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Comment IBM gave up on the desktop OS business... (Score 1) 211

...and that, ultimately [IMO] is why OS/2 failed. I never had serious problems with OS/2 Warp, but it became obvious to me [lack of apps, lack of drivers] that its days were numbered. I made the decision to switch to Win 2000 and haven't looked back. Kind of like switching from Blackberry last year to Android. Good system but it just fell out of favour and started to trail the pack too far. [I liked Betamax too...oh well...].

Comment Re:Even my full name... (Score 1) 213

Yeah, my name is common as dirt too, although I'm quite careful not to use my middle name _or_ my correct birthdate, so good luck sorting that out [usually I use my ex-wife's birthdate...heheh]. Of course I'm a pretty obscure person anyway...nobody is likely to come looking for me anyhow.

Comment I am an ATM 'fake cop'... (Score 1) 1232

Ok boys and girls, there's the scoop from the other side. I am an armoured car guard, and my principle job is refilling ATMs...some of them in public access areas. People doing my job have been attacked, robbed and murdered for the contents of ATM safes...that's the reason for the guns, body armour and all our other equipment. For this reason we take a VERY SERIOUS ATTITUDE toward people who show too much interest in what we do, or give us a hard time about it.

If Shane Becker had had the simple courtesy and decency to co-operate with the Loomis guards it would have taken a minute out of his day. Instead he was an asshole and acted suspiciously. Believe it or not, some robbery attempts start with people pretending to be harmless assholes, getting in arguments with truck guards or otherwise distracting them from their jobs. That ATM was being loaded with tens , if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, right out in the open. Why would any sensible person crowd up to an armed guard going about dangerous business? Sure, maybe he was simply curious...but why should any guard take a chance?

I'm a Canadian, so I can't comment on the specifics of Seattle police procedure or American laws that come into play. However I will say that if somebody's day gets upset because he acted in a suspicious and unreasonable manner around armed guards handling money, that's real tough shit. Maybe it didn't get handled 'right'..and that's real tough shit too. He was lucky he didn't get worse.

People who stand on their right to be unreasonable assholes are the ones who make reasonable people's rights fragile. Having a little sense and discretion would make things better for everybody concerned.

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