Slashdot Mirror
Domain: cafepress.com
Stories and comments across the archive that link to cafepress.com.
Comments · 532
-
Merchandise.
I run an online web comic. But it's the sunday funnies type, not the comic book/novel type. My business model (once up and running, sigh) is to sell merchandise.
Thanks to Cafe Press this is really, really easy to do. They are legit to - I've made real money selling merch for my band. Of course with the cut they take, it had better be legit! -
Re:Do we Trust Bill on this?
-
Eerie use of word TRUST in the claimsAs I read through the claims section, one word kept getting repeated a LOT, in some form or another - TRUST.
Oh, the tragic irony.
-
IT IS NOT A CRIME...
Here's an innovative IDEA! Check out these "IT IS NOT A CRIME" gear now, perfect for a holiday gift or office gift.
-
did you see this yet?
Celebrate the 10th with my IT gear, cheap and cool
gear here, please look -
Re:New Suicide Bomber Device?
OK, I did IT. See my store at www.cafepress.com/itnotacrime ! Now this is innovation and time to market!
-
Re:IT's not for you!
I can't afford IT! But i can afford this t-shirt
I bought one. Why not? -
Re:I cant wait.....
www.cafepress.com/itnotacrime
Don't let the police get in your way while you pub crawl... Be among the first to own "IT IS NOT A CRIME" gear! Based on the popular t-shirt "Skateboarding is not a crime" the "IT IS NOT A CRIME" t-shirts, hats and, just in time for the holidays, ornaments are sure to be a hit in the office and on first dates! Enjoy! -
On sale now... IT is not a crime gear!
www.cafepress.com/itnotacrime
Be among the first to own "IT IS NOT A CRIME" gear! Based on the popular t-shirt "Skateboarding is not a crime" the "IT IS NOT A CRIME" t-shirts, hats and, just in time for the holidays, ornaments are sure to be a hit in the office and on first dates! Enjoy! -
Re:Customer Care? What do they smoke?
Have you tried this approach?
-
You get what you pay for (support)This is why companies like Dell have the "extended service plan", or whatever they choose to call it. A coworker's cat knocked over a glass of water onto his Dell laptop and fried it. He paid extra for the service plan, and after calling support, they quickly did some troubleshooting and said that someone would come out to replace the motherboard. (he didn't tell them about the water, and they didn't ask)
I am guessing that if he had just purchased it off of eBay, or from BestBuy, he wouldn't have gotten that kind of service. He bought it through our company's PC purchase plan, and we buy a lot of systems. Maybe it is because of that, maybe he just got lucky.
Maybe companies got tired of people trying to rip them off, and they only really listen to those who can afford to pay for the service plan.
Fight the monopoly , fight the DMCA - Tshirts from poundingsand.com
-
You get what you pay for (support)This is why companies like Dell have the "extended service plan", or whatever they choose to call it. A coworker's cat knocked over a glass of water onto his Dell laptop and fried it. He paid extra for the service plan, and after calling support, they quickly did some troubleshooting and said that someone would come out to replace the motherboard. (he didn't tell them about the water, and they didn't ask)
I am guessing that if he had just purchased it off of eBay, or from BestBuy, he wouldn't have gotten that kind of service. He bought it through our company's PC purchase plan, and we buy a lot of systems. Maybe it is because of that, maybe he just got lucky.
Maybe companies got tired of people trying to rip them off, and they only really listen to those who can afford to pay for the service plan.
Fight the monopoly , fight the DMCA - Tshirts from poundingsand.com
-
Re:Using the Linux community as pawnsYou say that "it would not be used against a legitimate programmer...". Bottom line is, it COULD be. How can you say that it woulnd't be? The fact of the matter is, if there is a legal precedent set, it can be used for all kinds of "wrong" things that shouldn't be done.
Who is to say a certain large company, who apparantly is above the law, couldn't sue someone in the Linux community using the DMCA as their backbone?
Nahh, they wouldn't do that.
Would they?
Fight the Monopoly and the Evil DMCA
-
Re:Using the Linux community as pawnsYou say that "it would not be used against a legitimate programmer...". Bottom line is, it COULD be. How can you say that it woulnd't be? The fact of the matter is, if there is a legal precedent set, it can be used for all kinds of "wrong" things that shouldn't be done.
Who is to say a certain large company, who apparantly is above the law, couldn't sue someone in the Linux community using the DMCA as their backbone?
Nahh, they wouldn't do that.
Would they?
Fight the Monopoly and the Evil DMCA
-
Surely you jest!I am beginning to think that the people at Micropoly are starting to believe their own drivel. I really have to wonder what the tech people within the company think of these statements. All of these asinine comments come from management and PR types. I would be embarassed to work for a company that treated the public the way M$ does, like idiotic sheep.
gosand
-
It isn't about competition...Your quotes make sense only if there is an enemy. If there is no "enemy" then the whole argument collapses. Linus has no enemies - he just does what he does.
Read his book, you really get the idea that he doesn't really care about all the hoo-hah. He just wanted to make a great OS, simply to do it.
Personally, I love his philosophy. He doesn't try to tell everyone else how things should be, he just does them the way he sees fit.
--
Down with Monopolies , down with the DMCA - more at Pounding Sand -
It isn't about competition...Your quotes make sense only if there is an enemy. If there is no "enemy" then the whole argument collapses. Linus has no enemies - he just does what he does.
Read his book, you really get the idea that he doesn't really care about all the hoo-hah. He just wanted to make a great OS, simply to do it.
Personally, I love his philosophy. He doesn't try to tell everyone else how things should be, he just does them the way he sees fit.
--
Down with Monopolies , down with the DMCA - more at Pounding Sand -
Be A Jedi
Oh well, I put Jedi Knight down on my census form.. I don't care, i'm still a Jedi
And if anyone wants to show the world that they're a Jedi, i've setup a little online store with official jedi merchandise!
http://www.cafepress.com/jedi
:)
Be proud. Use the force. -
Why N'Sync? (seriously)....Apart from the fact that this doesn't affect me, why would they do this to one of the largest selling acts out there? Don't they have the largest selling album over a single weekend? If anything, N'Sync is a testament to the fact that even though there are rippers and downloaders out there, people will still buy CDs from stores.
But if you are going to do a market study on a group, I guess you would want to test it out on one of the biggest selling groups out there.
Let's hope that it crashes and burns, and people, including parents, get up in arms about it.
Michael
Fight the Monopoly and the Evil. . More at Poundingsand.com
-
Why N'Sync? (seriously)....Apart from the fact that this doesn't affect me, why would they do this to one of the largest selling acts out there? Don't they have the largest selling album over a single weekend? If anything, N'Sync is a testament to the fact that even though there are rippers and downloaders out there, people will still buy CDs from stores.
But if you are going to do a market study on a group, I guess you would want to test it out on one of the biggest selling groups out there.
Let's hope that it crashes and burns, and people, including parents, get up in arms about it.
Michael
Fight the Monopoly and the Evil. . More at Poundingsand.com
-
They teach programming, not software developmentI think the biggest problem with college courses, in CS anyway, is that they teach PROGRAMMING, and not SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. There is such a huge difference.
The best course I took was a senior level class called Software Engineering. I worked with 3 other guys on a project all semester, and we didn't write a line of code. We had to come up with requirements, a schedule, a budget, test plans, designs, etc. But we didn't write any code at all. The goal wasn't to program, it was to design software. There is so much more that goes into software in real world companies.
I don't even know if they still offer that course, it was back in '92. I still have the book from it. I ended up getting into Quality Assurance, which they DEFINITELY don't teach you in school.
When I interviewed at Motorola after I graduated, I brought my project from that class. I was to interview with 5 or 6 people throughout the day. I showed the project to the first person I interviewed with, and she said to make sure I showed every other person I talked to. I later found out that it was a big part in getting me the job.
You can talk all you want about "being able to work in a team" but until you do it, you don't know how tough it can be. Organizing, planning around people's schedules, and yes, dealing with people who aren't as motivated as you are all real world applications.
Maybe things have changed in college since I was there (there was no internet back then - ack!). But knowing that the instructors probably are having a hard enough time keeping up with trends, they probably haven't. I think in addition to programming, they should teach sound software engineering principles as well.
Michael
Fight the monopoly and the evil
More at poundingsand.com -
They teach programming, not software developmentI think the biggest problem with college courses, in CS anyway, is that they teach PROGRAMMING, and not SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT. There is such a huge difference.
The best course I took was a senior level class called Software Engineering. I worked with 3 other guys on a project all semester, and we didn't write a line of code. We had to come up with requirements, a schedule, a budget, test plans, designs, etc. But we didn't write any code at all. The goal wasn't to program, it was to design software. There is so much more that goes into software in real world companies.
I don't even know if they still offer that course, it was back in '92. I still have the book from it. I ended up getting into Quality Assurance, which they DEFINITELY don't teach you in school.
When I interviewed at Motorola after I graduated, I brought my project from that class. I was to interview with 5 or 6 people throughout the day. I showed the project to the first person I interviewed with, and she said to make sure I showed every other person I talked to. I later found out that it was a big part in getting me the job.
You can talk all you want about "being able to work in a team" but until you do it, you don't know how tough it can be. Organizing, planning around people's schedules, and yes, dealing with people who aren't as motivated as you are all real world applications.
Maybe things have changed in college since I was there (there was no internet back then - ack!). But knowing that the instructors probably are having a hard enough time keeping up with trends, they probably haven't. I think in addition to programming, they should teach sound software engineering principles as well.
Michael
Fight the monopoly and the evil
More at poundingsand.com -
*Ahem* that is MRWMTMA, not WMA.Dear pawns,
You are hereby requested to cease and desist using the acronym WMA, as it is not compliant with Microsoft® Corporation's current legal trademark notation. The new acronym shall henceforth be referred to as MRWMTMA, for Microsoft® Windows Media(TM) Audio format.
Thank you. All your base are belong to us.
-
buy the t-shirt
if i ever meet you i will kick your ass.
thankyou -
drexHELLHey, I go there. They basically strongarmed some students into giving them drexel.com, and they're doing (done, I believe) the same with drexel.org.
Shameless plug time:
drexHELL.com
drexHELL shirts, bags, etc. courtesy of cafepress!And I'll get drexelgirls.com working soon enough...
-
IF I EVER MEET YOU...
the more clued up of you should realise that this isn't the troll you think it is - it's actually an informative satire on advertising products where you wouldn't expect to see them, and should be moderated so.
-
Ingrates!Why on earth would you need net access in class? I could see how it might enhance some classes, but for the most part, you don't need it. I am not THAT old, (going to be 32), but real internet access didn't even exist when I was in college. Unless you count FTP sites.
Come on. My fiancee is teaching at a university, and I get to hear all the horror stories about how lazy students are today. I get to see it in their homework - they can't even follow simple directions and they just don't seem to care! If anything, they need LESS distractions in the classrooms. Cell phones and pagers are a big enough problem.
Haven't people realized how friggin superficial their "problems" are, and how everyone is always bitching about how their "rights" are being infringed? Wahhh, you can't surf the net during class. Maybe if your mommy and daddy weren't paying for everything for you, and you had to pay your own damn way through school, you might care a little more about actually getting an education!!
Michael
-
Re:EFF t-shirt anyone?
Poliglut prints lots of shirts. See the link for this one. Here it is. (See the back)
-
Not just the US...This is so far reaching, considering that foreign companies would have to manufacture "approved" devices. If actually enforced, it would affect nearly everything, including cars. Who exactly would be in charge of "approving" these devices? There are many more questions than solutions.
Do they even REALIZE how many digital devices there are out there? It goes wayyyyy beyond CD and DVD players. It even applies to FUTURE products!
Surely this cannot become a reality.
Michael
Creator of Micro$oft's new logo as well as other stuff at Pounding Sand
-
They are still working on the EULA...You may not use this game system in connection with any game that is deemed violent or questionable. You may not portray or refer to Microsoft as a Monopoly. Do not pass go, do not collect $200. The user of this device may not use it for any means other than that defined by Microsoft, and all companies that Microsoft owns or will shortly own.
Michael
-
Re:One terrorist/hijacker alive though wounded
okay, sounds like a total internet rumor to me. these were suicide missions, and if he didn't die in the impact, he would have probably killed himself if getting the chance, ie not paralyzed. *** I AM ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT OF ALL MERCHANDISE ON THE FOLLOWING SITE, DUE TO THIS T-SHIRT LINK I SAW IN ANOTHER FORUM. THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY FUNNY OR WITTY. SEE http://www.cafepress.com/cp/store/productdetail.a
s px?prodno=1468594&zoom=yes FOR THE OFFENDER. FORCE THIS COMPANY TO TAKE THIS PAGE DOWN IMMEDIATELY. *** i understand we have a thing called the first amendment, but the bill of rights is not printed on toilet paper. the fact that an american or otherwise would try to profit off such an atrocity makes me sick. f k this person and their idea of creativity. -
This site makes shirts on demand for anyoneCafe Press makes shirts on demand for anyone that signs up a "store" (including a lot of Linux shirts) - they did not create this product. While it is a massively tasteless extreme of capitalist endeavor for someone to try and make a buck off of this, make sure you focus your anger correctly.
1st admendment says they can say it, but also that you can bitch and moan.
service@cafepress.com
product number 1468594You would probably want to review Sections 3 & 4 of their Member Agreement before writing.
They do not review items prior to posting, but reserve the right to remove "offensive" items. -
Re:/. this siteThis link correctly displays the URL in the parent.
It is a t-shirt that states "I flew a plane into the world trade center, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt", with an image of a plane hitting one of the towers.
This is pathetic. -
Re:/. this siteThis link correctly displays the URL in the parent.
It is a t-shirt that states "I flew a plane into the world trade center, and all I got was this lousy t-shirt", with an image of a plane hitting one of the towers.
This is pathetic.
-
A few good linksTeach yourself scheme in fixnum days.
Lisp: Good news Bad news How to win big also known as "Worse is Better"
Lisp/Scheme is pretty cool, but depending on the implementation you choose, you usually get little or no support for making GUI applications. So if its going to be used anywhere, I'm guessing CGI scripts and such on the web. Using it with SVG might be a pretty good option.
------
bleh -
Re:DMCA
Everyone should show their "support" of the DMCA with this Tshirt
You can get other good ones at www.poundingsand.com . (I like micropoly too.)
-
Re:DMCA
Everyone should show their "support" of the DMCA with this Tshirt
You can get other good ones at www.poundingsand.com . (I like micropoly too.)
-
Spammers will go this far......all the way to slashdot!
-
the page's sigVoicless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.
hmmmmmmm.... a heart?? Can somebody help me out here!
-
This is a Smart Plug^H^H^H^HTagClick here! Buy a cheap, funny book bag!
</smart tag>
-
Not again!
God... we all know what happens when you mix real life with these games. People start losing reality and then they think their mom is a dragon and they slay her. Or they think they are ninja turtles and they get lost in NYC sewers. We better get some soccer mom's on this right away so it can be boycotted before it even takes off!!
-
Why?...BECAUSE IT'S COOL! That's why.
And so is this book bag: come on... take a look
-
I might need this...I might need to be in an underground bomb shelter once somebody gets suspended from school for using this book bag!!
Come on... buy one.. I'm a poor college kid! =( moneymoneymoneymoneymoney
-
Murine?!?!But now it seems that most of these cell lines were cultured using mouse cells, possibly infecting the stem cells with murine viruses. The FDA, concerned that cross species organ transplantation may hasten the spread of such viruses, has all but banned the practice.
Come on... who is the last mouse you saw die of the plague?? I think we're more at risk NOT being part mouse. oh... and you gotta see this bag! Really!
-
Kudos to themMaybe it is standard practice to send a notification like this, maybe not - I really don't know. But I commend them for doing it. Do you think Micropoly would ever do anything like this for their customers?
Sure, AMD is probably doing it to make more money, but as long as they keep making processors that make the boys at Intel sweat, I say more power to them.
BTW, one of my best friends works for Intel in quality control in processor manufacturing, and he is pissed at me for having an AMD900, 650, and Duron700.
-
Re:But Trade Shows??!?!?If we have self-cleaning, color changing, size-shifting shirts, what am I going to do with all my trade show accumulated shirts from now-defunct
Instead of giving you a t-shirt those now-defunct dotcom's would have given you a license to wear their logo.
The subscription service will not be for wireless service, it will be for designs and logos and phrases. Want to show off your enjoyment of the latest boy-band? Buy a license for their logo and go download their mod for your shirt. (aside: if it was named similar to winamp, would that be licensing a new "skin" for your shirt?)
Personally, i prefer to make my own shirts, though making a silk screen for one or two shirts is a laborious process and CafePress just doesn't cut it (industrial iron-on? *shudder*). A technology whereby i can easily show off a new design would be nice.
Clothes that change colour reminds me of Rorschach from Watchmen.
-
Re:Ick
Well, we could probably head over cafepress.com and have one made up. We need a catchy slogan of some sort, though. Just "NY Times Freelance Guy" won't do it. Maybe "NY Times Freelance Guy: 'Cause I Can't Money No Other Way."
Just out of curiosity, WHY did you go see Jelo Biafra? From your other posts, you didn't seem like an actual communist...are you just commie-curious? -
Re:Wonder if Distributed.net will pick this up?
sure, see http://www.cafepress.com/nsa1984.
Hope it helps. -
Cheap racks for North Dallas residents, plus a ?
I managed to find a really NICE 5/6-enclosed HP 2m rack super-cheap from a company near me (in the north Dallas suburb Richardson)...includes a fan at the top, power strip, counterweights, little snap-in front filler plates, the works. They buy corporate-surplus hardware and resell it; from what my contact tells me, the racks usually end up on the scrapheap.
The company's name is Half-Price Computers...they ought to be in the greater Dallas phone book. I can't speak for them 'cause I don't work for them, but I imagine they'd ship FOB or deliver for more money...Luckily for me, my rack fit in the back of a friend's Dodge Ram.
The only problem I've had with the rack (aside from getting it in the door of my apartment) has been the power strip...it has one of those twist-locking 120VAC/20A connectors (I believe NEMA L5-20 is the designation), and my apartment doesn't. Landlords get peeved when you change out electrical outlets, so I'm stuck with trying to make/buy an adapter cable. Does anyone know of a place (online or otherwise) that sells those, or might sell those? Already checked Home Depot and Lowe's...they have the parts to make a cable but I'm not so good with a soldering iron that I want to risk burning down my apartment building by making my own. I know of several custom-cable places that could make one for me, but I'd rather buy off-the-shelf (or 'mass-customized' a la CafePress) if I can...I would expect such to be significantly cheaper.
Anyone? Anyone?
-
whistling past the cemetery
I was going to send off for one of those mousepads from Museum of e-failure but I realized I could just use of my old ones from Nortel Networks and achieve the same effect.
Systems were made to be circumvented.