What is the difference between that technology and the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in Windows XP and some Intel/AMD motherboards? If someone could please clarify I would appreciate it.
It's typical bait-and-swtich. This is very illegal. When I used to work for a major retailer, we were instructed to NEVER do this, and that anyone caught doing it would be terminated immediately.
It's sad to see this happening. They really should be fined heavily and/or shut down by the BBB.
Taken from http://thomashawk.com/2005/12/apology-letter-from- ed-lopez-owner-of.html
An Apology Letter From Ed Lopez, Owner of PriceRitePhoto
I received a call this morning from Ed Lopez, the owner of PriceRitePhoto. We spoke at length and he told me that the activity that has resulted from my post on my experience with his business has most certainly impacted his business. Mr. Lopez told me that he was calling to apologize and that Mr. Philips was going to be terminated at a company board meeting later on this morning. He confirmed to me that they do have the camera in question in stock and although I am not interested in purchasing it from them at this point indicated that he would sell it for me at the advertised price. Subsequently Ed sent me the following email:
"On behalf of Priceritephoto I would like to sincerely apologize for the negative experience that you have experienced with our company. As a company this is not representative of the way we treat our customers. If there is anything that we can do at this point to rectify the situation, please let me know. We have tens of thousands of happy customers who have purchased form us in the past and it is our commitment to give our customers the best value when dealing with us. We are doing a comprehensive review of our company's procedures to ensure that something like this never occurs. We have also terminated Mr. Philips from his position with our company."
Although I do not believe my "Steve Philips experience" was an isolated case by this merchant (and certainly the other testimonials suggest that this is in fact more of a common practice by them), my own personal view is that any retaliation towards this vendor should be channeled through legitimate and legal channels. Although some of the crank phone calls are actually pretty funny I think that it is better to take the high road in this case and to use legitimate resources where they exist, whether reporting them to the comparison pricing services or contacting the Attorney General (as I have done) or reporting them to people like the Better Business Bureau.
I think that the popularity of this story comes in large part because the message resonates so strongly with all of us. Although in a sense it is the classic tale of David and Goliath retold, it is much more than this. We all have at one point or another in our lives been bullied and most of us have been defrauded or ripped off. The fact that so many times in the past there was nothing we could do about it makes us feel all that much better about the fact that in today's internet and blogosphere we actually CAN do something about it.
It is tremendously empowering for all of us to be able to turn the powerlessness that we felt in the past into justice in todays' blogosphere through the help of things like Digg and Slashdot and Boing Boing. And although every rip off does not receive this level of attention, I believe this story in a greater sense is representative of perhaps thousands of rip off experiences that we have all suffered in the past and been able to do nothing about - some directly with this vendor, some directly with New York based camera vendors like this one, and some with just fraudulent internet businesses wherever they happen to be located. Because we in the past have had to live with the bitterness of our own personal frauds, our feelings towards the popularity of this story is that much stronger - as is our desire to retaliate.
This being said, I again would encourage everyone to take the high road with respect to this vendor. I believe that the power of this story and the ultimate outcome, whatever that may be, will carry much more weight if as a public we handle things responsibly and do not resort to illegal tactics or harassment. Although there is a sense that we all must feel that these folks have gotten what they deserved, I think it would be a far greater legacy for this story to have if change takes place in legal a
Let's not forget how Symbian-powered cell phones have a few viruses for them. With something as complex as an operating system, and the wide gamut of machines it runs on, it simply will not be bug-free. You can't test everything.
Frankly it doesn't matter. Hearing loss is cumulative. Even for a few seconds, 75dB will damage your hearing. Is it measureable? Probably not. But being exposed to this for a few seconds every day adds up over time. Having hearing problems by age 40 is not fun. My mother is an audiologist and sees the trouble deaf people have to put up with...it's a pretty rough life.
Carpe diem, in all honesty, shouldn't be something I'm always thinking of. The reason I chose (past tense) Sony products in the past was because I knew I was getting a quality product I could trust. Buying from lousy unknown companies can lead to frustrations (poor engineering, no tech support, etc).
Frankly, if I buy a CD I shouldn't be paranoid that it will hurt my computer in any way. It's a piece of plastic.
2.5" drives don't have to be slow. Most laptops ship with 5400rpm (or even worse, 4200rpm) drives. I paid to upgrade to a 7200RPM drive w/8MB cache in my Dell notebook. Huge speed jump. You can even get 2.5" drives with 16MB caches. That would offer a significant speed bost.
Frankly, I don't see why they couldn't just use flash memory instead...everyone's doing it these days.
Perhaps people could purchase a laptop cooler pad and put the power supply on top of it? Helps keep my laptop from frying when I play UT2004 for more than 30 minutes.
I agree, I think it is 99% suggestion. On a subconscious level you have to "agree" to go along with the hypnotist. I've been hypnotized before. It's pretty fun, actually.
Red Bull, Monster, Rockstar, No Fear...there's tons of these so-called "energy drinks" on the market. But do they even have any tangible effects? What's really happening to me for $2.49? Is it just an overpriced can of soda?
I can see it now...the lid of the laptops will be plastered in huge advertisements. It's actually good to see major companies subsidizing this because everyone wins. The laptops stay cheap, and the companies get lots of advertising.
Odd, the university I work for hasn't had any leaky capacitors on the numerous GX270s we bought. We've had a ridiculous amount of video card failrues though.
FYI, AC power is 120V RMS, but peaks at nearly 170V...meaning that there is a lot of fluctuation in power systems. Perhaps this contribues to the failures?
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This is the sad reality in many of the technical areas. Our cell phones are always the "old models" Japan and the rest of S.E. Asia has already seen. Frankly, with global markets, I'm still baffled why we have to wait 12 months or more to see these kinds of things. Remember when the PlayStation 2 came out? Japan had it first, despite the fact that the sales in the US probably outnumbered those in Japan by a bg margin.
I couldn't agree more. Use what you need to to get the job done. People who are militant anti-MS, for example, really end up shooting themselves in the foot since they cut out the possibility of MS software solving a problem of theirs. They often make more work for themselves just because they're holding themselves too strictly to some unfounded ideal. But they feel "above the rest of [you peons]" so hey, whatever floats your boat.
My laptop isn't a widescreen, so I don't have the screen area to give to the sidebar. This is why I don't use programs like Konfabulator, y'z dock, or anything else that sucks up pixels on the side of my screen.
What I meant is that on non-AIM clients, the worm doesn't really spread. Trillian doesn't support the weird scripting that AIM does via the aim: links. You can enable it, but I find it to be rather lackluster. I guess that's a good thing, in this case.
Then what is the big benefit that I, the end-user will see? Is navigation going to be faster? Will files load more quickly? I need some clarification, please.
"Walk around the campus at Microsoft, or across to Cafe Macs in Cupertino, and you come across the same sort of casual arrogance - both sets of employees generally (there are exceptions:-) think they're in the best place to be."
So? What's wrong with taking pride in the company you work for? I applaud someone who respects the company they work for. There's countless white-collar jobs that are staffed by people who downright hate the company they work for and can't agree with a single part of the corporate statement.
Those with the good attitudes are the most productive and best employees.
Halon systems generally give a certain amount of warning before going off. The server rooms where I work have Halon fire supression systems, and there are placards and lights/buzzers everywhere that tell you "you've got 60 seconds to exit the room once this light turns on." The same warnings are found in fireworks stores, and I would presume factories.
It's not like suddenly the oxygen in the room disappears and everyone asphyxiates. Halons are basically a super-powerful CFC. They destroy ozone (hence removing oxygen from the air, which sucks if you rely on oxygen, like humans).
I work in the IT & tech support department for a major university. I see hundreds of students with this infection. The tool has worked every time. If you think I'm not a credible source, that's fine. All I'm saying is that I've run this tool countless times and it has always cleaned the machine.
This tool is updated almost daily. 100% effective, I can vouch for it. You can become infected if you click the link on non-AIM clients, but it won't spread to everyone else on your buddylist.
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What is the difference between that technology and the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) in Windows XP and some Intel/AMD motherboards? If someone could please clarify I would appreciate it.
It's sad to see this happening. They really should be fined heavily and/or shut down by the BBB.
Taken from http://thomashawk.com/2005/12/apology-letter-from- ed-lopez-owner-of.html An Apology Letter From Ed Lopez, Owner of PriceRitePhoto I received a call this morning from Ed Lopez, the owner of PriceRitePhoto. We spoke at length and he told me that the activity that has resulted from my post on my experience with his business has most certainly impacted his business. Mr. Lopez told me that he was calling to apologize and that Mr. Philips was going to be terminated at a company board meeting later on this morning. He confirmed to me that they do have the camera in question in stock and although I am not interested in purchasing it from them at this point indicated that he would sell it for me at the advertised price. Subsequently Ed sent me the following email: "On behalf of Priceritephoto I would like to sincerely apologize for the negative experience that you have experienced with our company. As a company this is not representative of the way we treat our customers. If there is anything that we can do at this point to rectify the situation, please let me know. We have tens of thousands of happy customers who have purchased form us in the past and it is our commitment to give our customers the best value when dealing with us. We are doing a comprehensive review of our company's procedures to ensure that something like this never occurs. We have also terminated Mr. Philips from his position with our company." Although I do not believe my "Steve Philips experience" was an isolated case by this merchant (and certainly the other testimonials suggest that this is in fact more of a common practice by them), my own personal view is that any retaliation towards this vendor should be channeled through legitimate and legal channels. Although some of the crank phone calls are actually pretty funny I think that it is better to take the high road in this case and to use legitimate resources where they exist, whether reporting them to the comparison pricing services or contacting the Attorney General (as I have done) or reporting them to people like the Better Business Bureau. I think that the popularity of this story comes in large part because the message resonates so strongly with all of us. Although in a sense it is the classic tale of David and Goliath retold, it is much more than this. We all have at one point or another in our lives been bullied and most of us have been defrauded or ripped off. The fact that so many times in the past there was nothing we could do about it makes us feel all that much better about the fact that in today's internet and blogosphere we actually CAN do something about it. It is tremendously empowering for all of us to be able to turn the powerlessness that we felt in the past into justice in todays' blogosphere through the help of things like Digg and Slashdot and Boing Boing. And although every rip off does not receive this level of attention, I believe this story in a greater sense is representative of perhaps thousands of rip off experiences that we have all suffered in the past and been able to do nothing about - some directly with this vendor, some directly with New York based camera vendors like this one, and some with just fraudulent internet businesses wherever they happen to be located. Because we in the past have had to live with the bitterness of our own personal frauds, our feelings towards the popularity of this story is that much stronger - as is our desire to retaliate. This being said, I again would encourage everyone to take the high road with respect to this vendor. I believe that the power of this story and the ultimate outcome, whatever that may be, will carry much more weight if as a public we handle things responsibly and do not resort to illegal tactics or harassment. Although there is a sense that we all must feel that these folks have gotten what they deserved, I think it would be a far greater legacy for this story to have if change takes place in legal a
Let's not forget how Symbian-powered cell phones have a few viruses for them. With something as complex as an operating system, and the wide gamut of machines it runs on, it simply will not be bug-free. You can't test everything.
How far are we from something along the lines of Face/Off?? Seriously. Kidnap someone, swap faces, and suddenly you're a different person.
Frankly it doesn't matter. Hearing loss is cumulative. Even for a few seconds, 75dB will damage your hearing. Is it measureable? Probably not. But being exposed to this for a few seconds every day adds up over time. Having hearing problems by age 40 is not fun. My mother is an audiologist and sees the trouble deaf people have to put up with...it's a pretty rough life.
Frankly, if I buy a CD I shouldn't be paranoid that it will hurt my computer in any way. It's a piece of plastic.
Frankly, I don't see why they couldn't just use flash memory instead...everyone's doing it these days.
Perhaps people could purchase a laptop cooler pad and put the power supply on top of it? Helps keep my laptop from frying when I play UT2004 for more than 30 minutes.
I agree, I think it is 99% suggestion. On a subconscious level you have to "agree" to go along with the hypnotist. I've been hypnotized before. It's pretty fun, actually.
Red Bull, Monster, Rockstar, No Fear...there's tons of these so-called "energy drinks" on the market. But do they even have any tangible effects? What's really happening to me for $2.49? Is it just an overpriced can of soda?
I can see it now...the lid of the laptops will be plastered in huge advertisements. It's actually good to see major companies subsidizing this because everyone wins. The laptops stay cheap, and the companies get lots of advertising.
FYI, AC power is 120V RMS, but peaks at nearly 170V...meaning that there is a lot of fluctuation in power systems. Perhaps this contribues to the failures?
www.turnofftheinternet.com
This is the sad reality in many of the technical areas. Our cell phones are always the "old models" Japan and the rest of S.E. Asia has already seen. Frankly, with global markets, I'm still baffled why we have to wait 12 months or more to see these kinds of things. Remember when the PlayStation 2 came out? Japan had it first, despite the fact that the sales in the US probably outnumbered those in Japan by a bg margin.
I couldn't agree more. Use what you need to to get the job done. People who are militant anti-MS, for example, really end up shooting themselves in the foot since they cut out the possibility of MS software solving a problem of theirs. They often make more work for themselves just because they're holding themselves too strictly to some unfounded ideal. But they feel "above the rest of [you peons]" so hey, whatever floats your boat.
http://oxid.it
You can pretty much get any password you want, and even the local security hashes.
My laptop isn't a widescreen, so I don't have the screen area to give to the sidebar. This is why I don't use programs like Konfabulator, y'z dock, or anything else that sucks up pixels on the side of my screen.
What I meant is that on non-AIM clients, the worm doesn't really spread. Trillian doesn't support the weird scripting that AIM does via the aim: links. You can enable it, but I find it to be rather lackluster. I guess that's a good thing, in this case.
People need to practice safe surfing habits and just stop clicking every stupid popup window, link, and executive they see.
Then what is the big benefit that I, the end-user will see? Is navigation going to be faster? Will files load more quickly? I need some clarification, please.
"Walk around the campus at Microsoft, or across to Cafe Macs in Cupertino, and you come across the same sort of casual arrogance - both sets of employees generally (there are exceptions :-) think they're in the best place to be."
So? What's wrong with taking pride in the company you work for? I applaud someone who respects the company they work for. There's countless white-collar jobs that are staffed by people who downright hate the company they work for and can't agree with a single part of the corporate statement.
Those with the good attitudes are the most productive and best employees.
Halon systems generally give a certain amount of warning before going off. The server rooms where I work have Halon fire supression systems, and there are placards and lights/buzzers everywhere that tell you "you've got 60 seconds to exit the room once this light turns on." The same warnings are found in fireworks stores, and I would presume factories.
It's not like suddenly the oxygen in the room disappears and everyone asphyxiates. Halons are basically a super-powerful CFC. They destroy ozone (hence removing oxygen from the air, which sucks if you rely on oxygen, like humans).
There are alternatives to halons, as discussed here: http://www.harc.org/harcnews.html.
I work in the IT & tech support department for a major university. I see hundreds of students with this infection. The tool has worked every time. If you think I'm not a credible source, that's fine. All I'm saying is that I've run this tool countless times and it has always cleaned the machine.
http://www.jayloden.com/VirusClean.htm
This tool is updated almost daily. 100% effective, I can vouch for it. You can become infected if you click the link on non-AIM clients, but it won't spread to everyone else on your buddylist.