Lighter fluid is your friend. It cleans off all that sticky crap, usually without affecting the plastic or metal or wotever underneath. Of course, try it on a corner or something first to make sure.
My dad now religously records my advice in little lists and keeps them in a folder because I snapped at him after he asked me one too many times.
Are you sure the folder isn't full of receipts and calculations on exactly how much it cost him to raise you for 18 years? I'd be worried about going over there. One of these days he may just present you with a hefty bill and say "Fix it or else..."
I just ordered a 32" LCD (which should be arriving today or Monday) and I'm finding myself with the same dilemma. I currently have a DirecTiVo hooked up with the dual tuner goodness and I've been looking into getting an HD box (the HD DirecTiVos are way too expensive, plus likely to be outdated when they do their switch to MPEG-4). The best solution I've come up with is going ahead and getting the HD DirecTV box and using the two boxes concurrently (losing one of the TiVo inputs to hook up the other box). Generally, I'd just use the TiVo box for most of my viewing. If something I wanna watch is on one of the HD channels, I'd flip it over to the HD box. Of course, I also wouldn't have the ability to pause or record any of the HD stuff, but that's life. Anyone else out there with a similar setup? Is it a huge pain in the ass, or is it really not too bad?
If I understand correctly, CableCard clears a lot of this up. It still doesn't make the customer tune into the proper HD version of the channel rather than the SD version, though.
Ahh, so being treated like a criminal due to a credit agency's lack of due diligence doesn't fit that description? As stated in other comment, I had a line of credit opened in my name and attached to my credit record. When it was investigated, the credit agency learned that the only thing that existed that tied it to me was simply my name on the application (which included an incorrect middle initial). There was an address listed on the application, but it wasn't one at which I've ever lived. The signature looked nothing like mine. Otherwise, there was no social security number, no date of birth, and no other credit information on the application. Because some shitass jeweler somewhere wanted to make a sale, I had to suffer with the consequences of the store's and their credit agency's complete ineptitude in handing out the line of credit. This fits exactly in line with the original post above. And I am far from the only one who has had to go through this sort of shit.
Have you ever been the victim of identity theft? I have. They essentially have you "prove" that you did not open a line of credit somewhere. The full burdon of proof is on you for something that you had nothing to do with.
As a former victim of identity theft, I have to tell these people to go to hell. Sure, my case was a fairly small one -- two lines of credit opened in my name totalling about $5000 (On one of the applications, there wasn't even a SSN. They opened the account simply by listing my name and an address that I've never lived at). Getting the crap cleaned up was an absolute nightmare. And don't expect the 3 credit reporting agencies to be any help, either. They don't want to deal with you. After all, you're not their customer - their customers are the ones buying your information from them. One of the agencies still sends mail to my old address, 6 months after moving. This is despite me sending a letter notifying them of my change in address along with all of the information they requested in order to do so. Basically, any company dealing in personal information brokerage is on my shitlist...
Good to know that a simple moniker lets your true bias show through. Actually, this whole experiment has been rather enlightening. I've watched posts under this name get instantly modded to -1 Troll, while later posts stating the same thing under a different nick get modded up to +5 Insightful. I've had quite a few trolls, both right and left wing, who interpret my name in completely opposite ways. I've also had a few people who seem to "get" the joke right off the bat. Obviously, you're not one of them...
National Cyber Security Alliance? Couldn't they at least have picked a different acronym than one that's been used in the computer field for a really long time?
Don't get me wrong. I *do* think that DJs should mention this, since that's supposedly (although this is highly arguable) part of their role in being in the media. I'm sure, however, that this is something that is getting mentioned at the college and local radio levels. Problem is that in the US, it's well known that the major radio networks/providers receive a lot of money from the major labels to promote their crap, and this is where my comment above comes in. After all, it's not the dorky little guy sitting in the poorly ventilated studio at the top of the student center that the majority of people listen to for their entertainment...
-former dorky little guy who sat in the poorly ventilated studio at the top of the student center
It's one of those phrases that can work both ways. It's the first Real (as in the company) subscription service for Macs and Linux, as well as the first real (as in actually existing - well, once it's rolled out) subscription service for Macs and Linux. And for those of you out there saying "But what about iTunes?!?", it doesn't count because it's a music store. It is not a subscription service.
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Lighter fluid is your friend. It cleans off all that sticky crap, usually without affecting the plastic or metal or wotever underneath. Of course, try it on a corner or something first to make sure.
My dad now religously records my advice in little lists and keeps them in a folder because I snapped at him after he asked me one too many times.
Are you sure the folder isn't full of receipts and calculations on exactly how much it cost him to raise you for 18 years? I'd be worried about going over there. One of these days he may just present you with a hefty bill and say "Fix it or else..."
You're thinking of axial precession.
I just ordered a 32" LCD (which should be arriving today or Monday) and I'm finding myself with the same dilemma. I currently have a DirecTiVo hooked up with the dual tuner goodness and I've been looking into getting an HD box (the HD DirecTiVos are way too expensive, plus likely to be outdated when they do their switch to MPEG-4). The best solution I've come up with is going ahead and getting the HD DirecTV box and using the two boxes concurrently (losing one of the TiVo inputs to hook up the other box). Generally, I'd just use the TiVo box for most of my viewing. If something I wanna watch is on one of the HD channels, I'd flip it over to the HD box. Of course, I also wouldn't have the ability to pause or record any of the HD stuff, but that's life. Anyone else out there with a similar setup? Is it a huge pain in the ass, or is it really not too bad?
If I understand correctly, CableCard clears a lot of this up. It still doesn't make the customer tune into the proper HD version of the channel rather than the SD version, though.
Ahh, so being treated like a criminal due to a credit agency's lack of due diligence doesn't fit that description? As stated in other comment, I had a line of credit opened in my name and attached to my credit record. When it was investigated, the credit agency learned that the only thing that existed that tied it to me was simply my name on the application (which included an incorrect middle initial). There was an address listed on the application, but it wasn't one at which I've ever lived. The signature looked nothing like mine. Otherwise, there was no social security number, no date of birth, and no other credit information on the application. Because some shitass jeweler somewhere wanted to make a sale, I had to suffer with the consequences of the store's and their credit agency's complete ineptitude in handing out the line of credit. This fits exactly in line with the original post above. And I am far from the only one who has had to go through this sort of shit.
Shouldn't that be a X' iPole?
Have you ever been the victim of identity theft? I have. They essentially have you "prove" that you did not open a line of credit somewhere. The full burdon of proof is on you for something that you had nothing to do with.
And this is flamebait why?!?
As a former victim of identity theft, I have to tell these people to go to hell. Sure, my case was a fairly small one -- two lines of credit opened in my name totalling about $5000 (On one of the applications, there wasn't even a SSN. They opened the account simply by listing my name and an address that I've never lived at). Getting the crap cleaned up was an absolute nightmare. And don't expect the 3 credit reporting agencies to be any help, either. They don't want to deal with you. After all, you're not their customer - their customers are the ones buying your information from them. One of the agencies still sends mail to my old address, 6 months after moving. This is despite me sending a letter notifying them of my change in address along with all of the information they requested in order to do so. Basically, any company dealing in personal information brokerage is on my shitlist...
Sounds like you should be playing Yoshinoya Beef Bowl.
In that case, the "wooosh" sound was going over my head and not yours... : p
Oh, c'mon. Like this "woz" person has any clue how a computer works. I bet Apple wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole...
Good to know that a simple moniker lets your true bias show through. Actually, this whole experiment has been rather enlightening. I've watched posts under this name get instantly modded to -1 Troll, while later posts stating the same thing under a different nick get modded up to +5 Insightful. I've had quite a few trolls, both right and left wing, who interpret my name in completely opposite ways. I've also had a few people who seem to "get" the joke right off the bat. Obviously, you're not one of them...
Well, that answers that. I know for a fact that Linus keeps his security blanket nearby at all times.
National Cyber Security Alliance? Couldn't they at least have picked a different acronym than one that's been used in the computer field for a really long time?
Whatya mean? I got my blanket right here...
...but that could just be my tinfoil hat talking.
You have a talking tinfoil hat?!? Where can I get one of those???
Don't get me wrong. I *do* think that DJs should mention this, since that's supposedly (although this is highly arguable) part of their role in being in the media. I'm sure, however, that this is something that is getting mentioned at the college and local radio levels. Problem is that in the US, it's well known that the major radio networks/providers receive a lot of money from the major labels to promote their crap, and this is where my comment above comes in. After all, it's not the dorky little guy sitting in the poorly ventilated studio at the top of the student center that the majority of people listen to for their entertainment...
-former dorky little guy who sat in the poorly ventilated studio at the top of the student center
Oh yes, and popular DJ's on national radio should warn their audience about the Sony DRM shit^H^H^Hoftware.
Yeah, because it makes perfect sense for them to tell people to boycott one of the companies that pay their bills... *rolls eyes*
Does this mean that September is almost over?
RIAA Bans Telling Friends About Songs
Hopefully the fix is them turning around, bending over, and grabbing their ankles.
I really don't want to know what the plug for the hole looks like.
The most obvious statistic is "how many of these lines were stolen from SCO?"
It's one of those phrases that can work both ways. It's the first Real (as in the company) subscription service for Macs and Linux, as well as the first real (as in actually existing - well, once it's rolled out) subscription service for Macs and Linux. And for those of you out there saying "But what about iTunes?!?", it doesn't count because it's a music store. It is not a subscription service.