Actually only if he wasn't informed a store can have a policy to refuse $100 bills or whatever bills they want. Or say we don't accept denominations greater than $20 bills. You can refuse any kind of currency you want before the transaction happens. The Coinage Act does not apply to personal businesses and people.
But since this was an outstanding debt, they had to take them. You have a right to pay off a debt with any currency you wish.
I was going to make that as part of my point. But, they could also make a law that says you can't have unregistered cars on your proprty. Which would force you to have your modified car inspected. They shouldn't be able to stop you from modding your gaming system. But, you should be held accountable for downloading, or buing pirated software.
Possession and use of these devices should not be enough to constitute an illegal act. You should also have to be caught in possession of pirated games. Just like having a fistful of dollars at a door of a known prostitute isn't enough to be arrested for soliciting sex, you have to be caught making the proposal.
As a rule of thumb, NWS forecast are generally failry accurate up to 3 days out. Of course not always, but generally they are right in terms of general conditions. There just isn't enough data to accurately predict weather more than 3 days out.
No, we shouldn't have to pay for this service. Accu-Weather is even worse than the NWS at what they do. Not only does Accu-Weather use free data for their radars, they don't predict their own weather. No matter what they say, they just dissemeinate the NWS forecasts. Maybe with a number adjusted here and there. Basically what they want is to charge not only for data, that we pay for, but for a forecast that wasn't made by them to begin with. That was made by a NWS forecaster, that we pay the salary of, using the same data that Accu-Weather gets, that we paid for, using equipment, that we paid for. Stupid...
The past year working for my brother in law has taught me a lot of things. You can count on anyone who owns a business no matter big or small to have a good chance to become the most miserable people you know.
This Accu-Weather fellow is a lot like my brother in law. My brother in law has no respect for anyone but himself and his business. He would walk over anyone to save or make a dollar. Example: He found it conveneint to stop paying me and only pay his providers because he "doesn't have the money right now to pay me", when by law he has to pay me first. Then make comments that businesses shouldn't have to do that after I threatened to call the DOL. Then he made a promise to pay up, and to keep paying just so I'd would write additional programs for him so he can start his new business then it ends up he was just using me with no intention of paying my due funds. He also made it convenient to not to keep the records of hours. So I'll have a hard time collecting because records no longer exist.
Accu-Weather is no different than my brother in law. Another company that doesn't see beyond itself, and feels that it has a supposed right to exist no matter what. So, we should give up our right to freedom of information to placate this bozo. You can boil this whole situation down to these simple statements.
1. - Company wants the public to pay for goods that were previously free, and to pay more for existing goods.
2. - The public now needs to earn more money to pay for goods and services. They demand more pay from their employer.
3. - Employers and corpaoration like Accu-Weather and my brother in law's business feel they shouldn't have to shell out more money so they send labor overseas.
It's amazing the way corporations operate. They feel like they have a right to exist forever. I went to college to major in meteorology to begin with, I ended up in CS, but all my friends who graduated agree with me, that Accu-Weather products are not good to begin with. For a company that is freely given everything it needs to create state of the art forecasting products. Thay sure do a horrible job. It's just a rehash of the NWS forecast. Which are not good to begin with either. I live in Pittsburgh right now and the one station that uses Accu-Weather by far delivers the worst weather forcast out of all Pittsburgh stations. With the NWS having the ability to deliver better data and products to the consumer, companies like Accu-Weather are no longer useful.
They lost, they were in a business of packaging public data. They are no longer relevent. They should've had a contigency plan. They knew very well going into this that using a service provided by public funds can't work forever. It'd be like Microsoft Windows becoming irrelevent by a better operating system like Linux. Or better yet, an entirely new innovative system of operating a computer that renders Windows obsolete. Barring their other products, Microsoft would feel it has a right to exist, and that steps need to be taken to keep innovation down to ensure that their product is the lone product out there. If that happened and Microsoft would go out of business because of it. Then oh well, you lost, get out of the game, you're no longer needed.
It's amazing the way a corporation thinks. I've learned how stupid and backward these people think first hand. A business should no longer be treated as if it were a person and more as a thing run by a person. I'm tired of people like my brother in law who is so far to the right he makes Bush look like a centrist. Whatever happened to common sense?
Sorry if my rant makes no sense or is enfuriating to anyone. I'm just sick of my situation and the way things are run in this country. I could ramble aimlessly all day about these sort of things I'm so tired of it.
I went to a school in Vermont, a fairly small school at that. I worked for the IT department there. We implemented much the same system. But once bad activity was detected, the first step was to actually send a tech out to the wiring closet for the dorm of the infected computer and unplug that connection. Only because it was fun. We could've done that remotely. Then the user had to call us once they realized they were down. We had better things to do than to call these people.
A system of authenticating for patches and installed software doesn't work. First off it takes a lot longer to implement than just informing people of what they need to do, and the consequences of not doing so. First off preperation takes way too long. When you have real projects you need to work on and so few people and resources. Secondly, you have to get to all the students to make sure they do this. Then every year you have a fresh crop of new computers coming into the network, already infected. It's a lose-lose situation.
That is where our policies came in. We realize that this is a losing battle and that this is the best solution. So our policy was, we don't care what you do, how you are doing it. If you use too much bandwidth, you're done. We take no responsibility for infections to your computer. So, if the network happens to be bogged by a virus attack, that's tough crap. That was it, very simple. Guess what, there were few problems.
I've used both Comcast and Dish Network, in fact, I'm using both right now. Dish or DirectTVs digital channels are far clearer with almost no artifats in the picture. For instance, TechTV. On Comcast TechTV has artifacting out the wazoo. The bug on the screen looks like a puzzle that was put together wrong. On Dish, the picture is nearly clear.
You should have few problems with the weather. You'll probabl-i lose your signal far fewer times than the cables goes out. If your Dish is mounted well, it won't be a problem. I remember the satellite installer telling me that there only needs to be 70% signal to have a picture. The picture shouldn't change at any signal level. So, either you have a clear picture or nothing. Our satellite has not gone out in several months mostly even with all the snow storms. It is actually not the clouds overhead that cause the signal loss the most. It's storms approaching or going through the signal path from a distance that make signal go out easier.
Personally I would buy a standalone DVR like a TiVo. You can upgrade and replace the hard drive in it if you choose to. Well, if you're into hacking that is. I don't know how often the satellite or cable company will give you upgraded ones if you feel the need to upgrade.
Also, if you plan on getting a HDTV sometime in the future. Doing research I found that cable companies also compress that signal a little. Dish does not do that. We have HDTV and we did notice that on cable the picture had some artifacing during HD programming. Barely noticable, but it was there.
Programming, the only thing I will miss once the cable goes is the International Channel, the talk shows are hillarious. You get far more interesting channels on a satellite that cable just doesn't have. Comcast here has TechTV, and so does Dish and DirecTV. But Comcast has it in their highest digital tier. That costs $65/month! TechTV on Dish Network comes in the America's 120 pack. That's $35/month. The 180 pack is $45/month. and their give you a 1, 2 or 3 room setup for free. The programming pakages from Dish and DirecTV are virtually identical. Check out their sites and your cable company's site and compare them. I my opinion Satellite ends up costing about as much as cable in the long run. With programming charges for your receivers and whatnot.
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Actually only if he wasn't informed a store can have a policy to refuse $100 bills or whatever bills they want. Or say we don't accept denominations greater than $20 bills. You can refuse any kind of currency you want before the transaction happens. The Coinage Act does not apply to personal businesses and people. But since this was an outstanding debt, they had to take them. You have a right to pay off a debt with any currency you wish.
I was going to make that as part of my point. But, they could also make a law that says you can't have unregistered cars on your proprty. Which would force you to have your modified car inspected. They shouldn't be able to stop you from modding your gaming system. But, you should be held accountable for downloading, or buing pirated software. Possession and use of these devices should not be enough to constitute an illegal act. You should also have to be caught in possession of pirated games. Just like having a fistful of dollars at a door of a known prostitute isn't enough to be arrested for soliciting sex, you have to be caught making the proposal.
As a rule of thumb, NWS forecast are generally failry accurate up to 3 days out. Of course not always, but generally they are right in terms of general conditions. There just isn't enough data to accurately predict weather more than 3 days out. No, we shouldn't have to pay for this service. Accu-Weather is even worse than the NWS at what they do. Not only does Accu-Weather use free data for their radars, they don't predict their own weather. No matter what they say, they just dissemeinate the NWS forecasts. Maybe with a number adjusted here and there. Basically what they want is to charge not only for data, that we pay for, but for a forecast that wasn't made by them to begin with. That was made by a NWS forecaster, that we pay the salary of, using the same data that Accu-Weather gets, that we paid for, using equipment, that we paid for. Stupid...
The past year working for my brother in law has taught me a lot of things. You can count on anyone who owns a business no matter big or small to have a good chance to become the most miserable people you know.
This Accu-Weather fellow is a lot like my brother in law. My brother in law has no respect for anyone but himself and his business. He would walk over anyone to save or make a dollar. Example: He found it conveneint to stop paying me and only pay his providers because he "doesn't have the money right now to pay me", when by law he has to pay me first. Then make comments that businesses shouldn't have to do that after I threatened to call the DOL. Then he made a promise to pay up, and to keep paying just so I'd would write additional programs for him so he can start his new business then it ends up he was just using me with no intention of paying my due funds. He also made it convenient to not to keep the records of hours. So I'll have a hard time collecting because records no longer exist.
Accu-Weather is no different than my brother in law. Another company that doesn't see beyond itself, and feels that it has a supposed right to exist no matter what. So, we should give up our right to freedom of information to placate this bozo. You can boil this whole situation down to these simple statements.
1. - Company wants the public to pay for goods that were previously free, and to pay more for existing goods.
2. - The public now needs to earn more money to pay for goods and services. They demand more pay from their employer.
3. - Employers and corpaoration like Accu-Weather and my brother in law's business feel they shouldn't have to shell out more money so they send labor overseas.
It's amazing the way corporations operate. They feel like they have a right to exist forever. I went to college to major in meteorology to begin with, I ended up in CS, but all my friends who graduated agree with me, that Accu-Weather products are not good to begin with. For a company that is freely given everything it needs to create state of the art forecasting products. Thay sure do a horrible job. It's just a rehash of the NWS forecast. Which are not good to begin with either. I live in Pittsburgh right now and the one station that uses Accu-Weather by far delivers the worst weather forcast out of all Pittsburgh stations. With the NWS having the ability to deliver better data and products to the consumer, companies like Accu-Weather are no longer useful.
They lost, they were in a business of packaging public data. They are no longer relevent. They should've had a contigency plan. They knew very well going into this that using a service provided by public funds can't work forever. It'd be like Microsoft Windows becoming irrelevent by a better operating system like Linux. Or better yet, an entirely new innovative system of operating a computer that renders Windows obsolete. Barring their other products, Microsoft would feel it has a right to exist, and that steps need to be taken to keep innovation down to ensure that their product is the lone product out there. If that happened and Microsoft would go out of business because of it. Then oh well, you lost, get out of the game, you're no longer needed.
It's amazing the way a corporation thinks. I've learned how stupid and backward these people think first hand. A business should no longer be treated as if it were a person and more as a thing run by a person. I'm tired of people like my brother in law who is so far to the right he makes Bush look like a centrist. Whatever happened to common sense?
Sorry if my rant makes no sense or is enfuriating to anyone. I'm just sick of my situation and the way things are run in this country. I could ramble aimlessly all day about these sort of things I'm so tired of it.
I went to a school in Vermont, a fairly small school at that. I worked for the IT department there. We implemented much the same system. But once bad activity was detected, the first step was to actually send a tech out to the wiring closet for the dorm of the infected computer and unplug that connection. Only because it was fun. We could've done that remotely. Then the user had to call us once they realized they were down. We had better things to do than to call these people. A system of authenticating for patches and installed software doesn't work. First off it takes a lot longer to implement than just informing people of what they need to do, and the consequences of not doing so. First off preperation takes way too long. When you have real projects you need to work on and so few people and resources. Secondly, you have to get to all the students to make sure they do this. Then every year you have a fresh crop of new computers coming into the network, already infected. It's a lose-lose situation. That is where our policies came in. We realize that this is a losing battle and that this is the best solution. So our policy was, we don't care what you do, how you are doing it. If you use too much bandwidth, you're done. We take no responsibility for infections to your computer. So, if the network happens to be bogged by a virus attack, that's tough crap. That was it, very simple. Guess what, there were few problems.
I've used both Comcast and Dish Network, in fact, I'm using both right now. Dish or DirectTVs digital channels are far clearer with almost no artifats in the picture. For instance, TechTV. On Comcast TechTV has artifacting out the wazoo. The bug on the screen looks like a puzzle that was put together wrong. On Dish, the picture is nearly clear. You should have few problems with the weather. You'll probabl-i lose your signal far fewer times than the cables goes out. If your Dish is mounted well, it won't be a problem. I remember the satellite installer telling me that there only needs to be 70% signal to have a picture. The picture shouldn't change at any signal level. So, either you have a clear picture or nothing. Our satellite has not gone out in several months mostly even with all the snow storms. It is actually not the clouds overhead that cause the signal loss the most. It's storms approaching or going through the signal path from a distance that make signal go out easier. Personally I would buy a standalone DVR like a TiVo. You can upgrade and replace the hard drive in it if you choose to. Well, if you're into hacking that is. I don't know how often the satellite or cable company will give you upgraded ones if you feel the need to upgrade. Also, if you plan on getting a HDTV sometime in the future. Doing research I found that cable companies also compress that signal a little. Dish does not do that. We have HDTV and we did notice that on cable the picture had some artifacing during HD programming. Barely noticable, but it was there. Programming, the only thing I will miss once the cable goes is the International Channel, the talk shows are hillarious. You get far more interesting channels on a satellite that cable just doesn't have. Comcast here has TechTV, and so does Dish and DirecTV. But Comcast has it in their highest digital tier. That costs $65/month! TechTV on Dish Network comes in the America's 120 pack. That's $35/month. The 180 pack is $45/month. and their give you a 1, 2 or 3 room setup for free. The programming pakages from Dish and DirecTV are virtually identical. Check out their sites and your cable company's site and compare them. I my opinion Satellite ends up costing about as much as cable in the long run. With programming charges for your receivers and whatnot.