You said the magic words, "I want to cancel my (TV/Internet/Phone, etc.). Nothing fets their attention like the word cancel. Always at least threaten to cancel before quitting a service.
What I find entertaining is that while Newton was spending most of his time working on on alchemy and theology, he still had enough spare time to write/invent/discover the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Newtonian mechanics, universal gravitation, infinitesimal calculus, optics, binomial series and Newton's method.
How about we repeat the exercise daily at randomly chosen airports around the globe?
Screeners who miss the contraband (or allow a passenger to exit through an entry way) would be stripped of badges and ids, fired on the spot and escorted outside the airport.
Passengers originating at or transiting through airports with a poor screening record would be denied entry to the US.
As a lawyer and developer, I'd say back doors etc. may work for payment insurance as a practical matter, but if it comes to a legal push and shove, one might best have the explicit right in one's contract and/or have a good layer on board-- one conversant with the idea of consequential damages.
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You said the magic words, "I want to cancel my (TV/Internet/Phone, etc.). Nothing fets their attention like the word cancel. Always at least threaten to cancel before quitting a service.
Goldman Sachs, no question.
What I find entertaining is that while Newton was spending most of his time working on on alchemy and theology, he still had enough spare time to write/invent/discover the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Newtonian mechanics, universal gravitation, infinitesimal calculus, optics, binomial series and Newton's method.
How about we repeat the exercise daily at randomly chosen airports around the globe?
Screeners who miss the contraband (or allow a passenger to exit through an entry way) would be stripped of badges and ids, fired on the spot and escorted outside the airport.
Passengers originating at or transiting through airports with a poor screening record would be denied entry to the US.
Seriously.
Ha Ha!
Some commentators noted that Republicans were more reluctant than Democrats to participate in exit polls.
Thanks for the tip. This has aggravated me on a number of occasions.
And what about that cheesy little "MS Word" that is part of MS works? Insufferable.
So if "many lawyers believe" it, the issue becomes unsettled even though the courts and the DMCA say otherwise.
BTW, whatever the courts and the law said fair use was before the DMCA, if the DMCA says otherwise, doesn't the DMCA rule?
This is really important, so you should limit your executive summary to one page, not two.
The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights. - J. Paul Getty
This was the reason I got cable broadband instead of DSL a couple of years ago.
My vote is totally against it.
RealPlayer just a marketing scheme with the player serving as the telemarketer. Do not call!
As a lawyer and developer, I'd say back doors etc. may work for payment insurance as a practical matter, but if it comes to a legal push and shove, one might best have the explicit right in one's contract and/or have a good layer on board-- one conversant with the idea of consequential damages.