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by marquis 16y ago
You make a good point about the magnitude of numbers they chose to use. I'm not wealthy by any means but I can afford to lose $1500. I would definitely choose to put up this amount if the odds were really 13%. This is assuming that the 'gam
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by marquis 16y ago
I experienced this ridiculousness at Gatwick. I'm not sure what they expected families with prams and babies to do. The pressure to conform, as a crowd, to the expectations of the airport staff was intense and uncomfortable, especially arou
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by marquis 16y ago
Mexico City is fine. Friendly staff, the standard metal detectors. You have to take your shoes off flying into the US.
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by marquis 16y ago
I wonder if women might, on mass, protest these machines by saying 'I may be pregnant' or 'I am breastfeeding'. If this is a suitable means of gentle civil disobedience, perhaps another method is suggest for men? I myself am considering to
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by marquis 16y ago
I have used Paypal with Payflow Pro since they bought the services from Verisign. I have had absolutely no issues, and we process several high-value transactions daily from international clients. However, we only do credit card transactions
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by marquis 16y ago
give directly to local charities, like your food bank or library. you could ask around at your civic center or library for groups who don't have a lot of overhead - i personally try to only donate to groups who are very local and don't have
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by marquis 16y ago
i'm glad to read your comments, as i feel the same way. i get remarks based on my gender from both men and women. the fact of the matter is, i am female but i am also the type of person who likes to spend a lot of time alone thinking and
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by marquis 16y ago
>And the more important question, why should there be an effort to lure women into computing? well, that's a fair question but what about the opposite? "why should there not be an effort to lure anyone into computing?" there are a l
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by marquis 16y ago
Speaking as a young woman in the industry whose startup has successfully turned into a solid small business and had to deal with condescending remarks from my male colleagues and clients (though very, very rarely on purpose), I would say it
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by marquis 16y ago
i find skyscanner to be far superior. kayak's is a great overview but i didn't find it actually took me straight to when those cheap flights were - you still had to guess the cheap dates. when you know where you want to go and just want to