Did it not used to be the case that you had to have the CC number associated with an account to transfer it to a different Xbox, and therefore to login? Up until my account was stolen, I had never even *used* a password to login to Xbox live.
No I was not suggesting that someone "hammered away" at my account. I have no idea what the method was because Microsoft would never tell me.
Don't know how it happened to me, but it did. If they had my CC number they never charged anything but Xbox points to it. Seems like a real stupid thing to steal. Maybe it was a kid or something?
My account was stolen. It sucked. It took me months and way, way too many phone calls to get it back. The asshole who hacked it had changed so much information, including the gamertag, that they didn't even want to talk to me on the phone at first. Xbox customer support is absolute shit. Their reps are totally unhelpful, refusing to deviate from the script despite the fact that "account stolen" is apparently not in the script. There was not one that I called that was comprehensible in English.
Oh and this whole thing started because I found over $100 worth of Xbox points charged to my credit card. To this day I have no idea whether that person actually got my CC number or figured out how to charge without it. I executed a chargeback on that $100, and have yet to see another fraudulent charge.
Ah, the crux. Who bought up all the conforming mortgages, leaving only garbage products for investment banks? None other than our Government Sponsored Enterprises. Who gave tax incentives to *second* home buyers, thereby making investment (and speculation) in real estate *more* profitable than other forms of investment? Congress. Greed is not confined to the private sector.
But it's more important to have a good cable when transmitting a signal digitally. So I learned at Radio Shack. Not really sure if the guy actually thought I was a moron for hooking up my nice HDTV with a cheap cable, but he said as much.
It's that people who drive red cars are more likely to drive carelessly. They think you are more likely to show off as red is perceived as a "hot" color. Red cars also draw more tickets. Whether that's because of the driving or the perception I do not know.
Funny that I drive a red car, and pretty cautiously if you ask me. Then again it took me a couple of accidents in said red car to learn how to avoid them.
Given that California, at least, allows MM treatment for virtually any condition, including depression, I find it hard to accuse basically healthy people who use it of fraud. There is no provision that says that other treatments must be tried before marijuana, nor a provision that you need be deathly ill to take it. Nor should there be if you ask me. And if there's some hippie doctor out there who'll recommend it to anyone then so be it. It's basically harmless. For every one of him there's a hundred "normal" doctors who will not prescribe it under any circumstances because they're too afraid of the Federal bogeymen coming to cart them off for doing their job.
The risk is basically that people will effectively self medicate with MM, since you only need to get recommended once, where they might be better off with another medication. Guess what? Not everybody has the time/money/gumption/whatever to see a shrink twice a month. In any case, MM is safer and cheaper than all of the meds they're prescribing. The alternative to this "fraud" is needless suffering.
Of course if the Feds were to wake up and say "we respect the right of the states to self determination wrt drug policy," we could better control pseudo-illicit use of MM. But that'll be a cold day in hell.
Drinking alcohol does NOT make you forget that DUI is a bad idea
No probably not, but it does give you "liquid courage." It makes you think you can get away with it. Take a sober person and tell him "if you get pulled over at any point tonight you are going to jail," and he probably won't go. If he does he will drive quite carefully. A drunk person will not only drive but probably drive faster than normal.
None of this excuses the act, but it does inform us as to how to prevent it. People need more than threats and warnings; they need a safe way home.
I paid 50 for junky ones so I would qualify 300 as a large gap. Of course those are some of the best knives so they are what I would call luxury (probably look nice too.) I guess it's not "really" expensive if you can amortize it over 10 years.
I don't really see how this is good. The family of a person should have the rights to his whole body, including organs, unless he chooses to make it otherwise during his lifetime. Anything else is theft. Well intentioned theft, to be sure, but still theft.
A dell bankruptcy would be tragic, in the literary sense. They will have driven computer prices so low as to put themselves out of business. However it ends, that is quite an accomplishment.
The widening income gap has left a huge hole in consumer items, particularly durable goods. High end goods (ie durables that actually last) are many multiples of the price of cheaper goods. Somehow luxury and utility/durability have merged. If you don't believe me go try and buy a set of knives. Your choices are: a) bendy throwaway toys at walmart/target/whatever or b) half a paycheck at some kitchen boutique.
My policy now is that if something is supposed to last (and I can afford it or afford to do without it for a while) I make sure to buy well and buy once. It sucks though that I have to do so from brands and places that have outrageous markups though.
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Did it not used to be the case that you had to have the CC number associated with an account to transfer it to a different Xbox, and therefore to login? Up until my account was stolen, I had never even *used* a password to login to Xbox live.
No I was not suggesting that someone "hammered away" at my account. I have no idea what the method was because Microsoft would never tell me.
Don't know how it happened to me, but it did. If they had my CC number they never charged anything but Xbox points to it. Seems like a real stupid thing to steal. Maybe it was a kid or something?
My account was stolen. It sucked. It took me months and way, way too many phone calls to get it back. The asshole who hacked it had changed so much information, including the gamertag, that they didn't even want to talk to me on the phone at first. Xbox customer support is absolute shit. Their reps are totally unhelpful, refusing to deviate from the script despite the fact that "account stolen" is apparently not in the script. There was not one that I called that was comprehensible in English.
Oh and this whole thing started because I found over $100 worth of Xbox points charged to my credit card. To this day I have no idea whether that person actually got my CC number or figured out how to charge without it. I executed a chargeback on that $100, and have yet to see another fraudulent charge.
Ah, the crux. Who bought up all the conforming mortgages, leaving only garbage products for investment banks? None other than our Government Sponsored Enterprises. Who gave tax incentives to *second* home buyers, thereby making investment (and speculation) in real estate *more* profitable than other forms of investment? Congress. Greed is not confined to the private sector.
Well, sort of. You can use it to record too.
But it's more important to have a good cable when transmitting a signal digitally. So I learned at Radio Shack. Not really sure if the guy actually thought I was a moron for hooking up my nice HDTV with a cheap cable, but he said as much.
I believe you can output HD to a TV, not to the built in display.
It's that people who drive red cars are more likely to drive carelessly. They think you are more likely to show off as red is perceived as a "hot" color. Red cars also draw more tickets. Whether that's because of the driving or the perception I do not know.
Funny that I drive a red car, and pretty cautiously if you ask me. Then again it took me a couple of accidents in said red car to learn how to avoid them.
Given that California, at least, allows MM treatment for virtually any condition, including depression, I find it hard to accuse basically healthy people who use it of fraud. There is no provision that says that other treatments must be tried before marijuana, nor a provision that you need be deathly ill to take it. Nor should there be if you ask me. And if there's some hippie doctor out there who'll recommend it to anyone then so be it. It's basically harmless. For every one of him there's a hundred "normal" doctors who will not prescribe it under any circumstances because they're too afraid of the Federal bogeymen coming to cart them off for doing their job.
The risk is basically that people will effectively self medicate with MM, since you only need to get recommended once, where they might be better off with another medication. Guess what? Not everybody has the time/money/gumption/whatever to see a shrink twice a month. In any case, MM is safer and cheaper than all of the meds they're prescribing. The alternative to this "fraud" is needless suffering.
Of course if the Feds were to wake up and say "we respect the right of the states to self determination wrt drug policy," we could better control pseudo-illicit use of MM. But that'll be a cold day in hell.
While it definitely has the capability, actual functioning of tethering on the Blackberry depends on your carrier. Sprint, for instance, disallows it.
They charge more for red cars...
I think he meant that WoW runs on Linux, not that people don't want to play it.
My boy scout troop met at a church, but I don't recall ever bringing my knives there, either. You don't really need them to have a meeting...
Is shooting arrows through aerosol cans considered irresponsible? If not I too have been responsible since I was 7.
Well, they tried anyway.
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2001/1/2001_1_64.shtml
Doesn't sound like it ever ran.
Drinking alcohol does NOT make you forget that DUI is a bad idea
No probably not, but it does give you "liquid courage." It makes you think you can get away with it. Take a sober person and tell him "if you get pulled over at any point tonight you are going to jail," and he probably won't go. If he does he will drive quite carefully. A drunk person will not only drive but probably drive faster than normal.
None of this excuses the act, but it does inform us as to how to prevent it. People need more than threats and warnings; they need a safe way home.
I paid 50 for junky ones so I would qualify 300 as a large gap. Of course those are some of the best knives so they are what I would call luxury (probably look nice too.) I guess it's not "really" expensive if you can amortize it over 10 years.
Doesn't change the fact that Brits need to give their nanny state its comeuppance. You're giving ours ideas and vice versa.
Yes but it is possible to take a bullet to the brain and survive for a while.
I don't really see how this is good. The family of a person should have the rights to his whole body, including organs, unless he chooses to make it otherwise during his lifetime. Anything else is theft. Well intentioned theft, to be sure, but still theft.
Any well-run company is going to pay their top earners more.
A dell bankruptcy would be tragic, in the literary sense. They will have driven computer prices so low as to put themselves out of business. However it ends, that is quite an accomplishment.
The widening income gap has left a huge hole in consumer items, particularly durable goods. High end goods (ie durables that actually last) are many multiples of the price of cheaper goods. Somehow luxury and utility/durability have merged. If you don't believe me go try and buy a set of knives. Your choices are: a) bendy throwaway toys at walmart/target/whatever or b) half a paycheck at some kitchen boutique.
My policy now is that if something is supposed to last (and I can afford it or afford to do without it for a while) I make sure to buy well and buy once. It sucks though that I have to do so from brands and places that have outrageous markups though.
Immigrants have always been key innovators in American business. Nothing ironic about that.
What's wrong with a PPO? Too many choices for your liking? You must love Obamacare.