I got stuck in a loop with a Comcast rep while signing up for cable. He asked if I wanted to upgrade to HD for free, it's only $9.95/mo. I pointed out that if there's a monthly fee, it's not free. He insisted it is free, but you have to pay $9.95/mo for it.
I was already planning to pay for it, I just wanted to get him to admit it wasn't free. We went through the cycle of free, not free at least 15 times until it just was sad and I was ready to agree to my free $9.95/mo HD upgrade.
I got my first bill and found out the dumbass should have been saying "Free HD with the $9.95 DVR plan."
TNT does it, at least for their Comcast HD feed. The local news screws up sometimes and broadcasts their (normally widescreen) news in the 4:3 ratio, then stretch it back out to 16:9. It's obviously just a screw-up in the second case though.
Excellent points. It's a bad jury decision, in my opinion, for many reasons I've stated, and some that I hope are just redundant at this point.
I don't mean that Tina Meyer was a bad person at the time of Megan's death. I think Megan's death made her a bloodthirsty person though. Lori Drew screwed up, and she'll have to deal with that. Tina Meyer wants to destroy someone at this point, and Lori Drew has a bulls-eye on her head right now. She's an easy target for obvious reasons.
I do think that enough of my peers who are parents now either encourage bad behavior, or demonstrate enough of it, that they're a hazard to their child. In addition, many get downright scary when their kid really pisses them off.
I think the Meyer family meant incredibly well, and they were dealt a bad hand, but I've seen plenty of teenagers freak out when their parents tried to punish them. I've also seen parents freak out from a basic "That's not fair!".
I think Lori Drew meant well for her child as well. I think Megan, known to be on psychopharmaceuticals for various psychosises, was someone for a parent to have concern about their daughter being acquaintances with.
A fake MySpace profile? A bit much, but 13 year old kids aren't supposed to use MySpace either. Tina Meyer has admitted she knew Megan wasn't supposed to use it (she allowed her, admitting she knowingly violated the MySpace TOS), but the parents were supposed to be present when Megan went online.
The day Megan killed herself, Tina left to drop Megan's younger sister at soccer (or something like that), and Megan stayed online when she wasn't supposed to.
The MySpace Fight ensues.
Megan goes to Mom...
I hope my point of guilty parties (there are none, just unfortunate bystanders, not innocent nor guilty) might make more sense.
I don't think it's clear that Lori Drew set out to hurt a child. That may have been the outcome, but the intentions were never clearly proven. The connection between the suicide was never clearly proven.
A lot of Very Bad Things happened. I just won't make Lori Drew the devil some want to believe she is.
Honestly, part of me doesn't think she's smart enough to pull it off.
But Megan clearly didn't kill herself over an argument with her mother but rather from the beyond hurtful comments made by a middle-aged woman pretending to be a teenaged boy who had just told her the world would be a better place if Megan wasn't in it.
Okay, two flaws in your post. How is it clear she killed herself over a comment from someone she barely knew, instead of over her mom not listening to her, yelling at her for being online when nobody was home, and sending her to her room? Or maybe it was mom's unfair feeling about her using MySpace (which was only allowed when the parents were home.)
But that's just Megan's mom's side of the story. She came home, got in a half-hour fight with Megan, sent Megan to her room where the suicide occurred.
For all the people mentioning that Lori Drew knew she was on medication and ill, Tina Meyer damn well should have known that too. All we know of that half-hour is what Tina has told the media, and her side of the story doesn't sound very good.
The second flaw in your post was that a middle-age woman didn't even comment that. Her assistant, who was given immunity by the prosecution sent that one.
Don't get me wrong, Lori Drew seems like a pathetic piece of shit, I just don't think she deserves to be hung high over this. She was a small part of a big problem. Nobody needs to be blamed, except Megan Meyer for hanging herself.
I'm not trying to be an insensitive dick, but the more details about the case I've gotten the less I felt this was the fault of any one person. It was just a big ball of shit rolling downhill too fast, and the Meyer family contributed to that ball of shit too. (I meant to do a car analogy, but the turdball was so much easier.)
And Megan's mom doesn't seem to want to admit responsibility for being a bad parent. The story she's told basically is that she got home, she and Megan fought about Megan using the computer while Tina was out, and Megan got made that Tina again didn't take her side. Tina sent Megan to her room, and Megan killed herself.
I've been saying that since the first time Tina mentioned getting into a fight with Megan and sending her to her room for using the PC when she wasn't supposed to. Apparently Megan got mad that her mother never took her side.
Sure, driving someone to edge to kill themselves is wrong, but 3 years?
Couldn't the victim at least tell her parents about what was happening?:facepalm:
This is when I bet the CyberSitter nannystaters will start jumping in going "U CULD ATLEAST MONOTIR HUR INTERNETZ!!!!1111oneoneone!!!!"
The victim's internet was monitored, and she did talk to her mom about it. They got into an argument for about 30 minutes. The girl was upset that mom didn't seem concerned. Mom got mad that the girl was using the PC when she wasn't supposed to.
Next thing anyone knows, there's been a suicide. It seems there were more factors than just Lori Drew in this case.
Goading into killing themselves... Hmmm...
That would make more sense, if it wasn't for the half-hour fight the girl had with her mother before killing herself.
According to her mother's statements, the girl was pissed off that mommy didn't take her side, and instead yelled at her for using the internet when she wasn't supposed to.
It's a lot easier to blame a stranger than mommy, though.
Back in the days of Bush the 1st (Jan 1992) the ducks left China. 10 months later, they invade Alaska. This was pre-Palin.
Three years later the fowl yellow molded ducks show up in Hawaii. We survive the first raid.
Eight years after gaining freedom, our fine feathered flightless molded friends start showing up in the Northeast US. Maine to Mass, ducks are ashore.
Eleven years after the spill the spiller offers a reward for the ducks. A $100 US Savings Bond. (Not the best deal in hindsight.) To be valid ducks must be sent to the company and must be found in New England, Canada or Iceland. Britain is warned.
2005-2008, the ducks invade again. They may have multiplied over the years. Or, we're just pussified. Either way, it's fowl.
There are basic routers that take at least put a reasonable limit on SMTP scanning. One that I work with frequently is the IP3 NetAccess series. There are other products as well, but I'm a happy customer.
For public space WiFi networks it's a fairly simple solution that intercepts port 25 traffic, and throttles you to x per minute. It's designed for networks with many mobile users.
Considering these are affordable for many types of smaller businesses, it's hard to believe that all consumer-grade ISP's can't implement a similar technology.
(Yes, I am aware that there are many DSL providers that all SMTP traffic goes through them, but there's obviously a lot that don't.)
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You can post AC after modding.
That's my favorite word and activity. Try it with a refrigerator to find out why.
And Vista came out, with better IPv6 support than XP.
Just saying...
Mammals are better than military.
What do optometrist zombies say? Fraaaaaames!
I got stuck in a loop with a Comcast rep while signing up for cable. He asked if I wanted to upgrade to HD for free, it's only $9.95/mo. I pointed out that if there's a monthly fee, it's not free. He insisted it is free, but you have to pay $9.95/mo for it.
I was already planning to pay for it, I just wanted to get him to admit it wasn't free. We went through the cycle of free, not free at least 15 times until it just was sad and I was ready to agree to my free $9.95/mo HD upgrade.
I got my first bill and found out the dumbass should have been saying "Free HD with the $9.95 DVR plan."
TNT does it, at least for their Comcast HD feed. The local news screws up sometimes and broadcasts their (normally widescreen) news in the 4:3 ratio, then stretch it back out to 16:9. It's obviously just a screw-up in the second case though.
I think my friend Qwak was the one who sent me that link in the first place. Thanks, I'd forgotten ifoundaduck.com.
If you break a law that drunk, it makes a difference. You apparently stayed within the limits of tolerable, as Lori Drew did.
She's (most likely) a complete and udder asshole IRL, but it just seems odd that a fake or anonymous account can be such a problem.
What does this do to Post Anonymously, craigslist, 4chan, DailyRotten, Tor, Proxies, gMail, HotMail, Yahoo Mail, etc?
What if someone is an anonymously an ass-hat to a minor who's already suicidal from any other anonymous site?
I'll drink to you, tonight!
Excellent points. It's a bad jury decision, in my opinion, for many reasons I've stated, and some that I hope are just redundant at this point.
I don't mean that Tina Meyer was a bad person at the time of Megan's death. I think Megan's death made her a bloodthirsty person though. Lori Drew screwed up, and she'll have to deal with that. Tina Meyer wants to destroy someone at this point, and Lori Drew has a bulls-eye on her head right now. She's an easy target for obvious reasons.
I do think that enough of my peers who are parents now either encourage bad behavior, or demonstrate enough of it, that they're a hazard to their child. In addition, many get downright scary when their kid really pisses them off.
I think the Meyer family meant incredibly well, and they were dealt a bad hand, but I've seen plenty of teenagers freak out when their parents tried to punish them. I've also seen parents freak out from a basic "That's not fair!".
I think Lori Drew meant well for her child as well. I think Megan, known to be on psychopharmaceuticals for various psychosises, was someone for a parent to have concern about their daughter being acquaintances with.
A fake MySpace profile? A bit much, but 13 year old kids aren't supposed to use MySpace either. Tina Meyer has admitted she knew Megan wasn't supposed to use it (she allowed her, admitting she knowingly violated the MySpace TOS), but the parents were supposed to be present when Megan went online.
The day Megan killed herself, Tina left to drop Megan's younger sister at soccer (or something like that), and Megan stayed online when she wasn't supposed to.
The MySpace Fight ensues.
Megan goes to Mom...
I hope my point of guilty parties (there are none, just unfortunate bystanders, not innocent nor guilty) might make more sense.
I don't think it's clear that Lori Drew set out to hurt a child. That may have been the outcome, but the intentions were never clearly proven. The connection between the suicide was never clearly proven.
A lot of Very Bad Things happened. I just won't make Lori Drew the devil some want to believe she is.
Honestly, part of me doesn't think she's smart enough to pull it off.
But Megan clearly didn't kill herself over an argument with her mother but rather from the beyond hurtful comments made by a middle-aged woman pretending to be a teenaged boy who had just told her the world would be a better place if Megan wasn't in it.
Okay, two flaws in your post. How is it clear she killed herself over a comment from someone she barely knew, instead of over her mom not listening to her, yelling at her for being online when nobody was home, and sending her to her room? Or maybe it was mom's unfair feeling about her using MySpace (which was only allowed when the parents were home.)
But that's just Megan's mom's side of the story. She came home, got in a half-hour fight with Megan, sent Megan to her room where the suicide occurred.
For all the people mentioning that Lori Drew knew she was on medication and ill, Tina Meyer damn well should have known that too. All we know of that half-hour is what Tina has told the media, and her side of the story doesn't sound very good.
The second flaw in your post was that a middle-age woman didn't even comment that. Her assistant, who was given immunity by the prosecution sent that one.
Don't get me wrong, Lori Drew seems like a pathetic piece of shit, I just don't think she deserves to be hung high over this. She was a small part of a big problem. Nobody needs to be blamed, except Megan Meyer for hanging herself.
I'm not trying to be an insensitive dick, but the more details about the case I've gotten the less I felt this was the fault of any one person. It was just a big ball of shit rolling downhill too fast, and the Meyer family contributed to that ball of shit too. (I meant to do a car analogy, but the turdball was so much easier.)
And Megan's mom doesn't seem to want to admit responsibility for being a bad parent. The story she's told basically is that she got home, she and Megan fought about Megan using the computer while Tina was out, and Megan got made that Tina again didn't take her side. Tina sent Megan to her room, and Megan killed herself.
But it's all Lori Drew's fault, somehow.
I've been saying that since the first time Tina mentioned getting into a fight with Megan and sending her to her room for using the PC when she wasn't supposed to. Apparently Megan got mad that her mother never took her side.
Why isn't Tina Meyer facing charges?
Sure, driving someone to edge to kill themselves is wrong, but 3 years?
Couldn't the victim at least tell her parents about what was happening? :facepalm:
This is when I bet the CyberSitter nannystaters will start jumping in going "U CULD ATLEAST MONOTIR HUR INTERNETZ!!!!1111oneoneone!!!!"
The victim's internet was monitored, and she did talk to her mom about it. They got into an argument for about 30 minutes. The girl was upset that mom didn't seem concerned. Mom got mad that the girl was using the PC when she wasn't supposed to. Next thing anyone knows, there's been a suicide. It seems there were more factors than just Lori Drew in this case.
Goading into killing themselves... Hmmm... That would make more sense, if it wasn't for the half-hour fight the girl had with her mother before killing herself. According to her mother's statements, the girl was pissed off that mommy didn't take her side, and instead yelled at her for using the internet when she wasn't supposed to. It's a lot easier to blame a stranger than mommy, though.
I can honestly say I respect that approach by law enforcement. It's somewhat more honest than I'd expect.
It's well worth watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFC9jv9jfoA
Back in the days of Bush the 1st (Jan 1992) the ducks left China. 10 months later, they invade Alaska. This was pre-Palin.
Three years later the fowl yellow molded ducks show up in Hawaii. We survive the first raid.
Eight years after gaining freedom, our fine feathered flightless molded friends start showing up in the Northeast US. Maine to Mass, ducks are ashore.
Eleven years after the spill the spiller offers a reward for the ducks. A $100 US Savings Bond. (Not the best deal in hindsight.) To be valid ducks must be sent to the company and must be found in New England, Canada or Iceland. Britain is warned.
2005-2008, the ducks invade again. They may have multiplied over the years. Or, we're just pussified. Either way, it's fowl.
It's 5 years old. At least.
I'll post under my real name, cause it's easy to prove.
I for one bow to my half-decade rubber duck overlords.
In that case I really, really like quantum cloaking.
You damned mammals, you've done it!
I don't remember the last time I said it, but mod parent up. I've never seen a comparable LCD that used as much power as a similar CRT.
How about a 1920 x 1080 display, like the one I have? Is the 1280 x 1024 screen better than that?
I'm sorry you got a crappy screen, but that's not the fault of all wide screen displays.
There are basic routers that take at least put a reasonable limit on SMTP scanning. One that I work with frequently is the IP3 NetAccess series. There are other products as well, but I'm a happy customer.
For public space WiFi networks it's a fairly simple solution that intercepts port 25 traffic, and throttles you to x per minute. It's designed for networks with many mobile users.
Considering these are affordable for many types of smaller businesses, it's hard to believe that all consumer-grade ISP's can't implement a similar technology.
(Yes, I am aware that there are many DSL providers that all SMTP traffic goes through them, but there's obviously a lot that don't.)
If Comcash could do that kind of speed, I wonder what they'd charge a month?