I call my idea '3/2 play'. Basically it is a system of delivering three services by load balancing all the required traffic over two lines. It is best employed when you can't deliver all three services over one line because that has been patented. (I'll license you for half the cost!)
Oh, and this is not to be confused with my existing patent for '3 on 2 play'; a method for making pornos involving three chicks, two guys, a trampoline and 1.5 tons of peanut butter.
I used to have internet service with them, several years ago. I was moving so I cancelled my account. I paid the final bill and that was that. Just before we moved, I received another bill, stating that I owed them ~$10. OK, their billing system fucked up. I called them up and they agreed, the bill was in error, so they told me they would take care of it.
The next month I get another bill from Time Warner forwarded to our new address. It is for ~$10. I call them up and explain that I was told last month it would be fixed. They apologize and promise to fix it.
Next month, same shit. I think they also added a late charge to the $10 on this bill. Called them, they apologize and promise to fix it.
Next month, I am really getting pissed. They are sending the bills on bright yellow paper now, declaring the account to be delinquent. I don't even have service with them anymore and they are still harassing me about this bogus bill. I call them up and wait forever while the CSR "investigates" the issue. She finally comes back and tells me there was an error on the bill (no shit!) and then she says the truth is that they OWE ME $2.50. Um ok... She said I could expect a check from them in the next few weeks.
Next month.... I just about lose it when I get another bill for $10 plus late fee, on yellow paper. I called them up and I really let them have it. I felt bad for whoever it was the took my call. After I calmed down, they checked the system and fixed the issue once and for all and that was FINALLY the end of it.
--TWC II, the sequel
So then last year my friend buys a new house and decides to go with Time Warner. I desperately tried to talk him out of it, but he couldn't be dissuaded. He orders cable TV and internet service from them. First thing they do is charge him for installation, even though they were advertising free installation. After arguing with them, they remove the installation charges from his bill, but he still gets charged $10. He calls them up to ask why, and they explain that was the cost of the big ass gray plastic box they put on this house. (The same thing they had put on my house for free).
He was annoyed but got over the $10 plastic box fee. Then, six months later, he decides he wants more TV channels so he upgrades his service. They do the upgrade, but later that month, around the time he gets his bill, it never shows up.
He waits another week and calls them up. They say they mailed it and he should check with the post office. Honestly, WTF is the point. Are you going to call the post office and tell them you haven't received your cable bill and they will say "oh, yeah I've got it right here, sorry about that, we'll get it right over"? Riiiight. In the meantime the post office delivers all other bills and mail just like always.
My friend calls them up several times more and they brush off his concerns, maintaining that they mailed the bill. He is worried about having a late payment, so he goes to their website to access his account online and pay his bill. He makes the payment on their website with a credit card, but the system never sends him a confirmation email like it says it will.
He waits a few days and calls them up again to make sure they received the payment. They claim that they have not. He hangs up and calls the credit card company to see if they have a charge from Time Warner Cable on his card. They confirm, his credit card has been billed by them for the amount of the cable bill! He calls Time Warner again and asks them about it. He told me they were rude to him at this point and told him that his bill is due TODAY and they have not received payment so he better give them a credit card number to pay it NOW or else he is going to be charged a late fee! Needless to say he did not pay for the bill again, since it was already charged to his credit card.
Eventually the charge cleared and Time Warner confirmed that his bill had been paid, but my friend was pissed. The following month,
Knowing BestBuy, they will be heavily pitching (or shoving down your throat) extended warranties on their music, since your backups will probably be rendered useless by their DRM.
Yeah, I've seen the same thing. Emails from %SENDER% and the like too. I always feel bad for them, as their spam-o-matic app must be pretty confusing. Sometimes I reply and offer to help them out, but my email always gets bounced back. They must have other people replying to offer to help as well, filling up their mailboxes. It just makes me feel good to know there are so many helpful people out there.
Pen test team? I was thinking of a bunch of people in a room with a brand new box of bic's, scribbling like mad. In fact, until I followed the wikipedia link for pen test, the whole thing sounded like a MacGyver episode.
Some chick:"Damn! We've got to get though this man-trap security door and we have nothing but a shoppers club card and a box of pens!"
MacGyver: -pulls out pocket knife- "I'm way ahead of you..."
"Chips embedded in the user's brain will help command artificial-muscle-activated, touch-sensitive, fully articulating hands."
Hope they get the programming right on those chips!
Hey doc, sometimes when I'm typing with these artificial hands, I seem to get stuck in a loop! Is it true these are controlled by controlled by controlled by...
Maybe they should also embed a usb socket into the back of the user's head to allow firmware upgrades.
My friend and I played with AOL back in 1996 or so. We went through a 60min free trial pretty quickly, and then it started costing. We had had enough already so we tried to cancel. Of course they made it nearly impossible.
Finally we went back to the chat rooms and found ones with admins/operators present and spewed every swear word in the book. It didn't take long to get our account suspended and once we did that they were much more willing to cancel our account. It was like they didn't want us anymore!
In an effort to encourage consumers to embrace digital content, The Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting a bill that would restrict owners of analog devices from recording analog content. For instance, if a fan wishes to tape a Baseball game on his VCR, the VCR would re-encode the content of that game and convert it into a digital form, which would then be filled with right restrictions and so forth. The process would be driven by VRAM (Veil Rights Assertion Mark), a technology that stamps analog content with DRM schemes."
Despite what the poorly written summary says, the EFF isn't doing the encouranging.
This more accurately describes the situation:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting a bill that would encourage consumers to embrace digital content by restricting owners of analog devices from recording analog content...
Visit this weblink, friend, to dutifully apprise the ESRB of your "Complaint or Comment" about their appaling conduct on this matter. Or of course you could simply inform them that they SUCK ASS.
("SUCK ASS" inquiries would probably be best described as "Other" for question #1.)
All these people are foaming at the mouth about some great injustice, when it's not even clear what is the situation. The original article is somebody's blog, which quotes and links to the website of the accused. I think there may be more to this story.
Allow me to provide a rough translation of one of the more interesting paragraphs: This judgement focuses not on the core issue, but rather on the methods "Guillermito" used to produce his findings, therefore the tribunal is punishing "Guillermito" for having used a pirated copy of Viguard Anti-Virus to discover it's vulnerabilities. Therefore the judgement seems not to question the right to publically criticise/publish exploits with supporting evidence, but rather that the exploit cannot be researched and discovered illegally [by using pirated software].
To re-analyze some of the analogies already put forth, should the courts go easy on someone who finds a problem with a particular brand of car that could cause it to explode; if they first stole the car and then studied it?
I would have to agree, and I'll add that Kontact is a very nice Evolution replacement.
I had been using Evolution (1.4) for some time (1.5 years?) and generally liked it. I installed 2.0 and I was really disappointed. Evo 1.4 would crash occasionally on me, and I was dissapointed that 2.0 continued this annoying behavoir. Even more frustrating were they incredible delays I saw in manipulating mail on my imap server. I hoped these problems would dissapear with 2.0 but they did not. Add to this the fact that I, like others, was underwhelmed by the new UI and color scheme, and suddenly I was in the market for a new PIM.
As a KDE user, the natural first step was to give Kontact/Kmail a try. I've barely been using it a week and I've fallen in love. It syncs with my palm V, just like Evo, I find it to be more customizable than Evolution was, and so far it hasn't crashed. So far I have liked every aspect of Kontact as well or better than the Evolution equivalent. Best of all, mail operations on my IMAP server as fast as ever, like they should be. I don't know WTF is wrong with Evo's IMAP support but Kontact/Kmail did it right, and I'm now a convert. So long Evolution!
Am I the ONLY one here that has actually used AT&T local service? (as in they were my carrier for local-only calls) Everyone is spouting about their long distance service, which I have never used, but I have been an AT&T local service customer for the past two years.
Over the years I had become so disgusted from my dealings with Ameritech/SBC that when I heard AT&T was providing local service in my area, I signed up right away. I figured ANYTHING had to be better than SBC. I had always found SBC/Ameritech's customer service reps to be rude, incompetant and just plain lazy. It was commonplace to have to call back multiple times to have a change made because the reps simply didn't do their jobs. And before you could hang up they would hound you like vultures trying to get you to buy their stupid add-on services.
Being an AT&T customer was an enlightening experience. Every single time I called them for any reason the representative was very polite and efficient. They were so good I even went out of my way to report one of their reps for being so helpful and nice. The price was the same as SBC +/- $1. I had my bill automatically charged to my credit card each month and never had a problem in two years. (trying cc billing with Ameritech resulting in getting overbilled and I had to discontinue it).
In short, AT&T local service was like the opposite of Ameritech/SBC. AT&T represented everything I wanted from a phone company. After two years with them I cancelled my service last month only because I'm moving and I'm going to be without a phone for a while, but I was sorry I had to leave them, and I'll be bummed if I wont be able to sign up for their local services at my new place.
Try applying anyway, even if you don't quite meet their requirements for experience. You might get hired if they don't find anyone more qualified. They might offer you a lower salary than they would someone that met their criteria exactly, but at least it would be a chance for you to get that initial experience.
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I call my idea '3/2 play'. Basically it is a system of delivering three services by load balancing all the required traffic over two lines. It is best employed when you can't deliver all three services over one line because that has been patented. (I'll license you for half the cost!)
Oh, and this is not to be confused with my existing patent for '3 on 2 play'; a method for making pornos involving three chicks, two guys, a trampoline and 1.5 tons of peanut butter.
Worst. Billing. system. Ever.
I used to have internet service with them, several years ago. I was moving so I cancelled my account. I paid the final bill and that was that. Just before we moved, I received another bill, stating that I owed them ~$10. OK, their billing system fucked up. I called them up and they agreed, the bill was in error, so they told me they would take care of it.
The next month I get another bill from Time Warner forwarded to our new address. It is for ~$10. I call them up and explain that I was told last month it would be fixed. They apologize and promise to fix it.
Next month, same shit. I think they also added a late charge to the $10 on this bill. Called them, they apologize and promise to fix it.
Next month, I am really getting pissed. They are sending the bills on bright yellow paper now, declaring the account to be delinquent. I don't even have service with them anymore and they are still harassing me about this bogus bill. I call them up and wait forever while the CSR "investigates" the issue. She finally comes back and tells me there was an error on the bill (no shit!) and then she says the truth is that they OWE ME $2.50. Um ok... She said I could expect a check from them in the next few weeks.
Next month.... I just about lose it when I get another bill for $10 plus late fee, on yellow paper. I called them up and I really let them have it. I felt bad for whoever it was the took my call. After I calmed down, they checked the system and fixed the issue once and for all and that was FINALLY the end of it.
--TWC II, the sequel
So then last year my friend buys a new house and decides to go with Time Warner. I desperately tried to talk him out of it, but he couldn't be dissuaded. He orders cable TV and internet service from them. First thing they do is charge him for installation, even though they were advertising free installation. After arguing with them, they remove the installation charges from his bill, but he still gets charged $10. He calls them up to ask why, and they explain that was the cost of the big ass gray plastic box they put on this house. (The same thing they had put on my house for free).
He was annoyed but got over the $10 plastic box fee. Then, six months later, he decides he wants more TV channels so he upgrades his service. They do the upgrade, but later that month, around the time he gets his bill, it never shows up.
He waits another week and calls them up. They say they mailed it and he should check with the post office. Honestly, WTF is the point. Are you going to call the post office and tell them you haven't received your cable bill and they will say "oh, yeah I've got it right here, sorry about that, we'll get it right over"? Riiiight. In the meantime the post office delivers all other bills and mail just like always.
My friend calls them up several times more and they brush off his concerns, maintaining that they mailed the bill. He is worried about having a late payment, so he goes to their website to access his account online and pay his bill. He makes the payment on their website with a credit card, but the system never sends him a confirmation email like it says it will.
He waits a few days and calls them up again to make sure they received the payment. They claim that they have not. He hangs up and calls the credit card company to see if they have a charge from Time Warner Cable on his card. They confirm, his credit card has been billed by them for the amount of the cable bill! He calls Time Warner again and asks them about it. He told me they were rude to him at this point and told him that his bill is due TODAY and they have not received payment so he better give them a credit card number to pay it NOW or else he is going to be charged a late fee! Needless to say he did not pay for the bill again, since it was already charged to his credit card.
Eventually the charge cleared and Time Warner confirmed that his bill had been paid, but my friend was pissed. The following month,
Knowing BestBuy, they will be heavily pitching (or shoving down your throat) extended warranties on their music, since your backups will probably be rendered useless by their DRM.
Appareil does not translate directly; 'apparel' means clothing in english. ;)
You we're probably looking for the word 'device' or 'apparatus'.
You got fiber and then you moved? What the hell is wrong with you!? I would kill to have FTTP, and you go and give it up to move across town.
...but it did put a snake on some guy's... snake.
The 'Snakes in a Lavatory' scenes rocked.
Maybe because the Science article requires a paid subscription or a one-time fee of $10.00 just to read it?
Yeah, I've seen the same thing. Emails from %SENDER% and the like too. I always feel bad for them, as their spam-o-matic app must be pretty confusing. Sometimes I reply and offer to help them out, but my email always gets bounced back. They must have other people replying to offer to help as well, filling up their mailboxes. It just makes me feel good to know there are so many helpful people out there.
"While I can understand that police are probably lairy of being photographed..."
Are you referring to a police officer's reluctance to allow himself(/herself) to photographed in his secret lair?
Pen test team? I was thinking of a bunch of people in a room with a brand new box of bic's, scribbling like mad. In fact, until I followed the wikipedia link for pen test, the whole thing sounded like a MacGyver episode.
Some chick: "Damn! We've got to get though this man-trap security door and we have nothing but a shoppers club card and a box of pens!"
MacGyver: -pulls out pocket knife- "I'm way ahead of you..."
"Chips embedded in the user's brain will help command artificial-muscle-activated, touch-sensitive, fully articulating hands."
Hope they get the programming right on those chips!
Hey doc, sometimes when I'm typing with these artificial hands, I seem to get stuck in a loop! Is it true these are controlled by controlled by controlled by...
Maybe they should also embed a usb socket into the back of the user's head to allow firmware upgrades.
My friend and I played with AOL back in 1996 or so. We went through a 60min free trial pretty quickly, and then it started costing. We had had enough already so we tried to cancel. Of course they made it nearly impossible.
Finally we went back to the chat rooms and found ones with admins/operators present and spewed every swear word in the book. It didn't take long to get our account suspended and once we did that they were much more willing to cancel our account. It was like they didn't want us anymore!
You had opened my mind, until I read:
it doesn't mean that there has to be a write or wrong answer
and then it snapped shut again!
You are what you write... right?
from article:
/home/user
The user does not have full access rights to all files. The user only has full access rights to his or her own personal files.
And that is where the problem lies.
If that's true, then I can solve it pretty easily:
# chown -R user:user /
# chown -R root:root
In an effort to encourage consumers to embrace digital content, The Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting a bill that would restrict owners of analog devices from recording analog content. For instance, if a fan wishes to tape a Baseball game on his VCR, the VCR would re-encode the content of that game and convert it into a digital form, which would then be filled with right restrictions and so forth. The process would be driven by VRAM (Veil Rights Assertion Mark), a technology that stamps analog content with DRM schemes."
...filled with rights restrictions and...
Despite what the poorly written summary says, the EFF isn't doing the encouranging. This more accurately describes the situation:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is fighting a bill that would encourage consumers to embrace digital content by restricting owners of analog devices from recording analog content...
Furthermore, a later sentence should read:
Visit this weblink, friend, to dutifully apprise the ESRB of your "Complaint or Comment" about their appaling conduct on this matter. Or of course you could simply inform them that they SUCK ASS. ("SUCK ASS" inquiries would probably be best described as "Other" for question #1.)
You mean after 11 days this thing has again failed to win over the Indian market?
Maybe they should set slightly more long-term targets.
All these people are foaming at the mouth about some great injustice, when it's not even clear what is the situation. The original article is somebody's blog, which quotes and links to the website of the accused. I think there may be more to this story.
u illaume_tena_cond/ (in French)
This article, for instance, paints a different picture: http://www.weblmi.com/sections/articles/2005/03/g
Allow me to provide a rough translation of one of the more interesting paragraphs: This judgement focuses not on the core issue, but rather on the methods "Guillermito" used to produce his findings, therefore the tribunal is punishing "Guillermito" for having used a pirated copy of Viguard Anti-Virus to discover it's vulnerabilities. Therefore the judgement seems not to question the right to publically criticise/publish exploits with supporting evidence, but rather that the exploit cannot be researched and discovered illegally [by using pirated software].
To re-analyze some of the analogies already put forth, should the courts go easy on someone who finds a problem with a particular brand of car that could cause it to explode; if they first stole the car and then studied it?
Personally, I am a B.S. Computer Science / B.A. French major. It's a good combo.
I would have to agree, and I'll add that Kontact is a very nice Evolution replacement.
I had been using Evolution (1.4) for some time (1.5 years?) and generally liked it. I installed 2.0 and I was really disappointed. Evo 1.4 would crash occasionally on me, and I was dissapointed that 2.0 continued this annoying behavoir. Even more frustrating were they incredible delays I saw in manipulating mail on my imap server. I hoped these problems would dissapear with 2.0 but they did not. Add to this the fact that I, like others, was underwhelmed by the new UI and color scheme, and suddenly I was in the market for a new PIM.
As a KDE user, the natural first step was to give Kontact/Kmail a try. I've barely been using it a week and I've fallen in love. It syncs with my palm V, just like Evo, I find it to be more customizable than Evolution was, and so far it hasn't crashed. So far I have liked every aspect of Kontact as well or better than the Evolution equivalent. Best of all, mail operations on my IMAP server as fast as ever, like they should be. I don't know WTF is wrong with Evo's IMAP support but Kontact/Kmail did it right, and I'm now a convert. So long Evolution!
Am I the ONLY one here that has actually used AT&T local service? (as in they were my carrier for local-only calls) Everyone is spouting about their long distance service, which I have never used, but I have been an AT&T local service customer for the past two years.
Over the years I had become so disgusted from my dealings with Ameritech/SBC that when I heard AT&T was providing local service in my area, I signed up right away. I figured ANYTHING had to be better than SBC. I had always found SBC/Ameritech's customer service reps to be rude, incompetant and just plain lazy. It was commonplace to have to call back multiple times to have a change made because the reps simply didn't do their jobs. And before you could hang up they would hound you like vultures trying to get you to buy their stupid add-on services.
Being an AT&T customer was an enlightening experience. Every single time I called them for any reason the representative was very polite and efficient. They were so good I even went out of my way to report one of their reps for being so helpful and nice. The price was the same as SBC +/- $1. I had my bill automatically charged to my credit card each month and never had a problem in two years. (trying cc billing with Ameritech resulting in getting overbilled and I had to discontinue it).
In short, AT&T local service was like the opposite of Ameritech/SBC. AT&T represented everything I wanted from a phone company. After two years with them I cancelled my service last month only because I'm moving and I'm going to be without a phone for a while, but I was sorry I had to leave them, and I'll be bummed if I wont be able to sign up for their local services at my new place.
Try applying anyway, even if you don't quite meet their requirements for experience. You might get hired if they don't find anyone more qualified. They might offer you a lower salary than they would someone that met their criteria exactly, but at least it would be a chance for you to get that initial experience.
100,000kg, I think not.
Think about it, a Titan I missile weighs 105,142 kg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_I
The auction claims that it MIGHT be over 100kg ~221lbs -- I would say it is likely more than 100kg but probably not more than about 250kg.
The coolest thing in this auction is the Sony Playstation/PS2 Wine.
I never knew they made WINE for Sony console systems...