http://www.errorcom.com/

hmmm · 02-10-2001 10:23pm #1

Couldn't have done it better myself. Don't visit if you are easily offended.

chernobyl · 02-10-2001 10:25pm

fantastic.

pertinax · 02-10-2001 10:44pm

Its good to laugh but theres always a tear to dribble down the smile. :cool:

Bard · 02-10-2001 10:55pm

nice disclaimer that!

b20uvkft6m5xwg · 02-10-2001 10:57pm

VG VG

hmmm · 02-10-2001 11:00pm

Great site epsilon - you know that everything on the net is a secret for only about 2 seconds

Dont be at yourself · 02-10-2001 11:05pm

very funny, gg

dahamsta · 02-10-2001 11:10pm

ADSL (Always Delayed Slightly Longer)

*snigger*

adam

Lenny · 02-10-2001 11:16pm

What is ADSL?

ADSL (Always Delayed Slightly Longer)

rofl, classic, brill site too.

DeVore · 02-10-2001 11:23pm

Woah, cant imagine why I'm on the thanks page. possibly for the idea of the logo a good while back.

Funny, but not for the easily offended (not like theres many of them round here...).
Obviously a boards user, but I cant imagine who, not that interested in finding out either, though I've check the usual suspects and they all deny it (though they all said they'd LIKE to have done it!)

10/10!

DeV.

The Cigarette Smoking Man · 02-10-2001 11:46pm

Originally posted by hmmm
Couldn't have done it better myself. Don't visit if you are easily offended.

V. Good.

I'd change the whois records for the site before "they" summons you.

Alis · 03-10-2001 4:05am

Devore wrote:

Funny, but not for the easily offended (not like theres many of them round here...).

Speaking for the easily offended, may I say it is offensive, but in an entirely appropriate way

Well done!

Alis

Chief · 03-10-2001 8:00am

The boll0x were all heard breaking with laughter in the office a few minutes ago

Super duper!

__________________

"LOSE me.. Hate me.. SMASH me..
ERASE me.. KILL me.."

nine inch nails - eraser

|Chief|...

pork99 · 03-10-2001 8:43am

its funny because its true

Kairo · 03-10-2001 9:04am

That logo is f*cking hilarious Dev!
Nice one!

ando · 03-10-2001 9:08am

hahahaha

brilliant site !

BoneCollector · 03-10-2001 9:09am

NICE! disclaimer

a pitty the credits contradict them

http://www.errorcom.com/errorcom/credits.htm

Toast · 03-10-2001 9:17am

Very Good. Would have like to have seen the REAL meaning of ISDN ( It Still Does Nothing). ADSL as acroynm for Always Delayed Slightly Longer is brilliant. Best I heard before was A Dodgy Slow Line.

spanner_head · 03-10-2001 12:57pm

most humourous I have to say.

Bard · 03-10-2001 1:40pm

WELL!

That didn't stay up very long...

(someone's removed the index page)

Directory Listing Denied

This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed.

ando · 03-10-2001 1:50pm

Originally posted by Toast
the REAL meaning of ISDN (It Still Does Nothing)

so true

dahamsta · 03-10-2001 2:00pm

Whatever about my parody site, that site couldn't possibly be confused for Eircom, and should be allowed under fair use copyright law.

EircomAreBigFatBullies.com

adam (who rushes off to WHOIS)

strat · 03-10-2001 2:02pm

rolflfe thats funny shít

thats fécking class actually

dahamsta · 03-10-2001 2:04pm

C'mere, whoever developed that site, feel free to zip it up and send it to storageATiewebsDOTcom, and I'll fupping mirror it.

adam

pork99 · 03-10-2001 3:37pm

I would love to know who or what shot it down, anyone tell us? It would be interesting

PiE · 03-10-2001 5:26pm

Yea, goddamnit, I wanna see!

Anyone get a mirror up?

BKtje · 03-10-2001 5:39pm

Argh plz get it back
i aint seen it and i need a good laugh

Fergus2 · 03-10-2001 5:56pm

.

Boston · 03-10-2001 6:40pm

I feel so agrue, those bastards think they can do what they like and you cant take the piss. Freedom of speach is not real in ireland.
ba

dahamsta · 03-10-2001 6:41pm

I'm not representing IrelandOffline in this post. This is a personal matter about free speech, from someone who has already been savaged by Eircom solicitors.

The public has a guaranteed right to free expression in the Constitution of Ireland[1], and that should include the right to parody. The errorcom site could not possibly be construed as anything else, and for that reason I've decided to mirror it[2].

The site had to be modified slightly because it was originally on a Windows server, which has case insensitive filenames. You'll find the mirror here:

http://adam.beecher.net/errorcom/

The original zipfile I received anonymously is here:

http://adam.beecher.net/errorcom/errorcom.zip

And a tarball of the modified site is here:

http://adam.beecher.net/errorcom/errorcom.tgz

If you have a problem with it Eircom, I suggest you take it upstream. In America. Where parody is covered under fair use.

adam

[1] Or the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000, Section 51, (1).
[2] This all sounds a bit emotional, but I've had to suffer at Eircom's bullying myself in the past, and it just maddens me.

Boston · 03-10-2001 6:49pm

Great Work man, they will probably rape you for it, if they take you to court i say we turn up in mass to support you and have a wipe around for the legal bills.

Ps a simple "this is not eircom.net and any resemblance to eircom.net is poorly coincidences,

richindub2 · 03-10-2001 7:09pm

Teheh, very good

PiE · 03-10-2001 7:12pm

By asking for this site to be taken down[if they did] arent eircom admitting that their company resembles a half-baked, crappy, rip-off, lying, cheating, scum of a company?

Funny stuff

TomF · 03-10-2001 7:15pm

I looked at the www.errorcom site and thought it was a mix of good satire with something that I'd call bordering on adolescent humor. I have a son and a nephew who would think all of it was very funny, but they are adolescents and haven't yet made much happen in the real world.

phaxx · 03-10-2001 7:16pm

Luvleh.

exiztone · 03-10-2001 9:12pm

This page is sick, why must you tell us what we dont want to hear... it brings a tear to my eye.... TEARS OF LAUGHTER HAHAHAHHAHAH, F*CKING exclent people!
Im forwarding this to everyone!

kendragon · 03-10-2001 9:23pm

Nice one Adam... i was going crazy as i went through the posts and I thought i wasnt going to see the site.... its being emailed to the masses (well four or five) as we speak.

3 cheers to Adam and the creator of the website

rymus · 03-10-2001 9:48pm

same here (to what adam said) two mirrors are better than one

ElNino · 03-10-2001 10:28pm

Classic

Supercell · 03-10-2001 10:48pm

I haven't laughed so long and so hard in years, thank you Adam for mirroring it, and thank you to the author, is really a good summery of what a lot of us feel.

What equipment do I need to get for errorcom deny-stream?

A Computer
Hallucinogenic drugs, and lots of them, that when taken will help you think that errorcom provides such a service.

Supercell · 03-10-2001 10:55pm

BTW i hope someone has mailed theregister.co.uk, they love this kind of stuff.
Interesting to see what they make of how annoyed we are here.

angryuser · 03-10-2001 11:49pm

Superb. Thanks to Adam for taking the trouble to get a mirror of the site. But, am I missing something here ? The "whois" shows the owners and contacts of the errorcom site. so do we know these people, or is it common knowledge, but I missed it ?? :-(

"Ignorance is bliss" :-((

chernobyl · 04-10-2001 12:13am

WHOIS

its no secret anyways.
free info.

Urban Weigl · 04-10-2001 12:19am

That web site is a good laugh indeed -- and I needed one, the situation regarding Internet access in Ireland is, sadly, still very depressing.

All that said, I think it could have been done in a slightly more tasteful way. But then again, Eircom is tasteless, so who am I to argue with?

Now, anyone emailed The Register yet?

Edit: My favourite bit is:

"What is the bottom line?

You're Fecked basically."

dardoz · 04-10-2001 7:54am

yes lads, Eircom did ring the owner of the site and asked him to take it down. He did but trust me (or my reliable source), it will be back up under its www.errorcom.com url again. Just a few legal things to take care of

Lemming · 04-10-2001 8:15am

What is the bottom line?

You're ****ed basically.

LMAO

That bit at the very end of the deny-stream page is soooo true

Cheers for that one Adam

Lemming · 04-10-2001 9:08am

another mirrored version can be found here ...

http://www.griff.cx/errorcom/index.htm

have fun folks

Yoda · 04-10-2001 9:24am

I hope that Ireland Offline will specifically remind the ODTR and the minister of Eircom's actions regarding the suppression of this parody.

I hope that Eircom will finally get the idea that a service provider is expected to provide a service. That the customer is always right. That we aren't a bunch of uneducated rubes who don't understand what technology is available in other countries and why we are angry that we are paying through the nose for something that other folks get for reasonable prices.

I hope that some day I can know what my monthly charges will be for my internet access, so I can plan and budget and grow my business.

I hope I hope I hope.

amp · 04-10-2001 9:54am

I so heartily endorse this product and/or service that I'm weeping. Three thumbs up.

Lemming · 04-10-2001 10:26am

Originally posted by Lemming
another mirrored version can be found here ...

http://www.griff.cx/errorcom/index.htm

have fun folks

After reading the following, posted by Trojan on another thread,

As for posting mirrors of the site, thanks for the offer, but can I please ask you and your friends to sit still on it for a week or so until I get everything sorted.

My mirror is offline ... for now

Oops ... should note, that quote is the original author being quoted BY Trojan

apologies for any inconveniences Trojan!!

lphchild · 04-10-2001 10:46am

Mirrored at:
http://www.erinselbow.com/errorcom/
http://www.elfchild.com/errorcom/

lph

Doh just seen Lemmings.. will take offline 1PM ..

http://www.errorcom.com/

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