Yes. Duh. For me sex always involves at least 9 people, wives who don't care, and lots of toys, preferably of the mechanically driven kind. Oh, and people shaving one another. Gotta have that.
I legally had my name changed. My given name was really boring and I was getting nowhere in life. So I looked for a new name and found one on my wife's hairdryer.
This is truly a great story and a great event. I am really looking forward to the others, such as the omniweb "Yup Uh-huh" version that translates MSN to the "Yup yup yup yup yup yup yup, uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh" language from Sesame Street. And the version of Konquerer that translates gnome.org to the language of the Dozers from Fraggle Rock.
Talk about timing! After having posted this yesterday, last night I received a telemarketing call. It was fun. The conversation went like this:
Me: "Hello?"
TM: [middle-eastern voice]"May I speak to Allan?"
Me: "There's no Allan here."
TM: "Is this xxx-xxx-xxxx?"
Me: "Yes, but there is no Allan here."
TM: "I'm sorry, I have wrong name, but your household has been selected to receive free wireless phone."
Me: "From what company are you calling?"
TM: "Liberty While liffsshsh."
Me: "Liberty What?"
TM: "Liberty Wileliff W-I-R-E-L-E-S-S."
Me: "OK. Liberty Wireless. Can you hold on for a second while I grab a pen and paper?...[pause]... OK, you're calling from Liberty Wireless?" I write down the company name.
TM: "Yes, your household has been selected to receive a free wirele..."
Me: "May I have your company's address?"
[CLICK]
Me: "Hello? Hello? Hellooo?"
I reported the company to the state attoney general. Shocking abuse of authority, I know, but I'm a firm believer of a ruling class, especially since I rule.
Yes, our new governor is heading this up, I beleive I saw on the local news the other day. The fine is $1000 for each offense, $3000 if the offended is a senior citizen, as seniors are often targeted by telemarketers. I think the offended gets 10% of the fine, the state gets the rest.
...And the FAQ:
Q: When a telemarketer is fined, where does the money go?
A: Act 24 requires that 10% of any civil penalties collected are remitted back to the consumer who was illegally called, up to $100 per consumer. The remainder of civil penalties are placed into the Commonwealth's General Fund.
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ppd/bcp/telemarketi ng/DoNotCall_List_FAQ.cfm
I signed up in Pennsylvania on the first day it was available last August. In PA, they sell the list of blocked numbers to telemarketers on a quarterly basis. I was told that I would see a dramatic drop in telmarketing calls After Novermber 1, 2002. This is in fact what happened. It's been nearly 4 months, and I haven't received a single telemarketing call.
No, thank you. One of the small amounts of enjoyment that I get out of my sad, sad life is feeding Mr. Hungry (my pet name for the in-sink-erator) his daily ration of onion peels, bell pepper cores, and garlic paper. If I don't get to do this, then cooking just isn't worth it, and neither is living.
Some of us couldn't afford NES's until 1989, you insensitive clod! But the wait was well worth it - I got the Power Pad!...and used it three times.
Anyone remember the commercial for the power pad in the US? They were in that polygonal dome... Wait... That was the glove-thingy that you needed to enjoy Mike Tyson's punch-out as it was meant to be enjoyed? Does anyone remember the commercial for the Power Pad? Does anyone remember the Power Pad?
Think you're bitter now? Wait until after you graduate and find yourself asking, "Paper or plastic?"
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On a related, but different note, I once went into CompUSA with my girlfriend. She was wearing her university's Computer Engineering t-shirt. Upon seeing this, the mo working there said, "Oooh, computer engineering. Quick! What's RAM mean?"
I don't believe that it will hurt all online sales, but to some extent it will. Here's why: most of the stuff I buy online I do so because either I can't buy it at a local brick and mortar or because it's far cheaper online. If it is available both online and locally, I compare the final price - which is cheaper, buying locally and paying tax or buying online and paying shipping? Then I consider the time to wait for shipping. From that, I decide which is the best option, if in fact there is an option.
For places like Wal-Mart, Target, and Toys 'r Us, it will probably hurt online commerce because people will just go to the local store. But the store is still getting their money, so they aren't actually hurt. For places that aren't so physically pervasive, such as purveyors of computer components, online sales won't be hurt if they eventually have to collect taxes. If I'm looking to buy an Athlon XP2000+ and I check the local shop and find it to be, say $200 plus 7% tax for a retail box and find it on pricewatch for $115 plus tax and shipping, I'll certainly buy it from the online shop, after checking out their credibility on the BBB of course.
Massive Attack and Morcheeba, but not Portishead? I don't understand. Oh, wait, maybe you were right to not include them. I guess girls don't want to be woo'd while listening to "Can't anybody see? We've got a war to fight..." or "Please could you stay awhile to share my grief, For it's such a lovely day, To have to always feel this way, And the time that I will suffer less, Is when I never have to wake."
But my best suggestion for music is stuff that you know she likes - anything new would be more distracting than relaxing.
So these guys patented online testing, huh? Does the US patent office even care to research before granting a patent? In the article, it doesn't even say that the recipients of the patent claim to have invented online testing. So they just happened to notice the lack of said patent for an idea that wasn't theirs and thought, "Hey, there's no patent for this, let's make us some bucks!"
I can imagine their think-session 4 years ago...
"Say, Jim, this internet thing seems to be catching on."
"Yup."
"Maybe we can make some money from it."
"Yup."
"I gots an idear. Let's make a list of all the common things we do with the internet, then let's go search the patent archives to find which from the list haven't been patented, and then we'll patent them and force people to pay us for them."
"Yup."
"It's a go. Waahoo! Neudge!"
I'd kind of like to see other niche sites be ported to the world of video games. For instance, imagine a Jump the Shark site about games and game developers. And imagine a game series that shot itself in the foot by introducing Ted McGinley! That could be another good way to amuse myself on my employer's time. Any other sites that would serve well if it's main ingredient were games?
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Now why would it run on an eMac but not a power mac?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Would an eMac explode if you used VI to edit on it?
"Does pr0n accurately depict sex?"
Yes. Duh. For me sex always involves at least 9 people, wives who don't care, and lots of toys, preferably of the mechanically driven kind. Oh, and people shaving one another. Gotta have that.
... are so obvious here that no one needs to make any. If you do, I might set the building on fire.
I legally had my name changed. My given name was really boring and I was getting nowhere in life. So I looked for a new name and found one on my wife's hairdryer.
Max Power!
Now I get all kinds of attention.
Exactly. Like a potato bazooka!
Are you affiliated with the company formerly known as WhizBang! Labs?
I knew about Slammer in 1988. (Take a look at Jim Brown's character.)
This is truly a great story and a great event. I am really looking forward to the others, such as the omniweb "Yup Uh-huh" version that translates MSN to the "Yup yup yup yup yup yup yup, uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh" language from Sesame Street. And the version of Konquerer that translates gnome.org to the language of the Dozers from Fraggle Rock.
These are gonna kick ass!
Talk about timing! After having posted this yesterday, last night I received a telemarketing call. It was fun. The conversation went like this:
...[pause]... OK, you're calling from Liberty Wireless?" I write down the company name.
Me: "Hello?"
TM: [middle-eastern voice]"May I speak to Allan?"
Me: "There's no Allan here."
TM: "Is this xxx-xxx-xxxx?"
Me: "Yes, but there is no Allan here."
TM: "I'm sorry, I have wrong name, but your household has been selected to receive free wireless phone."
Me: "From what company are you calling?"
TM: "Liberty While liffsshsh."
Me: "Liberty What?"
TM: "Liberty Wileliff W-I-R-E-L-E-S-S."
Me: "OK. Liberty Wireless. Can you hold on for a second while I grab a pen and paper?
TM: "Yes, your household has been selected to receive a free wirele..."
Me: "May I have your company's address?"
[CLICK]
Me: "Hello? Hello? Hellooo?"
I reported the company to the state attoney general. Shocking abuse of authority, I know, but I'm a firm believer of a ruling class, especially since I rule.
Yes, our new governor is heading this up, I beleive I saw on the local news the other day. The fine is $1000 for each offense, $3000 if the offended is a senior citizen, as seniors are often targeted by telemarketers. I think the offended gets 10% of the fine, the state gets the rest.
...And if you are called: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ppd/bcp/telemarketi ng/DNC_disclaimer.cfm
...And the FAQ:
i ng/DoNotCall_List_FAQ.cfm
I should have posted the link to PA's site in my original post... http://www.nocallsplease.com/
Q: When a telemarketer is fined, where does the money go?
A: Act 24 requires that 10% of any civil penalties collected are remitted back to the consumer who was illegally called, up to $100 per consumer. The remainder of civil penalties are placed into the Commonwealth's General Fund.
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ppd/bcp/telemarket
I signed up in Pennsylvania on the first day it was available last August. In PA, they sell the list of blocked numbers to telemarketers on a quarterly basis. I was told that I would see a dramatic drop in telmarketing calls After Novermber 1, 2002. This is in fact what happened. It's been nearly 4 months, and I haven't received a single telemarketing call.
My only hope is that one day my necktie will get caught in Mr Hungry like it did to Arsenio Hall in the opening scene of Amazon Women on the Moon.
Bullshit, or not?
No, thank you. One of the small amounts of enjoyment that I get out of my sad, sad life is feeding Mr. Hungry (my pet name for the in-sink-erator) his daily ration of onion peels, bell pepper cores, and garlic paper. If I don't get to do this, then cooking just isn't worth it, and neither is living.
You know that if you get to level 100 in duck hunt you can shoot the dog and he comes up with crutches and bandages.
And in Japan they have all the way up to Mario 9.
Some of us couldn't afford NES's until 1989, you insensitive clod! But the wait was well worth it - I got the Power Pad! ...and used it three times.
Anyone remember the commercial for the power pad in the US? They were in that polygonal dome... Wait... That was the glove-thingy that you needed to enjoy Mike Tyson's punch-out as it was meant to be enjoyed? Does anyone remember the commercial for the Power Pad? Does anyone remember the Power Pad?
HELLO?! WHAT?! No, I'm on Linux! LINUX! No it's rubbish! Yeah, I have to worry about dependencies and all that bollocks! Ciao!
Hey, I hear Spinnaker still isn't hiring!
You had to be a bigshot, didn't you. But in your quest for glory, you forgot one important detail.
You forgot to hook up the doll.
I mean, "You fogot to change, 'the other three,' to 'the other two.'"
Think you're bitter now? Wait until after you graduate and find yourself asking, "Paper or plastic?"
On a related, but different note, I once went into CompUSA with my girlfriend. She was wearing her university's Computer Engineering t-shirt. Upon seeing this, the mo working there said, "Oooh, computer engineering. Quick! What's RAM mean?"
I don't believe that it will hurt all online sales, but to some extent it will. Here's why: most of the stuff I buy online I do so because either I can't buy it at a local brick and mortar or because it's far cheaper online. If it is available both online and locally, I compare the final price - which is cheaper, buying locally and paying tax or buying online and paying shipping? Then I consider the time to wait for shipping. From that, I decide which is the best option, if in fact there is an option.
For places like Wal-Mart, Target, and Toys 'r Us, it will probably hurt online commerce because people will just go to the local store. But the store is still getting their money, so they aren't actually hurt. For places that aren't so physically pervasive, such as purveyors of computer components, online sales won't be hurt if they eventually have to collect taxes. If I'm looking to buy an Athlon XP2000+ and I check the local shop and find it to be, say $200 plus 7% tax for a retail box and find it on pricewatch for $115 plus tax and shipping, I'll certainly buy it from the online shop, after checking out their credibility on the BBB of course.
Massive Attack and Morcheeba, but not Portishead? I don't understand. Oh, wait, maybe you were right to not include them. I guess girls don't want to be woo'd while listening to "Can't anybody see? We've got a war to fight..." or "Please could you stay awhile to share my grief, For it's such a lovely day, To have to always feel this way, And the time that I will suffer less, Is when I never have to wake."
But my best suggestion for music is stuff that you know she likes - anything new would be more distracting than relaxing.
So these guys patented online testing, huh? Does the US patent office even care to research before granting a patent? In the article, it doesn't even say that the recipients of the patent claim to have invented online testing. So they just happened to notice the lack of said patent for an idea that wasn't theirs and thought, "Hey, there's no patent for this, let's make us some bucks!"
I can imagine their think-session 4 years ago...
"Say, Jim, this internet thing seems to be catching on."
"Yup."
"Maybe we can make some money from it."
"Yup."
"I gots an idear. Let's make a list of all the common things we do with the internet, then let's go search the patent archives to find which from the list haven't been patented, and then we'll patent them and force people to pay us for them."
"Yup."
"It's a go. Waahoo! Neudge!"
Just thought I'd mention that it's "sieve," not "siv."
Please note that I did not tell you to learn to spell or anything like so many here, I was just trying to help.
I have no advice on game programming.
I'd kind of like to see other niche sites be ported to the world of video games. For instance, imagine a Jump the Shark site about games and game developers. And imagine a game series that shot itself in the foot by introducing Ted McGinley! That could be another good way to amuse myself on my employer's time. Any other sites that would serve well if it's main ingredient were games?