Honestly, I have no problem with that. Why would I want to do business with a store that is more interested in screwing me out of $15 than the potential future purchases I might (not) make? Then again, I have a long history of sweraing "I'll never shop here again!" and sticking to it. I can be a real jackass.
Depending on the state you live in, they may have no choice but to give you your money back. In Massachusetts stores are required to give a full refund within a small time frame (something like 24 or 48 hours), period. Most will still claim they won't, but just make enough of a stink and they will. A store's policy is invalid if it conflicts with the laws of the state in which they are doing business. Actually, even if you're not covered by such a law, if you make enough of a stink you'll probably get a refund. Be loud! Be obnoxious! Make a scene in front of the paying customers!
I find it works well for starting the fireplace. Just remove the little plastic window from the front of the envelope (you get good at just tearing the front of the envelope off real quick) and burn baby burn! I haven't bought any kindling yet this year. Seriously. It's effective, secure (I don't like throwing away credit card applications, etc.), and very satisfying.
If you run your audio through a separate home theater receiver (and you subscribe to digital cable with 50-ish music channels) you can do this right now... Just flip on the cable box and the receiver and tune in a music channel on the cable box, no TV necessary.
I think the major difference in my personal little world is that I feel I *NEED* TV, but I definitely don't fell like i *NEED* radio. There are certainly plenty of people out there who won't agree with me on that statement, but I'm willing to bet that there are a whole lot more who would agree with me. I like TV at home to be entertained (via mindless drivel) and informed (via CNN, Learning Channel, etc.). The only time I ever listen to radio is in the car, and if I had to pay for it, I'd just pop in a CD and leave the radio off. I really wouldn't feel like I was missing anything.
Excuse my ignorance, but what is so godawful about DirectX? I've toyed with it a bit, and thought it was pretty nifty. Granted I haven't used much ELSE, so I probably don't know what I'm missing out on...
Well said! I actually had a PS2 and sold it to get a GameCube, precisely for the "smile and drool" mode that you mention. When you play games in short burts (i.e., maybe a half-hour at a time) you can't really get into the extended backstory type of games too well. Super Monkey Ball is a game, Final Fantasy is work!
I have a 286 w/640k and 40 MB hard drive running 3.0 (seriously!). Couldn't get it to run 3.1 though. Not using it for anything, it's just a curiosity.
Not trolling, but it seems Apple products always are on the prcey side anyway. People still buy 'em, and despite the fact I don't use 'em I have to admit, they do make some nice hardware.
I found it interesting when I walked into FuncoLand a couple of days ago and asked about GameCubes. I was told they had none, but that they did have a pile of XBox's, and would I please buy one because nobody else was. I found that amusing;)
Here's a review of my choice. It's not fully programmable in that you can't add or remove buttons, but there are tons of available functions built in. The back-lit LCD is nice. And for $90, I can live with having to use a few mislabelled buttons.
I have a friend who is blind. His dog's harness contains a considerable amount of metal, enough to set off the detectors at airports without fail. When he goes through and sets the thing off, what is the first thing they do? They take the dog and hold him off to the side while they have the guy walk through again. They have never ever searched the dog he says. He could have two handguns strapped to the bottom of the dog's harness. Not that he'd be able to use them, but he could certainly pass them off to a sighted person once on the plane.
Everyone they managed to interview while live in NYC had a british accent... or was it dubbed over?
Dude, you just gave me the biggest laugh I've had since Tuesday morning. Thanks.
I haven't spend much time on here this week... Hoping nobody has any serious horror stories. Seems I've lost one cousin and seven friends so far.
I've been impressed overall
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Not only with Slashdot (did that REALLY say 2-thousand-something comments on the front page?!?!), but with CNN, ABCNews, the NY Times, and just about every other major news source I can think of. Tuesday afternoon was tough. By Tuesday evening all these sites were responding as though I was the only connected user. The server power that must have been thrown at some of these sites is staggering.
The reason they don't just go buy the CD and throw it on the air is that if they do that, they're not going to get the next Britney Shlock single a month before it hits the stores, but the other radio station down the street, who played by the RIAA's rules, will. Eventually all your listeners will be tuning into the station that's getting the early releases, and you'll be last year's news.
Do similar copyright fee schemes show up in television broadcast.. where two fees are charged from the same programming if it is broadcast over two 'mediums'?
You mean like over-the-air broadcast vs. cable television? Somehow I doubt royalties are paid twice in this case. Seems like a pretty decent precedent IMHO.
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Honestly, I have no problem with that. Why would I want to do business with a store that is more interested in screwing me out of $15 than the potential future purchases I might (not) make? Then again, I have a long history of sweraing "I'll never shop here again!" and sticking to it. I can be a real jackass.
Depending on the state you live in, they may have no choice but to give you your money back. In Massachusetts stores are required to give a full refund within a small time frame (something like 24 or 48 hours), period. Most will still claim they won't, but just make enough of a stink and they will. A store's policy is invalid if it conflicts with the laws of the state in which they are doing business. Actually, even if you're not covered by such a law, if you make enough of a stink you'll probably get a refund. Be loud! Be obnoxious! Make a scene in front of the paying customers!
I find it works well for starting the fireplace. Just remove the little plastic window from the front of the envelope (you get good at just tearing the front of the envelope off real quick) and burn baby burn! I haven't bought any kindling yet this year. Seriously. It's effective, secure (I don't like throwing away credit card applications, etc.), and very satisfying.
If you run your audio through a separate home theater receiver (and you subscribe to digital cable with 50-ish music channels) you can do this right now... Just flip on the cable box and the receiver and tune in a music channel on the cable box, no TV necessary.
I think the major difference in my personal little world is that I feel I *NEED* TV, but I definitely don't fell like i *NEED* radio. There are certainly plenty of people out there who won't agree with me on that statement, but I'm willing to bet that there are a whole lot more who would agree with me. I like TV at home to be entertained (via mindless drivel) and informed (via CNN, Learning Channel, etc.). The only time I ever listen to radio is in the car, and if I had to pay for it, I'd just pop in a CD and leave the radio off. I really wouldn't feel like I was missing anything.
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Excuse my ignorance, but what is so godawful about DirectX? I've toyed with it a bit, and thought it was pretty nifty. Granted I haven't used much ELSE, so I probably don't know what I'm missing out on...
Well said! I actually had a PS2 and sold it to get a GameCube, precisely for the "smile and drool" mode that you mention. When you play games in short burts (i.e., maybe a half-hour at a time) you can't really get into the extended backstory type of games too well. Super Monkey Ball is a game, Final Fantasy is work!
I have a 286 w/640k and 40 MB hard drive running 3.0 (seriously!). Couldn't get it to run 3.1 though. Not using it for anything, it's just a curiosity.
Not trolling, but it seems Apple products always are on the prcey side anyway. People still buy 'em, and despite the fact I don't use 'em I have to admit, they do make some nice hardware.
I found it interesting when I walked into FuncoLand a couple of days ago and asked about GameCubes. I was told they had none, but that they did have a pile of XBox's, and would I please buy one because nobody else was. I found that amusing ;)
You had a wall socket?!? Luxury!
That should stop those pesky terrorists! They'll never think of getting a hotmail account from some public library system!
It's the first step towards "The Matrix", I'm warning you!
Here's a review of my choice. It's not fully programmable in that you can't add or remove buttons, but there are tons of available functions built in. The back-lit LCD is nice. And for $90, I can live with having to use a few mislabelled buttons.
I have a friend who is blind. His dog's harness contains a considerable amount of metal, enough to set off the detectors at airports without fail. When he goes through and sets the thing off, what is the first thing they do? They take the dog and hold him off to the side while they have the guy walk through again. They have never ever searched the dog he says. He could have two handguns strapped to the bottom of the dog's harness. Not that he'd be able to use them, but he could certainly pass them off to a sighted person once on the plane.
Does it begin with Scott Bakula "leaping" into the body of a starship captain, only to be confronted by a screaming Klingon and sighing "Oh boy"?
I truly wish there were a hell for these fuckers to rot in. Call me flamebait, I don't really care.
Everyone they managed to interview while live in NYC had a british accent... or was it dubbed over?
Dude, you just gave me the biggest laugh I've had since Tuesday morning. Thanks.
I haven't spend much time on here this week... Hoping nobody has any serious horror stories. Seems I've lost one cousin and seven friends so far.
Not only with Slashdot (did that REALLY say 2-thousand-something comments on the front page?!?!), but with CNN, ABCNews, the NY Times, and just about every other major news source I can think of. Tuesday afternoon was tough. By Tuesday evening all these sites were responding as though I was the only connected user. The server power that must have been thrown at some of these sites is staggering.
Sorry for posting something meaningless, but damn I'm upset. Hopefully justice will be served, tenfold.
The reason they don't just go buy the CD and throw it on the air is that if they do that, they're not going to get the next Britney Shlock single a month before it hits the stores, but the other radio station down the street, who played by the RIAA's rules, will. Eventually all your listeners will be tuning into the station that's getting the early releases, and you'll be last year's news.
Do similar copyright fee schemes show up in television broadcast .. where two fees are charged from the same programming if it is broadcast over two 'mediums'?
You mean like over-the-air broadcast vs. cable television? Somehow I doubt royalties are paid twice in this case. Seems like a pretty decent precedent IMHO.
The question is, where does slashdot fall in this range?
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Well, in my bookmarks it falls right between Sex Maniac and StileProject.
Now what does THAT say about the Internet, hmmmmm?
Also note that having sex with a dozen teenage chicks at a time is part of my religion.