But are they really guesting Princesses into Sofia's timeline?
Does Cedric have something to do with it?
No, as far as I can tell. I guess it's assumed all the Disney Princesses have some kind of illogical shared continuity (regardless of time, history, or distance... because preschoolers). Think of it as the Power of Marketing.
but when I do, I assemble it myself.
Stay thirsty, my friends.
And a guest appearance on Sophia the First.
<shudder>
I was actually hoping that we'd be turned into Dean Martin. Even if he's long dead, he's cooler than the entire TOR user community and node operator community combined.
I'm not quite sure why Comcast hasn't emiserated the in-store situation yet
There are practical limitations in a brick-and-mortar situation. There are a limited number of behind-the-counter folks, and having to hassle a not-gonna-be-a-customer for an extended amount of time makes the lines at the counter grow and grow. Since it's the same counter (and workforce) used to generate business by selling hardware and service, it's counterproductive to sabotage that by extensive "retention" operations. Not to mention that the desperate, wheedling, infuriating conversation that results would be witnessed by everyone else in line; and no matter how dumb, most of the mammals in line may notice that and wonder if doing business with Comcast would be such a good idea.
Whereas a boiler-room telemarketing op has none of these risks and liabilities.
Moral of the story: deal with Comcast where they have some incentive to deal decisively: their own showrooms.
Other than mentioning that the store declined the debit card (which is by definition an interaction between the POS and the credit/debit clearinghouse).
But since you've raised the issue, you've shown exactly where you missed the boat.
The exploit is completely OUTSIDE of the POS<->bank interaction. (Cuz, "debit refused"). The exploit occurs in the "call a fake bank, offer up a fake reference number, have the Apple Store drones accept it as proof of a valid credit/debit transaction" phase AFTER the machine-to-machine part.
Apparenly, you've fallen for the same trick the Apple Store drones did: fixating on the machine-to-machine debit transaction (which failed as expected) and completely neglecting the social engineering that followed.
Electronic Arts: Take this software, but beware it carries a terrible DRM!
Homer: Ooh, that's bad.
Shopkeeper: But it comes with a free frogurt!
Homer: That's good.
Shopkeeper: The frogurt is also cursed.
Homer: That's bad.
Shopkeeper: But you get your choice of toppings.
Homer: That's good!
Shopkeeper: The toppings contain potassium benzoate.
[Homer looks puzzled]
Shopkeeper:
...That's bad. Homer: Can I go now?
I understand the long-running and much-honored Slashdot tradition of not reading TFA, but couldn't you at least have read The Fucking Summary?
When his debit card was inevitably declined by the Apple Store, he would protest and offer to call his bank — except, he wasn't really calling his bank. So he would allegedly offer the Apple Store employees a fake authorization code with a certain number of digits....
There was ample dumbshittery (and liability) to assign here, but it's all on the Apple Store drones. No bank involved.
I mean, there's a very comprehensive cookbook about it!
Shrug.
In air travel, there are only really three sizes of carry-on luggage: Fits under the seat, fits in the overhead, and should have been checked in.
If a $30-$50 checked bag fee would alleviate your anxiety about staking your inviolable claim to the overhear rack, why don't you spend it? Life's too short to be voluntarily stressing yourself (and intentionally putting yourself into competition with other passengers) over completely avoidable shit.
Ebola is a bacteria
No, fire bad. Bread, gooood.
I think his point is that you don't understand sarcasm.
Or, in the vernacular, "Whoosh!"
If this scenario made sense, you'd see Cisco routers with magazine-fed 10gb cards. Automatically eject a spent card and load the next.
That may be a rare example of an expendable with a higher per-unit and per-use price than HP inkjet cartridges.
C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas l'Informatique. -- Bosquet [on seeing the IBM 4341]
