I'm surprised nobody said anything about this before this post... That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this... too bad my mod points disappeared yesterday...
It's about as much of a sham as extended warranties. I mean, if you lose the paper, you're SOL. Some can track it to your in-store credit card, but still, who keeps their items long enough to need 'em?
And about the rebates -- I was once promised a 10% refund by Sears for getting a $700-ish washer/dryer combo. I got $30 back, because only ONE of the appliances was $400. Incredible. If they're going to give a rebate, I think it should be done right away. Or just have the price lower in the first place. Meh.
When they fire the team that works on the project, it's kind of hard to work on a sequel, let alone patches for the game they're supposed to be supporting in the first place. That is one buggy game.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE that game, but it needs to crash less.
Excellent analysis. I'm guessing that he was musing more than he was giving a real critical analysis of how languages exist, though. I mean, there's some stuff there you obviously have to take with a grain of salt. Remember, this is akin to having someone who's worked on an Iniac try to think about the way computers would be programmed today. Much like "what would I do if I had a time machine?" it's pretty much for entertainment.
In short, such an analysis really wasn't necessary -- he was pretty much BSing anyway.
If I had mod points to give to you, you would get them, and I don't care if this is a five. SO many of my profs are entirely useless because of their lack of knowledge in the area they teach it's ridiculous.
I'm sure my university's not unique to this problem, but mine's notoriously bad for a UC.
You know that when people file suit, the initial amount is always an insane amount. Now, what would be news is if they WON that amount. Like that woman who won 28 billion dollars from the tobacco industry. That amount was reduced by three orders of magnitude, but that's still a lot of money. I somehow doubt that the students will have to pay quite as much as the initial claim is for. That isn't to say that the RIAA is right or anything like that, but I just thought I'd let you know that before you jump to any conclusions... em, too late for that, I guess...
Greed: An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth.
Source: dictionary.com
Huh, now that I think about it, "greedy capitalist" does sound Leftish. I didn't mean it that way, though. By no means when I say "greedy capitalists" do I mean it in a bad way. Greed is a very good thing, unless you're a communist.
They're maximizing their profits. That's what companies in a market to. They'll charge an amount such that (sales * (price - cost)) is a maximum. They're greedy capitlists. It's what they do. They're not out for charity. If you don't like it, don't buy them. Wait for the market to be saturated.
What's that I hear? It's the redundant and troll mods. Oh, well, I've had good karma for too long.
The second derivitive of COS^2/SIN means absolutely nothing.
Actually, it means sin*(csc^2-1)(2csc(csc*cot))... or something... I don't know, and since I'm not in first semester calc anymore, I don't care. Well, I guess trying to be a smartass just backfired. Anyway, all I care about right now are series and parametric equations, the current topic in third semester calculus. Will THAT be used, I wonder?
And Thundra wasn't? For the few that haven't seen it, there are reviews for it besides the Something Awful one. Of course, they're not the onlyones that thought so, either.
They force you to use their dialer, meaning you can't do simple dial-up networking sharing, auto-dialing. Other ISPs use these but still allow you to set up an (unsupported) PPP connection using standard tools
SOOOOO true. When I cancelled my account they said I was doing something WRONG when I said I couldn't use my own dialer (standard MS) to connect! Even though I was at the end of my rope for an Internet connection, I regret having to deal with them.
Said dialer software is full of adverts. AOL/Time Warner removed popup handling abilities from Netscape for this reason, I believe.
I couldn't agree more, for the same reason as the last thing I said. And pop-up advertisements conveniently placed when you dial using their software! Arg...
They ask for your credit card during the trail for verification etc then automatically start billing you without warning. Cancelling used to be difficult and often went "wrong".
It worked for me, but only after harassing the lady at the phone for ten or fifteen minutes.
It takes a everything short of a lawsuit to make them stop billing you.
Not true. I called, told them to cancel my account, and it was done. No more account, no more bills. It took awhile to get past the salesperson thing, but she finally understood my conviction in the fact that AOL was without a doubt the worst service I'd ever used.
Anyway, the others don't relate to me, but I didn't like AOL at all. Even my crappy cwsredlands account gave me a simple dial-up connection, and it was half the price! Oh, well, I'm past that, now.
The criminals build elaborate fake escrow Web sites, with convincing names like Simple-Escrow.net and WhyEscrow.com.
Is it just me, or are simple-escrow.net and whyescrow.com still up? Were they using them as examples of legit or escrows or not? They're chock full of grammar and spelling errors ("simple-escrow.net, the most powerfull escrow service available on the net..." is their first claim, and whyescrow has a really bad flash intro...). Were these sites taken down? Did others take their place? Did some people read the article and decide to take those domains? So confusing...
Universities adopting Linux is not news. UCR, where I go, is generally Linux-oriented, but has Win2k boxen situated wherever it's appropriate -- like the library, or the labs below the dorms -- with full restrictions (nothing except IE can be run, and you can't run Internet Options). Either way, dual booting would just be a hassle, I would think. It's far from strapped for cash, and even if it was, Microsoft would be there to the rescue in a heartbeat. It appears that Linux is often a more appropriate choice for some things they do. No, I don't know the specifics or rationale, I just know that a good portion of UCR's labs run Linux. Others have Windows and a good portion of offices have Macs. I have a PC, and soon I want to buy another so I don't have to dual boot (and it's just more convenient). So, yeah, past intro CS, I NEED to write most stuff under Linux -- if the makefile doesn't work on my projects, that's 50% off my grade, usually.
Oh, please excuse my grammar and spelling, I'm just getting ready to go to sleep.
Am I the only one that thought "CULT!" when I read the title, and even moreso after reading the article? I mean, how often is this the staple of a cult? Well, suicide aside...
Slashdot Mirror
Oh, ignore me. There was already a comment in the original news... meh.
I'm surprised nobody said anything about this before this post... That was the first thing I thought of when I saw this... too bad my mod points disappeared yesterday...
It's about as much of a sham as extended warranties. I mean, if you lose the paper, you're SOL. Some can track it to your in-store credit card, but still, who keeps their items long enough to need 'em?
And about the rebates -- I was once promised a 10% refund by Sears for getting a $700-ish washer/dryer combo. I got $30 back, because only ONE of the appliances was $400. Incredible. If they're going to give a rebate, I think it should be done right away. Or just have the price lower in the first place. Meh.
When they fire the team that works on the project, it's kind of hard to work on a sequel, let alone patches for the game they're supposed to be supporting in the first place. That is one buggy game.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE that game, but it needs to crash less.
Excellent analysis. I'm guessing that he was musing more than he was giving a real critical analysis of how languages exist, though. I mean, there's some stuff there you obviously have to take with a grain of salt. Remember, this is akin to having someone who's worked on an Iniac try to think about the way computers would be programmed today. Much like "what would I do if I had a time machine?" it's pretty much for entertainment. In short, such an analysis really wasn't necessary -- he was pretty much BSing anyway.
I once again point to this appropriate web comic.
If I had mod points to give to you, you would get them, and I don't care if this is a five. SO many of my profs are entirely useless because of their lack of knowledge in the area they teach it's ridiculous.
I'm sure my university's not unique to this problem, but mine's notoriously bad for a UC.
Just thought I'd say that.
You know that when people file suit, the initial amount is always an insane amount. Now, what would be news is if they WON that amount. Like that woman who won 28 billion dollars from the tobacco industry. That amount was reduced by three orders of magnitude, but that's still a lot of money. I somehow doubt that the students will have to pay quite as much as the initial claim is for. That isn't to say that the RIAA is right or anything like that, but I just thought I'd let you know that before you jump to any conclusions... em, too late for that, I guess...
Altogether, 37.9809. Personally, I think that's off by a couple orders of magnitude, but that's just me.
Greed: An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth.
Source: dictionary.com
Huh, now that I think about it, "greedy capitalist" does sound Leftish. I didn't mean it that way, though. By no means when I say "greedy capitalists" do I mean it in a bad way. Greed is a very good thing, unless you're a communist.
They're maximizing their profits. That's what companies in a market to. They'll charge an amount such that (sales * (price - cost)) is a maximum. They're greedy capitlists. It's what they do. They're not out for charity. If you don't like it, don't buy them. Wait for the market to be saturated.
What's that I hear? It's the redundant and troll mods. Oh, well, I've had good karma for too long.
1. A turkey that grows with a stomach full of stuffing.
1) Are you referring to this, by any chance? Oh, wait, that's a chicken. Nevermind.
Too bad the deadline for submitting resumes for this Summer is two weeks ago. Then again, I'm only a Freshman, so I guess I can't really expect much.
If you were a paid subscriber, would you even bother giving it out to the masses?
The second derivitive of COS^2/SIN means absolutely nothing.
Actually, it means sin*(csc^2-1)(2csc(csc*cot))... or something... I don't know, and since I'm not in first semester calc anymore, I don't care. Well, I guess trying to be a smartass just backfired. Anyway, all I care about right now are series and parametric equations, the current topic in third semester calculus. Will THAT be used, I wonder?
(BTW, mods, this is not offtopic. Sharksandwich goes to Strong Bad based boards and tells everyone he sucks/is gay/whatever)
Not if your name's Sharksandwich.
And Thundra wasn't? For the few that haven't seen it, there are reviews for it besides the Something Awful one. Of course, they're not the only ones that thought so, either.
They force you to use their dialer, meaning you can't do simple dial-up networking sharing, auto-dialing. Other ISPs use these but still allow you to set up an (unsupported) PPP connection using standard tools
SOOOOO true. When I cancelled my account they said I was doing something WRONG when I said I couldn't use my own dialer (standard MS) to connect! Even though I was at the end of my rope for an Internet connection, I regret having to deal with them.
Said dialer software is full of adverts. AOL/Time Warner removed popup handling abilities from Netscape for this reason, I believe.
I couldn't agree more, for the same reason as the last thing I said. And pop-up advertisements conveniently placed when you dial using their software! Arg...
They ask for your credit card during the trail for verification etc then automatically start billing you without warning. Cancelling used to be difficult and often went "wrong".
It worked for me, but only after harassing the lady at the phone for ten or fifteen minutes.
It takes a everything short of a lawsuit to make them stop billing you.
Not true. I called, told them to cancel my account, and it was done. No more account, no more bills. It took awhile to get past the salesperson thing, but she finally understood my conviction in the fact that AOL was without a doubt the worst service I'd ever used.
Anyway, the others don't relate to me, but I didn't like AOL at all. Even my crappy cwsredlands account gave me a simple dial-up connection, and it was half the price! Oh, well, I'm past that, now.
Furthermore, their Privacy Policy page is very convincing, along with their copyright page. Not to mention their title -- "Why Escrowm, Welcome to homepage." Their ToS mimic exactly those of escrow.com... they're described precisely as a scam site by the article.
Okay, I don't think they're legitimate. That took about three minutes to figure out. Maybe it's just an example of a fraud?
Part of the article:
The criminals build elaborate fake escrow Web sites, with convincing names like Simple-Escrow.net and WhyEscrow.com.
Is it just me, or are simple-escrow.net and whyescrow.com still up? Were they using them as examples of legit or escrows or not? They're chock full of grammar and spelling errors ("simple-escrow.net, the most powerfull escrow service available on the net..." is their first claim, and whyescrow has a really bad flash intro...). Were these sites taken down? Did others take their place? Did some people read the article and decide to take those domains? So confusing...
Universities adopting Linux is not news. UCR, where I go, is generally Linux-oriented, but has Win2k boxen situated wherever it's appropriate -- like the library, or the labs below the dorms -- with full restrictions (nothing except IE can be run, and you can't run Internet Options). Either way, dual booting would just be a hassle, I would think. It's far from strapped for cash, and even if it was, Microsoft would be there to the rescue in a heartbeat. It appears that Linux is often a more appropriate choice for some things they do. No, I don't know the specifics or rationale, I just know that a good portion of UCR's labs run Linux. Others have Windows and a good portion of offices have Macs. I have a PC, and soon I want to buy another so I don't have to dual boot (and it's just more convenient). So, yeah, past intro CS, I NEED to write most stuff under Linux -- if the makefile doesn't work on my projects, that's 50% off my grade, usually.
Oh, please excuse my grammar and spelling, I'm just getting ready to go to sleep.
Correction: f=ma doesn't kill people, f applied over a small area in a critical part of the body kills people
Am I the only one that thought "CULT!" when I read the title, and even moreso after reading the article? I mean, how often is this the staple of a cult? Well, suicide aside...
Wine Is Not and Emulator
Right, of course... sorry, all too often I hear about using "Wine to emulate (...)," so "emulator" kind of sticks in my head.