11 Mar 09 WINDOWS 7 Southern EDITION
It has come to our attention that a few copies of the WINDOWS 7 Southern EDITION may have accidentally been shipped outside of the south.
If you have one of these, you may need help understanding the commands.
The Southern EDITION may be recognized by the unique opening screen.
It reads: WINDERS 7, With a background picture of Waylon and Willie, superimposed on a bottle of Jack Daniels.
Please also note:
The Recycle Bin is now labeled ‘ Outhouse’
My Computer is called ‘This Dern Contraption’
Dial Up Networking is called ‘Good Ol’ Boys’
Control Panel is known as ‘ The Dashboard’
Hard Drive is referred to as ’4-Wheel Drive’
Floppies are ‘Them little ol’ plastic thang s’
Error message Popups now read ‘Duct Tape’
CHANGES IN TERMINOLOGY IN THE Southern EDITION :
Cancel . Stopdat
Reset ………………… Try’er agin
Yes ………………………………. Yep
No ………………. Nope
Find ………………………. Hunt Fer’t
Go to ……………………… Over Yonder
Back …………… Back Yonder
Help . Gimme a Han’ Here
Stop ………….. Now kwit thet (WHOA!)
Start .. Crank’er Up
Settings …………. Settins
Programs ……….. Stuff Wut Duz Stuff
Documents ….. Stuff Ah Dun Did
Also note that
The Southern EDITION does not recognize capital letters or punctuation marks.
Some programs that are exclusive to WINDERS 7:
Tipe-riter ……….. A word processing program
Cullerin’ Book …………… A graphics program
Cowntin’ Mersheen …… Calculator
Outhouse Paper …………………….. Notepad
Inner-net ………………… Microsoft explorer 5.0
Pitchers ………………………. A graphics viewer
We regret any inconvenience it may have caused. If you received a copy of The Southern EDITION,
You may return it to Microsoft for a replacement version.
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01 Aug 08 Be Careful With PayPal
PayPal is a great service generally speaking. I’ve had an account for a few years. I’ve got their debit card, and one for my wife too. I like that they give me 1.5% back into my PayPal account every time I use the debit card. I get quite a few hundred bucks back each year that way. On top of that they currently pay me two point something percent on my account balance. I can send and receive money from all over the world, at low or no cost.
I set up many of my affiliate accounts that way, and my Google Adsense too; the money just goes right on inthere, and starts earning that little bit of interest.
However, a word of warning. There’s a story on the wire about someone getting $450 removed from their PayPal account via iTunes They’d set up a pre-authorized agreement with Apple so they could fund their iTunes purchases from their PayPal account. Apple apparently has or had lax security there (I personally don’t know, as I’ve never used iTunes myself), and this allowed someone to hack their iTunes account, and buy stuff, the funds for which were instantly debited from their PayPal account.
PayPal say they’ve done nothing wrong, and on the surface of it they haven’t. It looks to me like Apple should be making restitution to the guy who is $450 out of pocket.
Still, I’m always careful when setting up recurring payment agreements. It’s much like those credit or debit card payments you set up, and then find that you can’t cancel them unless your cancel the card itself – I know a number of folks that got caught out trying to cancel AOL accounts that way.
Be sure to only sign anything with a reputable company – although rumor has it that Apple are supposed to be one of those. Be sure to read the small print, so you can get a refund on any charges that were applied without your consent. If you can’t get that, don’t use the service. I’d rather have the inconvenience of entering my details each time, than lose $450 to some thieving smuck because the retailer can’t work out how to implement decent security.
Remember that at the end of the day, the banks don’t give a damn about you. They’re in it to make money. While they’ll happily slap on huge NSF fees the very instant you’re a penny over your limit, they almost always take forever to credit you back when they make a mistake. Of course they often need to investigate claims, as many are fraudulent, but even when it’s the banks fault, they’ll drag their feet so they can make a bit more interest from the money they have of yours.
However, in this case, PayPal don’t appear to have been at fault. Come on Apple. Pony up the $450. From here you look like the smucks in this too.
Tags: account balance, affiliate accounts, aol accounts, apple, debit card payments, google, inconvenience, lax security, little bit, money, paypal account, reputable company, restitution, smuck, smucks
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