A couple of years ago my roomate was working at a jobsite for 14 hours straight. He finished up and loaded his stuff in his van and went home. The next morning he goes to get his laptop but it was not in the van so he figures it's at the office he worked at the night before. So he heads back to the office to get his laptop but it wasn't there either. He then heads home trying to remember what he did with it. On the way home driving on the interstate doing about 60 MPH he happens to see his laptop on the side of the road. He then remembers what he had done with the laptop last night. As he was loading the van he set the laptop open and running on the top of the van. The laptop flew off the van going 60 MPH open and running skidded on the pavement then into the ditch and it still booted up after he charged the battery. the only problem was a few bad sectors on the hard drive and a little plastic port cover that broke off. Oh and some deep scratches in the bottom. Thank goodness his company spent the extra money on the Panasonic Toughbooks.
The idea behind "Smart" Credit Cards is not what most people think. The common conception of a "Smart" Credit Card is of something that will protect you from internet pirates and the evil waiter that disappears with your card for 10 min. This is NOT the case and Marketing knows it. The only basis they have for calling them "Smart" Credit cards is that they "Look Smart" as in fashionable and elegant. Context is everything...
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A couple of years ago my roomate was working at a jobsite for 14 hours straight. He finished up and loaded his stuff in his van and went home. The next morning he goes to get his laptop but it was not in the van so he figures it's at the office he worked at the night before. So he heads back to the office to get his laptop but it wasn't there either. He then heads home trying to remember what he did with it. On the way home driving on the interstate doing about 60 MPH he happens to see his laptop on the side of the road. He then remembers what he had done with the laptop last night. As he was loading the van he set the laptop open and running on the top of the van. The laptop flew off the van going 60 MPH open and running skidded on the pavement then into the ditch and it still booted up after he charged the battery. the only problem was a few bad sectors on the hard drive and a little plastic port cover that broke off. Oh and some deep scratches in the bottom. Thank goodness his company spent the extra money on the Panasonic Toughbooks.
Mmmm. Big words. Me no understand.
The idea behind "Smart" Credit Cards is not what most people think. The common conception of a "Smart" Credit Card is of something that will protect you from internet pirates and the evil waiter that disappears with your card for 10 min. This is NOT the case and Marketing knows it. The only basis they have for calling them "Smart" Credit cards is that they "Look Smart" as in fashionable and elegant. Context is everything...