It relies on being unable to prove that the collector is in on the deal with the fraudster. Because a legitimate postal service delivers the package to a party not involved in crime, it cannot be recovered.
What about if they detect the fraud before delivery, then the police are the ones delivering the package, and when you sign for it, you are receiving stolen goods and they arrest you.
Isn't that how it works with drugs? They deliver it or wait for you to pick it up, then arrest you?
The point being that, while they might have a reputation for what you described, they certainly haven't earned it with creativity or originality, just marketing.
I think Apple also pays great attention to the user interface and aesthetics of a device. Who would want a button covered plastic uglybox over a chrome and white (or black) shiny shiny? Brand cache also plays a huge factor. I'd rather have a mercedes than an hyundai any day of the week.
The greatest part though is that it integrates well with the ical / address book functions of the mac platform. If android had been first with a device that I could actually use to sync these, I would have gotten it. Apple beat them, though. I would have been equally happy syncing to google calendar / gmail / google address book if it also worked with my apple services.
Firewire is incredibly useful. We do all machine imaging via firewire and it is so easy. I Just pull a cart of macs up to my desktop and chain them up with firewire cables to image them. For troubleshooting, target mode and easy boots from external disks make it our preferred avenue. And yes, it stomps all over USB speed wise. You can also use it as a fast network port, which is really only useful in a few wierd scenarios.
Even I am surprised though with Apple's tenacity on this one. Many of us didn't think it would last this long, and we all saw the end in sight when ipods went 100% USB. I have gotten spoiled with the raw speed of FW 800 recently, and would only be interested in losing it if eSATA became an option.
I have been upgrading a lot of G5's to MacPro towers, and as great as firewire is, there is nothing faster than popping the sata drive into the box. With 100GB + data transfers becoming more common (give them a hard drive, they will fill it), time has become a real issue with using firewire connections.
They need to do way instain fbi> who kill thier agnets, becuse these anget can't fright back? It was on the news this morning a mother in DE, who had kill her three agent. They are taking the three feds back to New York to lady to rest my pary are with the father who lost his feds ; i am truley sorry for Mueller's lots.
You must have used the bablefish translator too.......
Or taken transation lessons from it.
I think you heartfelt sentiment was lost amid the incoherency of your post...
but the advances made in the last year mean im fairly confident that by 9.04 composting will be fully supported and by the time i leave university ill be able to game on the opensource drivers.
I don't know what kind of advances they are making, but lots of them so called green folk would love to have an open source system that also composts.......... now that is what I call an eco-system....
Maybe they found a use for all those old floppy drives.
I have trouble believing the veracity of your claim.
Well she noticed him because over the course of time, she had engaged him in conversation, asked about his problems, tried to "help him out" as I am sure many did.
So, one day when she saw him a a nearby street putting on his "make-up", of course she noticed.
I don't care if you have trouble believing the veracity of my claim, this is not a friend of a friend story. This is a true fact.
In the rest of the world, where puritan crazies weren't allowed in government, this never happened, and so it is accepted that beer is drunk at around room temperature, while lager is drunk slightly chilled.
Call my country's forefathers putitan crazies, but on a hot day, damn nothing beats an ice cold coors light or corona, chilled within.01 degrees of its freezing point...
True story, wife saw a daily panhandler one day getting out of his Lexus with Jersey plates. He then went into his trunk, took some dirt out of a bag and rubbed it on his clothes and face.... getting ready for the day.....
Back in the day AT&T left a huge swath of their unallocated Divinity Audix systems open with the default mailbox setup on 200 with the password 200.
Wow, that takes me back. I remember around 89-91, post BBS era there was a huge voicemail scene where people would take over mailboxes, and fill the outgoing message with long lists of dial out codes, other hacked voicemails, modem dial-ins, and assorted nasties. Oh the things we did before the internet. I remember that Audix voice prompt lady's voice quite well....
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It relies on being unable to prove that the collector is in on the deal with the fraudster. Because a legitimate postal service delivers the package to a party not involved in crime, it cannot be recovered.
What about if they detect the fraud before delivery, then the police are the ones delivering the package, and when you sign for it, you are receiving stolen goods and they arrest you.
Isn't that how it works with drugs? They deliver it or wait for you to pick it up, then arrest you?
The point being that, while they might have a reputation for what you described, they certainly haven't earned it with creativity or originality, just marketing.
I think Apple also pays great attention to the user interface and aesthetics of a device. Who would want a button covered plastic uglybox over a chrome and white (or black) shiny shiny?
Brand cache also plays a huge factor. I'd rather have a mercedes than an hyundai any day of the week.
The greatest part though is that it integrates well with the ical / address book functions of the mac platform. If android had been first with a device that I could actually use to sync these,
I would have gotten it. Apple beat them, though. I would have been equally happy syncing to google calendar / gmail / google address book if it also worked with my apple services.
If he's capable of listening, he would have gotten a girlfriend
Very sage advice hidden within a sarcastic comment.
Firewire is incredibly useful.
We do all machine imaging via firewire and it is so easy. I Just pull a cart of macs up to my desktop and chain them up with
firewire cables to image them. For troubleshooting, target mode and easy boots from external disks make it our preferred avenue.
And yes, it stomps all over USB speed wise.
You can also use it as a fast network port, which is really only useful in a few wierd scenarios.
Even I am surprised though with Apple's tenacity on this one.
Many of us didn't think it would last this long, and we all saw the end
in sight when ipods went 100% USB.
I have gotten spoiled with the raw speed of FW 800 recently, and would only be interested in losing it if eSATA became an option.
I have been upgrading a lot of G5's to MacPro towers, and as great as firewire is, there is nothing faster than popping the sata drive
into the box. With 100GB + data transfers becoming more common (give them a hard drive, they will fill it), time has become a real issue with using firewire connections.
Holy crap, I missed a meme !!!
back to meme school for me.
Carry on.
I wondered what that sound was.
They need to do way instain fbi> who kill thier agnets, becuse these anget can't fright back? It was on the news this morning a mother in DE, who had kill her three agent. They are taking the three feds back to New York to lady to rest my pary are with the father who lost his feds ; i am truley sorry for Mueller's lots.
You must have used the bablefish translator too.......
Or taken transation lessons from it.
I think you heartfelt sentiment was lost amid the incoherency of your post...
I really think Apple is intentionally keeping their market share low by catering to people with money.
The second that I see some bum with a MacBook Pro, I am moving to a more premium brand !
All at once the macbooks are going to start really smoking and convert our atmosphere unless the Doctor saves us!
but the advances made in the last year mean im fairly confident that by 9.04 composting will be fully supported and by the time i leave university ill be able to game on the opensource drivers.
I don't know what kind of advances they are making, but lots of them so called green folk would love to have an open source system that also composts.......... now that is what I call an eco-system....
Maybe they found a use for all those old floppy drives.
So, what was it today? White widow? Kush? Blueberry?
Keep on Slashbongin.....
I think you underestimate how many banks are actually run by immortal (daywalking) vampires.
Two less.
I have never "programmed" a "computer" in any "language", but that is damn funny !
Its Chicago, they should make him an offer that he can't refuse.
1. Your an idiot.
2. Your an idiot.
(blah blah blah rant...) snip!
Most of the world would say you're an idiot.
Normally on slashdot we prefer the much more formal: you, sir, are an idiot.
Zero to Godwin in 3 posts, a new record !
This part was particularly compelling: In January 2008, the Pirate Party unbestätigtes letter from the Bavarian Justice Ministry zugespielt.
Love that translation program.
It can run infinite loops in a finite amount of time.
Speaking of Infinite Loop,
I don 't think its a coincidence that if you max out a MacPro w every option + 30" Cinema Display,
it comes to $25,992.
But without Seymour's blessing, its all for naught.
Pass the popcorn !
I think it is actually an ad for churros. I anticipate huge churro sales spike following this campaign.
That is exactly what Kurosawa's Rashomon is about .
The story of a rape and murder is told from 4 different perspectives,
all contradictory.
in the end we are left to determine "the truth".
What RIM really needs is a good marketing campaign to establish themselves as a "cool" brand.
They need to lose about 99 buttons too, the user interface and physical design are messes.
I was fond of my ][e with novation applecat. 2600 yes ~!
That kicked the internets ass...
I have trouble believing the veracity of your claim.
Well she noticed him because over the course of time, she had
engaged him in conversation, asked about his problems, tried to
"help him out" as I am sure many did.
So, one day when she saw him a a nearby street putting on his
"make-up", of course she noticed.
I don't care if you have trouble believing the veracity of my claim,
this is not a friend of a friend story. This is a true fact.
In the rest of the world, where puritan crazies weren't allowed in government, this never happened, and so it is accepted that beer is drunk at around room temperature, while lager is drunk slightly chilled.
Call my country's forefathers putitan crazies, but on a hot day, damn nothing beats an ice cold coors light or corona, chilled within .01 degrees of its freezing point...
I live in SF
True story, wife saw a daily panhandler one day getting out of his Lexus with Jersey plates. He then
went into his trunk, took some dirt out of a bag and rubbed it on his clothes and face....
getting ready for the day.....
Back in the day AT&T left a huge swath of their unallocated Divinity Audix systems open with the default mailbox setup on 200 with the password 200.
Wow, that takes me back. I remember around 89-91, post BBS era there was a huge voicemail scene where people would take over mailboxes, and fill the outgoing message
with long lists of dial out codes, other hacked voicemails, modem dial-ins, and assorted nasties. Oh the things we did before the internet. I remember that Audix voice prompt
lady's voice quite well....
Its only funny until someone gets hurt, then its hilarious!!
(my favorite dotcom era slogan)