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Or maybe someone just got sick of all the unsolicited calls..

Not that I would wish a DoS on anyone (although in the abstract they’re kind of interesting), I wouldn’t be surprised if the ultimate reason for the attack was traced back to their horrible sales practices.
We’ve considered talking to a lawyer about getting some sort of cease and desist against them, they’re that bad.

Farmers Insurance wants your car to be stolen

A friend had their house burglarized and their car stolen. The car was recovered, but the thief still had their keys. Farmers refuses to pay for changing the locks, saying that it’s no more likely to get stolen with a criminal knowing where they live, and having the keys to the car.
They’d apparently […]

I am food delivery cursed.

We order delivery fairly often because we’re lazy, and since we buy fancy food at the store it doesn’t end up being that much more expensive anyway.
There’s a pretty limited selection we order from: Pagliacci, Zeeks, Chaiyo, and Snappy Dragon. (pizza, pizza, thai, chinese).
They all have various problems (usually the wrong stuff being delivered), […]

Subject: Why not consider Dell for software & printers?

Gotta love the form emails they can’t get right. The latest one was (and this is exactly how it looked):

By way of introduction my name is (s&p rep name) and I support (ISR’s name) customers for all software & printing solutions. I’m writing today to ask 1 simple question and also let you […]

Dell problem of the day

We have a stack of 5-6 machines that just won’t work for us, they have various random problems. For one of them, it would just lock up after being up for some period of time (generally under 24 hours).
Of course, the only real way to get them to identify the problem is with their […]