There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private (emphasis mine) business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise.
Does this mean that UIC, which is presumably publicly funded, may be in the wrong??
Credit cards are useful occassionally - my fiancee and I use hers maybe three times a year - but I'd much rather use my debit card.
I'm not sure I get this attitude. I use my Discover card to pay for everything (where possible). My cashback bonus is up to ~$310 right now (granted, it's been a year or so to gain that amount). If I used my debit card or check (*cringe*), that cashback bonus would be zero. I pay my credit card off every two weeks. Why not use it as a debit card and get the bonus cash/miles??
Many pages show royally fucked up (including wikipedia, which is completely standards compliant).
I'm running it on XP Home right now, and it looks just fine. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised to visit several pages that I know weren't tested on Safari and find that they rendered without a single flaw. Maybe I just got lucky. I wonder if it's a configuration difference on our machines??
Hell, it even rendered MySpace for me!
I still won't switch from Firefox, but it seems like a capable browser over here.
Of all of the best practices that I've learned as a designer analyst over time, I've come to realize that management (with a bug in their collective bonnets about some new-fangled technology), do a better job of screwing up design and usability than the technology itself.
I think it was due for a new name. Gaim? It has nothing more to do with AIM than it does with the other IM protocols. In fact, I use Gaim for YIM and MSN... I don't even have an AIM account.
Although Pidgin sounds weird, I can imagine it is *very* difficult to find a name for something that isn't currently used. I guess I don't really care - I'll still happily use it:)
I don't like GoDaddy's control panel. I always thought it was clunky getting to the DNS records (A, CNAME, etc), and navigation was goofy. Also, I think their WHOIS Protection/Privacy service is quite a bit more expensive that some of their competition.
Beyond that, at least you can be comfortable with registering a domain with a company that will probably be around for awhile. And although I've heard some complain about their customer service, I gotta figure it can't be any worse that some of the crap I've experience with some of their competition (although I'm very happy with my current primary registrar).
It's amazing. Several years ago I had about 20 domains with them. I transferred there from another eNom reseller because I fancied their WHOIS Protection service (I believe they were one of the first to offer it. GoDaddy had it at the time, but it was $9/year. RegFly had it for 99 cents on sale).
Anyway, I was happy with their features and price for quite a long time. Their control panel always had some issues, but I still thought it was a good deal. Then, about a year or so ago, they really started sucking. I was experiencing MASSIVE control panel issues, where features were getting turned on-and-off at will, and I couldn't get changes to stick. Eventually, I just got sick of it all and went to a new register.
Looks like I missed out on when things REALLY got fun:)
Now I usually just switch between NameCheap.com (for domains I care about) and 1and1.com (for throwaway, testing, and speculative domains). (PS, I wouldn't recommend 1and1 unless you're a cheap bastard who doesn't mind a little frustration with their strange control panel and customer service).
So I had to figure out a way to post articles, preferably from within Vista.
Firefox? Opera? Was it not compatible with anything but IE 6? Sounds lousy.
My main machine dual boots between XP and Vista, but it's a pain to reboot just to post an article or two. So I decided the best thing to do would be to use one of the XP-based VHDs I had and post the articles using IE 6 from within a virtual machine. I grabbed the smallest one, which happened to be Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, and installed it on the PC... I ended up switching out the XP MCE 2005 VM for a Windows 2000 VM, because it's smaller (and thus boots up and goes to sleep more quickly) and the version of IE 6 included with Windows 2000 can save Web passwords.
1. So which one is smaller then?
2. I find it amazing that Windows 2000 has a faster startup and shutdown time than anything. Am I alone here?
3. "The version of IE 6?" Correct me if I wrong, but I believe my IE 6 on Windows XP/SP2 saves web passwords?!?
I guess it depends if you want service and a modicum of uptime. Yeah, I've found okay hosting for as low as $20/year, however, I wouldn't host my company's web site on it. I currently pay $12.95/month for web hosting, and you'd be hard-pressed to convince me to switch to something else. I've used LOTS of web hosts, from free web hosts to mid-range paid to dedicated servers. It all depends on your needs. I wouldn't use a dedicated BSD server to host a MySpace-type site any more than I would use a Geocities account to host a business.
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3. What are the chances that they are going to be audited next year?
From the link:
Does this mean that UIC, which is presumably publicly funded, may be in the wrong??
I'm not sure I get this attitude. I use my Discover card to pay for everything (where possible). My cashback bonus is up to ~$310 right now (granted, it's been a year or so to gain that amount). If I used my debit card or check (*cringe*), that cashback bonus would be zero. I pay my credit card off every two weeks. Why not use it as a debit card and get the bonus cash/miles??
http://bink.nu/Article10229.bink
What if the SUBJECT is "human lifestyle"? This would never work in the U.S. :)
There must be something different about my installation (XP Home)... Both pages render perfectly, including bold type. :/
I'm not afraid of robots. It's those damn, dirty apes that concern me.
I'm running it on XP Home right now, and it looks just fine. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised to visit several pages that I know weren't tested on Safari and find that they rendered without a single flaw. Maybe I just got lucky. I wonder if it's a configuration difference on our machines??
Hell, it even rendered MySpace for me!
I still won't switch from Firefox, but it seems like a capable browser over here.
Of all of the best practices that I've learned as a designer analyst over time, I've come to realize that management (with a bug in their collective bonnets about some new-fangled technology), do a better job of screwing up design and usability than the technology itself.
Assuming Novell wins the majority of judgments, I wonder what would happen if Novell some day decides that Linux is no longer viable as SCO did...
I think it was due for a new name. Gaim? It has nothing more to do with AIM than it does with the other IM protocols. In fact, I use Gaim for YIM and MSN... I don't even have an AIM account.
:)
Although Pidgin sounds weird, I can imagine it is *very* difficult to find a name for something that isn't currently used. I guess I don't really care - I'll still happily use it
Did you see the "related stories" links underneath the summary?
I don't like GoDaddy's control panel. I always thought it was clunky getting to the DNS records (A, CNAME, etc), and navigation was goofy. Also, I think their WHOIS Protection/Privacy service is quite a bit more expensive that some of their competition.
Beyond that, at least you can be comfortable with registering a domain with a company that will probably be around for awhile. And although I've heard some complain about their customer service, I gotta figure it can't be any worse that some of the crap I've experience with some of their competition (although I'm very happy with my current primary registrar).
It's amazing. Several years ago I had about 20 domains with them. I transferred there from another eNom reseller because I fancied their WHOIS Protection service (I believe they were one of the first to offer it. GoDaddy had it at the time, but it was $9/year. RegFly had it for 99 cents on sale).
:)
Anyway, I was happy with their features and price for quite a long time. Their control panel always had some issues, but I still thought it was a good deal. Then, about a year or so ago, they really started sucking. I was experiencing MASSIVE control panel issues, where features were getting turned on-and-off at will, and I couldn't get changes to stick. Eventually, I just got sick of it all and went to a new register.
Looks like I missed out on when things REALLY got fun
Now I usually just switch between NameCheap.com (for domains I care about) and 1and1.com (for throwaway, testing, and speculative domains). (PS, I wouldn't recommend 1and1 unless you're a cheap bastard who doesn't mind a little frustration with their strange control panel and customer service).
Well, he did post his e-mail address in cleartext as his sig.
Here here. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...
You can convert PDFs online too:
http://www.pdfonline.com/
If you don't like the size of the ads, try increasing your screen resolution. You can fit more per page that way.
And yet, they still do not support subsets (categories). :/
Firefox? Opera? Was it not compatible with anything but IE 6? Sounds lousy.
1. So which one is smaller then?
2. I find it amazing that Windows 2000 has a faster startup and shutdown time than anything. Am I alone here?
3. "The version of IE 6?" Correct me if I wrong, but I believe my IE 6 on Windows XP/SP2 saves web passwords?!?
So if I whipe the powder mustache off of my upper lip before the cop taps on the window, that means I never snorted?
Hah, that's like finding a loaded diaper in a garbage dump and then complaining about the level of sanitation.
Thank goodness for Adobe Audition.
I guess it depends if you want service and a modicum of uptime. Yeah, I've found okay hosting for as low as $20/year, however, I wouldn't host my company's web site on it. I currently pay $12.95/month for web hosting, and you'd be hard-pressed to convince me to switch to something else. I've used LOTS of web hosts, from free web hosts to mid-range paid to dedicated servers. It all depends on your needs. I wouldn't use a dedicated BSD server to host a MySpace-type site any more than I would use a Geocities account to host a business.
Hmmm, sure makes me glad my name isn't Michael Jaskson.