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On the post: Dear Verizon: I Haven't Been An MCI Customer In Four Years

scott ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2008 @ 11:17am

Hmmm...

Looks like you can still order it...
http://consumer.mci.com/TheNeighborhood/res_local_service/jsps/default.jsp

On the post: AT&T Asks You To Pay In Advance To Handle Its Credit Problems

scott ( profile ), 04 Oct, 2008 @ 09:02am

Not a "new" thing for most

I owned an ISP for several years, and we always billed in advance. While they may be trying to ring in some extra cash, we did it because people tended to forget to pay their bill. If they were paying in advance, it gave us more time with the money, as well as more leverage when they were late. I don't have a problem with it.

On the post: No, This Guy Didn't Invent The iPod 30 Years Ago

scott ( profile ), 08 Sep, 2008 @ 03:03pm

Re: I invented

DAMN!! Ok, what is your address...I might as well pay up now!~

On the post: Google's Browser Is A Warning Shot At Windows, Not At Internet Explorer

scott ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2008 @ 07:51am

Re: Firefox and Questions

I don't think the MSN search screeching was so much about which search engine, but more about allowing people to choose which one they use, VS. being told which one to use. Personally, if MSN could deliver more relevant search results, I would use it, but alas, they suck.

On the post: NBC Admits It Was Wrong To Worry About Online Olympics Watching Cannibalizing TV Viewing

scott ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2008 @ 06:19pm

Re: Is this news?

You are so full of shit! Who knew back in 1994 that the goddamn olympics would be online? IF you could have predicted that, you would be richer than Mark Cuban...

On the post: Did Anyone Really Think Google Wouldn't Build An Outlook-To-Gmail Migration Tool?

scott ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2008 @ 07:19pm

GeeMail...

I don't know about anyone else, but lately, I would rather have a fucking exchange server and outlook! GMail has been sucking wind for about 3 weeks now, and I am sick of it! Get the damn email server working flawlessly, THEN migrate people to it! DAMN!!

On the post: Overly Optimistic: Analysts Predict Cellular Broadband To Surpass Copper Broadband By 2010

scott ( profile ), 20 Jun, 2008 @ 06:28am

Certainly NOT!

I don't know about most people, but my unofficial poll still shows that no matter how fast your cell phone is, you are going to use home HSI to surf the "real" Internet. Even those who use an iPhone that presents the web in a more "real" looking format are saying that it is to small to read, they can't download the latest .iso of linux on it, and it just plain sux. I don't care how fast it gets, if it sux, it sux, and no one is going to change from a 3-5 inch screen to a 12-?? size screen on a cell phone. These guys need to put down the crack pipe and come back to the real world.

On the post: Sellers Band Together To Create Their Own Naughty Buyer List For eBay

scott ( profile ), 20 May, 2008 @ 03:05pm

I have a site for you...

Funny how one sided this is...I registered thisebaysellersucks.com because I was repeatedly ripped off by sellers, or because a seller left negative feedback when I honestly left either negative or neutral. It is not one sided, it is bilaterally a shit hole now a days.

On the post: Bank of America's We-Don't-Need-No-Stinking-America Patent Application

scott ( profile ), 09 May, 2008 @ 09:23am

yikes!

I think I will just start keeping my pennies in a shoe box under my bed... It is not the demand of employees that cause the problems, it is the CRAZY salaries of the "C" level and the outrageous demands of stock holders that cause companies to think this way. Wouldn't it be a disgrace to see the stock market shutdown and companies having to earn money the old fashioned way...pleasing their customers!

On the post: How Do People Find The Time To Watch Television?

scott ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2008 @ 02:24pm

TV VS. Innertoobs

I have you all beat! I have a tv tuner card in my PC with a 24" monitor, I startup the tv, move it to the upper right hand corner, and get on the internet, move it to the left and do both! :o)

On the post: DirecTV DVR Will Delete Pay-Per-View Shows

scott ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2008 @ 08:59am

Time Warner

TWC does not even allow you record the PPV stuff, they do give you access to anything you purchase for 24 hours, but you can not record it...sucks right?!?!?

On the post: Vonage Settles AT&T Patent Suit; Anyone Else Want To Squeeze Free Money Out Of Vonage?

scott ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2007 @ 04:58am

Re: What about the "Others"?

Well...Qwest has not had their shot at Vonage yet...I think we have at least one or two more patent trolls to deal with before Vonage can set back and relax.

On the post: SEC Suspending Trades On Spam Scam Stocks

scott ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2007 @ 04:00pm

Cricket...Cricket...

I know it's Friday folks, but come on...this is good news. Oh, and FIRST

On the post: Techdirt Extends Promise To Pay Up To $1 Million For Proof Of BSA $1 Million Reward

scott ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2007 @ 06:25pm

Uh, huh...

Yessss... I am a willing to pay anyone who finds the one who was rewarded the $1 million a HUGE bag of dicks. Come on! Any takes?!?

On the post: Lowes Tries To Silence Sucks Site For Complaints About Lowes

scott ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2007 @ 12:07pm

Re:

Retail is down as a whole, not just Lowes, or Home Depot. Everyone in retail is sweating their job right now, myself included!

On the post: The Age Of Good Enough Technologies: Redundancy Getting Distributed To The Edge

scott ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2007 @ 10:45am

Re:

You actually admit that you work for Geek Squad?!?!? I here by strike you down with Lightening!

On the post: Former ATI Chief Quits AMD, Signalling An Unhappy Marriage

scott ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2007 @ 02:52pm

Re:

Well said, I just you were not such a coward :o) Really tho, I totally agree with you on all points.

On the post: Google Makes Second Security Acquisition With Purchase Of Postini

scott ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2007 @ 09:03am

Google+Security=HOLY COW!

So,
Imagine if you were the largest, most expert search engine...yeah, I know, hard to imagine, but try! Now, you index all of the bad sites, and make security signatures based on your super-dooper indexing. That would just be BADASS! You would be way ahead of the curve on new exploits and viruses. You could make a killing, or in Google's case, another killing!

On the post: On What Planet Is The 'News' That A Movie's Available On P2P Actually Considered News?

scott ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2007 @ 07:49am

Yeah...sure

I work for an insurance company in IT...I watched the movie lastnight and I have to tell you...I will be looking for a new job asap! Not because M. Moore made me feel bad, but because I see this shit on a daily basis, and have a feeling when America sees this movie, they will start understanding what is happening when they submit a claim for a wart removal and it is denied as a pre-existing condition. The company I work for made nearly 30 Billion (yes, with a B) last year, gross. That was done by denying the claims of people who have cancer, heart conditions, and other serious life threatening conditions. Okay? See the movie, then tell me you don't care.

On the post: Plenty Of Exaggeration Over Microsoft's Rumored Demise

scott ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2007 @ 03:58pm

Re: Microsoft

Hey, ME TOO!! Where are you? I am running SLED 10, are you sholder surfing?!?!? :o)

But REALLY! I am seeing the same thing, and I am the one NOT running Windows.

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