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Source … Yahoo! News

Ever try to call into a local radio station to try and score some free tickets to a up coming concert? How about some cash? Well, Rock 105 in Charleston, West Virgina wants to push the envelope even further by giving away a free divorce for Valentine’s Day this year.

WKLC-FM says the big V-Day isn’t always candies and hearts and roses. There’s a darker side to Cupid’s day of love. Until 4pm on Valentine’s Day, they will be accepting applications for the free divorce at their website. They caution that this will be a real divorce and is meant to be quick. Anyone looking for a laugh or planning to dig in for an epic battle need not apply. Program Director Jay Nunley sums up the idea best.

“Sure we can give away concert tickets, and we do. That’s going to make you happy for a little while. This is the chance to make someone happy for the rest of their life.”

As a witness to some nasty divorces, I can say that a quick and free one would benefit more than just the two individuals involved. I wonder if we could nominate couples?

Source … Stuff.co.nz
Source … Gadgetophile
Source … Geocaching entry log

Tip Number One: Do not “plant” strange objects in public places. Especially areas that are monitored with closed circuit television (CCTV).

Security staff from Aotea Centre contacted New Zealand police that a man was acting strange around a railing and then placed a “device” before walking away. Fearing it was an explosive of some kind, they called in the Defence Force bomb squad while cordoning off the area. Fortunately, an employee from nearby Datacom explained what the “device” really was: a geocache. After further investigation, the police issued a press release.

“At approximately 6pm this evening the Defence Force revealed the suspicious package located in Mayoral Drive was not explosive nor a danger to any member of the public. All cordons have been lifted from the area and Police and Defence staff have dispersed. The package is believed to be a ‘Geocache’. A ‘Geocache’ is apparently an electronic package used by computer buffs that can be tracked electronically around the world. The computer buffs use them as a form of entertainment.”

Senior Sergeant Junior Abraham says, “If they are going to place these devices around the city of Auckland they should not be going to public places and buildings like the Aotea Centre.”

This week’s Spam Recount is (unofficially) sponsored by the Spam Museum in Austin, Minnesota. It’s 16,500 square feet of Spam history. Open all year (closed on Sundays and Mondays between Labor Day and April 30) with free admission, it can be found just off of I-90 at exit 178-B.

This week’s recount has a little more meat to it given that I let it build up for an entire week. We also get some more variety to the mix.

• Bonus Inches Of Pleasure [Boner]
• Alternative Health Products [Healthy Boner]
• Get a new, bigger p3nis easily by clicking here [Bon3r]
• Pleasure all women with the size of your instrument [Musical Boner]
• Get back your sex life with renewed confidence from our certified pen1s enlargement p1lls [1ll1terate Bon3r]
• natural product – success [Natural and Successful Boner]
• God is fair Try our latest d1ck enlargement pills that is all natural [Boner from God]
• Want to be well hung, with a thick, muscular tool? Now you can [Thick Boner]
• Unbelievably cheap high-quality replicas! [Fake Crap]
• Feeling less than ordinary? We’ll make you extraordinary… [Not your ordinary Boner]
• For your pleasure [I think it involves Boner]
• Get yourself a college girl, here [Definite Boner]
• Every girl lives for a Big Man [Boner to die for]
• You’ll never find lower prices for such stylish things! [Stylish Fake Crap]
• Do you wish ladies would have an… [Boner? I hope not!]
• Do you want to change your life? [Non-pumped Boner]
• It works and nothing else can compare! [Phenom Boner]
• Never be frustrated at the size of your dck again with this amazing new product [Bner]
• Rock solid performances every night [Boooooonerrrrrrrr!!!]
• Be the King of the bedroom with you new sceptre [Scary Boner]
• Deep inside her [Deep Boner]
• Herbal for a permanent increase in your length and thickness! [Boner perm]
• Don’t be an average man! ExpressHerbal will lift you up to the top! [Herbal Essence + Boner = Good night!]

So we had twenty-one for Boner and two for Fake Crap. Enjoy the links. Goodnight.

Source … 0×000000 – The Hacker Webzine

Apparently our friendly coders at Mozilla shuffled out the latest version of Firefox, 2.0.0.12, quicker than they should have. There is a major vulnerability in which a website could use JavaScript code in order to gain access to your browser’s preferences or gain access to every file within the Mozilla program directory. Since these conclusions are based on preliminary testing, the vulnerability may have the capacity to include a wider range of issues.

You do have a few alternatives until the stable release of 2.0.0.13, or higher. I hate to admit to defaulting back to Explorer, but using an alternative browser in the meantime would be beneficial. Opera and Safari are also acceptable choices. Konqueror is also available for the KDE crowd.

If you’re too attached to Firefox to switch, you can always install the NoScript add-on. NoScript automatically blacklists all JavaScript coding and requires your input to allow what can be allowed to run. Since this vulnerability depends on JavaScript in order to work, NoScript would help in blocking it. Of course, this will assume you don’t whitelist a site’s JavaScript that includes this hack.

I would also assume that switching off Firefox’s support of JavaScript in the meantime would also work. However, with the Internet’s dependency on JavaScript in which to add functionality to so many websites, this one included, shutting it down completely would make web browsing pretty useless.

Two days in row, two entries in the WTF category. Words can not even begin to summarize this video clip.

Movable Type allows the use of categories, and as such I’ve been adding them when needed. I’m not too fond of some blogs that have almost as many categories as there are posts, but some you just can’t live without. Today, I introduce the WTF category with this entry.

This video clip proves that if you don’t have the market to sell an idea, create a market. Even when you know there’s no way in hell that anyone in their right mind would pay for some crazy idea, convince them otherwise. Ladies and gentleman… the Hawaii Chair.

Props to InformercialReviewer for posting it on YouTube.

Dear Google coders,

As it seems almost impossible to reach anyone directly at the behemoth known as Google, Inc., I hope this has an iota of a possibility that someone in the know will read it.

This is in regards to the new “Sorry” page that results from certain search queries. No, it is not from any virus or spyware. No, deleting cookies obviously does not fix the problem. No, my query originates from the actual Google search pages.

I’m not sure what the issue is, but there’s certainly a major failure taking place. Considering how I use Google for many reasons (search, mail, rss reader, analytics), I would be hard pressed to move my usage some place else. However, I need access to a search engine that is not prone to failure. Tonight, I haven’t been able to make more than two queries before having to prove my humanity with a captcha, or a flat out denial of service.

I can’t be the only one having this issue.

I emptied the spam folder for my personal email account the other day just so I can watch it with a bit more interest than usual. I often laugh at the subject lines and, once in a while, am impressed by the marketing strategy behind some of them. And I admit, there’s been a few times I was almost caught up in an eBay phishing expedition. But on with the Recount.

1. 20% gains in girth (Oh boy!)
2. Convenient And Private Ordering! (You didn’t see me order nothing, you see!?!)
3. Everyone has the capacity to GROW. Click here NOW! (Reminds me of a Lewis Black skit)
4. Looking for that perfect Valentine’s Day gift? (Larger erect penis for Mom, too?)
5. Do wilder things with your new big phallus! (SWORD FIGHT!!)

I’m starting to see a trend.

That’s right. It should come as no surprise to most, by now, but the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl XLII with a score of 17-14. Scoring in the final minute of the game, the Giants took the lead, the hope, and history away from the Patriots.

With a strong pass rush defense, the Giants effectively shut down the league’s MVP and New England quarterback, Tom Brady. He was still able to complete 60% of his attempts with 266 yards, but it just wasn’t enough. It was Eli Manning’s night to shine as he hit Plaxico Burress for a 13-yard touchdown pass with only 39 seconds left on the game clock. After a successful extra point kick, the Patriots tried for a mad scramble back down the field but failed miserably with three incomplete passes and one sack.

With the ball back in hand and one final second left on the clock, Eli Manning took a knee and the game’s MVP.

Super Bowl records were both tied and broken. The first drive of the game by the Giants was the longest in Super Bowl history going one second shy of ten full minutes (9:59). Patriots receiver, Wes Walker, tied the record for most receptions at 11, which is shared with former Patriots receiver Deion Branch and former Super Bowl MVP Jerry Rice.

Source … WIRED
Source … The Independent

A young Afghan journalist, Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, has been sentenced to death for “downloading a report from a Farsi website that criticized Islamic fundamentalists who misrepresent statements in the Koran to justify the oppression of women.” He was tried in a sharia court, which is responsible for maintaining Islamic law, and without any legal representation.

The most disturbing part is that the Afghan Senate is actually supporting the death sentence. The Afghan parliament, which was elected in 2005, consists of 28% women. Are those 28% merely eye-candy for the remaining 72% men? That means that 70 women allowed it’s House Of The People to pass a motion supporting the death sentence of man accused of supporting their rights as human beings.

If you feel motivated to help this young man out, The Independent is campaigning the UK Foreign Office to intervene. They have an online petition to collect names to help increase the pressure.