"The buyer could file any complaint and paypal would reverse the transaction and the buyer would have the merchandise and their money back and very little incentive to return the merchandise."
Except that that's not true. When the buyer lodges a dispute, the seller has an opportunity to respond. If the seller responds that he will refund the money for a return of the merchandise, the buyer is then obligated to return the merchandise with return receipt (or equivalent) before PP will issue a refund. I know this because I had to go through it as a buyer with some defective merchandise, and I had to ship it back at my own expense before PP would refund my money. They were hardly unfair to the seller.
IT has trade schools. No one trusts them because they tend to churn out idiotic monkeys who have hands-on experience setting up (for example) routers in a specific lab setting, but no clue what the settings they fiddle with are actually for. The renders them useless in real-world situations.
Yes, I have worked with some of these monkeys. Yes, I did have a good laugh every time one of them told me what an awesome hacker he or she was.
"We can't even say for sure that evolution is true."
Yes we can. It's been verified again and again and again. I suspect what you meant to say was "we can't even say for sure Darwin's theory of how evolution works is true," which would make it a factual statement.
"Of course, biology classes should teach evolution as the currently accepted scientific theory as to how life on Earth came to be what it is today. But I fully expect any scientific theory of study to be open to reviewing alternative theories"
That is not how science works. Until a theory of evolution comes along that is stronger than Darwin's (i.e., fits with all currently known evidence and makes verifiable predictions that Darwin's theory cannot explain), then Darwin's is the prevailing theory. "ID" is not a stronger theory. It's not even a theory. It's not even science. It doesn't pass the sniff test. It's the equivalent of claiming spiders have hairy legs because their aunts knitted them leg warmers to ward off the chill.
"Why, for example, do kindergarten kids need to learn about aberrant sexual behavior in history class?"
Please enumerate any school you know of whose curriculum includes a history class, then tell me what kinds of "aberrant sexual behavior" you think are being taught there.
Who would have thought that giving your application a wildly generic name might lead to other functionally similar applications using that same generic name?
On the off-chance you aren't just trolling, I currently pay Netflix less than a third of your Blockbuster (are they even still around?) price for two out at a time and unlimited streaming to the family Wii, 360, ipad, any number of computers, and even my PS3 if I wanted to give up the jailbreak and risk my credentials on PSN. I forsee paying the same amount even after the price restructure because in the 2-3 years I've had it, we've used it for exactly one physical disk. So we move to the streaming-only plan, pay what we pay now, and get essentially the same thing we've been using all along.
"90% of them are decent folks who are logical and can deal with you in a normal way. Then you have the other 10% who give them a bad name."
And of those 900 out of 1000 who are otherwise decent folks, 899 of them will protect the wrongdoings of the 100 bad apples, and perhaps the one will actually step over the thug blue line and say something. Or more likely just keep his mouth shut and his head down.
It's not the 10% (or whatever made-up number you care to throw out) who give cops a bad name, it's the rest--the majority--covering for the bad ones who give cops a bad name.
"I wasn't recording the police, your honor, but just this weird flash mob that showed up. Thought I would get some footage for my brother who was asking me what 'flash mobs' are."
"A statement by the MPAA disputes these claims, arguing that typical users lack the expertise to select a different DNS server"
I would argue that any user who lacks the expertise to change DNS servers also lacks the expertise to configure an FTP or torrent client. I would also argue that the MPAA is full of inbred morons.
"claims they invented one and two way messaging in 2005"
I read TFA's description of the patent application, and it doesn't look any different from what this two-way pager (RIM R900M) I have was doing in 1995.
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Well the new customers whose data hasn't already been stolen will be happy to hear it, I guess.
"The buyer could file any complaint and paypal would reverse the transaction and the buyer would have the merchandise and their money back and very little incentive to return the merchandise."
Except that that's not true. When the buyer lodges a dispute, the seller has an opportunity to respond. If the seller responds that he will refund the money for a return of the merchandise, the buyer is then obligated to return the merchandise with return receipt (or equivalent) before PP will issue a refund. I know this because I had to go through it as a buyer with some defective merchandise, and I had to ship it back at my own expense before PP would refund my money. They were hardly unfair to the seller.
He's a police impersonator.
Whooosh.
"I know way more people with PS3s than XB360s."
Congratulations.
As stated in the fucking article, 360 still outsells PS3 by about 5% worldwide, regardless of what your friends and family use.
IT has trade schools. No one trusts them because they tend to churn out idiotic monkeys who have hands-on experience setting up (for example) routers in a specific lab setting, but no clue what the settings they fiddle with are actually for. The renders them useless in real-world situations.
Yes, I have worked with some of these monkeys. Yes, I did have a good laugh every time one of them told me what an awesome hacker he or she was.
Yeah, they'll fit right in.
"Let us hack together this NSA for lulz, comrade."
"We can't even say for sure that evolution is true."
Yes we can. It's been verified again and again and again. I suspect what you meant to say was "we can't even say for sure Darwin's theory of how evolution works is true," which would make it a factual statement.
"Of course, biology classes should teach evolution as the currently accepted scientific theory as to how life on Earth came to be what it is today. But I fully expect any scientific theory of study to be open to reviewing alternative theories"
That is not how science works. Until a theory of evolution comes along that is stronger than Darwin's (i.e., fits with all currently known evidence and makes verifiable predictions that Darwin's theory cannot explain), then Darwin's is the prevailing theory. "ID" is not a stronger theory. It's not even a theory. It's not even science. It doesn't pass the sniff test. It's the equivalent of claiming spiders have hairy legs because their aunts knitted them leg warmers to ward off the chill.
Something got lost in the preview attempt:
"Please enumerate any school you know of whose curriculum"
should have been
"Please enumerate any school you know of whose kindergarten curriculum"
"morally reprehensible (like socialism)."
What's morally reprehensible about socialism?
"Why, for example, do kindergarten kids need to learn about aberrant sexual behavior in history class?"
Please enumerate any school you know of whose curriculum includes a history class, then tell me what kinds of "aberrant sexual behavior" you think are being taught there.
You're hysterical. And I don't mean funny.
I found that out when I canceled my real unused FB account and tried to open an account in the name "Joe Blow."
Who would have thought that giving your application a wildly generic name might lead to other functionally similar applications using that same generic name?
"self-regulatory"
Well there's your problem.
"And what's the first thing people in stores do when trying out a sound system? They turn the volume way up."
I thought they were just doing that because they're douchebags.
"Some of us maintain a separation of professional from personal life"
Well then your semi-public G+ account is in the name "Joe J. Blow." They aren't checking credentials.
Being punched repeatedly in the dick beats cable.
"I suspect I won't like the price, however."
On the off-chance you aren't just trolling, I currently pay Netflix less than a third of your Blockbuster (are they even still around?) price for two out at a time and unlimited streaming to the family Wii, 360, ipad, any number of computers, and even my PS3 if I wanted to give up the jailbreak and risk my credentials on PSN. I forsee paying the same amount even after the price restructure because in the 2-3 years I've had it, we've used it for exactly one physical disk. So we move to the streaming-only plan, pay what we pay now, and get essentially the same thing we've been using all along.
"90% of them are decent folks who are logical and can deal with you in a normal way. Then you have the other 10% who give them a bad name."
And of those 900 out of 1000 who are otherwise decent folks, 899 of them will protect the wrongdoings of the 100 bad apples, and perhaps the one will actually step over the thug blue line and say something. Or more likely just keep his mouth shut and his head down.
It's not the 10% (or whatever made-up number you care to throw out) who give cops a bad name, it's the rest--the majority--covering for the bad ones who give cops a bad name.
Or the handy excuse of mistaking the suspect's can of pop for a gun.
"I wasn't recording the police, your honor, but just this weird flash mob that showed up. Thought I would get some footage for my brother who was asking me what 'flash mobs' are."
Now pick up that can.
"How about everyone in the world stopped using sloped roofs and started using flat roofs."
Because I enjoy not having my roof collapse after a heavy spring snowstorm, but thanks for the suggestion.
"Bill Clinton claims white cities are better than black cities."
"A statement by the MPAA disputes these claims, arguing that typical users lack the expertise to select a different DNS server"
I would argue that any user who lacks the expertise to change DNS servers also lacks the expertise to configure an FTP or torrent client. I would also argue that the MPAA is full of inbred morons.
"claims they invented one and two way messaging in 2005"
I read TFA's description of the patent application, and it doesn't look any different from what this two-way pager (RIM R900M) I have was doing in 1995.
"Convenience fee"
(no, I just made that up).