# test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 9, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388 "2000-04-09T01:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/1 "2000-04-09T01:54:00Z")
test * * * I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2000, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/2 "2000-04-10T05:38:00Z")
Quote test > [@](#): > > 1. With intent to avoid payment by himself or another person of the > lawful charge for any telecommunications service, including, without > limitation, cable television service, or any gas, steam, sewer, water, > electrical, telegraph or telephone service which is provided for a > charge or compensation, he obtains or attempts to obtain such service > for himself or another person or avoids or attempts to avoid payment > therefor by himself or another person by means of (a) tampering or > making connection with the equipment of the supplier, whether by > mechanical, electrical, acoustical or other means, or (b) offering for > sale or otherwise making available, to anyone other than the provider > of a telecommunications service for such service provider`s own use in > the provision of its service, any telecommunications decoder or > descrambler, a principal function of which defeats a mechanism of > electronic signal encryption, jamming or individually addressed > switching imposed by the provider of any such telecommunications > service to restrict the delivery of such service, or © any > misrepresentation of fact which he knows to be false, or (d) any other > artifice, trick, deception, code or device. For the purposes of this > subdivision the telecommunications decoder or descrambler described in > paragraph (b) above or the device described in paragraph (d) above > shall not include any non-decoding and non-descrambling channel > frequency converter or any television receiver type-accepted by the > federal communications commission. In any prosecution under this > subdivision, proof that telecommunications equipment, including, > without limitation, any cable television converter, descrambler, or > related equipment, has been tampered with or otherwise intentionally > prevented from performing its functions of control of service delivery > without the consent of the supplier of the service, or that > telecommunications equipment, including, without limitation, any cable > television converter, descrambler, receiver, or related equipment, has > been connected to the equipment of the supplier of the service without > the consent of the supplier of the service, shall be presumptive > evidence that the resident to whom the service which is at the time > being furnished by or through such equipment has, with intent to avoid > payment by himself or another person for a prospective or already > rendered service, created or caused to be created with reference to > such equipment, the condition so existing. A person who tampers with > such a device or equipment without the consent of the supplier of the > service is presumed to do so with intent to avoid, or to enable > another to avoid, payment for the service involved. In any prosecution > under this subdivision, proof that any telecommunications decoder or > descrambler, a principal function of which defeats a mechanism of > electronic signal encryption, jamming or individually addressed > switching imposed by the provider of any such telecommunications > service to restrict the delivery of such service, has been offered for > sale or otherwise made available by anyone other than the supplier of > such service shall be presumptive evidence that the person offering > such equipment for sale or otherwise making it available has, with > intent to avoid payment by himself or another person of the lawful > charge for such service, obtained or attempted to obtain such service > for himself or another person or avoided or attempted to avoid payment > therefor by himself or another person; This has been a test. ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/3 "2000-04-13T13:57:00Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/002253.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/002253.html) ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/4 "2000-04-13T15:50:00Z")
test * * * Hi, aha, how the hell are ya? Glad to have you here. -Ed Zotti One of the few who have been personally welcomed to this board by Ed Zotti. Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/5 "2000-04-13T15:52:00Z")
test * * * Hi, aha, how the hell are ya? Glad to have you here. -Ed Zotti … One of the few who have been personally welcomed to this board by Ed Zotti. Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/6 "2000-04-13T15:55:00Z")
test * * * [quote] Hi, aha, how the hell are ya? Glad to have you here. -Ed Zotti\* Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/7 "2000-04-13T15:57:00Z")
test * * * > [@](#): > > Hi, aha, how the hell are ya? Glad to have you here. -Ed Zotti Yours truly, aha ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/8 "2000-04-13T16:00:00Z")
test * * * Hi, aha, how the hell are ya? Glad to have you here. -Ed Zotti ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/9 "2000-04-14T05:33:00Z")
test * * * Hi, aha, how the hell are ya? Glad to have you here. -Ed Zotti ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2000, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/10 "2000-04-14T05:35:00Z")
test * * * Hi, aha, how the hell are ya? Glad to have you here. Ed Zotti~ ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/11 "2000-04-13T22:24:00Z")
Aha, seeing as you got officially welcomed by Ed, how about if you start an “offical welcomes by aha” thread? Kind of an Ed proxy…spread the joy. I mean you’ve been annointed!!! Can’t we just assume you have Ed’s delegated authority to welcome us newbies? Or at least me? * * * inconceivable? i don’t think that word means what you think it does ---
**Author:** ![iceprincess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e495f1/32.png) [@iceprincess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iceprincess)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2000, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/12 "2000-04-13T23:13:00Z")
So can I really get this to work? I think so. Thanx. ---
**Author:** ![Flinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@Flinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flinx)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/13 "2000-04-15T11:00:00Z")
## Testing a sig. “No matter how thin you slice it, it’s still baloney.” - Alfred E. Smith ---
**Author:** ![Elthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e274bd/32.png) [@Elthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elthia)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/14 "2000-04-15T14:14:00Z")
Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2000, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/15 "2000-04-15T19:55:00Z")
test, too. * * * “Shayna… [one of] the most despised posters on this board.” As declared by WallyM7. (And if you want to know who the others are, [click here](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/007220.html). I’m in very good company! “Mom, he’s a neo Nazi! He’s a doctor also? Well…” - an original WallyM7 sig. “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/16 "2000-04-16T02:57:00Z")
Sig test * * * _“The best way to do mathematics is to be creatively lazy.” -I. M. Isaacs_ ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/17 "2000-04-16T07:34:00Z")
just checking ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/18 "2000-04-16T07:35:00Z")
again * * * Those who are dancing look insane to those who cannot hear the music. * * * One-of-a-kind, custom-designed Wally sig available on request. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/19 "2000-04-16T07:36:00Z")
again ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2000, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388/20 "2000-04-16T07:37:00Z")
last time * * * Those who are dancing look insane to those who cannot hear the music. * * * One-of-a-kind, custom-designed Wally sig available on request. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/1388.md?page=2)