Monster Cables, Monster Scam
If you didn't know this already, stores make massive profits on cables and connectors. Most of these cost anywhere from 3 to 60 dollars for the store, but are sold from 19.99 to 179.99 or more!
There's just no way to get a good deal on cables from a regular retail outlet so buy them from an online outlet instead.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Retailers, Scams - Ripoffs - Dirty TricksBush Sneakily Snakes his Way Around a New Law
The new law requiring better compliance with the Freedom of Information Act has been effectively neutered by a sneaky move from Bush.
"Bush proposed shifting a newly created ombudsman's position from the National Archives and Records Administration to the Department of Justice. Because the ombudsman would be the chief monitor of compliance with the new .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]eBay To Eliminate Negative Feedback
In what is perhaps the dumbest move eBay has ever made, they are planning to eliminate the ability to leave negative or neutral feedback. Positive feedback is already pointless with a horde of robotic responses left only for bragging rights:
AAAAA+++++ Buyer!
Would Buy again!
Fast Shipping. Excellent Seller!
What does any .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: eBayDiebold Universal Keys Easily Duplicated
So not only was Diebold dumb enough to use a universal key for all their voting machines, and not only did they sell those keys off their website (though supposedly only to "authorized people" as if we could trust them to handle who's authorized or not), but they posted a picture of the keys on the Internet which .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Accountability, DieboldMassive Multi-player Online Gaming for Kids – Beware
There are already plenty of cases of adults or college students who have lost jobs and dropped out of school due to MMO gaming obsessions. Now we're going to unleash this on our kids?
If you're thinking of letting you kid play an MMO, be very careful about what game you choose and be sure to set limits on .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Families, Gaming, MMOSuper Tuesday Meet E-Voting Kryptonite
Several states are still using e-voting despite the disastrous security they provide. Because of that, voting advocacy groups have labeled six of the 24 states in the primary as being high risk for miscounts due to tampering or malfunction. Best of all, these miscounts would be undetectable due to lack of a paper record for audit or recount.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Evoting, Primary Elections, Super Tuesday, VotingFTC Continues to Be Useless
According to their annual report to congress, the Federal Trade Commission recieved over 69,000 complaints that debt collectors were violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the law that prevents them from harassing you or using dirty tactics to try and get you to pay a debt). In response, the FTC filed against 3 debt collectors.
Thanks FTC!
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Congress, Debt, FTCThe TSA Launches a Public Relations Blog
In what appears to be an attempt to counter the black hole that is their reputation, the TSA has launced a blog called "Evolution of Security". Like most things Bushian, it starts out by inflating their viewpoint somehow implying that they are right about everything they do just in the title.
And their tagline:
Terrorists Evolve. Threats .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Georgetown University Data Loss – ID Theft to Follow?
Georgetown U lost a hard drive full of personal data on students and staff. Of course, if they get a credit freeze, they won't have as much to worry about.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Data Breaches, Identity Theft, UniversitiesBush’s Signing Statements Ride Again
In a new law that passed that contains a provision barring any funding for permanent bases in Iraq, Bush's signing statement shows that he plans to break the law by ignoring it. Will anything be done about it? Probably not.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Accountability, George Bush