Not sure these really correlate well. What kind of hijacking are you implying? Do you own their network? How is asking someone to update their terms of service before browsing considered hijacking? I do think its baloney they even have to opt out/in for such a thing but I dont see how asking them their preference before continuing on is a problem.
Agreed on the horrible PR. I can see why they would post this in hopes to let people understand why and how increasing the price will get more drivers in the area but its just in bad taste IMO.
May I assume youre one of those people that use taxis about twice a year? If so, I can understand why Uber doesnt appeal to you. I use taxi/driving services at least 2-3 times a week, if not more. I also just tallied what I have spent on Uber(not including curb side pickup) this year which totals to $1494.28. I am someone who uses services like this a lot, I definitely have an authority on what is more convenient or not which is what Uber provides.
If the regular taxi companies cant get their shit together and become more reliable(why i dont call taxi dispatch services anymore), i am going to use a service that does work and that happens to be Uber.
FYI - where I live(chicago), Uber incorporates Taxis as well as black cars, all which are licensed. Taxis turn theirs on during the downtime of the day to pick up fares but youd be lucky to find any during busy times when they can pick up customers on the street. Disruptive? Not at all to the driver, they make money during off times with it. Its the cab companies that dont like it.
Evolve or die. Plain and simple. I dont see why people have so much hatred towards a service, especially if the majority of the population doesnt used it according to you.
In the sense that I know exactly what I'm paying for because it's spelled out to me before I get in the car, yes. Taxis can charge whatever they want.
Taxi Oh, my meters broken, I forgot to tell you. Sorry, my cc reader doesn't work, I'll need cash Sorry, my cc reader doesn't work, I'll take a carbon copy of you card to run later How about I take around half the city before arriving at your destination
Uber Hi, are you Rob? Great, want to take the way recommended by the app since you out in your destination?
That's it for uber. No haggling. No questioning what the rate is. It just works and you know what you're getting into before hand and have a receipt issued with all info including route emailed to you.
And if they got ripped off, who regulates that? How would you know? With uber, everything is tracked and cabbies CANT rip you off because they don't have control over the fare.
I never said anything about regulations. I talked about the reliability of taxis who aren't in the uber network and why I don't use them.
If yellow cab, 312, 303, checker, etc could improve their reliability then I would certainly use their direct services more often. Since the regulated taxis haven't addressed that, I'll stick with the regulated taxis/black cars in the uber network.
Yes, you pay more for the different tiers. Uberx is cheaper and depending on the driver, I've had extremely nice cars with water provided if you want. Taxis are the regular taxi charge and black cars a tiny amount more. I am someone who pays $30-50 a night in car services so it's really great to have the different options available.
Maybe what we should look at is why uber is so successful. I don't use regular taxi services(call for taxi) because they never come or it takes up to an hour or more for them to arrive. With uber, they place me in touch not only with taxis, but uberx(personal cars), SUVs and black cars(licensed livery service). I get picked up in 10 min max each time with usual turn around time in the 2-5 min range.
Maybe if taxis were more reliable, they wouldn't have gotten themselves in this situation. Uber is filling a void in service because taxis can't deliver that and the public wants something more convenient.
In chicago and other large cities in the US they do. When I open my uber app, I have the ability to choose from uberx, taxi, black cars and SUVs. I don't understand why they just don't do the same in other places as well.
Or, you know, a whole new deity. Adding a feature to existing hardware like the video streaming thing isnt that amazing and frankly, isnt going to make anyone jump on board. That new PS they just released might...
The difference being that organized religion doesnt offer evolving products that meet certain needs. Sony offers products with different and new capabilities. Whos to say that they dont come out with a product that someone who swore off Sony might want. With religion, nothig changes and you know what you get right with each one since they all only offer one product that doesnt evolve(much).
After reading up on this, he was also forging prescriptions as well and later released on a pardon. Ill give you that there was this case and with the circumstances, he looked fishy but never should have been arrested. maybe arrested for the illegal DEA rubber stamp and forging prescirps but not for drug trafficing. Then again, he was pardoned....
I work for a small IT recruiting company doing their internal IT work. I have found in our case, that most of our placements come from repeat clients. We are a small firm(35+) people and for us, keeping these clients happy is a big thing. Clients are also very specific on who they want and we try to place the best candidate with them. We cant waste everyones time sending candidates to interviews who wont fit the bill.
I personally dont have experience with larger firms but I may draw a conclusion that the larger ones are who you want to watch out for. They may have placed a lot of people, but I would assume they are not focused on quality and just the bottom line. In our case, both matter since we wont have a bottom line if our quality isnt there.
First, we don't know his demeanor during the traffic stop. He could have been an asshole which caused suspicion. Either way, looks like he came out on top, about 1.6 million on top. So your argument is null.
Reaching, aren't you. I live in a big city in an industrial area. I have 3 neighbors Ina. 3 block radius. Dead girl found in alley, get a call from cops asking if I saw anything, I didn't because I fell asleep to the Simpsons. They have no leads, I'm the closest person to the crime. I haven't heard a word from them in 2 years. No idea if it ever got solved. I would be their prime suspect but yet, here I am. By you logic, I should be in jail, convicted of a crime.
They can question all they want, you receiving email isn't a crime. Show me an instance of it being a crime that someone received unsolicited email and I'll back off. Otherwise, you're fucking loony.
You're kidding, right? You may want to start taking mess as none of these would actually lead to any arrest. Unless you live in some 3rd world country, you're reaching for scenarios.
How about this, give me a cited example where something this vague has led to an arrest. Otherwise, I call tin foil bullshit.
If I read correctly, Netflix is hosted with Amazon. So its Amazons connection that needs to be looked at, no? I could be completely wrong as well, so not really pushing this.
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Huh?
Not sure these really correlate well. What kind of hijacking are you implying? Do you own their network? How is asking someone to update their terms of service before browsing considered hijacking? I do think its baloney they even have to opt out/in for such a thing but I dont see how asking them their preference before continuing on is a problem.
Agreed on the horrible PR. I can see why they would post this in hopes to let people understand why and how increasing the price will get more drivers in the area but its just in bad taste IMO.
May I assume youre one of those people that use taxis about twice a year? If so, I can understand why Uber doesnt appeal to you. I use taxi/driving services at least 2-3 times a week, if not more. I also just tallied what I have spent on Uber(not including curb side pickup) this year which totals to $1494.28. I am someone who uses services like this a lot, I definitely have an authority on what is more convenient or not which is what Uber provides.
If the regular taxi companies cant get their shit together and become more reliable(why i dont call taxi dispatch services anymore), i am going to use a service that does work and that happens to be Uber.
FYI - where I live(chicago), Uber incorporates Taxis as well as black cars, all which are licensed. Taxis turn theirs on during the downtime of the day to pick up fares but youd be lucky to find any during busy times when they can pick up customers on the street. Disruptive? Not at all to the driver, they make money during off times with it. Its the cab companies that dont like it.
Evolve or die. Plain and simple. I dont see why people have so much hatred towards a service, especially if the majority of the population doesnt used it according to you.
In the sense that I know exactly what I'm paying for because it's spelled out to me before I get in the car, yes. Taxis can charge whatever they want.
Taxi
Oh, my meters broken, I forgot to tell you.
Sorry, my cc reader doesn't work, I'll need cash
Sorry, my cc reader doesn't work, I'll take a carbon copy of you card to run later
How about I take around half the city before arriving at your destination
Uber
Hi, are you Rob? Great, want to take the way recommended by the app since you out in your destination?
That's it for uber. No haggling. No questioning what the rate is. It just works and you know what you're getting into before hand and have a receipt issued with all info including route emailed to you.
Why is everyone who accuses someone of being an uber shill posting as AC?
And if they got ripped off, who regulates that? How would you know? With uber, everything is tracked and cabbies CANT rip you off because they don't have control over the fare.
I never said anything about regulations. I talked about the reliability of taxis who aren't in the uber network and why I don't use them.
If yellow cab, 312, 303, checker, etc could improve their reliability then I would certainly use their direct services more often. Since the regulated taxis haven't addressed that, I'll stick with the regulated taxis/black cars in the uber network.
Yes, you pay more for the different tiers. Uberx is cheaper and depending on the driver, I've had extremely nice cars with water provided if you want. Taxis are the regular taxi charge and black cars a tiny amount more. I am someone who pays $30-50 a night in car services so it's really great to have the different options available.
Maybe what we should look at is why uber is so successful. I don't use regular taxi services(call for taxi) because they never come or it takes up to an hour or more for them to arrive. With uber, they place me in touch not only with taxis, but uberx(personal cars), SUVs and black cars(licensed livery service). I get picked up in 10 min max each time with usual turn around time in the 2-5 min range.
Maybe if taxis were more reliable, they wouldn't have gotten themselves in this situation. Uber is filling a void in service because taxis can't deliver that and the public wants something more convenient.
In chicago and other large cities in the US they do. When I open my uber app, I have the ability to choose from uberx, taxi, black cars and SUVs. I don't understand why they just don't do the same in other places as well.
I dont think you have to pay to get access outside network. you have to pay to let other people get access so you can share, no?
Or, you know, a whole new deity. Adding a feature to existing hardware like the video streaming thing isnt that amazing and frankly, isnt going to make anyone jump on board. That new PS they just released might...
The difference being that organized religion doesnt offer evolving products that meet certain needs. Sony offers products with different and new capabilities. Whos to say that they dont come out with a product that someone who swore off Sony might want. With religion, nothig changes and you know what you get right with each one since they all only offer one product that doesnt evolve(much).
Are they being used incorrectly?
I have a feeling this will be settled out of court. Don't want to set any precedence or anything...
After reading up on this, he was also forging prescriptions as well and later released on a pardon. Ill give you that there was this case and with the circumstances, he looked fishy but never should have been arrested. maybe arrested for the illegal DEA rubber stamp and forging prescirps but not for drug trafficing. Then again, he was pardoned....
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I work for a small IT recruiting company doing their internal IT work. I have found in our case, that most of our placements come from repeat clients. We are a small firm(35+) people and for us, keeping these clients happy is a big thing. Clients are also very specific on who they want and we try to place the best candidate with them. We cant waste everyones time sending candidates to interviews who wont fit the bill.
I personally dont have experience with larger firms but I may draw a conclusion that the larger ones are who you want to watch out for. They may have placed a lot of people, but I would assume they are not focused on quality and just the bottom line. In our case, both matter since we wont have a bottom line if our quality isnt there.
First, we don't know his demeanor during the traffic stop. He could have been an asshole which caused suspicion. Either way, looks like he came out on top, about 1.6 million on top. So your argument is null.
Try again
Reaching, aren't you. I live in a big city in an industrial area. I have 3 neighbors Ina. 3 block radius. Dead girl found in alley, get a call from cops asking if I saw anything, I didn't because I fell asleep to the Simpsons. They have no leads, I'm the closest person to the crime. I haven't heard a word from them in 2 years. No idea if it ever got solved. I would be their prime suspect but yet, here I am. By you logic, I should be in jail, convicted of a crime.
She me a case someone has been convicted of a crime by carrying a prescription drug they have a prescription for.
Agreed. No one has shown anything to back up their posts. I want a reference to a legitimate case. Until then, I call bullshit
They can question all they want, you receiving email isn't a crime. Show me an instance of it being a crime that someone received unsolicited email and I'll back off. Otherwise, you're fucking loony.
You're kidding, right? You may want to start taking mess as none of these would actually lead to any arrest. Unless you live in some 3rd world country, you're reaching for scenarios.
How about this, give me a cited example where something this vague has led to an arrest. Otherwise, I call tin foil bullshit.
If I read correctly, Netflix is hosted with Amazon. So its Amazons connection that needs to be looked at, no? I could be completely wrong as well, so not really pushing this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...