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 2)
murray said 2:06PM on 4-10-2008
Do you really need to credit Engadget when it's basically... you?
Sorry, just seems funny.
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Jackie said 2:05PM on 4-11-2008
Oh wow, too bad I didn't save my 3D glasses from the 50's. I remember they gave them out with your ticket for the movie..."The Blob"
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annabelleaardvark said 5:04PM on 4-11-2008
"THE BLOB" was 3-D???????? Nope.....uh-uh.....don't think so.
aerospacemajor said 2:26PM on 4-11-2008
I believe that someone is eventually going to take advange of the parallax that exists with our eyes, without glasses being required. Maybe it will be a holographic TV set. Even back in the '70's I saw such images (without glasses) at Disney World in Orlando, and of course that's what you can get a sense of in Star Wars and Star Trek: The Next Generation. As long as no physical laws are violated, we will find a way to make this work.
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gunslinger69 said 2:43PM on 4-11-2008
I DO still have my three-d-glasses! Woo Hoo!
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James said 2:49PM on 4-11-2008
OK, the 3-D glasses are obviously not shown in the same scale as the image of the TV. So they are NOT "3 foot wide"! The grey-lensed Polarized glasses always signaled the deluxe type of 3-D presentation, delivering full color to both eyes, unlike the "analglyph" glasses with one red lens and one blue-green lens. Just think of all the terrific 3-D movies (most released in 1953) this set would allow us to collect and view as the film-makers intended! "Kiss Me, Kate", "Second Chance", Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder", "The Creature from the Black Lagoon", "It Came from Outer Space", and dozens more, none of which have been viewable in their original format (except for an occasional 3-D Festival) for over half a century! This is great! I can't wait to get a look at this gizmo!
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e tate said 3:00PM on 4-11-2008
1986 Disney World, Captain Eo, with Michael Jackson. Best 3-D ever!
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john said 3:15PM on 4-11-2008
I guess this means Ralph Kramden finally has to buy a set for Alice
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annabelleaardvark said 5:06PM on 4-11-2008
HAR-DE-HAR-HARRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!
Michael Wayne Huff said 3:25PM on 4-11-2008
Whithin ten years we will have the television that mounts in the corner of your living room and goes from floor to cieling wall to wall covering approx. 8'ft. accross to 10'ft.high and comes away from the corner of the room approx. 4'ft.deep. Something similar to what they had in Minority Report only on a personal level because they will be for consumer's first. I know it sound's to far in the future but thats what dream's are all about!!! Right? I saw it so it will be there... Sincerely;MMW.Huff
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fatman said 3:37PM on 4-11-2008
i read about people trying to make these several years ago.--im so glad they were able to do it!!
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HORNYAS HELL said 3:52PM on 4-11-2008
Bring on the Porn baby ....be carefull, don't want ur eye poked out, do ya? lol
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Ravi said 3:54PM on 4-11-2008
i read a post about 2years ago about people trying to make stereoscopic tv's where you did not have to use glasses!!!!
Also they were trying to make one were you cound display different programs depending on what direction you looked at the screen!!
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knightstar said 3:57PM on 4-11-2008
I hope your comment about having to wear 3' wide glasses, judging from the image scale of the pictured TV, was a joke. If not, aren't you concerned about the "3D" logo and car hanging half way out of the screen -- Gee, someone could get run over!!!!
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Dave said 4:30PM on 4-11-2008
The TV wall in TOTAL RECALL is my idea of imersion entertainment.
3D and holographic imag projection would be perfect to see the nuances of the golf greens. 2D just makes it look flat.
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Joe said 5:14PM on 4-11-2008
If the U.S. is as quick to adopt this innovation as we have been to adopt others from Japan and Europe it will be a long, long time before we see 3-D TV and even then most of the programs will have to be subtitled in English.
I've loved 3-D ever since the days of the stereopticon and ViewMaster. I hope I'm still around for this one.
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forest said 6:39PM on 4-11-2008
Just remember TV and 3-d movies are all a USA idea only perfected by copycats!
Jackie said 7:44PM on 4-11-2008
Oh yes the Blob was, I remember wearing those glasses and it looking like the blob was oozing righ off the screen to get me.....My younger brother actually jumped onto his seat! The Blob was for sure 3D.
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Tom said 7:44PM on 4-11-2008
I worked with an inventor who had a workable, great looking 3-D TV 20 years ago. Worked with polarized glasses. Unfortunity he was less than stable and would demonstrate the set but not sell it as he thought the moment he did "they" would kill him. I was really wonderful and he had a patient pending, but there was nothing we could do to get him to release it.
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Dennis said 7:56PM on 4-11-2008
I think "the Grid" which will be replacing the internet and probably at least network tv will also handle all the 3d you want, probably in the form of holograms.
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