I had a similar disagreement with Comcast. On their website, their terms specifically stated "Many of our customers have purchased cable boxes from retail outlets to use with our service" yet every single Comcast customer service rep I talked to denied their service worked without one of their cable boxes.
I ended by finding a cablebox at a flea market (retail outlet?) and they would not let me use the service with it. I wish I could have found a lawyer to help me with that.
Checking receipts before leaving a store is only a service to the customer. It gives the customer a chance to return any items he or she didn't realize they had taken. It isn't stealing if you are still in the store. Customers who do not wish the receipt checking service risk the possibility of stealing from the store once they walk out.
Not sure of the facts, but I know, at least with Asheron's Call, the 'auditors' (were they called Advocates? I know they had pretty cool shields) received free subscription to the game. A $10 value. Not sure, but that might have been the problem. They were being "hired" for $10 a month... And I guess that means they weren't volunteers.
I've noticed things like this before. It began when I was a student senator at a university and read through the student constitution: piece of crap. I went through and had to amend it all up. Then I wondered how well the state statutes were written: longer piece of crap. It's really surprising, or was to me. So much points to removed sections or points to sections that have been altered. Coming from a programming background, it was scary at first, but speaking to people who I thought would care, it doesn't seem like a big deal. They said they'd get around to it but would love an email whenever I found an error.
We all know trees don't do much in the winter. And now we know that CO2 raises the temperature. So, the temperature will rise, the winters will shorten, and the trees will work a longer year getting rid of the CO2.
"definitely" but I really wasn't trying to sound disinterested. I really didn't see the importance of it. I'm glad other people responded and cleared it up for me. But thanks.
I guess this makes sense in a way. But with competitors, wouldn't this cause some potential customers to back away? Once someone buys a Tivo, I'd think they'd stick with the Tivo service over changing to another company. So this affects new customers mostly, who might be scared away.
How about you just pay to go faster? If they are going to get you no matter what with the trackers, there's no incentive anymore to speeding. Instead, up to a certain speed cap, just charge a penny per mph over the limit per mile or something. People have always speeded, and they'll still want to. If it were cheap enough, I'd certainly consider paying the speeding fee.
I remember reading Timeline and they were talking about the limit of chips. No point in investing since they'll just get so small, that they'll burn themselves up.
Microsoft has acknowledged the Xbox is in short supply, which some retailers fear may continue through the year as the company prepares to launch its next-generation console, most likely around the holidays.
A friend of mine insists that the XBOX will never die because games on XBOX 2 aren't backwards-compatible. While I'm sure it will at least end up like the N64 lives on today, does anyone think it will outlast the XBOX 2 longer?
I personally don't see it lasting forever once the next generations come out...and when they make Halo for XBOX 2.
As a general hobby of mine, I've learned the basics, mostly console, of a few languages. C++, Java, PHP, etc. I make little programs for fun, but nothing great. I really would like to get better at this stuff so I could help out Mozilla or open source projects, but it's only a hobby and I have no direction. What should I do? Should I pick one language, or learn them all slowly; what books should I buy or whatever? I just need some direction.
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I had a similar disagreement with Comcast. On their website, their terms specifically stated "Many of our customers have purchased cable boxes from retail outlets to use with our service" yet every single Comcast customer service rep I talked to denied their service worked without one of their cable boxes.
I ended by finding a cablebox at a flea market (retail outlet?) and they would not let me use the service with it. I wish I could have found a lawyer to help me with that.
Checking receipts before leaving a store is only a service to the customer. It gives the customer a chance to return any items he or she didn't realize they had taken. It isn't stealing if you are still in the store. Customers who do not wish the receipt checking service risk the possibility of stealing from the store once they walk out.
Not sure of the facts, but I know, at least with Asheron's Call, the 'auditors' (were they called Advocates? I know they had pretty cool shields) received free subscription to the game. A $10 value. Not sure, but that might have been the problem. They were being "hired" for $10 a month... And I guess that means they weren't volunteers.
I've noticed things like this before. It began when I was a student senator at a university and read through the student constitution: piece of crap. I went through and had to amend it all up. Then I wondered how well the state statutes were written: longer piece of crap. It's really surprising, or was to me. So much points to removed sections or points to sections that have been altered. Coming from a programming background, it was scary at first, but speaking to people who I thought would care, it doesn't seem like a big deal. They said they'd get around to it but would love an email whenever I found an error.
We all know trees don't do much in the winter. And now we know that CO2 raises the temperature. So, the temperature will rise, the winters will shorten, and the trees will work a longer year getting rid of the CO2.
So it's like Object Oriented Genetics?
I feel like they should have saved Hydra for something else.
"definitely" but I really wasn't trying to sound disinterested. I really didn't see the importance of it. I'm glad other people responded and cleared it up for me. But thanks.
Ahh, why don't I care? How is this important?
"Guaranteed to keep your glass full even after you pass out."
I don't know much about this kind of stuff, but that seems pretty amazing. Does anyone with more knowledge know how amazing it is?
I guess this makes sense in a way. But with competitors, wouldn't this cause some potential customers to back away? Once someone buys a Tivo, I'd think they'd stick with the Tivo service over changing to another company. So this affects new customers mostly, who might be scared away.
Wouldn't it be a problem for long-term ticket holders who grow up and their fingers change?
Just write your whole program in comments.
How about you just pay to go faster? If they are going to get you no matter what with the trackers, there's no incentive anymore to speeding. Instead, up to a certain speed cap, just charge a penny per mph over the limit per mile or something. People have always speeded, and they'll still want to. If it were cheap enough, I'd certainly consider paying the speeding fee.
Sounds like a whole new game...kinda. Resetting the leaderboards sounds good (to me, at least). Now we just need some new maps!
I remember reading Timeline and they were talking about the limit of chips. No point in investing since they'll just get so small, that they'll burn themselves up.
Microsoft has acknowledged the Xbox is in short supply, which some retailers fear may continue through the year as the company prepares to launch its next-generation console, most likely around the holidays.
A friend of mine insists that the XBOX will never die because games on XBOX 2 aren't backwards-compatible. While I'm sure it will at least end up like the N64 lives on today, does anyone think it will outlast the XBOX 2 longer?
I personally don't see it lasting forever once the next generations come out...and when they make Halo for XBOX 2.
Anyone know who sings this?
As a general hobby of mine, I've learned the basics, mostly console, of a few languages. C++, Java, PHP, etc. I make little programs for fun, but nothing great. I really would like to get better at this stuff so I could help out Mozilla or open source projects, but it's only a hobby and I have no direction. What should I do? Should I pick one language, or learn them all slowly; what books should I buy or whatever? I just need some direction.