Visiting many Asian restaurants in my area. I now go to the ones with buffet. When I go to the ones that bring your meal to you, they tend to put too much on the plate. They give you lots of rice and veggies. I can never eat it all. I always end up with take home. So I stopped going to the ones that don't have a buffet. I guess I don't ever have to worry about visiting Wafu restaurants.
Like the copy machine makers will openly admit they did not tell their customers about the hard drive feature in their copy machines.
What's with the size of those hard drives? They don't need to be so large. Seems as though a small flash drive could be just as efficient.
Also look at the money they will be getting just to supply a app to erase that data. Total rip off.
I am crying foul over the whole deal. Just give it a little time, and someone will create a free app to clean those hard drives. I bet it will be Open Source too!
Spock: Your use of language has altered since our arrival. It is currently laced with, shall we say, more colorful metaphors, "double dumb-ass on you" and so forth. Kirk: Oh, you mean the profanity? Spock: Yes. Kirk: Well that's simply the way they talk here. Nobody pays any attention to you unless you swear every other word. -------- [Spock is still learning how to use profanity correctly] Spock: They like you very much, but they are not the hell "your" whales. Dr. Gillian Taylor: I suppose they told you that. Spock: The hell they did. -------- Kirk: Spock, where the hell's the power you promised? Spock: One damn minute, Admiral. -------- Disgruntled guy in car: Hey, why don't ya watch where you're going, ya dumb ass! Kirk: Well, a double dumb ass on you! -------- Spock: Are you sure it isn't time for a colorful metaphor?
That wont work. Sony will somehow still screw that up. doesn't matter what you do, that DVD wont play on your DVD player. Your game will spit out errors of copyright infringement every time you try to load it on your computer.
Even if the article claims jobs lost the jobs wont be missed. They were your average peeps trying to police/control the Internet, and those trying to take your rights away. Add to the mix those trying to tier the Internet and those would of been the jobs lost. Who cares?
I don't see any deception with the finder in trying to get the phone to the rightful owner. For something that was so very important to Apple... they did not move very fast to get it back. Trade secrets are up to the business establishment to protect not the public.
I feel like this may be linked to the theft of their security software. Or else maybe a breech from the way past that someone has decided to jump on. Long gone mad employee or something could also be the blame. From what I have read from others that were breached, it does not matter the complexity or age of the password, you still get breached. So something fishy is definitely going on here. I guess it is safe to say that if you have a gmail account it is not safe, and you should check it everyday.
bored teens maybe? They are not asking for much. Less than twenty bucks. But I don't know how far 1500 yen will go either. Or it could be they think the malware will infect a lot of computers. shrugs.
I can see where a parent would want to keep a eye out on their teen online. But... I don't care what the teen does wrong, I would never ever humiliate, embarrass, or slander my own child. It's just not right!
The DA wont go after the teachers unless a parent complains. Yeppers you just watch, some parent will come along swearing their child has been scared, thus the DA is brought into the crap.... Just send a note home with the kids asking parents for permission to teach their children sex education. Be sure the parents know exactly what their children will be taught too.
Teneros should be kicked where the sun don't shine. Social Sentry should be boycotted. Actually both need to be boycotted. This clearly is a lawsuit in the making. This is not right or moral. I hope it does turn into a Teneros disaster. May their business end up in a pit of sewage where they belong.
"Smith has sponsored a bill that would make it a crime for U.S. companies to share personal user information with "Internet-restricting" countries. "
Actually if you think about it, that Bill would help companies like Google and GoDaddy. Sorry China I can't help you in your quest to find out which of your citizens posted that content! Problem solved thanks to the new Bill.
I would like to get my hands on those fraudulent bank accounts just for one day. Then I can commit a Robin Hood. I promise to be generous. Haiti, Chile, New Orleans, just to name a few.
This probably has a lot to do with the economy right now. Many cities are hurting, so they will tap anything to get that extra dollar so they can keep their city afloat. Cities are always hurt the most when the economy is sour. Case in point less taxes coming in on properties. DC has a lot more too loose. Government presence is everywhere two fold. Low officials, high officials, foreign, and domestic. They can't cut back city crews to save money. In the past they relied more on Federal Government to pick up where they could not. But even the Federal presence can only do so much. So they have to get creative getting that money flowing in. I bet many other cities are watching how this case turns out.
If they are hell bent on collecting taxes on the Internet, then why don't they just create a I-tax just for the Internet, all across the board (all countries) everyone pays the same I-tax rate. That way there is no confusion.
Back in the years of 1999 and 2000 I had great service with DirectTV. It ended, and then I restarted service again in 2004. During this time I had moved, and got a new place that had lots of trees on the property. The owner of the home said no way I was touching his trees. (understandable) So I called the Satellite company and told them I had to disconnect and why. They still charged me for this because my two year contract was not over, I had like six or so months to go. They never sent anyone out to try to set their service up. Even though the woman mentioned it on the phone, and I was not clearly offered this. So month one I got a final bill for $152.00, and I sent them a check for $152.00. I called them because they asked for money for the receivers . They said they put in a order to send me two boxes to put them in, and I needed only to put them in the boxes and mail them back. So I waited, and waited, no boxes. The second month I got another bill, and this one was for $80.00 for service, and $154.00 for the receivers. I called them up, and asked them what these charges were for? Plus that I had not received the boxes for the receivers as of yet. The $80.00 they claimed was the last of what I owed them for service and penalties. Plus I had to pay for the receivers. I told them, they did not send me the boxes for the receivers. Plus last months bill said final on it. They said they mailed them out, and I should get them at any time. The money asked for on this months bill was the final amount due.
Before the end of that month, I received another bill. This one was for around $92.00. I called them again, and they claimed it was for service. I then told them that last month I paid, and that lady said this was the end of my payments I owned them. So I told them to check their records, and again told them I was not paying for receivers because they told me I could mail them back and I was to wait on the boxes. Then I told her they never came. She claimed that she put another shipment in for the boxes to be shipped out to me. I also had to dispute through another area of their company in order to find out what the close to $92.00 was for. So I am on hold for about forty five minutes for this meanwhile they keep putting me on hold and transferring me from one department to the next. The next one to talk too was a guy, and he said that there had been a mistake in my charges, and he calculates I own them just $82.00 plus the receivers, or I have to pay for them. I told him the other lady said she put in a order to ship boxes to me so I could send the receivers back to them. He said fine, end of phone call.
Month three arrives, and still no boxes. So... I asked the mail carrier if they ever delivered/shipped empty boxes to residents from the satellite company? They said no. Since they have been delivering mail they never delivered empty boxes from them. I called, and asked each of the other companies for packing and shipping they said no also. TA DA! another bill arrives, and this one is for $154.00. The bill claims it's for services. I did not call them this time. I sent them a letter. I told them to get their company in order. I am not sending them anymore money, for some half baked idea they think I owe it. They have to prove I own it. The receivers are put up for safe keeping until the day their company finds out who keeps stealing those boxes before they arrive to the Postal Service, and or the shipping companies.
A few years have passed, and I never got another Bill from them, and I still have their receivers. I don't think they ever intended to ship those boxes to me. I just think it is a ploy on their part. I don't think they want them back they would rather you pay for them, and any way they can milk you out of the money, they will. Of note also in 1999 and 2000 when I had service with them, they were great. Even their phone support was great. But after that their support service, and billing department went down hi
A few months ago I was helping a sight impaired individual set up their computer. I ran into a snag, and went looking online for some help. I came across a person and their exact words were to me... "Why would a blind person need a computer? Unfortunately, this person was not the first one I ran across online. On rare occasions it just floors me on the remarks I get from some people. Some of them act like they (sight given) have the only right to be online. A few I wished I could of given them a knuckle sandwich, or a swift kick in the butt. It doesn't surprise me that businesses online or even IRL have the same attitude. Unless a sight impairment reaches up, and bites them in the ass, they just don't think anything is wrong in how they feel about it. It's not their problem.
I saw first hand a print out done by a ISP. Has customer ID, bandwidth, bytes transferred, log on time, and time in session. In a neat roll it showed several customers. They can have more information I suppose if they wanted. I do realize that the ISPs think they are in a pickle about whom is hogging what. But I do also hope they keep in mind many more people are logging on to do more than download from a file sharer website. Many more work at home just to be able to keep their jobs. If you start limiting bandwidth per month eventually it will harm those that need it most. I have never seen a controlled limit not get out of hand. I also never seen such a limit put on customers that did not hurt a few regardless of the size of the limit. Those that will hurt the most are those that do work at home two or three days per week, or work full time at home.
Respectfully I don't want to see any type of Limits period done by any ISP. You are just opening Pandora's box. Everything a ISP does from that day forward will have a excuse as to why it's needed. Give them a inch, and they will take a mile.
Slashdot Mirror
Wheres the beef?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%27s_the_beef%3F
Visiting many Asian restaurants in my area. I now go to the ones with buffet. When I go to the ones that bring your meal to you, they tend to put too much on the plate. They give you lots of rice and veggies. I can never eat it all. I always end up with take home. So I stopped going to the ones that don't have a buffet. I guess I don't ever have to worry about visiting Wafu restaurants.
I hope they clean those servers before they sell them.
Like the copy machine makers will openly admit they did not tell their customers about the hard drive feature in their copy machines.
What's with the size of those hard drives? They don't need to be so large. Seems as though a small flash drive could be just as efficient.
Also look at the money they will be getting just to supply a app to erase that data. Total rip off.
I am crying foul over the whole deal. Just give it a little time, and someone will create a free app to clean those hard drives. I bet it will be Open Source too!
Quotes from Star Trek IV The Voyage Home
Spock: Your use of language has altered since our arrival. It is currently laced with, shall we say, more colorful metaphors, "double dumb-ass on you" and so forth.
Kirk: Oh, you mean the profanity?
Spock: Yes.
Kirk: Well that's simply the way they talk here. Nobody pays any attention to you unless you swear every other word.
--------
[Spock is still learning how to use profanity correctly]
Spock: They like you very much, but they are not the hell "your" whales.
Dr. Gillian Taylor: I suppose they told you that.
Spock: The hell they did.
--------
Kirk: Spock, where the hell's the power you promised?
Spock: One damn minute, Admiral.
--------
Disgruntled guy in car: Hey, why don't ya watch where you're going, ya dumb ass!
Kirk: Well, a double dumb ass on you!
--------
Spock: Are you sure it isn't time for a colorful metaphor?
Now if they could just find a way to stop the Nigerian scams.
Apparently NEC's standards are not as high as their own customers standards are.
That wont work. Sony will somehow still screw that up. doesn't matter what you do, that DVD wont play on your DVD player. Your game will spit out errors of copyright infringement every time you try to load it on your computer.
What the hell is happening to our schools? Is there too many chiefs, and not enough Indians?
This is the most absolutely ridiculous story I have heard this week. Oh wait! This is Monday!
On a serious note... didn't the teachers see a problem with disciplining the child like that? Don't they have better things to do?
Guess I wont be buying the DVD. Problem solved.
Even if the article claims jobs lost the jobs wont be missed. They were your average peeps trying to police/control the Internet, and those trying to take your rights away. Add to the mix those trying to tier the Internet and those would of been the jobs lost. Who cares?
I don't see any deception with the finder in trying to get the phone to the rightful owner. For something that was so very important to Apple... they did not move very fast to get it back. Trade secrets are up to the business establishment to protect not the public.
I feel like this may be linked to the theft of their security software. Or else maybe a breech from the way past that someone has decided to jump on. Long gone mad employee or something could also be the blame. From what I have read from others that were breached, it does not matter the complexity or age of the password, you still get breached. So something fishy is definitely going on here. I guess it is safe to say that if you have a gmail account it is not safe, and you should check it everyday.
bored teens maybe? They are not asking for much. Less than twenty bucks. But I don't know how far 1500 yen will go either. Or it could be they think the malware will infect a lot of computers. shrugs.
I can see where a parent would want to keep a eye out on their teen online. But... I don't care what the teen does wrong, I would never ever humiliate, embarrass, or slander my own child. It's just not right!
The DA wont go after the teachers unless a parent complains. Yeppers you just watch, some parent will come along swearing their child has been scared, thus the DA is brought into the crap. ... Just send a note home with the kids asking parents for permission to teach their children sex education. Be sure the parents know exactly what their children will be taught too.
Teneros should be kicked where the sun don't shine. Social Sentry should be boycotted. Actually both need to be boycotted. This clearly is a lawsuit in the making. This is not right or moral. I hope it does turn into a Teneros disaster. May their business end up in a pit of sewage where they belong.
"Smith has sponsored a bill that would make it a crime for U.S. companies to share personal user information with "Internet-restricting" countries. "
Actually if you think about it, that Bill would help companies like Google and GoDaddy. Sorry China I can't help you in your quest to find out which of your citizens posted that content! Problem solved thanks to the new Bill.
as long as...Our world politicians are not doing the talking. We should be fine meeting ET.
I would like to get my hands on those fraudulent bank accounts just for one day. Then I can commit a Robin Hood. I promise to be generous. Haiti, Chile, New Orleans, just to name a few.
This probably has a lot to do with the economy right now. Many cities are hurting, so they will tap anything to get that extra dollar so they can keep their city afloat. Cities are always hurt the most when the economy is sour. Case in point less taxes coming in on properties. DC has a lot more too loose. Government presence is everywhere two fold. Low officials, high officials, foreign, and domestic. They can't cut back city crews to save money. In the past they relied more on Federal Government to pick up where they could not. But even the Federal presence can only do so much. So they have to get creative getting that money flowing in. I bet many other cities are watching how this case turns out.
If they are hell bent on collecting taxes on the Internet, then why don't they just create a I-tax just for the Internet, all across the board (all countries) everyone pays the same I-tax rate. That way there is no confusion.
Back in the years of 1999 and 2000 I had great service with DirectTV. It ended, and then I restarted service again in 2004. During this time I had moved, and got a new place that had lots of trees on the property. The owner of the home said no way I was touching his trees. (understandable) So I called the Satellite company and told them I had to disconnect and why. They still charged me for this because my two year contract was not over, I had like six or so months to go. They never sent anyone out to try to set their service up. Even though the woman mentioned it on the phone, and I was not clearly offered this. So month one I got a final bill for $152.00, and I sent them a check for $152.00. I called them because they asked for money for the receivers . They said they put in a order to send me two boxes to put them in, and I needed only to put them in the boxes and mail them back. So I waited, and waited, no boxes. The second month I got another bill, and this one was for $80.00 for service, and $154.00 for the receivers. I called them up, and asked them what these charges were for? Plus that I had not received the boxes for the receivers as of yet. The $80.00 they claimed was the last of what I owed them for service and penalties. Plus I had to pay for the receivers. I told them, they did not send me the boxes for the receivers. Plus last months bill said final on it. They said they mailed them out, and I should get them at any time. The money asked for on this months bill was the final amount due.
Before the end of that month, I received another bill. This one was for around $92.00. I called them again, and they claimed it was for service. I then told them that last month I paid, and that lady said this was the end of my payments I owned them. So I told them to check their records, and again told them I was not paying for receivers because they told me I could mail them back and I was to wait on the boxes. Then I told her they never came. She claimed that she put another shipment in for the boxes to be shipped out to me. I also had to dispute through another area of their company in order to find out what the close to $92.00 was for. So I am on hold for about forty five minutes for this meanwhile they keep putting me on hold and transferring me from one department to the next. The next one to talk too was a guy, and he said that there had been a mistake in my charges, and he calculates I own them just $82.00 plus the receivers, or I have to pay for them. I told him the other lady said she put in a order to ship boxes to me so I could send the receivers back to them. He said fine, end of phone call.
Month three arrives, and still no boxes. So... I asked the mail carrier if they ever delivered/shipped empty boxes to residents from the satellite company? They said no. Since they have been delivering mail they never delivered empty boxes from them. I called, and asked each of the other companies for packing and shipping they said no also. TA DA! another bill arrives, and this one is for $154.00. The bill claims it's for services. I did not call them this time. I sent them a letter. I told them to get their company in order. I am not sending them anymore money, for some half baked idea they think I owe it. They have to prove I own it. The receivers are put up for safe keeping until the day their company finds out who keeps stealing those boxes before they arrive to the Postal Service, and or the shipping companies.
A few years have passed, and I never got another Bill from them, and I still have their receivers. I don't think they ever intended to ship those boxes to me. I just think it is a ploy on their part. I don't think they want them back they would rather you pay for them, and any way they can milk you out of the money, they will. Of note also in 1999 and 2000 when I had service with them, they were great. Even their phone support was great. But after that their support service, and billing department went down hi
A few months ago I was helping a sight impaired individual set up their computer. I ran into a snag, and went looking online for some help. I came across a person and their exact words were to me... "Why would a blind person need a computer? Unfortunately, this person was not the first one I ran across online. On rare occasions it just floors me on the remarks I get from some people. Some of them act like they (sight given) have the only right to be online. A few I wished I could of given them a knuckle sandwich, or a swift kick in the butt. It doesn't surprise me that businesses online or even IRL have the same attitude. Unless a sight impairment reaches up, and bites them in the ass, they just don't think anything is wrong in how they feel about it. It's not their problem.
I saw first hand a print out done by a ISP. Has customer ID, bandwidth, bytes transferred, log on time, and time in session. In a neat roll it showed several customers. They can have more information I suppose if they wanted. I do realize that the ISPs think they are in a pickle about whom is hogging what. But I do also hope they keep in mind many more people are logging on to do more than download from a file sharer website. Many more work at home just to be able to keep their jobs. If you start limiting bandwidth per month eventually it will harm those that need it most. I have never seen a controlled limit not get out of hand. I also never seen such a limit put on customers that did not hurt a few regardless of the size of the limit. Those that will hurt the most are those that do work at home two or three days per week, or work full time at home.
Respectfully I don't want to see any type of Limits period done by any ISP. You are just opening Pandora's box. Everything a ISP does from that day forward will have a excuse as to why it's needed. Give them a inch, and they will take a mile.