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by **johnjnelso** » Sat, 22 Apr 2000 04:00:00

No, Rick, I did NOT steal 2 years of cable. I called the company REPEATEDLY to
tell them they had stopped billing me for their basic service, but their reps
were so befuddled they repeatedly said, "We don't have you listed." Eventually
I stopped bothering and when I wanted to upgrade to Speedvision I called, told
them AGAIN that they were not billing me, and that I would like to upgrade to
their digital service. They sent out a cable repair guy, and I'm now back on
their rolls. I AM an ethical person, I do not deliberately pirate software or
cable service, but I only have so much time in my busy schedule (I'm a busy
physician who doesn't get to watch much television anyway) to correct the
actions of incompetents!

> as the negligence was on their
> >part. So what was it supposed to do, disconnect the cable and not
> >watch is just because the cable company was to stupid/lazy to research
> >the problem an bill him.

> Exploiting the missteps of others for personal gain is immoral. Screw the
> legalities involved. You don't *take* something that doesn't belong to
> you -- even if it may go unnoticed. Exploitative larceny.

> Rick

by **johnjnelso** » Sat, 22 Apr 2000 04:00:00

By the way, I was happy to pay full price for Dave Noonan's track convertor (and
found it a bargain, at that).

by **Cliff Roma** » Sat, 22 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Of course, ranting for 9 months about Y2K and trying to scare people into
going out and spending thousands of dollars and shelters, etc that they do
not need (And never did need) is not morally wrong right?

Who cares about the people that work hard for their money and probably did
not have thousands of dollars that they could just throw away

Oh sure it was not legally wrong for you to do so, but as per your words
"Screw the legalities involved"

> as the negligence was on their
> >part. So what was it supposed to do, disconnect the cable and not
> >watch is just because the cable company was to stupid/lazy to research
> >the problem an bill him.

> Exploiting the missteps of others for personal gain is immoral. Screw the
> legalities involved. You don't *take* something that doesn't belong to
> you -- even if it may go unnoticed. Exploitative larceny.

> Rick

by **Mark Jeangerar** » Sat, 22 Apr 2000 04:00:00

I'm almost curious to the point of asking you to recant your entire ***
life in minute increments. You know, just to see why I should accept you as
my m***guide. Not that I don't trust you. I'm sure you make impeccable
decisions and have never fallen to any of the temptations that may plague
man. I just really can't make that kind of commitment without referencing
the background. You understand, I'm sure.

Your services will no longer be needed. Thank you.
--
Mark Jeangerard
www.soundchaserweb.com
New Mexico, USA

> That program made it worth giving up the free cable. Grand Prix
> >Legends, you've corrupted me forever....

> Uh, no.

> "Corrupt" is *stealing* two years worth of cable service.

> Rick

by **Rick** » Sun, 23 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Okay then. I will retract my comments about your actions on this matter and
apologize for them under one condition: You figure out how much unpaid
cable service you've consumed and send your provider a check for whatever it
amounts to.

The fact that they are billing you *now* is an indication that their
services were never intended to be free of charge. Deal?

Rick

>No, Rick, I did NOT steal 2 years of cable. I called the company REPEATEDLY
to
>tell them they had stopped billing me for their basic service, but their
reps
>were so befuddled they repeatedly said, "We don't have you listed."
Eventually
>I stopped bothering and when I wanted to upgrade to Speedvision I called,
told
>them AGAIN that they were not billing me, and that I would like to upgrade
to
>their digital service. They sent out a cable repair guy, and I'm now back
on
>their rolls. I AM an ethical person, I do not deliberately pirate software
or
>cable service, but I only have so much time in my busy schedule (I'm a busy
>physician who doesn't get to watch much television anyway) to correct the
>actions of incompetents!

>> as the negligence was on their
>> >part. So what was it supposed to do, disconnect the cable and not
>> >watch is just because the cable company was to stupid/lazy to research
>> >the problem an bill him.

>> Exploiting the missteps of others for personal gain is immoral. Screw
the
>> legalities involved. You don't *take* something that doesn't belong to
>> you -- even if it may go unnoticed. Exploitative larceny.

>> Rick

by **Rick** » Sun, 23 Apr 2000 04:00:00

>Of course, ranting for 9 months about Y2K

My crusade lasted nearly 2 years. Get your facts straight.

That is a loaded question. Are you still gay? Just wondering.

........and never did need ...... ha ha ha ha ha It's
cowardly to be a naysayer-come-lately AFTER the fact. Hey what if I was
right? What would you say?

"I bow to your highness, Y2KRick"

Face it. No one knew the outcome -- including yourself.

Yet, if my prognostications proved correct, would it have been money well
spent to protect loved ones? Given that NO person knew what was going to
happen, that lent credence to prudent preparation. Only a fool would not
have prepared for such potential disaster. However, it is equally foolish
to not be prepared to be wrong. I didn't spend all of my money on
preparation, and I never suggested anyone else should.

Huh?

Rick

>> as the negligence was on their
>> >part. So what was it supposed to do, disconnect the cable and not
>> >watch is just because the cable company was to stupid/lazy to research
>> >the problem an bill him.

>> Exploiting the missteps of others for personal gain is immoral. Screw
the
>> legalities involved. You don't *take* something that doesn't belong to
>> you -- even if it may go unnoticed. Exploitative larceny.

>> Rick

by **David Kar** » Sun, 23 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Oh, LOL. As if!
Personally, I'd attach about as much value to an apology from this character
as I would give a half-head of cabbage.

--DK

by **David Kar** » Sun, 23 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Well put!

As for me, I'm glad for the "almost" you inserted there. I don't think I
could stomach that little stroll down Rick's Memory Lane (take a hard right
on Chicken Little Ln. to see the abandoned Y2K bunker); and anyway, I don't
know if the fellow can distinguish fact from fantasy (anymore? ever?).

--DK

by **Cliff Roma** » Sun, 23 Apr 2000 04:00:00

> >Of course, ranting for 9 months about Y2K

> My crusade lasted nearly 2 years. Get your facts straight.

Whew, thank god I only had to catch the last part of it then

Gay? Me? Yep. My wife and I have a male sock puppet that we like to fool
around with. We named it Rick.

by **Ronald Stoeh** » Sun, 23 Apr 2000 04:00:00

snip
> Yet, if my prognostications proved correct, would it have been money well
> spent to protect loved ones? Given that NO person knew what was going to
> happen, that lent credence to prudent preparation. Only a fool would not
> have prepared for such potential disaster. However, it is equally foolish
> to not be prepared to be wrong. I didn't spend all of my money on
> preparation, and I never suggested anyone else should.

Yes, that's why I'm always driving my car with a helmet, ice hockey
pads,
at least 3 *** transfusion bags, an emergency doctor, 50 liters of
water,
4 spare tires, food supply for a week and my trusty shotgun.

That's just for driving to work, you should see the list for my
vacation drive... ;^)

--
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by **Eldre** » Sun, 23 Apr 2000 04:00:00

writes:

Wait - didn't he TELL them he was getting it free - and they STILL didn't bill
him?!? How is that HIS fault? He made the honest decision to let them know
their billing procedure wasn't working - multiple times. Should he have just
CANCELLED? I don't think so.

Eldred
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by **David Ewin** » Tue, 25 Apr 2000 04:00:00

> Exploiting the missteps of others for personal gain is immoral. Screw the
> legalities involved. You don't *take* something that doesn't belong to
> you -- even if it may go unnoticed. Exploitative larceny.

Yet you advocate launching a first strike on Russia. Mass *** = okay,
watching cable TV without paying for it even though you repeatedly told them
you were still receiving it = bad. Interesting m***code you have there,
Rick.

Dave Ewing

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by **Andre Warrin** » Wed, 26 Apr 2000 04:00:00

I missed the whole y2k thing with this Rick person - was this
happening in RAS or in another newsgroup?
Shame I missed it, this Rick sounds like a fun person :)

Andre

>> Exploiting the missteps of others for personal gain is immoral. Screw the
>> legalities involved. You don't *take* something that doesn't belong to
>> you -- even if it may go unnoticed. Exploitative larceny.

>Yet you advocate launching a first strike on Russia. Mass *** = okay,
>watching cable TV without paying for it even though you repeatedly told them
>you were still receiving it = bad. Interesting m***code you have there,
>Rick.

>Dave Ewing

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>David A. Ewing

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by **Richard Walke** » Wed, 26 Apr 2000 04:00:00

He tried it in this group but someone complained to his ISP and he was
forced to stop. He proclaimed most of his ***first in the TEN NROS
newsgroup and then on the N3 group at Jacob Butner's private news server.

Oh, and he also had a pseudonym of "Omegaman" which he used to post in
comp.software.year-2000. For some strange reason though, in that group he
called himself a "reformed doomsayer" and tried to pick arguments with
those who had exactly the same viewpoints that he inflicted on sim racers.
Make of that what you will.....

Whilst it is slightly amusing to watch someone so publicly make such an ass
of themselves, I personally wouldn't use the term "fun".

Cheers,
Richard

by **Goy Larse** » Thu, 27 Apr 2000 04:00:00

> Whilst it is slightly amusing to watch someone so publicly make such an ass
> of themselves, I personally wouldn't use the term "fun".

Maybe not, but the term "train spotting" took on a whole new meaning
with those tanks patrolling the streets of every major city in the UK,
and those "bank runs"...:-)

Beers and cheers
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