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Telnet is simpler... I call this my random insult service and it can run on any TCP port. It's not as rude as saying "Fuck Off" as it is meant to be humorous and is intended for all the script-kiddie port scanners out there:

    telnet 108.4.184.93

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This is great!

In case anyone without telnet wants to see: here are 46 insults from that telnet service. http://pastebin.com/6SP2PucG

I'm partial to "Your IQ is the same as the temperature in this room. And it's cold in here."

That was inspired by this Great Santini quote:

That was the man who dandled me on his knee when I was a young boy—the Great Santini. I once introduced my father when I was giving a talk like this, and I said, "My father decided to go in the Marine Corps when he found out that his IQ was the temperature of this room."

My father got up right behind me. He stared down at the audience and he said, "My God, it's hot in here. . . it must be at least 165 degrees."

Thanks for reminding me of that movie. Haven't seen it in years. Just checked and not on netflix though.

You don't have to remark about cold in most of the world.

35 centigrade degrees is very hot.

Works both ways no? It's not that F needs the comment -- a comfortable room temp is ~75, and no one will think "but it might be 100 in here!"

That's a good clarification, thanks. I don't think in or understand F grades.

What if I told you I use Kelvins?

telnet: connect to address 108.4.184.93: Operation timed out

telnet: Unable to connect to remote host

ISP rotated out the IP... DHCP. I'll find a static one someplace and put it up.

Edit: This works until 3:30 PM today (East Coast USA time):

    telnet insult.16s.us

Can you set up dyndns on the box?

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