Surfing The Web So You Don't Have To
Quoted from the site: In the world of IT support, some days are good, and some days are bad. This site is dedicated to the bad ones.
Funny site, especially the Fun with Regedit! game (just don’t call me later and say you destroyed your computer after playing it — THAT’S THE IDEA).
I don’t even think I could fill 10 gigs with porn, let alone kiddie porn (but the guy was a college student, so he probably had a fast connection). Anyhow, this is one sick, sick man.
Ït will probably never happen, but Microsoft’s latest security lapse with its Passport information service could trigger a $2.2 trillion fine on the company courtesy of the US government. Full Story. Quoted: “Microsoft on Thursday admitted that a flaw in the password reset tool of its Passport service could compromise the information stored on all 200 million users. It scampered to post a fix and is looking into potential exploits, but the damage to Microsoft may already have been done.”
Paul Smith, 18, leaped from the roof of a five-story condominium and sailed toward a swimming pool below. As a camera showed, Smith didn’t splash cleanly into the water. His torso and legs crashed into the ledge of the pool, and then he fell into the water. “Paul,” a friend yelled. “Wake up! Wake up!” Smith is in critical condition. Full Story.
Kids use chewing gum stuck to a ruler to retrieve lost nickels, dimes and quarters that have been swallowed by a grate. Salem car salesman Kevin McCarthy tried the same trick tuesday — and pulled a check for $1.825 million from a crack in a stairwell. Full Story.
Then Rent-A-Negro (yes, it’s satire, folks — have a sense of humor). From the site: “Rent-A-Negro is a state-of-the-art service that allows you the chance to promote your connection with a creative, articulate, friendly, attractive, and pleasing African American person. Show everybody that you really are down.”
Oh man, this entry on Davezilla.com is priceless. What if folks had warning labels on them in regards to sex?
Prostitutes: CAUTION: Filling may be hot.
Hummer drivers: Contains small parts.
Priests: May contain parts that are harmful to children if swallowed.
Prison inmates: Do not use for personal hygiene.
And it only gets better from there (Christine Aguilera: Wash hands immediately after use). Don’t forget to read the comments as they have some good ones as well)
“What happens when you type a single letter — whether accidentally or intentionally — into Google? The Google Alphabet shows the first result the first hit you get (in English) for each letter. […] The results are interesting, but not particularly meaningful. It’s hard enough for a search engine to fathom the intent of a single word query. Single letters give virtually no clues for a search engine to process.” From Search Day.
In case you didn’t hear, the music industry is doing all sorts of things to alienate their customers. They’re finally starting to get it right with iTunes, so hopefully they’ll soon realize that suing everybody and their dog (and then creating copy-protected CDs) isn’t the best way to go about things.
Thankfully, independent studies are starting to show what everybody already knows: “Adding copy protection to CDs decreases demand as much as 76%, depending on the price of the disc. Music labels should leave CDs alone and migrate consumers to DVDs and digital downloads.” Hopefully the folks at the RIAA will take this to heart and let us get the music how we want it.