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Prankster Web Site Draws Wal-Mart Ire |
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6:05 pm EDT, Apr 17, 2003 |
] The very technology that revolutionized retail checkout -
] the bar code - is now being subverted by anti-capitalist
] protesters who fancy themselves cyberpranksters.
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] The activists drew the ire of Wal-Mart Inc., the world's
] largest retailer, with a Web site that encouraged people
] to "name their own prices" by offering hundreds of
] substitute bar codes.
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] Wal-Mart considered the ploy an incitement to theft and
] sent a cease-and-desist letter dated April 2 to one of
] the companies that was hosting the Web site, Re-code.com.
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] Re-code.com's operators responded by disabling the link
] on their Web site that allowed users to print sheets with
] a selection of bar code labels that could be slapped on
] store items. Prankster Web Site Draws Wal-Mart Ire |
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1:14 pm EDT, Apr 16, 2003 |
"North Vancouver is finally respecting the linguistic abilities of a largely discriminated against section of the world population. I think we should introduce legislation mandating these bilingual signs to be used in the US as well. Lead on Canadian brothers!" Bilingual Signs |
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3:22 am EDT, Apr 16, 2003 |
Learn English the fast and fun way with Flash. Home English Home |
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10:44 am EDT, Apr 11, 2003 |
I've been having a lot of fun with this lately. Especially the prank phone calls section. Thanks to Mike Morrison for the tip. Celebrity Soundboards |
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1:20 pm EDT, Apr 10, 2003 |
"Iraq has a new regime, and that regime is love, baby" "These arms are fo' huggin" -- I might add that there's another version of this picture that appeared on FoxNews where she had the rifle pointed at him, which I found particularly ironic. Operation:Iraqi mackin' |
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3:17 am EDT, Apr 10, 2003 |
] Patriotic items for fanatical flagwavers Flag-O-Rama! |
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7:08 pm EDT, Apr 6, 2003 |
What if Fox News reported various famous moments in history. Mildy entertaining, and bi-partisan! Fark vs. Fox News |
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1:56 pm EDT, Apr 6, 2003 |
] Cape Town - A young hockey player and part-time waitress
] used her hockey stick on a would-be burglar and nearly
] beat him to a pulp on Thursday morning.
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] Shortly after the attempted robbery, Leigh Fourie, 18,
] said she was terrified when she pounced on the would-be
] burglar. She threatened him, called him names and hit him
] with the hockey stick.
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] Fourie said she woke up in her parents' home in Strand
] about 09:15. Her mother, Evelyn Fourie, had already gone
] to work in Stellenbosch.
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] "I was drinking a milkshake in the lounge when I heard
] glass breaking. Someone was trying to break into my
] mother's bedroom next door. I crept to my bedroom, closed
] the door and 'phoned my mother, who told me to go outside
] and call the neighbours."
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] Fourie said she decided to use her hockey stick instead
] because shouting wasn't going to help. Nobody would have
] heard her above the wind. "I ran down the corridor
] shouting, rushing towards the man who had in the meantime
] entered the lounge. "I waved my hockey stick in the air
] and started hitting him on his head, neck, arms -
] wherever I could land a shot. He tried to get away and
] pulled a knife from his pocket, but I told him he should
] put it away, because the police were outside."
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] Fourie said the Girl beats up burglar |
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