Archive for August, 2009
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Shut Out The Worst Ad Offenders With These Firefox Tricks [How To]
If advertisers and websites would play fair with their readers, we wouldn’t need to apply various filters and blocks to them. But when you’re trying to read an article and every sixth word is hotlinked with a pop-up ad, while the FavIcon in the browser window blinks at you like a traffic light, while loud [...]
EECB To Toys R Us Results In Refund, Personal Apology, Free Toy [Success Stories]
Seth had what should have been a fairly simple problem. His son’s radio control car broke after only a few weeks of use. The toy was purchased at and manufactured by Toys R Us, and an e-mail to the support address included with the toy bounced. No one in the company’s usual customer service channels [...]
More Unemployed Alumni Sue Their College [College]
Everyone (including us) snickered when an unemployed woman sued the college she had graduated from only months before, but the news story did help bring to light the overly optimistic or outright misleading claims made by some for-profit educational institutions. Now, thirteen former students of Everest College’s Dallas campus have sued the school, claiming that [...]
Why Commercials Sometimes Aren’t Perfectly Synced With The Shows [Science!]
Zac read our recent post about Comcast randomly throwing advertisements in the middle of cartoons and other programming. He let us know that the errant commercials can be explained by science. Broadcasting technology science, that is!
A Terrifying Chart, A Cool Song and a Wish For a Nice Weekend For All.
First, as the Bureau of Economic Analysis saw fit to put out slightly positive personal income numbers for July, Karl Denninger over atMarket-Tickersaw fit to shine the harsh light of reality on said numbers. I have been following Market-Ticker for a while now and I rarely see anyone refute Denninger’s analysis of the various government [...]
Top Posts Of The Week And Open Thread [Roundups]
KFC Has A Bacon Sandwich That Uses Fried Chicken As “Bread” Google Aims To Answer The Question: “But If I Get Off The Highway, Won’t It Just Be Worse?” Coupon Master Spends $4 Weekly To Feed Family Of Six Please Obey The Waldorf Astoria Hotel Starbucks Dress Code Water Bottles Marketed To BPA-Fearing Parents Contained [...]
John Crudele: "Americans Should Boycott The Stock Market."
Nice piece by the New York Post’s John Crudele this morning.
USAA: Opt-Out Of Mandatory Binding Arbitration By Closing Your Account [Mandatory Binding Arbitration]
The “credit union on steroids” has gone to mandatory binding arbitration for all disputes, removing customers’ ability to successfully sue them if things go wrong. Previously, USAA had arbitration as an option, but allowed members to opt out. Now, if you want to opt out of arbitration, you’ll have to close your accounts.
WSJ Discovers EECB, It Works On Insurance [Insurance]
The venerable Wall Street Journal <a href=”recently discovered the classic “EECB” technique we’ve been telling you about for years. This time, it’s health insurance companies, an industry so predicated on denial-of-care-for-profit that a few years ago a class action lawsuit based on RICO statute, invented to prosecute Mafia families for racketeering, was able to make [...]
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