Yea, right. First, I never give card blanc to some company to take money out of an account on a schedule.
However, this doesn't guarantee that I won't find myself in a position that I can't quit a service. My favorite tool is the USPS (for those in the USA) certified letter with return receipt. Drawing up the letter saying I want to end my contract, and to quit taking money out of my account. If the provider doesn't cease and desist the removal of funds take the letter to the bank request that they get your money back for you.
1. Don't forget to give a time line (10 days, 30 days etc).
2. Place the tracking number on the letter down by the cc notation).
3. Keep a photocopy for yourself to show the bank if they don't comply.
4. Lastly, cc a copy to the bank so they have no excuses when you show up on there doorstep ask why funs where removed from your account.
In this way accountability is created and 2 parties are looking out for there own butts.
Not everyone hates Microsoft. Some people believe Windows is the best thing since sliced bread. That Word for Windows is more functional than a Swiss Army knife. That.NET is more secure than Fort Knox. I'm just not one of them.
Slax is my the CD of choice. I use Damn Small Linux, Knoppix and Ubuntu. Knoppix is the most powerful, Ubuntu is the highest polished and is a pleasure to use and Damn Small Linux is just plain 'ol good. However, Slax spends the least amount of time in the Cup Holder than all three of the other Live CDs together but gets more work done. Whether I'm reinitializing a boot partition, changing a script or adding/removing files from a HD Slax's raw power is in most cases what I want. Fits nicely on a flash stick too.
Under a secret Bush administration program initiated weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, counterterrorism [sic] officials have gained access to financial records from a vast international database and examined banking transactions involving thousands of Americans and others in the United States, according to government and industry officials.
The Drive by Media are there own worst enemies. They had absolutely no business releasing that kind of information and yes that is exactly what they did under the guise of Free Speech. Realize if extremest Muslim terrorist where ever to gain a foot hold in the US of A the first to go would be that New York Time and other First Amendment Rights enthusiasts.
What makes you think Diebold ATM units are secure?
Very true, Here in Phoenix Arizona crooks have been stealing these machines left and right. A 2 ton flat bed of trailer plus a bulldozer or backhoe borrowed from a nearby construction site is all the theives need.
Arizona Republic
Can someone who knows more about it elaborate for me? Because as it stands, I don't see how MS controlling one licensing path for OSS can suddenly mean that all other methods of acquiring OSS become illegal.
Didn't he also say that god doesn't play dice?
For someone who thought of events as being orderly and predictable, to say the only way to win roulette is by theft is confusing at best.
He also said:
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Imagining a game that is completely random with a 4% advantage to the house as beatable.
light minutes are a measurement of distance the same as a light year the distance light travels in one minute. However, a radio single travels 1 AU in in approximate 8 minutes and I can do the math in my head. Travel time, one way, is 13h 20m at 100 AU
In recent years, card duplication has been on the rise so, for instance, if at a gas station the card reader was switched out for a writer, your card could be copied. While the particle strip on the back of the card does not contain your PIN, the thieves could try to find a way to get it. In fact, the latest technology they are using is an ATM keypad with a keylogger built in that record your password.
I prefer a more passive approach. Most, if not all ATM, cards can be used the same as a credit card, i.e. Sign for the purchase instead of using a PIN number. This is accomplished by choosing credit on the keypad or telling the to charge the purchase as credit when he asks debit or credit. This accomplishes a lot of things.
1.Keeps prying eyes from seeing your PIN number. BTW, if someone does steal your PIN and uses you PIN the bank will take the position that you make the purchase and you must prove otherwise.
2.Store clerks are suppose to check for a picture ID before accepting a credit card for a purchase but if they don't it's not your problem.
3.Banks must prove that you signed for the merchandise if if you use the credit option and if you didn't sign for something the bank will have a harder time proving you did.
....or when you call them up to cancel, simply state up front to the rep that this call is being recorded. That would curtail any rep's ideas, I would think. Whether it is being recorded on tape, a hard disk, or simply as a lifetime memory can remain unspoken
Unfortunately a sound recording is problematic if your attempt to "jack them up" fails. The difficulty in getting your banker or even a judge to listen to a recording could prove fatal to any recourse you might have in mind if talking doesn't work. Also if the recording is of poor quality it may prove useless. Writing a letter shows that you made a reasonable effort to resolve the problem and is an excellent record that is easily duplicated and favorably responded to by a third party.
Fax is fine but a better way is snail mail. If I have a problem with someone that doesn't seen resolvable I send certified letter, return receipt, via USPS. This means that the receiving company needs to sign for the letter in order to pick it up and I get a post card with the signer and the date received back. There is a 20 digit unique number that comes with the certified tracker/post office receipt that is attached to the letter and return receipt, I type this number to the bottom of the letter where a cc usually goes as added prof that the receipt and the letter go together. Also, I like to include a legal statement, in this case "Please reply in 10 business days" witch helps to enforce a little more accountability, and failer to reply is viewed as a lack of good faith. Lastly, I keep copies of all documents.
Never thought of that one. Another thing that is a must is identification on your machine. Anyone who has ever gone to retrieve stolen property at the local P.D. Knows that one of the thing that will be asked of you is Can you identify it. I identified mine by painting my name and DOB, A combination that is highly unique, inside the battery bay, on the mother board, hard drive and engraved into the back cover. All out of sight. In the off chance my laptop is located ether m me or the police I will need to prove it is mine.
I've never used opera, but since it seems that this man's death is/. worthy, I'm thinking about trying it.
Much more that/. worthy, 2 hours after being posted/. is the only news agency to honor Geir Ivarsoy's memory. Google News: Results 1 - 1 of 1 for Geir Ivarsoy. (0.01 seconds)
I've been told that I am crazy for using for using only the credit card option on my debit card. Ninety percent of the retailers require photo ID and a signature.
A. If the DOJ get it's subpoena for the search of child pornography then that is all they can search for. Any information that is gathered on drug smuggling, stock fraud or any other crime can't be used as evidence. Our friends at the DOJ must get another subpoena for that and on it's own merits AND the DOJ knows this. It is there job.
B. By standing up to the Government and for there rights Google is setting the standard. Were Google to just hand over anything the DOJ wants they might as well be saying The next time you need a B.J. Just come on over here.
C. Last, but not least. When Google make them get a subpoena when the case is all over and nothing is found those file must be sealed and put away. So if Google does get caught up in another legal problem they can't be blindsided by the ghosts of good citizenships of the past.
Slashdot Mirror
Yea, right. First, I never give card blanc to some company to take money out of an account on a schedule.
However, this doesn't guarantee that I won't find myself in a position that I can't quit a service. My favorite tool is the USPS (for those in the USA) certified letter with return receipt. Drawing up the letter saying I want to end my contract, and to quit taking money out of my account. If the provider doesn't cease and desist the removal of funds take the letter to the bank request that they get your money back for you.
1. Don't forget to give a time line (10 days, 30 days etc).
2. Place the tracking number on the letter down by the cc notation).
3. Keep a photocopy for yourself to show the bank if they don't comply.
4. Lastly, cc a copy to the bank so they have no excuses when you show up on there doorstep ask why funs where removed from your account.
In this way accountability is created and 2 parties are looking out for there own butts.
Not everyone hates Microsoft. Some people believe Windows is the best thing since sliced bread. That Word for Windows is more functional than a Swiss Army knife. That .NET is more secure than Fort Knox. I'm just not one of them.
Yes, and can you say Deep Do Do?
Slax is my the CD of choice. I use Damn Small Linux, Knoppix and Ubuntu. Knoppix is the most powerful, Ubuntu is the highest polished and is a pleasure to use and Damn Small Linux is just plain 'ol good. However, Slax spends the least amount of time in the Cup Holder than all three of the other Live CDs together but gets more work done. Whether I'm reinitializing a boot partition, changing a script or adding/removing files from a HD Slax's raw power is in most cases what I want. Fits nicely on a flash stick too.
The Drive by Media are there own worst enemies. They had absolutely no business releasing that kind of information and yes that is exactly what they did under the guise of Free Speech. Realize if extremest Muslim terrorist where ever to gain a foot hold in the US of A the first to go would be that New York Time and other First Amendment Rights enthusiasts.
Very true, Here in Phoenix Arizona crooks have been stealing these machines left and right. A 2 ton flat bed of trailer plus a bulldozer or backhoe borrowed from a nearby construction site is all the theives need. Arizona Republic
Sure it can, in Bill Gates wet dream.
He also said: Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Imagining a game that is completely random with a 4% advantage to the house as beatable.
-- Albert Einstein
light minutes are a measurement of distance the same as a light year the distance light travels in one minute. However, a radio single travels 1 AU in in approximate 8 minutes and I can do the math in my head. Travel time, one way, is 13h 20m at 100 AU
In recent years, card duplication has been on the rise so, for instance, if at a gas station the card reader was switched out for a writer, your card could be copied. While the particle strip on the back of the card does not contain your PIN, the thieves could try to find a way to get it. In fact, the latest technology they are using is an ATM keypad with a keylogger built in that record your password.
I prefer a more passive approach. Most, if not all ATM, cards can be used the same as a credit card, i.e. Sign for the purchase instead of using a PIN number. This is accomplished by choosing credit on the keypad or telling the to charge the purchase as credit when he asks debit or credit. This accomplishes a lot of things.
1.Keeps prying eyes from seeing your PIN number. BTW, if someone does steal your PIN and uses you PIN the bank will take the position that you make the purchase and you must prove otherwise.
2.Store clerks are suppose to check for a picture ID before accepting a credit card for a purchase but if they don't it's not your problem.
3.Banks must prove that you signed for the merchandise if if you use the credit option and if you didn't sign for something the bank will have a harder time proving you did.
Yogi Berra
Unfortunately a sound recording is problematic if your attempt to "jack them up" fails. The difficulty in getting your banker or even a judge to listen to a recording could prove fatal to any recourse you might have in mind if talking doesn't work. Also if the recording is of poor quality it may prove useless. Writing a letter shows that you made a reasonable effort to resolve the problem and is an excellent record that is easily duplicated and favorably responded to by a third party.
Fax is fine but a better way is snail mail. If I have a problem with someone that doesn't seen resolvable I send certified letter, return receipt, via USPS. This means that the receiving company needs to sign for the letter in order to pick it up and I get a post card with the signer and the date received back. There is a 20 digit unique number that comes with the certified tracker/post office receipt that is attached to the letter and return receipt, I type this number to the bottom of the letter where a cc usually goes as added prof that the receipt and the letter go together. Also, I like to include a legal statement, in this case "Please reply in 10 business days" witch helps to enforce a little more accountability, and failer to reply is viewed as a lack of good faith. Lastly, I keep copies of all documents.
Something to remove it with?
Never thought of that one. Another thing that is a must is identification on your machine. Anyone who has ever gone to retrieve stolen property at the local P.D. Knows that one of the thing that will be asked of you is Can you identify it. I identified mine by painting my name and DOB, A combination that is highly unique, inside the battery bay, on the mother board, hard drive and engraved into the back cover. All out of sight. In the off chance my laptop is located ether m me or the police I will need to prove it is mine.
Is anyone surprised?
Much more that /. worthy, 2 hours after being posted /. is the only news agency to honor Geir Ivarsoy's memory. Google News: Results 1 - 1 of 1 for Geir Ivarsoy. (0.01 seconds)
Brovo.
I've been told that I am crazy for using for using only the credit card option on my debit card. Ninety percent of the retailers require photo ID and a signature.
If I Google "ten reasons to buy the next version of Microsoft Windows" will it give me similar results as Googleing "French military victories"?
A. If the DOJ get it's subpoena for the search of child pornography then that is all they can search for. Any information that is gathered on drug smuggling, stock fraud or any other crime can't be used as evidence. Our friends at the DOJ must get another subpoena for that and on it's own merits AND the DOJ knows this. It is there job.
B. By standing up to the Government and for there rights Google is setting the standard. Were Google to just hand over anything the DOJ wants they might as well be saying The next time you need a B.J. Just come on over here.
C. Last, but not least. When Google make them get a subpoena when the case is all over and nothing is found those file must be sealed and put away. So if Google does get caught up in another legal problem they can't be blindsided by the ghosts of good citizenships of the past.
This is getting confusing.
Rights, does that ring a bell?
Looks like Microsoft is trying to patch there image.
I support the troops and I feel a lot more comfortable having cute little OS in charge that lets say an OS with a questionable reputation.