Comment Re:Don't worry (Score 1) 240
I would have posted first but I'm behind 8 proxies. So slow!
Lucky you. I'm behind 8 proxies AND my hotelier is jamming my personal wifi access point.
Comment Because the CPUC is so trustworthy... (Score 1) 65
Comment Couldn't Jeb's CTO help do this right? (Score 2) 255
Or was Ethan Czahor too busy redacting his Twitter feed?
Comment Re:Tsk. And they wonder where employee loyalty wen (Score 4, Informative) 331
I know a company has to be profitable to keep people employed...
IBM's net profit in FY2014 was $15.75B (down from $16.48B in FY2013).
Comment How Comcast can fix this problem (Score 3, Informative) 262
Comcast has apologized and is looking at ways to prevent it from happening in the future.
How about if Comcast offers better customer service, so their customers don't get so angry? Given how bad their customer service is today, "better" is really low-hanging fruit.
Comment Re:And if you count the 30% Apple kept (Score 1) 135
Though the 30% is a pretty big chunk, it's nothing compared to the $11 trillion Hollywood loses on piracy every year. They've done studies and it's pretty clear that piracy costs them all the money ever times infinity.
Not just infinity, an uncountable infinity.
Comment Re:frist post (Score 4, Funny) 129
I would have been first had my WiFi not been jammed!
Comment Google Steam Punk Glass (Score 1) 141
If Google really wants to succeed with the technorati, they need to come out with monocle, pince-nez and quizzing glasses models. Plus protective goggles for the lumberdandies.
Submission + - Obama To Unveil Plan To Bring About Faster Internet Access (washingtonpost.com)
An anonymous reader writes: President Obama is rolling out a new plan to boost the speed of internet connections throughout the U.S. For one, he'll be asking the FCC for assistance in neutralizing state laws (PDF) that prevent cities from building municipal broadband services. These laws restrict competition and give the major ISPs no incentive to invest and innovate. Obama will also be directing other federal agencies to increase the amount of money they grant and loan to ISP-related projects. "Any effort by the FCC to preempt anti-muni-broadband laws will likely focus on a controversial part of the FCC's congressional charter known as "Section 706." That part of the law recognizes the FCC's authority to stimulate broadband deployment, which supporters of preemption argue the tactic would promote. If Section 706 sounds familiar, that's because it's also the legal tool some say should be used to promote net neutrality, or the principle that broadband companies shouldn't speed up or slow down some Web sites over others."
Comment Daddy, where do trees come from? (Score 1) 174
Uhhh, well....
Comment Re:You are making things WAY TOO COMPLEX (Score 1) 182
Nope, at least not with any Paypal labels I've printed.
I've shipped countless packages a day late BTW, and never, ever had one returned.
In the eBay shipping center, next to the selector for Shipping Date is a link to More Info that states:
Mailing Date
The Mailing Date you select determines the date when your postage label is valid. An electronic record is generated on that date indicating that your package has been mailed. When creating an online label, you are responsible for providing accurate information when selecting the mailing date. You will have the option to select a mailing date up to 3 days in the future. Please note that the Mailing Date is formatted in Eastern Standard Time.
This is corroborated by the USPS notice posted earlier, though from your experience the notice should say "may be returned" rather than "will be returned." You are being given a grace period by the post office that accepts your package; others report their packages being returned, so late mailing is not something that can be counted upon systemwide.
Comment But can it hold its liquor? (Score 1) 340
I bet a couple of shots of redeye would lower its winning percentage.
Comment Re:You are making things WAY TOO COMPLEX (Score 1) 182
I've printed the shipping label the night before countless times.
Printing date and shipping date are not necessarily the same thing. If you've printed a shipping label "the night before," after business hours in the ship-from zip code, the default shipping date was likely set to the next day. Packages can be (and in some cases are) returned when shipped after the shipping date; it's your chance to take.
Comment Re:You are making things WAY TOO COMPLEX (Score 2) 182
You seem to veer off the rails all over the place, but the main thing that mystified me is - why would a label NOT WORK the next day (a "confusion" you list more than once)? It's insane to think it would not.
From the USPS Report on PRC Rate and Service Inquiries for December 2011:
You must mail your item on the date that you selected for your Click-N-Ship label; this is known as the Ship Date. An electronic record is generated on that date indicating that your mailpiece has been mailed. Packages shipped with labels that have incorrect Ship Dates may be returned to the sender and will not be eligible for a refund. If you are unable to use the label, you should request a refund within ten (10) days of the printing date and create another label with the correct Ship Date.
That said, local postal offices apparently offer varying amounts of flexibility; but the policy is that you must ship on the Ship Date or cancel within ten days to get a refund. See also here.
Four Facepalm Bugs In USPS Label-Printing Site 182
"The United States Postal Service "Click-N-Ship" site suffered no outages or slowdowns during Christmas rush," writes Bennett Haselton. "It just has bugs that make the process more annoying than just standing in line
at the post office, which defeats the purpose. The most frustrating part is that most
of these bugs could have been fixed, just by having some testers run through the
ordering process and make a note of anything that seems confusing or wrong. (Although I've included notes on how to work around all the bugs, so you really can print your own labels and skip the line.)" Read on for the rest; what other gripes do you have about the current package delivery regime, and how would you resolve them?
