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Sunday, December 24, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The 20 Most Important Digg Stories of 2006!
(in my humble opinion)
THE Crocodile Man, Steve Irwin, is dead.
This was the biggest story for me. Steve was awesome and you could tell he was a genuinely good person and really loved animals. I still can't believe he's gone, what a loss.
I have probably spent over 300 hours watching his shows on T.V. Sometimes with
friends, after smoking a little pot, after a death in my family, on a Saturday
night all by myself, and so on. He was my favorite TV show of all time and it
broke my heart when he died. Hell, I'm even a bit choked up just talking about
it. It was like I knew him! :(
my mind at the last moment, realizing I would probably end up getting in trouble
with the keys. I also notice YouTube has removed the video, seems Google is
starting to screw YouTube up already. Either way, totally amazing.
guy has to be one of the most slimey and corrupt people I have ever seen in
government. I hate this man with a passion and hope his wrinkled old penis falls
off. That's all I'm going to say, otherwise I will go worked up into a three
page long rant. Fuck you Ted!!!
(in my humble opinion)
THE Crocodile Man, Steve Irwin, is dead.
This was the biggest story for me. Steve was awesome and you could tell he was a genuinely good person and really loved animals. I still can't believe he's gone, what a loss.
I have probably spent over 300 hours watching his shows on T.V. Sometimes with
friends, after smoking a little pot, after a death in my family, on a Saturday
night all by myself, and so on. He was my favorite TV show of all time and it
broke my heart when he died. Hell, I'm even a bit choked up just talking about
it. It was like I knew him! :(
Digg Unveils New Features - Kevin's Blog Post Explains with Video
In my opinion, this was Digg's biggest and best update ever. I love the new
interface and features. The first day of the release I was really worried,
thought the site was going to be slow and choppy. Thank God it was just that
first day. I assume the traffic a few days ago was just insane. I love digg!
Well, I think this is a very important event in history. I don't hate Bush
like many people on Digg, I think Bush has made some HUGE mistakes and I also
think Rumsfeld is one of the biggest reasons. I think Bush is too loyal to fire
people and Rumsfeld should have stepped down on his own, if he had done that,
perhaps we would not be in the situation we are in now. History will probably
look back on Rumsfeld as one of the biggest factors in the Iraq failure. Good
riddance.
Saddam Hussein Is Sentenced to Death by Hanging
Well, this was our true mission in Iraq. So the original mission was
accomplished at this point. Unfortunately the finish line seems to keep moving.
Either way, the man is a very bad person and is going to finally pay for the
horrible things he did to innocent people and children.
HUGE Mars NEWS! There is water on Mars - flowing water!
To me, this is a pretty huge story. Not like when we landed on the moon, but
still a really huge story. Where there's water, there can be life. I doubt we
will find any cool "life" on mars besides small microscopic stuff. But you never
know, if there is water flowing underground, even some type of underground lake
or oceans, we could possibly find some serious life, and that would blow the
moon landing out of the water. I'm looking forward to hearing more about this!
It's Done! One Red Paperclip Guy has got his house.
This is truly amazing. I saw this when he first started out and thought "how
stupid, as if this will ever work". Yea, well it worked. Just goes to show if
you have drive, determination, and a positive attitude, anything is possible.
Kudos to this kid.
Simple Key Mod Makes Most All Current Locks Obsolete
I almost bought a set of these keys, I was at the checkout page and changedmy mind at the last moment, realizing I would probably end up getting in trouble
with the keys. I also notice YouTube has removed the video, seems Google is
starting to screw YouTube up already. Either way, totally amazing.
Senator Ted Stevens Downloads the Entire Internet and Complains It's Slow!
guy has to be one of the most slimey and corrupt people I have ever seen in
government. I hate this man with a passion and hope his wrinkled old penis falls
off. That's all I'm going to say, otherwise I will go worked up into a three
page long rant. Fuck you Ted!!!
25 of the best extensions for Firefox - Have It Your Way!
This is the kind of stuff that will make all our lives better. The more
Microsoft feels the heat from companies like Fire Fox, the better off we are.
Maybe one day, Microsoft will be forced to open up it's source in order to stay
in business. I know, it's a far stretch, but you never know. Competition is
always good, specially when you have a monopoly like Microsoft.
Read this! The internet is about to get messed up.
This kind of goes along with the Ted Stevens story above. Still, this is a
really serious issue that everyone should be worried about. I'm afraid we may be
in the "golden age" of the Internet. With this kind of crap going on, the future
isn't looking real good.
P.S. http://savetheinternet.com
World's 2nd Richest Man Give Away Fortune: To Bill Gate's Foundation
Not much to really say about this. It's an amzing display of generousity and
love. This is going to do A LOT of good for a lot of people around the world.
*Both* of these guys are really good people, even though we like to bash on
Microsoft. When you give billions away for good causes it says a lot about you.
Here's why this is on my list:
A. AOL Sucks.
B. People who copy off others suck, take the gazillions of dollars you have
and go make something original, losers.
C. And because AOL sucks.
I think we can all appreciate this website. Nothing worse that some dickface
taking up two, three, or even four spots because they think driving a monster
truck makes them cool and somehow compensates for their small penis size.
Then you have the idiots with a $20,000 car and they act like it's a Rolls
Phantom and no car is good enough to park near it. Anyhow, parking like an
asshole is a real good way to get your precious vehicle keyed. Not that I do
that type of thing...I'm just saying....
The EFF Petition still needs your signature! YOU can help stop the RIAA!
I probably should have put this up higher on the list, but oh well. This is
another really bad thing and I don't see an end in sight. Someone really has to
stop these asshats. This is another one of those stories I'm not going to
comment on, it will turn into a huge, bad language, angry rant. So yea, Fuck you
RIAA...and the MPAA too. I hope you die a slow death!
Its confirmed. Google buys youtube for $1.6 billion
Somehow I get the feeling this is going to end
up a bad thing. Soon as corporations start sticking their noses in cool stuff,
it turns to suck. Yes, even Google. Goodbye to another cool site that has been /
will be ruined by a big company. :(
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Human Thoughts Control New Robot
Scientists have created a way to control a robot with signals from a human brain. By generating the proper brainwaves
—picked up by a cap with electrodes that sense the signals and reflect a person's instructions—scientists can instruct a humanoid robot to moves to specific locations and pick up certain objects.
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—picked up by a cap with electrodes that sense the signals and reflect a person's instructions—scientists can instruct a humanoid robot to moves to specific locations and pick up certain objects.
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More Than Half of Australia Downloads TV Shows Over BitTorrent
A University of Sydney study has found that 53% of all Australians download TV shows over BitTorrent on a regular basis. The study also found that one in four people download TV shows at least twice a week.
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10 Ways to Trick out your Mac
Customizing your Mac is easier than ever these days. I started combing the web looking for new ways to “trick out” my Mac, and found these 10 links. They offer a variety of ways you can make your Mac your own, increase functionality and ease of use, and Pimp out your UI.
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Army Captain's Simple Demonstration: How to Win in Iraq
A young officer, killed in battle, created a simple (we're talking stick figures here) powerpoint presentation to show how to win the war in Iraq. This is a setup for a story airing on ABC tonight on "World News with Charles Gibson". I'm curious if there is credibility to the stick figures.
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Photoshop CS3 Beta Cracked!
Looks like someone on demonoid found a crack for the latest beta of Photoshop CS3 - it involves editing the hex value of a file after it has been installed.
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Too poor to donate? Digg to help sick kids! Let's raise Awareness!
The foul mouthed philanthropists over at Penny-Arcade created the Child's Play charity in order to get books, video games, toys, and movies for kids that are stuck in hospitals during the holiday season. As of today, they have raised $760,000 for this year, if they reach $800,000 they will have raised over two million. If you can't donate, Digg!
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Sermon wants you to pay for his private Gulfstream Jet in Gods Name..
Sermon Benny Hinn wants 6,000 people to pay $1,000 to cover the Down Payment for his new private Gulfstream jet in God's name. He wants us to find Donations because, "There is simply no other possible way for me to keep up with my schedule." Donate now and you even get a desk model of the jet and your name in the jet where he studies. What a Joke
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Best Buy Sales Receipt Worth $451.00
A sales receipt for a Nintendo Wii (purchased on launch day) from Best Buy is apparently worth $451.
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THE Crocodile Man, Steve Irwin, is dead.
It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest.
He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary and that's when it occurred.
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He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary and that's when it occurred.
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Optimus Keyboard February 1st!
Yes, The Optimus Keyboard, has been announced to be released February 1st 2006! Take a look, this is a awesome keyboard with great use of LED technology!
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The Nissan boob commercial
This commercial really helps me understand the workings of vehicle suspension better than any mechanical engineering book I have ever read.
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Piratebay strikes back - blocks Swedish ISP!
The Swedish ISP that decided to block allofmp3.com a couple of days ago didn't know what they had coming. Now they're being blocked by Piratebay and The Pirate Party are calling for other sites to do the same.
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Roller Coaster Tycoon massacre!
remember when all you ever tried to do in this game is create as much havoc as possible?
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eBay power seller ruins Christmas
eBay power seller decides to ruin his 99.9% (1000+) reputation for a few thousand dollars. Lesson to learn: ALWAYS use a credit card to fund your payments. Charge back is your friend; PayPal isn't.
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Diamonds.. what De Beers doesn't want you to know.
How the most effective advertising campaign in history emerged to fabricate the preciousness of diamonds out of thin air.
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The digg rubber stamp... digging real life stuff. (comic)
Kevin Rose stars in this Joy of Tech comic, showing how you can digg objects, gadgets, hardware, or "anything".
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Psychic caught up in her own BS!
Watch as psychic Sylvia Brown gets caught red-handed trying to worm her way out of a hole she digs. The reactions are priceless all-around. Those who prey on the spirits of the vulnerable should be exposed for the frauds they are!
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The EFF Petition still needs your signature! YOU can help stop the RIAA!
229 days ago, 5754 people dugg this article. But the EFF petition still needs more signatures, and the growing Digg community is the best bet. You know all the arguments and stories, now take action and spread the word! Quoth the original: "Take a Stand Against the Madness. Sign the EFF's petition to congress in protest of the RIAA's bullying"
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How to deal with a heckler at a comedy show
Joe Rogan shows how to silence a heckler... Completely owns this woman and until she just has nothing to say...
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How to deal with a heckler at a comedy show
Joe Rogan shows how to silence a heckler... Completely owns this woman and until she just has nothing to say...
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To the women who work in my office... I hate you
This is a very funny rant on craigslist - it made the "best of" page. My favorite: "To the Fat woman who works in suite 19- I don
’t know exactly what you do for this company, but I know far too much about your personal life. When you talk to your boyfriend on company time, please refrain from telling him it felt so good when he slipped his..."
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’t know exactly what you do for this company, but I know far too much about your personal life. When you talk to your boyfriend on company time, please refrain from telling him it felt so good when he slipped his..."
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80 Percent of Spam... FROM THE SAME TEN PEOPLE
80 percent of the viagra, nigerian scams, and stock trades come from the same 10 people. Someone needs to find them and send them away...
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Firefox 2 tops IE 7 in anti-phishing study
Two weeks after a Microsoft study found the opposite. A Mozilla-commissioned study has given the anti-fraud features in the Firefox 2 browser high marks, finding they are much more effective than those in Internet Explorer 7.
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Sarah Silverman on Leno explaining her bikini wax
Sarah Silverman on Leno explaining her bikini wax experience to America. Her parents are in the audience and get brought on stage.
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US-Mexican Border Fence Building Firm Busted for Hiring Illegal Workers
The Golden State Fence Company, which built part of the border fence that is used to keep illegal immigrants out of the US, has been fined almost $5 million for hiring illegal workers. Two executives may face jail time.
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10 Ways to Trick out your Mac
Customizing your Mac is easier than ever these days. I started combing the web looking for new ways to “trick out” my Mac, and found these 10 links. They offer a variety of ways you can make your Mac your own, increase functionality and ease of use, and Pimp out your UI.
read more | digg story
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Swedish Teen Hacks Microsoft Zune's DRM and WI-FI. (RIAA = owned)
"Unconfirmed sources report that a young Swedish hacker named Nutzipper has defeated the Digital Rights Management on Microsoft's new mp3 player the Zune. Our source also indicates that the hacker has also compromised the Zune's Wi-Fi music sharing system. The Wi-Fi hack apparently allows users to secretly transfer music from any nearby Zune."
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The worst website ever made.
In early 2001, Dr. Kamran Afzal created the worst website in history. (Maximum appreciation can only be achieved by viewing & listening with IE.)
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Friday, December 15, 2006
DiggStatus - How do you compare to the rest of the Digg community?
"DiggStatus is a small utility that calculates the average usage statistics of Digg users and compares them to the statistics of a selected user. It utilizes PHP, MySQL, Flash, and XML." Type in your Digg user name and see how you compare to other Digg users, in terms of story submissions, Diggs, comments, friends, etc.
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"Would you like Semen on your Salad, Sir?"
A teen from Wheaton High School in Illinois is in trouble for spiking the salad dressing in the school cafeteria with....his own semen. That's why the salad was salty!
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Coolest fish ever is the hottest - fish that skips through lava!
Scientists have witnessed the extreme lifestyle of tonguefish that like to skip across pools of molten sulphur. The animals - a type of flatfish - were filmed on three expeditions to undersea volcanoes in the western Pacific. Huge numbers were seen to congregate around the sulphur ponds which well up from beneath the seafloor.
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Apple Releases New Holiday Ad
Apple has just realeased a creative new holiday ad, one that doesn
’t involve a Mac and PC bickering. What are your thoughts?
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’t involve a Mac and PC bickering. What are your thoughts?
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Chainsaw Wake up
Parents waking up kids with a chainsaw. Worst fucking parents but incidentally a great video.
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The MOST INAPPROPRIATE commercial to ever air!!!
You have to see this, its proof that other countries can get away with anything in regards to commercials.(Somewhat NSFW but nothing serious)
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Confirmation: Castro near death. Cuba to fall in line with the U.S.?
Looks like the eyes and ears in the sky and the feet on the streets are revealing some new information. The fate of Cuba hangs in the balance.
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Anti-Bush T-Shirts Not Allowed on Airplanes
There goes our freedom of speech. An Australian man was denied permission to board a connecting flight unless he removed the T-shirt titled "World's #1 Terrorist" with a picture of U.S. President George W. Bush.
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How Skype & Co. get round firewalls
Ever wondered, how P2P software like Skype directly exchanges data -- despite the fact, that both machines are sitting behind a firewall that only permits outgoing traffic? Read about the hole punching techniques, that make a the firewall admins nightmare come true.
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World's First Cloned Cat Has Kittens
The world's first cloned cat just became a mother - and she even did it without test tubes. Copy Cat, who was cloned by Texas A&M University researchers in 2001, had three kittens in September. Mother and kittens are doing well, said Duane Kraemer, an A&M veterinary medicine professor who helped clone her and has been taking care of her since
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10 Steps to Guarantee You Make the Digg Front Page (Hilarious!)
This is not your typical How To article. They poke some fun at the Digg Community by showing the types of stories that make the front page (Apple, Microsoft, Global Warming, John Stewart ... etc). It’s hilarious because it’s soooo true.
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Watch 70 legal TV stations for free
Here is a collection of 70 free legal channels that you can watch from your browser. Includes Game Network, Tv Cartoons, Horror Channel, Comedy Channel, Sci-Fi Channel, Lifestyle Network, 8 Adult channels and a lot more.
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How Skype & Co. get round firewalls
Ever wondered, how P2P software like Skype directly exchanges data -- despite the fact, that both machines are sitting behind a firewall that only permits outgoing traffic? Read about the hole punching techniques, that make a the firewall admins nightmare come true.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Monday, November 06, 2006
Google finally bought http://adsense.com
For the longest time, "Adsense Consulting" had the message on their site that said: "If you think you can get rich quick placing other people's ads on your site or blog, please contact Google who has taken and used our business name without permission or compensation."
Nobody knows how much Google bought the domain for, I'm sure Adsense Consulting sucked every dime out of Google possible though lol.
Here is the whois report now:
Registrant:
Google Inc. (DOM-1550091)
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US
Domain Name: adsense.com
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact:
DNS Admin (NIC-14290820) Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US
+1.6506234000 Fax- +1.6506188571
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
DNS Admin (NIC-14290820) Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US
+1.6506234000 Fax- +1.6506188571
Created on..............: 1997-Feb-23.
Expires on..............: 2008-Feb-24.
Record last updated on..: 2006-Oct-31 20:09:57.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.GOOGLE.COM
NS2.GOOGLE.COM
NS3.GOOGLE.COM
NS4.GOOGLE.COM
http://whois.domaintools.com/adsense.com
For the longest time, "Adsense Consulting" had the message on their site that said: "If you think you can get rich quick placing other people's ads on your site or blog, please contact Google who has taken and used our business name without permission or compensation."
Nobody knows how much Google bought the domain for, I'm sure Adsense Consulting sucked every dime out of Google possible though lol.
Here is the whois report now:
Registrant:
Google Inc. (DOM-1550091)
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US
Domain Name: adsense.com
Registrar Name: Markmonitor.com
Registrar Whois: whois.markmonitor.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.markmonitor.com
Administrative Contact:
DNS Admin (NIC-14290820) Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US
+1.6506234000 Fax- +1.6506188571
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
DNS Admin (NIC-14290820) Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 US
+1.6506234000 Fax- +1.6506188571
Created on..............: 1997-Feb-23.
Expires on..............: 2008-Feb-24.
Record last updated on..: 2006-Oct-31 20:09:57.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.GOOGLE.COM
NS2.GOOGLE.COM
NS3.GOOGLE.COM
NS4.GOOGLE.COM
http://whois.domaintools.com/adsense.com
Sunday, November 05, 2006
A Saudi court has sentenced a gang rape victim to 90 lashes of the whip because she was alone in a car with a man to whom she was not married.
The sentence was passed at the end of a trial in which the al- Qateef high criminal court convicted four Saudis convicted of the rape, sentencing them to prison terms and a total of 2,230 lashes.
The four, all married, were sentenced respectively to five years and 1,000 lashes, four years and 800 lashes, four years and 350 lashes, and one year and 80 lashes.
A fifth, married, man who was stated to have filmed the rape on his mobile phone still faces investigation. Two others alleged to have taken part in the rape evaded capture.
Saudi courts take marital status into account in sexual crimes. A male friend of the rape victim was also sentenced to 90 lashes for being alone with her in the car.
The court heard that the victim and her friend were followed by the assailants to their car, kidnapped and taken to a remote farm, where the raping occurred.
The victim was quoted by Okaz newspaper as saying she had expected harsher penalties for the assailants, especially as they had pleaded not guilty.
Her husband and family said that they would appeal to the court Saturday for harsher penalties for a crime which has shocked public opinion in Saudi Arabia and been the subject of months of debate.
Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1162378314145&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
The sentence was passed at the end of a trial in which the al- Qateef high criminal court convicted four Saudis convicted of the rape, sentencing them to prison terms and a total of 2,230 lashes.
The four, all married, were sentenced respectively to five years and 1,000 lashes, four years and 800 lashes, four years and 350 lashes, and one year and 80 lashes.
A fifth, married, man who was stated to have filmed the rape on his mobile phone still faces investigation. Two others alleged to have taken part in the rape evaded capture.
Saudi courts take marital status into account in sexual crimes. A male friend of the rape victim was also sentenced to 90 lashes for being alone with her in the car.
The court heard that the victim and her friend were followed by the assailants to their car, kidnapped and taken to a remote farm, where the raping occurred.
The victim was quoted by Okaz newspaper as saying she had expected harsher penalties for the assailants, especially as they had pleaded not guilty.
Her husband and family said that they would appeal to the court Saturday for harsher penalties for a crime which has shocked public opinion in Saudi Arabia and been the subject of months of debate.
Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1162378314145&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Posted GMT 10-29-2006 20:14:18 (AINA) --
According to the Assyrian website ankawa.com, a 14 year old Christian Assyrian boy, Ayad Tariq, from Baqouba, Iraq was decapitated at his work place on October 21.
Ayad Tariq was working his 12 hour shift, maintaining an electric generator, when a group of disguised Muslim insurgents walked in at the beginning of his shift shortly after 6 a.m. and asked him for his ID.
According to another employee who witnessed the events, and who hid when he saw the insurgents approach, the insurgents questioned Ayad after seeing that his ID stated "Christian", asking if he was truly a "Christian sinner." Ayad replied "yes, I am Christian but I am not a sinner." The insurgents quickly said this is a "dirty Christian sinner!" Then they proceeded to each hold one limb, shouting "Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar!" while beheading the boy.
Translated from Arabic by AINA
© 2006, Assyrian International News Agency.
According to the Assyrian website ankawa.com, a 14 year old Christian Assyrian boy, Ayad Tariq, from Baqouba, Iraq was decapitated at his work place on October 21.
Ayad Tariq was working his 12 hour shift, maintaining an electric generator, when a group of disguised Muslim insurgents walked in at the beginning of his shift shortly after 6 a.m. and asked him for his ID.
According to another employee who witnessed the events, and who hid when he saw the insurgents approach, the insurgents questioned Ayad after seeing that his ID stated "Christian", asking if he was truly a "Christian sinner." Ayad replied "yes, I am Christian but I am not a sinner." The insurgents quickly said this is a "dirty Christian sinner!" Then they proceeded to each hold one limb, shouting "Allahu akbar! Allahu akbar!" while beheading the boy.
Translated from Arabic by AINA
© 2006, Assyrian International News Agency.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Google to buy YouTube for $1.65 billion
Search engine leader looks to bulk up in the lucrative online video market.
By Paul R. La Monica, CNNMoney.com editor at large
October 9 2006: 4:46 PM EDT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Google, the Internet's leading search engine, announced Monday that it is buying popular online video site YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock.
YouTube, which was founded in February 2005, has quickly become the most well-known of several online video sites. More than 100 million videos, many of which are short videos created by the site's users, are downloaded a day on the site.
According to Internet research firm Hitwise, YouTube has about a 46 percent share of the online video market.
For Google, the purchase of YouTube gives the company the ability to tap into the potentially lucrative online video and social networking markets. Some analysts have criticized Google for relying too much on advertising tied to keyword searches.
The combination of Google and YouTube could further strengthen Google's dominance in online advertising, giving it an edge over rivals such as Yahoo!, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp., which owns the social networking site MySpace. Some analysts said Monday that Yahoo, Microsoft and News Corp. also had probably expressed interest in buying YouTube.
In a statement, Google said that YouTube will operate as an independent unit of Google once the deal closes and will retain the YouTube brand name. The companies added that no YouTube workers will lose their jobs as a result of the acquisition and that Google will maintain its own online video business.
Clayton Moran, an analyst with Stanford Group, said after the deal was announced that Google was paying a rich price for YouTube. But he said Google needed to do something to become more competitive with MySpace, which currently ranks in second place in online video market share.
"My sense is that Google is paying a full price considering that YouTube is still unproven in regards to its revenue potential. But considering the success of MySpace it was clearly worthwhile for Google to take this step," Moran said.
Reports of a deal first began to circulate on Friday. Shares of Google rose about 2 percent on the Nasdaq Monday after posting a similar gain on Friday. The stock dipped slightly in after hours trading.
Search engine leader looks to bulk up in the lucrative online video market.
By Paul R. La Monica, CNNMoney.com editor at large
October 9 2006: 4:46 PM EDT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Google, the Internet's leading search engine, announced Monday that it is buying popular online video site YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock.
YouTube, which was founded in February 2005, has quickly become the most well-known of several online video sites. More than 100 million videos, many of which are short videos created by the site's users, are downloaded a day on the site.
According to Internet research firm Hitwise, YouTube has about a 46 percent share of the online video market.
For Google, the purchase of YouTube gives the company the ability to tap into the potentially lucrative online video and social networking markets. Some analysts have criticized Google for relying too much on advertising tied to keyword searches.
The combination of Google and YouTube could further strengthen Google's dominance in online advertising, giving it an edge over rivals such as Yahoo!, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp., which owns the social networking site MySpace. Some analysts said Monday that Yahoo, Microsoft and News Corp. also had probably expressed interest in buying YouTube.
In a statement, Google said that YouTube will operate as an independent unit of Google once the deal closes and will retain the YouTube brand name. The companies added that no YouTube workers will lose their jobs as a result of the acquisition and that Google will maintain its own online video business.
Clayton Moran, an analyst with Stanford Group, said after the deal was announced that Google was paying a rich price for YouTube. But he said Google needed to do something to become more competitive with MySpace, which currently ranks in second place in online video market share.
"My sense is that Google is paying a full price considering that YouTube is still unproven in regards to its revenue potential. But considering the success of MySpace it was clearly worthwhile for Google to take this step," Moran said.
Reports of a deal first began to circulate on Friday. Shares of Google rose about 2 percent on the Nasdaq Monday after posting a similar gain on Friday. The stock dipped slightly in after hours trading.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
So, I'm sure most of you remember the big fuss a few weeks ago about those two or three sites that had billions, yes thats BILLIONS of pages indexed by Google, nothing but pure spam. Well, it was posted on the Digital Point Webmaster Forum and gained attention fast, quickly making the frontpage of Digg and other such sites.
To Google's credit, they got rid of those three sites pretty fast. Good job on that. But there is a bigger problem, the exploit/hole is still there. There are still billions of spam pages indexed as I found tonight when I made a search. Somewhere, someone, knows the hole and they're exploiting it and making a TON of cash at the cost of our searching experience. They also seem to target search typo's, maybe to avoid detection and fly under the radar?
Here's a few examples of what I mean:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=cabineys
(search typo of cabinets)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=free+ringtpnes (free ringtones)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=used+cas
(used cars typo)
And the list goes on, pretty much any major keyword you search for that contains a typo, is nothing but these spam pages, millions upon millions of them.
Whats worse? I did whois on some of the domains, most of them were registered just two weeks ago, already they have this many pages indexed.
But it gets better...
I gathered this list, just a tiny fraction of blog spam I was able to find by searching for: "typo keyword here, blog".
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:jyngi.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:dunalus.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:gzadh.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:ldless.be
Hell, I even found a partypoker.com casino ripoff here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:-partypoker.org
I looked at the whois and did reverse IP look up on some of these domains, I found out this seems to be his money maker> http://www.find.fm/?aid=4077
Obviously his affiliate ID is 4077. So we will call him "Spammer4077". =P
Here's the full list of SPAM I dugg up in just over 30min time:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:ottawa1.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:sderki.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:bijhij.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:23iojd.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site:libjir.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:2beog5d.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site%3A-data.info&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:xvptlj.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:fg0swp0.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:0mw8w.kom.pl
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:ogart.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:o-f.com
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:uc0pn6.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:nsoelam.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:thalc34.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:mo1kj2c.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:eqo.de
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:saw5lcls.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:altsenior.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site:euro5.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:9zws9p9c.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:c5mi7rx0.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:f0maqnq.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:6karzz.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:2d8urk6f.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:rlg7aanq.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:qwubk9c.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:o972nwfz.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:yadod7r0.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:yow20zho.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:t1vtpp11.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:z01l2xm9.info
Blog Spam
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:jyngi.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:visabli.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:lokaose.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:illibne.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:lupan.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:kfular.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:getid.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:balka.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:coonitr.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:fuzzine.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:dunalus.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:ldless.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:gzadh.info
Party Poker Casino Ripoff:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:-partypoker.org
Typo Searches:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=cabineys (cabinets)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=used+cas (used cars)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=home+sals (home sales)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Insurance+Caims (Insurance Claims)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=free+ringtpnes (free ringtones)
http://www.google.com/search?q=hpme+loans&hl=en&lr=&start=10&sa=N (home loans)
To Google's credit, they got rid of those three sites pretty fast. Good job on that. But there is a bigger problem, the exploit/hole is still there. There are still billions of spam pages indexed as I found tonight when I made a search. Somewhere, someone, knows the hole and they're exploiting it and making a TON of cash at the cost of our searching experience. They also seem to target search typo's, maybe to avoid detection and fly under the radar?
Here's a few examples of what I mean:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=cabineys
(search typo of cabinets)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=free+ringtpnes (free ringtones)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=used+cas
(used cars typo)
And the list goes on, pretty much any major keyword you search for that contains a typo, is nothing but these spam pages, millions upon millions of them.
Whats worse? I did whois on some of the domains, most of them were registered just two weeks ago, already they have this many pages indexed.
But it gets better...
I gathered this list, just a tiny fraction of blog spam I was able to find by searching for: "typo keyword here, blog".
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:jyngi.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:dunalus.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:gzadh.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:ldless.be
Hell, I even found a partypoker.com casino ripoff here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:-partypoker.org
I looked at the whois and did reverse IP look up on some of these domains, I found out this seems to be his money maker> http://www.find.fm/?aid=4077
Obviously his affiliate ID is 4077. So we will call him "Spammer4077". =P
Here's the full list of SPAM I dugg up in just over 30min time:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:ottawa1.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:sderki.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:bijhij.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:23iojd.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site:libjir.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:2beog5d.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site%3A-data.info&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:xvptlj.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:fg0swp0.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:0mw8w.kom.pl
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:ogart.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:o-f.com
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:uc0pn6.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:nsoelam.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:thalc34.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:mo1kj2c.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:eqo.de
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:saw5lcls.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:altsenior.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site:euro5.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:9zws9p9c.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:c5mi7rx0.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:f0maqnq.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:6karzz.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:2d8urk6f.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:rlg7aanq.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:qwubk9c.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:o972nwfz.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:yadod7r0.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:yow20zho.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:t1vtpp11.info
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:z01l2xm9.info
Blog Spam
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:jyngi.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:visabli.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:lokaose.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:illibne.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:lupan.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:kfular.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:getid.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:balka.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:coonitr.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:fuzzine.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:dunalus.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:ldless.be
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:gzadh.info
Party Poker Casino Ripoff:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&sa=G&q=site:-partypoker.org
Typo Searches:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=cabineys (cabinets)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=used+cas (used cars)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=home+sals (home sales)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Insurance+Caims (Insurance Claims)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=free+ringtpnes (free ringtones)
http://www.google.com/search?q=hpme+loans&hl=en&lr=&start=10&sa=N (home loans)
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