I totally agree. I heard alot of "You're trouble can be fixed by the so-and-so dept. I'll put a ticket into... huh? Oh, we're not allowed to call them directly... No, sorry. We can't give you thier number either."
_that's_ why tech support sucks. because people are too fucking lazy to tell a company to go screw and hurt the bottom line - they'd rather bitch about it on slashdot.
Not entirely true. I tried to deal with Verizon DSL a few months ago. It took them a month and a half to figure out that I am not in thier service area (that was two weeks past my activation date. When asked about the free modem and NIC they sent, I told them that I would be keeping that and I was NOT going to be charged for them because of all the time I wasted with tech support (about 24 hours of my life that I want back, dammit. haha). They agreed to this and credited my account. I also called customer service to at least make a record of my complaint that because of Verizon's poor service that I would never do buisness with Verizon for any other services ever again. And I will send a letter to the joint CEO's of Verizon explaining why I no longer have faith in this company.
The funny thing is that when this company was just known a Bell Atlantic (before they merged with GTE) I never had a problem.
If you haven't checked it out yet, make sure to spend some time in the Jeff K and Cliff Yablonski sections.:-)
Cliff Yablonski Hates You is one of the funniest things I have ever seen on the internet. Found it off of Cruel.com. Check this out. (http://www.somethingawful.com/cliff/ihateyou/ for the goatse.cs weary)
If we really are descended from monkeys, how come we don't all enjoy swinging from trees, eating bananas and mindless copulation with the closest memeber of either sex ?
Ever been to Greenwich Village, NYC? --[rimshot]--
Oh yeah, it's a human face all right - stuck between two of the HUGEST cheekbones you've ever seen.
Hey, stranger things have happened. Humans are born everyday with "cosmetic irregularities". Just look at Jay Leno's chin. Do you really think that thousands of years from now, scientists are going to dig that guy's corpse up and think it came from a normal human being? No way. Or take a trip in the southern part of the United States. Talk about FREAKS! WOW!
I agree. The Dreamcast is a great console and should have at least reigned the second place slot (yeah, like it could even think of beating PS2, but it's a great little machine) for a while. I was one of the schmucks who stood in line on 9/9/99 to get that thing. I guess Sega's new corporate motto is "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." instead of "It's thinking..".
...and don't forget about the Star Wars RPG that's being developed. No news on a Linux port as I can tell, but if Bioware is making a habbit of doing Linux ports, it's possible. Official press release on the Star Wars RPG here.
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I'll agree with you on that, but that same person in the SUV could mow you down while on a cellphone listening to an *ehem* adult "party" line.
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...if we all had HUD's in our cars. You could drive with one hand and write and email with the other, all while keeping your eyes on the road.
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Yeah, and the ship is piloted by the blow up autopilot from the Airplane! movies.
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I totally agree. I heard alot of "You're trouble can be fixed by the so-and-so dept. I'll put a ticket into... huh? Oh, we're not allowed to call them directly... No, sorry. We can't give you thier number either."
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_that's_ why tech support sucks. because people are too fucking lazy to tell a company to go screw and hurt the bottom line - they'd rather bitch about it on slashdot.
Not entirely true. I tried to deal with Verizon DSL a few months ago. It took them a month and a half to figure out that I am not in thier service area (that was two weeks past my activation date. When asked about the free modem and NIC they sent, I told them that I would be keeping that and I was NOT going to be charged for them because of all the time I wasted with tech support (about 24 hours of my life that I want back, dammit. haha). They agreed to this and credited my account. I also called customer service to at least make a record of my complaint that because of Verizon's poor service that I would never do buisness with Verizon for any other services ever again. And I will send a letter to the joint CEO's of Verizon explaining why I no longer have faith in this company.
The funny thing is that when this company was just known a Bell Atlantic (before they merged with GTE) I never had a problem.
Ok... I'm done complaining...
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Akira was cool, but if they stick to the anime type graphics then it's a waste for the ps2.
Not if they do it like Jet Grind Radio for Dreamcast. If they did it in that style, it would look great on the PS2.
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If you haven't checked it out yet, make sure to spend some time in the Jeff K and Cliff Yablonski sections. :-)
Cliff Yablonski Hates You is one of the funniest things I have ever seen on the internet. Found it off of Cruel.com. Check this out. (http://www.somethingawful.com/cliff/ihateyou/ for the goatse.cs weary)
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...but "of course, a starved, feral orangutan with razor-sharp claws and a taste for blood let loose in a daycare would be better than light mode."
Sounds like somebody needs a hug.
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Sheesh, apparently some people can't take a joke.
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"We wouldn't want to ship something that doesn't work....
If they didn't, why the need for Windows NT Service Pack 6a?
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Click Here. There was an example of the espresso machine on the site.
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Why do you think Taco Bell is so eager to give out free tacos? To deliver Brain eating space fungii of course.
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If we really are descended from monkeys, how come we don't all enjoy swinging from trees, eating bananas and mindless copulation with the closest memeber of either sex ?
Ever been to Greenwich Village, NYC?
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Oh yeah, it's a human face all right - stuck between two of the HUGEST cheekbones you've ever seen.
Hey, stranger things have happened. Humans are born everyday with "cosmetic irregularities". Just look at Jay Leno's chin. Do you really think that thousands of years from now, scientists are going to dig that guy's corpse up and think it came from a normal human being? No way. Or take a trip in the southern part of the United States. Talk about FREAKS! WOW!
Disclaimer: Not to be taken seriously....
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Look at this...
It's the original Get Smart phone. And why the heck is it on the CIA's site????
No, a knee to the groin would just give them higher bandwidth...
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I agree. The Dreamcast is a great console and should have at least reigned the second place slot (yeah, like it could even think of beating PS2, but it's a great little machine) for a while. I was one of the schmucks who stood in line on 9/9/99 to get that thing. I guess Sega's new corporate motto is "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." instead of "It's thinking..".
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Thank you Spelling Police. :)
I can't wait for:
"1 4m 4n 31337 D4RK J3d1. Y0u 4re 0WN3D, B17CH!"
"These aren't the newbies you're looking for... Move along."
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...and don't forget about the Star Wars RPG that's being developed. No news on a Linux port as I can tell, but if Bioware is making a habbit of doing Linux ports, it's possible. Official press release on the Star Wars RPG here.
Yes, but only if he consumes enough caffeen that he can shake and freak out like Lewis Black does.
I can't agree more. I mean, do I really need a 800Mhz system to play Unreal Tournement? No, but I have one anyway. ;)
I forsee AMD greatly increasing its share of the processor market this year.
You work for the AMD marketing department, don't you?
Haha.
If that being the case, when are the stickers coming out with Calvin peeing on a physics book? I want one for the back window of my car...
Yeah, but that IS a TASTY burger.