One of our departments here does EDI transactions to debit customer accounts. Not that long ago, they sent a batch through where some of the accounts were duplicates - they'd already been sent the previous time. Result: some customer accounts got debited twice (and some accounts were credited). Not due to an upgrade, just staff error. But it was a clear reminder that many of these systems/processes are not engineered to prevent staff errors and too much still depends on manual steps to be taken.
Anyway...for various reasons, I still like to get my paycheck in my hand in paper form, stop at the bank after work, keep some cash out, and get handed a paper receipt for the rest.
YMAKT...if electronic purchasing fraud occurs, it's better if you've used a credit card than a debit card. Because the latter pulls the money from the account as your purchase clears, it's harder to get disputed amounts credited back.
what's SCO going to do? Sue the whole world? Wait till all the court systems and law offices are running Linux...(of course, some already are)...then what? They won't be able to get a "fair" hearing!:)
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One of our departments here does EDI transactions to debit customer accounts. Not that long ago, they sent a batch through where some of the accounts were duplicates - they'd already been sent the previous time. Result: some customer accounts got debited twice (and some accounts were credited). Not due to an upgrade, just staff error. But it was a clear reminder that many of these systems/processes are not engineered to prevent staff errors and too much still depends on manual steps to be taken. Anyway...for various reasons, I still like to get my paycheck in my hand in paper form, stop at the bank after work, keep some cash out, and get handed a paper receipt for the rest. YMAKT...if electronic purchasing fraud occurs, it's better if you've used a credit card than a debit card. Because the latter pulls the money from the account as your purchase clears, it's harder to get disputed amounts credited back.
what's SCO going to do? Sue the whole world? Wait till all the court systems and law offices are running Linux...(of course, some already are)...then what? They won't be able to get a "fair" hearing! :)