It's the same domestically. The shipping charge scam often makes the discount you'd expect buying from a "garage sale" dwindle to such an extent, it's more rational to pay an extra couple percent to a) have the item today, b) have a place you can actually return it if it is defective, and c) have the certainty that you actually will receive it.
Yet a casino is legal in the US but not online gambling. Somthing just don't seem right about all this.
No it makes sense. You just stated the reason. This arrest is designed to protect the special interests of the American and Native American gambling industry. It has nothing to do with what is right, and everything to do with securing campaign funds from said industries. Personally, I think the arrest is beyond stupid. If people want to burn money gambling, let them -- it's their life, their money.
Eye candy would be nice -- I've been using gnome for about a year now after I burned out on having to relearn where a particular setting control was in KDE whenever I sought to change something. But one thing that really bugs me about the gnome organization is how damn hard it is to find screenshots. Go to the main KDE site and you see a link for "screenshots" in the sidebar. Go to the main gnome site and you have to hunt far and wide for screen shots -- darn annoying.
It seems that the percentage of non-windows using slashdotters keeps falling. For example, the GP's notion that freeDOS isn't necessary because of WinXP utilities and from the recent tab closing posting regarding Firefox (FF works differently in windows than on many linux systems with respect to middle-click). Now I haven't been here forever, but it seems more common recently to see windows-centric "advice". I'm sure there are more examples of this, but what's the deal?
The Notary Public who notarized the old guy's supposed signature on the Power of Attorney is the one who screwed up and should have to pay. It's HIS job to positively verify the identidy of the signer - and he obviously did not do that.
Let's say you are a notary. Someone comes in and asks you to notarize something. You ask for his ID, and as you are required, you check it carefully. You see it is a genuine ID issued by the provicne/state/whatever (unbeknownst to you, the person standing there obtained this ID fraudulently). The picture matches, height and weight, the little reflective bits show up properly when you look at it from the side. So you certify that the person matches his ID (that's really all a Notary does) and sign off that you watched him sign the document.
If the scammers had a third party, an old guy with a fake ID, it would be easy to get the Power of Attorney. Getting something notarized is a snap -- show up in front of a notary, show valid ID (a good fake can appear valid), and then sign the document. The notary will then state that he/she saw you sign the document, sign, and affix a stamp. Nothing to it all.
But there are two victims. The buyer has to pay on the mortgage but can't live in the house. If the house was taken from the buyer, the gov't would be complicit in stealing money from that party (don't forget the down payment that went straight to the scammers). I feel bad for both buyer and seller. It's hard to feel bad for banks, but fact is, the bank got screwed too. This is a no-win situation.
In my post above I linked to 4 ways you can automate the process so all you do is turn on the machine and get a silent boot. The issue is truly a non issue.
Well, the fact is that the mac laptops (I never had a desktop) are easily made to silent boot (set volume to zero), silent reboot/restart. Other posters have mentioned scripts you can setup to automatically mute when shutting down, and unmute once booted. So anyway, I silent mac laptop is a current reality and MS is not copying apple on this score.
Microsoft's startup sounds have a length half as long as a standard symphony performance.
I haven't had windows since ME, but the startup sound was somewhat disconcerting -- I swear, the end sounds like a moose orgasm. It was always a little disconcerting to boot it up.
You've heard wrong. Just set the volume to 0. Shutdown. Press the power buttun and the machine starts silently (well, at least the laptops do -- I don't know about desktops).
Are you aware that the linux version of firefox does behave the same way as the windows version? I should have put a ps on my original post about that.
In linux, middle-click performs a different funtion, namely, it pastes whatever text was last highlighted into the location bar and tries to go there. Maybe it's changeable but out of the box, middle-click does not close tabs in firefox in linux.
In linux distros, middle-click = paste. So you can highlight a URL for example and middle click, it will go there. Or if you are in form, you can middle-click-paste content from elsewhere (it's nice to have two paste buffers BTW -- ctrl-p works with anything you've ctrl-c'ed or x'ed).
Anyway, you aren't the first to mention this "solution" so let me say it loudly -- Middle click does not close Firefox tabs in Linux and considering the utility of middle-click-paste, I hope it never does.
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It's the same domestically. The shipping charge scam often makes the discount you'd expect buying from a "garage sale" dwindle to such an extent, it's more rational to pay an extra couple percent to a) have the item today, b) have a place you can actually return it if it is defective, and c) have the certainty that you actually will receive it.
No it makes sense. You just stated the reason. This arrest is designed to protect the special interests of the American and Native American gambling industry. It has nothing to do with what is right, and everything to do with securing campaign funds from said industries. Personally, I think the arrest is beyond stupid. If people want to burn money gambling, let them -- it's their life, their money.
Eye candy would be nice -- I've been using gnome for about a year now after I burned out on having to relearn where a particular setting control was in KDE whenever I sought to change something. But one thing that really bugs me about the gnome organization is how damn hard it is to find screenshots. Go to the main KDE site and you see a link for "screenshots" in the sidebar. Go to the main gnome site and you have to hunt far and wide for screen shots -- darn annoying.
I just have to say -- that's cool! Funny and cool.
Dang -- I coulda gone for a record but I kept holding out for someone to post.
Wow -- this has been up for 25 minutes. I am literally the only person on /.
So now I scanned the text of the first link -- no second post! Is Slashdot empty?
What? Is everyone RTFAing. I litterally read the entire second link and still no "first post".
That's to encourage you to leave the kid behind when flying. There's nothing like a long flight couped up with the sound of children.
Religion is politics for the weak minded.
It seems that the percentage of non-windows using slashdotters keeps falling. For example, the GP's notion that freeDOS isn't necessary because of WinXP utilities and from the recent tab closing posting regarding Firefox (FF works differently in windows than on many linux systems with respect to middle-click). Now I haven't been here forever, but it seems more common recently to see windows-centric "advice". I'm sure there are more examples of this, but what's the deal?
Idiot.
Not a problem. I think that was the point.
Explain how that is negligent.
If the scammers had a third party, an old guy with a fake ID, it would be easy to get the Power of Attorney. Getting something notarized is a snap -- show up in front of a notary, show valid ID (a good fake can appear valid), and then sign the document. The notary will then state that he/she saw you sign the document, sign, and affix a stamp. Nothing to it all.
But there are two victims. The buyer has to pay on the mortgage but can't live in the house. If the house was taken from the buyer, the gov't would be complicit in stealing money from that party (don't forget the down payment that went straight to the scammers). I feel bad for both buyer and seller. It's hard to feel bad for banks, but fact is, the bank got screwed too. This is a no-win situation.
In my post above I linked to 4 ways you can automate the process so all you do is turn on the machine and get a silent boot. The issue is truly a non issue.
Yes with that method. But there are ways to do it otherwise. These two posts hit on four methods: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=195520&cid=160 21938
Set it to whatever volume you want without messing with sound control manually: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=195520&cid= 16021051. Add to his list, this one for PPC: http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/in dex.en.html
Well, the fact is that the mac laptops (I never had a desktop) are easily made to silent boot (set volume to zero), silent reboot/restart. Other posters have mentioned scripts you can setup to automatically mute when shutting down, and unmute once booted. So anyway, I silent mac laptop is a current reality and MS is not copying apple on this score.
You've heard wrong. Just set the volume to 0. Shutdown. Press the power buttun and the machine starts silently (well, at least the laptops do -- I don't know about desktops).
Are you aware that the linux version of firefox does behave the same way as the windows version? I should have put a ps on my original post about that.
In linux, middle-click performs a different funtion, namely, it pastes whatever text was last highlighted into the location bar and tries to go there. Maybe it's changeable but out of the box, middle-click does not close tabs in firefox in linux.
In linux distros, middle-click = paste. So you can highlight a URL for example and middle click, it will go there. Or if you are in form, you can middle-click-paste content from elsewhere (it's nice to have two paste buffers BTW -- ctrl-p works with anything you've ctrl-c'ed or x'ed).
Anyway, you aren't the first to mention this "solution" so let me say it loudly -- Middle click does not close Firefox tabs in Linux and considering the utility of middle-click-paste, I hope it never does.