It's specialization. None of us is all-powerful, so to maintain our life(style), we have to trade the power/ability/time/things we do have for the power/time/ability/things we need. Money allows us to easily timeshift this process to our convenience. To say that selling one's ability, in and of itself, is wrong is to say that their abilities should be forcedly worthless.
Although I have seen DVD/Digital Video versions of music videos a lot more nowadays as a "bonus feature" to CDs. I'm a fan of music videos, and I'm really glad to see that the artform is being kept alive and made more useful (I like havin' em!) by the new tech.
I don't believe it would work. Since Slashdot doesn't conciously filter out posts based on content, the responsibility for content is placed on the writers, who could be individually sued for libel... I think.
Plus, if you find a really good small local shop, you can have the advantage of actual knowledgable folks on hand and actual bargaining ability for being a good customer.
Me, I've just found an excellent local computer shop that sells mostly used machines and new parts. I ended up picking up a PCMCIA wireless card for about $20 less than list because the owner "found a good deal on them", and got a free USB cable on the merit that I'd just bought a bunch of other stuff, and the guy didn't want to have to run my credit card and print up a reciept again.
I forsee that this store will end up with much of my excess income in the time to come.
Ahh, how I love living in a city that's a regional postal and shipping hub (read: only city of a decent size in the area). Generally, I can cut 1-2 days off whatever I see for shipping time, although "handling" can take the longer part for small stores or individuals.
The problem is that the information has to come from somewhere. Either you have "dial it in for each site" or insecure (and invasive, some may say) cross-site partnerships where everyone gets your info from everyone else.
I think it's more like dynamite. BitTorrent was designed from the beginning for legitimate uses, like load-relief in software distribution, but it got co-opted by the pirates and now it's seen as just another piracy tool.
In the beginning, BT was seen by many as a legitimizer of P2P. Since it required a central website/server with a (theoretically) more tracable owner, it made the system less anonymous and more useful to legitimate distributors than illegitimate.
Unfortunately, anonymously registered sites and sites hiding behind safe-harbor provisions mean that BT is still anonymous enough to become a piracy vehicle, and it has gained a bad reputation for that.
And a note to all you out there: Don't post what you don't really mean. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone, but... dammit... now I have to go through and revise my resume again! Serves me right for posting at late-o-clock-in-the-morning and not thinking about it.:)
How hard do you suppose it would be to embed something like a SecurID into credit cards, having another display that would act as the "Confirmation" code.
Of course, this is all contingent upon the CC companies actually caring enough. As it stands now (IIRC, I may be wrong, correct me if I am) a significant amount of the fraud liability is borne by the defrauded vendors, and a lot of the enforcement is done by public police, making it a lot less critical for CC companies to get their security act together.
Slashdot Mirror
Another buzzword acronym, too.
"Sitting in front of the computer, reading Slashdot"
Big stretch, CIA.
That program gave me a use for geometry and trigonometry.
How's the upkeep cost on that? Bulbs and such?
What if you like doing something that no one needs?
It's specialization. None of us is all-powerful, so to maintain our life(style), we have to trade the power/ability/time/things we do have for the power/time/ability/things we need. Money allows us to easily timeshift this process to our convenience. To say that selling one's ability, in and of itself, is wrong is to say that their abilities should be forcedly worthless.
I've found, too, that it's usually a local ad or a station promotion that comes on just before the show comes back.
Aspergers with pointers?
Well, if you find out who has the infected phone...
Automatic recycling! Inventive!
Although I have seen DVD/Digital Video versions of music videos a lot more nowadays as a "bonus feature" to CDs. I'm a fan of music videos, and I'm really glad to see that the artform is being kept alive and made more useful (I like havin' em!) by the new tech.
I don't believe it would work. Since Slashdot doesn't conciously filter out posts based on content, the responsibility for content is placed on the writers, who could be individually sued for libel... I think.
The joke called. Would you like to reschedule your appointment?
But O'Connor adds that a series of mechanical breaks will activate should there be a sudden loss of pressure...
At least they're honest.
Would that be "for" or "of"?
Plus, if you find a really good small local shop, you can have the advantage of actual knowledgable folks on hand and actual bargaining ability for being a good customer.
Me, I've just found an excellent local computer shop that sells mostly used machines and new parts. I ended up picking up a PCMCIA wireless card for about $20 less than list because the owner "found a good deal on them", and got a free USB cable on the merit that I'd just bought a bunch of other stuff, and the guy didn't want to have to run my credit card and print up a reciept again.
I forsee that this store will end up with much of my excess income in the time to come.
Then the cat walks across the keyboard, and you've got to call your lawyer about bankruptcy.
Unfortunately, chances are that the people who know don't care, and the people who care don't know.
Ahh, how I love living in a city that's a regional postal and shipping hub (read: only city of a decent size in the area). Generally, I can cut 1-2 days off whatever I see for shipping time, although "handling" can take the longer part for small stores or individuals.
The problem is that the information has to come from somewhere. Either you have "dial it in for each site" or insecure (and invasive, some may say) cross-site partnerships where everyone gets your info from everyone else.
I think it's more like dynamite. BitTorrent was designed from the beginning for legitimate uses, like load-relief in software distribution, but it got co-opted by the pirates and now it's seen as just another piracy tool.
In the beginning, BT was seen by many as a legitimizer of P2P. Since it required a central website/server with a (theoretically) more tracable owner, it made the system less anonymous and more useful to legitimate distributors than illegitimate.
Unfortunately, anonymously registered sites and sites hiding behind safe-harbor provisions mean that BT is still anonymous enough to become a piracy vehicle, and it has gained a bad reputation for that.
Fair 'nuff.
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:)
And a note to all you out there: Don't post what you don't really mean. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone, but... dammit... now I have to go through and revise my resume again! Serves me right for posting at late-o-clock-in-the-morning and not thinking about it.
Okay, I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but... uhh... this is Insightful?
You're not forced to accept, but you're forced to comply if you accept. How you ended up there doesn't change the nature of the system you're in.
How hard do you suppose it would be to embed something like a SecurID into credit cards, having another display that would act as the "Confirmation" code.
Of course, this is all contingent upon the CC companies actually caring enough. As it stands now (IIRC, I may be wrong, correct me if I am) a significant amount of the fraud liability is borne by the defrauded vendors, and a lot of the enforcement is done by public police, making it a lot less critical for CC companies to get their security act together.