or come clean and stop their illegal price discrimination
What's illegal about their price discrimination? As long as they aren't discriminating based on a protected category (sex, age, race, etc..) they are more than free to charge you whatever they want.
about the differening prices on Amazon. You either pay what they want to charge you or you don't. Why does what they are charging other people even come into the equation? Is a certain item that worth say, $15.49 to you, suddenly become worth only $14.49 to you because they are selling it to someone else for that much?
" I finally got mine back from American Airlines (along with my boxers, t-shirs, and other worldly possessions that they've had for like 2 weeks).
Man, consider youself lucky to have gotten it back. Never, never, never check a laptop. Of the people I know who have done so, they have something like a 50% recovery rate on those. I don't think there is an easier thing for someone to steal while being handled that is worth so much. Unless you have the thing well, well hidden in your bags. Plus, the insurance you get on checked luggage a) doesn't amount to enough to cover your laptop and b) it specifically doesn't cover laptops. Have you ever seen how they handle luguage? You lucky they don't drop some lead weights on it or something.
Get a nice computer bag, and put the thing in the overhead bin, or under your seat or something.
You kind of glossed over the point that Mitnick was breaking the law and got what he deserved. If you aren't being an idiot like Mitnick your odds of showing up on the FBIs radar screen are damn close to 0.
Vinton Cerf just blew a lifetime of credibility in one ill-considered article.
Yep, just becuase he expressed an opinion that differed from your own, he's thrown away all that he's accomplished over his career.
When I say bet, I mean taking the short side of any stock in any company he's involved in
Great, go ahead and short a bunch of MCIWorldcom. Post your brokerage statement on the web. It will be amusing to see how much money you lose. If you make money, you can donate it to the FSF or the EFF or one of them folks.
Silly me, I thought retailers could sell whatever they wanted to to whomever they wanted to for whatever reason. Guess freedom isn't a very popular sentiment around here.
For the SBP (Slashdot Bullshit Protocol). Basically, you send a story out to 5 people before you publish it on the front page. If 5 of them go "Bullshit!", then you don't publish the story.
How can you take a nation seriously that provides college scholarships for people whose only talent is throwing a ball whilst wearing enough padding to keep them safe in the event of a car crash?
Yep, no one has ever gotten an academic scholarship in America. Ever. Nope. Never happened. Only football players.
As for pricing, try flying last-minute on a non-competitive route (e.g. to a funeral in Charlotte or MSP) and then think again about airline pricing policies. They'll take every chance they can to screw you.
Prices are higher at the last minute since most last minute travellers are business people who have little sensitivity to prices in these cases. I don't really know if you call that screwing someone or not.
BTW... most airlines will offer you a berevement fare if you are flying to a funeral on short notice... you usually just have to provide a copy of the funeral notice or something similar... you can get a last minute ticket for the 21 day advance price.
According to US federal law, (Civil rights act of 1964) you may not discriminte based on Race, Sex, Marital Status, Age, Religion, or National Origin. The ADA prohibits some forms of discrimination against discrimination against the disabled. And some act, the name of which escapes me at the moment, prohibits descrimination against military status / service.
Other than that, you may discriminate for any reason your heart desires.
You need to pull your head out of the sand here, and realize, that, *any* company, that performs "testing" of this nature, without being forthcoming, either upfront, or when confronted, needs to be taken to task. Period.
Why?
The equation is very simple. Is product X worth Y? If yes, buy it, if not, don't. The rest of this is much ado about nothing.
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No it isn't. Please cite the law stating this. Car dealers, airlines, hotels, etc... do it all the time.
or come clean and stop their illegal price discrimination
What's illegal about their price discrimination? As long as they aren't discriminating based on a protected category (sex, age, race, etc..) they are more than free to charge you whatever they want.
about the differening prices on Amazon. You either pay what they want to charge you or you don't. Why does what they are charging other people even come into the equation? Is a certain item that worth say, $15.49 to you, suddenly become worth only $14.49 to you because they are selling it to someone else for that much?
Hmm... where are they going to get 15 people who would even want to go up into that tin can?
Mac OS X is turning into the Daiktana of operating systems.
But you're right. Most people couldn't care less. They'll give up their rights for conveinence. But that doesn't mean I should have to.
You don't have too... feel free to unplug your computer.
Who really doesn't care if my movements on the web are tracked? I mean, what's the big deal?
" I finally got mine back from American Airlines (along with my boxers, t-shirs, and other worldly possessions that they've had for like 2 weeks).
Man, consider youself lucky to have gotten it back. Never, never, never check a laptop. Of the people I know who have done so, they have something like a 50% recovery rate on those. I don't think there is an easier thing for someone to steal while being handled that is worth so much. Unless you have the thing well, well hidden in your bags. Plus, the insurance you get on checked luggage a) doesn't amount to enough to cover your laptop and b) it specifically doesn't cover laptops. Have you ever seen how they handle luguage? You lucky they don't drop some lead weights on it or something.
Get a nice computer bag, and put the thing in the overhead bin, or under your seat or something.
Oh, and did I mention AA sucks?
Of course not, to be a true /.er you have to realize all Republicans, everywhere, throughout time and space are evil.... even Lincoln.
So what the hell is your point?
You kind of glossed over the point that Mitnick was breaking the law and got what he deserved. If you aren't being an idiot like Mitnick your odds of showing up on the FBIs radar screen are damn close to 0.
Vinton Cerf just blew a lifetime of credibility in one ill-considered article.
Yep, just becuase he expressed an opinion that differed from your own, he's thrown away all that he's accomplished over his career.
When I say bet, I mean taking the short side of any stock in any company he's involved in
Great, go ahead and short a bunch of MCIWorldcom. Post your brokerage statement on the web. It will be amusing to see how much money you lose. If you make money, you can donate it to the FSF or the EFF or one of them folks.
Yeah, I'm sure he's going to lose sleep over that tonight.
What is a DVB?
Don't forget that a few years ago, 75% of adults thought that Microsoft owned the internet.
/., 98% of statistics are made up on the fly.
Don't forget that on
You got the source code... set it up yourself if you think its of value.
Silly me, I thought retailers could sell whatever they wanted to to whomever they wanted to for whatever reason. Guess freedom isn't a very popular sentiment around here.
For the SBP (Slashdot Bullshit Protocol). Basically, you send a story out to 5 people before you publish it on the front page. If 5 of them go "Bullshit!", then you don't publish the story.
How can you take a nation seriously that provides college scholarships for people whose only talent is throwing a ball whilst wearing enough padding to keep them safe in the event of a car crash?
Yep, no one has ever gotten an academic scholarship in America. Ever. Nope. Never happened. Only football players.
No, Universal can not do that. Court proceedings are taxed like any other income.
As for pricing, try flying last-minute on a non-competitive route (e.g. to a funeral in Charlotte or MSP) and then think again about airline pricing policies. They'll take every chance they can to screw you.
Prices are higher at the last minute since most last minute travellers are business people who have little sensitivity to prices in these cases. I don't really know if you call that screwing someone or not.
BTW... most airlines will offer you a berevement fare if you are flying to a funeral on short notice... you usually just have to provide a copy of the funeral notice or something similar... you can get a last minute ticket for the 21 day advance price.
I mean, there goes a ton of their investment capital into the pocket of Universal.
Then again, they couldn't have been too bright in the first place if they thought they were going to get away with this.
Okay, who here actually likes what the airlines do - gouging customers they think have some additional willingness to pay?
Airfares today are tons, tons, tons cheaper than they were before de-regulation of the airline industry.
So what is acceptable discrimination?
According to US federal law, (Civil rights act of 1964) you may not discriminte based on Race, Sex, Marital Status, Age, Religion, or National Origin. The ADA prohibits some forms of discrimination against discrimination against the disabled. And some act, the name of which escapes me at the moment, prohibits descrimination against military status / service.
Other than that, you may discriminate for any reason your heart desires.
You need to pull your head out of the sand here, and realize, that, *any* company, that performs "testing" of this nature, without being forthcoming, either upfront, or when confronted, needs to be taken to task. Period.
Why?
The equation is very simple. Is product X worth Y? If yes, buy it, if not, don't. The rest of this is much ado about nothing.