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Buckcherry, owned

Band Leaks Track to BitTorrent, Blames Pirates It turns out that the uploader, a New York resident, had only uploaded one torrent, the BuckCherry track. When we entered the IP-address into the Wiki-scanner, we found out that the person in question had edited the BuckCherry wikipedia entry, and added the name of the band manager […]

Nigeria takes over Ebay and eats its brain

It’s Now Completely Impossible To Sell A Laptop On Ebay This time I contacted the Live Chat system. I explained the whole drama, and was told to go on the website and contact eBay’s security team. I did so, […] I received the following response:   ?Dear eBay member, If you need help resetting your […]

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Dot on letter ‘i’ kills two in Turkey

from Gizmodo That day, the lack of a single dot over a letter—product of a faulty localization of the cellphone’s typing system—caused a chain of events that ended in a violent blood bath (Warning: offensive language ahead.)

Oh dear me

Subprime mortgages explained

“Sir, as an investor and a concerned citizen, I demand that you force our financial institutions to show greater transparency and openness in their financial reporting!” “Blow me.” (via Metafilter)

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You couldn’t make this stuff up

Daily Kos: My Uncomfortable Experience in a Public Mens Room