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It's easy to get scammed on ebay. This happened to a friend of mine.
A seller put a brand new digital camcorder on ebay. After winning the auction the seller said he wanted cash (cashiers check) but would take a credit card number for deposit and ship the camcoder for him to look at.
The seller orders a camcorder using my friends credit card from a online shop and has it shipped to him. The shipping information and the credit card billing information match so the online shop had no problem shipping it.
He got the the camcorder and was happy so he sent the cashiers check.
Imagine his surprize when he got his credit card statement. He could have returned the camcorder (it came from a legit business and it was what he wanted so he kept it.)
"So when they suspend (or terminate) your service, how do they get the cable modem back? If it was me, I'd keep it, out of spite."
When they suspend your service for 30 days you keep your cable modem and they bill you for
the 30 days as well. My friend tried to return
his modem so he would not get billed during the 30 day suspendion. Adelphia said if he returned the modem he would have to pay a conection charge
to reconnect him.
We do not have any other broadband options in our area so he is stuck.
"It's like having a pharmaceutical company releasing a plague so that they can sell you medicine."
About 15 years ago I worked for a company that
"fixed" cable TV boxes. One branch of the company modded boxes after exploits where found and the
other branch made and released exploits into communities. It's a real profitable business
model.
In Commonwealth v. Diaz, 422 Mass. 269 (1996), the SJC stated that "[w]e decline at this time to adopt or prescribe a rule of general superintendence or of common law suppressing statements taken from a defendant in custody in a police station unless those statements have been electronically recorded. However, defense counsel is entitled to pursue the failure of the police to record a defendant's statements. Counsel may, for example, inquire of a testifying police officer, as happened here, whether he or she was aware of the availability of recorders to use during the questioning of suspects. Counsel may argue to a jury and to a judge as factfinder that the failure of the police to record electronically statements made in a place of custody should be considered in deciding the voluntariness of any statement, whether the defendant was properly advised of his rights, and whether any statement attributed to the defendant was made."
"Yes, imagine. Imagine if web designers weren't obsessed with style over content, with special effects over usability, with animated intros over usefulness, with exactly
positioned layout over standards that are easily accesible by the visually impaired or degrade well for old browsers."
I think you will find most good web designers do care about these things...It's the marketing droids that want the shiny spinning stuff and the locked layouts
A photograph can show an event in time and/or show
the detail of an object. For a photograph to
be art it must provoke an emotonal responce in
the viewer.
I have seen some programs that have artisic uses
(digital recording and graphics programs for example) but a computer program is closer to a
camera than a photograph.
"It's something the intelligence, law-enforcement and military communities are really struggling to deal with," Ben Venzke of the cyberintelligence company iDEFENSE told the paper.
Two things here...
1. The Intelligence, law-enforcement and military communities are always going to have a problem with people of any kind having private information.
2. Using the word "Intelligence" in the same sentence with law-enforcement or military is just plain silly.
"My bandwidth requirements are very small--perhaps a hundred 12-bit
samples per second would do it. I would like the data acquisition module to be as small
as possible. And I'd like the possibility of acquiring data from more than one module,
rather like a multiple-channel data acquisition system."
Sounds like a few modifications to a cheap guitar
wireless unit would do it. They even got some
close-outs at Nady.
" The original poster wasn't asking for a copy of Abbey Road, he wanted the same intellectual property that he had on vinyl on CD media.
"
Not quite... The quality of the recordings are
different and more than likey would have remixed it
as well. The original recordings are probably on 1"
master and a muititack format of some kind ( 1" 8 track or 2" 24 track?)
I am by no means sticking up for the record companies but this argument will not hold true.
Sometimes I am... If I can find the link I
read on the panhandle thing I will post it for you.
The sample ballot was identical to the one bolted to the voting booth. It doesn't take advanced visualizing skills to imagine a dot at the end of
the arrow where the booklet crease is.
I totally disagree with you on this. I had family crying over it. For me and for you it might not be that confusing (although I had to do a double take on it) it confused the hell out of older people.
" There was still
almost an hour of voting left when Florida was called."
Nope, the panhandle elections start and end an hour early.
"This makes it so that there are no surprises when it's time to punch holes and you have a week to think your options over in case.
you see more choices or issues than you were expecting to have to vote on.
Nope the "sample" ballet looks different
than the "real" ballet. The center is differnt. The real ballet is confusing.
Thought I would clear that up.
I live in St. Lucie County (about 50 miles north of Palm Beach County) and I have seen both ballets up close. I think this is the most f*cked up eletion in history.
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It's easy to get scammed on ebay. This happened to a friend of mine.
A seller put a brand new digital camcorder on ebay. After winning the auction the seller said he wanted cash (cashiers check) but would take a credit card number for deposit and ship the camcoder for him to look at.
The seller orders a camcorder using my friends credit card from a online shop and has it shipped to him. The shipping information and the credit card billing information match so the online shop had no problem shipping it.
He got the the camcorder and was happy so he sent the cashiers check.
Imagine his surprize when he got his credit card statement. He could have returned the camcorder (it came from a legit business and it was what he wanted so he kept it.)
He lost the money he sent (~$800.00).
Be Careful
"I would rather live and apologize, than die knowing I didn't frighten a possible innocent."
So it's ok frighten your wife or your child
as long as I apologize after?
Can I shoot them if I think they might have
a gun?
Where do you draw the line?
"So when they suspend (or terminate) your service, how do they get the cable modem back? If it was me, I'd keep it, out of spite."
When they suspend your service for 30 days you keep your cable modem and they bill you for
the 30 days as well. My friend tried to return
his modem so he would not get billed during the 30 day suspendion. Adelphia said if he returned the modem he would have to pay a conection charge
to reconnect him.
We do not have any other broadband options in our area so he is stuck.
I just had a friend lose his internet service. He
downloaded "Bear Share" and got one song.
Neil Young's "Cinnimion Girl"
I am having trouble with the fact that he was
"punished" (suspended for 30 days) without a
trial, hearing or anything.
No one ever downloaded any mp3's from him. Seems
a little unconstutional to me...he has the
Neil Young CD.
"It's like having a pharmaceutical company releasing a plague so that they can sell you medicine."
About 15 years ago I worked for a company that
"fixed" cable TV boxes. One branch of the company modded boxes after exploits where found and the
other branch made and released exploits into communities. It's a real profitable business
model.
DVD R Drive - $700
20 DVD R disks - $500
total: $1200 for 100gb
20 Toshiba 5gb PCMCIA cards - $8000
total: $8000 for 100gb
69445 aol floppies - $0
total: $0 for 100gb
it could happen...
OK this is a out there...
m inalProcedure312_388/7police_interrogation_recordi ng_e.htm
But your honor I was helping the police officer
with HIS DUTY to record any interviews with suspects.
FROM: http://www.commonwealthpolice.com/Free_Stuff/Crim
In Commonwealth v. Diaz, 422 Mass. 269 (1996), the SJC stated that "[w]e decline at this time to adopt or prescribe a rule of general superintendence or of common law suppressing statements taken from a defendant in custody in a police station unless those statements have been electronically recorded. However, defense counsel is entitled to pursue the failure of the police to record a defendant's statements. Counsel may, for example, inquire of a testifying police officer, as happened here, whether he or she was aware of the availability of recorders to use during the questioning of suspects. Counsel may argue to a jury and to a judge as factfinder that the failure of the police to record electronically statements made in a place of custody should be considered in deciding the voluntariness of any statement, whether the defendant was properly advised of his rights, and whether any statement attributed to the defendant was made."
Thinge that make you go hmmm....
"You don't see people cleaning the window with "Kwindex" or wiping their noses with "Gnokleenex" do you? "
You are comparing apples and oranges here, Windex
and Kleenex are not common words, they are trademarks.
Illustrator is a common word.
"Yes, imagine. Imagine if web designers weren't obsessed with style over content, with special effects over usability, with animated intros over usefulness, with exactly positioned layout over standards that are easily accesible by the visually impaired or degrade well for old browsers."
I think you will find most good web designers do care about these things...It's the marketing droids that want the shiny spinning stuff and the locked layouts
How 'bout an Abacus?
Translation: .NET Run Poorly on Other Operating systems.
MS To Work To Make
that works both ways....
Cops want you.
Cops log on to yourpage.com
Cops put your 2o out on the radio
your busted
Be very carfull what you wish for.
"Does this mean that the song was art, but now is not?"
nope... it's still art, although it may not be as popular as it once was.
Art should invoke an emotonal responce.
A photograph can show an event in time and/or show
the detail of an object. For a photograph to
be art it must provoke an emotonal responce in
the viewer.
I have seen some programs that have artisic uses
(digital recording and graphics programs for example) but a computer program is closer to a
camera than a photograph.
You know some guy at nasa got to be shaking his head though....
"We try to land on Mars and ended up with the world's most expensive lawn darts.
We try to land a probe that was never suppost to land on a tiny rock and -poof- prefect landing."
"It's something the intelligence, law-enforcement and military communities are really struggling to deal with," Ben Venzke of the cyberintelligence company iDEFENSE told the paper.
Two things here...
1. The Intelligence, law-enforcement and military communities are always going to have a problem with people of any kind having private information.
2. Using the word "Intelligence" in the same sentence with law-enforcement or military is just plain silly.
Now if they started using it to track where people went, then I'd have a problem!"
You mean like cookies on the internet? Give them time.
"My bandwidth requirements are very small--perhaps a hundred 12-bit samples per second would do it. I would like the data acquisition module to be as small as possible. And I'd like the possibility of acquiring data from more than one module, rather like a multiple-channel data acquisition system."
Sounds like a few modifications to a cheap guitar wireless unit would do it. They even got some close-outs at Nady.
" The original poster wasn't asking for a copy of Abbey Road, he wanted the same intellectual property that he had on vinyl on CD media. "
Not quite... The quality of the recordings are different and more than likey would have remixed it as well. The original recordings are probably on 1" master and a muititack format of some kind ( 1" 8 track or 2" 24 track?) I am by no means sticking up for the record companies but this argument will not hold true.
"they should allow future internet users to control satellites from their desktop."
PSS Personal Satellite Server. Where to I
sign up?
Try http://battlebots.com
"You're confused."
Sometimes I am... If I can find the link I read on the panhandle thing I will post it for you.
The sample ballot was identical to the one bolted to the voting booth. It doesn't take advanced visualizing skills to imagine a dot at the end of the arrow where the booklet crease is.
I totally disagree with you on this. I had family crying over it. For me and for you it might not be that confusing (although I had to do a double take on it) it confused the hell out of older people.
If they are not liable for bootleg music how come they are for bootleg software?
" There was still almost an hour of voting left when Florida was called."
Nope, the panhandle elections start and end an hour early.
"This makes it so that there are no surprises when it's time to punch holes and you have a week to think your options over in case. you see more choices or issues than you were expecting to have to vote on.
Nope the "sample" ballet looks different than the "real" ballet. The center is differnt. The real ballet is confusing.
Thought I would clear that up.
I live in St. Lucie County (about 50 miles north of Palm Beach County) and I have seen both ballets up close. I think this is the most f*cked up eletion in history.