But I still think that companies should still have whatever rules they want as long as they don't violate laws (including antitrust) and said rules are explicit and well documented. I'm puzzled by the presence of LGBT and feminist groups. Are LGBT groups trying to protect the relics who still want to keep it on the DL? Are the feminist groups trying to shield women from abusive EXes? Those are my guesses. Both of those are fixable with security settings.
I mean, if you don't use your real name, I'm not going to accept a friend request. I don't know who you are. So I see limited utility in you being on Facebook in the first place. Try one of a million message boards on the internet that don't care if you call yourself Batman.
I can say the same for Citi. You can have them call or text you when they flag something. I had this happen recently when a slew of CC numbers were stolen at a local restaurant. They let the first one go through, which is understandable because it was another area business I could have easily patronized. When a second transaction came in to the same store, they blocked it and marked the previous one as suspect. I was able to walk through some other recent transactions with the rep over the phone to make sure we removed the fraudulent ones, and she ordered a new card for me right away. It also only took one day to get to me.
Is this supposed to shock anyone? Republicans know the deal with Nixon. Conservatives realize he wasn't. And libertarians don't like any of your policies.
No, really. Blame Obama. Who signs off on the budget?
And what do we think of the unbiased reporting here on Slashdot? 21% cut since 2010? That's after a $2.5 billion boost from the previous year, probably stimulus money. The budget is still higher than in 2009, and more than just inflation adjusted.
Yours isn't the scenario we're talking about. If your credit record were frozen, they wouldn't be able to pull a report and thus wouldn't be able to put a ding on it. If you did freeze it and they let some random person put this on it, you should be suing that credit agency for libel.
Thanks to the federal reserve act of 1913, we couldn't return to your Civil War-era standard of living, Captain Hyperbole. But thanks for the diatribe, Mr. Marx.
Your misguided, fascist signature is all anyone needs to red before putting you on their foes list.
Good news everyone! The bad guys only got things like your SSN, which can never be changed and which will haunt you forever, but not the credit card numbers which can easily be replaced and you probably wouldn't be liable for any illicit charges on, anyway.
Of course they don't give a damn. If they create backdoors through law, then that will cause electronic crime to increase-- and create an opportunity to pass more laws. It's the usual cycle:
1. Government passes laws to address an issue. 2. Said laws create a new issue, or make the existing one worse. 3. Government claims it has the solution to the problems it created, and the process repeats from step 1.
But nowadays, you're talking about investing a huge amount of time and energy and money [alanarnette.com] (probably $50k or more), not to mention the resources required to get there, the litter most hikers leave on the mountain [alanarnette.com] (including garbage, human waste, etc. which especially befouls the most popular -- and now frequently crowded -- routes), etc.
No. It was actually 60 fields per second interlaced, 30 frames per second-- and that was for the monochrome signal. Due to technological limitations, the color information was at 29.97 frames per second which means there had to be two frames dropped (off the timecode, not the content) every minute except on the tens (10, 20, 30, etc.) to keep in sync.
No one was interested in immediately rewatching a movie in our house. But not being able to rewind the tape if something interrupted the viewing would have been a killer.
That's a flat-out ripoff. We have people in my town who claim that our private trash pickup companies are somehow a menace to our roads (we have three or four who serve the area). They'd like to get a municipal contact, and claim it won't cost any more. I current pay $87 every three months. What do you think the chances are of that one monopoly company NOT jacking up the rate by the first contract renewal?
Football is descended from both rugby and soccer. Early in its development, kicking was a greater part of the game. - It was once legal to advance the ball by kicking it along the ground. - Once the system of downs was implemented, the snap could be made with the hands OR feet. - Field goals once scored more points than touchdowns. - The game originally did not allow the forward pass, as in rugby. The ball's shape (which was similar to the rugby ball) was elongated slightly to facilitate overhand passing.
Australian rules football uses a ball similar to rugby/early gridiron football. So why don't you geniuses call that game "Australian handegg"?
The goals in basketball haven't been baskets since the formative days of the sport. Why don't we call it "Netball"?
There aren't any crickets in cricket, barring a few incidental ones present in the field. Why don't we call it "batwickets"?
Sorry, but your list is ridiculous. I don't live in my parents' basement, thus I must buy my own sport drinks, T.P., and iced tea. Everyone knows Charmin-- they have great marketing. There are also Angel Soft, Quilted Northern, Marcal, Panda, and Scott. Lipton and Nestea are big brands here. Powerade is probably #2 to Gatorade. What's your point?
And the OS/2-Windows war had much bigger issues than OS/2's "awkward" name.
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But I still think that companies should still have whatever rules they want as long as they don't violate laws (including antitrust) and said rules are explicit and well documented. I'm puzzled by the presence of LGBT and feminist groups. Are LGBT groups trying to protect the relics who still want to keep it on the DL? Are the feminist groups trying to shield women from abusive EXes? Those are my guesses. Both of those are fixable with security settings.
I mean, if you don't use your real name, I'm not going to accept a friend request. I don't know who you are. So I see limited utility in you being on Facebook in the first place. Try one of a million message boards on the internet that don't care if you call yourself Batman.
You're part of the problem.
I can say the same for Citi. You can have them call or text you when they flag something. I had this happen recently when a slew of CC numbers were stolen at a local restaurant. They let the first one go through, which is understandable because it was another area business I could have easily patronized. When a second transaction came in to the same store, they blocked it and marked the previous one as suspect. I was able to walk through some other recent transactions with the rep over the phone to make sure we removed the fraudulent ones, and she ordered a new card for me right away. It also only took one day to get to me.
Is this supposed to shock anyone? Republicans know the deal with Nixon. Conservatives realize he wasn't. And libertarians don't like any of your policies.
Blame Obama.
No, really. Blame Obama. Who signs off on the budget?
And what do we think of the unbiased reporting here on Slashdot? 21% cut since 2010? That's after a $2.5 billion boost from the previous year, probably stimulus money. The budget is still higher than in 2009, and more than just inflation adjusted.
Each of the major credit reporting agencies must supply you a complete credit report annually upon request. Come on, this is not new.
https://annualcreditreport.com...
Yours isn't the scenario we're talking about. If your credit record were frozen, they wouldn't be able to pull a report and thus wouldn't be able to put a ding on it. If you did freeze it and they let some random person put this on it, you should be suing that credit agency for libel.
Thanks to the federal reserve act of 1913, we couldn't return to your Civil War-era standard of living, Captain Hyperbole. But thanks for the diatribe, Mr. Marx.
Your misguided, fascist signature is all anyone needs to red before putting you on their foes list.
Good news everyone! The bad guys only got things like your SSN, which can never be changed and which will haunt you forever, but not the credit card numbers which can easily be replaced and you probably wouldn't be liable for any illicit charges on, anyway.
Of course they don't give a damn. If they create backdoors through law, then that will cause electronic crime to increase-- and create an opportunity to pass more laws. It's the usual cycle:
1. Government passes laws to address an issue.
2. Said laws create a new issue, or make the existing one worse.
3. Government claims it has the solution to the problems it created, and the process repeats from step 1.
That sounds as awesome as the boys-only veterinary camp and the boys-only grade school teacher camp.
Ooh, a "girls-only chain of tech camps" to go with the existing de facto boys-only tech camps. That fixes it.
Not to mention the corpses. Slobs!
We have had a problem with acid rain due to pollution here on Earth. On Venus, it literally rains acid.
Hmm. And here I thought alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die was for an entirely different purpose.
No. It was actually 60 fields per second interlaced, 30 frames per second-- and that was for the monochrome signal. Due to technological limitations, the color information was at 29.97 frames per second which means there had to be two frames dropped (off the timecode, not the content) every minute except on the tens (10, 20, 30, etc.) to keep in sync.
The 24 fps you are thinking of is for film.
No one was interested in immediately rewatching a movie in our house. But not being able to rewind the tape if something interrupted the viewing would have been a killer.
That's a flat-out ripoff. We have people in my town who claim that our private trash pickup companies are somehow a menace to our roads (we have three or four who serve the area). They'd like to get a municipal contact, and claim it won't cost any more. I current pay $87 every three months. What do you think the chances are of that one monopoly company NOT jacking up the rate by the first contract renewal?
Yes. The Worf in my poem wasn't so anal about the spelling of TV show character names.
Worf, the son of Mog
Truly hates birthday parties
Likes pain stick better
The problem is that you can't tell until you buy it. All the ones I've seen have tiny holes that just let the water fall out by gravity.
I guess it rhymes better in the original Klingon.
Football is descended from both rugby and soccer. Early in its development, kicking was a greater part of the game.
- It was once legal to advance the ball by kicking it along the ground.
- Once the system of downs was implemented, the snap could be made with the hands OR feet.
- Field goals once scored more points than touchdowns.
- The game originally did not allow the forward pass, as in rugby. The ball's shape (which was similar to the rugby ball) was elongated slightly to facilitate overhand passing.
Australian rules football uses a ball similar to rugby/early gridiron football. So why don't you geniuses call that game "Australian handegg"?
The goals in basketball haven't been baskets since the formative days of the sport. Why don't we call it "Netball"?
There aren't any crickets in cricket, barring a few incidental ones present in the field. Why don't we call it "batwickets"?
Sorry, but your list is ridiculous. I don't live in my parents' basement, thus I must buy my own sport drinks, T.P., and iced tea. Everyone knows Charmin-- they have great marketing. There are also Angel Soft, Quilted Northern, Marcal, Panda, and Scott. Lipton and Nestea are big brands here. Powerade is probably #2 to Gatorade. What's your point?
And the OS/2-Windows war had much bigger issues than OS/2's "awkward" name.
Seems like Hitler was wise not to trust him. It pains me to put "wise" near "Hitler".