Thanks to all who responded, especially Tim. The wikipedia link was
very helpful and informative.
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:06:40 -0700
Aaron Burt dijo:
>> Once Tiffany and I came to the conclusion that the order was bogus
>> Tiffany quickly canceled it. And upon hanging up the phone I
>> immediate
This is true, and something to plan for. It's also why lots of merchants are
switching to zero dollar auth checks, though this also comes w/ headaches, as
not all card issuers support it, and may decline zero dollar auths even if
funds are available.
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
On Aug 18, 2010 1
On 08/18/2010 09:59 AM, nat...@nathanewilliams.com wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:45:27 -0700, Pete Lancashire
> wrote:
>
>> One thing I do is I keep only a "small" amount in the account I do any
>> Debit Card
>> transactions with. Most of the time it only has $300-400 in it. It is
>> a hassle
On 08/18/2010 07:59 AM, Tim wrote:
>
>>> And a repeat of the standard: buy only from known and trusted
>>>
>> There are millions of web merchants. I can't know them all. How can I
>> tell if a site is trusted?
>>
> You can't. Even if a merchant is trusted, the employees may not
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 08:41:38PM -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I have also used this debit account to buy other things for my printing
> business, including computer parts. I even used the account to pay
> tuition at PSU. Many of these transactions have been on the net, and
> many others hav
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:45:27 -0700, Pete Lancashire
wrote:
> One thing I do is I keep only a "small" amount in the account I do any
> Debit Card
> transactions with. Most of the time it only has $300-400 in it. It is
> a hassle but
> I look at it as a sacrificial line of defense.
>
> -pete
>
>
One thing I do is I keep only a "small" amount in the account I do any
Debit Card
transactions with. Most of the time it only has $300-400 in it. It is
a hassle but
I look at it as a sacrificial line of defense.
-pete
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr.
wrote:
> Fred James wro
> Yet, I constantly buy stuff online. How do I feel safe? Credit laws.
> See:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card_fraud#Cardholder_liability
tim,
thanks for that link, there's some good information in that article. I
deal with fraud claims a lot at work, and this will definitely be a
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On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote:
> Fred James wrote:
> > John Jason Jordan wrote:
> > (omissions for brevity)
> >
> >> ... assume you are talking to an
> >> idiot.
> >>
> >>
> > John Jason Jordan
> > No, I shan't assume that ... the usual cautions about eBay and PayPal
Grub usually has something like:
(hd0,0)
in the grub.conf file.
I want to replace this with a reference that is always correct
regardless of whether or not I plug in another hard drive or change the
ordering of hard drives.
Is this possible?
___
PLUG
I don't know about yours, but with my online banking access, I am
hard-pressed to find any information in there that could actually be used to
take money from me. I cannot initiate any transfers out of accounts I own
without lengthy verification processes, all of which generate notifications
to me
Fred James wrote:
> John Jason Jordan wrote:
> (omissions for brevity)
>
>> ... assume you are talking to an
>> idiot.
>>
>>
> John Jason Jordan
> No, I shan't assume that ... the usual cautions about eBay and PayPal
> apply, of course ... they have proved over the years to be somewhat
> Capitalism is at core a very mean and
> competitive world view. That isn't a criticism ... it is just better to
> see what is.
Capitalism only works when people are altruistic. Socialism and
communism fail when people are not self centered enough. There is
indeed an ethical theory that elev
I don't know how effective this is, but my Paypal account is connected
to a disposable checking account which I keep essentially empty. I
have other accounts that are not connected to Paypal and never
should be. I never do debit transactions online. Stick with Paypal
accepting merchants, Paypa
John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:20:11 -0500
> Fred James dijo:
>
>
>> And a repeat of the standard: buy only from known and trusted
>>
>
> There are millions of web merchants. I can't know them all. How can I
> tell if a site is trusted?
>
John Jason Jordan
That woul
> >And a repeat of the standard: buy only from known and trusted
>
> There are millions of web merchants. I can't know them all. How can I
> tell if a site is trusted?
You can't. Even if a merchant is trusted, the employees may not be
trustworthy or their database could get broken into and ha
> "Michael" == Michael Dexter writes:
Michael> Enjoy the sun!
Maybe we can hold the PLUG meeting on the surface of the sun.
I think it'd be a few degrees cooler than here.
:-)
--
Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095
http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> Like, is there a short list of signs that a site is safe that I can use
> without having to earn a degree in web security systems? As always when
> responding to my questions, assume you are talking to an idiot.
John,
Whenever the connection bet
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