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Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 4:23 AM UTC

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Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by citizenkeys » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 4:23 AM UTC

Finbarr wrote: post #10

Finbarr wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh I'm sorry about that. I thought that Teespring would give users the option to select whichever size they wanted. I'm creating a new page for a women specific shirt size.

I created a campaign for a women's shirt. Will add a link to the site in a moment: http://teespring.com/forkmydonglew

If you could somehow merge the two campaigns, then you'd be able to reach your goal faster. I know the Watsi.org campaign somehow offered both regular and ladies' sizes ( http://teespring.com/hntees ). There wasn't a way to add the ladies' sizes to the original campaign?

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by eksith » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 4:24 AM UTC

andrewkreid wrote: post #8

I am uncomfortable with the implied support for out of date hardware copy protection practices.

Aside from the copy protection, (some)old hardware can have a charm worth of being immortalised on a t-shirt. Cassettes for example.

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by collypops » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 4:25 AM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #31

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You're a bit behind in the news. It looks like things will work out OK for the guy [1], and the girl did get fired [2].

As a footnote, public shaming was how we got into this mess in the first place, so I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681

[2]: http://blog.sendgrid.com/a-difficult-situation/

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by RMacy » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 4:25 AM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #31

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that already happened

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by downandout » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 4:26 AM UTC

collypops wrote: post #34

[deleted] wrote: post #31

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You're a bit behind in the news. It looks like things will work out OK for the guy [1], and the girl did get fired [2]. As a footnote, public shaming was how we got into this mess in the first place, so I wouldn't wish that on anyone. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681 [2]: http://blog.sendgrid.com/a-difficult-situation/

Apparently I am. That's what I get for being offline for a few hours.

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by mattbarrie » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 4:29 AM UTC

Entrepreneurship 101

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 4:30 AM UTC

pravda wrote: post #6

As a man, let me state that the phrase Fork My Dongle makes me a wee bit uncomfortable.

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Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by antidaily » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 4:32 AM UTC

pud wrote: post #11

Considered buying it. But "fork my dongle" isn't, technically, a thing. So I'd feel kinda like a poser wearing it -- like "look, I'm a l33t haxor!" who got it wrong. Or like ones of those Chinese tattoos that doesn't actually mean anything in Chinese. Or like one of those action movies with bogus hacking scenes ("enhance!"). Or like someone wearing an Iron Maiden shirt from Urban Outfitters who's never actually heard…

Exactly. It's just a reference to an unfortunate series of events that won't be worth explaining in a month. Make it 'Fork My Repo' and I'm a buyer.

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by warmwaffles » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 4:34 AM UTC

collypops wrote: post #34

[deleted] wrote: post #31

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You're a bit behind in the news. It looks like things will work out OK for the guy [1], and the girl did get fired [2]. As a footnote, public shaming was how we got into this mess in the first place, so I wouldn't wish that on anyone. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681 [2]: http://blog.sendgrid.com/a-difficult-situation/

sources please.