[ptx] a few bugs/questions: hugin, autopano, enblend

[Rob Park]

On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 23:56:43 +0100, Pablo d'Angelo <pablo.dangelo at web.de> wrote:
> I think I'll also add a paypal donate link somewhere, in case somebody likes
> the new release :)

It's a great idea (but I hope you mean you'll add a link to the hugin
website, not into hugin itself ;)

I would donate, but I am currently unemployed. I'm starting work soon,
could be up to a month before I get my first paycheque. But I'd love
to be giving small donations ($10 - $20) to various software projects
that I am using.

> Btw. does anybody have experience with paypal? Everytime I try to find some
> comparison or alternative companies, I find these paypal is evil sites. Guess
> some are its just competitors trying to grab a market share but I'm not
> sure.

I use paypal, but only for spending, not for accepting donations. You
have to take the "paypal is evil" sites with a grain of salt, but it
is also not good to put all your trust in paypal.

The worrisome aspect of paypal is that they are a private company, and
not a government-regulated financial institution like banks are. Since
they are not regulated, they CAN basically do anything with your
money, and their contract agreements all say that they reserve the
right to freeze your funds on a whim, etc. It's supposed to help curb
fraud, but in some cases they have a funny definition of fraud.

Basically, the way I deal with paypal is this: They have my chequing
account on file, and when I make a paypal payment online, they
withdraw from my chequing account directly. I NEVER keep a balance in
my paypal account. My chequing acount, also, is basically a "throw
away" account. It has very little money in it at any given time
(<$100), and I only ever put money into it when I am going to be
spending it soon (I have my pay deposited into my savings account,
which exists at a totally different bank). When I need to use paypal,
I transfer money from my savings into my chequing, and then I submit
the paypal payment, which withdraws from the chequing.

Really, it's just a matter of risk management. I haven't had any
problems with paypal so far, but IF something goes haywire and they
decide to steal all my money, it won't break me because all my money
is safely at some other bank that paypal doesn't know about.