mcarthur - Slashdot User

Comment Re: Legal Tender (Score 1) 698

by mcarthur on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @02:40PM (#57893086) Attached to: As More Retailers Ban Paper Money, It's Making Things Awkward For Customers Without Plastic

So, I buy a car from the local Toyota dealer. They refuse my bank debit card, AmEx, VISA, MasterCard, and Discover card...
So I guess that business is trying to rip me off.

I don't think so.

Comment Re:They're allowed to have a dud (Score 1) 155

by mcarthur on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @06:38PM (#48759727) Attached to: The Fire Phone Debacle and What It Means For Amazon's Future

"It finally turned its first profit in the fourth quarter of 2001: $5 million (i.e., 1 per share), on revenues of more than $1 billion."

IPod Nano Owner "Scratches" Apple Settlement 3

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday February 24, 2009 @02:37PM from the let-em-have-it-pete dept.

Robert Cox writes "Lawyer Peter Morin has a few choice words for the Claims Administrator in the Apple iPod Nano 'scratch' case: 'Dear Sir: I have received a Notice of Class Action Settlement For Uncoated First Generation iPod nanos. My control number is 12017087501. I wish to submit my objection to the terms of settlement. I have been the recipient of more than a few similar Notices during the past twenty years, but this is the stupidest bullshit I have ever witnessed...'"

Comment Special liability of these PCs? (Score 3, Insightful) 121

by mcarthur on Thursday April 27, 2006 @09:56PM (#15217961) Attached to: Avoiding Liability While Fixing Employee PCs?

So what if these are employee's home computers and laptops.

What liability is there that is greater than an retail Computer fixit shop?

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