Links to free audio broadcasts by Cornell's opponents

[Josh '99]

Al DeFlorio wrote:

Age, I think the chad is still hanging by at least two corners so the ballot should clearly not be counted.B-]

Well, it may be a recycled joke, but at least it's timely.  :-P

[melissa]

amen to all that dearie!

[jnachod]

I agree with you.  It really is ridiculous how much Cornell feels it needs to nickel and dime you.  10 cents for net print when i bet it costs less than that to run it.  45 bucks a month for resnet that's 1/10 as fast as when it cost 45 bucks per 2 1/2 months.  They have the audacity to charge (sometimes) $4.00 for a six-pack of soda at the J's Express convenience store on West Campus.  I won't talk about parking passes or Cornell dining here.  

This is Cornell Univer$ity.  Remember that.  The answer to lots of questions that include the words "Cornell" and "why" is money.  What Cornell is trying to accomplish by being so financially stingy i dont know.  They must waste loads of money on certain things.

[gwm3]

Does anyone else feel kinda violated that Age knows how each of us voted on the polls?   ::uhoh::   Just kidding...

[Will]

[Q]10 cents for net print when i bet it costs less than that to run it.[/Q]

Regarding this...I work in the CIT labs on campus.  In training at the beginning of the semester, the Net-print guy told us that it does indeed cost a lot less than ten cents per page to run things.  The cost is set at that level really to dissuade people from wasting paper.  It's not a for-profit thing, it's a save-the-environment thing.  If the cost is really that much of a problem for you, you should fill out some refund requests for your printjobs, or get one of the lab operators to do it for you.  I think the grants just about every refund request that comes across his desk (or screen, as it were).

[jnachod]

It's not any particular small little charge that bothers me.  It's this approach that Cornell seems to be using increasingly of trying to take your money in little bits incrementally that really add up.  Having you pay $7 a month for Cornell hockey (and other sports) online is not a big deal in itself, but when you factor in all the other incidental charges you incur, they together become a significant amount.

Have any of you heard about the new Cornell meal plans for next year?  No more meal equivalencies (one of the best things about the current plans in my opinion).  Instead, you'll get 500 big red bucks instead of 225 or whatever it is now.  Of course, they're going to charge you a lot more :-P

[jtwcornell91]

Big Red Bucks?  Does this mean Cornell Dining no longer has all-you-can-eat cafeterias with plans like the 7/3 and 5/2 where you get a certain number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners a week?  That was one of the really good things about our meal plan when I was a student, compared with the experiences of my friends at Binghamton and Potsdam who would always run out of money late in the semester and have to eat macaroni and cheese for the last month or so.  ::yark::

[Will]

In my opinion, the quality of Cornell on-campus dining has decreased overall.  North Campus dining in RPCC and North Star (the new dining hall in the new Appel Commons community center, for those not in the know) is still decent, but nowhere near the "award winning" quality it was at four or more years ago (or back in '91 when John was here).  Most of the other dining halls/facilities on campus don't do it for me.  (To be fair, I can't speak for Risley Dining, since I've never been there, though I heard it's pretty good.)  Justin, you should do what I did--move off campus and get Dining Dollars ($525 or so in BRB plus ten meals per semester, though this might be different for next year).  The quality of life living on-campus is really decreasing across the board.

[Ben Doyle 03]

so. . .how about those links to free audio broadcasts by Cornell's opponents?!?!?!?!?!? ::uhoh::

[Al DeFlorio]

See Jason N's thread-opening post, which has now been viewed 1996 times.  That was a very good year, IIRC.:-P

[Beeeej]

[q]The comment about the credit card payment was indeed from me. I guess nobody else shares that concern, huh?[/q]

I guess I'm just not sure what it is you're concerned about.  Do you not have any other arrangements with any other merchants for any other products or services where they bill you on a monthly basis?  Your ISP, for instance?  Isn't there something in the agreement with the provider that says they'll charge you this amount for this service, and any changes in the amount will come with some advance notice?

If what you're concerned about is simply using your credit card online, I understand your concern and many millions have been there before.  But it's probably worth considering that you probably take a significantly higher risk when you hand your credit card to a waiter in a restaurant; he can write down the number and use it later.  When you enter it into a secure website, no human being ever sees the number.  Yes, there's a risk, but it's pretty minimal.

Beeeej

[CowbellGuy]

I think Ben was just alluding to the fact that this thread has strayed a bit off-topic.

[Ben Doyle 03]

:-D

[CowbellGuy]

Kidding or not, it's a valid concern. To ensure that you can't vote more than once by deleting cookies, the poll also logs IP addresses and will only record one vote per address. That having been said, one could see how you could match up a poster with an IP address with some effort, a static IP, and some luck. THAT having been said, I don't make a practice of it. I was very suspicious that what I mentioned was in fact the case and went looking just for that. THAT having been said, there's no privacy statement anywhere on eLynah. You'll just have to trust that I'm responsible with your info.

[Adam \'04]

No, the concern is that they will continue charging you till you call them up and unsubscribe.