Usually, I don't answer, since I've got caller ID and an answering machine. When I do answer, and there is a pause while the autodialer connects the TM, I usually just put the phone down and wait a few minutes till they give up and disconnect. Or sometimes, when they ask "Is this Mr. XXX?" I say "No, I'll go get him", then I put the phone down and wait. It's not quite a wire brush, but at least it costs them a little bit of time and money.
The slamming LD co. has to pay for the switch both times and I believe any calls billed by the slamming LD co. can be disputed successfully.
So why not sieze the opportunity? Call everyone you know in a foreign country and talk for hours. Call Hong Kong information and ask silly questions. Prank call Australia. Do this for a month. Then call the phone company and say you would like to go back to the original LD company, and oh by the way, you are not liable for these calls. If everyone did this, slamming would stop.
And you are violating my patents: a method for transforming any statement about patents into an obvious claim on a related patent; and a method for posting such a statement onto a moderated website.
maybe this is the beginning of plan B: Innovate with lawsuits.
Microsoft has always employed a shrewd combination of legal intimidation, outright purchasing, and thievery to steamroller the competition. In fact, they have been known to sign NDA's with competing companies, or companies who dominate a market M$FT wants, only to release a nearly identical product about 6-12 months later.
The IOC may be non-profit (or more correctly, not-for-profit (but we can't help it if we actually do make one)), but it seems the individual members profit as much as they can.
That's just a little too close for my comfort. Anyone else care to start up an expedition to move a little farther out in the galaxy before It's too late?
First it was the flouride in the water, then it was the ozone layer, currently it's like "oh no, we'll all be killed by the Asteroid!". Next big thing will be "We're all going to be swallowed up by the black hole!".
Check out the list of 10 patents that reference this one, especially 6006272 "Method for Network Address Translation", by Lucent. That one sounds like a more general one, and a lot more like the RFC.
Microsoft announced today that they intend to enforce their ownership of the trademark "MS". Anyone who holds a Master of Science degree will have to find some alternative, or pay a royalty each time they use "MS" on any document. They would have to pay twice gor using "MS" on a resume. "Just because we say so", a Microsoft spokesperson said.
The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation said it had been contacted by "about a bizillion lawyers" representing Microsoft, urging them to find another term for the disease, or face legal action.
I sent a small package to Estonia (formerly part of the Soviet Union, for the geographically challenged) earlier this year. UPS charged me about $85 to send it, which I paid for at the counter. Then they lost my check and kept sending me bogus bills. Finally they sent it to a collection agency, even though I sent copies of my cancelled check and check register. It cost me about $100 worth of time and personal expense to resolve it, which of course they refuse to reimburse.
They have the most screwed up phone system I have ever encountered, even worse than Microsoft support. Each time you call in you get a different CITY, never mind a different person, and no one can communicate with anyone else. The bills came from somewhere in Nevada, and included a phone number, When I called, I got someone in the South, and she didn't have access to the billing records. Stay away from UPS. Use DHL.
Tried going via USPS? I bet the are a lot less expensive.
They are a lot less expensive, and a lot slower. Plus once it gets to Russia you depend on the local post to deliver it, which is an iffy proposition, especially it is anything of value, since it will most certainly be opened.
Let loose a bunch of nano-ants to get in there and eat all the organic matter. Maybe some genetically engineered micro-leeches.
Naw, they might secretly send out embarassing email at night when they are supposed to be working. Either that, or they will communicate with other nano-janitors all over the world, and some Monday morning, when everyone comes in for work, we will all be eaten alive by swarms of these things.
Here. It is supposed to harden your Linux system. I haven't tried it though. I downloaded it, but before I got around to running it, I installed FreeBSD.
As you may be aware, we occasionally test various aspects of our web site--design, layout, and other features--for brief periods to determine how they resonate with customers.
And I thought that ringing in my ears was from falling asleep with the headphones turned all the way up too many times.
I heard a few years ago the Microsoft was scheming on a way to get a few millicents on each transaction on the Internet. (There was a joke going around at the time that dollar bills would be replaced by Bill Dollars.)
I predict that either M$FT will buy PayPal, or they will announce a competing system within a few weeks, introduce Version 1.0 in about 9 months, and actually get something that sort of works within 5 years.
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How about a neuralnet system that tyries to keep them on the phone as long as possible without committing to anything?
...
...If you sign up now we'll add 1000's of free...
...blah blah
TM: How would you like to save big $$$ on long distance calls?
NN: Did you say ONE? I think you said ONE. If you did say ONE, say ONE now, otherwise say TWO.
TM:
NN: Did you say TWO? I think you said TWO. If you did say TWO, say ONE now, otherwise say TWO.
TM:
Usually, I don't answer, since I've got caller ID and an answering machine. When I do answer, and there is a pause while the autodialer connects the TM, I usually just put the phone down and wait a few minutes till they give up and disconnect. Or sometimes, when they ask "Is this Mr. XXX?" I say "No, I'll go get him", then I put the phone down and wait. It's not quite a wire brush, but at least it costs them a little bit of time and money.
The slamming LD co. has to pay for the switch both times and I believe any calls billed by the slamming LD co. can be disputed successfully.
So why not sieze the opportunity? Call everyone you know in a foreign country and talk for hours. Call Hong Kong information and ask silly questions. Prank call Australia. Do this for a month. Then call the phone company and say you would like to go back to the original LD company, and oh by the way, you are not liable for these calls. If everyone did this, slamming would stop.
kuro5hin? (pronounced koo-row-five-hin).
You miss the point: What is Linux 6.2?
And you are violating my patents: a method for transforming any statement about patents into an obvious claim on a related patent; and a method for posting such a statement onto a moderated website.
In that case it would be:
koo-row-five-hin
Yah, I think the Plan 9/Inferno group over at Bell Labs is planning a Limbo port. And to think Bob Pike thought systems research was dead.
kuro5hin is already old, it sucks, and how do you pronounce it anyway?
Try this DotSlash.
How does it work? Does it translate everything into Dutch?
maybe this is the beginning of plan B: Innovate with lawsuits.
Microsoft has always employed a shrewd combination of legal intimidation, outright purchasing, and thievery to steamroller the competition. In fact, they have been known to sign NDA's with competing companies, or companies who dominate a market M$FT wants, only to release a nearly identical product about 6-12 months later.
but they are non-profit
The IOC may be non-profit (or more correctly, not-for-profit (but we can't help it if we actually do make one)), but it seems the individual members profit as much as they can.
That's just a little too close for my comfort. Anyone else care to start up an expedition to move a little farther out in the galaxy before It's too late?
First it was the flouride in the water, then it was the ozone layer, currently it's like "oh no, we'll all be killed by the Asteroid!". Next big thing will be "We're all going to be swallowed up by the black hole!".
Check out the list of 10 patents that reference this one, especially 6006272 "Method for Network Address Translation", by Lucent. That one sounds like a more general one, and a lot more like the RFC.
Microsoft announced today that they intend to enforce their ownership of the trademark "MS". Anyone who holds a Master of Science degree will have to find some alternative, or pay a royalty each time they use "MS" on any document. They would have to pay twice gor using "MS" on a resume. "Just because we say so", a Microsoft spokesperson said.
The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation said it had been contacted by "about a bizillion lawyers" representing Microsoft, urging them to find another term for the disease, or face legal action.
and is a Federal judge in Texas.
This is incredible. Has it ever happened before that a gag order prevents even discussing the case?
I sent a small package to Estonia (formerly part of the Soviet Union, for the geographically challenged) earlier this year. UPS charged me about $85 to send it, which I paid for at the counter. Then they lost my check and kept sending me bogus bills. Finally they sent it to a collection agency, even though I sent copies of my cancelled check and check register. It cost me about $100 worth of time and personal expense to resolve it, which of course they refuse to reimburse.
They have the most screwed up phone system I have ever encountered, even worse than Microsoft support. Each time you call in you get a different CITY, never mind a different person, and no one can communicate with anyone else. The bills came from somewhere in Nevada, and included a phone number, When I called, I got someone in the South, and she didn't have access to the billing records. Stay away from UPS. Use DHL.
Tried going via USPS? I bet the are a lot less expensive.
They are a lot less expensive, and a lot slower. Plus once it gets to Russia you depend on the local post to deliver it, which is an iffy proposition, especially it is anything of value, since it will most certainly be opened.
Didn't they listen to their mothers? Mine always told me I could go blind if I stared too long at a black hole.
Let loose a bunch of nano-ants to get in there and eat all the organic matter. Maybe some genetically engineered micro-leeches.
Naw, they might secretly send out embarassing email at night when they are supposed to be working. Either that, or they will communicate with other nano-janitors all over the world, and some Monday morning, when everyone comes in for work, we will all be eaten alive by swarms of these things.
Here. It is supposed to harden your Linux system. I haven't tried it though. I downloaded it, but before I got around to running it, I installed FreeBSD.
Just run Blue Screen of Security 1.0.
As you may be aware, we occasionally test various aspects of our web site--design, layout, and other features--for brief periods to determine how they resonate with customers.
And I thought that ringing in my ears was from falling asleep with the headphones turned all the way up too many times.
then Linux should be certified by default (or should it be de facto | ipso facto | a priori | Klatu Virata Cisco?).
And, yeah, what about OpenBSD?
I heard a few years ago the Microsoft was scheming on a way to get a few millicents on each transaction on the Internet. (There was a joke going around at the time that dollar bills would be replaced by Bill Dollars.)
I predict that either M$FT will buy PayPal, or they will announce a competing system within a few weeks, introduce Version 1.0 in about 9 months, and actually get something that sort of works within 5 years.
P.S. You can use PayPal at BadKittyCam.