When I was in college (in the US, granted) we had a service where when you dialed long distance, it asked you to enter a 3-digit access code. Then they would automatically split up our long-distance bill among the roommates (each picks their own code) and it kept random party guests from making a long distance/900 call without someone's permission. I think it was a couple bucks a month, but might have been free with some package of callerID, call waiting, etc. It was worth it not to have to argue over who made what call that month.
That sort of service could also prevent this autodialer problem. Heck, from the phone co's POV, if Joe Schmoe calls up and claims he didn't make some call, you could prove that he did ("But sir, you entered your access code."), reducing billing chargebacks.
It would also keep your kids from accidentally dialing China while playing "Mary had a little lamb" on the dialpad.:-)
There are websites that rate charities based on how effective they are and their "rate of return" (eg. what % of $ goes to the actual cause vs. administrative costs). One is Charity Navigator. This might help you find charities that are worth your time/money. Not that I'd stop you from setting up your own foundation so you could see exactly where the money is going!
"Automatically locate and install" doesn't have to mean "without the user's permission". No reason you can't have a box pop up once in a great while, "hey, I've found an updated driver for your Blah Brand sound card, do you want me to install it? []Yes []No, don't ask again []Not right now, ask later"
You (and a lot of people) are missing a key fact: the relay service is ALSO legitimately used by hearing people to call deaf people. You can't just require everyone who uses the service to "prove you're deaf", or whatever.
Anyone who's heard of buffer overflows knows you should NEVER trust the string you're working with, and always check its size. Why on earth is the code written such that a \0 will break it?
Some areas have two NPR stations available, one for primarily news and the other for primarily music. Sometimes one is on the AM dial and the other is FM. For example, in central Iowa, 90.1 is WOI-FM (mostly music) and 640 is WOI-AM (mostly talk); in St. Paul, there are two separate FM stations. Recommend checking the NPR website to see if this is true in your area.
What is their position on goods purchased in another state where you _did_ pay sales tax in that state? Do they expect you to pay it again in MA? Or are they only specifically targeting items where the state of purchase has no sales tax on that item?
I can understand the justification for charging use tax for things purchased by mail-order or internet where no sales tax is charged because you're not making the purchase in the seller's state. But I don't see how they can make the distinction between a MA resident making a purchase in NH vs say, NY.
This situation did actually happen to a coworker of mine, minus the court-case stuff. She bought a partially-finished house that the builder had severed the contract with the original to-be owner because they had caught him on the job site putting cables in. Until you sign the paperwork at the closing, just like existing property, it's not yours, and messing with it is tresspassing.
You are correct, they do have machines that can automatically determine your prescription. However, they aren't 100% accurate. Generally a good optometrist will do that, then also use that as a factor in where to start the "flip the lenses" bit. Since they have a suggestion of where to start, so it goes much faster. But they still do the manual proceedure. If the two agree, great. But relying on the automated one without any sort of "sanity check" on its accuracy isn't a good idea.
Also I'm not sure the machines work on determining astigmatism.
Think of it like this: Communism is an economic philosophy, compare it to capitalism. Democracy is a political philosophy, compare it to monarchy. You can mix and match. Democracy and capitalism often go together, but there's no real reason they need to.
I'm curious if, possibly, he didn't know that this was real data, as opposed to a generated database for testing purposes. He was so far removed from the original data source (wasn't this outsourced through like three different people/groups? he's like a sub-sub-subcontractor), that it's possible he honestly didn't know that these were real kids and real records that would be possibly dangerous if he posted them.
I'm guessing he did know, and I'm not excusing it, just thinking about possibilities.
Actually, that's a reasonable question. But, if you asked it as "What is the purpose/focus of this meeting?" you might get a more satisfactory answer. Every meeting should have a purpose. Keeping meetings focused and on task is key to a.) being productive in the meeting and b.) getting out of the meeting sooner.
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When I took high school bio and we did staining, we used methyl blue. Not as effective as ethidium bromide, but safe enough to let highschoolers play with, and you can see the results in plain light.
What if we want to make sure that a piece of software isn't going to "burn the house down", ie, cause a system failure or destroy critical data? What about "safety standards" for voting machines' data integrity? A safety standard could be defined to be a rule that prevents an item from doing harm. You can define "safety" standards for software, too. Just because it isn't a physical entity doesn't mean a software issue can't cause real harm.
They provide that already. If you let Google set the preferences cookie, you can set the SafeSearch setting to strict and not get any adult results in your search.
If it were me, I'd rather have an extra paid vacation day than the money. Even though a day's pay is less than the $1500 you propose. You can't buy free time.
3. Motion - Moving itself or having internal motion Unless it were composed of purely solid state components there would be internal movement. I fail to see how this is relevant though, trees are not noted for walking about and are definitely 'alive'.
Plants do move. Google on "phototropism." Among other things, it's what makes flowers turn during the day to face the sun.
If it's the debt-collection agency, it's NOT telemarketing or solicitation, so the telemarketing rules do not apply here. Also, the debt-collection rules do apply, meaning they have to know who they're talking to before they can discuss anything, even the fact that they're trying to collect on a debt.
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No it doesn't. Here, milk is $2.39/gal and gas is $2.65. Where are you living?
When I was in college (in the US, granted) we had a service where when you dialed long distance, it asked you to enter a 3-digit access code. Then they would automatically split up our long-distance bill among the roommates (each picks their own code) and it kept random party guests from making a long distance/900 call without someone's permission. I think it was a couple bucks a month, but might have been free with some package of callerID, call waiting, etc. It was worth it not to have to argue over who made what call that month.
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That sort of service could also prevent this autodialer problem. Heck, from the phone co's POV, if Joe Schmoe calls up and claims he didn't make some call, you could prove that he did ("But sir, you entered your access code."), reducing billing chargebacks.
It would also keep your kids from accidentally dialing China while playing "Mary had a little lamb" on the dialpad.
I know we're drifting way offtopic but...
There are websites that rate charities based on how effective they are and their "rate of return" (eg. what % of $ goes to the actual cause vs. administrative costs). One is Charity Navigator. This might help you find charities that are worth your time/money. Not that I'd stop you from setting up your own foundation so you could see exactly where the money is going!
"Automatically locate and install" doesn't have to mean "without the user's permission". No reason you can't have a box pop up once in a great while, "hey, I've found an updated driver for your Blah Brand sound card, do you want me to install it? []Yes []No, don't ask again []Not right now, ask later"
You (and a lot of people) are missing a key fact: the relay service is ALSO legitimately used by hearing people to call deaf people. You can't just require everyone who uses the service to "prove you're deaf", or whatever.
Anyone who's heard of buffer overflows knows you should NEVER trust the string you're working with, and always check its size. Why on earth is the code written such that a \0 will break it?
The software probably uses some form of encryption which cannot be exported to certain countries. Just a guess.
Some areas have two NPR stations available, one for primarily news and the other for primarily music. Sometimes one is on the AM dial and the other is FM. For example, in central Iowa, 90.1 is WOI-FM (mostly music) and 640 is WOI-AM (mostly talk); in St. Paul, there are two separate FM stations. Recommend checking the NPR website to see if this is true in your area.
What is their position on goods purchased in another state where you _did_ pay sales tax in that state? Do they expect you to pay it again in MA? Or are they only specifically targeting items where the state of purchase has no sales tax on that item?
I can understand the justification for charging use tax for things purchased by mail-order or internet where no sales tax is charged because you're not making the purchase in the seller's state. But I don't see how they can make the distinction between a MA resident making a purchase in NH vs say, NY.
He does, and that should be a clue that he's not a PHB. :-)
Yes, and, thank heaven, I work for one of them.
This situation did actually happen to a coworker of mine, minus the court-case stuff. She bought a partially-finished house that the builder had severed the contract with the original to-be owner because they had caught him on the job site putting cables in. Until you sign the paperwork at the closing, just like existing property, it's not yours, and messing with it is tresspassing.
You are correct, they do have machines that can automatically determine your prescription. However, they aren't 100% accurate. Generally a good optometrist will do that, then also use that as a factor in where to start the "flip the lenses" bit. Since they have a suggestion of where to start, so it goes much faster. But they still do the manual proceedure. If the two agree, great. But relying on the automated one without any sort of "sanity check" on its accuracy isn't a good idea.
Also I'm not sure the machines work on determining astigmatism.
Think of it like this: Communism is an economic philosophy, compare it to capitalism. Democracy is a political philosophy, compare it to monarchy. You can mix and match. Democracy and capitalism often go together, but there's no real reason they need to.
I'm curious if, possibly, he didn't know that this was real data, as opposed to a generated database for testing purposes. He was so far removed from the original data source (wasn't this outsourced through like three different people/groups? he's like a sub-sub-subcontractor), that it's possible he honestly didn't know that these were real kids and real records that would be possibly dangerous if he posted them.
I'm guessing he did know, and I'm not excusing it, just thinking about possibilities.
Actually, that's a reasonable question. But, if you asked it as "What is the purpose/focus of this meeting?" you might get a more satisfactory answer. Every meeting should have a purpose. Keeping meetings focused and on task is key to a.) being productive in the meeting and b.) getting out of the meeting sooner.
Coincidentally, X-Entertainment is running a story on the Pocket Rockers kids collectable tape players from the 80's. Anyone remember those?
Trade you Cuba for Jupiter. ;-)
When I took high school bio and we did staining, we used methyl blue. Not as effective as ethidium bromide, but safe enough to let highschoolers play with, and you can see the results in plain light.
What if we want to make sure that a piece of software isn't going to "burn the house down", ie, cause a system failure or destroy critical data? What about "safety standards" for voting machines' data integrity? A safety standard could be defined to be a rule that prevents an item from doing harm. You can define "safety" standards for software, too. Just because it isn't a physical entity doesn't mean a software issue can't cause real harm.
They provide that already. If you let Google set the preferences cookie, you can set the SafeSearch setting to strict and not get any adult results in your search.
If it were me, I'd rather have an extra paid vacation day than the money. Even though a day's pay is less than the $1500 you propose. You can't buy free time.
3. Motion - Moving itself or having internal motion
Unless it were composed of purely solid state components there would be internal movement. I fail to see how this is relevant though, trees are not noted for walking about and are definitely 'alive'.
Plants do move. Google on "phototropism." Among other things, it's what makes flowers turn during the day to face the sun.
If it's the debt-collection agency, it's NOT telemarketing or solicitation, so the telemarketing rules do not apply here. Also, the debt-collection rules do apply, meaning they have to know who they're talking to before they can discuss anything, even the fact that they're trying to collect on a debt.