I am not so sure about siding with the pedos on this but, well, you seem to have a whole set of "facts" and not one actually factual argument. The age of consent, for instance, varies depending on where you are. The reasons for pedophilia are fairly well understood these days I understand. Manipulation, grooming is what they call it if I recall the movie correctly, is done due to social need to keep it quiet. The mental capacity of pedophiles spans the entire spectrum.
And that's just that post. I could go on with the rest (assuming you're all the same AC) but I'm not going to bother.
I'm not a fan of pedophiles but I am a fan of facts and honesty. It's what we do here. We're geeks, nerds if you prefer, and we tend to enjoy working within the realm of reality.
You're quite delusional aren't you? No, you don't have anything in your possession that will enable that nor do you have the skillset to make use of anything like that. Don't be silly and expect us to believe you. We demand proof.
My country's financial system is mentally retarded. I live in the United States. That PayPal is not regulated as a bank is disturbing given their involvement in finance. I like the sound of your system, it looks like it could work here though getting the various banks to work together may be difficult. Did you start with a National banking system or is your banking system done by private enterprise?
Fortunately, in my experience and observation, more places are using third party payment processing companies and PayPal. Usually I can get most anything online without needing to resort to PayPal. I keep a second bank account for online payments anyhow, so that's the only account PayPal is ever allowed to see/access. I've never personally been screwed over by them but I've kept track of the company (and the people who have been) for quite some time now. I'd never trust them and thus I absolutely keep them from accessing anything close to a real bank account.
I keep my online account at a $0.00 level at all times and only put money into it when I have am actually paying something online and then I only transfer enough to cover it. When I am paid for something online I transfer it to a real account as soon as I know about it. So far I haven't had to fight with PayPal but I am expecting it to happen (probability odds and all that) and I want to be prepared when that eventuality does occur.
Reading the article is against the rules. I'll be damned if I'm going to be known as a rule violator.
Though, well, it doesn't really surprise me that they'd make up an age restriction rule without having mentioned it in the contest. Given that it is PayPal I'm not only not surprised that they didn't mention it, I'd actually be surprised if it DID mention all of the rules. If they mention all of the rules then they may actually have to pay out. We can't have that now can we? Greed isn't just a motto, it's a fiduciary duty!
Next week we'll find out that it isn't valid on Tuesday, if you're wearing a green shirt, if your first name contains the letter 'e,' or if your phone number contains the number 7. You're also disqualified if you are a security researcher or are even competent enough to turn a computer on. Offer subject to change without notice, of course.
That site has been around forever and a day it seems. There are a number of people who have been screwed over by the company. I wouldn't have any sympathy for those people getting screwed except that some of them appear to (and have provided documentation that appears to be proof) be following all the various rules that PayPal has and yet they're still getting screwed over.
One of the biggest and most common problems I see are the jackasses that reverse the charges because they claim they never got the product. Some of them have been so egregious that they claim the product was not new even though the ad provided by the seller clearly indicated that the product was in used condition. Yet PayPal still found in favor of the buyer and forced the refund. They've locked entire accounts worth thousands of dollars at their whim.
I'm beginning to think that if they want to act like a bank that they need to be regulated as a bank but we've all seen how poorly bank regulation is and how ineffective the government's monitoring of banks is so I'm not sure how much of an actual benefit that would be.
In this case it seems to me that PayPal could easily work with the teen and find an adult who could be awarded the reward on the teens behalf. But, well, why do that when they can simply refer to the rules and save the reward money? Assholes... A part of me wants to say that it is the teens fault for not being aware of the rules or for thinking that the rules don't apply to them. Indeed that would normally have been my attitude. However, this is PayPal and, due to that fact alone, means that I'm not inclined to reward PayPal with good-will thinking or benefit of the doubt thinking.
See? Much easier to just say what you mean. Also, well, I don't even game BUT it seems that if they were to put it into each box it would make each box more expensive where these may be useful (I am pretty sure that's their hope/claim) for offloaded processing (which I'm also pretty sure is not the best idea but it's their lie, let them tell it any way they want) and because they can be scaled and provisioned as needed they don't have to include the extra raw horsepower nor charge the higher price because of it. That is what it appears that they're claiming at any rate or at least is what appears to be the logic behind their claim. It seems rather silly to me unless they're planning on hosting entire games which leads to your mentioned latency issues.
It wouldn't surprise me to see it sell at record levels and be successful. It really wouldn't. I don't console game, at all, and don't even own one. I won't be purchasing one of these though I know a few folks who are already planning on it. Nobody that I know, in real life, that would have considered purchasing one is either planning on purchasing one or is looking for a way to be able to purchase one. I am not sure what that says about the company but I'm pretty sure what that says about the consumer.
Sorry to pick on your post but this seems a good spot to put it.
See, it is your response that is the problem. Nobody promised jetpacks or hovercrafts (though you can do both actually) but, rather, stated that the technology might be at a point where those things are feasible. They made no promises of availability, they made no promises of production, and they made no promises of marketability.
You (and I am a part of you, I too am a geek, nerd, and Slashdot user) take the announcement and act just like journalists who report on science news. You hear what you want to hear, regardless of what is said or not said, and make assumptions based on what you wish was said as opposed to accepting what was said. When your faulty dreams and aspirations aren't met you take it as a slight, very personally even - see how we respond to this, as if someone is owed anything, and get angry because promises that weren't made and statements that weren't made, aren't met.
It is the Just Us system after all. You don't expect anything different do you? I'm starting to side with the folks who make the juvenile comments about wanting to see them swing from the lampposts. Well, I'm not starting to side with them as much as I'm starting to get their frustrations. I am lucky enough to where such doesn't concern me but the repeated abuses of those who aren't are bound to result in a backlash eventually. You can only piss on someone's head so many times before they rip your dick off. Err... Or something like that.
You whine a lot. Why? Does it make you feel better? Paying for the site doesn't mean that every story is going to please you.
I, too, have no idea why this story is on Slashdot but it's here. You could have just skipped it. I, personally, opened it just to read what the morons had to say. (I include myself in the list of morons actually, there are many here who are vastly more intelligent than I and that's why I come here.)
That sounds sound. It is kind of how I remember it as well though I (sadly) didn't pay much attention to the legal cases back then. I was unconcerned about things like First Sale and pretty ignorant of even copyright. My how the times change.
How is it different? They're an idiot to start with. Anyone who wasn't an idiot would have stopped after breaking a SINGLE bolt, not kept going to break three of them. The unit of measurement isn't going to matter much in that case.
What is the speed in kp/h when the speed limit is 55mph? Are you going to include the decimal points and, if so, how far out? If not then which speed is the correct speed? The two speeds aren't the same unless you include decimal points and strange numbers like 92.89 kp/h which is going to be less confusing how?
Also they screen print highway signage on demand, there are usually a few (up to a half dozen or so) DOT employees doing it in one of their offices or warehouses. They're not layered on as the poster implied above. It's a thick paint so it may look like that up close but they're not stickers. The paint is that way because it is thick paint containing glass or another reflective substance. (I've been inside a few of the different paint shops in different states oddly enough, we'll just say that it was a business interest and leave it at that. I suppose there may be a state or two that does it differently though.) An exception would be the triangle highway signs that are temporary, those are often just changed with stickers or they'll use a template and paint on a new number as needed, those change more frequently and aren't meant to be permanent. As highways and roads are long drawn out processes with lots of planning and lots of time it only takes a few employees to make all of the signs and they have plenty of time to make them. There is also a How Its Made episode showing the process, well, it could be the other show that's just like it but I've forgotten its name.
When you see the sign that says 3.5 miles to the next exit you can bet that it is 3.5 miles to the next exit or VERY close to it. If you think that it is off and have "measured it in your car" then it is likely your car, you, or someone has moved the sign from its original spot.
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I am not so sure about siding with the pedos on this but, well, you seem to have a whole set of "facts" and not one actually factual argument. The age of consent, for instance, varies depending on where you are. The reasons for pedophilia are fairly well understood these days I understand. Manipulation, grooming is what they call it if I recall the movie correctly, is done due to social need to keep it quiet. The mental capacity of pedophiles spans the entire spectrum.
And that's just that post. I could go on with the rest (assuming you're all the same AC) but I'm not going to bother.
I'm not a fan of pedophiles but I am a fan of facts and honesty. It's what we do here. We're geeks, nerds if you prefer, and we tend to enjoy working within the realm of reality.
How many times have you been right and it turns out it is a monster?
You're quite delusional aren't you? No, you don't have anything in your possession that will enable that nor do you have the skillset to make use of anything like that. Don't be silly and expect us to believe you. We demand proof.
My country's financial system is mentally retarded. I live in the United States. That PayPal is not regulated as a bank is disturbing given their involvement in finance. I like the sound of your system, it looks like it could work here though getting the various banks to work together may be difficult. Did you start with a National banking system or is your banking system done by private enterprise?
Fortunately, in my experience and observation, more places are using third party payment processing companies and PayPal. Usually I can get most anything online without needing to resort to PayPal. I keep a second bank account for online payments anyhow, so that's the only account PayPal is ever allowed to see/access. I've never personally been screwed over by them but I've kept track of the company (and the people who have been) for quite some time now. I'd never trust them and thus I absolutely keep them from accessing anything close to a real bank account.
I keep my online account at a $0.00 level at all times and only put money into it when I have am actually paying something online and then I only transfer enough to cover it. When I am paid for something online I transfer it to a real account as soon as I know about it. So far I haven't had to fight with PayPal but I am expecting it to happen (probability odds and all that) and I want to be prepared when that eventuality does occur.
Reading the article is against the rules. I'll be damned if I'm going to be known as a rule violator.
Though, well, it doesn't really surprise me that they'd make up an age restriction rule without having mentioned it in the contest. Given that it is PayPal I'm not only not surprised that they didn't mention it, I'd actually be surprised if it DID mention all of the rules. If they mention all of the rules then they may actually have to pay out. We can't have that now can we? Greed isn't just a motto, it's a fiduciary duty!
Next week we'll find out that it isn't valid on Tuesday, if you're wearing a green shirt, if your first name contains the letter 'e,' or if your phone number contains the number 7. You're also disqualified if you are a security researcher or are even competent enough to turn a computer on. Offer subject to change without notice, of course.
Sadly, it really wouldn't surprise me.
That site has been around forever and a day it seems. There are a number of people who have been screwed over by the company. I wouldn't have any sympathy for those people getting screwed except that some of them appear to (and have provided documentation that appears to be proof) be following all the various rules that PayPal has and yet they're still getting screwed over.
One of the biggest and most common problems I see are the jackasses that reverse the charges because they claim they never got the product. Some of them have been so egregious that they claim the product was not new even though the ad provided by the seller clearly indicated that the product was in used condition. Yet PayPal still found in favor of the buyer and forced the refund. They've locked entire accounts worth thousands of dollars at their whim.
I'm beginning to think that if they want to act like a bank that they need to be regulated as a bank but we've all seen how poorly bank regulation is and how ineffective the government's monitoring of banks is so I'm not sure how much of an actual benefit that would be.
In this case it seems to me that PayPal could easily work with the teen and find an adult who could be awarded the reward on the teens behalf. But, well, why do that when they can simply refer to the rules and save the reward money? Assholes... A part of me wants to say that it is the teens fault for not being aware of the rules or for thinking that the rules don't apply to them. Indeed that would normally have been my attitude. However, this is PayPal and, due to that fact alone, means that I'm not inclined to reward PayPal with good-will thinking or benefit of the doubt thinking.
See? Much easier to just say what you mean. Also, well, I don't even game BUT it seems that if they were to put it into each box it would make each box more expensive where these may be useful (I am pretty sure that's their hope/claim) for offloaded processing (which I'm also pretty sure is not the best idea but it's their lie, let them tell it any way they want) and because they can be scaled and provisioned as needed they don't have to include the extra raw horsepower nor charge the higher price because of it. That is what it appears that they're claiming at any rate or at least is what appears to be the logic behind their claim. It seems rather silly to me unless they're planning on hosting entire games which leads to your mentioned latency issues.
It wouldn't surprise me to see it sell at record levels and be successful. It really wouldn't. I don't console game, at all, and don't even own one. I won't be purchasing one of these though I know a few folks who are already planning on it. Nobody that I know, in real life, that would have considered purchasing one is either planning on purchasing one or is looking for a way to be able to purchase one. I am not sure what that says about the company but I'm pretty sure what that says about the consumer.
Like I said, why ask it? I obviously know what the definition is and even the point. We're adults here, if you have a point - just say it.
Because that's what they COULD do and not what they said they WOULD do.
Just about everything Microsoft has done seems to be based around lockin and monetization. This looks no different.
FTFY ;)
(And yes, yes I have been a Microsoft MVP in the past and am a user of their products. Even I can make poor efforts at humor.)
Then why ask it?
Sorry to pick on your post but this seems a good spot to put it.
See, it is your response that is the problem. Nobody promised jetpacks or hovercrafts (though you can do both actually) but, rather, stated that the technology might be at a point where those things are feasible. They made no promises of availability, they made no promises of production, and they made no promises of marketability.
You (and I am a part of you, I too am a geek, nerd, and Slashdot user) take the announcement and act just like journalists who report on science news. You hear what you want to hear, regardless of what is said or not said, and make assumptions based on what you wish was said as opposed to accepting what was said. When your faulty dreams and aspirations aren't met you take it as a slight, very personally even - see how we respond to this, as if someone is owed anything, and get angry because promises that weren't made and statements that weren't made, aren't met.
It is the Just Us system after all. You don't expect anything different do you? I'm starting to side with the folks who make the juvenile comments about wanting to see them swing from the lampposts. Well, I'm not starting to side with them as much as I'm starting to get their frustrations. I am lucky enough to where such doesn't concern me but the repeated abuses of those who aren't are bound to result in a backlash eventually. You can only piss on someone's head so many times before they rip your dick off. Err... Or something like that.
LOL I shoulda known better. Alright, what's that in inches? No calculator either.
Wise asses. ;) That's why I love you guys.
You whine a lot. Why? Does it make you feel better? Paying for the site doesn't mean that every story is going to please you.
I, too, have no idea why this story is on Slashdot but it's here. You could have just skipped it. I, personally, opened it just to read what the morons had to say. (I include myself in the list of morons actually, there are many here who are vastly more intelligent than I and that's why I come here.)
I have less faith in my fellow Americans, I'm not sure they could handle 89.
I knew I should have specified in inches. LOL Nice.
Plus the smell of a musty basement and mom screaming down the stairs that dinner is ready.
That sounds sound. It is kind of how I remember it as well though I (sadly) didn't pay much attention to the legal cases back then. I was unconcerned about things like First Sale and pretty ignorant of even copyright. My how the times change.
How is it different? They're an idiot to start with. Anyone who wasn't an idiot would have stopped after breaking a SINGLE bolt, not kept going to break three of them. The unit of measurement isn't going to matter much in that case.
Err, have you thought about this?
What is the speed in kp/h when the speed limit is 55mph? Are you going to include the decimal points and, if so, how far out? If not then which speed is the correct speed? The two speeds aren't the same unless you include decimal points and strange numbers like 92.89 kp/h which is going to be less confusing how?
2+2=4
2 cups = pint
2 pints = quart
4 quarts = gallon
That's the easy one I have memorized.
Also they screen print highway signage on demand, there are usually a few (up to a half dozen or so) DOT employees doing it in one of their offices or warehouses. They're not layered on as the poster implied above. It's a thick paint so it may look like that up close but they're not stickers. The paint is that way because it is thick paint containing glass or another reflective substance. (I've been inside a few of the different paint shops in different states oddly enough, we'll just say that it was a business interest and leave it at that. I suppose there may be a state or two that does it differently though.) An exception would be the triangle highway signs that are temporary, those are often just changed with stickers or they'll use a template and paint on a new number as needed, those change more frequently and aren't meant to be permanent. As highways and roads are long drawn out processes with lots of planning and lots of time it only takes a few employees to make all of the signs and they have plenty of time to make them. There is also a How Its Made episode showing the process, well, it could be the other show that's just like it but I've forgotten its name.
When you see the sign that says 3.5 miles to the next exit you can bet that it is 3.5 miles to the next exit or VERY close to it. If you think that it is off and have "measured it in your car" then it is likely your car, you, or someone has moved the sign from its original spot.