Yes ita, we have a video intercom system, so the wallpiece with the phone to talk to people also has a video screen adn a button to push to buzz them in. In addition, the video camera is hooked up to a cable channel that everyone with cable can see on their tv and that shows a larger picture of the door area where you can basically see everyone entering the building.
Then there's the peephole on my actual door.
Glass front doors and large uncovered windows on the fronts of houses freak me right out.
Rent is the only check I write, everything else is online payment. I've noticed since the economy tanked summer 2008, we're getting a lot more checks (comparatively speaking) written at the bookstore, for some reason. Most of the check writers are senior citizens, but some younger people do still write them.
I have no idea what the first video on MTV was, so I'm unqualified to answer the question.
Answered upthread! C'mon, man! Video Killed the Radio Star.
First YouTube video uploaded: Me at the Zoo by one of the YouTube founders Jawed Karim.
I'm looking down the list of biggest communication advances of the Oughties. It was a good decade for revolutionary technologies. They don't even mention TiVo!
I would not want to return to a world without Tivo, Google or Wikiepedia.
Scandinavian countries and Ireland have already voted to phase out cheques
I was in Norway last week to serve as a dissertation opponent, and I never had a single reason to use currency. Everything was credit cards, even buying a stamp or getting on a tram. On the trains, you don't even buy a ticket. The system keeps track of where you got on and where you got off, and charges your credit card accordingly.
In fact, the money I had (from a previous trip) wasn't even legal anymore. They do have legal currency, it it's not too old, but from what I could see it was considered poor manners to use it. A check would really be strange.
My last bill that I had to pay by check (garbage pickup, incidentally) just started offering electronic payment as an option this very month. I did discover a store that accepts checks but not debit cards recently, but it's not one I feel a great urge to shop at.
I write checks for rent, two of three mental health providers, and at least one utility.
Recently amyth borrowed cash from me at a show, then immediately paypalled it back to me via iPhone. Ah, tech.
I just watched the 787 make its maiden takeoff.
Only 2 1/2 years late.
I just watched the 787 make its maiden takeoff.
That looks like a nice plane.
What's the debit/credit surcharge to businesses? I feel guilty using cards for small purchases because I'm sure the vendor is being dinged disproportionately.
And for some reason I don't think to pay by credit or debit when I get sent a bill in the mail. That's just habit. I just have very few ad hoc bills these days.
