This is the reason we have cable in the first place. They advertise high speeds, download movies, etc... Now they want to charge more for doing what they advertised for us to do.
I've found that the only code I really understand is the code I write myself. It takes me a while to understand someone else's code,,even if it's well commented.
Analog can be just as "high quality" as digital. It's just a matter of how much money you want to spend on your equipment.
Small ISP's are easy to cancel.
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I've had Similar experiences as you with AOL, but smaller ISP's, like sysmatrix.net, even let you cancel via e-mail.. All you need is your last 4 digits of credit card, your name, and password. Another small ISP gave me a number, and within 30 seconds I was canceled, no questions asked.
An easy way to cancel Earthlink or AOL would be to do something that violates their TOS (terms of service). I find that to be easier than calling them.
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Actually, Earthlink used to have a cancel link on their website and you could cancel online. They took this off a little over a year ago though.
I have talked to a few people online who work for AOL. They have some kind of quota they have to retain a certain number of customers, or risk their job.
It used to be easy to cancel AOL as well, but it seems they have gotten more agressive lately. Basically, you go to keyword: cancel, and they give you a number. Here's what Keyword: Cancel says..
"or help with a technical problem, please go to Keyword: Help. If you would like to review other America Online pricing plans, as low as $4.95 per month for three hours, select the Pricing Plans button below.
If you wish to discuss or cancel your membership with one of our Member Services Representatives, please dial 1-888-265-8008. Our representatives are waiting to assist you.
You may also choose to mail your request to us at: America Online P.O. Box 1600 Ogden, UT 84402
Or you may fax your request to us at 801-622-7969.
If you choose to write or fax us, please include the nature of your request and your full name, phone number and address. Additionally, for account security purposes, please provide ONE of the following:
-- the primary Billing Contact's AOL screenname or -- the last four digits of the current payment method used for this account (for your security, only the last four digits please) or -- the answer to your Privacy Question (if you have already established a Privacy Question and Answer).
Your cancellation request will be effective within 72 hours of receipt. AOL will send you written confirmation. You will not be liable for any additional membership fees after cancellation (although you will be responsible for any other charges you may incur should you access the account prior to account deactivation.) If you cancel near the end of your billing period, you may be inadvertently charged for the next month's fee. In that event, contact AOL Billing at 1-888-265-8003 to have the charges reversed. No other refunds will be provided, and AOL reserves the right to collect fees, surcharges or costs incurred before your cancellation takes effect."
The last time I tried to cancel AOL, I ended up failing on my first call, but succeeded on second. I was only on hold for about 20 seconds though, so they do answer quickly. Basically he asks me why I want to cancel. I tell him, then there's a long pause. Then he tells me how easy AOL is, and asks me if I know what chat is. I'm like yeah. long pause.. then he tells me some other stuff. Then he asks me if I want some more free time on AOL. I say nah thats ok.. He says.. I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm going to extend your free trial period another 30 days... I say 'ok'. THen that was end of call. I didn't realize that after that additional 30 days, I still wouldn't be cancelled... First call.. Failure.. I call again and talk to another guy. He says different things but still tries to keep me on.. After about the 5th time of refusing his offers, he cancels me, and talks to me as if I should feel guilty... Oh well I'm glad I don't pay for that service anymore.
So, how did you end up at your current job? I've been looking at several online job databases, , and most of the jobs want a college degree, or some skill that I do not have.
One of my friends got caught stealing cable. Basically everyone in the neighborhood was feeding off one person. The cable guy knocked on his door ans asked wehat this cable was, he said, ' thats my cable line.. So the cable guy got some cable cutters and said 'not anymore', and clipped the cable. Nothing else happened, no lawsuits or anything.
If microsoft wants to include IE in their OS, let them do it. It's not like they are stopping you from installing Mozilla or any other browser. Quit whining and do something productive.
The program you are referring to is CDRWin. It will make you think they key is good, but when you go to burn an audio cd, you will think it worked fine, but put it in yoru cd player, and its all static
You can't do this with Best Buy gift cards. The cashier has to type in the last 4 digits of the gift card number printed on the back. If this doesn't match what's on the magnetic stripe, then it cannot be used.
Make sure you have enough space. Ripping 200 full length cd's would take around 130 gigs uncompressed. probably more like around 90 gigs because most cd's don't use the full length of the cd. If you compressed them to decent quality mp3's, it should only take about 18 gigs though.;)
I can't even check the transmission fluid in one of my new cars. It's all sealed off, and there is no way to do anything with it except take it to the shop.
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I work at a Best Buy, and our Xbox display unit freezes at least once every two hours, and we have to reset it. ( I usually leave it froze until a customer asks me to reset it, so more people can see that this thing freezes, heh heh). So far our gamecube has not froze once, we can leave it on all day with no problems. The only difference between the display units and the consumer ones is the demo units don't have the hard drive.
This has all been done years ago. Check out www.pengaol.org it's in french, but there is an english version also. PengAOL is under active development. There are a few others that were under development a few years ago, but are no longer around. There is not much as far as an interface to aol areas yet cause would need to interpret FDO script language, but they will allow you to establish an internet connection with your aol account from linux.
If you want more info from other sites, just use this google search.
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This is the reason we have cable in the first place. They advertise high speeds, download movies, etc... Now they want to charge more for doing what they advertised for us to do.
I've found that the only code I really understand is the code I write myself. It takes me a while to understand someone else's code, ,even if it's well commented.
Analog can be just as "high quality" as digital. It's just a matter of how much money you want to spend on your equipment.
I've had Similar experiences as you with AOL, but smaller ISP's, like sysmatrix.net, even let you cancel via e-mail.. All you need is your last 4 digits of credit card, your name, and password. Another small ISP gave me a number, and within 30 seconds I was canceled, no questions asked.
An easy way to cancel Earthlink or AOL would be to do something that violates their TOS (terms of service). I find that to be easier than calling them.
Actually, Earthlink used to have a cancel link on their website and you could cancel online. They took this off a little over a year ago though.
I have talked to a few people online who work for AOL. They have some kind of quota they have to retain a certain number of customers, or risk their job.
It used to be easy to cancel AOL as well, but it seems they have gotten more agressive lately. Basically, you go to keyword: cancel, and they give you a number. Here's what Keyword: Cancel says..
"or help with a technical problem, please go to Keyword: Help. If you would like to review other America Online pricing plans, as low as $4.95 per month for three hours, select the Pricing Plans button below.
If you wish to discuss or cancel your membership with one of our Member Services Representatives, please dial 1-888-265-8008. Our representatives are waiting to assist you.
You may also choose to mail your request to us at:
America Online
P.O. Box 1600
Ogden, UT 84402
Or you may fax your request to us at 801-622-7969.
If you choose to write or fax us, please include the nature of your request and your full name, phone number and address. Additionally, for account security purposes, please provide ONE of the following:
-- the primary Billing Contact's AOL screenname
or
-- the last four digits of the current payment method used for this account (for your security, only the last four digits please)
or
-- the answer to your Privacy Question (if you have already established a Privacy Question and Answer).
Your cancellation request will be effective within 72 hours of receipt. AOL will send you written confirmation. You will not be liable for any additional membership fees after cancellation (although you will be responsible for any other charges you may incur should you access the account prior to account deactivation.) If you cancel near the end of your billing period, you may be inadvertently charged for the next month's fee. In that event, contact AOL Billing at 1-888-265-8003 to have the charges reversed. No other refunds will be provided, and AOL reserves the right to collect fees, surcharges or costs incurred before your cancellation takes effect."
The last time I tried to cancel AOL, I ended up failing on my first call, but succeeded on second. I was only on hold for about 20 seconds though, so they do answer quickly. Basically he asks me why I want to cancel. I tell him, then there's a long pause. Then he tells me how easy AOL is, and asks me if I know what chat is. I'm like yeah. long pause.. then he tells me some other stuff. Then he asks me if I want some more free time on AOL. I say nah thats ok.. He says.. I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm going to extend your free trial period another 30 days... I say 'ok'. THen that was end of call. I didn't realize that after that additional 30 days, I still wouldn't be cancelled... First call.. Failure.. I call again and talk to another guy. He says different things but still tries to keep me on.. After about the 5th time of refusing his offers, he cancels me, and talks to me as if I should feel guilty... Oh well I'm glad I don't pay for that service anymore.
So, how did you end up at your current job? I've been looking at several online job databases, , and most of the jobs want a college degree, or some skill that I do not have.
Hah, what a moron.. No splitters or anything..
One of my friends got caught stealing cable. Basically everyone in the neighborhood was feeding off one person. The cable guy knocked on his door ans asked wehat this cable was, he said, ' thats my cable line.. So the cable guy got some cable cutters and said 'not anymore', and clipped the cable. Nothing else happened, no lawsuits or anything.
If microsoft wants to include IE in their OS, let them do it. It's not like they are stopping you from installing Mozilla or any other browser. Quit whining and do something productive.
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The program you are referring to is CDRWin. It will make you think they key is good, but when you go to burn an audio cd, you will think it worked fine, but put it in yoru cd player, and its all static
Which kernel are you talking about? You just think we assume you mean Linux? Somehow anything with the word 'kernel' in it, means Linux ????
Then you obviously haven't looked at the prices in the last week or so
whoever posted this... You've just decreased my chances of getting a beta =[
It's called a reciept, genius. Whatever got loaded onto the card will show up on the reciept.
You can't do this with Best Buy gift cards. The cashier has to type in the last 4 digits of the gift card number printed on the back. If this doesn't match what's on the magnetic stripe, then it cannot be used.
This "compatibility mode" does not work with every program.
Make sure you have enough space. Ripping 200 full length cd's would take around 130 gigs uncompressed. probably more like around 90 gigs because most cd's don't use the full length of the cd. If you compressed them to decent quality mp3's, it should only take about 18 gigs though. ;)
I can't even check the transmission fluid in one of my new cars. It's all sealed off, and there is no way to do anything with it except take it to the shop.
I work at a Best Buy, and our Xbox display unit freezes at least once every two hours, and we have to reset it. ( I usually leave it froze until a customer asks me to reset it, so more people can see that this thing freezes, heh heh). So far our gamecube has not froze once, we can leave it on all day with no problems. The only difference between the display units and the consumer ones is the demo units don't have the hard drive.
Eh, no? I got the key off some web site. No need to pay for it.
What? the hardest part of installing Windows is entering your 20 something digit license key.
I would have never thought a PC would make it to the arcade
If you want more info from other sites, just use this google search.
Does this mean ATA will be eliminated and SCSI will be cheaper? If so I'm all for it.