Well yeah, that's definitely true. But the chance of a typical thug getting the right spot probably aren't terribly good.
In any case, if switchblades were legalized today I don't think I'd lose any sleep worrying about a crazed switchblade-wielding mob coming in thru the window and stabbing me during the night.
Well master card has nothing to do with it. All they do is process transactions and facilitate moving money between vendors and banks.
You contact your bank who may or may not fix the charges in the case of a debit card. I understand that many (most?) will NOT. Of course mine does and I can't imagine going to a bank that wouldn't, but it's definitely not a given.
Well, yes...everywhere My debit card says master card on the front and has a master card number and typically gets processed exactly the same way as a credit card. Hell to the clerk it doesn't look any different anyway, just the money gets sucked out of my account rather than added to my credit debt.
I thought this was how they all worked since both my Wells Fargo and USAA ones did it this way. Now I *can* use those PIN things if they're there but I certainly don't have to.
What I always found to be funny was butterfly knives being illegal as well... Those things take longer to open than a normal knife..
Not only that but if my friends with illegal butterfly knives are any indication, you're probably far more likely to cut your own hand than to actually take down your opponent...
And even so, at best it'll get you one surprise stab before you have to go nuts stabbing away.
I mean they're still pocket knives and not very long. So yeah it'll hurt like hell if you get one in the back, but if someone wants you dead, one stab probably ain't gonna cut it (no pun intended...)
I'd go further than that and not buy from anyone with less than 100% unless there's a retraction/satisfactory response posted. There's no shortage of 100% people out there and unless you're really getting obscure, one of them will seel what you want.
I got ripped off on a crappy modem back in '99 or so from a guy with 97% or so with 100+. He just sold a bunch of stuff legitimatly before scamming a large group of people all at once...
I would certainly never buy from a zero feedback. That's just asking for trouble.
What worries me are the poor drivers suddenly getting a z-axis.
Seriously. The FAA likes to constantly point out that "anyone can fly a plane!" No. They can't. When you have people thinking they can do things that they really can't do, you end up with JFKjr who couldn't figure out which way was up in a cockpit full of instruments telling him. Yeah, it'd be a stressful situation, but that's what the training is for in the first place!
I mean, for a GA license it takes what? 40 hours flight time? A couple cross-countries (50mi+ or so not 3000mi journeys)? Christ I had that before I got a DRIVER'S LICENSE.
People always say, "a light plane? I'd never go up in one of those things." But it's not the plane I'm worried about, it's that pilot who has 100hrs and thinks he's the shit.
Maybe it's just cuz I grew up an Air Force brat, but I never trusted the FAA and "Joe's Discount Flying School" to provide adequate training...
Here in CA you don't need insurance for a license, only to register the vehicle, so it's not big deal. The car's only registered in one name so only one proof of insurance is required.
Do they really care about the squiggle itself? As long as it's unique I can't believe that'd be a problem. Mine clearly has the initials "AS" in it, but everything else is totally illegible. "Alex"? "Alexander"? Nobody will ever know. And frankly, I've done it the same way so long, I'm not really sure myself.
Well I know a lot of people from Asia who came over here and they all dealt with it the same way: they picked a method and stuck with it. It may not remotely resemble what they use day-to-day, but they consistantly use the same form on every legal document. They certainly don't "mix and match". Why introduce that kind of chaos?
For birthdays, use whatever is on the birth certificate: date of conception, date out of mom, whatever, as long as it's consistant.
I dunno, I'd be reallly hesitant to not stay consistant with my birth certificate, that single magic document that begat all others. Seems like that's just asking for trouble when getting passports and that sort of thing.
And I'm not a parent so I don't know exactly how I got my SS card in the first place, but don't they want a copy of a birth certificate for that...? Do they actually let you request one with a different name?
Seriously. It's not even a matter of being smart. It's a matter of not being retarded. My name's Alex but it would never in a million years occur to me to put anything but "Alexander" on a formal document.
When it comes to anything that could possibly be considered a legal document you have exactly one name and that's whatever it says on your birth certificate or the court-approved document giving you a new name.
More flexible, but no more dangerous than ebay. My roommate in college made his money reselling Dell PCs. He'd buy them direct from dell when they had a sale and suckers would still pay more than non-sale retail prices a lot of the time. If it's at an auction, it *must* be cheaper!
Well, I use the bluetooth in my SE T610 all the time with my bluetooth headset, which I leave in my car. In the past I *never* could remember to take my phone out and plug in my headset so whenever it rang I had to dig the phone out of my pocket or ignore it.
Now I just leave the phone in my pocket and pull my BT headset out of the center console when I need it.
Just more convenient than a wire, but it wouldn't be a show-stopper. I also use it to surf the web from my PDA thru my cell connection when I'm stuck in an airport or whatever (T-Mobile has pretty good data plans).
Also, some cars are now BT-enabled, like my dad's Prius. If you have a BT phone, you can dial thru the car and listen thru the car speakers. It's like a regular car kit, but no wires/installation required. Of course he's pissed cuz he has Verizon and there don't seem to be any CDMA BT phones out there...
So BT's great to have. But it looks from your webpage like you're in Tuscon. Yeah, I'd go for tri-mode before BT out there too. Digital coverage dies pretty quick once you get out of the city (last time I had the misfortune of having to make the I-10 crossing anyway...900 miles of Texas. *shudder*)
Again, probably none. Anyone who abuses marijuana enough for it to impact their intelligence probably has an addictive personality, and would have substituted alcohol or some other equally if not more harmful substance had pot not existed.
Yup. An addict is an addict is an addict.
Of course all things being equal, I'd much rather hang out with a stoner than an alcoholic. Nobody ever gets stoned and tries to kick your ass.
Pretty nifty little box. Only works with Windows, but works fairly well (I haven't used one extensively, but this box has one of my company's chips in it so I got to mess with one a bit). Turned a laptop into a two user system.
Performance isn't too bad, it can manage 2d at 1024x768 reasonably well. You're not gonna be playing 3d shooters on it, but it works for email and browsing anyway.
Yeah - Dish's DVR doesn't even have season passes, right?
I almost got one until I saw online that they didn't. Both Dish and TiVo keep pushing the "pause live tv" thing. But I've had a directivo and I don't think I *ever* paused live tv. Why? Because with season passes I don't ever watch live TV at all. Except the odd sporting event but I visit my friend who has an HDTV for that...
Depends where you live. I got in on a sonic.net deal in California, get 6Mbps down, 608k up, and 8 static IPs for $45. It goes up after a year, but I've got no problem hopping around between ISPs for a good deal...
IANAL, but a contract isn't a contract if both parties don't have an agreement. Blindly mailing stuff out with a disclaimer out there isn't a contract, it's a request that the recipient is in no way required to honor.
This is why when I need access to another company's source code or schematics they fax me an NDA that I need to sign and fax back before sending any information. They sure as hell don't email me the source code with a little disclaimer that says "by the way, please don't disclose this information".
Hell, even in some work-related but non-specific situations, I'll get an email from someone in a thread on a mailing list who says "hey, my company does related work and might be interested in xxxx. But I'd prefer to keep a low profile and don't want this mentioned on the list. Let me know and I'll send more info." Then I don't get any more info until I ackowledge that things are to be kept private. Never ever exchange goods (physical or otherwise) without having an agreement first. You're just asking to get screwed.
Refusing service is one thing. But the main reason people are pissed about paypal is they have a tendency to refuse service..*and* not let you get your money out of your account.
Happened to two of my friends. One had over $5000 in there for a couple months before they decided that no, he didn't actually do anything wrong and wrote him a check. This is definitely a company that needs some more regulation. It looks like a bank and acts like a bank. But it isn't governed by any of the laws that real banks are.
Terminating an account and mailing you your balance is fine. Annoying, but fine. Holding your money hostage? Definitely not ok.
That said, with the number of people this happens to, you'd have to be a retard to keep money in the account. I use paypal, but *only* via credit card and I sure as hell don't leave any money with them.
Bah that's why I'm agnostic. I lean towards atheism, but I don't know and, quite frankly, I don't really care.
The way I always saw it: who's a "better person"? The one who's a nice guy for the sake of making things better for everyone else or the one who's a nice guy because he thinks he'll be cast into a pit of fire for all eternity if he's not?
Now if I see heaven open up and god comes down and says: "Hey! I'm real!" and I can convice myself that I'm not seeing a byproduct of that weird chili pepper I ate at lunch then I'm all ears. Otherwise it's 2000 years worth of hearsay...
Don't employers have to pay you overtime if you work more than 40 hours a week?
Not usually for/.ers. If you're full-time in a white-collar job you're probably cosidered "exempt" (as opposed to non-exempt employees, paid hourly). Exempt employees don't get overtime.
I believe the rationale is that exempt workers are compensated better anyway and therefore don't need overtime. We get medical, etc. instead. Although frankly I'd rather get paid overtime and have a higher medical deductible.
Luckily I'm a firmware guy in a chip company. I put in ~45 hour weeks (9-7 M-T, leave 5-6ish on Fridays). Contrast this to the hardware guys who stay till 10pm and come in on Saturdays. And they make the same money I do. But they get free take-out for dinner.
*That's* just not right. If the project is so important to the company, they can suck it up and hire another engineer. Once in a while I can accept. But the day I start having to routinely come in on weekends is the day I start sending out my resume. I'm compensated well here, but it's hard to put a price on free time or sanity.
Not crappy. It's an elevation thing. In higher elevations you can get by with lower octane ratings. I know when I've driven thru MT, UT, WY, I've bought the 85 and never noticed any difference at all.
Of course, that said a couple times when gas prices dipped I tried getting the 93 out here in CA to see if there was any difference. Performance was no better and my mileage stayed the same.
Helpful. For one, you can turn it off if you don't like it. Also, it's trainable (you rate shows with various degrees of thumbs up/thumbs down). It only records when it's got nothing else to do and if there's empty space. And the automatic recordings are the first to get overwritten by other stuff.
That said, a lot of what mine recorded was crap, but once in a while something good would make it.
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Well yeah, that's definitely true. But the chance of a typical thug getting the right spot probably aren't terribly good.
In any case, if switchblades were legalized today I don't think I'd lose any sleep worrying about a crazed switchblade-wielding mob coming in thru the window and stabbing me during the night.
Well master card has nothing to do with it. All they do is process transactions and facilitate moving money between vendors and banks.
You contact your bank who may or may not fix the charges in the case of a debit card. I understand that many (most?) will NOT. Of course mine does and I can't imagine going to a bank that wouldn't, but it's definitely not a given.
Well, yes...everywhere My debit card says master card on the front and has a master card number and typically gets processed exactly the same way as a credit card. Hell to the clerk it doesn't look any different anyway, just the money gets sucked out of my account rather than added to my credit debt.
I thought this was how they all worked since both my Wells Fargo and USAA ones did it this way. Now I *can* use those PIN things if they're there but I certainly don't have to.
What I always found to be funny was butterfly knives being illegal as well... Those things take longer to open than a normal knife..
Not only that but if my friends with illegal butterfly knives are any indication, you're probably far more likely to cut your own hand than to actually take down your opponent...
And even so, at best it'll get you one surprise stab before you have to go nuts stabbing away.
I mean they're still pocket knives and not very long. So yeah it'll hurt like hell if you get one in the back, but if someone wants you dead, one stab probably ain't gonna cut it (no pun intended...)
I'd go further than that and not buy from anyone with less than 100% unless there's a retraction/satisfactory response posted. There's no shortage of 100% people out there and unless you're really getting obscure, one of them will seel what you want.
I got ripped off on a crappy modem back in '99 or so from a guy with 97% or so with 100+. He just sold a bunch of stuff legitimatly before scamming a large group of people all at once...
I would certainly never buy from a zero feedback. That's just asking for trouble.
What worries me are the poor drivers suddenly getting a z-axis.
Seriously. The FAA likes to constantly point out that "anyone can fly a plane!" No. They can't. When you have people thinking they can do things that they really can't do, you end up with JFKjr who couldn't figure out which way was up in a cockpit full of instruments telling him. Yeah, it'd be a stressful situation, but that's what the training is for in the first place!
I mean, for a GA license it takes what? 40 hours flight time? A couple cross-countries (50mi+ or so not 3000mi journeys)? Christ I had that before I got a DRIVER'S LICENSE.
People always say, "a light plane? I'd never go up in one of those things." But it's not the plane I'm worried about, it's that pilot who has 100hrs and thinks he's the shit.
Maybe it's just cuz I grew up an Air Force brat, but I never trusted the FAA and "Joe's Discount Flying School" to provide adequate training...
Here in CA you don't need insurance for a license, only to register the vehicle, so it's not big deal. The car's only registered in one name so only one proof of insurance is required.
Do they really care about the squiggle itself? As long as it's unique I can't believe that'd be a problem. Mine clearly has the initials "AS" in it, but everything else is totally illegible. "Alex"? "Alexander"? Nobody will ever know. And frankly, I've done it the same way so long, I'm not really sure myself.
Well I know a lot of people from Asia who came over here and they all dealt with it the same way: they picked a method and stuck with it. It may not remotely resemble what they use day-to-day, but they consistantly use the same form on every legal document. They certainly don't "mix and match". Why introduce that kind of chaos?
For birthdays, use whatever is on the birth certificate: date of conception, date out of mom, whatever, as long as it's consistant.
I dunno, I'd be reallly hesitant to not stay consistant with my birth certificate, that single magic document that begat all others. Seems like that's just asking for trouble when getting passports and that sort of thing.
And I'm not a parent so I don't know exactly how I got my SS card in the first place, but don't they want a copy of a birth certificate for that...? Do they actually let you request one with a different name?
Seriously. It's not even a matter of being smart. It's a matter of not being retarded. My name's Alex but it would never in a million years occur to me to put anything but "Alexander" on a formal document.
When it comes to anything that could possibly be considered a legal document you have exactly one name and that's whatever it says on your birth certificate or the court-approved document giving you a new name.
*shakes head in disbelief*
More flexible, but no more dangerous than ebay. My roommate in college made his money reselling Dell PCs. He'd buy them direct from dell when they had a sale and suckers would still pay more than non-sale retail prices a lot of the time. If it's at an auction, it *must* be cheaper!
Human stupidity knows no bounds...
Well, I use the bluetooth in my SE T610 all the time with my bluetooth headset, which I leave in my car. In the past I *never* could remember to take my phone out and plug in my headset so whenever it rang I had to dig the phone out of my pocket or ignore it.
Now I just leave the phone in my pocket and pull my BT headset out of the center console when I need it.
Just more convenient than a wire, but it wouldn't be a show-stopper. I also use it to surf the web from my PDA thru my cell connection when I'm stuck in an airport or whatever (T-Mobile has pretty good data plans).
Also, some cars are now BT-enabled, like my dad's Prius. If you have a BT phone, you can dial thru the car and listen thru the car speakers. It's like a regular car kit, but no wires/installation required. Of course he's pissed cuz he has Verizon and there don't seem to be any CDMA BT phones out there...
So BT's great to have. But it looks from your webpage like you're in Tuscon. Yeah, I'd go for tri-mode before BT out there too. Digital coverage dies pretty quick once you get out of the city (last time I had the misfortune of having to make the I-10 crossing anyway...900 miles of Texas. *shudder*)
Again, probably none. Anyone who abuses marijuana enough for it to impact their intelligence probably has an addictive personality, and would have substituted alcohol or some other equally if not more harmful substance had pot not existed.
Yup. An addict is an addict is an addict.
Of course all things being equal, I'd much rather hang out with a stoner than an alcoholic. Nobody ever gets stoned and tries to kick your ass.
http://www.mct.com.tw/prod/mmu.html
Pretty nifty little box. Only works with Windows, but works fairly well (I haven't used one extensively, but this box has one of my company's chips in it so I got to mess with one a bit). Turned a laptop into a two user system.
Performance isn't too bad, it can manage 2d at 1024x768 reasonably well. You're not gonna be playing 3d shooters on it, but it works for email and browsing anyway.
They want their joke back.
Yeah - Dish's DVR doesn't even have season passes, right?
I almost got one until I saw online that they didn't. Both Dish and TiVo keep pushing the "pause live tv" thing. But I've had a directivo and I don't think I *ever* paused live tv. Why? Because with season passes I don't ever watch live TV at all. Except the odd sporting event but I visit my friend who has an HDTV for that...
Depends where you live. I got in on a sonic.net deal in California, get 6Mbps down, 608k up, and 8 static IPs for $45. It goes up after a year, but I've got no problem hopping around between ISPs for a good deal...
IANAL, but a contract isn't a contract if both parties don't have an agreement. Blindly mailing stuff out with a disclaimer out there isn't a contract, it's a request that the recipient is in no way required to honor.
This is why when I need access to another company's source code or schematics they fax me an NDA that I need to sign and fax back before sending any information. They sure as hell don't email me the source code with a little disclaimer that says "by the way, please don't disclose this information".
Hell, even in some work-related but non-specific situations, I'll get an email from someone in a thread on a mailing list who says "hey, my company does related work and might be interested in xxxx. But I'd prefer to keep a low profile and don't want this mentioned on the list. Let me know and I'll send more info." Then I don't get any more info until I ackowledge that things are to be kept private. Never ever exchange goods (physical or otherwise) without having an agreement first. You're just asking to get screwed.
Refusing service is one thing. But the main reason people are pissed about paypal is they have a tendency to refuse service..*and* not let you get your money out of your account.
Happened to two of my friends. One had over $5000 in there for a couple months before they decided that no, he didn't actually do anything wrong and wrote him a check. This is definitely a company that needs some more regulation. It looks like a bank and acts like a bank. But it isn't governed by any of the laws that real banks are.
Terminating an account and mailing you your balance is fine. Annoying, but fine. Holding your money hostage? Definitely not ok.
That said, with the number of people this happens to, you'd have to be a retard to keep money in the account. I use paypal, but *only* via credit card and I sure as hell don't leave any money with them.
Bah that's why I'm agnostic. I lean towards atheism, but I don't know and, quite frankly, I don't really care.
The way I always saw it: who's a "better person"? The one who's a nice guy for the sake of making things better for everyone else or the one who's a nice guy because he thinks he'll be cast into a pit of fire for all eternity if he's not?
Now if I see heaven open up and god comes down and says: "Hey! I'm real!" and I can convice myself that I'm not seeing a byproduct of that weird chili pepper I ate at lunch then I'm all ears. Otherwise it's 2000 years worth of hearsay...
Don't employers have to pay you overtime if you work more than 40 hours a week?
/.ers. If you're full-time in a white-collar job you're probably cosidered "exempt" (as opposed to non-exempt employees, paid hourly). Exempt employees don't get overtime.
Not usually for
I believe the rationale is that exempt workers are compensated better anyway and therefore don't need overtime. We get medical, etc. instead. Although frankly I'd rather get paid overtime and have a higher medical deductible.
Luckily I'm a firmware guy in a chip company. I put in ~45 hour weeks (9-7 M-T, leave 5-6ish on Fridays). Contrast this to the hardware guys who stay till 10pm and come in on Saturdays. And they make the same money I do. But they get free take-out for dinner.
*That's* just not right. If the project is so important to the company, they can suck it up and hire another engineer. Once in a while I can accept. But the day I start having to routinely come in on weekends is the day I start sending out my resume. I'm compensated well here, but it's hard to put a price on free time or sanity.
Not crappy. It's an elevation thing. In higher elevations you can get by with lower octane ratings. I know when I've driven thru MT, UT, WY, I've bought the 85 and never noticed any difference at all.
Of course, that said a couple times when gas prices dipped I tried getting the 93 out here in CA to see if there was any difference. Performance was no better and my mileage stayed the same.
Helpful. For one, you can turn it off if you don't like it. Also, it's trainable (you rate shows with various degrees of thumbs up/thumbs down). It only records when it's got nothing else to do and if there's empty space. And the automatic recordings are the first to get overwritten by other stuff.
That said, a lot of what mine recorded was crap, but once in a while something good would make it.