Look at it this way: what if I go around my neighborhood and try open people's front doors, and then when I manage to get into a house, seek out the owner in their living room and say "uh, did you know your door was unlocked? I'll be leaving now, just thought I'd let you know." I think they wouldn't really appreciate it heh.
A notebook boots in 2 seconds. You just open it to a blank page, uncap your pen, and voila, the perfect text editor. Plus, you can draw figures without any special software.
As I was waiting my turn in line at the SFO security gates and about to put my things on the conveyor belt, all of a sudden a "Clear" employee brings a customer of theirs to cut right in front of me with a curt "excuse me". What is that? Just because they pay money they get to cut in front of me? Isn't the airport a public facility?
Can I open up shop in a grocery store and sell tickets whereby I cut in front of everybody else to get my clients through?
I wanted to raise a fuss but being that it was the airport I kept my mouth shut otherwise they'd probably arrest and detain me for terrorism or something. But seriously, what is the deal?
it was too easy for a seller to intimidate the buyer as it was. Once I complained to my seller about something really unacceptable, he basically told me to pizz off, so I left him negative feedback. Lo-and-behold he retaliated, ugh, even though I had paid him right away and made an honest effort to resolve it. Ever since then I have never left negative feedback for a seller even when they deserved it. And many times, most of the time actually, the seller waits until you leave him feedback to then leave you feedback, like a tit-for-tat, and they even email you telling that they'll leave you the same feedback you leave them so it really was broken. Ebay is correct to favor the buyer here, I mean, where else does the seller get to malign your good name if you complain?
I sell from time to time, and I always leave feedback as soon as I get paid, before I even ship out the item and I've never had a problem, not once. I guess I'm lucky, knock on wood:)
The amazing thing is that in Romania, Russia, China, as well as other countries-- online fraud is a full-time business with real offices and employees and everything, just like your job but the mission statement of "the company" is to make money by devising and executing online fraud. They have R&D teams that come up with incredibly sophisticated attacks and they have teams to execute the existing plans, etc. The employees get vacation time, salary, benefits, everything. It's an actual real job, it's basically a wing of organized crime, not just some guy in a basement outsmarting the security folk at ebay. The local politicians are greased to look the other way and impede law enforcement, which is what makes it so difficult to shut them down. There are ISPs in Russia _known_ to be owned by the mob. It takes serious anti-fraud resources to combat these people.
My people have been persecuted since the great purge known as Order 66. I have been pursued halfway across the galaxy by a sinister former Jedi named Darth Vader. Please purchase my manifesto and join the Jedi order, all for the low introductory price of $19.95. As you evolve as a Jedi Knight, I will continue to educate you. This crucial second course is a bargain at $599.99 and the third may require you to get a home equity loan, but you NEED it!) Together, we will defeat Lord Vader and the evil mastermind Darth Sidious, and we shall bring harmony in the Force and peace to the galaxy.
That's my religion. You got something to say? I have an army of lawyers waiting to sue you left and right. And I require tax exempt status. Thank you.
The government in Cuba restricts web access such that even doctors in hospitals do not have it. I know this because I have had correspondence with one whose only outlet is email. The absurdity of keeping a doctor from researching medical information online is beyond comprehension. On the other hand, they can't risk having people finding out that Cuba isn't such a paradise compared to the rest of the western world.
As long as the Cuban govt jails those who would dare speak ill of the government (including journalists), then I'm not too interested in the rants people have about embargoes. Say what you will about our horribly mismanaged government and all, but we can bitch and moan all we want. I doubt you could get away with calling Fidel or Raul an idiot in Cuba.
It's ok if some oil gets on the screen of my flip-phone since that's not the input device too, I just wipe it away. I can't see having a 45 minute conversation on a phone like this, not comfy, and I don't want to have to fumble with a bluetooth headset and all. You know what I mean for the buttons, just like a remote control for your tv. When you're dialing a number, do you want to have to delicately press on the right parts of the screen, looking after each one to make sure it registered your entry, or would you rather push a physical button? I'm not anti-apple or nuthin', just saying, these PDA/media phones are useless to me. They're neat PDAs and media devices, but they suck as phones. Nice try though.
I don't want the oil on my ear to smudge onto the screen. I don't want to have to fumble to answer a call. I want to be able to push buttons by feel and memory of said feel.
I'll keep my flip phone thank you. That being said, this thing is neat for every other function, just not as a phone.
The main obstacle to visting -- much less colonizing -- other planets in distant solar systems (nevermind other galaxies) is the sheer amount of time it would take to get there, millions of years with the best technology we can imagine that is based on what we have today.
It will take a gigantic leap to achieve the kind of speed we will need -- that is, traveling faster than the speed of light, which Einstein famously proved was impossible.
Science fiction gets around this by introducing things like "hyperspace" and "subspace", in which the normal laws of physics don't apply wrt to faster than light travel. My personal fave is the idea of "folding space".
Let me be the first to admit that I don't understand how this works. Will the mass of Slashdot users who pretend to understand follow suit, or will they shun me?:)
As a Frenchman living in the U.S., I now feel I can go home again, because no longer will the government be hostile to business and tax me to death. I'm an engineer and it has always pained me that I deprived my native land of my work and tax base, but the taxation and social policy there made it very unattractive to me. France's social programmes are great, very generous, but it can only work in a closed society. Mass immigration has made the infrastructure and welfare state collapse, and the left in France has been in denial. Royal is a nice lady, but she doesn't have a clue how to fix France's problems. The purist in me wishes the social model worked, it's a great romantic notion, but it can't work in an open society. It makes me sad that France has no choice but to move toward an American model. But now I can go home again, and will be doing so in the next few years.
I once lived in an apartment complex where they did something similar.
I lived in a one bedroom apartment and my lease came up. I noticed they were running a "special" on their two bedroom apartments, whereby it was $100 a month cheaper than "market" rate. I wanted to move to one, but they told me that as a current resident, I was not eligible to get the 2 BR for the promotional price. It was so stupid, that I just moved someplace else.
I wonder if France has figured out a way to surrender in Second Life yet.
Sigh. I am sick and tired of this kind of dumb crack about the French. Let's go over some facts:
- Napoleonic France damn near ruled Europe until they tried to conquer Russia and got stuck in the winter (a mistake that Hitler repeated)
- France was a crucial partner in the US revolutionary war. Without the help of France, the U.S. would still be a British colony (or a member of the commonwealth, like Canada)
- France suffered huge losses against a warmongering Germany, whom they shared a border with. The British would have fallen too had they shared a border. I am a proud frog myself, and my grandfather's face was blown off during the second world war, he was a "sans-gueule" (one without a face.) Kind of like this poor guy. Believe me, they didn't just give up without a fight.
- In southeast Asia, yea well the U.S. didn't seem to do much better now did they.
So please stop these ignorant jokes about the French. There's nothing funny about them, and they're based on a false premise which has spread like a virus over the years. Parroting them is just dumb. Thank you.
I disagree. I believe it's more in line with "Does the customer/user deserve us to go to bat for them to defend what they did?"
In the case of Verizon, a big yes. In the case of YouTube, a big no.
That's pretty subjective. The RIAA wanted to know who was downloading free music (i.e. stealing) while fox wanted to know who was leaking copyrighted videos (i.e. stealing) How is it any different? Because one is google who can do no wrong, while the other is the big bad RIAA?
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Look at it this way: what if I go around my neighborhood and try open people's front doors, and then when I manage to get into a house, seek out the owner in their living room and say "uh, did you know your door was unlocked? I'll be leaving now, just thought I'd let you know." I think they wouldn't really appreciate it heh.
A notebook boots in 2 seconds. You just open it to a blank page, uncap your pen, and voila, the perfect text editor. Plus, you can draw figures without any special software.
And their flag has a AK-47 on it, very welcoming :)
As I was waiting my turn in line at the SFO security gates and about to put my things on the conveyor belt, all of a sudden a "Clear" employee brings a customer of theirs to cut right in front of me with a curt "excuse me". What is that? Just because they pay money they get to cut in front of me? Isn't the airport a public facility?
Can I open up shop in a grocery store and sell tickets whereby I cut in front of everybody else to get my clients through?
I wanted to raise a fuss but being that it was the airport I kept my mouth shut otherwise they'd probably arrest and detain me for terrorism or something. But seriously, what is the deal?
Makes me very angry.
He's like a vigilante!
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it was too easy for a seller to intimidate the buyer as it was. Once I complained to my seller about something really unacceptable, he basically told me to pizz off, so I left him negative feedback. Lo-and-behold he retaliated, ugh, even though I had paid him right away and made an honest effort to resolve it. Ever since then I have never left negative feedback for a seller even when they deserved it. And many times, most of the time actually, the seller waits until you leave him feedback to then leave you feedback, like a tit-for-tat, and they even email you telling that they'll leave you the same feedback you leave them so it really was broken. Ebay is correct to favor the buyer here, I mean, where else does the seller get to malign your good name if you complain?
:)
I sell from time to time, and I always leave feedback as soon as I get paid, before I even ship out the item and I've never had a problem, not once. I guess I'm lucky, knock on wood
The amazing thing is that in Romania, Russia, China, as well as other countries-- online fraud is a full-time business with real offices and employees and everything, just like your job but the mission statement of "the company" is to make money by devising and executing online fraud. They have R&D teams that come up with incredibly sophisticated attacks and they have teams to execute the existing plans, etc. The employees get vacation time, salary, benefits, everything. It's an actual real job, it's basically a wing of organized crime, not just some guy in a basement outsmarting the security folk at ebay. The local politicians are greased to look the other way and impede law enforcement, which is what makes it so difficult to shut them down. There are ISPs in Russia _known_ to be owned by the mob. It takes serious anti-fraud resources to combat these people.
My people have been persecuted since the great purge known as Order 66. I have been pursued halfway across the galaxy by a sinister former Jedi named Darth Vader. Please purchase my manifesto and join the Jedi order, all for the low introductory price of $19.95. As you evolve as a Jedi Knight, I will continue to educate you. This crucial second course is a bargain at $599.99 and the third may require you to get a home equity loan, but you NEED it!) Together, we will defeat Lord Vader and the evil mastermind Darth Sidious, and we shall bring harmony in the Force and peace to the galaxy.
That's my religion. You got something to say? I have an army of lawyers waiting to sue you left and right. And I require tax exempt status. Thank you.
You've more or less described the conditions under which people live in Saudi Arabia.
How would you feel about it if it was Microsoft going after somebody for MMail? That's what I thought.
The government in Cuba restricts web access such that even doctors in hospitals do not have it. I know this because I have had correspondence with one whose only outlet is email. The absurdity of keeping a doctor from researching medical information online is beyond comprehension. On the other hand, they can't risk having people finding out that Cuba isn't such a paradise compared to the rest of the western world.
As long as the Cuban govt jails those who would dare speak ill of the government (including journalists), then I'm not too interested in the rants people have about embargoes. Say what you will about our horribly mismanaged government and all, but we can bitch and moan all we want. I doubt you could get away with calling Fidel or Raul an idiot in Cuba.
One man's burden is another man's perk, I guess :)
It's ok if some oil gets on the screen of my flip-phone since that's not the input device too, I just wipe it away. I can't see having a 45 minute conversation on a phone like this, not comfy, and I don't want to have to fumble with a bluetooth headset and all. You know what I mean for the buttons, just like a remote control for your tv. When you're dialing a number, do you want to have to delicately press on the right parts of the screen, looking after each one to make sure it registered your entry, or would you rather push a physical button? I'm not anti-apple or nuthin', just saying, these PDA/media phones are useless to me. They're neat PDAs and media devices, but they suck as phones. Nice try though.
I don't want the oil on my ear to smudge onto the screen.
I don't want to have to fumble to answer a call.
I want to be able to push buttons by feel and memory of said feel.
I'll keep my flip phone thank you. That being said, this thing is neat for every other function, just not as a phone.
The main obstacle to visting -- much less colonizing -- other planets in distant solar systems (nevermind other galaxies) is the sheer amount of time it would take to get there, millions of years with the best technology we can imagine that is based on what we have today.
It will take a gigantic leap to achieve the kind of speed we will need -- that is, traveling faster than the speed of light, which Einstein famously proved was impossible.
Science fiction gets around this by introducing things like "hyperspace" and "subspace", in which the normal laws of physics don't apply wrt to faster than light travel. My personal fave is the idea of "folding space".
Viceroy Gunray has one of those... http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mechno-chair
There 'ya go, just blame the user for his choice of players.
There is a live-action series coming in 2009 that deals with the time period between episodes III and IV, chronicling the birth of the rebellion.
Let me be the first to admit that I don't understand how this works. Will the mass of Slashdot users who pretend to understand follow suit, or will they shun me? :)
As a Frenchman living in the U.S., I now feel I can go home again, because no longer will the government be hostile to business and tax me to death. I'm an engineer and it has always pained me that I deprived my native land of my work and tax base, but the taxation and social policy there made it very unattractive to me. France's social programmes are great, very generous, but it can only work in a closed society. Mass immigration has made the infrastructure and welfare state collapse, and the left in France has been in denial. Royal is a nice lady, but she doesn't have a clue how to fix France's problems. The purist in me wishes the social model worked, it's a great romantic notion, but it can't work in an open society. It makes me sad that France has no choice but to move toward an American model. But now I can go home again, and will be doing so in the next few years.
I once lived in an apartment complex where they did something similar.
I lived in a one bedroom apartment and my lease came up. I noticed they were running a "special" on their two bedroom apartments, whereby it was $100 a month cheaper than "market" rate. I wanted to move to one, but they told me that as a current resident, I was not eligible to get the 2 BR for the promotional price. It was so stupid, that I just moved someplace else.
I wonder if France has figured out a way to surrender in Second Life yet.
Sigh. I am sick and tired of this kind of dumb crack about the French. Let's go over some facts:
- Napoleonic France damn near ruled Europe until they tried to conquer Russia and got stuck in the winter (a mistake that Hitler repeated)
- France was a crucial partner in the US revolutionary war. Without the help of France, the U.S. would still be a British colony (or a member of the commonwealth, like Canada)
- France suffered huge losses against a warmongering Germany, whom they shared a border with. The British would have fallen too had they shared a border. I am a proud frog myself, and my grandfather's face was blown off during the second world war, he was a "sans-gueule" (one without a face.) Kind of like this poor guy. Believe me, they didn't just give up without a fight.
- In southeast Asia, yea well the U.S. didn't seem to do much better now did they.
So please stop these ignorant jokes about the French. There's nothing funny about them, and they're based on a false premise which has spread like a virus over the years. Parroting them is just dumb. Thank you.
Hrm, that's a valid point of view actually, I guess I was wrong. Thanks!
I disagree. I believe it's more in line with "Does the customer/user deserve us to go to bat for them to defend what they did?"
In the case of Verizon, a big yes. In the case of YouTube, a big no.
That's pretty subjective. The RIAA wanted to know who was downloading free music (i.e. stealing) while fox wanted to know who was leaking copyrighted videos (i.e. stealing) How is it any different? Because one is google who can do no wrong, while the other is the big bad RIAA?