RAZR stops a bullet, its owner reports "feeling lucky, punk." (2)
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Filed under: Handsets, Motorola New Orleans resident Ronald Richard was mowing the lawn when he felt a hard object hit him in the chest -- precisely where he'd been keeping his pink Swarovski-encrusted (just kidding) RAZR. It was only after Richard took off his sweater that he discovered the .45-caliber slug and realized that the phone had literally taken a bullet for him. According to paramedics, the angle of the bullet and the modest stopping ...
RAZR stops a bullet, its owner reports "feeling lucky, punk." (19)
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New Orleans resident Ronald Richard was mowing the lawn when he felt a hard object hit him in the chest -- precisely where he'd been keeping his pink Swarovski-encrusted (just kidding) RAZR. It was only after Richard took off his sweater that he discovered the .45-caliber slug and realized that the phone had literally taken a bullet for him. According to paramedics, the angle of the bullet and the modest stopping power of the cellphone ...
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f3rg said:
Let's see an iPhone do that!
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Punksolid said:
A todos los policias de Culiacan deberian comprarles de estos. jaja
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John Sheldon said:
See. This is the thing that made me mad about the Mythbusters show on this. They never tested angles.
Verizon Staff Accessed Obama Cellphone Data, Became Ex-Verizon Staff [Ways To Get Fired] (11)
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Several Verizon Wireless employees stumbled upon the Pandora's Box of personal cellphone accounts, that of President-Elect Barack Obama, and couldn't help sneaking a peek. Luckily, the account was old and out-of-use, there's no indication that email records, voicemails or call contents were monitored, and at the very most the employees only got to see billing records, according to Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam. Oh yeah, and the employees are now fired. PERSONAL CELL PHONE ACCOUNT ...
Bruce Lee Nunchucks the Crap Out Of Ping Pong in Nokia Shill [Bruce Lee] (12)
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A couple of weeks ago, a ten second clip called “Bruce Lee's secret training video,” featuring someone looking like the famous Kung Fu master completely owning at ping pong with a pair of nunchaku, was uploaded to the Chinese Internet. Now, the entire clip is up and... it's a Nokia ad! For a Bruce Lee version of their N96! I guess with the rising middle class already getting jaded with traditional marketing, companies in China ...
Microsoft Releases First "Fix it for me" Knowledge Base Article (2)
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Many Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Articles have solutions that "could be" handled programatically. Well finally, Microsoft has begun to resolve some problems "automatically." Microsoft's first "Fix it for me" KB Article is for the common problem of the "Missing Internet Explorer Desktop Icon" -- this was previously resolved only by a manual Registry hack. I definately prefer Microsoft's new online solution! (Thanks Robin) ==> Read KB945402 = "Automatically Fix Missing Internet Explorer Icon"
Cigars made illegal to prevent pot smoking in MD (1)
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Yesterday, the Prince George's County Council of Maryland, in a desperate and reckless attempt to curb marijuana use among youths, banned the sale of single cigars to thwart the use of their exteriors in rolling marijuana cigars a.k.a blunts, spliffs, and Jamaican jam sessions. Apparently the council, which voted eight to one for the ban, actually thinks limiting the resources for smoking marijuana will somehow miraculously prevent those wanting to imbibe from doing so. Two ...
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Debbie said:
Favorite line: "Sure, cigar wrappers are popular and certainly more aesthetically pleasing than say, a hotel shampoo bottle, but the resourcefulness of the youthful pot smoker should not be underrated."
1-Cent Debt Paid In Full, Threat Of Lien Dropped (1)
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. — A 74-year-old blind woman's 1 cent debt to a Massachusetts city has been settled. People from across the country called Attleboro City Hall on Tuesday offering to pay the 1 cent balance owed by Eileen Wilbur for an overdue water and sewer bill. Antonio Viveiros, a former city councilor who does not know Wilbur, wrote a check for one penny. He says he was "irked" by the fact that the federal government ...
Add a trumpet to your tailpipe (7)
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This tail-pipe hack is meant to make some noise every time the vehicle (in this case a motorcycle) spits out enough carbon monoxide that could be harmful to the environment. Since this might end up getting you into an accident, so we don't condone this type of modification, still it's kind of nice to hear the sound of trumpets rather than the usual gas guzzling motor sounds your bike normally spits out. via Wrong Distance ...
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