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Hey Dude, Where’s My Crime!

24 Jun, 2005 – 21:11

Via the BBC:
Campaigns to persuade people to stop downloading pirated games or software from the internet are not working, a report suggests.
Two UK university researchers found that people did not see downloading copyrighted material as theft.
The findings are unwelcome news for the games industry, which says it loses more than £2bn annually from piracy.
No! [...]

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By marc | Also posted in Culture | Comments (2)

Feel safe yet?

7 Jun, 2005 – 22:05

Man With Bloody Chain Saw Let in to U.S.
James gets my quote of the week for the following:
One doesn’t have to be Quincy, M.E. to spot blood on a chain saw, especially when the guy is also carrying a sword, a hatchet, a knife, and brass knuckles. And looks like the guy in the [...]

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By Kathy Kinsley | Also posted in Homeland (In)Security | Comments (4)

It’s True, It’s True!

5 Feb, 2005 – 19:53

Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Alice Robie Resnick admitted to an Ohio Highway Patrol sergeant that she had indeed had something to drink before she was pulled over Monday afternoon for driving under the influence.
Indeed she did. Despite the qualifing and all too dismissive “something,” - she blew a 0.216 - more than twice [...]

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By marc | Comments (1)

Good start…

15 Jan, 2005 – 19:03

Graner sentenced to 10 years for abuses.
He will also be given a dishonorable discharge from the Reserve at the rank of private.
Friday, the same jury found Graner guilty of 10 charges, including aggravated assault, maltreatment and conspiracy.
Prosecutors accused Graner of being a ringleader in the physical abuse and sexual humiliation of [...]

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By Kathy Kinsley | Also posted in Iraq | Comments (1)

More on “Oil for Palaces”

8 Jan, 2005 – 07:38

Crude Awakening for U.N. Slicksters
Iraqi officials have recently implicated more U.N. staffers in bribe taking during the oil-for-food program in a development that could dramatically escalate pressure on the world body, The Post has learned.
Investigators from the House International Relations Committee said several current and former officials in Iraq’s Oil, Health and Transportation ministries [...]

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By Kathy Kinsley | Also posted in UN Shenanigans | Comments (1)

The face of the enemy.

6 Dec, 2004 – 16:02

These guys sell a referrer spamming program.
Reffy is a Windows-based mass referrer spammer tool, which means that it will make a connection to a list of URLs with any referrer URL and User-Agent that you specify. This accomplishes several things. Firstly, it generates webmaster traffic from webmasters checking their referral statistics. Secondly, it boosts [...]

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By Kathy Kinsley | Also posted in Geek moments | Comments (4)