Thursday 20 March 2003

Spam, spam, spam, spam....... Study answers: 'Why all this spam?'. Primary source for spammer lists are e-mail addresses on public sites [InfoWorld: Top News] 5:21:31 PM    comment []  Google It!

Corporate stupidity hall of shame The following piece blogged by Boing Boing really made me laugh. Business 2.0's published its annual roundup of the 101 Dumbest Moments in Business. Panic in the heartland, part 1: The crisis begins. Outside a Wal-Mart (WMT) in the small town of Geneseo, Ill., a 73-year-old woman buys a newspaper and suddenly finds herself trapped when the door of the news rack slips closed and catches her coat. Unable to wriggle out, she solicits a bystander to enter the Wal-Mart and ask for help. A Wal-Mart employee comes out to explain that she can't assist, citing a policy against tampering with the news rack. Panic in the heartland, part 2: The tense negotiation. After going back inside for a moment, the Wal-Mart employee comes out and tells the trapped woman that she'll call the newspaper and have a representative come to release her. The woman suggests an alternative solution: Somebody could simply put two quarters in the machine and open the damn door. The Wal-Mart employee rejects this out of hand, explaining that the store can't pay refunds for the news rack. Panic in the heartland, part 3: The sweet taste of liberation. Eventually the employee relents and puts two quarters in the machine. Later the liberated woman's daughter visits the store and gives her a $5 bill to be used strictly to finance future releases. A Wal-Mart corporate spokesperson apologizes for the incident, saying, "This is not how we do business." Link [Boing Boing Blog] 5:11:49 PM    comment []  Google It!

Two scoops of lust please, mit chocolate sprinkles BoingBoing 'blogs the story from Yahoo about Unileve'rs new seven deadly sins ice creams, sold in this country under the HB label. It seems German church leaders aren't impressed. [Boing Boing Blog] 5:00:14 PM    comment []  Google It!

Gulf War II - The Vengance While not wanting to belittle the horror of war, check out the The Onion's take on the war. 8:30:09 AM    comment []  Google It!

Murphy's law & order Salon hits the target with this witty and incisive look at Law and Order. Murphy's law & order. In the criminal justice system, if anything can go wrong, it will. In the TV ratings system, all three hit "Law & Order" shows can't go wrong. Meanwhile, a nation of addicts suffer in silence, untreated! [Salon.com] 12:20:03 AM    comment []  Google It!

Columbia's destruction may be tied to mystery object It now appears that an object of some sort was observed breaking off from the shuttle Columbia while it was in orbit. The object orbited behind Columbia for two days before plunging into the atmosphere and breaking up. Unfortunately, this only came to light several days after the Columbia was lost as this story reports. [SPACE.com] 12:12:05 AM    comment []  Google It!

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