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Jeff did you buy your three scooba's?
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Did you miss your game bridge again???
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Noooooooo I missed it!
All Adaptec had to do was build in in a TV tuner and they sell 10 times as fast as it did in the November woot...
All Adaptec had to do was build in in a TV tuner and they sell 10 times as fast as it did in the November woot...
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And now they have the original crappy GameBridge... this time for $8.99
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Absolutely hilarious... I bet I'm about 10 pages behind on the discussion nowEast Buc & UMR wrote:
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o_0 alright thats a little weird
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I felt like I wasn't going to get the end so I just looked at the pics
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Yeah that's basically what I do tooEast Buc & UMR wrote: I felt like I wasn't going to get the end so I just looked at the pics
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I usually read them all... but this one was a losing battle
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Wonder if it'll beat the 2000+ posts the other one did in the November woot-off...
One of my favorites was when it took forever to sell the USB Microdrive and a bunch of people photoshopped it into picture...
Of course I'm sure there have been better photoshop things going on before
One of my favorites was when it took forever to sell the USB Microdrive and a bunch of people photoshopped it into picture...
Of course I'm sure there have been better photoshop things going on before
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Well the refurb (rox0rz!) DVD player has beaten the GameBridge for longest wootoff killer (based on comments at least) with still 13% left...
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So I get home, check woot for the heck of it for the first time since, like, 8:30 this morning, and what should come up on the screen but "random crap"...
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The server actually didn't crap out on the carrots! I got to the order form easily but I took forever to enter my info and they were obviously sold out.
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OK it looks like they've had 3 in a row... the crappy DVD player, first BOC, then the keyboard thing, then another BOC, then something else, then a third BOC... of course now that I've actually saved my information for quick ordering it's not going to pop up again. I bet they spread it out so the server had less of a chance to crash since more people would get a sold out message.
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I was working on a Email server problem and I missed my carrots... Anyone want to guess what the problem was?
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People getting BOC order confirmation e-mails from woot?
I'm not sure if it means anything but some people have pointed out in the forums that the bag of crap is listed above the current item on the community forums list of woots... that might mean a fourth round after the music system sells out. Of course, it probably doesn't but still a possibility.
I'm not sure if it means anything but some people have pointed out in the forums that the bag of crap is listed above the current item on the community forums list of woots... that might mean a fourth round after the music system sells out. Of course, it probably doesn't but still a possibility.
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The domain lapsed today they had to re-register the umb.com domain for the email part of it.
We spent 2 hours looking for a reason in the servers, when Accounts payable had an email about it
We spent 2 hours looking for a reason in the servers, when Accounts payable had an email about it
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BOC 16.4
--edit--I'm in line... which basically means I lose again.
--edit again--Nope, they're all gone.
This idea is actually pretty retarded to do this more than 2 or 3 times... since people KNOW there will be more, the servers will get worse every time they put it back up... plus I wonder if people who already got one are able to create a new account and get another set of 3 on the next round. Hopefully they IP block people from doing that.
And every time I get to the order page, I almost always forget to click I want three and then once I do I miss it actually register the change and delay myself even more.
That's funny...
I'm sure I won't get one but just might...What's going on here?
We got your order. Hang on a second while we check our inventory to make sure we have enough stuff available to fill your order.
You can stick around to make sure your order goes through, or just leave and check your account page later. If sale's listed there, it means everything went fine. If it's not, it means your order got denied.
--edit--I'm in line... which basically means I lose again.
--edit again--Nope, they're all gone.
This idea is actually pretty retarded to do this more than 2 or 3 times... since people KNOW there will be more, the servers will get worse every time they put it back up... plus I wonder if people who already got one are able to create a new account and get another set of 3 on the next round. Hopefully they IP block people from doing that.
And every time I get to the order page, I almost always forget to click I want three and then once I do I miss it actually register the change and delay myself even more.
That's funny...
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I had a feeling a woot-off was coming soon.
I don't have too many classes tomorrow, but I need to study for my linear algebra test on Friday...
Save the roombas for when I decide to study!
I don't have too many classes tomorrow, but I need to study for my linear algebra test on Friday...
Save the roombas for when I decide to study!
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Guys... that church is in Clinton.ScoBo1987 wrote:Absolutely hilarious... I bet I'm about 10 pages behind on the discussion nowEast Buc & UMR wrote:
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hey, i'm actually in a position to sit on my butt and surf the web all day...(WITHOUT having something better to do, i should say)...but this is no time for woot, i'm spending all my money in other ways.
clinton, missouri? whooa, maybe i've seen it! crazy.
clinton, missouri? whooa, maybe i've seen it! crazy.
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yes, but the sign itself came from somewhere, that's what we're referring to.ashkenaziCD wrote:
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It actually took them 14 1/2 hours to get to a Roomba this time
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Well after the projector and the ultra PC taking most of the work day I can see how that happend
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Just got back from Walmart to see sold out carrots. Not that I would have gotten any anyway since there were only 500 three-for-the-price-of-one craps this time
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Woot is brilliant...
Today they put up random crap at $1,000,001. And if I had just read the first paragraph of the description and thought about it for about 3 seconds I would have figured out the trick. But no, I tried to order it at $1,000,001 thinking it might just charge $1.
They need to do coupon code riddles and such with future bags of crap... it works very well.
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My Braille On Cookies came today:
Today they put up random crap at $1,000,001. And if I had just read the first paragraph of the description and thought about it for about 3 seconds I would have figured out the trick. But no, I tried to order it at $1,000,001 thinking it might just charge $1.
People (including myself) just aren't very courteous when it comes to bags of crap. I had to make a new account to be able to order it using the coupon code. I got my first bag of crap though. Woot!First paragraph of 4/1/2007 Woot Description wrote:Whatever happened to common courtesy? Used to be people understood the value of politeness, the power of a simple gesture to keep the social wheels greased. It’s amazing what one magic word can be worth, at just the right moment. But hey, you’re not here for a lecture on manners. You’re here for the crap.
They need to do coupon code riddles and such with future bags of crap... it works very well.
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My Braille On Cookies came today:
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My carrots are scheduled to get here on Monday.
I hope today's woot (a combo iPod dock + 5 port USB hub) doesn't sell out and comes up in the next wootoff. I already have the dock that came with my antique iPod and a 4 port hub but I wouldn't mind spending $20 for one to help advance a wootoff for once. Although as I expected a review to which somebody linked says it won't charge a 3G (which is what I have).
I hope today's woot (a combo iPod dock + 5 port USB hub) doesn't sell out and comes up in the next wootoff. I already have the dock that came with my antique iPod and a 4 port hub but I wouldn't mind spending $20 for one to help advance a wootoff for once. Although as I expected a review to which somebody linked says it won't charge a 3G (which is what I have).
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Woot Off!!!!
Oh, and I did buy one set of Four for Fuesday USB cables with about 20 minutes to spare.
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They sold that iPod dock/USB hub I passed up a couple of weeks ago around 6 AM... I don't really need it anyway
Oh, and I did buy one set of Four for Fuesday USB cables with about 20 minutes to spare.
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They sold that iPod dock/USB hub I passed up a couple of weeks ago around 6 AM... I don't really need it anyway
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Best part of this Thursday: it is my next to last day of school EVER!!!
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And of course if I hadn't bought the Fuesday cables last Fuesday I could have gotten them a dollar cheaper AND helped very slightly to advance a wootoff... it's looking like somewhat of a wootoff killer
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East Buc & UMR wrote:
umm...yes, I am a safe driver.
I know my photo's the wrong angle but it is indeed the same sign.
(I must say, I do kind of like the angle mine happened to be...)
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that's an incredibly awkward angle. remind me not to get in a car with you.
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Taking pictures while driving in the car is pretty dangerous. I should know, I've done it.
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Can we not post images from Facebook so us poor folks who have facebook blocked at work can see?
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aww, poor bill. naw, i'm really lazy when it comes to uploading things online--i'm definitely not putting a picture on two different sites. haha.
does anyone else think it's kind of sad and pathetic that a non-school work environment would block facebook?
does anyone else think it's kind of sad and pathetic that a non-school work environment would block facebook?
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I would be willing to bet you more work environments block facebook and myspace than don't
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OK, that explains why I can't see the pictures.
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The top one is from imageshack not sure why NKC would block that.
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NKC definitely did. I can't see a lot of the caturday photos I posted. Our school district blocks really weird stuff. Once i tried to go to jeopardy's website and they said it was blocked.
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Hmm... does your filter show a reason or category why the site was blocked? Liberty's does now.ashkenaziCD wrote: NKC definitely did. I can't see a lot of the caturday photos I posted. Our school district blocks really weird stuff. Once i tried to go to jeopardy's website and they said it was blocked.
Wonder if it thinks it's a "game"... Liberty at one point blocked the Nobel Prize website because it had games on it and it got caught because of that keyword.
Random question... do they block Google image search? They did at Liberty because it's a district-wide filter and they were concerned about elementary kids inadvertently coming upon explicit photos. Of course, images.google.co.uk, etc. weren't blocked.
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They could just direct all the kiddies to Google China so there won't be any politically sensitive images to shock them.ScoBo1987 wrote: Random question... do they block Google image search? They did at Liberty because it's a district-wide filter and they were concerned about elementary kids inadvertently coming upon explicit photos. Of course, images.google.co.uk, etc. weren't blocked.
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when i sub secondary i spend a lot of time online, and inadvertantly some site i try to go to (beyond facebook and xanga) will be blocked and say it's because it's porn, and i'm like whaa? but then i feel bad because i'm signed on as my mom, or as the teacher if they've left their login info, haha.
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What sites do you visit Marie
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haha, i don't even know. i'll just be, idk, googling or something.
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they block this board at liberty now... yet they don't block crossx.com, the debate forum which is far nastier than this one.
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Obviously they've caught onto our plan to steal the souls of unsuspecting Liberty students.redliberte wrote: they block this board at liberty now... yet they don't block crossx.com, the debate forum which is far nastier than this one.
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um...no, i would have to say they don't. at least not district-wide.redliberte wrote: they block this board at liberty now...
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Or they block it from users accounts not district wide.