Comment Slashdot Luddites Unite Against Ribbon (Score 1) 951
I, for one, welcome our new ribbon-wielding overlords.
If I pay for something with a card, my creditor provides additional protections in case what I bought is not as advertised, or if there is some other dispute with the merchant.
Anecdotal evidence: The local symphony orchestra went bankrupt this past May and cancelled the season, no refunds. I would have been out of luck except for the fact that I had purchased the tickets on my credit card. I contacted my credit issuer and it refunded my money as "service not delivered."
I had also contacted my local attorney general's office, so I received a letter when the bankruptcy proceedings were complete stating that I would not have received any money from the liquidation of the symphony's assets since I was not a primary creditor.
Yes, it's all in order, except... why aren't you wearing your confessional pasta strainer today? Go on, you said it's a religious requirement, put it on!
I've heard that some sects of Pastafarianism only require you to wear the traditional headdress in official government photographs. Convenient!
What killer new features does Windows 7 have that are worth the time and expense of an upgrade from XP?
I asked What can be done in Windows 7 that can't be done in Windows XP? on SuperUser. The top response was per-application volume control.
When you buy pencils for your classroom, you have to pay for them out of pocket because the school is too cheap to do so.
Are you serious?
Are *you* serious? Teachers regularly buy school supplies for their classrooms that the school does not pay for.
Autism is defined as a DISORDER, not a spectrum.
Just FYI, there is such a thing as the autistic spectrum.
Trying to claim copyright on a 112 year old article is insane.
The article is in the public domain because it was published in the US before 1923. As someone else stated it is just a blanket statement.
Well you seem to have figured out the secure way to answer the security questions: use a psuedo-identity.
Make up a fake persona and use that as the basis for all of the answers. Even if someone discovers your mother's maiden name, they won't know about the mother that's all in your head.
An Ada exception is when a routine gets in trouble and says 'Beam me up, Scotty'.
