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Ok, I can’t decide if this is creepier than the story of Oumar Lam. This unnamed 24-year-old man from near Seattle posted an ad on Craigslist asking for a woman who was willing to have sex with, and then be killed by, him. It was not a joke, as police soon found out. An undercover …
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That was funky. I was just checking back to see if I had in fact been a participant in a study whose results I was now reading…and discovered…they’re doing another study! This time they’ve designed an interface that allows you to replay the audio captcha from right within the anser box. It’s a beautiful interface. …
Wow! All these people are fast. I just posted that thing about YUNiTi’s new captcha scheme. I have already heard from Marcos boyington, YUNiTi’s co-founder. He says the following: Hi Carin, Thanks for taking the time to send us an email, and I’m terribly sorry for not providing you with an alternative to contact us! …
Remember back when I was celebrating the arrival of WebVisum, and I said I knew I wouldn’t be putting those stupid verification thingies in their place forever because they would always evolve and cause more misery? Well, here comes the pain. YUNiTi has come up with a new captcha that’s supposed to be easier to …
Here’s something stupid I got from my Snopes newsletter. They’re usually good for a few things. apparently there’s an email going around screaming about what will happen if the Freedom of Choice Act goes into law. Ok, whatever. Some of those claims are contentious, some our just outright scare tactics. but people can believe what …
Ok Carin, I see yourSobbing John Rempeland raise youSimple Shane Symington. Not only did this fellow get scammed by the Nigerians once when he paid a woman who emailed him about her sick mother a bunch of money for her care and then a bunch more for her funeral when the treatment didn’t work out …
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Usually, when a story like that of sobbing John Rempel comes to light, we say “What an idiot!” But in this case, we have to say “What a whole family of idiots!” This guy got one of those emails promissing heaps and heaps of dough from a deceased but previously unknown relative’s estate, if he’d …
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Is it really a good idea to stick your wang into something connected to your computer via USB? But that’s exactly what the creators of RealTouch want people to do. A guy is supposed to hook it to a computer, and then put “a body part of a man’s choosing” into the other end, log …
Remember the other day when I was talking about how much my spam had gone down? I’m beginning to figure out why. Yahoo, who handles the Rogers email, has started doing some spam autofiltering, rejecting messages before I even see them. I figured that out when my friend Jen said she was trying to send …
Well, it’s that time of the year again where I babble about the holidays and such. it looks like ever since I’ve been here splattering whatever I have to say all over this place, I seem to do some kind of holiday wrap-up. Look at that. Without even meaning to, I’ve started a traddition! Now …