Agreed. I used to do the same thing. Wake up at 6AM so I can catch the show before I went to elementary school. Maybe he did spark my interests in Science, no idea but I am a ECE now.
In my experience with charge backs, leaving them and receiving them, Paypal for the most part take a long time to investigate the problem. 90 days to resolve an issue that should only take around a week is too much. But I feel in most cases of fraud, paypal has helped me out. As a seller, you run a risk when you deal with unverified and unconfirmed addressed ebayers. This is why Paypal will not give you seller protection when you sell an item to these people. Because of fraud, alot of seller will not accept payments from people other confirmed and verified paypal users. I try not to buy from people with low feedback, and with alot of negative feedback, its just asking for trouble. Most of these new auction listings claiming expensive items for cheap, they are usually hacked ebay accounts. You can notice this if the seller is listing there email address everywhere for payment. For international buyers, make them use bidpay or western union.
Though I wish eBay would make more of an effort to stop scams. This month alone I have paid over $1000+ USD for auction listings and fees. Paypal around the same. They have plenty of money to dish out to prevent it. But they are slow and apathetic.
There is an option on ebay that allows you to see shipping price on the main listing page along with the selling prices.
If an item that actually sells for 12 dollars ebay and the shipping is 3 dollars, some people will list it that way. Others will list it as 1 dollar for the item and 14 dollars for shipping, thats because ebay does not charge you fees on shipping, but on the item alone. Sellers save a lot of money on seller fees doing this.
A deal on ebay is not just the cost of the item, but the item + shipping, if not you can get just get it somewhere else.
If sex lasted 2 minutes and 34 seconds, would i be charged up to 3 or would i get a discount and be brought down to 2? Atleast then i would be able to screw them over.
I had purchased two of these harddrives before, however something after a few months, and one of the harddrives did fail. I needed two working computers and could not wait for the long process of RMA to replace my harddrive. I went out a bought another one because that was pretty much my only option. Companies know that many people would not waste precious time to get an RMA for a product, and its really bad tactic to bring about consumer trust. I mean, how can you wait 6-8 weeks when you are running a company, you need your equipment to work and it really sucks to lose data. I would expect such things from IBM, but i havent purchased an ibm harddrive since then.
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It is apparent that many people do use cell phones a lot. I mean, its convient then going to a payphone. Anyone can contact you anywhere in the world (if you have a good signal), but people use them too much. They should do more of a push to use SMS and it would solve the problem with people talking too much.
I was using Knoppix the other day, and i mean, it has come a long way, so has linux. 5 mins and boot into linux on the go? could you do that with windows? im not sure if you could, but just having that ability is great. IBM seems like a leader in the movement to convert to linux, but i know that dell has a linux developement unit. I mean, if IBM changes the world thinks about opearting systems (or atleast the ones that use windows), then maybe we freed from the grip of microsoft.
Ever since i've watched the movie, i had a feeling that something like that in the movie (were synaptic software source code was released to the world) was going to happen to Microsoft. It its just weird, that its like dejavu, that nothing can be completley secure, for every lock there is a key, and it just proves that anything possible. Now all we need to do is figure out who Microsoft had to kill to get their hands on "their" source code.
I mean, this kid could have it all, and he got a penny compared to all the money that microsoft is worth. He should of atleast asked for something more expensive. Who needs MCSE when you can have your own private spaceship.
force the sender of an e-mail to pay up when an e-mail was rejected as spam
I mean, if the mail is rejected, and they are charged a penny for each email sent, when we talk about millions of spam emails, thats a good chunk of change. So will Microsoft be getting this money, or will the consumer getting it for all the trouble they have been through. I doubt we will get anything.
One of my friends used MSN for 1 year after his 6 month trial period was over because the software that Microsoft put on his computer had exploits. He had free quality dial-up service without even paying a dime. If this one person is able to figure out this exploit, imagine how many other people are doing this. MSN loses money because it can't protect against illicit use.
That they are going to get rid of the RoboLAB compontent of their mindstorm kit? I for one use the RSX based on the Mindstorm module for my engineering class in college and it is a useful tool in understanding construction and programming, helping students realize how difficult it is to make prototypes of products. It also helps others understand key concepts of reverse engineering and construction. They are also amazing, and so much fun.
Would you not pay 5 dollars a month, or something along those lines for true mobility? Imagine being somewhere in your town or city and you have to access the internet for business, social, educational purposes. Rather then using your GSRM on your phone (which is extremly slow), you could use your laptop to access a hide speed connection. I for one would pay for such a connection, even if it wasn't free.
First of all, the reason they said "Lakh" instead of "Hundred Thousand" is becasue the article was in an Indain based newspaper. Lakh (Hundred Thousand) and Crore "Ten Million) are indian finacial jargon that has been used for many decades. People also use it when they talk about numerical values other then money. My father still uses Lakh's when he speaks about numerical values and not Hundred Thousand. It part of their culture.
If they can use GPS to estimate the speed of horses, then the same techology can be easily used to estimate the speed of cars.
Current GPS software in cars are able to monitor the velocity and direction of movement of a vehicle. However, most software that comes with GPS modules for consumer cars do not have this software available for consumer use.
Until someone decides to make a computer that will fix every single damn error and problematic situation, we should all just boot linux off a cd. It solves every problem.
Forget them. If you aren't able to put a computer toghether yourself, instead of buying a cheap suitable Dell or Compaq computer for your internet and basic needs, just go buy an extremely overpriced IBM T40P.
Many people have said this before and will continue to say it many times again. Once again, you must realize that it is a review, and it might have a slanted view that might be diffrent from your own, hence the opinion. Reading a review and then making your own judgments on a product is so much more educational then just ranting about the guy not knowing what he is talking about [even though he might not].
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Agreed. I used to do the same thing. Wake up at 6AM so I can catch the show before I went to elementary school. Maybe he did spark my interests in Science, no idea but I am a ECE now.
I think they are doing this just because they want some money. Isn't NJ in a huge deficit?
In my experience with charge backs, leaving them and receiving them, Paypal for the most part take a long time to investigate the problem. 90 days to resolve an issue that should only take around a week is too much. But I feel in most cases of fraud, paypal has helped me out. As a seller, you run a risk when you deal with unverified and unconfirmed addressed ebayers. This is why Paypal will not give you seller protection when you sell an item to these people. Because of fraud, alot of seller will not accept payments from people other confirmed and verified paypal users. I try not to buy from people with low feedback, and with alot of negative feedback, its just asking for trouble. Most of these new auction listings claiming expensive items for cheap, they are usually hacked ebay accounts. You can notice this if the seller is listing there email address everywhere for payment. For international buyers, make them use bidpay or western union. Though I wish eBay would make more of an effort to stop scams. This month alone I have paid over $1000+ USD for auction listings and fees. Paypal around the same. They have plenty of money to dish out to prevent it. But they are slow and apathetic.
In the states, i know that right now that Verizon is rolling out fiber optic connections. At 50 USD, I have a 15 Mbps download, 2 Mbps upload.
There is an option on ebay that allows you to see shipping price on the main listing page along with the selling prices. If an item that actually sells for 12 dollars ebay and the shipping is 3 dollars, some people will list it that way. Others will list it as 1 dollar for the item and 14 dollars for shipping, thats because ebay does not charge you fees on shipping, but on the item alone. Sellers save a lot of money on seller fees doing this. A deal on ebay is not just the cost of the item, but the item + shipping, if not you can get just get it somewhere else.
If sex lasted 2 minutes and 34 seconds, would i be charged up to 3 or would i get a discount and be brought down to 2? Atleast then i would be able to screw them over.
I had purchased two of these harddrives before, however something after a few months, and one of the harddrives did fail. I needed two working computers and could not wait for the long process of RMA to replace my harddrive. I went out a bought another one because that was pretty much my only option. Companies know that many people would not waste precious time to get an RMA for a product, and its really bad tactic to bring about consumer trust. I mean, how can you wait 6-8 weeks when you are running a company, you need your equipment to work and it really sucks to lose data. I would expect such things from IBM, but i havent purchased an ibm harddrive since then.
It is apparent that many people do use cell phones a lot. I mean, its convient then going to a payphone. Anyone can contact you anywhere in the world (if you have a good signal), but people use them too much. They should do more of a push to use SMS and it would solve the problem with people talking too much.
I was using Knoppix the other day, and i mean, it has come a long way, so has linux. 5 mins and boot into linux on the go? could you do that with windows? im not sure if you could, but just having that ability is great. IBM seems like a leader in the movement to convert to linux, but i know that dell has a linux developement unit. I mean, if IBM changes the world thinks about opearting systems (or atleast the ones that use windows), then maybe we freed from the grip of microsoft.
Ever since i've watched the movie, i had a feeling that something like that in the movie (were synaptic software source code was released to the world) was going to happen to Microsoft. It its just weird, that its like dejavu, that nothing can be completley secure, for every lock there is a key, and it just proves that anything possible. Now all we need to do is figure out who Microsoft had to kill to get their hands on "their" source code.
i think the ratio depends on the tech school. at polytechnic university, it's around 19:1. i guess the women don't like the idea of a sausage-fest.
I mean, this kid could have it all, and he got a penny compared to all the money that microsoft is worth. He should of atleast asked for something more expensive. Who needs MCSE when you can have your own private spaceship.
force the sender of an e-mail to pay up when an e-mail was rejected as spam I mean, if the mail is rejected, and they are charged a penny for each email sent, when we talk about millions of spam emails, thats a good chunk of change. So will Microsoft be getting this money, or will the consumer getting it for all the trouble they have been through. I doubt we will get anything.
but the fact of the matter is that most of them don't know how to use it. Then they ask their boyfriends, husbands, or friends for help with them.
I knew the goverment was gathering information on consumers as soon as grocery stores introduced no-clip coupon cards. I say ban the cards.
One of my friends used MSN for 1 year after his 6 month trial period was over because the software that Microsoft put on his computer had exploits. He had free quality dial-up service without even paying a dime. If this one person is able to figure out this exploit, imagine how many other people are doing this. MSN loses money because it can't protect against illicit use.
That they are going to get rid of the RoboLAB compontent of their mindstorm kit? I for one use the RSX based on the Mindstorm module for my engineering class in college and it is a useful tool in understanding construction and programming, helping students realize how difficult it is to make prototypes of products. It also helps others understand key concepts of reverse engineering and construction. They are also amazing, and so much fun.
Would you not pay 5 dollars a month, or something along those lines for true mobility? Imagine being somewhere in your town or city and you have to access the internet for business, social, educational purposes. Rather then using your GSRM on your phone (which is extremly slow), you could use your laptop to access a hide speed connection. I for one would pay for such a connection, even if it wasn't free.
First of all, the reason they said "Lakh" instead of "Hundred Thousand" is becasue the article was in an Indain based newspaper. Lakh (Hundred Thousand) and Crore "Ten Million) are indian finacial jargon that has been used for many decades. People also use it when they talk about numerical values other then money. My father still uses Lakh's when he speaks about numerical values and not Hundred Thousand. It part of their culture.
Remember when everything was simple, no color monitor, simple keyboard layout etc. Back then, my Tandy3000 and I could take on the world.
If they can use GPS to estimate the speed of horses, then the same techology can be easily used to estimate the speed of cars. Current GPS software in cars are able to monitor the velocity and direction of movement of a vehicle. However, most software that comes with GPS modules for consumer cars do not have this software available for consumer use.
Until someone decides to make a computer that will fix every single damn error and problematic situation, we should all just boot linux off a cd. It solves every problem.
Forget them. If you aren't able to put a computer toghether yourself, instead of buying a cheap suitable Dell or Compaq computer for your internet and basic needs, just go buy an extremely overpriced IBM T40P.
Good way to avoid doing work without the boss knowing.
Many people have said this before and will continue to say it many times again. Once again, you must realize that it is a review, and it might have a slanted view that might be diffrent from your own, hence the opinion. Reading a review and then making your own judgments on a product is so much more educational then just ranting about the guy not knowing what he is talking about [even though he might not].