Join the boycott Feb 10-17.
If Beta is still here on the 18th I will not return.
Exactly. Let's do that
I have been here for well over 10 years, and I am now investigating possible
We should have a discussion titled "Where would you go should Beta become permanent?"
I can say with authority that they're the WORST computer brand EVER when it comes to the repair business.
That may very much be, but I can say that Sony VAIO laptops (Z series) were the only viable competition to macbook air that I was able to find. Most of the PC laptops insist on using low-resolution displays (good luck finding 1600x900 display!) and are heavy. Granted, this was 2 years ago, but I do not think market has improved much.
I have been advising anyone who will listen to keep their personal information the hell away from that site.
Fortunately, it plugs into the Federal databases for all sorts of information to verify account info (from what I understand). So the website has access to your information by default.
Techdirt is honest reporting at its finest, rivaling even Slashdot's journalistic integrity. They're both very upfront and clear about their biases.
...his reasoning is as stupid as it is unbelievable.
Sometimes that isn't bias, as much as an accurate and objective assessment. It is a bad idea to seriously consider every ridiculous statement instead of dismissing it outright.
That's why politicians start from ridiculous propositions -- so that any "compromise" is well in their favor.
Republicans have discovered another way to shut down the government: just prevent it from collecting any data required to do its job.
Regulatory agency needs to collect data on credit cards to determine whether credit card providers are up to illegal shenanigans, or what kind of regulations are too little, just right, or overkill?
I don't think so.
They (CFPB) should anonymize the damn data, unless they are required to have trace-able unique identifiers and exact amounts to do their job. Is their job to survey the credit card provider performance or to collect enough data to later send individualized (get out of debt) offers to cardholders?
That this appears to state every person in the US, regardless of age, has on average three credit cards.
The data is surely skewed by "financing" offers. I bought some furniture a couple of years ago and in order to get my discount they effectively opened a credit card account (basically same as Macy's cards and their ilk). Of course I never used it beyond paying off my balance, because the rates were atrocious. But I believe it would count as an extra account.
In order to regulate credit card companies and banks, the CFPB needs to know what is happening with these financial products.
You would think that perhaps "unique card-account identification reference number" could be omitted to try to anonymize the data?
Possibly even convert the data values into sub-ranges (income 60K-70K, 70K-80K, etc.), if all you need is to find out "what is happening" with financial products.
My 70 year old mother uses Facebook.
I will raise you with:
My 14 year old nephew recently closed his Facebook account after many years because "nothing is going on" there anymore. Possibly too many adults on Facebook now?
Never mind that none of these programs have stopped any attack or plot.
That you know of. And, for the record, I'm not a fan of collecting against citizens w/o a warrant.
I am certain that should one of those programs (NSA or TSA) ever stop a terrorist plot, even by accident, such success would be trumpeted for years to come. The vague and general references to hundreds of terrorist plots is an indication that there is nothing real to talk about.
civil liberties are worth being "less safe" for!
They are, but this is besides the point. We are not even "more safe" in any way. I think the best they could actually show is one guy convicted for sending $8.5K to some terrorist organization (that's after years and years of surveillance).
Other dozens (or is it hundreds?) of terrorist operations are stopped by regular police work or are made up.
Can someone please explain that connection? Really seems like a long stretch to get the topic back on the table. Maybe tiered pricing is caused by global warming and GMO crops?
If that provider stays and faces no competition it will not take long until they start establishing "partnerships" to make this connection usable again.
For example, Netflix or Amazon for streaming video that does not count towards the cap. It's not so far away -- if the connection is completely unusable, it will eventually be modified by "oh, this partner does not count towards the cap" or "this partner only counts @30% towards your cap"
"Confound these ancestors.... They've stolen our best ideas!" - Ben Jonson
