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BTW I did see one useful innovation today, which is the card with the cycling CVV. Instead of a printed number, the three digits are on a small LCD screen on the card back; change every 30 seconds, and are obviously synced with a server in the bank. The technology comes from Gemalto (and may or may not have come from their acquisition of SafeNet).

Either way, that significantly reduces the opportunity for Cardholder-Not-Present fraud.

1 hour ago, bark said:

Possible he doesn't understand how it works ?

It is like a debt card ??

Not only can these systems be hacked (and they already have), but it essentially means that criminals will be able to nab payments from your phones and cards without you ever knowing.

Hence the growing market for protective sleeves for phones, passports and cards that act as a Faraday cage.

My UK bank just gave me one of these "contactless" cards. That's staying under wraps for a start.

I never have NFC enabled on any device.

Meanwhile if anyone else has had positive experiences with Uber, please let us know, distance, fare, etc.

I for one see it as a usefull addition to CM public transport. Off route songthaews are worse than tuk tuks for trying to extort farang in my experience.

James Bond wouldn't have gone down so easily. He should call himself "Rodney King the Younger".

46 minutes ago, carmine said:

 

NB.  You are going to upset petermik.  And thanks to this piss take he's going to bore the socks off us yet again by whining on about their so called abu's and all that <deleted>, as he does ad nauseam

No, I say it because it's exactly what happened to Wenger except the ref sent him up to the stands...

Surely he should know that if you kick a water bottle at the Theatre of Dweebs, it's an automatic sending off?

On 11/26/2016 at 5:42 PM, acid thunder said:

Jill Stein is a total loser.

Surely a "yuge" loser?

RIP young lady.

Bloke: Rot in hell you worthless former excuse for a human being.

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A Trump vote is not a vote against liberalism. Its a vote against the status quo

And yet it seems the only thing that's surviving from his campaign is the Republican-style "tax cuts" and the accompanying trickle-down nonsense. And he's filling his cabinet with billionaires far removed from the working class that elected him.

So what "Status quo" were they voting against? One of his biggest donors got a cabinet job (Devos), and not a mention of "pay for play" by the idiots that were squealing "pay for play" with every breath a couple of months ago because that's what they were being force-fed on Facebook.

They voted to get rid of greedy, selfish republican politicians by re-electing greed, selfish republican politicians.

And people wonder why their sanity/education is questioned?!

Quite remarkable really. 

I really have no intention of ever carrying a contactless payment device in Thailand.

That is simply a recipe for disaster.

2 minutes ago, Bredbury Blue said:

Actually when I googled it I saw No Women At Football. Personally I like kids and females at football.
 

I'd like to see him suggest that to Maria at Arsenal.

She'd fill him in.

Shame Pedr's disappeared, I always liked it there.

Satisfactory result considering it's November.

Spoilt for riches in midfield, but I can't help but think Cazorla is the missing link.

3 hours ago, 248900_1469958220 said:

Now the shoe is on the other foot........the irony is tickling me pink!

Can you tell the difference between Jill Stein and Hillary Clinton?

Would you like me to post some pictures?

2 hours ago, ourmanflint said:

 And do you know why he claimed that? Because his private polling was telling him he was going to win, and every other single poll in the US establishment was telling him he was going to lose. So if he believed his own very accurate polls, something was up, either with the result or with the polls. As it turned out, it was the polls that were rigged.

Or simply that polling is fundamentally flawed and people who were going to vote for Trump were too embarrassed to admit it?

8 hours ago, thai3 said:

How come there are no calls for recounts in closer results such as Nevada and New Hampshire? ohh of course the old bat 'won' there so no need 

Careful, you might give Conway and Bannon ideas!

The West hated Castro because he was a thorn in their flesh, being a big friend to those countries seeking to break the shackles of colonialism.

Having said that, it sees a lot of Zimbabweans are hoping for a similar event in their own country.

2 hours ago, ddavidovsky said:

 

I'm aware of the sociological dynamics of kids who put their trust in authority figures (and studied the topic of child abuse at university)

Clearly you didn't study hard enough.

Your comments on the subject show a breathtaking ignorance, either that or you are just the worst kind of pathetic troll.

Coutinho wasn't looking too good either.

Happy Invincibles Day!

Talk about a game of two halves!

Splendid effort here from one of Chiang Mai's more productive citizens.

http://smokethedocumentary.com/

1 hour ago, coma said:

Is there any chance all the Cubans that fled Castro to the United States will move back to Cuba now.  

It depends what they were doing during Batista's rule and whether or not there are people that remember. It's not like Castro overthrew a democracy, is it?

Certainly no worse than most world leaders, and considering where Cuba was when he started, better than most.

I'm glad I never had to sit through one of his speeches though.

RIP.

The CIA couldn't get you but father time never fails.

59 minutes ago, Strange said:

 

$5 Million is nothing really. Another dog that won't hunt even if they do get a re-count. 

I think they only needed a couple of million. I wonder what she'll do with the spare....