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Cut off Amaury Day

Must be special today, 'cause on my way home now from dropping off my mom at work from lunch, I got royally cut off for the third time.

Thread by: Amaury, Dec 10, 2013, 3 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Happy Birthday, Plums!

Finally a young adult! Happy birthday, man!

Thread by: Amaury, Dec 7, 2013, 1 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Next: Roxasvsriku

There's a 633 gap, so it'll take a while, but I'll surpass you.

Mwahahaha!

Thread by: Amaury, Dec 6, 2013, 0 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Embarrassment and Parents

Why do you a lot of us get embarrassed with our parents -- more so at young ages like our teenage years -- if we run into someone we know at a store or something, even if the parent is there, but not with you?

For me personally, I used to be fine if it was an adult friend (e.g., the mother of one of my friends) that my mom was also friends with, but if it was someone I knew from school, for example, then I just felt all weird inside when I talked to them.

Now I'm better, but what causes us to be like this? Most of the time our parents don't even do anything that would make us embarrassed, but we feel embarrassed, anyway.

Thread by: Amaury, Dec 5, 2013, 3 replies, in forum: Discussion
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Areas in the UK Are Unlucky Today

Thread by: Amaury, Dec 5, 2013, 1 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Support Weird Jaggedies on Google Chrome

I'm gonna switch to Google Chrome once again -- at least until KH-Vids upgrades to XenForo 1.2 so I can quick edit without problems. However, I noticed on SEGA Forum with Google Chrome, there are little jaggedies under words on the search results page when long titles get cut off. This is not an issue with Mozilla Firefox, so any ideas?

Mozilla Firefox:

Google Chrome:

Thread by: Amaury, Dec 4, 2013, 0 replies, in forum: Technology
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Grandmother Scammed on Thanksgiving
Hope the grandmother's able to get her money back.

Local Grandmother Scammed out of Thousands on Thanksgiving
- Source: NBC 4
- Published: 12/1/2013
NBC 4 said:

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio -

A Reynoldsburg family is speaking out about a scam that took thousands from their grandmother in the hopes of helping others to avoid falling victim too.

The victim, Mary, who asked only her first name be used, says she received a call on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, from a man claiming to be her grandson, Jimmy.

According to Mary, the scammer said that he had been in an accident and was injured and needed money for an attorney to help him get out of jail. Mary says she feared for her grandson's well-being and also wanted him to be home for Thanksgiving so she agreed to wire money.

In all Mary says she sent $12,000 through multiple transactions.

On Thanksgiving, Mary began to realize something was terribly wrong and reached out to her daughter and son-in-law.

"She was very upset because she said she had paid all the money. And she hadn't heard from my son. And she was supposed to have heard from him by now. And I said 'Well, he's downstairs right now,'" said Mary's son-in-law, Jim Cassell.

It turned out Mary's grandson had been safely at home with his parents the entire time.
By then, Mary says she wiped out her savings and borrowed on her credit card to pay the scammers.

Mary says the scammers played on her emotions, "That was what kept me going, thinking that I was helping my grandson. Because this person sounded exactly like my grandson. And I didn't try to call him or anything because I just trusted that was him. They're very good at that."

Investigators say scammers often gather personal information about victims online and possibly through Facebook including information about their relatives such as grandchildren.

"It's hard to believe that people are so cruel. I'm sure the people who did this didn't have an ounce of remorse," Cassell said.

Mary's grandchildren have started a Facebook page called "Help Grandma Mary" and are taking donations online to help pay her back for the money stolen.

Grandson Jimmy says he is also planning a benefit concert for Mary on January 3, 2014 at Circus which will include a silent auction.
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Thread by: Amaury, Dec 4, 2013, 0 replies, in forum: Current Events
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Train Crash in New York
My condolences to the affected families.

There are videos in the link below.

New York Train Crash
- Source: CNN
- Published: 12/4/2013
CNN said:

(CNN) -- A passenger on the Metro-North train that derailed Sunday in New York has filed a notice of claim against the commuter railroad -- an initial step in a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages in connection with the accident, which killed four people and injured 67 others.

Attorney Michael Lamonsoff said Wednesday that the suit on behalf of Denise Williams, a retired Army colonel and dentist who was on her way to a convention at the time of the crash, will accuse the commuter railroad of negligence. He said state law requires that negligence claims be filed against the railroad, not the train engineer, who allegedly nodded off as the train was speeding into a sharp curve. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority declined to comment.

"Bottom line is the guy was going 82 mph in a 30 mph zone," said Lamonsoff, adding that the railroad has been slow to implement what is known as positive train control technology, which combines GPS, wireless radio and computers to monitor trains and stop them from colliding or derailing. In 2008, Congress ordered rail lines to adopt the technology by December 2015.

"We have GPS on cars, they should have GPS on the trains, he said. "They have been stonewalling, they have until 2015, they have asked for extensions, they haven't started any upgrades."

MTA spokesman Salvatore Arena said the agency began work to install positive train control on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad in 2009, budgeting nearly $600 million for its installation, including $428 million last month for a system integrator. The cost for full implementation is estimated at $900 million. But, Arena said in a statement, implementing it by the 2015 deadline will be difficult because much of the technology is still under development, untested and unproven on commuter railroads the size of Metro-North and LIRR.

National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said Tuesday it's possible that positive train control could have prevented a derailment involving a high-speed train, such as the one involved in the Metro-North accident.

Lamonsoff said his client suffered spine, collarbone and rib fractures after she was pinned inside an overturned car for about an hour.

"While she was ... pinned down, there was a guy that, a chef who has cerebral palsy, he sat with her and prayed with her because they didn't know if she would live or die and she was praying to live," Lamonsoff said.

Train union kicked out of crash investigation

The NTSB, meanwhile, has booted the rail union from its investigation into the deadly train derailment for violating confidentiality rules.

The agency made the announcement late Tuesday night, hours after a union representative told CNN that the train engineer apparently "was nodding off and caught himself too late" before the accident.

In its announcement, the NTSB specifically cited those comments as the violation.

Anthony Bottalico, the union representative, told CNN that engineer William Rockefeller Jr. recognizes his responsibility in the incident.

"I think most people are leaning towards human error," Bottalico said.

Rockefeller's lawyer, Jeffrey Chartier, characterized what happened as "highway hypnosis." He said his client had had a full night's sleep before the crash and had no disciplinary record.

In a brief conversation with investigators, Rockefeller said that moments before the derailment of the Hudson Line train in the Bronx, he was "going along, and I'm in a daze. I don't know what happened," according to a law enforcement official familiar with that conversation.

Rockefeller spoke to Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York police detectives at the crash site before he was taken to a hospital Sunday.

According to NTSB representatives, results from alcohol breath tests for the train engineer were negative, and the brake and signal systems in the deadly Metro-North accident appeared to be working. Other toxicology results have not yet come back.

Fatigue is a factor being investigated, according to a separate New York law enforcement source. But Rockefeller also told investigators on site that the brakes had failed, as CNN reported previously. Officials noted that the train had been able to stop nine times at stations before the crash.

The train was equipped with a "dead man's pedal," designed to stop the train if the engineer becomes incapacitated, said Weener, the National Transportation Safety Board member. But it was unclear whether that emergency system was activated.

Feds: Metro-North train accidents 'unacceptable'

Expert: 'Twilight' common among some train crews

Steven Harrod, a University of Dayton professor and expert on railway operations, said the early hour of the derailment, along with the decreased rail traffic on the post-Thanksgiving weekend, also could have played a role in Rockefeller's "daze."

Harrod called it a "twilight" of inattention or distraction common in transport crews on late-night and early-morning shifts.

"If he was dead, dead asleep, his hands would have come off the controls and ... some of the 'dead man' stuff would have come into play," said Harrod, referring to "dead man" mechanisms that automatically stop trains when the engineer is incapacitated. "But if it was kind of that twilight where you're just there and still kind of gently holding on to things but not quite really aware, which in my mind is still sleeping. That's still sleeping."

In the culture of railroad workers, Harrod said, admitting to falling asleep at the controls is almost as bad as admitting to being drunk or on drugs.

"It's very realistic that he, in fact, really did fall asleep," he said. "Falling asleep at the controls of a locomotive is a horrible evil. You're not supposed to do that. He really doesn't want to come out and say, 'I fell asleep.' It's emotionally embarrassing. It's not just a rules violation. There's a psychological component. If you come out and say, 'I fell asleep,' it's just purely beyond embarrassing. It's a violation of the sacred understanding of what a train crew should do."

Rockefeller is not working or getting paid, said Meredith Daniels, an MTA spokeswoman.

"He is out of service. This is an unpaid status," said Daniels, adding that Rockefeller is presumed innocent until disciplinary procedures are completed.

NTSB officials would not comment on Rockefeller's reported comments, but they have said fatigue is routinely investigated as a possible cause in such cases.

Harrod said the rail and signal hardware date to World War II and, if Rockefeller was dazed or momentarily distracted, there was no system in place to alert him that he was traveling at 82 mph.

"It's a perfect-storm kind of thing," he said. "You can look back in the history books of railroad accidents and there are plenty more where this came from. Events and things that happen that in and of themselves are not supposed to be bad but they turn into bad things."

Opinion: Can high technology make trains safer?

Engineer cooperating with authorities

The train was about 10 miles short of its destination, Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal, when it derailed on the approach to the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx.

The NTSB's interview Monday with Rockefeller was cut short because of his emotional state, Weener told CNN. The interview resumed Tuesday and was expected to continue Wednesday.

"I think it was basically emotional issues with the engineer," Weener said. The crash, which took four lives, was "a very traumatic experience for him." Weener said Rockefeller was cooperative but was "not up to it."

NTSB officials said it is not unusual for those who have survived fatal accidents to be emotional during interviews. Nor is it unusual for the board to allow participants additional time to complete the interview.

Bottalico said Rockefeller is cooperating.

"Billy is fully cooperating with the NTSB," Bottalico said. "He needed to get some rest. He's very traumatized by the loss of life. It's best that it comes from him what happened. He's a quality human being. I know him personally. I've been a conductor and representative, and I'd be proud to have him as my engineer."

Rockefeller started out as a janitor at Grand Central and "worked his way up," Bottalico said.

"He's been in operations for quite a while," he said. "He used to change the time of the trains in Grand Central. He was volunteer fireman. He's just a guy who's always gone out of his way for everyone else. It brings me to tears because the loss of life is something that -- it's the hardest thing to deal with. When you lose life, it's difficult for all."

Said Harrod, the railway operations expert: "This engineer, I'm sure, as the evidence comes out, I think we're really looking at a sad, really basic kind of inattentiveness. Nothing fancy: No alcohol, no drugs, maybe not even a cell phone. Just plain vanilla inattentiveness."

Michael McClendon, who supervised engineer Rockefeller for several years, spoke to CNN affiliate WCBS.

"I wish this didn't happen to anyone, but I sure as hell don't want it to happen to him," he said.

Living through a train wreck
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Thread by: Amaury, Dec 4, 2013, 0 replies, in forum: Current Events
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Happy Birthday, Rienzel!

Because everyone needs a birthday thread!

Happy birthday, man!

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Utah Couple Fined $3,500 for Writing a Negative Review
Of all the bullshit I've seen, this has got to be the bullshitiest!

Utah Couple Blackmail Review
- Source: RT
- Published: 12/3/2013
RT said:

Nearly five years after a Utah couple cancelled a transaction with a company called KlearGear.com, the web company has slapped them with a hefty fine in retaliation for a negative online review, damaging their credit rating.

John Palmer told CNN that in 2008 he cancelled a gift order meant for his wife Jen because it was never delivered. Frustrated by the customer service, or lack thereof, the Palmers explained their situation in a post on Ripoff Review, a complaint site where dejected customers warn others to stay away from certain companies.

In response, Klear Gear contacted the Palmers earlier this year and warned them to remove the review, claiming it violated a company “non-disparagement clause,” or else face a stiff fine. Jen Palmer’s review reads in part “there is absolutely no way to get in touch with a physical human being,” also noting “horrible customer service practices.”

“In an effort to ensure fair and honest public feedback, and to prevent the publishing of libelous content in any form, your acceptance of this sales contract prohibits you from taking any action that negatively impacts KlearGear.com, its reputation, products, services, management or employees.”

“This is fraud,” Jen Palmer told KUTV.com. “They’re blackmailing us for telling the truth. I have the right to tell somebody else these guys ripped me off.”

“It was bad enough that when we went to get a second car, it took them a month to find a bank that was willing to finance us, because of the huge ding that this puts on our credit,” she told WDAM.com.

“As of November 28, 2012, the BBB became aware that the company’s website is displaying a BBB Accredited Business logo and BBB Rating A+,” it reads. “However the company is not an accredited BBB business and the BBB rating is not A+.”

“The First Amendment does not protect certain kinds of free speech and you can sign a contract giving away your free speech rights if it’s a fair contract,” legal analyst Paul Callan told CNN. “This contract is not fair and frankly it would be thrown out by any court.”

Hidden in the fine print in Klear Gear’s terms of sale conditions is a statement that reads:

It goes on to warn customers they have 72 hours to remove any such material or the company will levy a $3,500 fine. If that fine is not paid, the sale terms indicate, Klear Gear will report the failure to the necessary credit card companies.

The couple did try to have their post removed from Ripoff Review but that site demands a $2,000 to review removal fee, according to Yahoo News.

Klear Gear then carried out on its threat and notified the Palmer’s credit company that their action constituted a “failure to pay,” which in turn have hurt their credit rating. Mrs. Palmer now says they are denied offers for which they certainly would have been accepted if not for the discrepancy.

Along with taking heat on social media, Klear Gear has also been put on notice by the Better Business Bureau (BBB). Klear Gear is accused of claiming to have been given an A+ rating, something a statement on the BBB website indicates is untrue.

Much like that BB assertion, experts think it unlikely that the $3,500 penalty designated to the Palmers will stand.
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Thread by: Amaury, Dec 3, 2013, 3 replies, in forum: Current Events
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Support Windows Gadgets Not Working

When I logged into my computer, my weather gadget didn't automatically come up like it does; when I right click and choose Gadgets nothing happens.

Do these run on a server that could possibly be down?

Edit - 11:53 AM PST: It's working on my mom's computer, so I am not sure what the problem is.

Maybe it was down if my theory above was correct and started working again sometime before I turned on my mom's computer just now.

I guess I'll see if it works later or tomorrow. I don't really feel like restarting my computer.

Thread by: Amaury, Dec 3, 2013, 24 replies, in forum: Technology
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How Do You Browse KH-Vids?

When I first get on in the morning or after I've been gone for a long time (like when I went to study for my GED), I view my watched threads. After I'm done there, I check out the latest content (What's New?). If there's nothing of interest, I stay there; if there is, I check out the threads and then go to the forum list (Forums), which is where I am most of the time.

Thread by: Amaury, Dec 3, 2013, 33 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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I Need a User Title

I was thinking of Santa Claus' title in Kingdom Hearts, but what exactly is he to Christmas Town? The Major is the mayor of Halloween Town, so what is Santa Claus?

Thread by: Amaury, Dec 1, 2013, 5 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Chain of Memories Timeline

How exactly does it work here for everything?

For example, when Riku is doing the battle tutorial with Ansem after completing Hollow Bastion, what is Sora doing?

Thread by: Amaury, Dec 1, 2013, 6 replies, in forum: Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX
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The History of Crash Bandicoot

I don't really have any complaints with the Crash Bandicoot series. The long-ish loading times in The Wrath of Cortex were a pain, but they don't really deduct the gameplay.

Thread by: Amaury, Nov 30, 2013, 12 replies, in forum: Gaming
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The History of Spyro the Dragon

Here is some history that may interest you guys on Spyro.

Personally, the only handheld game I played was Season of Ice, which I didn't really like. The only complaint I personally have is with Enter the Dragonfly. It's fun, but, as I mentioned in another Spyro thread a long time ago, after reading what it was supposed to be, I was mad at Universal Interactive Studios (I think that was the company) for making the developers do a rush job just so they could have it out before Christmas.

Thread by: Amaury, Nov 30, 2013, 10 replies, in forum: Gaming
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Straight Men to Have Casual Sex with Each Other
Well, what are your guys' opinions on this?

I happened to find the article via this thread on another forum. Seeing as I support homosexuals, it doesn't bother me if straight men or women want to pop over to the other side sometimes, but I think it's just a weird article in general.

I think this is okay in Current Events, but feel free, staff, to move it to Discussion if it's more appropriate there.

Straight Men to Have Casual Sex with Each Other
- Source: The Daily Mash
- Published: 11/28/2013
The Daily Mash said:

HETEROSEXUAL men are to address the gender imbalance in appetite for casual sex by just doing it with each other.

A survey showing women want less casual sex than men has prompted straight guys to look at the numbers, face facts and start dating each other.

A new rota system will see one in three dates become male-male, with men expected to quickly overcome initial doubts about their sexuality for the guarantee of a shag at the end of the night.

Heterosexual roofer Stephen Malley went on a date with chef Nathan Muir last night, and said: “I was nervous at first.

“But we bought our own drinks, had a really interesting conversation about the best way to kill a polar bear with a blunt instrument, and ended the evening with fantastic sex unsullied by even a hint of affection.

“Afterwards, instead of cuddling, we watched The Expendables 2 on Blu-ray, including the extras which had some interesting stuntman interviews.

“And the next day my phone sat in blissful silence without a single needy text or call. Not until three days later, in fact, when he texted ‘Want to come round for a curry, FIFA 13 and a shag?’

“I think I’m in love.”
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Thread by: Amaury, Nov 29, 2013, 3 replies, in forum: Current Events
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Bad Luck

We just got back from my aunt's, and I noticed our left headlight when not on bright wasn't working. I had my mom tap it, and it worked. Then my mom noticed our left brake light wasn't working, tapped it, and it still didn't work.

Thread by: Amaury, Nov 29, 2013, 1 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Recycling

Just now I go to take the recycling to the dump, which has been overflowing because I kept forgetting during the week, only to find out that the dumbasses decided to be closed on the day after Thanksgiving, which ISN'T a holiday.

Yup! Completely pissed!

Thread by: Amaury, Nov 29, 2013, 9 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Support Computer Memory

I'm planning on getting more memory (RAM) with my birthday money from a while ago, but Nights was saying that, depending on the computer, you can only upgrade so high.

Here are my specs:

Thread by: Amaury, Nov 29, 2013, 36 replies, in forum: Technology

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