After DishNetwork's crippling of their 501/510 DVR receivers by forcing out botched firmwares, I grew tired of their excuses month after month. So I switched to DirecTV.
Better product, better service, better support. Echostar is starting to fade...quickly.
Ya know, I was 2 semesters shy of graduating college with a degree in CS. Instead, I went to paramedic school, went through the fire academy, and now make more than some of my friends from the CS program, I only work 10 days a month, and I enjoy more job security than I could possible have imagined in IT.
I would take a pay cut to deal with less of the crapola that invariably comes with working for a public safety entity. I also think sometimes that a degree in child psychology would have been a better path had I known from the beginning I would be a firefighter.:)
I love the work I do. And in my down time at the firehouse...I design websites...for fun.
Ahh...on point #2, my apologies, I misunderstood. Somewhere else in the threads, I read about a fella who was able to transfer title and register a car and was never asked for ID. I think he was from Wisconsin....guess his wallet was frozen shut!
As far as papers to travel, I have almost no problems with it. If the authorities want to see my DL, SSN card, laptop, trash can, etc...I don't care. My life is just not that interesting.
Unfortunately, none of those things I have named are going to have an effect on the next airline terrorist. Not that I think many passengers in the US are going to let someone get away with it again.
And yes, if you get one for more than $10k, the IRS gets notified.
That still does not qualify as a background check or a credit check. Along with that, while your logic tutorial is cute, it still does not satisfy how a car dealer broke the law by selling a car without doing a credit check.
Why would you have to use cash to buy a car? I'd use a cashier's check from the bank where my money was kept. That does not have to be reported.
You would most likely only need a credit check if you were FINANCING the purchase. The financing institiution would check your credit score and current finances to see if you were an acceptable risk. Remember, there is a HUGE difference between a credit check and a background check.
And I'm dying to hear your explanation about how a dealer broke the law by selling someone a car. This oughta be good.
I guess installing a window would have solve the dilemma of Schrodinger's cat for us. Did Schrodinger have a hard drive or CD drive? What about his cat? Could you install a window on the cat?
December 2004 - Purchase WD 180 GB HD. Install in Dell Dimension. Sits happily on in desktop machine on desktop. Runs fine until...
March 2005 - Suddenly, loud screeching noise comes from within the tower. Sounds like a mouse got his balls stuck in the CPU fan. WD drive is kaput. Only lost backups. No biggie. Sent off to WD for replacement. Replacement recieved and installed.
September 2005 - Drive saving baby videos and baby pictures (of my most adorable little daughter) and then one day has an identity crisis. It cannot be found by windows. But it can be seen by Knoppix. Begin copying everything like mad off of the disk. Then, the mouse returns and gets his other testicle caught in the fan.
October 2005 - Have sworn off WD as complete crapola. Gave drive to a forensics friend to attempt rescue of remaining videos and baby pictures. Thanks, WD for losing my kid's first six months.
I know...bad boy for no backup, but what are the chances of having two bad drives in 10 months? Apparently with Western Digital drives, its about the same as getting your balls caught in a fan twice in the same time frame.
RIGHT HAND: Hi there, left hand how are you? LEFT HAND: Oh, hello there, what's your name? RIGHT HAND: My name is Right Hand. What are you doing? LEFT HAND: I'm making Cell Phone Traffic Tracking Articles. Are doing something, too? RIGHT HAND: Well, yes I am. I'm making Cell Phone Traffic Tracking Articles, too. I sure wish I knew what you were up to. THIRD HAND: Hi guys, I'm bushed...I've been making Cell Phone Traffic Tracking Articles since dawn. LEFT HAND: Well, it's another day of working for Slashdot. Let's get back to work.
Regardless of who wins this little spat, one person will always come out ahead of where they were. The damned LAWYERS. Win or lose, they get their paycheck. Now, is it really prudent spending taxpayer subsidy dollars to pay lawyers to protect info that they are giving away anyway? Lesseee....take my money, print maps, give me maps, take my money, pay lawyer to say I can't share maps.
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I guess they weren't going to let Barney Miller have his DSL either...Hal Linden's real name was Harold Lipshitz.
After DishNetwork's crippling of their 501/510 DVR receivers by forcing out botched firmwares, I grew tired of their excuses month after month. So I switched to DirecTV.
Better product, better service, better support. Echostar is starting to fade...quickly.
Mousetrap...Mouse...Mousetrap...
I'm going to go out on a limb and say we'll see a fix for the fix by the end of January. So all the iPhone users can get their fix fix fix.
So the Japanese can't even pronouce "Wii"?
They couldn't pronounce Corolla either, but Toyota made millions of them.
George Orwell may eventually be referred to as a prophet. Granted, 1984 is 22 years ago, but "utopia" is running a little behind.
Just remember, no go deed goes unpunished.
Mom get the gift of illness curing cells for live. Dad gets the bill.
Ya know, I was 2 semesters shy of graduating college with a degree in CS. Instead, I went to paramedic school, went through the fire academy, and now make more than some of my friends from the CS program, I only work 10 days a month, and I enjoy more job security than I could possible have imagined in IT.
:)
I would take a pay cut to deal with less of the crapola that invariably comes with working for a public safety entity. I also think sometimes that a degree in child psychology would have been a better path had I known from the beginning I would be a firefighter.
I love the work I do. And in my down time at the firehouse...I design websites...for fun.
The DoJ argument for "unspecified reasons" is quite nice and profound, but lets keep it simple.
Microsoft aims to make more money by selling AV software separately. Period.
George Orwell knew it would come to this...rewriting history as you need it.
Gilmore refused to show ID, so they refused to let hime fly. Had he refused to pay, the consequences would have been the same.
TFA reads to me as Gilmore is an basically attention whore.
Ahh...on point #2, my apologies, I misunderstood. Somewhere else in the threads, I read about a fella who was able to transfer title and register a car and was never asked for ID. I think he was from Wisconsin....guess his wallet was frozen shut!
As far as papers to travel, I have almost no problems with it. If the authorities want to see my DL, SSN card, laptop, trash can, etc...I don't care. My life is just not that interesting.
Unfortunately, none of those things I have named are going to have an effect on the next airline terrorist. Not that I think many passengers in the US are going to let someone get away with it again.
That still does not qualify as a background check or a credit check. Along with that, while your logic tutorial is cute, it still does not satisfy how a car dealer broke the law by selling a car without doing a credit check.
No, it really doesn't....as long as people keep hijacking airplanes with nail clippers, knitting needles, and a 3/16 wrench.
Why would you have to use cash to buy a car? I'd use a cashier's check from the bank where my money was kept. That does not have to be reported.
You would most likely only need a credit check if you were FINANCING the purchase. The financing institiution would check your credit score and current finances to see if you were an acceptable risk. Remember, there is a HUGE difference between a credit check and a background check.
And I'm dying to hear your explanation about how a dealer broke the law by selling someone a car. This oughta be good.
Isn't there already a country that filters all the content that they allow within their borders on the internet? Hmmmm......oh yeah.
Welcome to China!
I'd be more interested in an article detailing the Foot-In-Mouth awards from 2006. As well as a few football scores from next season.
I guess installing a window would have solve the dilemma of Schrodinger's cat for us. Did Schrodinger have a hard drive or CD drive? What about his cat? Could you install a window on the cat?
Make sure all of your TPS reports are in before you leave.
WD = JUNK
December 2004 - Purchase WD 180 GB HD. Install in Dell Dimension. Sits happily on in desktop machine on desktop. Runs fine until...
March 2005 - Suddenly, loud screeching noise comes from within the tower. Sounds like a mouse got his balls stuck in the CPU fan. WD drive is kaput. Only lost backups. No biggie. Sent off to WD for replacement. Replacement recieved and installed.
September 2005 - Drive saving baby videos and baby pictures (of my most adorable little daughter) and then one day has an identity crisis. It cannot be found by windows. But it can be seen by Knoppix. Begin copying everything like mad off of the disk. Then, the mouse returns and gets his other testicle caught in the fan.
October 2005 - Have sworn off WD as complete crapola. Gave drive to a forensics friend to attempt rescue of remaining videos and baby pictures. Thanks, WD for losing my kid's first six months.
I know...bad boy for no backup, but what are the chances of having two bad drives in 10 months? Apparently with Western Digital drives, its about the same as getting your balls caught in a fan twice in the same time frame.
what are you talking about? Tin foil hats stop everything
Actually, red tape has the power to stop logical thought.
RIGHT HAND: Hi there, left hand how are you?
LEFT HAND: Oh, hello there, what's your name?
RIGHT HAND: My name is Right Hand. What are you doing?
LEFT HAND: I'm making Cell Phone Traffic Tracking Articles. Are doing something, too?
RIGHT HAND: Well, yes I am. I'm making Cell Phone Traffic Tracking Articles, too. I sure wish I knew what you were up to.
THIRD HAND: Hi guys, I'm bushed...I've been making Cell Phone Traffic Tracking Articles since dawn.
LEFT HAND: Well, it's another day of working for Slashdot. Let's get back to work.
Regardless of who wins this little spat, one person will always come out ahead of where they were. The damned LAWYERS. Win or lose, they get their paycheck. Now, is it really prudent spending taxpayer subsidy dollars to pay lawyers to protect info that they are giving away anyway? Lesseee....take my money, print maps, give me maps, take my money, pay lawyer to say I can't share maps.
I wish I would have gone to law school.
"...don't be fucktarded enough to steal a phone from a community of phone experts..."
HERE'S YOUR SIGN
So the cat ate the hamster that ate the computer....
What does this tell us about the food chain?
And damn...they even look good doing it. Never once did I see them send their tuxedos into the cleaners!