Julying? Julying to me mang? July Life Thread

[The 13th 4postle]

Originally Posted by Ineedaride2

My kid wanted to download an iPad app. I gave it a cursory glance, noticed it was free and didn't appear to be too emotionally scarring, so I nodded to him.

He found the app, I typed in the password, he downloaded it and started playing it. Boring story, right?

A few days later, my wife came storming into the room and demanded to know who downloaded a hundred dollar game. Twice.

Apparently this 'free' game has add-on packs that run anywhere from $.99 to $99.99. It appears that he (accidentally?) downloaded TWO of the $99.99 add-on packs.

I've spent an hour trying to figure out how to get a refund for an iPad app with no luck so far. I tried phone support, but they charge for it, so **** them. I've tried to find the chat link but I think their chat personnel operate during banking hours. My stupid iTunes software on my main computer won't update properly to the newest version so that's not helping the situation.

If I don't get refunded for this, you might see me in the news next week. I'm close to losing it.

I'd be super pissed about that too but I think your screwed. There have been some news articles about parents getting screwed over for much more.

[bluef0x]

my friend's kid racked up a couple hundred bucks on some sort of smurf game on his phone.

[drugsarebad]

Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

I am injured by your words.

I've been hurting people left and right this week...what good are constitutional rights if they go unused?

[Bigdaddydvo]

Copied from another forum

If you have a kid(s) and they like to play with your iPad like mine do, you may be worried/concerned/anxious about them accidentally purchasing items while they're playing with apps. I know I am.

I found this tip from an iPad user on his blog and thought I'd get the word out.

How To Turn Off In-App Purchases on the iPad (and iOS)

by patrickj on February 2, 2011


If you’re a veteran iPad / iOS user you may want to look away as this is a very basic tip. But it’s one that had escaped my notice (despite it being right in front of my eyes) for some time, so I’m hoping it may be helpful to some of you.


If you have kids who use iPads or other iOS devices in your household (their own, or your shared ones), you may well have come across one of the App Store’s money pits: In-App purchases. My daughter is only 7.5 and she has racked up some silly numbers paying for power-ups and the like in a few games that shall remain nameless to protect the guilty. My wife and I have preached to her many times about how we don’t want her playing games that require frequent and expensive In-App purchases in order to advance in the game. We want her playing games where you make your way forward by skill and perseverance, not by putting a serious dent in our iTunes account.



Despite the speeches, we’ve still had some mishaps with In-App purchases, and we’ve had to put a few more draconian measures in place on the devices our daughter uses. In some of the iOS games these in-app extras can add up to some serious expenditure.


One measure that I had not taken until yesterday, because I had somehow not noticed it there among the options, is to just turn off in-app purchases altogether. Yesterday I finally spotted this lovely little setting option, and applied it immediately.


So .. if you have kiddos who get tempted by extra mojo in We Rule or other similar shortcuts within games, here’s how you disable In-App purchase:


– Go to the Settings app and tap on the General section in the left-hand pane
– Then tap on Restrictions over in the right pane
– If you have not already done so, start by enabling restrictions, via the bar at the top right. You’ll have to enter and confirm a four-digit passcode when you do this.
– Once restrictions are enabled, you’ll want to look at the first entry in the third section of the Restrictions pane – In-App Purchases under the Allowed Content section, and tap to turn it off.




That’s it. Once you’ve done this, your kids will have to manufacture their own mojo or get your permission for any one-off exceptions that may make sense.
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[The 13th 4postle]

A little kid only sees cash as money, I suspect very few understand you can spend money digitally so easy.

[Paul McSwizzle]

Originally Posted by drugsarebad

I've just received word that I am getting the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart for my military service!

would be B+ trolling if it bothered falcon/some other military guy enough to get a serious post out of him but i dont see that happening

[Paul McSwizzle]

so I work at the front desk of an inn, and a dude (late 30s early 40s) just came in on a motorcycle with this girl. at first I thought the girl was his daughter, because she looks ****ing young... but then I realized it'd be pretty weird for a dad to ride his motorcycle to an inn for a night with his 16 year old daughter... so either that girl is porn-star like young looking, or I just witnessed something illegal (and gave the man a key to the damn room). or incest.

[Brons]

Incest is illegal in a lot of jurisdictions too.

[Bigdaddydvo]

Originally Posted by drugsarebad

I've just received word that I am getting the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart for my military service!

An allusion to SCOTUS finding the Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional?

[TomCollins]

Originally Posted by tomdemaine

All I know is that apples T&C's are like 50 pages long. I assume they're covered here. Hope very much that I'm wrong though. They might refund just for the rep of it.

Sure, it's covered in the contract, but that doesn't mean Apple won't do the right thing here.

[Paul McSwizzle]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddydvo

An allusion to SCOTUS finding the Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional?

good call, I guess I can't call it trolling in that case

[zikzak]

Originally Posted by Paul McSwizzle

so I work at the front desk of an inn, and a dude (late 30s early 40s) just came in on a motorcycle with this girl. at first I thought the girl was his daughter, because she looks ****ing young... but then I realized it'd be pretty weird for a dad to ride his motorcycle to an inn for a night with his 16 year old daughter... so either that girl is porn-star like young looking, or I just witnessed something illegal (and gave the man a key to the damn room). or incest.

You have his ID, I assume? Run a sexual offender check. If he comes up, call the police.

[DblBarrelJ]

Originally Posted by Paul McSwizzle

would be B+ trolling if it bothered falcon/some other military guy enough to get a serious post out of him but i dont see that happening

I considered responding, quoted it, decided I wasn't going to fight a troll too lazy to DL and upload the pics elsewhere, and just straight linked from wiki.

So I smoked instead.

[drugsarebad]

Originally Posted by DblBarrelJ

I considered responding, quoted it, decided I wasn't going to fight a troll too lazy to DL and upload the pics elsewhere, and just straight linked from wiki.

So I smoked instead.

Um, smoking is bad, mmmkay?

[Bigdaddydvo]

Originally Posted by [Phill]

No bread for my bacon, blue cheese and fried egg sandwich would suck. Unless there is a fruit or vegetable that tastes like and has the consistency of bread.

Is this paleo diet stuff just the latest unhealthy low-carb high-protein diet that makes you lose weight like the Atkins before it kills you (like the Atkins inventor guy) or is it pretty legit?

Yeah, the no bread thing is makes plenty of folks hesitant to make the primal leap. I was reticent as well (what, no pizza? no pasta? no breaded chicken wings?) I frankly and somewhat surprisingly (to me at least) haven't missed it.

Mark's Daily Apple is a big site in the primal community. The success stories that folks have posted are pretty impressive.

Originally Posted by ALawPoker

What were Boro and those people eating before? Anything that cuts out McDonald's and standard American processed junk is gonna be an improvement, but that doesn't mean it's particularly good.

No other animal limits their intake. But with meats and cheese obviously you can't eat as much as you want and expect to be healthy. Best diet is the foods you don't have to restrict your intake on imo.

But you can. The whole primal thesis is that "fat doesn't make you fat." I mean it's technically possible to gain weight eating just protein and fat, but you would have to be gorging yourself well past the point of discomfort.

Carbs are the real culprit. The standard American diet might be high fat, but it's also way high in carbs (often 600+ carbs per day). When your body ingests carbs, it breaks them down into sugar, which elicits and insulin response. The insulin triggers one of two events. Your body can either sock the sugar away in the muscles for use later (glycogen). When these glycogen stores are full, it will convert the sugar into fat cells.