They get us in so many ways. There's got to be a way for us to get them."
Well, yall can start by getting your heads our of your asses and implementing a descent security program, including limiting employees' access to their workstations..
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was spotted at the sides lines at the Indie 500 with a miniature version of the Linux-sponsored Indie 500 car. When questioned why he was shaking it around in a comical fasion, Ballmer responded he was trying his hand at voodoo.
Pretty gheyz. A pass-thru hardware firewall that has incoming/outgoing ethernet ports would be way better..yano, something that is completely OS independent.
One time Best Buy printed an ad to the effect of "purchase any stick of memory and receive $50 off when installed by us", only they apparently forgot to add "with the purchase of a new computer". This was a coupon that you print right from their website, complete with bar code. So essentially we'd go into a Best Buy, find the 256 meg sticks of the Kingston pc2700 memory (which rang up to $50), had them charge us for the installation fee (w/out actually having them install the memory), scan the coupon, and like magic the total came up to $0.00. This would confuse the shit out of the cashiers. After they'd get a manager over to doublecheck everything, we were free to go. I still have some of those receipts that show the $0.00 total;).
And, if that wasn't bad enough, my roommate took that same memory back to Best Buy a couple months later to return it for store credit (he had like 3 or 4 sticks of it). For some reason, the store credit value for each stick of memory was like $75 instead of the original $50 he "paid" for it. Long story short, he's now the owner of a $300 digital camera;).
I'd like to see a provision added to patent law that would effectively make patents similar to trademarks in that if a company chooses not to defend thier patent in court, then they lose their rights to their patent. This would prevent companies like Microsoft from pulling shit like this....
Then again, a class action lawsuit brought forth by open source companies against Microsoft would also be a nice thing to see as well.
Ah, looks like another game of 'defer the revenues from a more successful quarter to a less successful quarter'. Didn't yall get in trouble w/the SEC for doing that?
This seems more like a prank and less of a drill...
Isn't this type of thing considered terrorism? I mean c'mon. If a couple of kids outside of school were to pull something like this, they'd be labeled terrorists and prosecuted as such. Why should this be any different for employees of a school?
I hope Verizon has their way with Vonage. Vonage is a horrible company that deserves to be shut down. Anyone ever been thru the account cancellation maze with them? Jesus...its like trying to bathe a stray tom cat.
Seriously though, that's not a bad idea. I wouldn't mind having a small reference page of all the MySQL functions that I could easily tack on my wall next to my workstation.
I'm not too worried. Name one limitation that the media companies have tried imposing on it's customers that hasn't been overturned eventually somewhere.
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Dude! You're getting a pink slip.
They get us in so many ways. There's got to be a way for us to get them."
Well, yall can start by getting your heads our of your asses and implementing a descent security program, including limiting employees' access to their workstations..
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was spotted at the sides lines at the Indie 500 with a miniature version of the Linux-sponsored Indie 500 car. When questioned why he was shaking it around in a comical fasion, Ballmer responded he was trying his hand at voodoo.
Pretty gheyz. A pass-thru hardware firewall that has incoming/outgoing ethernet ports would be way better..yano, something that is completely OS independent.
One time Best Buy printed an ad to the effect of "purchase any stick of memory and receive $50 off when installed by us", only they apparently forgot to add "with the purchase of a new computer". This was a coupon that you print right from their website, complete with bar code. So essentially we'd go into a Best Buy, find the 256 meg sticks of the Kingston pc2700 memory (which rang up to $50), had them charge us for the installation fee (w/out actually having them install the memory), scan the coupon, and like magic the total came up to $0.00. This would confuse the shit out of the cashiers. After they'd get a manager over to doublecheck everything, we were free to go. I still have some of those receipts that show the $0.00 total ;).
;).
And, if that wasn't bad enough, my roommate took that same memory back to Best Buy a couple months later to return it for store credit (he had like 3 or 4 sticks of it). For some reason, the store credit value for each stick of memory was like $75 instead of the original $50 he "paid" for it. Long story short, he's now the owner of a $300 digital camera
Bender for president! "To all those who don't vote for me, you can all bite my shiny metal ass!"
Well, yall can start with the supposed 235 yall claim you have over linux..
So, moral of the story: always lie to cops. Even if you don't think you're breaking the law. It's better to be safe than sorry...
A FSF-funded survey concludes that MS sucks!
Anyone can create a biased survey that self-serves their own interests.
I'd like to see a provision added to patent law that would effectively make patents similar to trademarks in that if a company chooses not to defend thier patent in court, then they lose their rights to their patent. This would prevent companies like Microsoft from pulling shit like this.... Then again, a class action lawsuit brought forth by open source companies against Microsoft would also be a nice thing to see as well.
Now to find a buyer for my car so I can afford one.
Ah, looks like another game of 'defer the revenues from a more successful quarter to a less successful quarter'. Didn't yall get in trouble w/the SEC for doing that?
This seems more like a prank and less of a drill...
Isn't this type of thing considered terrorism? I mean c'mon. If a couple of kids outside of school were to pull something like this, they'd be labeled terrorists and prosecuted as such. Why should this be any different for employees of a school?
Yeah, but the point of patents isn't to benefit consumers, it's to benefit the company that invented the technology.
I hope Verizon has their way with Vonage. Vonage is a horrible company that deserves to be shut down. Anyone ever been thru the account cancellation maze with them? Jesus...its like trying to bathe a stray tom cat.
I'll believe that when my shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbert..
So not only will there be motivation to steal DVDs, but also the activator as well. Bravo.
If it's like the clone wars series was, it shouldn't be too terrible....i hope.
Seriously though, that's not a bad idea. I wouldn't mind having a small reference page of all the MySQL functions that I could easily tack on my wall next to my workstation.
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awww, cmon....hasn't anyone seen the southpark movie??
...they're not even a real country aanyways
I'm not too worried. Name one limitation that the media companies have tried imposing on it's customers that hasn't been overturned eventually somewhere.
Sounds like a good project for a mythtv module, w00t!
Even more reason to build a MythTV box..