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Apple Retail Store shopper to Steve Jobs: clerk had no right to ask for my ID

Apple Retail Store shopper to Steve Jobs: clerk had no right to ask for my IDJustifiable policy in my book!Did I miss something ? The guy is ticked because he was asked for some extra ID to show he's indeed the card owner before making a purchase? If some one...

Tags: Sales channel, Retail, Ignacio, Apple Inc., Apple Retail Store shopper, Apple Retail Store, credit card, Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

Apple Retail Store shopper to Steve Jobs: clerk had no right to ask for my ID

Update: Ignacio, who is the customer in this tale, informs The Consumerist thatthe store manager has apologized for asking for his ID. Apparently in a gracious mood, Ignacio has forgiven the store and plans to go in to shop soon. But he's doing so after all this: ...

Tags: Visa Inc., Steve Jobs, Card, Cardholder, Credit Card, Apple Inc., Citigroup Inc., Merchant, MasterCard International, Ignacio, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-20

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Chuck Norris Syndrome and IT failure

Chuck Norris Syndrome and IT failurelololoolloolARghhhhhhh thx for the good laugh you make my day man .....Chuck norris syndrome arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhHuman's Hate ChangeThis is a statement I make repeatedly - in every presentation I ever deliver and especially in my Process Management presentation. So your following summation truly...

Tags: Strategy, Chuck Norris Syndrome, information technology, IT Failure, Chuck Norris

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

ROFLthing 2008

Have you ever been to an internet culture conference? Earlier this year, Harvard senior Tim Hwang threw one in Cambridge, Mass., and it was a massive success. This time, Hwang wanted to have a smaller get together in San Francisco to chat about memes. Welcome to ROFLthing...

Tags: Humor, Rickroll, Chuck Norris, Internet, Strategy, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Alien 8 Remake 1.0 (Mac)

Alien 8 Remake is my Mac OS X port of Ignacio Pérez Gil's outstanding remake of Ultimate's now Rare legendary 8-bit isometric computer game.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Michael Thies, Alien 8 Remake, Apple Mac OS X, Games, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-06-17

Collision warning system for connected cars

In the European Union alone, more than 40,000 people die every year in car accidents. Even if alcohol abuse or excessive speeds are certainly the major causes of these accidents, many crashes could be avoided if collision avoidance systems CAS were used. Such systems have been developed by researchers working...

Tags: Collision, Zarzosa, GPS, Handhelds, Policies And Procedures, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Human Resources, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Today's Debate: Is open source the cure for health care?

Today's Debate: Is open source the cure for health care?The Coming Electronic Health Record Software Disaster[url=http://www.linuxmednews.com/1190745985]FYI[/url]RE: Today's Debate: Is open source the cure for health care?The link is to an Ignacio Valdes story at LinuxMedNews describing how financial incentives for EHR, if not matched by standards, will lead to disaster.Recommended.Cost...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, E-health, open source, health care, hacking, FYI

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

IBM a winner in Mainsoft contest

The results on Mainsoft's "Race to Linux" are in:Brian Hendrickson, president and lead developer of Oregon-based Megapump, Inc. used PHP and PostgreSQL to rewrite Microsoft's Issue Tracker Starter Kit.Abishek Bellamkonda of Australia used Mainsoft's Grasshopper, a free plug-in to the Visual Studio .NET IDE, and SQL Server 2000 to port...

Tags: Linux, Mainsoft

Blog posts 2005-10-12

Apple iTunes sells 150,000,000th digital song

Apple issued a press release on reaching a milestone of 150 mln songs sold in their iTunes Music store. The 150 millionth song was Ex-Factor by Lauryn Hill and was purchased by Beth Santisteven from Ignacio, Colorado. iTunes users are now downloading more than 4 million songs per week, a...

Tags: Apple iTunes

Blog posts 2004-10-16

Microsoft staffer charged with stealing search code

Microsoft staffer charged with stealing search codeImagine that........gee who would've thought.....Yesireee, that's the only way Microsoft can compete..Theft, evil-handed tactics, or aquisition...They probably only hired him because he said he had the code..!2 centsCould he have initiated it or did Microsoft initiate the hiring of the person....What was the...

Tags: SEARCH, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-07-12