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Best Results From Bartering Computer Services?

silicon not in the v writes "Last night I was over at some friends' house. They had cable modem with no firewall and tons of spyware, etc. on their system. They complained about all the popups and how bad it was that they were afraid to let their kids on the computer, so I set them up with ZoneAlarm, Ad Aware, and Firefox to get it cleaned up. In return, the husband, who is a chiropractor, gave my wife and I a free adjustment. What other interesting services or benefits have people been able to get by bartering IT/programming services?"

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  1. Re:Sex! No really. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Your web page is slow, and the chicks need bigger hoo-hoos!

  2. Re:Sex! No really. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    somehow i doubt that if you've been playing kings of chaos....

  3. MOD PARENT UP. LINUX GIRLS RULE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OMG did you see that girls boobs in that shirt! She is so hot! Nothing beats a girl who is into linux too!

  4. Barter for English grammar lessons by JamieF · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "gave my wife and I" =~ "gave I" = Wrong.

    CORRECT:
    My friend and I went to the store.
    The cashier gave me and my friend a funny look.

    WRONG:
    My friend and me went to the store.
    ("Me went to the store" is wrong.)
    The cashier gave I and my friend a funny look.
    ("The cashier gave I a funny look" is wrong.)

  5. Re:Wisconsin cheese.... by AKAImBatman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Westby or Carr Valley?

    *sigh* The best perk about working in the Wisconsin dairy industry was the cheese.

  6. Chirpracters are okay for a rubdown by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But as soon as they go beyond that, they're as reputable as a Scientologist.

    "adjusting your spine". Riiiiiight.

  7. Re:Chiropractor??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Someone might think you're a kook."

    Yeah, anybody who doesn't believe in pseudo-science is a kook, right?

    Here's another tip...wearing crystals doesn't help either