on them. So I was willing to accept some responsibility for the situation.
Except that you acted on your doubt and asked them for verification that it was a legitimate check and transferred correctly. If their information were correct, nobody would have been out any money, not them and not you. In my opinion it's their burden because they gave you false information.
Reminds me of the story of Patrick Combs and the $95,000 junk mail check he cashed.
They certainly aren't selling people the actual songs, just a license to use it. That is the product, a license.
What about your fucking bank that claimed it cleared? Can they always turn around and say "oh, wait, we were wrong, but you're going to pay"?
A (semi)-respected publisher puts out a book on how to shirk actual work?
Unfortunately the book's pages are blank because the author was applying the tactics when he was supposedly writing the book (and the editor the same, otherwise he would have noticed).
But this is open-source! You can reuse the instructions freely.
If you don't care, don't read and don't post. Very easy, very simple.
What a tired, incorrect response. I think the original poster cares about Slashdot's content. If one simply ignores what isn't interesting, the direction Slashdot takes will be decided by others.
The occupancy sensor module could include PIR sensors, temperature/humidity sensors, smoke detector, CO detector, intrusion detector and perhaps a CCD camera all linked to a GNU/Linux system capable of controlling energy usage as well as calling the Police or Fire Dept. in case of an emergency.
Be sure to factor in the cost and labor of of installing and maintaining all this equipment (including cost of false calls to emergency services).
Maybe the "I'll try it in my home" results in lots houses burned to the ground? Kind of like posting a link to your home page in a Slashdot article.
its kind of like playing soccer in a field of landmines....
The landmines being the hair-trigger populace waiting to yell "terrorist!" at anything that moves (unless it's on TV).
In fairness to Microsoft, Windows now does have a pretty good resistance to spyware, IF you run as user.
With computer software, it's not a question of "resistance", it's a question of allowing something in the first place. Software is what allows any function on a computer, so spyware is always something that an OS (potentially) allows, not something it has to resist.
The phrase [begs the question] has been so mis-used that it has, in affect, come to loose it's meaning.
The same could be said for "it's". Now "its" on the other hand is quite under-used.
I'm sure Universal Studios will accept us with open arms.
and closed hands.
I heard they obfuscated the code by changing brace style. For example they changed
for ( i = 0; i max, i++ )
{
to
for ( i = 0; i max, i++ ) {
Fooled the search-and-replace!
The moon also provides significant light at night, which is probably essential to some animals.
women's cycles are typically ~28 days (the length of the lunar cycle)
Are you claiming that the moon causes this, or simply noting that they happen to have similar durations?
I tried viewing the screenshot and then unplugging my computer, but the image didn't stay there as claimed in the summary. I want a refund!
Absolutely zero-calorie article...
At least the author is health-conscious! Calories are bad. Fluff is good.
This is insane. The powder does not get converted to hydrogen, the water does. And still I'm afraid a unit error may be lurking.
Just to nitpick a bit more (especially on the summary), this is a method for extracting hydrogen, not producing it (that would involve fusion or fission).
Originally, there was POWER and PowerPC. These were two slightly different instruction sets with a large common subset. It was possible to compile code that would run on both, or that would only run on one. More recently, IBM dropped the POWER instruction set, and recent POWER-series chips have been server-grade PowerPC chips.
And remember that it's quite easy to install an illegal instruction exception handler on a PowerPC machine that emulates the unsupported user-mode POWER instructions. So it's basically just an issue of whether the POWER support is in hardware or software.
That's the system: the summary describes the news, and people reply with their opinions. The summary isn't a palce for the submitter to have his opinion shown more prominently than others.
Freaking cardboard... And hanging an expensive laptop on cardboard? WTF is he smoking??
Dunno, but at this point his server is definitely smoking.
Mod this how you see fit.
Moderators, please do your usual job and also moderate this post as you see fit (rather than, say, moderating it as I tell you). And just a reminder, also moderate other posts how you see fit. Thank you.
In case of Slashdotting of the validation website, here's a Coral Cache of the HTML validation of the Coral Cache of Slashdot's home page:
t tp://slashdot.org.nyud.net:8090/
http://validator.w3.org.nyud.net:8090/check?uri=h
DriveMeInsane.com was featured here a few years ago now.
Ugh, I just went to the site and saw a live webcam of someone staring at their computer screen. Several refreshes later, little change in expression. Then I realized that I probably would look the same if I had a webcam. I'm hanging my head in shame now.