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I have been fighting with Microsoft Technical Support for over three weeks now. Bing's crawler ("bingbot") has been over-crawling Modern Vespa, ignoring the Crawl-delay directive of 1 and intermittently slamming the site. I've gotten nothing but the runaround from what can only be described as the world's dumbest tech support staff. I genuinely wondered if I was talking to some rudimentary AI at times. The lack of logic and critical thinking displayed be these puppets is beyond the pale.

The day that Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they start making vacuum cleaners.

And if I've managed to offend anyone who works for Microsoft, I freely and unreservedly apologize. To your customers. Because you and your products are utter shite, your search engine is shite, and the behemoth is starting to collapse under the weight of its own incompetence. That, and the lingering effects of the incredibly moronic stack ranking system.

Seriously, if you work for Microsoft, get out now. The end is nigh.

Also, fuck you, team bingbot.

Over and out.
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Hi, Jess, nice to hear from you, even though the circumstances aren't the best.
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And who the hell uses Bing as a search engine anyway?

A pox on them - and all those moronic installers that try to add Bing (or their ilk) as the default search engine unless you opt out - I dump any software that acts like that.

Grrr...
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Don't be polite, Jess. We're all friends here. Tell us how you really feel. Razz emoticon
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And there he is.
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Yeah... bad Microsoft stuff...

(I agree with jess by the way)

Glad to see you crawl out from the bomb shelter!

Desi B.
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Bing found him!
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I absolutely hate that bing, it has taken over my search engine and every time I think I have removed it, it resurfaces, this is on both my home apple computers and my PC's at the office. And as a search engine it sucks. Jess I hope you gave it to them. By the way does anyone know how to remove it from your computer and keep it off?


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Thanks for the reminder of why I spend a few dollars more on Apple products.
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windows 8 has made my laptop a brick POS.. on life support

stack ranking system. Hmm thats how I lost my old job.. not enough suck up point LOL..
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surface
Welcome back Jess.

Boy I've missed you.

Bill x
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Perhaps bingbot has an infatuation for MV-Bot and keeps calling.
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How lovely to hear from one of the fathers of MV. They really have pissed you off....
You know how we British always support the underdog? Can I just mention that indirectly - thru the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - the success of microsoft's products has made it possible for a lot of good to be done especially in the developing world and especially for children.
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Der Blechfahrer wrote:
Perhaps bingbot has an infatuation for MV-Bot and keeps calling.
Whenever MVbot is mentioned, it shows up. I wonder how long it takes to comment.

HI JESS!
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If i counted how many times i've sworn at my windows 8 machine .... bing does suck and the whole Window's 8 experience is garbage. I'm suck with windows for the moment at the office as the main program i use for property management is only windows based .. Parrallel's only a few clicks away !

Nice to hear from you Jess... been way too long.
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Don't sugar coat it.. tell us how you really feel.

Have a good day.
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Come on. Windows 286 was pretty good.
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Re: Tonight's server outage brought to you by Microsoft Bing
jess wrote:
The day that Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they start making vacuum cleaners.
This made me very happy. Laughing emoticon
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Quite a good little rant, Jess. I'm sure they deserve it. And speaking of rants, I believe I still hold the record for using "fucking" as an adjective in one. Maybe you should try that one; it can be a real stress reliever.

Good luck!
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Hmm. So that's what was going on. Was trying to get a Snoopy post in and MV wasn't there. Kept trying every 20 seconds for a while.

I think I have serious addiction issues with MV.

Oh, and hi Jess!
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Simply and eloquently stated... YES!
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Now that's the Jess we know and love. Glad you're back even if it's only for a short visit.
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Microsoft- evoking eloquence since 1975 Clown emoticon
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It was all downhill after 3.1.1.

Chill Jess, don't take it personally man..........

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Re: Tonight's server outage brought to you by Microsoft Bing
stickyfrog wrote:
jess wrote:
The day that Microsoft makes a product that doesn't suck is the day they start making vacuum cleaners.
This made me very happy. Laughing emoticon
I think I've heard it before, but that is pretty damn funny, and worth hearing again and again and again.

I bought a Windows 8 machine, and spent about 4 hours trying to make it usable. I took it back the next day. So now I have my so-so Vista as my main computer (using it now), my Netbook has XP and runs pretty good, my super old laptop is running Lubuntu (and this will be using Ubuntu when I get a new computer), and my tablet is still stable with Android. My wife has gone completely Apple, but I hate apple products more than I hate microsuck, because at least with microsuck I'm not chained to one manufacturer. The only thing that's stopping me from going Ubuntu completely is my software runs on windoze, and I haven't found a counterpart that runs on Ubuntu.
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Who is this Jess? Wha? emoticon
And what's he got against Bing Crosby? Clown emoticon
Buh!Buh!Buh! Boo-ooo!
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we miss you big guy
After his self imposed exile the return of our great leader, even if it's a hit and run post, shows the fire in his belly to have not been extinguished or abated one iota. Like a fire-breathing dragon with something to say he spews a relentless flaming diatribe at yet another well deserved target. Leaving us with yet another glorious and memorable rant. we bow our heads to you sir and hope that you don't keep being a stranger in your own dominion.
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Just had another time out. Same time as last night. Back the hell off Bing. We all hate you.
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Bing???
rkcoker wrote:
And what's he got against Bing Crosby? Clown emoticon
Buh!Buh!Buh! Boo-ooo!
To do is to be.

To be or not to be.

Dobie dobie do...
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Wow, when you come back, you come back with a bang. That post is a real cherry!
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jimc wrote:
And who the hell uses Bing

What's Bing?
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I've been a Mac guy since Feb. of 1984 and boy am I glad.
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tomjasz wrote:
jimc wrote:
And who the hell uses Bing

What's Bing?
Ned Ryerson, the less annoying 'Bing'

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Thanks Jess. Bing? I'd rather have a root canal. Useless crap. When a search engine's only way in is as a virus, they had best rethink their worth.
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Isn't Bing right behind Alta Vista in popularity (and relevance)?
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Treppenwitz wrote:
Isn't Bing right behind Alta Vista in popularity (and relevance)?
I must be getting old. I still remember when Alta Vista and even Wolfram Alpha were popular sites. Sigh...
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I've gone to Duck Duck Go just because all the rest pissed me off. It's probably no better.
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