It took a US jury just five hours to decide that Jammie Thomas-Rasset was guilty of piracy and liable for $US1.92 million in damages for downloading 24 songs from Kazaa.
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[ June 18th, 2009 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]Jammie Thomas Gets Her Fine Jacked Up to $1.92M
Trek Aerospace Exoskeleton May Just Be The Most Badass Form Of Personal Transportation Ever Conceived
If you want to get from A to B quickly, the fastest way tends to be in a straight line. Traveling by car that is almost always impossible, and while helicopter works, they need space to land, which means that they are not always practical. Trek Aeorospace’s exoskeleton makes a nice alternative. Sure, they might [...]
Microsoft Posts 250K Bounty on Conficker Worm Maker’s Head
Microsoft has posted a $250,000 reward for anyone who can provide information that leads to the capture of the person or people responsible for the “Conficker” or “Downadup” code, which means that the coder is probably sitting in his or her parent’s basement crying him or her self to sleep as he or she recounts [...]
Chinese Shopper Was Killed by Bullet, Not Exploding Cell Phone
Remember the case of the Chinese shopper that was apparently killed when his cell phone exploded? Well it turns out that it wasn’t his cell phone battery at all, but some type of firearm that discharged when he dropped it. By all accounts, the gun was homemade and one has to wonder what he was [...]
Klingon Bat’leth Used to Rob Convenience Store
A man in Colorado Springs has robbed a 7-11 convenience store with a weapon that was said to resemble a Klingon Bat’leth sword. The man, who fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash is reportedly a six-foot-tall white male of approximately 28 years of age. [Denver Channel via The Register]
