Did we know that Fry and Laurie are doing a reunion show? [link]
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Sue - Jun 24, 2010 10:17:38 am PDT #8774 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Gudanov - Jun 24, 2010 10:19:39 am PDT #8775 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Oh it's looking bad for Denmark, but great for Japan.
Daisy Jane - Jun 24, 2010 10:21:19 am PDT #8776 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Did we know that Fry and Laurie are doing a reunion show? [link]
Huzzah! I think that has given me something to get through this day!
Connie Neil - Jun 24, 2010 10:29:12 am PDT #8777 of 30001
brillig
Even more opportunities for "That's House." "No, it's not." "Yes, it is." "No! Well, maybe--no!"
§ ita § - Jun 24, 2010 10:39:19 am PDT #8778 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How do credit card companies discover abnormal spending patterns? A guy at work had his card/number stolen while he was on vacation, and they called him about the charges in location C, not on location A or B where he was travelling to (which are distinct from where he actually lives). How do they know that?
Also, has anyone here noticed their card/info stolen without the CC company telling them?
Kathy A - Jun 24, 2010 10:43:34 am PDT #8779 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
When my check card was appropriated a few years ago, I noticed it first when I saw a few $20 entries for Second Life appear on the checking account when I was doing my daily look at the bank's website. That was Thursday, and the bank couldn't do anything about those entries until they went from "pending" to "final." Then, on Monday morning at 8:00 am, I got a call at home from the bank telling me that over $1000 in charges got put on my card on Sunday and that sent up their "fraud" flag. Since I already was on record complaining about those small Second Life charges a few days earlier, they gave me no problems about the obvious fraud and cancelled my account immediately.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 24, 2010 10:47:34 am PDT #8780 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Also, has anyone here noticed their card/info stolen without the CC company telling them?
I have a couple of times. Usually when the CC company calls me it's because I've gone on my first vacation in a long time.
Tom Scola - Jun 24, 2010 10:48:19 am PDT #8781 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Here is an account from a guy who used to work in a fraud center: [link]
Zenkitty - Jun 24, 2010 10:52:53 am PDT #8782 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Maybe they have an algorithm that looks at what you've done in the past and "figures out" what you're likely to do?
Polter-Cow - Jun 24, 2010 10:54:40 am PDT #8783 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The day after Black Friday, I got a call because my card had been used to make some weird electronics purchase that morning. They may have been extra diligent after the big shopping day, but I'm not entirely sure how they knew it wasn't me. I think it may have been a ridonkulous amount, which would be unlike me. But I've wondered how they know some of my other potentially weird spending patterns aren't fraud.