Exactly. Employers asking for your age can be annoying, but that is usually illegal. Suing doesn't enhance your resume, but I for one would look elsewhere for emloyment if they seriously asked me for either my Facebook account access or to be friended to look over my profile. I would ask them why, and anything other than a specific 'we are looking for signs of dangerous behavior that could cause problems' would get a vacant stare and a short interview. Even then, put it in writing and I'll tell you if I can agree to 'not do that', unless of course it's unreasonable, which also results in a short inteview.
Yes, these are difficult times, but some employers are not worth it.
Back then, it was the Sprint relay service. Callers would want to buy a dozen flat panel monitors, and offer a credit card and U.S. shipping address. Card was usually bogus, but sometimes not. We accepted a few orders but when the card would not approve we just dumped them - and callers would call back to order huge quantities of more expensive gear. We actually started refusing these calls from Sprint outright, got threatened with an ADA suit, and then magically they all stopped. I wonder if Sprint figured it out, or if the clan just moved on. Our defense against the ADA complaint was that we did not do business with foreign customers, no matter the shipping address. Part of this scam was to delay the shipments, dispute the charges, get refunded, and the merchandise is gone. Card goes bad, no one to complain to, and merchants usually have no recourse with the issuer or banks. You're just out the money AND the merchandise. We didn't happen to lose a dollar, but they probably managed to nick someone.
Nice work though, AT&T being the disinterested third party for profit.
Now can we start looking into how the Universal Service Find is being hijacked to try and build the rural Internet where no provider seems willing to do so as in some cases legally required? Noooo... but crony capitalism is flourishing, thanks to the few remaining taxpayers.
"policy is made by ideologically-blind libertarian halfwits"
You're referring to some other nation. With no true leadership in the U.S., the libertarians are certainly not in power, and incapable of forming any coalition to gain power.
You may, however, be refering to the crony capitalism that is pervading our goverment. That and dueling idologies on all sides is causing us some problems, not just in healthcare.
I'm deeply suspicious of the news media, without exception.
TAL presents a mix of fiction, experiential/drama episodes, and nonfiction. They have a much more difficult problem to solve when they vet the nonfiction.
My most strenuous objection is directed at Mr. Daisey. If he was trying to present a report of the truth, he did a very bad job of checking the facts. At best.
Very little of what passes for news can be trusted today. And much that is mistaken for news is really opinion. The difference is blurred intentionally on a regular basis.
Their fact checkers had concerns, but these were apparently ignored. You may say they chose to go with less-than--perfect fact checking, but that leaves you admitting they chose to ignore potential problems.
NPR could have easily found Rob Schmitz, vetted the story, seen the errors, and sent it back to be corrected.
Actually, they did,and chose to ignore those questions as well. Schmitz knew that at least some of the story was simply false, and TAL chose to ignore that also.
Daisey's defense?
"My mistake, the mistake I truly regret, is that I had it on your show as journalism, and it's not journalism. It's theater."
Actually, since he purports this to be factual, it's immaterial whether it is theatre or journalism. Lies are lies. And he lied. Since 2010. On stage. For money.
I do not see a shred of responsibility on the part of TAL. They were caught with a falsified show segment, based on lies and inadequately vetted, easily discredited, and could ONLY have retracted it and blamed eveyrone else, or forfeited their reputation in presenting anything as either fact-based or journalistic.
I like TAL, and Ira Glass I like also, and listen regularly. But I never thought of them as journalists, and thought their fact-based segments were generally slanted and sensationalized. Now that I know how badly they do with facts, I'll stick to the fluff pieces, which are often very good.
But I'll mistrust their facts forever now. Just the way it is.
And I won't think of TAL as noble or responsible either. I feel badly for Ira. He deserves better from his underlings, unless he was a willing participant.
I bought a new home last December. I got a pretty good deal, too, so there neener.
But the process wasn't as simple as it was back in 2005. I had to come up with income and asset verification, file forms online and offline for everything, answer questions at a moment's notice, exchange offers and counteroffers as we negotiated over details, accept an appraisal while I was driving home from work, etc.
My Android phone was all I had to work with. I could not create documents at work without having them signed from my employer. I couldn't send attachments via email. I couldn't go to several crucial websites. If not for the phone, I would not have been able to meet the deadlines.
For that period, my Android phone was a PC.
Now, if I bothered to work itout, a Bluetooth keyboard would make it 1000% better at that. And if I could jack it into a screen and an Ethernet jack, even better. That product is not very far in the future. The Transformer ain't it, quite, and the Motorola thing was too lame.
But it's coming. Then I have to ditch my little notebook. the all-in-one will do that fine.
I don't agree, first because we can no longer reasonably assume the government is always truthful in its allegations and statements.
I know that legally the government enjoys the presumption of trust, but this is as close to self-incrimination as it can get.
It also doesn't answer the question of what happens if, during their examination of the decrypted drive, they 'discover' other information that could lead to other charges. At least in the example of the rotting smell from the garage, if it turns out to be your dog, do they have the right to dig up the foundation to try and find a human body also? Or would the goverment then have to ask for a new warrant? In the cse of data, would they be compelled to ask for a new warrant it they 'happen' to notice evidence of unrelated crimes.
Actually the real question for me is still a Fifth Amendment one. If they drag you into court and ask you about the rotting corpose in the garage, you can still sit there mute and refuse to answer, and there may be penalties for that, but you cannot so easily be compelled to incriminate yourself.
Decrypting your data is a different thing, and it is virtually impossible for the government to claim they can look ONLY for the data they seek, and ignore all else. It's another thing to say they are looking in the garage for a corpse, and be able to avoid looking in the trunk of car parked on the street, despite walking by it repeatedly as they swarm over the garage.
Sorry, but I think we need much more protections. My phone has enough information on it to give law enforcement access to things they should need more than one warrant for, and discovery they should not be able to make while searching for something else.
It seems to me the solution is a 'closed loop' fuel method. Cracking water for hydrogen for instance, or can we ferment some alcohol biologically, or methane, or something else that combusts into whatever was used to make it...
You get my drift?
Super capacitors don't seem like a winner , but new materials might change that. For all we know, flywheels might be the solution...
Brakes are wear items just like tires. Wearing out is HOW BRAKES WORK!
Considering brake job cost and frequency the same as transmission repair or internal engine part replacement is wrong-headed. EGR valves, radiators, and oil sludging are signs of bad design or hard service, but brake wear is just wear.
And yes, there are many cars out there that, by design, suffer from brake pedal pulsing too quickly due to inadequate rotors. Sometimes you can buy better replacements, sometimes not.
Yeah, my '95 Explorer 4wd XLT went 316k miles before it was rolled in the desert. Only problem with the engine was a squeaky cam sync shaft that had been squeaking for >160k. No oil loss, no leaks, started fine hot or cold. Original water pump, timing chain, intake gaskets. Replaced the spark plugs at 214k, EGR at 290k.
The transmission, which is what gave that model the moniker 'Exploder', went 214k and only needed work because we didn't diagnose the EPC (APC?) solenoid correctly. Rebuild went to the end, no problems.
I replaced the blower motor, radiator, and multifunction switch. Big woop. Oh, and rear shackles. Inner and outer tie rod ends on the Explorer should be considered wear items like brake pads:)
But to hear it in the forums, Explorers are bombs, with many complaints about transmissions gone every 30k, timing chains grinding through the guides in 60k or less, A/C out every other month, blah blah blah. Everyone has a bad story about some car. It's hard to judge from those tales.
I drove two Tauruses to >200k, and might buy another one used. I'd like to buy a Maxx, I drove one for a little while, but which year didn't have steering column issues? Or a 2nd gen Altima?
Secretly, I'd love a 2nd gen CRX Si, but my wife knows exactly why I want one, so that's out.
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Exactly. Employers asking for your age can be annoying, but that is usually illegal. Suing doesn't enhance your resume, but I for one would look elsewhere for emloyment if they seriously asked me for either my Facebook account access or to be friended to look over my profile. I would ask them why, and anything other than a specific 'we are looking for signs of dangerous behavior that could cause problems' would get a vacant stare and a short interview. Even then, put it in writing and I'll tell you if I can agree to 'not do that', unless of course it's unreasonable, which also results in a short inteview.
Yes, these are difficult times, but some employers are not worth it.
Since real oscilloscopes have wheels on the carts, shielding is crucial. Turning your scope sideways would move the trace.
Back then, it was the Sprint relay service. Callers would want to buy a dozen flat panel monitors, and offer a credit card and U.S. shipping address. Card was usually bogus, but sometimes not. We accepted a few orders but when the card would not approve we just dumped them - and callers would call back to order huge quantities of more expensive gear. We actually started refusing these calls from Sprint outright, got threatened with an ADA suit, and then magically they all stopped. I wonder if Sprint figured it out, or if the clan just moved on. Our defense against the ADA complaint was that we did not do business with foreign customers, no matter the shipping address. Part of this scam was to delay the shipments, dispute the charges, get refunded, and the merchandise is gone. Card goes bad, no one to complain to, and merchants usually have no recourse with the issuer or banks. You're just out the money AND the merchandise. We didn't happen to lose a dollar, but they probably managed to nick someone.
Nice work though, AT&T being the disinterested third party for profit.
Now can we start looking into how the Universal Service Find is being hijacked to try and build the rural Internet where no provider seems willing to do so as in some cases legally required? Noooo... but crony capitalism is flourishing, thanks to the few remaining taxpayers.
Feh.
Didn;t we use Mu-Metal to do this in the old days? just shape it like a laptop battery and apoligize for the stupid design.
"the new SIM will be about 30 percent smaller than the micro-SIM
"The nano-SIM is also approximately 60 percent smaller than traditional-size SIM cards."
Is it a SIM or nano-SIM? A new standard to replace all, or a new standard to replace smaller-than-SIM SIMS?
Anyways, I love the idea of burning the SIM into the device. Someone just got wooshed by the whole SIM concept....
"policy is made by ideologically-blind libertarian halfwits"
You're referring to some other nation. With no true leadership in the U.S., the libertarians are certainly not in power, and incapable of forming any coalition to gain power.
You may, however, be refering to the crony capitalism that is pervading our goverment. That and dueling idologies on all sides is causing us some problems, not just in healthcare.
Ditto.
And among the reasons I will avoid an iPad for a while:
- Since the screen is nearly edge-to-edge, I will need a tough protector. I would cry at a scratch. Add $40+
- And a decent case, scratches on the back would be tear-worthy. Add $50+, and I like real leather. Mo' $
- At least two other chargers. Nothing lasts long enough, so one for the car and one for wherever. Add $60
Sheesh, I'll need something else, like a BT keyboard. I'm adding $200 in accessories, and i haven't bought an app yet.
I have several BT headsets to choose from, single and stere, so I've already spent that,.
But I so love my Sensation, I'm in no hurry to buy anything Apple.
We could offer the same complaints about Apple, Foxconn, TAL, or NPR.
After all, corporations are corporations, and are more alike than different. TAL nearly got away with this, and NPR covered for them.
You see, TAL would have been happy to pass this off as just a lax effort, and claim that they don't really engage in journalism
I'm deeply suspicious of the news media, without exception.
TAL presents a mix of fiction, experiential/drama episodes, and nonfiction. They have a much more difficult problem to solve when they vet the nonfiction.
My most strenuous objection is directed at Mr. Daisey. If he was trying to present a report of the truth, he did a very bad job of checking the facts. At best.
Very little of what passes for news can be trusted today. And much that is mistaken for news is really opinion. The difference is blurred intentionally on a regular basis.
Bogus.
Their fact checkers had concerns, but these were apparently ignored. You may say they chose to go with less-than--perfect fact checking, but that leaves you admitting they chose to ignore potential problems.
NPR could have easily found Rob Schmitz, vetted the story, seen the errors, and sent it back to be corrected.
Actually, they did,and chose to ignore those questions as well. Schmitz knew that at least some of the story was simply false, and TAL chose to ignore that also.
Daisey's defense?
"My mistake, the mistake I truly regret, is that I had it on your show as journalism, and it's not journalism. It's theater."
Actually, since he purports this to be factual, it's immaterial whether it is theatre or journalism. Lies are lies. And he lied. Since 2010. On stage. For money.
I do not see a shred of responsibility on the part of TAL. They were caught with a falsified show segment, based on lies and inadequately vetted, easily discredited, and could ONLY have retracted it and blamed eveyrone else, or forfeited their reputation in presenting anything as either fact-based or journalistic.
I like TAL, and Ira Glass I like also, and listen regularly. But I never thought of them as journalists, and thought their fact-based segments were generally slanted and sensationalized. Now that I know how badly they do with facts, I'll stick to the fluff pieces, which are often very good.
But I'll mistrust their facts forever now. Just the way it is.
And I won't think of TAL as noble or responsible either. I feel badly for Ira. He deserves better from his underlings, unless he was a willing participant.
It's April already. I missed half of March again.
I hate that.
You've neglected Rhode Island. Winner by a mile.
Keyboard is marginal, browser is inadequate, needs to be HD video, cost prohibitive.
Almost but not quite. Not worth it.
Close though.
I bought a new home last December. I got a pretty good deal, too, so there neener.
But the process wasn't as simple as it was back in 2005. I had to come up with income and asset verification, file forms online and offline for everything, answer questions at a moment's notice, exchange offers and counteroffers as we negotiated over details, accept an appraisal while I was driving home from work, etc.
My Android phone was all I had to work with. I could not create documents at work without having them signed from my employer. I couldn't send attachments via email. I couldn't go to several crucial websites. If not for the phone, I would not have been able to meet the deadlines.
For that period, my Android phone was a PC.
Now, if I bothered to work itout, a Bluetooth keyboard would make it 1000% better at that. And if I could jack it into a screen and an Ethernet jack, even better. That product is not very far in the future. The Transformer ain't it, quite, and the Motorola thing was too lame.
But it's coming. Then I have to ditch my little notebook. the all-in-one will do that fine.
"And I have an Xbox, ps3, and a wii"
Your example is irrelevant. You didn't choose.
Get off my screen.
My phone does 100ms via UMTS or HSDPA. My cable connection at home is stable at 60-75ms typically, and I hate my modem for somany other reasons.
125ms is below what should be a standard. Rotsa ruck getting it fixed.
Watt?
I don't agree, first because we can no longer reasonably assume the government is always truthful in its allegations and statements.
I know that legally the government enjoys the presumption of trust, but this is as close to self-incrimination as it can get.
It also doesn't answer the question of what happens if, during their examination of the decrypted drive, they 'discover' other information that could lead to other charges. At least in the example of the rotting smell from the garage, if it turns out to be your dog, do they have the right to dig up the foundation to try and find a human body also? Or would the goverment then have to ask for a new warrant? In the cse of data, would they be compelled to ask for a new warrant it they 'happen' to notice evidence of unrelated crimes.
Actually the real question for me is still a Fifth Amendment one. If they drag you into court and ask you about the rotting corpose in the garage, you can still sit there mute and refuse to answer, and there may be penalties for that, but you cannot so easily be compelled to incriminate yourself.
Decrypting your data is a different thing, and it is virtually impossible for the government to claim they can look ONLY for the data they seek, and ignore all else. It's another thing to say they are looking in the garage for a corpse, and be able to avoid looking in the trunk of car parked on the street, despite walking by it repeatedly as they swarm over the garage.
Sorry, but I think we need much more protections. My phone has enough information on it to give law enforcement access to things they should need more than one warrant for, and discovery they should not be able to make while searching for something else.
Go back and read my post . He is my brother. He worked for Avis. They were rental cars. They were not sent in for maintenance.
It seems to me the solution is a 'closed loop' fuel method. Cracking water for hydrogen for instance, or can we ferment some alcohol biologically, or methane, or something else that combusts into whatever was used to make it...
You get my drift?
Super capacitors don't seem like a winner , but new materials might change that. For all we know, flywheels might be the solution ...
But AMD could use a good fab.
Just sayin'
Brakes are wear items just like tires. Wearing out is HOW BRAKES WORK!
Considering brake job cost and frequency the same as transmission repair or internal engine part replacement is wrong-headed. EGR valves, radiators, and oil sludging are signs of bad design or hard service, but brake wear is just wear.
And yes, there are many cars out there that, by design, suffer from brake pedal pulsing too quickly due to inadequate rotors. Sometimes you can buy better replacements, sometimes not.
Yeah, my '95 Explorer 4wd XLT went 316k miles before it was rolled in the desert. Only problem with the engine was a squeaky cam sync shaft that had been squeaking for >160k. No oil loss, no leaks, started fine hot or cold. Original water pump, timing chain, intake gaskets. Replaced the spark plugs at 214k, EGR at 290k.
The transmission, which is what gave that model the moniker 'Exploder', went 214k and only needed work because we didn't diagnose the EPC (APC?) solenoid correctly. Rebuild went to the end, no problems.
I replaced the blower motor, radiator, and multifunction switch. Big woop. Oh, and rear shackles. Inner and outer tie rod ends on the Explorer should be considered wear items like brake pads :)
But to hear it in the forums, Explorers are bombs, with many complaints about transmissions gone every 30k, timing chains grinding through the guides in 60k or less, A/C out every other month, blah blah blah. Everyone has a bad story about some car. It's hard to judge from those tales.
I drove two Tauruses to >200k, and might buy another one used. I'd like to buy a Maxx, I drove one for a little while, but which year didn't have steering column issues? Or a 2nd gen Altima?
Secretly, I'd love a 2nd gen CRX Si, but my wife knows exactly why I want one, so that's out.
Turbos help even the score. Turbo diesels even more so.
And we think batteries are the answer. We'll look back on this era and either laugh or cry. Or both.