These aren't companies, these are criminal going concerns, some well organized,
Wait, what?. I thought you said they weren't companies. I'm confused.
but I don't expect you'll see them listed on NASDAQ any time soon.
Oh, they're privately-held companies. No biggie. Those are the real engines of industry and the heart of the entrepreneur class.
Ah I see. "Criminal". The only real difference between "criminal concern" and "legitimate entrepreneur" is the size of their lobbying budget and legal departments.
Yeah. We knowledgeable serfs are seriously envious of the egalitarian telecom world out there across the pond. The non-knowledgeable ones don't think twice about being bent over and raped continuously by our telecommunications overlords.
And since they outnumber us, and their money talks louder than ours, I don't know how it will ever change. Certainly, the current regime works brilliantly for the telecoms. Since they have effective control of the situation through regulatory capture and hypereffective lobbying, I anticipate it will continue to work brilliantly for them.
I suppose a workable alternative is to beat your face repeatedly on the desktop. And you may accidentally trigger the application you really wanted while facerolling the display.
Theoretically, there is a separation of interests (and risks) between the issuing bank and the clearing/processing company (i.e., Mastercard, in this case). However, processors have already shown themselves vulnerable to pressure to not process certain types of transactions. And, in that particular case (Visa blockade of Wikileaks donations), I notice that Bitcoin is explicitly cited as an existing end-run of this kind of financial embargo, so it's already in the awareness of the processors, and not in a good way.
If you read GPP, you'll notice that the "complaint department" actually cited are AT&T's competitors. I.e., complaining with your feet and your dollars.
Of course, that neglects the rather painful impacts of walking away from a brand-stinking-new mobile contract in the U.S.: early termination fee, not being able to use your brand new device on the new network or under the new contract, general douchebaggish resistance from your prior provider to your migration (like slow-rolling phone number transfers...)
Network provider lock-in is good business for the provider. It neutralizes the practical effect of customer discontent and keeps the monthly fees rolling in. As long as customers keep taking shit, providers are happy to keep selling it.
You would have had to read TFA in the original story, but all indications were explicit that it would be a Mastercard debit card.
Besides, "a major international bank" is not mutually exclusive of "Mastercard." Banks issue Mastercards. Both are needed. (It's not a debit card unless it's backed by a bank, and it's not a Mastercard if Mastercard doesn't say it's a Mastercard.)
So Mastercard saying "hell no" is actually a little bit of a roadblock.
Bit of an overstatement, there. Don't confuse active attempts at conception to simple consensual sex for non-procreative purposes, but without bothering with contraception. In the latter, there's no meaningful attempt to "increase the odds", and no attempt to decrease them either. If conception occurs, it occurs.
The great failing of Santayana's wisdom is that no one believes the lessons of history applies to them. Movers, shakers, and other douchebags are exceptionalism personified. They're above the rules, lessons, restrictions, or morals that the suckers in the streets are subject to. No matter what happened before, it won't happen to them, because they're just different. Visionary. Smarter. More aggressive. They shift the paradigm. The break the mold.
No one is more surprised* when karmic justice catches up with a Great Person than the Great Person himself. Just ask Darl.
*Corollary: When karma runs over a Great Person's dogma, it's someone else's fault. The Stab in the Back. Treason. The fickleness and weakness of the Great Person's followers. Whatever. It's not the Great Person's fault. Just ask 'em.
when the website operators decide you've used enough of their service, they'll hook you up with a succession of homicidal stalkers, with a view to putting a definite and spectacular end to your lifetime membership.
I have never heard "analogue video and audio" cited as an advantage.
Out here in the 21st Century, digital A/V is preferred. And works JUST FINE over USB 2.0 and later.
No, let's all be candid and stop deluding ourselves. Apple isn't inventing whizzy new proprietary connectors because they believe micro USB doesn't support all important use cases. They're inventing whizzy new proprietary connectors because USB wasn't invented, copyrighted, and patented at One Infinite Loop.
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If you have to ask, you're not the target market.
These aren't companies, these are criminal going concerns, some well organized,
Wait, what?. I thought you said they weren't companies. I'm confused.
but I don't expect you'll see them listed on NASDAQ any time soon.
Oh, they're privately-held companies. No biggie. Those are the real engines of industry and the heart of the entrepreneur class.
Ah I see. "Criminal". The only real difference between "criminal concern" and "legitimate entrepreneur" is the size of their lobbying budget and legal departments.
Yup Belarus is standing at the windows of the world giving it the ol' pressed ham and yelling "perestroika this!*".
I don't know whether to rage or admire.
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*I'm sure this is grammatically incorrect, as well as wrong on many other levels. I'm OK with this.
As long as humans inhabit this planet there will be wars.
True.
War. War never changes.
So, for a sufficiently large value of "X", X liars can trump science?
I hope this standard never propagates into criminal law.
"Strawmansummary"
+1 Funny Because it's True
Geez, HAARP gets screwed again out of its appropriate and long-overdue credit.
As editorial markup, "sic" (Latin for "thus") is enclosed in square brackets, not parentheses:
-- http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-does-sic-mean/, emphasis mine
It's not bigotry unless you fixate on its presumed complement as well: "non-white people are not annoying".
I tend to see that GPP is right, just not comprehensive.
Logical induction: "People are annoying. White people are people. Therefore, white people are annoying. QED."
Yeah. We knowledgeable serfs are seriously envious of the egalitarian telecom world out there across the pond. The non-knowledgeable ones don't think twice about being bent over and raped continuously by our telecommunications overlords.
And since they outnumber us, and their money talks louder than ours, I don't know how it will ever change. Certainly, the current regime works brilliantly for the telecoms. Since they have effective control of the situation through regulatory capture and hypereffective lobbying, I anticipate it will continue to work brilliantly for them.
Hm. Looks like Android speech-to-text uses the same Google tech behind Youtube auto-captioning.
I suppose a workable alternative is to beat your face repeatedly on the desktop. And you may accidentally trigger the application you really wanted while facerolling the display.
Ah, Psynosis box art. How did those guys ever hire Roger Dean?
I don't know how many Psygnosis titles I bought because the cover art reminded me of Yes, Uriah Heep, and Asia albums.
Some real stinkos of games, but you could frame the box cover and hang it on the wall if you wanted to.
Good points.
Theoretically, there is a separation of interests (and risks) between the issuing bank and the clearing/processing company (i.e., Mastercard, in this case). However, processors have already shown themselves vulnerable to pressure to not process certain types of transactions. And, in that particular case (Visa blockade of Wikileaks donations), I notice that Bitcoin is explicitly cited as an existing end-run of this kind of financial embargo, so it's already in the awareness of the processors, and not in a good way.
You're seeking a job as a condom taste-tester?
Not my idea of a dream job, but if it's what floats your boat....
If you read GPP, you'll notice that the "complaint department" actually cited are AT&T's competitors. I.e., complaining with your feet and your dollars.
Of course, that neglects the rather painful impacts of walking away from a brand-stinking-new mobile contract in the U.S.: early termination fee, not being able to use your brand new device on the new network or under the new contract, general douchebaggish resistance from your prior provider to your migration (like slow-rolling phone number transfers...)
Network provider lock-in is good business for the provider. It neutralizes the practical effect of customer discontent and keeps the monthly fees rolling in. As long as customers keep taking shit, providers are happy to keep selling it.
You would have had to read TFA in the original story, but all indications were explicit that it would be a Mastercard debit card.
Besides, "a major international bank" is not mutually exclusive of "Mastercard." Banks issue Mastercards. Both are needed. (It's not a debit card unless it's backed by a bank, and it's not a Mastercard if Mastercard doesn't say it's a Mastercard.)
So Mastercard saying "hell no" is actually a little bit of a roadblock.
Bit of an overstatement, there. Don't confuse active attempts at conception to simple consensual sex for non-procreative purposes, but without bothering with contraception. In the latter, there's no meaningful attempt to "increase the odds", and no attempt to decrease them either. If conception occurs, it occurs.
Yeah, but this real-world bill is in California.
Little-known fact: any substance produced in or imported into the State of California becomes a probable carcinogen. True story.
So GMO will be the next target. And after that? Who knows. Maybe they'll get a carbon footprint warning.
The game that brought Birdo, Bob-ombs, Snifits, and Shy Guys to the Marioverse cannot be all wrong.
The great failing of Santayana's wisdom is that no one believes the lessons of history applies to them. Movers, shakers, and other douchebags are exceptionalism personified. They're above the rules, lessons, restrictions, or morals that the suckers in the streets are subject to. No matter what happened before, it won't happen to them, because they're just different. Visionary. Smarter. More aggressive. They shift the paradigm. The break the mold.
No one is more surprised* when karmic justice catches up with a Great Person than the Great Person himself. Just ask Darl.
*Corollary: When karma runs over a Great Person's dogma, it's someone else's fault. The Stab in the Back. Treason. The fickleness and weakness of the Great Person's followers. Whatever. It's not the Great Person's fault. Just ask 'em.
How pessimistic are you if you buy a lifetime membership to a matchmaking site?
Two possibilities:
I have never heard "analogue video and audio" cited as an advantage.
Out here in the 21st Century, digital A/V is preferred. And works JUST FINE over USB 2.0 and later.
No, let's all be candid and stop deluding ourselves. Apple isn't inventing whizzy new proprietary connectors because they believe micro USB doesn't support all important use cases. They're inventing whizzy new proprietary connectors because USB wasn't invented, copyrighted, and patented at One Infinite Loop.
If you're planning your paper-based backup to survive the Great Flame Deluge, you might wanna use fireproof paper. Lots of it.
But for Carrington 2.0, I guess regular paper would work, as long as induced current arcing doesn't burn down wherever your backups are stored.