Elderly Amish Man Caught on Film With Prostitute, Blackmailed
When a 75-year-old Amish widower slept with a prostitute, he -- we feel certain -- felt pretty bad about it the next morning. As if that guilt weren't enough for the old man, the prostitute and her boyfriend demanded $67,000 from him, claiming that they had filmed the scene with wall-mounted cameras and would upload the recording to the Internet. The pair was later arrested and, we can only imagine, the Amish man abhorred technology more than ever.
Bank Robber Gets Away With the Help of Craiglist
In October, a bank robber -- wearing a safety vest, blue shirt, face mask and goggles -- eluded police with the help of Craiglist. Just outside the bank, while the robbery was in progress, stood a group of men who were responding to a Craiglist day labor opportunity. As the advertisement required, they were all wearing safety vests, blue shirts, face masks and goggles.
Nude New Zealander Arrested After Responding to Fake Sexy Text Message
Late in 2007, a Wellington, New Zealand man received a racy text message from two anonymous "ladies," giving him only an address and a request that he show up naked. Well, he indeed showed up naked... at the home of one appalled, unsuspecting New Zealander. Both the nude Romeo and the sadistic texter were arrested, though neither were prosecuted.
Fake Craiglist Ad Costs Man Most of What He Owns
Last Spring, a post appeared on an Oregon Craigslist board stating that the owner of a specific house was leaving all of his worldly possessions (still in said house) to whoever wanted them. When homeowner Robert Salisbury rushed home -- on a tip from a woman suspicious about the offer of a free horse -- he found his house being ransacked by 30 strangers. We suggest he take that horse and collect some vengeance Clint Eastwood-style.
17-Year-Old Jailed for Stealing Virtual 'Furniture'
When a 17-year-old Dutch boy hacked into several accounts on the Second Life-style site 'Habbo' in 2007, the the law got involved. The boy was discovered to have stolen $5,800 worth of virtual furniture and knick-knacks. Apparently, crime -- whether actual or virtual -- does not pay.
Phishers Going After Your Phones in New 'Vishing' Trend
Over the past year, sneaky spammers have begun to forsake the worn-out territory of e-mail in favor of cell phones' fertile frontier. The result? "Vishing." Get it? Voice mail phishing. It might be more ominous if it didn't sound like a James Bond villain saying, "Wishing."
Burglars Break Into Restaurant, Steal HDTV, Leave Money / Food Behind
Around Halloween of last year, a truckload of thieves drove into -- that's right, into -- a Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant, where they -- apparently uninterested in the cash register -- stole a mid-grade 47-inch HDTV and fled the scene. We've all heard about how this generation is lacking in ambition, but this generation's thieves, too?
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lilmissthing0027 said 12:19AM on 5-25-2007
You all need to calm down. Why does everyone think that their negative opinions will really want to be read over and over? It was really fun looking at some of these old gadgets! Some were really ridiculous huh? Spending their days writing these articles is their job. So give it a rest. Maybe no one wants to read a positive response either - but hey just trying to change things up.
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Payday said 12:59AM on 5-25-2007
Back in the 80's the closest thing I had to a computer was a calculator and it looked just like that.
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Bond, James said 6:24AM on 5-25-2007
Everything in the 80s looked ugly, even people.
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Boz said 1:24PM on 8-13-2008
I actually wish my Blackberry used an ABC keyboard instead of QWERTY. The latter was designed to make typing more efficient. You can't really type on a Blackberry...the keys are too small. If it was an ABC layout I could feel my way across the keyboard with one finger in the dark. With Qwerty, I have to stare at the keyboard and hope the backlighting is bright enough for me to tell the difference between an E and an F for example. The screen outshines the keyboard when it is dark and makes key recognition difficult. I usually have to use both hands too.
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Irregular Shed said 11:35AM on 8-18-2008
Regarding the Psion:
"The units looked less like PDAs and more like something a police officer might clock your blood alcohol level with."
That's actually not that a million miles from reality - from what I recall these were designed more for data gathering than as a PDA. We were using when I was working in the hospital in the late 90s for stock control - they had barcode readers and were as rugged as the brick they were styled upon, meaning they could be used in warehouses and operated by the least technically literate staff you could possibly put on inventory duty (hence the non-QWERTY keypad). When I left the hospital for more interesting employment they were 12 years old and still going strong.
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MP649 said 9:22PM on 8-22-2008
looks more like a calculator than a PDA
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hsu912174 said 6:06PM on 6-27-2009
This actually looks like those TI-83s that high school kids haul around.
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