Why? I don't feel sorry for anyone that gets into that situation unless it was due to something like an illness or family emergency. People that get that far into debt with credit cards, especially when they already have other debts, are just stupid! My response to people that whine about CC debt is, "Stop spending money you don't have, moron, and you won't get in trouble!"
Um, what about college just being expensive? I have alot of debt, all of it is college related. I got rid of most of my credit card debt (by using most of my savings), and still am paying my college loans.
i've seen other people say 'theres no reason for debt' and then turn around and say 'these people that just think they can learn a little html and make 60k are idiots.' Well someone tell me the proper way to do it so i don't have any debt, while having parents that can't afford to give me a free education.
I went to college, got a computer science degree (not b/c i thought i'd get rich; when i decided i wanted to study CS i didn't even think they're be any jobs there for it), got a year of experience, and then was left with 30k in student loans, which i'm now paying back.
Personally, I only use my credit card for things I already have the money for, but either don't want to write a check, or just want to hang onto the cash for a while longer in case something unexpected comes up. Don't carry a balance, and there aren't interest fees.
Must be nice to be that secure. Unfortunatly, not all people are. I get paid, i pay my bills and my loans, and normally things are fine. But if somethign unexpected comes up, like my car needs repair, it has to go on the CC. Are you saying i shouldnt fix my car, and then in turn not be able to get to work?
BTW, when I went to school, we were taught about basic finances by having a mock checking account and checkbook, and had to balance fake bills and such against our income. Did they stop doing that? People growing up today seem to have no concept at all about money.. hence CC companies are pushing the "learn about credit and money management" stuff.
In HS, we had an accounting class you could take (which i did). But you weren't required to. In college, nothing (unless you elected to take it). Now, in my situation, i don't see how these classes help. I already knew how to balance a check book, i don't buy things i can't afford yet i sitll have debt from college and unexpected things. I do plan things out, but some debt is unavoidable.
And what do you do if the telemarketer ignores your request, and patronizes you?
I currently have this problem now; a bank in Philly keeps wanting me to refinance my mortgage. Except that i live in an apartment, and never hada mortgage.
At anyrate, according to the TCPA, i may be able to sue for 500 per incident. I just have to find out if PA allows this.
I don't know about that. Killing support relativly early means no security patches. No bug fixes. Usually the only way to get these patches is upgrading. Yet the current version already does everything people want!
There does come a point when adding more to a product just introduces more problems then it helps solve. Word is well past that point. Most new 'features' are pointless addons. Kind of like headlight wipers on cars are.
Enough customers do want added features, that product revs are inevitable.
Um, actually everyone i know that works with MS office complains that it a) doesn't do what they want (not that it can't, just that it makes simple thigns difficult) b) don't use 80% of the 'features.' They therefore conclude that its bloated. Which it is.
Did anyone really want a word processor to be able to produce html? There are many features in word that are not needed, and many more that are more complex then need be. The latter is usually caused by word assuming it can read your mind..
There are still alot of computers that aren't multiuser (win9x).
As far as pheonix starting up and picking a user...it didn't do that for me. Possibly thta poster had multiple profiles already on the computer and phoenix picked them up.
and it is extremely stable -- crashes perhaps once-twice a month on average.
Thats quite alot. I don't think moz has crashed once on me since i installed it. And IE crashes alot more for me. Which is really annoying when you're developing for it.
I'm not really sure what all the big and bloated is about. I can tell how big moz is, but i can't really say the same for Ie, since alot of it is in the OS.
As far as speed goes, it renders quite quickly. Network latency is usually responsible for slow load times, and it seems Moz handles grabbing the pages better. There are times where Ie just doesn't want to get the page.
I wonder how big and slow moz would really be if it was in fact an embeded piece of the OS.
I think there's another nitpicking problem; its not really instant either. You have to wait hours or even days to download a file. So i've heard anyway;-)
THEY DID LOOSE A SALE Your sale. are you then going to go buy what you already own because you know that keeping the copy you have is wrong. BULLSHIT!
You're assuming i would have bought it even if i couldn't download it. It never crossed your mind that if i can't listen to it for free, i am perfectly happy not listening to it at all.
So how exactly did they lose MY sale, if i decided the only price i'm willingto pay to listen to the music is $0.00?
Geeks: You can't go after the users, they have a right to being anonymous.
Hmm, i dunno, i kind of think that the RIAA should go through the courts to get the records from Verizon. BUt they haven't. I don't want my personal information disclosed willynilly to anyone that asks, unless there is a very good reason to do so.
Have you ever tried to remember something, and you weren't sure if it were a dream or something that really happened to you? I wonder if one day, when you have total realism in videogames/VR that sometimes you might be confuse, if even for just a second, between reality and fantasy. And if you can forget for just a second, there might be people who will forget for more than a second.
I doubt this will even blur the real world and a virtual one. Unless you're talking about star trek like holodecks, you'll feel the weight of the helmet, the gloves and all that other stuff that todays VR requires you to wear. Plus, you'll know going it that its fake. That fact, i believe, would stick at the very least in the back of your mind. Now if you're in this VR for an exetended time, perhaps this may happen, but i still don't think that the Vr experience you're talking about would make people 'forget' the difference between reality and fantasy.
But I don't think that matters. Maybe (even though I don't think so) it makes people more violent. Tough shit.
Not really sure what you're getting here. Sorry:-)
Actually Saddam follows Islam much less then the rest of the middle east. Which is why they aren't particular fond of him either. Maybe you should know something before posting.
Actually the cause of my anxiet, anger and agression when i was younger WAS the people i was interacting with at school. Its tough being the new kid in 7th grade, especially when the school does nothing to protect you.
Well you can't really expect them to blame themselves as they should, can you?
I think the problem is that parents are lazy and don't want to do anything, except try to force thier children into a dream world were drugs sex and violence don't exist. People seem to forget that none of those things are necessarly bad (and sex being perfectly natural).
But i guess we're doomed to a bunch of idiots raising a bigger bunch of idiots..
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Thank you for so well explaining the position of many people that have to live in the real world, in which parents may not be able to help.
In my case, my mom borrowed as much as she could, and i did as well. I ended up with 30k in student loans.
It was an expensive school, but all CS degrees are not made equal.
Why? I don't feel sorry for anyone that gets into that situation unless it was due to something like an illness or family emergency. People that get that far into debt with credit cards, especially when they already have other debts, are just stupid! My response to people that whine about CC debt is, "Stop spending money you don't have, moron, and you won't get in trouble!"
Um, what about college just being expensive? I have alot of debt, all of it is college related. I got rid of most of my credit card debt (by using most of my savings), and still am paying my college loans.
i've seen other people say 'theres no reason for debt' and then turn around and say 'these people that just think they can learn a little html and make 60k are idiots.' Well someone tell me the proper way to do it so i don't have any debt, while having parents that can't afford to give me a free education.
I went to college, got a computer science degree (not b/c i thought i'd get rich; when i decided i wanted to study CS i didn't even think they're be any jobs there for it), got a year of experience, and then was left with 30k in student loans, which i'm now paying back.
Personally, I only use my credit card for things I already have the money for, but either don't want to write a check, or just want to hang onto the cash for a while longer in case something unexpected comes up. Don't carry a balance, and there aren't interest fees.
Must be nice to be that secure. Unfortunatly, not all people are. I get paid, i pay my bills and my loans, and normally things are fine. But if somethign unexpected comes up, like my car needs repair, it has to go on the CC. Are you saying i shouldnt fix my car, and then in turn not be able to get to work?
BTW, when I went to school, we were taught about basic finances by having a mock checking account and checkbook, and had to balance fake bills and such against our income. Did they stop doing that? People growing up today seem to have no concept at all about money.. hence CC companies are pushing the "learn about credit and money management" stuff.
In HS, we had an accounting class you could take (which i did). But you weren't required to. In college, nothing (unless you elected to take it). Now, in my situation, i don't see how these classes help. I already knew how to balance a check book, i don't buy things i can't afford yet i sitll have debt from college and unexpected things. I do plan things out, but some debt is unavoidable.
I did that already.
There response was that they do not take action in individual cases, but if a certain group gets alot of complaints, they look into it.
They also just gave me info on parts of the TCPA, and how to contact the DMA to get off of most lists.
And what do you do if the telemarketer ignores your request, and patronizes you?
I currently have this problem now; a bank in Philly keeps wanting me to refinance my mortgage. Except that i live in an apartment, and never hada mortgage.
At anyrate, according to the TCPA, i may be able to sue for 500 per incident. I just have to find out if PA allows this.
I don't know about that. Killing support relativly early means no security patches. No bug fixes. Usually the only way to get these patches is upgrading. Yet the current version already does everything people want!
There does come a point when adding more to a product just introduces more problems then it helps solve. Word is well past that point. Most new 'features' are pointless addons. Kind of like headlight wipers on cars are.
Enough customers do want added features, that product revs are inevitable.
Um, actually everyone i know that works with MS office complains that it a) doesn't do what they want (not that it can't, just that it makes simple thigns difficult) b) don't use 80% of the 'features.' They therefore conclude that its bloated. Which it is.
Did anyone really want a word processor to be able to produce html? There are many features in word that are not needed, and many more that are more complex then need be. The latter is usually caused by word assuming it can read your mind..
There are still alot of computers that aren't multiuser (win9x).
As far as pheonix starting up and picking a user...it didn't do that for me. Possibly thta poster had multiple profiles already on the computer and phoenix picked them up.
and it is extremely stable -- crashes perhaps once-twice a month on average.
Thats quite alot. I don't think moz has crashed once on me since i installed it. And IE crashes alot more for me. Which is really annoying when you're developing for it.
I'm not really sure what all the big and bloated is about. I can tell how big moz is, but i can't really say the same for Ie, since alot of it is in the OS.
As far as speed goes, it renders quite quickly. Network latency is usually responsible for slow load times, and it seems Moz handles grabbing the pages better. There are times where Ie just doesn't want to get the page.
I wonder how big and slow moz would really be if it was in fact an embeded piece of the OS.
Precedents can be wrong too. Just b/c one person did somthing wrong/illegal, doesn't mean other people should be allowed to.
A friend of mine did that all summer. He saved quite a bit of money..
However, he now gets ill just looking at them.
(does UPS realize that people work during the day and can't pick up packages at home?)
Yes, but it'd cost you a lot more in shipping to hire people to work hours most people are home.
Personally, solved this problem by having my purchases shipped to my office.
I think there's another nitpicking problem; its not really instant either. You have to wait hours or even days to download a file. So i've heard anyway ;-)
I know you're a troll, but i can't resist.
THEY DID LOOSE A SALE Your sale. are you then going to go buy what you already own because you know that keeping the copy you have is wrong. BULLSHIT!
You're assuming i would have bought it even if i couldn't download it. It never crossed your mind that if i can't listen to it for free, i am perfectly happy not listening to it at all.
So how exactly did they lose MY sale, if i decided the only price i'm willingto pay to listen to the music is $0.00?
Why should Verizon have to look into the matter at all?
The RIAA should bear the burden of proof, not some 3rd party.
Geeks: You can't go after the users, they have a right to being anonymous.
Hmm, i dunno, i kind of think that the RIAA should go through the courts to get the records from Verizon. BUt they haven't. I don't want my personal information disclosed willynilly to anyone that asks, unless there is a very good reason to do so.
My point is: does the fact that it makes people more violent warrant suspending the first amendment?
:-)
Ahh. No, i don't think it does. But since i doubt games are making people more violent, its kind of a moot point
Oh, I meant to include that a perfect illustration of this (and how I came to understand it) is from the movie existenz
;-)
Haven't heard of it, but i'll check my local video store for it. I hope its recorded in DTS
Have you ever tried to remember something, and you weren't sure if it were a dream or something that really happened to you? I wonder if one day, when you have total realism in videogames/VR that sometimes you might be confuse, if even for just a second, between reality and fantasy. And if you can forget for just a second, there might be people who will forget for more than a second.
:-)
I doubt this will even blur the real world and a virtual one. Unless you're talking about star trek like holodecks, you'll feel the weight of the helmet, the gloves and all that other stuff that todays VR requires you to wear. Plus, you'll know going it that its fake. That fact, i believe, would stick at the very least in the back of your mind. Now if you're in this VR for an exetended time, perhaps this may happen, but i still don't think that the Vr experience you're talking about would make people 'forget' the difference between reality and fantasy.
But I don't think that matters. Maybe (even though I don't think so) it makes people more violent. Tough shit.
Not really sure what you're getting here. Sorry
Thats the port for windows terminal services.
Actually Saddam follows Islam much less then the rest of the middle east. Which is why they aren't particular fond of him either. Maybe you should know something before posting.
Calling a religious institution as brainwashing and referring to Christian children as trashy
Having gone to a christian school for 6 years, i can tell you, he's 100% right. It was trashy and brainwashing.
Actually the cause of my anxiet, anger and agression when i was younger WAS the people i was interacting with at school. Its tough being the new kid in 7th grade, especially when the school does nothing to protect you.
Football is violent. You interact with it. So is hockey, soccer, and rugby. Yet people encourage children to play them.
I think you're stating that interactive violence is off base.
As for me, if it hadn't been for violent video games providing an outlet, i probably would have shot up my school.
Well you can't really expect them to blame themselves as they should, can you?
I think the problem is that parents are lazy and don't want to do anything, except try to force thier children into a dream world were drugs sex and violence don't exist. People seem to forget that none of those things are necessarly bad (and sex being perfectly natural).
But i guess we're doomed to a bunch of idiots raising a bigger bunch of idiots..