Banks will flat-out lie to you and even lose you as a customer over a couple of bucks, they do it every day.
True. Most of the time. WaMu bent me over and fucked me over $800.
My wife had a dispute with US Bank over a $30 fee, and though the bank handled it stupidly, and she closed her account, we then wrote a letter to their Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer expressing our disgust with how they'd been willing to write off a 10 year customer over a $30 fee assessed incorrectly (and admitted by them). We heard back from him, personally, a week later.
You are required to check ID to accept credit cards
Really? Show me the merchant agreement that requires ID verification of customers using credit cards. In fact, though (very slightly) tangentially, merchants should be seizing cards that say "Check ID" on the signature strip and contacting their acquirer.
My bottlenecks are network supply (10Gbps to five clients with dual network ports and jumbo frames not sufficient).
Well, yes, I'm not entirely surprised your system has trouble pushing tens of gigabits of data whilst reading from a ten TB dataset and live-rendering 3D on a bank of 3 x 3 3200x1600 screens. All this on a side project "when you find the time", too, impressive. To the best of my calculations you'd have what, 7 PCI-E slots?
HTPC's will set you back $400+ from scratch (especially if you want a decent looking case).
Meh, I just got a Zotac MAG. Slim mini ITX, piano black, vertical or horizontal mount. Dual core Atoms, Nvidia ION, optical audio and HDMI audio/video. Does just fine. $250.
I'm curious as to how you would do remote surgery via sneakernet... just wondering... I suppose you/could/ lay dedicated fiber from all hospitals to all others, but I'm sure there's something that already does that, I just can't think of its name...
And, if Linux is so easy to compromise then why did professional hackers spend more than 6 months last year just to capture only 700 Linux boxes using brute force password cracking when, according to you, all they had to do was spend a day or two to lure a few hundred thousand Linux users to their porn site honey pot?
LMAO. So some guy came up with a list of 700 compromised Linux boxes in six months, and that was the sum total of all exploited Linux boxes? LMAO. Just wow.
There are upsides and downsides and tangents to this.
One: I'd rather our military and emergency services responded to concerns where their skills, abilities and resources were able to be used. One does not need a coastguard cutter to tow their boat. Police cruisers do not tow stranded motorists vehicles, either.
Two: In our area, like many, ambulance services are (partly) privatized. In my county, Medic One (a consortium of the county and the various fire districts) provide ALS (advanced life support) services. Need a paramedic, they'll supply one. They'll also transport you, "free" (as in "paid for by property taxes"). BLS (basic life support) services are supplied by the fire departments, but they largely do not transport. Instead, a private ambulance will show up, and bill you.
it's about a permit to operate a business within the city limits. The "business" operates on the server. Unless the server is hosted in the city, they can go p*ss up a rope.
Yeah, uh, no.
It's pretty well codified in law that this is absolutely not the case.
I work, on a computer, in Olympia Washington. My employer is in Phoenix Arizona. As are their servers, where the work I do ends up.
By your logic, there's no part of my employer's business in Washington state. You might want to tell them that, as they're fairly sure they get mail and forms and paperwork from WA fairly regularly, on everything from OSHA compliance to Workcover, liability insurance and the like.
The 'output' of the business may be on a server somewhere else, but they (and this person here) certainly DO have a business presence in the state/city - it's called the employee.
Whether or not the city should be/trying/ to do this is another matter altogether, but the vacuous arguments put forth by many here along the lines of 'but her web hosting server is elsewhere, therefore there's no business presence!' is borderline puerile.
Actually, you would be wrong... Google actually pays a fair bit less than many other tech companies, thinking that their 'rep' is some salary too. They used to rely on benefits, too - the cafeterias, etc... but have been cutting back drastically on those.
Regardless of those thoughts and their accuracy, I think most who were espousing all those ideas were also espousing the belief that GWB was stupider than a chimpanzee, and that is what made it so easy for those behind the scenes, Cheney, etc, to be "puppet masters".
Here's a tip, if they up the cost of the subway system, you, Mr Driver, are going to have more cars on the road, which is only going to push the quality and duration of your driving experiences in a negative direction.
Sadly, far too many are like you and fail to see the benefits that are sometimes staring them in the face through any level of abstraction.
They do not seem to know who is running it, either, but apparently it is currently being hosted the Pirate Party.
Wow. Are you always this naive? The only thing that comes to mind when I read that was "bullshit". More accurate, "They have established a sufficient, for now, case of plausible deniability as to who is running it."
On the latter point, there is nothing illegal about making the government your heir, but there is no obligation upon them to accept the inheritance of your estate, with its assets and liabilities.
If you have specific knowledge of debts becoming due, or liens or such, that could be of cloudy/dubious legality, depending on the level of awareness, the source of the debt, and the force of the recovery action.
Yeah, because 4 ton land yachts that require a honking great V8 to get 0-60 in 10-15 seconds, all the while getting a good 2-3mpg, are such a better investment...
The days of 9' wide Buicks were 40 years ago, spud.
Wait, what? The people who are the ultimate arbiters of law in the country, capable of setting binding precedent, and overturning any other legal or court decision in the country, should not have any formal training in law?!? That should make things interesting...
Actually, I think the situation of Congress being what, 90%+ lawyers, is the one that needs to change. Even if it means Congress gets its own special legal team to draft legislation as passed by Congress.
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True. Most of the time. WaMu bent me over and fucked me over $800.
My wife had a dispute with US Bank over a $30 fee, and though the bank handled it stupidly, and she closed her account, we then wrote a letter to their Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer expressing our disgust with how they'd been willing to write off a 10 year customer over a $30 fee assessed incorrectly (and admitted by them). We heard back from him, personally, a week later.
Really? Show me the merchant agreement that requires ID verification of customers using credit cards. In fact, though (very slightly) tangentially, merchants should be seizing cards that say "Check ID" on the signature strip and contacting their acquirer.
What calendar are you using that shows today to be five years since December 2006?
Well, yes, I'm not entirely surprised your system has trouble pushing tens of gigabits of data whilst reading from a ten TB dataset and live-rendering 3D on a bank of 3 x 3 3200x1600 screens. All this on a side project "when you find the time", too, impressive. To the best of my calculations you'd have what, 7 PCI-E slots?
Meh, I just got a Zotac MAG. Slim mini ITX, piano black, vertical or horizontal mount. Dual core Atoms, Nvidia ION, optical audio and HDMI audio/video. Does just fine. $250.
No, it doesn't. Quick, off the top of your head, how many legal firms can you name that list their speciality as antitrust law?
Really, that tenuous...
It's almost like "Settings > General > Bluetooth > On/Off on my iPhone. Wait, what was your so-called point again?
Corny, true, but no less corny - in a different way - than the "magical" iPad.
I'm curious as to how you would do remote surgery via sneakernet ... just wondering ... I suppose you /could/ lay dedicated fiber from all hospitals to all others, but I'm sure there's something that already does that, I just can't think of its name ...
LMAO. So some guy came up with a list of 700 compromised Linux boxes in six months, and that was the sum total of all exploited Linux boxes? LMAO. Just wow.
One: I'd rather our military and emergency services responded to concerns where their skills, abilities and resources were able to be used. One does not need a coastguard cutter to tow their boat. Police cruisers do not tow stranded motorists vehicles, either.
Two: In our area, like many, ambulance services are (partly) privatized. In my county, Medic One (a consortium of the county and the various fire districts) provide ALS (advanced life support) services. Need a paramedic, they'll supply one. They'll also transport you, "free" (as in "paid for by property taxes"). BLS (basic life support) services are supplied by the fire departments, but they largely do not transport. Instead, a private ambulance will show up, and bill you.
LMAO. "Perhaps barely alive". Uhh, okay, if Q2 2010 profits of US$870M on sales of US$12.7B is barely alive, sure, I guess.
Yeah, uh, no.
It's pretty well codified in law that this is absolutely not the case.
I work, on a computer, in Olympia Washington. My employer is in Phoenix Arizona. As are their servers, where the work I do ends up.
By your logic, there's no part of my employer's business in Washington state. You might want to tell them that, as they're fairly sure they get mail and forms and paperwork from WA fairly regularly, on everything from OSHA compliance to Workcover, liability insurance and the like.
The 'output' of the business may be on a server somewhere else, but they (and this person here) certainly DO have a business presence in the state/city - it's called the employee.
Whether or not the city should be /trying/ to do this is another matter altogether, but the vacuous arguments put forth by many here along the lines of 'but her web hosting server is elsewhere, therefore there's no business presence!' is borderline puerile.
And then you log on to apple.com/store and find that it's "shipping in 6-8 weeks"...
Actually, you would be wrong... Google actually pays a fair bit less than many other tech companies, thinking that their 'rep' is some salary too. They used to rely on benefits, too - the cafeterias, etc... but have been cutting back drastically on those.
Regardless of those thoughts and their accuracy, I think most who were espousing all those ideas were also espousing the belief that GWB was stupider than a chimpanzee, and that is what made it so easy for those behind the scenes, Cheney, etc, to be "puppet masters".
Sadly, far too many are like you and fail to see the benefits that are sometimes staring them in the face through any level of abstraction.
Wow. Are you always this naive? The only thing that comes to mind when I read that was "bullshit". More accurate, "They have established a sufficient, for now, case of plausible deniability as to who is running it."
If you have specific knowledge of debts becoming due, or liens or such, that could be of cloudy/dubious legality, depending on the level of awareness, the source of the debt, and the force of the recovery action.
"Sorry, Sir, when your product died, and you sent it back to us, that's when the lifetime warranty expired - it's dead now."
We do? We do? Who are you and why do you presume to speak for me?
The days of 9' wide Buicks were 40 years ago, spud.
Wait, what? The people who are the ultimate arbiters of law in the country, capable of setting binding precedent, and overturning any other legal or court decision in the country, should not have any formal training in law?!? That should make things interesting...
Actually, I think the situation of Congress being what, 90%+ lawyers, is the one that needs to change. Even if it means Congress gets its own special legal team to draft legislation as passed by Congress.
What percentage of the girls you hit on are actually drawn to your use of the word 'boink' as a euphemism for sex?