It would actually help if you'd read what I wrote. I didn't say anything about the secrecy of the orders making them constitutionally suspect. I wrote "the fact that they don't need probable cause makes them constitutionally suspect". Please try and keep up. Thanks.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to think "profiling is worse than the slaughter of innocent people..."
Allow me provide you with a new sig.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to think "the September 11th terrorist attacks allow government to trample the civil rights of those of an obviously different ethnic background than yourself".
I would appreciate it if you could correct it as soon as possible. Thanx.
In Australia, Virgin mobile has done quite a few things to lose our business. They violated some kids privacy, and they frequently screw up billing.
For instance, I was charged $5 a minute for "satellite charges" on mobile account (cost me about $80), then when I demanded my money back the customer service monkey told me that I "must have used the satellite service". When I challenged this, he went away, and the supervisor said that they'd give me back half my money. I refused, demanded it all back, he went away again, came back and offered me all my money back but said that it would be refunded on the proviso that they would "never do it again". I then said that that's not acceptable, eventually a supervisor called me back and grudgingly said that it was a mistake that happened to many others. I got it back - then for the next 5 months their bill said that I'd paid -$500 GST (tax for non-Aussies).
So Virgin Mobiles sucks, big time. I strongly urge everyone to tear up their contracts in protest.
National Security Letters are awful because they are so secretive, and the fact that they don't need probable cause makes them constitutionally suspect.
It is an insult. It may be true, but it's still an insult. There's no real need for it. The best managers I've had have taken staff they have a problem with and told them the issues, and focused on the problem.
In fact, only a poor manager with insecurity issues would say something like that. If you said that someone is an idiot, you haven't said why and you've focused on the fact that they are an idiot. You haven't dealt with the problem at all, and you've potentially caused a problem in the workplace.
Agreed. To the professor: welcome to the club. We get it already that you feel threatened, though there is nothing to feel threatened about. Thanks for looking out for the unwashed masses, they evidently need all the help they can get.
Stupid reasoning. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spends billions every year on the poor. If OOXML takes off and Bill Gates gets richer, the poor will be better off.
Sound wrong? Well, I'm just using the logic coming from this thread.
I mentioned that Paypal is owned by eBay, and I got modded as redundant. I believe I was the first one to say this in the thread also - dumbass moderators.
I just spoke to my mother, an enthusiastic eBay customer. She's decided that it's time to give up eBay, she refuses to use PayPal because she thinks it's insecure. I have to say that my mum, though she does know how to use email, pretty much only understood eBay when it came to the web.
I guess if this is the sort of response, eBay Australia is about to lose a lot of money! And sucked it too... we are NOT the arse-end of the world, and we don't deserve these little "experiments" by multinational corporations.
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I knew that would happen.
Oh. I missed the humour. Sorry.
If they profiled white, middle class men then profiling would make him safe. Perhaps that's what he meant.
Meh. With some people there's no accounting for taste... or intelligence. I did try! Thanks though, I will have a nice day.
It would actually help if you'd read what I wrote. I didn't say anything about the secrecy of the orders making them constitutionally suspect. I wrote "the fact that they don't need probable cause makes them constitutionally suspect". Please try and keep up. Thanks.
Allow me provide you with a new sig.
I would appreciate it if you could correct it as soon as possible. Thanx.
I'm waiting for another slashdot article: "NASA corrects schoolboy's math on killer asteroid".
In Australia, Virgin mobile has done quite a few things to lose our business. They violated some kids privacy, and they frequently screw up billing.
For instance, I was charged $5 a minute for "satellite charges" on mobile account (cost me about $80), then when I demanded my money back the customer service monkey told me that I "must have used the satellite service". When I challenged this, he went away, and the supervisor said that they'd give me back half my money. I refused, demanded it all back, he went away again, came back and offered me all my money back but said that it would be refunded on the proviso that they would "never do it again". I then said that that's not acceptable, eventually a supervisor called me back and grudgingly said that it was a mistake that happened to many others. I got it back - then for the next 5 months their bill said that I'd paid -$500 GST (tax for non-Aussies).
So Virgin Mobiles sucks, big time. I strongly urge everyone to tear up their contracts in protest.
National Security Letters are awful because they are so secretive, and the fact that they don't need probable cause makes them constitutionally suspect.
Oh the irony of an anonymous coward saying that... are you a bit scared we'll discover who you really are?
Yeah, that's right. Back stab them - works wonders!
It is an insult. It may be true, but it's still an insult. There's no real need for it. The best managers I've had have taken staff they have a problem with and told them the issues, and focused on the problem.
In fact, only a poor manager with insecurity issues would say something like that. If you said that someone is an idiot, you haven't said why and you've focused on the fact that they are an idiot. You haven't dealt with the problem at all, and you've potentially caused a problem in the workplace.
Agreed. To the professor: welcome to the club. We get it already that you feel threatened, though there is nothing to feel threatened about. Thanks for looking out for the unwashed masses, they evidently need all the help they can get.
Stupid reasoning. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spends billions every year on the poor. If OOXML takes off and Bill Gates gets richer, the poor will be better off.
Sound wrong? Well, I'm just using the logic coming from this thread.
No idea what videos you've been watching, but police most definitely carry service revolvers.
And yes, this is true - we aren't allowed to use firearms to defend ourselves. We don't need to. And may it stay that way!
I mentioned that Paypal is owned by eBay, and I got modded as redundant. I believe I was the first one to say this in the thread also - dumbass moderators.
Ummm... what are you talking about? The police most definitely carry guns in all states and territories in Australia.
Pays to research before posting.
Get out of here... surely not...
Looking at their forums, it also looks like it's gone down like a lead balloon.
It looks like the story was leaked to the media. Whoops!
I just spoke to my mother, an enthusiastic eBay customer. She's decided that it's time to give up eBay, she refuses to use PayPal because she thinks it's insecure. I have to say that my mum, though she does know how to use email, pretty much only understood eBay when it came to the web.
I guess if this is the sort of response, eBay Australia is about to lose a lot of money! And sucked it too... we are NOT the arse-end of the world, and we don't deserve these little "experiments" by multinational corporations.
My aren't we feeling aggressive today!
From PayPal's website:
Alternatively, I can continue not using online auctioning services at all. I was about to give it a whirl, but I think now I'll give it a miss.
Say goodbye to new business EBay!
You do realise that your last point agrees with my point?