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TSC Members Shoutout - Frappr map of TSC [By: drachen / 2005-12-21]
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yeah, I screwed up, they don't have Mississauga on their list a city of about 700,000 people, so I put Mississauga Beach and that was wrong, so yeah whoever admins this thing can remove the wrong one - NOFXfan
Same here -- they don't have New Westminster on their list either so I'm in Vancouver as far as they are concerned... -chazz
Alright it found St. John's, I'm on the map *JOY* -StylinTechie
oh I guess zipcodes don't work for you non americans. ;)
-drachen
I tried but it won't recognize any of the cities I am close to and I refuse to put myself in Toronto -frprinterwiz
Javascript errors in some browsers prevent showing the map or the list of memebrs. -concept14
Am I the only one who added a real photo? -wolfprince
i was gonna put up a proper pic of me but i realised i hate my face so decided against it!! -starfishmagnet
At first I thought the site was Fappr... but that would not be work-friendly, would it? -Mushroom
your thinking fwappr ;P -drachen
That's a piece of crap - it doesn't recognise Gromit's Retreat. Bollocks to it, I'll stay anonymous. -Gromit
Hm - you con't remove a wrong pin, or correct it. Beta indeed....
<giggle>
-Darkstar2
The funny thing is, it is almost on my house, just about 1cm to the right -macbeth
oh duh .... what a dick... - natch I meant "1 cm " on the max zoom we could get -macbeth
macbeth you live in a forest? -NOFXfan
I put my pin in, but the map farted and flew out the window. Such is life..... -vacuumtubes
SS thinks: "Oooh! Someone who lives in the same town as... oh wait. That's me." -smellystudent
Fun. Chose a place in the city a few blocks from my actual area. -namor
My pin showed up about 20 blocks northwest of where I live in the city, but still in the general downtown area. Where I work is only slightly closer. (I have a very easy commute. I walk about 12 minutes up a hill in the morning, and about 9 down the hill in the afternoon. - Gravity works!0 -teivrann
im sitting in splendid isolation down under;) -timelady
Hawk should replace the "TSC is a global community" -page (on the left of main page) with this one! -NordicPT
STJ's on the map.. the only one from Omaha -STJ
Damn, there's a shitload of us around the Lakes. -Wolfie0827
Duly noted & added myself to the merry throng. Hi, y'all! -lineswine
I read that as 'merry thong' and thought - Santa's been a *bad* boy this year... -namor
well balls, I'm the only one in the maritimes on there so far -halitech
Duly added. -CommanderData
I also refuse to put myself in Toronto! Of course, I live in Oklahoma, so... -missourimule
Duly added. -purplelinguist
This ruins any chance of playing hide & seek... ;) -Wonko The Sane
What would be even COOLER than just making the "TSC is a global community" link point to this page would be making the little pointers for all the hugeass members into stars! *shakes freshly minted booty* -LoTech
It's got my pin about 5 miles from where I actually am...in a MUCH more expensive part of town. I wish I lived on the lake! (I'm the only one in Maine) -PaseoGuy
Duly added, for what it's worth. Who else noticed that 'Comedy' was misspelled? -Frazzled
The official story we picked about the misspelt group name, is that 'its an unofficial site'. The unofficial story is Drachen just cant spell worth a damn -evolvedstarfish
esf. I just noticed that. Ohh, and added myself -deskmonkey
OMG I can't believe I misspelled comedy....
-drachen
Added myself and looked at map. hmmm i dont remember seeing that big red thing right by my house. thats gotta be 50 stories high! -lacentrix
I'd be very surpised if the Canadian Capital wasn't found. but done. -Harm
Canada has a capital? I thought it was all just Deer, Wolves and snow. -Wolfie0827
Is this link still valid? I clicked on it to add myself, and got "Group 'techsupportcommedy' not found" -- how can I add myself to a non-existant group? -Captain Trips
Captain T., They've respelled it correctly, so now the link doesn't work. Just edit out the extra "M". -rurwin
My pin is only about 5 blocks from where I live. Not too bad. -sassicatz
just looked at the street level and it has me living in the bloody Halifax harbour almost on the dartmouth side. sory but I refuse to live in the harbour if the fish can't live there -halitech
For those who decide they just want to click - http://www.frappr.com/techsupportcomedy -wolfman
Ok, I added myself, and I can't believe I'm the only one in southeast asia...... hmmmm.... -CrystalMare
Crystalmare, SlowAandEasy is right underneath you! -Tekkie
Added! Wahoo! Only two in the Atlanta area? hmmmmmmmm....... -john11v35
I'm added, I shall infect you all!!! -virusjtg
Hey, I got moved down to Harbourfront! Yay, what a nice neighbourhood. Much better than poor NOFXFan who got stuck over in crack city around Sherbourne and Dundas. -Mysty
It found Chisholm, MN, a town of 5k souls -HappyCrappy
No you're no, crystalmare! -slowANDeasy
YAY!!! The frappr team fixed my screwup: new link http://www.frappr.com/techsupportcomedy
-drachen
I just zoomed in on my flag, its only off by a block :) -evolvedstarfish
Okay, I'm on there -- but it shows my pointer at the center of my zip code -- which is about 2 miles sw of my home. Oh, well, nothing's perfect. -Captain Trips
Yes: As do most onlime maps, you town center is the post office represnted by the ZIP code. My post office moved thirty years ago, but every online map still shows it at the old location. -LaserGuru
Heh, It put me about a mile south of my house. Not bad, really! :) -rokitt
This is strange, my marker keeps disapearing, or falling into the north atlantic -StylinTechie
Very cool, I replaced the "TSC is Global Community" to this page. -Hawk
Very cool, I replaced the "TSC is Global Community" to this page. -Hawk
Thanks Hawk! If you go into your acct, you CAN your pin. I've got mine possitioned within a couple of houses of my location now. -wolfprince
That supposed to say you can MOVE your pin. go to the "my profile" page and an update map in on the right. -wolfprince
What happen? the Frapper page for Techcomedy is gone? Or did we overload it, LOL -GuruTechy
Works for me! -Darkstar2
Got mine in, however placed approx 6 miles from my actual house. Oh Well... -uranid10t
Someone broke the link. :( -Torinir
Do not use the link of the day link, it doesnt work anymore, use the TSC IS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY link now its right under the menu. -evolvedstarfish
Thanks, Hawk!!! :) (And thanks, WP- my pin is now right on top, literally, of my roof! :)) -taieena
Why Am I the only person showing in England?? -Shaede
Shaede: we all moved away while you were asleep. -smellystudent
Yeah, I screwed up. First I just did a shout-out. Then I created an account and put my marker more accurate and both show up so I'm there twice. -Zayda
I am officially on the map. -THETECHFROMHELL
OK, I quit being a procrasting tech and added myself to the map.. -deihu
Duly added - I hope to get a pic in there soon. -stpatience
this is one long-lived link :) -slowANDeasy
I'm surprised to see 4 other techs in the SF Bay area, 3 of them in my part of the bay. -Starfury
ok, Ive added myself to this great list :) and boy is this thread getting long, had to rest my scroll finger getting here... -Jax
Star Fish Bay area? Wow id leave there as soon as possible. (The lart shelter is in the dark alley you say? Hey! Hey stop that! Hitting me with that big piece of wood will not...ow.. x.x -MrJay67
getting the following: "'techsupportcommedy' not found" message. -Chipsterian
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Sober worm catches pedophile - At least Sober is useful for something [By: NOFXfan / 2005-12-20]
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pediphiles are for killing. screw NAMBLA. -drachen
More correctly, the worm didn't catch him, the dipshit gave himself up after reading a spam from it. This is not surprising since people believe so much spam... -suitepotato
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!ONEONEONE111111ELEVEN!!!@@@! Finally, a fishie gets properly punished! -missourimule
And I thought it was funny when the RCMP burst down the door of the guy pitaring XBOX games.......
Yes I live near that guy. -RandalGraves
when you outlaw sober worms only outlaws will have sober worms
-SGTARKyTEK
kinda trumps Gromits(I think it was his) "all is known" -SGTARKyTEK
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Win a 100$ ThinkGeek Gift Certificate - Fark.com is having a sponsored contest for your best/worst tech support stories, I know we have a wealth of stories so for 100$ it may be worth signing up for a free Fark account, might also be interesting to see if there are any plagiarists [By: NOFXfan / 2005-12-12]
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damn, beat me to it;) -timelady
ok so that's $100 split 150000 ways... -drachen
that should ba 15k not 150k -drachen
Finally used my account to post my only comment. Re-done from one of mine here, I'm sure, from memory. What the hell. -namor
<pout>damn, My best story isn't tech related.... </pout> -wolfprince
Maybe I should submit one of my recordings? -RiffRaff
does anyone remember the story about the dog being zapped by an exposed phone cable? someone posted a variation of that one, a whole lot of common ones are winning right now for some reason -NOFXfan
We need to get the Coyote to post some of his there. -Shaede
Main problem I have with this is that most people will probably just do an internet search, find the one they like best, and copy it there... -Wiser
wiser, you mean someone like painkiller? -Jax
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A new "dog and bone"? - Just what I've always wanted - I hope Wallace gives me one for Christmas. (Oh good grief...) [By: Gromit / 2005-12-07]
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nah - what you need is a portable, collar-contained video-phone, as modelled by Brain, Inspector Gadget's dog -Shaede
"Two hundred and seventy-five dollars this month alone to, 976-BITCH?! Where's my rolled up Sunday Edition New York Times??" -ShujinTribble
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Taco Neepage--Warts and All - I found it, for those who missed the old "Taco Neepage" audio clip. Here is the UNCENSORED version of the "Dollar and Taco" 911 rant--It gets very, very ugly at the end, racial epithets and all, so--Absitively, Posolutely NOT SAFE FOR WORK! [By: vacuumtubes / 2005-12-07]
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so glad I read that before opening in a frenzy of excitement! just let that be a leeson to you ... not reading things before clicking = unemploymentus maximus -Tarantulus
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Dance Badgers - hey what can i say, it groovy bayyybeeeey [By: Jax / 2005-12-07]
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*releases angry wolverine down Jax's pants* -DedSysOp
Mushroom, mushroom... :-D -Mushroom
And now, I will singing this and getting strange looks all day at work. I sell insurance, so today will be interesting -srteach
www.badgerbadgerbadger.com
there's a flash animation that goes with it.. I think its badgerbadgerbadger.com but it may be badgerbadger.com -kmonson
After a little bit of editing, it will be the next "crazy frog" ring tone especially if there is video to go with it . -cjo
This is at least a year old. Close to two I think. But, my kid loves the flash animation. There are also Footy Badgers, Lord of the Ring Badgers, and X-mas Badgers. -TheSingingTech
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/santabadger.html mwuhahahhaahahahahahahaha -mousie
Mousie - I might start hating you.... -NordicPT
Actually, this is an audio-only remix of the Badgers tune with danceability cranked to about 9. It's worth at least one complete listen IMHO... -chazz
mousie I did`nt know there were xmas badgers....till now :D, and I think Nordic wants a word <g> -Jax
Hardcore....you know the score. Spacious! -lineswine
don't forget harry potter badgers....
potter potter potter potter WEASLEY WEASLY! -Tarantulus
Dangit, Mousie! Oooh, the pain... -PTSTech
the best tune by far on that weeblz site is the 'kenya' one - it's brilliant. Also check out magical Trevor, and 'The Annoying tune' -Shaede
Ohhhhh for the love of.... ::shoots himself:: -LowLevelFormat
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Stick RPG - Warning, you should have a pop-up blocker in place before you open the link. Other than that, this is such an addictive game. Rumour has it that if you play long enough, you can run for the presidency. Personally, I'm enjoying my job as a drug dealer. ;) [By: mousie / 2005-12-06]
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I played this one before. This is some fun stuffs..
-Warrick
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Liberal Party of Canada....has a blog?? - Yay, Canada is headed into another election. I've never been a big fan of the Liberal government, myself. Anyone who can misplace a few billion dollars doesn't get my support. This is actually the blog of the Prime Minister's speech-writer, and in his words "Views expressed on this blog do not necessarily represent the policies or beliefs of Paul Martin. Except when I write about the hypnotic musical stylings of Nana Mouskouri. We're totally in sync on that." [By: mousie / 2005-11-30]
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Liberal Party of Canada....has a blog?? - Yay, Canada is headed into another election. I've never been a big fan of the Liberal government, myself. Anyone who can misplace a few billion dollars doesn't get my support. This is actually the blog of the Prime Minister's speech-writer, and in his words "Views expressed on this blog do not necessarily represent the policies or beliefs of Paul Martin. Except when I write about the hypnotic musical stylings of Nana Mouskouri. We're totally in sync on that." Forget Paul Martin, can I vote for this guy??!! :D [By: mousie / 2005-11-30]
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I'm not about to follow the blog on a regular basis, but I'd probably vote for him as well - or at least for his sense of humour. -teivrann
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- Yay, Canada is headed into another election. I've never been a big fan of the Liberal government, myself. Anyone who can misplace a few billion dollars doesn't get my support.
This is actually the blog of the Prime Minister's speech-writer, and in his words "Views expressed on this blog do not necessarily represent the policies or beliefs of Paul Martin. Except when I write about the hypnotic musical stylings of Nana Mouskouri. We're totally in sync on that."
Forget Paul Martin, can I vote for this guy??!! :D [By: mousie / 2005-11-30]
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Liberal Party of Canada...has a blog?? - Yay, Canada is headed into another election. I've never been a big fan of the Liberal government, myself. Anyone who can misplace a few billion dollars doesn't get my support.
This is actually the blog of the Prime Minister's speech-writer, and in his words "Views expressed on this blog do not necessarily represent the policies or beliefs of Paul Martin. Except when I write about the hypnotic musical stylings of Nana Mouskouri. We're totally in sync on that."
Forget Paul Martin, can I vote for this guy??!! :D [By: mousie / 2005-11-30]
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I'm not about to go following a political blog, but I'd be oddly comfortable voting for someone with his sense of humour. -teivrann
I say we put an Independant in charge of our freaking country, screw Partisan politics, and shove the current political parties OUT. -Warrick
Yes, but the BLOG!! I mean, in one of today's entries he makes a reference to sending a tinfoil hat to one of the conservatives. It's beautiful!!! -mousie
Wow. Sending this one around, thanks for the link! I suspect that the target audience (for this *must* have some spin) is just the sort of young technocrats they'd find here, too... -namor
Why don't you REALLY screw up Canadian politics...... elect an actor. -CyBear
Another electio...great we just finished paying for the last one... -RandalGraves
I say we elect the Green party for laughs, or better yet the Marijauna party (yes it exists) -NOFXfan
BlackBerry Blog! Dammnit, they're all around me, everywhere! Argh! -Arviragus
Personally, I prefer another webpage for the prime minister. http://www.paulmartintime.ca/ -HidariMak
a teacher of mine suggested a ballot option "nobody" in which case if nobody wins, the current official is thrown out and anyone who ran in that election is no longer eligible for the office. i like it. -rhiannon
arg - And once again i will vote- and once again my prty will not be elected. Given how bad the liberals are screwing up - I'm tempted to vote BLoc! -Harm
Alas, Bloc doesn't deign to run anywhere outside of Quebec. I'm almost tempted to start a branch of the Cape Breton Liberation Front here in BC. Our election platform would be that we would cut Vancouver Island free of the mainland and float it down to Mexico for the winter... but leave Victoria and all the provincial politicians behind. -chazz
I hate these elections... in my area the choice is either vote liberal (Martin) to get our MP back in (who actually does a good job, and cares about the people) or vote for some other idiot who doesn't even live in the region and doesn't talk with the people, in order to get someone else into the head office (who will probably be just as corrupt, but hide it better...). I think Douglass adams hit the nail on the head. Anyone capible of getting elected isn't capible of doing the job! -garwain
I'd vote for the marijuana party, especially if it helps keep the DEA from extraditing its leader... which they are trying to do -teivrann
Nobody actually votes for the Marijuana Party, they get halfway to the voting booth and stop for pizza. -avantgarde
Marc Emery is my hero. I'd vote for him -DrLecter
I've voted for the mary jane party! i almost did... i ate the balott - and used the next one to roll. -Harm
"Anyone who can misplace a few billion dollars..." So voting for someone who would run up a few hundred billion in debt would be better? Yes, the Liberals acted like crooks while in office, but their total scandal count in over a decade was equal to Mulroney's scandal count in a month. So sure, let's get rid of the party that gave Canada the strongest economy it's had in years, and replace it with a fundamentalist whacko who will invoke notwithstanding clauses every time the Charter of Rights interferes with his religious beliefs, and reverse a ten-year pattern of consistent budget surpluses. -Gaah
I wasn't aware Mulroney was running again. And let's not forget, the money to reduce the deficit came from cutting back on funding for health care, for education, for the military, and elsewhere, while raising taxes to the highest levels of any country in the G8. Harper only stated his honest opinion that he would leave it to Parliament to decide on the issue which the Liberals used as a distraction to AdScam, and since there's no way the Conservatives will get a majority this election, that change won't even happen. Btw, this sort of debate would probably be better in the break room. -HidariMak
Gaah - I've always wondered: What's it like to be a sheep who does as the CBC tells him? -Snakeeye
Gaah - I've always wondered: What's it like to be a sheep who does as the CBC tells him? -Snakeeye
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Firefox 1.5 is OUT! - Firefox 1.5 is finally out to the public. However, if you download it and have a problem viewing flash content (like I did) go to this link http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=320838&sid=ebfeaa7f8a6b18c0dd5125c585fe74db
and it will show you how to fix the problem. [By: BunnieTechBabe / 2005-11-29]
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Firefox 1.5 is OUT! - Firefox 1.5 is OUT! - Firefox 1.5 is finally out to the public. However, if you download it and have a problem viewing flash content (like I did) go to this link http://tinyurl.com/bgb5a and it will show you how to fix the problem. [By: BunnieTechBabe / 2005-11-29]
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Yeah, and half of my extensions aren't compatible with it. >:~{ -RiffRaff
Atleast i found an update to the best extension ever, FLST http://gorgias.de/mfe/ :) -Ion
I had that issue after I upgraded to the newest itunes with Quicktime 7 on the version of Firefox before so I already did that trick. I use a theme on mine where I don't see any difference but I lost 2 extensions. -Motient
WHAAAAT!? no adblock?? I think I'd die!!! -Tarantulus
No, no, no... AdBlock still seems to work generally. You just have to disable one feature. -RiffRaff
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I didn't even know they were watching me - Y' see the kind of VITAL research that goes on up here, huh?, huh? [By: Digital Dogcow / 2005-11-28]
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It may not be that important to you, DD, but it explains how I ended up with the odd dog or two in my youth... -Gromit
Better than what goes on at Warwick university - they were doing a study into why beer makes you piss more when I was there.... -CommanderData
*hic*.... and they paid damn well too baby :) -Armakuni
This may explain why I think Nottingham is full of svelte goddesses... I live there three years and never saw the place sober. -smellystudent
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Totally Inappropriate (BFEG) - Fans who have made and been photographed in copies of Leia's leather bikini from Return of the Jedi.....Yum! and dare I say......BOOBIES! [By: CTYankee / 2005-11-22]
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BOOBIES + Star Wars = Every Tech's Dream. (Well, male techs at least.) -Bobsentme
Weeeeeeeeee *dives in* BOOBIES -Jax
Yeahhhh I think that is TOTALLY inapproprate for a comedy site. You should be ashamed *giggle* of yourself.....BUHAHAHAHAHH BOOBIES!!!!!!!!!!! -burrkiss
Beh. I've seen better b**bies at the all male gym. Er, not that I was looking... oh cr*p! -CyBear
Put me in bathing trunks, and I'd look like Jabba the Hut! -vacuumtubes
homer in a speedo that would be me -LunaticFringe
Blatant silliness and lewd innuendo is rarely inappropriate, ESPECIALLY on a site like this. We'd have to ban burrkiss before we banned stuff like this. -teivrann
and prelim research shows an average cost for the metal bits of the costume to be in the $200-$400 range. too pricey, even for fantastic boobies. -mousie
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More Sony Hijynx - In the continuing Sony saga, it appears they may have appropriated some LGPL software for their player. They protect their own copyright, but don't care about others. [By: pcgod / 2005-11-14]
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HAR HAR HAR! Not only have Sony shot themselves in the foot, they've taken a brace of Purdeys and blown both their legs off. Ah, poetic justice... -Gromit
Gotta love the big mega-corps! The rules apply to everyone but them. One more reason I don't buy sony products. -Starfury
This whole mess sounds like the makings of a reality TV show. You can bet there's more than a little 'voting off the island' going on in Sony right now. Maybe Sony should be looking at buying a guillotine, for the record number of heads that will probably roll over this... -teivrann
I wonder if Sony will end up being the whole world's beyotch because of this fiasco.... -Grue
Just think, Sony is making people go through all this trouble to hear their Celine Dion CDs. Btw, Sony's EULA is equally amusing. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php -HidariMak
That is rich. Maybe the whole DRM/RIAA/lawsuit BS will crawl into a hole and die. Maybe the RIAA will just die... that would be better still. -Torinir
*choke* I... I don't know what to say. I just feel... so happy... -namor
The most horrendous thing is that this is a Japanese company and the loss of face for the company in the public's eye is going to be taken harder than any American company would. A *lot* of people will be out of a job and permanently. -suitepotato
In the 1980's (ah, the days of yore!)I read in Mad Magazine: "Sing a song of Sonys, a pocket full of yen. Magnavox and Venith undersold again. See the U.S. suffer at the work we do. This is how we get revenge for losing World War Two." -Voltage
Everyone is saying Sony, but wasn't it "First 4 Internet" that coded this pile of crap? N.B. I'm not buying Sony/BMG goods, either...fark 'em. That EULA (cheers, HidariMak!) sucks royally. -lineswine
Sony used to be a good company that sold high-quality products. Then Akio Morita passed away. After that, things went to shit. Same story at RCA, Zenith, et al.... -vacuumtubes
Having just read the EULA I'm joining the FSL (F*ck Sony League). They're 'avin' a laugh. -Gromit
Latest news: seems that the way Sony set up the rootkit left a huge hole: basically, any web page you visit can download, install, and run any software it wants to on your computer. While the ability is First 4's, the configuration is Sony's. And of course it was Sony who chose to make installing a rootkit a _requirement_ for listening to their music on a PC. And it was Sony who wrote the EULA that didn't mention that a rootkit was being installed, and who failed to provide the option to remove it until forced by public outcry. So I have to conclude that this whole mess is Sony's fault. -chazz
I'm not sure it's what Chazz was talking about, but the removal program Sony put out to remove their rootkit installs an ActiveX tool that makes your computer even more vulnerable. Can you say "Stepped on their wang again?" -CyBear
Sony have run out of feet to shoot themselves in and are now aiming squarely for the head. -flapjackboy
Funny... I have a Sony Radio from the 50s.. and it doesn't stop me from leaving the house while listening to it. In fact, it's portable. It doesn't even try to make me sick, so I can't go out and enjoy the music with others... I guess you can see where I'm going with this comparison. -renaultguy
Let's all say thanks for the alpha geek at Sysinternals for bringing this into the open! -Flexo
Amen to that, Flexo. Meanwhile, it appears that more than one copyright was infringed:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/18/sony_copyright_infringement/
This one looks set to run and run. -oldster
It keeps on going, and going, and going... http://www.malbela.com/blog/archives/000375.html Now the RIAA is saying that Sony and BMG did nothing wrong, and that the rootkit was perfectly allowable, aside from the unfortunate oversight of a coding error which Sony speedily and valiantly fixed. Meanwhile, most others in the music industry are likely grinding their teeth and popping aspirin by the thousands. -HidariMak
And now it seems that Texas is going to sue them as well -- to the tune of $100,000 per incident. How many disks did Sony sell in Texas? -chazz
And the fun still continues... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4459620.stm -Gromit
Looks like the state of Texas has decided to take Sony to court...apparently their copy protection violates a state law. http://www.theregister.com/2005/11/22/texas_sues_sony_bmg/ -Starfury
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The final nail... - Seems Sony's halting production on the rootkit CD. Fast forward ~two weeks, headline: "Sony rootkit CD's: the most popular collector's item in history." [By: teivrann / 2005-11-11]
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Wahoo! -Mahal
Also, a certain person who commonly lurks in dark places - hope you're uncommonly pleased with yourself :D -Mahal
teivrann - it'll definitely make the list of "corporate blunders", that's for sure...see the Break Room thread for details. Mahal - I can't take credit for any but the DHS response! -Grue
Man, I still want them to come back with punched paper tape; that stuff was GREAT! -Voltage
Voltage - Hmm.. I wonder how much Punched Paper Tape would need to be used to encode a 3 minute MP3 song. -ShujinTribble
ShujinTribble: 10 bytes per inch. MP3 is about 1 megabyte per minute = 100,000 inches per minute = 1.578 miles per minute = about 94.7 miles per hour. I don't think paper tape can do that without catching on fire. -chazz
Not to mention that this weekend, McAfee, Symantic, and Microsoft all made public exactly what he said they would. -BunnieTechBabe
I wonder how long before those virus scum and malware crappers will wait before they steal and start using the sony rootkit for their own purposes? -srteach
srteach - one's already been found in the wild, I believe. -namor
How about mylar tape? Used to use that in the Army- it would cut you to the bone if you were stupid enough to touch it while it was running. -LaserGuru
hey, yeah, mylar tape and we can put it in these little cartridges that you'd need a special player to read! -CarbonTetra
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Tech Support, the card game - From the site: "If you've ever called a technical support hotline, then this is the card game for you! Play your way through Misdirected Calls, Hold Music, Disconnects, Static on the Line, and other problems, all in an attempt to find and play the lone "Guru" who can answer your question.
But there's one unique twist - you play your cards from the other players' hands! Don't miss this addictive, fast-playing game where bluffing is as important as the cards in your hand!
Includes cards and instructions. For 3 to 6 players.
K&C3120 (cards, rules, full color) $17.99" [By: docbrown01 / 2005-11-09]
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As long as it's not a collectible card game... -Starfury
Nope, not a ccg, thank Ghod. -docbrown01
Maybe we all need to collaborate and make a TSC CCG. I'm sure that we could come up with some interesting cards. :) -TheSingingTech
Maybe we need to collaborate and make a TSC CCG. The cards would be interesting to say the least. -TheSingingTech
*reboots TheSingingTech with a Boot To The Head* Wow, SO worked up over your interesting cards that you posted TWICE, eh? *dives for Riff's smarter-than-the-customer desk as shelter* -snowcrash
Imagine playing the TSC card game while playing the TSC drinking game. Hilarity ensues! -Mushroom
I know. My work browser was acting up yesterday. I entered my comment and it did not show so I entered it again. It didn't show up the second time later. Didn't realize til I got home and checked on my home computer that it actually did post. I was just "AHHH!!!" -TheSingingTech
I want the "You have woken Cd in the middle of the night. You have half a nanosecond to admire her baby-doll nightie before the nuclear LART arrives" card -Zoomer
"You have just earned the ire of RiffRaff, draw 3 cards. If any of these cards is a LART shelter, you are safe. Otherwise, lose 15 turns." -Darth
The trump card is the "DD escorts you out of the building with a USB drive" card. -teivrann
"You get a call from Miss Cry-Baby" loose all your remaining I.Q. points -Wonko The Sane
You drew the Joker - that's 10 minutes in a dark room with Burrkiss. -redevil34
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Now you see it... - now it's a rootkit. Or at least uses the same technology. CD copy protection that's tough to remove ( http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html ) and even lets you cheat in WoW ( http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/04/secfocus_wow_bot/ ). (Apologies if this has been posted before; I didn't notice it while looking through past postings.) [By: teivrann / 2005-11-07]
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yeah read about that a few days ago, but the good news is, Linux and (for now)Mac-os are not affected, one more reason to ditch M$ (read the article about Virus/Trojan coders being able to develope nasties that use the same technique, ie hide their code from you*shudder*) -Jax
I have auto-load turned OFF (woo). Think that would keep me safe? otherwise I hook my cd player to my pc's line-in and rip from there. I can go a week without any repeats from my HDD, but barely an hour from a cd!! -Dj
Well, according to grc.com, you can prevent this by holding shift while putting in the cd to prevent the software from loading, and also another good idea is to do everything as a limited user... that way it CAN'T install anything. Or just flat out don't buy any cds that say "copy protected". -ShiftedBeef
Since they built it to work on Windows, why don't we start burning them to disc or MP3 from Linux machines. -JackMackle
As if I'd ever configure a PC to run *anything* automatically from *anywhere*... PARANOIA++;JMP -1 -Geminii
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Starfish PC Tech mangles nice case. - They go on a bit about how the 'PC Tech' starfish is a woman, but I wouldn't be surprised to find this level of fishiness in either gender. The article especially made me cringe because the nice case question is very similar to my Antec Sonata, which is a sweet case, though it weighs a ton! [By: Evilturnip / 2005-11-05]
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i have to say it. it's judypatch! -p3bk4c
Wow, just reading the comments of that story and there's a LOT of misogyny flying around. Idiots come in ALL genders, colors and classes!! -CarbonTetra
Wow.... just wow.... -duckhead
I love how she knew how to drill out rivets (not many do), but didn't know what tiny metal shavings do when scattered about a board that's densely packed with charged metal electric contacts. At least she got a small fireworks show when she turned on the system. -Antacid
Ugh... Some people shouldn't own computers. -TheMage18
um, that's my case I fot from fowler systems here in omaha -STJ
*slams face into desk. Twice* -murdermachine
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Good By Mrs Parks - Rosa Parks, who most call the mother of the civil rights movement in america, died last night of natural causes. Good By Mrs Parks, and Thank You. [By: BunnieTechBabe / 2005-10-25]
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Thank you from many who didn't know you, Mrs Parks. -teivrann
Yes I am quite sure people know Rosa Parks infact that's just about all the history you get in public schools. -SGTARKyTEK
Goodbye Mrs. Parks, the world will never forget you. -ecoli
may your journey be sooth, mrs rosa parks. front seat and comfort, all the way. -timelady
dammit,imeant SMOOTH. 2am is no time to post. -timelady
So long, and good night. -Bobsentme
En Taro Adun, Mrs. Parks *bows his head quietly* -Warrick
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Rinky-Dink Software - Writer makes a few good points about software, with a few well-placed jabs against Microsuck. [By: vacuumtubes / 2005-10-25]
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I've been complaining about program bloat, user interface and rinky dink programs for about 15 years, but does anyone listen to me? -Gerund
It's ok, Gerund. No one listens to Dvorak either. -CarbonTetra
Dvorak's article, like 99.9% of everything he writes, isn't worth reading. Summation: software should work the way any given user thinks it should and not the way it was written. Unfortunately for Dvorak and everyone else taking too many drugs, software is concretely bound to reality and not malleably subjective. -suitepotato
For the mumble-mumble years that I have been reading Dvorak's articles, I have seldom, if ever, seen when he is right about anything. However, he, like most "Tech" "journalists" (ha! ha! - sorry I always break up when I say that) are good for a laugh now and then. Much of the problem is that these so called programmers can't write a program without using libraries that are sooo over bloated they affect the eventual size, outcome, speed and security of the programs they are working on. -ecoli
Wait, brain! Come back! Great, thanks a lot. My brain's run off again after reading that dribble. -pcgod
Photoshop and Illustrator were not designed to be in the hands of mere mortals. It's why the Greeks never fed mortals ambrosia. Wanting the power of Photoshop with the simplicity of Paint isn't going to happen. Read the "Dummies" books on the software and make your lives easier if you're not familiar with it. -exzyle2k
Personally, I had to weep silently for a few minutes when I found out Macromedia had been bought by Adobe. M/M Freehand vs. Adobe Illustrator? No contest, Freehand is infinitely more intuitive, even for total noobs. While FlashMX is a pretty powerful app (and I'm hardly the King of Actionscript) I still was able to teach myself how to design and code in Flash. Photoshop, on the other hand, gets used strictly for web-optimizing images; I've tried to get 'creative' in PS, and always end up flushing the file and starting over using my trusty copy of MS Image Composer 1.5. I shudder to think how badly Adobe will fuck up Flash's menu system and tools. -MeanDean
As I loathe to hear, "It's working exactly as the RFP asked", just doesn't work for anybody. -AngrySup
To tell the truth, I find myself agreeing to this article. In trying to make things easier for the average user, software companies, HP for one, designs photo editing software this way. Very hard to learn and counter intuitive. -ShiftedBeef
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CD in a bikini - Well, it took some doing, a few hidden cameras etc, but I figured TSC males needed to see this at somepoint!! Enjoy!! [By: NightRain / 2005-10-17]
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Cor blimey :-D -smellystudent
can we have as the official tsc wallpaper :) -nightwalker21
I am never letting him stay at our place again.....:-p -CommanderData
"You seeeek puppy!" <Ren & Stimpy> -lineswine
Still beats Burkiss in a bikini. *Shivers* -Bobsentme
Now Bob..why exactly are you able to make that comparison? -KalAshlar
heheh you know how to flatter a host don't you? :-P -NOFXfan
Nice tits. -burrkiss
hheeeyy, waitaminit! CD, wasn't there some metion of "cleavage you can ski down" in your bio somewhere? .. you didn't say it was the bunny slopes! -sarge
I dunno. I think her wedding dres was more cleav ... err ... flattering ;-) -Necros
*facepalms* .. Cute man, cute. -Warrick
Hang on, I look fucking constipated in that shot... -CommanderData
OK, I just splooged my monitor with my hamburger.. -rockytech
"OK, I just splooged my monitor" <--- So didn't need to hear that....;-) -CommanderData
CD, you always make me splooge my.... oh yeah you didn't want to hear it.... ummmm, nevermind... *wanders off whistling to self and looking innocent* -duckhead
Serves me right for getting my hopes up. :( :D -modeski
Hamburger bukkake.... -rockytech
gotta love the guy at the back right of that shot, giving himself some nipple love :) -Armakuni
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AT LAST !.... iBoobies - SFW Link [By: Digital Dogcow / 2005-10-13]
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Oh i think they should run with the first method of listening to the music <eg> -Armakuni
Does the music come out in stereo? Do larger iBoobies give greater sound? -ecoli
Wow - where do I start? "Thanks for the mammaries" </Sinatra> -Gromit
...or "Just adjusting your Treble and Bass controls dear..." <SLAP!!> -Gromit
Oh hell, what next... for the guys: the iSchlong implant, the volume is controlled by a vacuum pump, and you have to charge the battery like you with those battery-free flashlights you grab and shake. Vigorously. -teivrann
if you rub the iSchlong between the iBobies, can you transfer files with blueballs(tm) technology? -neuman1812
somthing to do while you're bored duing your matrimonial duties I suppose -NOFXfan
I'm just getting abreast of the tituation here. I'm thinking it'll be a titilating experience using this new technology. :-p -Torinir
hey guys, it`s a nice idea, but I think they have boobed on this one <one for the LART tent please> -Jax
And you thought that headphone cable that ran from the earpieces into the cleavage was going to a Nano tucked within like your mama's dollar bill... -Mushroom
iBoobies will be able to interface with this http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/davidferguson/usb-she.jpg technology. -ecoli
iLike! -Parilla
musical acompanyment... awsome! -Harm
Mmmmm, soft touch controls...<SLAP!!> -vacuumtubes
*facepalms* ...Oh gods my friend sent me this link..
-Warrick
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Alright, who did it? - Armakuni, have you been playing with lighter fuel again? [By: Gromit / 2005-10-10]
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yeah I was just reading that before I came here. Its a bloody shame. -Jax
I was showing how I light my farts on fire.....I'm sorry. <looks ashamed> -burrkiss
It was the Were-Rabbit!
-Divinar
*whistles whilst trying to look innocent* Erm Smelly told me to do it <eg> -Armakuni
I was trying to scare off the Were-Rabbit - It looked like it was after all the cheese... -Wonko The Sane
I just caught that on Fark and ran back here to make sure you were okay, Gromit. *grins* -NightSteel
I think Gromit was trying to burn his contract, wanted to get out from under it to move on and it got out of control. -Wolfie0827
Does this mean 'Pib & Pog' are off the air now? -Mushroom
Well, you seee, I was trying to do a bit of Wensleydale on toast, when all of a sudden... -lineswine
Or probably it was the Gnome? -NordicPT
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He he, serves her right - Gotta love this one, a shark getting an asbo, arf arf [By: Armakuni / 2005-10-06]
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Meanwhile the head of the city council here got busted for driving drunk -- might have gotten away with it had he not run over a cement island in a round-about and done lotsa damage to his tire, rims, and (in dashing away) the street. :) -Mushroom
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Anti-Telemarketing Script - Sorry to bump the link but this is priceless. If my phone wasn't on the DNC list I would impliment it [By: Slycat / 2005-10-06]
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I saw this a few months ago. Maybe here, maybe somewhere else. Right now I have a copy of it laminated and next to my phone at home. About 3 weeks ago I finally got a chance to use it. I only used it after telling them 4 times that I wasn't interested. Once I got started they got the idea quickly and hung up! -madstu
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More suctomer whining - I might agree with a couple, but obviously another article written by someone who has no idea what they are talking about. "You'll have to wait your turn" - "Yes you will, it's called a f#$king line a$$hole." [By: redevil34 / 2005-10-05]
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They speak of having reps accept responsibility for the experience, but how about customers owning up to their own stupidity? Like the example given above of "this is a line, stand in it and wait your turn." Yer not special, folks. :) -Mushroom
the guy who did this survey should STFU and work in customer serivce for a week, then talk. -xtc46
"If it's not on the rack, we don't have it" - what's the problem with that?? Do they expect the clerk to come up with some creative excuse why they don't have the specific item?? -ch41nbr8kr
Typical fucking 'consultant' nonsense! -Digital Dogcow
So I could basicaly paraphrase this whole article into, "Customers do not like anything that means they can't be rude and will not get their way." However, I do agree there ARE rude salespeople out there. Instead of stating "I'm new here," then walking away, telling the customer, "I'm new here, but let me find you someone more experienced that will know the answer to your question," will get you a better response. It's all in phrasing. However, most customers hear what they want to anyways. -TechieSidhe
All those things sounded reasonable to me. -sassicatz
And what a pretty little world the writer must live in...honestly! This must be someone who's never had to work with customers. -Parilla
. . . . and yeah, whoever designed that web site ought to be shot! Ugh! -robbor
Sound like just the sort of self-important scunt who would push to the front of a queue, all the while exclaiming loudly "I'm important, let me through!" FOAD, arsehole! -lineswine
What kind of suctomer mentality gets pissed when they're told to wait their turn? F**k, people, didn't we all learn that little concept in kindergarten? Grow up already! -VaultVixen
If you are on break do not wear your name tag and walk around the store you work in. If that is policy state the policy. If you do not know an answer admit it and gently guide the customer to someone who can help them. Being new should have no impact on your ability to find an answer through a co-worker or otherwise. "The computer is down" is not an excuse for your ignorance of using the cash register. Lastly, sometihng that is outside of your department does not mean you get out of talking to the customer. Yes I am a tech working in customer service but sh!t like that pisses me off both on and off the job. -wwonka
If it is not on the rack, they expect you to pull one of of your ass for them. -THETECHFROMHELL
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Modesty forbids that I should name this. - - Recognition at last! I even beat Dougal from the Magic Roundabout - I'll bet he's pissed off... [By: Gromit / 2005-10-01]
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Congrats Gromit! That said, when it comes to something British on all fours, I still vote for CD. -Bobsentme
"Gromit managed to beat off some very fierce competition." At least they are 'satisfied' competition! -Psudo
Careful Gromit.. I heard Snoopy and Marmaduke are planning a "food bowl" party for you after you leave the ceremony. -Darkridr
Yes I am! - Now if you will just wait, I'm going to release Zeebad and set him on you! -Dougal
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Wireless Cars? - And the countdown to Total Hacking is on... wireless signals? [By: namor / 2005-09-30]
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Aaaaaaaaaand New Yawk's top hooker is Canadian. Should I be proud? I'm confused! (late Friday and I'm on Fark... oh the shame!) http://tinyurl.com/9fgpd -namor
Nice idea, but yeah that will be fun when someone hacks it, also, WTF could they make it look any more like a steaming pile of shit, gahhh and i though the smart city car was vomit inducing. -Armakuni
And, what happens when two of these cross on road ? signals interfere and.... ? -IcePanther
picture this, driving along the city streets and somebody's tv remote interferes and swings you around, a guy on the street panics and grabs his cell phone and the interferences swings you back around, Slickniftyin his 4 wheel boom box uses his remote for his steroe as he passes you and around you go again and buddy down the street starts snapping pics with his digital camera and uploading them wirelessly and around you go again. I think they better sell these cars with a lifetime supply of Gravol. -frprinterwiz
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Words ...just........fail me! - Whatever our judiciary are smoking, I'd like to order 2 kilos please! [By: Digital Dogcow / 2005-09-28]
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WTF? How does one have points added to a license they don't have? Does that ban start now, or from the time they become a legal age to get a license? And who the hell would trade a motorbike for a BMW? Did nobody figure out the car was stolen? -CelticSkyhawk
"behavioural and learning disabilities" - is that what they're using to call 'em idjit brats, now? -namor
words escape me -NOFXfan
ok so he can legally drive when he's 12 then? I should have thought of that when I was a kid. -drachen
"He claimed he had swapped the BMW for his mini-motorbike with a man he had met in Winchester." Did the owner of the car dispute this fact? the article doesn't say. but with gas prices as high as they are the kid got screwed. -drachen
Living in this area, I am fearing for my IQ, hopefully this stupidity is not passed by breathing the same air as 1. the judges 2. the kid/parent of kid, or do I now have to start wearing a vader style mask. -cjo
I already DO wear a Vader mask. No wonder the customers tell me there nothing wrong when I get there -Spyder19
We loves yer Vader mask, Spydie! And where were the kid's parents thru all this? Are they not responsible for the little shit? -Tekkie
0.0 <DA> surely that aint true, a bit of lazy journalisism to fill space, maybe ?</DA>0.0 Naw, that's the bbc, they wouldn't do such a thing would they ? -RTFM
what is the legal driving age in the UK? -areatech
The legal age is 17 to have a provisional drivers licence. Next thing you know, this kid is going to be hi-jacking his short bus he takes to school. -lineswine
Just to clarify - at 17, you may get a 'Provisional Licence' that allows you to drive with a fully-qualified adult in the passenger seat (as an instructor). At any point after you are 17, you can take a test for a full license. -Shaede
Ok they tell the Kid "If you break any of the terms of the order we will bring you back to court and we can punish you in a different way." That says to me your going to say no no agin so i think i will do it agin. -pepsiguy
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It it Economics, or IT? - Do you ever feel like you've gotten a glimpse of Truth? DD may recognise the cast members here. (Ulfgaard, you found a good comic in "Partially Clips") [By: LoTech / 2005-09-24]
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That is good and true, now if we could only get the SF to understand that. -Wolfie0827
I'm printing that out, REALLY LARGE, and pasting it somewhere EXTREMELY noticable tomorrow. THANK YOU! -Bobsentme
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You'll believe a starfish can fly - Sigh...Our best brains keep them safe at the office, but when they get outside it's a nasty, violent world that they are totally unprepared for. [By: rurwin / 2005-09-22]
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No suprises here. The higher up the corporate ladder the less computer savvy they are. -sassicatz
No surprises for me either. I've stopped being surprised by the mentality of 'it's quick and easy, even with Microsoft'. But in the real world, it's no different than regular maintenance on your vehicle. The day people in general actually get this is at least decades off. -teivrann
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Google spam map - Search and destroy. We know where you are little spammers and I am coming to get you. *starts to replicate himself* [By: virusjtg / 2005-09-20]
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THAT, my friends, is a pretty cool service.... -JoeLugian
somone tryed this once... the problem is, someof those are probably false, or just hijacked servers. so people are going to start nuking them, then somone will counter and turn on the server providing the info for this site. I think the last people who tryed this got taken down in about 36 hours...never came back. -xtc46
Click on the Jump to latest result button. Seriously, ROFL. -Calydor
Heh, the spammer in Plano lives a little west of where I used to live back in '81. -vacuumtubes
Look for a site that has the IP of '1.2.3.4'. They move around but have funny subject lines, like Greenland "Um, the brochure said it was GREEN here" or China "Wallbuilders, Inc. We build big ones!" and my favorite, Nigeria "Ok, we admit it. It was all a scam. Sorry." Too funny! -Tekkie
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Bathroom Humor - Don't know if I want to say SFW or not, may depend on your work - just watch the speaker volume. [By: redevil34 / 2005-09-18]
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None of them are as funny as the time I TP'ed the entire bathroom and upstairs hallway and then flushed shampoo down the bog. I got a fucking hiding for that one though.... -CommanderData
Well CD, you could have taped it then it would be the funniest one on the site....course, you could always do a repeat performance. <BFEG> -redevil34
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Reason to wear an ASD - They describe this mans as wearing a "Power Suit" that's one way to phrase it. [By: McSmiley / 2005-09-16]
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Static electricity my arse! 'fess up, mate - IT WAS A FART! -Gromit
"A current of 40,000 volts"? WTF? -Gerund
"We tested his clothes with a static electricity field meter and measured a current of 40,000 volts, which is one step shy of spontaneous combustion, where his clothes would have self-ignited," Barton doesn't know much about electricity if he's saying a "current" measured in volts (like Gerund kinda pointed out), So how the hell can he say that 40,000 v is one "Step" short of combustion? and how big is the step? if my socks build up 40,001 v. does that mean my paws will explode? and if so, I hope they're not in my mouth at the time. -wolfprince
instant blue flamer -McSmiley
Darn it. He coulda gotten a Darwin award if he had spontaineously combusted. -ThreeBucks
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