Comment Re:Troll prophylactic... (Score 1) 647
Central? He never even mentioned it! Don't believe me? Here is the text of his presentation.
You have formed a strong opinion on a "stupid war" that you clearly know nothing about. Again, sad.
The Fine Print On Wiretapping Review 151
notarus writes "Congress' new bill to 'force' the wiretapping program to be reviewed by FISA has some very doublespeak provisions. One nice line: 'Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the constitutional authority of the President to collect intelligence with respect to foreign powers and agents of foreign powers.'"
HyperTransport 3.0 Ratified 179
Hack Jandy writes "The HyperTransport consortium just released the 3.0 specification of HyperTransport. The new specification allows for external HyperTransport interconnects, basically meaning you might plug your next generation Opteron into the equivalent of a USB port at the back of your computer. Among other things, the new specification also includes hot swap, on-the-fly reconfigurable HT links and also a hefty increase in bandwidth."
Slashdot Design Changes for Wider Appeal 854
Our marketing department has done extensive research over
the last 3 quarters and discovered that our audience is strangely disproportionately
skewed towards males. Like, 98.3% males to be precise. To correct this
oversight, we have decided to subtly tweak Slashdot's design and content
to widen our appeal to these less active demographics. Don't worry! We'll still
continue to serve our core audience, but we hope you'll work with us as
we try to find a balance that will work for all.
Journal Journal: The Philippines 55
I'd like to give a hollow Thanks to the Philippine government for the blow they just dealt the war on terror. As if Spain wasn't enough...
Comment Re:Credit card companies (Score 1) 736
I am a Merchant, and American Express almost always does full validation for me. Especially if it's a large amount. They will validate the card id, and validate the delivery address and name.
Some countries operate as "franchises" and I have often had Amex even RING the local franchise in that country to validate the cards for me.
So all in all, Im pretty happy with Amex.
Mastercard, and Visa on the otherhand, suck.
I can only hope that the Verified by Visa system will have more takeup. But again, it's still only a hack on a flawed trust system.
Some countries operate as "franchises" and I have often had Amex even RING the local franchise in that country to validate the cards for me.
So all in all, Im pretty happy with Amex.
Mastercard, and Visa on the otherhand, suck.
I can only hope that the Verified by Visa system will have more takeup. But again, it's still only a hack on a flawed trust system.
