I would also be careful as to who "propogates and prods" for the "probes" to be done. Yahoo auctions have almost fade into non existence as eBay has grown bigger and bigger. I wouldn't be surprised at ALL if this was some type of Martha Stewart Example.
Because a vocal group of people hate Paypal and because the competition despise it and it's parent company's success - they are common targets for criticism. When companies like Yahoo and with services like Yahoo PayDirect are NO BETTER and in fact offer less protection and ARE OFTEN THE CHOICE of scammers.
Scammers will point to paypalsucks.com as reason why they don't accept paypal so as to give them some kind of "credibility'.
Paypalwarning is different, but still bias towards negative Paypal transactions.
Any poster to paypalsucks.com forums that praises paypal or argues points is banned or belittled.
Not even remotely accurate (brain aneryism) - he died after complications from a fall - he became overweight DURING this period of recovery in the hospital. He worked out on a daily basis.
George Burns didn't die of ephysema ya know! He died at 100 and smoked 2 cigars a day!
The guy who runs the paypalsucks.com website has PAID advertisements from Paypal's competition.
It truly does suck when something goes bad on Paypal, I've been the victim of 3 or 4 scams in my 7 years on eBay and Yahoo auctions. That said, Paypal is a MECHANISM that is exploited, NOT the scammers themselves.
This isn't a shameless promotion - it truly is an informative read that I did on my website:
http://adzoox.com/paypalsucks.html
I was commended for my reasearch by the very people that have praised paypalsucks.com in the past.
It doesn't matter really about the speculation - the fact is PETA has a bogus organization of "doctors" who aren't really doctors but just PETA contributors. They knowingly published false statements. They also illegally/unethically obtained his medical records from the hospital.
The man was 72 for gosh sakes - that's relatively close to life expectancy - I don't expect many 72 year olds to survive being cut by opening sardines much less falling!
Ya know, a study comes out every other week that something that has been reported bad is now good. Rest assured a story will come out within a week or two - "lawsuit filed against Maxwell House for cancer causing contaminents in coffee - lawyers say, all cofee might be affected."
Same thing as the Atkins Diet - Animal Rights groups didn't like The Atkins Diet - protein = meat - so they put out a bogus study that Atkins died because of Atkins.
Same thing happen with beer/alchohol - one week a study will come out that says beer is bad, next week "binge drinking" is epidemic or drunk driving is on the rise.
When stories are reported like this it should be a requirement for the journalist to cite the sources and the backgrounds of those sources should be published in the footnotes so "true thinkers" can easily pick up on propoganda.
I find the problem of plagiarism much like copyrights problems.
Aren't we after all human? Two people can't have the same idea? I will admit that i sometime get ideas from bloggers, but if this was considered stealing or plagiarism then ALL news outlets are plagiarists. BLOGs should be looked at as personal news with personal views.
My best example was this/. journal entry. I got the idea from a church sermon. AFTER I WROTE IT, I did some more research on the topic and found out some others had similar thoughts. I, of course, think I "worded" it better!;)
Is a digital camera or a DVD better than your eyes? Would you rather be at the Duke basketball game or watch it on TV?
Can you look at a mountain range on a video or in a picture and see it context to your height, surroundings, atmosphere?
The answers to all thos questions and more is no.
Manned missions are important to the entire human race as accomplishment and to be cliche, "To seek out new life and new information" - Experience moves the human race forward - Robots confine us to to the earth - limit our boundaries. Both are useful - but one is only a step for the other - each is an enhancement to the knowledge gathering.
I just got one of these for my condo, it's pretty neat -
www.dimplex.com
They claim to have a patent on the holographic fireplace. I don't see why something like this couldn't be made.
I also though of the recent "geek retro future" version of monster house where they made a a giant fireplace with stainless stell remote controlled opening doors and mounted a Plasma screen above it. Tres cool.
Paypal was another - when they were trying to woo customers - other payment services had to keep up - they all offered some cash referal bonus - I must've earned close to $400 in such bonuses for getting people to sign up for paypal, homepay, ecount, etc etc.
Not really a service but a hiuge bottom line build
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I used to take advantage of Buy.com's outreageous specials and free shipping deals. I was listing 20 epson printers on eBay a week in the summer of 2000. My price - shipped free overnight - was $50.00 - retail (lowest) for the exact same printer was $149.99. I shipped OVERNIGHT FOR FREE to ebayers. Lots of nice free feedback and profit - I sold them for $75-$90.
When sites were ad driven (as the parent suggests) things were very cheap if you knew how to exploit them right.
You honestly think "in ear" speakers are worse than the standard "car speakers" with low frequency issues? One advantage over MANY MP3 players that a lot of reviewers fail to mention abou the iPod is its headphones. They aren't the best, but compareable headphones sell for $40. Headphones with most players are cheap $1.99 headphones.
You make a point, but why can't you close your eyes and tap your foot anywhere that you have the iPod? (just like you say you are inclined to do in the car)
Good point, but this does raise some questions as posed in the OJ Simpson case. He claimed that the photo of him wearing Bruno Mali size 14 shoes was a fake and it doesn't prove at all that Bruno Mali shoe prints (size 14) found at the crime scene are related. His defense team said the pictures were doctored. This really reduces the credibility of video and photographic evidence in the court room. This marks a day coming that the guilty get away with anything so long as they have access to money and technology - oh wait - that already happens.
A company that isn't in debt can also have a dividend - something Apple suspended way back when - Apple used to have a divendend like Coca Cola stock does.
Suncom (as most AT&T networks) is GSM - there are some networks within both Cingular and AT&T that are NOT GSM. I believe the Florida market (around Jacksonville) has a non SIM card TDMA Cingular network - I think areas of Tennessee may have the same for Cingular.
I wonder if an area like Athens GA that limits the number of wireless contractors (through oligopoly franchises like cable companies) will allow Cingular in. T-Mobile and AT&T are currently there. I roam to T-Mobile whenever I'm there. It's only 70 miles away. It stinks to have to roam eventhough it's covered in my plan.
I also wonder if the AT&T towers can be used with the SIM card service that Cingular has - I like this form of phone because you don't have to authorize a phone at a dealer, just stick your card in.
At MacWorld Expo 2003 The Sony President and Cingular CEO appeared on the stage talking about the wonders of iSync and bluetooth. I think Apple has been sort of waiting for a clear partner for phone service/co branded phone. This might help. I think Apple partnering with Sony/Cingular is a good idea. Currently (at least in my area) AT&T and Cingular are the only ones that offer Sony Ericsson phones = most compatible with bluetooth programs like Romeo and Salling Clicker.
A few games to keep me occupied while waiting for a dinner reservation/girlfriend in the bathroom
A presentation remote for my computer.
A camera - great for emergencies - you always have your phone with you - you rarely have your digicam with you.
A good MP3 player for trips
The cool thing is that all that pretty much exists in the phone I have a Sony P800.
I think the p800 and p900 will be the shift that Sony has already promised away from the Symbian OS and onto Palm (that is powerful enough to do all the above) BUT IT WILL TAKE A COLLABORATION WITH APPLE in my opinion to get the cell phone right. The only reason my phone is what it is now is because it synced to my Mac via Bluetooth.
One of the coolest gadgets I have ever owned is a green laser pointer - got it about 4 months ago. It's truely amazing and gets oohs and ahs too from other geek friends.
eBay is probably the cheapest place to get one but thinkgeek has them too.
Take him outside and PHYSICALLY point to his zodiac sign and planet and tell him you like him so much that you feel like your connected to the heavens.:)
You also can have lots of fun at planetariums and "theater" events. Plus, the persiad meteor shower is a lot more fun with a laser and a star map in the fall.
It's so bright - makes a good emergency light too.
I was given the jackwhispers.com domain as a gift to post as I please from an anonymous donor who wanted a scammer exposed. I don't have the authorization to alter the original domain and I also have NO IDEA and NO WAY to alter the original record. The domain is registered for 7 years.
What would they do in my case if a law like this is passed?
The majority of the hits on websites come from/. links and google searches. My adzoox site is mainly a sales site, but the information that is on the site is very useful. So the line between what is information and what is a sales pitch is blurred. Often, I include tips for useage in an item description.
Slashdot Mirror
Because a vocal group of people hate Paypal and because the competition despise it and it's parent company's success - they are common targets for criticism. When companies like Yahoo and with services like Yahoo PayDirect are NO BETTER and in fact offer less protection and ARE OFTEN THE CHOICE of scammers.
Scammers will point to paypalsucks.com as reason why they don't accept paypal so as to give them some kind of "credibility'.
Paypalwarning is different, but still bias towards negative Paypal transactions.
Any poster to paypalsucks.com forums that praises paypal or argues points is banned or belittled.
George Burns didn't die of ephysema ya know! He died at 100 and smoked 2 cigars a day!
It truly does suck when something goes bad on Paypal, I've been the victim of 3 or 4 scams in my 7 years on eBay and Yahoo auctions. That said, Paypal is a MECHANISM that is exploited, NOT the scammers themselves.
This isn't a shameless promotion - it truly is an informative read that I did on my website:
http://adzoox.com/paypalsucks.html
I was commended for my reasearch by the very people that have praised paypalsucks.com in the past.
The man was 72 for gosh sakes - that's relatively close to life expectancy - I don't expect many 72 year olds to survive being cut by opening sardines much less falling!
Same thing as the Atkins Diet - Animal Rights groups didn't like The Atkins Diet - protein = meat - so they put out a bogus study that Atkins died because of Atkins.
Same thing happen with beer/alchohol - one week a study will come out that says beer is bad, next week "binge drinking" is epidemic or drunk driving is on the rise.
When stories are reported like this it should be a requirement for the journalist to cite the sources and the backgrounds of those sources should be published in the footnotes so "true thinkers" can easily pick up on propoganda.
Aren't we after all human? Two people can't have the same idea? I will admit that i sometime get ideas from bloggers, but if this was considered stealing or plagiarism then ALL news outlets are plagiarists. BLOGs should be looked at as personal news with personal views.
My best example was this /. journal entry. I got the idea from a church sermon. AFTER I WROTE IT, I did some more research on the topic and found out some others had similar thoughts. I, of course, think I "worded" it better! ;)
Is a digital camera or a DVD better than your eyes? Would you rather be at the Duke basketball game or watch it on TV?
Can you look at a mountain range on a video or in a picture and see it context to your height, surroundings, atmosphere?
The answers to all thos questions and more is no.
Manned missions are important to the entire human race as accomplishment and to be cliche, "To seek out new life and new information" - Experience moves the human race forward - Robots confine us to to the earth - limit our boundaries. Both are useful - but one is only a step for the other - each is an enhancement to the knowledge gathering.
www.dimplex.com
They claim to have a patent on the holographic fireplace. I don't see why something like this couldn't be made.
I also though of the recent "geek retro future" version of monster house where they made a a giant fireplace with stainless stell remote controlled opening doors and mounted a Plasma screen above it. Tres cool.
Paypal was another - when they were trying to woo customers - other payment services had to keep up - they all offered some cash referal bonus - I must've earned close to $400 in such bonuses for getting people to sign up for paypal, homepay, ecount, etc etc.
When sites were ad driven (as the parent suggests) things were very cheap if you knew how to exploit them right.
Give them some knowledgeable attorneys, some time, and the 250K it would take to fight it - I'm sure they'd lend a hand.
Griffin Radio Shark
I definitely want one of these for the same reason, but also because the majority of USB radios (and regular plugin/battery radios) are FM only.
This unit promises AM and FM and is powered from the USB port, plus it looks cool - but *sigh* vaporware.
I had done a story on my website about this product back in January.
You make a point, but why can't you close your eyes and tap your foot anywhere that you have the iPod? (just like you say you are inclined to do in the car)
One of my local Walmarts has already added sleeves to the tops of each bottle.
A company that isn't in debt can also have a dividend - something Apple suspended way back when - Apple used to have a divendend like Coca Cola stock does.
Suncom (as most AT&T networks) is GSM - there are some networks within both Cingular and AT&T that are NOT GSM. I believe the Florida market (around Jacksonville) has a non SIM card TDMA Cingular network - I think areas of Tennessee may have the same for Cingular.
I also wonder if the AT&T towers can be used with the SIM card service that Cingular has - I like this form of phone because you don't have to authorize a phone at a dealer, just stick your card in.
Terms: I only accept wire transfers or western union money orders. I do NOT accept Paypal because of this website www.paypalsucks.com. NO ESCROW.
By the way - wrote this on Tungsten W about 30 minutes ago - didn't realize I wasn't signed in .... :)
An address book that can sync with my computer
A remote to change my TV/DVD/VCR
A remote to cut on my house lights
A calendar
A few games to keep me occupied while waiting for a dinner reservation/girlfriend in the bathroom
A presentation remote for my computer.
A camera - great for emergencies - you always have your phone with you - you rarely have your digicam with you.
A good MP3 player for trips
The cool thing is that all that pretty much exists in the phone I have a Sony P800.
I think the p800 and p900 will be the shift that Sony has already promised away from the Symbian OS and onto Palm (that is powerful enough to do all the above) BUT IT WILL TAKE A COLLABORATION WITH APPLE in my opinion to get the cell phone right. The only reason my phone is what it is now is because it synced to my Mac via Bluetooth.
eBay is probably the cheapest place to get one but thinkgeek has them too.
Take him outside and PHYSICALLY point to his zodiac sign and planet and tell him you like him so much that you feel like your connected to the heavens.
You also can have lots of fun at planetariums and "theater" events. Plus, the persiad meteor shower is a lot more fun with a laser and a star map in the fall.
It's so bright - makes a good emergency light too.
What would they do in my case if a law like this is passed?
The majority of the hits on websites come from /. links and google searches. My adzoox site is mainly a sales site, but the information that is on the site is very useful. So the line between what is information and what is a sales pitch is blurred. Often, I include tips for useage in an item description.