I used to travel a lot with this indie band, Joe 90. While travelling to the nearly non-existant town of Independence, Orgeon, they came to an impossible situation, thanks to the brilliance of Mapquest. Basically, the road just stopped. At the banks of a river. Since they did not have a floating van thing a la Oregon Trail, they turned around, and ended up late for their own show. Always check mapquest against other sources. I believe they even have a disclaimer somewhere on their site suggesting "do a reality check and make sure the road still exists."
I ordered a 1.8ghz custom configured model within 24-36 hours of the official announcement. I just checked my order status and it is still listed as "on or before August 29th." This was upgraded about 3-4 weeks ago from September 3rd.
how easy is it to have multiple logins and create a "false reputation" for yourself as a seller?
you can have an ebay id for every email address you have. however, the biggest scam currently on ebay involves stealing other people's good reputations by gaining access to their account and then posting high dollar auctions - laptops, digital cameras, etc. a huge majority of these will ask for payment via western union to a foreign nation. people who are only checking feedback are continually scammed by these people.
your best protection (as a buyer) is to pay for any auction with a credit card via paypal. ask your seller a question before you bid. their answer will help reveal if they are the kind of person you want to deal with. check their history. did they sell 100 widgets for $1 and then suddenly list a plasma tv?
i would also suggest any buyer check out the trust and safety forum in the community section. a quick read of the latest messages will alert you to the current scams and help you avoid them.
in four years I have had less than one day of down time with DSL.
my parents, in the same neighborhood, had cable for two months. i would estimate their down time at around 20%. i told them to cancel their service and switch to DSL.
if your service can't manage to stay working for a week at a time it doesn't matter what kind of speed you offer. if it's common to spend two to three days without ANY speed it's time to move on.
Any artist seen as anti-business will soon be a street artist.
It depends on who it is. There is no way that an artist with enough of a following will be turned into a "street musician." The problem will be for those artists with a smaller following or none at all to stay afloat.
Btw, the idea of using the internet as their main source of distribution is being considered by a few bands on the Geffen/Interscope label who are waiting for current contracts to run out (ie: Live, Counting Crows).
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I used to travel a lot with this indie band, Joe 90. While travelling to the nearly non-existant town of Independence, Orgeon, they came to an impossible situation, thanks to the brilliance of Mapquest. Basically, the road just stopped. At the banks of a river. Since they did not have a floating van thing a la Oregon Trail, they turned around, and ended up late for their own show. Always check mapquest against other sources. I believe they even have a disclaimer somewhere on their site suggesting "do a reality check and make sure the road still exists."
I ordered a 1.8ghz custom configured model within 24-36 hours of the official announcement. I just checked my order status and it is still listed as "on or before August 29th." This was upgraded about 3-4 weeks ago from September 3rd.
how easy is it to have multiple logins and create a "false reputation" for yourself as a seller?
you can have an ebay id for every email address you have. however, the biggest scam currently on ebay involves stealing other people's good reputations by gaining access to their account and then posting high dollar auctions - laptops, digital cameras, etc. a huge majority of these will ask for payment via western union to a foreign nation. people who are only checking feedback are continually scammed by these people.
your best protection (as a buyer) is to pay for any auction with a credit card via paypal. ask your seller a question before you bid. their answer will help reveal if they are the kind of person you want to deal with. check their history. did they sell 100 widgets for $1 and then suddenly list a plasma tv?
i would also suggest any buyer check out the trust and safety forum in the community section. a quick read of the latest messages will alert you to the current scams and help you avoid them.
in four years I have had less than one day of down time with DSL.
my parents, in the same neighborhood, had cable for two months. i would estimate their down time at around 20%. i told them to cancel their service and switch to DSL.
if your service can't manage to stay working for a week at a time it doesn't matter what kind of speed you offer. if it's common to spend two to three days without ANY speed it's time to move on.
Any artist seen as anti-business will soon be a street artist.
It depends on who it is. There is no way that an artist with enough of a following will be turned into a "street musician." The problem will be for those artists with a smaller following or none at all to stay afloat.
Btw, the idea of using the internet as their main source of distribution is being considered by a few bands on the Geffen/Interscope label who are waiting for current contracts to run out (ie: Live, Counting Crows).