(AFAIC, 'essen mein Scheisse' is a phrase that applies well to telemarketers anyway. In case you didn't know, its literal translation is "eat my s--t.")
This guy is a master at fucking with telemarketers. He has some MP3s available for free on his web site; check them out, they're good for a laugh or two. Maybe also some ideas on how you yourself can deal with them...
The domain name is not a trademark registry. You have no moral claim to the domain name.
Agreed. As long as they aren't using the domain name with specific intent to dilute your trademark, you're pretty much SOL (or should be) with regard to getting the domain name from them. They got it first, so it's theirs.
Cable TV continues to baffle me. For that we actually pay to get the channel, then still have to watch commercials. its like the worst of both worlds.
You're paying for access to the cable infrastructure in your area. Nothing more, really. You aren't paying each individual channel for their bills; even if you didn't watch very many channels, the bill would get huge quickly. You can get some of the same channels off of the air for free, but obviously have to watch the ads then...this is the same sort of thing in that you're getting the channel for free, you're just paying for a better delivery medium than air.
If you have a product you cannot sell, ask Slashdot advertising department. We can and do provide high response rates and publish your advertisement hidden as science or hardware news.
with WindowsXP and windows update, there are at least 4 updates that you have to download *alone* and then reboot after each one, meaning to do the updates, you are going to reboot 5 times and you have to babysit the box while the updates are happening, times reflect downloading on 1mbps DSL
Store the updates in a safe place then, like a dedicated 'files' partition (which is what I do) or a CDR. That way, you don't have to download everything every time you reinstall Windows. I do the same thing with the install files for the programs I use, e.g. XChat, AIM, etc. It's a great time saver.
Overwriting the BIOS with garbage is as good as destroying it, unless you have a system with dual BIOS chips. If you can't boot to DOS, you can't re-flash it with the correct software
You can always send the PROM to these guys and have them reflash it for you. They can also send you a new PROM if you want, flashed with the correct BIOS.
If Slashdot linked to that version, maybe the NY Times IT management would wisen up to the fact that people circumvent their registration process, and disable that "backdoor".
This is exactly what they have been doing. You would think that by now, they would have come up with some way for/.ers to not have to put up with this any more, whether by providing a dedicated partners link for/. or something of that sort.
I agree with you in that Slashdot should really just not post NYTimes articles, but to be fair and get their side of the story, I emailed NYTimes about their registration policy a while back. See their response here.
I'd like to see a Slashdot moratorium on links (in articles, not in comments, obviously) to sites that require registration or hoop-jumping to see the article.
I seriously think slashdot needs an "over-clocking and related" topic
Better yet, I think Slashdot needs an "advertisement" topic. The editors have even admitted that they run covert advertisements like this. (No, I don't care that the referenced article was posted on April 1. They do this often enough that it's obvious anyway, even without the linked article).
Putting these recordings on P2P networks for anyone to download just denies descendants of the original artists of those recordings their rightful royalties
$DEITY forbid they should have to earn their own livings.
I know people that have had this happen to them -- the charges were somewhere around $70 if I remember right -- and yes, it falls under credit card fraud. Companies can get in a *lot* of trouble for doing this.
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Or act out the one scene from the South Park movie...
Essen mein Scheisse!
Okey dokey! *prrrbbrbbbbtttt*
(AFAIC, 'essen mein Scheisse' is a phrase that applies well to telemarketers anyway. In case you didn't know, its literal translation is "eat my s--t.")
This guy is a master at fucking with telemarketers. He has some MP3s available for free on his web site; check them out, they're good for a laugh or two. Maybe also some ideas on how you yourself can deal with them...
The domain name is not a trademark registry. You have no moral claim to the domain name.
Agreed. As long as they aren't using the domain name with specific intent to dilute your trademark, you're pretty much SOL (or should be) with regard to getting the domain name from them. They got it first, so it's theirs.
Cable TV continues to baffle me. For that we actually pay to get the channel, then still have to watch commercials. its like the worst of both worlds.
You're paying for access to the cable infrastructure in your area. Nothing more, really. You aren't paying each individual channel for their bills; even if you didn't watch very many channels, the bill would get huge quickly. You can get some of the same channels off of the air for free, but obviously have to watch the ads then...this is the same sort of thing in that you're getting the channel for free, you're just paying for a better delivery medium than air.
What RFC means to MSFT:
"Rules For Competitors." Not for themselves.
If you have a product you cannot sell, ask Slashdot advertising department. We can and do provide high response rates and publish your advertisement hidden as science or hardware news.
They do.
I also like the fact that I can get clean, nicely labelled, high-quality MP3s
Emusic encodes their MP3s at 128 kbps, do they not? I would hardly call that high-quality.
To be fair, some of it is also probably being created today
Britney Spears!
Your phone company is already doing it with telemarketers.
Not anymore, at least in some states.
with WindowsXP and windows update, there are at least 4 updates that you have to download *alone* and then reboot after each one, meaning to do the updates, you are going to reboot 5 times and you have to babysit the box while the updates are happening, times reflect downloading on 1mbps DSL
Store the updates in a safe place then, like a dedicated 'files' partition (which is what I do) or a CDR. That way, you don't have to download everything every time you reinstall Windows. I do the same thing with the install files for the programs I use, e.g. XChat, AIM, etc. It's a great time saver.
and made thousands thanks to a giving man in Zimbabwe.
Thousands? I've got some friends in Nigeria that have hooked me up with MILLIONS.
Overwriting the BIOS with garbage is as good as destroying it, unless you have a system with dual BIOS chips. If you can't boot to DOS, you can't re-flash it with the correct software
You can always send the PROM to these guys and have them reflash it for you. They can also send you a new PROM if you want, flashed with the correct BIOS.
If Slashdot linked to that version, maybe the NY Times IT management would wisen up to the fact that people circumvent their registration process, and disable that "backdoor".
/.ers to not have to put up with this any more, whether by providing a dedicated partners link for /. or something of that sort.
This is exactly what they have been doing. You would think that by now, they would have come up with some way for
I agree with you in that Slashdot should really just not post NYTimes articles, but to be fair and get their side of the story, I emailed NYTimes about their registration policy a while back. See their response here.
...the car monitors how fast the driver is going!
Oh wait...
I'd like to see a Slashdot moratorium on links (in articles, not in comments, obviously) to sites that require registration or hoop-jumping to see the article.
You mean like this?
I seriously think slashdot needs an "over-clocking and related" topic
Better yet, I think Slashdot needs an "advertisement" topic. The editors have even admitted that they run covert advertisements like this. (No, I don't care that the referenced article was posted on April 1. They do this often enough that it's obvious anyway, even without the linked article).
Will this be the first time the slashdot effect has effected [sic] a conference call provider? Details?
Just think of the Slashdot effect as a BIG conference call, with the unwitting host acting as a hub for all the callers...
I will gladly trade my right to privacy for a bit more freedom from the fear of terror.
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
Putting these recordings on P2P networks for anyone to download just denies descendants of the original artists of those recordings their rightful royalties
$DEITY forbid they should have to earn their own livings.
On a related note, my vote goes to an MS server -- any service -- that I would be willing to run without having to worry about security risks.
Who wants a crappy service for $29.99 ??
AOL users.
There is absolutely nothing to read in NYT beyond the usual leftist nonsense on the editorial page
Really? I've never been able to get past the usual leftist nonsense on the 'Please Sign In' page.
Denis Leary, is that you?
No, it's George Carlin.
I know people that have had this happen to them -- the charges were somewhere around $70 if I remember right -- and yes, it falls under credit card fraud. Companies can get in a *lot* of trouble for doing this.