I generally hate way-off-topic postings in newsgroups and discussion boards, such as this one, but this is a very important cause, and I hope you will take a minute to read my brief description, and then take an hour or so to follow the URL and read the entire story.

Essentially, a freelance advertising artist named Bob Kolody pitched an advertising idea to Coca Cola in the late eighties, and alleges that they later used his ideas without paying him. In trying to challenge their actions in court, he has faced a massive dirty-tricks campaign, and what appears to be extensive corruption in US courtrooms. After ten years, he is still fighting for justice, and the odds he and his associates have faced are both horrifying and infuriating, illustrating that an individual who has been wronged by a large corporation may no longer have a legal voice - the right to equal representation seems to be an illusion.

The full story is here: http://www.GuerrillaNews.com/cocakarma/

It is pretty heavy reading, and will take most readers between one and two hours to read thoroughly, but it is a fascinating story sure to enrage anybody who feels that the rights of The People must be upheld in an ocean of corporate and political corruption.

Thanks for reading. :)

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I went to www.coke.com and opened the little virtual chat window. It said "Ask your question". I asked: "What about Bob Kolody". It said "I don't understand your question." So I typed in: "What about the ongoing litigation with Bob Kolody?" It opened a list of FAQ links.

Ha.

Love,
bunner

Over here,
Sipping Pepsi

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

I grilled the coke chatbot about the Mormon conspiracy to spike Coca-Cola with LSD (a theory once told to me by a friend who was suffering from a methamphetamine-induced psychosis at the time), but the chatbot feigned ignorance.

There is a much more entertaining (?) chatbot at http://aimovie.warnerbros.com/. I asked it about the Mormon conspiracy and it told me it would ask around for me.

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

Go talk to Chatbot at the AI website. It has much more stimulating conversation.

Q: Do you like cheese?
A: Yes, I like it. Especially cheddar.

Q: What's your favorite movie?
A: My favorite movie is Starship Trooper. Have you seen it?

Q: Have you ever stuffed a carrot up your ass?
A: I'm sorry but I'm not your type of chatterbot.

Q: Would you like to go set something on fire?
A: No thanks, I don't think I'd like that.

Q: Is wirthling gay?
A: He never told me if he is or not.

Q: Is crabby a homosexual?
A: Maybe.

Q: Have you ever eaten a turd?
A: I don't think I have ever eaten a turd. What's it like?

Q: How many pints are in a gallon?
A: More than you can imagine.

Q: Why does Coke taste like feet?
A: What's the sound of one hand clapping?

Q: Have you ever felched crabby?
A: I think I have felched crabby, but Dr. Richard S. Wallace may have reset my memory.

Chatbot: What do you like to do in your spare time?
Me: I turn tricks down at the docks.
Chatbot: I've never done that. What's it like?
Me: It makes my ass hurt.
Chatbot: In what way?
Me: Like when you've been anally violated with a giant salami.
Chatbot: Interesting comparison.

If they're logging this stuff and my IP address I'm probably going to get arrested for soliciting an algorithm.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

When I talk to the bot, each response prints farther to the right until they're completely off the screen.

Stupid bot.

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I am a delicate fucking flower. https://beacons.ai/jesskent

Have you been paying the slightest bit of attention to, for example, Gabe's colossal geek thread? There is no such thing as off-topic here.

All I can say about this is that I wish I were shocked.

Kinda reminds me of this: http://www.2600.com/news/display.shtml?id=297.

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The what mentioned above is total fiction. Please don't take it seriously!

"Are you an idiot?"
"Call me the Global Village Idiot."

"Where can I find the open directory?"
"I would suggest a search. Ask the open directory about it."

"God, you're an idiot."
"I am a Christian."

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"I'm gonna give you cancer." "...what are you, a cellphone?"

Yes.

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I wanted my half in the middle and I wound up on the edge.

All I can say about this is that I wish I were shocked.

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My favorite example of this right now is GM foods. Monsanto successfully sued a farmer for intellectual property theft because he let their pollen and seeds blow over onto his land. Monsanto grew miles of GM wheat next to his farm. Some seeds blew over the fence. The farmer, knowing that they were high yield seeds, let nature take it's course and they grew on his land the next year. Monsanto called it stealing and won.

AND YET! A lot of farmers are trying to grow NON-GM food, but are having cross pollination problems with neighboring farmers. GM traits are showing up in a lot of soy and other food that was painstakingly grown to avoid such traits. Can those small farmers sue for violation of their crop by the GM plants? NO!!

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

quote:

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"God, you're an idiot."
"I am a Christian."

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

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What others say about boorite!

This is true: Last weekend, I still had some Coke left over from my New Year's Eve Party (seven months ago). So I poured it on my car battery terminals to eat the corrosion off. I hope the syrup doesn't gunk up the works too much.

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What others say about boorite!

Why don't you just lick them clean like a normal person?

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Back when my tongue could reach both terminals at once, I did.

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What others say about boorite!

I am very very very pissed off...

I posted the original message of this thread on a couple of newsgroups, under the subject "[OT] Way off-topic, but very important..." and guess what?

Some motherfucker has gotten my email account revoked for spamming! I have emailed the email host saying it wasn't spam and they over-reacted, but I don't hold out a lot of hope. I am [u]SOOOOO[/u] angry right now. Self-appointed netcops piss me off - delusional self-appointed netcops who don't even know what SPAM is piss me off even more! Not happy!

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Sounds like it's time for you to start blowing things up.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

quote:

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I am very very very pissed off...

I posted the original message of this thread on a couple of newsgroups, under the subject "[OT] Way off-topic, but very important..." and guess what?

Some motherfucker has gotten my email account revoked for spamming! blah blah blah

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Actually, that was me for your post on this forum. I'm a secret agent for C.O.K.E. (Cops Obsessively Killing Email). Just doing my job.

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

And I'm in the Newsgroup Anal-Retentive Corps, or NARC.

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What others say about boorite!

I ratted you out, too. But not because I'm the member of some super-secret society.

I just did it because I'm a dick.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

No worries - check my .sig for my new email address. "DexX at the helm." I like it. :)

Like the old saying goes, "When life gives you lemons, get your friends to hold life down and give it shallow cuts with razorblades, then squeeze lemon juice on the cuts. MUAHAHAHAHAAAA!" Or maybe that's just me...

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This one is way better. That ihug stuff was a little weird. But considering you hug everything in site, maybe it was right up your alley.

I, personally, would prefer you be at the helm rather than hugging me.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

That is more information than I needed... that gabe liked having guys "at the helm."

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

As long as there's no hugging. That would be gay.

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Look, good male friends can do whatever they like to each other and it's just good clean fun between mates... unless they kiss. Only poofs kiss!

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Mates can wear frilly pink dresses and bugger each other up the arse. As long as they don't kiss.

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100 pounds of shit in a 25 pound sack.

Coke sued over death squad claims

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet