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postal techs new adventure - i wonder if it will work. but hey $14 bucks. [By: postal tech / 2003-12-27]
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did i mentioned its available in the US and Canada. - postal tech
14 US dollars is more than I pay for my ISP in Australia. -robbor
Dial-up? That's still around? -billybien
Hey postal ... don't run ping tests. Here is an exerpt from the user agreement ><> Pinging is expressly prohibited. Any use of an account in any of these prohibited ways will result in additional charges to be assessed with a minimum of $250.00 per occurance <>< -daeglo
Shit thats got to be the most fucked up T&C I have ever read...we will install adware on your computer and you are not allowed to remove it, we will sell your contact details if our profits dip...and whats their billing period? more than 1000 sent mail $500 charge per occurance...
Shit and I thought AOL sucked... -Waylander
Hmmm TEH online....What are your initials Thomas Howland? Do you have a middle name? <g> -lineswine
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If life were like IRC - Happy Holidays everyone! [By: phsspok / 2003-12-24]
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If life was like IRC I could just tell all the (l)users who call me that alt+F4 will fix their problem and they would disconnect themselves. Or tell them to type "/s someother.net" heehee -FrontSideBus
I would hate it if life were like the IRC... not only would I have to pratically wear my age, gender, and location on my t-shirt, I'd be kickbanned without warning everywhere I went. But I will admit, there'd be a lot more nude people walking around in public (and more bisexual females!). :) -Mushroom
those bisexual females, are probably bi males wanting attention :P sorry t burst your bubble *pop* -MrThou
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Virtual Bubble Wrap - Annoy your neighboors (if you have speakers). */maniac mode* POP, POP, POP, POP, POP, POP!!!, lol [By: leonine / 2003-12-23]
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My wife is a bubble wrap nut. Maybe this will get her to stop playing the sims -FrontSideBus
goddamn the sims is a stupid game, the GF just loves it. its like trading spaces she says..... thuper. -putahtek
I knew people that played the sims more then left the house.. i have no need to control a little virtual life. i can barly control mine. -Harm
You realize, of course, that with a little creativity, you can kill sims, right? -obie099
i've seen this before but never remembered the link..good way to kill boredom.. we are sooo slow its ridiculous.. and note on the sims I must say I have stopped playing because I know as soon as I pick it up I can't put it down.. I think there is some sort of subliminal message in the program that tells you to keep playing. -kmonson
yes. you can kill sims. I could give you a list of amusing methods if you like. ;) I once had a couple that had a baby, and when the baby turned into a kid, i made her kill her parents (i removed the door from their bedroom). then I made her capture and kill anyone who walked by her house. She had a lovely little graveyard in the backyard. ;) She was a very morbid child, named "Alice Wonderland". I like the sims. It's a good stress-relief. Create a family called "Starfish" and torture them. I promise it is fun! >:D -mousie
I played the sims awhile ago. GOt married, then the Wench made dinner and burned the house down! ON THE SAME NIGHT THEY GOT MARRIED! -MrThou
That is farking hilarious! I love the noise when you click on 'fresh sheet' -CommanderData
I prefer my Rise of Nations, and the odd bit of Call of Duty. -Warrick
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Killer or Programmer? - Take this short quiz. See if you can tell who is the killer and who is the programmer. ;) [By: mousie / 2003-12-22]
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Tried this once.. didn't do as well as i'd hoped.
-Warrick
8/10 I guess I can spot my own kind. -MightyMouse
which kind is that mighty? -drachen
8/10 here, too. :~} -RiffRaff
7/10 - I should have known Son Of Sam on sight, my bad. -Mushroom
Looks like I can smell my own too - 8/10 ... -teivrann
Hehehe, 7/10...not too bad there. =) -techiegoddess
8/10 I, too, can spot my programmer brethren -Darth
9/10 -TechnoVampire
7/10 -ThirdOfFive
7/10 -RTFM
8/10...and Berkowitz was a gimme... -hkypipe
I got 8/10 too, the programmer that was also a killer threw me off... -Spyder19
7/10 here :) -Warrick
7/10 not to shabby -Servo
10/10 Just lucky I guess. Probably helps I had never seen any of these pics B4 -TechNeck
9/10. I recognised all the real serial killers (how worrying is that?). Didn't recognise any of the programmers so I figured they were all Pogrammers. Griswold let me down, I figured he had the look of a mass murderer. -Digital Dogcow
5/10 *packs bags and turns left* -daeglo
8/10 - I can just about tell a geek from a freak. -lineswine
7/10 for me -leonine
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A techies list to santa - And what would all of you ask for on a list to santa? [By: CommanderData / 2003-12-18]
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A house of my own and a permie job, I'm sick of contracting. And longer, warmer days all year round as I suffer from SAD :-/ -fearmyroot
A list of the naughty girls. -LaserGuru
the winning f@#$#ing lottery ticket!!!! -persephone
Hummer H2 with a pair of Solomon Crossmax skis on the roof-rack. Oh, and plenty of fresh powerder all year long. -techskier
The ability to feel real joy again. I'm having a difficult time with that right now... -hkypipe
A star and a TSC T-shirt! -billybien
Mary-Kate and Ashley. And my star back, seems my year has passed and didn't find this out until my name came up unadorned yesterday. :-/ -Mushroom
to work somewhere other than phone support. -CarbonTetra
A contract position so I can work 6 months out of the year and make more money than having to work all year. Prefer to travel to get away from the wife and kids. Oh, and a decent laptop. -spcadet
I put my vote in for a winning lottery ticket as well. -teivrann
a random 3,000$ to show up in my account -marionette
The Doomsday Virus -Digital Dogcow
A vacation on a tropical island sipping on one of those drinks with the little umbrella sticking out of it while eating fresh lobster and cracked crab.....mmmmmmmmmmm...ahhhhhhhhhhhhh :) -rokitt
All of the above. -TechOgre
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ASCII what?!?!?!?! - you know some one had to do it at some point. Its ASCII p0rn. warning, this is not considered PC or Work Safe, so please use discresion, you have been warned. [By: virusjtg / 2003-12-16]
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you have to admire the quality of the ASCII art, though. -lasciate
Not much chance to use discretion. That first pic's a doozy! Definately NSFW!!! -obie099
I think I've found my new test page. ME:"OK, type in *url*. Did a page come up?" EU:"OMFG!!!! WTF is this!!!!!" -leonine
I got **really** bored one day, so I took some ASCII art and colored it. For the daring, go ahead and view source. Complete with hair highlighting and tan lines. link: http://niles3.dns2go.com:8111/redhead.html -Kid
Oh, yea. The above link is also Pr0n. Not work safe. Easily identifiable from 20'. -Kid
Oh, yea. The above link is also Pr0n. Not work safe. Easily identifiable from 20'. -Kid
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Great Halo spoof - Check out the Video Projects and watch all episodes from the beginning. Movies are approx 8 - 15 MB per espisode and in quicktime and divx format. Extremely funny and some what safe for work (naughty Language) [By: MightyMouse / 2003-12-13]
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Cool and Season 2 is on it's way! WooHoo! At least I'm not wearing pink armour! :) -fearmyroot
lmao, I've known about this for quite a while. Although I still don't understand the logo. :P -Wiser
Thats one hell of a series, watched it all a few hours ago. -MrThou
lol, I've been watching this for a few months and I can't wait for season 2 -Raccoon
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Corporate go L337 - Scary or what? - it just goes to show who this is targetted at. [By: lineswine / 2003-12-11]
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lol yeah, funny how they translated the page. (for anyone who thinks their brain's gonna explode from trying to translate: http://www.nvidia.com/object/l33tfan.html ) -Wiser
Obviously not targeted to me, because that really hurt! -RedSwingline
you know if it didn't actually come off of nvidia's website i would almost think that it was a joke -kmonson
owwww...my head -kuzkotopia
Um, it is sort of a joke by nvidia. I think teh contest is real, but they wrote this page in an attempt to be funny. -nm
man that page sucks ! I can read it though but takes too much brain power ! I was hoping to saves those for tech support . any ways i get to read this because most sms are create like that, at least the ones I get .. -kennz
I tried to read it without it hurting, but I wasn't too successful. I think I had to shut down part of my brain in order to do so. -teivrann
wholley shite!!! *blinkblink* -mousie
I hope all the essay submission are in l33t! It'd serve 'em right. -Tekkie
Um, I don't get it. Where's the part that's hard to read? It made perfect sense to me. -TechnoVampire
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Um, yeah - stupid luser caption writers (farked the last one up, oops) [By: nm / 2003-12-11]
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Cool, but my 180Gigabytes processor beats his 2Gigahertz of RAM any day of the week. :-P -fearmyroot
Wow! That's faster than anyone has ever been gone before!!! -atomicbill
Rocket assisted RAM possibly? -fearmyroot
You wanted a caption: "Mom, Dad... meet my prom date, Betty." -Mushroom
LMAO@Mushroom -teivrann
At least she would go down ocassionally. -LaserGuru
but they didn't say what the number was. -STJ
2 to the 20,996,011th power minus 1. Caption ==> "Are we done yet? I have to go pee." -RedSwingline
Even Windows Calculator can't handle numbers that big! How do I know they're not making it up </ignorance> -Kid
Kinda like the WMD in Iraq? -obie099
Yeah, I found this HUGE prime number! It took me 19 days!..... uh, now what do I do with it? NOTHING!!!!!! -Mushroom
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Christmas Parodies - *cough*sputter*choke* Not really work safe. Requires sound. Swallow all food and/or drink before listening. [By: mousie / 2003-12-09]
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hahahaha, very funny -LowLevelFormat
I remember hearing this one on the radio when I was in high school, and that was almost 10 years ago. Yet, it's still funny today. When I went to the bank today to deposit some money, I heard Jeff Foxworthy's "12 Redneck Days of Christmas". -cecil36
Christmas has always been a good time for Bob Rivers. (And his best parodies have to be The Guess Who's "American Woman" as INFLATABLE WOMAN and AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" as DIRTY DEEDS DONE WITH SHEEP.) -Mushroom
This is suprising from you Mousie (not actually seen, but guessingb ased on commentary).. you were a quiet, cute little mouse ^_^ -Warrick
It's always the quiet ones you have to worry about, Warrick. That much I've learned ... and mousie seems like the type *grin* -teivrann
Yeah, I'm sure everyone has heard of the mouse that ROARED :) -Hellion
Everyone always says its the quiet ones you have to watch, but while your doing that. A noisy one will f'ing KILL YOU! - George Carlin -MaskedMarauder
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ipod's dirty little secret - Check out this story...turns out the internal battery in the Ipod is only good for about 18 months...then you're looking at $250 US plus shipping for them to recharge it. [By: phsspok / 2003-12-08]
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What? Fark that man. -Warrick
Absolute F.U.D. iPod replacement batteries are $50 each & are so farkin easy to fit a student could do it. http://www.ipodbattery.com/ -Digital Dogcow
ick i can't believe this pile of internet trash made it here. if you go to the actual site of the complainers you will see this http://ipodsdirtysecret.com/message.html and i mean come on...the pair are obviously jackasses to begin with. -marionette
Well, it would be a problem for your average starfish, you know. Whenever something has to be opened they're actually not risking their property, but whatever is left of their sanity as well... why do you think Creative's Jukebox Zen has been redesigned so that the cover opens and the battery can be replaced manually? Probably got tired of people asking "and what happens when the battery dies?"... -HunterSThompson
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More MS v Linux / Security Issues - Best line of the whole article: "AOL is closing its link to MSN Messenger because of its security flaws" [By: redevil34 / 2003-12-07]
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AOL who? -suprtechy26
AOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL *BOOM! {/ Raid Commerical} -LowLevelFormat
On the same page that CEO Steve Ballmer argues that it is impossible for Linux to be more secure than any Microsoft product. WTF IS THIS MORON ON -Bunglehawk069
Maybe Steve thinks like i used to "Since its opensource, everyone can see the code, and therefor cant be secure!" But i used to be a computer retard :p -MrThou
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A Great Review - mmmmmmm.... *twitch*.... can't...wait....must...see..... ack!!! [By: mousie / 2003-12-04]
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Fantastic Review..... Hey Mousie, did you know that you kinda sound like Bill that Cat? -duckhead
gee, duckie. thanks. :P -mousie
i've had my opening night ticket in my wallet for about a month now.... -Harm
*bounces* Oh that is IT!! The b/f better get out of work early so we can go see it now!!! I WAS going to settle for a later show, but nuh uh!!!! -techiegoddess
Personally... I'm not going to go see it, I'll wait until the 4 disc DVD set comes out by which time I should be able to afford it. YIPPIE! -fearmyroot
My sister-in-law is on the student council and she's trying to work out a deal with the theater near them to have a screening of all three at a discounted rate. Since she and her boyfriend are both on the council, they will get two free tickets each and they are planning on giving us two. Free entry to see the trilogy back-to-back! -CelticSkyhawk
Screw that, when's Bill The Cat going to be in the new 'Opus' strip?? Get that penguin off the ice floe, we've got a cartoon to make funny! -Mushroom
I'm looking forward to seeing the movie, but not to the point of racing everyone to the 1st showing. As good as the 1st 2 movies have been, the books are still better.... -leonine
I'm definitely looking forward to it myself :) Don't know how I'm gonna pull off seeing it until my first day off after where I'm not doing something with my RPG crew.
-Warrick
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Open Letter - This is an open letter sent to Dell about their policy for techs not to remove spyware. [By: rockytech / 2003-12-03]
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"We call upon paying customers of Dell Inc. to contact Dell and ask them to retract this policy." Uh...they're asking (l)users to think and do things for themselves? Can anyone see the potential for failure in this? -snowcrash
I dont think dell should have to deal with lusers and there habbits of clicking Yes to everything... Hell, i dont think they should have to deal with me, when i call in with my obscure questions :p -MrThou
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Report for training - Props to customerssuck.com [By: phsspok / 2003-12-02]
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ROTFLMAO ! -kennz
Had a manager and me who input this into an executive board meeting as a joke and not one of them got it. One Board member went on for 10 minutes saying there was no need to add an S-HIT program. When we finally revealed it they still sat with blank stares. We moved on quickly and to this day they still ask if we are working on adding an S-hit department and that was 2 years ago. -suprtechy26
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Reboot your car... - - "We'd like to have one of our operating systems in every car on Earth" What if my car gets a virus? [By: LaserGuru / 2003-12-01]
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Gives a whole new meaning to "System Crash" *shudder* -Zentar
"if M$ were a car mfg": http://www.shaddyscars.8k.com/custom.html -Dr Jerkyl
Car updates Breaking software, Message pops up inside, as your doing 70MPH down the motorway - "The New Breaking Software, requires a reboot to finish this install - Please note that until you reboot, you will be unable to Break" -Wonko The Sane
Would that be an "Auto" update? -RedSwingline
Another site I found why you should hold on to your old car if M$ threats are to come true: http://www.scorpioncity.com/mscrash.shtml -Dr Jerkyl
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/dbrass/ <br>
Dick Brass, vice-president of Microsoft's automotive business unit<br> he does work for microsoft in that dept.
-postal tech
</luser on cell> Hi My car just crashed, My leg's bleeding, neep, I want you to fix it now! noop..your the mechanic..neep.. come fix it now...noop -neuman1812
Thats what we need, Idiots working on reports and spreadsheets on their way to the office or home during rush hour traffic!!! -Bobsentme
"The software running their brakes will upgrade itself wirelessly." Oh, crap, what if the software's buggy like 1/2 of m$'s updates. -nm
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Is your Son a Computer Hacker? - Scary to think that this could be taken seriously. [By: TechnoVampire / 2003-11-28]
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Whilst this is an old article and aimed at just pissing people off (it's not a serious write up), but when the starfish read this they can't see the tounge in cheek humour... I showed this to my friends mother and she pretty much wanted me to rip out her AMD Athlon CPU. -fearmyroot
"Most American families use trusted and responsible Internet Service Providers, such as AOL." ROTFLMAO! !!! -LaserGuru
I sent this link to my dad because I thought he'd get a laugh out of it, and 2 minutes later my mom called all freaked because I gave my brother an athlon board and a "faster" video card! BWAhahahahaha! -ladysethos
LOL! Loved it! Bookmarked it! -Spyder19
OMG. This is yet another example of people who panic over things they don't understand. But then again, I have to laugh my ass off about "trusted ISP" and "AOL" used in the same sentence, and blaming hacker activies on Quake. And I'm loving this stereotype of how hackers dress...because they're uniformly dressing in bright, day-glo colors...oh gawd...glad that isn't my dad. -techiegoddess
And further yet...I need to drink heavily after I realized how extremely funny this was because it was a spoof...now it's even funnier! -techiegoddess
Lunix (?) Invented by Linyos Torovoltos (??) WTF! -RedSwingline
Cute. I wonder if my mother would get it. -snowcrash
ROFL! Funny how some of those things described myself! :D -Wiser
Anyone read the comments? Stupid starfishies. . . . -nm
<Blink> <Blink> Flash is a script kiddie tool now ???, I thought it was just a weapon of mass design school destruction. -Digital Dogcow
DD- good one! We have a marketing flasher type as our main corporate webmaster. -LaserGuru
dude wish the starfish that have read the article would not believe the falacy that the starfish author has written to brainwash all the starfish around the world believe that people that have a slightly higher IQ are hackers. and kiddies need not use computer for their gaming pleasure.
Also the term "hackers" apply to all computer afficionados that have the ability to enhance the capability of their computer. So if overclock my processor. And delete all the shite that MS puts on your computer so it will be much efficient and would not hang just like every other windows OS. -kennz
that makes me a hacker - technically speaking . -kennz
Bonzi Buddy and Comet Curser are hacking tools?!!! I smell parody, Onion style! -billybien
LOL. He probably only had a DOS window open, and his dumb sister freaked. I've been accused of being a "hacker" (which as we all know isn't even the proper term) because I was using it to quickly format a floppy. Argh. Everything in this list can also be signs of normal teenage crap. (With the exception of the ISP, however, I've had kids call up just to ask the download/upload speed and the price so they can sell mommy and daddy on it). Hopefully this article is a spoof. But the whole article reminds me of GTA: Vice City "Signs your child is a 'Red', they read complicated literature, have concern for thier fellow man... " ect. Clicking on the linked words tells me this MUST be a spoof site.... i hope... but some might be dumb enough to believe it... eg. AOL subs. -Zentar
Hmmm, now I'm not sure, the author identifies himself in other posts as a "baptist"...I'll just leave it there because anything further I'll say will be inflammitory against that version of christianity. Hmmm, now I feel like renaming folders with my old DOS script... -Zentar
yes, its a parody, its adequacy.org for farks sake -nm
Holy Christ... I can't believe how many supposedly "Highly intelligent" 133t h4x0rz can't get that it was satire. Sad, really. -Nonamys
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You just now noticed? - I guess it was only a matter of time. Whats next? Can't use male & female when refering to plugs and sockets. [By: RedSwingline / 2003-11-26]
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I elect we call them Genius and starfishy instead. What a complete waist of time and resources for this idiot that wants this changed. -suprtechy26
I just read that too and came here to post it. All I can say is, what a fucking joke. Hey, here's an idea: Let's legislate it and institute a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years for any person who offends another person of a different race or religion. Fucking assholes. This jackass obviously has way too much time on his hands. -RiffRaff
Some specific program language is specifically assigned terms such as master and slave. It would take a monumental change on par with the Y2K joke to change every existing program to refer to the drives as something else. BIOS and startup programs use the master and slave terminology. This is not just a simple 1 -2 click thing. This would be like removing the term IP from programming. -suprtechy26
Errr... I posted this one two days ago. So- I guess webmasters, scoutmasters and harbor masters are out? The Army has to get rid of master sergeants and master gunners? Is Ticketmaster out? USNO Master Time Clock? Master Lock Co? Master and Commander movie? -LaserGuru
Why stop there: What about black and white wires in the electrical system- shouldn't we make them all equally gray? Our ethernet runs here use some blue wire and some gray wire- this is a definate problem here in the South. I guess they need to change error messages to get rid of 'abort' and 'invalid'. What about the 'kill' command? -LaserGuru
Person sending request to vendors says, "nothing more than a plea to vendors to see what they can do." So how about a request to the thick-headed, thin-skinned, whining shit-for-brains fishie that was so easily offended by standard industry terminology to just STFU and get over it? I get offended on just about a weekly basis, and so far the sun and moon have continued to rise and set at their predicted times. Jeez. -Skylark
But without terminology the (l)users understand, such as "master" and "slave" units, how will they understand computers in movies? ;) -snowcrash
I also read there that LA is offering monetary recompense for the descendants of slaves. I want my share -- my ancestors were slaves also, although it was 5000 years ago! Really, though, if we are to let mere words affect us then we are definitely one sick society. (I guess we are one sick society, then.) -Captain Trips
Don't forget Britney... She can't be a "slave 4 n e 1" now. :P -RCNitro
I saw this link last night (my sweetie saw it on a different forum). It's pretty ridiculous. Then, I've had customers in LA say to me "why is it when my tv isn't working it's a black screen?". So I can't say I'm that surprised. Some one mentioned the male/female connectors. I wouldn't be surprised if next people wanted to change that too. But almost everything invented by men (or humans for that matter) has some sexual connotation eg. hydrolics, pistons, connectors, cars (I would refer you to Ferrari)... So yes, if this logic was extended, probably we'd see non-gender-named connectors. I'd wish they'd be politically correct other ways. Like have more hunky half-nude men on tv, instead of always bikini girls. Lets have "affirmitive action" in that sense! Ladies... who's with me? -Zentar
I ain't female, Zentar, but I'm with you on that one -teivrann
Well in the UK I belive one of the army ranks is colour sargent... I guess as the UK almost always seems to follow the US that'll have to go along with everything else. And I'm with all those that want more hunks on telly! Bring on the baby oiled dancing men! <grabs Cheetos>. -fearmyroot
OMG. What else are we going to put up with now? Someone needs to get a life, rather than waste our time on stupid s*** like that. -techiegoddess
OMG. What else are we going to put up with now? Someone needs to get a life, rather than waste our time on stupid s*** like that. -techiegoddess
ugh...how did I end up with two replies? Sorry...=( -techiegoddess
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Need the Dunny? - If u are in Australia and are caught short, then never fear, at least you will know where the nearest lavatory/Dunny/John/Bog is located. [By: Windy Miller / 2003-11-24]
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Ah.. always useful if you've overdone it celebrating the England win... Or if you're sick as a parrot having lost to us!! -NightRain
oh. my gawd. -mousie
Oro? This is seriously, SERIOUSLY whacked... why in the name of the Aspects would you need a goddamn map of all the facilities in Australia? Why? -Warrick
Errr... Monty Python? -Zentar
I agree... useful when doing the Marathon for the Incontinent :-) -Windy Miller
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Yes, master! - WTF? Looks likes someone is going to have to develop a PC PC. I wonder what they would make of the old HP 1000 commands of 'consecrate' and 'desecrate'? [By: LaserGuru / 2003-11-24]
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What next?! We won't be able to use "terminate", "execute" or "kill" to express program instructions because it sounds too violent? -Tekkie
And the title of web,aster must be wholly inapproprate. My college calls freshmen "first-years", but everyone else's is a sophmore, junior, or senior. farking pc bullcrap. You wanna be tolerant, then by all menas do it? However, that means something other than changing termanology that has nothing to do with racism or sexism, it menas doing, like not crossing the street in fear when you see a black guy. -nm
I think I speak on behalf of the entire computer world when I say: OMFG. -Calydor
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I feel sorry for whoever does tech for - these. You think the redneck problem is bad now? [By: nm / 2003-11-23]
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Now that is scarier than Anna Nicole Smith. -teivrann
Anna Nicole Smith, hells no. This is scarier than the stuff they probably show as evidence in the War Crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic -Warrick
Geeks and techs everywhere must be cringing at this- the same link made a Slashdot story and a Fark headline (and deservedly so). -BayouTech
I wonder if it comes with the southern version of Windows, "Winderz". -Bobsentme
No, the southern version comes with Crisco. The startup sound is "Winderz Will Rise Again!" -LaserGuru
It comes with Winderz Office 9.0 XP -nm
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Man sues church over ringing bells - Yet another glaring example of why I hate people so much. [By: nicky / 2003-11-21]
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I understand his complaint, but he's being an @$$. I live near several churches, one has a large festival that lasts two weeks with Greek music from dawn until dusk. It's extremily irritating, as they play the same selections over and over. But I'm not going to complain to authorities, it's a celebration of thier heritage. Likewise, there is a Fire Hall down the road, evertime they have a call I can hear thier siren. And being higher up, only makes the noise louder as it resonates off the concrete, but I'm not going to write angry letters to the firemen. My suspicion is this man has something against the Church itself. Then again, I'm sure if he lived in the countryside, this scrooge woiuld be writing angry letters to the crows and other birds! -Zentar
HA! I hope the judge falls off his seat laughing at him. He'll get about as far as someone trying to sue an airport for noisy airplanes. -scooby111
I wrote him to stop trying to make the world conform to him and being such a whiner. -FistLaw
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Computers vs. Typewritters - Tell me what you think about this guy BTICHING about why he didn't have to buy a new typewritter in 7 years but, bought 7 computers in 6 years... [By: LowLevelFormat / 2003-11-17]
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Maybe if he knew how to use a computer it wouldn't be an issue.. -Zaxtan
andy rooney? come one he bitches about everything, but he has a point, computers change by the second. but a handy typewriter never needs upgrades and patches. -postal tech
if you never want to change what you are doing, the first computer you brought would be good enough. if they upgraded typewriter the same way, he would have been through several typewriters too (latest model -> fits under your fingernail, and operates on brainwaves <grin>) -madonnac
Actually, you don't *have* to change computers all the time. At my workplace, the fastest machine is a Celeron 400MHz. The slowest is a P100. All running Win98. If it isn't broke, don't fix it. -mhesseltine
The old gray clone, oh she aint' what she used to be... She aint what she used to be... <ducks flying lart> -BunnieTechBabe
same with sewing machines. a brand new top-of-the-line computer will be bottom of the dirtpile within maybe 2 years. my sewing machine is 35 years old and is a disgusting putrid olive green. when my mom brought it, the color was the height of fashion and the machine itself was top-quality. the color may be out of date now, but you'd be hardpressed to get a better machine for the price she paid for it. in fact, you couldn't. it's still top-quality. go figure. :P -mousie
This guy is a whiny asswipe starfish. Just like every other starfish if they took the time to at least ATTEMPT to educate themselves and listen once in awhile, they'd have no problem. However this isnt the case. They want to have everything be perfect and have somone wipe their ass too. Horeshit</rant> -firebird2k2
What a prat. He claims that Bill Gates invented the computer, it's Bill's fault that the power button is in a different place on every computer he has bought. Anyone who actually researched their story would know otherwise. Noone forced him to buy a computer; if he loves his typewriter so much why doesnt he just use that instead. If that site ws a forum i'd call troll -maidtina
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The 7 Deadly Sins - I don't know if anyone has read this before, but I thought it was really funny. [By: mousie / 2003-11-14]
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Good article but once a starfish, always a starfish. They can try to hide it but in the end they still come out as morons. However, if this were taught as much as basic manners it would make out lives easier. -suprtechy26
I agree suprtechy - most of it is just manners. I can't count the number of times people get riled up and bitch at me as though I'm their personal punching bag. -teivrann
(smiles) with Teivrann, I'll agree. Some people don't have manners. However, in the reverse , I have had a lot of customers call me their personal saviour for stuff which was so idiotically simple it ain't funny. -Warrick
Truer words I ain't heard spoke... -PaseoGuy
amen to that! -kennz
specially sin 6! -RTFM
I hear #2 and #4 repeatedly, every farking day.... I should mass forward that enonomously to every e-mail address in my company's domain... <eg> -RiffRaff
Rule 2 is my favorite. And I will not help you if you can't turn on the computer because the phone is down the road. -techiegoddess
Forget about those who complain about having to pay for support. I talk to enough starfish who call me about stuff I couldn't help them with if I wanted. Then they get upset when I tell them that they need to call a long distance number to talk with the right people. and, "NO I WILL NOT TRANSFER YOU" -daeglo
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This is one sick starfish - Let's try this again, shall we? [By: rokitt / 2003-11-12]
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Nice page! All the beautiful colors and the real proof that life exists in other planets! And I didn't know it was so simple to solve the energy crisis! Man, That's good shit! -Dr Jerkyl
Ok..I tried to paste the link...TWICE.....and it won't show up...HAWK? -rokitt
um, all it takes me to is http:/// -KuroTaka
there is no link. -mousie
same problem... -phsspok
You broke the internet and I want it fixed NOW! -RedSwingline
Still broke -RTFM
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Dance, iPod boy! - Remember Steve Ballmer making a prat of himself in the infamous "Dance Monkey boy" video? Well, it turns out he has got himself an iPod, so some joker has taken the "Monkeyboy" dance & turned it into a iPod ad. (If ya wanna see the original monkeyboy stuff it is here:- http://jokke.dk/media/balmer.html) [By: lineswine / 2003-11-08]
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lol -Bunglehawk069
lol!!! too funny!! :D do you think he knows that the whole world sees him as the most massively disabled starfishy in existance? -mousie
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Belkin routers now show ads? - The latest firmware update for Belkin routers grabs an HTML request every 8 hours and redirects it to a Belkin parental-control software ad. Gevalt! [By: chazz / 2003-11-07]
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WTF are they going to think up next? -RedSwingline
Next: Phones that, "only once a day" direct one of your outbound calls to a telemarketer. -FredKlein
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How topical! - Those of you who saw South Park last night will find this tremendously funny. I bet she was looking for the Country Kitchen Buffet. [By: FistLaw / 2003-11-06]
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Uhmmm... I found it rather sad. -LaserGuru
Sorry I don't find it funny either. The story mentions the engine hitting the 'blues & twos' as it went through the junction so fair to assume it was on a call. So some old biddy who it will probably turn out shouldn't be driving nearly kills a firefighter and stops an appliance that is on it's way to possible save lives? I think the biddy should be locked up for what remains of their lives personally. -fearmyroot
Yeah, SP was funny, but that's TV. This is real life and someone got really hurt, and someone is going to lose their license and be cooped up at home. -LaserGuru
And this is why I'm in favor of strict re-licensing regulations for senior citizens -- regs that most would pass but the dangerous "senile citizens" would fail. -Robster2001
well luckily the firefighter is still alive but may not work again with that type of injury. -postal tech
Virginia just passed a law requiring doctors to report any vision or cognitive problems to DMV, regardless of age. -LaserGuru
Umm 83 year old driver. Yet another reason for... Umm well I don't want to start a political argument. -suprtechy26
I'm all for yearly testing after age 65. I used to live in a neighborhood that had a large number of elderly people. The only reason there wasn't more accidents is that most of them never drove over 20 miles per hr. It didn't take long to develope an defensive driving posture in order to avoid them. -Hellion
Ok, maybe funny was not the right word...ironic, perhaps? Yes, I agree, it is a tragic accident, and I feel bad for the firefighter in question. Were I her, I'd feel very bitter about helping people after I recovered. I dunno...like we can laugh at Bush and his policies while still being appalled at the way his administration takes away rights and freedoms. Laughing at tragedy to prevent from crying, if you will. This is a serious problem that should be addressed, as babyboomers are not getting any younger. It's only going to get worse, too. -FistLaw
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D'oh !!!!!! - EUs now turning to a life of crime ? [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-11-05]
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Turning? They already steal your time, sanity, social life, etc. They're already criminals. What we need to do is convince the authorities that they are criminals and have them removed. -mhesseltine
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TV is a good educator - Does anyone else see a huge problem with this report. Sorry, when I have kids the TV is getting thrown out the window and I'll be damned if my children will get horizontal education from morons like the cast of "Friends". [By: suprtechy26 / 2003-11-04]
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This article makes me madder everytime I read it. WHAT ABOUT FARKING abstinence!!! What about the fact that 16 year olds shouldn't be having sex. What about that you idiots!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! -suprtechy26
"Huh,huh,huh. He said condom" </Beavis> Oh yes, there's a role model. -RedSwingline
Problem is that kids WILL have sex, drink, and some will try cigs. Kids should be getting sex ed at home but the problem is that saying “just say no” doesn’t work. I would rather the tax money go into sex education programs than paying for an unwanted child. -RunningWolf
This article was brought to you by the deviants at PlayBoy Magazine. Tune in next week for "Fun with Whipped Cream." -Rooty
That makes me sick! When I have kids they will be limited to an hour of TV a day. I think my parents made the right decision when they did that to me. It got me out there playing sports and kept me out of trouble. -samurai
Yes I will not raise my kids on TV, but the artical does point out that parents should discuss these activities with their children. I think it's sad that it take "Friends" to get parents talking, but a leaset they are disscusing it with their children. New slogan for Luser sex - "Just say NO" -MightyMouse
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404 Research Page - Ever get a 404: Page not found? Here's a site devoted to them. [By: TechnoVampire / 2003-11-03]
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The best 404 page will always be what you get when typing "weapons of mass destruction" into google, and then hitting "I'm feeling lucky." ;-) -Rooty
I have to agree...:) -Warrick
Now that's funny...I tried to go to the 404 of the week link, and got a 404 error...a generic one! -Arviragus
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how true - this so reminds me of real life [By: Servo / 2003-10-29]
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I wonder if that's one of my (l)users... -snowcrash
What does Kernel32.dll do anyways? -jackywebdesign
Jacky -- I call troll. No tech can not know what kernel32.dll does. -chazz
Let's be a good guy :-) http://www.webpromo-inc.com/dll-downloads/index.php Look in the middle of the page. -Dr Jerkyl
Chazz, it says in her name, she's web design. Either means she'd never see it, or uses a Mac. So, that mught be nontrollage there. -NightRain
or (crazy thought here), given that this is a *comedy* site, it *might* have been a joke......???? maybe??? -mousie
Comedy? Naaah. Mac? Webdesign? Well, maybe... Maybe I was trying to be funny? Maybe I am trying again? Maybe I'd better shut up before the LARTs start flying... -chazz
I've seen that before. THough it's usually Explorer.exe that crashed into Explorer.exe. [Kernal32.dll is the memory manager for Windoze. It goes toes-up, you gots problemz until you reboot.] -Mushroom
mmmmm, 32 pieces of The Colonel! :>? -billybien
Tastes like chicken. <mmmmm chicken> -scooby111
I know what kernel32.dll does. it crashes. EVERY FREAKING CHANCE IT GETS!!! -KuroTaka
"Chazz, it says in her name, she's web design. Either means she'd never see it, or uses a Mac. So, that mught be nontrollage there." - (Not trying to be an a$$ about it..) First, I'm a he, lol. Second, jackywebdesign has been my online name for 7 years, since my jr high days. Finally, I do use windows, and I know that kernel32.dll crash lots, but I never knew EXACTLY what it does. That's why I asked, and trolling was NOT my intention at ANY time. Sorry if I came off that way. -jackywebdesign
Okay, then, Jacky -- to be serious. Kernel32.dll is the core piece of Windows, where it does process scheduling, memory allocation, raw file handling, interrupt dispatching, et cetera. To use the poor overworked car analogy, if Windows were a car, Kernel32 would be the engine, GDI32 the transmission, and User32 and Shell32 between them the controls on the instrument panel. And if something causes a fault in Kernel32.DLL, that means it has asked the engine to do something like fire cylinders out of order, and the engine has simply refused. -chazz
Nice :)
-Warrick
<golf claps chazz> well put! -billybien
Wow, thats the best description of kernel32 I've ever heard/read. -Raccoon
Thanks for the VERY good explanation, chazz. I learned another thing about windows today. :) -jackywebdesign
nice website .. lots of funny stuff .. -kennz
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An oldie but a goodie - A little gem from the grand old days of the internet [By: CommanderData / 2003-10-28]
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GCC/B d++ s-:-- a-->? C++(++++) U@ P+ L+@ E? W++>+++ N o- K- w+(--) O- M-- V PS+(-) PE(-) Y+(-) PGP- t++*>+++ 5- X- R*(+) tv++ b+++>++++ DI++ D G++ e++* h-! r--% x-* (mwuhahaha!!) -mousie
my humblest and most sincere apologies. there is an error in my code. please mentally change C++(++++) to C++>+++ makes all the difference in the world. -mousie
GIT/AT d?(-) s++:+ a>? C++++ UB++$>+++ P+ L++ E--- W+++$ N-@ o K--(---) w+(++)$ O M-->+ V+++ PS+ PE+(++) Y+@ PGP++ t+@ 5(+) X+ R+(+++) tv+ b++>+++ DI++++ D++ G e+>++ h+ r>+++ y++++(*) -scooby111
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State of Ohio Sues AOL - What??? AOL continues to bill customers after the cancel?? The devil you say? [By: RiffRaff / 2003-10-28]
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In agreeing to the settlement, AOL stated in the agreement that it had "violated no laws" and promised to adopt reasonable procedures to process cancellations, including sending a written notice to consumers within two weeks of their request to cancel service...If they violated no laws then why are they changing the billing procedue? hmmmmmm?
-burrkiss
String 'em up and let's have a pinata party. AOL also lost 45% of it's online advertising revenue in the last quarter of last year. -scooby111
Course if your dumb enough to 1. Open the AOL package CD's 2. Install the software and worse yet 3. Give AOL your CC number, guess what? you deserve to be charged. Morons. -suprtechy26
My Ex- once signed up for AOHell on my credit card. It took me 3 months, and finally threats of legal action to get them to stop billing my credit card. -Hellion
Damn, I love it!! Kill AOhell. Wonder ifall the other states will take this up?? I hope so. -samurai
"Providing excellent customer service is a top priority for AOL, and is something the company is committed to improving and enhancing." ...should have waited till after dinner to read this, just lost my appetite...<barf> -redevil34
Providing Excellent Customer service my bear a$$! What the hell?! We get so many AOhell broadband customers where I am and it ain't funnty.
-Warrick
<blinks> Warrick you have a bear ass ?, girzzly, or Polar ? as for AoHell well as the song goes "you can check out any time you like...." heh -Digital Dogcow
bear ass? i know a couple of gay leather bars....... *hides* -marionette
Polar, and I am quite straight thank you very much (bows) -Warrick
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Pulsed Plasma Mobile Hydrogen Generator - As posted in the "story" called "Didn't I see one of these at Disneyland?" by Teivrann. I felt it sort of...uhm.....deserved a spot down here. Wow! just farking WOW!!!! I would love to know who's selling and who's buying and who thinks the US gov't won't notice.... [By: mousie / 2003-10-27]
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Precisely what the Fark is that thing supposed to do? -Warrick
You feed Starfish in the top and you get out - NOTHING... (OK, you end up with less Starfish) ;) -Wonko The Sane
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Heads up - Solar burst could scramble phones, power lines [By: RedSwingline / 2003-10-24]
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Thanks for the tip, I'll turn off my computer for the day at 3:00 -samurai
I've got a sinking feeling that the bane of my existance (a UPS the size of a Semi-trailer) is going down like Monica Lewinsky. t-minus 1 hour and counting.
-Bobsentme
I've got my tin foil hat ready to go. ;0 -rokitt
A co-worker of mine has been dumping customers all week by using solar flares as an excuse. -quadrinaro
see the second story at http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard2.html -Disallowed
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Anti-SPAM Bill - Nice idea but how will it be enforced? [By: RedSwingline / 2003-10-23]
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And what if the spammer isn't from the USA? Hrm? Can't see folks getting extradited (spelling??) for SPAM. NOt yet anyway. -NightRain
Kill all spammers, Let the goddess sort them out. -samurai
Ahhh... so innocent the US Senate is. I almost feel sorry for them. I can just imagine the speech that was made. "Spammers must be stopped! Stand up for your rights!! United we stand!!! If we work together on this, we cannot fail!!! It's time to reclaim your computers!" And a big cheer in response. I mean, 97 to 0! LOL!!! -Rooty
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Outsourcing Leads to Better Service????? - Who the FUCK has MSNBC been talking to? Is it just me, or should we all be offended by this article? [By: RiffRaff / 2003-10-22]
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We should be VERY offended. I just got off the phone with India tech support. The call lasted 13 minutes... to get a new keyboard. He kept asking if the keys were sticking in all programs. Since when does software affect the keys? -PsychoKittyB
BULL SHIT!!! India Rerouts most IRATE CALLERS to other areas! They have NOT ONCE helped a customer. you can NEVER understand a word said by thier reps. and if by some chance you get escalated to the quality department and there still is no one who speaks decent english You are out of luck. When I worked for HP we got Irate callers dropped in our cue by INDIA even if they had a product that India supported and we didn't. AND Almost all of the complaints I had to register when working for HP were about INDIA. Don't get me wrong I have nothing against the Indian race. But OUTSOURCING TO A COUNTRY THAT DOES NOT SPEAK OUR LANGUAGE IS COMPLETE STUPIDITY. I am sick and tired of apologizing for some one in India's mistakes. Outsource sales. Don't Outsource tech support! -samurai
I'm just blown away by this article. Holy Strawberry Squishie Batman! -Karman
From article: "Why is that the case in India? For one thing, such workers are better educated than their U.S. counterparts."
We know that anyone is more educated than those yankees, but what about us Canadians. -titolanza
Some farkwit latched onto the idea that they all have college degrees and decided to run with this complete BULLSHIT story. How about a nationwide survey instead of just talking to some CEO/CIO's. Farkin Biased Bitch! -Hellion
Quark has tried to outsource programmers as well, and the code they get back is crap. When you outsource your employees to India, you get what you pay for. -xhypertensionx
Well msnbc is part owned by m$. Hmmmmm. . . . -nm
Ya know what we need... a corporation created by techs, for techs.. :)
-Warrick
http://www.nextdaypc.com/nd0065431
<br>well i did it, i brought computer parts for under $500us. now just to figure out how to put it together -postal tech
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Male Bovine Excrement - LET THE RANTING BEGNIN -- "Here’s another thing they don’t like to talk about: those manning the phones at call centers overseas often provide better customer service than their American counterparts." -- my tail feathers they do. [By: KuroTaka / 2003-10-21]
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BULLSH!T. I care about wether the dillhole on the other end can speak the language for the country he is 'teching' for. If he/she cant, then the call will not 'go well'. No offence to the Indians, not their fault that they we offered the job, I just wont buy products that take $$$ out of the US and leave US workers sucking up unemployment/welfare checks. -burrkiss
Mother of Fucking god, we need to get heard people! Jesus! These idiot CEO's get to be heard, but yet, we can't get shit.
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Multimillion $ military truck w/ Windows - A DriverTech truck PC—a Windows CE touch-screen computer—supports both satellite and terrestrial wireless communications and has an optional GPS unit capable of uploading government maps from the National Imagery Mapping Agency.
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That could come in handy while I'm trying to get to work on time; where do I get one? -Raccoon
would give new meaning to the blue screen of death<G> -PCRaevyn
It's a Ford. They put all this stuff on a Ford??? What were they thinking? Were they thinking??? -Rooty
The Ibis Tek trucks are really cool http://ibistek.com/security_vehicle.html (check out the videos) -LaserGuru
I want the HummVee version. Can I have one Pleeeeease. I'll be good. <laughs under breath> -RedSwingline
Wow....I really want one of those...would make the commute so much easier....As I read that...all I could think about what that Spy Hunter game... -NeoSilk
I hope it doesn't crash -- (I can't believe no one's said that yet) :D -nm
Hmm. Nice to see a military weapon that can play back DVD movies. Don't want those soldiers getting bored now...! -ElPolloDiablo
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Kappa Kappa Gamma IT experts - My kinda experts. [By: phsspok / 2003-10-20]
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Keep this link up at least until tonight please, I wanna be able to see it from home seeing as how I'm stuck here at work now :)
-Warrick
Warrick, you can always look at the link archives: http://www.techcomedy.com/link_page.php -Wiser
Like, ohmigawd! This isn't, like, an AOL CD. What do we, like, do with them? -The5thRing
For the love of god...... KENSHIN WOULD MAKE A BETTER TECH!!! (and he's an animated character) -Warrick
Hey now, just b/c they're girls doesn't mean they don't know what they are doing.... but wait, they are using their CD's as mirrors, aren't they? So much for this feminist's protest... ;-) -Rooty
They can come lok at my CD's anytime. J/J my girl would kill them... And me. -samurai
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At least she got both sides.... - And we thought it only happened with floppy disks. [By: redevil34 / 2003-10-18]
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that had BETTER be a joke. anyone @ a dealership....o nevermind its probably true. I tried to be optimistic. -burrkiss
Considering what we all deal with Burrkiss? -Warrick
RD is full of things like this all the time. My mother will probably read it at some stage and tell me... I haven't told her the one about photocopied floppies yet. -EmleyMoor
that is true, so true, i believe, i believe -RTFM
I photocopied a CD once, but it was suppoesd to be a joke (my boss laughed). -LaserGuru
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The Beat goes on - WTF ???? [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-10-16]
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"...benefits to end users--a search screen instead of an error message..." I'd rather have the damn error message and fix my typo thank you. "One of the segments of the community that has not been looked at...is the user community." Couldn't agree more... I'm not gonna read the rest of this crap right now. -AceOfShades
I'm with Ace on this. I'd rather fix my typo, don't want hijacked to their page, don't want to explain to users what's going on, don't want spam filters fubarred, etc. -Tekkie
"...a poll paid for by his company showed 84 percent of U.S. citizens surveyed had a "preference" in favor of Site Finder..." Sounds like a significant portion of the starfish population, who don't know their mouths from their - oh wait, that's redundant. Seriously, Verisign obviously cares not a whit for anti-spam filtering, among other things. I can promise you this much - the admins that are on their game will patch this so fast it'll make your head spin... -hkypipe
the problem with polls that are paid for by a company is that stats can say anything you want them to. and besides, just because a starfish wants, doesn't mean a starfish should get!! -mousie
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! lets go beat them into submission! Those bastards are ruining our internet. That's right I said OUR internet. It doesn't belong to the starfish. It doesn't belong to managment fools. It belongs to the techs. The ones who can use it and appreciate what it does. Not monny grubbing fools who want to play online solitaire! -samurai
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! lets go beat them into submission! Those bastards are ruining our internet. That's right I said OUR internet. It doesn't belong to the starfish. It doesn't belong to managment fools. It belongs to the techs. The ones who can use it and appreciate what it does. Not monny grubbing fools who want to play online solitaire! -samurai
damn I can't spell money, and a double post. I think I need a day off. -samurai
why do they do this? -nm
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An on, and on, and on. - Now with working goodness! [By: scooby111 / 2003-10-16]
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Ya know, I read the whole thing twice & still don't know what they're selling off. They cover what they acquired originally & some gobblydegook about what they think they're doing but it's the single largest expression of corporate no-speak you can shake a buzzword at. -Tekkie
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At least some of them are trying... - This CNN article is about the secret training that some execs are getting.
"You'd be surprised by what they don't know," Shaheen says. "And they're not comfortable asking the IT person in their company because then they show weakness to their staff." - They only THINK we don't know.
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"...Much of the ineptitude is blamed on doting secretaries who handle e-mail and other computer chores for their bosses, computer trainers say..."
yes. blame us. blame the secretaries. quite naturally it is OUR fault that YOU are stupid. -mousie
I think as a CEO it'd be a better opprutinity to A) improve morale by proving the Staff have purpose, B) Gives them a chance to learn, C) gets them more time on the floor, getting to know their men/women/mice personally. Hell, Napolean from what I understood knew the name, rank and one factoid about EVERY FARKING MAN IN HIS ARMY -Warrick
Does it strike anyone else as pathetic that the heads of large companies think they need to slink around in a sophmoric attempt to 'not show weakness'. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy about whose hands your money is in. -scooby111
'Really? I'm not the only one who doesn't know what the two mouse buttons are for?"'..is it just me, or does this comment remind anyone else of the scene in Demolition Man..(snickering)"He doesn't know about the 3 seashells-":)
-rokitt
Nothing new, once got a contract to do this shiz. But these days I'm not THAT inclined to show them how to work the beasts, after all it's the execs and bigwigs outsourcing my farking line of work to india/pakistan/whereever. -fearmyroot
Doting secretaries my a$$!!! By the way, do you guys know how much you can make training these guys? I'm not kidding! Any idiot can make a fortune, all you have to know is how to use MSOffice. -Rooty
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Escher Logic ? - Form an orderly queue to rant here. (Bonus points for using less than fifty swear words). [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-10-13]
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#!@*&()(^*%%#&()*(_^#%#^*#%^*(+$@@&&*)*&$%*&&(*+_+%&^$&&*$ -lancasterjl
Got to love some journalists...heads so far up their own arses they can see their own duodenum -CommanderData
Look where it's comming from: " an Indian information technology industry body, commissioned the report to try to allay fears". In other words, send your money here and you get to keep more. Just the type of double-speak the pointy-hairs like to hear. -TheBrain
<quote> "For every $100 worth of work shipped offshore, $130 to $145 will be reinvested in the U.S. economy" </quote> Yea, in the form of an increased bonus to some arse-hole CEO. -RedSwingline
1.3 million worse case scenario ya thats a small number (dick) -Zero
1.3 million on top of all the others. As far as I can see the report says that these displaced people will be all right because they'll find jobs in other industries. Urm... no they won't because firms won't touch them because they're over qualified. Personally I think it should be the law (both here in the UK and over in the US) that if a citizen of the country applies for a position they must be legitimatley considered before looking at imports and their should be tax penalties for outsourcing so businesses are forced to look at local labour markets for staff. Their is no skills shortage either in the UK or the US, their are just a lot of wankers out their that would like their to be one so they can line their own pockets. -fearmyroot
In the US, if you are a laid off manufacturing worker, the government will pay you and pay for classes in order for you to be trained in "high tech" such as CCNA or MCSE, BUT if you are an out of work IT person, you are given "resume advice" that isn't worth the paper it's printed on. When I was out of work (for damn near 5 months) They kept sending me to resume workshops. DAMNIT I have 2 BA's and wrote resume's for my friends to make extra cash... get a fuckin clue! Now to make matter's even worse, they are taking our bread and butter and moving it oversea's. WTF!!! OH SHit! I just remembered. OUR CIO just got back from a trip to India?!!!! *runs and hides* -BunnieTechBabe
What in the farking hell, those stupid farking sons of farking. . . . (goes on for 8 hours). . . . Fark! -nm
hit this link. It is more realistic. Its from the CEO of Intel. http://money.msn.com/content/invest/forbes/P63142.asp , oh and for swear words bleep the bleeping bleepers. -burrkiss
Lemme think. We have lots of people in the US who dont have a job, lets just pick 1 million. Its a nice number. NOW if we had say.......the 750,000 jobs that are currently sitting in India. We would reduce unemployment and boost the economy due to the 3/4 million citizens that now HAVE money and will put it right back into the economy because THE FUCING LIVE HERE. -burrkiss
GIVE....ME....THE....NAME....OF....THAT....WRITER. I'll kick their @$$. Do they have any Idea hom many friends of mine have lost there job to INDIA! That's it! I've had it. If we all chip in we can afford the plutonium for a tactical nuke. Better yet for a sloppy nuke. wider radiation kill zone. Come on. Lets Take out india before they take our jobs! Where's my damn sword, I'll take them out myself. Then I'll go for the bean counters who thought this whole ofshore thing up! -samurai
From the Intel CEO: "We must fight protectionism here and abroad, double our productivity and raise the hurdles for intellectual property litigation. We must rally around this goal." -- I'm all for raising hurdles for IP litigation, but don't we need more protectionism? Fortuantly, I'm a net admin for a small ISP. I don't see them able to offshore my position anytime soon, but I know way too many people who are out of work because of this bullshiat. Anyone for a class-action suit against Dell? False advertising. -scooby111
That's it! Head! Outta ass, right now! -techiegoddess
Dinesh C. Sharma might be a bit biased as he has worked with a few Indian government agencies promoting technology in india -- google is fun -nm
"Global outsourcing helps U.S." like A.I.D.S is a humane form of population control.
Another biased piece of journalism from a rent-a-quote journalist, commenting on a report that "just happens" to vindicate the actions of the commissioner of the report. Are we REALLY meanyt to believe that journalists have any form of integrity, or are they simply wordsmiths for hire (I favour the latter, simply because I've read reports of eventts I've personally attended & it was nothing like the things I personally witnessed.)
-lineswine
Again, I reiterate: India itself will see outsourcing from its area to Viet Nam and other areas. Can I be a rock star now? -snowcrash
I have a modest proposal. Lets outsource the CEO/upper management jobs, and the money saved goes to the people at the lower rungs. -Wolffarmer
Are these people insane? Why the hell do they think shipping work out to India will help the US economy? Farking bastards. Might I offer this idea to Tech Support Comedy as a whole.. EMP the hell out of the region so they CANNOT take calls.. -Warrick
Wolffarmer - The only position management have never yet outsourced is... management. -fearmyroot
you stupid (explative) (explative) (vile explative) (profanity) jerk faces. how can taking away jobs possibly help our economy? and even with the arguement that it's only entry level positions, if ALL the entry level spots are gone, were do our little sibblings, and later our kids get jobs? have thes (profanity) for brains (explative) thought this through? -KuroTaka
*sigh* Like jobs in the IT field aren't hard enough to land as it is... -Techromancer
#$%%$#..(**&&^$$...$%#$@##... How silly of me! I can just "go work somewhere else"! Gee, why didn't I think of that? He's cordially invited to come and visit me and my soon-to-be homeless friends and we can have a few laughs. If I had a nickel for everytime I heard "you're overqualified" then I wouldn't need to be looking for work. Maybe I can get a nice cushy gig as spewing inaccurate statistics and furthering my own agenda. -Shai
So let me get this straight. Its good for the economy to dramatically increase unemployment because analysts "think" that there will be a shortfall of jobs in what, 6 and a bit years? Correct me if I'm wrong too, but aren't all the jobs being exported tech based positions? Certainly I haven't seen any beancounters or sales droids bitching baout loosing their jobs.. -Mephiston
DD, you should put that into a story or something slightly more permanant.... Hey, Hawk, how bout a category for offsite links as regular posts? -KuroTaka
By Dinesh C. Sharma... Hmmm... Wonder, with that name, if perhaps the author themself is not from India, and therefore, of course, in favor of outsourcing? -ClueBat
"In the worst case, the report said, offshore outsourcing will displace 1.3 million U.S. workers. But Evalueserve predicted that the loss will have limited impact on the U.S. labor market because of the practice of reallocation of jobs across industries." Indeed... and what would 1.3million constitute???? The estmated population of the USA is 292 Million. 58.9% of this are white collar workers. if you put 1.3million of those workers out of work, you have just put a little over 3% of the working population out of work. Now, forgive me if I am wrong, but comparitively speaking, that's a rather significant percentage, is it not? -mousie
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The U.S. gets colored money! - It's not near as pretty as Canada's, tho. [By: Tekkie / 2003-10-12]
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U.S. is trying to be like other countries and have different coloured money too. Me, I feel like it a big waste of money, government should have thought about getting jobs back to the U.S. -ab1normalh
Welcome to the 21st Centuary America!.
Now runs away and hides from incoming larts -RTFM
but conterfeiting us money is the easiest thing to do, it hurts the economy. -postal tech
What the hell did they use for color. I'm color blind so cannot see it? I can tell our money is colored in Canada. -Zero
I still think this rendition of Andrew Jackson looks like Charlton Heston on drugs. -LaserGuru
<CharltonHeston> Get you paws off my money you damn dirty apes!!<Charlton Heston> -GefahrMaus
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The DMCA was written to cover this? - Where the RIAA can't go, DMCA will. [By: Tekkie / 2003-10-11]
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Welcome to the 21st century, when people sue for anything they can get away with. Where the police box? I want to got back to 1983. -FistLaw
Isnt that the same as a universal remote? -burrkiss
CRAP!!!! Now i probably just opened another lawsuit. SORRY UNIVERAL REMOTE PEOPLE!!!!! -burrkiss
Wheres the front desk, I'd like to check out now, this is getting ridiculous.
-Bobsentme
Control, I need an exit, like now... -chazz
I think this is kind of an old story, but this and all the other stories do highlight the problems of the DMCA and the various 'sons of DMCA' appearing around the world. It's just so open to abuse I mean if I were to sue someone over a breach of the DMCA it'd get a fair amount of news coverage a lot more than the subsequent court case/charges being droped so its 'free' advertising. -fearmyroot
DMCA is now being used to enact lawsuits far beyond the scope of the original intent the law was created for. It is, in itself a hastilly cobbled together piece of knee jerk legislation that is inherantly flawed in both intent & implementation. When we get to the point where it is being abused to this extent then its high time it was repealed. Truely absurd!. -Digital Dogcow
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ROFLMGDAO!!!! - HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! [By: Gecko / 2003-10-10]
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Ordered mine today. Hopefully the game won't be banned by the sniveling liberals. -AirJer
oh my gawd!!!!! LOL!!!!! it almost looks for real. wehre'd they get this tidbit of news from??? LOL!!! and where can i get my copy of the game?? -mousie
http://www.ghettopoly.com/ -AirJer
LOL HAHAHAHA now I got to grab a copy of this for sure hehe. My buddy Richie will scream when he see's this. -Zero
Sold out? Daz da man keepin a brotha down. Gonna havta blasta foo. -burrkiss
I wonder if Hasbro plans to sue. -quadrinaro
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Using Shift Key a 'Possible Felony' - You gotta be F*cking kidding me. Yay for the DMCA! [By: scooby111 / 2003-10-09]
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scoob, the link brought me to an error page. I found a cooler error page when I typed the word Felony in the search box but no story. -Tekkie
Cripes! I found the story elsewhere & what can you say to outlawing keys? I have Autorun shut off thru TweakUI. Am I in violation, too? -Tekkie
The Slashdot headline also truncates the facts into the net result. Abbreviated nutshell: Guy at university writes report cricital of new DRM scheme by SunnComm used on latest copy-protected audio CD. Stock of SunnComm falls by 20% (big $$). Instead of working on further innovation (that no consumers want anyway), SunnComm says they will sue the student (using an unconstitutional law) since he described how to bypass the copy-protection on the CD (use Shift to stop Windows autorun feature). -BayouTech
scooby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >_< -Wiser
If I remember correctly the register also pointed this out, it also seems that *nix systems don't have a 'driver' written for them so when mounted all you see is a regular (one assumes mixed mode?) CD waiting to be ripp.. urm... played. Personaly I think SunComm were stupid to built a protection shceme that relies on the auto insert notification system built in to Windows (and apparently OS X) as a lot of people turn it off because it's farking annoying having it the damn system jumping up and down because you've inserted a blank disc or put a game CD in. -fearmyroot
You gotta be kidding. Because he admitted he copied his CD, they're going to procecute?! That's bull****. He said he copied it, not distributed it. -SparcMan
SparcMan- Under the older laws still in force, you have a right to make copies of stuff for personal use. Under the the DMCA, hacking or cracking to make that copy is illegal. Some legislators need a LARTing. -LaserGuru
It's not because he copied it. It's because he bypassed the protection scheme. Under the DMCA that is illegal. -LaserGuru
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Check out this case - Some people have too much time on their hands...lol. [By: phsspok / 2003-10-08]
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It almost looks like it would look more appropriate with an AOL CD in the tray... LOL -teivrann
holy mother of dude!!!!!!! -mousie
Sweet! Now I know what I'm doing for my kid's PC. -scooby111
Thats!! hehe wow speachless. -Zero
Rather cool actually.. it better be considering it probably wouldn't be too too hard to melt Lego plastic even in the layers it seemed to have :) -Warrick
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Tired of buying ink cartridges? - Check out the CFS tab. I have 2 of these and I never run out of ink. Each bottle holds the same ink as 6 cartridges and costs $8. The only catch is they only work on Epson printers. [By: atomicbill / 2003-10-08]
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Nice Idea, But just think of the mess a CAT can create - It likes chasing moving objects like print heads & Tubes, and the ink bottles are so inviting, <For Sale - One part used CAT, was Black & White, Now Just repainted, with rainbow Stripes...> ;) -Wonko The Sane
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NOT SAFE FOR WORK - Absolutely not safe for work. Posted to nix DD's putdown of Texas. If I were really mean, I would say that the guy in this link is British! Do not click this link if you are squeamish or at work. You were warned. [By: Gecko / 2003-10-07]
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aw, I'll have to wait will after 6pm to read it now. Then again I side with DD on texas. after all the only thing it gave us recently was President Bush, and I want to send that back :P -virusjtg
Oh gods, that is just mean. I, like so many others, were tricked into going to that site during one of my first chatroom experiences ... life was never quite the same afterwards. -Calydor
Hey, this is educational. Did you know this guy can teach you about prime numbers, like the prime number shitting bear? http://www.oswego.edu/~jpeck/prime/ -teivrann
that link is so old, unless you haven't seen it. You may want to wash your eyes with bleach after viewing. -Sovern
Well I wont look while I'm at work, But As far as I know there are only five people in texas with an IQ over 60. All of them are tourists. Seriously 90% of my calls come from texas. And the callers are always stupid. -samurai
Fark you! Not goatse! -nm
ewwwww, not safe for work, or safe for viewing at any other place either .... what would posess someone to do that ....yuck !!! -ExTechGirl
Sovern, please pass the bleach! -Tekkie
Aww dude that is downright retched don't bogey that bleach. -Zero
See, I'm thankful I know how to check a link before I open it :) Goatse.cx... NICE.. (shudders) -Warrick
Ugh! That would make me regurgitate a 5 day old moose carcass! -CyBear
Has anyone ever actually had the guts to click on the picture and see what's on the site behind it? I haven't, but I'm curious, but not curious to subject myself to that picture again...I haven't been there in years. We used to set people's homepage to that, and add the reg key that changed the homepage in startup -Disallowed
Well, guess we know where the guy keeps his head.... -redevil34
Goatse is so old and busted...*sigh*
Posting that link will get you banned at another forum I hang out in. -ResidentLuser
that's. uhm. nasty!!! -mousie
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Cool Computer - Okay, okay, I am a windows tech, but I just looked at the specs for this machine and I am now drooling.... [By: CommanderData / 2003-10-06]
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I must admit that I don't like the look of the G5 case, than again I thought the cube was 'cute' so what do I know. But yeah the specs on it seem quite good, I'd like to see it's performance in 64bit mode compared against an Opteron though. -fearmyroot
the specs are good, but....i gotta agree, i don't like the "look" of it. it's not as "pretty" as most of apple's stuff. maybe that means it acutally works? -mousie
i mean really... whats all that power if you dont have any neat software to run on it? Unless you are doing some video editing its like killing a squirrel with a dumptruck... a little bit much. -crackshot
And i would _never_ use a machine without a floppy drive in it :p -crackshot
People actually use floppy drives? I've long since passed them up for CD-RWs and USB flash drives. As for the system... me want. -AceOfShades
Yeah, they're cool and I might actually consider buying one...wait...twice the cost of a PC? Fastest desktop computer? Not according to independant benchmarks when compared to a single proc P4. Nevermind. -scooby111
Not bad. But, didya notice that none of the benchmarks were compared to the AMD Athlon 64 bit processor with 640k cache onboard the cpu itself, and their newest word of the day... "hyper transport technology" I'm building one for a customer now, and WOW, is it FAST ! -Spyder19
Indeed Scoob' I have to agree, at 4 Grand a pop, I dont envisage seeing a G5 on my desk any time soon. The Benchmarks used in the Apple figures are fundementally flawed, for one thing Hyperthreading was turned off on the PCs for some of the tests which in some cases impared the results (& Ironically in others artificially inflated them). Also I'd very much like to see the comparisons repeated when the G5s are finally running 10.3 an OS fully optimised for the G5 proc, not 10.2.7 So far I've not seen a benchmark provided by either side that presented a fully level playing field, so I'll reserve judgement till I do. -Digital Dogcow
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How does your home state rank ? - 34 seems a bit high for Texas! [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-10-06]
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#8 Iowah -burrkiss
Hey, burrkiss, WI tied with Iowa! -Tekkie
Not in the US myself, but I know some people in WV. If they're anything to go by then I can understand the lower ranking. -AceOfShades
w00t, move from CA to MN paid off: 44 to 12! -nm
#33 Washington. Hmmm. Seems about right. -scooby111
Great. I live in the "Stupidity Buffer" between Texas and Kansas (oklahoma). The dumbest ones leave Texas going north but forget where they were going before getting into Kansas... -GargoyleTS
I know why these results are like this, its the lusers vs level of wildlife ratio. That is why alaska is in the top 50% -raggi
Aw, crap... I'm in the second dumbest. -ClueBat
That's just wrong DD, not all Texans are morons :-) -Quarashi
Yippy, Idaho is 30, higher than TX and Arni ville. -Wolffarmer
<snort> Indiana ranks #13? Having experienced the Indiana education system for myself, from pre-school through college, let me just say that for people in 37 other states to be ranked dumber than Hoosiers is a sad, sad, sad statement. -RiffRaff
North Carolina #21... -hkypipe
Wisconsin!
We've got a pretty good education system here (why do i have to learn proofs?)
New school (2001)
http://hr.fonddulac.k12.wi.us/highschool.jpg -catman1229
Jersey and Pa in the top 10? whoever did that survey must be smoking too much crack! Pennsylvania is full of the most rude and uneducated people I have ever had the misfortune to meet!!!! I think an inbred hillybilly ton in W. Va. Can dwarf the IQ of 99% of Pa.!!! -RunningWolf
How does one go about claiming a state? -mousie
Yes!! we're #1 we're #1 we're #1 we're #1 we're #1... -neuman1812
41, go go SC go. See I told you my users are dumber than your's DD :-P -virusjtg
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Mouse Cam - My work was given 2 mice as a parting gift by our previous SysAdmin & we've setup a webcam for them! [By: stragen / 2003-10-04]
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Clever mice, they seem to have put something over the lens. -Tekkie
Black!. as black as Agent Dale Cooper took his coffee (black as midnight on a moonless night). Blacker than a techie's soul. Where do we buy the starlight scopes to see these (alleged) mice then ??? -Digital Dogcow
Is that three blind mice in there? -RTFM
It's 3:30 CST & it looks like the little devils have gotten the door to the room open! -Tekkie
I see one of 'em running his little buns off in the wheel... and a picture of a cat glaring in at 'em. Interesting... they don't seem to be running from the cat... -chazz
cool!!! :D -mousie
very dark, I like it. -samurai
lol -Wiser
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Common Sense on Capitol Hill - Dogcow has good things to say about a Republican for once. ( Somebody wave the smelling salts under Scooby's nose!). Go Senator! [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-10-03]
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All I can say is,"IT'S ABOUT TIME!" :) -rokitt
I farking hated norm coleman (he's a back stabbing betraying arse), but I hate him far less now. Maybe I'll even send him an email and even leave out that backstabbing arse stuff. -nm
well, thank goodness *somebody* out there has half a brain :P -mousie
About damn time!!! -Hellion
Alright. Where's Dowcow and what have you done with him? (I've told him not to leave his computer while he's logged in...) -scooby111
<ahem> that's Dogcow. -scooby111
I've done nothing to DD yet, But if you don't pay the ransom - I set Miss CryBaby on him, Shes got these problems with her computer...... -Wonko The Sane
Wonko ... some things you just don't joke about. -Calydor
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The music industry strikes again - This might have already been posted in stories somewhere, as it is nearly a week old, but, Canada's version of the RIAA - SOCAN - is going after dentists who use music to calm patients. They are demanding royalties because these buisness are "profiting" from the use of music. In honor of this demand, I downloaded Nickelback's latest album... it's pretty good... [By: Snakeeye / 2003-09-29]
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The hell? This is getting ridiculous... -AceOfShades
They're just making it legable to DL music, as ppl get more and more furious about the ridiculiness in the music industry's amount of greediness! We should declare aone month of no-buy of w/e music there is, especially as most is just shit (eg. freakney fears ...:D) -Dr Jerkyl
I find it interesting that they're accusing the listeners of "biting the hand that makes the music." If they're being money grubbers, suing their "fans" aren't they biting the hands that pay them? -Nonamys
I like Nonamys' idea myself. :) And yeah, it's sad they are so stupid as to NOT listen to their market.
-Warrick
Come on now, be kind- Jocko needs more cash... -LaserGuru
This is a long one, but....#1 Musicians want to make music!!! These people are not musicians they are "recording artists". #2 Most consumers cant afford to buy this crap anymore. What do they expect us to do. New release 19.95 FUCK THAT! #3 Fuck Lars #4 When you only put 1 good song an album WHY should I buy it? This is ridiculous. They can't really stop us from downloading (remember napster?) No matter what its going to happen. We should all just quit buying all music anyway. Except those few MUSICIANS who condone downloading. -WickedClown
WC - I've been doing almost that for years. I'll dl a song or two and if they're good, I'll dl an entire album. If it's good, I'll buy it. I'm not shelling out a good chunck of cash for crap music! I've got a wedding to help pay for! -TheBrain
the RIAA says that we are 'stealing from the little people' the sound guy, the lighting guy, etc. NO The music industry decided to pay Madonna $10 million and pay the sound guy $20,000. THEY say where the $$$ goes. If all of us evil music downloaders lower their income, then they choose to screw the little people and not tell Madonna to take a 10% price cut.</end rant> -burrkiss
Uhh...The entities here who regulate music in business environments (like Bars, Clubs, Restaurants, and Dentists officies) are BMI and ASCAP. They actually get royalties from them too. it sux! google them and you'll see... -GargoyleTS
In the UK the Performing Rights Society are the people who grant licences for the public use of music in bars etc.
(This is the origin of the line in The Beautiful Souths' "Song for Whoever"..."And I love the PRS cheque, that you bring" -lineswine
Let's boycott buying CDs and tapes for a month or two AND LET THE SCUM BAGS at the recording industry know about! -RunningWolf
I think a months worth of Boycotting is a great Idea. I wonder how I can organize it? Course I've been on a 3 year boycott of the music industry. I haven't bought a cd in over 4 years. I don't DL any music. If I hear a good song, I ask around until I find someone that has the cd and burn it. Now you tell me, that practice is "not" illegal but DL music from the internet is?? Which is essentially the same thing. Whats the difference of someone giving me the file over the internet as opposed to me walking across the street to my friends house and burning the cd?? Now they want to sue Dentists? What's next MUZAK? Maybe then they will go after retail stores, then banks, maybe then they can come after TV commercials. This is nuts. By the way Offspring made their entire album available on download, guess what, they still made millions, not from CD's but from their touring. So now please tell me how DL'ing is hurting artists. -suprtechy26
Muzak? They already PAY the royalties! Muzak then "resells" this to their customers! If you subscribe to Muzak, you should already be in the clear. This dentist probably had a selection of recordings or channels on a radio. -Xiphiplastron
suprtechy26: What country are you in? I don't know that much about other country's laws, but according to US law, it *IS* illegal to burn a copy of your friend's CD, if you don't already own a copy of that song yourself. It's not where you get it from, it's simply having it, period. If you legally own a copy of a song, then you have a legal right to have as many copies as you want, for your personal use, no matter where you got them from. -ThirdOfFive
ThirdOfFive -- That's legal in Canada. But only if I make the copy for me. If I make the copy for a friend, it's illegal. But if I give my friend the blank disk, the original, the computer and software to make the copy and do everything else but press the actual button to copy, it's OK. At least, that's how I read the law about it. -TheBrain
No it is not Illegal to burn a copy of a CD. The music industry went through that legal battle already when VHS videos came out. Any person can make as many copies as they want. Why do you think it is legal to sell blank cd's? Its only if I "sell" the music for profit. I can burn as many copies of CD's as I want as long as I don't sell any of them. -suprtechy26
I admit it: I was wrong. According to 17 CFR 506, Paragraph (a), you *can* give away copyrighted material, so long as you don't profit from it, and so long as you you don't exceed $1,000 worth of copyrighted material (retail value) during any 180 day period. (At least, if I'm reading that right. Anybody know a lawyer that can back me up?) What's interesting is that it includes the phrase "...including by electronic means...." Which, as I understand it, would include the internet (but as you have probably already figured out, I'm not a lawyer). All my information was gathered from http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/ At the bottom of the page, click "Title 17" then "Chapter 5" then "Section 506" -ThirdOfFive
actually, SOCAN is a sister organization to ASCAP and BMG, not the RIAA. In fact, the two have nothing in common. The ignorance displayed in this and other similar forums never ceases to amaze me. If all you cyber whiners wouls spend half as much time educating yourselves to the facts of the matter as you do complaining and trying to justify copyright infringement and theft, you may garner a little more attention. -hindyrox
So, who do you work fore, hindyrox? The RIAA or SOCAN? I didnt realize that dentists who use CDs they have purchased, or music from the radio qualified as copyright infringement. -Snakeeye
Yeah, hindy works for SOCAN...riiiiight. Um...you do know that it is indeed BMI and not BMG don't you. Fething damned Troll, piss off and die! And get your friggin lies right next time! -GargoyleTS
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The Any Key - Yes once again the Register has the scoop. This time it is the HP (and Compaq) support site for Lusers with info on the "Any" key [By: K1W1 / 2003-09-28]
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That part of the faq has been there for years at least. -Syowr
Yeah but if you rewad the story and check both links contained therein you will see that when it changed from Compaq to HP the answer changed too! -K1W1
Rewad? . Goodness knows what that means, sheesh, I meant to type 'read' -K1W1
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the next thing we will be supporting - will we be supporting a couch? [By: Servo / 2003-09-26]
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You're a little late dude. This was posted a few days ago. -Hellion
Be that as it may I didn't comment last time. "...order take-out (sitting down just got real expensive), turn lights off automatically (my lights are never on in the first place) and tune the TV to their favorite programs (that would be fine... oh wait, I don't watch TV, and even if I did I only have one channel anyway)". We're getting to rely too much on damned computers anyway. -AceOfShades
This is couch support, burrkiss speaking, how can I help you///// CU: Yeah, my cushions need to be fluffed. ME:You have just voided you warranty by having your potato chip eating fat butt in the same spot for over 12 hours and defying bodily functions. Have a nice day. <click> -burrkiss
This is couch support, burrkiss speaking, how can I help you///// CU: Yeah, my cushions need to be fluffed. ME:You have just voided you warranty by having your potato chip eating fat butt in the same spot for over 12 hours and defying bodily functions. Have a nice day. <click> -burrkiss
Doing support over the phones on this thing not a problem if a bit yukkie. Imagine being feild service doing a inhouse to fix one of these things? YUK! -fearmyroot
That would be where a full Hazmat suit would be required. And perhaps a full biohazard response team. -teivrann
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Do Not Call list blocked - A federal court in Oklahoma has blocked the national "do not call" list that would allow consumers to stop most unwanted telephone sales calls, one week before it was due to take effect. [By: TechnoVampire / 2003-09-24]
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Crap. Now my day is truly going to suck arse. I just want the phone # of the judge who ruled this ok, so I can call in all types of 'wonderful offers' every 30 minutes. -burrkiss
I want the number too -nm
The ruling will not stand. There are just to many people who are for the do not call list. Something like 50 million have already signed up for the list. -Luscious
I am now even more eager to get the hell out of this state. And here I thought it was just my American Indian Ancestry urging me to leave... -GargoyleTS
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Sign up - The Soapbox is a little to temporary for this. Being Techs I'm sure you are all familiar with Verisign's despicible and Annoying addition of wildcard DNS records to all .com and .net domains. ( If not please see: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32933.html ). Help stamp this crap out. Sign up. [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-09-22]
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I hate corporations. But I can't get to the petition for some reason. -CommanderData
Done... -hkypipe
Yeah. Ain't it great. Breaks our whole email filtering paradigm. I understand that they are being sued already. -scooby111
Done, and may the bastards burn. -Bradford
Done.. -JoeLugian
Done and done
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Done -RTFM
Is it bad that I'm hesitant about giving out my details even there? Ah, well, it's for one of the better causes I've seen recently. Done. -namor
I noticed this phenomenon today at work; wondered WTF. I signed. -Tekkie
Rubber stamped, and they can kiss the fattest part of my arse -nm
Count me in -raggi
First my browser was hijacked by some spyware that did the same thing, now that I've removed that anomaly this happens... signed -AceOfShades
Me too - Done! -Dr Jerkyl
Btw, a quick fix for spam filters which check if a domain resolves is to check for the MX record of a domain. That will still return a valid error if it's not there, and is more accurate in detirmining whether or not a domain can receive mail. Damn Verisign. -smellystudent
done over here! -idlers
Done. -fearmyroot
Done! :) -rokitt
Done -Spyder19
Done. -Chipsterian
done :) -Bunglehawk069
Done. -RiffRaff
Nasty, money grubbing S.O.B.s...done. -lineswine
done :-) -Windy Miller
Ditto, done. -Bioguy
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Logitech Marks 500 Million Mice Shipped - That takes a lot of balls... [bring it on Riff!] [By: LaserGuru / 2003-09-13]
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I think its time to call the pied piper -kennz
A mouse in leather? Anybody else get dirty thoughts with that one? No....Um...ok. <shrinks below his desk> -Bobsentme
Wait till the SPCA hears about how all those mouse balls are constantly dragged across rough surfaces. I'm sure they're going to get a little teste about it. hehehehehehehehehe -RiffRaff
That's nothing - they castrated mine! I can't find a single one... -namor
Yours got castrated? I just had to replace mine as per included instructions: http://www.knuckledragger.net/Humor/mouseballs.htm -Disallowed
And before anyone Snopes me for the link, I know it's a hoax. That doesn't make it any less funny. -Disallowed
500 million! Thats enormouse -RedSwingline
A casterated mouse is a optical one. No balls get it? No balls....yeah yeah. I'll stfu now -burrkiss
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Is Ms. Crybaby's first name Lucy?! - Hey, CD! Think this is likely to happen where you work? [By: Tekkie / 2003-09-12]
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If I recall correctly, CD's real name is Helen, too... and I suspect there may be some physical similarity as well. CD, is Miss Crybaby's name Lucy? This would be just too much coincidence to believe... -chazz
The name Helen was what made me curious. Doubt Ms. Crybaby would say this, tho. -Tekkie
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The Case of the vanishing jobs - Warning - I posted this for the humour involved but the article referrenced at the bottom of the page caused my brain to lock up. I don't know whether to be angry, laugh maniacally at the absurdness of it all, or simply sink into the morass of resignation. [By: Hellion / 2003-09-10]
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I vote for "enraged resignation". Washington state has a tech union, btw. -snowcrash
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I found Riff Raff - Aint he cute? [By: burrkiss / 2003-09-10]
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"Riff-Raff is housebroken, but often tries to mark his territory indoors when there are other dogs, particularly male ones, in the house." ...yup! well I'm convinced. Cant think why the hell Magenta sticks around though if he was neutered at 6 months of age. -Digital Dogcow
DD, he might have a long tongue..... -CommanderData
"...does well w/ female dogs and some small males"?!? - Riff, care to elaborate? On 2nd thought, please don't. -omegawolf
I always thought of him as a la Rocky Horror show! -lineswine
Riff - so sorry to hear about you being neutered at 6 months old. I didn't think that that could happen before getting married? Think my ex-wife got mine in the divorce. -RunningWolf
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The M$ Clown School strikes again - Huh? What was that Mr. Gates?, Run that "trustworthy computing" by me again!. [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-09-09]
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Although I'm not a booster for M$ by any means, I don't think this is all their fault. They wrote that patch (albeit slowly) and made it available. They had external auditors check it (both paind and non-paid,. including the original hackers who found the vulnerability). The fact that Maiffret's team "looked over the patch" strikes me as an attempt by Microsoft to get a reasonable patch out, and part of the failure lies in part with eEye's. How many of their products are given the same half-assed treatment? -Arviragus
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Future Darwin Award Winner - All I can say is, if UPS had handled the shipping, he'd be dead right now. [By: RiffRaff / 2003-09-09]
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i guess he would be -kennz
Oh, perfect place to vent. . . . UPS cuased me a major headache this week by damaging a part on my bike, it only cost 20 bucks, buts going to take a week to get the part. What really gets me is that it was in a hardshell case that not even teh airliones have managed to damage, what did they do, open it and hit it with a hammer? -nm
<Young Ones flashback> "A package from the Transvaal ?, How Stwange!!!". -Digital Dogcow
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IT Mugs, By a Tech for the Tech - Get your IT mugs here. Perfect for the disgrunted tech worker. [By: TechnoVampire / 2003-09-04]
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OMFG! These are excellent! Must have must have...... -CommanderData
ELEVEN fucking quid for a mug???? ($17 US), this guy aint selling mugs, he's selling TO them!!!! - fuck that! -Digital Dogcow
404 - Coffee Not Found - Argh! an IT persons worst nightmare... (Second worst is finding the Coffee Machine only has De-Caffinate left in stock!) - Nice Mugs But Pricy - but I've ordered the 404 one! -Wonko The Sane
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It's National Penis day in NZ - Main aim to get men feeling comfortable with themselves (encourage men talk to health professionals at the first sign of illness). To keep it fun there is going to be a nude photo shoot. As far as I know the spam guy with all the enhancement products will not be there. [By: K1W1 / 2003-09-03]
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Aw, interest in this event will peter out pretty quickly. <g> -RiffRaff
do you think it'll go a bit limp, then? -RTFM
I don't know what they'll do next though.. it could be a hard act to follow.. -TheBrain
As has been stated in the past, a hard man is good to find. Think they'll have any difficulty with that at the photo shoot? ;-)
-SwedishChef
I just hope no one gets Teste. -Hellion
The 40 naked guys and gals formed the shape of a penis and testicles. If they'd planned it better they could've put all the hairy people in the scrotal area for a more realistic look. BTW it is the beginning of spring here and there was a bloody good frost yesterday! -K1W1
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Ohhh farkin YEAH !... - Hillary Rosen & those farks at the RIAA finally get a taste of their own medicine. (BTW while you're over there check out the latest BOFH as well, funniest one in months). [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-08-28]
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it's about damn time someone kicked RIAA where it hurts (their wallat)!
and i liked the BOFH about the bosses porn better. this new one is still great though. -wolfprince
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Groovy baby - Wanna personalise your PC? Then check this site out. Oh and for you smokers out there, check out the ciggie lighter under Odds & Sods. [By: K1W1 / 2003-08-28]
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The Star Wars Kid - You have got to check this out!! It's been all over the news and the Bob and Tom show here in Indiana. Some of the clone videos are GREAT!! Enjoy!(and this site is safe):) [By: rokitt / 2003-08-26]
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Sorry DD + CD :-( - Union or not, the EU's IT jobs may soon be shipped overseas. (Interesting that European Union = EU) [By: scooby111 / 2003-08-22]
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There's a key difference between this Scoob' & whats happening in the US'. We're bringing in overseas skilled labour to fill gaps in the market. Its actually nothing new, the NHS has been doing it now for several years with nurses from SE Asia & Africa. Not something I agree with per-se, especially when there are already 2 Million (officially) unemployed here already, but there it is. This is still a far cry though from the wholesale export of the American TS industry to 3rd world nations, I'd rather the industrys stay here, than go there. At least thats a lesser dollar drain. -Digital Dogcow
As DD said this is about imports not exports. But, I get the impression that someone is making a hell of a lot of cash out of this... after all their are a LOT of unemployed techs in the UK who just don't even get looked at, and yes.. they are good techs not EU's with bits of paper. -fearmyroot
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So Why not use EU's instead - We have an abundance of them, & its not like they're gonna be missed. [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-08-10]
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Can't use EU's. They need to have some sort of brain structure to allow us to test similarities between them and us. -Disallowed
Damn, that brain structure requirement rules out P.I.T.A members as well. -wolfprince
me too i guess, that was supposed to be P.E.T.A. -wolfprince
People Eat Tasty Animals....<Homer>mmmmmmmmm animal flesh<Homer drool></Homer> -testing123
Actually, I like PITA as an acronym better. -DavidHM
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Klatu Barda Nictu - Looks like some folks have been having fun with our freind the alien time traveller. Oooooh they're gonna be so sorry when the mothership arives. [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-08-08]
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That guy is wacko!! He's got a bit of Star Trek, some Martha Stewart and a little New Yankee Workshop all mixed up with a whole lot of crazy! I thought that message was just a regular spam! -TheBrain
"That guy is wacko!!". well TheBrain, that's what they said about Tesla, Edison, and Newton! Just you watch!! Bob the Alien will go down in history at the first time traveling pioneer!!! (now, where did i put my lythium?) </insane rant> -wolfprince
Ok, that was interesting. Very...different. And Hollywood should sue that guy is ripping off so many movies! Sheesh! Why can't the wackos be well read instead? He didn't once mention String Theory either, and that's my favorite! -GargoyleTS
I'm truly shocked. Not once did he mention a comet. Or thorazine. -teivrann
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LOL...WHAT A LUSER! - What happens when lusers get their hands on the wrong technology. [By: phsspok / 2003-08-06]
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I wish that clip was longer, i would have LOVED to see her beat the snot out of him when she found out what he was doing!!!! -wolfprince
damn how did that video get out- i thought i destroyed it -postal tech
Note to self: No more skirts at work. -techiegoddess
Oh, the irony of this guy being caught in the act on camera. <g> -RiffRaff
Note to all women: Not all guys are that perverted (most are that stupid though.) -bentm99
What the....?....erm?.....oh that just defies comment!!!!......I.....no....no...just NO!. -Digital Dogcow
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Yup. Fuck the First Amendment. - And people wonder why I loathe our government. Makes me wish Japan would have won WWII sometimes. Bastards. [By: RiffRaff / 2003-08-05]
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Can someone remind me where inciting violence, and conspiracy to commit murder was entrenched as part of the First Ammendment? -Snakeeye
Where do you see anything about "inciting violence, and conspiracy to commit murder" in this article snakeeye? the charges were "disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly". He had no intent for anyone to be harmed, and intent is a VERY LARGE part of the law. -wolfprince
I can see both sides of this. While I thing the gov'ment was wrong to do this, I can understand their interest in not having this sort of thing readily available to every (l)user that may wish harm on their neighbor. I wish this guy had fought it. I'm a little surprised the ACLU didn't take it up since it seems clearly unconstitutional. Of course, the article is just a snippet clearly slanted toward the purpose of raising your ire against the 'tin-pot dictators' <read Republicans> in office. I tend to take these with a grain of salt. We don't know what other evidence the government had against this guy. You usually don't cop a plea like that unless you truly believe that they had you dead to rights on something bigger. Riff, I can kind of understand where you're coming from when you rail against this country, but really, work to make it better. Complaining about it doesn't fix anything. If you think there's a better country out there, maybe you should visit for a year or two and see if you don't appreciate this country a little more. (No offense intended.) -scooby111
you have to relieze that in this day and age what this luser did was irresponsible. soon we'll have 14 year olds walking around with home made bombs instead of guns.and it gives the internet community a black eye because stuff like this is available. plus i dont see how the first amendment covers this blant crime. -postal tech
Although I agree what he did was irresponsible, the punishment in this case is simply too extreme. And the point about "he also may not associate with anyone from a group that 'espouses physical force as a means of change.'"...does that nmeans he can;t have anything to do with anyone on the US Gov't payroll? -Arviragus
wolfprince - he accepted those charges in a plea in fear of having a terrorism charge layed as well. Obviously he was doing more than just passing along info. -Snakeeye
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Next Stop after India - Indian sub-continent job security just took a nose dive [By: Digital Dogcow / 2003-08-04]
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Why do i get the feeling that this is how the next version of windows will be produced? Hell, they may get their stability issues fixed yet!!!! -wolfprince
Why do I get the feeling this is how all previous versions of windows have been produced? -Disallowed
I think my company is hiring 'em, there has been some desks cleared in the back of our office! -RTFM
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A bit of fun - And I came out very high on all catagories, worryingly enuff! [By: CommanderData / 2003-07-31]
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*chuckle* well that didn't tell me much I didn't know already, but then I've always maintained that 6ou need to be crazy to work in TS :P -Mephiston
Do bear in mind how close time-wise this is to CD's "time-of the month" post.... so bound to score highly in all categories.. ;-) -Windy Miller
Im insane... like I have not already figured that one out... -rockytech
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm a Schizophrenic, And so am I. -blademastr
Well C.D. that just proves that next time ms. crybaby gives you shiat, you can just go ahead and kill her, then use those test results to prove your insanity plee!!! ;-) -wolfprince
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Church website I finished work on - Last week I finished my work on this website I did for my church. I spoke with the church secretary and she said that I did more than enough for the church by building that website in a few short months prior to my departure for Georgia. Anyways, it's out there for everyone to enjoy. Maybe you'll be inspired.... [By: cecil36 / 2003-07-30]
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Very well done...I particularly like that it has a Connect with God button. -phsspok
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Freelance Tech Support - This got submitted to slashdot, but the poor server hosting the article succumbed to the /. effect. I like the topic, and that is becoming a freelance support technician, serving small-to-mid-sized businesses. I've done some of that in the past, charging $20 per hour per visit. Possibly an income opportunity for me when I move to Macon next week. [By: cecil36 / 2003-07-25]
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Ping - Amazon.com listing for a children's book, but the first review on there is just wonderful/hilarious. [By: snowcrash / 2003-07-25]
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Wow, that was excellent. -Hellion
I thought that 6197 out of 6367 found the review helpful was really funny. -Bioguy
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Build A $5000 Cruise Missile - You know the intelligence community is keeping a close eye on this guy. [By: RiffRaff / 2003-07-21]
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Talk about the ultimate LART... if he's successful, I'm gonna build one of my own. It'd be well worth $5000 to take out my ex-wife with a homemade cruise missile. <g> -RiffRaff
Ouch. I hope she doesn't read this. BTW... I'd be happy to help you build it RR. You're ex definately needs it. -scooby111
*chuckle* Add $0.20 for the crayon to write a message to the Eu: "Here's your "any" key starfish!" -Mephiston
Reminded suddenly of the beginning of one of the Dilbert TV cartoon episodes where they're vehicle conatins a missile-armed defense system for getting through traffic -WildKard
I remember that...
It was on 2 weeks ago...
Comedy Central at 11:00 and 11:30 PM Central Time (Chicago, Illinois), every Sunday. I don't remember what all happened in that episode, but I do remember the starfish holding everyone up at the tollbooth was trying to fling the quarter in, but kept missing (wow... i clicked many things, and nothing happened. all of a sudden, while clicking MISSING, they all popped up. This computer is entertaining! I think it's actually cuz the hard drive is about a week from death (large amount of bad sectors within past week occurred))... damn this is a long post! -catman1229
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Americans Want to Move to Canada - Gee... ya' think???? I love the quote, "[Canada] is closer to American ideals than America is." Hey, CaffeineHead! You need a new neighbor? [By: RiffRaff / 2003-07-19]
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Strangely, I get mixed up between the two of you, anyway... :) Only part is most of them plan to move to Vancouver - the mild part of the country. Try on a freaking *winter* sometimes, ya wusses... :) <is this the time to duck, yathink?> -namor
Wow are these people in for a rude awakening if they think our Liberal government is any better than their Republican government. Long live the Republic of Alberta... -Snakeeye
It's a poor misconception to assume the ideals of Alberta represent the rest of Canada. Having said that, it *is* probably the province whose policies will feel most familiar to americans. -WildKard
Just my thoughts on the inadequacies of my homeland. "Free health care" - you get what you pay for. "Maintaining ties with Cuba" - meaningless gesture done only to annoy American government. "Tough gun control laws" - three words . . . billion . . . dollar . . . boondoggle. -quadrinaro
Actually, Quad, the ties with Cuba give us the possibility of cheap vacations with good rum and cigars. As for the gun registration blunder, that's just one case...overall, it IS harder to get a gun in Canada than in VT where I currently live. There's a gunshop just off the 89 where I could stop bye and pick one a .45, had I the inclination. -FistLaw
all hail emporeor Ralph...bah -tarax
canada- the land of wannabe americans. -postal tech
PostalTech - You Wish! We are bigger and we are on top, if we were in prison what would that make you? ... -DeadBaby
I'm a Canadian doing support for Los Angeles. I've had many customers say "I want to move there"... After reading Micheal Moore's "Stupid White Men". I don't blame them! -Zentar
WildKard - Ideology is irrelevent. The Federal Liberals have done an excellent job of torching this entire country. Only difference is that while the rest of the country sits there and takes it, we complain about it. And hopefully do something about it... -Snakeeye
Yeah, I guess Canada's OK, If you like socialism. If someone wants to move there and give up their US citizenship. Good riddance. Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya. Me, I prefer 'freedom' to 'security'. The US isn't perfect, but we've still got a shot at making it better. -scooby111
ALBERTA representing the ideals of Canada? LOL!!!! *gag*. Ontario and B.C. are probably closer to the overall opinion, but even then it's a tough call. Each province seems to hold it's own unique set of ideals..... -mousie
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Off shore techs - Funny thing is, I can SEE THIS HAPPENING!! [By: CommanderData / 2003-07-18]
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All I have to say is...please don't give management any ideas! On second thought, a second comment: He'll never get them hired away from that Dr. Umbutu guy trying to get my help with getting his $58,000,000.00 out of the country... -GargoyleTS
Well the (l)users already think what we do is Voodoo, so it aint THAT far fetched. -Digital Dogcow
"Ok, shake dried chicken feet and parsley at your machine for 15 minutes. If that doesn't work, try pig's blood." -Jonos
What makes a good tech? It's not a university education thats for sure. Its experience, and I doubt that these 3rd world countries they send TS to have has computers in their houses since they were too young to remember a time without them. How can they expect to get any quality? Given the choice of talking to one of these supposedly educated techs or that villager in the comic I'd say both are equally as bad. -DarthLuke
The problem is, they just want people that will read from a script. If I have to call support I want somebody who is gonna fix it, not read me verbatim out of the "WTF do I do next" book. I had to deal with HP TS for a computer that would dail out to the ISP but wouldn't connect. Had the line checked, etc, etc. I told her that the modem was fried, dialed out but it wouldn't get past the handshake. She said that she needed me to go through a couple steps with her. Fine, ok, I can do that. If that's what its gonna take to make you happy, I'll uninstall and reinstall the modem, blah, blah, blah,.....wiat a sec.......RE-IMAGE!?!?! Absolutley not. This lady would not do anything until I re-imaged the machine. I finally said screw it and bought a new modem myself.....viola, it connects. Scripts don't always work, you need people with the knowledge and experience to troubleshoot. That will never change, if only the suits could figure that out. -CCNAnMCSE
Ive said it before and I'll say it again, you cant script tech support except in very rare cicumstances, it just wont work! What makes me good at this job I do is the experience I have gained by having the freedom to think and work somewhat outside the box. To hell with scripts! -DarthLuke
don't know 'bout where you work, but about 70% of the calls I take can be fixed with a script. (You know, the ones that require no-doz to get thru) but for the rest..... -KuroTaka
Ok, no star yet, and not really related to anything, but found this link on DSLReports.com : http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/special/flame.html The Flame To End All Flames. Friggin hysterical, so I had to share it. (and I think whoever did this may have been a tech. I mean, just read it!) -GargoyleTS
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India Call Center Blues - Damn, I just feel so sorry for these guys... NOT! [By: RiffRaff / 2003-07-14]
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Oh, my, god. If i knew this before i started, i would have NEVER taken this job. The frusterating thing is that (and im sure most canadian/american counterparts can aggree) is that these people are getting coddled. I mean, sure, they should be getting rewards, but my call center sure doesn't have a caf, or that many extra currictular activities. Along with the fact that if i lost my hair, or got diabites, no one would care. Also, turnover rates of 40-50% is NOTHING compaired to the 400% we have here... *sigh* im so glad im leaving in 14 days. -damiensmith
Did anyone else giggle about this: "Nowadays, I have to think 10 times before having a chilled beer, as I can't take the risk of having a bad throat and upset my work schedule"...I know I'm not the only one who's pulled an "all nighter" and come in with the stampmarks still on my hands... -techiegoddess
lets see... I come to work high, have come drunk once, and have come tripping on mushrooms once too. Oh, and i came in twice after loud screaming rock concerts... what about you?? -damiensmith
I'm not gonna hate on the Indian techs, they only took what was offered to them. The people who need to be "gigged" are the greedy bastards that decided to screw the American workforce over to make (and pocket) a few bucks... -hkypipe
On second thought, gigging them would be impossible as they already have no balls... -hkypipe
Well, I'm wondering, with all the perks that they get, and all the counselling etc. ... Is it really cheaper in the long run? -Calydor
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/15/188251&mode=thread&tid=126 -- Slashdot has a nice story on IT outsourcing. And with the added bonus of Slashdot moderation rankings. -WildKard
India SUCKS, this industry sucks, Call Centers Suck, and I can't take it anymore. That's why I am quitting to start my own business making money off of (l)users instead of putting up with them. Anyone willing to come with me and scrap this dead end job, e-mail me. -suprtechy26
Well, without really wanting to I am probably going to be leaving the technical field one way or another. I interview today for a job with an insurance company as a consultant. If I get it this will probably become a career which will not leave any time for teching. TSC will still be my fav site though :) -DarthLuke
hmm. what's the general locality that you'll be starting a business in, supertechy? -WildKard
At $215-00 per month per worker of course it's cheaper, Do you think they get any of the other stuff like Insurance Health etc? I bet not. I saw a really good Australian documentary on this called "Diverted to Dheli". They change their name to Western Names, Spend three weeks practising to alter their accent and look at crappy pictures of the country they handle. For Australia it was The Opera House and some Kangaroos LOL. The really sad part was the non University educated who were doing three week courses just so they get an Interview. -TechNeck
No offense to our brethren in India- they are just trying to make a living like the rest of us. But- they are getting the butt end of tech jobs. They (correct me if I'm wrong) work from prepared problem scripts, don't have product at hand to really play with in depth, and don't get to learn anything outside the narrow "scope of service". Hmmm... Now that I wrote it out, that seems like a lot of stuff I've seen posted here by US techs. Let me think this through a bit more... -LaserGuru
You are right on that. The indians taking over our queue I don't think are on scripts, but they certainly dont have 95% of our products (we do a lot of products) they are taking calls at night right now while we do days and the stuff we hear about their performance is terrible. Customers call us back and say 'oh I'm so glad there are still people who I can understand' too bad I cant tell them to call back in 3 weeks wen its all in india. -DarthLuke
Just think they don't have to comply with US labor laws either!! It's total BS that jobs are being exported when the economy is BAD!! -turnaround1962
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Smart Devices for Dumb Drivers - Given recent events with my own driving, I think I've been insulted here. [By: RiffRaff / 2003-06-25]
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my car won't let me lock the door if the car is off, the door is open, and the key is still in the ignition. Not quite what they're talking about, but that's smart enough for me. :P -mousie
That smart intersection will never work. If a red light wont stop a driver, what makes them think a buzzer and flashing sign will? -Brf
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Very Cool Honda ad - ....and yes, they did it without any camera editing [By: leonine / 2003-06-24]
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Yep, but that was take 606... ;) -Wonko The Sane
I duuna about that wonko, you think honda'd put in a press release that it was take 666, and they had to hire some guy with wings? -eldorel
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I am dying to see this ad, but my computer will not load it. Not in Flash, not in Quicktime. not at all. :( and yes, i know it's super cool. -mousie
I don't have my debian linux box setup to do quicktime either, so I can't watch it, I suppose I could walk over to the guys computer next to me, but hey I'm one lazy fucker :) -Hawk
Now a part of my permanent collection. -scooby111
I LOVE THAT!! That was really COOL!!:) -rokitt
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Come to NZ where the terrorists are really chicken - Any of you wondering where to go for your next holiday but worried about terrorist threats? [By: K1W1 / 2003-06-17]
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Ohh new feature, I hope you don't mind K1W1 that I used you as an example link. As you can see the homepage now has a offisite link section, plus an archive of all the offsite links submitted prior to the new site switchover. Please report any bugs that people find with this new section to me. So lets try and keep offsite links clear of the story area from now on. Right now only star members can post links for this new section, sorry non star members but they are paying for the develpment, they get all the programming perks, but I'm sure everyone will appreciate the links that get posted. I hope you all enjoy. -Hawk
Looks great!! A man of action, Thanks Hawk -DragonXIII
Of course I don't mind, Hawk - It feels like the cyber-equivalent of that 15 minutes of fame. Now lets hope that everyone uses it! -K1W1
would be nice though if the width was the same as the soap box (or the other way around)... -Wiser
The width has been updated to be the same as the soapbox -Hawk
Hawk - This appears to be the only one for 2003:) -Hellion
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