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So I got the CP mailing where I can take a survey for Evans Data Development Network and thought I'd take it (maybe CP gets a few bucks or something).
First data entry page want an email, fname, lname, my position. So I fill them in.
Bzzzzzt! It rejected the email address because it was a .info . This disease of stupidity in input parsing seems to be becoming an epidemic. I notified them, via their website, that they ought have their surveys (&etc.) remade, and this time, to not use amateurs.
I hope CP at least got some coin for my click-through.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: It rejected the email address because it was a .info
I automatically reject any .info email - only spammers use these goofy domains, in my experience. I've never seen a legitimate email from one, nor anything honest from several others.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: I automatically reject any .info email
Roger Wright wrote: I've never seen a legitimate email from one,
And clearly never will.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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Roger Wright wrote: only spammers use these goofy domains
Roger Wright wrote: nor anything honest
You hear that, W∴ Balboos? Get your act together... 
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From His Lips to Mark Zuckerberg's ears.
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Ditto. And I add each new top level domain to the blocked list as I encounter them. I really don't need to have my gutters cleaned, for instance.
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I have blocked ad sites so could not even navigate to it, sorry CP.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Are you old ancient enough to find this funny?[^] 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Where is config.sys?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Where is config.sys?
Hey! You'a say'a da tings about'a da config'a my systa, an you pay'a da price!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Fixed typos:
Where's config, sis?
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Yes, I'm justified and ancient 
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Dos days are gone now.
No I do not need to be ancient as it existed until Vista from what I recall.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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lw@zi wrote: Dos days are gone now.
The command line is expanding; look at powershell
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Check out the Q&A from the last week or so. There is someone in there doing development in MS-DOS and can't seem to be able to find various pieces of software that will work with it. Apparently he found a functional floppy disk drive though.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: Apparently he found a functional floppy disk drive though.
My last 2 or 3 motherboards lacked a floppy drive connector, so I couldn't install a non-USB drive if I wanted to. First time it happened I was disappointed -- I had a floppy drive that included a 8-in-1 card reader (drive had USB cable as well as EIDE), and I wanted to install it for the card reader. But stick-type SD-card readers are so common these days -- I have 5 or 6 sitting on my desk at home.
I have an unopened box of 3.5" floppy disks on my desk -- found it in the back of a supply cabinet. It's a novelty.
It's bizarre to think of 1.44 MB of storage compared to the the idea that 16 to 64 GB flash drives are so inexpensive.
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Very true. I have lots and lots of files that one fit on a floppy. They are virtually useless today.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Also, an autorun.inf file on a CD.
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What is this newfangled "CD" of which you speak? Is it anything like a 5¼" floppy? 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: 5¼" floppy
Huh! Nothing! Back in my days, we used 8" floppy disks! AND we had cold gravel for dinner! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Luxury! We used to dream of having cold gravel for dinner!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Yea, well, that's nothin'. Back in my day, before the 1 was discovered, we had to write all our programs using only 0s!! 
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Ah, the original Ghost script.
👻 000000000000000! 👻
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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WRONG ! I'm so old, we learned to program using 0 and lower case l's. None of your fancy 1's for us. Too easy.
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in 83 I had a cpm system running at 4Mhz with an 8" floppy, But also a 10 MEGA BYTE external hard drive, with removable platters. Luxury.
The rest of the system was crap.
Filled up my car if I took it home to work.
Ah. The good old days.
ASM all the way.
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