27 Mar
2001
27 Mar
'01
12:26 a.m.
Well, that last "ghetto blaster" spam was interesting in the fact that the
sender made no attempt at all to hide their identity, or to relay through
open third-party servers. Because of this, I believe it may just have been
sheer ignorance on the part of bitways that turned them to the Dark Side of
the 'Net.
I've fired off a LART to mediascape.de, which appears to be the upstream
provider for the company that did the deed. I will know shortly if this is
true.
Maybe we could all chip in and send them a ten-year old boom-box? ;-)
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superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).
27 Mar
27 Mar
1:24 a.m.
Bruce Lane wrote:
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> I've fired off a LART to mediascape.de, which appears to be the upstream
> provider for the company that did the deed. I will know shortly if this is
> true.
> Maybe we could all chip in and
send them a ten-year old boom-box? ;-)
Can you tell a non native english speaker what a "ten-year old boom-box" is?
Maybe an old box filled with AMD 2901 and 2910? In that case I want one too.
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12:17 p.m.
At 17:24 27-03-2001 +0200, Enrico wrote:
> Maybe we could all chip in and send them a
ten-year old
boom-box? ;-)
Can you tell a non native english speaker what a "ten-year old boom-box" is?
Sure. Ever seen those humongous "portable" AM/FM/Tape/CD/Lord-Knows-What
combination devices? The things that are big enough that they wouldn't be
out of place as a (cheap) home stereo system?
Those are boom-boxes. Also known as ghetto blasters.
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Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies
http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com
Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K)
"I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be
superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).
12:48 p.m.
Sure. Ever seen those humongous "portable"
AM/FM/Tape/CD/Lord-Knows-
What combination devices? The things that are big enough that they
wouldn't be out of place as a (cheap) home stereo system?
I'm 22. These were cool when I was in early grade school. If you wanted to
be the coolest kid, your boombox had a TV and detachable speakers.
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Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)ou.edu
2:06 p.m.
Sure. Ever
seen those humongous "portable" AM/FM/Tape/CD/Lord-Knows-
What combination devices? The things that are big enough that they
wouldn't be out of place as a (cheap) home stereo system?
I'm 22. These were cool when I was in early grade school. If you wanted to
be the coolest kid, your boombox had a TV and detachable speakers. 
5:41 a.m.
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Bruce Lane wrote:
Well, that last "ghetto blaster" spam was
interesting in the fact that the
sender made no attempt at all to hide their identity, or to relay through
open third-party servers. Because of this, I believe it may just have been
sheer ignorance on the part of bitways that turned them to the Dark Side of
the 'Net.
I've fired off a LART to mediascape.de, which appears to be the upstream
provider for the company that did the deed. I will know shortly if this is
true.
You're such a good little hall monitor! ;)
Maybe we could all chip in and send them a ten-year
old
boom-box? ;-)
Or maybe we can just ignore them and live more happily?
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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7:18 a.m.
> Maybe we could all chip in and send them a
ten-year old
> boom-box? ;-)
Someone was asking what a boom-box is. It's a portable stereo, usually
with casette and radio, although some later ones had cd and some really large
ones came with a small fold-out turntable. In the early 1980s it was common
to see a person with one of these things on his shoulder, music cranked up
loud. This fad died back swiftly with the advent of the sony walkman.
If you've ever watched Star Trek IV, the Voyage Home, the scene on the bus
where the punk rocker is given the Vulcan neck pinch for blasting his music
too loud clearly shows the punk rocker (also the author of the music, as it
turns out) using a Boom Box. They were such an annoyance that the scene
in the movie was universally greeted with cheers in the theater.
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9:47 a.m.
If you've ever watched Star Trek IV, the Voyage
Home, the scene on the bus
where the punk rocker is given the Vulcan neck pinch for blasting his music
too loud clearly shows the punk rocker (also the author of the music, as it
turns out) using a Boom Box. They were such an annoyance that the scene
in the movie was universally greeted with cheers in the theater.
Worse -- read the credits. Not only did he write the lyrics and play
the role, he was the movie's associate producer!
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10:10 a.m.
If you've ever watched Star Trek IV, the
Voyage Home, the scene on the bus
where the punk rocker is given the Vulcan neck pinch for blasting his music
too loud clearly shows the punk rocker (also the author of the music, as it
turns out) using a Boom Box. They were such an annoyance that the scene
in the movie was universally greeted with cheers in the theater.
Worse -- read the credits. Not only did he write the lyrics and play
the role, he was the movie's associate producer!
2:20 p.m.
> Worse -- read the credits. Not only did he write
the lyrics and play
> the role, he was the movie's associate producer!
I was sort of assuming the associate producer was a
father with the same
name, to be honest, but if it's not, he should definately stick to his
day job (producing movies) and give up on music. I've heard punk I like
and that wasn't it.
It was pretty funny though :-) "And oiiiiiiiii ... hate you! And oiiiiiii
be-RATE you! And oiiiiiii ... " Pretty accurate faux Sid Vicious if you ask
me. <evil grin>
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