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Stupid Shipping Gang: Dell Sends You An 8 lb Shelf In A Truly Gigantic Box
"Ok, at this point, we're starting to suspect that Dell wants to be on our blog. Why else would they hire a freight truck to deliver a gigantic box on a pallet that contained an 8 lb shelf?"
wtf  idiocy  dell  computers 
august 2008 by ulrichp
Video On Demand | KING5.com | News for Seattle, Washington
TSA detains, searches 5-year-old boy because his name is on the no-fly list.
news  video  idiocy  wtf 
january 2008 by ulrichp
Getting Outraged Over MoveOn - TIME
Welcome to the wonderful world of umbrage, the new language of American politics. You would not have thought that the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly would be so sensitive. Sticks and stones and so on.
politics  idiocy  wtf 
september 2007 by ulrichp
Neatorama » Blog Archive » A Timeline of TV Censorship
1952: Lucy Gets Knocked Up - Despite Lucille Ball’s pregnancy during an entire season of I Love Lucy, the actual word "pregnant" isn’t allowed on air.
history  interesting  television  tv  idiocy 
july 2007 by ulrichp
Woman denied psych treatment by Scientology parents: I just butchered my family
The parents of a woman accused of murdering her father and sister apparently declined psychiatric treatment for her last year because of their Scientology beliefs, a report tendered in court states.
wtf  idiocy  psychology 
july 2007 by ulrichp
Slashdot | Music Industry Attacks Free Prince CD
You might not like Prince, but he's planning on giving away a free CD in a national British newspaper. Harmless publicity, right? The music industry disagrees. Executives are practically going insane over the idea and are threatening to 'retaliate'.
music  wtf  idiocy  news 
june 2007 by ulrichp
Metroblogging NYC: Continental Flight with Human Waste Running Down the Aisle? Yeah, I Was On That...
"Despite that fact that the flight was only scheduled to be 8 hours, it wasn't until 32 hours later that we arrived in New Jersey." Read about Continental's massive clusterfuck.
wtf  idiocy  travel 
june 2007 by ulrichp
Va. School's No-Contact Rule Is a Touchy Subject - washingtonpost.com
Fairfax County middle school student Hal Beaulieu hopped up from his lunch table one day a few months ago, sat next to his girlfriend and slipped his arm around her shoulder. That landed him a trip to the school office.
wtf  idiocy  news 
june 2007 by ulrichp
Slashdot | AOL's Embarassing Password Woes
"Well, it turns out that when someone signs up for an AOL.com account, the user appears to be allowed to enter up to a 16-character password. AOL's system, however, doesn't read past the first eight characters."
security  internet  wtf  idiocy 
may 2007 by ulrichp
Jeremy D. Miller -- The Shade Tree Developer : A Stupid Way to do Error Management
The clown that wrote a great deal of the original system (since departed) had a serious T-SQL fetish. The guy apparently truly believed that T-SQL was simpler and easier to maintain than C#.
database  c#  development  idiocy  wtf  work 
april 2007 by ulrichp
BetaNews | Vista Can Be Taken Down by an Animated Cursor
In what could be the most embarrassing exploit to impact Windows Vista since its commercial launch in January, security engineers at McAfee's Avert Labs confirmed today that the operating system can be caused to enter an interminable crash-restart-crash l
microsoft  security  windows  wtf  idiocy 
march 2007 by ulrichp
Dear DBA ....
Take a glimpse into the kind of crap I get paid to put up with.
work  idiocy  database  humor 
march 2007 by ulrichp
cbs4.com - Tim Hardaway: 'I Hate Gay People'
“Well, you know, I hate gay people, ” Hardaway said in response to Le Batard. “I let it be known I don’t like gay people. I don’t like to be around gay people. I’m homophobic. It shouldn’t be in the world, in the United States, I don’t lik
wtf  idiocy  news  sports  sex 
february 2007 by ulrichp
Student’s Recording of Teacher’s Views Leads to a Ban on Taping - New York Times
"After a public school teacher was recorded telling students they belonged in hell if they did not accept Jesus as their savior, the school board has banned taping in class without an instructor’s permission..."
news  science  religion  education  wtf  idiocy 
february 2007 by ulrichp
Radio Shack Screams Nonsense On Phone With Rebate-Seeking Customer - Consumerist
ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANYTHING ELSE, SIR?! ANY
wtf  idiocy  shopping 
january 2007 by ulrichp
Bush Speech Terror Claim Debunked A Year Ago
"A claim made by President Bush in his State of the Union speech last night, that an attack on an L.A. skyscraper had been averted, was universally debunked as a hoax by Mayors, CIA, FBI and NSA personnel and counter-terror experts nearly a year ago..."
idiocy  politics  wtf  news 
january 2007 by ulrichp
The Blotter - Debt Collectors Gone Wild
"Despite tough government regulations protecting people against abusive debt collectors, a three-month ABC News investigation found many unscrupulous collectors routinely ignore the law." Has transcripts, audio clips.
wtf  idiocy  money 
january 2007 by ulrichp
Favourite reviews on Amazon.com for Orwell's 1984 - Charles' George Orwell Links
"i give this book one star i had to read it for class and i know it's suposed to be a "classic" but god itis awful. first of all its NOTHING like the future is probly going to turn out."
humor  literature  idiocy 
january 2007 by ulrichp
seattlepi.com: Federal Way schools restrict Gore film
... "If you're going to come in and just say America is creating the rotten ruin of the world, I don't think the video should be shown."
environment  news  politics  religion  wtf  idiocy 
january 2007 by ulrichp
B.C. school yoga classes slammed
"A school program to fight childhood obesity that includes yoga is drawing complaints from some Christian parents ... They say yoga is a religion, and shouldn't be taught in public schools."
religion  health  exercise  wtf  idiocy 
january 2007 by ulrichp
Rolling Stone : Was the 2004 Election Stolen?
Well, yeah, but here's a fact-by-fact breakdown. Media reaction: none.
crime  history  law  news  politics  idiocy  wtf 
june 2006 by ulrichp
Slashdot | Blizzard Made Me Change My Name
Despite every other stupid name in WoW, Blizzard decides to pick on CmdrTaco (yes, THAT CmdrTaco). Good points about a name as online identity, especially in MMORPGs.
videogames  interesting  wtf  idiocy 
october 2005 by ulrichp
The Google Web Accelerator is back with a vengeance - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
In which Google releases their most evil product to date. Again. Wiki owners and Backpack users, beware! Google is determined to stomp all over your website.
google  mobile  web2.0  idiocy 
october 2005 by ulrichp
Slashdot | Jack Thompson Rescinds Offer
"...Thompson is claiming that his piece 'A Modest Video Game Proposal' was intended as satire that the video game community was not bright enough to grasp."
videogames  wtf  idiocy  news 
october 2005 by ulrichp
Cortopolis: Cory, wrong again
In which a Microsoft moron declares Cory to be a commie. How sweet, that he believes WMV - especially DRM'd WMV- actually works flawlessly on any platform other than Windows. WAKE UP.
windows  video  blogging  wtf  idiocy  mac 
october 2005 by ulrichp
Steven Seagal's Asian Experience Energy Drink - Gizmodo
"Steven Seagal, martial arts expert and star of action movies like Under Siege and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, recently launched a new energy drink line called Lightning Bolt. And one of the flavors is entitled, you guessed it, the Asian Experience."
food  wtf  idiocy  humor 
october 2005 by ulrichp
Best SkiFree fanmail ever
"If this is the correct person, please tell me why the stupid fucking monster comes out from nowhere and eats my main guy before he gets to the bottom of the hill."
humor  idiocy  wtf  videogames  games 
september 2005 by ulrichp
Dear Memorex: WTF? (From Flickr)
Because nothing says quality like a woman eating a stack of CDs
idiocy  humor  ads 
september 2005 by ulrichp
Quantum Sleeper
The Safest Sleep You've Ever Had
idiocy  wtf 
september 2004 by ulrichp
Fox News lies - proof by Google
21 things proven true by Fox's pioneering research method
google  humor  idiocy  politics  tv 
june 2004 by ulrichp
Barney vs. Barney
Common sense 1, stupid purple menace 0
idiocy  tv 
may 2004 by ulrichp

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