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UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 30-year-old dad, percussionist, freelance Web designer, consultant and jack-of-all-trades computer geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the IT Director and Ad Designer at both Sunray and Discover Sunriver. He has LinkedIn, MySpace, Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him.
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Stupid Lawsuit For The DayA Dutch woman claimed she suffered emotional damages due to not winning the lottery. Nevemind that she didn't bother to enter.. Posted by Jake on 06/24/07 @ 10:38 PM
Posted in Stupid | 3 Comments | Permalink Submit to digg, del.icio.us, reddit, or stumbleupon 3 CommentsPaul Lammertsma said on 06/25/07 @ 04:51 AM:Being Dutch, I guess I'm kind of obliged to post a reply to this. :) The thing is that in the Nationale Postcode Loterij the winners are determined by postal code, which brings forth a number of issues. Firstly, the winning number points to you, but you can only win if you participated. Say there's a lottery based on names, and that on a certain occasion everybody with the name Jake Ortman wins a cool million bucks. Aw, shucks, Jake, you didn't pay the $2 to participate. In that aspect, I can understand that to some extent its an invasion of your privacy, since the media will be crawling all over you -- especially because you didn't participate. Using postal codes makes things even worse because the winners are your neighbors. Nobody rubs your loss in better that the person living next door. I was hoping they'd win the lawsuit. Mainly, though, because I hate lotteries. Dave Goodman said on 06/25/07 @ 08:48 AM: In Oregon, the odds of winning the lottery are about the same whether you play or not. ;) Jake said on 06/25/07 @ 09:02 AM: I was hoping we'd get a response from you, Paul. Thanks for the insight! Post a comment |
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