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Watch Out PayPal, Now we can deposit checks from home!

February 8, 2008

Online banking service provider CheckFree Corp. is rolling out technology that could mean consumers will no longer have to go to a bank branch to deposit checks.

Called Remote Deposit Capture, the technology has been around for years and lets people scan checks through their home computers and deposit them electronically. But it has been used mainly for businesses.

Customers want to be able to deposit checks without having to go to banks, said Rod Springhetti, CheckFree’s vice president of global strategic marketing, and banks want to be able to offer that.

“I think the ability to remotely capture a check will become part of the standard features and functions of online banking,” Springhetti said.

CheckFree said the service is available starting this week for any consumers who bank online, as long as their banks offer it.

Recently acquired by Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. for about $4.4 billion, CheckFree has been in discussions with institutions large and small, though none have committed to using the technology, Springhetti said.

Bob Meara, a senior analyst for research firm Celent, said lots of smaller competitors may follow CheckFree’s lead, but it remains unclear how many banks will adopt it and how consumers will react.

“Eventually, it will be a staple element in banks online and the mobile banking platform,” he said. “That doesn’t mean every consumer is going to pay attention to it.”

A recent Celent survey found that about 20 percent of banks had the technology for consumers or planned to get it, and another 20 percent were considering it — while about 90 percent either use the technology with business clients or want to.

CheckFree’s technology already is in the top 150 banks. Springhetti said it is fairly simple to use, and banks can tailor it for their clients.

Customers need a scanner, which is often standard on printers now, a computer and an Internet connection. They’ll go to their home banking site, enter the amount of the check, scan both sides, do a quick review and submit it to the bank.

Banks will have the option to add their own fraud protection to make sure bad checks aren’t being cashed, he said. Normal processing times will apply, he said

UHHH, Redneck Reality Check. Isn’t there enough crime in da world taday? I thinkk dis is going to cause more crime and internet fraud than ever before. We aren’t getting more advanced, we are getting more STUPPIDER.

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Luxery Boat for the Navy SEALs

January 13, 2008

Navy SEALs aur tough by nature, but they tekk a beatin from their patrol boats: bruises, bumps `n` sore backs, even sprained ankles `n` chipped teeth.

An all-cumposyte version of da aluminum Mark V patrol boat, constructed by luxury boat builder Hodgdon Yachts Inc., is aimed at reducing da wear `n` tear on boat operators `n` SEALs by absorbin da impact as da vessel crashes through da waves at 50-plus knots.

The goal is a boat dat can deliver up ta 16 combat-ready Navy SEALS in shape ta carry out their missions `n` will reduce da boat operators’ neck, back `n` joint injuries.

Da original Mark V, known in military parlance as da MK V Special Operations Craft, was created in da mid-1990s ta git special operations forces, primarily SEAL combat swimmers, quick as a wink in `n` out of messy situations.

Powered by a pare of diesel engines, da vessel is propelled ta a top speed of about 60 mph by twin water jets.

Wonder if we will see this in the next SOCOM video game?

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Wal-Mart sells an MP3 Player with Porn?

December 31, 2007

Here’s this feller that got his 10 yr old daughter a MP3 player from wally world. I reckon it was returned with some of them naught pictures on them. Daryl Hill bought three of the players as Christmas presents for his children. He said one of these here  MP3 Players had apparently been returned to the store from a previous owner who loaded sex clips and songs with lyrics about using drugs.

A company spokesman said in an e-mail to WSMV-TV of Nashville that stores are not supposed to return opened packages to the sales floor and that the matter was under investigation.

Hill said he declined Wal-Mart’s offer to replace the MP3 player. He said he has already bought his daughter a new one and is hanging onto the controversial one until he talks to a lawyer.

Imagine that, this feller is going to try and sue Wal-Mart for this. Hey Daryl, Redneck Reality Check. Have you never taken anything back to wally world, People make mistakes their big guy. The people they have working in the stores are your every day high school kids. I think now your acting like a dang gum MORAN, Are you seriously going to try ans sue the biggest retail store in the nation. Boy I tell ya, it tickles my pickle when I hear of people suing over the dumbest things. What does he think he is going to get, 1.5 million. Don’t get us wrong, we agree your daughter shouldn’t of had to seen that, but dang, lets not go over board. You mine as well sue, Wal-mart, The MP3 company (for not having a rating thing a ma bob), then go after the adult clips people, Hell why not just find the feller who put the stuff on their and give him a good ole TN whoopin. Hell while your at it, go stop by McDonalds and tell them there big mac wasn’t so big, I heard they pay well.

GET OVER IT Daryl. Your not going to get nothing when ya sue, except embarrassment. And that’s your Redneck Reality Check.

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Video Game Awards Winners

December 10, 2007

Now this one just gets my cheese grading. Now I can sit there through the video music awards, But I just cant see my self looking at the television and seeing video game awards. When did these little gizmos get so big, I still remember trying to beat Pac-Man, but them dern ghost would get me.

Well I know its a big thing for the youngins when it comes to these her video games, I guess they are ok, It does sometimes get in the way of Jouniors chours but it does keep him outta my hair for a bit. I did take the time and watch him play a couple of them games and was amazed of how real they looked.

You have these games called Halo 3, Socom, and now heres this MTV Rock Band game. I would like to see a Garth Brooks game come to my tele.

These video games I guess are the real deal and only getting better, With the graphics of the 2k sport series, I cant tell if I am watching a game or the real super bowl.

But I will say from a Redneck point of view, I do find myself grabbing a spit cup and settlin in to play me some John Deer American Farmer, Now thats entertainment right there.

For those that didnt catch the 2007 Video Game Awards, Heres ya’ll a list of the winners:

    GAME OF THE YEAR
    BioShock 

    STUDIO OF THE YEAR
    Harmonix

    BEST SHOOTER
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/ Infinity Ward)

    BEST RPG
    Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios/ BioWare)

    BEST MILITARY GAME
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision/ Infinity Ward)

    BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
    skate (Electronic Arts/ EA Black Box)

    BEST HANDHELD GAME
    The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

    BEST GRAPHICS
    Crysis (Electronic Arts/ Crytek)

    BEST GAME BASED ON A MOVIE OR TV SHOW
    The Simpsons Game (Electronic Arts/ EA Redwood Shores)

    BEST RHYTHM GAME
    Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

    BEST DRIVING GAME
    DiRT (Codemasters/ Codemasters)

    BEST ACTION GAME
    Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

    BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
    Madden NFL 08 (Electronic Arts/ EA Tiburon)

    BEST SOUNDTRACK
    Rock Band (MTV Games/ Harmonix)

    BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGY
    The Orange Box/ Portal (Valve/ Valve)

    BEST XBOX 360 GAME
    BioShock 

    BEST WII GAME
    Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo/ Nintendo)

    BEST PS3 GAME
    Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (Sony Computer Entertainment/
    Insomniac Games)

    BEST PC GAME
    The Orange Box (Valve/ Valve)

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
    BioShock 

    BEST MULTI-PLAYER GAME
    Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)

    MOST ADDICTIVE VIDEO GAME FUELED BY DEW
    Halo 3 (Microsoft Game Studios/ Bungie Studios)






	





		
		

			
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Rednecks and cell phones

		
		

			
December 8, 2007

		

	
		
You know what I think is just plain wrong?  These here folks driving down the road with that blue watchamacalit stuck to their heads… That by itself has got to cause a lot of accidents, I mean think about it.  When you are driving down the road and checking out that hot blonde and she turns her head… Then.. Bamo! There it is, That robot thing stuck to her head.  It just makes you want to swerve and drive into a telephone poll knowing that the alien monsters got her and assimilated her already.


Then again, When it comes to hot blondes and cell phones, Its probly is a good idea that they just leave em at home and not drive down the road.  As rednecks, We know that its ok for us to talk on the cell phone and drive because we never cause accidents.


These here government folks made it illegal in Washington state to talk on your cell phone and drive at the same time.   Just because I cant chew my tabacoo and spit at the same time dont mean I cant talk on the cell phone and drive 75 through town, it just aint right.  Who are these liberal Einsteins to tell us what we can and cant do in the privacy of our own pickup truck? Its bad enough I gotta drive with my hound dog Duke hanging his head out the winder, Now I have this to worry myself. Hows a feller like myself  supposed to change his Garth Brooks CD when I cant look down because I have someone with that Minuture Walkie Talkie to their ear.


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Whats so big about the Wii?

		
		

			
December 8, 2007

		

	
		
Now heres this video game system that is soppossed to get the kids off the couch and not be so lazy while they shove their little faces in the telly while playing a video game.


Well heres a Redneck Reality Check for those parents who say, “It is helping little Billy from always sitting in front of the tv just playing video games.” HELLO, they are still sitting there, Well if you have them over hyper children they are now bouncing all over yer house with a dag gum controller in there hand. And if they have a buddy at the house, well now you have the 2 of them little fellers hitting each other over the head with the little remote.


I do like how the Wii is getting Ma out of her rocker to play them games such as Bowling or Tennis, It keeps her from sitting there letting her arthritis settle in. Now it is getting her off the games to make us some country fixens is the hard part.




	





		
		

			
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