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Comment Re:Misses the point -mod DOWN (Score 1) 313

by Prometheus+Bob on Wednesday February 21, 2007 @05:42PM (#18101492) Attached to: Who Pays For Credit Card Breaches?

The person is committing credit card fraud, and IF he pulls one over on you, all MC/VS is saying is "look, it's not the issuing bank's fault, and it's not the customer's fault. We weren't told this was a stolen card until 2 days later...and you could check if it was him. Did you get a signature? Did you verify it's the same as that on the back of the card...etc"

If someone gives you counterfeit/stolen bills you don't go "damn that US currency! If only it wasn't a monopoly!" It's not MC/VS fault this happened with the card. The only person that can check the signature is you. If it doesn't match up, void the transaction and ask for another form of payment. If they give you stolen money to pay for that big screen tv, that'll be taken back for the original owner too!

It's up to the merchant at that point to follow up against the person that commited fraud against them. It's not the cardholder or the currency maker (MC/VS in this case) fault.

Scientists Identify Brain's Concept Control Core 118

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday September 06, 2006 @12:06PM from the local-mcp dept.

Van Cutter Romney writes "Scientists have identified the part of the brain which matches words to objects. While scanning brains from people who suffer from Semantic Dementia they have found that the front end of the temporal lobe seems to be crucial to conceptual application. A better understanding on how this part of the brain works can help develop therapies to counteract Semantic Dementia — the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's disease."

House Committee Approves 'Net Neutrality' Bill 198

Posted by Zonk on Friday May 26, 2006 @01:39PM from the hold-the-celebrations dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the US House Judiciary Committee approved a bill yesterday that will prevent broadband providers from charging extra fees to websites for delivering their content to users." Ars's response is only guarded optimism, unfortunately. From the article: "The fate of the bill is not clear, as there are now two competing bills vying for the attention of the House floor. HR 5252, the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act, was overseen by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and is expected to be considered by full House. That bill is seen by some proponents of 'Net neutrality as being too weak, particularly after a Committee vote tossed aside an amendment put forth by Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) that would have enshrined the principle of network neutrality into US law. There is speculation that today's bill, HR 5417, could be proposed as an amendment to HR 5252."

Cablevision Sued Over Remote DVR Plan 134

Posted by Zonk on Thursday May 25, 2006 @04:28PM from the good-idea-bad-idea dept.

zoobid writes "NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox have joined together and filed an injunction against Cablevision over their plan to introduce remote DVRs to their customers. 'They argue that while precedent may allow for legal time-shifting among home TV viewers, Cablevision's plans should require a special license from the broadcasters.' Cablevision's plan to create a centrally-hosted DVR was previously covered here on Slashdot."

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