Just report the item and go through Ebays process for dealing with this. If you paid with PayPal you'll be covered by their buyer protection program. Cheers, Drew.

Reminds me of one of my most spectacular failures, back in the early 90s. I got called into the office of one of the senior guys and sworn to secrecy. He told me that there was going to be a re-organisation, he was going to head up such and such a function and there was going to be a new vacancy created. He said ne wanted me to get the job. Wow. He even went on to tell me what questions the interview panel were going to ask and some important points to get into the answers. (I somewhat objected to this as I thought I could have answered these question in my sleep anyway). So, come the day, come the questions, textbook answers, good interview. Couple of days later comes the "Thank you for applying but no thankyou" letter! It later transpired that someone took offence to some overheard comments where I was heard speaking the truth rather than the official party line! Still, it didn't make a lot of difference as , with typically great British planning, the new post holder, along with about half of everyone else got made redundant with a fortnight! Rich

Are we allowed to name and shame? Its one in Bathurst, NSW if that helps "There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon

Thunderbox666 wrote: some people are paying up to $800 - 900 for it I heard Canadians are protesting about how crazy the Canadian iPhone prices are compared to the US. "There's a good and a bad side of a battery. We were very good at the negative." - James Hetfield

#A No one will want you to bend over backwards anymore. There are II kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who understand Roman numerals. Web - Blog - RSS - Math

I've done what you did twice. (Both companies cratered shortly thereafter, likely NOT because I wasn't there, but also hopefully NOT because of something I did). I second the advice of watch your cash flow, but also take a vacation and do something fun if you can afford it. Even if you just go hiking or biking at the park. Get up every morning and get dressed like you're going to work, then work the phone and email to get your next gig lined up. After lunch go do something enjoyable. Have a schedule that keeps you moving forward but also lets you relax some. Stay positive and good luck. Someone's gotta be the last to know, but why is it always me?

Bert delaVega wrote: hen I would complain to them. Yeah I rang them up and they said they would do an internal investigation, but would not look outside the company (so they wont investigate their delivery companies, etc), but they asked me to give them a call if I find out anything. "There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon

download the memtest86 cd to test if it's a ram problem. Boot it and leave it running long enough to do 3 or 4 complete passes. Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall

The kind of cam you are looking for is usually used for surveillance. Thus, your best bet is to buy some electronics mail-order mag, they usually offer that kind of stuff. If you are in Germany, go to www.pearl.de. Cheers, Sebastian -- "If it was two men, the non-driver would have challenged the driver to simply crash through the gates. The macho image thing, you know." - Marc Clifton

my other hobby is restoring a 1962 Chrysler Valiant, I'm Australian but I talk with Americans all the time about cars, it's amazing how we both speak english but there are so many differences. I think I said I had a bingle in the car and they asked a what? A car crash. When Americans are pissed they're angry When Australians are pissed theyre intoxicated. John If force doesn't work, you're not using enough.

Thunderbox666 wrote: Do America have a business register or something like that to see if a business is legit? they do have a better business bureau to see if any complaints have been filed. You can also call and verify a business license within the state of residence for the business, but that only verifies they paid the money for the license, it says nothing about what they do in that business. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) John Andrew Holmes "It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."

Building on that idea further, he can use OpenVPN or one of the virtual appliances that provide those features out of the box, with only a little configuration. I would further recommend, if he's an experienced UNIX user, that he ditch Linux and use OpenBSD. It's built with security as a top priority, with most features secure out of the box, and has features like BCrypt password hashing that make it quite resilient. I often use it for firewalls, vpn, etc. If you don't want the complexity of something like SELinux, but want something that will last on the front lines, an OpenBSD VPN solution is an attractive option. (main downside: hardware support, but all UNIX's have that problem)

Hmm... I may have to get another dog becuase I'm having trouble deciding on the laser or the gun lol "There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon

Oh yes, I know ;) Richard Green

Thunderbox666 wrote: Im trying to keep my mind off it, but it isnt easy in any way Just think of all the people waiting for their medical test results and how they must feel and you will find it much easier. :) "The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying." - David Ogilvy

lol quiet you!! "There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon

Those things also have a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio?? I am being serious and not exaggerating (I saw that figure on an add for one of their OLED screen in this months issue or Wired magazine. Makes your current LCD with a contrast ratio of 10,000:1 seem kinda crappy doesn't it lol

Thanks... that site helped :-) "There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth" ~ unknown "All things good to know are difficult to learn" ~ Greek Proverb "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary" ~ Vidal Sassoon

I meant more about the driving; seems like all Aussies are friendly. http://craptasticnation.blogspot.com/[^]

Not to defy conventional wisdom, but my resume is currently pushing 15 pages. For my age (25), I'm pretty highly paid and I've never had trouble getting interviews with top employers. That is with no certifications or degrees of any kind (ok, I had to get A+ certified to get my first job). I had trouble getting a job during the .com bust and the thing that saved me from 8 months of unemployment was switching from the bulleted list to a descriptive, paragraph form resume. I've never been asked to shorten it. On the web, recruiters find you based on word searches. I win because I have more words in my resume than almost anyone. Also, the jobs I get are better because the employer does actually find time to read the resume. The ones who don't are lazy and similarly hire crappy coworkers that I never want to meet. The old, bulleted list style resume is for bank managers, lawyers, store managers, etc. A technical resume is quite different. Don't listen to convetional job hunting websites/advisors because they don't realize how different our industry is. In our world, the devil is in the details.