I thought the PRE tag worked here. Ooh, I'm supposed to use "ecode". Yeah. That makes sense, slashdot. Don't use the obvious PRE which has been around since 1993 or so. Anyway, reposted properly formatted because I am anal-retentive:
Well, if I recorded the phonecalls after checking ot make sure it doesn't violate Seattle, Washington law, then I could have posted mp3s of them. But I don't record all my phonecalls. The NSA might have your proof. But the actual talking of 100 gigs was done voice, over the phone. They attacked me for being the top downloader in the Washington, D.C., POP. The harassment went on for awhile; I wasted at least 3 hours on the phone arguing with them. "But the terms of service say I can download as much as I want." They didn't buy that argument!
They also told me "you are not allowed to run bots, and bittorrent is a bot".
When I asked if I was negatively affecting the network performance, they said no. Which is the only valid reason in terms of service for disconnecting me based on usage. No, I wasn't hurting the network. They just didn't like that I was using the bandwidth they gave me.
What other kinds of "proof" do you need to see? Here's the only data I still have in phone-numbers.txt (which I have on my thumbdrive here). It's not proof of what happened, though. It's more like.. "Why would Clint have all these phone numbers if he was making all this up?"
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] IPs: hell:66.92.160.137 magic:66.92.160.138 storm:66.92.160.139 fire:66.92.160.49 mist:66.92.160.103 router:66.92.160.132
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] email:clint@speakeasy.net username:clint
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] ACCT#292773 ORDER#:6604118 order date:Jun 21 SPKREF:164
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] customer support: 1-800-556-5829 Ext 7713 Todd Voelker 800-556-5829 Ext 2248
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] rebates:www.speakeasy.net/rebates offer#5744-A started_with:web-rebates.com/Sprebates/5744/step1. asp
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] hardware:Broadxent 8012-V P/N:245-08012-00-00 S/N:C1BF0051510001659A MAC:00E0EB-767AD4
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] The Speakeasy Activation Crew 1-800-556-5829 Fax:206-728-1500 Email: support@speakeasy.net
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] dialup: username:clint@speakeasy.net password:12345
SpeakEasy terminated me after six months -- only after harassing me for 3 months and saying I can't exceed 100G/mo. They were total assholes about it, violating my contract with them and telling me that they would charge me the $300 early termination fee (THEY were the ones who terminated!) if I blogged about it. You are very lucky. SpeakEasy is NOT honorable. This happened a year ago. I even pre-sale chatted to make sure it was okay; that was a lie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/76331380/in/ photostream/
SpeakEasy terminated me after six months -- only after harassing me for 3 months and saying I can't exceed 100G/mo. They were total assholes about it, violating my contract with them and telling me that they would charge me the $300 early termination fee (THEY were the ones who terminated!) if I blogged about it. You are very lucky. SpeakEasy is NOT honorable. This happened a year ago. I even pre-sale chatted to make sure it was okay; that was a lie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/76331380/in/ photostream/
SpeakEasy terminated me after six months -- only after harassing me for 3 months and saying I can't exceed 100G/mo. They were total assholes about it, violating my contract with them and telling me that they would charge me the $300 early termination fee (THEY were the ones who terminated!) if I blogged about it. You are very lucky. SpeakEasy is NOT honorable. This happened a year ago. I even pre-sale chatted to make sure it was okay; that was a lie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/76331380/in/ photostream/
SpeakEasy terminated me after 6 months -- only after harassing me for 3 months and saying I can't exceed 100G/mo. They were total assholes about it, violating my contract with them and telling me that they would charge me the $300 early termination fee (THEY were the ones who terminated!) if I blogged about it. You are lucky. SpeakEasy is NOT honorable. This happened a year ago. I even pre-sale chatted to make sure it was okay; that was a lie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/76331380/in/ photostream/
Had I burned my digital camear photos to dvd, i wouldn't have lost some of my jpgs.
you see, SOMEthing corrupted some jpgs at some point between 5 years ago and now. the fact that i was backing up my entire digital camera photo repository to another harddrive didn't help. the corrupted jpgs were backed up as well.
so you see, having an optical burn does indeed help. his point about the data not being overwriteable is completely valid. another harddrive isn't good enough.
They cancelled my contract, costing my $100s in setup fees, for downloading too much. After harassing me for 3 months, they flat out told me: "You download more than X per month, we will cut you off." This is NOT in their terms of service. The terms of service only say they can cancel you if you are adversely affecting their network. When I asked, they specifically told me that I was NOT adversely affecting their network; They just didn't like how much I was downloading, despite paying $90/month for a 3M line.
Fuck Best Buy, and Fuck Speakeasy. They will make excellent bedfellows... in hell.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/76331315/ - This is my pre-sales chat. Later the fucked me over. Cancelled my contract. Explicitly told me I am not allowed to transfer (download) more than 100G/mo. SPECIFICALLY, this is why they cancelled my contract. So -- don't believe all the people who say SpeakEasy is great, they don't have limits, they don't enforce things. They DO. They ABSOLUTELY DO.
SpeakEasy specifically nuked my service becuase I downloaded too much. After months of bickering, they said I had to limit myself to 100G/mo. 100G/mo!
I specifically asked pre-sales people if I could use 100% of my connection 100% of the time. They said yes. They lied. I lost hundreds in setup fees and having to buy ANOTHER dsl modem (they all insist on using THEIRS).
Fuck speakeasy. Don't listen to the parent post.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/tags/speakea sy There's my pre-sales chat. They told me they would waive my $300 termination fee (even though they terminated) if I didn't blog about it. Fuck them. They were the evilest of all ISPs I've ever had -- a total of at least 10.
Tipping point, dude. Importance is not defined as first, or they would just use the word first. Importance is a different word. Certain games achieved certain statuses by reaching a tipping point where they became "big".
A game that 80% of people played, that was the second game in a genre of which >50% of people ultimately played -- is going to be considered more important than a game that only 2% of people played, that was the first game in a genre that 100% of people play today. Popularity means a lot in importance.
The most important horror movie isn't the first horror movie.
Oh, and it's all based on DONKEY KONG, actually!:)
...it's slow as fuck. Suddenly my computer that can play HDTV scene-encoded AVIs, and has been for years, can't handle some files. (The CPU upgrade let me do 720p *AVI's* anyway.) (It's fun running 1700mHz on a motherboard that only takes a "maximum" cpu of 1200mHz because that was all that existed back then.)
If you don't fight the problem, you are part of the problem. They just made $2.5K off your laziness. This encourages them to continue to act like this. You aren't helping yourselves or anyone else. In fact, if that is your attitude, you more or less deserve it.
As many as 3,500 schools are taking fingerprints from pupils, often without their parents' permission, a new poll revealed yesterday...
While the Department for Education and Skills says it is unaware how many schools are using biometric data, an internet poll by a lobby group is now claiming 3,500 schools have bought the necessary equipment.
I expect some spin like "We bought the equipment but decided not to use it"... But I don't buy that.
I've always liked the word Xenon. In fact, I thought I made it up around age 5 and later discovered it was an actual element, but maybe I subconciously heard it. Anyway -- good to know. I'll keep my eye out for xenon in dark alleys. heh.
Man, that does sound awesome! AND scary. heh.. I'd pay for that. I'd pay for video of that too. You should get her to write about it. Hook me up with the RSS feed, man.
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That was a perfectly valid and acceptable and truthful post!
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] IPs: hell:66.92.160.137 magic:66.92.160.138 storm:66.92.160.139 fire:66.92.160.49 mist:66.92.160.103 router:66.92.160.132
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] email:clint@speakeasy.net username:clint password:...
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] ACCT#292773 ORDER#:6604118 order date:Jun 21 SPKREF:164
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] customer support: 1-800-556-5829 Ext 7713 Todd Voelker 800-556-5829 Ext 2248
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] rebates:www.speakeasy.net/rebates offer#5744-A started_with:web-rebates.com/Sprebates/5744/step1. asp
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] hardware:Broadxent 8012-V P/N:245-08012-00-00 S/N:C1BF0051510001659A MAC:00E0EB-767AD4
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] The Speakeasy Activation Crew 1-800-556-5829 Fax:206-728-1500 Email: support@speakeasy.net
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] dialup: username:clint@speakeasy.net password:12345
They also told me "you are not allowed to run bots, and bittorrent is a bot".
When I asked if I was negatively affecting the network performance, they said no. Which is the only valid reason in terms of service for disconnecting me based on usage. No, I wasn't hurting the network. They just didn't like that I was using the bandwidth they gave me.
What other kinds of "proof" do you need to see? Here's the only data I still have in phone-numbers.txt (which I have on my thumbdrive here). It's not proof of what happened, though. It's more like.. "Why would Clint have all these phone numbers if he was making all this up?" SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] IPs: hell:66.92.160.137 magic:66.92.160.138 storm:66.92.160.139 fire:66.92.160.49 mist:66.92.160.103 router:66.92.160.132 SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] email:clint@speakeasy.net username:clint SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] ACCT#292773 ORDER#:6604118 order date:Jun 21 SPKREF:164 SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] customer support: 1-800-556-5829 Ext 7713 Todd Voelker 800-556-5829 Ext 2248 SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] rebates:www.speakeasy.net/rebates offer#5744-A started_with:web-rebates.com/Sprebates/5744/step1. asp
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] hardware:Broadxent 8012-V P/N:245-08012-00-00 S/N:C1BF0051510001659A MAC:00E0EB-767AD4
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] The Speakeasy Activation Crew 1-800-556-5829 Fax:206-728-1500 Email: support@speakeasy.net
SpeakEasy.Net [DSL] dialup: username:clint@speakeasy.net password:12345
SpeakEasy terminated me after six months -- only after harassing me for 3 months and saying I can't exceed 100G/mo. They were total assholes about it, violating my contract with them and telling me that they would charge me the $300 early termination fee (THEY were the ones who terminated!) if I blogged about it. You are very lucky. SpeakEasy is NOT honorable. This happened a year ago. I even pre-sale chatted to make sure it was okay; that was a lie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/76331380/in/ photostream/
SpeakEasy terminated me after six months -- only after harassing me for 3 months and saying I can't exceed 100G/mo. They were total assholes about it, violating my contract with them and telling me that they would charge me the $300 early termination fee (THEY were the ones who terminated!) if I blogged about it. You are very lucky. SpeakEasy is NOT honorable. This happened a year ago. I even pre-sale chatted to make sure it was okay; that was a lie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/76331380/in/ photostream/
SpeakEasy terminated me after six months -- only after harassing me for 3 months and saying I can't exceed 100G/mo. They were total assholes about it, violating my contract with them and telling me that they would charge me the $300 early termination fee (THEY were the ones who terminated!) if I blogged about it. You are very lucky. SpeakEasy is NOT honorable. This happened a year ago. I even pre-sale chatted to make sure it was okay; that was a lie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/76331380/in/ photostream/
SpeakEasy terminated me after 6 months -- only after harassing me for 3 months and saying I can't exceed 100G/mo. They were total assholes about it, violating my contract with them and telling me that they would charge me the $300 early termination fee (THEY were the ones who terminated!) if I blogged about it. You are lucky. SpeakEasy is NOT honorable. This happened a year ago. I even pre-sale chatted to make sure it was okay; that was a lie: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/76331380/in/ photostream/
you see, SOMEthing corrupted some jpgs at some point between 5 years ago and now. the fact that i was backing up my entire digital camera photo repository to another harddrive didn't help. the corrupted jpgs were backed up as well.
so you see, having an optical burn does indeed help. his point about the data not being overwriteable is completely valid. another harddrive isn't good enough.
Really. Seriously. NOBODY ELSE IS USING THAT METAPHOR?.
Did I just have an original thought? I thought they were all taken.
Fuck Best Buy, and Fuck Speakeasy. They will make excellent bedfellows ... in hell.
Here's my pre-sales chat to SpeakEasy where they specifically said I can download as much as I want, every day: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/tags/speakea sy (click on the last one, not the first one)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/76331315/ - This is my pre-sales chat. Later the fucked me over. Cancelled my contract. Explicitly told me I am not allowed to transfer (download) more than 100G/mo. SPECIFICALLY, this is why they cancelled my contract. So -- don't believe all the people who say SpeakEasy is great, they don't have limits, they don't enforce things. They DO. They ABSOLUTELY DO.
My problem is I don't like anything.
I specifically asked pre-sales people if I could use 100% of my connection 100% of the time. They said yes. They lied. I lost hundreds in setup fees and having to buy ANOTHER dsl modem (they all insist on using THEIRS).
Fuck speakeasy. Don't listen to the parent post.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/clintjcl/tags/speakea sy There's my pre-sales chat. They told me they would waive my $300 termination fee (even though they terminated) if I didn't blog about it. Fuck them. They were the evilest of all ISPs I've ever had -- a total of at least 10.
A game that 80% of people played, that was the second game in a genre of which >50% of people ultimately played -- is going to be considered more important than a game that only 2% of people played, that was the first game in a genre that 100% of people play today. Popularity means a lot in importance.
The most important horror movie isn't the first horror movie.
Oh, and it's all based on DONKEY KONG, actually! :)
I was going to say that, but he beat me to it.
how the words are HTML and not an image
for most confusing comment without being cryptic/obsfucated..... EVER
...it's slow as fuck. Suddenly my computer that can play HDTV scene-encoded AVIs, and has been for years, can't handle some files. (The CPU upgrade let me do 720p *AVI's* anyway.) (It's fun running 1700mHz on a motherboard that only takes a "maximum" cpu of 1200mHz because that was all that existed back then.)
Is it the same as Visa? Because they just replaced my MasterCard with a Visa...
I'm not nice.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/new s/news.html?in_article_id=434683&in_page_id=1770
I expect some spin like "We bought the equipment but decided not to use it"... But I don't buy that.
Hello, A&M.
I've always liked the word Xenon. In fact, I thought I made it up around age 5 and later discovered it was an actual element, but maybe I subconciously heard it. Anyway -- good to know. I'll keep my eye out for xenon in dark alleys. heh.
heh
Seriously. I'd like to see a video of an hour-long full-body orgasm.....