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July 31st, 2005

unixronin: Pissed-off avatar (Pissed off)
Sunday, July 31st, 2005 12:52 pm

...You might do well to call Citibank, NOW, and ask whether your account is on the list of compromised numbers, because evidence seems to indicate that if it is, they're not going to warn you.  Over the last few days I've been hearing a lot of stories from people who've been contacted by all their banks -- except Citibank -- and issued replacement cards with new account numbers because their cards have been compromised, but none of them have been contacted by Citibank.  One individual I know with a Citibank card found over $200 of fraudulent charges on his card this month from the Ukraine, and when he called Citibank, he was told his card was on the list of accounts believed compromised -- but even after telling him this, Citibank did not offer to issue him a new card.  He's going to call them back and read them the riot act.

Be warned.

unixronin: Ummm....   It's an avatar.  No, not an Airbender or a Na'vi.  Just an avatar. (Hiro-ic)
Sunday, July 31st, 2005 01:25 pm
unixronin: Full-face helmet with vaguely Airbender-ish retroreflective graphics (Riding)
Sunday, July 31st, 2005 05:32 pm

A Muskegon Suzuki motorcycle dealer has fired a mechanic for buying a Harley-Davidson, citing an alleged policy banning ownership of any competitors' products.  The fired mechanic claims no such policy had ever been declared.  The move seems to have backfired, as locals picket and boycott the dealership, calling the owner "un-American".

"I'm here because of freedom of choice," said labor activist Paul Stark, a former vice president of the Muskegon Labor Council.  "It's a shame when a guy buys an American product, he loses his job.  You should have the right to purchase what you choose.  Someone's got to stand up for the working man."

unixronin: A somewhat Borg-ish high-tech avatar (Techno/geekdom)
Sunday, July 31st, 2005 11:21 pm

[livejournal.com profile] grayscalewolf found, and pointed out, Planarity (flash required).  Depending whether you grok the underlying concepts of graphs, this may hook you, or it may make your brain hurt.  According to the author, "There is no last level, but if you get past 10 or so, consider yourself in select company."


Update:

Planarity.net seems to have vanished overnight.  I'm guessing the domain expired, but I don't know for sure.