Demogyptica Thread

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph


But this 0190 dialer is not a mere commercial popup, but an attempt to cheat the customer by replacing his dialup internet connection by a dialer to a number, which costs up to $2 per minute . These dialers are illegal here. I could care less, because I'm not vulnerable with DSL and behind a Linux firewall, but others could get cheated this way. Imagine how such a poor victim will look if it is presented a $1000 phone bill at the end of the month.

I also saw the dialer twice, especially when opening new PMs. Next time I'll screenshot it and address this stuff in the community forum.

i am also a broadband user, and i dont even look at poly's popups anyway, so i never really understood the scam.

i'm sure if you complain to markos or dan they'd at least look into it.

[Beta]

Aro - and thank-you for the language lesson - I remember now - eins, zwei, drei, vier, funf (with the umlaut), sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn, elf, ....zwanzig, dreizig, etc.

I even remember Cynthia who sat in front of me in class. Mmmmm...

[alva]

Strange, I never get any pop-ups
(not using a killer either, just using "ultra-special style"
works great

[AroSch]

Originally posted by BetaHound
Aro - and thank-you for the language lesson - I remember now - eins, zwei, drei, vier, funf (with the umlaut), sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn, elf, ....zwanzig, dreizig, etc.

I even remember Cynthia who sat in front of me in class. Mmmmm...

I'm sure, I would better remember Cynthias lovley backside than the German lessions... Btw, here is lesson N°2: "zwanzig" is correct, but "dreizig" is wrote with "sz" = ß - "dreißig". Strange, isn't it?

[Harovan]

Originally posted by UberKruX
i am also a broadband user, and i dont even look at poly's popups anyway, so i never really understood the scam.

i'm sure if you complain to markos or dan they'd at least look into it.

It's not only a popup, it runs an installation routine, and I have 4 or 5 times to press "No" or "Cancel" to get it stopped. It's so annoying...

[Borc]

i made the screenshot



here is a jpg screenshot of the a* popup!

[alva]

@borc:
there another discussion about this in this thread, maybe post yor pic there again
The thread is on the Apoluton community forum, and is more likely to get noticed by one of the mods.

Make it a bit smaller if you can though (max. 600 pix width)

[Zero]

Back to flag question... why is belgian flag the same three colors of german flag but vertical? (and diff order) Is there any similar meaning to the belgian flag? maybe i should be directing this question to alva, who posted above.. (who has a belgian flag)

[alva]

eug, IIRC
red: the color of wallons (the french/south part)
yellow: the color of flanders (the dutch/northeren part)
black: mourning

And our flag is vertical striped because we were victorious in battle


But I'm sure DeepO will post the correct explanation
(IIRC, he had a good spirited debate on this with the mods when the flags were introduced )

[Crousto]

AFAIK, Belgian's flag layout comes from the French one (Belgium gained its independence a few decades after the French Revolution). The colors doesn't come from Germany but from the Brabant's coats of arms (Brabant is the province surrounding Brussels). But I don't know where the Brabant's color comes from

[alva]

ok, looked it up

Had to translate this, so it's a little bit off

The colors are taken of the chevron from the duke of Brabant. (<--province)
It depicted a golden lion (yellow), while it had a saber (black) in the background who's claws and tongue were red.

[History Guy]

Peoples of the Empire of Arabia:

Greetings and good will from the humble and brave people of Spain, the jewel of the Iberians, the crown of the Visigoths, the one light in our own small area of the world. The golden ring in the nose of el toro, so to speak.

I wish to humbly put forward greetings and good tidings from the people of Spain, a people who hold your own incredibly cultured and generous people in the highest respect. With love, we are here to formally cement the feeling of good will between our people. However, this is only formality, as I know that our two people share so much in common that they are almost at one in their feelings, and the mutual recognition is more perhaps than between any other peoples.

I, as official ambassador from Spain, sent directly from El Escorial herself, wish to thank you kindly for allowing my presence as envoy to your beautiful country, to meet your fine people, and to embrace your culture almost as my own.

I have sampled now some of your fine delicacies, your wonderful...unleavened bread and dates...The chicken is done well also. I bring for the people's sampling some of Spain's cuisine: Fried Calamari with Onions. I hope your people enjoy this, our perennially favorite food.

I bring with me also some of the fine books of Spain, in order to show you the glorious ways of our people, and to witness the equally glorious ways of the Arabian peoples. I am sure that we shall all be soon enjoying a period of peace and prosperity together as the best of friends.

I leave you this message, and I present myself at the royal palace of His Holiness, Caliph Abu Bakr. I trust that I will be greeting with such enthusiasm as I greeted Mecca. In truth, I find myself in a place in which I feel almost as at home as I am in Madrid.

Your Humble and Obedient Servant
Hernan de History Guy Calamari
Squid Baron of Madrid
Ambassador to the Glorious Peoples of Arabia

[Colonel Kraken]

Hello to all on the Demogyptica team,

I'm the official ambassador from the Legoland builders team. I would like to meet with your ambassador to the Legoland team at your earliest possible convenience in order to establish a means of discourse between our teams.

Thank you.

Colonel Kraken
Special Ambassador to Demogyptica
Legoland Team

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by alva848
And our flag is vertical striped because we were victorious in battle

So why is the French flag vertical?

[Jon Shafer]

Because France is about as successful in battle as Belgium.