Hey even in Voyager they realized the good old buttons and switches were a good thing.
On the other hand... From Rick and Morty, Season 3, Episode 1: The Rickshank Rickdemption:
Teleportation Worker Rick: Hey, whoa, whoa! What are you doing in here? This area's for teleporting the entire Citadel to somewhere else using only buttons and dials.
Commander in Chief Rick/Rick: Yeah, well, it's a bad idea to have it designed that way then, isn't it?
In addition, if you're denied credit or a loan, you're entitled to a free report from the credit bureau that supplied the information used for the decision. If there is erroneous information, you can dispute it (in writing) and the bureau will attach that to your report. Not sure to what extent they will investigate.
For general information, for those that don't know, you're entitled to one free report from each of the three credit bureau every twelve months. A good strategy is to request a report from a different one every four months - as most (all?) of the information should be same across them. This can be done through the following website or via the phone or snail mail (also below).
3 years ago the company responsible for approving credit for all Americans...
Technically, Equifax and the other credit bureaus don't approve credit to anyone, they simply provide a centralized source for credit information. Individual lenders make approval decisions based on this information - which is available to, and can be challenged by, the borrower.
Amazon is making an explicit play to be the home hub because it can automatically discover and set up lights, locks, plugs, and switches without the need for additional hubs or apps.
Better shield your Bluetooth and WiFi enabled vibrators people.
TFA has photo of the watch with other, presumably, daily-carry items, including a Kodak Instamatic 100 camera from 1963 and cheap LED palm light. Cutting-edge tech all around I see.
First of all, do not leave your iPhone in direct sunlight. It'll kill it. Second, don't immerse it in water—not even to clean it. But the most important rule—the rule you can never forget—no matter how much it buzzes, no matter how red the charge indicator is, never charge it after midnight.
With iTunes, for instance, they have been unable to fix the most mind-boggling problem with its core functionality - playing music - that on occasion it stops playing music in the middle of a track and skips to the next one.
Maybe iTunes just doesn't like your taste in music and it's looking for something better. Wait until iTunes merges with Skynet.
NextRadio demands to know where you are so it can... "look up" local radio stations, before it will allow you to use the tuner to find your own. It makes you go through two opt-out pop-ups just to keep it from tracking you using GPS, and then sits at a "zip code" entry page with no way past.
It is probably not a good choice for FM tuner in an emergency, since the network will be down and it won't be able to look up stations for you.
Previously the app only provided FM usage. Looks like the app has been updated in version 4 to add a streaming mode and use more data in FM mode. In streaming mode, it works like any other streaming app. In FM mode, there are now two levels of functionality: enhanced and basic. When a data connection is available (WiFi or mobile) it uses some data to get your location, local station information and download tiles of the current songs playing. Without a data connection it is simply a manual FM tuner.
Previously there was only enhanced FM and basic FM - I've only used basic before the version 4 updates. I just tried the updated version and am less pleased. Sorry for the confusion and that the app has been updated like this.
So I turned off WiFi and Mobile data, and the stations stopped dead. This fucker was ***STREAMING*** audio to my phone over a data connection, not using the FM tuner. Also, for some reason, it needs access to your files and photos.
Previously the app only provided FM usage. Looks like the app has been updated in version 4 to add a streaming mode and use more data in FM mode. In streaming mode, it works like any other streaming app. In FM mode, there are now two levels of functionality: enhanced and basic. When a data connection is available (WiFi or mobile) it uses some data to get your location, local station information and download tiles of the current songs playing. Without a data connection it is simply a manual FM tuner.
Previously there was only enhanced FM and basic FM - I've only used basic before the version 4 updates. I just tried the updated version and am less pleased. Sorry for the confusion, and that the app has been updated like this.
Tell Samsung, Tell Pixel, Tell Motorola, tell ALL the smartphone manufactures to turn on the FM radio chip so i can at least get local broadcast FM radio music, news and weather
Many of those devices already to have their FM radios enabled, but lack software to drive them. I use the free NextRadio app on my Kyocera Hydro Vibe and it works great. It uses the headphone wire as an antenna, so they (or a speaker) must be plugged it, but you can also output through the built-in speaker.
Here's the official list of supported devices. Note that my device wasn't listed when I first installed the app, but it worked anyway. I sent some feed back telling them it worked and my device is now listed.
IKEA furniture isn't that difficult to put together. You just need to take your time, follow the directions and try not to misplace any of the small parts.
And sort all the parts into separate piles and count the parts *before* you start assembly.
(Ya, seems obvious but people seem to get that confused with "oblivious" all the time.)
Someone should tell these people that sticking random punctuation into your brand names is a fad that died long ago.
Actually, the first thing I thought of was the fictional '80s band "Pop!" (yes, spelled that way) from the movie Music and Lyrics. So... point well given.:-)
I do not know about your debit card, but mine is my bank issued Visa card (e.g. no fee). So as to consumer protection...... the same.
Technically the protections are the same for a credit and debit card. The difference the GP points out, and he/she is correct, is that you can dispute a fraudulent CC transaction *before* you actually pay that bill whereas with a debit card the money is already gone from your account and you must request that it be returned. These are not the same thing. In addition, (a) you get a float on your money with a CC and (b) a credit card influences your credit history - which is a good thing, if you pay it off - while a debt card does not.
If you have a no-fee CC and pay it off every month, there's absolutely no reason to have/use a debit card.
They already offer this for a fee, so I'm wondering why it's going to take them 4 months to lower the price to $0.
Other than ripping you off for flipping some bits, I think they use the fee to help verify that it's you - or at least your credit card (that you specify) - locking the account. Removing that from the equation will require them adding something else in the verification process. Perhaps still requiring a CC but w/o actually placing a charge on it, but then the actual CC owner wouldn't see anything. Just a guess.
I froze all my accounts back in 2011 and there was a $10 fee at each of the three credit bureaus that I charged to my CC.
That won't necessarily get rid of your credit-bureau record(s). Sure the closed credit accounts and paid-off loans will expire off your record after, I think, seven years, but your personal information will remain, probably, forever.
About 9 percent of all tweets today are exactly 140 characters, Twitter says. It's tough to do that on accident, suggesting that users frequently have to edit their initial thoughts to get them under the limit.
Believe me, most people need to edit more not less.
It also builds in the Pocket bookmarking service... A screenshot tool...
Okay, as long as I can still disable them and any predictive DNS queries and page pre-loading/fetching and any other crap -- I mean *features* -- I'll never use or don't want leaking my browsing habits.
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Hey even in Voyager they realized the good old buttons and switches were a good thing.
On the other hand... From Rick and Morty, Season 3, Episode 1: The Rickshank Rickdemption:
Teleportation Worker Rick: Hey, whoa, whoa! What are you doing in here? This area's for teleporting the entire Citadel to somewhere else using only buttons and dials.
Commander in Chief Rick/Rick: Yeah, well, it's a bad idea to have it designed that way then, isn't it?
And after they pay you for your information, is it theirs to do whatever they want? Seems like it should be so, since they just bought it from you.
In addition, if you're denied credit or a loan, you're entitled to a free report from the credit bureau that supplied the information used for the decision. If there is erroneous information, you can dispute it (in writing) and the bureau will attach that to your report. Not sure to what extent they will investigate.
For general information, for those that don't know, you're entitled to one free report from each of the three credit bureau every twelve months. A good strategy is to request a report from a different one every four months - as most (all?) of the information should be same across them. This can be done through the following website or via the phone or snail mail (also below).
Main: https://www.annualcreditreport...
Getting Your Credit Reports: https://www.annualcreditreport...
(lists phone and U.S. mail info)
3 years ago the company responsible for approving credit for all Americans ...
Technically, Equifax and the other credit bureaus don't approve credit to anyone, they simply provide a centralized source for credit information. Individual lenders make approval decisions based on this information - which is available to, and can be challenged by, the borrower.
That the brain is approximately like jello in texture.
Yes, but it's healthier to eat; no artificial colours and fewer sweeteners.
It's good brain food. :-)
Is there a list of his "past initiatives & intentions"?
#27: Proposed Verizon slogan: "Can you fear me now?"
What the fuck is cortana? Sounds like some sort of butthole disorder.
It's a cream or ointment you can get for itching and hives. Usually comes in .5% and 1% strengths.
it can still be jammed
That's why the USN has started teaching Old School navigation methods again.
How old school? Sextants, paper and pencil or "Alexa? ..."
It's all fun and games until a ship runs aground or collides with something, and an eye gets poked out
Don't some weapons use GPS for, at least, some navigation? If so, then now there's now an exclusion area.
Amazon is making an explicit play to be the home hub because it can automatically discover and set up lights, locks, plugs, and switches without the need for additional hubs or apps.
Better shield your Bluetooth and WiFi enabled vibrators people.
50,000 people a year die on American roads, yet people still use them.
Everyone that has ever died was an habitual breather, yet people still keep on breathing - the fools. :-)
TFA has photo of the watch with other, presumably, daily-carry items, including a Kodak Instamatic 100 camera from 1963 and cheap LED palm light. Cutting-edge tech all around I see.
First of all, do not leave your iPhone in direct sunlight. It'll kill it. Second, don't immerse it in water—not even to clean it. But the most important rule—the rule you can never forget—no matter how much it buzzes, no matter how red the charge indicator is, never charge it after midnight.
The rules for Fight Club were simpler.
With iTunes, for instance, they have been unable to fix the most mind-boggling problem with its core functionality - playing music - that on occasion it stops playing music in the middle of a track and skips to the next one.
Maybe iTunes just doesn't like your taste in music and it's looking for something better. Wait until iTunes merges with Skynet.
I use the free NextRadio app
NextRadio demands to know where you are so it can ... "look up" local radio stations, before it will allow you to use the tuner to find your own. It makes you go through two opt-out pop-ups just to keep it from tracking you using GPS, and then sits at a "zip code" entry page with no way past.
It is probably not a good choice for FM tuner in an emergency, since the network will be down and it won't be able to look up stations for you.
Previously the app only provided FM usage. Looks like the app has been updated in version 4 to add a streaming mode and use more data in FM mode. In streaming mode, it works like any other streaming app. In FM mode, there are now two levels of functionality: enhanced and basic. When a data connection is available (WiFi or mobile) it uses some data to get your location, local station information and download tiles of the current songs playing. Without a data connection it is simply a manual FM tuner.
Previously there was only enhanced FM and basic FM - I've only used basic before the version 4 updates. I just tried the updated version and am less pleased. Sorry for the confusion and that the app has been updated like this.
So I turned off WiFi and Mobile data, and the stations stopped dead. This fucker was ***STREAMING*** audio to my phone over a data connection, not using the FM tuner. Also, for some reason, it needs access to your files and photos.
Previously the app only provided FM usage. Looks like the app has been updated in version 4 to add a streaming mode and use more data in FM mode. In streaming mode, it works like any other streaming app. In FM mode, there are now two levels of functionality: enhanced and basic. When a data connection is available (WiFi or mobile) it uses some data to get your location, local station information and download tiles of the current songs playing. Without a data connection it is simply a manual FM tuner.
Previously there was only enhanced FM and basic FM - I've only used basic before the version 4 updates. I just tried the updated version and am less pleased. Sorry for the confusion, and that the app has been updated like this.
Tell Samsung, Tell Pixel, Tell Motorola, tell ALL the smartphone manufactures to turn on the FM radio chip so i can at least get local broadcast FM radio music, news and weather
Many of those devices already to have their FM radios enabled, but lack software to drive them. I use the free NextRadio app on my Kyocera Hydro Vibe and it works great. It uses the headphone wire as an antenna, so they (or a speaker) must be plugged it, but you can also output through the built-in speaker.
Here's the official list of supported devices. Note that my device wasn't listed when I first installed the app, but it worked anyway. I sent some feed back telling them it worked and my device is now listed.
IKEA furniture isn't that difficult to put together. You just need to take your time, follow the directions and try not to misplace any of the small parts.
And sort all the parts into separate piles and count the parts *before* you start assembly.
(Ya, seems obvious but people seem to get that confused with "oblivious" all the time.)
Someone should tell these people that sticking random punctuation into your brand names is a fad that died long ago.
Actually, the first thing I thought of was the fictional '80s band "Pop!" (yes, spelled that way) from the movie Music and Lyrics. So... point well given. :-)
I do not know about your debit card, but mine is my bank issued Visa card (e.g. no fee). So as to consumer protection...... the same.
Technically the protections are the same for a credit and debit card. The difference the GP points out, and he/she is correct, is that you can dispute a fraudulent CC transaction *before* you actually pay that bill whereas with a debit card the money is already gone from your account and you must request that it be returned. These are not the same thing. In addition, (a) you get a float on your money with a CC and (b) a credit card influences your credit history - which is a good thing, if you pay it off - while a debt card does not.
If you have a no-fee CC and pay it off every month, there's absolutely no reason to have/use a debit card.
Well they did just fire their CEO, CIO, and CSO, and I'm sure heads did roll in their security group....so that is actually possible.
Actually, I think they "retired". Wouldn't that be a nice option for the rest of us not-rich folks, rather than getting fired, when things go wrong?
They already offer this for a fee, so I'm wondering why it's going to take them 4 months to lower the price to $0.
Other than ripping you off for flipping some bits, I think they use the fee to help verify that it's you - or at least your credit card (that you specify) - locking the account. Removing that from the equation will require them adding something else in the verification process. Perhaps still requiring a CC but w/o actually placing a charge on it, but then the actual CC owner wouldn't see anything. Just a guess.
I froze all my accounts back in 2011 and there was a $10 fee at each of the three credit bureaus that I charged to my CC.
I am in the process of eliminating all credit.
That won't necessarily get rid of your credit-bureau record(s). Sure the closed credit accounts and paid-off loans will expire off your record after, I think, seven years, but your personal information will remain, probably, forever.
About 9 percent of all tweets today are exactly 140 characters, Twitter says. It's tough to do that on accident, suggesting that users frequently have to edit their initial thoughts to get them under the limit.
Believe me, most people need to edit more not less.
It also builds in the Pocket bookmarking service ... A screenshot tool ...
Okay, as long as I can still disable them and any predictive DNS queries and page pre-loading/fetching and any other crap -- I mean *features* -- I'll never use or don't want leaking my browsing habits.