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 1)
clakimpersonator said 12:04PM on 7-03-2008
This is sad
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J E Ellis said 12:27PM on 7-03-2008
confirmed
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Sharon said 12:53PM on 7-03-2008
This is quite the eye opener. I'm in a rural area with promises of broadband. Supposed to have been about 2 years ago! My son got it about 6 months ago and said it doesn't really make that much difference. Maybe I should reconsider my want list!
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quandmeme said 4:10PM on 7-03-2008
My political leanings are against regulation in general, but infrastructure is, in my view something which the community has an interest in and when market forces are failing, the government should provide leadership.
Cell phones and broadband are areas where other countries have implemented higher quality-solutions that end up being cheaper to customers. Once 3G is national, once DSL is everywhere, we're still caught looking backwards.
I think we have a national interest in higher quality information services and that the market forces are not sufficient. My vote is for regulation on this one.
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dwr50 said 6:45PM on 7-03-2008
High speed is great if like video's. It's necessary if your OS needs 500Mb patches (Apple). It is way overpriced.
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RC said 11:03PM on 7-03-2008
Just abolish dial-up. I hate seeing those stupid NetZero commercials "every internet provider takes you to the same internet, why pay more?"
Because broadband spanks dial-up.
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RC said 11:04PM on 7-03-2008
And broadband is pretty much available everywhere thanks to satellite internet.
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a said 12:33AM on 7-04-2008
I tried broad band from my telephone company and didn't like it people would get there e-meil back that where they were sending me and I got some back when I e-mailed people so I cancelled broad band from the telephone company and went back to dial up
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Tigre said 2:24AM on 7-04-2008
I'm in the boat that wants to get it but don't really like the price. I also don't like the fact that you might not get the advertised speeds that you signed up for and you just have to sit back and take. I want what I paid for.
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Daniel said 4:09AM on 7-04-2008
You think USA Net prices are expensive? Come Down Under for a while, my Yankee friends...your net prices are things that this sun-burned mega-island's inhabitants are green with envy for.
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Nick C said 9:18AM on 7-04-2008
Sure for basic web browsing its not that huge of a difference, but you'll notice it if you ever want to watch video online or stream music. And for the person above that was saying that it was her broadband connection that was making e-mail get sent back. Uhm honey that was your e-mail box. You probably exceeded the max space in your inbox. Depending on your provider you only get a few megs of space, which fills up pretty fast when you factor in spam and "save as new" messages. Had nothin' to do with your broadband connection. E-mail is not dependant on your computer. And if they couldn't get your messages, either their boxes were full too, or maybe your outgoing mail server wasn't set up right. And y'know you don't have to use your ISP's e-mail account, i never use mine. There is such a glut of free e-mail out there, or if you want to be cool, get a domain from like godaddy or something, and have your own account with your own domain name.
I love my DSL, sure sometimes it feels slow, but then that's partially my aging computers fault. When browsers suck up nearly 75 megs of Ram by themselves, connection's only as fast as your computer. I would never be without broadband. I'm a merchandiser and I need to send in my call reports online with pictures, and a 2meg picture takes a loooong time to send over a dial up connection versus a broadband line. Sure its more expensive than dial up, but you can actually USE IT, And its not monopolizing a phone line. When you factor in the cost of another phone line for your modem, and even a "bargain" provider, you're not that far away from even like 2megabit or higher broadband or cable internet. Not to mention that if you want to pay just a bit extra or if you've got a good ISP that gives you a nice modem, you can get wifi built right into your router/modem and with a fairly cheap wifi card on your computer or laptop, you don't even need to string a cable to the computer.
Dial up is good in a pinch, I'll admit that, but for my day to day, I'll take DSL any day.
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