Most big names back then didn't allow escrow service. I haven't checked recently, so I don't know if ebay has a policy relating to it or not. In any case, I had gotten my own computer with no problems, and I assumed that it would be fine. Apparently it wasn't.
Actually, most of the 'good' (read: big name people who were actually selling stuff for cheaper than retail) auctions back then (within a year of ebay starting) didn't allow escrow. I had done fine w/o it when I got my own computer, I assumed it would be fine for her as well. But I really appreciate the blame for something that wasn't my fault. Really.
Awhile ago (probably about 2 years), I was helping a friend buy a computer on ebay. Checked out the ratings and such, and everything was fine, so I went ahead with paying for it (she gave me the $ for it). The company apparently 'went out of business'. Right. Within a few weeks there were over 200 negative responses. And at about $500 a pop, that's a pretty good amount of cash that went to who-knows-where. And ebay did *nothing* about it. Absolutely *nothing*. I'm willing to bet that whoever was selling just changed their name and did it all over again. That's why I stopped using ebay. And I felt really bad about telling my friend that her money disappeared into a bottomless pit.
Maybe they'll actually get a nice swift kick. Or maybe they'll just turn the other way again. And aren't they in kahoots with paypal. Yeah, that should explain *everything*.
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The sad part of that, is that the RIAA really did get all worried when they figured out people could record songs off the radio onto analog tapes. Hopefully this whole P2P issue will be resolved in about the same way.
Sometimes I just wish I could press a big red button and give people a clue.
That city should have had to just stick with the useless skyway they pissed away all their dollars on.
FYI: It is the only main highway that goes through the city. It is condensed down to two lanes at a point in the city. At the moment, it is faster to take surface roads with tons of lights to get through the city than it is to go on the highway. Unless, of course, you're driving at 2am. The population is growing. Chances are, in a few years, you wouldn't be able to get through at 2am cleanly.
Dude, get it right. It's 'unicron' not 'unicorn'. there's a very big difference. One is a mythical creature with a horn. The other is a planet-eating super transformer (from "Transformers" of course).
I have to know these things. My boyfriend likes transformers. Side note: Anyone know of any place I can go to buy him a giant robot? *ponders Christmas present*
Yup, none of them are WEP encrypted. But did you try getting in? If you *actually* accomplish it (and I doubt you will), send them a nice email explaining how you did it (anonymously of course).
There are other ways of securing WLANs these days, not just use of WEP.
Wouldn't the key have to be burned into the CD anyway? So the program could read it in the first place. Doesn't this mean that bit-by-bit burners would copy it fine?
I always thought that's how the other 'copy-protection' algorithms worked, and how they could be thwarted.
What does this technology have that the past doesn't (besides better encryption)?
This "news" site was probably bought off by Coke and Pepsico (which owns SoBe) to do an "article" about their "energy drinks" in exchange for a few cases of each of these drinks.
Funny, cuz Dr. Pepper is owned by London based Cadbury-Schweppes (per Dr.Pepper website). And it's the drink that was evaluated to be the best.
Macroevolution is not a fact. It has not been proven. It is a speculation. There are no half-man half-ape fossils. Especially not if we can find dinosaur ones. Why do you think this argument comes up so much? Because it is NOT fact.
Microevolution, fine. I'll accept that. You can teach my kids that moths in England changed from white with brown spots to brown with white spots. There's proof of it.
I do not want my kids learning stuff that has not been proven scientifically.
Don't bother to respond back. I know it's just going to be a flame.
...history is filled with instances of the Christian church condemning the scientific world and trying to regulate what the scientists say.
Quite honestly, the Christian Church is corrupt. If someone is condemning something that they can't prove right or wrong, (or heck, condemning at all - we have no right to judge) they are in direct opposition to much of what God commands in the Bible.
...why evolution is so vigorously attacked by America's religious Christians alone and not so much by other religions/countries?
America is filled with idiots. Filled to the brim with people who cannot think for themselves. So they turn to tradition and to ritual. They constantly fall back on what other people say. It spreads like wildfire.
Now, I'm not saying that *every* American Christian is like this, it's just that these people stick out to the rest of the country and world as one entity. They're just one entity that has a lot of wrong interpretations.
Evolution is taught in schools, because in schools is where scientific facts belong.
I'm not gonna start bashing the 'evolution: fact or speculation' idea. It's pointless and sticks us both in a paradox.
However, I would like to point out that if you believed in creationism as fact, would you want your kids learning about something that you regard as completely false?
This is why religion got removed from schools. Anti-religion teachings should also remain out of schools (IMHO).
No need to stare at ads, just count the piercings on the punk guy sitting across from you. Or perhaps you'd rather listen to the annoying girls talk about stupid stuff and roll their eyes at the celing (and the punk guy sitting across from you).
Better yet, fishbowl the car and watch the people stare at the moving ads. And miss their stops. And laugh cuz it looks like the guy is picking his nose if you close your eyes halfway through the animation...
Gotta love new forms of entertainment. Lets just hope they don't start integrating sound into them.
Only the data is encrypted. The rest of the laptop is fine. What happens if you format the harddrive and then sell it?
There's also the actual radio frequency broadcast in itself. That is probably broadcasted clear (article doesn't say, either that or I just missed it)through the air. Just sniff it the same way you can sniff yourself into WLANs and reproduce it.
With smarter technology come smarter crackers. Not much you can do about it.
I believe that would only make it through once, if that. His filter works both ways, so chances are it would get negative on the domain it came from, and no score on any of those words == still a negative score.
However, something like:
Hey, old friend.
I was thinking of you when I saw this, give it a read and tell me what you think.
Slashdot Mirror
He's way ahead of you. Jesus. But even then people didn't believe.
Most big names back then didn't allow escrow service. I haven't checked recently, so I don't know if ebay has a policy relating to it or not. In any case, I had gotten my own computer with no problems, and I assumed that it would be fine. Apparently it wasn't.
Actually, most of the 'good' (read: big name people who were actually selling stuff for cheaper than retail) auctions back then (within a year of ebay starting) didn't allow escrow. I had done fine w/o it when I got my own computer, I assumed it would be fine for her as well. But I really appreciate the blame for something that wasn't my fault. Really.
Awhile ago (probably about 2 years), I was helping a friend buy a computer on ebay. Checked out the ratings and such, and everything was fine, so I went ahead with paying for it (she gave me the $ for it). The company apparently 'went out of business'. Right. Within a few weeks there were over 200 negative responses. And at about $500 a pop, that's a pretty good amount of cash that went to who-knows-where. And ebay did *nothing* about it. Absolutely *nothing*. I'm willing to bet that whoever was selling just changed their name and did it all over again. That's why I stopped using ebay. And I felt really bad about telling my friend that her money disappeared into a bottomless pit.
Maybe they'll actually get a nice swift kick. Or maybe they'll just turn the other way again. And aren't they in kahoots with paypal. Yeah, that should explain *everything*.
I'm generation Y.
I want to know Y they were so unoriginal in describing us. I guess we're just not nearly as cool as the 'Baby boomers' or the 'teenie boppers'
Is that what they're calling the generation these days?
And isn't generation X the MTV generation? Doesn't that explain a lot?
we have all the duplicate posts. Better marketing. I get it now.
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Something like...
1. Duplicate postings by
2. Get awards
3. ???
4. Profit!
The sad part of that, is that the RIAA really did get all worried when they figured out people could record songs off the radio onto analog tapes. Hopefully this whole P2P issue will be resolved in about the same way.
Sometimes I just wish I could press a big red button and give people a clue.
Hey, I'm one of those people too. I mean, I didn't have any friends until... until......
Slashdot, you're my friend, right? right?
*cries*
The blinking links alone tell me that he's a complete idiot.
I bet he was teased in high school and wants to get back at all the bullies.
*sigh*
That city should have had to just stick with the useless skyway they pissed away all their dollars on.
FYI: It is the only main highway that goes through the city. It is condensed down to two lanes at a point in the city. At the moment, it is faster to take surface roads with tons of lights to get through the city than it is to go on the highway. Unless, of course, you're driving at 2am. The population is growing. Chances are, in a few years, you wouldn't be able to get through at 2am cleanly.
Dude, get it right. It's 'unicron' not 'unicorn'. there's a very big difference. One is a mythical creature with a horn. The other is a planet-eating super transformer (from "Transformers" of course).
I have to know these things. My boyfriend likes transformers.
Side note: Anyone know of any place I can go to buy him a giant robot? *ponders Christmas present*
nobody ever saw a log rolling a hill...
That's because they were in the middle of the desert, genius.
(and yes, I know that there were probably trees around *somewhere*)
*grins*
Good luck! (I only mentioned this originally because I know what Harvard uses for WLAN security)
Yup, none of them are WEP encrypted. But did you try getting in? If you *actually* accomplish it (and I doubt you will), send them a nice email explaining how you did it (anonymously of course).
There are other ways of securing WLANs these days, not just use of WEP.
Yes, but they'll be prettier this time. Yay for digital enhancements.
Wouldn't the key have to be burned into the CD anyway? So the program could read it in the first place. Doesn't this mean that bit-by-bit burners would copy it fine?
I always thought that's how the other 'copy-protection' algorithms worked, and how they could be thwarted.
What does this technology have that the past doesn't (besides better encryption)?
This "news" site was probably bought off by Coke and Pepsico (which owns SoBe) to do an "article" about their "energy drinks" in exchange for a few cases of each of these drinks.
Funny, cuz Dr. Pepper is owned by London based Cadbury-Schweppes (per Dr.Pepper website). And it's the drink that was evaluated to be the best.
Macroevolution is not a fact. It has not been proven. It is a speculation. There are no half-man half-ape fossils. Especially not if we can find dinosaur ones. Why do you think this argument comes up so much? Because it is NOT fact. Microevolution, fine. I'll accept that. You can teach my kids that moths in England changed from white with brown spots to brown with white spots. There's proof of it. I do not want my kids learning stuff that has not been proven scientifically. Don't bother to respond back. I know it's just going to be a flame.
...history is filled with instances of the Christian church condemning the scientific world and trying to regulate what the scientists say.
...why evolution is so vigorously attacked by America's religious Christians alone and not so much by other religions/countries?
Quite honestly, the Christian Church is corrupt. If someone is condemning something that they can't prove right or wrong, (or heck, condemning at all - we have no right to judge) they are in direct opposition to much of what God commands in the Bible.
America is filled with idiots. Filled to the brim with people who cannot think for themselves. So they turn to tradition and to ritual. They constantly fall back on what other people say. It spreads like wildfire.
Now, I'm not saying that *every* American Christian is like this, it's just that these people stick out to the rest of the country and world as one entity. They're just one entity that has a lot of wrong interpretations.
Evolution is taught in schools, because in schools is where scientific facts belong.
I'm not gonna start bashing the 'evolution: fact or speculation' idea. It's pointless and sticks us both in a paradox.
However, I would like to point out that if you believed in creationism as fact, would you want your kids learning about something that you regard as completely false?
This is why religion got removed from schools. Anti-religion teachings should also remain out of schools (IMHO).
If Darwin were here, I think he'd slap you all upside the head
Nah, he'd be running around going "Guys, guys, I was all wrong! Seriously! God does exist! Guys! Guys? Hello? Hello??? Hell----"
Not to say that Creationism is definitely 'the way.' I believe evolution did have a part in creation. Just not human creation.
No need to stare at ads, just count the piercings on the punk guy sitting across from you. Or perhaps you'd rather listen to the annoying girls talk about stupid stuff and roll their eyes at the celing (and the punk guy sitting across from you).
Better yet, fishbowl the car and watch the people stare at the moving ads. And miss their stops. And laugh cuz it looks like the guy is picking his nose if you close your eyes halfway through the animation...
Gotta love new forms of entertainment. Lets just hope they don't start integrating sound into them.
Only the data is encrypted. The rest of the laptop is fine. What happens if you format the harddrive and then sell it?
There's also the actual radio frequency broadcast in itself. That is probably broadcasted clear (article doesn't say, either that or I just missed it)through the air. Just sniff it the same way you can sniff yourself into WLANs and reproduce it.
With smarter technology come smarter crackers. Not much you can do about it.
However, something like:
Might work..
Probably not. He probably wasn't equipped with the 'Genuine People Personalities'
Soon we'll find him mopeing about because he's not good enough to actually fly.