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October 07, 2003
Panthenon, can you remove this link? We're uh, getting the old "here's a picture that will mentally scar you and your future children, stop stealing our bandwidth" replacement picture from time to time.
posted by jerseygirl to navel gazing at 10:29 AM - 59 comments
I feel ill.
posted by Fat Buddha at 10:44 AM on October 07, 2003
i just got some bandwidth at yahoo... queasy... things are getting dark... panthenon help.
posted by jerseygirl at 10:46 AM on October 07, 2003
Well, that's a conversation stopper.
posted by dusted at 10:50 AM on October 07, 2003
Ufez: If we're going to take the high road, republishing the picture on our own server is a copyright violation. Of course, in this example, the publisher probably doesn't have the right to publish a picture of Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, so there's a "no honor among thieves" defense.
posted by rcade at 11:10 AM on October 07, 2003
Aww man! I never got to see it!
posted by StarFucker at 11:11 AM on October 07, 2003
P.s. Those of us who saw the picture should agree to tell everyone it was a picture of Jim Plunkett.
posted by rcade at 11:14 AM on October 07, 2003
You don't need to see it, StarFucker. You posed for it.
posted by rcade at 11:15 AM on October 07, 2003
rcade, why are you such a whiny bitch?
posted by StarFucker at 11:37 AM on October 07, 2003
Pantheon, can you remove this fight?
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:56 AM on October 07, 2003
Was it the classic goatse pic?
posted by grum@work at 12:12 PM on October 07, 2003
Ufez: If we're going to take the high road, republishing the picture on our own server is a copyright violation. Of course, in this example, the publisher probably doesn't have the right to publish a picture of Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, so there's a "no honor among thieves" defense. That's true, but with stealing a picture and using it for our private use, which is what it is, the original 'owner' of the image is not suffering any viable loss. Unless it's a one of a kind image that someone is using expressly for trying to gain money, and not just a headshot of Robin Yount, the likes of which thousands exist, I'm not too concerned about that. Bandwith costs cash though, which can be pinpointed as an actual loss. I doubt anyone would sue over lost bandwidth, unless it were some enormous amount, the likes of which SpoFi won't generate. But it is pretty lame to swipe money from people, even if it is just pennies.
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:13 PM on October 07, 2003
whatever it takes not to see that pic again.
posted by garfield at 12:16 PM on October 07, 2003
Grum: Yes. A Webmaster goatsexed us as punishment for displaying an image from his server here. Anyone who doesn't know the meaning of that term should avoid googling it for any reason.
posted by rcade at 01:21 PM on October 07, 2003
That's just not right, rcade.
posted by Samsonov14 at 01:39 PM on October 07, 2003
I'm pretty sure that copying a pic for posting here falls within fair use. Of course, I think that pic was from England, so maybe the rules are different there. But England sucks, except for the football and the Beatles, so...
posted by billsaysthis at 01:43 PM on October 07, 2003
ain't it grand somebody called a 'webmaster' imposes punishment with gay pron. the brute simplicity of it is genius: no conditioning needed, once is enough.
posted by garfield at 01:45 PM on October 07, 2003
...and Jimi, Zeppelin, LTJ, the Spice Girls, and Jimi.
posted by garfield at 01:47 PM on October 07, 2003
LTJ?
posted by StarFucker at 02:02 PM on October 07, 2003
LTJ Bukem - Drum n' Bass Guru....some people call it intelligent dance music. I just call it good.
posted by garfield at 02:09 PM on October 07, 2003
Monty Python!
posted by worldcup2002 at 02:50 PM on October 07, 2003
Catherine Zeta-Jones! Liz Hurley! Posh & Ginger! Helena Bonham-Carter! Jordan!
posted by garfield at 02:52 PM on October 07, 2003
The spice girls?
posted by justgary at 03:05 PM on October 07, 2003
...one of these things is not like the others....
posted by garfield at 03:14 PM on October 07, 2003
I just call it good. Agred garfield. At least the folks at Something Awful had the good taste to use a naked breast when I learned my lesson (and let's not be coy jerseygirl: didn't that show up in preview?). It's not the fact someone used the goatse picture; it's that they had the stomach to edit it in PhotoShop (or, more appropriately, "The GIMP"). Then again, I did revisit tubgirl to make sure I saw what I thought I saw before I went temporarily blind. And to get directions on how to get away from there.
posted by yerfatma at 03:40 PM on October 07, 2003
"Agred" is a word used in the electronica community to indicate approval of another's opinion. The etymology is murky.
posted by yerfatma at 03:40 PM on October 07, 2003
(and let's not be coy jerseygirl: didn't that show up in preview?). Uh sure... because I was dying to just show everyone what some random guy's colon and lower intestine looked like. In fact, when I checked back a few times to see if it had been deleted, I was still seeing the intended picture from time to time.
posted by jerseygirl at 03:52 PM on October 07, 2003
yerfatma, any suggestions to check out? my subscription to UNCUT just ran out.
posted by garfield at 04:09 PM on October 07, 2003
>> (and let's not be coy jerseygirl: didn't that show up in preview?). >In fact, when I checked back a few times to see if it had been deleted, I was still seeing the intended picture from time to time. Moral: always clear your browser cache when testing such things. Or just use a different browser that doesn't have the pic cached. (I learned this the hard way once, thought the damage turned out to be minimal.)
posted by taupe at 04:22 PM on October 07, 2003
how do you clear your browser cache?
posted by garfield at 04:38 PM on October 07, 2003
In IE: Tools>Internet Options>General>Delete Files
posted by mbd1 at 04:50 PM on October 07, 2003
garfield: how do you clear your browser cache? Oh, I thought you said trouser cache.
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:11 PM on October 07, 2003
right...i've forgotten how to do that since i've moved out and got a job where the IT folk have their own record anyhow.
posted by garfield at 05:12 PM on October 07, 2003
billsaysthis clears his in the shower
posted by garfield at 05:12 PM on October 07, 2003
i had done that, actually :/
posted by jerseygirl at 05:15 PM on October 07, 2003
In billE: Tool>Internut Options>Gonadal>Deplete Boys
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:16 PM on October 07, 2003
removable shower head, I assume.
posted by garfield at 05:17 PM on October 07, 2003
blogging has just taken on a whole new meaning.
posted by garfield at 05:18 PM on October 07, 2003
ok, why are you boys picking on bill?
posted by jerseygirl at 05:18 PM on October 07, 2003
jerseygirl read the comments in Week 5 NFL picks, and you'll soon know.
posted by lilnemo at 05:23 PM on October 07, 2003
Oh. Poor Bill. but.. I am still laughing about the worldcup comment.
posted by jerseygirl at 05:28 PM on October 07, 2003
j-g: While you're in a good mood, could you post a picture of yourself? (no goats or colons, pls.) ;-p
posted by worldcup2002 at 05:32 PM on October 07, 2003
A for effort!
posted by jerseygirl at 05:36 PM on October 07, 2003
jerseygirl, can you come over and comfort me, these bullies have me terribly upset!
posted by billsaysthis at 07:58 PM on October 07, 2003
I thought you emptied your cache.
posted by worldcup2002 at 08:05 PM on October 07, 2003
In billE: Tool>Internut Options>Gonadal>Deplete Boys Quite possibly the funniest single line ever written. I plan to print T-shirts. Except my "boy" is singular.
posted by wfrazerjr at 11:21 AM on October 08, 2003
Uni-baller?
posted by lilnemo at 11:42 AM on October 08, 2003
yessir ... thanks, Doc!
posted by wfrazerjr at 02:54 PM on October 08, 2003
Wow, suddenly I feel sad, in a "I didn't really need to know that" kind of way.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:22 PM on October 08, 2003
frazer is such a braggart!
posted by billsaysthis at 04:01 PM on October 08, 2003
do you wear a falsie?
posted by garfield at 04:11 PM on October 08, 2003
my eyes!
posted by jerseygirl at 04:26 PM on October 08, 2003
I always thought you leaned a little left.
posted by dusted at 04:56 PM on October 08, 2003
There are some advantages: 1) When kicked between the legs, I have only a %50 chance of throwing up. 2) Athletic cups 50% off? I'm there! 3) Excellent way to tell if your new doctor is paying attention. If he has me cough and then doesn't say, "Uhhh, hey, did you know..." I dump him. 4) Get to correct people when they tell me I'm nuts, or have a lot of balls.
posted by wfrazerjr at 09:18 AM on October 09, 2003
My cousin had to have one of his removed, and now walks around with an original and a plastic replica in his ballbag. Very few people outside the family understand why we call Matt "Lefty", when he's clearly right-handed. True story.
posted by Samsonov14 at 05:54 PM on October 09, 2003
**hands on ears** lalalalalalalalalalalalala
posted by kloeprich at 06:56 PM on October 09, 2003
I've heard about the falsie ... but why screw with a good conversation piece? Oh, and when you say "replica," you mean they fashioned the plastic one to resemble the one he lost? Classy!
posted by wfrazerjr at 05:30 PM on October 10, 2003
It was actually fashioned to resemble Abe Lincoln's right nut. It's a historical replica. If I remember correctly, the Franklin Mint has a whole line of them out.
posted by Samsonov14 at 01:46 AM on October 12, 2003
Cool ... I'm going to get one to match Hillary Clinton's.
posted by wfrazerjr at 04:53 PM on October 12, 2003
As foul as that picture is, and while I can't wait to get it removed, this is a pretty decent point that whoever it is are making. Stealing bandwidth from someone via posting a picture here really isn't cool (and it happens all the time here on SpoFi). Take the picture and put it on your own webspace first. If you've not got webspace, either A) get some, or B) don't post pics.