There are laws against sending certain types of things unsolicited. It should not apply to you, but I'd hate to see you get caught up in that type of litigation.
Do what I do: send them peanut butter spread in the pages they sent to you. This way they either personally recieve your contribution and after several times decide to take your name off their lists or their automated mail machine gets a delicious peanut-buttery spread that will slow it to a crawl until a tech cleans it out. After a few expensive service calls, they will get the message.
PS: I always write on it to tell them about the peanut butter. IANAL, but informing them should lessen any liability that they should try to assign.
source: http://www.mcgladrey-family.us/kayne/archives/2003 /06/06/making_junk_mail_illegal
A fellow geek posts about his three sisters and no one asked if they were hot/available/would settle for a pathetic nerd that lives in his parents' basement
You know at lease 80% of readers imediately thought at least one of those questions.
Here's a recommendation: their satalite photography in areas I have checked are better than google's & they have a nifty bird's eye view over some cities . . . other than that, live.com is crap:)
Microsoft does. As a former employee, I can tell you that we lower-level minions were not privy to what was on the list, simply that there were names/words that were not allowed.
Microsoft very much downplayed it, but I believe your more common (English) swearwords were on the list.
I duhno about that specific fraud alert, but on black friday when I went to my second store (c.usa at midnight, c.city at 5am) it my credit card declined, even when the sales guy called it in they declined it over the phone, but when we got home and called, they gave us some BS reason concerning 2 large purchases in the same day (under $600 total, but as much as I usually charge in a couple average months). I can see them watching for unusual activity, but when the guy called & could verify my ID, etc . . . kinda a BS way to CTA. This from the same people that wouldn't inform me if my data was stolen from them.
Man, I just hope this doesn't include the stupid planet Jupiter. I can't tell you how much I've wasted buying ads there - no one looks!
Re:Most of the posters here are obviously not pare
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The ESRB Gets An 'F'
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I for one am a parent. The organization NIMF does not speak for me. That said, I am *gasp* quite conservative. I won't let my kids watch rated R movies or play most* M/AO games. However, I think that the distinction between M/AO (or R/NC-17) is kinda silly. The lighter ratings help me decide what is appropriate at what age, but once something reaches M/R it is no longer appropriate for [my] kids. I could care less if it is M/AO/XXX/SHCYWBI (So HardCore You Won't Believe It - obv. made up). It is irrelevant. Ratings help me decide what is appropriate for my children (and in fact me, my choice is to not watch/play what I won't let them - my choice & I respect people that make the other).
Short version: A conservative family defensive group should not care if games get M as opposed to AO rating, as neither is appropriate for children (according to the ESRB - please don't flame me). This is only a ploy for an illegitimate uber-conservative group to try to gain some spotlight, and through it legitimacy.
My 3 cents (adjusted for inflation)
-JazzLad
*Perfect Dark for the N64 (yes some of us poor folks still play N64;)) IMHO should not be M, but T
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There are laws against sending certain types of things unsolicited. It should not apply to you, but I'd hate to see you get caught up in that type of litigation. Do what I do: send them peanut butter spread in the pages they sent to you. This way they either personally recieve your contribution and after several times decide to take your name off their lists or their automated mail machine gets a delicious peanut-buttery spread that will slow it to a crawl until a tech cleans it out. After a few expensive service calls, they will get the message. PS: I always write on it to tell them about the peanut butter. IANAL, but informing them should lessen any liability that they should try to assign. source: http://www.mcgladrey-family.us/kayne/archives/2003 /06/06/making_junk_mail_illegal
/ducks!
Afterall, it is the only thing that keeps me 'real geek' friends still talking to me.
A fellow geek posts about his three sisters and no one asked if they were hot/available/would settle for a pathetic nerd that lives in his parents' basement
You know at lease 80% of readers imediately thought at least one of those questions.
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If you didn't chuckle, you work too hard.
I think perhaps 1000 thousand shames would be more appropriate.
Here's a recommendation: their satalite photography in areas I have checked are better than google's & they have a nifty bird's eye view over some cities . . . other than that, live.com is crap :)
RAR
Microsoft does. As a former employee, I can tell you that we lower-level minions were not privy to what was on the list, simply that there were names/words that were not allowed.
Microsoft very much downplayed it, but I believe your more common (English) swearwords were on the list.
Just my 2 cents.
Jazz
My GMAIL account just keeps looking better and better.
Mod parent funny!
I laughed my @$$ off!
I figgure it's a 'real' address that has to at least be skimmed my a 'real' person once and a while. Makes up for all the spam the (used to?) send.
Good times, good times
Only old people use PriceGrabber
WTF?
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'You can take away my mod, but you'll never take . . . my freeeeedoooom!'
We dont nead inglish clases lol b-cuz we lern on internet!!!! we nead A/V clases so i can hoock up myself t.v.
no!! nead inglish class!! lol hav A/V class!!!
i vote u 4 teacher lol!!
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No, it's not a Virus, lol!!
Did you really offer up your photography site to be /.'ed? :)
I'd hate to pay your hosting bill next month
I duhno about that specific fraud alert, but on black friday when I went to my second store (c.usa at midnight, c.city at 5am) it my credit card declined, even when the sales guy called it in they declined it over the phone, but when we got home and called, they gave us some BS reason concerning 2 large purchases in the same day (under $600 total, but as much as I usually charge in a couple average months). I can see them watching for unusual activity, but when the guy called & could verify my ID, etc . . . kinda a BS way to CTA. This from the same people that wouldn't inform me if my data was stolen from them.
The previous post was as redundant as the story, and meant to be so - please don't mod it funny.
;) )
(feel free to troll mod this post, though
planes fly rats.
All your base are belong to Google?
Because 7 ate 9?
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Yep, still a troll
What's your email address?
Man, I just hope this doesn't include the stupid planet Jupiter. I can't tell you how much I've wasted buying ads there - no one looks!
I for one am a parent. The organization NIMF does not speak for me. That said, I am *gasp* quite conservative. I won't let my kids watch rated R movies or play most* M/AO games. However, I think that the distinction between M/AO (or R/NC-17) is kinda silly. The lighter ratings help me decide what is appropriate at what age, but once something reaches M/R it is no longer appropriate for [my] kids. I could care less if it is M/AO/XXX/SHCYWBI (So HardCore You Won't Believe It - obv. made up). It is irrelevant. Ratings help me decide what is appropriate for my children (and in fact me, my choice is to not watch/play what I won't let them - my choice & I respect people that make the other).
;)) IMHO should not be M, but T
Short version: A conservative family defensive group should not care if games get M as opposed to AO rating, as neither is appropriate for children (according to the ESRB - please don't flame me). This is only a ploy for an illegitimate uber-conservative group to try to gain some spotlight, and through it legitimacy.
My 3 cents (adjusted for inflation)
-JazzLad
*Perfect Dark for the N64 (yes some of us poor folks still play N64