AmEx vs. rec.humor.funny

An anonymous reader writes "I worried that Brad Templeton's humorous reply in rec.humour.funny to the MasterCard threat might put an end to my daily read. I never heard the outcome, but since the column continues and he is using the same response to a suit from American Express, it must have been OK. This guy has more b*lls than I."

Pft, wrong threat

[Skyshadow]

The power to sue a website is insignificant compared to the power of the /. effect.

A little slow...

[bbrazil]

Web site hosting for anybody: $10/month and up

./ed after just one comment: Priceless

This guy has more b*lls than I.

[dexterace]

Soon, he will much have less b*ndwidth...

Re:Pft, wrong threat

[mirko]

Do you mean Slashdot got paid by Mastercard to close netfunny its own way ?

Re:A little slow...

[gandalf013]

Nope, getting the "spelling" of /. incorrect: priceless :)

you're right!

[arpy]

"This guy has more b*lls than I."

Judging from his tendencey to get sued, he certainly would seem to have more bills than you.

Posting a funny parody...

[Frennzy]

Posting a funny parody...free.

Getting a C&D letter from MC/AmEx...free.

Having /. do more to take away your free speech than MC or AmEx could ever dream of....priceless.

obligatory

[dj245]

10/month hosting at a craptastic company: $10
Writing an article about trouble with the law: $0
Bandwidth overage charges from being slashdotted: $260
Being parodied in a slashdot posting because your lawsuit stems from the fact that you made a parody of a commercial: Priceless

There are some rights money can't buy. For everything else, there's google cache. [google.com]

Re:Hell Yeah!

[MORTAR_COMBAT!]

The MC response wasn't just better, it was, dare I say, "priceless".

Re:Brad needs a lawyer

[Colz Grigor]

If he should do it in those exact words, he doesn't really need a lawyer now, does he?

What was your fee, anyway?

::Colz Grigor

Paying the lawsuit penalties

[AtariAmarok]

What if the guy loses the suit and pays for it with his American Express card?

Re:B*lls??

[Skye16]

Crap, I thought he was saying bulls. Here I was thinking he was a rancher of some sort.

Re:A little slow...

[MostlyHarmless]

./ed after just one comment: Priceless

-bash: ./ed: No such file or directory

. . .

~$ watch -n 10 w3m slashdot.org

Re:B*lls??

[CaseyB]

This guy has more b*lls than I.

What, can people not say balls now? If not, could someone please say why?

It looks to me like he was just saying that the guy has more lls, blls, bblls, or bbbbbbbbbblls than himself.

Re:Pft, wrong threat

[RLW]

Oh, that's insidious.
Step one, Send threatening letter to web site
Step two, get story posted on slash dot.
Step three, wait and watch as web site goes down faster than a pending injunction.

Re:A little slow...

[CaseyB]

Try 'cd /bin' first.

If that doesn't work, you must be using some newfangled "visual" editor instead. Those waste a lot of line printer paper.

Re:Brad needs a lawyer

[AndroidCat]

Every time the Olympics come to a city, they have lawyers run around threatening all the long-established Greek restaurants, travel companies, etc. Anyone know how they managed to obtain obtained such an overarching trademark/ownership on that word? I understand Zeus wants a word with them.

This guy has more b*lls than I.

[DougMackensie]

I'll say Mr. "anonymous reader"

Re:B*lls??

[dr_dank]

What, can people not say balls now?

I think he wanted to avoid offending people. He must have heard that there are a lot of people into eunuchs here.

Re:He's safe

[BrynM]

Can you imagine this country, in this day and age, if true satire/parody was not protected?

Mybe I'm becoming a cynical slashdotter, but I really expected the typical slashdot finish to this sentence:

Can you imagine this country, in this day and age, if true satire/parody was not protected?

...oh wait.

Re:Trademark for "Priceless"

[Anonymous Coward]

FIRST USE: 19980200. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19980200

Would that be the 0th day of February, or the 2nd day of Nomonthuary?

PLEASE LEARN TO USE REGULAR EXPRESSIONS !

[Anonymous Coward]

He meant all words described by the following grammar:

S --> bT
T --> bT
T --> lls

Re:Brad needs a lawyer

[DoraLives]

You have to be careful when you poke a large organization with lots of lawyers and no sense of humour .

Which gives me to understand that you are aware of large organizations with lots of lawyers that have a sense of humor.

I am but a humble traveler seeking wisdom here on /. Please point me in the direction of these large organizations with lots of lawyers and a sense of humor. I would like to learn from them.

Re:The Joke

[Lehk228]

Computer: $1000
Broadband internet: $45/month
Getting modded Troll for no fucking reason: Priceless

Re:A little slow...

[Ripplet]

./ obviously being the parody site of /.

Hey you there on ./ decease and resist ... or something!

Re:He's safe

[3terrabyte]

My favorite part of all this is that he now has new material to make fun of them with.

Re:I really hate self-censorship.

[Anonymous Coward]

No, he really meant "This guy has more bills than I."

Re:Pft, wrong threat

[mrgeometry]

Does that mean step **four** is profit?

Re:B*lls??

[flossie]

Do not forget, about fifty percent of the population doesn't have balls neither.

That's not really true
they just get the other half
to carry them on their behalf.
Why else would men have two?

Re:Pft, wrong threat

[the_consumer]

We're talking about credit card companies. Profit is implied.

Re:As an aside...

[jazman_777]

I get a little chuckle whenever someone uses BCE/CE.

Yeah, these same people will still call the planet Mars "Mars", a Roman god. The stupidity just never ends.

Re:He's safe

[brre]

libel, which is written. Slander is verbal.

Both libel and slander are verbal.
Verbal includes written and spoken word.

This is a common error, and appears to be
driven by avoiding the dread word "oral".
If so, "spoken" is a perfectly good synonym.

So you mean: libel is written, slander is spoken.

Please get your terminology straight before
orally expessing yourself out of your anus.

Re:How to fight back

[Anonymous Coward]

Better yet, tape the postage free reply to a brick...

Re:I really hate self-censorship.

[Brandybuck]

Actually, "balls" is a registered trademark of American Express. The aster*x prevents an automatic lawsuit.

Re:Pft, wrong threat

[cygnus]

The power to sue a website is insignificant compared to the power of the /. effect.

truly, this is the most creative way to comply with a cease and desist letter. post your site on slashdot and get slashdotted to death.

talk about falling on your sword... :)

Re:As an aside...

[ticklemeozmo]

The worst is when people express a date like 01/04/03

You mean like our beloved slashdot?? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/14/130201 [slashdot.org]

Re:As an aside...

[DynaSoar]

autechre (121980) sez: "2-digit years? STILL? Gah.
The worst is when people express a date like 01/04/03. Great; how the hell am I supposed to know which is which?"

I know, I have the same problem. I can't tell if the directory structure is referring to files generated in 2004 or 1904. Nor can I tell whether the files will did is beinged (please pardon the trans-temporal grammar) generated in 2104 and transmitted to me via time machine. I sent a complaint about the latter, but got back a form letter response from someplace called the "Terran Occupation Forces", saying something about being fed up with us broadcasting illogical bitwave formats into space, yada yada, your normal netcop BS. Oh, and something about eating our brains. Kind of harsh for a simple annoying little date format issue, I thought.