Bomb Explodes At PayPal Headquarters

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Bomb Explodes At PayPal Headquarters

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday November 1, 2006 @05:31AM from the disgruntled-customers dept.

Pooua writes to tell us that an explosive device left outside of PayPal headquarters exploded last night. The explosion was powerful enough to knock out one of their plate glass windows but thankfully that was the only casualty of the blast. Perhaps they should have offered employee protection instead?

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Shouldn't be too difficult.. by ackthpt · 2006-11-01 05:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Shouldn't be too difficult to find the culprit, just look for someone extremely dissatisfied with their service.

Seriously, anyone who thought they were having a bad time of it with PayPal will find that experience pales compared to the bad time they'll have for planting a bomb.

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1. Re:Shouldn't be too difficult.. by wizbit · 2006-11-01 05:33 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Shouldn't be too difficult to find the culprit, just look for someone extremely dissatisfied with their service.
  
  Great, that narrowed down the list by about two. Any other ideas?
2. Re:Shouldn't be too difficult.. by Frymaster · 2006-11-01 05:40 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Great, that narrowed down the list by about two. Any other ideas?
  yeah. paypal set the bomb off themselves. now, if anyone complains about paypal's service, they instantly become a suspect in a 'terrorist' act.
  great way to guarantee customer satisfaction!
  
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Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · 2006-11-01 05:32 · Score: 5, Funny

What happen?
1. Re:Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · 2006-11-01 05:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Apparently someone set up paypal the bomb.
2. Re:Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · 2006-11-01 05:39 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Operator: We get negative feedback.
Surprised it took this long by Skyshadow · 2006-11-01 05:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Man, if I had a nickle for every time I wanted to bomb Paypal, I'd have... er... probably a real hassle getting all the money out of my Paypal account.

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Great. Now if they start offering actual service.. by weston · 2006-11-01 05:35 · Score: 5, Funny

... then the terrorists will have already have won.

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Halloween parties at PayPal... by thewiz · 2006-11-01 05:35 · Score: 5, Funny

are a blast!

So I've heard.

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Not very big by Silver+Sloth · 2006-11-01 05:38 · Score: 5, Interesting

From TFA
"Whatever caused this was pretty strong,' said San Jose Fire Department Capt. Jose Guerrero. "It's tough to break one of these windows."
Er... As someone who lived in the UK during the IRA bombing campaign I can suggest that if the 'bomb' only broke a few windows then it wasn't exactly huge. Consider this atrocity
Looks more like the sort of thing I used to knock up as a teenager - Sodium Chlorate and sugar anyone?

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Funny? by Nos. · 2006-11-01 05:43 · Score: 5, Insightful

I just don't find any of this funny. Planting a bomb anywhere but in strict controlled testing areas is not a joke. Obviously this was at least meant to damage the building, and possibly even to harm people. Imagine for a minute that you're a tech at this location, regardless of who it is. You're not responsible for corporate policy. Yet you're in as much, or more danger from an attack like this than those who do make the decisions.

I'm just glad nobody was hurt, and that the damage was relatively minor. I hope the culprit or culprits are caught quickly, and dealt with harshly.
1. Re:Funny? by TheCarp · 2006-11-01 06:11 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Kind of like all the contractors on the death star?
  
  -Steve
  
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Re:What a shame by Rufus211 · 2006-11-01 05:50 · Score: 5, Insightful

What a shame the bomb wasn't bigger.

I may not like some (a lot) of PayPall's policies, and I might wish paypall to go out of business. That said why do the 20-odd hackers that were in the building at the time deserve to be bombed?