List of things for which we have to have the original numbers:
Reissue the card.
List of card numbers issued.
List of cards numbers issued
Report fraud to Gov't
Verify card info on the phone. If the customer reads out the card number , you don't want the custrep to have to type the number and press the "check" button. You want the custrep to be able to follow on-screen. Most customers would get super edgy if they heard keystrokes that matched their reading of their own credit cards.
if they do it right, they can. If they come into the country on false pretense, or illegally, or try to stay illegally, yes, it might be more difficult.
I'm french, cliffy, and you are so right. The amount of hatred for the french that emanates from foreign countries pale in comparison to the hatred french people heap upon each other. Actually, French people think foreigners like them, since they are so used to feeling the triple-hate in France, they think the standard hate that foreigners give them is pretty nice:)
You want to know how much French people hate each other? See Israel vs. Arab World. That's pretty close.
Actually, no, that would not hurt them. They are not aiming Star Wars at 10 million geeks. They are aiming Star Wars at 800 million teens worldwide.
If you want to hurt Disney, bug them. Send Disney nastygrams; Tell your congressman you hate them; make a web page that spells out the greed. Or even better, scavenge their best talents, encourage their competitors, tell the Fast-food operators you don't appreciate their marketing tie-in with Disney, yadda yadda
I've come to the realisation that since Bill Gates lives in a world where $200 is something he might put under the table when it's rocking, that any computer he's going to buy is the latest with all the gizmos, 21 inch flat screens and the most RAM you can put on it (like 4 to 16 gig), that in fact the Windows OS would represent an insignificant percentage of the cost of the PC. Sort of like saying a $1200 stereo system is affordable by all since it represent such a small percentage of the price of a brand new $600,000 Ferrari.
As far as speaking his mind: Let him. Then the judge and jury will see the megalomanic ego and won't see the genius. (geeks don't make good judges or juries, not enough blinking lights)
I think, however, it's the fault of the teachers for not being able to accurately judge a particular student's own abilities.
On the posts below:
My wife is a pianist. She learned how to play the piano by learning the techniques from others (where to place the hands, how to move the fingers, how to read the sheet music etc) but had to PRACTICE many many hours by herself.
Likewise a good programmer will not only value the advice of friends and enemies, but will also write an incredible amount of code.
But this is known. Universities should do like this: Each person selects a project they like, but no two people can do the same thing, or even remotely close. Then teachers will see who is really good. What you say, that is too hard to grade for the teacher? BFD, that's what they're paid to do.
If the school is state funded, (and thank you for pointing that out), I am sure that they are getting funding based on the number of students enrolled, so I think my point still applies.
Check out bookcrossing.com. You can have your own bookshelf. Just type the ISBN, it retrieves the cover art, the author and all that. You can fix it too.
at wamu.com, i get this when browsing with Moz 099:
"You have accessed your Washington Mutual site using Netscape 6.0. Currently Washington Mutual is not supporting Netscape 6.0. Please use another browser."
This is lovely, since it is saying that THEY are no interested in supporting NS6. But then the AOL user will assume that since they're not using NS6, that the site should still work right (they are using AOL Internet after all).
I can spend an entire day in the office not writing a single line of code because I'm (bored/tired/upset/distracted/hungry/horny/sick/di zzy/unable to focus/depressed/demoralized/PickYourOwn) yet I get in the car, stop at a red light, look at a tree on the side of the road, at 5:45 PM, and get a beautiful flowchart in my head of the entire process and all dependencies, with near-complete code to go with it (heck, even the functions and arguments pop into my head) yet I'm nowhere near capable to write it all down, and as the light changes to green, I have to forget all about that so I can concentrate on not plowing into the lexus in front of me.
Yet, I'll still get paid, and my boss with "assume" --incorrectly--that I was productive.
Also, a lot of time, I'll write code based on diagrams and notes I wrote the night before while at a coffee-house, or after dinner. Do I get paid for that? Of course not. So I don't feel horribly guilty (not guilty at all really) for reading/. and various other web sites while at work.
In Los Angeles, the average house is $255,000. A nice house is 299+
Even CSUN has problems hiring teachers with that, because it means you have to get $80,000+ a year in order to even qualify for a house loan, and first year Univeersity professors start at $50K and change.
How about using Javascript to put ads on a page, like our Beloved Slashdot(tm). All one has to do is look at the source code, see the horrible mangly js code that adds to the download size, and realize that they are willing to alienate nerds like myself over trying to make a buck, or at least pay for their bandwidth, when in fact all they have to do is use nice CSS and fire all their marketing people, their Editors (they have them?) and John Katz. This is not Salon. Or MSN. We don't want to be politically correct. We want to say rude and obnoxious things, and if the advertisers want us to tone the rethoric down, then I say: you don't understand Geeks.
If I want normal, sensitive-up-to-the-collar news commentary, then I'll read up with the BBC and CNN. When I want blood and gore at the bottom of the trenches and sulfur choking my lungs in the technology battlefield, then I don't want some actor who has never even seen source code dressed in a frog-green space suit from the 60s and his adorable used-to-work-as-a-waitress assistant pitching an overpriced database system.
News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters. Can we append "Shop now, we take VISA" to keep up with the Times?
There are websites who make mistakes, because they don't know any better. Then there is Slashdot, where even the notion that Geeks don't like the Establishment will be used as a marketing tool by the aforementioned Establishment for the explicit purpose of providing value to the shareholders.
Personally I would rather see no Slashdot than a corporate-media-million-eyeballs-per-day-let's-get -rich and "Let's Not Offend Anyone" Slashdot.
Slashdot Mirror
Would there be any way for /. to have an indicator on the story heading to indicate that the site being linked in the story is currently slashdotted?
And maybe keep track of the slashdot effect in terms of intensity and duration...
I bet this would really help the poor souls out there whose sites are brought down by the barbaric hordes...
List of things for which we have to have the original numbers:
Reissue the card.
List of card numbers issued.
List of cards numbers issued
Report fraud to Gov't
Verify card info on the phone. If the customer reads out the card number , you don't want the custrep to have to type the number and press the "check" button. You want the custrep to be able to follow on-screen. Most customers would get super edgy if they heard keystrokes that matched their reading of their own credit cards.
That's because you should also disable javascript.
I work at a Bank. We issue credit and debit cards. We store the data somewhere. We have to. not just the last 4 digits.
So your solution does not always apply.
In general, though, you're right.
if they do it right, they can. If they come into the country on false pretense, or illegally, or try to stay illegally, yes, it might be more difficult.
not (hopefully) for profit?
Everything is for profit in the business world.
By definition.
I would say that's a good idea until someone figures out that you can download the linux kernel for free.
I'm french, cliffy, and you are so right. The amount of hatred for the french that emanates from foreign countries pale in comparison to the hatred french people heap upon each other. Actually, French people think foreigners like them, since they are so used to feeling the triple-hate in France, they think the standard hate that foreigners give them is pretty nice :)
You want to know how much French people hate each other? See Israel vs. Arab World. That's pretty close.
They don't have to come here if they don't want to. They can become citizens if they want to. Again, their choice.
As far as paying taxes in other states: It's on the books. In practice? It only affects companies that make large purchases.
Actually, no, that would not hurt them. They are not aiming Star Wars at 10 million geeks. They are aiming Star Wars at 800 million teens worldwide.
If you want to hurt Disney, bug them. Send Disney nastygrams; Tell your congressman you hate them; make a web page that spells out the greed. Or even better, scavenge their best talents, encourage their competitors, tell the Fast-food operators you don't appreciate their marketing tie-in with Disney, yadda yadda
I've come to the realisation that since Bill Gates lives in a world where $200 is something he might put under the table when it's rocking, that any computer he's going to buy is the latest with all the gizmos, 21 inch flat screens and the most RAM you can put on it (like 4 to 16 gig), that in fact the Windows OS would represent an insignificant percentage of the cost of the PC.
Sort of like saying a $1200 stereo system is affordable by all since it represent such a small percentage of the price of a brand new $600,000 Ferrari.
As far as speaking his mind: Let him. Then the judge and jury will see the megalomanic ego and won't see the genius. (geeks don't make good judges or juries, not enough blinking lights)
hehe
Are you saying the Washington Post got the story wrong?
Well, rl:
sleep, grades, marriage, choose 2.
I agree completely.
I think, however, it's the fault of the teachers for not being able to accurately judge a particular student's own abilities.
On the posts below:
My wife is a pianist. She learned how to play the piano by learning the techniques from others (where to place the hands, how to move the fingers, how to read the sheet music etc) but had to PRACTICE many many hours by herself.
Likewise a good programmer will not only value the advice of friends and enemies, but will also write an incredible amount of code.
But this is known. Universities should do like this: Each person selects a project they like, but no two people can do the same thing, or even remotely close. Then teachers will see who is really good.
What you say, that is too hard to grade for the teacher? BFD, that's what they're paid to do.
If the school is state funded, (and thank you for pointing that out), I am sure that they are getting funding based on the number of students enrolled, so I think my point still applies.
If they learn from each other, they will progress faster, get better grades, and repreat fewer classes. Does this mean less money for the university?
Maybe they do have a real motive for not letting students help each other: Greed.
Check out bookcrossing.com. You can have your own bookshelf. Just type the ISBN, it retrieves the cover art, the author and all that. You can fix it too.
I use it, I like it.
Migrate to Linux?
at wamu.com, i get this when browsing with Moz 099:
"You have accessed your Washington Mutual site using Netscape 6.0. Currently Washington Mutual is not supporting Netscape 6.0. Please use another browser."
This is lovely, since it is saying that THEY are no interested in supporting NS6. But then the AOL user will assume that since they're not using NS6, that the site should still work right (they are using AOL Internet after all).
Yes, and in HTML too, because I find it easier to read than PDFs.
The text of the license and the time required to fully comprehend the license will invariably be greater than the API for said service.
Absolutely.
i zzy/unable to focus/depressed/demoralized/PickYourOwn) yet I get in the car, stop at a red light, look at a tree on the side of the road, at 5:45 PM, and get a beautiful flowchart in my head of the entire process and all dependencies, with near-complete code to go with it (heck, even the functions and arguments pop into my head) yet I'm nowhere near capable to write it all down, and as the light changes to green, I have to forget all about that so I can concentrate on not plowing into the lexus in front of me.
/. and various other web sites while at work.
I can spend an entire day in the office not writing a single line of code because I'm (bored/tired/upset/distracted/hungry/horny/sick/d
Yet, I'll still get paid, and my boss with "assume" --incorrectly--that I was productive.
Also, a lot of time, I'll write code based on diagrams and notes I wrote the night before while at a coffee-house, or after dinner. Do I get paid for that? Of course not. So I don't feel horribly guilty (not guilty at all really) for reading
In Los Angeles, the average house is $255,000. A nice house is 299+
Even CSUN has problems hiring teachers with that, because it means you have to get $80,000+ a year in order to even qualify for a house loan, and first year Univeersity professors start at $50K and change.
The Slashdot Mistake.
t -rich and "Let's Not Offend Anyone" Slashdot.
How about using Javascript to put ads on a page, like our Beloved Slashdot(tm).
All one has to do is look at the source code, see the horrible mangly js code that adds to the download size, and realize that they are willing to alienate nerds like myself over trying to make a buck, or at least pay for their bandwidth, when in fact all they have to do is use nice CSS and fire all their marketing people, their Editors (they have them?) and John Katz. This is not Salon. Or MSN. We don't want to be politically correct. We want to say rude and obnoxious things, and if the advertisers want us to tone the rethoric down, then I say: you don't understand Geeks.
If I want normal, sensitive-up-to-the-collar news commentary, then I'll read up with the BBC and CNN. When I want blood and gore at the bottom of the trenches and sulfur choking my lungs in the technology battlefield, then I don't want some actor who has never even seen source code dressed in a frog-green space suit from the 60s and his adorable used-to-work-as-a-waitress assistant pitching an overpriced database system.
News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters. Can we append "Shop now, we take VISA" to keep up with the Times?
There are websites who make mistakes, because they don't know any better. Then there is Slashdot, where even the notion that Geeks don't like the Establishment will be used as a marketing tool by the aforementioned Establishment for the explicit purpose of providing value to the shareholders.
Personally I would rather see no Slashdot than a corporate-media-million-eyeballs-per-day-let's-ge
You've hit it right on the money (so to speak)
/.
I don't want to pay for something I contribute to.
I won't pay for
I don't like the ads on CNET and ZDNet. Guess what, I don't go there no mo'.