"^This, also, do you think he is a good leader that sticks to his vision or is he too influenced by the "adult supervision" around him?"
- Oscar Alcala
"I´ve never seen facebook down, but a lot of time it feels really slow and sluggish. What is the general feeling on the infrastructure you have to handle the insane ammounts of data you transfer? Do you feel you are on the right track or do you wish you could rewrite the code or change the tools you are currently using? Also, please make a good use out of FriendFeed and fix the import tool. My last.fm and flickr accounts are setup but they only worked for the first month or so."
- Oscar Alcala
OscarAlcala on "As the ice melts, killer whales will get into the Arctic and will hunt and kill the narwhal." - and so it was that Reddit began to spearhead the campaign against global warming. - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"Isn´t that why they ask you to do all that "verified account" crap and upgrade to their business "all it´s good for is for paypal taking a bigger cut" account? to know that you are a legit person and not some guy trying to pull a fast one on eBay? It´s not like mine was a throaway or a inactive account, it was just that the ammount was larger than usual. When the banks detect something like that, they ask and verify first instead of freezing all my money. That is the procedure PayPal should follow, at least for verified accounts."
- Oscar Alcala
"I got my account frozen a few years ago and it was seriously hard to go trough the process of getting it reactivated. I read some horror stories back then and i got scared that i would never see my money. All because i got a big unusual payment (unusual for my account) and tried to withdraw it to my bank account almost immediatly. I´ve tried to stay as far from them as i can ever since but sometimes there´s just no other option. My questions are 1) What is best way to avoid getting flagged by the system for an unusual movement? 2) I had to go back and forth with them for about a week because everytime i sent them a document to prove my identity, they asked for something else (i guess they try to find something you can´t provide so they can keep your account frozen). Is there a procedure to avoid this and get the account back faster? 3) Is it true that there is a whole department dedicated to finding new and creative ways to freeze accounts? 4) Have they been affraid of any of their..."
- Oscar Alcala
OscarAlcala on Nutjob mistakenly allowed to give TED Talk, he rambles for over four minutes before being carried off the stage. - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"That might be the case for the main TED event but the TEDx events (where i believe this talk comes from) are a different story. The TEDxDF in Mexico City a couple months ago was as free as air."
- Oscar Alcala
OscarAlcala on I don't know any language but English, so I'll ask: when they translate Star Wars into other languages, does Yoda's screwy syntax ( "thong underwear I am wearing" ) translate? How do they handle that? - http://www.reddit.com/r...
"In spanish they try to keep it the same when dubbed but change it to make more sense when subtitled. The voice acting sucks tough, he sounds like a parody of the english version. I rather watch them subbed."
- Oscar Alcala
"That is correct. I'm from Mexico and i was going trough the thread thinking "why would they just drop the check like that, that is rude""
- Oscar Alcala
"I´m on Quel'Thalas too! Mardybum (H). Say hello if you ever see me around or /wave if you are alliance. So, where are you from that you got assigned to a latin-american server?"
- Oscar Alcala
"Being dumb does not automatically mean you`ll be happier, a lot of idiots are always bitter and angry. So, no. I´d stay smart, if only because it gives me a better chance to understand what i need to do in order to be happy."
- Oscar Alcala
"Where do the ideas for new products come from? Jobs himself? Also, beyond Jobs and Ive, who do you consider to be the most valueble member at the company? are there any other brilliant guys that do not get much credit?"
- Oscar Alcala
"@yaslost Gracias por los comentarios!. La falta de reviews es más por falta de tiempo que de interés en las series, vi el piloto de V y se ve muy bien aunque me hubiera gustado que construyeran un poco más de suspenso. Yo también extraño escribir las reseñas, no prometo nada pero espero hacer las de Caprica o Lost cuando empiecen en un par de meses."
- Oscar Alcala
"While foreigners (specially caucasians) do stand out easily in Mexico, that doesn´t mean that you are automatically are less safe than anyone else as long as you stick to the same basic rules that you would apply in any big city with crime issues (Stay out of bad neighborhoods, don´t wear anything flashy, use the buddy system, etc). Tourism is still a big industry for the country and there is a lot of information out there on the dos and donts of staying safe. That being said, enjoy your visit if you ever decide to stop by :)."
- Oscar Alcala