OddTod Laid Low by the Law

nickynicky9doors writes "The International Herald Tribune has a NYT article on the recent woes of Tod Rosenberg who started 'Laid Off: A Day in the Life'. Mr. Rosenberg started www.oddtodd.com to tell the tale of a laid off guy who spends days watching TV and eating chips. Oddtod became so successful Mr. Rosenberg reaped cash donations and national TV exposure. Unfortunately it also brought the attention of the Department of Labor who have explained the catch of having to be actively looking for work while collecting unemployment benefits. Another dot com bust."

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Nachos

[Anonymous Coward]

Well nachos taste good with just the hot cheese. I don't like it when they want to put the chile or hot peppers on it. I believe a diet consisting only of nachos can be beneficial to one's health. As long as you keep exercising you'll be ok.

LET US ALL PRETEND THAT I WROTE THIS:

[L.Torvalds]

I took off my clothes and stepped into the shower to find another one sitting near the drain. It was about 2 feet tall and made of metal, with bright camera-lens eyes and a few dozen gripping arms. Worse than the Jehovah's Witnesses.

``Hi! I'm from Google. I'm a Googlebot! I will not kill you.''

``I know what you are.''

``I'm indexing your apartment.''

``I don't want you here. Who let you in?''

``I am Google! I find many good things. I find that pair of underwear with the little dice printed all over them. And I watch the tape of you with the life-sized Stallman puppet. These are good unique things. Many keywords and links! My masters will say 'much good job, little robot!' Many searchers will find happy links of Stallman puppet see you! Ahhhh.''

``I put the robot exclusion protocol on my door. Didn't you see it?''

``You understand Google, person? I index many things and if I am very good I get to go to Bot Park and have more processors. And an oiljob! Thank you Google! Must come inside apartment and index. Must!'' His video eye winked up at me.

``I know my rights. I'm giving you 10 seconds to leave.''

``Yes. I will leave. First I index everything. Everything! I am Google!'' It put out one of its video arms and began to read the label on my shampoo bottle. So I beat it into shards with a folding chair and let it index the dustbin

Re:This happened in Rome too ...

[Qrlx]

LOL

Are you even allowed to post "LOL" on slashdot or does the lameness filter prevent that sort of thing?

I'm laughing not only because of the funny scene in History of The World, but because this is the perfect "I was too lazy to look shit up on google" post. I bet it would have been quicker to find it on google and copy-paste it into this little window, than to type all that stuff, especially with the Caps and *stars* and the freakish lack of spelling errors.

So here I am pointing that out. And I haven't looked anything up either, and I;m not gonna. This is what makes slashdot so great

Is there a way to see ONLY the -1 comments without wading thru all that +3 bullshit?? -1 is where the action is.

Re:CA unemployment myths vs realities: my own stor

[TrinSF]

You know, that's something that I found odd when I moved here; in the South there are 24-hour Wal-marts everywhere, but in the bay area, I don't know of any. when I mention this to people here, someone always says, "I think there's one over in ", but no one can ever confirm one.

No Waffle Houses, either. *grump*

Lameness filter takes all the fun out

[underpaidISPtech]

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Re:Simple Solution

[Anonymous Coward]

WAAAAA

WAAAAA

I'm a fucking baby that can't bear that idea of applying for jobs and not getting them.

Suck it up, asshole, and find a job. Life's tough, get over it.