My credit card doesn't identify where I live, for one thing. Now that's not the most closely guarded secret in the world, obviously, but I don't care to share it with the kid who's ringing up the laptop I'm buying, for example. It's just personal information I don't care to share at the whim of anyone who might ask and have no reason to.
I'll show ID to anyone who has a reasonably good reason to see it. Store clerks simply do not. That's just one of the reasons I use a debit card instead of writing a check, far less exchange of personal information. Most importantly though, I just shouldn't have to. I like that they can't ask me, it's a selling point of the debit card. Why should a merchant be allowed to remove a feature that I enjoy without the authorization to do so. If someone randomly denied you something you expected and were owed, you'd be irritated too.
I should probably clarify that I've never actually refused to show ID yet. I'm not the sort of person who makes a scene and inconveniences others. I tell them briefly that it's not allowed by the MasterCard agreement and if they insist or don't care I go ahead and let them know I'm going to file a complaint with MasterCard. I then decide if I want to continue shopping there, based on how they handle the situation.
If the staff are pricks about it, like you seem to be, then I certainly wouldn't. If it's just some kid who doesn't know better and is just doing what they're told by management then I'll try again or afterwards talk to someone in authority.
If that was your attitude I'd probably have a talk with your manager. If you were the owner, I'd be happy knowing you'd probably not be in business long. it's hard enough for small businesses, arbitrarily pissing off customers about an issue you're in the wrong about pretty much seals your fate.
Either way I wouldn't have to worry about the situation because I wouldn't shop there again unless I felt assured it wouldn't happen again. I know I certainly wouldn't be the loser in that situation.
At the same time, if the cashier doesn't feel your signature matches, he/she can simply reject the sale entirely.
No, you cannot. If you have suspicions about a transaction you need to make a Code 10 call. Rejecting the card outright is also a violation (and there's a spot on that same complaint for for that as well). If you reject a card without calling, you've done one of two things: you've allowed someone to make a second fraudulent attempt to use that card or you've turned away a paying customer.
Great. You hate it when merchants take extra steps to make sure it's actually you using the card.
Nope. They should feel free to take any steps they like that don't involve harrassing me and violating their agreement with MasterCard that I, as a MasterCard cardholder, should be able to rely on them to follow. If they feel like they can break their agreements at will because they think they know better, how should that make me trust them and provide even more information?
It's people like you that discourage merchants (and visa/mastercard) from adding extra security that would help ensure that thieves can't swipe cards and go to town.
If I'm discouraging merchants from harrassing me for ID to buy some milk and bread, then good. I would suggest purely PIN based transactions and everyone would be happy.
Maybe some of these retail stores will finally make it policy to ask for ID when making a purchase. Wouldn't you like it that way?
No, I hate being asked for ID when using my card. In fact, Visa and MC rules prohibit merchants from requiring you to show ID to accept a card. I go They can ask, but can't require it. They also cannot accept a card with "See ID" without making the cardholder sign it. See page 29 of the Visa merchant rules (PDF) and pg 48 of the MasterCard merchant rules (PDF).
I usually file a complaint here and check the "merchant required identification" box.
How does that make validation meaningless? That you can write an insecure app no matter the toolkit is irrelevant. What's relevant is that cannot write a secure app with an insecure toolkit.
Not always. If the channel is coming in to the box digitally, it does not usually get transcoded. It's much easier for the box to record the bits directly.
Great, but unless the DVR is supplied by your cable/satellite company the signal is not coming in digitally so bits will always get transcoded. Without CableCard support the DVR has no knowledge of how to decode the digital signal, the cable box decodes it and outputs analog which the DVR just reencodes. Cable company supplised boxes generally suck, so until TiVo gets CableCard support the majority of people will still be reencoding the digital stream.
That's faster than my desktop mp3 player/server, which is plenty fast enough for the purpose,
What is your mp3 player's architecture? I'm guessing not x86, or at least not without a dedicated mpeg decoder. When mp3s first began gaining popularity in the mid 90's I had a 486DX4-100 (a clock tripled 33mhz). It could just barely play mp3s in real time but I had to turn all the options way down to the minimum.
The Dreamcast was the first of the last generation of consoles. It was released in the US on 9/9/99 and official discontinued in early 2002. I don't know the Australian release date but it was definitely sold there. From what I understand the Australian distributor really did a poor job though.
Those cops are working overtime in an arrangement made through the city. The business wants a cop there for an event or whatever, so they pay the city to provide one. It's a beneficial arrangement for everyone, what's your problem with it exactly?
I don't know if we're paying for that, I'm just an end user of that particular system.
I've had no problem with them being fragile, no one I know has broken one.
You're confusing dates and events, but essentially yes. Viking 2 failed in 1980 after 3 1/2 years due to battery failure. Viking 1 survived for over six years until 1982. It didn't actually die on its own, we broke it. An update to the battery charging software overwrote the antenna positioning software and contact was lost.
Circuit City had Wiis in stock this morning briefly online. They also had them in store, the one nearest me was showing as available for about an hour.
Most downloadable games do not have 10 "easy" Achievements. They only have 12 total since they're 200pt games, and many of them are hard. I got my 360 on Dec 11th and I've been playing casually since then and I only have 26 Achievements. Most of them have come from the easy Acheivements at the beginning of various games I've tried. I got a big chunk of my points from Call of Duty 2, which I finished, but only got 200pts from the whole game since the rest of the Achievements would require me to replay the game on a harder difficulty level.
TFA does not even mention Nethack. So much for history...
Well, two things. First, it does mention Hack as one of the Rogue derivatives. NetHack is just a further derivative. Second, this is the 1980-1983 section. You're complaining about something from 1987 not appearing.
Ultima IV came with a nice cloth map and a lead ankh. Of course every Infocom game I can think of came with stuff. Ogre came with a real ID rad-badge (I didn't know until much later they were random since mine is the appropriate 2033rd Armored Division badge) with stickers that changed colors when exposed to gamma radiation.
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I'll show ID to anyone who has a reasonably good reason to see it. Store clerks simply do not. That's just one of the reasons I use a debit card instead of writing a check, far less exchange of personal information. Most importantly though, I just shouldn't have to. I like that they can't ask me, it's a selling point of the debit card. Why should a merchant be allowed to remove a feature that I enjoy without the authorization to do so. If someone randomly denied you something you expected and were owed, you'd be irritated too.
I love that a customer who simply asks, asks mind you, that you keep your word and stick to a contract you agreed to, is suddenly an "asshole".
If the staff are pricks about it, like you seem to be, then I certainly wouldn't. If it's just some kid who doesn't know better and is just doing what they're told by management then I'll try again or afterwards talk to someone in authority.
Indeed. Good thing I'm talking about a MasterCard branded debit card then.
Either way I wouldn't have to worry about the situation because I wouldn't shop there again unless I felt assured it wouldn't happen again. I know I certainly wouldn't be the loser in that situation.
No, you cannot. If you have suspicions about a transaction you need to make a Code 10 call. Rejecting the card outright is also a violation (and there's a spot on that same complaint for for that as well). If you reject a card without calling, you've done one of two things: you've allowed someone to make a second fraudulent attempt to use that card or you've turned away a paying customer.
Nope. They should feel free to take any steps they like that don't involve harrassing me and violating their agreement with MasterCard that I, as a MasterCard cardholder, should be able to rely on them to follow. If they feel like they can break their agreements at will because they think they know better, how should that make me trust them and provide even more information?
It's people like you that discourage merchants (and visa/mastercard) from adding extra security that would help ensure that thieves can't swipe cards and go to town.
If I'm discouraging merchants from harrassing me for ID to buy some milk and bread, then good. I would suggest purely PIN based transactions and everyone would be happy.
No, I hate being asked for ID when using my card. In fact, Visa and MC rules prohibit merchants from requiring you to show ID to accept a card. I go They can ask, but can't require it. They also cannot accept a card with "See ID" without making the cardholder sign it. See page 29 of the Visa merchant rules (PDF) and pg 48 of the MasterCard merchant rules (PDF).
I usually file a complaint here and check the "merchant required identification" box.
How does that make validation meaningless? That you can write an insecure app no matter the toolkit is irrelevant. What's relevant is that cannot write a secure app with an insecure toolkit.
I never claimed there was. All I said was that you need either CableCard or a company supplied box to do direct digital recording.
Great, but unless the DVR is supplied by your cable/satellite company the signal is not coming in digitally so bits will always get transcoded. Without CableCard support the DVR has no knowledge of how to decode the digital signal, the cable box decodes it and outputs analog which the DVR just reencodes. Cable company supplised boxes generally suck, so until TiVo gets CableCard support the majority of people will still be reencoding the digital stream.
Back in 2001 they accounted for 25% of video game sales.t ml
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,55955,00.h
I've also found several dead links referencing them as the number 1 games retailer with between 23-28% depending on the article date.
That's faster than my desktop mp3 player/server, which is plenty fast enough for the purpose,
What is your mp3 player's architecture? I'm guessing not x86, or at least not without a dedicated mpeg decoder. When mp3s first began gaining popularity in the mid 90's I had a 486DX4-100 (a clock tripled 33mhz). It could just barely play mp3s in real time but I had to turn all the options way down to the minimum.
The immersion. Immensely.
Are you serious? The IRS has an entire FAQ on that issue.
The Dreamcast was the first of the last generation of consoles. It was released in the US on 9/9/99 and official discontinued in early 2002. I don't know the Australian release date but it was definitely sold there. From what I understand the Australian distributor really did a poor job though.
Those cops are working overtime in an arrangement made through the city. The business wants a cop there for an event or whatever, so they pay the city to provide one. It's a beneficial arrangement for everyone, what's your problem with it exactly?
I don't know if we're paying for that, I'm just an end user of that particular system. I've had no problem with them being fragile, no one I know has broken one.
Another downside is that they drift. We use them for VPN access at work and run into it occasionally.
You're confusing dates and events, but essentially yes. Viking 2 failed in 1980 after 3 1/2 years due to battery failure. Viking 1 survived for over six years until 1982. It didn't actually die on its own, we broke it. An update to the battery charging software overwrote the antenna positioning software and contact was lost.
Circuit City had Wiis in stock this morning briefly online. They also had them in store, the one nearest me was showing as available for about an hour.
Most downloadable games do not have 10 "easy" Achievements. They only have 12 total since they're 200pt games, and many of them are hard. I got my 360 on Dec 11th and I've been playing casually since then and I only have 26 Achievements. Most of them have come from the easy Acheivements at the beginning of various games I've tried. I got a big chunk of my points from Call of Duty 2, which I finished, but only got 200pts from the whole game since the rest of the Achievements would require me to replay the game on a harder difficulty level.
No, it's not about a vaccination. About 10% of Europeans are immune to smallpox (and resistant to HIV) thanks to the Black Plague.
Well, two things. First, it does mention Hack as one of the Rogue derivatives. NetHack is just a further derivative. Second, this is the 1980-1983 section. You're complaining about something from 1987 not appearing.
Ultima IV came with a nice cloth map and a lead ankh. Of course every Infocom game I can think of came with stuff. Ogre came with a real ID rad-badge (I didn't know until much later they were random since mine is the appropriate 2033rd Armored Division badge) with stickers that changed colors when exposed to gamma radiation.