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Lets start things off with a thing of beauty: ChazeFroy notes that Malin Space Science Systems has tons of really excellent images from the Mars Global Surveyor. Now something of evil: TsEA sends us HTML magic: a true guideline for HTML usage. 3 things that prove that The net Will destroy humanity: BlackNova sent us a Magic 8-ball powered by Lego Mindstorms, Cuban sent us the pantscam (which is exactly what it sounds like) and _martini_ noted an online thermostat where you can twiddle the temperature at some guys house. Its only a matter of time before technology fights back: NMerriam sent us the truth about what computers think of us in this weeks Onion. But let us not forget that science has given us many wonderful things, like for example, lunatik17 pointed us at a bit about shooting your lawn with lasers instead of mowing. However, science has also given us gmr2048's story about testicular implants for animals so I guess we're kinda even so far. I suspect the only way to defend ourselves from technology is to understand it, and who better to teach topics like ISDN then sent a great way to have celebreties like Alicia Silverstone. Or Mr. Rogers teaching the RS232 pinout, Tonya Harding explaining a Cisco 700, and best of all, Darva Conger on the configure register of Cisco routers (thanks Ex Machina who got it from Memepool) Ever want to be a female olympic marathon champ? Jaster this years winner believes hornet stomach juice is the secret, so get started! Of course, to much of that stuff could wind you up on sent us the the next Darwin Awards (from Gambit Thirty-Two) Ant sent us a pair of stories about poop! (what does this guy do with his time?) What happens when your space toilet doesn't flush? All I know is I hope that I have some custom printed toilet paper to keep things under control. Finally, many people noted that you should call 1-800-888-3999, and select option 7. No, really.

173 comments

  1. Re:They don't have jack. by dfreed · · Score: 1

    Actualy, that is not true. Your caller ID block does not work with 911, toll free numbers (800, 877, 866, etc), and 900#'s.

    Don't believe me? E-Mail me at root@TechKnowWizards.com and I will respond with my 800 number, call it and I will email you the phone number you called from.

  2. pantscam by sirinek · · Score: 1
    She got enough equipment shoved down her pants?? Damn, I feel inferior now.

    siri

    1. Re:pantscam by MrScience · · Score: 2

      Yeah, what is it? Some kind of pant scam?

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    2. Re:pantscam by Cookie+Monster · · Score: 1

      Cause Apache is too feeble to give such an error message and just leaves you hanging in limbo till the queue catches up to you, (if you or your browser hasn't timed out by then).

    3. Re:pantscam by Kris_J · · Score: 2
      I seriously read it as "pant scam" the first time, then I looked at the URL and couldn't workout why someone trying to run a scam would use the word scam in their URL. Then the penny dropped.

      I should have worked that out sooner, since <blatent self promotion> I run two webcams off my PC, including a Gameboy Webcam. </blatent>

  3. Where is the face? by Telepathetic+Man · · Score: 1
    I can seem to finger it. I don't think there really is a face on Mars. Can anyone point me to it? Mars surface

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  4. Alicia Silverstone by QuantumG · · Score: 1

    .. before she got fat.. man.. I love the one in the yellow top. Anyone got an email address? I have some net stalking to do.

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  5. A "better" HTML guide by Pacorro · · Score: 1



    http://www.icq.com

  6. Re:any truth to the hornet story? by EricWright · · Score: 2

    I saw it in last week's Sports Illustrated (which is at home, or I'd cite the page number). I don't really want to believe the story, but I'd say SI rates as a reliable media outlet.

    Eric

  7. More HTML that ought to be illegal... by penguinboy · · Score: 1

    Rendering images (or .tar.gz format) with a table.

  8. Re:A copy of my letter to Neuticles. by alkali · · Score: 1
    I am American and ashamed at this aspect of my country's culture.

    Oh, come on. Why pick on Neuticles(tm) when there are so many better reasons to be ashamed of American culture?

  9. Re:the pantscam by eudas · · Score: 2

    yeah and he didn't mention a comparison between 'Snow Crash' and people turning into 'gargoyles'.

    eudas

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  10. How about... by kev-san · · Score: 3

    What do you think of my mail client? Outlook not so good

  11. Proof of thermostat's authenticity by drewb · · Score: 1

    The temperature is up to 78 degrees or so, and the set temperature is almost 81. They left a note by the thermometer saying "TOO HOT! (We are going to play hockey.)" I think that's what it says, it's pretty hard to make out. drewb

  12. Re:The most distrubing thing about Neuticles by Black+Parrot · · Score: 1
    > > A third Neuticles model - 30% softer than NeuticlesNatural! Now there are three firmness level selections- rigid, natural and super soft

    > There are people out there for whom the feel of their pets' testicles is important.

    Either that, or else the site is hinting that they sell an organ other than testicles -
    "I'll have a rigid for me, a natural for my puppy, and a super soft for my pet gorilla.
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  13. Re:Won't be Discount for long... by shepd · · Score: 1

    >This is perfect if you want to do telemarketting!

    Unless you phoned from a PayPhone at work (I prefer to keep my ANI secret, TYVM). They can call MY PayPhone number anytime. :-)

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  14. The Phone Number by Doodhwala · · Score: 1


    Finally, many people noted that you should call 1-800-888-3999, and select option 7. No really.

    Okay.. I have the feeling this is going to be slashdotted (a first for a phone number ? ;) But well.. the option says "Press 7 to hear a duck quack" and you ACTUALLY hear a duck quack before the automatic voice message system hangs up on you. Enjoy!

  15. Re:1-800-888-3999 by Apotsy · · Score: 5
    It's "National Discount Brokers" or something like that. When the recording listing the menu choices gets to #7, the woman says, in complete dead pan:
    If you would like to hear a duck quack, press 7.

    Sure enough, when you press 7, you hear a recording of someone blaring on a duck call two times. Then it hangs up on you.

    I can't believe they posted this to Slashdot. Companies that have 1-800 numbers get charged for each call that comes in. Those people are going to be in big trouble when management sees their 1-800 bill skyrocket due to a bunch of /.ers calling in to hear a duck quack. Ha, ha!

  16. Thermostat by Super_Frosty · · Score: 1

    OK, everybody - In the interest of efficiency, can we all agree to make that guy's apartment hotter? That way, they'll suffer and have an expensive heating bill.

    If the 200,000 registered /.ers each vote for "hot," his apartment should go up to 275 degrees F.

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    1. Re:Thermostat by syrinx · · Score: 1
      As an RPI student, if we make their heating bill expensive, then (assuming they live on campus) it'll be RPI who'll pay, and ultimately the students. So please vote responsibly, it's my money at stake...

      And as a WPI student, I say screw RPI, let's crank the temperature up! :)

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    2. Re:Thermostat by schechter · · Score: 1

      As an RPI student, if we make their heating bill expensive, then (assuming they live on campus) it'll be RPI who'll pay, and ultimately the students. So please vote responsibly, it's my money at stake...

    3. Re:Thermostat by diagnosis · · Score: 1

      Looking at their web cam, it doesn't appear that they live on campus. As an RPI student, I say crank it.

  17. Re:1-800-888-3999 by -padre- · · Score: 1

    yeah i just got through and it Option 7 asks if you would like to here a duck quack. Press 7 and a duck quacks and hangs up the phone. since when did ducks grow opposable so they could pick up a phone and hang it up???

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  18. Duh by Kaufmann · · Score: 2

    Of course Vicky can't get her computer to work right. After all, she's using Microsloth Windblows! I urge the entire Slashdot community to email Dr Glickman and ask him to migrate the clinic's management system to a Modern Operating System (like Linux, which is based on next-generation Unix design and state-of-the-art fail-proof Open Source development). Using Linux's powerful desktop system GNOME (packaged in the user-friendly, failproof RedHat distribution), Vicky will be able to go from incompetent loser to elite hacker geekchick in no time! And using her powerful, cheap Dell computer, she can even help good Dr Glickman save the lives of patients... all thanks to Linux!

    Ain't life grand without Billsux around?

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    1. Re:Duh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      And using her powerful, cheap Dell computer, she can even help good Dr Glickman save the lives of patients

      Dr. Glickman is a dentist. I doubt he'll be saving lives.

    2. Re:Duh by smatthew · · Score: 1

      What - nobody has ever died from improper dental procedures - or from extreme neglect of their teeth while coding 24hrs a day continuously drinking jolt and eating cheese puffs?

      At very least she can help Dr. Glickman save the social lives of people ;-] (look at the smile on that one!)

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  19. The most distrubing thing about Neuticles by CaseyB · · Score: 5
    Introducing NeuticlesUltra... A third Neuticles model - 30% softer than NeuticlesNatural! Now there are three firmness level selections- rigid, natural and super soft

    There are people out there for whom the feel of their pets' testicles is important.

    1. Re:The most distrubing thing about Neuticles by romco · · Score: 5

      "There are people out there for whom the feel of their pets' testicles is important."

      ...and you only need to read the endorsments to
      find one....

      "Neuticles are just plain neat!"
      Rush Limbaugh

      The poor web designer must have been wiping
      tears from his eyes the whole time...

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  20. Re:1-800-888-3999 by drwiii · · Score: 4

    MP3

  21. Re:What a crappy job by micahjd · · Score: 1
    Either that, or ban freeze-dried beans and cabbage from the next flight. Talk about pissing away your money. But maybe this will put $400 Department of Defense-approved toilet seats in perspective.

    Bad pun! Defenestrate him!

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  22. pant scam by ChristTrekker · · Score: 1

    I swear, the first time I saw this I thought it said "pant scam". I thought to myself, "It's just what it looks like? Why would anyone want to scam somebody's pants???" I kid you not. I guess I'm just not into the whole webcam thing.

  23. Re:Lego's and Neuticles by jbarnett · · Score: 1


    "Lego's and Neuticles ...
    Does it get any better for overall amusement?"


    Yea quite amusing, also brings back memories. I remember when I was a kid I would play for hours with Legos and Neuticles.

    The thing I am wondering, is could say Neuticles be used on say for an example on a small chipmuck or goat? Hypotical speaking of corse.


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  24. Re:Magic 8Ball is a Repeat by cougio · · Score: 1

    Well I asked "Is this thing for real?" and it said Outlook not so good so...

  25. Re:A copy of my letter to Neuticles. by jandrese · · Score: 2

    How exactly are rubber nuts supposed to save the life of a whino?

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  26. Re:the pantscam by Black+Parrot · · Score: 1

    > Pretty soon, Americans will voluntarily be wearing these tremendous get-ups with cameras sticking every direction, which will enable them to be filmed twenty-four hours a day from fifty angles.

    OK by me. I draw the line at gerbilcams, though.

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  27. The 8 Ball is gone! by brejc8 · · Score: 1

    I used it today but now its gone just when i was about to show it off to my friends

  28. Re:1-800-888-3999 by GoRK · · Score: 3

    Remember when calling a Toll Free or extra Toll (900/977) number that your name and phone number are always without fail transmitted to the callee. I would absolutely not be suprised if they sell the database of people who have called them!

    You have been warned!!!

    ~GoRK

  29. slaps forehead by ptbrown · · Score: 1

    Oh... pants-CAM... Stupid me was reading it as "pant-SCAM"

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  31. Re:Phone Numbers by ptbrown · · Score: 2

    January 15, 1990 comes to mind.

    But I believe Mothers' Day is the traditional busiest single day of telephone usage.

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  32. What I can't figure out... by KnightStalker · · Score: 1

    is why the performance enhancing drug ephedrine (actually fairly commonly used by athletes in combination with caffeine and aspirin) will get someone's medal revoked but the performance enhancing drug "amino acids from hornet larvae's stomachs" will not.

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  33. THANKYOU! by clinko · · Score: 4

    "Thank you for your interest in patented Neuticles and the revolutionary CTI testicular implant procedure for pets. "

    NO SIR, THANK YOU!

    *Time to break out the credit card!*


    1. Re:THANKYOU! by uncamarty · · Score: 1

      What REALLY gets me is where they advertise the scar removal cream. Any Applications for Applicator, anyone?

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    2. Re:THANKYOU! by Rambo · · Score: 1

      That's not the best part...

      "Neuticles eliminates 'neuter-hesitant' concerns -
      as a 'Neuticled' pet looks and can feel exactly the same after neutering.
      "

      Beta testers anyone?

    3. Re:THANKYOU! by h2odragon · · Score: 2
      Boy hound don't read that fast, but I think he's got the idea now... He's trembling and backing away from the monitor; so I'd say the reaction is not as enthusiastic amonst their target demographic as they might hype.

      Note the press quotes page.

  34. Re:A Slashdot first? by Enigma2175 · · Score: 1

    Hehe the question I asked was "Are you being slashdotted?" hmmm, guess ya had to be there!


    Enigma

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  35. 1-800-888-3999 by anotherone · · Score: 5
    I tried calling 1-800-888-3999 but it's busy. Is this the first time the /. effect has ever happened in real life as opposed to on the internet?

    Anyone get through?
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    1. Re:1-800-888-3999 by TrentC · · Score: 1

      I did.

      There's a guy saying "Hmmh, hmmh." and hanging up.

      Weird.

      Jay (=

    2. Re:1-800-888-3999 by iho · · Score: 1

      I think we can call this publicity. Of course it cost them $0.25 or something for everyone who call just to hear the duck but most peoples who called will remember the company name.

      It's not as stupid as it sounds...

    3. Re:1-800-888-3999 by Enahs · · Score: 1

      More than likely, they're artificially bumping up the rate of calls. This could be used to fool investors into thinking that, hey, the 800 number works really well. ;)

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    4. Re:1-800-888-3999 by Erik+Fish · · Score: 1

      Companies that have 1-800 numbers get charged for each call that comes in.

      This is no longer true in many (most?) cases. I believe there are 800 number plans that include unlimited calls for a flat rate well within the average corporate budget.

      Otherwise why would spammers hand out 800 numbers so often?

    5. Re:1-800-888-3999 by skoda · · Score: 2

      Great, now the cost of my stock trades is going to increase to cover the cost of the /. calls.

      Time to look for a new online brokerage...

      (yes, I really do use NDB ;)
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    6. Re:1-800-888-3999 by bughunter · · Score: 1
      They now have a database of [...] people who [...] have more financial liquidity than the average person.

      Hah - the joke's on them! a) most of us know how ANI works, b) few of us would call from our own phone, and c) we don't have financial liquidity, we have stock options.

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    7. Re:1-800-888-3999 by TheoFish · · Score: 1

      I believe there is a penalty for failing to sufficiently apprise the phone company of potential circuit overloads. (I work for a telecom company and recall something like this in one of the many days training.)

    8. Re:1-800-888-3999 by MrScience · · Score: 1

      National Discount Brokers, who's motto is "We take you under our wing", and who's mascot is a mallard.

      FYI.

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    9. Re:1-800-888-3999 by jesser · · Score: 1
      i think that if you call an 800 number, the owner of the 800 number gets to record your phone number automatically.

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    10. Re:1-800-888-3999 by mrzaph0d · · Score: 1

      how the f*ck is this off topic?!?!?!
      "Leave the gun, take the canoli."

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    11. Re:1-800-888-3999 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      It's a 911 tape from Nicole Brown Simpson.

    12. Re:1-800-888-3999 by Magic5Ball · · Score: 3

      They now have a database of 10,000s of working phone numbers of people who are computer-savvy and have more financial liquidity than the average person. Who paid for what now?

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    13. Re:1-800-888-3999 by Twisted+Logic · · Score: 1

      I knew about this about three weeks ago.. but I won't ruin the surprise :)

      Duck and cover.

    14. Re:1-800-888-3999 by Duxup · · Score: 2

      If I recall correctly from calling a week or so ago.
      You receive a standard automated voice prompting you to chose one of 7 options. The comment for option 7 is:

      "If you would like to hear a duck quack, chose 7."

      If you chose 7 you'll hear someone play a duck call and then hang up.

    15. Re:1-800-888-3999 by Chan · · Score: 1

      I got this in email last week, called it, and this very tired-sounding lady answered... I made an excuse about having the wrong number. She said "Are you looking for option 7?", and transferred me to the duck.

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    16. Re:1-800-888-3999 by jafuser · · Score: 1
      There's a transcript of this over at everything.

      http://www.everything2.com/in dex .pl?node_id=803173

      I tried this earlier... They're going to get a nice bill this month. I bet it doesn't work tomorrow evening :)

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    17. Re:1-800-888-3999 by E1ven · · Score: 1

      From the Phone
      "If you would like to hear a duck quack, press seven"
      I wish I were making this up!
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  36. We are the victims of brilliant viral marketting by joshv · · Score: 2

    Re the quacking duck. If someone didn't do this on purpose, they should have, it is a brilliant example of (most likely unintentional) viral marketting.

    I have gotten this in about ten different emails, and myself have been responsible for infecting at least 5 others with this virulent little meme.

    How long until we see some copy-cats?

    Imagine the following:

    (with that old fogey 'we make money the old fashioned way' voice)
    'Welcome to Salomen-Smith Barney'
    'Press 1 to hear your account balance'
    'Press 2 to access stock quotes
    'Press 3 to hear me fart the national anthem'
    'Press 4 to trade stocks'
    'Press 5 to hang up'

    -josh

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  38. Re:Phone Numbers by anotherone · · Score: 1
    Is this the first time that the telephone system has felt the Slashdot effect?

    Have you ever tried to make a long-distance call on New Years Eve at Midnight, or on mother's day? You usually get a message like "All circuits are busy, please hang up and try again."
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  39. Won't be Discount for long... by slykens · · Score: 1

    Once they get the phone bill they won't be Discount brokers for long... heh. "Why are there 100,000 calls here all listening to a duck quack?" If they have any sort of real phone contract they won't pay much more than a few thousand dollars for this.

    1. Re: Won't be Discount for long... by fireproof · · Score: 2
      Yup, I'd hate to have to pay that phone bill . . . a guy in my office told me about it last Tuesday. By last Thursday, it had appeared in the local paper (The Raleigh N&O). And, as if that wasn't bad enough, it shows up on Slashdot . . .

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    2. Re:Won't be Discount for long... by mosch · · Score: 3

      Are you kidding? It'll be even more discount, it's brilliant marketing. What's the phone call cost? Somewhere around oh say... a dime. Now let's say 0.1% of the people who call decide they want to become a customer. Now they're getting customers for $100 each, a bargain considering what the per customer profit is at a brokerage, even a discount brokerage.

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    3. Re:Won't be Discount for long... by drdink · · Score: 1

      Not to mention they get the number of everybody who calls them. This is perfect if you want to do telemarketting!

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  40. Re:Let's burn these guys! by Fervent · · Score: 2
    No thanks dude. Do you realize how cold it is in NY right now? (I'm freezing in a T... I thought it'd be warmer).

    My suggestion: make it a ton colder.

    (Besides, do we really know if this thing is connected to their thermostat anyway? No active pictures available).

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  41. This 8 Ball thing was here before... by hex1753 · · Score: 1

    Nothing much, just the usual occasional /. reprint effect... I can remember seeing those exact pictures from a link on Slashdot before...still cool though.
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    1. Re:This 8 Ball thing was here before... by 3prong · · Score: 1

      Yep, was a /. link last year. From his page:

      On July 20, 1999 slashdot mentioned the 8 ball and the resulting traffic overwhelmed the server. The 8 ball can only serve about 400 visitors per hour, (about an 8 second cycle time) we were receiving 1200 visitors per hour. The waiting queue went over 70, the resulting system load caused the server to assume something was wrong and reboot.

      3prong

  42. Quickie on SDMI Cracking.. by z)bandito(_X · · Score: 1

    Aren't those bastards just getting you to perfect it for them for free? I mean, the process and information and results must all be confidential and the RIAA gets your end product to keep and anylze. Sounds like they just want to see what kind of security holes there are in it and patch them before implementing it... Haha, maybe they would do better if they were like Microsoft and Apple, but instead of charging to beta-test their software, they could charge you to enter their 'contest' and help them create a completely secure SDMI! .....I mean win $$BIG BUCK$$$ and get to be in with the Rock-Stars !!! ;P

  43. Neuticles for the Master??? by CmdrDawgface · · Score: 1

    One of the news shows last year ran a story on neuticles. At first they were talking about fake balls for the dog, then the story took an alarming turn into Jerry Springer land and started reporting that humans were using nuticles too. Seems that there is no FDA approved cosmetic repalcement for human testicles, so people were using nuticles as a replacement for the family jewels after they had been removed for medical reasons. Reality is stranger than fiction.

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  44. Re:"facial quality" ??? by Vegeta99 · · Score: 1

    Gives new meaning to "He's got his head up his ass ", huh?

  45. Re:any truth to the hornet story? by MrCreosote · · Score: 1

    Yes, The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a reliable paper. It is in the same stable as The Age, and The Australian Financial Review, Australia's 'Wall Street Journal'.

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  46. Quack!!! by Ron+Harwood · · Score: 1

    It quacks like a duck!

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  48. I didn't see any scam by lazarusL · · Score: 1

    "[28]Cuban sent us the [29]pantscam (which is exactly what it sounds like)"

    Well, I was curious about this pant scam, wondering why some plan to import fake designer jeans would make it to Slashdot coverage. I couldn't think of anything else that would be called pant scam, but was curious ... it turns out it's not "exactly what it sounds like" but instead is a camera pointed to some woman's underwear. Well, at least that's what it says it is -- I can't see it, since it requires some form of javacrap and lynx doesn't have javacrap of any flavor. (Lynx is fine for viewing graphics, for those who don't know this, but javacrap, nope, and I'm glad of that.)

    What's this have to do with Slashdot? Well, since I can't see the site, I can't tell for sure, but I'm guessing there must be some impressive new technology involved. After all, what good would a camera be that's stuffed down someone's jeans? It's DARK there, right?

    Someone who uses a javacrap-enabled browser please let the rest of us know what's going on with this. I'm still curious, even if the site *is* lame, heh.

  49. Lets see if we can get this sucker up to 100 by EvilGwyn · · Score: 1

    82.3 when I left it. Remember, hit the RED button

    :)

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  50. Re:Let's burn these guys! by Saige · · Score: 1

    I think they're in trouble anyways. I tried lowering the temp, but it still went up. I think they've got something wrong, and since only one click per IP per day is allowed, it's not like you can then adjust for it.

    It's no wonder they're dying, because they're asking people to turn it down, which causes it to keep going up...
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  51. Their proofreader was neutered... by plover · · Score: 2
    NeuticlesUltra are solid silicon and is 30% softer than NeuticlesNatural for an even softer feel-marshmellow soft.
    Does this mean they finally found a use for all those old defective floating point Pentiums?

    John

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  52. Online thermostats by Animats · · Score: 2
    The Echelon Demo Room has an online thermostat. You can also adjust various lights and run the blinds up and down. It's an ad for a home control system that never really caught on.

    As it turns out, while that technology never went anywhere for home control, its noise immunity was so good that it became the standard for rail transit systems, where it's used to manage destination signs, HVAC, lighting, and related support systems.

    1. Re:Online thermostats by Woody77 · · Score: 1

      Well, actually, it has caught on, just not in our lovely country. I work at Echelon (No, not the CIA, and deal with this stuff day in and out).

      Pretty cool technology, there's several different network types, powerline only being one. Powerline is difficult... But you're right about the rail transit systems.

      The twisted-pair (not ethernet) network transceivers are MUCH more popular (and faster), but they are much more limited in noisy environments. The TP systems are used heavily in HVAC and other commercial building controls (like lighting).

      There is a person who own's a house in CA that they rent-out, that they remotely monitor/control via the 'net. When no-one is renting out the house, you can view the different rooms via the web. Very cool.

      Reply to this (on slashdot) if you're interested in more info on things, and I'll e-mail back.

    2. Re:Online thermostats by Woody77 · · Score: 1

      Ok. This is the product used to monitor it, the i.LON. It's a router capable of serving HTTP that routes data from our networks (LonWorks) to IP. Also serves data from LonWorks networks via http. Not an enterprise-class web-server, obviously, but good for this sort of thing.

      The house is in Capitola, CA. It's address is: www.cybermanor.com/capitola. Hit the link for Remote Control. Go to just www.cybermanor.com for more information on the entire system.

      I also came across this press release from last week (had a major trade show, with LOTS of releases). How a school in florida is using it to stop prankster students from screwing with the thermostats in the rooms.

  53. More than /. effect by jeremyw · · Score: 2
    This number has been making the rounds for some time. I first read about it on Friday, when it appeared in the corner of the front page of the National Post:

    The duck really took flight on Oct. 9, when 15,000 people called. By the end of the week, with the phone number circulating throughout the Internet, more than 250,000 callers called NDB.

    The number of calls to the number is costing the company about US$8,000 a day, but Mr. McQuilkin said it is money well spent.

    Maybe, just MAYBE, there is more than the /. effect at play here.

    1. Re:More than /. effect by Fervent · · Score: 2

      Makes sense considering their trademark is a duck. Look at the website.

      --

      - I don't care if they globalize against free speech. All my best free thoughts are done in my head.

  54. Well... by SILIZIUMM · · Score: 1

    "custom printed toilet paper"
    I want some rolls with Winblows logo's on it !! *That* will be very useful...

  55. Re:the pantscam by Chiasmus_ · · Score: 4

    I can explain this. At least, as well as Jon Katz could.

    The pantscam shows us the danger of American culture in conjunction with the internet. Americans have been obsessed with celebrity and exposure since the first non-silent motion pictures. Now, easy web access gives us the ability to gain as much exposure as we could possibly want.

    The result? First, people start sticking web cams in front of their computers. Then, in their bedrooms, showers, refrigerators. Then, in their pants, toilets, and attached to their toothbrushes.

    How can we reverse this trend? Well, we can't. Pretty soon, Americans will voluntarily be wearing these tremendous get-ups with cameras sticking every direction, which will enable them to be filmed twenty-four hours a day from fifty angles.

    --
    "Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he deems himself your master."
  56. Pantscam slashdotted by kinnunen · · Score: 1
    Poor guy just couldn't keep it up with a large audience watching I guess..

    --

    1. Re:Pantscam slashdotted by thogard · · Score: 1

      I'm wondering how long it will be till thinkgeek has bsod tp banner adds on /.

      The company will do 4 rolls for about $80.

  57. Important "Intellectual Property" story here... by Howie · · Score: 2
    These guys are having problems with PIRATE NADS ! Someone with an eye for a business opportunity.

    Now I can't stop thinking about someone filing the 'extrasmall' off of them and relabelling them 'large', ala Pentium IIIs...

    --
    "don't fall into the fallacy of believing that Perl can solve social problems. Maybe Perl 6 can, but that's a ways off"
  58. Taco in incomprehensible english shocker... by Howie · · Score: 1

    "Of course, to much of that stuff could wind you up on sent us the the next Darwin Awards" -
    what? That's not right - that's not even wrong.

    --
    "don't fall into the fallacy of believing that Perl can solve social problems. Maybe Perl 6 can, but that's a ways off"
  59. Left this one out! by happyfish · · Score: 1

    Sure, Darva Conger talking Cisco is nice & all, but what about Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics?

  60. The one about "Russian Roulette" by the_quark · · Score: 1
    The one about playing Russian Roulette with an automatic we used to jokingly refer to as Polish Roulette. Never figured anyone would be stupid enough to actually do it, though...

    I will say, I wish they had links to the actual news stories. Been reading urban legends too long not to want to see evidence :)

  61. You want disturbing?!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Ok, I can't find a GD link, but at one point I had heard on the web about some weird fetish where guys were getting altered to have a see-through scrotum. (No, really!)

    So like, you could have your pet altered and instead of standard Neuticles, you could replace it's nads with glass eyes! Cool! (or dice, skulls, or (magic?) eightballs) The possibilities are endless!

    now that would be disturbing!

  62. Re:You WHINGING WHINING RETARDS by uncamarty · · Score: 1

    Whingeing? Thats what you hear from kids when you won't let them do exactly what they want to - you know - "But mummy said I could... "

    --
    I am not a manual I am a human being! - The distress call of the TechSupport Badger
  63. Magic 8-ball says.... by NYC · · Score: 3
    Will this site survive the Slashdot effect?

    Outlook not so good
    --weenie NT4 user: bite me!

    --
    --weenie NT4 user: bite me!
    "Computers are nothing but a perfect illusion of order" -- Iggy Pop
    1. Re:Magic 8-ball says.... by RollingThunder · · Score: 2

      Heh... it's so overloaded now the fluid inside is becoming frothy. :)

  64. Lets Not Forget All These, Too! by mholve · · Score: 1
    Not even a mention as a quickie.
    • 2000-10-12 16:28:39 Compaq sponsors "UNIX Games" (articles,news) (rejected)
    • 2000-10-12 16:52:30 Software patents: will Europe roll over for the mu (articles,news) (rejected)
    • 2000-10-12 16:58:19 EC gives AOL-Time Warner merger go-ahead (articles,news) (rejected)
    • 2000-10-13 03:41:47 Urbanfetch Kills Its Consumer Division (articles,news) (rejected)
    • 2000-10-23 21:00:05 Compaq changing gears on Linux? (articles,news) (rejected)

    You bastards.

    1. Re:Lets Not Forget All These, Too! by garcia · · Score: 1

      don't worry, they will just repost 20 old articles.. or even let someone else have the credit for those posts.

  65. Lego's and Neuticles by eeks · · Score: 1
    Does it get any better for overall amusement?

    --
    niceFire.com - Humor and Lego's or Lego's and Humor or Some Combination of
  66. Re:Phone Numbers by 11223 · · Score: 1

    Just out of curiosity, why isn't there a user# 42512?

  67. Wow by rjamestaylor · · Score: 2
    That was the funniest automated voice answering system I've ever heard. Very good.

    Too bad it wasn't a Penguin!

    Now hiring experienced client- & server-side developers

    --
    -- @rjamestaylor on Ello
  68. Re:A Slashdot first? by victim · · Score: 1

    The 8 ball has been a quicky before. That caused me to implement the load shunning device when the queue gets too deep. It takes about 6 seconds to serve each question. I shun people when the 8 ball is stacked up more than 10 people deep.

    Gosh, I hope the IE gymnastics work with the shun page, I never checked.

  69. "facial quality" ??? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 1

    Uhm, do these guys even know what toilet paper is for?

    --
    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  70. Re:This 8 Ball.. but IE can see it now by victim · · Score: 2

    Since the last thrashing of the 8ball by slashdot I have added IE support. It kind of sucks, only delivers a frame or two per second vs 10/second for netscape, but at least its there.

    (IE doesn't have the multipart MIME type, so I do bizarre Javascript encoding state changes in 404 status codes of images.)

  71. Re:Well... oops, bug by victim · · Score: 1

    I guess the IE shun code doesn't work right after all. You should get this image, but its fairly contorted and I can believe its busted.

    Nothing personal, its just that each person in queue has a process wake up, render a new jpeg, and send it everytime the ball rolls. The herd of processes kills my box if there are too many. (Beside, you probably didn't want to be in queue more than a minute anyway.)

  72. Re:Let's burn these guys! by kevryn · · Score: 1

    But they don't have air conditioning... (says so on the site). You'd only get it down to outside temperature.

  73. 8-ball is panicking!! by naasking · · Score: 1

    lol. I just tried the 8-ball and it's panicking! Instead of an answer, it comes up with an image of a guy with a tear rolling down his cheek and a desperate plea for help, "Help! I've been slashdotted!"
    -----
    "People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them"

  74. $5M space toilets... by SpinyNorman · · Score: 1

    Money well spent if you ask me.

    Think about it: zero gravity...

    That's one toilet you care about.

  75. Expand on the laser lawn: Quake 3 Snow removal! by AFCArchvile · · Score: 1

    Picture it: instead of hauling out that snowblower or slaving away with that snowshovel, you'll just whip out a plasmagun to melt those two-foot drifts! And for that pesky ice, use the Lightning gun! (Battle suit not included)

    --
    "Ancillary does not mean you get to rule the world." --U.S. Circuit Judge Harry Edwards, speaking to the FCC's lawyer
  76. Re:1-800-888-3999 (FUNNIEST PHONE THING I EVER SAW by Coplan · · Score: 1
    Okay, it all sounded like a very serious phone menu system. Complete dead-pan voice "Press 7 to hear a duck quack."

    (pressing 7)

    "Quack, Quack (click)"

    I was rolling on the floor, laughing so hard. I made everyone in my office call and listen. Funny as shit.

    But you gotta wonder -- "calls may be monitored and/or recorded". What is their intent? I just hope this is an advertising ploy. =P

  77. Re:Let's burn these guys! by Chandon+Seldon · · Score: 1

    The problem is that only the heating system is controlled by the thermostat, therefore it's possible to increase the temprature significantly more than it can be decreased.

    --
    -- The act of censorship is always worse than whatever is being censored. Always.
  78. 1-800-888-3999 by suprax · · Score: 2

    Haha, during the day someone will answer the phone. I asked for Option 7, and she connects me to the listings of options, then quaky quaky.

    --
    Scott Miga
    suprax@linux.com

  79. Re:So what do we call it? by BenLutgens · · Score: 1

    Real world? What is this thing of which you speak? Is that like, OUT-FUCKING-SIDE?

    --
    "If you love someone, set them free. If they come home, set them on fire." - George Carlin
  80. Re:Yes. That was the point, brainiac. by StarKruzr · · Score: 1

    I would just like to say that Taco has gained several Cool Points for the Barenaked Ladies reference in the Dept. and Title of this article.

    --

    +++ATH0
  81. Re:the price of hornet squeezings in oz by uncamarty · · Score: 1

    And if you take too much you break out in... (stop! stop! that hurts! AAAAAARGH!)

    --
    I am not a manual I am a human being! - The distress call of the TechSupport Badger
  82. Re:the pantscam by adpowers · · Score: 1

    And he never brought up Columbine, what kind of a John Katz story is that?

  83. Chat Transcript with Alison from the PantsCam! by Rhuragh · · Score: 1

    The following, as the subject says, is the transcript with Alison, the girl wearing the PantsCam. Enjoy!

    Connecting to www.pantscam.com:15127... connected.
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - ahh, sweet
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - yaaaa....we get to talk to Alison
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - crazy
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - heh
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - can't say i've ever talked to someone's underwear before :P
    204.227.167.9/204.227.167.9 - hehe yeah
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - wheee.
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i have returned!!!
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - haha!
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - heh
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i think i just saw some couche
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - oh god
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - no you didn't
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - LOL
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - i'm chatting on a webpage
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yes i did! dammit!
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - just let me have my fun!
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - SHOOT ME!
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i know i hear ya
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Hmm, so I'm guessing she or someone nearby is in here now. :)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - you can believe what you want, but they're my underwear
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - must be here
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - why's that?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - err...her
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - alison is that you?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - yep.
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - she's cmu.edu
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - cool what's up?
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - why is this page here?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Wow, you're at CMU, eh?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - so what's the point of this project, may i ask?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Know Alison? :)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - yes. i'm at CMU.
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - A bit dark, isn't it? ;-)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - the point?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - (Different Alison, obviously)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yes the point
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - it was for fun and we never realized that this would happen...
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - you know you got slashdotted?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - That it'd get so popular?
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - hahaha
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - already slashdotted
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - that's horrific
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yeah i got this form slashdot
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i got a lot of email when i got slashdotted - that's when things got this busy.
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - i'm back - the aplet leaks like a sieze and screwed my PC
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - how many people here came from the Slashdot Quickie?
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - me
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - so why did you pick your pants alison? why not outside so we could see what you're doing?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - hehe.
    204.227.167.9/204.227.167.9 - me
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - pants was much more ingenius :)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i mena, if you weren't wearing any underwear and/or had a light down there it would be a lot more entertaining
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Alison: Do you know alison@andrew? :)
    barnum.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/128.2.185.188 - dude, it's java, it's not supposed to leak memory... garbage collection
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - well, so many people already have web cams, and most are boring.
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - exactly
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i dont' know alison@andrew, no
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - well, hate to say it, but this one isn't all that much more itneresting
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - java - garbage - that figures !!
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Otay, just curious, she's a friend of mine (well, an ex as well...)
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - yeah, but how many people have mobile webcams? :)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - we figured it would be funny if i could get a lot of people in my pants :)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - well the idea is cool, but the blackness isn't so cool
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - heeheehee
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - LOL
    barnum.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/128.2.185.188 - I thought alison@andrew was gay
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - umm....just curious, is that a tattoo we're seeing?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - are we watching a loop right now alison or is it live?
    barnum.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/128.2.185.188 - at least, that's what I would infer from her .project
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Uhm, she's got a boyfriend. :) She's bi. :)
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - this is looped - i saw that a while ago
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - that's not a tattoo
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - show us some live stuff and prove it's you (if possible please)
    barnum.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/128.2.185.188 - I think you people watch this far too much
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - no tattoos
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - so what was that?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - how long have you all been on?
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - it beats doing real work
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - eh, i've been watching for several minutes and that's too long heh
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - I just noticed it today. :)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - I've seen it several times.....
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - oh yeah alison what's with that bathroom scene? did you really pee or was it just a goof?
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - yeah, work sucks.
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - it's gone black to punish us !!
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - I've been on for an hour or so... :)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hehe...there's the phallic shape again....
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - it's a dildo
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - what is that, if you don't mind my asking?
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - haha
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - what do you mean. when i go to the bathroom i pee!
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - imagination is a terrible thing to waste. :)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - not on the camera, I hope
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yeah but there wasn't any toiler paper in the toilet...u didn't wipe?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - when the server is down, we have to recycle images so you will see the same things twice. and when i sleep and whatnot...
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - Ah...shades of Jenni---buncha people's brains are in the toilet....
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - and when you sleep? but the main page says 24/7.....
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - :(
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - How long are you planning on being live?
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - 24/7 24/7
    161.57.55.49/161.57.55.49 - Nobody tell Jenni how to do this ... god help us all ...
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - (in general)
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Obviously some folks here are expecting more than they should be. ;)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hehehe
    barnum.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/128.2.185.188 - yeah, but the wireless LAN doesn't work off campus
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - she started it :)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - this server is sort of unstable - we should have used linux
    barnum.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/128.2.185.188 - and Alison lives off campus
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yeah, what should we be expecting? anything exciting in the future or is this it?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - ahhhh......good excuse
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - heh
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - blame it on microsoft.....
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i'm not going to put on a show for you guys...
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Do you hook it up directly when she's at home..?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - this is just my pants.
    modem-30.ohio.dialup.pol.co.uk/62.137.86.30 - yeah, that would be *real* embedded linux :)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - darnit :)
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - i blame you - you set this up
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - well wait a second alison....i think i saw you feeling your breast or ass or something last night
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - nah, this is amusing enough to figure out wtf is going on
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - there was definitely a hand on flesh...what was that all about?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - haha
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - None of damn business, most likely.
    161.57.55.49/161.57.55.49 - This is so terrible it's almost art.
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - its hilarious.
    216.30.19.152/216.30.19.152 - hello?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - alison: So, have a bf? That the other .cmu here? :)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - there was a hand down my pants - my thigh was sore
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - ahh, we have another guest from CMU.edu.........
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - introduce yourself, Patrician :)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - oh i see...sore thighs (*wink wink*)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - yeah, i have a bf
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hehe
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - "nudge, nudge" haha
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - LOL
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Kind of figured. ;)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - way to go alison
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i think i like you
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - ever shag at college ??
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - you know, at this rate you'll probably get cmu mad at you
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Considering how cute you are. ;)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - well, you seem to like my pants at least
    161.57.55.49/161.57.55.49 - So this would be a sanctioned university activity?
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - is the camera live now?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - well, the jury's still out onthe pants...the whole idea is cool though
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i think it's an educational activity.
    216.30.19.152/216.30.19.152 - No, those are recorded pictures of fuzzy darkness.
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - "how to set up a website in your pants"
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - it would be cool if you gave us one or two frames of some good stuff now and then...or maybe just anything but darkness
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - i don't feel educated
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - in human nature, at least, Alison
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - seriously, you should walk around with the cam on your shoulder or something
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - it's not always dark - i don't want to wear a light too!
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - of course. tell a horny bastard to get in someone's pants, what do you think they're gonna think? :)
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - haha
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - no light, huh? how come?
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - better yet, around your neck so you can see all the guys staring ...
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - maglights can be *fun* though! ;)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - how about a shirt cam sometimes so we can see your braw instead of underwear?
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - Oooerrr - i 2nd that
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - we thought of hiding it so it pointed out of my pants and we could catch guys checking out my ass ;)
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - hahahah
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - heheheh
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - I'm sure that's common. ;)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yes do that that would be hilarious
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Hey there. ;)
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - doh
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hmm.....what was that?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - a bra. :)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - there's some light for you.
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - what's your major alison?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - psychology
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - really...u're just a geek on the side?
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - Figues
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - where are you all?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - figures?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i'm infotech at RIT
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - yeah,
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - I'm in VA, near DC.
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - MO
    bob.us.ua.edu/130.160.224.104 - UA
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i have geek help :)
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - I'm at work - going home soon
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - you have to take CS for psych here though
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - your bf's a geek?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - IBM....if you didn't notice from the host name..... Lexington KY
    204.227.167.9/204.227.167.9 - Spokane WA
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - cs for psych? weird
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - Iowa State
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - CS for almost everything here :)
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - ENGLAND
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - CS for psych?? how does that work?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - hehe that sux i hate CS
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hmm....
    modem-30.ohio.dialup.pol.co.uk/62.137.86.30 - London baby!
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - and my bf's not a geek!
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - I visit CMU sometimes though, to see alison@andrew. :)
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - weird
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - rock on!
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i wasn't insulting your bf...geeks are usually pretty cool
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - far away
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - yeah, you forget most of the people here are probably "geeks" :P
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i know. actually, he is a geek, but he didn't do anything here.
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - totally
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - right on
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - alison: I'd love to stop by and say hi to you too sometime. :)
    sdsl-64-7-16-9.dsl.nyc.megapath.net/64.7.16.9 - ?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - so who in here is down with 420?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i'll take the cam out in a minute
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - damn snowman, what's with you and hitting on chatroom chicks? :)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hahaha
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - show us your face alison when you take out the cam
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Hey, I met alison@andrew on a bbs, and that was great fun. ;)
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - hehe
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - i know, i had fun with BBSes
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - my face is on the main page.
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - fact i kinda miss them
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i know but how do i know you're really the admin of this page?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Hmm.
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - you could just be someone posing
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Time to blow away my SDSL for a bit I'm thinking.
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i could be, bt why would i?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - http://bma.debian.net/e-irc
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - that i don't know
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i don't really know how i could prove it to you.
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - no... a poser would have put up a picture that someone would recognize as being a porn pic ;)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - so have you convinced anyone else to do this type of thing or are u the only one?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - easy...
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - pull out the camera and say "hi" or something
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i think i'm the only one.
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - alison: Just by saying you'll do something and then doing it. :)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - it's not hard.....unless you have this on loop or something
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i'm sure you won't be the last :)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - there i am!
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Well, if it wasn't looping. :)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - the guy?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hehe
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - hehe...cool
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 -
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - i saw this earlier
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - try that again
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - see my dunkin donuts poster?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - that's my tv
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - I see a TV....
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - yep - that's a loop
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yeah this is the loop from earlier
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - a WRCT schedule
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - sure is
    161.57.55.49/161.57.55.49 - This is the epitomy of "tragically ludicrous"
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - hahaha, I'm getting called a 'tart' on #e (irc.openprojects.net)
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - that's cause you're a slut, snowman ;)
    modem-30.ohio.dialup.pol.co.uk/62.137.86.30 - *cough
    modem-30.ohio.dialup.pol.co.uk/62.137.86.30 - bet your ass you're a tart
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - hahaha, you hush gibby. :)
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - nothing wrong with tarts
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - all this name calling...
    modem-30.ohio.dialup.pol.co.uk/62.137.86.30 - Snow-Man: you're supposed to chat them up *before* you get in their pants
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - this may be tragically ludicrous.... but you're watching it too.
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - hahahaha
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - why do you need to chat them up first?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - give us some new footage alison
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - this isn't namecalling
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - alison: Don't ask me. ;)
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - go to #e and you'll see *real* namecalling heh
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - ooh, you're a fast chick, aren't you alison?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i bet you're naughty in bed ;)
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - It's all in fun though. :)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - naughty? of course. who isn't?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - naughty is fun though. :)
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - eh, usually its a good idea to chat them up.
    161.57.55.49/161.57.55.49 - Go to #e and 'english
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - a few girls i've known (*sign*)
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - that is rather the point
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - otherwise you might be facing a jury later ;)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - do you like to get spanked alison? :)
    195.152.146.200/195.152.146.200 - no reply
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - spanked? not that it's really any of your business, but no.
    modem-30.ohio.dialup.pol.co.uk/62.137.86.30 - okay I shall go be productive now. Alison: watch what these guys get up to in here okay? ;)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - LOL
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i'm sorry i'm just having fun
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - it's all good.
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - and he *is* in your pants, after all.
    sdsl-64-7-16-9.dsl.nyc.megapath.net/64.7.16.9 - alison what is your major?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - she already answered that
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - psych
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Hrm, that must be a faq. ;)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - yep :)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yeah, i mean i'm already looking directly at your underwear (even though you're several hundred miles away)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - keeping notes i see, good!
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - what's it like to have 25 people in your pants, anyway?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i think it's fun :)
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - hahahah
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - so u're going to continue this, um, project?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - ohhh....lame joke, but funny :)
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - i'd be rather frightened if 25 people were in my pants.
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - there would be like two people here and then slashdot happened.
    161.57.55.49/161.57.55.49 - Better enjoy this now before it get's /.'ed
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - it's all about publicity
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - it *is* slashdotted
    aklaum.dsl.telerama.com/205.201.10.16 - hmm. I guess the pantscam isn't lighted
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - oh yes, this is one of the few times we geeks get to be in a girls pants
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yeah it's ./ed already
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - you putting this on your resume?
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - /.
    161.57.55.49/161.57.55.49 - Where have I been?
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - you should.
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yeah i mean /.
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - nope. not on my resume. my dad is already pissed.
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - look in monday's archives i think
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - It was in the last quickies.
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hahahaha
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - dads are like that
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - LOL youre dad knows about this????
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - hehe
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - is your dad here now?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - you told your dad about it???
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - haha
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - nope. he's at home. i told him about it though. better he find out through me.
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - I suppose there is that. :)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - haha...better he not find out at all......
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - of course i told my dad about it!
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - do you have any sisters?
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - her dad is ROC.gblx.net
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - how wierd would it be to have dad login
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - hehe
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - he did login once actually, before there was so much traffic
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - that could be hazardeous to health
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - no sisters
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - a brother though. maybe you could see his pants ;)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - no thanks
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - hahaha
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - haha...no thanks
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - :)
    aklaum.dsl.telerama.com/205.201.10.16 - Can you take the cam out for a sec? I just want to see something other than darkness from a technological point of view.
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - course, for all that the camera manages to show, doesn't matter much
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hmmm...that must be leg....
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - can't take it out now, we're looping now.
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - when aer you going to put new stuff up?
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - heh
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - well, stop looping then
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - :)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i'm lazy.
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hah....good excuse :)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - c'mon how much effort does it take to put a little device down your pants?
    tan7.ncr.com/192.127.94.7 - Alison, I am curious about the Java applet. Was it custom made or did you use something and modify it?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - in fact, i should be working right now
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - does your camera vibrate alison? ;)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - LOL
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - have homework?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - studying?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - the camera doesn't vibrate. that would be irritating.
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Hrm, that was slightly annoying.
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - studying.
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - nutrape locked. :)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i beg to differ...i think you'd enjoy it
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - depends where she put the camera
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - if i could choose when to make it vibrate, cool. if others did, no way.
    h00010223fa96.ne.mediaone.net/24.147.72.104 - i see no pic
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - LOL
    tan7.ncr.com/192.127.94.7 - Alison, Where did you get the Java Applet from?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - my phone does enough vibrating to startle me.
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - *guffaw*
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - yeah but you don't put your phone down your pants do u?
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - you could put a "vibrate" button on the page here
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - hang on...
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - LOL
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - oh yeah i wonder what temperature it is in that dude's apartment....anyone check that out today? (in the same quickies as this website)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - taking the loop off?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Hrm.
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - Press 7 to vibrate my pants
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - Apt 5 is down to eighty or so, I think
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - actually, i didn't write the applet.
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - nice
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - The applet keeps being not nice to me. :)
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - set temp is down to 79.86
    tan7.ncr.com/192.127.94.7 - Then who did write the applet? Did you get it from somewhere ready made, or got someone to write a custom applet?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - that's so weird that they let other people control the temp in their house
    aklaum.dsl.telerama.com/205.201.10.16 - In your pants or not it would be cool to see something.
    adsl-151-201-232-106.bellatlantic.net/151.201.23 2.106 - he he.... mono
    aklaum.dsl.telerama.com/205.201.10.16 - mono
    aklaum.dsl.telerama.com/205.201.10.16 - wasabi?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hahaha.....the Apt 5 people put up a sign saying "thank you for clicking colder"
    adsl-151-201-232-106.bellatlantic.net/151.201.23 2.106 - I think this is the kitty litter cam... how are you gonna know?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - wwwaaaassssaaaabbbbbiiiiii!!!!!!!
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - it's a custom applet. got written for the cam.
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - so are we gonna get to see new material or what?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - why would you have kitty litter cam?
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - i think it was a rhetorical joke
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - to see pussy
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - probably no new material this afternoon
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - LOL
    adsl-151-201-232-106.bellatlantic.net/151.201.23 2.106 - he he
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - LOL
    tan7.ncr.com/192.127.94.7 - You mean comes with the cam from the cam vendor, or you had someone write it for you specially?
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - clever
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - oh, that's terrible
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - you're all over that Rogerian pych
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - oh...I WANT NEW MATERIAL, MOM!
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - PLEASE, MOM!~
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - it was written specifically for this.
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - heh
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - why do you think it was written specifically for this?
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Uhm, duh? :)
    barnum.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/128.2.185.188 - it is called PantsCamClient.class
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Consider who you're talking to. :)
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - i don't think, i know
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - did you think you could just run down and buy MS PantsCam 2000?
    tan7.ncr.com/192.127.94.7 - Alison/HSAcorp: She says it was written for this project.
    adsl-151-201-232-106.bellatlantic.net/151.201.23 2.106 - that's pretty sad
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Whoah, bellatlantic.net adsl? That looks like DC area.
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - we wanted to do something to utilize wireless andrew
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - It's Jesse Helms!
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - bwahahha
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - so you thought your pants would be the logical environment for that
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - why not?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - original idea :)
    adsl-151-201-232-106.bellatlantic.net/151.201.23 2.106 - damn, got me
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - no kidding
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - so, any plans to take us off the loop while you're on??
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Ugh. I don't wanna study for my physics test tonight.
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - well, we had a number of other ideas, but this one was the funniest
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - well, if it were me, i'd put on a show sometimes, late at night
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - better than the several thousand webcamchicks out there
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - not today. it'll be loop.
    host5-99-56-41.btinternet.com/195.99.56.41 - this is pants...
    host5-99-56-41.btinternet.com/195.99.56.41 - :)
    dhcp-6-211.ait.iastate.edu/129.186.6.211 - I can hardly believe pantscam.com wasn't already taken!
    tan7.ncr.com/192.127.94.7 - So the Java applet was developed by someone at CMU specially for the hardware you had?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - you can tell this is a Slashdot crowd.....
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - yeah. i've borrowed much of the hardware too.
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - What, the interest in the tech? :)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - you know, i'm actually starting to get bored with this
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - iterested in the chick in the pants? a little....interested in the hardware and software? A LOT
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - will you wash the hardware before you give it back?
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - hah
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - LOL
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - wash it? yeah, i'll put it in the tub!
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - I hope she has more tech savvy than that
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - nah, don't wash it...just send it straight to nc.us.ibm
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - you could auction it on ebay
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - hahahh
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - haha.....what??? why me???
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - anyway, i've got to run. i'll see if we can get up some newer images for you soon.
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - yeah, auction it.
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - on ebay.
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Keen. :)
    208-48-236-101.dsl1.ROC.gblx.net/208.48.236.101 - cool take it easy alison
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - Later, Alison.
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - alison's pantscam. $2000
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - mmm, hadn't thought of that. i could use the cash!
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - hehe
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - buh buy now
    snowman.snowman.net/63.80.4.208 - hahaha
    ss02.nc.us.ibm.com/32.97.136.232 - have fun studying......
    216.49.36.65/216.49.36.65 - you could auction it and get another cam. or two. or three. hehehe
    EPINEPHRINE.PC.CC.CMU.EDU/128.2.22.45 - thanks. enjoy the cam!
    24-216-29-167.hsacorp.net/24.216.29.167 - time to post the transcript on /. as AC

  84. Give the guys with the thermostat a break! by dxkelly · · Score: 1

    It looks like since they've been slashdotted everyone's been trying to make the house extremely uncomfortable. What impression of slashdotters are we trying to create here?

  85. pants cam scam by adpowers · · Score: 1

    All the pictures are repeating. If you go to

    http://diddl.firehead.org/.z/pantscam/

    you can see all the photos they use in the repeating cycle.

  86. apartment temp control? by Nullsmack · · Score: 1

    hehe 1/100 of a degree? lets get everyone to spam that and get it up to 90 degrees.. we can do it.. it's already at 82. something :P

    btw, they have a live webcam pointing at a temp gauge and, coincidentally, their tv... They were watching DBZ on cartoon network when I looked..
    (Also, that page has a button to turn the room lights on/off and their xmas lights too :P fun stuff to annoy ppl with)
    -since when did 'MTV' stand for Real World Television instead of MUSIC television?

  87. OMFG by Nullsmack · · Score: 1

    guys, where do you find this stuff?!
    "Finally, many people noted that you should call 1-800-888-3999, and select option 7. No, really"

    Forget about pressing 7 when they first answer, Listen to all their options until they get to 7..
    really.

    -since when did 'MTV' stand for Real World Television instead of MUSIC television?

  88. Another quickie by GigsVT · · Score: 1

    This came up just now on a click through agreement for a cheesy web-movie player. Good thing I read this, because I was planning to use it for running a nuclear facility! You may not use the Yahoo! Financevision software or content to operate nuclear facilities, life support or other medical equipment, MANUFACTURING OR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, WEAPONS SYSTEMS, AIRCRAFT OR NAUTICAL NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, OR FOR ANY OTHER MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATION WHERE HUMAN LIFE OR PROPERTY MAY BE AT STAKE. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE YAHOO! FINANCEVISION SOFTWARE AND CONTENT ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND THAT THEIR FAILURE IN SUCH CASES COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PROPERTY OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE;
    -

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    I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
  89. We're a mean bunch by Dungeon+Dweller · · Score: 2

    Look at the change in temperature since they got /.ed. What a sadistic bunch of people...

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    Eh...
  90. yum by enneff · · Score: 1

    this - enough said.

  91. Re:Phone Numbers by anotherone · · Score: 1

    dunno. It's a (semi)random number, I'll tell you that. I never checked to see if it's real or not.
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  92. Most my links ... by antdude · · Score: 2

    were from http://memepool.com/, Blue's News, CNET, Wired News, etc. I am a freak! ;)

    --
    Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
  93. Re:Phone Numbers by 11223 · · Score: 1
    Well, you happened to pick a number that didn't exist. Aren't you lucky.

    You can see that here.

  94. More bad puns from Plat - true story by Platinum+Dragon · · Score: 4

    With apologies to Dave Barry, I Am Not Making This Up:

    On the phone with my girlfriend right now, telling her about some of the quickies. This gem just kinda rolled out of my mouth...

    "[...] there's a site called the pantscam, but it's down..."
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    Someday, you're going to die. Get over it.
    1. Re: More bad puns from Plat - true story by fireproof · · Score: 5
      I'd say "On the phone with my girlfriend right now, telling her about some of the quickies." is a gem in its own right . . .

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      "A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own mind."

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      /* "A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own mind." */

  95. any truth to the hornet story? by jonathanclark · · Score: 2

    I was wondering if anyone can verify the hornet story? Is smh.com.au a reliable paper?

    It sounds really fascinating! I wonder how much hornet juice would cost if they started selling it?

  96. Funniest thing on the site by Pentagram · · Score: 3

    Funniest thing on the site:

    ...replicating the animals testicle in size, shape and weight

    Ok, Mr. Johnson, I've made them a bit heavier this time.

    Yeah, not too bad, boy. Hang on a second...

    MOOOOOOOOH!

    Yeah, they're pretty similar. Maybe a bit firmer with the next batch.


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  97. Re:the pantscam by Ranger+Rick · · Score: 4
    Bzzt! Not one use of the word 'geek'.

    You lose 10 points in the Dec-Katz-Alon.

    :)

    :wq!

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    WWJD? JWRTFM!!!

  98. Cheap knockoffs by Pinball+Wizard · · Score: 2
    The routergod stuff is pretty funny, but give credit to the original idea.

    Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics

    I watch the sea.
    I saw it on TV.

    --

    No, Thursday's out. How about never - is never good for you?

  99. Apartment temperature by diagnosis · · Score: 1

    Why don't we get someone to hack the dnet client to turn the temp. up in their apartment.

  100. Re:Phone Numbers by AlienFactor · · Score: 1
    Is this the first time that the telephone system has felt the Slashdot effect?

    Before the 1996 Superbowl CompuServe ran an ad slamming AOL with the phone number to sign up 1-800-NO-BUSYS. Lots of people complained that they got busys when they called the number.

  101. So what do we call it? by SETY · · Score: 1

    So what do we call it when all of /. goes and calls the same telephone number?
    slashphoned effect?
    phoneslashed?
    Or is it still the /. effect working in another domain?
    I pity the phone switch and the confused tech.

    1. Re:So what do we call it? by anotherone · · Score: 4
      Actually, there's already a term for this in the real world.

      Phones aren't slashdotted, phones are busy.
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  102. 1-800-888-3999 by gotih · · Score: 1

    The message I got was "thank you for calling Verizon. for customer service, press 1..." because I havn't paid my phone bill (DSL still works :)
    Anyone care to post a summary?

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    fear is the mind killer
  103. A Slashdot first? by Fervent · · Score: 2

    Is this a Slashdot first? A site (the 8-ball site) setting itself up to be Slashdotted? Try the 8-ball and check out the image you get.

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    - I don't care if they globalize against free speech. All my best free thoughts are done in my head.

  104. Phone Numbers by -Nails- · · Score: 1

    Is this the first time that the telephone system has felt the Slashdot effect?

    I am sure that whoever owns this toll number will not appreciate the bill that they get. They are the ones who have to pay for every call. :)

    -Nails-

  105. 8ball - real? by enneff · · Score: 1

    question: "is this fake?"
    answer: "better not tell you now."

    hehe.

  106. Barenaked Ladies by JimRay · · Score: 1

    Last week the Jurassic 5 reference, this week Barenaked Ladies (the band). Is it coincidence that I'm seeing them both in concert this week? Broke into the old apartment, Tore the phone out of the wall is the line that the quickies headline comes from. Rock on!

    --
    My other computer is your Windows box
  107. Well... by glitch_ · · Score: 1

    the 8 ball was fun and all, until i got this broken image link...

    http://8ball.federated.com/images/final-Sorry,%20y ou%20have%20been%20shunned.jpg
    why oh WHY, have I been shunned, oh magic 8-ball....WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME!!!!!!!!

  108. slashdot 8ball demographics by victim · · Score: 2

    Slashdot readers are half as likely to ask the 8ball about romance and three times ask likely to ask about their job.

    This is from the trained monkeys (well, regex keyword matcher) that categorize the questions for the ad server on the 8ball.

  109. Magic 8Ball is a Repeat by Speare · · Score: 2

    From the website,

    • On July 20, 1999 slashdot mentioned the 8 ball and the resulting traffic overwhelmed the server. The 8 ball can only serve about 400 visitors per hour, (about an 8 second cycle time) we were receiving 1200 visitors per hour. The waiting queue went over 70, the resulting system load caused the server to assume something was wrong and reboot. Timely intervention resulted in a modification to the nabber program to shun visitors when more than 20 people are already in the queue. This takes the form of a graphic informing them to try back later instead of the usual "You are 2345, now serving 2356" messages. Since this modification there has been no problem with system load. Even with the limit of 20 the ball remained saturated until hours after it had moved off the slashdot page, 2/3rds of the visitors waited more than 100 seconds for their turn at destiny.

    For the record, I asked the Public 8Ball "Is this for real?" and the answer I got back was along the lines of "definitely, yes."

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    [ .sig file not found ]
  110. Re:How about by Zagadka · · Score: 1

    You must be new here. Quickies have been around for a long time. And what do you mean "nothing was posted for a while"? There were 15 posts in the past 24 hours.

  111. Re:Conclusive evidence by Peyna · · Score: 1

    You mean "He called the shit poop!". - Billy Madison

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    What?
  112. From the Pants-cam by GooseKirk · · Score: 1

    For everyone who couldn't be there, I bring you the magic of the pants-cam via the chat application built-in to the pants-cam site. IP addresses deleted to protect the perverts in the audience... otherwise raw and uncensored, baby! This is about a half-dozen people at any given time commenting on the erratic performance and general blackness of the pants-cam, except towards the end when Alison (or someone) pulled it out and stuck her tongue out at us.

    Good god, I REALLY can't believe I don't have anything better to do than this.

    Connecting to www.pantscam.com:15127... connected.

    i think /. has crashed another server ;)
    fun fun fun
    anyone see anything?
    show me some nekkid babes
    Heed! Pants! Now!
    cool... i see something
    i can't believe i don't have anything better to do than this
    show me nakedness
    um... hello... it's pretty dark inside one's pants...
    forecast calls for grey cloudy pants
    bye bye
    I seem to have misplaced my pants
    how many of you came here from /.?
    [raises hand]
    probably all of us
    yeah, probably a dumb question
    nah, what's dumb is that we're actually HERE.
    heh yeah, looking at a black blob, woohoo
    say, my view of the pants is gone... anyone got pants right now?
    this suck
    no pants here
    i see no nakedness
    oh wait
    i got the pants
    hmmm its dark
    the magic 8 ball page wasn't working for me, either =P
    this sucks
    i see movement
    ooo! I got pants again, too.... ooooo sexxxy
    wtf is this
    im not sure what im looking at
    where is the lense pointed?
    oh yeah, they should make this a pay site....
    lol
    hmmm this nakedness is lacking
    /list what else is here?
    :q!
    enjoy the pants everyone
    yeah, i'm appalled at the lack of nudity here...
    now why is this suposed to be cool again?
    but if you use your imagine, it's actually kinda hot
    imagination
    i think
    I think we need to add a flashlight to this equation
    more like a brighter light or something...
    whoa
    nice
    what is that
    yeah what are we looking at??
    what'd you see?
    i see feet!
    ahh theres something
    i think..
    i think im sticking out of a fly
    woo-hoo! feet!
    this is beyond wierd
    i see pants
    I had bad dreams about something like this once...
    i can't wait until we ALL have pants-cams
    i see brown pants and a foot
    except rosanne barr... i don't want her to have a pants-cam
    surprisingly un-slashdotted
    seems to have froze
    bring my nakedness back
    slashdot effect?
    ok where's the image
    lol that's what i get
    seems to be working pretty well considering the load
    i swear i saw pussy 10 mins ago...
    don't know about that
    darn
    whoa.
    hmm thats this
    what was that?
    damnit, keeps going black
    woah is that a breast?
    is she moving us?
    its a tease!!
    she keeps moving it arond
    maybe shes having sex
    lol
    hmmm there she is
    WOAH!
    there she is!
    shes moving us
    The Age old question "Where does this thing go?!?!"
    ITS A GUY!
    arrrghhh.....
    put us back in your pants
    better yet, put us in a hit chicks pants
    hello.
    with a flashlight...
    this is about to get interesting
    this is so strangely amusing
    so bizzare
    attendance is up
    I'll never leave the house again.
    Actually I was thinking "utterly wrong but fascinating"
    that's a good phrase
    I can't see a damn thing.
    works for me
    move damnit
    What's the refresh rate set to?
    for some reason I really, really want a pants-cam
    -1
    brings new meaning to touch it, touch my monkey?
    eeeeeeeeeeew
    mokeys... plural
    damnit the pictures not updating
    dang... offline maybe?
    hey I never got a picture in the first place.
    fucking a, fuck this
    oh, dude, you missed out.
    i want a refund
    touch it, touch my monkey...
    it was amazing!
    yay more black
    actually, this little java app is pretty darn cool.
    was it good for you?
    be even cooler if there was something to watch!!!
    Methinks this should be patented.
    ok, that's true, but still...
    fuck this
    Mothers everywhere will get one for their kids.
    show's over, methinks
    man.. looks like show over..
    im going back to slashdot

  113. Re:How about by Elendur · · Score: 1

    I don't know about a couple postings...the whole point of the quickies I think, is to post things that are of minor interest, maybe amusement, but don't warrant a whole post and discussion of their own.

    Breaking this up into several paragraphs however, would do wonders for legibility. Whitespace is not always a bad thing.

    If God had wanted us to think, he would have given us brains.

  114. sig by iamriley · · Score: 1

    I guess I should've tried submitting this link instead of merely putting it into my sig.

    --

    If you can read this, then I forgot to check "Post Anonymously".

  115. pantscam by British · · Score: 2

    Ie gives me:

    HTTP 403.9 - Access Forbidden: Too many users are connected
    Internet Information Services

    Never saw that one before.

  116. 800 Number by Wog · · Score: 1

    I suspect the owners of that 800 number are not going to be pleased to find that it's been... um.. slashdotted.

    Our bill was *how* much?

  117. Wierd Phone Commands from GOD TACO by quamper · · Score: 1

    I did search on that phone number and it came up as a online brokerage company... I couldn't get through.. what gives??
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  118. Heh. by Morganna · · Score: 2

    "Spaceballs the toilet paper" Hell yeah. Making dreams a reality. ~K (horray for RPI)

  119. the 800 number by drwiii · · Score: 1

    Someone on SlashNET brought up the 800 number thing a few days ago. MP3 is here for the telephonically impaired, or something.

  120. Let's burn these guys! by ralmeida · · Score: 1

    Quick! Let's use the slashdot effect to burn these guys... each click raises the temperature by 1/100th of a degree. We only need about... 10000 people?

    I mean, who thought the slashdot effect would help the global warning?

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  121. They don't have jack. by Kalabajoui · · Score: 1

    I have caller ID block, so I got a laugh for my trouble and they got a higher phone bill. Fair enough.

    1. Re:They don't have jack. by mlc · · Score: 1

      Caller ID block doesn't work when you call toll-free numbers.
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  122. Re:The HTML nightmare by pythas · · Score: 1

    Ack. I've seen some of my professors make shitty web pages before. They usually don't have the time to make a good one. This man must have tried quite a long time to make that monstrosity.

  123. A copy of my letter to Neuticles. by Kalabajoui · · Score: 1

    The whole concept of your product sickens me. Anyone who thinks that their dog gives a rats ass about whether or not it looks like it has balls needs to get a grip on reality. Only in *America can animals enjoy the benefits of modern medicine while humans die from a lack of access to that same level of care. That's what I have to say about "Neuticles" *I am American and ashamed at this aspect of my country's culture.

  124. Laser lawnmowers by apm · · Score: 1

    The problem with that lawnmower is that you still have to drive around to mow your lawn. That's the part I hate. I want a big laser than I can set on my porch and use to mow the entire lawn without leaving my seat. Sure, I might have to take out a few trees, birds, neighbors, etc to do it, but hey, that's the price for convenience.

  125. Soon they'll get nice C&D letter too... by guran · · Score: 2
    ... from tyco toys (or rather mattel, their owner. Where are you sorehands?)

    So, of course I asked the 8-ball "Will you cease and desist?"
    It promtly answered "It is likely"

    --

    All opinions are my own - until criticized

  126. Re:E2 by yerricde · · Score: 1

    What a crappy website!

    Post proof or retract.

    -- This is me. This is me on E2.
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    Will I retire or break 10K?
  127. Why Taco posted this on /. instead of E2 by yerricde · · Score: 2

    [Quickies] would not be possible on E2 because Everything 2 does not allow <a href="...">external links</a>, only [hardlink]s within the E2 system.

    --
    Will I retire or break 10K?
  128. 1-800-888-3999 by fireproof · · Score: 5
    For those of you who missed out on the number thing, it's to National Discount Brokers, who apparently are a stock brokerage firm or something similar. In any case, there's a nice lady who reads off six important sounding brokerage-related options. She then says "If you would like to hear a duck quack, press 7." Upon pressing seven, you get to hear a duck quack twice.

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    "A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own mind."

    --

    /* "A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own mind." */

  129. What a crappy job by Platinum+Dragon · · Score: 2

    You figure for the $5 million or so NASA probably flushed down the can for that Waste Collection Unit, it could handle whatever seven astronauts can fire at it. Or at least dump $100 to make sure shoulder-length gloves are available.

    Either that, or ban freeze-dried beans and cabbage from the next flight.

    Talk about pissing away your money.

    But maybe this will put $400 Department of Defense-approved toilet seats in perspective.

    Or maybe it's just the same old crap.
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  130. 1-800-888-3999 option 7 /.ed by Duxup · · Score: 2

    If I recall correctly from calling a week or so ago.

    You receive a standard automated voice prompting you to chose one of 7 options. The comment for option 7 is:

    "If you would like to hear a duck quack, chose 7."

    If you chose 7 you'll hear someone play a duck call and then hang up.

  131. The HTML nightmare by micahjd · · Score: 2
    Mainly it was just frames and ad banners though. Frames don't seem to be that much of a problem anymore because most designers seem to realize they're bad. And JunkBuster takes care of most banners.

    What really bother me are:

    • Animated GIFs
    • GIFs
    • 800k of graphics just for some stupid logo
    • blink tags
    • Hard-to-read-over backgrounds
    • Extremely-lynx-unfriendly crowded navigation bars
    • JavaScript
    • Macromedia * (or any other plugins, for that matter)
    Ah well, I like Taco Hell better.

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