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  1. Re:Not murder on Verizon Tells Cops "Your Money Or Your Life" · · Score: 1

    ...but a collection agency can sure annoy you in other ways, not least by incessant phone calls...They don't just call you at home, either. They call you at work and annoy your employer.

    A collection agency absolutely cannot harass you. They may not call you at work if you have instructed them to not. They may only call you at home (or your cell if that is your "main" number) at reasonable times. In fact, if you tell them (in writing) that they must cease attempts to contact you and that you refuse to pay the debt, they must not contact you again regarding that debt. Violating these laws can cost them in huge fines, but only if you stand up to them.

    Now, if Sprint is handling their own collections internally, these particular rules don't apply. In any case, though, if the debt is reported on your credit, you can dispute it, and the entity who reported it must prove it is a legitimate debt, or the credit reporting agency must remove it from your report.

    http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/credit/cre27.pdf
    http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/031224fcra.pdf

    Again, this system only works for you if you make it.

  2. Re:Not as bad as it sounds on Smile! Urine Candid Camera! · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I believe that can be used as evidence against your claim, as no woman I've met has ever made any mistake.

    ^^

  3. Re:This bunker is not secret! on Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker · · Score: 1

    No. You miss the point entirely. The existence and location of the bunker was neither classified nor a secret. Your question presupposes that it was.

  4. Re:Ok, then here's the most beautiful woman ever ; on FMRI Shows Man Loves Wife More Than Angelina Jolie · · Score: 1

    [O_O]

    [*o*]

    Jizz. In. My pants.

  5. Re:Enough already on Do We Want ISPs Penalizing Music Fans? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Christ, pay attention, will you? TFA is about the RIAA pushing a LAW that would require ISPs to terminate service, without due process.

  6. Re:This bunker is not secret! on Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker · · Score: 1

    Wow, load your question much?

    Bob Woodward did not reveal "official classified information regarding the government's emergency procedures to protect the line of succession."

    Your question, therefore, makes no sense.

  7. Re:I thought... *WHACK* on Scientists Create RNA From Primordial Soup · · Score: 2, Funny

    No primordial soup for you!

  8. Re:What's the Klingon phrase for... on Klingons Cut From Final Star Trek XI Movie · · Score: 1

    It's working! It's woorrrrrrrkkiiiiiiiing!

  9. Re:What's the Klingon phrase for... on Klingons Cut From Final Star Trek XI Movie · · Score: 1

    Great. I've gone THIRTY-EIGHT freakin' YEARS without losing The Game, and you blow it with a link.

    Thanks for nothing, buddy.

  10. Re:Give those Pirates What they Deserve! on Appeals Court Stays RIAA Subpoena Vs. Students · · Score: 1

    Moreover, your infringing copy of the car possibly has some data errors, and is arguably worth even less than the original. Actually, the car you copied from is most likely a compressed version of the original, and is itself of reduced value.

  11. Re:Anyone else surprised... on "Tweenbots" Test NYC Pedestrian-Robot Relations · · Score: 1

    ...a short, 3h walk...

    I can only marvel at what it must be like to live in a place where a 3-hour walk can be characterized as "short."

  12. Re:The sting in the tail on The Deceptive Perfection of Auto-Tune · · Score: 1

    Then there are the performers who can sing quite well live.

    I saw Jason Mraz a few months ago. He sounded fantastic.

  13. Re:Great article on Why Your Pop-Up Blocker Doesn't Work Anymore · · Score: 1

    Really? I love it. Too bad it's not optional though.

  14. Re:Lower forms of life? on Texas Board of Education Supports Evolution · · Score: 1
    I, for one, welcome our--

    And I don't want to hear any jokes about amoebas and overlords

    ...oh, sorry.

  15. Re:Huh?!?! on Internet Not Really Dangerous For Kids After All · · Score: 1

    Guess what you get when you do a google search for pokemon sex?

    I don't know, but I'm about to find out!

  16. Re:"tricked into" on Telephone Scammers Ordered To Pay $50M · · Score: 1

    If it's the same group I got mine from (the one the folks at Best Buy offer to sign you up with) you can expect to be charged at the full subscriber rate for the next year. If you want to keep receiving the magazines, I suggest refusing renewal and going directly with the magazine's regular fulfillment house, who will still offer a fairly substantial discount for a year's subscription.

    I was receiving Entertainment Weekly and was sent a bill for renewal for some ninety-plus dollars. EW will only charge you $15-20, depending on promotions and payment method.

  17. Re:Amazing on Lexus To Start Spamming Car Buyers In Their Cars · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure a Yugo will get you from point A to point B....

    I find your optimism refreshing!

  18. Re:Customer information sharing on Blu-ray Update Sent To User Via Credit Card Records · · Score: 0

    "The simplest and most logical assumption would be that..." ...they looked him up in the phonebook?

    What is a "phonebook?"

  19. Re:No it doesn't. on Fairpoint Pledges To Violate Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    So you were just pretending to be ignorant. Excuse me for not being able to read your mind and know you were making a "joke".
    Pretentious asshole.

    ...heh...

    (yes, I had someone tell me that as I was trying to get a site up... *sigh*)

    This sort of made the joke obvious.
    Insensitive clod.

  20. Re:Sorry Motorola on RIM Accuses Motorola of Blocking Job Offers · · Score: 1

    Well, keep on keepin' on, brother.

  21. Re:Be a teacher on Fun Things To Do With a Math Or Science Degree? · · Score: 1

    I apologise in advance. What is the r value?

    'Rithmetic.

  22. Re:Guess what? on Sprint Cuts Cogent Off the Internet · · Score: 1

    So... lawyers are similar to guns?

    Interesting.

  23. Re:Three Laws of Robotics on Packs of Robots Will Hunt Down Uncooperative Humans · · Score: 1

    50 thousand more United States ACLUs (Autonomous Combat and Logistical Units) were deployed to Iran this month...

    Now that's an ACLU a Republican can get behind!

  24. Re:Move to Arizona on Alternatives to Daylight Saving Time? · · Score: 1

    Yup. Like most silly things, the best alternative is to just ignore it.

  25. Re:So what? on LittleBigPlanet Delayed Due To Qur'an-Sampling Audio · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "...In the 18th second: "kollo nafsin tha'iqatol mawt", literally: "Every soul shall have the taste of death' ... almost immediately after, in the 27th second: "kollo man alaiha fan", literally: "All that is on earth will perish.""

    -1,religionofpeace?

    Please explain how these two sentences are unpeaceful.

    Or are you expecting to never die?