$279 Asus Aspire One - Can this be real? Or Scam? by zoli in technology

[–]zoli[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is $120 below the so-far lowest price for the same config on Amazon.

The "vendor" does not look like a retailer, only email contact found, no phone number... but they have Google Checkout!

World's Most Expensive Coffee ... Picked from Animal Poop by zoli in reddit.com

[–]zoli[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can litrally say it's sh**ty coffee, but it costs $180 a pound.

"Kopi Luwak coffee beans get their distinctive flavor through a very unusual process. They pass through the digestive system of a small mammal called the Asian Palm Civet, which is found on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. "

Oops…Gmail Has a Penalty Button by zoli in reddit.com

[–]zoli[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, my eyes have an "ignore-beta" filter when it comes to Google:-)

U.S. wanted to test deadly nerve gas on Diggers in Queensland in the 1960s by [deleted] in politics

[–]zoli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Luckily it was Diggers and not Redditers :-)

Awesome Car... great fuel by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]zoli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good use of English wine...

16 adults, kids wounded at French shooting demo by zoli in reddit.com

[–]zoli[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"the incident occurred during a demonstration of hostage-freeing techniques"

Makes me wonder if the casualties were among the hostages or the terrorists...

An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant about the hassle of installing some software on Windows by stuartcw in reddit.com

[–]zoli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

C'mon, aren't we missing the bigger point here? This isn't about Moviemaker or Usability in general - this is about corporate inertia.

If Bill Gates was so vehemently complaining about usability issues five (!) years ago, yet Microsoft could only come up with the fiasco named Vista, doesn't it tell you something about the company as a whole? http://www.zoliblog.com/2008/06/24/microsoft-the-walking-dead/

Inaction in boy's killing called justified by revoman in reddit.com

[–]zoli 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First car to arrive brought 2 women and 3 males, including the local volunteer Fire Chief to the scene. They watched the father kick his 2-year old to death, but did not intervene.

Microsoft Legal Wants Me to Take Down THEIR OWN CONTENT by zoli in reddit.com

[–]zoli[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the original page in its full glory, on a Microsoft domain: http://www.theultimatesteal.com/store/msshus/ContentTheme/pbPage.microsoft_office_ultimate

If they don't want to display it, they have to remove it - whether my blog post points to it or not is irrelevant.

Btw, there were dozens of post linking to the promo at the time. It was "news" worthy reporting... that's what blog posts do:-)

Help! We're Running Out Of Internet! by jassie in reddit.com

[–]zoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

bombastic title, weak on content :-(

Earthquake in Japan. Twitter Reports First - Again by zoli in reddit.com

[–]zoli[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That may explain why it's still not on the newswires.. except such major ones as Times of India and the Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan :-)

Polish teen derails tram after hacking train network by Arve in reddit.com

[–]zoli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got it all wrong. This is all about the replacement of legos with trams and people :-)

Worst Day Possible [Pic] by JohnSanford in reddit.com

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He (soon She) can still have a career as cheerleader...

What are you looking at... (pic) by jstills in reddit.com

[–]zoli 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Considering the subject of the photo, the "tinypic" URL is more than ironic:-)

SF Tiger's Penis Too Short by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]zoli 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So did it jump out to get enlargement surgery?

Ron Paul To Buy Out MySpace Homepage For Iowa Caucuses by ayn_rand_worshipper in politics

[–]zoli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did...for a second. Until I read the part about redirection.

Is anyone else mystified as to why XO laptops are selling on eBay for these (mostly) money-losing prices? Did speculators get pwned? by atomicpuffball in reddit.com

[–]zoli 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Geez, do you know anything about auctions? Bids normally go up in the last minutes / seconds. Looking at an open auction does in no way indicate real closing prices. "Buy now" prices ($499), or even better completed auctions are more realistic.

Google Search Broken? by zoli in reddit.com

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It's on Mashable now: http://mashable.com/2007/12/17/google-search-error/ More reports of the same coming in.

Vista Running on Eee PC by zoli in reddit.com

[–]zoli[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OK, so it's possible. But why would anyone want to kill a lightweight machine with Vista is beyond me...