06-12-2011, 02:45 AM | #1 |
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Sony pocket edition, mine - RIP
After 13 days the screen became unreadable suddenly, it looked as if it had gotten water inside (no) or the circuit board went insane. Fortunately, I still had my receipt. Privacy buffs may be interested in the fact that Best Buy requires both a phone number and a digital signature. Given that in my case both were not entirely correct I wonder why they bother. Oh, and teller didn't even immediately have $200 cash on hand to refund. Perhaps everyone is using plastic these days.
Do I feel bad about lying about two things identifying myself? Absolutely not. As the author of "Making Yourself Invisible' puts it, according to his high school teacher a lie is "not telling the truth to someone who deserves to know." When I am asked if I have any spare change and I say 'no' this is not a lie in the moral sense. But I do not like the fact that increasingly we have to lie if we value our privacy in the commercial, governmental and work worlds. I would rather not be asked in the first place. As this is not an option, I am training myself to to not always be forthcoming with total strangers - like my name with the woman I slept with last night. |
06-12-2011, 07:41 AM | #2 |
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Probably me, but I'm a little confused about the nub of this post, sorry.............
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06-12-2011, 10:55 AM | #3 |
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I think it committed suicide.
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06-12-2011, 03:35 PM | #4 |
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06-12-2011, 04:22 PM | #6 |
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06-12-2011, 11:47 PM | #7 |
Seriously?
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06-13-2011, 12:48 AM | #8 |
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For the tangent, you of course understand where humour parts from 'reality'. A standup comedian once remarked: 'I hate it when women ask so many personal questions. Things like 'What's your real name?' and 'Where do you live?"'
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06-13-2011, 04:28 AM | #9 |
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Just generally.................
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06-13-2011, 09:46 AM | #10 |
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Yeah, but "humor" is supposed to be funny...
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06-13-2011, 01:39 PM | #11 |
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06-13-2011, 06:44 PM | #12 |
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this is odd
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06-13-2011, 06:58 PM | #13 |
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06-13-2011, 08:41 PM | #14 |
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Why is this thread acceptable in these forums? Jeez, I see such rudeness on a regular basis in real life, but that's only because I teach middle school, and children don't know any better.
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