The Vent and Rant Thread

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Mine is powered despite cat and dog hair and other fluffs ...

I have to keep cleanin' the air intake.

[Steven Lyle Jordan]

Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

So why do you?

I don't know what numbers are involved but it appears to me that if a sales outlet forces me to sell my product next to a sign that essentially says "don't buy this," I find another outlet.

I think you're right. I've already pulled my books out of other outlets, due to the fact that I didn't like the quality of the catalog. I might as well do the same with Amazon, leaving one book to get people's attention maybe. One less headache.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Mine is powered despite cat and dog hair and other fluffs ...

Mine is still powered despite 4 years of hard labour... I really want that new laptop!

[happy_terd]

Is it ok if I beat the crap out of some dude who is yelling at my wife?

[LCF]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

Is it ok if I beat the crap out of some dude who is yelling at my wife?

Unless it's your son, it sounds fine. You could talk to him first, though...

[Pookeysgirl]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

Is it ok if I beat the crap out of some dude who is yelling at my wife?

I say go for it...I yelled at a guy last night cause his kid hit my kid. Right in the before and after school program in front of everyone. It wasn't exactly the right thing to do, but I felt better afterwards Defend the ones you love.

[kennyc]

There is too much violence and antagonism it the world. We need to work to lessen it.

[happy_terd]

Regardless, every once in a while someone deserves to get their ass beat. Yelling at someone's wife is a hell of a good way to go about that. The guy is lucky I dont choke him out.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by maianhvk

I think anything related to Finance and/or Economics is boring, isn't it? Phylosophy should be less boring, perhaps even be considered interesting.

<shrug>

Personally, I find finance, economics, and philosophy interesting. Recent reading includes Bertrand Russell and the Wall Street Journal.
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Dennis

[Rumpelteazer]

Just got an email from Lush.co.uk that between October 4 and December 25 their website was comprimised. During Christmas they found out and tried to get rid of the security problem but they still had problems. They advice everybody who ordered between October 4 and today to call their credit card company to report the problem and check if they had any money taken.

I ordered twice in that time, using my father's CC. This morning our bank called but my father was visiting an elderly customer and the bank promised they would call back but they didn't. Luckily our card has been blocked since the start of the year (for other reasons) so hopefully nothing has been taken.

I just feel guilty now. I always try to be carefull with CC, Paypal and bank things. I only use it on trusted sites. I'm also mad at Lush for not notifying people earlier! My father is going to call the bank tomorrow (they know about the problem I read of the Dutch forum) and hopefully everything is okay.

[kennyc]

That sucks RT.....good luck sorting it out!

[Pookeysgirl]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

Just got an email from Lush.co.uk that between October 4 and December 25 their website was comprimised. During Christmas they found out and tried to get rid of the security problem but they still had problems. They advice everybody who ordered between October 4 and today to call their credit card company to report the problem and check if they had any money taken.

I ordered twice in that time, using my father's CC. This morning our bank called but my father was visiting an elderly customer and the bank promised they would call back but they didn't. Luckily our card has been blocked since the start of the year (for other reasons) so hopefully nothing has been taken.

I just feel guilty now. I always try to be carefull with CC, Paypal and bank things. I only use it on trusted sites. I'm also mad at Lush for not notifying people earlier! My father is going to call the bank tomorrow (they know about the problem I read of the Dutch forum) and hopefully everything is okay.

I hope everything works out for you! Just remember that no matter how careful you are, these things can and will happen. I've had my bank card compromised a few times and I always protect my pin and only used stores that I thought I could trust. Don't feel guilty

[devilsadvocate]

Originally Posted by kennyc

There is too much violence and antagonism it the world. We need to work to lessen it.

There is also a ridiculous number of stupid people in the world.

Coincidence?

I hate to take a page from Recluse's book but really, we're apes with gunpowder. Seriously. Planet Earth is the Milky Way's version of a bad neighborhood:

Alien 1: "See that planet over there?"
Alien 2: "The blue one?"
Alien 1: "Yeah that's the one. Don't go there."
Alien 2: "Why's that?"
Alien 1: "They poison their own planet, kill each other over religion, and blow $&%# up for fun."
Alien 2: "Really? Why would anyone want to do that?"
Alien 1: "Beats me, but remember some of them are looking for us, too."
Alien 2: "Forget I asked."

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by devilsadvocate

There is also a ridiculous number of stupid people in the world.

Coincidence?
....

Not totally. Education can do wonders, the right education can really change things.

Still I think their are things so deep in our beings that (at this point in our evolution) even education can't help.

[happy_terd]

Might makes right.

I love a good fight and admit to probably being a bad person in life Id say at least a good 70% of the time.

There is no sport in violence when used against a smaller or weaker opponent. I do not support violence against women or children.