Excellent reminder slashdot - thanks - I'd hate to miss out with the deadline only 2 days away... now I'll just hop on over to the site.... oh hmm well it's not responding. Oh well, I'm sure it'll be back before the deadline - I mean, it's not like it got slashdotted.
I understand that this is because of shoplifting - but as far as the 'kids steal them then come back to return them' issue - seems to me it goes something like this:
yes i'd like to return these.
Okay. *scans item* Thanks, our records indicate this item is already stocked on the shelves and hasn't been sold - would you mind showing me your reciept.
uhhh I lost it.
weren't you just in here yesterday?
uhhh....
and of course someone counters with "but the kid will just argue that they made a mistake" - yeah, well, then don't bitch about them implementing camera or behind-the-counter.
Spoken like a true anonymous coward. Any system can be hacked, it depends on the administrators attention to detail, familiarity with his environment, and paying attention to log files manually or through scripts.
If your POS Linux box got hacked, it wasn't any more Linux's fault than when you stub your toe running down stairs and the stairs are at fault.
If you Windows box stayed secure, it's because you gave it more attention than the Linux box. No fault of either - and now you're deluded to thinking that Windows is superior, when all along it's been you protecting the systems that survived - maybe you should wake up to that fact.
I dunno, if you show up at Starbucks and ask for 'meth', chances are you won't walk out of there with what you want. You might get a shiny new pair of bracelets and be escorted by a nice blue uniformed public servant, though.
so do coffee mugs - doesn't mean you can't buy a container larger than your mug and top it off just fine.
hotdogs and hotdog buns come in mismatched sizes, I still seem to see people eating hot dogs on occassion, can't be all bad. [well, okay, hot dogs suck pretty hard - like your bologna with 150 first names, but the point is there]
or... you could just push logs / etc. to another machine - tho that requires you have another machine up 'all the time', but let's face it - we all do. Naturally you could set it up with a ramdisk for logging too, if you had enough ram, and write them every once in a while - wouldn't be useful for figuring out a sudden glitch, but sudden glitches don't always log enough anyway, if they're serious.
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What people are probably doing (not doing ?) is following the instructions EXACTLY so of course they get screwed.
not in the least - it's in their best interest to not pay your rebate, through whatever shady yet legal means possible.
1> 'never recieved' combat w/ registered mail [ a rebate to amazon sent registered still said they never got it, I resubmitted with a copy of the reg. mail reciept, and oddly enough they were quite fast about paying it then]
2> 'missing blah' bullshit - I had a rebate for Sotec who claimed they never recieved the original upc, they said they couldn't get the product number. I told them I sent in the only thing that could possibly be it, and could they please explain to me what they thought the product number would look like. THEY COULDN'T TELL ME. They didn't even know what it was supposed to look like, but it wasn't the upc I sent in. The UPC which, coincidentally, i used as source for the required product number mail-in just-pay-shipping 32mb usb hard drive right on their goddamn website.
3> "we're not dicks" best buy paid my $200 'MIR ON ALL NOTEBOOKS' just like they said they would, at about 8 weeks. I'm fine with that, that was the agreement - and I had held up my end of things. Even without the rebate it was a fair price for the notebook, but with it - it was killer - so everyone's happy.
bottom line - if it's a $10 rebate, don't count it towards the price - you're not going to send it registered mail, don't kid yourself [still, I've gotten every $10 rebate I've ever sent in, guess they figure it's not so much money to waste time listening to complaints]. If it's $20 or more, subtract the $5 for copies and registered mail, and then make sure you do it.
I'm still waiting on the re-reply from Sotec though.... time to bust some heads methinks.
>Imagine if every credit card offer came with the words CREDIT CARD OFFER stamped on the envelope? Would make things convenient, wouldn't it?
Not really - I'd still need to shred any identifying information that came with it, then throw out my aluminum hat and form another, because their devices picked up it's signature and could now compensate.
The question isn't if you're paranoid - The question is if you're crazy ENOUGH. wait...
it comes to America when you get the balls to pay someone to buy one and send it to you:)
alternatively, you can use a company like dynamism.com to get one - they actually don't mark it up much at all considering it comes with 1yr warranty and modifications to english
it's linux dude, you can alter it to your hearts content pretty much... adding other character encodings is merely a limitation of space and the program you wish to use.
I'll know more when my sl-c700 arrives and I flash it with openzaurus... with any luck it'll have a gui for the c700 in 2 weeks when I get it.
do any tablets have multiple levels of pressure sensitivity? the main thing about wacom tablets beyond their resolution is their sensitivity, that they can tell whether you're violently grinding the pen into them or that you're lightly skimming it along the surface as you draw a happy dove in the sky
amen brother - a long time ago I was warned by someone much older than I, to never rush that activity.
He seemed to be speaking from experience - so I heeded it, and having something interesting to read keeps you from stressing about "having to get back" to something quickly.
Yeah - and if it weren't PDF they wouldn't have tens-hundreds of thousands of/.'ers downloading a 2meg file from their server just to find out they aren't interested in it at all.
[ah, a.edu - therein lies the "don't care" factor about bandwidth usage]
I think that Mr. Hawking's "speech" -> text would be trivially easy. For one thing, he just typed it - and for another, we have exact samplings of the voice that was generated and know how to regenerate it.
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Excellent reminder slashdot - thanks - I'd hate to miss out with the deadline only 2 days away... now I'll just hop on over to the site.... oh hmm well it's not responding. Oh well, I'm sure it'll be back before the deadline - I mean, it's not like it got slashdotted.
Oh.
I understand that this is because of shoplifting - but as far as the 'kids steal them then come back to return them' issue - seems to me it goes something like this:
...
yes i'd like to return these.
Okay. *scans item* Thanks, our records indicate this item is already stocked on the shelves and hasn't been sold - would you mind showing me your reciept.
uhhh I lost it.
weren't you just in here yesterday?
uhhh.
and of course someone counters with "but the kid will just argue that they made a mistake" - yeah, well, then don't bitch about them implementing camera or behind-the-counter.
Spoken like a true anonymous coward. Any system can be hacked, it depends on the administrators attention to detail, familiarity with his environment, and paying attention to log files manually or through scripts.
If your POS Linux box got hacked, it wasn't any more Linux's fault than when you stub your toe running down stairs and the stairs are at fault.
If you Windows box stayed secure, it's because you gave it more attention than the Linux box. No fault of either - and now you're deluded to thinking that Windows is superior, when all along it's been you protecting the systems that survived - maybe you should wake up to that fact.
I dunno, if you show up at Starbucks and ask for 'meth', chances are you won't walk out of there with what you want. You might get a shiny new pair of bracelets and be escorted by a nice blue uniformed public servant, though.
so do coffee mugs - doesn't mean you can't buy a container larger than your mug and top it off just fine.
hotdogs and hotdog buns come in mismatched sizes, I still seem to see people eating hot dogs on occassion, can't be all bad. [well, okay, hot dogs suck pretty hard - like your bologna with 150 first names, but the point is there]
that's nightmare on elm street, friday the 13th has hockey mask boy, cute tho :)
or... you could just push logs / etc. to another machine - tho that requires you have another machine up 'all the time', but let's face it - we all do. Naturally you could set it up with a ramdisk for logging too, if you had enough ram, and write them every once in a while - wouldn't be useful for figuring out a sudden glitch, but sudden glitches don't always log enough anyway, if they're serious.
you and your dad must have been very...
close.
yeah if you keep burning it joliet you don't - feel free to burn in a different format and you can have the longer names.
What people are probably doing (not doing ?) is following the instructions EXACTLY so of course they get screwed.
not in the least - it's in their best interest to not pay your rebate, through whatever shady yet legal means possible.
1> 'never recieved'
combat w/ registered mail [ a rebate to amazon sent registered still said they never got it, I resubmitted with a copy of the reg. mail reciept, and oddly enough they were quite fast about paying it then]
2> 'missing blah'
bullshit - I had a rebate for Sotec who claimed they never recieved the original upc, they said they couldn't get the product number. I told them I sent in the only thing that could possibly be it, and could they please explain to me what they thought the product number would look like. THEY COULDN'T TELL ME. They didn't even know what it was supposed to look like, but it wasn't the upc I sent in. The UPC which, coincidentally, i used as source for the required product number mail-in just-pay-shipping 32mb usb hard drive right on their goddamn website.
3> "we're not dicks"
best buy paid my $200 'MIR ON ALL NOTEBOOKS' just like they said they would, at about 8 weeks. I'm fine with that, that was the agreement - and I had held up my end of things. Even without the rebate it was a fair price for the notebook, but with it - it was killer - so everyone's happy.
bottom line - if it's a $10 rebate, don't count it towards the price - you're not going to send it registered mail, don't kid yourself [still, I've gotten every $10 rebate I've ever sent in, guess they figure it's not so much money to waste time listening to complaints]. If it's $20 or more, subtract the $5 for copies and registered mail, and then make sure you do it.
I'm still waiting on the re-reply from Sotec though.... time to bust some heads methinks.
buy $200 sony clie's for everyone in the house, plus one or two to leave in the living room, and buy registered OmniRemote for them all.
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It's still cheaper. That's wrong.
[unless you have >6 ppl in your house
>Imagine if every credit card offer came with the words CREDIT CARD OFFER stamped on the envelope? Would make things convenient, wouldn't it?
Not really - I'd still need to shred any identifying information that came with it, then throw out my aluminum hat and form another, because their devices picked up it's signature and could now compensate.
The question isn't if you're paranoid - The question is if you're crazy ENOUGH. wait...
it comes to America when you get the balls to pay someone to buy one and send it to you :)
alternatively, you can use a company like dynamism.com to get one - they actually don't mark it up much at all considering it comes with 1yr warranty and modifications to english
it's linux dude, you can alter it to your hearts content pretty much... adding other character encodings is merely a limitation of space and the program you wish to use.
I'll know more when my sl-c700 arrives and I flash it with openzaurus... with any luck it'll have a gui for the c700 in 2 weeks when I get it.
I sincerely hope you think that's funny, and realize the truth - for the truth will set you free()
I just finished implementing this TODAY - enjoy: http://www.cygwin.com/
yeah, kangaroo's == wallaby's, and there were indigenous people, but it was humorous nonetheless I thought :)
"indigenous population of Australia"
kangaroo's and wallabies?
or did you mean the prisoners of the British penal colony? Hardly indigenous.
It wasn't?
do any tablets have multiple levels of pressure sensitivity? the main thing about wacom tablets beyond their resolution is their sensitivity, that they can tell whether you're violently grinding the pen into them or that you're lightly skimming it along the surface as you draw a happy dove in the sky
amen brother - a long time ago I was warned by someone much older than I, to never rush that activity.
He seemed to be speaking from experience - so I heeded it, and having something interesting to read keeps you from stressing about "having to get back" to something quickly.
much too large to *always* carry with you IMO.
A nice T-series clie or SJ-series, or Tungsten T Palm is much more in order
Yeah - and if it weren't PDF they wouldn't have tens-hundreds of thousands of /.'ers downloading a 2meg file from their server just to find out they aren't interested in it at all.
.edu - therein lies the "don't care" factor about bandwidth usage]
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I think that Mr. Hawking's "speech" -> text would be trivially easy. For one thing, he just typed it - and for another, we have exact samplings of the voice that was generated and know how to regenerate it.
get a zaurus and run it in dosemu.