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by techsupporter 16y ago
From that article: "A number of people (Slacktivist, Kevin Drum, Matt Yglesias, Megan Mcardle) are debating the use of credit scores in employment. Credit scores are useful at predicting all kinds of things including, for example, car acc
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by techsupporter 16y ago
Well, he'd have been over 18 at that point (18 years, 11 months, since the contract signature date is 23 Apr 2003), but you're right, he was under the age of majority in the State of New York.
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by techsupporter 16y ago
I believe he was quoting the article: But the 12-year veteran of the Suffolk bench has also issued three foreclosure decisions over the past eight months that have made him the darling of the tabloids and the Internet for, as the New York P
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by techsupporter 16y ago
Perhaps having live streams of trial courts might not be the right idea(1), but if we can't videotape trial courts, I definitely think appeals courts should have A/V access. In large part, appeals courts are where the law is "decided," ver
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by techsupporter 16y ago
Yes, but it's not a limitation. The "from" number is re-written so that the reply will go back through the Google Voice infrastructure. In this manner, text messages are free, at least for the Google Voice user who is receiving the messag
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by techsupporter 16y ago
I'd thought about etherpad, but it seemed too busy to switch from my current Editpad setup. The UI on notepad.cc is fantastic, and it's a great idea, so I'm thinking about whether this itch should be scratched a second (third, fourth, infi
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by techsupporter 16y ago
Some case #46c: The person is a citizen of a country with a national identity card, yet resides in another country wherein he or she has lost that identity card, cannot return to the country of citizenship to replace said identity card, and
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by techsupporter 16y ago
It looks neat, and is the sort of thing I both wish I'd thought of first, and wish had the source available so I could run it (for myself) on my own server. This would be a lot better than my current solution for saving scraps of code, not
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by techsupporter 16y ago
Zipcar is not liable for the actions of its customers, insofar as the insurance coverage is concerned. Insurance (n) - [...] D. Coverage by a contract binding a party to indemnify another against specified loss in return for premiums paid.
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by techsupporter 16y ago
They're not. According to "How it Works" [1], "[c]omprehensive insurance is included as a part of the low hourly and daily rate." However, Zipcar does not let "every jackass with a driver's license" rent one of their vehicles. You have t
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by techsupporter 16y ago
Edit: OK, they seem to work pretty well. This is a nifty idea.
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by techsupporter 16y ago
The refusal of Dutch help is due to section of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920[1], also colloquially known as the "Jones Act." Basically, like Wikipedia says, anything going by water between two US ports, or to/from the same US port, with
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by techsupporter 16y ago
As I recall (since I haven't used it in a year or more), SugarSync does this and has a free 2GB account, though it lacks a Linux client.
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by techsupporter 16y ago
I'm not. Lots of companies use C#, Visual Studio, or just Windows in general, and the best books for those topics usually come from MS Press. It would have been nice to get the C# 2010 book through this deal.
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by techsupporter 17y ago
I love these sorts of threads. Without cleaning up, here's my desk at home while doing homework: http://imgur.com/xLSaA.jpg Need some sort of entertainment: http://imgur.com/1iZrj.jpg The helpful assistant, on break: http://imgur.com/
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by techsupporter 17y ago
You can't program in C++ for Windows? What in the world am I doing with all these Visual C++ books, then?
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by techsupporter 17y ago
"Plus, in this recession, it would be hard to prove there is a lack of Americans willing or able to do your job." This isn't nearly the problem you suspect it to be. Just in my field (see my login name), there are many H1B holders occupyin
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by techsupporter 17y ago
As someone who does tech support for a living, I'm thrilled that it's #2. This is a job I enjoy doing and that, I believe, serves a useful purpose. Pity too many companies that supply tech support believe it's best done for pennies on the