Mediaman
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Here is the problem. Had a Tivo that was giving me issues, so called in to DTV and they sent out a new one. The new one can not establish a connection with the tivo service. Tech support is blaming the VoIP from my cable modem. Although the defective Tivo was making all its calls with no problems. Tech support claims that VoIP "may" cause problems. Anyone have the same issue?
BTW later today I plan on using one of my company's analog phone lines to test the tivo in a conference room.
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Vonage customer here! Not bad, had to reboot the router a couple of times over the weekend, and I may be having some directv tivo issues with the VoIP. Value, price and features are excellent. Voice quality is somewhat noticable, but the $50 savings makes you turn a blind eye or deaf ear to it.
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I don't know how many states have the safe haven law, but where it is available they need to a media campaign about it. Let people know, hey here is what you do with that unwanted baby. No questions asked.
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I hate reading stories of child abuse, the car slowed to about 5mph and the baby was covered with a plastic bag over his head.
But if they ever catch the motherfugger that did it they should put them in a car, traveling at 100mph and toss them out of a car.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/11/newborn.tossed/index.html
Hey "mom and dad" :I starred in Brokeback Mountain:
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Didn't Eddie Murphy do this on SNL with a lobster...?
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/09/teacher....d.ap/index.html
Saw her on the news last night, she was HOT! Damn. When I was 13 I had it big for my homeroom teacher, she was smoking, I wouldn't of known what I was doing, but I'd be ok about it today, 24 years later.
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http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_039073832.html
Sad story, funny headline.
Dammit they changed it. It orginally read:
Cops Finger Lesbian Lover in Granny Murder.
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Also, I read in USA Today this morning that a WHOPPING 2000 fans showed up at the airport to meet the Pats.
The rest of them are still stuck in traffic in the Ted Williams tunnel. The Big Dig
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Damn that guy pisses me off. Freagin Pats, as I said to a coworker who asked me if I was going to watch the SB I said "Sure one team I hate and one team is gonna lose"
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Because Directv only has XX programming while Cable is now offer XXX programing. Maps of Hawaii and Butt Invasions are very popular viewing choices
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Terrorists with a sense of humor.
They should all jump in a bucket of cancer.
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The actors were somewhat live (stiff performances) it just that everything was shot on blue screen, so no sets. The only real sets were the scenes in palace on Naboo. Those were shot in Italy. But the rest were virtual sets.
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I thought no.2 was pretty good, but the third one lost me. It was no where near perfect with that orgy scene and the fight of 1000 Mr. Smiths. But it had some good moments.
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I remember when Howard was hawking those saying they would be come collectors items, Last time I checked ebay, they were well below original price. But I bought them cuz Howard is a genius when he markets himself. Still good stuff though. Jessica Hahn in the see through body suit on the butt bongo fiesta...nice! I miss the channel 9 shows, those were funny. Hanging the chickens in front of the fat people richard simmons brought in.
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Every since Artie (Wah, I use to be a coke addict wah!) joined its like he brought new life to Howard and company. Although this past year all the political and FCC stuff has slowed the show down somewhat. Artie is still there to bring it back up. I wish Fred would contribute more and I miss the skits they use to do back in the day.
Fan since 1984
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Its all the good prison food
Jake: Oh it was bad. Thursday night they'd serve a wicked pepper steak.
Matt: Can't be as bad as the cabbage role at the Terra-Phelevo Penn.
Elwood: Or that oatmeal at the Cook County slammer.
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Come on in the chat room, we can have do Bills chat in a jail!
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If they can't manage their own finances, would you expect them to manage their own job? If they're constantly late paying bills, can you trust them to meet deadlines at work?
IMO, it's all about trust. If you're considering hiring someone who hasn't managed his/her money well in the past, think about whether or not you could trust them to do the job.
That being said, and my recent decline in credit performance, would it be wise to explain before any active background checks are performed to explain the situation and why we are in it before they search?
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Building on this topic...
If a company decides not to extend an offer because they see something they don't like on a credit report, do they have to let you know?
The reason I ask is that a buddy of mine recently interviewed for a job he thought he had in the bag. He's got great experience, two masters degrees, etc...but the company hired someone with "better experience." He ran into a spot of financial difficulty a few years ago taking care of a sick parent, so his credit is shot.
We thought about our credit history as well, we have suffered in the past few years. My wife became a stay at home mom when our first child was born, in 2000. We went 2 salaries down to one. Then I was layed off in 2003 and again at the beginning of 2004. Here is what I found about credit history and job applications:
"An employer is supposed to tell you if credit information is used against you. If an employer uses credit information to deny an applicant a job, fire a current employee, rescind a job offer or cancel a promotion, federal law requires the employer to do two things:
Before the “adverse action” is actually taken, the employer is supposed to provide the worker with a copy of the report and an explanation of the worker’s FCRA rights.
After the action is taken, the worker must be told which company provided the credit information, given contact information and told he or she has a right to dispute the report’s accuracy.
Rather than go through all this, of course, many employers simply find a less complicated excuse to give you.
Your ability to dispute the information may be of limited use, as well. If your employer’s decision was based on erroneous data in your credit report, for example, it could take you months to get the problem corrected -- by which time someone else will have been hired for the position you wanted."
Again the offer was withdrawn and I'm not upset about that as I wasn't going to take it, but I need to worry about future application. I've contacted all my past employers and they all claim that they would be fair and give me a positive report.
One aspect is that on the final interview, I was questioned by a systems integrator who was not an employee of the firm, he was just there to ask the techy questions. He mentioned one of my past employers and a specific individual. I think thats where the weak link may lie. If thats the case I owe this individual a slashed tire at the train station. And the good thing is that I don't think a situation like this will happen again, where a vendor would interview me.
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that sucks.... do you know anyone who works there who might have mentioned something bad about you to the people in charge??
i dont know what you do, but maybe they asked a few clients or contacts: "have you ever worked with this guy". maybe they got a negative responce from one of them.....
my company does work with alof of companies. if you piss one of them off, the word gets around. kinda hurts your reputation. maybe they are doing buisness with one of those who had a negative experience with your old company, and remembered your name...
i dont know what you can do about that though...
I am looking at the past client/contact part of it. I am reaching out to so many people and calling in so many favors. Again, I wasn't going to take the position, but I am worried about my future. I can stay at this job for the foreseeable future, but its very boring, dead end work. But the pay and commute are good. Benefits are lacking.
Thanks for all your inputs.
AD: I know life is short, but its thorns in my side that make you stop and pull them out.
Directv Tivo and VoIP
in The Consumer Digest
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More details please. How does this work exactly? Thanks!