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How Not to Steal a Sidekick
timmit was one of many readers to point out the story of a stolen Sidekick, writing with this excerpt from the site: ""When my friend realized that she had left the Sidekick in the taxi she asked me to immediately send a message to the phone saying that we would give a reward for the phone. There was no response. After a day of waiting, she had to go to the store and spend over $300 on a new Sidekick. When she put her SIM card in, she saw that the person(s) that had taken the phone had not only signed on to AOL leaving their name and password in the phone, but they had taken pictures of themselves." I can sympathize, after someone with the address Rmluckyguy@aol.com tried to sell me back the Visor Deluxe stolen from my car last year in Philadelphia. I hope Evan has better luck.
Were the pictures nude?
Palm trees and 8
Since when is stupidity news?
Oh, wait.....
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Did a subscriber get a look at the page [before it disappeared]?
That website was running on the stolen Sidekick, you insensitive clod!
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The next Slashdot story will be ready soon, but diggers can beat the rush and see it early!
Well ... Sounds like somone is on a Personal Vendetta... I say post all the creep's info.
I'm not sure where the SideKick is, but the fat dude in the pictures needs to hop on that exercise bike out on the porch.
EGOTIST, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
at its finest. "i got ball this is my adress 108 20 37 av corona come n do it iam give u the sidekick so I can hit you wit it" awesome.
Z.
I was watching a police videos show the other day and they had a segment on a copuple of teens who were drving around some town at night with paint ball guns and doing "drive bys" on unsuspecting pedestrians. And to top it all off they were video taping the whole thing and had lots of colourful narrative to go with the action.
This all came to an end with their last victim who they "shot" in full view of a police cruiser (which you actually see on the tape)
Man my jaw dropped. I was astounded at their level of stupidity.
Mind you the Dumb and Dumber bank robbers in Denver made me laugh my ass off as well. Although not in this article, I do remember that they were caught with pictures of themselves in "gansta" poses hlding their "loot"
I am Slashdot. Are you Slashdot as well?
I'm so removing you from my top 8! GRRRRRRRRR
This article actually says: if you need to steal a sidekick, please follow a good procedure not to be tracked!
Very, very smart!
Maybe Computers will never be as intelligent as Humans.
For sure they won't ever become so stupid. [VR-1988]
Honestly now, what do you expect? /*ducks
Please try to calm down. All this hate cannot be good for you.
Thank you for sparing me the shock of that "a" in jackass, though. That was a nice touch.
1. Find some partners to "steal" your sidekick.
2. Create a story about how they are ethically challenged.
3. Crow about how you had to buy another one and these people are bad.
4. Reluctantly put up a Paypal account to collect money for "incurred costs".
5. wait for the naive techno fans to queue up to "help the cause".
6. Profit!!!
Assuming 2000 people give her $1 and 6 other people involved, now everybody has free sidekicks!
Hey, that's better than most mid 90's internet startups!
You are checking your backups, aren't you?
FTA: I also don't condone uploading videos and pics onto websites like youtube.com and sending the links to me. This is a very bad thing to do. Naughty naughty....Buttttttttttttttttt since youtube is a public website I will post any video that is on there....of course if there was a issue with the legality of the video, then that would be youtube's responsibility to remove.
Uh... so you're not sure if the stuff people are sending you is legal, but you're posting it anyway?
That's definitely not legal in the US, and even in Sweden it could cause you a lot of trouble. Just ask these guys.
Some people just don't know when to quit while they're ahead.
- RG>
Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!
"I was immediately told that my white ass didn't deserve it back."
OH! You De-dnt! (two snaps and a circle) You and your boi-frieeeend with rough neck gangsta wannabe outfit like "oh i'm finally out of my grandma's basement" with his raggidity looking pimp squad can kiss my black ass of sweetness.
Bring it oun, bitch!!11!1! I'll squash you whore like a spanish fly and sting your stank whore ass like Queen bee.
"Don't let fools fool you. They are the clever ones."
Ah, but you forgot the Supreme Court prescident set in Finders v. Keepers.
Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati
"The whole world now knows... my sidekick was kidnapped, for ransom, three days ago. This is a recent photograph of it. Sidekick, if you're watching, we love you. And this... well, this is what waits for the man that took him. This is your ransom. Two million dollars in unmarked bills, just like you wanted. But this is as close as you'll ever get to it. You'll never see one dollar of this money, because no ransom will ever be paid for my sidekick. Not one dime, not one penny. Instead, I'm offering this money as a reward on your head. Dead or alive, it doesn't matter. So congratulations, you've just become a two million dollar lottery ticket... except the odds are much, much better. Do you know anyone that wouldn't turn you in for two million dollars? I don't think you do. I doubt it. So wherever you go and whatever you do, this money will be tracking you down for all time. And to ensure that it does, to keep interest alive, I'm running a full-page ad in every major newspaper every Sunday... for as long as it takes. But... and this is your last chance... you return my sidekick, working, with batteries, I'll withdraw the bounty. With any luck you can simply disappear. Understand... you will never see this money. Not one dollar. So you still have a chance to do the right thing. If you don't, well, then, God be with you, because nobody else on this Earth will be."
TFOAE
I am not a JAG, ... ... grammar and spelling Nazis ...
I shall heretofore cease my references to "$BEHAVIOR Nazis." From this day forth, I shall only refer to "$BEHAVIOR JAGs."
Web 2.0 == Giant Blogspam Circle Jerk
However, it looks to me like the young girl in the pictures may be somewhat innocent. She's apparently 16 years old and already a mother. Innocent is not necessarily the word I'd use to describe her. I'd give a pass on naive. I might even suggest that she missed out on having the best role models and guidance in her life. She's not innocent. An innocent 16 year old girl doesn't have a kid. An innocent 16 year old doesn't get involved with the sort of people who make death threats. -JMP
That just gave me a wonderful idea for my Slashdot sig. I should be accepting PayPal donations for all the lost work /. has resulted in.
i like that you stole text from an article on theft :D lol
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There's no such thing as "somewhat innocent". Reeks of "kind of pregnant".