Massive software theft thwarted at local Best Buy
Greenville County, MI (AP)
Joe Shmoe, a fifteen year old Greenville Best Buy sales clerk extraordinaire, is being heralded today as a champion of security. You see, Joe stopped a major software theft this past Tuesday when he noticed something wrong with a shopper's purchase request. "I noticed that the container had been opened.", explains Joe. "It just didn't feel right." Joe's hunch paid off when called in store manager, Mary McDoingShtuff, inspected the contents of the container, now known as a '100 PACK CD-R SPINDLE'. "The normally blank 'disk media'", Mary described, "had been written to and that raised our eyebrows a bit, dontchaknow." It appears that the customer in question, using "blank disk media", had "burned" 100 copies of other software products found throughout the store, placed them back into the spindle container and then proceeded to try and purchase the '100 PACK CD-R SPINDLE' as if it were still 'blank media'. Unnamed sources at Best Buy have told tell us that the customer in question had been spending way too much time in the store's computer software department. "We always thought he was messed up or something, ya' know?", says one source. "We tried to talk to him once. You know...sell him stuff, but he always said 'No'. I thought it was kinda strange when he kept telling us 'No. No. I already have it.'" The unnamed thief will be arraigned today in Greenville County Court. Joe will be awarded the Best Buy Employee of the Month Award and accompanying parking spot near the Best Buy side entrance this Friday.
Mine has 126k+, but we produce bombs and delivery hardware as well as software. Guess that it wouldn't be fair to have all of our employees voting all the time, now would it?
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We did it. Our company (project actually) locked down our "work" machines, so we asked for development or unit test machines. They said OK and we were able to take control of the system for our development needs. wOOt!
I own an ATI 3D card and I still get my a$$ kicked in Q3A all the time. WTF! You'd think that if the thing were modified in my favor, I wouldn't be railed all the time, as if I were walking 1 MPH (sorry. I don't do math for you CA and EU types out there.)
You've got that right. I live about a stones throw away from the place and I gotta watch every word I say about them. They are sooo close they visit me just for saying "NSA" to my cat. Oh...damn. Gotta go...someones at the door.
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Dark alley on south side of Inter-linked City...
Shadow Agent: Psst..wanna buy an Inter-linked watch?
Tourist Agent: Ummm...That doesn't look like a real Inter-linked watch. How do I know it's_
FBI User in training, gun drawn (slightly pixelated): FREEZE, DIRT BAG!! PUT DOWN THE FAKE INTER-LINKED WATCH!!!
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Massive software theft thwarted at local Best Buy
Greenville County, MI (AP)
Joe Shmoe, a fifteen year old Greenville Best Buy sales clerk extraordinaire, is being heralded today as a champion of security. You see, Joe stopped a major software theft this past Tuesday when he noticed something wrong with a shopper's purchase request. "I noticed that the container had been opened.", explains Joe. "It just didn't feel right." Joe's hunch paid off when called in store manager, Mary McDoingShtuff, inspected the contents of the container, now known as a '100 PACK CD-R SPINDLE'. "The normally blank 'disk media'", Mary described, "had been written to and that raised our eyebrows a bit, dontchaknow." It appears that the customer in question, using "blank disk media", had "burned" 100 copies of other software products found throughout the store, placed them back into the spindle container and then proceeded to try and purchase the '100 PACK CD-R SPINDLE' as if it were still 'blank media'. Unnamed sources at Best Buy have told tell us that the customer in question had been spending way too much time in the store's computer software department. "We always thought he was messed up or something, ya' know?", says one source. "We tried to talk to him once. You know...sell him stuff, but he always said 'No'. I thought it was kinda strange when he kept telling us 'No. No. I already have it.'" The unnamed thief will be arraigned today in Greenville County Court. Joe will be awarded the Best Buy Employee of the Month Award and accompanying parking spot near the Best Buy side entrance this Friday.
That should say "on" not "one"...whoops. Need more sleep...
I wonder what distro will be running one it?!?!
All your AOL are belong to Alan.
Mine has 126k+, but we produce bombs and delivery hardware as well as software. Guess that it wouldn't be fair to have all of our employees voting all the time, now would it?
Turn to cnn.com for more info on the use of our products.
mod this up, please...its funny (sad but funny ntl)
I couldn't see shit.
No no...they call it ADA.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
don't drink the batteries: methanol will get you blind, ethanol will get you drunk
...and methane just stinks.
Counting?!?! Shit. Without clocks, I don't even know what time it is anymore.
...when all of a sudden Windows crashed!
AHHHHHHHH!
Deny the ball.
[BeeDeeBeeDeeBeeDee]
Deny the ball.
[BeeDeeBeeDeeBeeDee]
Exception Handler: Baseline run around attact detected! Side-Shuffle init.
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They don't know...it was too fast.
We did it. Our company (project actually) locked down our "work" machines, so we asked for development or unit test machines. They said OK and we were able to take control of the system for our development needs. wOOt!
I own an ATI 3D card and I still get my a$$ kicked in Q3A all the time. WTF! You'd think that if the thing were modified in my favor, I wouldn't be railed all the time, as if I were walking 1 MPH (sorry. I don't do math for you CA and EU types out there.)
What happens when you find out god doesn't exist?
Send a mass email simply stating that "I told them so!"
Just kidding...God does exist. The fact that you are reading this is proof enough.
Be careful about anything said about the NSA.
You've got that right. I live about a stones throw away from the place and I gotta watch every word I say about them. They are sooo close they visit me just for saying "NSA" to my cat. Oh...damn. Gotta go...someones at the door.
HA! That made my day.
Thanks, Phexro.
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...where's the high speed photo of the dork submitting a First Post?
You have successfully converted your field into a mud hole.
Please reboot.
Ha!! That was funny!
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.