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?
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Mike Glen said 1:38PM on 9-24-2007
Technology is constantly changing everything. But it takes time to establish itself, no one can constantly upgrade thier systems each time a new toy comes on the market. CD's and MP3 disks will be around for another decade at least. During that time who knows what new technology will be developed.
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Fran said 2:10PM on 9-24-2007
Bah. I'm not even ready for a CD player in my car yet; I can always listen to those at home. But what am I going to do with all my great old cassettes if I can't get a player in my next car? And who has time to learn a whole new technology just for downloading songs, & then spend all that time searching for & downloading them? Kids, maybe, but not a single Mom with 2 jobs...
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doc said 2:34PM on 9-24-2007
-yawn- i'm sorry, but i just dont care...
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Don P said 3:04PM on 9-24-2007
I was waiting for this technology. Now I can remove my tremendous CD cases from under my seats and free up my armrest compartment!
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funny said 3:08PM on 9-24-2007
I Love people Like "DOC" they come on here read and even both to make a comment by saying Quote "BUT I JUST DON"T CARE" If that was really true they wouldn't make a comment keep on telling that to yourself maybe you believe it, WE don't
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Rex E. Babcock II said 3:17PM on 9-24-2007
Seems to me everything is going mobile digital, satellites are the endeavor of choice for all media and/ or relations. So those money grabbing radio services are going to have to pick up where typical radio channels are leaving. As for these custom music players go, I've got to feel there going smaller. Indeed, watch size, sun-glasses, two which are available. And that blue tooth, wow, can anyone think "stay at home library" for your media sorts, for everyone of course. Ok, my conclusion is that even though;We're "SELF-INDULGED", money is root...., some people dont like change (8-track to cassette,to cd,to mp3/wma,to some "opened-source" (remember smaller is better,so music/media files any larger is bad (gigabytes,terabytes,petabytes,exabytes-are all resource hungry), companies bring upon innovations for everyday people (people them-selves of course), robots are gaining a real A.I. for...., and space and time are becoming more defined in our language. We indeed are capitalizing on a bigger and better tomorrow (included are 3 hugs (lol)) hpoe to see ya ALL there. IN GOD WE TRUST .....
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Legend2rx said 3:20PM on 9-24-2007
Long live the radio . . . Ba-wa-hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!! (My evil scientist laugh) Tee-Hee
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Mike said 3:29PM on 9-24-2007
When you got Sirius satelite radio, you don't need the cd player anyway! I never play cd's in my truck now, but rather just use my favorite artist stored in my satelite, and then ''fm'' frequency it over to my pioneer as it is.
I initally thought, that my clarity would be less with my audio system (amp & subwoofers), but found it sounds just fine! With 198 channels, and the ability to rock out to just about anything under the sun at anytime and mood change, the Sirius is the way to go anyways for me!
On a side note, cd players will hot for years to come! You might have the new stuff on digital media, but I betcha don't have that good old cd of the 80's , too hard to find online, in mp3 format!
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oldlady said 3:44PM on 9-24-2007
I will always like having an actual, physical disc -- not just invisible digits -- to represent and encompass an album. And, I like having album-sized collections; ten or so songs at a time is plenty.
Some of us, too, have vision or other physical problems that really make the typical new screens and buttons annoying to use.
I like CDs, and listening to one in my car on my car player is one of the day's nicer things. It's easier to do than it is at home, where there are often many interruptions (...I don't like wearing portable headphones all around the house).
I especially like CDs that have companion booklets with them, these days. Though, I won't read while I drive!
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Mark said 3:49PM on 9-24-2007
I am still working with compact discs. Since I haven't changed the radio in my Chevy express I will wait a little longer. Do I dub my records/CD/tapes onto sd cards,or do put it on a memory strip?
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jess said 3:57PM on 9-24-2007
I bought my hubby satellite radio because he travels so much and it is a hassel to find radio staions wherever you go, but since I stay in the area of my favorite stations, why pay $150.00 for what I get for free? Not only that, it is a pain to try to switch the satellite stations while driving because you have to be able to read the display and I would rather not end up in someones trunk because I wanted to hear something else on the radio! I do miss cassetes though, they could be put through anything and still work, just breathe on a CD and the stupid thing is scratched!!!!
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mexgyver said 4:07PM on 9-24-2007
Great easier to get jacked, stick w/ my good old cd
and cd changer, keep it in old world.
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don pelf said 4:31PM on 9-24-2007
i have to agree with "Doc": "yawn, i'm sorry, but i just don't care!" why should we, it will just change again in a couple of month's and then what, run out and start over?? NOT! today's music isn't worth all that.
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duh! said 4:35PM on 9-24-2007
You would still be able to listen to CDs or cassettes with one of these players by connecting any portable player from it's headphone jack to the line in on the car amp, or by bluetoothing...
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Kathie said 4:43PM on 9-24-2007
Think I'll just wait for the voice activated, "say what you want to hear" radio before I junk my CD's and XM radio
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Sabrina Hill said 4:47PM on 9-24-2007
CD's are fine with me. I'll call what is out there now "music" when a group can sell out a major football stadium in less than a day like the "supergroups" did in the late sixties, and early seventies, (instilling riots when the tickets ran out).
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tommy said 4:54PM on 9-24-2007
never happen, cd-s are here to stay.
tommy
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Lauren said 4:55PM on 9-24-2007
This doesn't surprise me. I no longer drive (I live in NY and haven't driven in almost 2 years), but even the last time I drove, I had barely used my CD player or normal radio in a couple years because of the great selection of XM radio stations playing all the current hits with a great variety of choices, and that I was able to hook my iPod into my car. Good-bye CD players :(
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margaret Callinan said 5:05PM on 9-24-2007
Im not going to change anything - I need a rest for it. Im tired keeping up with whats next out...Im stopping here. I play the cds...and portable tape player kept under my seat. Tthat's it. Done. Maybe in 20 years I may be interested in a newer concept. The End.
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Laura said 5:07PM on 9-24-2007
When is this BS going to stop? I don't own an MP3 player and have no intention of ever owning one. They are expensive and sound like garbage. I just bought a new car and have a cd player, which is ok. But now I have to transfer all my music from cassettes to cd. Now the technogeek yuppies are trying to force their new, low-quality technology down our throats. It's time to stop the nonsense!
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