Airlines are REQUIRED BY LAW to issue partial refunds for many situations, such as overbooking, mechanical delays, etc. But they will blame the weather, etc. so that they don't have to pay out even when required to.
At every IT shop that I've ever worked at, the sales/marketing team is king. Anything they want, they get.
You know those people that convinced you to switch? Call and e-mail them and tell them what's going on. And if they don't fix it, you're turning them off and going with someone else. That will get it fixed faster than anything.
The entire case law around patents is completely backward. They were originally created (as public documents) in order that people CAN build on each other's work, and forced settlements were the remedy.
Now, we are trying to treat intentionally public documents, which were created in order to further progress because other people can get up to speed on the state of the art, as if they are somehow supposed to be private trade secrets.
I think he's saying he learns more from that than the "tricky" professors that are trying to fail you even if you know the material by using confusingly-worded T/F questions, etc.
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The game makers
Nah, we're better than them...
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It's the most brilliant move since Netflix started streaming.
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Re: Gotta love those shyster classics...
Comcast is a Scooby Doo villain now?
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Re: That's good advice...
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Call the marketing team
You know those people that convinced you to switch? Call and e-mail them and tell them what's going on. And if they don't fix it, you're turning them off and going with someone else. That will get it fixed faster than anything.
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Re: Trademark needed?
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Re: Another example of ignorance being beneficial
Now, we are trying to treat intentionally public documents, which were created in order to further progress because other people can get up to speed on the state of the art, as if they are somehow supposed to be private trade secrets.
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Re: Bad Source
Many media outlets refused to publish the video because they were CERTAIN Hogan would prevail in a privacy lawsuit.
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Re: pushing the DOJ and the FTC?
A lot. The president runs the DOJ.
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Re: Honeypot to prevent future copying
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Credit history is not disproportionate based on color
That said, if they are paying their bill, they are entitled to equal service.
If they are behind on their payments, then, yeah, maybe put them to the back of the queue.
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