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AmEx vs. rec.humor.funny
An anonymous reader writes "I worried that Brad Templeton's humorous reply in rec.humour.funny to the MasterCard threat might put an end to my daily read. I never heard the outcome, but since the column continues and he is using the same response to a suit from American Express, it must have been OK. This guy has more b*lls than I."
The power to sue a website is insignificant compared to the power of the /. effect.
Every year during my review, I just pray the words "slashdot.org" aren't mentioned.
Soon, he will much have less b*ndwidth...
"This guy has more b*lls than I."
Judging from his tendencey to get sued, he certainly would seem to have more bills than you.
Posting a funny parody...free.
/. do more to take away your free speech than MC or AmEx could ever dream of....priceless.
Getting a C&D letter from MC/AmEx...free.
Having
Writing an article about trouble with the law: $0
Bandwidth overage charges from being slashdotted: $260
Being parodied in a slashdot posting because your lawsuit stems from the fact that you made a parody of a commercial: Priceless
There are some rights money can't buy. For everything else, there's google cache.
Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
The MC response wasn't just better, it was, dare I say, "priceless".
MORTAR COMBAT!
What was your fee, anyway?
What if the guy loses the suit and pays for it with his American Express card?
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Crap, I thought he was saying bulls. Here I was thinking he was a rancher of some sort.
What, can people not say balls now? If not, could someone please say why?
It looks to me like he was just saying that the guy has more lls, blls, bblls, or bbbbbbbbbblls than himself.
Every time the Olympics come to a city, they have lawyers run around threatening all the long-established Greek restaurants, travel companies, etc. Anyone know how they managed to obtain obtained such an overarching trademark/ownership on that word? I understand Zeus wants a word with them.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
I'll say Mr. "anonymous reader"
What, can people not say balls now?
I think he wanted to avoid offending people. He must have heard that there are a lot of people into eunuchs here.
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
US Democracy:The best person for the job (among These pre-selected choices...)
FIRST USE: 19980200. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19980200
Would that be the 0th day of February, or the 2nd day of Nomonthuary?
He meant all words described by the following grammar:
S --> bT
T --> bT
T --> lls
Which gives me to understand that you are aware of large organizations with lots of lawyers that have a sense of humor.
I am but a humble traveler seeking wisdom here on /. Please point me in the direction of these large organizations with lots of lawyers and a sense of humor. I would like to learn from them.
Is it fascism yet?
Computer: $1000
Broadband internet: $45/month
Getting modded Troll for no fucking reason: Priceless
Snowden and Manning are heroes.
My favorite part of all this is that he now has new material to make fun of them with.
Why are there only 19 people folding@home for slashdot?
No, he really meant "This guy has more bills than I."
That's not really true
they just get the other half
to carry them on their behalf.
Why else would men have two?
flossie
Write now. Defend liberty
Yeah, these same people will still call the planet Mars "Mars", a Roman god. The stupidity just never ends.
Slashdot: Failed Car Analogies. Amateur Lawyering. Anecdote Battles.
Both libel and slander are verbal.
Verbal includes written and spoken word.
This is a common error, and appears to be
driven by avoiding the dread word "oral".
If so, "spoken" is a perfectly good synonym.
So you mean: libel is written, slander is spoken.
Please get your terminology straight before
orally expessing yourself out of your anus.
Better yet, tape the postage free reply to a brick...
Actually, "balls" is a registered trademark of American Express. The aster*x prevents an automatic lawsuit.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
The worst is when people express a date like 01/04/03
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You mean like our beloved slashdot?? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/14/13020
When modding "Informative", please make sure it both has a source and IS actually informative.
autechre (121980) sez: "2-digit years? STILL? Gah.
The worst is when people express a date like 01/04/03. Great; how the hell am I supposed to know which is which?"
I know, I have the same problem. I can't tell if the directory structure is referring to files generated in 2004 or 1904. Nor can I tell whether the files will did is beinged (please pardon the trans-temporal grammar) generated in 2104 and transmitted to me via time machine. I sent a complaint about the latter, but got back a form letter response from someplace called the "Terran Occupation Forces", saying something about being fed up with us broadcasting illogical bitwave formats into space, yada yada, your normal netcop BS. Oh, and something about eating our brains. Kind of harsh for a simple annoying little date format issue, I thought.
"I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid." -- Bishop 341-B