[ale] OT: Comcast Wi-Fi

[Lightner, Jeff]

That isn't derisive - it's aptly descriptive.


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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Derek Atkins
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:28 AM
To: justgold79 at gmail.com
Cc: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Comcast Wi-Fi

No, the derisive form is Comcrapstic.

-derek

Justin Goldberg <justgold79 at gmail.com> writes:

> Oh, I thought comcastic was a derisive term used by the bloggers and 
> such. I had no idea that they used it in an ad campaign!
>
> On Jan 21, 2015 12:31 PM, "Michael B. Trausch" <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
>
>     On 01/21/2015 10:56 AM, Justin Goldberg wrote:
>     > Comcastic!
>    
>     Hah!  I see what you did there.
>    
>     But... uh... you forgot something...
>    
>     > *C**o**m**c**a**s**t**i**c**!*
>    
>     Of course, I think everyone'd object to force-played audio in their
>     mailbox, but it should of course be accompanied by the little annoying
>     jingle they used to use when they ran those commercials.  (Or do they
>     still? I don't know, haven't had Comcast TV in ages.)
>    
>     On the up side, I have my native IPv6 from Comcast... but no way to use
>     it yet.  :-P As expected, the ISP's delivery of IPv6 is craptastic.
>     Err, I mean, *C**o**m**c**a**s**t**i**c**!*
>    
>         — Mike
>
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