I've seen these all over in the Pacific Northwest. The problem is less of the snow covering the roads than it is of the snow removal equipment. If the plows are scraping so hard that they kick up sparks, they'll bust up the reflectors pretty quick.
" Then put the phone down and walk away for half an hour or so."
And since this is over IP, they might be incurring bandwidth and transmission charges. So, when you put the phone down, turn on a nearby tape player playing some J.S. Bach tocatta with some ridicolously high note resolution (32nd notes, etc) into the phone. Just to maximize the data going over their lines. You'll be on your way in no-time to actually succeeding in slashdotting a telemarketer.
"I'd imagine if you kept them on the line long enough the overseas phone bill would add up on their end"
I thought of this too, but these scammers could probably use some sort of VOIP thing to get their voices from India into the US phone system without long distance charges.
That sounds like phone spam.. Illegal, arrives in garbled format, and from some shady scam outfit that does not want to identify itself.
Reminds of the few times I have received spam advertising products that took the "cover up" aspect too far: the return address was fake, the name of the product was not in the e-mail, and there was no link or phone # or any way for me to contact them if hell had frozen over and I actually did want to buy their product.
I post a message appreciating the actor Craig T. Nelson, and someone mods me an enduring "funny": a mod I would have expected if making a post appreciating the acting of Pauly Shore. I must be the only Craig T. Nelson fan out there! "you say you like Nelson's acting? You must be joking!"
Sorry, I thought it said "U.S. Will Use Robots to Petrol Water Supply", referring to a military plan to contaminate water supplies with gasoline. My mistake.
"No more rounding up chimps and forcing them into the water to test it for me!"
It was an effective method, except for the fact that the water tests always showed unusually high amounts of e coli and chimp hair. If you get convince the robots to wear diapers and hair-nets, you might be on to something.
"I have this image of a man pulling over to pee in a resevoir, only to have a many tentacled robot emerge from the water to cut off the source of pollution"
You've been watching too much hentai. No more anime for YOU!
eBay right now has around 30 One Ring, 100% authentic. Nah, I'm not going to be the one that actually believes that all of these are the unique One Ring that turns you invisible. They'll make $5.95 ($11.95 "buy it now") vanish, however! I've even seen eBay entries for "One Ring" that "really works".
Forget bicycles: Try the Irish mail. The one in the picture is not the weirdest example: there is a model that looks like a giant metal bicycle seat. The big stick in the front provides propulsion.
You'll fit in real good at the scientist loony bin in the "She Blinded me with Science" music video. If it looks out of place there (like a regular bike would), it is not "real geek".
The great dying didn't kill everything. Dinosaurs still walk among us. Here's an example, Gary Condit, a gentleman with the appearance and predilections of a T-Rex. The facial resemblance is striking.
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Do us all a favor. If you happen to have candid photos of the conception, do not post them here.
Isn't Darl McBride the true father of Linux? This is why he wants his $699. Effective immediately, Linux will be renamed to Darlsux.
When was the last time you saw one of us admit that they had no idea what they were saying?
Locutus of Microsoft? Is that you? Has the ambassador of the assimilated arrived among us to dispense sage marketing hype?
I, too, thought the title referred to some sort of retro-computer celebration.
It might be good to prepare for the commute going into the Holland Tunnel. Makes you think of the smell, too.
I've seen these all over in the Pacific Northwest. The problem is less of the snow covering the roads than it is of the snow removal equipment. If the plows are scraping so hard that they kick up sparks, they'll bust up the reflectors pretty quick.
And since this is over IP, they might be incurring bandwidth and transmission charges. So, when you put the phone down, turn on a nearby tape player playing some J.S. Bach tocatta with some ridicolously high note resolution (32nd notes, etc) into the phone. Just to maximize the data going over their lines. You'll be on your way in no-time to actually succeeding in slashdotting a telemarketer.
I thought of this too, but these scammers could probably use some sort of VOIP thing to get their voices from India into the US phone system without long distance charges.
Reminds of the few times I have received spam advertising products that took the "cover up" aspect too far: the return address was fake, the name of the product was not in the e-mail, and there was no link or phone # or any way for me to contact them if hell had frozen over and I actually did want to buy their product.
Nothing like a long late-night session of AD&D to fight ADD !
I post a message appreciating the actor Craig T. Nelson, and someone mods me an enduring "funny": a mod I would have expected if making a post appreciating the acting of Pauly Shore. I must be the only Craig T. Nelson fan out there! "you say you like Nelson's acting? You must be joking!"
Sorry, I thought it said "U.S. Will Use Robots to Petrol Water Supply", referring to a military plan to contaminate water supplies with gasoline. My mistake.
It was an effective method, except for the fact that the water tests always showed unusually high amounts of e coli and chimp hair. If you get convince the robots to wear diapers and hair-nets, you might be on to something.
Will this be full automation, complete with an automatic deduction of $699 from your bank account for each update that contains code disputed by SCO?
You've been watching too much hentai. No more anime for YOU!
Are robots any more trustworthy than humans, and less likely to pee in the water just to get back at their fleshy masters?
eBay right now has around 30 One Ring, 100% authentic. Nah, I'm not going to be the one that actually believes that all of these are the unique One Ring that turns you invisible. They'll make $5.95 ($11.95 "buy it now") vanish, however! I've even seen eBay entries for "One Ring" that "really works".
Amazing. Four responses, and not one lame "cycling unix" joke about rebooting a computer yet.
You'll fit in real good at the scientist loony bin in the "She Blinded me with Science" music video. If it looks out of place there (like a regular bike would), it is not "real geek".
click here for a non-gonad-manging bicycle seat. It is one of many different types available.
Looking forward to this one, with the underrated Craig T. Nelson providing voice talent for one of the main characters.
There was only one continent back then. You couldn't go overseas to do anything!
The great dying didn't kill everything. Dinosaurs still walk among us. Here's an example, Gary Condit, a gentleman with the appearance and predilections of a T-Rex. The facial resemblance is striking.
I knew I should not have put that giant can of Lysol in the time machine. But I did it anyway. Sorry.