Based on the ruling in the Second Ruling and Order, issued September 10, 2003, I made a call monday to schedule an appointment for Wide Open West to supply me a Firewire capable cablebox "by any means necessary". So today, I get a call at 8:30, telling me that my appointment was canceled because my current cablebox's firewire ports cannot be activated. The tech on the phone makes up some BS about WoW not having any 1394 capable boxes. I pointed out the FCC ruling, and he didn't appear to care. So I called back immediately, and scheduled an install for an HDTV cablebox. I made sure the lady understood that the only connector to my "TV" (really a P3 700 with 128MB RAM) only supports IEEE1394 firewire. She promised me this is supported on the box I am being supplied.
But since my appointment was cancelled, they couldn't reschedule the install for today. Friday, between noon and 4pm, I'll be getting it. (along with, apparently, HDTV goodness over the firewire port, since that's a basic feature of the box I ordered. Yummy.)
Here's to hoping they don't do something silly again, lest I find my way over to my favorite bookmark.
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Update: ahh, the follies of youthful exuberance. Having social events while leaving your windows laptop logged into livejournal and with an unlocked console, with a around.
At this point, the case gets all futzed up and activity dwindles with no actual court case or anything pending for almost 6 months, so posts are sporadic at best for this period.
Yes, the damn case stalled for almost 6 freaking months. yay.
(PS: That part about the accidental warrant? It's in here)
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To all my friends who are considering a job in the IT field:
If you bag groceries or drive forklifts or whatever, you won't have to spend your time in an 85 degree server room full of alarms at 1:30am.
To all my friends in the heating and cooling business:
I wish your crap would just work. I was tired.
+ Got a camcorder for $50. w00t.
+++ Much fun was had with friends
+ Free food was had
+ I found alcohol that I can drink without having trouble walking afterward
+ Got a free bedframe
– Didn't get to see THHGTG with and
– Didn't get to monkey with video over firewire
– Didn't replace window in my truck
– I found alcohol that I can drink without having trouble walking afterward
– Didn't get much sleep (Weekends are for sleeping)
– Didn't clean up house much (Who am I kidding?)
