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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john guidon said 3:02PM on 8-04-2007
Aircell's limited test with American is not trans-Atlantic, as you state. While details are very vague, it will be constrained to the contiguous 48 states of the US, and perhaps not all of that. They cannot use their system over the oceans, because Aircell requires an extensive array of land based towers to reach each plane... By the way these towers do not yet exist, so I wouldn't get my hopes up for anything real soon. There are also questions regarding operation within 500 miles of the Canadian and Mexican borders.
Row 44 aims to beat Aircell into service. Our plans will be made public very shortly. We make use of the world's largest satellite ISP delivery service, to deliver true broadband to aircraft anywhere.
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Myron Bement said 5:29PM on 8-06-2007
Any one and I mean any one that has to use a cell phone or an e-mail unit while driving or in the bathroom is not able to do the job they were hired for! THAT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF YOU !!!!
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Anna Linden said 6:42PM on 8-06-2007
If the practice is permitted there should be a section for those using the electronic equiptment, not in the middle seat or next to a regular sane passenger.
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Huber Hanes said 1:50AM on 9-12-2007
Its a pity that the world's airlines still can't get it 'right'for passengers real needs..
Passengers want: a. comfortable accomodations
b. Good hot meals
c. service and refreshments.
d. Be: On Time
e. Collect all your bags and
exit the airport!
Haveing to worry about the Internet Access w/bells and whistles is a low priority. In the end -- passengers would have to pay for the Privilidge of haveing this system on board even if they didn't use it.
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mike larson said 10:54AM on 9-12-2007
Huber, The airlines used to provide much of what you mentioned. Unfortunately it's a distant memory at this point. As a 40 year veteran of the airline industry I can tell you that the airlines would love to provide those things. The problem is that passengers dont want to pay for them. After deregulation passengers voted decisevly with their pocket books. They overwhelmingly took the cheapest seat available and the end result is the airlines provide exactly what the passengers pay for.
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MJZimmer88 said 12:54PM on 9-12-2007
Wow. You guys are all such downers. I'm excited. I'm absolutely sane, and I fully enjoy using the internet. It provides hours of entertainment, and since modern passengers tend to be growing in use of laptops (ie, all businessmen and anyone under the age of 30) there's no reason NOT to have internet access.
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Felix said 7:36PM on 9-15-2007
Can I book a flight with no internet or phone connection for privacy and confort during my fligth, or the plane will have a section on the plane with out anoyance.
Also can I pay extra to asure my suitcase will make it to my destination?
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Edwart Thain said 12:48PM on 9-29-2007
The many people that I have worked with over the years in pharmaceutical industry that are required to travel extensivly are truely addected to ipods, cell phones,lap tops and other technology that they really can't get away from for a couple of hours while flying. It's not their fault entirely, they work for people who reward them for their insanity. When I go to an airport and see many of these people hacking away at sone site report I feel sorry for them. Boy howdy if this crowd gets to hack and talk in the air whil bumping along at 30,000 feet we, the ones who have to listen to their nonsense will have to take alternatine transportation, like train's and buses. That is until these people jump omn the band wagon.Technology is like an insidious cancer.Be afraid, be very afraid.
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