I always refuse to show my receipt / property when leaving Fry's (the worst in my opinion) / other stores. I also refuse to wait in line to leave. I just walk by and leave. Only once has the "loss prevention employee" tried to stop me. I simply informed him everything in my bag and on my person was my property and if he wished to search it he would need to call a law enforcement officer. I also informed him that if he tried to grab me I would consider it assault and I would defend myself. I do not surrender my right to privacy because I enter a privately owned store. Their effective recourse is to inform me I am unwelcome to return, ask me to leave and/or call law enforcement if I refuse.
As to blocking my car in the parking lot, that sounds pretty much like the textbook definition of unlawful detention / kidnapping. Maybe a call to the FBI is in order.
>The HIV virus is a very interesting virus. Of all the common viruses, it is one of most deadly and the hardest to cure. It kills millions of people ?every year. Which other virus is doing that? Please tell me.
Influenza virus kill tens of thousands in the US each year. They are another virus family that mutates rapidly, but some of these are spread though airborne transmission / casual contact.
We should have STRICT term limits. 1 term. You can be a representative in congress 1 time in your life. You can be a senator 1 time in your life. You can run for President or Vice President 1 time. (win or lose). You can be a federal judge for 4 years 1 time in each of three levels (district court, court of appeals, supreme court). Former federal judges can never serve in the legislative branch or executive branch. Former senators , presidents or vice presidents can not serve as judges. *** I *** think there should be no such career as politician.
Come on now, you know the federal court system is not hamstrung by anything as nonsensical as consistency. How else could the judges of the ninth circus sleep at night?
FBI/Secret Service Agent shows up with a warrant, and you give a glib reply that "you have not kept logs" or "I am not required by law to keep any logs". They have already subpoena'd your upstream provider and tracked the (insert illegal activity here) to an IP under your control. They arrest you and sieze all your computer gear + all cd/dvd/tape/other media, for their investigation.
You sit and rot in federal lockup and try to explain it was not me, it was my neighbor that was downloading kiddy porn, hacking a bank, etc.
Two years and 40,000 dollars in legal fees later, you are released, your reputation is destroyed, you are unemployed and homeless.
Not pretty.
On the flip side, how difficult would it be doctor logs completely under your control.
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I think the poster ment 56k syncronous lines like a DS0.
The heartbeat cable is serial. If you configure statefull failover, you have to dedicate an ethernet port on each pix and connect them with a crossover cable.
I like Mandrake. I will buy/suscribe to the next version as well. This was intended as light hearted, and I DO hope they continue to turn a profit. Flaimbait for posting facts?
On a side note. You linked to an explanation / apology. Their site states they have / will contact all 260 some odd customers who where overcharged. I have not heard a peep from Mandrake after leaving several messages asking for an explanation right up until the charges were reversed, nor a return call yet nor an email weeks later. Would this be flamebait if the company involved was Microsoft?
I am willing to overlook this as they did reverse the incorrect charge. I do support/use open source (and windows xp as well).
I hope they are showing a profit! I joined their mandrake club to download the iso's and give them a little support. They charged my credit card $6600.00 for a standard membership. They did not answer their phones. I had to dispute the charges through my credit card company. In their defense they did reverse the charges a few days later. But boy was I worried for a few days!
I have a couple of problems with the FCC and their "service fees".
1. These fees are self serving. The Federal agency that BENEFITS from the "fee", decides if the "fee" is necessary, then decides the amount and finally decides the services to which it applies. What happened to seperation of powers?
2. These are clearly taxes, but the FCC prevents the local telcos from listing it as a tax. The Telco which lists this has to list it as a fee! This may seem like a slight differnce, but Joe Average consumer has dificulty determining which are fees from the Telco, and which are government mandated fees (taxes).
3. This shifts the burden for collecting taxes from the federal government to the local telcos.
4. Taxes should be called taxes, not fees. They should be voted for by publicly elected officials or directly by the electorate, not by lackey appointies who are not really answerable to the voting public.
These are just my opinions, as always your milage may vary.
Good point! I figured they payed for Suse linux, maybe they they would just run their old (win3.1,3.11,95,98,nt etc..) inside of VMWare. They are converting 14000ish computers after all. Seems like a whole lot of licensing.
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I always refuse to show my receipt / property when leaving Fry's (the worst in my opinion) / other stores. I also refuse to wait in line to leave. I just walk by and leave. Only once has the "loss prevention employee" tried to stop me. I simply informed him everything in my bag and on my person was my property and if he wished to search it he would need to call a law enforcement officer. I also informed him that if he tried to grab me I would consider it assault and I would defend myself. I do not surrender my right to privacy because I enter a privately owned store. Their effective recourse is to inform me I am unwelcome to return, ask me to leave and/or call law enforcement if I refuse.
As to blocking my car in the parking lot, that sounds pretty much like the textbook definition of unlawful detention / kidnapping. Maybe a call to the FBI is in order.
>The HIV virus is a very interesting virus. Of all the common viruses, it is one of most deadly and the hardest to cure. It kills millions of people ?every year. Which other virus is doing that? Please tell me.
Influenza virus kill tens of thousands in the US each year. They are another virus family that mutates rapidly, but some of these are spread though airborne transmission / casual contact.
We should have STRICT term limits. 1 term. You can be a representative in congress 1 time in your life. You can be a senator 1 time in your life. You can run for President or Vice President 1 time. (win or lose). You can be a federal judge for 4 years 1 time in each of three levels (district court, court of appeals, supreme court). Former federal judges can never serve in the legislative branch or executive branch. Former senators , presidents or vice presidents can not serve as judges. *** I *** think there should be no such career as politician.
Good for you!
Closes eyes and smiles
Thumbs up!
You do not by chance live in San Francisco?
Come on now, you know the federal court system is not hamstrung by anything as nonsensical as consistency. How else could the judges of the ninth circus sleep at night?
No, No!
You send ***!!!FREE S@MP1#S****** that are actually cyanide pills!
LMAO.
Ok. I know it is hard to keep track. Today we are for copyrights.
That one is easy, most home toilets have a seat and a lid. Everyone leaves BOTH down when they are done,
I absolutely agree with this. An old sergeant in the army once taught me -- " Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate"."
So were you reading the article or watching the woman in the red dress?.....Look again.
One note on not keeping the logs. Picture this:
FBI/Secret Service Agent shows up with a warrant, and you give a glib reply that "you have not kept logs" or "I am not required by law to keep any logs". They have already subpoena'd your upstream provider and tracked the (insert illegal activity here) to an IP under your control. They arrest you and sieze all your computer gear + all cd/dvd/tape/other media, for their investigation.
You sit and rot in federal lockup and try to explain it was not me, it was my neighbor that was downloading kiddy porn, hacking a bank, etc.
Two years and 40,000 dollars in legal fees later, you are released, your reputation is destroyed, you are unemployed and homeless.
Not pretty.
On the flip side, how difficult would it be doctor logs completely under your control.
I think the poster ment 56k syncronous lines like a DS0.
The heartbeat cable is serial. If you configure statefull failover, you have to dedicate an ethernet port on each pix and connect them with a crossover cable.
I think that was that was the punishment for killing one's father.
It has no use. It burns when dry. Don't ask.
I like Mandrake. I will buy/suscribe to the next version as well. This was intended as light hearted, and I DO hope they continue to turn a profit. Flaimbait for posting facts?
/use open source (and windows xp as well).
On a side note. You linked to an explanation / apology. Their site states they have / will contact all 260 some odd customers who where overcharged. I have not heard a peep from Mandrake after leaving several messages asking for an explanation right up until the charges were reversed, nor a return call yet nor an email weeks later. Would this be flamebait if the company involved was Microsoft?
I am willing to overlook this as they did reverse the incorrect charge. I do support
I hope they are showing a profit!
I joined their mandrake club to download the iso's and give them a little support. They charged my credit card $6600.00 for a standard membership. They did not answer their phones. I had to dispute the charges through my credit card company. In their defense they did reverse the charges a few days later. But boy was I worried for a few days!
No man no!
It is RAPE, pillage and plunder with an optional burn to the ground! What kind of pirate are you?
You have got to get the order right!
I have a couple of problems with the FCC and their "service fees".
1. These fees are self serving. The Federal agency that BENEFITS from the "fee", decides if the "fee" is necessary, then decides the amount and finally decides the services to which it applies. What happened to seperation of powers?
2. These are clearly taxes, but the FCC prevents the local telcos from listing it as a tax. The Telco which lists this has to list it as a fee! This may seem like a slight differnce, but Joe Average consumer has dificulty determining which are fees from the Telco, and which are government mandated fees (taxes).
3. This shifts the burden for collecting taxes from the federal government to the local telcos.
4. Taxes should be called taxes, not fees. They should be voted for by publicly elected officials or directly by the electorate, not by lackey appointies who are not really answerable to the voting public.
These are just my opinions, as always your milage may vary.
I feel compelled to point out that SUICIDE is not illegal. Not a single person has every been convicted of suicide. :)
Good point! I figured they payed for Suse linux, maybe they they would just run their old (win3.1,3.11,95,98,nt etc..) inside of VMWare. They are converting 14000ish computers after all. Seems like a whole lot of licensing.
Would you not have to pay for a SUSE linux and windows license to run windows in vmware? Maybe they are going to run their OLD versions of windows?