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Why are websites now registering users without asking? I was trying to make an online purchase and had to provide my contact number and email. After making payment, I get an email stating thank you for registering.
I DID NOT REGISTER AND I DO NOT WANT TO REGISTER.
Moreover, cannot find a delete option. There is only deactivate.
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Websites have been/are tracking users with and without their permission. Current law (at least around here) for user privacy are meaningless. At least they are honest about tracking you...
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Well it doesn't matter. If you don't ever login, it's the same, but they will definitely keep a log of your purchase as would any other online business.
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Nish Sivakumar wrote: will definitely keep a log of your purchase as would any other online business.
That's why I don't buy my firewood on line, I'd order 20 logs and only get 19.
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Get your coat NOW! 
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glennPattonWork wrote: Get your coat NOW
I wouldn't need it if they had sent me the extra log.
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Wood you believe it... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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You're barking up the wrong tree.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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I bough to your superior knowledge.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Maybe we'll leaf it at that.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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I thought you'd twig eventually!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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He's branching out!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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You got to the root of the problem!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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You knew! Maybe that's why you're so poplar.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Yew could be right.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Well I'll be a son-of-a-birch, someone almost agrees with me.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Alder time!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Boy I feel so good I might actually spruce up my work area!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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You did register, you recorded your details with them.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Complain.
No, really. Complaining has an undeserved bad reputation. Nothing is going to change unless people complain. Of course, even if people complain, most likely nothing will happen anyway. But at least they'd know there is a problem, and that customers are angry.
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"Politely"
Always start off polite - it's not the fault of the poor support person on the other end - they are probably as fed up with the situation as you are, given that they get it in the neck from angry customers all day long.
You can get rude any time from then on, but starting polite does two useful things:
1) It shocks the support people which can "break" them from the pre-ordained script and into doing something nice for you.
2) It confuses them since nobody is ever nice to them 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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You should have a special mail address to be used only in those cases...
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Even better is bricks and mortar retailers that say they now only email receipts. You pay for a $20 item in cash and they claim you can't have a receipt without providing an email address.
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What, you order something from them, and they're not allowed to store your address?
Fine. You pay for it, and I'll phone them up and give them my address.
"Thank you for registering" is probably just the wording that came in the software package they bought to handle their shopping cart. Read it as "Thank you for letting us add your delivery details to our database, so that the delivery company can access it when they put your stuff in the van".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I arrived out here yesterday. UPS has just delivered my BeagleBone Black Rev C this morning at home. Last week my Logi Boards (one for RasPi, one for BB, a Logi camera and a Logi EDU card) arrived as well.
I had previously ordered one months ago, but due to the shortages and the timeframes involved, Farnell cancelled the order (this was back in the Rev A stage)
There is a massive worldwide shortage of BeagleBone Blacks, and I happened to notice Adafruit had stock, limiting shipping only 1 per customer. So rather than wait weeks/months for them to be available in the UK, I ordered on from the States thinking it would take a couple of weeks. Ordered it at the weekend. It was good to watch it bounce in and out of the the UPS depots as it progressed across the pond.
The only think now is, don't know where it has been delivered to, as don't recognise the proof of delivery name. Must be one of my neighbours, either that someone has just gained a BB (or the wife has been popping the milkman!) 
Dundee, United Kingdom
26/06/2014 11:33 Delivered
26/06/2014 8:18 Destination Scan
26/06/2014 8:10 Arrival Scan
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
26/06/2014 6:50 Departure Scan
26/06/2014 6:30 Arrival Scan
Castle Donnington, United Kingdom
26/06/2014 5:33 Departure Scan
24/06/2014 23:30 Arrival Scan
24/06/2014 22:24 Your package is at the clearing agency awaiting final release. / Your package was released by the clearing agency.
Stansted, United Kingdom
24/06/2014 21:50 Departure Scan
24/06/2014 20:55 Arrival Scan
Newark, NJ, United States
24/06/2014 8:51 Departure Scan
24/06/2014 6:55 Arrival Scan
24/06/2014 5:41 Departure Scan
Philadelphia, PA, United States
24/06/2014 4:30 Departure Scan
24/06/2014 5:49 Your package is at the clearing agency awaiting final release.
24/06/2014 5:49 Your package is at the clearing agency awaiting final release. / Your package was released by the clearing agency.
Philadelphia, PA, United States
24/06/2014 0:45 Arrival Scan
New York, NY, United States
23/06/2014 22:42 Departure Scan
24/06/2014 2:13 Your package is at the clearing agency awaiting final release.
24/06/2014 2:13 Your package is at the clearing agency awaiting final release. / Your package was released by the clearing agency.
24/06/2014 2:13 Your package was released by the clearing agency.
New York, NY, United States
23/06/2014 21:09 Origin Scan
24/06/2014 0:40 Your package is at the clearing agency awaiting final release. / Your package was released by the clearing agency.
24/06/2014 0:40 Your package is at the clearing agency awaiting final release.
New York, NY, United States
23/06/2014 15:34 Collection Scan
United States
22/06/2014 19:12 Order Processed: Ready for UPS
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