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IrishNinja said:
always wondered: for small (and large, i guess) businesses, is there an advantage for them if i pay credit rather than debit, with my check card? do they get the same fees either way on average, or what?
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Debit is better for them. The bank is the one paying the fees on debit transactions.

That's also why banks encourage you to make credit transactions.
 
^ah, id always suspected this! i know small shops here have that "no cards under $10" rule so i imagine they still get some fee, but its good to know it's less. debit it is, thanks Zoe.
 
questions about piracy-related talk on gaf:

i remember that mods dont seem to mind people talking about certain kinds of piracy, whereas others are forbidden. im hoping some kind poster can give me unofficial clarification of these unofficial rules?

saying that you pirate games, or that a certain game is cracked and avaliable for download, is bannable right?

saying you pirate music, tv, or movies is not something you get banned for right?

what about providing sources for pirated music, tv, or movies? have people been banned for that?
 
mcrae said:
questions about piracy-related talk on gaf
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=390708:
E. Emulation/Piracy

The topics of emulation and piracy, including the technical nature of emulators and ROM images, hardware modification technology, as well as their effect on the industry as a political topic are deemed to be generally acceptable.

Linking to pirate download sites, directions on how to get pirated software to work, reviews or impressions of pirated software will all result in the banning of the user in question.
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As for non-game things (tv, music, etc) I would assume the rules are the same.
 
Anyone good at using Java as a host language for SQL? I keep getting an error and have no idea why:

Code: 
try {
	String query = "select usr as userid, name, email from users u " +
	"where lower(name) like '?' or where lower(email) like '?'";
	
	PreparedStatement pstmt = conn.prepareStatement(query);
	pstmt.setString(1, search);
	pstmt.setString(2, search);
	ResultSet rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
	
	while (rs.next()) {
	     String uname = rs.getString("name");
	     System.out.println("Name: " + uname + "\n");
	}
	
	} catch(SQLException ex) {
		System.err.println("SQLException: " +
		ex.getMessage());
     	}

search is passed to this function as a string.
The error I keep getting is:

SQLException: Invalid column index

EDIT: I'm an idiot. I had two where statements in my SQL statement, ARGH.
 
What film is this gif from?

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Virtualization question: Why can't I get VMWare tools to install? It gives me no errors and after reboot it's "ready to install" again. It's like some sort of Scumbag Steve of virtual machines. The vm is running Windows Server 2008R2 if that matters.
 
enemyairship said:
Is there any way to avoid tandem skydiving if you have never gone before?

I really want to skydive/base jump, but I don't wanna be anybody's 'little spoon'.
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You can join the Army and go to Airborne School.

Best part: they pay you to jump out of the plane!
 
Is there a way to sort your inbox by sender (or anything else for that matter) with G-Mail? I know there has to be and can't find it for my life.
 
Magnus said:
Is there a way to sort your inbox by sender (or anything else for that matter) with G-Mail? I know there has to be and can't find it for my life.
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No unfortunately, Gmail doesn't allow you to sort. You'd need to use a mail application that lets you do that.
 
Treefingers said:
No unfortunately, Gmail doesn't allow you to sort. You'd need to use a mail application that lets you do that.
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I guess I can just use the search function to isolate what I need. Interesting omission though.
 
Magnus said:
I guess I can just use the search function to isolate what I need. Interesting omission though.
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Yeah, that's what I was going to suggest. It's really weird that it's not even a Google Labs feature (they have some pretty useful things in the Labs).
 
Magnus said:
Is there a way to sort your inbox by sender (or anything else for that matter) with G-Mail? I know there has to be and can't find it for my life.
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Do a search for the sender.

Add a label and/or filter for a joeblow@freebjs.com, then you can just click the label on the side.
 
How do they get helium to fill balloons with? I am assuming it isn't "made" so it needs to be extracted somehow from something.
 
why isn't my Firefox running youtube? I try to load a video, but the video space stays black. Looks like this

broke.png


Video won't load, there's no controls to do anything. It just stays black.
 
Jason's Ultimatum said:
What is the easiest way to convert miles into km and vice versa? Isn't 1km 0.65 miles or something?
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If you're just converting km into miles you can multiply it by 1.6, or for even more simplicity take the next number in the Fibonacci series ( 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 ...), it should be a good enough approximation.
 
I know you're 'trollin' but hats what spurred my question on. I just got iTunes over the weekend and I'm noticing the prices are ridiculous. Pink Floyd Animals is $9.99 for 4 songs .. it's $4.99 on Amazon. Not to mention it seems to be $1.29 per song on iTunes when its .99 cents on Amazon. And the Zune marketplace is just an unadulterated piece of shit. Its expensive AND you can't find a lot of stuff.
 
Maklershed said:
I know you're 'trollin' but hats what spurred my question on. I just got iTunes over the weekend and I'm noticing the prices are ridiculous. Pink Floyd Animals is $9.99 for 4 songs .. it's $4.99 on Amazon. Not to mention it seems to be $1.29 per song on iTunes when its .99 cents on Amazon.
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Yeah, iTunes is ridiculous. I use Amazon mostly, sorry I couldn't be more help.
 
What's the maximum size of image for Facebook?

Trying to upload a 1280x720, and it gets resized to 720x405. Could have swore they had the option to set a link to 'view full size' or something.
 
You know that ridiculous part in the end of the original movie "the fly" (1960's so I am not gonna worry about spoilering)?

ah fuck it i will spoiler it anyway just in case.

the part with the fly with the human head?

Image at this link http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ekfkiJWxZxE/TKqQcBGtW6I/AAAAAAAAAbk/ywUNABgeG8I/s1600/flycoll1b.jpg

I KNOW it has been referenced in at least another movie and I can't remember which one?

It may have been just showing this clip in another movie, or something else. If anyone remembers let me know!


I think one I caught was Beetlejuice (I think the bee says help me help me as it is being eaten by BJ, retroactive lulz for that!)
 
Leezard said:
If you're just converting km into miles you can multiply it by 1.6, or for even more simplicity take the next number in the Fibonacci series ( 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 ...), it should be a good enough approximation.
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Nifty! Never heard that trick before.
 
Jason's Ultimatum said:
What is the easiest way to convert miles into km and vice versa? Isn't 1km 0.65 miles or something?
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1.6 is a good approximation, but in your head, it's easier to think of it as "divide by 5 and multiply by 8" for miles to km, and "divide by 8, multiply by 5" for km to miles.
 
My car is making grinding/knocking sounds when the wheel turns (even slightly). What could be the cause of that?
 
Zoe said:
My car is making grinding/knocking sounds when the wheel turns (even slightly). What could be the cause of that?
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Probably suspension related, possibly brake related.

Most likely for suspension, ball bearings taking a shit. Most likely for brakes, loose brakepad.

What kinda car?
 
Copernicus said:
Probably suspension related, possibly brake related.

Most likely for suspension, ball bearings taking a shit. Most likely for brakes, loose brakepad.

What kinda car?
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'06 Mazda6
 
elseanio said:
What's the maximum size of image for Facebook?

Trying to upload a 1280x720, and it gets resized to 720x405. Could have swore they had the option to set a link to 'view full size' or something.
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They won't display anything larger than whatever that preview size is but there is a download hi-res link in one of the corners. Stopped using facebook a while ago though so I don't know if it has survived all the updates they have gone through.
 
What's the chance of actually getting my username changed? Does that ever happen on GAF?

Mostly, I realize now that my name is probably unpronounceable nonsense to 90% of people, plus I go by a different name everywhere else on the internet. Not sure why I registered here under this name. It is my greatest shame. :(

I ask this here because I'm afraid if I waste a mod's time with a PM I'll get annihilated.
 
Has neogaf being acting up recently or is my shitty TWC internet the culprit?

fhtagn said:
What's the chance of actually getting my username changed? Does that ever happen on GAF?

Mostly, I realize now that my name is probably unpronounceable nonsense to 90% of people, plus I go by a different name everywhere else on the internet. Not sure why I registered here under this name. It is my greatest shame. :(

I ask this here because I'm afraid if I waste a mod's time with a PM I'll get annihilated.
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I had mine changed. Just ask nicely.
 
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