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Michigander Beats Spammer With "Junk Fax" Law
TastyWords writes "According to this link, it's possible to apply the 'junk fax law' to successfully sue a spammer in small claims court. For those who are stuck in states which either have worthless (or near-worthless) anti-spam legislation, this creative approach of the law presents a creative method of turning the table on those who choose to spam first and ask questions later. All of the details are available for enterprising anti-spammers!" Update: 02/25 00:30 GMT by T : OK, so it's Michigander, not Michiganian. Too long as a Texon, Marylandite and Tennesseenaut.
Finally, an off-topic, trolling, lame-ass first post! woohoo
For the first time in my life, I'm the first....
First Post
by Watts Martin
The embarrassment he had felt at his own nakedness had dissolved in the first week; after a month he wasn't sure he remembered what clothes felt like. He had learned the rabbits' words for yes, no, good, bad, for food and water and, he thought, cage, but no effort had been made to formally train him.
Judging by the way most passerby lost interest in him when they saw the numbers on the glass, his asking price was indeed high; after that month, several of the humans he'd been brought in with had already sold. What made him valuable? His exotic appearance, likely. His spirit. The wider range of funny noises he could make, even.
Allin's pride did demand a daily routine, as much as he could manage one--enough of one to keep him sane. He waited until night to perform bodily functions, defecating only in mornings, shortly before the cages were cleaned for the store's opening. Most of the time he made the meat and bread into a sandwich. He passed most of his time watching the rabbits who walked past the storefront and imagining stories about them: what their home lives might be like, their shrewish wives or boorish husbands. Mentally, it brought them down to his level, or perhaps lower; at the end of that first month he had successfully moved his feelings toward them to a humorous contempt.
Allin began to wonder why he bothered with any pretense of civilization, such as waiting until night to perform bodily functions. But part of him demanded that he do so--not out of modesty, or a now-useless notion of dignity, but as a last, slippery grip on normalcy.
With no apparent chance of escape from the shop, chances for freedom could only come after his purchase. Could he hope for a careless master, or even a good one? One he might reason with?
A former lover had gotten into fascinating, if fruitless, discussions with him on morality; here was a situation to put her ideas to the test. Were "right" and "wrong" subjective? She believed so. He'd argued, though. Never had he heard of a culture that shared no moral absolutes with others. But what about slavers? A "good" slaveholder might simply never beat their slaves without good reason. They would be wrong by Allin's own standards--but in their culture, perfectly moral. How could he depend on appealing to an owner's morality?
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I already know algerbraic. Why should I bother learning a new system?
Because RPN has many advantages. It's quicker, requires less keystrokes and you no longer have to match brackets
But RPN is a pain in the neck!
No. Most RPN users agree that RPN is easier then algerbraic. For instance:
2* (4 + 7) =
is:
4 Enter 7 + 2 *
What's going on here? you are using a stack. Typing 4 then enter puts 4 on the stack. typing 7 + adds 7 to the stack. 2 * multiplies the result by 2. Not only is it easy, but you have saved 2 keystrokes already. now, let's take the square root of the answer:
ALG: sqr ans = 3 keystrokes
RPN: sqr 1 keystroke
Easy!
So, RPN is faster? Why?
Well, 2 reasons. Firstly it takes less keystrokes. Secondly, you no longer have to match brackets. This saves a lot of time
Why would I bother? RPN is as dead as *BSD
No, There Is A New Hope (TM)! HP is reviving their calculator line! Check out comp.sys.hp48 for details or check out this Press Release
hang on, if I make a typo I lose my work!
No. You have an 'undo' key
But I can't see my working!
yes you can. The HP4x series of calculators show full symbolic working
This post is from the Slashdot Troll Archive.
:)
Here's the link to this particular post: Lex Talionis is a morally bankrupt code
If you're going to troll, may I suggest The "Moon": A Ridiculous Liberal Myth? It's one of my personal favorites.
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No, you're Canadians.
(And no, I'm not just talking about the Yupers.)
For real. "Michiganian" is more than wrong, it's an abomination.
We should email this story to everyone we know! If each of them sends a dollar when they win a case, and each person _they_ know sends them a dollar when _they_ win....
Michigan doesn't exist. If you think I'm crazy, ask yourself "Have I met anyone who claims to be from Michigan?"
Of course you haven't. Nobody in their right mind would claim that they are from Michigan. In truth, Michigan is a myth invented by liberals from Ohio.
(OK, I'll come clean. I was born a Michigander.)
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
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