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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Jim said 6:21PM on 11-19-2007
Myspace was very popular until facebook started taking over. I prefer to blog at http://www.thoughts.com myslef...
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Josh said 6:29PM on 11-19-2007
there isnt anything wrong with how it is anyway so why change it, must been a democrat who thought of this lol we all know how stupid these dumba**es are haha
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jmf said 6:35PM on 11-19-2007
What's wrong with myspace? I have no problem with it!
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LuC3lLYs said 6:38PM on 11-19-2007
MySPACE IS jUSt MAKiiN EVRYTHiiNG CONfUSiNG FOR THE US3RSz THAT R USED 2 THE OLD LAYOUT....FAC3BooK IS A FAK3 MYSPACE ND IT SUXx...SOo I DUNT THINK THE NEW WALLPAPER WHATEVER WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENC3...
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megglez said 6:46PM on 11-19-2007
hi! =oD
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morgan said 6:47PM on 11-19-2007
too many spam hackers stealing passwords are so
bad and PEDOPHILIA RUN RAMPID MEN OVER 18 PICKIN
UP KIDS 14? COME ON NOW,AND 15 WITH 20 PLUS YEAR
OLD MEN OFF MY SPACE.COM THAT SITE NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN I CANNOT WAIT TILL THEY ARE FINALLY
NON EXISTENT.
ADIOS!
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Kate said 6:47PM on 11-19-2007
DIDN'T YOU EVER HEAR THE SAYING, "if it's not broken, don't try to fix it." It usually ends up screwed up and people lose interest in it. That seems to be what happens on here all the time.
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Liz said 6:48PM on 11-19-2007
I think facebook should be kept for college students only; its just creepy when you see older ppl prowling around on there
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panopticon7 said 6:52PM on 11-19-2007
this is an asinine article. "internets"? you just totally wiped out your cred, man. pfft, gone. "clearly in its death throes"? lol--from a guy on an aol partner? LOLLLLLLLLLL stop, you're hurting me, i'm laughing too hard!!!!!!!!
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Paradiseland said 6:54PM on 11-19-2007
Hey Josh isnt Newscorp considered a republican Media outlet?
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Ned said 6:58PM on 11-19-2007
Myspace has its strengths just like Facebook and YupYap, which cater to different groups. To me ... I see them as graduating from one site to the next. Now I use YupYap.com to network since I am out of college now.
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cyndy said 7:15PM on 11-19-2007
..i am one of the older people on myspace, you can't beat it for connecting to your favorite musicians, it is very cool
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S said 7:24PM on 11-19-2007
I prefer a new social site that has video dating, resumes and emails that pay you to share it. http://www.friendswin.com/view_profile.php?member_id=3949
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jason said 7:33PM on 11-19-2007
i have a facebook and it rules so much better than myspace!!
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Lisa said 7:37PM on 11-19-2007
Myspace was never suppose to be what it is today. It was originally for bands to promote their music. I say why change it, re-designs just confuse people. If people are leaving in droves it's because of something else.
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Michael G in Big D said 7:38PM on 11-19-2007
As a social engineering site, MySpace was first on the block to really catch on. There's a LOT of things MySpace does really well. The problem is in the structure of the underlying HTML code. If you know *anything* about CSS design, you'll know that it's REALLY hard to do a *good* design of your MySpace page because it's nearly impossible to create CSS rules for certain page elements. If you want to see how MySpace *should* model their HTML and what can then be done using CSS, go to http://www.csszengarden.com/ and click on the various design links along the side. Every design on this site uses the same exact HTML page... the only thing that changes is the CSS.
THIS is why (and how) MySpace needs to change... everyone with a MySpace profile wants to do what folks are doing at CSS Zen Garden! :)
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DAVI said 7:48PM on 11-19-2007
MYSPACE WAS #1 AND IT'S BETTER THEN FACEBOOK AND THOSE OTHER COPYCATS.
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aly said 7:55PM on 11-19-2007
I actually like MySpace, however, I am in the real estate business. I haven't had much luck networking on MySpace so I found www.WannaNetwork.com. They are a real estate specific networking site where I don't get bothered by 16 year-old kids when I am trying to establish working relationships! I love WannaNetwork!
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Erin said 7:57PM on 11-19-2007
I like MySpace the way it is...Facebook is way too boring and not enough options and puts way too much crap on your profile...It is about as fun as Hi5..Snoozefest!
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Tanya said 8:04PM on 11-19-2007
I think there are pros and cons to both and a lot depend on the maturity of the user. the site should not be blamed for what they do wrong. Personally I seen a new documentary of an actually face book user and wut happened when her account got hacked a nd posted all kinds of nasty stuff they where very un cooperative and slow responding
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