Charges filed against abusive Dell computer owner
Abusive computer owners, be warned – the law is taking an increasingly hard line on mistreatment of PCs.
In a groundbreaking development in the relationship between man and machine, a Greenwich, Conn., man last week was charged with domestic abuse of an electronic servant, a test case that is certain to send shock waves throughout […]
Roundabout designer loves ‘messing with people’s heads’
DECATUR, Ill. – Scott Thompson loves roundabouts, and not just because of their superior traffic handling capabilities.
“Basically, they’re a great tool for messing with people’s heads,” said Thompson, 55, traffic engineer with the Illinois Department of Transportation. “We’ve done a lot messed-up things like three-way yield signs and LED traffic arrows, but none of them […]
Congress on foreign spammers: Return to sender!
Congressional hardliners have a message for senders of foreign-language e-mails – say it in American.
Anti-immigration lawmakers’ efforts, which have previously focused on undocumented aliens’ acquisition of U.S. jobs, welfare benefits and driver’s licenses, involve those cryptic e-mails that employ non-Roman characters and increasingly plug U.S. Internet channels. Most recipients assume the messages are spam, but […]
Tom asks 227 million MySpace friends if he can borrow a few bucks
A cash-strapped Tom Anderson, president of social-networking website MySpace, attempted to hit up his 227,259,523 MySpace friends for some money yesterday in order to buy a burrito, a large Sprite, and a bag of Fritos at a local 7-Eleven.
“Dudes, I’ll totally pay you back next week,” Anderson wrote on his blog.
It’s not the first time […]
