In Canada, 80% to 90% of the cost of a bottle of hooch is taxes. Vodka power would be bloody expensive. Then again, if you power the user with vodka as well, they're less likely to complain:)
I'm sorry I haven't written in so long, but you know how busy things get. Maybe it's time for us to move on. I've found this great credit card database that uses default passwords. What can I say, it has so much more to offer.
I picked up an Xbox when they first came out and it crashed within 10 minutes of starting it up. The self-diagnostic ran, and gave me an error code and the number for XBox support. So I called it, even though I knew I could take the box back to EB immediately. The service rep took my code, said I had a faulty mainboard and that they would be happy to ship me a new Xbox immediately if I so desired. Since it was faster to just drive the 10 minutes back to EB and get the replacement I declined. But I can't fault MS for customer service. (As far as they knew I was just another consumer, no developer strings were pulled.)
With my RCA D52130, when the green tube went in it in January it was less than a year old with enough warranties on it to protect it for 5 years. It still took RCA over a month just to come back and say "Sorry, it will take 5 months for that part to come in." (Many phone calls, and some swearing later the retailer gave me a full store credit so I don't have to buy another RCA product. Yay)
The Xbox is a great console, and so are the PS2 and Gamecube. YMMV but I've had all three and my issues have been more with finding titles that I want to fill my library with, rather than the hardware.
As long as the companies are willing to support their hardware with good warranties and customer service, and release great titles it all comes down to personal preference.
So a pox on those "Wait till you get a BSOD on your Xbox" trolls.:)
It would be barely negligible. Think of how much we would have to strip from the moon first. By the time we're capable of even doing that much damage we probably won't be relying on the moon for resources. We'd be affected by the moon's lack of mass long before transferring the mass to earth would affect us.
Well, the tagline for Slashdot is "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters."
While closely situated there doesn't appear to be an AND, OR, XOR or NOT in there. So I think they could be two distinct statements.
This one definitely falls under News for Nerds. Not sure about the 'Stuff that matters' though.:)
In a way though, something like this *is* news because it gives us a sense of nostalgia -- roots that nerds all over the world cling to dearly. "This is the game that made me want to write my own code!" etc. etc.
Jocks have their first touchdown, headbangers their first Maiden or Priest concert, and geeks have a game/simulation/porn movie that became a life changing experience.
Good point though. No flames directed your way in this.
My old roommate quoted two rules of Buffy to me one day, and they seem to hold true.
1) Sex is bad. 2) Relationships end, and always as badly as possible.
If characters have sex you can be sure one of them is dead or leaving Sunnydale sometime in the near future. If someone is happy in love, watch out for negative karma coming back to bite you in the ass.:)
Half the fun is just trying to figure out exactly HOW the non-Scooby character is going to meet their end;)
What would stop the 500-1000 Slashdot readers from fabricating their results as well?
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When I was 10 the kids in the extremely rural area I lived in (less than 100 people in the place) got into D&D. My parents refused to even consider letting me play, especially after that damn Tom Hanks movie 'Mazes and Monsters' came out. Anyway, my mother's greatest fear about my playing it was that I would become a satan-worshipper. Never mind that our family was atheist...
But chances are they don't keep the video data long enough to protect the average customer until they see their bank statement. If you're robbed at the ATM, chances are you'll report the crime as soon as you can, or if you're found lying in front of the ATM they'll check the tape right away. But if the victim doesn't check their account balance regularly, they'll be waiting until statement time... and then it may be too late. The video will most likely be recorded over.
You don't really need to kill them. A murder indictment will suck even if you plead it down. Common assault, on the other hand, is usually just a slap on the wrist for someone without a record.
So once or twice a week, a different Slashdotter with a clean record waylays the bastard outside his home.
The hands and eyes would probably be the most effective targets.
Not that I'm condoning this, obviously. Or implying that we should conspire to commit said "bad acts", or even create a site used to track and hunt down these people... not at all.:)
Man, if my girlfriend worked on ebola I'd be very careful to let her win *any* arguments we had. And if she ever sneezed while we were snuggled up, it would be very expensive to fix the whole I would leave in the wall as I ran through it.
Maybe because we form a lot of our opinions about people in childhood? After all, when you're 6 years old, and every kid on the playground is kinda scruffy at the end of lunch hour, the game of tag ends with the sweaty fat kid with the ice cream bar residue on his hands and shirt sits on you... well, that's pretty god damn traumatic.
So from then on, in your minds eye, every overweight person is just an extension of that fat bastard who dripped butterscotch ripple and sweat on you in grade one and left you emotionally scarred till the end of your days...
I used the best anti-fraud option available to credit card users out there. I just kept the damn thing maxed out. If someone stole the number they'd just have to make a payment on it first.:) Of course the second they'd do such a silly thing I'd change my billing address to someplace else where I could still be reached and close the account.:) Not that a thief would actually pay into a card.
The address change is handy though, if you're closing off a card and don't want any charges to follow you. Normally, if you get a new card and close off the old one the credit card company can forward new charges to the old card to your new card. It sucks, but I found out when trying to cancel a card in order to stop Sympatico for repeat fraudulent billings. As long as they provided valid information about the account, Visa said that it was considered to be pre-authorized payments. So I tested another monthly payment by changing my billing address and postal code, and lo and behold, next month that transaction didn't go through because the site info no longer matched Visa's information on me in the database. (Note, if you're going to test this with a company that legitimately bills you, do it with a company that gives you a grace period to fix your billing info or it could reflect badly on you)
I'll hunt it down on the forum there, as I like it better than the default shell already. The browse crash was inconsistent, so I've no idea what triggered it.
Usually when explorer crashes (the odd time, not every time like the anonymous coward below ranted about), it's related to a bad control or something on a web site that brings down IE and anything else tied into it, blanking the systray as well. Not having everything tied to the one app is nice.:)
Actually, that's not what I said, but thanks for the snap judgement and the obvious bitterness in your response. What happened, hand fall asleep while masturbating and you can't deal with the rejection?
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No, I'm not American. Can't tell where you're from though, because "Jackass" is universal.
In Canada, 80% to 90% of the cost of a bottle of hooch is taxes. Vodka power would be bloody expensive. Then again, if you power the user with vodka as well, they're less likely to complain :)
Dear Backdoor,
I'm sorry I haven't written in so long, but you know how busy things get. Maybe it's time for us to move on. I've found this great credit card database that uses default passwords. What can I say, it has so much more to offer.
Yours truly...
I picked up an Xbox when they first came out and it crashed within 10 minutes of starting it up. The self-diagnostic ran, and gave me an error code and the number for XBox support. So I called it, even though I knew I could take the box back to EB immediately. The service rep took my code, said I had a faulty mainboard and that they would be happy to ship me a new Xbox immediately if I so desired. Since it was faster to just drive the 10 minutes back to EB and get the replacement I declined. But I can't fault MS for customer service. (As far as they knew I was just another consumer, no developer strings were pulled.)
:)
With my RCA D52130, when the green tube went in it in January it was less than a year old with enough warranties on it to protect it for 5 years. It still took RCA over a month just to come back and say "Sorry, it will take 5 months for that part to come in." (Many phone calls, and some swearing later the retailer gave me a full store credit so I don't have to buy another RCA product. Yay)
The Xbox is a great console, and so are the PS2 and Gamecube. YMMV but I've had all three and my issues have been more with finding titles that I want to fill my library with, rather than the hardware.
As long as the companies are willing to support their hardware with good warranties and customer service, and release great titles it all comes down to personal preference.
So a pox on those "Wait till you get a BSOD on your Xbox" trolls.
It would be barely negligible. Think of how much we would have to strip from the moon first. By the time we're capable of even doing that much damage we probably won't be relying on the moon for resources.
We'd be affected by the moon's lack of mass long before transferring the mass to earth would affect us.
Well, the tagline for Slashdot is "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters."
:)
While closely situated there doesn't appear to be an AND, OR, XOR or NOT in there. So I think they could be two distinct statements.
This one definitely falls under News for Nerds. Not sure about the 'Stuff that matters' though.
In a way though, something like this *is* news because it gives us a sense of nostalgia -- roots that nerds all over the world cling to dearly. "This is the game that made me want to write my own code!" etc. etc.
Jocks have their first touchdown, headbangers their first Maiden or Priest concert, and geeks have a game/simulation/porn movie that became a life changing experience.
Good point though. No flames directed your way in this.
Agh. "Quantum Leap for Sensitive Types".
My old roommate quoted two rules of Buffy to me one day, and they seem to hold true.
:)
;)
1) Sex is bad.
2) Relationships end, and always as badly as possible.
If characters have sex you can be sure one of them is dead or leaving Sunnydale sometime in the near future.
If someone is happy in love, watch out for negative karma coming back to bite you in the ass.
Half the fun is just trying to figure out exactly HOW the non-Scooby character is going to meet their end
Faith (Eliza Dushku) is rumoured to be the Slayer replacement for the spinoff.
That seems to be the general consensus for most of the people with porn collections I've known. (Myself included).
You can have thousands upon thousands of images, but only look at a few then they end up on a backup somewhere.
Maybe it's the getting, not the having.
Just wait till his 'nads start to glow in the dark :)
And just think, 35 million people have faith in these stupid employees?
:)
Not so fast! You can find stupid employees ANYWHERE!
What would stop the 500-1000 Slashdot readers from fabricating their results as well?
When I was 10 the kids in the extremely rural area I lived in (less than 100 people in the place) got into D&D. My parents refused to even consider letting me play, especially after that damn Tom Hanks movie 'Mazes and Monsters' came out. Anyway, my mother's greatest fear about my playing it was that I would become a satan-worshipper. Never mind that our family was atheist...
Odd logic, that.
12yroldme: What the hell is the internet?
30yearoldme: It's kind of like a giant BBS, with unlimited porn.
12yearoldme: Mind if I take notes?
Was it CGA or ASCII art? :)
But chances are they don't keep the video data long enough to protect the average customer until they see their bank statement.
If you're robbed at the ATM, chances are you'll report the crime as soon as you can, or if you're found lying in front of the ATM they'll check the tape right away.
But if the victim doesn't check their account balance regularly, they'll be waiting until statement time... and then it may be too late. The video will most likely be recorded over.
You don't really need to kill them. A murder indictment will suck even if you plead it down.
:)
Common assault, on the other hand, is usually just a slap on the wrist for someone without a record.
So once or twice a week, a different Slashdotter with a clean record waylays the bastard outside his home.
The hands and eyes would probably be the most effective targets.
Not that I'm condoning this, obviously. Or implying that we should conspire to commit said "bad acts", or even create a site used to track and hunt down these people... not at all.
oops. for the spelling nazis out there, whole -w.
Jeez, we fired those two guys ages ago. You're still falling for that? Does Cletus still take his teeth out?
Man, if my girlfriend worked on ebola I'd be very careful to let her win *any* arguments we had. And if she ever sneezed while we were snuggled up, it would be very expensive to fix the whole I would leave in the wall as I ran through it.
Maybe because we form a lot of our opinions about people in childhood? After all, when you're 6 years old, and every kid on the playground is kinda scruffy at the end of lunch hour, the game of tag ends with the sweaty fat kid with the ice cream bar residue on his hands and shirt sits on you... well, that's pretty god damn traumatic.
:)
So from then on, in your minds eye, every overweight person is just an extension of that fat bastard who dripped butterscotch ripple and sweat on you in grade one and left you emotionally scarred till the end of your days...
just a guess...
I used the best anti-fraud option available to credit card users out there. I just kept the damn thing maxed out. If someone stole the number they'd just have to make a payment on it first. :) Of course the second they'd do such a silly thing I'd change my billing address to someplace else where I could still be reached and close the account. :) Not that a thief would actually pay into a card.
The address change is handy though, if you're closing off a card and don't want any charges to follow you. Normally, if you get a new card and close off the old one the credit card company can forward new charges to the old card to your new card. It sucks, but I found out when trying to cancel a card in order to stop Sympatico for repeat fraudulent billings. As long as they provided valid information about the account, Visa said that it was considered to be pre-authorized payments. So I tested another monthly payment by changing my billing address and postal code, and lo and behold, next month that transaction didn't go through because the site info no longer matched Visa's information on me in the database. (Note, if you're going to test this with a company that legitimately bills you, do it with a company that gives you a grace period to fix your billing info or it could reflect badly on you)
I'll hunt it down on the forum there, as I like it better than the default shell already. The browse crash was inconsistent, so I've no idea what triggered it.
:)
Usually when explorer crashes (the odd time, not every time like the anonymous coward below ranted about), it's related to a bad control or something on a web site that brings down IE and anything else tied into it, blanking the systray as well. Not having everything tied to the one app is nice.
Actually, that's not what I said, but thanks for the snap judgement and the obvious bitterness in your response. What happened, hand fall asleep while masturbating and you can't deal with the rejection?