Public Service Msg for the Deaf

At this link is a PR regarding AOL and Sprint supporting Deaf people by extending the Sprint IP Relay to AIM users. I've noticed this in the past, since I was working some deaf related issues having to do with supporting TTY in voice mail, but this appears to be another public notice about the availability of this service.

I salute the efforts of both companies to get the word out about this service. I hope each and every deaf person with a computer uses it. Since there are IM clients for mobile phones as well, this just further extends the capabilities...

... Oh, I use Yahoo, I am deaf, I don't want to use AIM ???? For those people, don't forget that there are number of IM programs that support multiple IM services. Check out GAIM (small footprint version at here) and Trillian (here). It's easy to sign up for the extra account on AIM and you won't miss out on much at Yahoo or MSN, either.

Sprint has more than 15 years of experience in providing relay services to persons who are deaf, hard of hearing or deaf-blind, or who have a speech disability to communicate with hearing persons on the phone. Sprint offers relay services through an intelligent platform in 32 states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, New Zealand and to the federal government.

April 18 - On This Day in History

Albert Einstein (b. 1879, died 1955)

1906 - SF earthquake and the fire afterwards, destroyed much of San Francisco.

(Sorry, should have posted this last week)

SPAM

I know you all get your share of spam, but I had an observation for one piece I got today.

Subject: approach on parachute
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:38:43 -0800

Our loan officers is seriously happy to obtain your house refinancing requisition affirmation that we accepted nearly 4 days ago

Were pushing through your finance query
Please if you would this minute you need to finish up your last details at our form

"approach on parachute"????
"Our loan officers is seriously"

Seriously, even if they had received a req from me "nearly 4 days ago" (is that, like, 3.9 days ago? or 3.8 days ago?) because of the bad English, I certainly wouldn't respond to this. I guess they get what they pay for, the bottom of the Internet barrel responding to this junk. It's too bad that there are so many illiterate people that all have computers and driver's licences now...

BTW, this idiot didn't even bother to include a form or link to click, completely wasted spam, no way to harvest anyone.

I mean, they are not even trying anymore, it's like, jeez, copy the dictionary, man, at least that would be more interesting...