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AT&T Has Managed To Piss Off the Wrong Bunch of Web-Nerds
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07/27/09
Once he had ten people in his office all telling him in deadly serious tones that 4chan was not a thing to mess with, he finally got the point.
I can just imagine that any and all nerds in the AT&T offices had the same conversation, but were overruled. I'm sorry that their lives are now going to suck.
07/27/09
Basically the talented peeps have to orchestrate a plan and then herd the me-toos to achieve specific goals.
It's much more difficult than outsiders make it sound. Go teach high school or a 100 level class for more info. Fortunately AT&T made it easy for them by inviting collective hate but if the me-toos get too terroristy the feds might kill the fun.
Yeah, this will be interesting to watch.
07/27/09
I'm sure those guys not only agree, but wear that description like a badge of honor from my dealings with them at Otakon.
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It isn't nice for pots to be calling kettles black, man.
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To make a boxing analogy, this isn't like picking a fight with the professional champions of each weight class.
This is like picking a fight with every amateur boxing club in America, all their instructors, members, and sympathizers, at once.
Good luck with that.
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PS: This reminds me--what kind of sane editor/reader could ever buy that "Jukt Micronics" is the actual name of an actual company?
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I hope they do that Office Space thing where they empty their bank accounts.
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AT&T trying to take them on is up there with a small town local sheriff trying to take down all of the Colombian drug lords at once.
These people have nothing but time on their hands and are fairly well organized.
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