I cancelled it. Hopefully, whoever found it didn't have a chance to use it before they froze transactions. It was lucky that the card was not entered into the cash-from-ATM scheme.
Lucky or if you believe that last transaction... hehe.
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08/21/2011 16:29 #54994
Lost my credit card.Category: the odes
I lost my primary credit card yesterday somewhere between home and pricerite. But take a look at who checked out my last transaction...
I cancelled it. Hopefully, whoever found it didn't have a chance to use it before they froze transactions. It was lucky that the card was not entered into the cash-from-ATM scheme.
Lucky or if you believe that last transaction... hehe.
I cancelled it. Hopefully, whoever found it didn't have a chance to use it before they froze transactions. It was lucky that the card was not entered into the cash-from-ATM scheme.
Lucky or if you believe that last transaction... hehe.
08/21/2011 11:04 #54989
Sound card on PanP7Category: linux
For reference the sound card on my PanP7 is:
Codec: Realtek ALC272
Codec: Motorola Si3054
It has the most crappy output with ALSA sound server. The front mic used with a mic booster produces an extremely high pitched sound. I am sure it is capable of killing all bats in a 10 mile radius and driving all humans crazy or deaf or both.
The driver is meant for these following platforms. From /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/HD-Audio-Models.txt.gz:
The problem is the regular sound output is extremely low. I can bet that if I put windows on this machine, the speakers will come to life. But that is just not happening with ALSA. The alternative is OSS, which I tried but had so many problems, I had to return to ALSA. I could install pulseaudio but pulseaudio has such crazy whims and fancies it is impossible to predict what will stop or start working next. It's a just a sound card, not some rocket science. Linux sound drivers just aren't up to snuff yet.
cat /proc/asound/card0/codec* | grep Codec
Codec: Realtek ALC272
Codec: Motorola Si3054
It has the most crappy output with ALSA sound server. The front mic used with a mic booster produces an extremely high pitched sound. I am sure it is capable of killing all bats in a 10 mile radius and driving all humans crazy or deaf or both.
The driver is meant for these following platforms. From /usr/share/doc/alsa-base/driver/HD-Audio-Models.txt.gz:
ALC662/663/272
==============
3stack-dig 3-stack (2-channel) with SPDIF
3stack-6ch 3-stack (6-channel)
3stack-6ch-dig 3-stack (6-channel) with SPDIF
6stack-dig 6-stack with SPDIF
lenovo-101e Lenovo laptop
eeepc-p701 ASUS Eeepc P701
eeepc-ep20 ASUS Eeepc EP20
ecs ECS/Foxconn mobo
m51va ASUS M51VA
g71v ASUS G71V
h13 ASUS H13
g50v ASUS G50V
asus-mode1 ASUS
asus-mode2 ASUS
asus-mode3 ASUS
asus-mode4 ASUS
asus-mode5 ASUS
asus-mode6 ASUS
dell Dell with ALC272
dell-zm1 Dell ZM1 with ALC272
samsung-nc10 Samsung NC10 mini notebook
auto auto-config reading BIOS (default)
The problem is the regular sound output is extremely low. I can bet that if I put windows on this machine, the speakers will come to life. But that is just not happening with ALSA. The alternative is OSS, which I tried but had so many problems, I had to return to ALSA. I could install pulseaudio but pulseaudio has such crazy whims and fancies it is impossible to predict what will stop or start working next. It's a just a sound card, not some rocket science. Linux sound drivers just aren't up to snuff yet.
08/21/2011 09:26 #54988
Gloomy day on all countsCategory: whine
I hate rainy cloudy days like today. I hate them so much. They increase my panic over trivial things. I have my windows open and some MORON is smoking on top of all this. It makes me livid. I detest the smell of cigarette smoke and it makes me angry when I have no control over people who just force me to smell and breathe it against my will. I wish I could just go out, break their cancer-stick into pieces and strangle them right there. I have NO goodwill for smokers who continue to smoke in a CLEARLY marked NON-SMOKING building!
It's grossly unfair to the non smokers who pay with their health. We don't share your poor habits and your lack of motivation to quit so please don't poison us with your toxins.
I hate you smoker whoever you are. I wish you all the very nasty of gloom today and a complete lack of any good luck whatsoever. You deserve to be despised and I completely loathe your habit.
I am considering getting this sunshine simulator:
I am not sure I have full blown seasonal affective disorder but I definitely don't like gloomy days and would like a sunlight simulator instead of or in addition to the regular CFL bulbs I have on all my lamps.
It's grossly unfair to the non smokers who pay with their health. We don't share your poor habits and your lack of motivation to quit so please don't poison us with your toxins.
I hate you smoker whoever you are. I wish you all the very nasty of gloom today and a complete lack of any good luck whatsoever. You deserve to be despised and I completely loathe your habit.
I am considering getting this sunshine simulator:
I am not sure I have full blown seasonal affective disorder but I definitely don't like gloomy days and would like a sunlight simulator instead of or in addition to the regular CFL bulbs I have on all my lamps.paul - 08/21/11 10:05
I am kind of opposite there. I mean I live sunny days but they make me less productive because its hard to resist the urge to be outside. On gloomy days I can get more work done and not feel bad about being inside.
I am kind of opposite there. I mean I live sunny days but they make me less productive because its hard to resist the urge to be outside. On gloomy days I can get more work done and not feel bad about being inside.
08/20/2011 16:22 #54986
Bottle of borax in my shoe closetPresenting another exclusive episode of...
The world My shoe closet according to (e:Paul,54985).
tinypliny - 08/20/11 22:21
He wanted to borrow some of my flashy heels and was trying them out. That bottle is from home, they use it to grow extra limbs when necessary.
He wanted to borrow some of my flashy heels and was trying them out. That bottle is from home, they use it to grow extra limbs when necessary.
libertad - 08/20/11 21:14
Where did you get this? Why is Paul going through your closet? Do you use this to kill ants?
Where did you get this? Why is Paul going through your closet? Do you use this to kill ants?
paul - 08/20/11 18:36
Those same ingredients make a good ant killer. Neem plus borax.
Those same ingredients make a good ant killer. Neem plus borax.
08/20/2011 14:33 #54984
Counterfactual thoughtCategory: science
I think (e:paul) was wondering how businesses actually make money from Groupon...
From:
From:
What is missing in the typical narrative about Groupon – the one promoted by the company – is the “counterfactualâ€. The counterfactual is a powerful concept embedded in statistical theory. In order to evaluate the data in front of us, we must imagine an alternative world (the counterfactual) in which we allow the data to present themselves differently. To understand how medicine X might affect you, you can't just measure what happened after you took medicine X; you must also consider what might have happened if you took medicine Y and/or nothing at all.
So, instead of just thinking about the new customers brought in by Groupon, we must also consider the world without Groupon. In the world without Groupon, the regulars pay $100 for their meals, and the new customers pay $0 or some other amount (if Giorgio’s has other ways to attract them). This allows us to realize that the insertion of Groupon into that world would lower the intake from regulars while simultaneously raising the intake from new customers. For the merchant, whether Groupon is a net benefit depends on the balance between those two numbers.
This is related to the concept of opportunity cost in economics. When evaluating the value of an investment, we can’t just tally up the returns of said investment; we have to compare those returns to the returns of doing something else such as keeping the money in the bank.
metalpeter - 08/22/11 18:12
That is interesting..... My two cents is this with out getting into the kinda hard to follow just by reading it math...
1. Groupon is set up by a certain number of people and a certain number of time.... My understanding is that it is like buying a group rate....
A. The hope is that this big group of people will try something they normally wouldn't because of the savings and the group thing ... So you get customers you wouldn't normally get...
B. Might lose some money on Regulars but Regulars who like the place have a time and place they go and might not like this idea
c. With the company deciding the date they can pick a time when business is slow or when having a bunch of people come in helps them out...
It is important to understand that with any coupon you save money. But on each unit or each meal this is a certain amount of profit made and with a coupon that profit amount goes down but it is still a profit.... What the hope is that the smaller amount of profit (this may not hold true in many things with groupon) with more buyers makes the total profit higher and even if it doesn't that in the long run the new customers will by more... I think Restaurants are perfect for this often cause people don't want to try a new kind of food or a new place they love the place that they go but for cheap they will try a new place... If the food is on buy old place hello new place.....
That is interesting..... My two cents is this with out getting into the kinda hard to follow just by reading it math...
1. Groupon is set up by a certain number of people and a certain number of time.... My understanding is that it is like buying a group rate....
A. The hope is that this big group of people will try something they normally wouldn't because of the savings and the group thing ... So you get customers you wouldn't normally get...
B. Might lose some money on Regulars but Regulars who like the place have a time and place they go and might not like this idea
c. With the company deciding the date they can pick a time when business is slow or when having a bunch of people come in helps them out...
It is important to understand that with any coupon you save money. But on each unit or each meal this is a certain amount of profit made and with a coupon that profit amount goes down but it is still a profit.... What the hope is that the smaller amount of profit (this may not hold true in many things with groupon) with more buyers makes the total profit higher and even if it doesn't that in the long run the new customers will by more... I think Restaurants are perfect for this often cause people don't want to try a new kind of food or a new place they love the place that they go but for cheap they will try a new place... If the food is on buy old place hello new place.....
LOL. the building manager dropped off the card at my flat today. Apparently someone found it near the door and dropped it into the office mail slot.
Maybe the Person who Found it keeps using it and keeps buying and buying stuff but the card that should have ran out in 10 minutes lasted 24 hours (so I stole the Jewish Menorh idea).... OH yeah and no bill to anyone?
divine intervention?
maybe it got smitten by all the lightening today or maybe its a sign I have been spending too much. lol
better place than my pocket? impossible.
Well, we can hope it was delivered to a better place.