Since 2008, they charge payees $6.00 to cash a check drawn against a Bank of America account if the payee does not also have a Bank of America account.
In a lot of cases, you can't, even if there's a branch conveniently located nearby. I've seen banks that would charge a fee to cash a check drawn against that bank, because the check casher didn't have an account at that bank.
I passed the Technician, General, and Advanced in one session, with an evening's study.
You no doubt had some background in RF and/or electrionics prior to that... I also had a bit of background, and it took maybe 2 hours of study to pass the Technician test (mostly to learn the regulations and fill gaps in what I had not learned before).
I never looked at General and Advanced - my interests in amateur radio are limited to low-power / high-frequency applications that the Technician class license is well suited for.
In any case, amateur licensing is certainly within reach of anyone who's willing to put in a minimum of effort. It's hardly an exclusive club.
Any time you hear characterization of hams in general by a non-ham, that is shorthand for "I resent that there's a written test on radio theory and rules, and I'm too lazy to study for it".
The sad part about it is this - the Technician class license material is not at all difficult to learn.
There's a huge difference between shelling out $400-500 for a console and having those restrictions, vs a no-cost download that has them. If Valve fucks Steam up, I can make future purchases elsewhere. With the next gen consoles, you're locked in.
IIRC Sony lost in court a class action against them over it, or at least settled in a favorable manner to PS3 owners (e.g. partial refunds or something).
Oh, the horror. Buy a no-contract phone on a monthly payment plan, and they actually expect you to pay the remaining balance owed if you terminate service with them?
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Bank of America.
Since 2008, they charge payees $6.00 to cash a check drawn against a Bank of America account if the payee does not also have a Bank of America account.
Pretty sure they're not the only ones to do this.
Nonsense indeed.
In a lot of cases, you can't, even if there's a branch conveniently located nearby. I've seen banks that would charge a fee to cash a check drawn against that bank, because the check casher didn't have an account at that bank.
You sir, owe me a new keyboard and a Coke.
Nothing.
But it has a lot to do with this:
what's the standard practice to formally verify the equivalence of the client-side and server-side input validation code?
Exactly right.
Netflix: By the time content hits your service, it's already been pirated, from much higher quality sources, and is widely available to download.
Nobody wants or needs to rip your streams.
I passed the Technician, General, and Advanced in one session, with an evening's study.
You no doubt had some background in RF and/or electrionics prior to that... I also had a bit of background, and it took maybe 2 hours of study to pass the Technician test (mostly to learn the regulations and fill gaps in what I had not learned before).
I never looked at General and Advanced - my interests in amateur radio are limited to low-power / high-frequency applications that the Technician class license is well suited for.
In any case, amateur licensing is certainly within reach of anyone who's willing to put in a minimum of effort. It's hardly an exclusive club.
Any time you hear characterization of hams in general by a non-ham, that is shorthand for "I resent that there's a written test on radio theory and rules, and I'm too lazy to study for it".
The sad part about it is this - the Technician class license material is not at all difficult to learn.
Let me goog...
Oh fuck it, google it yourself.
Section 8, 3rd item.
You're welcome.
While the Interstate Commerce Clause may be stretched to meaninglessness in many cases, this is not one of those times.
Eff TEE Cee
Might want to get your eyes checked. Just sayin'.
There's an expectation of not being stalked and harassed.
Eric Holder, is that you?
Even once someone is convicted? I find that hard to believe.
I want a pony.
The difference is, one of us has the power to make it happen.
Hint: It isn't the House.
Probably because that's about the only time when you have a reasonable expectation that the camera will not be in motion.
Did they? Because I went to high school during that time period, and it's my recollection that every geek wanted an Apple.
Most of them ended up with Commodores, or worse.
An app to use your phone to find things? What I really need is an app to help me find my phone.
Yes, yes, I know all about WheresMy* - but that doesn't help when the batter is dead. :D
As it was then, it remains bullshit now, regardless of who sits in the oval office.
It's roughly a metric shit ton of megabucks.
There's a huge difference between shelling out $400-500 for a console and having those restrictions, vs a no-cost download that has them. If Valve fucks Steam up, I can make future purchases elsewhere. With the next gen consoles, you're locked in.
IIRC Sony lost in court a class action against them over it, or at least settled in a favorable manner to PS3 owners (e.g. partial refunds or something).
No, the case was dismissed.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/12/judge-dismisses-other-os-class-action-suit-against-sony/
Try that in front of a grand jury sometime.
esp. Christian ones so who cares right?
Please. Play the "I'm so oppressed" card. Louder.
So the rest of us can hear you whine.
/me puts tinfoil hat on wireless router.
T-Mobile (with the shittiest customer service out there and who have been called to account for their new 'no contract deals' with gotchas)
Oh, the horror. Buy a no-contract phone on a monthly payment plan, and they actually expect you to pay the remaining balance owed if you terminate service with them?
Wow, that's some gotcha.