scwam on news Throwing Cigarettes from 26th Floor Can Kill, According to Wuhan Teacher(4 comments)
Apology, but short & sweet, no cigarette box weighs 300g. My practical applied knowledge of chemistry leads me to believe the most densely pack of 20 would be at most 180g including packaging. I seriously doubt any pack weighs 300g. That is nearly 1/3 kg. We are not all scientifically ignorant. This report or ... Full Comment>>
scwam on news Foreigner Dies of Gas Poisoning in Apartment; Wife Loses Compensation Case(11 comments)
Why is hell is CO even being sent through hoses? Must be some advanced form of urban onsite CO sequestration. Full Comment>>
scwam on news A Pass to Simplicity – Credit Cards in China(16 comments)
www d o t flyertalk.com/forum/credit-card-programs/1250450-usa-cards-no-foreign-transaction-fees.html -------------------- I rest my case. Full Comment>>
scwam on news A Pass to Simplicity – Credit Cards in China(16 comments)
Wells Fargo nor any individual bank issuing the card has any say in the exchange rate for Visa/MC. I would not get a terrible conversion of 5.6 to 1 as you say on my credit card, but somewhere between 6.12 to 6.135 today. And I don't like BOC or any other Chinese bank just arbitrarily sneaking in their embedded ... Full Comment>>
scwam on news A Pass to Simplicity – Credit Cards in China(16 comments)
"I'm pretty sure that all transaction fees on the Chinese side are strictly regulated by the Bank of China." ------Yes, but only to benefit these pirates and rape foeigners who decide to use their cards in China. I doubt it's highly regulated for the consumers benefit if at all.----- "Any unusually ... Full Comment>>
scwam on news Netizens Mock Shanghai’s New “Boot Building”(1 comments)
Progress....Out with the old and in with the new. Full Comment>>
scwam on news Elderly Gay Couple Tie the Knot in Beijing(7 comments)
The last sacred civilization of family tradition has been finally penetrated by the morally corrupt decay and decadence of the west Full Comment>>
scwam on news 59% of Chinese Computers Infected with Malware (2 comments)
Block China Unicom and other ISP direct pop-ups from DNS Poisoning by using Firefox with "No Script" add-on. These wo.cn pop-ups are deliberate injections from the Internet Service Provider and not a virus. Spread the word. Full Comment>>
scwam on news Run for the Border: How to Do the Hong Kong-China Visa Run(33 comments)
This article is old. I thought the HK run was recently closed down, especially in the last 4 weeks? Full Comment>>
scwam on news Hangzhou Man Stole More Than 500 Million RMB From US in Credit Card Fraud(5 comments)
Having worked in fraud prevention for the credit card industry, something doesn't jive with this story. The extremely large amount of fraud in such a short period is dubious. How was he "transferring" cash without the pin for a credit card. That simply is not easy for hackers to get on existing accounts. ... Full Comment>>